A/N: (poof!) (smoke clears) Yo… I know some of you know about the rumors regarding Yondaime as the Akatsuki leader. In this story, another character takes the Akatsuki leader role. Not an OC, just an old character. I also took on the pseudonym for Yondaime which is Arashi, since I can't even think of any other name that suits him.
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Continued…
Naruto, Ino, Shizune and Yondaime were walking around the maze again to find their way out.
"Whoever did this maze probably hates me… these walls are keeping me away from Ichiraku's Ramen!" Naruto gritted his teeth as he kept walking around. Yondaime gave him a slight knock on the head.
"Is that all you think of, Naruto? Why can't you just think of something else, fishcake?"
"Who are you calling 'fishcake'? Erodaime!" Naruto pulled on Yondaime's nose.
"Erodaime? Is that the proper way of talking to your father, fishcake?"
"I'm not a fishcake!" Naruto quickly yelled back.
"Whatever you say… fishcake!" Yondaime yelled before disappearing in a yellow flash. The three of them just stared blankly at Yondaime's direction.
"Naruto… if you catch him while he's moving that fast, I'll tell Tsunade-sama to make you a Hokage." Shizune sweat-dropped.
"Are you kidding? That's impossible…"Ino's jaw dropped open.
"Yeah… I think I'd rather wait for my time as Hokage…" Naruto stared.
Suddenly, a faint mirage appeared in front of Naruto, Ino and Shizune. Then in a swift spin, a kick was bound to hit Ino, but Naruto pushed her and took the hit himself.
"Aaah!" Naruto shouted as he flew into one of the walls and blood flowed from his mouth.
"Naruto!" Ino ran in front of Naruto and formed a handseal, preparing the Shintenshin.
"I…Ino…" Naruto looked at Ino with his single opened eye.
"Naruto!" Shizune kneeled beside Naruto and started healing him, "I know you heal fast, but I don't think that is fast enough in this situation."
"Thanks… Shizune-chan…" Naruto smiled at Shizune.
"Shizune-chan? That's new…" Shizune smiled back.
"Get used to it… sooner or later, I'll call you mother."
"What?" Shizune blushed, "Seriously?"
"Relax… I won't tell my father about your reaction when you said that." Naruto grinned, almost fully healed.
"Naruto's almost healed? That's good." Ino turned her face to the attacker, "listen, whoever you are, you're going down. There are three of us, one of you…"
Naruto stared at the said attacker, until he recognized the cloak.
"Ino! Run! That's a member of the Akatsuki!" Naruto yelled at Ino.
"Akatsuki?" Ino raised an eyebrow.
"It's a good thing that you remember me, Naruto…" the blue-skinned Akatsuki glared at Naruto.
"That voice… the sharky eyes… and fishy smell… You're Kisame!" Naruto growled at the fish… I mean… at Kisame.
"Ki…Kisame? Hoshigaki Kisame?" Shizune stood up and prepared her needle launchers.
"Yeah… Itachi's goldfish…" Naruto whispered.
"You'll take those words back later…" Kisame slowly walked closer to them and raised both of his hands.
"See? He's surrendering! He knows he shouldn't mess with Yamanaka Ino!" Ino grinned cockily.
"Ino! That's not it! It's his sword!" Naruto pushed Ino out of the way as Kisame pulled his sword and was about to strike down Naruto when suddenly, a gust of wind whirled in front of them, stopping the sword dead in mid-air.
"Come on, Naruto… It's not right to be unable to protect your girlfriend."
"What?" Naruto blushed, "well… I…"
"There's no time for that…" Yondaime shifted his attention to Kisame, "… Hoshigaki Kisame, there's something I tell intruders before I engage them in combat."
"What is it?" Kisame struggled with Yondaime's kunai that blocked the gigantic sword.
"Simple…" Yondaime disappeared from in front of Kisame to behind him, with kunai at Kisame's neck, "…I tell them this. Come in peace or leave in pieces."
Yondaime was about to stab Kisame when Kisame used Kawarimi to get away from Yondaime, but when Kisame reappeared somewhere else, three kunais were already flying at his direction. He swung his sword to deflect the kunais, but after he finished the swing, Yondaime reappeared in front of him and stabbed him 10 times in two seconds before kicking him a few meters away.
"So, which one will it be? Come in peace or leave in pieces?" Yondaime threatened.
"Tsk…" Kisame struggled to get up.
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Somewhere else in the maze…
"Raikiri!" Kakashi charged at Itachi at such high speeds, there appeared to be five of him attacking Itachi from all directions.
"That's useless, Kakashi. With my Sharingan, I know exactly where you are." Itachi looked at the Kakashi on his right. As soon as he got eye contact, the dots on his eyes fused to form the pattern on his Magenkyou Sharingan.
Inside Kakashi's head…
"So, here we are again… I can't see why you still persist on fighting me knowing that we'll end up with the same results." Itachi approached the once-again-tied-up Kakashi.
"No problem… I'll let you do this over and over again. No matter how much you do it, I'll always get back up and fight again… until I find your weakness." Kakashi glared at Itachi.
"Let's get started." Itachi stabbed Kakashi a number of times on the chest and he pulled out Kakashi's beating heart, "…so, how does it feel to see your own heart beat in front of you?"
Itachi slowly squeezed the heart up to the point that it was about to pop when the illusion faded and reality was once again visible to Kakashi.
Back outside his head…
Kakashi dropped to the ground, motionless and panting but still conscious. He looked at Itachi, who seemed to have lightning coming out of his right lower ribcage. Kakashi forced the focus of his blurry eyes to see what happened. His eyes widened and his jaw opened beneath his mask.
"What the… it can't be…" Kakashi lay motionless as he stared at Hizachi, who finally activated his Geneigan and drove a Chidori right into Itachi.
"See that? That's Hizachi's trump card, the Geneigan." Anko said to Kurenai.
"So now I know why you have so much faith in him." Kurenai sighed and continued to watch the fight, "…but I still don't get the reason why they want us to watch instead of fighting with them."
"Even though we're at Jounin level, we may only be a burden to them if we join. It's better if we stay back." Anko explained, getting a nod from Kurenai.
"So… You have a Sharingan too… but yours look different… they're blue." Itachi stared at Hizachi, showing no signs of pain from the Chidori.
"It's like the Sharingan, but it can do more than that." Hizachi grinned as he drove his hand deeper into Itachi's lungs. A slight twitch became visible on Itachi's face, then he calmed down again and used the Magenkyou Sharingan on Hizachi.
Inside Hizachi's head…
"What the…" Hizachi looked at himself, tied up. In front of him appeared Itachi.
"Now, it's your turn to experience death… over and over again!" Itachi shouted as he stabbed Hizachi with a katana. Hizachi winced and grunted, but pushed his mind to ignore the pain.
"So, you're tougher than you look… we'll see about that." Itachi twisted the sword and sliced sideways. Again, Hizachi winced, gritting his teeth to ignore the pain.
"Alright. Let's cut the chase." Itachi drew out the sword and cut Hizachi's head off. After a few seconds, Hizachi found himself whole again.
"You see? That was what Kakashi was warning you about… the power that can only be obtained by killing your best friend…" Itachi stared at Hizachi and prepared for another stab.
"You're not the only one with a rare ability. In our family, it has been said that in order to obtain the real Geneigan, a person should experience death at least once." Hizachi talked with his eyes closed.
"Really? And your point is?"
"In this world, you already killed me… and since you already killed me earlier, I think it's about time to let you feel real power of a Geneigan." Hizachi opened his eyes and glared at Itachi. The three dots of his Geneigan got replaced with a single shape that looks like the storm symbol on the weather news. A bright flash engulfed the area, leaving nothing visible but white.
Inside Itachi's head…
"So, how does it feel? Getting a taste of your own medicine?" Hizachi stared at Itachi, who was tied-up at the moment.
"What happened? This isn't a Genjutsu that could be reversed!" Itachi shouted, finally getting some emotion into his tone.
"I'm not sure how it happened either… what I'm sure about is that I got the full form of our family's bloodline limit… and it saved me. I'm not sure how long I can hold this, but I'll make sure it counts." Hizachi smirked as thousands of Hizachis appeared holding kunais with exploding tags.
"This… This is impossible!" Itachi said as the Hizachis started attacking him.
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Meanwhile, Yondaime and Kisame were enjoying a little staring competition between themselves.
"Now what, Hoshigaki Kisame? Is that all you can do?" Yondaime chuckled as he mocked Kisame.
"Grrr…" Kisame grunted as he struggled to stand up and keep his balance.
Suddenly, the walls around them collapsed and returned to the earth. Kisame looked behind him as a wall descended into the ground.
"I…Itachi…" Kisame's eyes widened as he stared on the motionless Itachi lying wounded on the ground.
"Well… looks like you were able to beat him, Hizachi." Yondaime looked at Hizachi.
"Yeah… barely… if he hadn't used the Magenkyou Sharingan on me, I would have been toast." Hizachi sighed and fell down into a sitting position.
"Hizachi!" Anko poofed next to Hizachi, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine… I just got tired… that Geneigan… drained… me…" Hizachi drifted off into sleep and his face landed on Anko's chest… again.
"Just rest now, Hizachi-kun…" Anko put her hand on Hizachi's head.
Kakashi, on the other hand, was still lying semi-conscious on the ground. Kurenai ran towards Kakashi and put his head on her lap.
"Ku…Kurenai?" Kakashi asked as he kept his right eye open.
"Just shut up and rest, Kakashi." Kurenai smiled at Kakashi.
Then, a few weak steps disturbed their little sweet moments. Yondaime immediately shifted his gaze. Kisame saw this and immediately talked to Yondaime.
"You can relax…" he said as he picked up the unconscious Itachi, "…we're in no shape to fight. We're leaving." With that, he formed a single handseal and disappeared into thin air.
"Yondaime-sama…" Shizune walked closer beside Yondaime.
"Cut the formalities, Shizune. That's an order." Yondaime said while putting on a scary face.
"Right… Arashi." Shizune's face turned pink.
"Ohhh… Shizune-chan's face is turning pink." Naruto whispered to Yondaime, who in turn gave Shizune a peek.
"Umm… I think the father and son duo is plotting something…" Ino whispered to Shizune.
"WHAT?" Shizune shouted as she aimed her needle launchers at 2 blonds. Yondaime looked and his jaw dropped.
"Naruto, grab my hand." Yondaime gave his hand to Naruto.
"Why?"
"Just do it!" Yondaime shouted at Naruto.
"Fine!" Naruto grabbed Yondaime's hand.
"I hate to leave so soon, but I do remember that those needles are very painful… Bye!" Yondaime dragged Naruto away in a Yellow Flash.
"They fled?" Ino's eyebrows twitched.
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Somewhere else in Konoha…
"Fresh air!" Neji shouted as he inhaled as much air as he could.
"It's good to be alive!" Hiashi did the same.
"You said it!" Shikaku dropped to the ground and gasped for air.
"I can't feel my nostrils…" Shikamaru twitched while lying on the ground.
"I'm hungry…" Choza complained.
"I'm dying of hunger…" Chouji lied down on the floor.
While all of them were busy complaining, two people walked closer to them.
"Huh? Hinata?" Inoichi was the first one to take notice, "Who's that with you?"
"Oh, him?" Hinata takes a peek at the other Hyuuga, "He's Hyuuga Hikaru."
"Hikaru?" Hiashi calmed down and walked closer.
"Yes? Hiashi-sama." Hikaru bowed a bit.
"Stand up, Hikaru. Hinata, Neji, let's go." Hiashi ordered as he turned around and walked towards the Hyuuga mansion.
"Yes." All the three younger Hyuugas followed Hiashi.
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At the Hokage tower…
"I think you overdid things a bit…" Tsunade stared at Gaara, who was calmly drinking his tea.
"I don't think so…" Gaara said as he looked at the pile of dead bodies of what used to be Konoha's council.
"But don't you think people will speculate about what happened to the entire council… except for the Sandaime's teammates."
"It's perfectly fine. Just let Naruto's bunshins do the job." Gaara coldly answered.
"Fine… I'll talk to him later…" Tsunade sighed as she rested her head on her arms.
To be continued…
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A/N: Well… it's been a long while since I updated this fast… this must be my lucky day… so please review! See you next chapter!
