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Crimson Dawn

Chapter 1:

A new beginning

Kakashi trotted the dirt track road slowly; his eyes brimmed with a bit of happiness but later drowned in sadness. Being away from home, his friends, everyone, made him miserable and lonely. He misses Gai, even though he could be such a never ending plague, he misses Asuma, the only man who doesn't bother him about why he reads so much porn in a single day. He misses Naruto and Sakura, the way she always beats him up and the way Naruto never gives up. But most of all, he misses Anko. As he gazed up at the sky, he could see her face in the sky. He smiled but after hearing some sounds, he was on high alert. The sound came closer; he drew his kunai in anticipation. But, once more, it was just an animal. He sighed and rolled his eyes with disgust, then began his journey once more.

"Shit, too late" Asuma cursed.

"I can see something moving up ahead," Neji said "We can catch him up if we hurry"

The ninjas once more sped through the thicket, hoping to catch the figure that was way up ahead.

Kakashi walked cautiously into the dark cave. Knowing that he tangled with a few akatsuki members before, if they got the chance, they'd rip him into shreds. The place was quiet, only the sounds of the Peins being tugged on the ground could be heard. When he stepped into the opening, he was greeted by a scythe. Instantaneously, he knew who it was. Hidan. However, he was quick enough to draw his katana and block the attack. A grin appeared on the attacker's face, but it wasn't amusing for Kakashi. He pushed him off, and got ready for the next onslaught. Out of nowhere, a rush of water washed him into the wall. He quickly rose to his feet, dusted off the dirt off his clothes. The members of Akatsuki were a few meters away from him; they were all ready to pounce on him.

"What do you want, Kakashi?" Kisame spat his name like poison, Kakashi totally unfazed by this.

"Well, I umm…" Kakashi hadn't the slightest idea as to why he was there.

"Then, let's get down to business," Deidara grinned.

"No, no let's not be so rash" He smiled waving his hand in front him as if warding them off. "How about we make a deal?"

"And that will be…?"

"Since I killed your leader, how about me being your new leader" he said with a cheesy smile.

…Silence…

"You're joking right!" Hidan exploded with laughter "You're totally joking!"

"Do I look like I'm joking?" Kakashi said sternly.

"There's no way, we're gonna let some ninja from Konoha tell us what to do." Kisame said

"I'm not a ninja of konoha anymore. Tsunade kicked me out for misunderstanding and that's not a lie either"

"Heh, how are we so sure you're not planning to ambush us?" Itachi said

"You would've already been ambushed. I had your attention for quite a while; don't you think that the leaf would've already attacked?"

Once more, silence. No one knew what to say, however, they all had a grin on their faces, thinking that they would be able to use Kakashi as a sparring dummy. But they thought wrong.

"Fine, you wanna be our leader? You'll have to beat us" Hidan smiled.

"Okay, If I win, but if you lose, you know what's that gonna be" Kakashi smiled

Hidan and Deidara attack Kakashi first, swinging his scythe and throwing clay bombs. Kakashi dodged the attacks but as he escaped into the air, there was Kisame with Samehada ready to swing. Kakashi barely missed the attack, he unsheathed his katana and swung it at Kisame but he too dodged it. Kakashi was now left open as he was falling to the ground with his katana in his hand in a cutting position. Kisame spun around; Samehada connecting with Kakashi's back, sending him into the ground faster than how he was going. Kakashi seeped under the earth and appeared under Deidara. He grabbed his foot and pulled him under. Then, the earth wrapped around the others and he sent the lightning element through the earth to shock them. Then he used the star element to extract their souls. He was successful; a smile slowly crept onto his face. The members of Akatsuki bodies lay on the ground, soulless. Kakashi himself was shocked as he had no idea he could've done that. Once more, he found himself smiling. Lately he'd been smiling a lot and has no idea why. Normally things like these wouldn't make him smile but judging from what's gonna happen soon, it's best he smiles while he still can. Kakashi had the souls of the Akatsuki members floating around balloons put then a thought rushed in his head. I wonder….. Kakashi placed back their souls into their rightful bodies but then channeled his energy. A blue-ish light outlined him; his hair seemed to have a mind of its own. Please make this work, Kakashi was about to attempt something he's never done before and he'd doubt the clerics have either. As the Akatsuki slowly got up, he shot the blue- ish energy at them. "All evil be gone and let good reign" He had no idea what he was saying but it was worth a shot. The members were engulfed by the energy, and as it subsided, Kakashi didn't know if worked or what. So he decided to test it out. Quickly, he formed a doll, have it hover in the air over a circle of fire.

"All you have to do is to save this doll from being burnt" Kakashi said, sternly. The doll began to fall, he noticed that the Akatsuki were all working together to save the doll. "Wow," He said. Did it work or are they faking it? By the time the doll was saved, Hidan made his way to confront Kakashi.

"What the hell did you do to us?" Hidan boomed

"Wow, it worked. Really worked!"

"What worked asshole?" Kisame spat. After he said that, he felt a burning sensation in his throat.

"I placed a spell on you in which you would have to do and speak good" Kakashi had a devious grin on his face, he couldn't help but smile as the members had a look that he'd never seen before. Hell; he doubt that anyone had ever seen those faces before. Those fragile, soulful and caring faces.

"This is going to be a fun ride with these guys" Kakashi smiled "I can't wait"

"You're right Kakashi. I can't wait" A voice said. Kakashi spun around to see who just said but no one was there. Just the darkness, nothing but. He didn't see Darius' phantom, for he hid himself in the darkness. "I guess it's my time to fun with you my dear reincarnate" Darius said as he vanished away to the realm of nightmares.

Well, that's that for this chappy. Hope ya enjoyed it.

Next: The realm of nightmares.