Play To Win [Rewrite] || Naruto Fanfic

Hachibi

After two weeks of tying loose ends of both Deidara and Uchiha, she finally guides the new Taka to one of Akatsuki's larger hideouts. There, there are plenty of beds and decent food, Tamako promptly passes out as soon as her head touches the pillow, not even bothering to close the door and sleeps for eighteen hours straight.

When Tamako awakens, her hair tussled with drool marks down her cheek. Zetsu slithers out of the wall above her bed with an unsettling smile, letting her know that there was a meeting in the main hall along with Taka. She wipes her mouth and brushes her hair with a quick comb that she forms between her fingers and changes into a clean set of clothes and marches on.

Her eyes are bleary but nevertheless well rested and she enters the room quietly, observing the two groups interacting.

Suigetsu gets into a heated argument with Kisame after the blue-skinned man claims that Taka wasn't strong enough to take down Konoha's Elders and before Suigetsu could send Kubikiribōchō slashing down, Obito reaches forward and blocks the blade with his wrist. "Sasuke! You haven't trained them well." He sneers, looking at the trio as if they were dogs.

"Suigetsu!" Karin growls, lifting her glasses, "Are you stupid? This isn't the place to—"

"—My objective is his Samehada! I've been hanging with Sasuke only so I could get that!"

She takes a silent step forward and shunshins in, cutting behind Suigetsu with a tilt to her lips. Tamako lifts a dainty hand and places it on his shoulder, jolting the Hozuki. The Shouton User's stealth has been getting better and better, able to hide her presence until the very last nanosecond. "You should think twice about attacking the Akatsuki." She narrows her eyes at the hot-blooded boy, "Show some respect."

He wrenches her hand off with a violent shrug, slamming his Kubikiribōchō to the ground and crosses his arms with a huff.

Jugo turns to Sasuke, "What'll you do?"

"I get it." Sasuke starts, leaning against a table, "Go for it, Suigetsu. You probably can't beat either of them yet anyway."

Kisame lets a low giggle, his chakra fluctuating as if he was excited at the prospect of fighting a stronger Suigetsu later.

"Oh. Thanks a lot, Sasuke. Just hold tight, I'll treat you to some tasty shark fin soup soon enough."

Obito lets out a low sigh, "The Akatsuki is also low on manpower. I'd like to avoid unnecessary skirmishes. "

Suigetsu huffs, smirking with sharp teeth. "Humph. Then you shouldn't criticize others."

"We share common interests..." Obito's single eye-hole gleams red. "From here on, Taka will work together with the Akatsuki."

Sasuke perks up with curiosity, "And what's in it for us?"

"We'll give you a Bijuu."

"Bijuu?"

Tamako's eyes widened, what the hell has Orochimaru been teaching this kid the past few years? How did he not know what a Bijuu was?

She tunes out Obito's lecture of the Bijuu history lesson, hearing keywords like Hashirama, peace treaty, failure, and the fact that Akatsuki has only three left to collect.

"The Akatsuki and Taka will split up to hunt the remaining three. That is our immediate goal. Taka will capture the Hachibi, the Akatsuki will hunt the rest, including Naruto." Tobi then tilts his head towards Tamako, "She will join you, to ensure that you are doing your job."

The clearing is silent as Sasuke ponders, then Tamako breaks it with a simple sentence. "Sixteen years ago, the Kyuubi was released in Konoha, killing hundreds including the Yondaime." She tilts her head and he reads her intentions clearly, "It could be a good distraction while you deal with the Elders."