'Uzumaki Naruto... You think that after disguising yourself and going with the Toad Sannin, Jiraiya, you were safe...? How naive.' A black, humanoid creature with golden-colored eyes thought to itself.

Merging with the ground, the creature slowly reappeared beside the masked man known as Tobi before saying: ''The location of Naruto Uzumaki was discovered, Tobi. They're going towards Kirigakure through this route, this time... send Kakuzu and Hidan, their abilities will be rather... useful.''

''Called me, ya b*stard?'' Said a man with white-colored hair and a three-bladed, red-colored scythe on his hand, who appeared out of nowhere.

Another masked man appeared, his eyes had no pupils and had a green coloration, they were the eyes of someone that seemed to be dead. However, he was clearly alive, looking towards Tobi, he said: ''I heard that this Naruto Uzumaki isn't just a common Jinchuuriki, his strength is unknown and probably improved over the time he traveled with the Toad Sannin. The payment will be higher this time.''

...

''That b*stard of a masked man keeps sending tasks our way. Anyway, let's go and kill these motherf*ckers!'' The white-haired man known as Hidan said while laughing before adding: ''I'll offer their souls to God Jashin!''

Kakuzu just kept himself in silence while holding the urge to cut Hidan in two. The white-haired man was a perfect partner for him because of his immortality, no matter what, he would always regenerate without external help as long as it wasn't a huge injury such as having his head severed.

Kakuzu, a man who cared about money and only money. As long as enough money was given, he would assassinate anyone, Tobi nodded at his words and said in his usual playful tone: ''No problem, Pain will be the one to pay you. Intercept them in their way and capture the Bijuu.''

The two of them nodded before flickering away, their figures disappearing in the distance. Seeing that, Tobi's eyes seemed to shine in a bloody red-colored light underneath his mask: 'Sooner or later, the Mugen Tsukuyomi plan will be completed, the paradise will be created and Hell will be destroyed.'

...

Naruto, Jiraiya and Haku were on the way to Kirigakure when suddenly, the blonde teenager stopped in his tracks. Narrowing his light blue-colored eyes, he said: ''There are two powerful Ninjas coming our way, both of them are at least Kage-level.''

Swoooosh!

Two silhouettes stopped in front of them, their figures seemed intimidating due to their cold eyes combined with the gloomy, usual robe of the Akatsuki. Naruto smirked after seeing they were from the Akatsuki: ''Oh, so after I killed one of you already, you sent more? How wonderful! I have two more to kill! I know both of you, Kakuzu and Hidan.''

Jiraiya, however, wondered to himself as the three of them undid their disguise: 'How did they found us?'

''So you did the homework, eh, ya bast*rd?'' Hidan said with a smirk plastered over his face. Shortly after that, he ran forward while holding his three-bladed scythe, Naruto said to both Jiraiya and Haku: ''I heard that they're both immortal, apparently. I want to deal with this one, the masked weirdo.''

They learnt that denying Naruto of fighting with someone was a really big mistake, as such, they just nodded before engaging Hidan in a fight.

''Fighting me is useless, brat. Make the job easier for me and hand out the Bijuu.'' Kakuzu said as Naruto started laughing loudly. Suddenly, Naruto appeared beside the man and punched out.

Crash!

Kakuzu wasn't prepared for the sudden attack, as such, he was hit with full strength and crashed through a few trees. Slowly standing up, his face regenerated from the damage as he said: ''We'll need to go through the hard path, I see.''

Five creatures with black coloration and different masks were summoned and immediately, shot all Five Elements towards Naruto! With a wide smile, Naruto created five clones as they all blocked the attacks with their own ones.

''Amazing! You're so strong, HAHAHAHA! Come, come, let's fight!'' Naruto's smile just widened after feeling Kakuzu's strength. The Akatsuki member frowned while noticing this: 'He can also use all Five Elements to such degree, eh? I guess I'll need to fight him by myself.'

His calm demeanor was soon broken after feeling Naruto passing by his side in what seemed to be slow motion. Within an instant, two of his hearts were destroyed, coughing up blood, he said shakingly: ''H-How?!''

Naruto didn't say anything and just stared at the man, whose eyes were now full of anger: ''I see... You researched about them, didn't you? I guess that I'll have to take your heart in order to replenish mine!''

Removing his masks as his hair and ugly-like face was revealed, Kakuzu said: ''Uzumaki brat... you'll be a good reward for me, be it your heart and your bounty!''

His hair elongated and seemed to become sharp as they shot towards Naruto, whose face was indifferent. To him, Kakuzu posed no threat because all of the man's techniques could be countered by him.

''Rasengan.'' Naruto said while feeling a bit down that his opponent couldn't pose a threat to him. As the Rasengan connected with the hair, the hair was instantly destroyed as a gust of wind was sent forward.

Looking towards Kakuzu, Naruto slowly rose in the air by stepping on Space itself: ''I have to say that I'm disappointed. I guess this is a goodbye.... Yang Release Lightning: Tanken no Dengeki (Blitz of Daggers).''

Bzzzt!

Twenty daggers made out of Chakra were summoned and connected by Chakra Strings, they were sent forward as a deep red-colored Lightning flickered around it. Kakuzu could feel a sense of dread spreading through his entire body but he wasn't one to give up.

However, as the minutes passed, his hearts were destroyed and in no time, Kakuzu could be seen covered in blood. Looking down on Kakuzu while controlling the daggers, he said: ''Thanks for the fight, Kakuzu.''

Then, Kakuzu fell to the ground, all signs of life were erased. Sighing while feeling bored, Naruto thought to himself: 'I guess that my Space-Time Manipulation just gives me a huge boost, no wonder Ero Sennin wanted me to train my base strength to Kage-level.'

Looking towards Jiraiya and Haku, he saw that Hidan's head was severed but he was still alive.

''It's useless, we can't kill him.'' Jiraiya thought out loud while feeling frustrated, forgetting about something really important. Lucky him, Naruto saw the situation and after pondering for a bit, he said: ''Ero Sennin, what can't be killed... Can be sealed!''

Jiraiya's eyes seemed to shine and he was about to bring out a Sealing Scroll to do a Fuuinjutsu. Just then, his eyes widened in shock as golden-colored Chains pierced Hidan's body and head, Naruto's cold voice rang in their ears: ''Adamantine Sealing Chains...''

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