Chapter 8
The image on the other side of the door was Yahiko, but how was this possible considering Pein was using said man's body to represent himself at this moment. Something was off as well, the eyes were dull and his mouth hung open. Through his chest a light sword appeared to be poking through and looking to the door a few stab marks in the general area as well as dent around where his head would be resided. Konan now got up to check gasping at the sight that no sooner than she saw the body seemed to disappear into nothingness.
Madara stared at the pair in front of him blankly a moment before pushing his way through. That clan appeared to be targeting the Akatsuki now sending a false ghoul of Nagato's friend to their door. Simple enough to dispatch but drew unwanted attention to him in his entry. No matter ignoring the man and woman now trying to catch up to him frantically he pushed past Nagato's office into the hidden room behind the back wall. Konan especially was frantically pleading with him now to stop in his tracks but Madara refused to even acknowledge her presence.
An invisible force pulled at him but he resisted it throwing a glare at the walking corpse adorned in chakra rods behind him. Nagato was trying to use the rinnegan against Madara, a fake on at that being a mirror of his own eyes in a corpse due to the chakra rods. If it had been anyone else they may have been sent flying by now but with Madara he withstood it flaring his chakra enough to distract the pair before moving on following traces of his own chakra to where Nagato was inside the odd machine. It was over in a moment.
Konan rushed to Nagato's body as Yahiko's hit the floor. At this point more members of the organization were appearing to check the source of the ruckus that had happened. Madara simply walked past all of them Itachi watching him closely as well as Tobi who, seemingly appearing out of thin air, followed Madara. Getting a small distance from the group Madara transferred something to his free hands, rinnegan eyes, and with his bloodied fingers plucked out one of his current sharingan replacing it with the rinnegan doing the same with the other. When that was done the rinnegan reverted into Madara's eternal mangekyou, to three tomoe, and finally his normal black eyes.
"That was quite the ruckus," Obito's voice rang out from under Tobi's mask.
"There was little choice, there are problematic people running about that required I get my eyes back to deal with." Madara answered patiently watching as the members minus Konan and Nagato gathered around them.
"Who the hell is this now?!" Hidan near screamed out lifting his scythe until Kakuzu hit him hard on his head.
"Watch your mouth Hidan." Kakuzu stated watching Madara cautiously.
"Why should he un. This guy is trespassing is he not?" Deidara asked.
"Unless you want to start a fight with the only person who could hold their own against the first Hokage I'd shut my mouth, and trust me you do not want to nor do we have the funds to clean up the mess it would cause." Kakuzu answered
"Obito surely this is not the best you could do to hunt the tailed beasts." Madara mocked looking over the group. "I am very disappointed. Regardless, I have no choice but to take control to deal with our problem."
Most the members watched dumbfounded aside from Kakuzu and Itachi. A clammer began which an icy glare from Madara quieted almost immediately. He most certainly was not joking but this of course wouldn't sit well with everyone.
"And why would we follow someone who hurt our real leader!?" a female voice screamed out from behind the crowd, Konan tears still in her eyes.
"The choice is your own but I'd advise if you value your wretched lives you do as your told." Madara replied simply.
Konan was about to say more when the shaky hand of Nagato reached up and stopped her. He was still alive, at least for the moment. Choking back her words Konan moved to tend to Nagato wrapping his bleeding eye sockets with a medical wrap in attempt to cover and stop the bleeding. Kakuzu and Sasori moved to help her tend to Nagato while the others looked around a bit confused on what to do or say next. Obito in his guise of Tobi suggested they all play a card game which resulted in everyone ,including Madara, rolling their eyes.
"I will give everyone the night to process the news but be prepared for assignments by morning." Madara said walking away from the main group.
He hadn't had the time to really explore the base so he gave himself a tour trying to familiarize the scenery while he thought. Actions needed to be taken and quickly but he himself was not entirely sure if it was truly time he took over the Akatsuki yet. Everyone had gathered themselves however and he would make it work regardless. Hoping Akari would be safe as well as actually stay in his own base until he got back he knew he had to get things in order here before moving forward.
The Ayakashi clan, a clan that meddles with the dead to toy with the living. Madara refused to be undermined by them, besides more than them messing with his plans now he had a remaining vendetta against them. They would not escape his wrath nor would they throw him off track to his goals, this was something Madara remained absolutely adamant about.