A/N: Hello everyone, so this is my first Naruto fanfic that I've posted in a long time (I deleted all my others). This story has been lying in wait for awhile and I wanted to wait until I had completed it to post it on here but I haven't exactly moved from where I stopped last so I thought posting this might motivate me into working on it so here you go! Hope you enjoy and please leave any comments to help me improve my writing. Thanks for the support! :D
One year after the Uchiha massacre, a young shinobi walks through the silent, peaceful village of Konohagakure. It is early morning, the fiery red head carries a back pack, as she appears to be leaving on a mission as she walks toward the Hokage's mansion. As she walks she stares up at the black sky, her mouth moves as she counts the stars surrounding the white, bright moon. The girl seems to be around the age nine or ten yet she wears the standard jonin uniform of the village.
Upon arriving at the mansion she is greeted by an ANBU member, who she seems to be quite friendly with, after a short conversation about their lives since their last meeting the ANBU leads the girl into the mansion. They walk in silence as they walk down the many halls up the old stairs of the mansion until the come to a large door with the kanji for Hokage written on it. The ANBU knocks on the door, a deep, gruff voice sounding from the other side, signaling the girl to enter.
She entered the office alone, the ANBU closing the door behind her before leaving the mansion to return to ANBU HQ, "Hokage-Sama, I apologize for waking you" the young girl bowed to the old man and village leader.
The man scrutinized the young girl before replying to her apology, "Do not apologize, Kuwata. You would not wake me if not for something important, what bothers you, child?" he asked the young girl as he removed his hat and placed it on his desk, folding his hands on his lap; prepared to listen to the young girls request.
"Thank you, sir. I wish to ask you to allow me to infiltrate Akatsuki as a spy for Konoha. Recently, in my bouts with ANBU I've come to notice their growing interest in the tailed beast. I wish to protect my brother, I cannot protect him from the life of a jinchuuriki but I can protect him from the Akatsuki as a shinobi of Konoha. Please, allow me this, Hokage-Sama!" the young exclaimed kneeling to the man to express her feelings of want to protect the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi.
"You love Naruto so much, he is lucky to have such a wonderful twin" the Hokage smiled at her before standing and looking out the window at the village, gathering his thoughts to make a decision, "You have my blessing, you may seek out the Akatsuki and attempt to infiltrate the organization. However, if you fail you will return to the village, you've one chance, Kuwata, don't throw it away" he told the young girl as he turned back to see her still kneeling.
"Yes, sir!" she exclaimed a smile on her face as she stood and bowed once again, waiting to be dismissed from his presence.
"The next time I see you, you better be alive" he told the young girl, "You may go" he dismissed the girl, a large grin on her face as she left the office quietly.
"Those two are so alike sometimes, it is almost scary" Sarutobi thought as he watched the nine year old head for the village gate, her "mission" paperwork in hand, "She'll definitely succeed, it will be a long time until I next see her for sure" he voiced as he turned and went to exit the dark office, returning to bed.
It had been three months since I'd left the village and I'd finally found the Akatsuki's lair. In the past months I'd managed to master dojutsu, Fukusei gijutsu, and the kinjutsu I'd been studying before I left Konoha. I jumped down from the branch I was perched on in front of the waterfall which concealed the entrance to the cave the Akatsuki's HQ resided in, I walked out onto the water before passing through the fall and into the cave.
The cave was quite dreary and damp, just as I expected it to be, I continued to walk farther into the cave until I came to a large steel door that had a complicated chakra lock on it. I couldn't help but smirk as I stepped closer to the door and unlocked it within seconds. I entered the doorway and noticed the change in my surroundings, the steel walls, which held in sound were covered by sheet rock to make it more home like, and the floors were wood. I threw this thought to the side as I picked up on the eight presences gathered in a large cavern farther in the hideout. I continued down the long hall until I came to another steel door, the members all seemed to be gathered there for a meeting.
"I guess I came at a good time, they're all gathered together" I thought as I silently opened the door and entered lions' den.
All eight members of the Akatsuki were gathered in the naturally formed cavern of their hideout to discuss each teams' next mission. They all stood on the finger of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path which matched the finger they wore their ring on. It was the usual casual kind of meeting they always had, where some members lounged on the statue's fingers while others argued or complained about their partner or mission. At the moment, Kakuzu was on the verge of going into a rage because of his partner's idiocy. Kakuzu's rage is suddenly stopped when the door to the room opens and a young girl enters.
The young girl wore the normal shinobi garb of Konohagakure, her black headband tied around her neck had a slash through it, showing her defection from the village, and bandages wrapped around her head covering her eyes. The eight members stared at her, surprised by her presence in the lair. It seemed like time was frozen for several moments as the steel door shut and she stood there while the Akatsuki stared at her. Time began to move once again when the orange haired, piercing covered leader, Pein, jumped down from the statue's right thumb.
"What are you doing here, little girl?" he demanded of her as they stood several meters away from each other.
The girl's face tilted downward from the statue at the sound of the voice, as she seemed to finally face the man, her face remained calm as she seemed to analyze her new surroundings, "I wish to join Akatsuki" was her simple reply to his question.
Several of the members snickered at the young girl, "We do not need a little girl within our ranks, you should have stayed home" he told her as he raised his hand to call upon one of the members.
"How would you know such a thing when you know nothing of skills? You would be stupid turn me back to my village, I hold knowledge that no one else knows about you all: I know of your secret lair, I've assessed all of your members already, I know your chakra, and I do believe I've figured out your plan. I'm sure you'll kill me but, be warned though I am a child, I am not weak" she asked the leader of the Akatsuki.
The man examined her with his lavender eyes before turning back to the statue, "Is that you want, a chance?" he asked her as he jumped back up onto the thumb of the statue, "Itachi, Kisame, show this girl what it takes to be an Akatsuki member" Pein told the partners as he sat down on the statue's thumb to watch the impending battle.
The tall Kirigakure shinobi and Uchiha nodded to their leader before leaping off of their perches and landing a few meters away from the girl, she turns head slightly toward each of them, determining their location within the room.
"If you are a true Akatsuki member, you can defeat the two of them even though you are blind and a child. They won't hesitate to kill you" Pein told the young girl as Kisame stepped back gaining his partners attention.
"I think you should take her, after all you're both from the same village" Kisame said as he folded his arms across his chest.
Itachi merely blinked at the man before turning back to the girl, and without hesitation used Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu on the girl at such great a speed most jonin would be capable of avoiding it. But in the second it took him to do the hand seals the girl reached for the bandages wrapped around her head and pulled them away. The fireball disintegrated just as quickly as it formed leaving behind a crater and ash in the air clouding the room.
As the ash settled and the girl was once again visible, she stood in the same spot she had earlier, the bandages in her hand and a Sharingan. They stared at her in amazement, having pinned her as blind and the Uchiha clan wiped out. She dropped the bandages before charging at the black haired male. Still in shock and overwhelmed by her speed, Itachi is knocked back into his partner by the girl. She stands up straight as the two regain their composure and stand.
"If that is the power of an Akatsuki member maybe I should return to Konohagakure" the girl stated as Itachi stepped forward once again. She narrowed her eyes at him before disappearing and reappearing behind the Uchiha and roundhouse kicking him in the chest and sending him flying toward one of the cavern walls before she disappeared once again and punched him up into the air before kicking him into the ground and leaving a deep crater.
She landed a few meters away and turned her Sharingan gone and replaced with a Rinnegan. Kisame pulled Samehada from his back preparing to engage the girl, throwing her eyes to the side not interested in her dojutsu.
She looked up at Pein as if mocking him, "Who's the next member I need to beat?" the young girl asked as Kisame charged at her. She turned her attention to the Kiri shinobi and flipped over him, grabbing the hilt of the sword and breaking the large hand holding it while stealing it. She landed gracefully behind him pressing the tip of the blade to his back.
She turned suddenly clashing kunai with Itachi, "Stop, Itachi, Kisame" Pein demanded of the two Akatsuki members, they turned to him and they relaxed lowering any weapons they had pointed at the girl, "You've proven your worth quite well, you won't become a member of the group, you're much too young, but you will become an underling under one of the teams until you prove that we can truly trust you" Pein was now standing as the partners returned to their perches. The two Rinnegan possessors staring each other in the eye, as if daring the other to make a move.
"What is your name, girl?" the Akatsuki leader asked the small girl.
"Uzumaki, Kuwata."
Okay so...short chapter...The next one is a bit longer let me know if guys like long or short chapters, I prefer long ones but I don't want to overwhelm any of my readers. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!
