I sat in front of a spire, clothes soaked, waiting. The man came in a flash. Gaze narrowed.
"You have made it past our posts. Unfortunately, I saw you the moment you came in." He glanced up at the rain.
"I'm aware." I replied.
"What is it you want Konoha ninja?" His face perfectly blank. I suppose he is a puppet.
"I came with a warning. I'm sure you're already aware that you are being controlled to an extent. While, he is a danger, you or I could dispose of him. No, the one I want you to look out for is the one manipulating him." He narrowed his eyes. "Look out for the ones of black and white." He lifted his hand and I felt a force pull me to him. He held me up by my throat.
"How have you come across this information?" He threatened.
"Have you ever considered what could be done with that amount of chakra? World peace seems to be low on the priority list for anyone but you. Though, I do have to question your methods. Have you not considered peace through fear?" His expression schooled.
"I do not wish for peace that way."
"Then how about removal of all chakra?"
"Conflict would still rise." He stated as a fact.
"Then how about the removal of will?" His face showed rage, well the best it could.
"Stop! I know where you are going with this. You do not know me."
"Why would I wish to know someone who would create peace with all the methods I've listed? You live your life with ignorant self-justification. Has no one questioned your beliefs before?" He threw me to the ground, pulling out a kunai. "Let me tell you something, Pein. You are not a god, you do not qualify to make this kind of decision. Especially for others." He lifted his kunai to strike. "Those eyes are not all-powerful. There have been others with them before and there will be more after." I gripped his blood, violently, forcing it to remove the eyes and the receivers from the puppet simultaneously. The puppet fell to the ground, eyes rolling towards my feet. My face morphed to disgust. I brought my foot up and squashed the eyes. I sighed before plopping down to sit. Waiting once more.
The other five paths appeared before me, circling. Summons appeared all around as they prepared for battle. They went to make their move. 'Isobu, chakra please.' I felt a surge of power before I gripped the puppets still. "You are powerful. But, I don't wish for your peace. Since all of your paths are here, can I assume your body is close?" The puppets tensed under my control.
Solemnly the paths spoke in unison. "What would you do?"
I gave a laugh before narrowing my eyes. "The answer is obvious, but it is the harder of the choices."
"Do you also wish for peace?" I sighed in response, taking a deep breath before answering.
"I care little for peace. My goal though, would result in it. It will never be my objective."
"What is your objective?"
A grin threatened to split my face. "World domination." I stated before relinquishing my control. Questions formed on their faces. "You wish to die?" I shrugged. "You won't be able to kill me anyway."
A kunai flew towards me and I let it hit. Horror showed on my face before morphing into a grin. "Just kidding." My body fell in a pool of blood.
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The information flowed into my head, causing me to grin. I guess he can't tell the difference between a blood clone and the original. That's good news. Naruto sent me a curious glance while we were walking down the road. "What has you smiling?" He asked. "Thinking if I should get myself a girlfriend." I responded causing him to frowned. "Well, stay away from Hinata-chan." I gave a laugh. "I don't know. She's pretty cute." He went to shove me but I maneuvered around it while tripping him. He scowled at me from the ground. I smiled in response before poofing away. "Hey! Shunshin isn't allowed!" He yelled.
Konan appeared behind the Naraka Path, while it went about fixing the Deva. "Do you wish for me to give chase?" She asked, concerned for her friend. She wished Nagato would of let her interfere. "No." He stated. "I do not think he is an enemy just yet. It may be wise to avoid him for now. Some of the things he said were deeply concerning... Collect some of his blood and give it to Hidan when the need arises." She nodded in response while going about the task.
Nagato turned one of his paths toward the spire, eyes sharpening. "Zetzu." He whispered. 'I will have to find out what the boy meant.'
I searched the containers one by one. Not finding anything of interest, I peeked out the back of the carriage. Bodies lay littered across the ground. To my left, a ninja tied to a tree. To my right, merchants huddled together in fear. I jumped out of the carriage and made my way to the horses in front. While patting them, cries brought my attention back to the merchants. I turned and walked over.
"Alright, here's the deal. I'll let you live this time, but next time, you're all dead. Understood?" Hope filled theirs eyes while they nodded vigorously. "Well, what are you waiting for. Get moving." I said with a clap. Turning away from the ensuing chaos, I made my way to the ninja. Removing the gag. "Alright, big boy. You'll do just fine." He looked at me questioningly. I cut the rope before gesturing towards the merchants with my head. "Make sure they arrive safely, will ya?" He didn't need to be told twice. He immediately went about helping the merchants pack up and leave. Once they were out of sight, I let out a sigh. Morphing my appearance to that of a young woman, I made my way back. At the gates the guards bowed to me. "Welcome back, mistress." I don't envy the original, but I wish I got a more exciting post. Tea is a high priced commodity, but nothing exciting happens around it. No theft attempts, no competitors. The Land of Tea has that all on lockdown. Taking it over had been a real hassle, and I still had to continue my methods even after I owned fifty percent of the company. I summoned a spider and gave my report.
Land of Tea, taken over. The spider poofed away immediately after. I made my way into my office and sat down. "Would you like some tea, mistress?" The word "tea" sprung some feelings, but I pushed them back down and sagged in my chair. "No, I could live without tea for a lifetime."
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Summon after summon appeared to give a report. 'Land of Tea, Kiri infrastructure, Kumo's farms, and on and on.' Each time adding to the work load. My clones have been more efficient than I hoped. I gave a sigh before plopping my head onto the desk. Iruka-sensei seemed to notice my lack of enthusiasm. "Yuuki, is everything alright?" I lifted my head and gave a nod before plopping back down. Giggles sounded out from the classroom. "Alright, alright, class. Moving on." I originally planned to hand off most of this work to Shika, was going to corrupt him young. Unfortunately, I left for four years and now he's attached to the village. It might be time to look into stealing Orochimaru's subordinates. The more I thought about the idea, the more appealing it became. I'll think up strategies after class.
"As you all are aware, tomorrow is the graduation exam. I'm not going to hold you guys much longer so you have time to prepare. Just remember to do your best." Iruka-sensei said before dismissing the class.
Naruto and I made our way out of the classroom. Shikamaru has taken some distance, but still sits with us. Only difference is Choji is there also. While we were moving through the streets I noticed some presences moving about the outside of the village. They seemed to be making themselves known, so I decided to oblige them. Bidding Naruto farewell, I shunshin to the location. There stood Hidan and Kakuzu. Hidan smiled when he noticed my presence. Bordering on manic.
"Well, lookie here. It's the brat Pein told us about." He took something out of his pocket. It was a vial of blood. "Pein said to hand this over to you as a show of good faith, but I have other ideas." I sighed.
"Of course you do." He smiled got even bigger.
"Hahahaha, shut up. I'm going to kill you pipsqueak." He lifted the vial to his mouth while uncorking it. Before it entered his mouth I took control of it. Having it penetrate his brain. He fell over, but I wasn't foolish enough to believe it killed him. He slowly sat himself back up, the wound quickly closing. He laughed loudly, full of excitement.
"Kakuzu, stay back. I want this one." He licked some of the blood off his dripping head. I felt for the chakra, curious to how this technique works. A link formed between his chakra and mine. While laughing he brought out his scythe and stabbed his arm. The pain registered, but I didn't let it show. His smile strained. "A tough one huh? Jashin will love you. You'll be my greatest sacrifice!" I took control of my blood circulating in his body, driving it back up through his throat. His eyes bulged before he coughed my blood out. I moved it back over to me and took it back in.
"Great! Great! You'll be a delightfu…" I cut him off, controlling his blood. My face blank, I moved all his blood outside his body. He fell like a ragdoll.
"Well, if he is quite done. Is there anything else?" I looked over to Kakuzu. He seemed to consider my words before speaking. "You have what we were suppose to give you. We'll take our leave. The leader wishes to speak to you once more at a later date." I nodded before he took ahold of his partner and poofed away.
ANBU arrived shortly after and I told them to tell the old man I took care of it.
Kakuzu arrived with Hidan dragged behind him. He stood before Pein waiting to be addressed.
"So, it was a failure?" Pein spoke. Kakuzu took a minute to think over the event then nodded. "Hidan will not be able to do anything. I believe we have found another… zombie." He said the name with disgust.
"Sasori will be our best bet against him then. But I think blood is not his only power. We shall avoid him moving forward."
"Why don't you just wipe him out?" Kakuzu asked confused. He does not see the boy being more powerful than the leader.
"...I would lose." Kakuzu considered his words and decided that even a bounty wouldn't be worth it. He threw Hidan on a couch before making his way out. While seeming rude, everyone was used to his ways by now.
Pein thought over the boy's words again. Considering what he could do differently, but he felt stuck in his ways, like it was too late to change. 'Maybe the boy would bring a better world than he can offer.' He thought.