𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐍

Helpless

Last Time:

"Yeah, you ain't going anywhere, buddy," she smirked.

Now:

Kakuzu immediately grabbed on the chakra threads connected to him and tugged by detaching his hand from his wrist.

'Okay, what the fuck? Do all the Akatsuki members have some special thing that makes them completely different from normal people? Deidara's hand-mouths, Hidan's immortality, Kakuzu's weird string joints, and Sasori's whole 'I-am-a-puppet' thing...'

Sadly for Hanara, Kakuzu was smart and stopped struggling against the threads moments later, instead opting to grab Hidan's head with his detached wrist.

"Oww... hey! Quit pulling my hair, will you? It hurts!" Hidan complained.

"Your neck wound should hurt more," Kakuzu deadpanned.

'I'm getting the feeling that if he weren't on the opposite side and didn't have messed up morals, we would be friends...'

"Idiot, the neck pain is unbearable!" Hidan exclaimed.

"I don't even know how to begin to explain this one..." Izumo murmured.

"He wasn't kidding when he said immortal," Hanara shrugged.

"Yeah, but even if he's alive, as long as he's not attached to his body he can't do anything." Shikamaru said. "He may be immortal, but he's useless."

"So, one left to go, huh." Kotetsu said.

Asuma-sensei got ready to attack, but Kakuzu's wrist smacked him onto the ground, abandoning Hidan's head.

"Argh!" Asuma-sensei groaned.

'He channelled chakra for that hit... must be a ninjutsu specialist. I doubt the Bingo Book would miss out on something as obvious as medical ninjutsu.'

"Asuma-sensei won't be able to get up anymore..." Hanara sighed.

Izumo and Kotetsu nodded grimly.

"Now that you've asked for my help, you'll be getting it whether you like it or not," Kakuzu growled.

And then, by some miracle, he sewed Hidan's head onto his body.

"His head..." Kotetsu murmured, staring at it in shock. "What in the world are we up against?"

"Hanara, you hold down Hidan, I can keep Kakuzu still with my shadows." Shikamaru said.

'Kakuzu is on another level. Even with his clan jutsu...'

"You won't be able to–"

"I know! But every second counts. Izumo, Kotetsu–"

"Got it!" Izumo said.

Shikamaru's shadow stretched and Hanara released Kakuzu moments before it connected, rendering Kakuzu motionless. Hanara's threads connected to Hidan, who was forced to stay still and watch as Kakuzu was attacked by Izumo and Kotetsu.

Kotetsu summoned his huge, spiky weapon as Izumo weaved hand signs.

"Water Style: Syrup Mouth Trap!" Izumo yelled.

Hanara saw Kotetsu channel chakra to his feet in an odd way to walk on the syrup. Kakuzu attempted to take a step forward but was stuck. The Leaf chunin took that to his advantage and jumped, aiming his large weapon to Kakuzu's head. At that moment, everything went downhill.

Shikamaru lost control of his Shadow Stitching jutsu right before it could harm Kakuzu, allowing him to detach his wrists once more, and attack Kotetsu. Hanara wasn't fast enough at attaching chakra threads to Kotetsu, and was only able to watch helplessly as Kakuzu choked him. She was taken aback when Kakuzu actively went after Izumo as well.