Like promised, here comes the next, very long chapter.
Chapter 2: The arrival of the new King
I was carried by the anbu woman while she and Madara were jumping through the forest, hopping from one branch to another. The red light of the moon shone down on us and the genjutsu was giving me a headache.
What I didn't understand though was: How had I been able to resist it? When Madara had asked me about Naruto I already had wanted to tell him the truth but then I had been able to force myself to a lie, the same had happened with the direction. You aren't supposed to be able to lie when under a genjutsu, especially not when you're a weakling like me. Obviously Madara thought the same thing and that I was also under the influence of his genjutsu, but was I?
I needed more situations where I could test it, but Madara mustn't doubt that I was under his control or he would kill me after all.
Who knew, maybe I wasn't that weak after all but immune or something like that.
"Hey Zetsu, what the fuck is the meaning of this shitty red moon? And why didn't we find the damn beast in the place where you freaking told us he fucking would be!" Hidan ranted as soon as he noticed Zetsu. They were standing in a field, looking up at the red and black round ball on the sky.
"We can explain" Zetsu said.
"I fucking hope so or I will sacrifice you to Jashin!"
"Hidan just shut up!" Kakuzu growled irritated. "You know what is going on?" he then asked the plant man who nodded.
"It's Lord Madara. He did cast a genjutsu on the moon in order to bring peace to this world."
"Who in Jashin's name is Madara?" Hidan asked with a frown making his partner almost face palm.
"Do you actually know anything that hasn't to do with your shitty religion?" he growled making Hidan snap.
"Hey, don't insult jashinism you old geezer or I'll shove my scythe up your old damn ass and-"
"He wants to see you" black Zetsu interrupted him. "Yes, you should come to him as soon as possible; he's waiting in Konohagakure for you. It will be fine, Madara has the citizens already under control and they won't even notice you. Just hurry up." With that Zetsu disappeared to bring the art duo as well as Kisame the same message.
"Ts, damn plant freak" Hidan muttered placing his scythe on his back. "Hey Kakuzu, what shall we do?"
Kakuzu glanced at the moon. Of course he could also feel the power, but neither he nor his partner was affected by the genjutsu. "We'll find out what's going on" he said and turned to the direction of Konoha.
Because of sudden rumors spreading through the streets, saying that someone important was about to visit them, the citizens and shinobi of the Hidden Leaf came together at the sides of the main street. The rookies who actually weren't rookies anymore but chunin and jonin were there too, speculating like everybody else who the person might be that was about to arrive. The moon with the weird comas in it was still visible but no one was worried about it. As long as their Hokage was there they had nothing to worry about. They were save here in Konoha, also why should anybody want to attack them now? They lived in peace with every nation after all.
Suddenly the visitors started looking toward where the gate of the Hidden Leaf was. The visitor was about to arrive. Then first whispers were heard.
"Who is this?"
"Isn't this Madara Uchiha?"
"You mean one of Konoha's funders?"
"Shouldn't he have died?"
"Who is the girl next to him?"
"She doesn't seem to be a ninja… Maybe she is his personal assistant."
"Hey, I know this girl from somewhere" Ino said narrowing her eyes at the brown haired young girl with the little chakra. She didn't remember though meeting her in the barbecue restaurant only a few weeks ago, before they all had participated in the chunin exam.
"Yeah I know. But it would be too troublesome trying to remember" Shikamaru said with a shrug and so they fully concentrated on the highly person next to the girl who was walking toward the Hokage tower.
I was walking next to Madara into Konoha. The anbu woman had disappeared as we had arrived and we were now stepping into the village without any guards at our side. It wasn't like Madara would need them anyway. The crowd looked at him with open mouths and sparkling eyes like he was some kind of a popstar. Even though he had the same blank expression like usual and didn't even seem to notice the people, I still had the feeling that everyone just had assembled because Madara made them doing so. He was practically walking down the street like a King. The only thing missing was everyone falling to their knees in front of him, I thought darkly.
It didn't seem like anyone even suggested that something could be wrong with a Sharingan moon in the middle of the day or a dead living legend in their streets. Madara's influence of the people was frightening. Before we had stepped through the gate he had instructed me to point everyone out who could be a resisting problem for him. Maybe that was the reason why he let the people come together.
The whole time my mind was screaming at me as soon as I got a glance of Sakura, Choji, Ino, Shikamaru, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Lee, Neji, Tenten or other Jonin I recognized from the Manga. If I didn't want to be suspicious I had to say something so I pointed or nodded at the persons and said that they were friends of Naruto or involved in important battles but minimized slightly the dramatic effect my mind was giving me. Madara though didn't even seem to care about it greatly. Why should he anyway? The people were under his control, I was the only one who knew what was really going on. I still haven't found a plausible idea why I was immune or why he wanted to know his former enemies even though everyone was in his illusion. Maybe the genjutsu wasn't complete yet, maybe he needed all of Kurama's chakra being extracted…
I was so deepened in my thoughts that I almost didn't notice that we had arrived at the Hokage tower by now. We walked through a door and Tsunade awaited us, standing in front of the large window, her eyes slightly narrowed.
"What do you want?!" she hissed and I wondered if she was influenced or not.
"Talking with you about a regime change, Fifth. With me as the new leader of this world your petty Senju village belongs to me too." His tone was deep, threatening, warning but completely calm like he was talking about the weather.
"Why should I do this?" she asked and I highly doubted that she was caught in his illusion if she was able to talk to him like this.
"I've got the power to destroy your village in an instant. So you either cooperate in doing as I say and obeying my orders or your village and the villagers will be gone in a second."
Tsunade glared at him with pure hatred. Yep, she was definitely not influenced.
"Alright, but don't treat the villagers like your toys! They are still ninjas and citizens of the Leaf!" He rolled his eyes but nodded.
"Fine, as long as you will keep them calm. But remember that I will know about every incident the moment its happening." My heart dropped. Even if Madara hadn't complete control yet, I doubted that there would be much resisting if even the Hokage had no other choice left than doing as he said.
"Now leave us alone, Hokage" he said with clear disgust in his voice. Tsunade glared at him a last time with narrowed eyes before she walked past us and left her own office, slamming the door shut vilently. Sighing Madara sat down on the big chef seat, relaxed and took a look out of the window.
"Do you want to tell me anything about this woman?" He asked without looking at me but continued to stare outside.
She's a Senju and the granddaughter of Hashirama!
"She is strongly on the Jinchuriki's side but she will do anything to save her village." I doubted that he would be happy to hear that she was a relative of his former rival so it would probably be better to leave that fact unsaid.
"Like I thought, this will be the weakness of all the Kages with thus I can control them without wasting too much of my powers on them." The pressure of the genjutsu slowly gave me a headache. I didn't know how much longer I could continue fighting against it without my head exploding. I gazed outside and gasped when I saw the mountain where actually should be the faces of all the previous Kages carved in. Now however it only showed Tsunade's face and next to it, much bigger, Madara's. I heard him chuckle.
"Do you like it?" Numbly I nodded.
"Why… Why did you leave the Hokage's face if I may ask, Lord Madara?"
"If I should loosen the hold on them they might get angry if the face of their current official leader is missing. Sentimental idiots" he mumbled with distaste in his eyes.
"Lord Madara, they are here." Shrieking I turned around just to find Zetsu sticking out of the wall right behind me. Madara nodded.
"Good, they should come in."
Confused I watched Zetsu leave, wondering who would be the guests. To be honest I didn't except it to be them.
The door opened and Kakuzu, Hidan, Sasori, Deidara and Kisame entered, let by Zetsu. Their eyes wandered immediately either to Madara or me.
"What's the little bitch doing here?" Hidan spoke first.
"Who cares about the girl?" Sasori said with his usual bored voice. "I would rather know what is going on" he said glancing at Madara with narrowed eyes.
Madara explained it to them. He told them about the Eye of the moon plan, his partnership with Obito which ended with the younger Uchiha's death right after his tried betrayal – what was also new to me – and the fact that he created a new world where he could control everything with his genjutsu.
"So you want to say that this prick Tobi who was actually a damn Uchiha worked with you to control the rest of us with your fucking Sharingan eyes?!" Deidara growled, hatred dripping like venom from his voice. It was understandable regarding his disgust with everything Uchiha-related.
"No" Madara said completely calm, sitting in the big chair like the King on his throne. "I created this world to end all the wars. I don't want to control anyone." Yeah, right, I thought sarcastically. "But many of these people would rather see me dead than trying to understand what I'm about to achieve, that's why I need to control them. However, Zetsu told me about Akatsuki. You helped me greatly with the capture of the Jinchurikis, that's why I would like you to work for me. There will be trouble rising from the ninja villages and I need persons who can bring this under control" he said looking at each of the Akatsuki members who were listening closely.
"I don't see why we should work for an Uchiha, un" Deidara growled.
Kisame though shrugged. "Why not? It won't be any different than working for Pain I guess."
"Speaking of which, do any of you know where he, Konan or Itachi might be?" Madara asked, making me listen closely. Did this mean that they had escaped his grasp?
"Well, Itachi was about to confront his brother in a battle" Kisame explained. "When I saw the moon I went to the Uchiha hideout to check it out but neither Itachi nor Sasuke where there."
"As for Lord Pain, he's probably with Konan in Amegakure" Sasori said.
"No, he's not. We've already been there."
"Hn. Well, sooner or later they will show up" the Uchiha said and stood up, walking around the desk and facing the members. "So, will you work for me?"
"Wait, I still don't get it I think" Hidan said scratching the back of his head. "So you say that this freaking moon makes everyone your slave if you want to?" Kisame chuckled and Kakuzu gave his partner a glare which he ignored. Madara though nodded with a blank expression. "If you want to interpret it that way, yes that's more or less the case."
"If we work for you goes this advantage for us too then? I mean everyone having to obey your orders is pretty fucking great" he said with a wide smirk and a look in his eyes I didn't like. "Then even fuck-face over here could finally find a woman who wouldn't run away screaming by his-"
He was cut off by Kakuzu's hardened hand lifting him into the air by his throat, choking him until his face turned purple. The miser's aura was screaming bloody murder and I resisted the urge to run out of the office screaming. Everybody else though acted like nothing was happening, for them Kakuzu trying to kill Hidan probably was a daily scene.
"This idiot here has a point though. If we work for you, what's in it for us?" Kakuzu asked with a complete calm voice, scaring me more than as he would have yelled and screamed.
"I'll pay you of course; it should be more than enough." Kakuzu nodded satisfied at Madara's answer, still not letting go of Hidan who tried to get out of the grip but without success.
"Alright, the Akatsuki will work for you" the miser decided and the others nodded, even Deidara though he had a scowl on his face. Madara smirked.
"I'm glad to hear that. You can stay in the village if you want or not, I'll contact you through Zetsu if I need you. You can go now." With that the Akatsuki members left the office, Kakuzu dragging a desperate trashing Hidan who was on the edge of unconsciousness with him.
Carefully he pulled his mask down, activating his Sharingan and observing the people. It was like he had thought… Their chakra signatures were disturbed like it would be by a person who was under a genjutsu.
Quickly he put his mask back down. When Tsunade had called together the other jonin and chunin the moment the red moon had risen she had been able to explain shortly to them what was going on before the force of the genjutsu had interrupted them.
Only an hour earlier Kakashi had seen Madara walking through Konoha's main street with the people making space for him, none of them even thinking about an attack. To not draw attention Kakashi had first settled down to observe the things, coming quickly to the conclusion that Madara was indeed controlling everyone through the Sharingan moon. And now he had even the proof.
He had no idea if really everybody was under the genjutsu but he couldn't risk using his Sharingan too often. Who knew if Madara could sense it? He surely wouldn't be amused about him being not under his influence.
However, Kakashi couldn't stay here for too long. Fighting off the genjutsu was draining him; his chakra level was already low. But should he really leave Konoha and everyone behind him?
On the other side, did he even have another chance? It would only be a question of time until Madara would find out about his resistance and Kakashi was clearly no match for the Uchiha legend.
Suddenly the appearance of five people got Kakashi's attention. His unmasked eye widened at the side of the black cloaks and the red clouds. Akatsuki! They were walking through the village; completely calm and no one, not even the shinobi crossing their way, were stopping them. A silver haired man with a scythe on his back and a terrible bruise forming on his neck laughed. "Oh look at these fuckers! We could kill them all on the spot and no one would even fucking care!"
"Shut up Hidan" a big man with a mask covering most of his face growled. "Or next time I won't release you until you black out!"
"Fuck you old bastard!"
"What shall we do now?" the big blue man who Kakashi recognized as Kisame Hoshigaki asked. If he was here, was his partner Itachi also nearby? The copy ninja looked around but he couldn't see the former Leaf ninja.
"I just want to get away from this damn Uchiha, un" the blond, Deidara, growled, kicking a stone away with his hands pushed in his pockets. "I can't believe that we're really working for him now."
Wait, the Akatsuki were working for Madara? Kakashi frowned in worry. That wasn't good.
"Just let it go brat" the puppeteer Sasori said. "There is nothing we can do against it."
"Yeah and we better should make the best out of it" Kisame said grinning.
"Also we're getting paid."
"Oh fuck you and your money, Kakuzu!" Hidan yelled.
They walked out of sight and Kakashi sighed. He would leave, hopefully unnoticed. Lady Tsunade had said that Naruto might still be out there. He would go and search his student. Kakashi just hoped that the knucklehead was okay.
Yeah, Hidan will be one of the reasons why this story will have some humor aspects hehe.
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