28 Beware of Too Many Gifts!

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Chapter 27: Beware of Too Many Gifts!

Jutsu of the day:

<Generous Santa no Jutsu>

Courtesy of Yours Truly

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Near Shimogo, Land of Fire

[Kakuzu's Side Bish]

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'Damn! This bastard never listens. All he talks about is money… And now we are traveling all the way to the Land of Tea… Just to kidnap some snotty little brat?

I can't believe that, the muscle headed wrestler is offering ten million Ryo just for some new upstart…'

I was cursing our employer and my partner. These people who only speak money have no self-respect.

Making me do these stupid jobs.

I am a fighter, a killer!…. Not some, lowly kidnapper.

But because a big client offered some big ass money. Here I am.

While pondering about the new mission, I heard Kakuzu saying, "Mori, I sense some people nearby. It could be the target… Judging by the time passed and the distance. There is a possiblity that it's them. The carriages are slow after all.

Stay here. You make too much noise. So I will go take a peek first."

I simply nodded. I mean, this wasn't even the job for two people… But the stupid rules of the organization made me come all the way here, just for some snotty kid.

Kakuzu then disappeared with a gust of wind…

'Damn the bastard is fast as ever. What should I do now?' I wondered.

I thought about hunting some chakra beasts for fun. But right then, all my instincts kept screaming at me. Telling me to run away…

The only other times I felt similar was, when I met the Musclehead and the time I met the organization leader… This is the instinct of a man who has bathed in the blood of hundreds.

I trusted my instincts fully, but my feet woudn't move…

It was as if my tabi were plastered to the ground. Not budging, not even a bit…

Is this due to fear? Am I, the slayer, afraid?

I tried to think, but for some reason, my thoughts kept going haywire. I couldn't understand or process the best course of action at the moment.

My head was feeling heavy and foggy...

At that moment I heard a slight giggle.

It was the voice of a child but to me… It sounded like the chuckle of the devil.

My body was shivering uncontrollably. I looked all around. Trying to comprehend, exactly what was going on.

It was then that I saw a child like figure, dressed in all black, suddenly appearing with a flash of black and blue.

The air turned chilly. The silent night was filled with weird buzzing noises.

The whole situation seemed ominous and bizarre. And it got creepier when I heard his voice,

"Damn NIBBA! I messed up that entrance!"

I was taken aback by the sentence, but when it turned out to be the source of my dread. My body started trembling more and more.

I wanted to ask the apparition, what it was. How the hell something so ominous appeared in front of me. As a child I too heard the stories of Yin Beings… But those should only be stories...

But before I could say anything. A pair of golden, bitingly glowing eyes leered at me… It felt as if it was looking directly into my soul.

My perception was playing tricks on me… I knew that… Yet, it felt so eerie.

The figure then said, "The hell dude! Why in the name of SIssy's saggy sacks you have such few skills and Jutsus?

Your Kenjutsu isn't even at the level of the Bear dude. The heck! How come you are an S class?"

I felt annoyed and scared at the same time. How does it know all that?

There was a reason I didn't learn many Jutsus.

I have enormous reserves, but my control is truly a headache. Hence, I only learned to enhance my blade with the enormous chakra I have.

But my Kenjutsu techniques are from an ancient Clan of the Kumogakure. It's ability is solid!

And now this brat comes and pisses all over my technique?

I was getting angry but I still couldn't move. I knew there was a way out… But whenever I am trying to concentrate on that answer. I feel more lost…

What's happening?… I was having a hard time believing the situation. Was this a Genjutsu?

No... My perception is perfect... And my instincts are telling me all of this, is real.

I reached for my sword… But it wouldn't come out of the sheath. The sword felt the same as my feet….

Is this really due to my fear?

This time I was truly scared. And looked at the apparition with wide eyes…

I shouted, "Let me go! I will tell you everything you want to know!"

The black figure made a devilish laugh and said, "Welp! You are truly unlucky, my friend! Coz I already know who and what you are and where you are from, and who is sleeping with your wife *cough* Don't worry though, it ain't me!

[A/N: smol gore scene below]

But yeeee! I don't really need you, to create the drama of finding out about the Akatsuki! Kakuzu should be enough for that. Hehehe, So umm, friend. I always wanted to test something! So I thank you for donating your body to science!

Rest in pieces!"

I was horrified and my whole body was covered in sweat. I wanted to beg, but then I heard him mutter something…

"Paste!"

As his voice faded. I felt incredible pain from my head. I vomited right away… My eyes were watering from the pain. My legs were keeping me from falling.

I stood there. Receiving the terror inducing torture being done inside my head.

Soon.

My tears started turning red…

My vomit turned into my innards….

Blood was coming out of every pore.

And my head...

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Same time and Place~

[General]

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A black clothed figure was standing in front of a mutilated body… The scene was extremely gruesome…

But the figure seemed calm.

He sighed and muttered, "That was way too gruesome… Even the sight of it is vomit inducing… I am glad to know that pasting many jutsus and ailments like that actually works… But I won't use this tactic again, unless I have no other choice.

Sigh!

Gamer's Mind is incredible… I can even look at this scene without vomiting… It feels disgusting, yes… But the skill is forcibly keeping me sane."

The black figure then collected a gold coin and then disappeared the way he came.

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A Bit Further Away- In the Camp~

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Kakuzu reached the boundary of the camp and stopped as he detected many alarms and traps. He deduced that there were at least a few Jonin Rank Ninjas protecting someone.

He deduced that this was indeed their target. He kept caution.

He wasn't afraid of a fight. Long way from it actually…

But he would prefer to know his enemies and finish the job swiftly if he could. He looked around the camp and suddenly jumped at a tree.

*Twinggggggg*

His swirling tentacle was blocked by a Kunai.

He then noticed the figure of a man with black hair and unimpressed black eyes. The man's eyes were not sharp, yet they were putting pressure on him.

Kakuzu felt danger and jumped away.

He calmed down and said, "Tell me your name boy. I want to see if you are worth killing or not. I don't want to waste time with no names. Time is money after all."

The young man calmly answered him. "Daisuke Fuse, the prince's guard. Konoha Jonin."

Kakuzu tried to recall the name and found nothing. He took out his new edition Bingo Book and searched Konoha section.

Still, he found nothing.

He felt something was wrong. So he searchedthe other sections quickly. Still finding nothing.

He then glared at the young man and asked, "Boy, stop lying! Tell me your real name. Or are you ashamed of it."

Before the young man could retort, another young man materialized from a murder of crows.

He had handsome features and bright red eyes with tomoes on them. He looked at the man named Fuse and said, "Fuse-Senpai, it seems you aren't really famous. I think today might be a good opportunity to get your name on the book. That guy over there is Kakuzu. An S class missing Nin."

He had a Stoic face but his tone was clearly playful.

Fuse narrowed his eyes and said, "Shut up Itachi."

He then glared at Kakuzu and said, "Fuse is my real name, and I don't care about some Bingo Book entry. My duty is to protect and serve the prince. And you seem to be after him."

Kakuzu was incensed. The thing he hated the most was losing money. The thing he hated next was false information, that cost him time and made him lose money…

He glared at Fuse and said, "There is no way that an elite like yourself is unknown. Were you an ANBU? What was your codename! I DEMAND TO KNOW!"

Fuse looked at Kakuzu deadpan in the eye, "Sigh! Just fight or get captured. I don't have much time… If Mitsu-Sama wakes up before we end the fight. He will demand weird ways to attack you…

Sigh! Trust me, those things are way too hard and embarrassing…"

Kakuzu didn't understand the meaning of his words and looked at him questioningly, but Fuse disappeared with a flicker and appeared behind him kicking his lower back.

Kakuzu was too concentrated on his questions that made him responded a bit late. His cloak was grazed. But he too reacted very fast, as he avoided the blow masterfully.

Fuse finally saw the patterns on Kakuzu's cloak and asked, "That's some weird fetish you have. What's with that black cloak and red clouds? Don't tell me it's the uniform of some sort of secret play house?

Umm, Itachi! The word was Play house right? I don't remember these weird words Mitsu-Sama makes up."

Itachi hollered from the distance, "The word is Club House, senpai!"

Kakuzu was feeling a bit threatened.

He moved further away as he dodged another fast flicker and slash attack.

He asked Fuse again, "You are Shisui of the Body Flicker, aren't you?"

Fuse replied with a wind cutter jutsu, "Not even close!"

The fight intensified. As Fuse kept on flickering and using WInd chakra infused blade attacks. His Kenjutsu has improved tremendously. As he kept dreaming about the heavenly lords showing him directions to support the prince.

[A/N: Sigh… The man was a fanatic to start with… Now Mitsu's sleep skill departing has caused him to become a worshipper. Tsk tsk. A man who was an expert at protecting and support... Now became an extremely strong attacker.]

He knew that the prince he served was the chosen one! And one day would save the world from a catastrophe!

[A/N: Damn...]

That was the reason for him to create and train a group of guards with the prince's permission.

Most of these guards work as normal employees in the prince's establishments. But they can be deployed at any given moment.

He had sworn to protect the prince and yet, there was this shady looking man sneaking in their camp site.

It didn't require a genius to comprehend what was going on here.

So he was fighting with the intent to capture. He needed to get answers. But he was very cautious.

He knew the opponent was strong, extremely strong!

Yet he had confidence in his own prowess. He has grown a lot, since he started receiving those revelations.

*Shiiiiing!... Skoosh.. Thud*

Fuse used his extreme speed to move behind Kakuzu again, and use 40% extra chakra to reinforce his kunai, extending the chakra blade to a sword's length.

[A/N: Danzo's ability!]

And attacked swiftly! Kakuzu was caught off guard by the sudden extension of the blade's reach and got cut on the back.

He moved quickly and rebalanced himself by punching the ground.

And then~

His bright green eyes started to glow and his sclera turned bright red.

He was enraged, humiliated. And he was going to take revenge. He then pulled off his cloak making both boys open their eyes wide.

As there appeared a Kakuzu, who had cuts and sewing marks all over his arms. It seemed as if he had put together his limbs by sewing them together.

The sight was extremely horrifying and disgusting.

Kakuzu then extended his right hand. And from one of his sewn spots. Came out dozens of black swirling tentacles.

Fuse felt the killing intent in the air and flickered back to Itachi. He still looked unruffled and nonchalant. But in his head he was planning his next course of actions.

Itachi was glaring at the sewn up man, and he checked the tentacles with his Sharingan. They made him feel wary. But he kept a normal outward appearance.

Then~

Kakuzu yelled in a eerie voice as he extended his tentacles…

"You. Will. Die!"

Fuse felt this scene seemed familiar. He couldn't quite remember the memory, but he was sure this happened before.

He then heard Itachi saying,

"Say Fuse-Senpai.."

Fuse faced him and gave a questioning look.

"You seemed to have made it angry." Itachi said playfully as he pointed at Kakuzu.

Fuse said in a deadpan manner, "I have eyes. I can see that."

Itachi smirked and said, "Want my help?"

Fuse didn't reply. And glared at the enemy with narrowed eyes. He sensed the Old Samurai moving near the Prince's tent. This made him sigh in relief as he didn't need to worry about the prince's safety.

The battle will truly begin now!

[A/N: Paragraph comment for the Illustration or simply check the comment section! Itachi is slowly losing his stress marks! And as he doesn't have his previous burdens, his personality has slowly started to get milder.]

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Extra:

A distance away from Tanzaku Quarters~

[Tsunade]

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I can't believe all that happened… Everything I have gone through, was due to the village's negligence. Even my Clan's decline.

NO!

I will not let the village that my grandfather and Clan establish get destroyed by the egoistical Elders.

Not anymore.

I will return..

I will shoulder the responsibility and lead the village properly.

And I have some questions for sensei. He better answer them… Or else...

I then looked back at Jiraya and Shizune. They were following me the best they could.

I didn't want to waste anymore time dallying about. I needed the answers. And I knew where I could find them. I started moving faster.

I said without looking back, "Jiraya, what you said better be the truth… And if that is the truth… I will be taking back the village my grandfather established."

Jiraya nodded but didn't utter a sentence. He had a red bump on his face.

While Shizune only looked hurt and downcast.

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[A/N: Hello frens! The next chapter will unfold some extra information about this attack! So stay tuned. Ahhh! I only had time to revise the chapter 1 time. So if there are way too many grammar errors, please mark them if you can <3

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