Chapter 10: The Start of a New Subdivision
Author's Note: Hello guys, I'm back with a new chapter of Team Akatsuki. We'll see another appearance of Elton and Leonidas in this chapter as they are the first two members of the Akatsuki's newly beginning subdivision. We're also get to see Itachi train Mercury as well.
Reminder: Volume 1 hasn't even started yet as its many months away in the timeline.
By the way, I will be using the English Anime version of jutsu names since the some in the main English version (manga) are a mouthful for a shinobi to say.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I have created a new story that stars the Akatsuki. It's called The Akatsuki Watches Team Four Star's Dragon Ball Z Abridged. Please check it out. It would mean a lot to me.
"So, these are your friends?" Nagato asked as he took a look at both Leonidas and Elton. They appear to be interesting characters to the Akatsuki leader. He never really expected so see people with green or pink hair. Then again, Zetsu did have green hair. An interesting feature Nagato noticed is that Leonidas' golden guns can be converted into a cross necklace.
"Yup!" Deidara cheerfully answered. "Leo, Elton, this is Nagato. He's the leader of this organization."
"Hello there, nice to meet you," the pink haired hunter greeted Nagato. The Akatsuki leader greeted back with a wave.
"Sup," Leo said as he gave a nod. The Rinnegan user replied with a nod as well.
"So, Deidara told us that you two are hunters from Atlas?" Konan asked the two newcomers.
"We sure are. Deidara told us that you need our help with something," Elton answered.
"Obviously," Raven snorted. Nagato shot her a glare in which the swords woman shrugged off.
"The thing is, our group has some complications with the Atlas military," Itachi told the two hunters.
"What kind of complications?" Leonidas asked.
"You see, our teammate Hidan got into two fights. One was with Qrow Branwen and the other with Winter Schnee," Deidara explained, gesturing to Hidan.
"Wait, you fought the Qrow Branwen and Winter Schnee?" Elton asked the immortal in disbelief.
"Yup. Those two didn't stand a chance against me," Hidan boasted with a smirk.
"Shut up Hidan. You barely managed to beat Qrow while you merely broke Schnee's right arm only after catching her off guard," Kakuzu told your partner.
"It is your fault that we're in this mess in the first place," Sasori added.
"I want proof that this guy beat Winter Schnee," Leonidas said while pointing at Hidan. Konan took out her newly modified sword that was once belonged to the former heiress.
"This weapon once belonged to Winter Schnee. It is in my possession now," Konan stated. The green haired hunter took a careful look at the sword, before realizing that it did once belong to the military woman.
"Wow, he really did beat Winter. That takes balls," Leonidas said after inspecting the weapon. "So, how exactly do you need our help?"
"The Akatsuki's goals is to bring true peace to the world of Remnant. We're starting off with going on missions that involve killing Grimm and capturing criminals for bounties. However, we won't be able to do so if we continue to be hounded and spotted by Atlas' military. We need your help on locating where Atlas soldiers might be so we can carefully choose which missions to go on," Nagato explained.
"Well that's easy. Even though there are students who graduate from Altas Academy to become hunters like us instead of joining the military, they are still allowed to volunteer in helping the military with missions. They're given access to mission information, including the locations of the missions," Elton stated.
"Will you be willing to help us?" Konan asked.
"What's in it for us? This feels really illegal," Leonidas replied.
"You'll be paid handsomely for your services," Nagato told the green haired hunter.
"Wait, we're going paying them to help us?" Kakuzu asked in shock.
"Yes, we are. We need their help," Deidara told the miser.
"Yeah, don't be a greedy ass fucker, Kakuzu!" Hidan shouted at his partner. Frankly, he liked the newcomers already. One of them even complimented him.
"So, what do you say?" Nagato asked the two hunters. Leonidas and Elton looked at each other before giving a shrug.
"Sure, we'll help you," the pink hair hunter answered.
"Thanks guys! I knew I could count on you," Deidara told his friends.
"I'll be in room when this plans starts to fall apart," Raven said as she left the living room to her room.
"Don't worry about her. She can be…troublesome most of times," Konan assured the two hunters.
"Why does she always act like she has a stick up in her ass?" Leonidas asked.
"It's because she has a severe case of nihilism," Sasori answered.
"Wow, what a sudden shift of mood. Since you're going to be here with us as our personal informants, how about you two make yourself at home," Kisame suggested to the two hunters.
"Why thank you," Elton replied cheerfully. The pink haired hunter went over to the kitchen with Deidara and Kisame.
"By the way, how do you receive access to military information on missions?" Mercury asked.
"Simple, we just go over to the military's website and enter our hunter pass codes in order to gain the information," Leonidas explained.
"That's interesting. Knowing so far about Atlas, I'm pretty sure they would have some sort of security that can only be bypassed by their own hunters and military personal," Sasori analyzed.
"Hey Nagato, leader, sir, can they stay in the base? I know they're not Akatsuki members, but they can still perform missions in areas that are occupied by soldiers of Atlas. Plus, they can access the information just by being here only through their scrolls," Deidara told the Akatsuki leader.
"We won't cause so too much trouble. After all, Leo and I constantly travel from place to place while looking for missions," Elton added.
"Sure, but you're going to have the same benefits as Mecury," Nagato replied. "As informants, you're not official members of the Akatsuki. You will still go on missions that will earn money for you two and the organization."
"Fair enough," Leonidas replied.
"I have called you four here because I have a mission for you all. You won't go on this mission right now but in a few months. That way, you all will have enough time to prepare for this mission," Professor Ozpin told the first year team standing before him. The team is comprised of two boys and two girls. One of them is Velvet Scarlatina, the female rabbit Faunus Kisame saved.
One of the other members of the team is another teenage girl with fair skin, short dark-brown hair, and dark-brown eyes. She has wavy locks on one side of her face, dyed with a gradient that starts in dark brown and transitions to caramel. Her clothes consists of a long, cocoa-colored shirt with a dark brown waist cincher. She wears long, dark brown trousers with ribbons on the left side and a brown belt with bullets. Above it, she wears another cocoa-colored belt of bullets woth a gold crosshairs buckle. What appears to be a drape of black shirt hangs on her right side. She wears a pair of dark brown, high-heeled leather boots with buckles.
She also dons a number of accessories, such as a bracelet with black roses as decoration; these are accompanied by black gloves and necklaces. She wears a beret of a darker brown and a pair of black, wire-rimmed aviator sunglasses. She is holding a black shoulder bag with gold studs, which is held by a bandoleer strap; the bag is actually her weapon, being able to transform into an oversized black and gold Gatling gun. Her name is Coco Adel.
The next member of the team is a teenage boy with dark skin and dark, messy copper hair that has a long fringe and a cowlick. He's wearing a sleeveless, muted orange zipper vest with black lining and a high collar, a pair of black jeans, and brown, laced shoes. His eyes appear to be pure white, revealing the fact that he's actually blind. His arms are covered in scars, and he has a vertical scar on his lips. He's also wearing a pair of long black gloves and has several pouches attached to his belt. His name is Fox Alistair.
The last member of the group is a tall and athletic-looking young man with shaved-short black hair and tanned skin, wearing mostly pale-green and brown attire. He's actually the tallest of the group. He has a long short-sleeved robe, which he wears on one shoulder over a black muscle shirt. The robe is fastened at the waist by a leather armored belt with two pouches on it. He also wears brown pants and black and green boots. His left arm bears a 5-layered sode which extends up past his left shoulder.
His weapon is fixed to his back with a padded brown strap slung over his shoulder. He also wears a pair of bracers as well as a pair of black gloves with green plates on the backs. His name is Yatsuhashi Daichi.
The four of them are known as Team CFVY, with Coco and Velvet being partners while Fox and Yatsuhashi are partners. When their team first formed, Velvet was initially nervous around them and feared they might reject her due to her Faunus heritage. However, they proved her wrong as they welcomed her with open arms. Ever since then, the four of them has been inseparable.
"So, what kind of mission are we talking about Professor Ozpin?" Coco, the leader of Team CFVY, asked.
"Tell me, have any of you been familiar with teens in black cloaks and red clouds?" the headmaster responded. Velvet squeaked when Ozpin said that description, reminding her of Kisame Hoshigaki.
"Velvet, do you know them?" Yatsuhashi asked the rabbit Faunus.
"Well, I met only two of them before I arrived at Beacon," Velvet answered.
"Can you please care to explain?" Ozpin asked, a bit eager to learn information about the group.
"They saved me from being harassed. After we introduced to each other, they asked me a lot of questions actually, specifically about the Faunus race, the academies, and transportation," Velvet explained. "It was weird, as if they never lived on Remnant before." Ozpin pondered in thought about what Velvet said. It intrigued them that group had little information about Remnant.
"Did you find out their names?" Fox asked.
"Their names are Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki. Kisame is the one who saved me though," Velvet replied with a light blush on her cheeks. Coco noticed the blush and gave a smirk.
"Can you describe them Velvet dear?" Coco asked, hoping to get some good details from her partner.
"Well…Itachi is a human with black hair tied in a ponytail and coal black pupils. Kisame, on the other hand, is also human but can be mistaken as a shark Faunus," the rabbit Faunus.
"How do you know?" Yatsuhashi asked.
"I made the same mistake before. He has blue skin, blue hair, sharp teeth, and gills," Velvet explained.
"Blue skin huh? I never thought I would actually live to see someone with blue skin," Coco muttered before smirking. "Are they handsome?" This got a squeak from the rabbit Faunus.
"You could say that," Velvet managed to say.
"Getting back to the topic, why do you ask about them?" Fox asked Professor Ozpin.
"Because I would like for you four to find them. I would like to talk and get to know them. I believe them to be potential allies," the headmaster explained. "I should warn you that they are dangerous in a fight, but they are not hostile." Velvet knows that Kisame's group can be dangerous as she witnessed Kisame threatening to use his sword on her harassers.
"What do you want us to do once we find them?" Yatsuhashi asked.
"Invite them over of course. Even though you will be training for a few months, I do not want you to engage into a fight with them unless it is necessary," Ozpin told the team.
"You can count on us," Coco replied. Velvet smiled, knowing she's going to meet Kisame again.
Outside the Akatsuki base, Itachi is going to give Mercury his first lesson in training. Of course, Marcus Black already gave his son some training for half his life, but the Uchiha plans on adding more. Despite his adoptive younger brother being native to this world, Itachi is going to make sure Mercury is going to keep up with the rest of the Akatsuki…or at least Hidan.
"So what kind of training are we going to do?" Mercury asked.
"It depends on what your father taught you," Itachi replied.
"He is no longer my father ever since you adopted me," the silver haired teen said.
"Well, what did Marcus Black taught you?" the elder Uchiha asked.
"Mostly stealth and aggressive offense attack," Mercury answered.
"I see. For right now, I'm going to train you on your speed, specifically combat speed, reaction speed, and pure speed" Itachi stated. He took out weights from inside his cloak. "You'll be putting these one."
"Are you serious?" Mercury asked in disbelief.
"It'll be easy if you use your aura to help you with the weights, but you aren't allowed to use it for this training. However, think about it. The more you get used to these weights, the more you're natural speed increases. The same thing applies when you add more weights," Itachi explained to the silver haired teen.
"I guess you're right. Give me the weights," Mercury said. Itachi tossed them to his younger brother, who managed to catch them. The first setting is a bit heavy for the teen, but he applied them onto his arms and legs. He felt a bit heavier thanks to them.
"Now, we'll be first testing out your reaction time. I'm going to be attacking you while either yelling at you to either dodge or counter," Itachi instructed his adoptive brother.
"Alright, whenever you're ready," Mercury replied. Itachi nodded and ran. However, Mercury couldn't react as Itachi appeared to have disappeared in a flash. The elder Uchiha suddenly appeared behind the silver haired teen.
"Dodge!" Itachi shouted. Before Mercury had time to say anything, Itachi slammed his right elbow onto his younger brother's jaw. The blow knocked him into the ground hard. "I told you to dodge."
"I didn't know you were going to be that damn fast," Mercury replied as he is getting up.
"Where I'm from, there are people who can run really fast. Some faster than others with a few faster than lightning," Itachi explained.
"That's fucked up," the silver haired teen muttered.
"It truly is. Also, don't hang around with Hidan anymore. I'm starting to think he's a bad influence on you," the elder Uchiha told his younger brother.
"Okay, so do we continue?" Mercury asked.
"Of course, we won't stop until we at least make some slight progress," Itachi stated. He made a few hand signs and shot small fireballs from his mouth at Mercury. "Dodge them." Mercury did as he was told, but the fireballs were too fast. A few of them hit him right on, but the adopted Uchiha used his aura to protect himself from burns and other injuries.
"Damn it, he's too good," Mercury muttered.
"Counter attack!" Itachi ordered as he whipped out a kunai and raced towards his brother. Mercury shoots at him with his shotgun boots, but Itachi dodged them all with ease. The elder leaped towards Mercury and landed a fierce kick on his chest, knocking the silver haired teen straight towards the ground.
"Wait, can we -"Mercury tried to say as he got up.
"Dodge!" Itachi shouted.
"Oh shit," the adopted Uchiha said before receiving a punch to the gut.
"Dodge!" Itachi instructed once more, making a quick jab at his younger brother. Mercury tried to dodge the attack, but he got hit at his left shoulder. "Dodge!" The only thing that Mercury managed to do was getting hit on the chin by Itachi's knee. The apprentice knew that he's almost out of aura, but also knows that he couldn't give up.
"Hold on, at least give me a minute to catch my breath," Mercury told him.
"Grimm won't give you a minute to rest. Neither will anyone who wants to be our enemy," Itachi stated. "However, I won't continue to push you after you're out of aura. It wouldn't help you if your body is too heavily injured."
"Alright then, I'm ready now," Mercury said filled with determination. Itachi raised an eyebrow as he look at the newfound determination within his younger brother. The elder Uchiha believed that it would make the training more interesting. However, he frowned a bit due to the fact that Mercury is starting off bad with the training. Of course, the elder Uchiha knew that Mercury wouldn't start of successful. He was hoping that his younger brother would dodge at least one hit.
"Counter attack!" Itachi ordered as he threw several kunai at Mercury. The silver haired teen managed to shoot some of them down with his shotgun boot, but a few managed to hit him at nonlethal areas. Mercury used some of what's left of his aura to heal the wounds as he picked off the kunai.
"What are you?" the adopted Uchiha huffed. He already knew that Itachi isn't ordinary ever since he met him and the other members of the Akatsuki. He breathed fire! There's no semblance that can do that.
"I am merely a man, just like the rest of the Akatsuki. Except Raven and Konan, they're women. I have always been labeled a prodigy when I was a child, but I never cared for it," Itachi stated. "Now, dodge!" He threw a punch at Mercury, who mustered all the energy left within him to move away. The silver haired teen didn't feel a hit, making him realizing he dodged Itachi's hit.
"I dodged it. I dodged it!" Mercury shouted in joy. However, the moment of happiness only lasted shortly.
"Dodge!" Itachi instructed.
"Crap," Mercury muttered before he was knocked out be the hit and felt his aura depleted to zero. Itachi picked his brother up and carried him back towards the base.
Meanwhile back at the base, some of the Akatsuki members are playing cards. They are Deidara, Kisame, Kakuzu witu Elton and Leonidas joining in as well. Sasori didn't want to as he is making some adjustments to his puppets. Itachi is busy training his newly adopted brother. Nagato and Konan are busy stopping a fight between Hidan and Raven.
Apparently, Hidan called Raven a few insults that actually managed to piss her off. Raven attacked him, leading to the fight. The reason Raven's bomb didn't go off is because Hidan's immortal, not being able to die. However, Nagato and Konan decided to stop the fight since to would wreck the base.
Back at the card game, things are getting intense. Like any card game, they are playing for money. However, there has only been two winners; Kakuzu and Leonidas. When it comes to money, Kakuzu has always stepped up his game. Leonidas, on the other hand, would spend all of his free time gambling back at Atlas Academy. It was something he picked up as a skill.
"Ready to lose some more money on this round or what?" Leonidas teased the miser.
"Oh you wish I would lose money this time," Kakuzu replied. Elton and the other Akatsuki members are watching the intensity between the two.
"Wow, they're really going at it aren't they?" Kisame muttered.
"Leonidas has always been gambling since our first year at Atlas. He has the skill and experience of any game that involves gambling," Elton stated.
"You know, this was just supposed to be a game of Go Fish, hmm," Deidara responded.
"Kakuzu isn't someone to mess with when it comes to money. He can be really stubborn," Kakuzu told Elton.
"Leonidas usually gambles for fun, but he can get a bit competitive," the pink haired hunter replied.
"Seriously, I wanted to play Go Fish," Deidara said. The front door to the base opened up, with Itachi carrying an unconscious Mercury on his back inside.
"Oh hey Itachi. How was the training?" Kisame asked his partner.
"It was great. There are a lot of things we need to work on, but I have confidence he'll pull through," Itachi answered while laying Mercury down on a sofa. "Where's Nagato?"
"He and Konan are breaking up a fight between Hidan and Raven," Deidara told the Uchiha.
"I think they already stopped it," Elton said.
"Come to think of it, the noises stopped already," Kisame replied.
"They probably knocked those two out. So, what are you guys doing?" Itachi asked.
"We're playing Poker, but it became a showdown between Kakuzu and Leonidas," Deidara answered. "How about you join the next round? That'll at least shake things up a bit."
"Very well, I shall join the next round," the Uchiha replied.
"Four of a kind," Kakuzu announced. "Take that!"
"Royal Flush," Leonidas said with a smirk.
"Damn it!" the miser shouted in frustration.
Author's Note: That's it for this chapter. Leonidas and Elton will be the Akatsuki's new informants in order to deal with Atlas' military. Itachi has now started Mercury's training, which I bet you guys get the reference. Team CFVY is the team that Ozpin will be sending to look for the Akatsuki.
There is going to be a time skip. The next chapter will take place a few months after this one.