Chapter 188: Cap 174: They're just pawns
"You're a monster!" - roared Deidara as he was consumed with pain.
"That answer I have already heard..." - sighed the redheaded man as he shook his head - "Anyway, I'd better finish you off... I'm sure the Boss is busy with your little friend right now"
"I'll see you in hell..." - said Deidara as he screamed in the pain of being cremated alive.
"Probably... though that won't be until a good time..." - said Kurama neutrally as he watched life slowly escape from Iwa's Nukenin.
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"Deidara has died..." - Sasori murmured as he looked at the ginger of Konoha in front of him.
"Now that your friend is gone... how about getting out of that sardine can?" - Kurama asked sarcastically as Sasori looked at him silently because he did not understand what he was trying to say.
"I guess I'll have to do it myself" - murmured Kurama as Sasori felt the heat underneath him increase - "Shit!
With one quick move, he shot out of his puppet, showing the appearance of a boy in his 20s with blood-red hair - "You bastard! How dare you destroy my art!"
"I'm more than willing to destroy you... why wouldn't I do the same to your aberrations?" - asked Kurama with disdain.
"You're going to pay for that," said Sasori as he made a hand seal to invoke one of his puppets, one that was much more different than the previous ones. "I hope you're happy because you're about to fight my masterpiece, my Magnum Opus, the puppet made thanks to the 'contribution' of the strongest Kazekage in history! Meet the Sandaime Kazekage of Sunagakure no Sato!
"Just another piece of crap" - Kurama snorted with disdain.
"This will be the last time you despise my art, Kyubi no Yoko" - said Sasori coldly as he began to control his puppet - "Satetsuso (Iron Sand Spear)!"
He finished speaking and a large, triangular-shaped mass of sand began to materialize in his puppet's hand.
"Feel the pleasure of being consumed by the Iron Sand," murmured the Suna Nukenin as he threw his Jutsu at high speed, only to see Kurama dodge it with great ease.
"Just that?" - Kurama asked neutrally, only to note one small detail - "I see... a clever plan.
"Did you notice?" - Scorpion smiled - "That's the secret of my masterpiece"
"A pity indeed," sighed the ginger as he shook his head.
"Pity?" - Scorpion asked in surprise.
"Yes..." - Nodded the redhead - "A pity that the poison no longer works in my body thanks to the high concentration of vitality and Energy of Nature..."
"!" - Scorpion quickly retreated from feeling the danger behind him, only to see how a rock stake had appeared in all his directions - "Shit!"
"Run my little friend" - said Kurama as he burst out laughing - "Keep running for me!"
"You fucking lunatic!" - exclaimed Sasori almost involuntarily. He never thought he would find anyone crazier than some members of his little group.
"Hey, it's an offense to call me that when you're just as crazy or even crazier," said Kurama as he feigned pain.
"Silence! Satetsu: Shigure (Iron Sand: Drizzle)!" - Sasori's human puppet moved in front of him again and began to accumulate a few tiny grains of hardened sand - "The poison may not work, but I can still cause you serious damage!"
"How are you going to hurt me? With a sand shower?" - Kurama asked as he gave him a neutral look.
"Satetsu Kesshu (Iron Sand, Assault Collection)!" - Around Kurama, the iron sand began to take the form of multiple huge rectangular blocks - "Satetsu Kesshu: Tsuchi (Iron Sand, Assault Collection: Hammer)!"
"I'm not done yet! Sattsu Kesshu: Gokunsugi (Iron Sand, Assault Collection: Five-Sun Nail)!" - the sand rectangles were divided into 5 huge sand needles each, and then launched against Kurama to impale him - "There is no escape from my art!"
"Je~" - Kurama only gave him a mocking smile when he heard those words as he watched Sasori's attack head in his direction at full speed. He slowly picked up a kunai and threw it in the direction of Sasori, who only moved aside... big mistake.
"Rasengan!" - exclaimed Kurama as he appeared beside Sasori who only opened his eyes in surprise - "Shit!"
With one quick move, he put the Sandaime Kazekage puppet in front of the attack so he could block it because he knew that if he hit it, then the heart inside the puppet would explode and his life would go with it.
BANG!
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"Are you sure you can go on, Sakura?" - Hinata asked when she saw her friend.
"I am well" - said Sakura with annoyance - "I am not invalid or anything like that, I am only in my third month of pregnancy"
"As I read, these are the most critical moments of pregnancy" - said Ino seriously.
"I know, but nothing will happen to me because I have my preparations in case something happens" - answered the pink-haired girl - "Now we'd better continue, I have to go see Kankuro-san and finish with the mission while you have to help the idiot Kurama"
". . ." - those present were silent as they glanced at the girl.
"What are they looking at me? shouldn't you be running right now?" - Sakura said with a scowl. "I am telling you, Kiba, Neji, and Lee, remember that you were assigned to support the rescue of Gaara-sama"
"Right, we should be running to the aid of our youthful friend!" - exclaimed Lee as he began to run at full speed.
"Did anyone tell him which direction to go?" - Temari asked neutrally,
"Don't worry, he'll be fine... I think..." - said Tenten with shame.
"I'll go get him..." - sighed Neji - "In fact, I'll go and find him and head immediately to the agreed address to see if I can find any clues about Kurama or Gaara"
"I will accompany you," Kiba nodded seriously as he ran past Neji to find his idiot friend.
"I will stay as an escort for the girls," said Gai as he looked at his students, then at the girl from Suna. "Perhaps you should go with them, Temari-sama, you too, Pakura-san"
"Thank you," Temari nodded as she ran after the boys.
"I appreciate your words as well, Gai-san" - Pakura nodded as she accompanied the Kazekage's sister to help her in her search.
"Well, we'd better keep moving, it won't be long before we reach Suna," Gai said as the girls nodded, "As for you, Sakura-san... I recommend that you don't push yourself so hard. You may be a kunoichi and even one of Tsunade-sama's students, but that does not change the fact that you have a life inside you"
". . ." - Sakura nodded silently at Gai's words as she thought the man was not so bad seeing that he knew how to deal with situations.
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"Something wrong, Leader?" - Tobi asked as he looked at Pain.
"Something strange has happened with the Gedo Maso," said Pain with a scowl.
"Didn't we collect the Bijuu?" - asked Tobi in surprise. He had heard the report from Sasori and Deidara about the capture of Gaara, so there should be no problem even with that strange jutsu blocking the extraction.
"That's the problem" - answered Pain coldly - "The Gedo Maso collected all the Ichibi's chakra, but there's no trace of his soul..."
"That doesn't affect our plans" - answered Tobi with neutrality - "What the Gedo Maso needs is the Bijuu's chakra, not their consciousness"
". . ." - Pain didn't say anything, he just kept frowning because he felt things were starting to get out of control.
"If we're done with the extraction, you better get the Gedo Maso back," Tobi said seriously. "Deidara's ring stopped working and you know what that means.
"I know Madara" - said Pain coldly - "That idiot is dead... a little inconvenient but nothing out of control, after all, Deidara was starting to be useless for our next plans, his death only makes our enemies have a false sense of victory"
"You're so cold, Nagato," said Tobi sarcastically. "I thought you valued your allies"
"They are not my allies, they are only pawns that are about to lose all their value" - answered Pain with disdain while he was making hand seals to invoke the Gedo Maso or better known as the Jubi's husk- "Now I am going to continue with my mission to find the Rokubi..."
That said, Pain disappeared from the scene, leaving Tobi alone.
"Ironically, you think the other members of Akatsuki are pawns who are about to lose their value, when you are in the same situation, Nagato" - the masked man muttered as he burst out laughing - "When the time is right, your fate will be sealed, though you need not worry that I lied to you because everything I told you is true... with your help, we will create the perfect world, a world where no one else will have to suffer and we who have lost everything will finally get it back"
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