Chapter Seven: The Meeting- Part One


The sun was setting down for another day to end at Tsuchigumo Village. Utakata and Hotaru returned to the village on time. Both Banna and Iggy was carrying the wounded man that they found when they were returning to the village. They carried the man to a nearby building that is a hospital but not like the kind of hospitals in the Hidden Leaf Village or other hospitals of the Five Great Countries.

The others exit from the building to let the Healers work on the man. They were around the wounded man, placing their hands on parts of his body. They use Mystical Palm Technique. A medical ninjutsu which allows the user to speed up the body's natural healing process by sending chakra from their hands into a wound or afflicted body part. This allows the user to heal a patient without the need for medical equipment or surgery. The process was going smoothly, the man's wounds were disappearing at a rapid speed.

At the same time, En no Gyoja, Hotaru's Grandfather, the Village Chief of the Tsuchigumo Clan was watching the process. He gotten updates of the man's conditions. He want it to talk with him once he's fully heal and awake from his sleep. He exit from the building where he saw Hotaru, Utakata, Banna, and Iggy, waiting for any news. "How is he, grandfather?" Hotaru asked.

"He'll be doing okay. The wounds around his body is disappearing at the nick of time." he explained. "Once he fully awake, I want to ask questions on what happened and who he encounter. Wonder why was he near the village at the time?"

"My guess he encounter a group of Rouge Ninjas." Utakata answered.

"Could be. But there's no way any Rogue Ninjas would be around near the village. Our guards would've have gave me information of any intruders within the area." the Village Chief replied.

"Another question I want to ask." Iggy said. "Was he the only one around when we found him? If he did encounter rouge ninjas, he would've have himself a squad. Plus, he didn't had any headband protector with him that would be associated with any of villages around the country."

"What about his wounds? What did it look like?" En no Gyoja asked.

"He had long multiple cuts around him. Serious wound was is big stabbed wound on his left shoulder. He came out from the wooded area, covering that shoulder with his right hands. He tried to keep pressure on it but it just keep coming out. He's lucky we made it on time to the village. He would've probably died if we didn't make it." Utakata said.

The village chief looks back to the man in the room. "I'm gonna to my room. Will have arm guards around the village for the time being. I'm not sure who attacked him or not. But whoever it was, we better be prepared for what await us outside the village." En no Gyoja said as he walk back to his home.

Utakata look at him before turning back to the village gates. "Is everything okay, sensei?" Hotaru asked.

"Everything's fine." he replied. "The man had burn marks like acidic hit his body. Then some bloody scars and a big wound. Those are the kind of things a rouge ninja would never attack like. Whoever what we're dealing with is not human. Something on the outside of the village. We better be on guard and ready for whatever it is."

"The man could give us questions of who he fought once he wakes up. Maybe that'll be the key to all of this." Iggy replied.

"If its not human than what is?" Banna asked.

"I'm not sure." Utakata replied. "I wonder if this attack was connected to the missing of both Yugito and Yagura. And both their missing Tailed Beast. If Seiku is correct, then we're dealing with an enemy that not only human but not from this world."


Tsuchikage Office- Iwagakure, Land of Earth

Iwagakure, also known as the Hidden Stone Village, located in the Land of Earth as one of the Five Great Countries. The rocky mountain range that surrounds the village provide a natural stronghold that it is very proud of. The village's infrastructure is built from much of the surrounding rock and stone, shaped into tower-like structures that are interconnected by a network of bridges.

At the office of the Tsuchikage, located to be the tallest structure with a cone-shaped roof and bears the kanji for "Earth" on it, a very short old man with a triangular beard and a mustache that has angular corners, a big red nose, and thick eyebrows. The top of his head is complete bald, although, he has long white hair on the lower-half of his head which is styled in a traditional chonmage hair cut, the back of which is tied with a yellow ribbon into a topknot.

Dressed in is usually green and yellow coat with a red coat, he wears the traditional Iwagakure outfit consistent of a light green version of Iwagakure's flak jacket and mesh armor, he was grumbling and floating in the air to his desk. He place his Tsuchikage hat on his desk before floating down to his sit. "Damn those idiots. Can't know how to cook a food that I deserve to have." Onoki said, not happy coming back from a restaurant he was going for dinner. "Promise I would never go back to the Fine Dined ever again."

A knock was heard from the door. "Come." he answer as the door open. He look to see a girl with short, black hair, and black eyes which are accentuated by her eyelashes running upwards at the corners. She wears the standard attire of the Iwa-nin consisting of a red uniform with her right sleeve missing and a lapel over her right leg, the brown Iwagakure flak jacket, fishnet tights and a skirt over them. "Granddaughter, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"Let me guess, you're in your bad mood again." Kurotsuchi said.

"I'm not in my bad mood. I'm just… just..." he replied, trying to make up something.

"Nice try, gramps. I heard you lash out at the restaurant earlier tonight all because of their food? Are you really that senile or just delusional?" she asked as he slammed his fist to the table.

"How dare you call me senile! The food I ate there almost gave me food poisoning! Almost like an assassination attempt on me!" he replied as his granddaughter just shakes her head, placing her hand on her face at the same time.

"I think you should just retire and give me the title to the Tsuchikage. I think you need to retire to a Retirement Home." Kurotsuchi said.

"I will not retire as Tsuchikage. You're not ready to become that reign yet." Onoki said.

"Come on, old man. You've been around for a long time. I can tell you're tired as hell." Kurotsuchi said.

Suddenly, the door was heard opened. A large and imposing man, with dark eyes and black hair that spikes out at the back from underneath his bandanna-styled forehead protector. He also has large cheeks, and a plump nose which give him an overall look of constant joviality. He wears the Red Iwagakure uniform which has a both its sleeves, underneath his flak jacket, and accentuates it with a yellow scarf which he wraps around his neck. "Ah, Lord Tsuchikage. Back from dinner I believe?" Akatsuchi asked, walking towards the group.

"Tell me about it. He thinks the restaurant he went tried to poison his food. He is just senile." Kurotuschi rolled her eyes.

"Stop calling me, senile!" Onoki replied before turning to his bodyguard. "What is it you want, Akatsuchi?"

"Oh, yes. I got a scroll from the Earth Daimyo." he replied, giving the scroll to the Tsuchikage. "They said they're could likely be an Emergency Kage Summit in the coming days."

"Kage Summit?" Kurotsuchi asked.

Onoki untie the scroll as he begin reading it. It took a couple of seconds of reading the whole scroll. "So the Kage Summit could likely be happening in the Hidden Leaf Village. It seems there was a situation that was happening in the village and the Hokage is calling for an Emergency Kage Summit. I'm not sure what the situation is but from this scroll I'm reading, the Mizukage is already there at the village. The Kazekage is already heading there as we speak. We could likely have a mediator for time being for this meeting. This should be interesting." he explained.

"What are you saying?" Akatsuchi asked.

"I'm saying we're making a trip to the Hidden Leaf Village right now." Onoki said.

"What? Right now? The sun is already going down for the night. Can't we wait until tomorrow?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"No time. We must hurry as fast as we ca-" the Tsuchikage got up from his seat, only for to hear a crack on his back. Screeching in pain, he place his hand on his back. Both Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi ran behind the desk to help him. "Why does this always happen to me?" he asked.

"Sigh" "You really are that stupid." Kurostuchi said, covering her face and shaking her head at the same time.

Akatsuchi carried the Tsuchikage to the bedroom to get his back healed.


Otagakure- Land of Rice

In the village located in the Land of Rice, Sasuke got himself an Inn for the night. He would continue his journey the next morning. Though he still a wanted criminal throughout the Five Great Countries, he would be safe in the Land of Rice for the time being. He was in the bathroom, splashing water in his face in the sink. Turning the water off, he look at the mirror at himself. His face was like in horror. Experiencing what he saw of four humanoids committing a suicide ritual in the Valley of the End. The visions of it would haunt him in his head for a while. "What the fuck did I just witness?" he thought.

Suddenly, a knock was being heard from his door. He rush out of the bathroom, grabbing his sword from the table. He walked slowly to the door as it continues to being knocked. He took cover next to the door. He place his sword on his left hand. He use his right hand on the doorknob. Turning the knob, he slowly opens the door. Then quickly in a flash he widely opens it, ready to strike on his enemies, only for a girl appearing by landing on top of him with open arms. "There you are, Sasuke!"

The girl has crimson eyes, fair skin, and the characteristic red hair of the Uzumaki Clan which she wears in an unusual hairstyle: her hair is short and spiky on the right side, while longer and straight on the left side. She wears brown narrow glasses, which have a serrated blade hidden in them, and her outfit consists of a lavender uniform that exposes her navel, short black shorts, and long black thigh high stockings with black sandals. Her chest, neck and arms are covered with bite marks that result from people biting her to heal, and all of which are hidden by her uniform. "Karin, what are you doing here? How did you find me?" Sasuke asked.

Karin got off of him and at the same time, two people also enter his room. The first person is a lean-built young man of average height, straight white hair with a light-blue tint, almond shaped purple eyes, and like most of the members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he has pointed teeth – one of which sticks out even when his mouth is closed. He wears a purple sleeveless shirt with blue pants, sandals and a belt around his waist with water bottles attached to it.

The second person is a tall, muscular young man who has spiky orange hair, red-orange eyes and a usually calm disposition. However, when affected by his murderous side, his skin turns dark, his irides become a pale yellow color while his sclerae turn black, and he grows various weapons and appendages to suit his battle combat situation, as well as having a deranged look. He has a bracket-shaped symbol on his left palm. "Suigetsu, Jugo. How you guys found me?" Sasuke asked again.

"Do you really think you were gonna get away from us?" Suigetsu asked. "You were planning to abandon us to try to find you're brother, didn't you?"

"I already said I don't need nobody's help." Sasuke said, putting his sword away.

"So why didn't you form Taka then? I thought we were a team." Jugo said.

"I never said we were a team. The only thing I did to create the team is do all the minor work for me. Right now, my focus is finding my brother and get revenge on the Kages to end this world of darkness thoughout." Sasuke replied.

"That's the same kind of thing that the Akatsuki would do. Create a world of peace away from the Kages." Karin said.

"I don't have time to deal with them. They have their own plans and I got mine. Now if you don't mind, leave my room at once. I need to sleep." Sasuke said.

"Fine then. Sorry we mess with you. Come on, let's go." Suigetsu replied as he, Jugo, and Karin were exiting from the room. Closing the door behind them. "Good thing we got some rooms too. We better keep a close eye on him because he might make a break out of the village behind our backs."

Karin and Jugo agreed. They quickly heard yelling from outside. They rush out of the inn and in the village. They saw a group of villagers in front of them seeing something. They walk towards the group to see as well. A man stood on a large cart with a tarp, covering something. "You're not gonna believe what I found. I've never seen anything like it." the man open the tarp to reveal a dead body of an Xenomoprh. The villagers were shocked to see the creature's body. The three were even stunned to see it. "Excuse me, where did you found this?" Karin asked.

"I found this on my way back to the village. It was dead on the road in front of me. I've never seen anything like it." the man replied.

Jugo and Sugetsu examining the Xenomorph's body. The Kiri Shinobi look at the body from top to bottom. He got a good look at the barbed tail. He touch some parts of the body. "Amazing. I've never seen anything like it." he replied.

"Could this be one of Orochimaru's experiments?" Jugo asked.

"Na it couldn't be. You think that snake would create these things. He would've had drawings for it." Suigetsu replied before turning to the man that found it. "How long was it dead?"

"I'm not sure. Maybe for about a couple days. I'm shocked that any animal would never eat it. You would think dead animals would be eaten and its caucus gone by days." he replied.

Jugo notice something burning on it. He see the wound of the creature's body. Touching it, a hissing sound where he quickly pull his hand out. "Shit! That burns!" he yelled as Jugo ran to a nearby water, placing it inside to cool it off. He look at his fingers seeing like burn marks. "What the hell does this thing has?"

"Looks like the blood is acidic." Karin said.

"I think there's reasons why animals would never eat it." Suigetsu said.

"What the hell we're dealing with?" Jugo asked.

Meanwhile, Sasuke look from the window of his room, seeing the dead Xenomorph. First it was humanoids, now it was creatures he was seeing. Never thought he would see anything like it. "What the hell is that? Its like something I've never seen before. Whatever it is, I got a sense feeling that danger is coming at the horizon." he thought.


Somewhere in the Fire Country, Orochimaru and Kabuto were journeying throughout the wooded forest. They were getting closer to the clearing. As they exit from the woods, they see the large temple in front of them. The two continue their journey towards the building. Standing in front of the large doors, they opened by itself. The two could sense the danger that was lurking inside. They walk in as the doors behind closed by itself. They were following the torches and candles that light their path.

They enter in the middle of the room of four large faces on the walls. "Wow, wonder what kind of temple is this?" Kabuto asked, looking around the temple. "Trust me, it would've been on the map for Fire Country. Unless it was a forbidden place that the Hokage's would never talked about before. It almost looks like our hideouts in the Land of Sound."

"It seems somebody is trying to outsmart me of my creations." Orochimaru replied.

"Well, well, well. I've never thought you would be here and I never thought I would see you again." the others turn around to see figures appearing from the darkness until they reveal their identities. It gave Orochimaru a smirk.

"Danzo. My word I never thought it would be you." he replied, seeing both Fu and Torune also appearing. Then he saw two more following Danzo. "And the Konoha Council as well. Homura and Koharu."

"Orochimaru. Kabuto. Its been a while." Homura said.

"What are you doing here? Weren't you send here as well?" Kabuto asked.

"We have our plans for the time being. Especially for me to become the Hokage." Danzo replied.

"The Hokage? You really think you can beat Tsunade for that title?" Orochimaru asked.

"Don't worry, that's already in the works for the time being." he replied.

"Well, well, well. I didn't think I would see familiar faces here." a voice was heard. everyone felt a ton of Chakra coming from their left. They turn towards a tunnel where a group were walking towards their position. The Akatsuki was making their present known. Obito went its mask of Tobi stood in front of them. "Orochimaru and Kabuto." he look to see familiar faces from the Hidden Leaf Village. "Danzo, Homura, and Koharu."

"So this is the Akatsuki that the Hokage was talking about. A group that want to create a peaceful world. Interesting." Danzo replied.

"Are you trying to taunt us?" Juzo asked, pulling his Kubikiribocho out ready to attack. Fu and Torune pull out their weapons, ready for any attack by the group.

Suddenly, they heard echoing of screeching sounds throughout. They all look around and more and more screeching sounds were getting closer and closer by the minute. Konan look up to see anything. Only the darkness above them. But she still has that sense of panic, knowing they are not alone. Kabuto look around at the tunnels of where they came from. He sense shadowing figures slowly approaching them. Sasori looks around, ready for anything that comes around. But then, he felt something on its left shoulder, dripping. He look on his left shoulder seeing a wet spot appearing. "What the hell is this?" he asked, touching the spot.

It shows it was sticky saliva on its fingers. He look up and saw an attack from above. He quickly use it Jutsu by creating a puppet figure of himself. A barbed tail strikes on the puppet at the nick of time, dragging it towards the ceiling of darkness. The others except for Obito, Orochimaru, Danzo, and the Elder Council, pull their weapons out for the attack to come."You're okay, Sasori?" Hiden asked.

"I'm fine. But the what the hell was that?" he replied, looking around.

"Be ready, there's coming out!" Deidara said.

They look around until they saw three figures appeared from them. Three Xenomorph Drones appeared behind the Akatsuki. Snaring and drooling saliva from their mouths, ready for fresh meat. Orochimaru and Kabuto were surprise by the appearance of the creature. Then they heard more screeching sounds. They turn to the tunnels where a couple of Xenomorph Runners appeared from them. Surrounding them. Then more drones appeared, running on the walls and on the statue faces. By the time, a ton of Xenormorphs were surrounding the entire group in one room, ready to attack. "What the fuck are these things?" Deidara asked, looking around and his heart pounding.

"I've never seen anything like these creatures." Konan said.

"These things look ready to attack us!" Hiden said.

Both Obito, Danzo, Orochimaru, and Kabuto stood their ground. Not a single fear in them after seeing these creatures. Suddenly, the flute tune was heard throughout the temple. The group heard it, looking around to seeing who was playing it. At the same time, the Xenomorphs were standing down, not ready to attack the group. They were stunned by the reaction. They lowering their weapons for a while in case the creatures would attack.

The flute music was getting closer as it was coming from another part of the tunnel. Out come a figure in the darkness, the Xenormorphs created an opening for their master to walk through. The others prepare their weapons for anything to come. The figure in the cloak walk to the middle continuing his flute music for minutes until he stopped. Taking off his hood to reveal his identity. "Welcome, everyone. My name is David. I'm here to change this world to the same goal as you guys are wishing for." he said.

The others stood still all looking at him all confused. Danzo, Orochimaru, and Obito were staring right at the face of Satan. Question is, can they trust him?


Meanwhile at the Hidden Leaf Village, the Sand Village siblings have arrived at the village gates. They were confused at the celebration of the villagers in the village. "Wonder what's this all about?" Kabuto asked.

"I'm thinking the same thing." Temari replied.

Gaara saw both Kotetsu and Izumo with their heads down. Almost looks like they're sad and devastated. "Guys, we're here. Are you two okay?" he asked the two look up at the Kazekage.

"Hey, the Hokage is expecting you." Kotetsu replied. "And the Mizukage is here as well. Will take you to her right now."

The Sand Siblings followed the two as they were walking to the Hokage's Office. At the same time, they see the villagers all celebrating like a big battle they just won. Gaara could hear the sound of the villagers screaming "the demon is gone" or "the village is free from the demon". He was getting confused. "Guys, why are these people celebrating?" he asked.

"The Hokage will explained to you about it." Izumo said.

He was getting confused by it. But he will get his answer from the Hokage. But it won't be a nice answer.


End of Chapter Seven

Author's Note: Finally this chapter is done. I've never thought I would post a chapter on a day rather than Friday. Last time was probably on New Year's Day of this year when the story I posted. Anyway, this is another two part chapter but not a long one. Expect many like 3,500 or 4,000 word chapters down the road. Make this story a little faster rather than wait a little longer. Trust me, the last couple of chapters were really longer.

The next chapter should be coming maybe in the first week of July or maybe this coming weekend you never know. But I'm going full all in on this story so it could be a little faster. Since I'm on vacation for a couple of months before I return to work in the final week of August.

You guys have a great week and review.