A.V.A.; Akatsuki vs Arrancars

Prologue

In a dark area, with only a glowing white floor, a hooded figure stood in the middle of it with a cloak of gray, trimmed with red lining. As he muttered an incantation, two sides of the vast glowing floor glowed even brighter. On the left side of the draped figure, stood a horde of black-cloaked individuals who wore red cloud patterns in their garbs, Those beings were members of an Organization known as the Akatsuki, who were bent on bringing World Peace through stealing demonic spirits known as Tailed-Beasts. The other side spawned a large group of warriors with white uniforms known only to few as Arrancars, creatures that took on a whole new level of power from their previous state of primitive being, Hollows, creature that ate the souls of the dead, in which they now possess weapons similar to Soul Reapers, the Zanpakutō. The most powerful Arrancar were known as Espadas, numbered from 1 – 10, 1 being the most powerful, and 10 for not being the most powerful, but better than the average Arrancar, Neither side knew where they were.

"Hey! What's going on?!" Shouted a Member in Black, named Hidan, he had medium-length silver hair that was slicked back and distinctive purple eyes. He wore his cloak open with no shirt, only pants under it revealing a forehead protector around his neck and an amulet in the shape of a circle with an upside-down triangle inside it. He also wore dark green nail polish and an orange ring on his left index finger, which bears the kanji for "three" (san). When not fighting, he was always seen with his Triple-Bladed Scythe on his back, "Weren't we in the middle of a meeting?!"

"Not so loud," Growled another Member in Black, Kakuzu, who was a tan-skinned and tall man, easily standing as the second tallest member of Akatsuki. Noticeably, despite his advanced age of 91, he still appears as a man well within his prime, retaining a very muscular build. He wore a white hood and a black mask, with his eyes being the only visible part of his face. His eyes have an unusual coloring: green irides, no pupils and red sclerae. His clothing included the traditional cloak and the forehead protector of his home village with a scratch in the middle which symbolized that he was no longer loyal to it. He also wore brown nail polish and his dark green ring with the kanji for "north" (hoku) was placed on his left middle finger, "Or I'll kill you..."

"The real question should be 'Who are those odd-looking people in White?' " Interrupted a different Member. He was tall with a silver mask on his face, lined with black. His hands were a special metal prosthetic lined with blades for fingers. His hair was a deep red and slicked back in uniformed spiked-shaped appearances. His eyes were a deep crimson hue with jet-black pupils. His name was Fudanasoko ("Always There"), hired by the Leader of the Members in Black, the Akatsuki, and bodyguard to their Leader, Pein. His personal goal was to make sure their Plan for Peace comes to fruition.

"Those People in Black look awfully suspicious..." huffed Yammy Llargo, a giant Arrancar with tan skin, a powerful build, and a ridge-lined cranium. He has brown eyes, black hair, long, bushy sideburns, and a thin ponytail reaching his upper-back. Aside from this, he is bald. He has orange eyebrows, and red markings under his eyes. He wears the standard Espada uniform, with the only difference being his jacket is always open. Like all Arrancar, he has a large hole signifying his previous time as a Hollow, his hole is located in the center of his chest. What remains of his Hollow mask is the jawbone (complete with 8 teeth), he wore a longsword Zanpakutō sheathed onto his sash. The handle is red, and the guard is a rounded rectangle with two protrusions on each side, "I'll swallow their souls if they keep staring at me like that!"

"Pipe down, you blithering buffoon," Scolded Ulquiora Cifer, who was a slender, yet fairly muscular, male Arrancar of average height with a melancholic appearance. He had fairly short, messy black hair, pale white skin, a black upper lip, and green eyes with small slit-shaped pupils, similar to a cat's. Part of his bangs were draped between his eyes, and he has distinctively thick eyebrows. He has teal lines which descend from the lower part of his eyes. His facial expression rarely changes, though he is almost always frowning. He wears typical Arrancar clothes: a white jacket, black sash, and a white hakama. However, his jacket has longer coattails than others, and the collar is higher. Ulquiorra's Zanpakutō was a standard sized katana with a green handle and sheath. The guard had two curved extensions from its long sides with a line going through both sides, which gave it an eye-like appearance. He wore it on his sash. "They're staring at all of us, not just you...surprising enough, they notices us clearly like day..." Though he showed no signs of surprise.

"Yammy is right about one thing..." added another Member, "Despite being Human, they do have quite the Spiritual Pressure emitting from them...it's best for all of us to keep our guard up at all times." He was fairly muscular with short, brown hair and blue eyes. His mask remain was on the left side of his head, which took on the form of a half-broken gladiator helmet. He wore a customized uniform; Which was a long-sleeved jacket with a black line starting at the collar and curving down to his right hip. He also wore a white hakama, a black sash, and black shoes with white lining. His Zanpakutō was a katana with a black sheath, hilt, and a golden, hollow circle guard. He wore his Zanpakutō as a in his sash. He was none other than Skullak Tuma, an Arrancar, like the rest of the Members in White. Transformed from a Hollow through years of dominating others of his kind, he lived a life of loneliness because of his power. It was so great, that anyone that reached within range, died instantly! He soon met very good, and powerful friends who could withstand his great, lethal power.

At such a moment, he soon ditched his life of loneliness and even found a life of romance with another Arrancar, Cirruci Sanderwicci, who happened to be in his arms at the very moment. She wore something similar to that of the Gothic Lolita style of Japanese fashion. She had short purple-colored hair, purple-colored eyes, black fingernails and light purple teardrop markings on each cheek. Her outfit consisted of a frilly dress with large, poofy sleeves that cut off at her shoulder and a pair of knee-high boots. She also wore fingerless, evening-style gloves, as well as leg warmers that attached to garters at her thighs. Cirucci had wings on her back, however it was unclear whether or not they are a part of her outfit. The remains of her Hollow Mask are positioned in her hair right above the left side of her forehead and resemble a spiked hairpin.

Cirrucis' Zanpakutō took on the form of a whip with a disc-shaped blade looped into it that is capable of deflecting incoming projectiles in addition to its function as a standard whip. The discs' path could be curved after it is thrown, but it would need plenty of space to do so. In such conditions, Cirucci could curve the discs' path to such a degree that it could follow an opponent. Despite wielding such a unique weapon, she was worried on what would happen to them. Skullak held her close.

Another Member in Black, he had slanted blue eyes and very long blond hair which he wore drawn into a half ponytail with the rest hanging down freely. The bang hanging over his left eye is what concealed his eye scope signifying that he was a long-range fighter. He also had mouths in each of the palms of his hands and under his cloak he wore a utility belt with two bags. He was named Deidara.

"Hey!" snapped Deidara, "What are you doing here?" He pointed to another man in their group, who, with a certain reason, didn't wear a cloak like them. He had translucent-looking pale skin and straight waist-length black hair with the front strands falling to his shoulders. He had a long face with pronounced cheekbones, golden eyes with slits in his pupils, purple markings around his eyes and fang-like teeth — a reference to his snake-like nature. He wore plain gray garbs with black pants and a thick purple rope belt tied in a large knot behind his back and blue tomoe-shaped earrings. He is seen wearing a black polo neck under it.

"Dear me," chuckled the stranger, "That's no way to treat an old member, isn't it~?" Orochimaru, the stranger.

"Orochimaru..." uttered Fudonasoko, "I was thinking the same thing as Deidara..." He flexed his bladed fingers, scrapping the fine, shining blades against one another, making small, clean, grinding sounds. Small sparks flew occasionally.

"Good to see you too, Fudanasoko~" sneered Orochimaru gleefully.

"The feeling was never mutual." He growled.

"Enough," Called the Gray-Hooded Figure, "You all have been summoned here for a reason..."

"No one summons his Majesty without his consent!" Shouted an Abirama Redder, who, unlike other Arrancar, did not wear a jacket, which left the numerous red tattoos across his chest exposed. He wore two white sleeves on his wrists, a white hakama, a white breech cloth, and a black sash around his waist. He had long black hair, and the remains of his Hollow mask took the form of a beak-like helmet atop his head. His Hollow hole was not visible, and he had dark gold eyes.

"Silence, Abirama," Boomed an elderly man by the name of Baragon Louisenbairn, with a white mustache and white hair. His face is lined by large scars on the left side of his chin and across his right eye. Despite his aged appearance, Baragon is quite stocky and muscular, and when standing, but with the slouch of an elderly person, he is of a fair size. He was sitting in a throne, supposedly made from various bones. He wore a regal white leather coat with black fur lining, short sleeves, and three black fur stripes running along the bottom. He wore a golden wristband on both wrists, and a belt consisting of three thick chains attached to a large metal disk with a sun emblem. Overall, he resembled a barbarian lord. The location of his Espada tattoo is unknown. His Hollow hole is in the center of his chest. The remnants of his Hollow mask take the form of a five-pointed crown just above his forehead, "I'm interested to know why this stranger brought us all here..."

The enthusiastic Arrancar was silenced, for he was a follower of Baragon, or otherwise known as a Fracción. Baragon owned 6 Arrancars as apart of his Fracción, though only special Arrancar could possess their own Team.

"Thank you," continued the Hooded Figure, "You all seem different from the uniforms to your personal appearances alone, but both groups that you all are involved in share one thing in common."

"And what might that be?" Asked Tia Harribel, who had olive skin, aqua eyes, thick eyelashes, and short golden blonde hair; which was usually kept messy with three braided locks. She wore a variation of the Arrancar jacket with a high collar, which covered the lower part of her face downward, while it bared a good portion of the lower half of her large breasts. The jacket had a zipper that ran along its entire length, which could be opened from the bottom upwards. It has a beige air filter on either side just below the trim. The jacket's sleeves completely envelop her arms, terminating in black glove-like extensions at her extremities, resembling the appearance of a cat's paw. Harribel's Zanpakutō, while not particularly long, was unusually wide. Its handle was purple, and its guard was as wide as its blade, with three small holes on either end, which Harribel could use to unsheathe it. The sword was longer than its sheath, and was worn horizontally on her upper back

"Both sides wish to take on the World," He answered, "Whether it be for Peace or Pride, whatever the reason, I don't care of...so I have a proposition for the both of you."

"And that would be…?" Asked Yammy, scratching his hair-less head with a finger.

"You all will fight each other," answered The Figure, "Whichever side remains standing will have the the Ability to accomplish their Desires as their prize to do whatever they please with, whether it be for Peace or for Conquest..."

Both sides were in awe of such a proposition, except for the Leader of the Akatsuki, Pein, who had medium length spiky orange hair, bore six piercings, a metal bar through each ear, three studs through the side of its upper nose, and one spike stud on each end of the bottom lip. He also had three piercings on each wrist, at least one on its upper wrist and some just under his neck. He also wore red nail polish. His face was also a little pale. On his right thumb, he wore a purplish-gray ring that bore the kanji for "zero" (rei), was emotionless as well as Ulquiorra.

Itatchi Uchiha, another member of the Akatsuki Member who was not impressed, but slightly worried, for who-knows-what-reason. He had onyx eyes under which were long, pronounced tear-troughs. He had jet-black hair that was pulled back in a low ponytail and his face was framed with center-parted bangs that extended to his chin; the ponytail and bangs grew longer over the years that he joined the Akatsuki. On his right ring finger was his Akatsuki ring, which was red and bore the kanji for "vermilion" (shu). He wore purple nail polish on his fingers and toes and a necklace that had three silver rings with red gems inside them.

"Sounds nice," sneered a fellow Arrancar with ice-blue hair and a jaw bone on one side of his cheek for mask remains, "But what's in it for you?" The Arrancar that question the figure was Grimmjow Jagerjaquez. Grimmjow was a tall, muscular man with light blue spiky hair and light blue eyes, the latter including green lines below them, similar to the eye markings on the Panthera genus of cats.

Grimmjow's attire consisted of a white hakama, a black sash and a ragged white jacket with an upturned collar. The inner lining of his jacket was black and Grimmjow wears it with the sleeves rolled up and left open to expose his muscular chest. The remains of his Hollow mask consisted of the right jawbone and his Hollow hole is located on his abdomen. A Number "6" tattoo number could be seen located on his back, near the right side of his Hollow hole.

"Nothing," assured the Figure, "Nothing for you all to be concerned with at least, let's just say that I'm hosting this...'Tournament'...over a whim."

"And how can you afford such a prize?" Scoffed Nnoitra Gilga, a very tall man with a thin and lanky body. His face was frequently set in a huge smile which reveals his upper teeth. His black hair hung past his shoulders, which concealed the left side of his face and a large white eye-patch with one exposed dark gray eye. His clothing consisted of a modified Arrancar jacket with an overblown spoon-like hood and an opening starting at the neckline, which showed most of his midsection, and closing at his waist. He wore the standard hakama, but the ends of his pant legs close inside extended and curved boots.

"I have my reasons," Answered the Figure, "Should any of you wish to back down, I'll be free to send you back to where I found you all."

Both Groups discussed the current situation.

Pein agreed to the terms due to the fact that they would be one step closer to achieving Peace, should they win.

Baragon agreed, being the King of Huecco Mundo, he knew that if they win, they get to take on the World with no issues, and not even the Soul Society, Home of their Natural Enemies, the Soul Reapers, would stop them.

"Let's do this for Peace, Deidara!" Shouted a masked man with enthusiasm, his mask was orange with a black spiral pattern focused around his right eye. He wore a ring with the kanji "jewel", "ball", (gyoku). Its color was purple. He was goofy in nature, and he was also a new member. They called him "Tobi".

"You wont even last 10 seconds, Tobi..." Scoffed Deidara.

"We'll have a hard time ourselves, wont we?" Asked an odd-looking man whos' right side is white while his left side was black with several white specs, protruding from their garbs' collar were extensions that looked a lot like leaves of a fly-trap. His hair was green and his eyes were gold in color. His green Akatsuki ring, which bore the kanji for "sign of the boar" (gai), was worn on the Black Sides' little finger. His fingernails were painted pink and his toenails were blue. When the question was asked, it seemed as if the white side of the member spoke in a soft tone. "Don't panic." Answered a voice, which came from the black side in a rough voice. They were both known as Zetsu in one, single being only.The white side seemed to have asked the question while the black side answered, as if he was two-faced.

"Do we have to?" Sighed a man with blue-gray eyes and wavy, dark brown hair, which ended at the base of his neck, that was always unkempt, and was parted down the middle. He had a faded goatee. His clothing is typical of an Arrancar: he wore a white jacket outlined in black, though altered with the collar upturned. A black sash was worn in a manner similar to a matador around his waist and he wore white gloves. The remains of his Hollow mask consisted of a fanged bottom jaw which was positioned along his neck. His Hollow hole was on his sternum, right below the tip of his mask., "I just need 1 more hour of sleep..." Starkk had a standard-sized katana sheathed. It sported a pewter-colored rectangular guard, with small protrusions on each corner, and a sun-like design wrapped around the hilt's collar. The hilt itself was a yellow color, and the sheath was a metallic-gold color.

A young-looking female Arrancar, kicked the lazy Arrancar in the rear hard. "Don't nap!" She shouted, "The World is at stake, and it'll be ours for the taking!" Her outfit consisted of white-colored briefs with a black line positioned in the middle, arm-warmers, a revealing vest with a high collar and thigh-high, fur-lined boots. Her Hollow hole was positioned in the center of her stomach. The remainder of her Hollow mask was in the form of a helmet, with two horns on the top of her head. The left horn looked as if it had been cut off and the left half of the covered covers her left eye. Her right eye was light pink, with the left eye was covered by her hollow mask and a flame design over the eye-hole could be seen, and she also has light green hair arranged in a very basic manner.

The lazy Arrancar, Coyote Starkk, winced as he was kicked. He didn't like it when his partner-in-crime, Lylinette Gingerbuck, hurts him so much.

"I can't seem to grasp as to why Orochimaru would be with us," growled Deidara, "He's not one of us, not anymore at least."

"I consider your friend closely related none of the less," clarified the Figure, "You all may need his capabilities."

Orochimaru smirked with an intriguing look on his face as he licked his lips.

"On more thing, Akatsuki," Stated the Hooded Figure, "Despite having Orochimaru with you, you're still one Member short."

"Sasori?" Asked Deidara, "But he's dead, he relied on such a feeble body to fight off a medic Ninja and his grandmother, hm."

"Don't get too snappy Deidara..." hissed a voice as a figure in black gars with silver lining stepped forward from the cover of darkness, he unveiled himself to have had wide greyish brown eyes, and short, mousy red hair. He had a hazy, dreamy look to his appearance. He sounded as if he was 35 years of age, but looked as if he was 15.

Deidara, as well as a few other Members, were surprised to see their supposed, fallen comrade.

"I knew you'd be asking about your friend, Sasori," explained the Hooded-Figure in Gray, "So I've taken the liberty of traveling to your dimension and recovering his remains, and brought him back to the prime of his capabilities before his untimely death."

Sasori took a look at Tobi. "Is that my replacement?" He asked.

"Yep!" Answered Tobi cheerfully, though his expression could not be seen underneath the mask.

"I can't tell you how much I've missed you," Sighed Deidara, "Tobi has been very immature and pathetic, hmm..."

"But he's always been quite the escape artist," chuckled a very tall and muscular man, "And he's helped with bringing a cheerful atmosphere to our rather gloomy organization." He was the tallest member in Akatsuki. He had a distinctive shark-like appearance, complete with blue-gray skin. He also had small, round, white eyes, gill-like facial markings under his eyes, and sharp triangular teeth. He also had blue hair that was styled in the form of a shark fin. As a member of Akatsuki, he also wore dark-purple nail polish. He had a dark-blue forehead protector, which covered his ears as well. He also wore a brown sash across the front and back of his cloak to hold a big, white-bandaged, sword in place. He wore his Akatsuki ring on his left ring finger, bearing the kanji for "south" (nan) which was yellow in color. He was known as the Monster of the Hidden Mist, Kisame Hoshigaki.

"Aw, you!" Chuckled Tobi with an effeminate pose, as if he sounded flattered by Kisames' compliment.

"I see..." muttered Sasori as he narrowed his eyes at the goofy member.

"Now with everything in place," continued the Cloaked-Figure, "You all will be separated into fighting groups, those who win will have to wait until one side wins alive. Since the Arrancars are merely souls, I will make it to where they can be touched by mortal hands."

Skullak gritted his teeth, knowing that would mean whatever happens, the opposing side won't need a Zanpakutō to fight them. Skullak and Cirucci looked at each other. "You promise you'll be alive by the time this is all over, right?" Asked Cirucci with worry. Skullak nodded. "I promise," He assured her as he kissed her deeply on the lips, "Be careful yourself." Cirucci nodded Fudanasoko noticed the two couple wishing each other well.

"Something wrong, Fudanasoko?" Asked a middle-aged woman with a relatively tall woman who had short, straight blue hair, amber eyes with lavender eye shadow, and a labret piercing. Her eyelashes are shown to be distinctive lines. She wore a large light blue paper flower in her hair. Her facial expression was usually neutral. She wore her Akatsuki ring on her right middle finger, the kanji on it meaning "white" (bya). She also wore orange nail polish. Instead of the standard sandals and leg-warmers, she wore a pair of blue pants that also functioned as her shoes, with white high heels, inverting the standard color scheme of the organization. The Woman who asked Fudanasoko was one of his closest friends, Konan, who was with him since they were orphans.

"I'm fine," He replied, "I'm just lost in thought..." He knew something wasn't right, but he also knew he had no time to think it out.

"Ready yourselves," warned the Cloaked-Man, "The control of the World will soon be decided."

In a flash of white, they were soon sent to the appropriate places to settle each fight.