Arc XII Chapter 6

Arc XII Chapter 6

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Arc XII Chapter 6

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Naruto shouted, far from pleased. He was unhappy, and he made them know. “Ehhhh? What? Another one of these stupid missions? No, thanks, Tsunade Granny. Not with me. I will only take real missions. Real missions for real ninja.”

“...” Tsunade fumed from behind the mission desk, surrounded by a mountain of paperwork, her hand supporting her chin propped on her arm. Her annoyance was noticeable, yet Naruto failed to read the mood. “Eh? And what type of answer is that supposed to be, Naruto? You will take the mission, or leave. That is how things work here.”

Naruto crossed his arms in protest. “No, I won't. Even if it's you, Tsunade Granny.”

“...” Kakashi was sweating beside him, his face pale. He was pretending to have suddenly turned mute and voiceless as usual.

“...” Tsunade grumbled, displeased by his behaviour. “I always knew that you were stubborn as a mule, Naruto, but I never thought that you are stupid like one, too.”

Naruto dismissed her complaints. “Hmpf, as if I care. You know what, Tsunade Granny, the old geezer, the Third, was far more sensible, ya know!”

“What?” Tsunade's mood worsened drastically, her eyebrow twitching. Her eyes narrowed. “What did you just say, Naruto?”

Naruto didn't back down, not in the slightest. “You heard me damn right, Granny. The Third was ...”

The door crashed wide open, and a kunoichi barged in, utter panic written all across her face. This was an emergency. “Hokage-sama ... It is urgent! We have just received a message directly from Sunagakure ... The Kazekage ... He has been captured and by Akatsuki! A group attacked the village and took him!”

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Silence reigned. A new mission had arrived.

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Left index finger. Pink. Three. Hidan.

Left middle finger. Grey. North. Kakuzu.

Left ring finger. Gold. South. Kisame.

Left pinky finger. Purple. Heaven. Her.

Right thumb. Azure. Zero. Pain.

Right index finger. Emerald. Green. Deidara.

Right middle finger. White. White. Konan.

Right ring finger. Red. Scarlet. Itachi.

Right pinky finger. Yellow. Boar. Zetsu.

They were now complete. The ritual was about to start.

Pain channelled his chakra to take the lead. “It will take three days and night to seal the One Tail. Focus and concentration will be imperative. No misstep will be tolerated. Any inattention will be punished. Do you understand?”

They all nodded. They all understood, much to her annoyance.

“...” Asami clicked her tongue., her dissatisfaction thinly veiled. But she was a good girl, and good girls obeyed. Pain was ... insufferable. His hubris ... His arrogance ... They were unbearable. He was ordering them around like some mere lackeys. Yet it would be unwise to displease his self proclaimed divinity. Not when the time was still premature.

“Good.” Pain formed a hand seal. “Let's begin. Fuinjutsu: Nine Phantom Dragon Seal!”

Nine voracious dragons shot forth, heading straight for the unconscious Kazekage. They engulfed his lifeless body only to consume, to devour the chakra stored inside him. The essence of the One Tail was ripped from, taken from him.

It was a brutish method, but so was hers, admittedly.

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