Toru appeared behind Kakashi instantly to kick him in the face, but Kakashi activated the Sharingan and predicted the enemy's movements, dodging it with difficulty.
'Hatake Kakashi, huh. I never realized you had something like that under that mask' Stepping back, Toru pulled out two kunais and adjusted his fighting stance. "Looks like you realized that Kakuzu-san uses earth element and took advantage of that to kill him right away. Well done, but I think you're getting over excited."
Kakashi sighed tiredly, his chakra always wasted fast when he used the Sharingan.
"None of that. Ha~ there's you and the other one left. Get ready, I'll see your face after I end your life."
At this, Toru just stayed calm and watched as Kakashi used Chidori again to try to attack Toru, but he smiled under his hat. "Like I said, you got over excited."
Going on the attack against Kakashi, Toru raised the kunai. Kakashi was ready to deflect it, but he felt a sharp blow to his back, followed by a kick from Toru that sent him flying into one of the nearby trees.
Toru quickly stood next to the one responsible for hitting Kakashi first. That was Kakuzu, who stood up like it was nothing. "I'm angry" He wiped his clothes and looked at Kakashi who was sitting on the ground. "Brat, get out of here, I'm going to kill you all. And to do that, I don't need you" Kakuzu's switch turned on. Now he was in the mood to kill the enemies no matter what.
And, considering everything that was going on, Toru believed that Kakuzu and Hidan could handle this, but... "And where am I left?"
"You stay quiet and wait for my orders..."
"Hm..." Toru shook his head dismissively. 'This isn't going to end well for anyone, but if that's what they want I have no problem. I have no relationship with those Konoha shinobi. Maybe I have a little respect for Shikamaru, but he earned this for throwing himself into the attack like that' He stepped back walking relaxedly as Kakashi looked at him.
The problem here is Toru, not Kakuzu or Hidan. That's what Kakashi thinks, so he has to make Shikamaru's plan work.
Kakashi takes Toru away, while Shikamaru does the same with Hidan. Hakuto and Chouji have to hold out against Kakuzu while waiting for reinforcements. This was the only way to defeat them all, make them split up.
But right now, Kakashi was in front of Kakuzu and Toru, he didn't know what to do, the plan was going awry and that's a bad thing.
"Holy shit!"
Toru returned his gaze to the guy who was sent flying after being hit by Chouji. Kakashi put on a serious look seeing this. The plan resumes.
'Now!' Throwing a kunai at Shikamaru, Kakashi looked at Toru with the Sharingan and went on the attack.
Kakuzu was about to thwart this when a large number of black threads began to emerge from his body, separating into how many parts, like bizarre masked beasts. One of those masked beasts turned into a pile of dead thread lying on the ground due to Kakashi previously exploding one of its hearts with Chidori. However, when he was about to crush Kakashi, a large amount of crimson flowers filled the whole place, then a large thorny ball rolled down taking Kakuzu and his strange thread-like life forms with it.
At the same time, Shikamaru caught Hidan with the Kagenui and began to carry him away from that place. Chouji and Hakuto looked at this. 'It's time, Hakuto' Chouji looked at his teammate and then at Kakuzu, who fell away from Toru.
Now, they had all been separated. Kakuzu would now have to face Hakuto and Chouji, and Shikamaru would have to kill Hidan to get back to his teammates. At the same time...
"You're very insistent, Kakashi" Toru realized that this was getting complicated. So he had planned to kick Kakashi and knock him unconscious, but that couldn't happen since Kakashi could predict his movements more accurately using the Sharingan.
"I can't use it for long, but here we go" Kakashi's Sharingan spin and transformed. Mangekyo Sharingan now showed in his left eye. Toru opened his eyes in disbelief at this, so he raised his guard with two kunais in each hand, while trying to hide the glint in his eyes under his hat.
'Mangekyo Sharingan. Everyone is supposed to have a unique ability... Itachi's is those black flames he calls Amaterasu, so...' This got ugly. Toru thought about using the Sennin Mōdo, but that wouldn't be good for him. Since he couldn't activate the Shigan freely in Senjutsu state, he couldn't free himself from the genjutsus of the Sharingan, so now there was only one thing left for him to do; find a quick way to disable Kakashi that didn't involve the Senjutsu, so he could go help Hidan, since this immortal guy went with one of the most dangerous shinobi as far as strategy was concerned.
Clang! Both metal weapons rang out. Kakashi's Sharingan gently rotated inside his eye and completely analyzed Toru. His movements, his breathing, the way he looked at things, everything involved in battle.
On the other hand, Toru knew he was being watched by a Sharingan, so he couldn't stand exchanging blows against someone who can predict movements even when someone moves an extreme speed like Toru. So, he stepped back, connected the seals on his hands to perform a jutsu.
"Katōn: Gōkakyū no Jutsu [Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]"
Toru blew hard and in front of him a gigantic wave of flames appeared. Kakashi analyzed this with the Sharingan and used the same jutsu, but Toru's flames surpassed Kakashi's managing to hit him, however....
When it seemed that Kakashi had turned into a pile of ash, he showed himself in the cloud of smoke that appeared from the flaming clash. He had managed to resist the power of Toru's jutsu using his chakra reinforced hands, although this gave him severe burns.
"You don't intend to give up. Are you guys so hell-bent on wiping out Akatsuki? If so, you should prepare to suffer the pain" Toru spread his arms in imitation of Pain.
Kakashi was confused by this, but decided to take advantage of his enemy's words to recover quickly, however, Toru's words were strange... very... dark and depressing.
"Feel the pain, observe the pain, accept the pain...." Toru narrowed his eyes. He had made up his mind at this moment. 'This is how I will show myself to the world from now on. When the time comes, I will show my identity at last...' There was something Toru wished to do with all his being, and for that, he had to make everyone fear when they heard his name, when they heard the name of the Akatsuki organization. "Those who do not know pain are unable to move forward. Their mind is clouded by their stupid peace, stupid reason to exist. Everyone in this country is blinded by their ridiculous Will of Fire and do not understand how this world really works. The pain will never end, the wars will never stop, Death is always here..." Although this wasn't what Toru actually thought, it served him to make everyone think he was a different person, as well as promoting Pain's ideology and gaining even more confidence. Kakashi listened to this carefully. "Listen, Hatake Kakashi, listen to the voice of the messenger of God. Very soon everything will end... and you won't live to see the rebirth of a new world."
"Enough talk!" Kakashi didn't wait any longer and continued the fight. Throwing himself into the attack once again, he executed the seals to use the Chidori again, but Toru wasn't going to go down as easy as Kakuzu.
This one moved extremely fast as the death light tried to stay hidden under his hat. He could see the lines of death moving from here to there. In the air, on the ground, on the dry branches of the trees, all over Kakashi's body. Death is visible to him, as easy as cutting the indicated line, life will be extinguished in his hands like an executioner.
Both dodged swift punches and kicks that crossed their paths. For Kakashi, being able to block Toru's taijutsu was very difficult, even using the Mangekyo Sharingan. Still, he has a last resort in case he fails.
On the other hand, Toru kept trying to find an opening. Despite using the two kunais as if they were daggers, it wasn't the same and he felt very uncomfortable. Mostly he could only connect punches and kicks leaving the kunais aside. 'Kakashi is really good with that Sharingan that who knows where he got it from. I still think I could finish this with Senjutsu, but that puts me at a disadvantage. By the way... How the hell is Kakashi so strong? I don't remember him like this, rather, I never saw him fight' For him this was weird. Although Kakashi felt overwhelmed by the speed of his enemy, he could hardly stand against him. It wasn't long before Toru managed to defeat him, but this exchange of blows was going nowhere.
So Toru stepped back again, put his hands together connecting the seals and then hit the ground. "Doton: Daichi Ganshō [Earth Style: Earth Base]" After this, two walls rose up around Kakashi and these began to close in with the intention of crushing him.
Kakashi reacted quickly and executed another lightning element jutsu to destroy the walls. Toru was already expecting this, so he took advantage of that opening second to get under the ground and throw Kakashi off the scent.
'Under the ground...' Still, Kakashi noticed and prepared for what was coming next. His Mangekyo Sharingan sharpened and then Toru came out of the ground just a meter away from Kakashi.
Kakashi saw a red light under Toru's hat and a faint smile that looked like that of a psychopath.
"Suiton: Bakusui Shōha [Water Style: Water Blast Wave Collision]" At the same instant, Toru swallowed a large amount of air, which he spat out in the form of water a millisecond later.
Kakashi's eyes widened not knowing what to do in time. The only thing he could do upon seeing this was to put his hands in front of his face and receive the impact, as it was too fast. In fact, he didn't expect his enemy to be able to control more than two elements so easily, so he was underestimating the situation too much.
'This is boiling water...' After being pushed a few meters because of the giant wave of water that formed, Kakashi felt burns on his face and hands. The water that the Akatsuki guy threw was boiling in some form or another.
Toru just looked at this and went on the attack again. Earlier he did something risking himself, which consisted of using Senjutsu to imbue his throat with Shakuton to throw the water at a high temperature.
He is certainly not very good at using other elements. This is further confirmed by the fact that Kakashi survived the wave of boiling water. There was no point in combining elements in this way if the result was going to be this mediocre. But if Toru gets to use Shakuton in such a showy way, Kakashi would notice it right away, so he had to be careful when fighting. The same goes for Shimikomaseru, which is a jutsu exclusive to the Asahi clan.
Clang! Click! The metal weapons clashed and caused high-pitched sounds. Kakashi tried to see his enemy's face, but it was impossible.
'Right now Shikamaru should have caught that guy by now. Chouji and Hakuto-san must resist even more, reinforcements will arrive soon. I must hold out until that happens, I must not let them get away' Kakashi's gaze sharpened. Right now he was wrestling the metal weapons against his enemy.
"Listen, Kakashi. Your game of throwing the rock and then running away is making me tired. It's only been a few seconds since we started this, let me finish quickly."
Clang! Toru maneuvered in the same place he was, kicked Kakashi's legs and forced him to fall. He then tried to stab him in the head, but the Sharingan inside Kakashi's eye swiveled twice and he was able to block the attack.
But still, Toru did not stop and increased the speed of his attacks.
"Ahg!" Kakashi could no longer defend himself in one of the blows he received and was stabbed in the chest, close to the heart. He fell to the ground on his knees from this as he tried to find a way to trick Toru.
'He barely dodged it. That should do it. It's better that he bleeds out and dies quietly. Although he doesn't seem to be weak enough to die from a stabbing.'
Taking advantage of Kakashi being on the ground, Toru kicked him and sent him flying into one of the trees. After that, he walked over to Kakashi and looked him in the eyes.
"The world changes, children grow up and time moves on. Pain will teach you how this world will change."
Kakashi sighed.
"What strange things you say, but I'm not going to let you go. Don't think you're going to kill me so easily."
"That's not just a thought, it's a fact. Now-"
Boom!
'He made it...' Kakashi smiled under his mask. Something very good had happened for them, something very beneficial.
Toru on the other hand turned his gaze and saw how the birds had taken flight from a specific place. There, he could feel Hidan's chakra, which decreased drastically.
'I have to go' Toru frowned and started to run in that direction. However, Kakashi wasn't going to let him.
"You're not going anywhere" Kakashi's Sharingan spun gently and then... "Kamui!"
Toru felt great pain in his right shoulder. There was something, something there, something strange, as if reality started to spiral near his shoulder.
His eyes widened as blood began to gush out and his eyes changed color to crimson red. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Replacing himself with a clone, Toru used it to propel himself to escape the strange jutsu.
'What was that?' In a bit of pain, Toru looked back and watched as his clone was dragged by that strange spiral. He touched his shoulder in pain, as part of his robe had torn and there were small scrapes on his skin.
Kakashi at the same time, put his hand over his face after using that jutsu. He felt great pain, as well as having failed.
'It can't be... he managed to dodge it...' Kakashi tried to stand up, but he was too weak to do so. 'Shikamaru, be careful. It's better if you run away...'
Watching Toru leave, Kakashi just looked at the sky. Everything was happening too fast.
To be Continued...
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Chapter of the week. 150 more power stones and I update the next chapter.