Dexter's POV;

After my short but important talk with Hayate, I used a Hiraishin marker in the land of Waterfall and summoned the fox that was responsible for finding Fu.

“Hello Cirl, how are you? Some meat?”, I asked in greeting and petted the small black fox behind her ears.

“Hello Dexter-sama, I'd really liked some meat”, she replied in a happy and squeaky tone. My summons are just so fluffy and cute. Sometimes I just want to cuddle them.

“Dexter-sama, may I know why you're hugging me?”, asked Cirl suddenly and I noticed that I had grabbed her and was now cuddling the stuffing out of her soft and fluffy pelt.

“No reason at all”, I said evenly and put her back down with as much dignity as I could, meaning not very much.

“Anyway, here is the leg of a rabbit”, I said and gave her a piece of meat. She ate it like a fox lady and devoured the leg in a matter of seconds. Luckily it was already skinned or pieces of fur would have flown everywhere.

“That was good. Well then Dexter-sama, please follow me. The entrance to the village hidden behind the waterfall is only a few dozen kilometer away”, she then said and jumped off into. I followed her quickly. Half an hour later we stopped in front of a rock formation.

“This is one of their entrances, their form of ANBU use it mostly”, she said and tabbed a few parts of the wall with her tail. A few clicking sounds came from inside and the wall opened, revealing a dimly lit corridor.

“Thanks, Cirl”, I said and stepped inside.

“No problem Dexter-sama, call me in case you need me”, she chirped and was gone in a small cloud of smoke.

°Now then, let's see where she is°, I said to Kura-chan.

°I can feel Choumei, she is three kilometer to the north and a hundred or so meter higher than us°, replied my very own vixen.

°Thanks”, I said and henged into a mouse before rushing off into the tunnel.

There were some surveillance cameras, but no alarm was rung when I rushed past them, nor were any Ninja send to stop me.

So it was a minute later that I found myself in front of a closed door, a surveillance camera was hanging over me and looking at the door. So how should I do this?

I could dismiss the Henge and go inside in my normal form, this will spring an alarm.

I could also open the door as a mouse and hope that no one was looking at the camera, also not really such a good idea.

The last option I had in mind was to henge into something smaller and go underneath the door. This seemed more likely to not raise any suspicion, so I went out of the camera view and changed the Henge from a mouse into that of an ant. Ants are nasty buggers and able to go everywhere.

Going underneath the door was easy now and it was good that I choose this option. Behind the door was a room with four ANBU, they would have been more than a little wary if a simple mouse was able to open a heavy door.

Travelling took now way longer and I had to keep an eye on any incoming boot, but I was still able to leave the base and was now inside the Waterfall Village.

It's a village inside a large open cave. It's a giant lake with an even bigger tree in the middle. The tree looks like a fantasy elven tree. Easily as big as Kura-chan in her full fox mode and even slightly glowing in a green light. The village itself was built around the tree on swimming wooden isles or tree trunks, with some big mansions built inside the cave walls.

The main entrance to this village isn't visible, maybe a hidden passage behind a waterfall? It would certainly explain the name and this village has the lake for one.

Anyway, Fu's signature was on the outskirts of the village. So I changed into a bird and flew over to her position.

She reminded me of a Naruto from a slightly darker universe. She was dirty, maybe 14, thin and running away from a small group of villagers. I don't remember when she got captured. Isn't important anyway, she isn't yet and only that matters.

I followed her and used a bit of my God path to trip her pursuers. Of course, she noticed that she was no longer hunted, but she kept running until she reached the base of the giant tree. There she looked around for anyone and then jumped into the water.

°An underwater entrance?°, laughed Kura-chan amused.

°It certainly beats the crappy apartment that my clone had. Villagers could demolish it whenever they wanted. Here she is at least safe from drunkards°, I replied and flew down. I noticed a robe that vanished into the water. Ich released the henge and tugged on it a few times.

It didn't take long and a small window opened a few meters over my head. It was one of these small ones only for spying and I only noticed it thanks to my Rinne-Sharingan.

Fu was looking down at me so I looked up to her. Her eyes widen slightly, probably because my mask was so awesome.

“May I speak with you, Fu? I have a proposition for you”, I asked and she jumped a bit by my direct address of her.

“What is a propo..proposution?”, she asked, slightly embarrassed for not knowing the word.

“It means offer”, I explained and her gaze darkened a bit.

“I won't sleep with you”, she said warily.

“That's not what I want”, I assured.

“Who are you?”, she asked in a surprisingly fearless but also quiet tone.

“I'm the Uzukage and have a proposition for you”, I answered. Maybe I don't have to knock her out for this.

“Kage? Are you like the Takikage?”, she asked now slightly louder.

“In some way yes, may I come in?”, I asked.

“Eh, there is no entrance on this side”, her lying was good, even if useless. The robe was a giveaway.

“You don't have to lie, Fu, I know that there is an underwater entrance”, I said. Her eyes got wide and she tried to spy anyone who might listen in on us.

“Okay, but I'll watch you!”, she threatened and closed her window.

I shrugged, took my coat off and jumped into the water, from there I found an entrance inside the tree and followed an underwater tunnel. It twisted and turned a few times but ultimately led me again upwards and out of the water.

I climbed out and looked around. It was a cave made inside the tree, there were lamps lit all around and a warm light filled the whole room. There was a small self-made kitchen and a bed roll with some clothes thrown around.

Fu was also there, she had a Kunai, that was in a questionable condition, in her hands.

“I'll watch you”, she said sternly.

“Very well, nice room”, I said and sat down on the water. There weren't any chairs and I didn't want to sit on her things.

“Let me introduce myself. I am the Uzukage, also called Dexter Uzumaki. I'm here because I want something from you”, I said and took my mask off. She reacted only minimally. She mostly stared at my eyes. She then suddenly gained a far away look in her eyes.

“I don't trust you”, she then said a moment later.

“Understandable, did Choumei tell you to not trust me?”, I asked. She flinched and then nodded slowly.

“Just so you know, I have Kurama in me”, I said. The same far away expression came over her and a few seconds later she looked as if she finished her talk.

“What do you want?”, she then asked, very warily.

°Oops, I think Choumei still does not like me for ripping out her wings°, said Kura-chan in a fake apologetic tone.

“I want most of Choumei's Chakra. It will not kill you, but will severely weaken Choumei. She won't be as strong as she is now for a couple of years. In return, I will take you out of this village and give you a better home in Uzushiogakure. There you can either live with me in my house or get an apartment of your own. I will give you an allowance and support you if you wish to learn a handicraft or become a Ninja”, I offered and waited. It does not really matter what her answer will be. It's either yes and I will help her or no and I will take it away from her.

She took her time, it was silent for almost an hour until her eyes refocused. In the meantime, I also sensed something quite interesting. It will surely help me and has a 100% chance of convincing her.

“How can I trust you? Choumei is the one who helped me over the years, she heals me, she speaks to me. How could I in good consciousness allow her to get hurt?”. Her reply was almost shouted and a clear no.

“Because you now have no choice. There are others who want Choumei's Chakra and they won't ask as nicely as I do. I'm sorry to say this, but you're between a rock and a hard place. Those who want Choumei as well came inside the village half an hour ago and are on their way to your home.

They will be here in a minute or two”, I said and stood up. Kakuzu and Hidan are coming. It was easy to spot them, Hidan has basic Chunin Chakra and wasn't what gave them away. It were the five Chakra signatures inside a single person that did. Kakuzu was a beacon of strangeness.

“You're only saying this because you want Choumei!”, shouted Fu before she jumped into the water and swum away.

°Are we hunting a beetle?°, asked Kura-chan eagerly.

°Yes, but we have a corpse and a freak in our way°, I replied and put my mask back in place before following Fu.

Finding her was easy, she was outside of the tree and already spotted by Kakuzu and Hidan.

It also looked like she was already wounded.

“HAHAHA, that was easy! This little heathen bitch is almost unworthy of being an offering to Jashin-sama's glory!”, shouted Hidan crazily while licking the blood off of his scythe.

“Shut up Hidan and remember that you aren't allowed to kill the Seven Tail”, barked Kakuzu from the side.

“Shut up or I'll kill you, you heathen. Jashin-sama demands sacrifices”, shouted Hidan back.

“You can sacrifice the village if you want, but the Jinchuriki needs to survive”, reminded Kakuzu.

“Or you sacrifice our guest”, he then added and looked at my position.

I jumped down from my hiding place and landed in front of Fu. The tendons in her legs were cut and she was trying to crawl away from Hidan and Kakuzu.

She stopped and looked up to me when I landed directly in her way.

“Told you they were here, the offer still stands”, I said down, but kept an eye on Kakuzu. Hidan was busy scribbling down his seal. A sloppy thing, its only function is to apply the damage done inside to the person the blood of the seal belongs to. I could very well put anyone inside and then kill him or her for the wanted result. It has nothing to do with Jashin.

The seals on Hidan himself are different, they are art. They link him to something, I don't know what, but it has to be powerful if it can keep him alive from any wound.

Maybe Jashin is something like the Bijuu? It should be possible Qi and Mana are true evolution booster. Anyway, I glanced down at Fu. Her face was in pain and her eyes looked hopeless. She's probably thinking right now that her only options are death and the unknown.

“Please help me”, she finally said and I nodded. I tapped her forehead and she vanished in the known Hiraishin light.

“Where the fuck is the bitch. What have you done you fucker?”, shouted Hidan. His body lost the black color and his bones weren't visible any longer. Fu was out of range for his seal.

“Gone. You won't get her”, I simply said.

“I'll kill you, you fucker”, screamed Hidan. He then rushed at me with normal Jonin speed and tried to cut me with his scythe. I evaded his first downwards attack and kicked him back to his partner. Kakuzu simply grabbed him out of the air and dropped him.

“Hidan, Itachi informed us of him. This is the Uzukage, he is the Kyuubi Jinchuriki and as such not allowed to die. Which does not mean that we can't capture him, I'm sure Leader-sama will give us a bonus if we give him the nine tails”.

“Fine, but it's still me that's going to fight him. He stopped the holy ritual and has to pay for his sacrilege against Jashin-sama!”, shouted Hidan. He started his attack again and tried it this time with a side way slice.

“Kakuzu, why are you partnered with someone as weak as him?”, I asked while evading Hidan with ease. He was barely faster than a normal Jonin and had no real skill with his scythe at all.

“I asked the same”, replied Kakuzu in slight amusement. Hidan's face got angrier by the second for being ignored.

“Die heathen! DIE!DIE!DIE!”, his loud screams are sure to gain attention, but strangely enough, no one came.

“Let's end this farce of a fight”, I said and took out a tanto.

“HAHAHAHA you can't beat me”, shouted Hidan. I evaded another attack that left him open and sliced off his arm and head. His body jumped back but I grabbed the head before it could get away.

“Hey Kakuzu do something!”, shouted the head in my hands.

“Why do I always have to get you out of your miserable situations?”, asked Kakuzu. He then used his threads and attached the missing arm on Hidan. But the body suddenly went limp and fell down.

“Huh? This is new?”, said Kakuzu in wonder. He looked over to me and saw a scroll in my hands.

“Hidan is easy to kill, you just have to seal away his head and he is out of the game”, I said with a shrug and put the scroll away.

“I don't know if I have to thank you or kill you for taking out my partner. I think I will thank you and grant you a quick death”, replied Kakuzu. I wanted to reply with some witty comment but had no time.

A sudden lightning bolt came rushing at me from the back and forced me to jumped to the side. There I was greeted by a wall of flames that even got powered up by a strong gust of wind.

The danger closed in on my and burned anything that was in its place. Including Hidan's body with which I did a substitution. The body turned to a charged black coal and I was now right next to Kakuzu.

“Hello”, I greeted him cheerfully and placed a hit on his face. The hit was enhanced with Tsunade's Chakra and would have ripped his head off if he hasn't had activated his stone skin. This way it only heavily bruised him and sent him flying.

“What is with your strength?”, he asked while rubbing his cheek.

“A nice little extra I learned from a friend”, I answered and evaded another lightning bolt from the side. The thread-creature that shot this attack showed itself this time and was followed by his two friends. Both attacked with their element and forced me to evade.

Kakuzu used this to his advantage and closed the distance between us in one fast leap. He activated his stone skin and returned my greeting. My face wasn't as sturdy as his, but my mask was way sturdier. I made sure of that when I created it with Yin-Yang-Release. I got the same bruise as he and was also send flying off. His creatures used the chance and launched a combined attack at me.

A burning thunderstorm hit me directly and any normal Ninja would have been badly hurt by it. Me not so much, I only activated the Hungry Ghost path for a moment and sucked in all the Chakra.

°Kura-chan? Do you think I'm OP?°, I asked amused and am sure Kakuzu was frowning beneath his mask. Guys like him don't stand open-mouthed, they frown.

°Duh, of course. The Rinnegan, the Eight Gates, the Eternal Mangekou-Sharingan, my Biju mode and Sage Mode are all skills on their own that can make someone OP. You have all of them. By the way, want to scare him?°, she replied matter of factly and slightly excited at the end.

°How?°, I asked and evaded another jet of flames, while simultaneously eyeing Kakuzu, he will flee the moment he has the chance. Someone as old as him knows when he has no chance.

°Activate six of the gates, my Biju mode, Sage mode and a small form of the Susano'o at the same time and then pull him towards you with the Rinnegan°. She practically demanded this. It is so much overkill I don't know how else I could shock him more.

°Zetsu will see this°, I counter argued and glanced at the plant man that was hidden inside the tree.

°Then place a few clones for a counter seal°, she simply shot back.

°Sure°, I happily obliged and made four clones that rushed off. They began their work and I saw how the black half of Zetsu frowned. He must've noticed what I'm up to.

The seal activated and Zetsu was forced out of its range. He was pushed back into the tree and had no chance of seeing what will happen. It had another effect, one of the hearts from Kakuzu was suddenly ripped out of his back and the thread-creature was pressed into the cave until a crack signaled its death. Must've been the heart of the second Hokage

The next second I got the rush of Mana from Kura-chan. I was instantly in Sage Mode and each of my Tomoes got a slitted form. My body got lit up in Kura-chan's Chakra cloak and I opened the first six gates. This changed the color of the cloak into a slight red color and the earth cracked around me. A visible aura of energy enclosed me, it reached away from me for a couple of meters and I now glowed like a Supersajin.

“Oh shit”, noted Kakuzu. He sent all three thread-creatures at the same time and turned around to flee.

“[Universal Pull]!”, the Jutsu activated and his body was pulled towards my outstretched hand. He flew at me while his creatures opened their mouth for another combined attack.

However, before they could do anything six glowing arms shot out of my back and each one of his mask creatures was grabbed by a pair. Their head was enclosed in a pair of glowing claws and then crushed to dust.

Kakuzu himself turned around and activated his stone skin to be heavier. Yet, the [Universal Pull] had enough Chakra to pull a Bijuu. It didn't slow him at all and he crashed into my hand, where I crushed his windpipe with my enhanced strength. His stone skin didn't matter at all.

“Did I tell you that I also know how to beat you?”, I asked with a grin and pierced his chest twice with my free arm. Once for his stone heart and another time to be sure that he had no original one.

“What are you?”, asked Kakuzu in his last breath.

“The Uzukage, someone that does not like to get hunted and who has the strongest Bijuu on his side. I am Akatsuki's worst nightmare and the end of you all”, I answered menacingly. And burned him with Amaterasu flames.

With this done I deactivated everything and took a few very deep breaths. One of these things, maybe two were no problem, all of them are taxing as hell and are a serious danger to my health. Still, it's probably strong enough to kill a full powered Juubi, even if I only have half an hour before I die of Chakra exhaustion.

At least it will get easier with each absorbed Bijuu. Kura-chan's and my Chakra reserves get enlarged with each one by quite a bit. Which reminds me, I have a seven-tailed snack back at home.