Naruto: Armageddon! The return of the Bijuu! (Started, accepting)

[BLUR]

Kayno looked up to the attacks coming for him. [i]"He outsmarted me, damn" [/i] Kayno quickly performed hand seals, [color="#FF0000"]"Fire Dragon Projectile!"[/color]. Out of his mouth Kayno shot out many flame projectiles toward the liquid sharks, slowing down the attack. Kayno dodged that attack but was hit by the Twin Dragon Blizzard ninjutsu. He was knocked off of his feet. Kayno got up and brushed off the ice on his Akatsuki uniform. "I underestimated you, but that is still not enough." Kayno looked at the sky. "For world peace to be achieved sacrifices must be made, but that doesn't have to be you today. I already accomplished my mission," Kayno looked back at Mars, "I'll come for you at a later time. Be ready for that day, grow stronger, take Sanbi's power as your own if you wish to defeat me," Kayno said. Kayno bit his thumb, making it bleed just very little. H then performed summoning jutsu. A big cloud of smoke erupted. When the smoke cleared, Kayno was on Kai the Hawk. "Fly my friend, right outside Amegakure," He said to Kai. Kai went off the ground, and began flying towards Amegakure.

[Navras]

Toto smiled. His Ink Rain never failed him. Such a useful jutsu... he was glad he was the one to discover it. "Now then," Toto said to himself. "To paralyze the great beast." Toto raised his hand up in front of him and snapped his fingers. Instantly, the raindrops of blood under the seven tailed Biju turned into spikes, stabbing through the biju's body at any point touching the ground, while the rain droplets on the Biju itself burst into flames. The beast screamed with pain and used one of its legs to smash the ground under it, getting rid of the majority of spikes. Other than the flames on it's body, it looked almost completely unaffected. [I]This isn't good. I knew that it was going to be tough, but I made sure to puncture anything vital on it's body... oh, maybe it's because it's a beetle. Insects aren't the same as other animals. Damn. Now I have to get creative.[/I] Toto glanced up at the pitch black clouds and got an idea. "You better be ready for this," Toto said to himself, meaning Hiraku. He raised his hand above his head once more and snapped his fingers for the second time. Upon his snapping, Hurricane force winds picked up, tearing at he trees and the Biju as one. In the same instant, pink lightning shot down from the clouds and hit the biju. It screamed in suffering and fell to the ground. Toto laughed a wild laugh, pleased that his idea had worked. With his hair being blown in the wind the way it was, the look in his eye and the way he was standing, Toto looked the part of the incarnation of insanity. The Biju heard his laughter. It turned towards Toto, found him in his sights and lunged forward towards him.

[.:Blu:.]

As the Biju launched towards Toto at incredible speed, it charged up a menacing ball, aiming to obliterate Toto. However, when the Nanabi got extremely close, it was knocked up into the air by a giant root shooting upwards from beneath the Nanabi's head. The menacing ball was shot up into the sky. Hiraku then appeared besides Toto. "You're taking all the fun huh? Heh, don't get carry away now...." Hiraku then formed the snake hand-sign to activate another jutsu. "Earth Release: Dropping Lid." Suddenly, a gigantic, green boar lid dropped from the sky onto the Nanabi, restricting its movements. "Alright, we should hurry and seal this thing in a temporary chakra sealing scroll." Hiraku stated.

[TitanKing]

Aezlea looked on as he say the other paths appeared in front of him one by one he looked. The he notice as the Upekkha Path appeared [i]"I guess it seems like he is the strongest of the of them"[/i]. He looked around at the temple as the Upekkha Path spoke about it" as the Upekkha Path spoke about the war Aezlea remembered his pains of war, he fathers death and his mother disapperence. He though about why he reformed the Akatsuki he looked up as he as the Upekkha Path finished talking "Yes I am the the leader and by you chakra level I'm guessing you are the strongest of the group?".

[.:Blu:.]

The Upekkha Path closed his eyes for a moment and then reopened them again. "You are correct...." the Upekkha Path briefly answered. "I've been looking for the Akatsuki for quite some time now.... I heard your goal is to dissipate war from this cursed world we inhabit.... That is true is it not....?" the Upekkha Path questioned calmly. "If it is.... Then we have similar interests.... I am the Upekkha Path and with these other fives, we are.... The Six Paths of Enlightenment...." the Upekkha Path stated as the moonlight shone over the six Paths.

[Envoy of Twilight]

Zaraii smirked at the beast standing before him. "Good thing I knew about my long lost relatives, or I never would have been able to use this", he said as he made a few quick hand signs. "Mandala Box". As he said that, he shot a 3 dimensional pyramid of chakra to surround and encase the Nibi. Holding the triangle seal, Zaraii drew his hands together to cause the walls of the jail pyramid to collapse inwards and trap the Nibi. As the Nibi struggled, the pyramid began to crack and break with ease. Zaraii sighed as he realized it would be harder to get the Nibi than he thought. As he focused more, he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a seal. He then released the jutsu, and jumped high into the air. He then seen the Nibi slowly try and rise, and smacked the seal right on top of its head. As he did, his eyes widened.

[Chaos Puppet]

Mars watched the strange man fly away, and after he was out of sight, he fell to his knees. "I suppose I was given this power for a reason", he said quietly as the green chakra faded and his eyes returned to normal. He sighed again and looked at the large lake he had made during the battle and scratched his head. "Maybe they'll thank me", he said with a grin. As some of the villagers came outside, they looked at the boy with, not necessarily angry eyes, but curious eyes. Mars stood up and laughed a little. "I think I'm getting the hang of this", he said as he began to walk toward the village exit. As he did, his leg gave out and he fell onto one knee. "I guess it'll still take some practice", he said with a slight grin. As he began to walk, his stomach turned, and he vomited. As he did, he looked at the throw-up. It has in it what seemed to be a piece of a shell. Mars raised an eyebrow at this, and then began to walk away. It was creepy, yes, but he had more important things to do, like return to his own village. When he was only a few feet away from the gate, he made a face at the guards. "Anyone want to escort me to the Leaf Village?"

[TitanKing]

Aezlea looked across at each path then back at the Upekkha Path as he moonlight shined above The Six Paths of Enlightenment. "It seem like you have found what you have been looking for and, Yes our goal is to rid of war from this word among other things.....that is the goal of the.......Akatsuki". Aezlea looked on "Then if we do have similar interests.....we might have somthing to talk about". He looks around "but I'm sensing that their is another person in your group am I right?"

"My Eight Trigrams are getting stronger and stronger.....i can feel the power of the sage flowing through me more and more everyday" Imi placed her hand on the Sage's Magatama it started to glow. "The power of Yin and Yang are flowing greater as well" she started heading towards the river "A good rest would be great right now"

[.:Blu:.]

"Then indeed we do have something to discuss...." the Upekkha Path replied calmly. After hearing the question about "another person", the Upekkha Path simply walked towards the temple a bit. "Yes.... but I wouldn't consider myself another person.... You see, the person you are sensing is me.... This body along with these other five bodies are controlled by me alone.... In a way, there is only you and me here...." the Upekkha Path explained. "However.... I will not reveal my true self as of now.... But I have a proposition to make.... Interested to hear....?" the Upekkha Path asked.

[Navras]

"We're not done here yet," Toto said, never taking his eyes off of the Biju. "It's not weak enough for us to seal. If we did it now we would die, or at least whoever it was that was trying to seal it would. Instead, let's value our lives." Toto made some hand signs and whispered, "Ink style, Ink clone Jutsu." An inky black clone of Toto arose from the ground beside them. "Take over for me," Toto said. The ink clone nodded and assumed the position and hand signs of Toto. Now free to move, Toto took steps towards the Biju. "Hiraku, follow my lead and give me support. I think I can take this thing down with your help of course." Toto looked back at Hiraku and smiled wickedly before running off towards the biju at full speed, making hand signs as he went.

[Chaos Puppet]

Mars groaned as nobody volunteered to escort him back to the Leaf. He sighed and began to limp toward the village exit. "It'll only take three days..", he said with sarcasm. As he left the village, his mind began to wander. He began thinking about the experience he had just had with the unnamed ninja who attacked him. "Was that huge thing I saw Shukaku, the One Tailed Bijuu?" he asked himself with a bit of disbelief. "Seeing that awakened the Sanbi within me", he said to himself as he sat down in the sand to rest. "I have to be careful, if that guy could have taken down that Bijuu that easily, I must be in a bit of trouble". He sighed, and made a few hand signs. As he finished, a piece of ice appeared in his hand, and he took a bite out of it. "Not half bad", he said as he took another chomp. When he finished, he got up and began walking again. "I need a faster way home", he said as his mood turned into depression.

[Envoy of Twilight]

Zaraii began to squirm in the air as the Nibi was slowly sucked into the seal that he had in his hand. As it was sucked into the seal, it would travel from it to Zaraii's body. During the process, Zaraii was screaming in agony, tears coming down his face. His pupils disappeared and his body went numb. As the Nibi was finished being sealed, Zaraii fell to the ground. As he was there, he was writhing and squirming, clenching his stomach. He coughed and watched the world spin above him. The seal seemed to be taking its toll on the user. Zaraii then vomited, got up and limped a few feet, and passed out. When he awoke, it was a few hours later, but everything seemed calm. He raised his shirt and seen it. A seal mark on his chest. He smiled. "I feel stronger already", he said with a big grin. He then got up and stretched, feeling much better now. He thought about it and decided. "I'm gonna see if the Sand Village needs any help", he said, now feeling confident in his new abilities, which he still does not know much about, or even what they are.

[.:Blu:.]

"So hasteful...." Hiraku said to himself as he saw Toto running towards the beast. Suddenly, a huge wall of roots arose from the ground in front of Toto, forcing him to stop. "Toto!" Hiraku yelled from afar as he walked towards him. "Don't make rash moments.... I've already weakened it enough. If you look under its head, you'll see four of my special chakra devouring plants. During the times attacked it, I'd implanted seeds onto it. I've already thought ahead, you should know that. So there's no need to waste more energy on something we can temporarily seal. We just need to bring it back to our hideout nothing more. We doing a full sealing there. Now let's hurry up and seal it into this scroll before my plants died off from absorbing too much powerful chakra." Hiraku said as he walked towards the Nanabi.

[Navras]

Toto ground his teeth together and stopped mid-hand sign. "Fine," Toto said. "But just to make extra sure," Toto made one hand sign. The rain droplets on the ground all around the Biju shot up and wrapped around it, forming chains to hold it down to the ground. Toto pulled out the special sealing scroll that his was carrying and tossed it to Hiraku. "Do what you've got to do to seal the thing. But I'm telling you, it won't stay that way for long. You go ahead and seal it, I'll be your back up for now, in case it decides to wise up and attack," he said, crossing his arms and jumping above the wall of roots so that he could observe the Biju.

[.:Blu:.]

"Heh, don't worry too much Toto. All we need is enough time to get it back to the hideout and that should be more than enough. Besides, you're my backup so I'm not really worry if the Nanabi tries to escape right?" Hiraku said in an attempt to ease Toto. "Anyways, we can handle this easily, now let me seal away the Nanabi. By the way do you need to restore some chakra? Now that my plants have taken some of the Nanabi's chakra, I can use it for healing and restoration. So tell me if you need it." Hiraku said as he began to perform several ellaborate hand-signs to temporarily seal the beast within the special scroll.

[Navras]

" Yeah, no need to worry as long as I'm here," Toto answered Hiraku's first question. When he asked his second, Toto sighed and said, "No, my chakra is barely depleted, which makes this whole fight not much fun at all." Toto pouted, sitting down on top of the roots and slightly puffing out his cheeks. "I mean, come on, I didn't even have to unless a single one of my demons, and this is the seven tailed for god's sake! You know how I am Hiraku, I'm a savage rabid beast! If I don't get to be savage, I get depressed. And If I get depressed, I get cravings, and when I get cravings, you know full well that I need to satisfy them. So on the way back, we had better find some place to eat that has the stuff I like, you hear me!?" Toto shouted to Hiraku.

[.:Blu:.]

"Heh, always hungry for battle huh Toto? Don't worry, if next time we come across another Biju I won't use my parasitic plants to end the battle faster. It's not my fault the Bijus are basically massive amounts of chakra. Anyways, tell you what, if you want we can have ourselves a little spar later. That'll be a good way to satisfy your battle cravings. You'll have a really good time, afterall, I'm a tough opponent." Hiraku said as he finished up sealing the Nanabi in the scroll. "Eat? Will I guess. I'm not so hungry but I guess if you are then let's go." Hiraku said as he walked towards Toto. "So where are you thinking?" Hiraku asked as he placed the scroll in his robe.

[Navras]

"No, sparing against you is no good," Toto said, standing up and turning away from where the Biju has been. "With those parasitic plants of yours, I'm basically as good a target as the Biju. Besides, what If I lose control on you and accidentally kill you? then I'd be out of a partner, and we make such a nice couple don't you think?" Toto asked, turning to Hiraku and smiling. "We'll find some simp on the way back to HQ that I can kill, that should satisfy my battle cravings. As for the hunger... hmm..." Toto thought about it for a moment then said, "I'm kinda craving short-cake to be honest. Let's find a place with short cake." Toto began to walk away,waiting for Hiraku to follow. All the while, thinking, [I]I wonder how much power that Biju as within it...[/I]

[TitanKing]

Aezlea scratched his head "I guess that makes sense... a little" he look at the paths [i]"I guess we all have something to hide evey now and then..."[/i]. He quickly looks around the temple again "a proposition to make.... yes i'm interested to hear....?".

Imi stood at the river bank "I guess some fish would be ok for now" she walks into the river "I guess i should have some fun too" she smiles and activates her Byakugan "Lets get started ......Eight Trigrams Rotation" a wave of water flew up she sees fish. She bends down and smiles "Eight trigrams 64 palm" she begin knocking the fish onto the river bank. She stops after a few monments "that should be enough" she walks back on the bank "Now all i need is a fire" she looks at the fish "Yang Fire Release: Kagu-tsuchi" the fish start to cook she smiles as she watches.

[Chaos Puppet]

Mars sighed and decided to pick up the pace to get back to the Leaf Village. As he began to rush, he was going much quicker than he had expected. "Boosted speed?" he thought to himself as he continued to race toward Konoha. He smiled and went even faster, and soon found that in only 8 hours, he had the Leaf Village in sight. He raised his eyebrow and smiled. "What speed", he thought as he approached the main gate. As he walked into the village, he smiled. Everything was just the way he had left it. He watched the townsfolk walk around and his smile grew. "I better tell the Hokage what happened", he said as he remembered what happened in the Sand Village. As he began walking, a sudden pain shot through his head. He clenched his head for a moment, and then let go as the pain eased away. "What was that?" he thought to himself as he began walking again.

[.:Blu:.]

"Kill me? Please Toto you're giving me too little credit...." Hiraku said. "If you could kill me then we wouldn't be partners afterall huh? Anyways, if you ever are interested in battling me I'll won't use my parasitic plants. (He's confident I'll give him that....)" Hiraku though to himself. It's been awhile since anyone said that they could kill him. But everyone in Akatsuki knows that Hiraku is one of the most difficult person to kill especially with his special ability, but Hiraku found it gutsy that Toto said what he said, and it just gave Hiraku more respect for his junior partner.

"Very well.... As both you and I have similar interest in erasing war from this world.... I'll be obliged to lend you my power in exchange for half of the control of akatsuki resources including its members.... My power will be for you usage to your liking.... Interested....?" the Upekkha Path asked calmly.

[Navras]

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Toto said. "Come on, let's find a place with short cake already. I'm starving thanks to you!" Toto ran off, waiting for Hiraku to follow him whenever.

*A little bit later, at a restaurant in a village many miles away*

Toto knocked on the wooden frame of a small restaurant known as "Paddy's Shack." It was either a slow day or else this town was a whole lot smaller than what Toto had given it credit for, there were only two people inside. When he knocked, the cook smiled and said, "Be with you in just a minute. Why don't you take a seat until I get to you?"
"Sounds good to me. Come on Hiraku, surely you've worked up an appetite by now," Toto said taking a seat next to one of the people already inside of the shop. The person looked up at Toto and instantly recognized his akatsuki uniform. Toto turned to the man and smiled wickedly. He got up and left in a hurry. "Hey Hiraku, there's an empty seat right here!"
"Now then," the cook said, turning towards Toto. "What can I get-" He stopped abruptly, seeing Toto's uniform.
"Do you serve shortcake here?" Toto asked. The cook was silent. "Hey! Did you hear me? I said, Do, You Serve, Shortcake, Here?"
"Uh-n-no, we don't."
"Do you know how to make shortcake?"
"Y-yes!"
"Then please."
"Right-right away!"

[TitanKing]

"Just a few more minuets...seconds.....finally i can eat" she picks up one of the fish and begins eating it "This good....training really makes me hungry.....I wonder what the other akatsuki members are doing I bet they are eating something good" she smiles "but I'm sure the boss is busy either looking for the 9-tails or something like that" she talks another bite of the fish smiling with each bite "I should shave the other two for later" she wraps the two up and places them in her bag "time to go"

Aezlea thought about what the Upekkha Path had said "that sounds pretty interesting to me" he thinks "so you want half control of the akatsuki and its resources... I can sense that you are powerful and im sure you would be a good help, but what do you have to offer us?"

[Envoy of Twilight]

Zaraii was now content to go to the Sand Village, but decided to go back to Konoha for a bit. As he reached the village, his head pounded a little, and he shook his head for about a minute. The pain soon disappeared. "What the hell was that?" he said with astonishment. He shook his head again and began walking through the village. He turned a corner and ran right into another ninja, seemingly his age. The boy was a relatively normal sized teenage boy with red eyes. He had white hair and wore smaller standard jonin clothing, along with the flack jacket and all. His body was not all that muscular, but rather average looking and his hair was spiked back. Zaraii blinked a few times. "I apologize", he said as he got up and brushed his 12 Guardians uniform off. He held out his hand, signaling with his eyes for the boy still on the ground to grab it.

[.:Blu:.]

Hiraku stayed silent as he watched the people's reactions to them. Hiraku simply sat down and looked around the area. "Boy, you sure petrified the people in here, nice work...." Hiraku said. After seeing how the cook reacted to Toto, Hiraku simply smirk. "My, don't have to scare him that bad do you? Hey Chef." Hiraku said. "Umm, ye-yes sir? May I help you?" the chef asked in a scared voice. "Don't worry, we're not here to kill anybody, well, at least not me but you'll have to worry about my partner there. Anyways, I want you to make me some rice balls." Hiraku said. "Y-Yes sir right away!" the chef hesitantly responded then got back to cooking. "Toto...." Hiraku said calmly referring to the two ANBU-level ninjas in the far back table.

"What I have to offer....? You will see that my powers are will be of great use to your needs.... And I will allow you to use a secret temple as a second hideout or anything else you would want to use it for.... The temple is protected by seals I've created myself, and the location is secluded so noone will be able to find and interfere will your business there.... Do we have a deal....?" the Upekkha Path asked.