Naruto: Legacy of the Hidden Rain

Chapter 45: Konan & Ino Vs. The Sound Five

Konan and Ino were going to fight against Kimimaro, Jirobo, and Kidomaru, who are members of Orochimaru's Sound Four, and shinobi of the Sound Village. "This will be easy," Jirobo said with a dark smirk on his face. "I agree with you, Jirobo," Kidomaru said as his four arms cracked each knuckle on his hands. Remaining calm and observing their options, Kimimaro finally spoke up after a minute of silence. "Do not underestimate them. We are dealing with Konan of the Leaf Village," Kimimaro said as his teammates looked at him with confused expressions. They looked back at Konan and Ino. Then, Jirobo looked at Kimimaro again. "As in, 'The' Konan? The Deadly Rose Dance Shinobi?" Jirobo said as his spine went from solid to yellow soft. Kimimaro nodded, and this made his teammates' faces go pale. Ino looked at her mother and was also surprised by her nickname. "Deadly Rose Dance?" Ino asked, her tone being one of shock and questioning. Konan looked at her daughter. "Not now, Ino. I'll tell you about this later, I promise," Konan said as she showed a reassuring smile to her daughter, who was still shocked by this nickname for her mother, but Ino nodded, and they looked back at the Sound Three. Kimimaro looked at his teammates. "Fight the girl, none of you are a match for Konan. I will deal with her," Kimimaro said as his teammates looked at him, nodded, and looked back at Ino. Then, they rushed at her. Still, Ino quickly summoned two Shadow Clones, and those two rushed at Kidomaru. They took their fight somewhere else in the house, as they fought upstairs, away from the others. Ino took this chance and threw a few kunai at Jirobo, and then she rushed at him. Kimimaro and Konan walked towards each other, forming their battle plans while staring down at each other. "You will be a great prize for Master Orochimaru, Konan," Kimimaro said as he showed a small smirk, but didn't want to take any chances with her. They both stood across from each other, twenty feet away, and then Ino powerfully kicked Jirobo across the room and flew right past Kimimaro and Konan, leaving a big breeze between them. Then, Konan tosses a kunai at Kimimaro, and then Konan rushes at him with four sudden Shadow Clones as all five rush at once, and then their fight starts. Ino had Jirobo in another room, which was the dining area, and they were leaving a bigger mess than it already had been. Still, Jirobo suddenly grabbed Ino by her head, and then he raised her high, and slowly squeezed her head, causing Ino to gasp as she couldn't scream from the pain, and felt her head slowly being crushed. Suddenly, Jirobo's eyes changed from narrow to wide as he felt something in his back, and he looked over his shoulder to see that an axe had been stabbed into his back. He let go of Ino, who was confused and looked up at him.

Jirobo was struggling to get the axe out of his back. Then, Ino snapped out of her small few-second confusion trance and used this time to throw several kunai at Jirobo, with some hitting his body. A couple of them went right into his eyes, causing him to scream in pain, and then suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed his head, sharply twisted his head, breaking his neck, causing Jirobo to fall forward to the floor, face first, and he was dead. Ino looked down at Jirobo's body, and then she looked back up to see that it was Tayuya, who came back for Ino, with a proud smirk on her face, and her fists on her hips. "You're welcome," Tayuya said as she winked at Ino, causing her to blush slightly, and then she snapped out of it. "What did you do that for? You just straight up killed him... We could of asked him for questions," Ino said as she was slightly pissed, but at the same time, she was slightly grateful for the help. Tayuya only shrugged at Ino and continued to smirk at her. "Don't really care, if you want someone to talk like a little birdy, then just go and get Kidomaru, he's always a squealer," Tayuya said with her smirk still there and eyeing up Ino. Ino crossed her arms and rolled her eyes at Tayuya. "I'm taken, Tayuya. Don't get any ideas," Ino said as she turned around and walked away from the dining area. She was going to go upstairs to find Kidomaru, but Ino stopped just at the arch as Tayuya cleared her throat. "I hope you remember what I'm offering you, Ino. Also, remember that I will come back for your answer within five days," Tayuya said as she came closer to Ino, placed her hands gently on Ino's shoulders, and then leaned to Ino's ear. But Tayuya secretly, and through her hands, and flowing through Ino's shoulders and slowly her body, was a specially made chakra that slowly absorbs the mind and soul of the chakra's user. "I keep my promises, Ino. And soon, you will belong to me, and the Akatsuki," Tayuya said with a dark smirk still formed around her lips, and then she licked Ino's right jawline up to Ino's right eye. Ino flinched a little and blushed. Then, Ino sighed and looked over her shoulder. "Tayuya, just leave before I change my mind," Ino said as her eyes narrowed, but Tayuya smirked still and could tell that there was a hint of Ino's mind already thinking of taking her offer, and then Tayuya kissed Ino's head. "As you wish, My Lady," Tayuya said as she walked the other way, going for the dining area window, and she looked back at Ino, who was blushing madly, and walked away, but she looked back at Tayuya slightly, and quickly looked away from her. Tayuya smirked and giggled softly, and then she talked to herself in a low tone of voice. "Little Senju Princess is interested, huh? Good!" Tayuya said as she left the house.