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Nagato, Konan, Itachi and Kisame were all looking from a balcony down at the fleet of airships which are docking to let out the students for the upcoming festival. The Akatsuki members knew exactly who was in the midst of those students.
"Do you think Orochimaru came with this group?" Kisame asked his other teammates.
The uchiha only shook his head. "Roman told us that he and the other associates will infiltrate the school through the festival, I doubt that the snake will be this bold."
Nagato nodded. "He is probably already inside of the school, but I'm sure he won't show himself anytime soon while we are around."
Konan looked up to the sky were the fleet was hovering. "The question remains how he actually looks like now. Roman didn't give his description, he could be younger now like us."
"Even if he is not he could be any of those students thanks to his skill in disguise." Itachi remember everyone.
They all remained put for a while and continued to watch. The students interacted with one another while the soldiers seemed to be tens.
"War is in the air. It's only a matter of time before something happens." Nagato said to no one in particular.
Kisame nodded. "Let's hope that Roman can get us more information soon."
"That's not the only problem. I have noticed that Blake is getting lost more and more in her thoughts, it's only a matter of time before team RWBY thinks they can change anything and investigate on there one." Itachi said.
Nagato shook his head and turned around. "Let them, but remember that they don't have blood on there hands. Let's keep it that way."
While team NIKK went back inside the building a certain shark grinned at his partner. "So, you noticed that Blake was deeper in thought?"
"Keep it to yourself." Was Itachi's answer.
The day passed by in a flash for the Akatsuki members. They were bored out of there mind because Roman wasn't able to get them anything interesting at all in the last couple of days.
Thankfully he send Sasori a massage in the middle of the day informing him about a meeting of the white fang members tomorrow that presents important information. The Akatsuki members discussed what to do tomorrow after school and came up with a plan.
Itachi and Kisame would infiltrate the the white fang meeting in order to obtain more information.
Sasori and Deidara would go to the transmission tower. All kind of communication are going through the towers and Sasori hopes to hack into the system to uncover any kind of coded messages of the white fang.
Hidan and Kakuzu will enter the shadier parts of the city and interact with some of the locals there. Someone would be able to tell them something and if not then Hidan gets to sacrifice some scum.
Lastly Nagato and Konan will investigate the Atlas military that are stationed around the city. It would be useful to know what kind of firepower they brought with them.
Now the team of NIKK were simply waiting in there room for the time they felt sleepy. Deidara was looking out of the window to the moon, Hidan looked up to the ceiling in his bed, Kakuzu was reading a book while sitting in a chair and Sasori was working on Minerva.
"Alright, try to say 'bla, bla, bla'" Sasori told the puppet with a human soul.
"Bla, bla, bla." A robotic voice came out of her while her lips moved oddly.
Again Sasori made a few adjustments at her throat. "Ok, again."
They repeated this over and over again, it almost sounded like a singing lesson. After many attempts Minerva could speak in a robotic voice while her lips moved almost naturally.
Minerva smiled at Sasori while sitting on the floor. "Thank you Sasori. This feels a lot better that communication through my thoughts with you, I can actually here myself."
Sasori nodded. "You are still able to do that. You have a little switch no your throat wich witches between normal conversation and the former kind of conversation we had."
Hidan chuckled. "A woman with a on and off button? That's fucking priceless."
Minerva looked over to the immortal. "You have no idea how badly I wanted to tell you that you are the most pathetic person I have ever seen."
"Yea, he tends to leave that kind of impression." Kakuzu said while continuing to read his book.
Hidan grumbled but in the end stopped to argue. Deidara turned to his other teammates. "I guess we can call it a day. We have our jobs tomorrow."
Minerva looked between the immortal and the blonde artist. "Are you two sulking because the other teams from next door don't want to talk to you anymore?"
Deidara looked over to the puppet. "Don't make me search for that mute button."
The puppet master sighed. "Ignore them Minerva, this situation will surely clean itself up. Give it time.
Sasori was about to get up but felt something holding his sleeve. He looked and saw that Minerva was holding him while slightly shaking. She had one claw over her chest while she had the expression of total fear in her eyes.
"I feel warm, like theres a little fire in my chest." She whispered. Sasori eyes slightly widened as he kneeled down to her and held her.
Hidan raised a eyebrow. "The fuck is that suppose to mean?"
Kakuzu closed his book. "It's her soul that's reacting. Her soul has little parents of the maidens power, it's reacting because a large part of the power is close."
Deidara and Hidan got up and prepared. The immortal grabbed his scythe while the artist took his clay.
"What are you jackasses doing?" Kakuzu asked.
"What do you think? Putting a end to this. Hm!" Deidara simply said.
The puppet master shook his head. "The only thing you are doing is messing things up. Let's say you engage now, what will happen? I'll tell you, the fight gets broken up, we all are marked as not just monsters but also unprovoked thugs and they will probably happily continue with there plans."
"Well what the fuck are we supposed to do? Sit her while Minerva gets scared shirtless every time her murder walks passed her?" The immortal barked out.
"Of course not, Orochimaru is probably with them and has told them all about us already. So let's put a feeling to that picture Orochimaru gave them." The puppet master answered.
They only looked confused before Kakuzu stood up. "I will now bring this Book back to the library and Walk passt them. We can't let them know that we are aware of them so I will only make them avoid us by scaring them. Plus I get the first impression what we are up against."
With that the immortal in the surgical mask existed the room and walked down the hallway. He thought about what he was going to say until he saw three individuals walking towards him.
One had long black hair and strangely bright eyes. Her walk indicated that she was the alpha of this group, she probably saw herself superior to every one.
The other one had short silver hair. The casual walk might seem relaxed but he Kakuzu knew that walk. He noticed that the boy was unconsciously tens like he was able to spring into action whatever happened next, the walk of a assassin.
The third person was a girl with slightly darker skin and green hair with two long and thin green pigtails. Kakuzu didn't really know how to describe her, she seemed unsure like she unconsciously had doubts about something. For some reason a certain form of interest started to develop in Kakuzu's mind about that girl.
Whatever happened next Kakuzu knew he had to appear intimidating, he had to make sure they would not come down this hallway and scare Minerva with whoever had her powers. The girl was going through enough already.
Kakuzu stood now in front of the group, even now his size outmatched everyone's, which helped him to look down at the group. Now that he thought about it the only person who could compete with him in size was Kisame. "Your Uniform Tell me that you are not from this School. Your dorms are in the other tower, I advise you to get it right next time."
"Wow, someone seems to be in a bad mood. What's up your buy and what's up with that mask?" The silver haired boy said with jest.
Kakuzu only slowly turned his head towards him. "Let's just say I have a condition. To your other question what 'up my but' I suggest you don't try to play with me. Otherwise I will rip out your spine through your but."
The silver haired boy slightly backed away from the towering Kakuzu before there leader stepped forward. "I apologize for Mercury's behavior and assure you you won't be bothered by us anymore. My name is Cinder by the way."
Cinder offer Kakuzu a handshake witch he took. "Kakuzu."
During there handshake the other female of the group looked at every aspect of Kakuzu. His eyes his mask and finally her eyes stooped at his pants. She spotted a bulge in his pants, to big to be anything else then a wallet filled with money. It had to be.
After Kakuzu ended there handshake the thief stepped in front of Kakuzu and offered him a handshake as well. "Since you know the others names I think you should know mine as well. I'm Emerald."
"I won't repeat my name." Kakuzu answered as he reluctantly took her hand as well. The moment they started there handshake Emerald moved closer to Kakuzu.
"You have quite strong hands, I bet they become useful in certain situations." She purred. While they're eyes were locked at each other her other hand skillfully slipped into Kakuzu's pockets and took the fat wallet.
Kakuzu didn't answer as Emerald simply ended the the handshake and continued walking away with her teammates and putting his wallet into her own pocket.
The trio simply continued to walk while Emerald had a big smile on her lips. As they turned into a corner the thief walked into something and fell on her backside.
The trio spotted Kakuzu simply standing there looking down at Emerald. Cinder took a few steps back, completely surprised and confused how Kakuzu managed to suddenly appear before them.
Kakuzu slowly moved his hands towards Emerald in while not saying a word. Emerald thought he offered his help to get on her feet again and reached out for his arm.
Kakuzu hand however went past her arm and went straight to her throat. The moment his hand was around her her throat he forcefully held her up so her feet would dangle in the air while she gasped for air.
"Hey! What the hell!" Mercury screamed as he prepared to fight. Cinder however held him back, she wanted to see what happened next.
Emerald thrashed around but couldn't free herself from Kakuzu's grip. After a moment of silence he simply held up his other hand. "My wallet."
Emerald hastily pulled his wallet out of her pocket and placed it into his hand. Kakuzu slowly put the wallet into his own pocket while still holding Emerald in the air. After a moment he pulled her face closer to his face, uncomfortable closer.
Drool already spilled from Emerald's mouth as Kakuzu used his free hand to remove his mask, revealing to her his horrible face. "You have very good hands, next time you try to rob me I will take them from you."
With that Kakuzu simply dropped her on the ground. She immediately started coughing violently while Kakuzu simply stepped over her and continued down the hallway.
After Emerald managed to get back on her feet with the help of Mercury they continued down the hall to there room. Emerald looked one time over her shoulder, noting that Kakuzu could've easily killed her if he wanted to.
As they entered there room a pale boy with long black hair sat on a bed with a frown on his face. "You are late."
Emerald huffed. "I was almost killed by one of the Akatsuki members, so I'm having a bit of a bad day and I don't need your bullshit on top of that."
Orochimaru chuckled. "Which one was it?"
Mercury answered. "Some masked asshole named Kakuzu. After Emerald managed to pickpocket his wallet he ent completely mental."
Orochimaru's eyes widened as he looked over to Emerald. "You took his money and are still alive? He most be really fond of you."
Cinder chuckled. "Well then Emerald, it seems we can use you to get close to the Akatsuki thanks to you."
"Wait, wait, wait! You want me to seduce the guy who almost killed me?!" Emerald screamed in confusion. This undercover mission would be a lot harder then she previously expected.
The next day after school the Akatsuki split up in there originally pairs. Kakuzu and Hidan were walking down the shadier part of town, people who clearly are up to no good linger in every corner but nobody dared lifting there fingers. The tall figure of Kakuzu combined with the three pointed scythe on Hidan's back were more then enough to show everyone that they were people that one didn't want to mess with.
However it seemed like some of these thugs weren't really impressed by the immortal duo. A group of five armed men blocked the path of Hidan and Kakuzu.
Hidan only smiled. "I really hope I'm not imagining you basterd's right now."
One of them, presumably the leader laughed. "Oh kid, you in a world of hurt. However I have a offer for you, give us your money and if it's enough we will let you go. If not, will youse you as punching bags."
Hidan unstrapped his scythe from his back while Kakuzu chuckled darkly. "You are threatening my money? I believe my partner would describe your situation as, fucked."
In a other part of town Itachi and Kisame were walking around while thinking up a plan. There mission was to infiltrate the white fang meeting tonight, Kisame could probably walk right in thanks to his Fanus appearance but they would probably not tolerate a human during this meeting.
Suddenly Kisame spotted a shop and immediately rushed towards it. Itachi looked confused at his partner and simply followed him.
Itachi saw him hunched over a box with several items. The uchiha raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing?"
He didn't see Kisame's face but hear him chuckle. "I just found a way for you to hide in plain sight just like me."
Kisame turned around and showed Itachi the item in his hand, a pink and white fluffy cat ear ornament that one could use to easily pretend to be a cat Fanus.
Itachi looked at the cat ears and then back at Kisame. "No."
"Come one Itachi, at least try them one." Kisame insisted.
Itachi knew that there was no way that Kisame would drop the topic so he decided to play along. He but them one and they fit perfectly, sure the white fluff of the ears are in a strong contrast with his black hair but he looked like a Fanus.
Itachi heard a click and looked back at Kisame, who had his scroll up and apparently just took a snap shot. With a grin he pointed at his scroll. "Of you don't want any of the others see this pic I advise you to agree with my plan."
With a word Itachi went to the shop owner and paid for the cat ears. As he went past Kisame he muttered that he would find a way to make him regret that day, to which Kisame only laughed out loud.
Konan and Nagato were currently in the park, apparently the general of Atlas decided to host a exhibition for the new technology advances of the military.
There mission was to gather Intel what kind of firepower they are working with so this might be a good start. As the duo walked through the park towards the exhibition they noticed something about the other visitors.
Everyone was walking in Paris and holding hands. It appears that the newest military weapon is a hotspot for couples to spend there time together in a park.
"Really? That is what the people find romantic?" Nagato sighed as he shook his head. While he didn't expect this it currently wouldn't prevent them from continuing in there mission.
As he however turned to Konan he noticed that she was slightly blushing and played around with her fingers. "W-well, we don't want to stand out so we should pretend to be a couple."
Nagato blushed as well and scrubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, I-I guess it would be good to pretend."
A moment of silence past before Konan held out her hand. "The couples here hold hands, so w-we should hold h-hands too."
Nagato gulped and nodded. They both continued there way to the exhibit while awkwardly holding hands and trying there hardest not to look each other into there eyes.
Last the artist were walking towards the communication tower while being closely followed by Minerva who happily looked around.
She noticed that people were starting at her, who wouldn't if there was a giant metal female walking around with claw arms that almost drag on the ground. Minerva didn't mind, she was just happy that she could walk around a bit. Sasori told her that she could do this whenever she wanted but she was always a bit nervous going alone.
Now that she was walking with Sasori and Deidara she wasn't to nervous, if anything happened she could always count on them. She looked slightly down and smiled at the two Akatsuki members in front of her.
That is what she wanted to do but realized that there was no one in front of her. She stopped and looked around nervously. Thanks to her high she could see over everyone's head but not see any trace of the Akatsuki artist.
She walked around trying to find the duo, flinching at every comment she heard. She was scared, for the first time since she had this new body she was scared. Simply being alone like in that terrible darkness scared her.
Suddenly she bumped into someone. She looked down to see two girls looking up to her, it was Penny and Ruby. "What is Sasori's puppet doing here?"
"You know Sasori!?" Minerva asked while leaning closer to Ruby.
Ruby jumped back in surprise. "You can talk?!"
"Never mind that, could you please help me find Sasori? I am lost and I can't find him?" Minerva simply asked while ignoring the girls question.
Penny meanwhile continued to stare at Minerva. "You are like me."
Minerva looked at Penny. "What was that?"
She shook her head. "Never mind. I believe it would be best if we stick together and find this Sasori. Meanwhile Ruby Hase some questions for me while I have questions for you."
"Me too." Ruby quickly added.
Minerva simply nodded and the tree continued to walk. Ruby was at this point obviously to the fact that she was the only one of the three that had blood going through her veins.