Stealing from Akatsuki's Nose

Ishizu POV

"It is an honor to meet the famous Akatsuki. Let me introduce myself. I am Yamamoto and I hope that I won't interrupt your sealing," I introduced myself to the rest with a bow.

Everyone turned around and I could feel the Rinnegan and a Sharingan glaring at me, but I did not falter. Why should I?

"Zetsu, I told you to look out so nobody could come inside. How is this person here?" asked Pain in an annoyed voice. He wasn't happy about my intrusion.

The plant looked at the newcomer. Both white and black halves observing me in curiosity. The white one probably thinking how I tasted while the black one thinking of me as a human puppet.

"He evaded me. I don't know how, but he suppressed his chakra to the minimum," Black Zetsu spoke.

"We should eat him and see how he tastes," the white half said.

I smirked in response, gaining attention again.

"You should talk less and concentrate more on the extraction. Since I came here uninvited I will, as compensation, give you a helping hand."

I took my container out and placed it on my head. Before going through my hand seals to activate my Fuinjutsu, I slammed a seal on the container. As the seal activated one phantom dragon changed direction and went for the container.

"What are you doing?" asked Itachi while I could literally feel the killing intent coming from Astral Pain, who was confused as to how I could control the statue.

"I told you. I am here to help. I will contribute my chakra to the statue without the ring. This will shorten the time for the extraction, but as compensation, I will take some chakra from One-Tails. A good business, isn't it?"

"I will kill you when I find you, heathen!" I heard Hidan screaming for the first time after our last encounter, and my ears weren't happy.

The seal I slammed on the container was a counter I produced with Po. It took me 1 1/2 years to make a few of these babies.

The seal had two purposes.

One, by using a suction motion, was to steal chakra from Shukaku before it went to the Gedo Mazo and therefore filling the container instead.

The second, more important purpose, was a safe lock designed to leave Gaara alive while letting Shukaku's presence stay in the Kazekage.

Basically, the statue would drain Shukaku dry while his spirit would stay inside the human. In the end, the last phantom dragon would leave a tiny amount of chakra in Gaara.

The result would be that Gaara would enter a near-death state with almost zero chakra.

The good thing was that Gaara would live, although it would take some time for Shukaku to emerge fully inside Gaara. The phantom dragon acted like health support.

Side effects on Shukaku weren't known.

The other thing was that it was enough chakra for the Gedo Mazo. The statue did not need the spirit of Shukaku. It just needed enough of each tailed beast chakra and it would get it.

A win-win situation.

"Can we not just cancel the jutsu and kill him, un?" asked Deidara, who was ready to throw his bombs at me.

Pain shook his head.

"No, if we break the jutsu, we will lose all the chakra. Continue the extraction and then kill him afterward. And show me the body afterwards."

1 day later.

General POV

The extraction continued faster, but that was perfect for Ishizu as he felt the chakra signature of Naruto coming closer.

"You have guests, Akatsuki."

This got a reaction from Zetsu, who got a telepathic message from another Zetsu.

"He is right. Somebody is approaching this place from different directions. Two teams, both from Konohagakure. One team is with Maito Gai and the other with Kakashi Hatake and Ishizu Sasaki. The Kyuubi Jinchūriki is with the second team."

Pain thought for a moment before he looked at two members.

"Itachi, Kisame, use the Jutsu from Sasori and stall them. They shall not disturb us."

Wood clone Ishizu POV

Arriving in Sunagakure we met Lady Chiyo, who due to her dementia mistook Kakashi for his father and attacked him to avenge her son's death. After the misunderstanding was cleared I helped Sakura in healing Kankuro faster and Lady Chiyo came with us after hearing that Sasori was part of the attack on the Kazekage.

I wasn't surprised when Itachi appeared before us. Kakashi stopped in fear, but my boy Naruto wasn't having any of it. He stared right into Itachi's Sharingan and like everyone who does so was caught in the Uchiha's genjutus.

The surprise came afterward.

"Stop daydreaming, Naruto. I feel ashamed for you to be put into a Genjutsu. And from an Uchiha at that," the Kyuubi's annoyed voice spoke through the bars before an arm came through them and hit Naruto over the head.

Just as Kakashi was about to engage with Itachi, Ishizu turned to Naruto, and saw the pigmentations appearing round Naruto's eyes. He was entering Sage Mode.

A one-handed Rasengan formed in his hand and Naruto blitzed forward and slammed his attack into Itachi, who rotated a few times before falling on the ground.

Sakura and Lady Chio were frozen by the powerful Naruto did. Ishizu could only give the Jinchūriki a mental thumbs up. He saw that Naruto was not in a good mood.

A normal Naruto was strong, and an angry Naruto was extremely strong. Gai and his team were the same as in canon, probably. Ishizu did not know and, honestly, did not care.

Ishizu POV

A smirk went over my mouth when I saw Itachi appearing before Kisame. I didn't know the reason for his early return, but I could guess it was Naruto's doing.

"What happened? Why are you back so fast?" questioned Pain not expecting the Uchiha to return so fast. The Deva Path showed no emotion, but it was clear he wasn't happy with what was going on.

"An Uchiha underestimating his enemy? Not the first time I see that. All macho about their famous eyes but we all see the result."

The mockery had no effect on the stoic Itachi.

"We underestimated the power of the Kyuubi Jinchuriki. He got strong and is very fast."

'He didn't mention Sage Mode. Clever bastard.'

"It does not matter. Thanks to our friend here we are already done," smirked Pain in triumph as the process was finished.

"I guess you are right. We are done. Thank you for doing business, Akatsuki. You have made yourself an enemy who is not to be fought with. I will take the body," I informed them.

I smiled as I took the container off my head and saw the sphere full. Perfect.

Another one full.

Slamming my fist against the seal a second time shook the Gedo Statue and the phantom dragon went inside Gaara. I debated if Pain would see with his Rinnegan that Gaara was still alive, but the Kazekage looked like he was dead.

An astral projection could not see such an extreme case of death state. The phantom dragons vanished, and the statue opened one eye.

'So it was true what Po said. The statue does not need the whole chakra.'

'More. I need more.'

'Again the voice. Who was talking?' Ishizu wondered.

"Deidara, Sasori, kill him," ordered Pain, and the astral projection vanished. I immediately sealed the container away before an explosion hit me.

Main Ishizu POV

I smiled as I managed to achieve my goal. Sakura opened the barrier, and we came inside where I made a quick switch with my clone. Sasori and Deidara jumped down from their fingers and looked at the explosion.

"You should aim your attacks better, Deidara. I think a good firework is much better than such bombs."

A masked person came through the smoke completely unarmed. His glance directed onto the blonde boy.

"I see we meet again, Naruto Uzumaki."