Here is another chapter. Time for a peek at you-know-which organization ;).
You know the legend.
CH: 11 SHOWING FACES
Naruto broke his meditative stance and heaved a deep sigh. He got up and went go drink a glass of water. He could practically feel Tsukimaru's awe and sent a representative of a fall down with a grin. It took moments for him to recover and when he did, he mock-clapped him with a smirk.
"I still can't get used to your prowess in yin release. To counter a genjutsu cast from a Mangekyou Sharingan… It may even surpass Nidaime Mizukage." Tsukimaru rambled in awe.
"Thank you, Thank you. I try." He replied with a little annoyance.
"But the thing you did to Itachi…" He got flustered a little then cursed himself for feeling that way. "…Why?"
"I reminded him 'the best known' and 'the best' are two different things. My prowess in yin may be grand but there may be others will or are better than me in that topic; never assume you will be the best. Even if you are, you will not be forever. The last part…"
He grinned and took a sip from his water. "That was to remind him that there always something to surprise you… and wanted to see how would he react." He chuckled.
GOOD OLD FLASHBACK
There was a man clad in pitch black robes and a same colored cape. He was in Amegakure and Obito and Zetsu was having a meeting. He put a blank, black mask, deepened his voice to make it more ominous (1) with chakra and sneaked inside.
"…killed another of his squad mate." Zetsu half reported, half complained. That made him blink; he didn't know the being had emotions.
"Again? That is fifth time, that man is playing with my nerves… I may kill him directly if this continues." 'They must be talking about Kakuzu…' The man thought.
"Yo" The man greeted, effect was instant. Obito nearly whipped is head to his direction and Zetsu stood to a defensive stance.
"Who are you?" Obito asked with a narrowed eye. The man just chuckled humorlessly.
"What will telling you who am I do?" he saw Zetsu trying to sneak behind him, he cast a genjutsu on him to paralyze him. The being stiffened, Obito cursed under his breath.
"What do you want?" Obito decided to cut the chase.
"Straight to the business I see… what I want is to join Akatsuki." The man replied. Obito got up and walked to the man.
"Why is that?" 'Not a bad idea actually… of course if he won't cause headaches.' Obito thought while walking to the man. He again chuckled humorlessly.
"Because my dear friend Tobi is in too." The mask did not show it but the man's grin was clear. Obito narrowed his eyes further.
"And if I were to refuse?" Obito asked and got ready for a confrontation. The man snickered like he knew a secret he didn't know, all the more annoyance for Obito.
"If you were to refuse…" He saw man's eyes glow with an icy hue and felt himself stiffen, but he was not in fear. The man stood in front of him and pulled a kunai from his robe. He brought kunai to his throat and to his horror it touched. The man gave it a little cut and withdrew the kunai, some blood leaked from the wound but healed in seconds due to Hashirama's cells transplanted to him.
"…You would be sorry… Obito." Now he was terrified; a man who can deactivate his intangibility and knew his real name. He must watch whoever this man is, if he could leave this place with his life intact. He cast a glance at Zetsu to see it was still paralyzed, he cursed again.
"…But if you were to accept…" he felt the man broke his paralyzing jutsu, he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "… I'm sure we both will be happy." He finished and sat on a chair reserved for 'Yahiko', Nagato's tendou.
"My prowess is sufficient, right? what would you lose anyway." He lightly said. Obito and Zetsu looked at each other.
"Welcome to Akatsuki, then, but who are you?" Obito asked. Now that the threat was gone, he couldn't help but be curious. The man grunted.
"My name isn't really important, but call me In'ei(2) if you want." He told them, then paused and continued "What is important is I know all plans…" He looked at Zetsu when he told that. A flash of terror passed on the being's face but changed to neutral before Obito can see it, he looked at both of them before shrugging. "…and I can't join to Akatsuki yet."
"Why?" Obito asked.
"This is just a host, I'm not in Ame, and I am not even defected, yet." Both of the Akatsuki members' eyes widened. a host? A host could very well kill them before other Akatsuki members realize?
"When will you join then?" Zetsu asked this time.
"I am waiting for a certain event to happen. Until then this host must suffice." In'ei said and stood up. "Where is Itachi?" he asked while walking to the door
"They were around Fire borders with Kisame, they were supposed to spy on Konoha and Kyuubi's jinchuriki." Zetsu said before sitting down. It must speak with Inei, there was someone coming to its mind, but it had to be sure.
HOURS LATER – FIRE BORDERS
It was night time. Two people were camping. Remains of some lambs told the two people had dinner. One long, strangely blue-skinned man was sleeping while shorter, pale one was taking the night guard. He heard some bushed rustle and tensed, listening for any potential threats. A couple moments without any sound later he got relaxed, but a noted kunai stabbed on the tree he was leaning to removed all slackness and he tensed again. He got up and reached for the note
'come to me Itachi … -I'
He burned the note and looked around. He saw a shadow shift and lunged for it. They went some 20 feet and he lost the shadow. He looked around but couldn't see it anymore.
"Hello Itachi" the voice came behind him.
He looked to his right without turning before slowly turned. It was a man clad in blacks. He just looked at the man questioningly.
"I was wondering why did you slaughtered your clan…" Itachi gave him a dry look and started to walk back to camp.
"Because I wanted to test my limits." He said absently. In'ei tailed him.
"With children? your family but not high ranked criminals? Try again." In'ei challenged. Itachi had an irritated look on his face.
"Got fed up with them." He did try again to shake off the man. The man clicked his teeth and obviously shook his head.
"And why not before? No, you got forced." That made him stop. He turned to the man.
"What do you want" He asked.
"Danzo told me everything before he died, your bargain over your brother included." Itachi narrowed his eyes, killing Danzo, much less making him tell you that kind of info required some real skill. This man was looking like unassuming but seemed like dangerous.
"You tried to shoulder everything yourself but it isn't going to do you- you and your brother- any good." Itachi looked down.
"I was desperate; it was that or entire Uchiha's slaughter. I chose lesser evil." He muttered.
"Your brother deserves to know." When last letter came out of his mouth Itachi lunged at him. But In'ei cast his paralysis jutsu. Undeterred, Itachi activated his left Mangekyou and caught In'ei's eyes with his own.
"Tsukuyomi"
It was a world of blacks and reds. He was tied to a cross and Itachi had a blade.
"I am sorry but I cant let you tell him and foil my plans."
"Why dont you want to understand? I want to help you but leaving him in the dark would end with disaster." In'ei argued but Itachi ignored him and raised his blade
"You will be stabbed for 72 hours." Itachi trusted the blade but before it pierced naruto interrupted him.
"Before continuing your course, I suggest you to look at yourself calmly." Itachi looked at him confusedly before looking down and got surprised by what he saw. HE was tied down and IN'EI had the sword.
"H-How?" Itachi asked, Tsukuyomi never got countered before. In'ei ignored the question.
"You are trying to do everything yourself, thinking you know everything." He dropped the blade. "you are doomed to fail in this way. Sasuke would sell his soul to demons to kill you, and then he would be empty and easily dyed. What would happen if someone who know the Truth of the Uchiha massacre told him that? He would be easily manipulated. You didn't thought about the future of Sasuke enough."
He walked to Itachi to unbind him, who was looking to the ground emotionlessly. "I want to help you because I respect you." He unbounded him and put his hand under his chin to raise his head, Itachi looked at him emotionlessly.
"Let me help you" then he kissed him.
The shock caused Itachi to drop Tsukuyomi. He looked around but couldn't see In'ei. He touched his lips and cursed. He could swear he heard snickers in the forest. He stomped back to camp in anger.
GOOD OLD FLASHBACK END
"Anyway I must sleep. We are going to start doing C ranks tomorrow… hopefully." He remembered the D ranks with a shiver. The dog poops still somewhat hot in his head…
End of Chapter
1) Yeah,yeah clishé and too much like obito, i know.
2) Means 'shadow/shade' if anyone cares.
I am sure most of you are thinking 'what a twist' at the kissing part but don't worry, it was a prank. Sorry for long w8 btw.
