Suigetsu's clone that emerged from the ground was also affected by the explosion. Suigetsu, who had grabbed Samehada, smiled as he leaped away with the sword. In the next moment, he gained momentum and threw Samehada away, towards where the Rasenshuriken had first come from.
As soon as he did that, his body exploded in a cloud of smoke, it was just a shadow clone.
On the other side, Suigetsu jumped and caught the sword in mid-air, laughing excitedly. He turned and ran away. As for Kisame? So what? Suigetsu only wanted Samehada. Jugo had asked them not to interfere too much with Akatsuki. Whether Kisame survived or died was none of his business, he had the sword, now he could escape quickly.
Suigetsu returned the same way while holding Samehada tightly.
At that moment, Suigetsu's eyes widened as he felt Samehada's thorns extend into his wrist, piercing his hand. The sword tried to force him to let go, but there was no blood, only water.
Suigetsu frowned as he stared at the sword, even more so when he felt Samehada swallowing his chakra.
The next moment, Samehada moved, opening its mouth and biting toward Suigetsu's head.
-Son of a bitch!- Suigetsu yelled angrily. He thought he had gotten the sword, who would have thought Samehada would be so rebellious?
He dropped the sword while using Kubirikibocho in his other hand to slash towards Samehada, since the sword didn't know what was good for it, Suigetsu was ready to beat it until it found out.
-Stop. - Ranmaru suddenly appeared near him, making Suigetsu's movement stop.
He glared angrily at Ranmaru and asked. -Why did you ask me to stop?! I'm going to teach that idiot sword how to behave.
Ranmaru did not respond to Suigetsu, instead, his eyes were focused on Samehada, their glow a sinister red.
-It's not the sword, Kisame, he's inside it, I can see him.- Ranmaru said.
Suigetsu's eyes widened slightly.
At that moment, the sword began to writhe as a hand opened its mouth, and from inside, shirtless Kisame crawled out, grinning.
-What a danger, you actually saw me. I was planning on gathering some information first.- Kisame sighed.
He stood up and grabbed Samehada by the wrist again. -Now I can only kill you both.
-Damn it! You idiot! Give me back my sword!- Suigetsu snapped, covering Kubikiribocho with a dense layer of wind chakra.
He was truly furious, he thought he had finally obtained Samehada, only to realize it was a hoax!
Kisame just laughed, but at that moment he took Suigetsu completely seriously, that jutsu was truly very powerful! If he hadn't been careful, he'd probably be dead now!
-Leave it to me.- Ranmaru said suddenly.
Suigetsu was going to complain, but then changed his mind. At that point, he knew his plan had already been used and wouldn't work again. Kisame would be much more careful with him, so the chance of him getting Samehada again was uncertain. He knew Ranmaru's strengths, so be it.
As for having a Plan B? Sorry, it was already hard enough for Suigetsu to come up with Plan A, let alone Plan B. If he had to say, Plan B would simply be to fight and steal the sword by force!
At the moment Kisame was still staring at Ranmaru with a frown, he saw those red eyes. Kisame's eyes widened completely, he was Itachi's partner, so all he could do was curse mentally while unleashing his chakra with all his might, wanting to rid himself of any illusion.
Unfortunately, it didn't work, Ranmaru's illusion was far more powerful than expected. When he came to, he was already in the middle of a dark forest, surrounded by numerous red eyes staring at him from among the trees.
He had fallen into the Genjutsu! He could only explode with even more chakra, the illusion around him rippled fiercely, Kisame's enormous chakra finally managing to expel that illusion.
But when he came to, he found himself in a completely empty lot, not only had Suigetsu and Ranmaru disappeared, but even Samehada had vanished!
-Suigetsu! You son of a bitch!- Kisame cursed, filled with rage, he had lost his sword!
He tried to track the pair, but after searching for several hours, he found nothing!
He was completely furious this time, he just wanted to slice Suigetsu into a thousand pieces. He would have preferred to die in battle than to be robbed so humiliatingly.
On the other side, emerging from the Land of Earth, Suigetsu grinned incessantly at the sword in his hand.
Samehada didn't fight Suigetsu, in fact, she was quite pleased with him. Suigetsu's chakra was even more delicious than Kisame's, especially when he entered his cursed form, what a delight!
Samehada was pleased, Suigetsu was even more so, he couldn't stop smiling, he gripped the sword and stroked it affectionately, even giving Ranmaru a few shivers. He would let out a few loud laughs every now and then, his mood was the complete opposite of Kisame's right now.
In the end, Ranmaru said nothing, even though they had failed in their mission, at least Suigetsu got what he wanted.
Thus, the mission in Land of Earth ended with an unexpected outcome for all parties.