Sensing the change of mood in her—at least momentarily—lover, Fuu jumped to a wall beside the window, pulling a kunai from beneath a small stool. She was properly dressed now, and there was nothing of the innocent and nervous girl from before on her face. She was now the seasoned kunoichi ready to get her hands dirty.
Naruto, on the other hand, plopped down on the ground and began to sense the presences around the house, expanding his chakra gently outwards from him to feel, taste, hear, and know everything around him. The chakra waves were too subtle to sense, but they permeated every nook and cranny of the house and the land beyond.
"…-ever thought someone would sell them. I guess gathering money is useful after all." Someone with a slightly shrill voice was talking rather loudly, while two sets of footsteps could be heard by the now kimono-clad shinobi.
"Fuck." Naruto's eyes looked ahead of him, angry thoughts coursing through his head. "Those damned cowards."
"What?!" Fuu shout-whispered, not taking her eyes off the side of the window from her place against the wall.
"They sold you out. Your village." Naruto gritted his teeth as he was forced to deliver those harsh words to the betrayed girl he had just had a nice time with. "Akatsuki is here."
Fuu's eyes widened, then squinted, full of anger, desperation, and helplessness. The hand holding onto a kunai was paling from the strength behind her grip, but she refused to look at the blond or say anything for a few seconds. She just remained frozen in place for a while. Then she sighed.
"Of course they did." Her voice sounded like she had resigned herself to her fate.
"Those fools." Naruto gritted his teeth in anger but shook his head. He should have expected this.
Thinking quickly on his feet, Naruto spawned a new Shadow Clone right next to him, crouching down, and then dispelled it. The clone, having been spawned after Naruto thought of doing so to warn his teammates through the other clone he left in his place back in their room and have them warn the two Jonin, as well as lead them here, didn't need any spoken instructions. Soon they would receive the help they needed.
If Takigakure didn't step in their way, that is. Hopefully, the Hidden Village wouldn't want anything to do with this conflict and would just stay away, lest they make an enemy of Konoha. Perhaps that's why they were stalling them? So they wouldn't get Konoha shinobi involved and thus not give the village any justification to take hostile actions against them? Their jinchuuriki was, after all, their 'resource,' not any other village's business.
"I sent a warning to my teammates. I have two of the strongest Jonin with us and a very promising group of young prodigy Jonin and two talented chunin." Trying to assuage Fuu's worries, Naruto couldn't help but explain about his friends while his mind worked around their circumstances. "They're coming. We're not letting them get to you. I'm not letting them have you."
"Thanks…" Her voice was small, still shaken after being sold out by her own village. It didn't matter that she had always, since she could remember, been shunned and hated. She still couldn't have expected they would outright sell her out.
"Fuu." Naruto took a step towards her, still out of view from the window. "Forget about them. Think about me. I care about you. I'll help you. I'll protect you. Just forget them and think about me."
The mint-haired girl was shocked for a moment, hearing such absurd words from a man she barely knew at all. True, they had had sex just now, and she wasn't the type to just brush that off, but to tell her to think of him and no one else like he had done, it was almost like… She shook her head. He was just trying to get her out of her funk.
"Thanks." She repeated, this time more firmly as she looked up. Whatever the case may be, she'd focus on surviving for now.
Naruto simply nodded and went back to his plans. They couldn't possibly leave the house undetected. His information network of clones and Jiraiya's informants had gathered quite a large amount of intel on the two nearing the house. In simple terms, Hidan was a moron who was only good for a straightforward fight, while, on the other hand, Kakuzu was supremely more dangerous.
Not only was the man nearly unkillable, but he was also extremely cunning and very experienced. He had been around since the time of the First Hokage and was already an elite then. Since then, he had only increased in strength, and his capabilities were very diverse. He was a great ninjutsu expert, a very accomplished taijutsu shinobi, and had the most dangerous kinjutsu Takigakure had to offer, the infamous Jiongu (Earth Grudge Fear).
With a man like that, who had survived persecution across several decades and made bounty hunting his bread and butter, it was very unlikely for them to escape this house without his notice. Their best option was to spring a trap on them. To be honest with himself, Naruto felt confident taking them on even in a straight fight, whether it was one-on-one or two-on-one. However, he wouldn't let his hubris be his downfall, especially not with someone else's life on the line.
"Fuu, go gear up. Also, take everything you'd like to keep from your house and store it here." Pulling the girl down from her place by the window, Naruto whispered while placing a scroll in her hands. "No matter what, you probably won't be able to live here anymore."
"What will you do?" She asked, a frown on her face, thinking this was not the time to tell her to pack.
"Well, I'll go out there, of course." He grinned at her confidently.
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