"Naruto-kun," Itachi said softly as he deflected a tonfa strike. Naruto smirked as he erupted in a flash bang clone.

"Yes?" Naruto asked from behind Itachi with a smirk.

"You need not to fight me?" Itachi whispered as he dodged a punch then tried to strike back.

"You were the one who was giving Jiraiya-sama his info," Naruto whispered back as he kicked Itachi in the side of the head only for him to explode in smoke. Itachi slashed out with his kunai only for Naruto to explode with a frag clone.

"Yes," Itachi answered back as he shielded himself with the blast and jumped back creating space. "You seem to have put me at a cross road. I could fall back and continue my mission but I feel that we will both be needed to take out the monster. So will you trust me?"

"You're asking me to trust you," Naruto asked as he crossed his arms over his chest. "The man who just tried to kill my little sis! The man who murdered his entire clan!"

"Yes,"Itachi said as he put his kunai away.

"Sure why not?" Naruto said with a shrug. Itachi face faulted.

Kisame ducked under another sword slash then flashed through hand seals. He launched to torrent of water from his mouth that struck Shino in the chest only for a log to be shredded to pieces. Shino smirked as he ran through a series of seals and put his finger to his mouth. He blew out a stream of bubbles that filled the entire area. Kisame looked on as the bubbles flashed with chakra and exploded. Kisame substituted himself and only received light damage. He landed in a large tree and leaned heavily against the branch. His side was still gushing blood and for some reason wouldn't heal. He looked at the destruction left behind by the attack and smirked.

"So you got teeth!" Kisame taunted. "Let us see if you can use them!"
Shino walked out into the clearing and stared up at Kisame. Kisame noticed how calm and collected the young kid was and it began to infuriate him. Kisame jumped down and landed opposite of him.

"You don't seem worried," Kisame said as he pulled himself into his fighting stance.

"You're wasting your last words," Shino said as he slowly lowered himself into his stance. "You will die here and now."

"That's it!" Kisame yelled as he charged forward.

With a swing of his sword, Kisame launched a wave of water towards Shino. Inside the wave, several sharks swam towards Shino snapping their jaws. Shino seemed unfazed as he took his sword out and channeled chakra into it. The wave was feet away when Shino slashed out with his sword. The sword released a giant wave of pure chakra that split the wave, parting it around an unharmed Shino. Kisame charged forward slashing out again with his sword only for Shino reached him halfway and blocked the attack with his sword. Shino kneed him in the stomach and slashed out quickly. Kisame jumped back in time to only receive a slash over his chest. Shino jumped out of Kisame's reach and flashed through another set of hand seals. He spat a stream of fire towards Kisame who absorbed it with Samehada. He smirked but felt another stabbing pain in the calf of his right leg. He looked down to see Shino, glowing slighting with a chakra cloak standing behind him. His sword pierced straight through his leg.

"H-how?" Kisame asked as Shino yanked his sword out of his leg. Shino spun and kicked Kisame in the back launching him into the air. Kisame disappeared into a cloud of smoke causing Shino to duck just in time as a fully formed Samehada slashed through the air where his head was just at. Shino rolled to the left and slashed out only for it to be blocked by the over-sized sword. Kisame licked his lip as a blood rage was slowly building within him.

'He harmed your mate?'Rokubi said into Shino's mind. Shino only nodded to himself as an answer. His eyes never leaving Kisame who was flashing through hand seals. 'Unforgivable! Make him suffer.'

Shino smirked as he suddenly felt an influx of chakra. Shino's entire body was covered with a chakra cloak with two tails. Kisame released his attack as a giant water dragon flew towards him. Shino shimmered and appeared behind Kisame who reacted quickly by swinging his sword at Shino blocked with his sword. Shino was kicked and was launched into the air. He landed in a heap and coughed a bit. Kisame smirked as he charged forward. Shino stood and smirked as he snapped his fingers. Kisame's eyes bulged and he fell to his knees.

"W-what's going on?" Kisame yelled as he retched himself forward vomiting blood onto the ground. "What did you do to me."

"I'm an Aburame," Shino said with a smirked as he watched the immense pain that Kisame was going through. "Who was also trained to be one of the strongest assassins in the Konoha. You were dead from the start."

"The cut!" Kisame yelled as he looked down at his side. He stared in horror as a black cloud of nano-insects crawled over his body. "You deposited insects in me from the beginning."

"I told you at the beginning," Shino said as he sheathed his sword. "You will die here and now. My insects have reached your brain, both lungs and your heart."

"You were just toying with me the entire time," Kisame said with a chuckle as Shino nodded. "They called me a monster…hehe...I see now that you are truly terrifying."

"Good bye Kisame Hoshigaki," Shino said as he snapped his fingers one last time. Kisame's scream of pain filled the area as he was slowly being eaten alive from the inside out. Shino stared the entire time as Kisame began to bleed from his eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Kisame fell forwards one last time landing in a pool of blood gurgling. His last breath wheezed out Shino let out a breath he had no idea he was holding. He walked over and picked up his sword and sealed it in a scroll. He turned to Kisame's body and flashed through hand seals. Fire spewed from his mouth turning the old Swordsman body to ash.

"Another Hyuga!" Thane said with a smirk as he dodge her strikes. Hinata jumped back with a smirk under her mask.
"Gobi's Mist!" She yelled as she let out flux of chakra. The entire area became encased in mist and Thane's eyes widen a bit. This was no ordinary mist. It was steam, super-hot steam that was slowly burning into his skin. Once more the mist was made his eye useless. Thane looked around the area as his bones slowly started to encase him. Then there was a flash and he reacted purely on instincts. A sword lodge itself into his arm.

"Very cleaver!" He said with a smirk as he slashed out at her only for her to phase out into the mist. He dodged another sword slash that was aimed to take out his head. He turned and connected with something solid. Only it wasn't his target. It was Naruto who was smirking. Naruto blocked the slash with his tonfa and slashed out with the other one, releasing his wind chakra. Thane tried to evade it but the chakra cut through his left arm, severing it from his body. Naruto smirked and jumped back into the mist.

"YOU…" Thane screamed only for Itachi to appear behind him and releasing a Fire Dragon that connected with Thanes back. Thane was launched forward and landed with a sick thud as he tried to pull himself up. He looked around, truly frighten for the first time.

"You've betrayed us Itachi!" Thane yelled out into the burning steam that coated the area. "You will answer for your crimes."

"You think you're leaving here alive?" said a voice to Thane's right. He spun and launched his clawed hand into Naruto's chest only for him to explode in a frag clone. Thane was fading in when he felt arms encircle around him. He looked up to see Zetsu smiling down at him.

"Thane-kun," He said softly. "You're all beat up. Don't tell me that they did this to you?"

"We have to get out of here," Thane said as Zetsu just smiled as he slowly pulled Thane into the ground with him.

"So you're finished with the recon?" Jiraiya asked as he sipped his tea. Across from him Itachi mirrored his action and set his tea down on the table. "What can you tell me?"

"Thane is injured so I suspect that he won't be any problem for a time being," Itachi started as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a scroll. "Kisame is dead, so that should make it easier. Tobi is an interesting case, he acts foolish, but he is undoubtedly powerful. Then there is his partner, Zetsu. He was a spy without equal. The one who dubs himself 'God' is rightfully so. I can't even beat him. I wasn't even able to lay a finger on him. He possesses a dojutsu I've never seen before. His eyes are rippled…"

"WHAT?" Jiraiya asked as he slammed his cup down shattering it. "He can't…You swear on what you've seen!"

"Yes Jiraiya-sama," Itachi said truly shocked. "What's wrong?"

"This whole thing just got more complicated," Jiraiya said as he rubbed the sides of his head. "I have to talk to Tsu-hime."

"Since when are we on pet names?" Itachi asked with a hint of a smile. Jiraiya just slugged him in the back of the head as he walked away.

Shino stared at his future wife as she slept calmly in the hospital bed. How he had no clue, for Ino and Anko were yelling at each other in the bed across from them. Choji sat at Ino's side with a grin as he watched her argue with her sensei. Shino's attention turned back to the sleeping beauty besides him. He reached out and held her hand with his. She slowly opened her eyes and smiled at him. He smiled back and leaned forward and planted a kiss on her forehead. She leaned up and looked at the scene in front of her.

"So I'm guessing Ino got injured?" She asked above a whisper. Shino only nodded and held her hand. "What about you? Did you defeat Kisame?"

"He will no longer be a bother," Shino said as he felt her hand tighten her grip.

"You killed him?" She asked as she looked up at him.

"He harmed you," Shino said with a broken voice. She slowly reached up and removed his glasses and stared at his eyes. "And I swore that when you became my wife that I would protect you from harm, and who ever causes harm to you will know a fate worse than death."

"But we haven't married yet," She said with a sly smirk. Shino scoffed under her gaze.

"Still counts," Shino said as he leaned forward and kissed her softly.

"Wait till dad finds out you killed a swordsman," Haku whispered against his lips. "Especially Kisame. They hated each other."

"I guess he can owe me one," Shino said as he leaned his forehead against hers. She giggled as she entwined her hands in his hair. "You seem happy about it as well."

"Get me home and I'll show you how happy," She said with a smirk. Shino placed his glasses back on and they both disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

"All I asked was for you to watch out for the girls," Anko yelled as she pointed to Ino's injured shoulder. "You could have died! You're lucky Itachi was on our side from the beginning."

"You didn't know that!" Ino yelled back as she crossed her arms. Choji chuckled from her side getting the attention of both women. "Oh don't even get me started on you. You always end up injured."

"I didn't do anything," Choji said with a smirk. "But Anko-sensei, you have to understand. We fought against two S-class missing nin. On top of that we got out of it by taking out one of them as well."

"Doesn't matter," Anko said as she turned with a huff. "Just you wait till you are able to train! You're gonna regret it!"

"What about Haku?" Ino yelled as she pointed across the room to the now empty bed. "WHAT THE HELL?"

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