Yugito ran through the tunnels of the sewer system of Kumogakure, breathing heavily as she shot a quick look behind her, "This is such a bad idea…" She said to herself but thought otherwise, 'But I can't just fight in the middle of the village like that. I would destroy so much of it just trying to defend myself.'
She stopped in the middle of an open area where several tunnels lead to, making it something of an open air central chamber. As she looked around her new setting, Yugito was forced to dodge a scythe attached to a cable that landed in the center of the water in the room, "Are you going to stop running now, because this chasing shit is getting irksome." One of the cloaked men said as he took off his hat to reveal slicked back silver hair, "You did good to dodge that though, but I am the slowest member of Akatsuki so that isn't saying too much."
"She did us a favor Hidan." The other said as he took off his hat to reveal a mask covered face with only his strange eyes with green irises and red sclera visible, "Down here there is less of a chance of the Kumo ninja interfering."
Hidan let out a laugh, "Yeah too bad about that. I can't kill her so slaughtering the droves of fools that came to stop us would have been the only thing I would have enjoyed about this whole thing." He shrugged carelessly as he picked his scythe back up, "Oh well then. Shall we do this already Kakuzu?"
Kakuzu growled at his partner, "You should take her seriously she is the Nibi jinchuuriki after all. She could kill you."
"Don't be stupid Kakuzu." Hidan said, "You know there's nothing that can kill me. And even if she could, good for her." He pulled a strange amulet on a necklace out, "But let me start this out with a prayer to Jashin-sama."
Kakuzu rolled his eyes, "You really piss me off with all of that praying."
"Hey you asshole!" Hidan snapped at Kakuzu, "It's a part of my religion."
Yugito smirked nervously, still trying to show her bravado, "You both walked right into this? Do you really see me as that little of a threat to you? Fine then." Yugito made a hand-seal that activated an explosive note above the tunnels they had taken to get to the chamber, "I brought you down here for a reason. A fight between us would destroy a lot of the village, but this sewer is far below the peaks of the village. We won't be hurting anyone by fighting down here."
Kakuzu chuckled, "A patriot huh? I remember when I used to be like you. One day you'll see what that gets you, more specifically when we're pulling your biju from your body and no one comes to save you. Then you'll see how much your beloved village cherishes your life."
"Hey." Hidan said reasonably, "I can't kill you so there's not a whole lot of motivation for me to get into a fight. Why don't we just talk this out and you come quietly with us. You don't have a chance to win."
"Maybe, maybe not." Yugito said, "But just talking about it isn't going to get us anywhere, I knew you were coming and I was ready for a fight." Yugito focused her power that actually blew her ponytail apart and began generating the Nibi's chakra, hunching over as it formed a spectral blue flame around her body in the form of a massive cat. Hidan simply looked at her with not much of any emotion on his face, "So I guess that would be a no?"
Kakuzu palmed his face, "For the love of-… You are so stupid."
Hidan licked his lips in anticipation of a fight, "This is some jinchuuriki though. She's totally become the beast she holds."
Yugito roared and swatted Kakuzu's body into a wall, sending rubble about from the impact of his frame. She then turned to Hidan and opened her mouth, generating a large fireball, "Shit!" The fireball forced Hidan to dodge as it hit the wall behind him, utterly obliterating it and causing a mini cave-in.
Hidan sighed in somewhat relief as he hid behind some of the misplaced rubble, "So this is the Nibi no Bakaneko, and apparently I'm trapped like a rat." He smirked as he saw her charge up another fireball, "How fun."
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The silence of the Kumo night left Naruto alone with his thoughts as he left the hotel to walk around the village to still his mind, "Yugi-chan… How can she be unafraid to fail? She has to know what's going to happen to everyone else if they get her biju. That thing would tear just this country apart by itself." Naruto punched the side of a nearby building before pulling his fist away and watching the torn skin on his knuckles heal before his eyes.
"Such a shame kit." Kyuubi said suddenly, "All of this power seemingly at your disposal and yet you find yourself locked in combat with those that do not flinch when faced down with it. I would somewhat respect them if I didn't want to crush them so much for daring to stand against me."
Naruto continued to walk, "Three tails. I was using three tails when I fought in the desert and they just kept coming forward. It was like the more power I was pumping out the better acclimated to the situation they seemed to be."
Naruto kept walking as the Kyuubi chimed in again, "Well if power doesn't work you're simply not using enough of it."
Naruto rolled his eyes, "And you did? Tell me how that worked out for you over the past hundred years, because without a jinchuuriki you were a raging monster incapable of any rational thought other than to destroy."
A low chuckle sounded out in his head, "You say that like it's a bad thing."
'It is a bad thing you baka fox!' Naruto roared inside of his mind, 'That's what the problem was the entire time! I'm a ninja first and a jinchuuriki second! I was trying to outmuscle them the entire time and while it may have seemed like it was working they had a tactic. For the love of Kami, these guys have been preparing to take down eight others just like me, they had to have been prepared in the event of one of us going all out and releasing our demon on them.'
"So what are you saying boy?" Kyuubi questioned to him.
Naruto clinched his fist, 'I need to fight them the way anyone else would fight them, not like a demonic juggernaut. I know I'm a good enough ninja to beat any of them that come my way, I have to believe that. I already beat one of them after all. How hard could the rest be?'
At that, Naruto felt the ground shake slightly, 'What the hell? An earthquake? Up here?'
"Not an earthquake… That is the sign of a fight below the surface." Naruto frowned, "It's three in the morning. Who would be fighting right now?"
The Kyuubi would have slapped Naruto if it could, "I don't know… Maybe someone that didn't want to get caught fighting? Use your head you fucking simpleton! Now get your ass to the site of the battle and find out what that was!"
Naruto grit his teeth, 'Kiss my ass Kyuubi. Now help me remember the schematics to this place, how do I get underground from here?'
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