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Literally too angry to die.

  -One month until Operation Oorochimaru-

  Pov: Kakazu

  "Hidan and Tobi can perform the ritual, I will stand guard" I tell the Akatsuki as I move towards the entrance of this cave.

  "Deidara and Sasori are close by if we want to wait a bit longer- could have better defences" Itachi suggests.

  "This brat is in a state of near-death, I am barely keeping him together as it is- if not for his unique constitution he would have been dead the second he ate that chakra" I reply.

  "Now that the essential preparations for this sealing are out of the way- Kakazu give us a report on what happened" The Leader of the Akatsuki asks me and I gnce at the brat.

  "Yes! Yes! Tell me the whoooolee tale!" Tobi squeals.

  "Shut up will you- we are stuck here for three days and I don't want to hear you shout every ten minutes!" Hidan shouts at Tobi.

  ...

  "We attacked a caravan that had some bounties within it, they were passing through the canyon and we had dealt with them mostly- two ninja sealed themselves in a cave with the targets while a third harnessed us from outside... I started to deal with the seal as Kenzo chased her out of the canyon... I am unaware as to what happened in that time frame but after I had collected my targets heads Kankuro of the sand alongside the ninja Kenzo chased showed up to kill me... I dealt with them and stealthily checked up on Kenzo" I tell them.

  "I can guarantee you that your suspicions on his loyalty were incorrect- spat in the face of the Jinchurikii and seems to have decided on breaking ties with his past life... I am unsure what drives him forward currently but I know that he doesn't care about Konoha at all based on prior investigations and this recent battle- I believe he is lost currently and searching for a new goal as his behaviours suggest... he also showed great technique I have yet to see from him before as well" I gnce at the gedo statue before continuing.

  "Bck bone armour that is strong... and pairs well with his impressive taijutsu- able to break through Gaara's defences after a few punches and I am unsure if am stronger than him still... he has also gained much more talent in Genjutsu- somehow catching the Jinchurikii off guard... although he sustained heavy injuries while doing so- I interrupted at that time to attack the st sibling and call you, when I went to knock out the Jinchurikii Kenzo shouted before his chest exploded from some form of wind based sand explosion... which is why his corpse looks like that- Gaara escaped and Kenzo told me to let him go... he had eaten half the beast" I summarize.

  "I have never heard of someone trying to devour the entire beast before... maybe those brothers but that's a different story- did you see him eating the beast?" Sasori asks me.

  "No. From what he said I had assumed that he was doing it stealthily somehow... perhaps shifting his body to eat the chakra unseen- or maybe he took a bite before I showed up" I tsk my tongue as I look at the brat.

  ...

  "Well to die for the organization... I didn't expect that from the number one spy suspect" Kisame mutters.

  "Maybe he wanted to go out big? Kakazu just erased the possibility of him having ulterior motives for someone else... and he was sick of feeling lost? Empty? I would trade that for a great death any day!" Deidara chants.

  "Perhaps. It is unfortunate that he has passed in hindsight- but at least he gave us a head start" Sasori states coldly.

  ...

  ---

  Pov: Kenzo

  ...

  ------

  Beat the sand siblings!

  Reward: Three A-rank scrolls!

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  ...

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  Defeated the Jinchurikii of Shukaku and ate the yang half of Shukaku!

  Reward: B-rank instant scroll!

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  ...

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  Successfully convinced the Akatsuki of your loyalty! No one suspects a thing!

  Reward: Five statistic scrolls!

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  ...

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  Host 1/3 is dead! Upon death all skills, statistics and Blessings will be removed permanently!

  ...

  Luckily fate is kind to you- Host 3/3 has mended what shouldn't have been in an act of madness... both soul and physical form are one and the some- stitched to each other his split soul lingers attached to this world...

  ...

  Unfortunately you reviving a second time is not 'fun' especially when I have two others to watch.

  ...

  I have all the necessary ingredients to revive you again. But why should I? When a being like me messes with mortals too much... am I not fulfilling the mortals role for them?

  ...

  I only help. I do not substitute for yourself.

  Get up. And when you do I am taking some things as punishment for your failure.

  This is just a reminder, a little bit of help- I will do nothing to help or interfere any further.

  You have the ingredients to not die today.

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  ...

  ..

  .

  I open my eyes and look around the orange box.

  For some reason my soul will not leave this thing, for some reason it clings... for some reason this box, my soul- has been attached to Shuzo's body.

  Nothing much to see but four walls, a floor and the ceiling.

  ...

  So how could I revive myself? With the skills that I have... obviously I have a time limit which I assume is by the end of today.

  ...

  "Your soul is shaped like a box" Shikaku comments.

  I turn to the beast who has finally stopped his whining... now that I can stop ignoring him and giving him the silent treatment... I can possibly have him to stare at before I die instead of just this box.

  "And? You don't like boxes?" I reply.

  "... most people have their inner selves shaped like tunnels... sewers... paths... pces and points- they often have a pce that is a metaphor for their own chakra system..." It looks around in confusion.

  "I don't have a chakra system- I removed that ages ago, I only shift it back for some specific techniques" I tell it.

  "No chakra systems!? That's- that's... that's how you snuck in with that genjutsu...? Ka! Here I thought I knew something about genjutsu... humans always manage to surprise me!" It speaks as if baffled by the idea of no chakra systems.

  ...

  "Do you have any ideas to revive my body? My soul is willing but the mess that my body turned into... it's not the best at least" I shake my head in annoyance.

  "Kakakakaekekeke! Would you look at that! Wanting my help after what you just did to me!?" It bellows out.

  "Ha- ha- now tell me or stay silent" I comment.

  "You- you have no shame!" It gets annoyed at my mockery and gres at me.

  I just turn around and sigh sadly.

  What to do... what to do... the system did say to grab the touch skill... but that is quite useless right now so maybe for ter?

  ..?

  Wait a minute- I asked the system what I needed and it said that skill was it... meaning I don't need one of my skills to revive right now I need something else? A statistic? No that's stupid...

  No- if the system was going to prepare me for something using that knowledge it would have happily helped...

  Meaning what I must do is not reted to its use at all.

  I quite literally need to think outside the box.

  "-Just listen damnit!" I turn around to the beast who whines still.

  "No" I reply.

  "Why you- you are one of the most frustrating little humans I have ever met!" It breathes heavily... must have been shouting with all its might to be out of breath, I wonder what it was saying?

  Now back to my thoughts.

  None of the root training would come in handy here, or the academy training I did... none of the talks between me and Lord Third apply here either.

  Naruto... doesn't apply to this situation at all.

  ...

  Ino? Lee? No, that is stupid... boy I miss my runs with Lee... and buying some flowers from Ino- I would wake up, make breakfast and notice the vase needed replenishment... before heading to that lovely shop and buying some flowers... whatever Ino suggested for me.

  ...

  Huh.

  I miss talking and hanging out them- much more than I thought really... maybe I was so focused on the constant mind games and torture I was forced to go through... that I didn't really look twice at what I had left.

  Kanata... I wonder how he is- I never really confirmed with him being all good.

  Katsuko- someone I wish I had helped ten times over... despite the fact that all my help would probably harm her considering her main problem was my reputation.

  Those two are being taken care of by Ryū... I don't have to worry about them.

  Kurenai-sensei was a wonderful teacher... was always subtle to her approaches in teaching and without her constant attempts to help me with anything she could- I would never have gained such proficiency in Genjutsu, I would have stuck to textbook B-rank stuff for so long...

  ...

  My dear brother Naruto.

  Unfortunately I can no longer protect him... hopefully I taught him enough, hopefully my constant nit-picking and training with him has granted him great protection in life... I am gd he has found many friends, great teammates- a good sensei.

  He doesn't need me anymore... he never really did, but now more than ever I am sure he will be fine.

  *Sniff*

  When did I ever get on this topic? Am I not meant to be trying to revive myself?

  I wipe the slow falling silent tears from my face and look up as I take a deep breath... thanks to you as well Helper being- I would have been at desk-chunin power without you... and I would not have lived the life I did without your help.

  Perhaps I would have told someone my situation and been stuck in some horrid mess without your help to get out... a broken child with no one to help me...

  ...

  "You really are nothing without someone else's help aren't you?" A voice whispers in my ear and I look around.

  "Don't panic... it's just yourself" my own voice whispers again.

  What?

  "So... I am finally going insane- actual insanity not just reckless stupidity?" I sigh.

  "-Huh?-" Shukaku stops whining and listens in.

  "Death... you have died twice- why don't you just give up at that point... let someone else try? Ryū an Shuzo have been better off without you ya' know?" That whisper chuckles.

  "And what do you know?" I snarl.

  "Oh- kakaka! You are actually crazy! Talking to yourself now?" The beast chuckles.

  "I am us... Kenzo, Ryū and Shuzo... everything we repress is what I am" It ughs eerily.

  "So I ask again... what do you know?" I scrunch my nose.

  "I know a lot! Did you know that Shuzo has abandoned you! Did you know that he has pns to kill you! Did you know that he has convinced Ryū to forget you as well? He has not been so great... falling in love... just setting up a terrible tragedy for himself" The whisper echoes through my ears and I close my eyes and take deep breaths.

  "That has to be a lie- I would not do something to harm myself, Shuzo has... shown signs of going mad with the messages I have heard, but Ryū? He is as responsible as me, he knows that he is setting someone up for heartbreak... and maybe a few other morally terrible things" I wince just thinking about it.

  "Ohoho- that's the fun part... I don't tell lies since it backfired on Shuzo so much... why don't I show you?" It whispers.

  ...

  I blink and open my eyes to see Ryū in a dimly lit room, he is... oh no- Oh that fucking idiot!

  "What the hell is that!" I sm my foot on the ground and stand tall, staring at the image in disgust.

  "Oh he is seeing things now.." Shukaku pipes up.

  "What about Shuzo hmmm??? He is helping Oorochimaru, now the nd of stone?" That whisper hisses out as the image changes to Shuzo in a meeting with very important people within the nd of stone...

  ...

  ...

  ...

  "Can't handle it can you? Do you want to know something funny? I was not prepared to drag you down to my level... but both of them were... your own inner darkness failed to beat two versions of yourself- doesn't that say something about you?" It whispers again.

  "I'm a monster. To myself and others" I spit out.

  "Heheheheheheh" The whisper echoes out.

  "Ryū is going to resist- I know myself quite well and once I have sat down I will not budge... he will attempt to kill me in order to keep his life- prioritizing his memories and dulling mine with the systems help..." I grip my fist quite hard.

  "Shuzo... I don't know what his game is but he has been against my wishes since I created him. I will have to kill him and drag him back" I let go of my grip and breathe out.

  "How? Your dead?" My inner darkness chuckles.

  "Shuzo sent you didn't he? I don't get his game but he wanted me to know that I have been cut off..." I think deeply.

  "Ha! Excellent detective work Kenzo! Yes he has chained us down. think of this as him saying goodbye and letting you know that you have lives to live outside of yourself... that Konoha is safe in Ryū's hands and Shuzo is handling affairs outside of it" My inner darkness ughs.

  "So they heard that I was dying... both the helper and two versions of myself have given up on me" A fire stirs in my heart and I frown.

  "Yep! No one believes you can get out of this situation!" The whisper ughs loudly.

  ...

  "Tell him the game is on. First to kill the others gets everything" I state and the whisper ughs louder but fades quickly to where it came from.

  "You done talking to yourself?" Shukaku murmurs behind me.

  "Shut up" I gre at the visibly smaller beast behind me.

  My body is dead so no shapeshifting- but Kakazu is keeping it stitched together for this simple ritual.

  I just need to get it working again so my soul will descend back into it- as soon as I can get it working I will be capable of using shifting to rework myself and focus on staying together.

  A jumpstart is what I need.

  And since my skills are not what I need to use... and nothing from my personal experiences is what I could do...

  Then lets do the only other thing I can do.

  Something new- use the one new oddity in my arsenal.

  ...

  I smile warmly at the beast who shrinks and fades.

  "What are you looking at?" It lowers its gaze.

  "A living jumpstart cable" I state.

  I slowly walk up to the beast and stare it down... it shrinks in power and maybe in willpower too as I stare with all my might.

  "This is going to hurt us both" I crack my knuckles and the beast scoffs at my arrogance.

  This thing is using my body to temporarily live, the statue is currently sucking in this energy and I will be left with nothing but a husk of my former self.

  Kakazu is luckily keeping me together enough so the process of sealing this beast isn't interrupted- that means if I jumpstart my body I can focus on repairing it again.

  I just can't do it while the beast is in me or I lose focus and die the same way again... so I have but one moment to do it.

  The second the beast leaves my body I will have to take a small tiny bit of its chakra and jumpstart my yang energy.

  In which my shapeshifting can do the rest.

  ---

  -3 days ter-

  Pov: 'Madara'

  *Yawn!*

  "Gosh this thing takes a bit, don't you think Hidan!" I yawn and elbow at Hidan with a giggle.

  "Shut up- we are almost done now" Hidan sighs.

  ...

  This method is indeed long, but much safer to transfer the tailed beasts... this ritual helps hide our presence, keeps all the vilges unaware of the happenings in the Akatsuki and stops the tailed beast from resisting at all.

  ...

  *Flick*

  ...

  ..?

  "Did anyone else see that?" Deidara clears his throat and gestures down to the corpse.

  "Yes- Kenzo just moved" Itachi states.

  "Kakazu stop pulling our legs!" Hidan scolds.

  "I did not do that" Kakazu coldly replies.

  ...

  *Flick*

  His fingers flickered then- why?

  "He keeps moving" Sasori notes.

  ...?

  "How close are we done to the ritual?" Kakazu.

  "A few more seconds..." Pein replies.

  7.

  *Twitch*

  6.

  *Flicker*

  5.

  *Jump*

  4.

  *Shiver*

  3.

  *Shake!*

  2.

  *Rattle!*

  1.

  *Crack!* *Snap!* *Pop!*

  "RAAGHHHHHH!!!!" Kenzo's corpse screams awake.

  After a moment Kenzo stops screaming and takes a breath as his body slowly rips out and throws away the wires and repces it with flesh and bone.

  "Did... did the ritual work?" He asks and looks around.

  It did.

  "Yes, congratutions for being the first to bring in a Tailed Beast Kenzo- we look forward to your future work" Pein says as cold as usual.

  "What the hell? Aren't you meant to be dead?" Deidara asks.

  "Yeah, and?" Kenzo rubs his neck and gets up.

  "Bahaha! Why wasn't I teamed up with you?" Hidan ughs loudly.

  "Hidan!~ I am right here~" I chant out mockingly.

  "I need to find a good healer who can patch up my heart, anyone know anyone?" Kenzo asks around the room.

  "If you stay awake during the operation and help along with the healing... maybe my contact in the sand vilge could help you- though it might be on lockdown for a moment" Kakazu states.

  "Good, give me his info and I will fly there- Sorry Leader-sama but I have a time limit, I will get you a report next meeting!" Kenzo bows and shifts into a bird, flying past Kakazu and through the cave system.

  ...

  I like the brat, maybe I will keep him around for my pns.

  ---

  -One day ter-

  Pov: Gaara

  Kankuro just woke up again, luckily we managed to heal him... he was barely alive.

  ...

  "How did you even manage to escape? That Kakazu man was... stronger than anticipated" Kankuro asks me.

  "Yeah- hit me right as I went to save Gaara... didn't even see him coming, just gd I managed to knock you out of the genjutsu in time... I wasn't sure..." Temari grips her knuckles and I sigh.

  ...

  I would have died.

  Temari and Kankuro would have been sold off to the nd of lightning...

  If Kenzo had not been on our side I would have failed... I should not have pushed the other two to take on this mission.

  I thought Kenzo was just cornered and in need of help... I was told by Naruto that he isn't a bad person and by Konoha that he was a monster that went rogue... I thought he was like me and I thought that I could make amends for what I did to him in the Chunin exams.

  And yet I killed him a second time.

  I didn't see him get up... Shukaku decided to get revenge by bsting a hole in his chest with the sand he pnted there for his escape.

  That man was doing great work for us... by sneaking into that organisation when his own vilge outed him.

  I trust Naruto's judgement- Kenzo was not out of control... something else happened.

  It has to be that.

  ...

  *Knock Knock*

  "Enter" I state.

  "Hello, my apologies for interrupting but I just got a report for you about the two ninja you encountered" the sand ninja states and I sigh.

  "Of course, Kankuro get well soon and you too Temari" I bow to the two who nod silently and I leave the room with the messenger.

  *Click*

  The door closes behind us and we start walking down the hall.

  "May I ask where everyone is sir... I haven't seen any ninja in these halls?" The messenger asks.

  "Only ninja at the main entrance, we sealed everything off for a meeting with the council... only permitted messengers may enter in case a spy gets in" I expin.

  "And what if the permitted messenger is so easily swapped out for a 'spy'?" The messenger... wait- Kenzo's voice?

  I stop and turn to look at the messenger who speaks to me... his finger rises and he shushes me.

  "Sshhh- I am just here to ensure no word about me gets out... to no one, not even those you trust most..." Kenzo says and continues walking... I follow.

  "How did- no, you have cheated death before" I say.

  "Of course. Now onto better news, the Akatsuki won't suddenly spring into action so no worries... still have that year left before they do. I recommend looking into your medical ward as some chunin are not so... loyal- and leave the Medical wards junior messenger in the works, maybe feed him false information sometimes- don't want Kakazu on my tail about that" Kenzo tells me and I nod seriously.

  "Maybe also be careful as Sasori of the red sand and Deidara of the Akatsuki will be coming back to the nd of wind for some follow up investigations- and finally... congratutions for becoming Kazekage" Kenzo smiles with my messengers face.

  "Thank you..." I reply.

  "No problem- well... slight problem, you owe me- double" He states coldly.

  I frown but let him continue.

  "This is a list of bases I want destroyed without a trace left- you don't peek inside, just bury whatever moves in there... Danzo of Konoha is a parasite who I am slowly removing, if you remove his illegal bases within the nd of wind I will gdly forgive you" Kenzo says and I nod.

  ...? That's it? I kill him twice and he gives me very vital information on an enemy country just like that?

  "Oh and one more thing. I want you to lie and say that you are not missing half a tailed beast... it will improve my reputation within the Akatsuki if I did this whole thing with such finesse" Kenzo smiles.

  That... will also dissuade any nearby countries from making any moves against the nd of wind- if I am Kazekage and a full-blown Jinchurikii than that means I have a reputation that speaks for me... I can do that easily.

  "My council knows of this information, but I will keep them quiet" I tell him.

  "Good. I will be back to eat them if they squeal" Kenzo gnashes his sharp teeth and I sigh.

  "See you, don't try me again- I will not make a third mistake" Kenzo states before suddenly shrinking.

  ...

  His clothes drop to the floor and I watch as a small messenger bird flies fast past me and out a window.

  ...?

  Hopefully my ninja will miss their shots against him- birds shouldn't be in the building right now.

  And what do I do with this pile of clothes..?

  I will pce them in my gourd.

  Thanks for reading! :)

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