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Chapter 1

"Why should we allow you to rejoin the Akatsuki?" Pein asked.

Orochimaru smiled. "I know a certain person that you might be interested in meeting."

They were in a dimly lit room. The Akatsuki one side of the rectangular table, and Orochimaru, Kabuto, and Sasuke sat on the other side. Sasuke was determinately ignoring his brother. Kabuto was tense, ready for attack.

Pein narrowed his eyes. "Who is this person?"

"A jinchūriki. Well, not so much a jinchūriki anymore. He has split from his demon but has demon characteristics."

Though Pein didn't show any interest, he was intrigued. "Which jinchūriki?"

Orochimaru pulled out a summoning scroll. "He's currently at Oto but he gave me this summoning scroll to summon him. I'm afraid that any type of alliance with him will have to be arranged by you."

Pein raised an eyebrow. "Summon him."

Orochimaru unrolled the scroll and bit his thumb. He swiped the blood on the scroll and it glowed. There was a poof of smoke and there for a moment they thought that it didn't work. Then a shadowy figure walked up behind Orochimaru.

"Oro-chan, you called?" the person said as he embraced Orochimaru from behind.

"Yes. Would you be willing to arrange a deal with the Akatsuki?" Orochimaru asked, not bothering to react to the nickname.

"Hm. Why should I? This is for your benefit, yes? Let me guess. They arrange a deal with me and in return they let you join them again." The figure smirked and caressed Orochimaru's face before stepping into the light. "How predictable."

All of them drew in a breath. It was Naruto Uzumaki. But his appearance had changed. His hair was spiky, blonde, and went to his mid back. It was also in a braid. He had a small stature and golden blonde lashes. His ears were slightly elven and he wore two hoop earrings at the top of each ear. He wore black pants, a black undershirt, and black sandals with leg guards. He also wore a short sleeved black haori with red flames on it and left it open to show his black undershirt. Black arm guards extended from his elbow to cover the top of his hands. His scratched headband was worn on his left shoulder. His whisker marks had darkened and his canines had grown longer. His fingernails were now sharp claws. But the most noticeable change was his eyes. They had once been as pure and blue as the sky. But now they were as red as blood.

Itachi eyes widened almost imperceptibly. This couldn't be Naruto. Not this creature. He had spied on the blond for a whole year before his brother left the village. During that time he had fallen for him. He had seen what the blond was like behind closed doors and he loved the real Naruto. But this Naruto was like a sick parody of him. The exact opposite of everything Naruto was.

His eyes gazed at them in sadistic amusement. "Naruto?" Sasuke whispered. Sasuke's breath almost caught as the creature that was Naruto moved his red gaze to his.

"Sasuke. You've grown." He said, a small smirk on his face.

Orochimaru drew Naruto's attention back to him by asking, "So are you willing to arrange a deal with the Akatsuki?"

"Ya know, Kyu-tou-san wants to kill them. They've caused a lot of trouble with their demon catching. I should kill them right now." They stiffened. Naruto chuckled. "But I won't. Tou-san always said that I should stop being so bloodthirsty. I'm open for negotiation."

"We're willing to pay you for your missions, give you food and board, and release the demons in our keeping." Pein said abruptly, drawing the astonished gazes of the Akatsuki. Well, Itachi just raised an eyebrow at him but you get the point.

"Leader-sama-" Konan started.

"Hm. I don't know. It sounds good and all but I can get food and board anywhere. My father is the king of demons so money means nothing to me. How about this? You provide all that you said and you will give me one day a week off. In return I will do missions for you and I will prevent the demons from killing you when you release them." Naruto said the last with dark amusement in his eyes.

"How do we know you're telling the truth, un?" Deidara asked.

Naruto smirked, his fangs showing. "Because unlike humans, demons don't lie. We twist our words so that you misinterpret it but we never lie."

"Then you will prevent the demons from causing us any kind of harm. And you must do missions with a partner." Pein said.

Naruto sighed. "Fine. You have a deal."

Pein nodded. "Orochimaru, you are a part of the Akatsuki again. You know where your old room is. Sasori, Deidara, lead Uchiha-san and Yakushi-san to their rooms. Uzumaki-san...do you have a preference for a room."

"Soundproof. Medium sized. Room for weapons, books, and other things." Naruto said, his eyes bored.

Pein nodded. "Hidan, Itachi, lead Uzumaki-san to his room, it's by your rooms."

Naruto followed the two into the dark hallway. They were silent for a while until Naruto asked "What do you do for fun around here?"

Itachi didn't bother answering and Hidan shrugged. "We all do our own thing. We don't even gather except for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and meetings."

"Well, what do you do?" Naruto questioned.

Hidan grinned. "I worship the almighty Jashin-sama."

Naruto rubbed his chin. "Jashin...I've heard that name somewhere."

"Not surprising. Everyone should know of the greatness of Jashin." Hidan exclaimed. Itachi raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. He had always thought the Jashinist was insane with his self mutilating rituals and his constant talk about the 'Almighty Jashin'.

Naruto snapped his fingers. "Aha! I remember now. That demon loser with a god complex that looked like a goat with red eyes. That bastard isn't a god. He's a demon that feeds off of pain and death. And Tou-san still kicked his ass. Jashin is one masochistic fuck but Tou-san made him scream for mercy."

Hidan's purple eyes were wide. "Impossible. You speak blasphemy."

Naruto gave him a bored look. "I told you demons don't lie. I watched Jashin beg. He had the nerve to call Tou-san weak because he had been sealed for so long. Jashin doesn't even have a tail. The number of tails a demon have reflect their power. In other words, he's weak."

"Well...where are your tails? You're weak too if you don't have any." Hidan yelled.

Naruto smirked, rubbing his ear from the loud noise. "Defensive much? I make my tails into seals because it's inconvenient to have all seven of them waving around."

Hidan was gaping. "Are you fucking serious? Seven? Me and Kakuzu fought the seven tailed jinchūriki and it was fucking hard. Are you telling me you're that you're that strong?"

"I'm stronger than the jinchūriki but not the demon. Biju are on a whole other level. A jinchūriki is still human and can't channel that much demon chakra without damaging their body. I am a demon and can use all my chakra. And I'm just stronger than a human, period."

They stopped at a door and opened it. Naruto walked in and looked around. "This room is soundproof?"

The two Akatsuki members nodded. Naruto smiled a truly evil smile that made them shiver unconsciously. "Perfect." he smirked.

"Any reason why you want a soundproofed room?" Hidan asked.

Naruto pulled off his weapon's pouch and haori. "Let's just say that some of the things I do for fun are...loud."

He practically purred the last word with such sadism that Hidan's eyes widened. Then Naruto smiled, showing fangs. "Good night, humans."

They left the room and left Naruto alone. "That is one creepy fucker." Hidan said. "You never said that he was so damn...bloody thirsty."

"He wasn't like that before." Itachi said simply before he turned and went to his room.

Hidan raised a silver eyebrow. 'I think I touched a nerve.' he thought before he went to his room, about to do another ritual. No matter what the blaspheming bastard said, he would never stop worshiping the almighty Jashin-sama.