Akatsuki: the dark light
Chapter1
Akatsuki was just packing up from their trip to the crescent moon islands. No one knew of them there and the entire team needed a break. Just to, you know get away from it all.
Konan, Pain, and Itachi where sitting outside a café waiting for Kakuzu and Tobi. The group had heard a caravan from the leaf was heading toward the islands, so they needed to leave as soon as possible.
"What's taking so long? Tobi said he just needed to use the bathroom." Said Konan. "Ya know what? I'm going for a walk on the beach." Itachi got up also "mind if I join you?" "Not at all, Pain can wait while Kakuzu argues over a one dollar cup of coffee." Said great leader slammed his head on the table, and hit one of his piercings. "Ow, dammit! Don't go too far, we need to get off the islands by tonight." He added rubbing his nose. "Fine, here's your damn money, bastard!" Kakuzu said as he exited the café with Tobi in tow.
"Where are you two going?" "For one last walk on the beach, wanna come?" asked Konan. "Nah, I've gotta get my stuff and find Hidan, who knows what he's doing right now." Tobi jumped over the table. "Oooooooooooh, can Tobi come? Tobi promises to be a good boy!" he asked jumping up and down like a rabbit. "Fine, just behave yourself." Said Itachi who just finished his tea.
Later it was Konan, Itachi, Tobi, and Sasori walking down the beach before they stopped to look at the sea. "Ah a beautiful sight, huh Konan-sempai?" said Tobi. "Yes it is Tobi, when this is over and our mission is complete, I'm gonna live somewhere with a view like this." Sasori smiled and said "your such a girl" earning himself a paper shuriken to the eye. She knew it wouldn't hurt the little puppet, but it made her feel better.
As the sun set, they were joined by Kisame. "Well this was fun while it lasted. Sucks we have to go back." The others all nodded. Suddenly, just as the sun vanished over the horizon, they all felt a massive chakra signature. Then a large black void opened about 20 feet from them.
A figure emerged, or rather was thrown from the void. A voice called out behind him. "AND DON'T COME BACK!" he got up and stared into the void. "Oh I'll come back alright, I'll come back and kill every last one of you back stabbing fucks!" the void close and he looked around.
"Dammit! Why did this shit happen to me? Why do the people I trust always betray me?" he fell back into the sand and looked at the sky. "So this is it, I'm done. Oh somebody please kill me!" the rest of Akatsuki arrived to see the latter half of the man's entrance. "Well you heard him, he wants to die!" Hidan said readying his scythe.
Pain grabbed his shoulder and told him to stand down. Konan approached the man. "Excuse me." She said carefully. He opened his eyes and she saw he was crying. He jumped to his feet and took a stance. "Who are you?" "It's alright, my name is Konan, I'm a friend." Normally that statement put people at ease; however this man seemed angered by it.
"Sorry sweetheart, but I don't need any more friends. All my friends have betrayed or abandoned me." He said in a snarl. He yelled "get away from me!" and took a swing at her, only to double over and howl in pain. She noticed now that he was bleeding. "Kakuzu, get over here!" Konan yelled. The living rag-doll walked over and said "let me see your wounds." The man opened his shirt to reveal his chest completely covered in cuts and scars.
Konan thought he wore a red shirt, but it was actually soaked in blood. The man looked at them with anger in his still tearing eyes. "Why are you helping me? I've never seen you before in my life." Kakuzu looked him in the eyes as he readied his threads.
The man didn't even blink; he just gave Kakuzu a look of pure agony, both physical and emotional. "Did it ever occur to you we're just being considerate?" he said as he began to close the man's wounds. He scoffed, "where I'm from, being considerate will get you killed."
"So, what's your name?" Konan asked trying to learn more about the man. "Ibara Ranmyaku, you said your name is Konan right?" she smiled and nodded. "And you're… Kakuzu I believe?" he nodded. "Thorn of chaos, huh? Badass name." said Itachi as he walked over, seeing the situation had calmed down.
"I'm Itachi." "Wow, horrible name, no offense." "None taken, I hate my name too." Ibara laughed then grabbed him side. "The fuck happened? You look like you had sex with a chainsaw." Said Hidan. "That's Hidan; he's a little foul mouthed." "Well, I hate telling a story more than once so why don't you call your friends over here so they can hear me the first time." Ibara said through clenched teeth as Kakuzu closed his last open wound. "Thanks man, I owe ya one." "I'll hold you to that."
Itachi and Konan helped Ibara off the beach and over to a nearby café. "Everyone this is Ibara." She said once they were all there. "Ibara this is Akatsuki, our fucked up little family." Sasori had offered to get him a cup of tea, but Ibara dug some money out of his pocket and asked him to just bring it to him. "Thanks dude." He said leaning against the table.
"So who are you guys?" he asked the few members he had yet to meet. "Kisame." "Tobi!" "Deidara." "Sasori!" "Pain." "Zetsu." They each introduced themselves. Then Pain asked "so, what happened to you?" Ibara's face turned to one of anger and anguish. "My father sent me on a mission and I was ambushed. The mission was botched and I returned barley alive, and what does my father do? He throws me in the torture chamber for a week!"
The members of Akatsuki were crowded around him as he told his sad tale. "When I got out, I learned that my girlfriend was cheating on me with my best friend, but I was too out of it and so short of blood that I didn't really care. I forgive them and wish them both the best, and the next day, I'm in prison for their murders. Instead of having me killed, my father decided to make an example of me. He had me lashed 100 times then banished forever. That's when you guys found me."
Konan, Deidara, and Tobi were in tears. They felt so sorry for him, they could barely stand it. Suddenly Ibara forced himself to his feet. "Thank you all again, but I really should be going. I don't want to be a burden." He turned and stared slowly walking away. Konan turned to Pain and whispered something in his ear. "Are you sure about this, Konan?"
"Sure? Pain look at him! He's broken, bloody and has nowhere to go. Please." The leader looked at Ibara who was about twenty feet away now. "Ibara, hold on." He stopped and turned to them. "How would you like to join our organization? Seeing how you really don't have anywhere else to go." Ibara's eyes tiered up and he smiled. "Sure, why not." He said trying to sound manly. A round of woohoo's came from the group as Kisame helped him back to the table.
"I feel I should warn you, we're all S rank wanted criminals." He said as Ibara sat down. "Doesn't bother me. Technically so am I." "Perfect! You'll fit right in." said Deidara. They all laughed and started introducing themselves more personally. For the next hour Ibara learned Akatsuki's mission and the reason behind it.
The team learned more about Ibara as well. They learned that he wasn't really human, that he was actually a demon from hell. "I guess demons really are the monsters people say they are, if they can do this to their own kind, not to mention their own kin." Itachi had said. "Not all demons Itachi, my mother was the kindest most caring demon I've ever known. In the end, her kindness is what got her killed." He began tearing up again. "Fuck, man stop crying so much. People will think you're a bitch. So what if your mom's dead." Suddenly an enormous sword was at Hidan's throat. "Insult my mother again and I'll turn you to mulch." Ibara said in an unearthly voice. It was official, he hated Hidan.
He dismissed his blade and apologized. "Sorry, I'm still a little sensitive about my mom. Didn't mean to scare you guys." He thought he wasn't making a good first impression. Suddenly they all laughed. "No apology necessary, if you're a criminal and you hate Hidan, then you're officially in Akatsuki." Said Kakuzu. Ibara laughed and Hidan got angry. "Fuck you new guy, fuck you in the ass!" "No you may not." Was his response and that even got Pain to laugh. Ibara felt more relaxed than he had in a long time. Thing were finally looking up.
