Chapter 6:

The Horrors Of The Akatsuki Reborn

AN: I actually have nothing to say. Oh wait, Sasuke WILL be more important as the story continues and the title is translated roughly as The Snakes And The Cloaks. And for some reason I kinda wanna write a Bleach story... So I might.

"Your time is done. Life was brief and hopefully you enjoyed it." Sagerushi wrapped his hand around Ross' face and pulled him off the grass into the air, clasping it tightly. "Another ability of mine is to absorb your life energy."

"Li...fe?" Ross whispered accidently, having barely enough energy to speak.

"Hahah. Interested?" His hand began to crush into the young ninja's head. "Yes. In life this was truly an amazing ability. It was almost immortality, something Orochimaru has searched for his entire life. I could steal my opponents life, adding onto my own. I must have been a couple hundred years old when I was killed. I was around for every ninja war except the most recent. The Third Hokage saw to my death a few years back."

"Let...go..." Ross lifted his arms and uncontrollably dropped them onto Sagerushi's arm. "Please..."

"No. I have orders to kill you and I will not hesitate." A light red aura surrounded his hand and continued around Ross. A instantaneous red flash absorbed their vision, vanishing in the same time it took to arrive. Sagerushi dropped him onto the floor. "Heh. Too bad."

Good. Let the darkness take you. Your body will be mine.

Shi pulled himself up and shot another black chakra blade into the sky, aiming at The Undead. It disintegrated before impact and the user dropped back onto the ground after his last ditch attack. Sagerushi turned around, the ground under him started to drag him down.

Good, now it is my turn.

He was then thrusted forward into one of the nearby trees with extreme force. The wood cracked and the tree fell forward, crashing into the clusters of other trees. Sagerushi still stood up, turning around to the source. "The Fuck? This just might be fun."

"Ready?" A disturbed voice left a human figure's mouth. It was covered in dark purple chakra, Sharp glowing yellow eyes, and lips that were connected with the face revealing sharp purple teeth. Two long ears bent backward on it's head, through purple chakra covered hair.

"Ready...? This might be a little fun. Yamikage." Sagerushi readied himself. "But it will be over so quick that I doubt it will be the least bit entertaining."

The creature's arm stretched towards the Akatsuki member, who awaited it's arrival before jumping into the air, causing the hand to smash into some of the trees behind Sagerushi. It quickly returned to Yamikage as the beast jumped to the same height as The Undead.

"Mimicing me?" Sagerushi dropped onto the tip of a tall tree. "Reminds me of Katsu..."

"This is not a game." Yamikage said. "You will die here. I can foresee such an easily visible event. Prepare to return to wherever you came from, abomination."

"Stupid fool! Shut up and die, artificial demon! Return to the dark abyss in which you came from! Ninja art: Sealing!" Sagerushi aimed his arm at the bijū. A light red beam shot at it, constricting it's movement. "If I cannot absorb your chakra... I will seal it."

Yamikage roared, distorted and disturbed, one could wonder if you could even call it a roar. The light disappeared and it's hand skimmed through the sky, enlarging then grasping Sagerushi around the chest. "Die." It whispered, snapping him in half.

Yamikage stood on the air. The chakra in the air around the creature was so immensely dense that the air was literally palpable. It's arm returned to it's original size and owner. The two parts of the Akatsuki member fell to the ground, almost instantly regenerating back into the one human shaped abomination.

Small purple orbs appeared from the dense air, creating a small ball. "I will make use of this attack." Yamikage growled with the same distorted voice. The ball fell into it's hand, now colored almost black. "It is over. If only you were not reanimated... Your body would be an excellent vessal."

"I cannot be killed! My soul will stay here! My body will recreate itself!" Sagerushi yelled up at the bijū. "Stupid artificial monster!"

"No. I will rip your soul from that carcass with my power. This is the extent of the power of the Zerobi." Yamikage threw it's arm at him, the dark purple orb in hand. Sagerushi attempted dodging toward the right, yet the chakra was so dense that movement was almost impossible.

"No! Noooo! I won't die from this!" Sagerushi panicked. The orb collided with a rock wall that suddenly appeared in front of the Akatsuki. The rock grew over the orb and the entirety of it exploded into dust.

"Hmm... Interesting ability... Powerful enough to negate my attack." The bijū commented before landed on the ground.

"That wasn't me..." Sagerushi dropped to his knees. His slicked back hair fell down into his face.

"It was me." Another Akatsuki member held his position just a meter in front of Sagerushi. It was a man with medium length, spiked, maroon hair. His eyes also matched the red color. Oddly there were two stripes going directly down from the bottom of his eyes to the top of his neck, colored the same as both his hair and pupils.

"You... You are..." Sagerushi's eyes widened. "#1, Zakiasu Takahashi... The Creator."

"#5, Sagerushi The Undead. Your time is up." He spoke, his voice was somewhat deep. "You have allowed this fight to go on for nearly triple the alotted time."

"What? No... The time is..." Sagerushi bared teeth in fear and frustration. "I am not ready to go back! NOT YE-" Strange red markings engulfed his body, sealing his soul. The body dropped into a pile of sand like substance, a male corpse laid in the sand.

"Would stay. Can't though, this kid is about to awaken. Hehe... This would have been fun."

The chakra vanquished instantaneously, revealing a barely alive Ross falling to his knees. "...What...? I..remember what happened..." He quickly recapped what happened then looked at Zakiasu. "You...are one?"

"Heh. Child, I am #1, The Creator." The man glared at the weakened ninja.

"Then...Katsu?" Ross remembered the name that almost escaped him. "He was...the leader..."

"Yes, Katsu-sama is our leader. But his power ranking is only #3. Which means that me and another are more powerful than him." Zakiasu smiled, to him there was much pride in being stronger than the leader." "I am the most powerful member of the Akatsuki reborn."

Ross fell down to the dirt. His consciousness was slipping in and out. "...Please...I don't want...to die..."

The maroon-haired ninja slowly walked towards the vaguely living chunin. His feet tapped against the grass and dirt, time almost slowed as he closed in. "I must be the one to end your exsistence."

A shadow laid atop Ross' body, it's owner was Shi. He blocked the way of the strongest Akatsuki, barely living, yet in better shape than the jinchūriki. "Sorry...You won't make it past me."

"I won't?" Zakiasu moved his arm to chest level and opened his palm, revealing a coin with a leaf symbol on it. Then he threw it directly up. "Oto..." The coin fell into his palm, his other hand rushed to cover the it, preventing either of them from seeing the results. "...or Konoha?"

"Wha..." Shi eyed him, deciding quickly to simply answer. "I suppose... Well obviously Konoha! Leaf!"

"Let us see..." Zakiasu slowly removed his hand, purposely adding dramatic effect. "And..."

"What is it?" Shi stepped forward. "We—" His word was stopped. His body split in half, down the middle. The inards of the young ninja spilled all over the floor and both halves splatted against the grass, leaving no hope of saving the chunin.

Zakiasu was only a half of a meter from Ross. "Sorry. It was Oto." He held the coin out to his right, a music note was facing up. "Oh. I killed a young ninja. I will only get half points for that..." Zakiasu put away the coin within his cloak then sighed. "I have already killed my one alotted kill. Too bad. Lucky jinchūriki." The ground ate him, without a trace.