A fuming Pein stood before the members of his organization. He was having difficulty comprehending each his guys were defeated so easily. These women could not be that difficult to defeat. He had the ultimate team put together, how could they fail?!

"Who wants to be the the first of you three to explain what the hell happened out there?!"

Neither of the three were too willing to speak; Kisame, awkwardly scratching his head, looks off to the side. Kakuzu, still fuming, crosses his arms and refuses to utter a word. Itachi, replaying the events over and over, keeps his eyes locked with the ground in shame.

"You were given a job to do and you couldn't even do that right?!" The man runs a hand through his unruly ginger locks in frustration.

"Since you think it's so damn easy, why don't you go after them yourself?!" Kakuzu snaps, pride still wounded. He doesn't lose to anyone, to know that he met defeat by the hands of Shinju made the bitter pill extra difficult to swallow.

"Yeah, cut us some slack." Kisame chimes in. "We aren't dealing with amateurs, they're the real deal."

"I could care less! They have been a thorn in my side long enough, it ends here." Pein snaps irritably. "I have a plan that will work. There is no escape for them this time."

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Some time passed, after doing well on their missions, the girls were finally given some well deserved off time.

"I say we go to a bar and get trashed. Let's blow off some steam, meet a cute guy or two." Kay stretches her arms over her head then rests her folded hands behind her head.

"I wanna go to the hot springs, my body needs a soak." Shinju runs a hand through her hair.

"We can do that after." Kay counters.

Shay smiles as she listens to her elders bicker, she lags behind them.

Feeling her senses pick on something, Shay looks above; a large white bird flies around in a circle. The bird releases objects, allowing them to free fall.

"Incoming!" Shay shouts. The objects hit the ground before the group has time to react. Smoke erupts from the small circular devices, concealing the view of things.

On full alert, the trio stand side by side, silently synchronizing their movements with one another. A hoard of needles are shot at the girls; they hold focus and their defense, blocking most if not all.

"Shay can you pinpoint how many there are?" Kay shouts over the noises.

"There are too many to say! I can't get a read on who is where!"

"It doesn't matter, whoever it is must have a death wish for messing with us." Shinju sneers.

The attack abruptly stops, placing the women in a state of distress.

The group fail to see sneaky tendrils trailing up to wrap around Shinju's ankle. Said woman releases a surprised yelp as she's dragged into the thick smog. Pulling a kunai, the purple haired beauty readies herself for what waits on the other side.

"Shit," Shay hisses. Before she could move to help her partner, her actions are cut short by a group of shuriken.

Deflecting the weapons with one of her own, the woman jumps out of the way to avoid being sliced. All Shay's able to make out in the cloud of smoke is a pair of crimson colored orbs. As the figure swings at her numerous times, the forenamed female nearly stumbles trying to avoid the attack. Turning, Shay takes off.

Watching the sensory nin disappear in the fog. Kay curses her luck as she watches her surroundings all around. Hearing a chuckle she once heard before, the red head feels a presence close in on her; unsheathing her sword, Kay whirls around to stop a blade from cutting her down.

"Geez, Hoshigaki you don't when to quit do you?" Kay smirks.

"What can I say? I don't do well with not getting what I want red." Kisame answers, laughter in his voice.

Splitting her focus, Kay listens to hear Shinju and Shay. She wanted to know their standing of things currently, if they're okay. Unable to hear them, Kay is put on edge. Kisame's laugh brings Kay back.

"How rude red, I came back to see you and you can't even be bothered to give me your undivided attention."

"Funny, I never pegged you to the be the clingy type."

"What can I say? I tend to get attached to the things I really like." He hungrily licks his lips. "I also have a bad habit of sinking my teeth into them as well."

Kisame swings at Kay before she's able to sink into her perverse thoughts, forcing her to react. Gaining the upper hand, Kay's sword noisily cuts through the air as it tries to take a piece of the Hoshigaki male's visage; Kisame quickly steps back and raises his weapon to meet the red head's.

Tightening her grip on her weapon, the rouge nin forcefully brings her blade up to try and catch Kisame's neck. Said male dodges the dangerous blow.

As Kay faces off against Kisame, she racks her brain for a course of action that would get her and the others out of this alive. She comes up with a decent plan, risky perhaps but doable. All she had to do was get away from Kisame.

Kay charges at Kisame head on, the shark man readies himself for her attack, studying her movements. The fierce woman raises her weapon, preparing to run him through his chest. Seeing through her attack, Kisame blocks it; Kay smirks. He bought it...

Changing her stance at the last moment when she nears him, raises her arm and forcefully smashes her elbow down on Kisame's wrists to disarm him. Kay then knees Kisame in the rib cage and upper cuts him. Kay kicks his weapon far into the fog to buy herself some time. While Kisame struggles to recover from the attack, she blindly runs into the fog to locate one of her teammates.

Shinju growls in annoyance as she fights to hold her own. Her enemy had yet to show himself and she knew he was getting a kick out of having the upper hand over her.

"Coward, show yourself!" She barks in anger.

"That would destroy the fun, wouldn't you say," The gruff voice was laced with amusement.

Looking around frantically, Shinju groans, her patience wearing thin. Without the her knowledge, tendrils sneak around from all sides, they snatch the kunai from her hands.

Eluding the other threads, the temperamental woman moves in time to avoid Hidan's scythe. Cackling hysterically, the jashinist carelessly swings his weapon at her, the agile woman easily avoids the tips of his blades. Kakuzu's taunting laugh is heard, further agitating her. The taki male's threads trip Shinju, forcing her to her back. She looks to her side to see Kakuzu's frame through the smoke.

Standing above her, Hidan smirks as he raises his weapon to finish her. The forenamed woman raises her hands to shield herself from her end. The jashinist doesn't sense the presence behind him, a mistake that gets him locked into a chokehold; he's dragged into the misty void. Kay tightens her forearm against Hidan's throat to render him unconscious. She lays his body to the ground.

Shinju uncovers her face to see she's unharmed. She gets to her feet and wastes no time going after Kakuzu.
Shinju throws a kick at him, the stitched male blocks her attack and pushes her back. Running at him again, Shinju sends another furry filled kick and Kakuzu blocks it once more; the slick woman pulls a concealed kunai and briskly slices the miser's forearm. Instinctively holding his wound, Kakuzu leaves himself defenseless.

Shinju ruthlessly swings her knife at the injured man, forcing him to stumble backwards to avoid her. She gives a third successful kick to Kakuzu's abdomen.

Jumping up, Shinju punches Kakuzu in the face and a leg that doesn't belong to her kicks his side; this blow brings him to his knees. Shinju sees Kay appear, she nods to thank her for the assistance. Shinju swings around and smashes her heel against Kakuzu's cheek, knocking him down completely.

Shinju watches as Kakuzu writhes in pain beneath her feet; a smirk etches itself into her face. The two high five and go in search of Shay to finish things once and for all.