Kakuzu the Stuck!

[A/N: I promise! This is the last chapter for Kakuzu fight xDDDDD *cough* maybe]

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Chapter 29: Kakuzu the Stuck!

Jutsu of the day:

<Paste no Jutsu>

Courtesy of Yours Truly

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Near Shimogo, Land of Fire

[Kakuzu]

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"Ughhh" I groaned.

There was an arm sticking out of my chest. Seemingly penetrating my heart...

My central heart that is.

Usually this turns into a chance for me to capitalize. Not many Ninja stay vigilant, after piercing someone's heart after all.

But this boy was one of the cautious ones....

He didn't celebrate after piercing my heart, but instead, I saw him inhaling large amounts of air and then.

<Fire release: Phoenix Fire spiral>

He released a B Rank fire Jutsu directly at my face.

I was surprised by his brutality, and I had to stop my acting. I then forcefully stop the attack head on using most of my living threads.

"These little runts..." It was getting more annoying by the minute.

I just wanted to end this fast and get my money.

But then I heard the young man saying, "I already knew you had more than one core. My eyes can't see the exact tanketsu like the Byakugan. But it can still perceive chakra positions.

And your chakra is all over the place. And I can see four more cores."

[A/N: Ugghhh! I am being cautious as there are many critics who might attack this sentence, saying sharingan can't see chakra. So there is a manga image in the paragraph comments]

"Damn the Sharingan!" I sighed.

This boy was more terrifying than that fuzzy haired one.

I started feeling cheated. This wasn't suppose to happen according to the information I got.

'The information only stated one Samurai with elite strength and now there are two more elite level Ninjas. And one that can even perceive my hidden hearts!' I frowned.

I needed to get back to Mori. And fast.

Even if I was confident, I wouldn't fight all three of them, being at a disadvantage. None of them were weak.

I noticed the Samurai who was eyeing me. But there was also a child behind him, watching all of this calmly.

It must be the prince. But he was too calm. As if this had nothing to do with him.

But then, I thought I saw him smile. It wasn't the smile of a child.

This made me shudder.

'When did I become a weakling?....' I frowned,

Things were getting out of hands. So I quickly unleashed my four hearts.

As I knew, this wasn't the time to dally around.

But the boy named Fuse suddenly flickered behind me and slashed apart one of my heart masks as soon as it manifested.

"Impudent!" I was incensed as the boy cut open my water mask.

"You brats!" I shouted.

And unleashed all of my living threads attacking everything in a sphere.

<Earth Grudge Fear>

Attacking anything in range.

Unfortunately both of my assailants were unharmed. And instead, the younger boy was able to throw a lightning enhanced kunai cutting a bit of my face.

Such humiliation...

I was about to unleash all of my power but I started rationalizing and stopped myself as I moved away.

I then heard a light mutter.

It was made by the child. He sounded bored…

"Sigh! Fuzzy and Ichi are too strong for this hobo. It's getting booringg~"

Everyone present heard the child. My opponents started releasing and transforming their chakra as it seemed they will unleash a big Jutsu.

I frowned at the sight. I also noticed the samurai grabbing his sword. The whole situation seemed too dangerous.

I should escape and regroup with Mori. At this pace I might lose more hearts…

I moved away from their attack while receding my masks. I didn't want to lose any more of them.

My opponents circled me from a distance, but they paused their attacks as well.

They were still on guard against me. But it seemed like they understood my gesture.

I put my hands up and addressed the leader of the group. The elder samurai.

"Samurai of the Aki, I am not going to continue my attacks. It's in the best interest of us all to seize our attacks.

If this continues, then I will be forced to unleash my full strength. And trust me, it will not be an easy fight. I am not an S rank missing nin for show."

The elder samurai looked at me with calm eyes as he said, "Believe me when I say this.

Even if you are an S rank missing nin, you will not be able to harm us. Those two boys over there, haven't even started showing their actual strength yet."

That made me alarmed. As I noticed a smile on the younger boy. His Sharingans were glowing, brighter, redder.

I gulped at the scene.

I was still confident that I can take them on. But they are blocking all the exits. And something is telling me, the child over there was more dangerous than the rest of them.

Call it intuition. But I don't want to stay and see it turning real.

I then looked at him again and said, "Let's not create more issues, when we can leave without much harm. How bout this, I will tell you who ordered the kidnapping. That should make up for my offensive."

I will be back as soon as I get a hold of Mori. We will need to kill them one by one. One can't ever be too cautious.

And I will only tell them about the Kumo Daimyo. That should buy me enough credits and not implicate the Akatsuki. The leader said it was not time yet, for us to work in the open.

The elder frowned and was about to say something.

But the child came forward putting his hand up , stopping the elder.

He then looked at me with a childlike pout as he asked, "Tell me. Who wanted to kidnap, yours truly?"

I frowned as I heard him speak. My mental alarms were ringing loudly. But I ignored them.

Then suddenly,

I felt something different about myself.

But I couldn't recall or comprehend what was different about me.

I tried to think logically. But most of my thoughts were telling me to attack the boy and snap his neck, and end this abomination. But yet, my instincts were also telling me to run.

Is this happening because of my extra hearts? Were the hearts influencing my thoughts?

I wasn't sure, but I forcefully drowned both thoughts.

I took a deep breath and answered the boy, "The lightning Daimyo."

The boy seemed to think for a while. Then nodded his head while muttering "Umu, umu!"

Everyone else was silent. Waiting for the child to order them. I had sweats around my forehead. I didn't know why, but I was experiencing fear.

I couldn't take the silence, so I broke it by saying, "I kept my part of the deal. Now I will take my leave."

The child looked at me with a questioning gaze and asked, "Before you go, care to tell what is the name of your organization?"

I frowned and shook my head. I was about to turn, but the child told me to wait again.

I readied my guard. I thought this child might not be as innocent as he looked. He could tell his guards to attack me at any moment.

When I heard the child saying shyly, "Umm, Mr. Kaku, I am a prince and you just tried to attack me, so it isn't proper for me to just let you get away.

So, Ummm, I will count to ten slowly, and we will not attack or pursue you till I finish my count. You can run away by that time, right? It will make it look like I didn't simply let you go. Or my reputation will be ruined, you know?"

I found his statement peculiar. None of his statements were logical. But I couldn't argue about it for some reason, and simply nodded in agreement.

The child then happily clapped and started counting slowly, "Ten.... Nine."

I wanted to dash away with my maximum speed. But I noticed something horrifying.

My feet wound't move.

"""??!"""

And it wasn't just me who was surprised. The two Ninjas and the samurai seemed surprised. Seeing that I did not depart right away.

I can't sense any chakra near my feet. It simply seems… Stuck…

I started sweating profusely. As the countdown didn't stop, "Five…. Four.."

I simply stared at the child and shuddered.

My legs wound't budge.

The child looked at me with a smile that looked like it came from the devil… "One!"

I knew I was trapped.

"Ah! Mr. Kaku is still here? It seems like you want to stay, don't you?"

[A/N: Paragraph comment for illustration or simply check the actual comment section.]

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Extra:

Somewhere Faraway, on a mountain range in a hidden Island

[General]

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A gigantic old toad was sitting with his eyes closed.

When suddenly he seemed to get hit by an electric shock. He quickly opened his eyes as he looked at the distance with unfocused eyes.

He suddenly muttered,

"The lines…

Are no longer…

Straight…

I need to tell Jiraya boy…

The future that I prophesied… Might not exist anymore.

Caution.

M-must be ta-taken."

He then seemed to fall into a deep slumber. He seemed so peaceful. The scene would've brought tears to anyone's eyes.

But.

There was a snot bubble forming on the old toad's nose.

[A/N: ...FRICKKKKKK!]

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[A/N: Hello, beautiful people! Sorry about being late! I was out with friends. Hehehe! Welp Mitsu made another entrance on the Illustrations after so long. Hope you liked it. PS. If new readers wonder why, he looks different from the first two illus. It's because of the art style changed. Webtoon style simply makes the drawing look more mature.

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