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Chapter Three ~ Archenemy

~Chapter Three~

The enormous scythe towered above them and Ragia felt a flash of unease as he looked at the red bandages wrapped around the blade, the tag flickering in the wind. "The sealed weapon." She hisses, her single eye holding all the rage she felt, "Archenemy." She expertly swings it, the weapon seeming to cut through the air with ease.

"A weapon meant to kill one person..." She stares at him, the man gulping slightly. "You." She dashes forward, the weapon crashing down on him. He barely manages to bring his swords up to intercept the blow, the force behind it knocking him backwards. His face grows pale as he feels the bloodlust seeping off of the girl and the weapon, the tag with his name on it seeming to taunt him.

She lets a smirk slide across her face as she reaches up, gripping the bandages. "Are you ready to see what makes a sealed weapon the most powerful kind of kenjutsu there is?" Sweat beads on his forehead as she slowly unraveled the bandages, the bloodlust increasing every second. The red bandages fall to the ground revealing the blade of the scythe.

It's huge, a tribal design encasing the shining blade that is a black and rusted red color. It's sharp and he could feel the anger, the resentment, the desire for vengeance as she stalks towards him. "No one I have fought has ever seen this weapon and survived."

"Well I'm going to be the first." He readies his swords, determined to kill her. She stalks forward, her eye flashing silver briefly before fading back to the storm.

"You really think that I'm even close to being done with you?" She raises the scythe, a silver glow emitting from her body. "I am so sick and tired of people like you, who kill others because they can, who want nothing more than to cause innocent people pain." The black bandages around her left forearm seem to glow brightly before dimming down. "I have worked so hard to get where I am today, to be able to let their spirits rest."

Her eye narrowed as she stared him down, the background behind her growing dark and dreary. "I have suffered through hell and back to get where I am, to harness a power many have forgotten about. And as I came here I was resolved to use it, to show you just how powerful an Ookami is."

It happens in a split second, a towering figure appearing above Winter with one demonic red eye, the other an icy blue. Pale skin decorated with light blue designs, horns on their head and long black hair flowing down. A ice blade in one hand, the sheath in the other, the figure seemed to sneer down at the man.

His immediate terror is apparent, his hands shaking and his face void of color. The figure grows amused at this before disappearing, leaving Raiga with wide eyes. However he soon realized that he left himself defenseless as Winter dashes forward. As she appears next to him she whispers, "But I realized that you weren't worth it. Burn in hell Raiga Kurosuki."

The scythe swung down on him and Winter skidded to a stop, her face calming down as droplets of blood rained down on her. The scythe was dripping the blood of the man she despised, and she heard his headless body fall to the ground. Lighting exploded around them, his body catching on fire before diminishing to ash.

Her body ached all over, the furious storm in her eyes vanishing as the clouds cleared up overhead. But she still had to do one more thing. Taking a deep breath she raised the scythe to the sky before slamming the handle onto the ground three times.

Two flickering figures appeared in front of her, each having been growing up in the heavens. Soft smiles appeared on the redheads, their hands stretched out towards Winter. She reaches forward, their fingertips brushing before she whispered. "Rest in peace, you deserved it." The twins nod and flicker away, leaving her alone once again.

She calmly reached up and tore the tag off of the scythe, letting it flutter to the ground feeling a wave of relief appear. Desummoning the weapon she staggers away after scooping the two pieces of Kiba up.

Reaching up she bit her thumb, smearing the blood on the ground as the cloud of smoke appeared. The dark purple wolf appears and licks Winter's cheek as a greeting, "Hello Ara." Winter pats the wolf's shoulder before climbing onto her back. Leaning forward she feels the wolf's muscles tense before Ara stars running away, leaving pawprints in the snow.

***

A bell chime rings out, two men making their way towards the aftermath of the battle. They had just woken up from the exhausting jutsu they used only to discover a huge battle ending not to far away. A blue hand reaches down and picks up the tag, a smirk appearing on the man's face. "Looks like you were right, she did beat him after all... Itachi."

The Uchiha grunts, looking around at the destruction left behind that was slowly being covered up by the snow falling freely. "And that figure was something else." Kisame grins darkly, "I heard that the girl joined that society Itachi. You know what that means right?"

Itachi sighs and looks up at the sky, the snow falling and melting on his skin. "You'll get to see her soon, it'll be interesting don't you think? The fact that we've made an alliance with someone known as the Soulless." Itachi merely says his signature word.

"Hm."

"Let's go, Leader-sama wants up back at the base. He wants someone to find the next Tailed Beast remember?" With those two sentences the two Akatsuki members make their way out of the border, vanishing in the thick snow.

***

The cry of a hawk makes the black haired girl look up, the cool stream next to her making a soft rushing sound. She was in the process of bandaging her shoulder, a map spread out in front of her. The hawk cries again before swooping down, landing next to her. With a sigh she reaches over and takes the message from the animal.

Unraveling it and doing a couple of hand signs she starts to decode the message as quickly as she can. Finished she reads the message, her eyebrow raising in shock and she rereads it a couple of times to make sure she was reading it right.

Winter,

The Kazekage has been kidnapped by the Akatsuki, the S-Rank organization that is after Naruto. I understand you may be exhausted after your previous, ahem excursion, but it is of the utmost importance that you hurry to the Hidden Sand as back up to Team Seven and Team Gai.

The Fifth Hokage, Tsunade.

With a sigh Winter gets to her feet, the bandages around her shoulder tinged red. Throwing on a cloak she summon the fastest being she has, Tempest. "Where are we off to?" The huge wolf asks, excitement brewing in his gaze.

"Take me to Naruto." She hops on his back, leaning forward and placing her hands on his scruff. His body tenses before loosening as he raises his head to the air, sniffing and searching. He lets out a howl when he catches Naruto's scent and Winter narrows her eye in anticipation.

"Let's go!"

Ah sorry for the short fight scene, I'm not very good with writing fight scenes.

Picture of Archenemy to the side, disregard the girl and the bell.