Prologue
Akatsuki vs. Higure
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Ten cloaked figures stood in front of the Konoha gates.
"So then, Pein-sama, were really going to do this, yeah?" A tall blue-eyed blond asked, shifting nervously around in his cloak.
"It seems so, Deidara. Not only are we already to late to turn back, but also we can't afford to turn back. Higure already has three Jinchuuriki while we have only four. They have caught up rather quickly if you ask me." The Akatsuki Leader ignored the annoyed sigh from a short redhead, and walked into Konoha, nine figures following behind him obediently.
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Tsunade looked at the men, and one single woman, that were lined up in front of her wearily.
"So, you request help from Konoha… To help you what?" She asked, fully annoyed and pissed at the rouge nin in front of her. Sure, they were all, mostly, extremely handsome enough to make her want to faint as soon as she saw them, and sure they had amazing manners, and sure they had a lot of patience… Wait… There's a lot of Cons in there… But still, they were criminals in their own right. She knew she could bring her village to destruction if she didn't choose carefully.
"We request help from Konoha, true. We need your help eliminating a great threat to both you and us. They are yet another band of Rouge ninja, all of them highly skilled." Tsunade raised an eyebrow at the Akatsuki leader's statement.
Tilting her head to the side, she replied innocently, "Are you upset that they refused to join you and the rest of Akatsuki?" She watched Pein's eyes narrow at her dangerously.
"We did not request any of them to join. But that is beside the point! They, like us, have Jinchuuriki." That sobered up Tsunade. She gave them a serious look.
"How many do they have?"
"Three, we have four." Tsunade's features turned grim. She looked at them sternly.
"Why should Konoha help you? You have killed many good ninja, tried to capture one of our best ninja numerous times, and have helped in an attempt to destroy our village as well! And what would happen to the Jinchuuriki that the Higure has captured? Use it to your advantage?" She glared at them, ready to strike out at any moment.
"We expect your help because Higure has made a point that they will destroy Konoha as soon as they can to prove their worth. But as far as the Jinchuuriki goes, we will take their power, but—" He heard Tsunade start to growl and watched her fists clench, "we will not attack Konoha, unless it attacks us first, and we will stop our pursuit on the Kyuubi." Tsunade's eyes widened.
'Did he just say what I thought he said!?' She looked at him with pure disbelief.
Pein smirked, along with half of the Akatsuki, and walked up to her desk to place a file in front of her.
"This has as much information on Higure as we could get. We have a copy of the file, so you may keep it. We, all of Akatsuki, will go to Fire's border and camp there tonight. You will give us your answer in one week, at the most. If you refuse our offer, whomever you send to tell us the news will die, and we will hunt all of Konoha down to the last child." With that, he and the rest of Akatsuki 'poofed' away in a cloud of smoke, leaving an astonished Hokage alone with almost every ANBU in Konoha with her.
She looked around confused and ordered all but one ANBU member to leave. She wanted to read the information in solitude.
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Tsunade looked down at the folder in her arms. 'Th-This is impossible! Who are these people? How can they be so strong! So young! The leader is fifteen!? And yet, they have Akatsuki cowering at their feet…' she shivered and felt sweat form on her forehead. 'I-I will have to take Akatsuki up on their offer…'
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Well, what do you think? I thought it was okay… But I thought of this in Geography, lol. How pathetic is that!? Well, anyways, I got and A on my Algebra test! w Err… Anyways, thank's for reading, and REVIEW please! Tell me what you think, and if there should be a pairing, what should it be? Hmmm??? Oh, and if you want, and you have to tell me in a review, I could post all of the member's of Higure in the next chapter…. But it won't be a chapter, it would just have their information on there, and then I'll have them all in the next chapter…. Yeah, that sound's good, I think I'll do that! XD
But please, tell me what you thought! READ AND REVIEW, please!
M-Mello