Heyy guys, thank you so much for all the reads. I am so happy you guys enjoy my story. This chapter will be the chapter I'll introduce my own character properly. Some spoilers for Shippuden. The Preliminaries will be slightly different since it has been a while since I watched those episodes plus Akise will be fighting someone who actually fights someone else, who's important to the story. After this I won't follow the canon that much anymore. I might re-watch a few episodes for some references.
I don't own Naruto or the references to FMA or TDIAPT
Rated T for darkish themes and swearing because of Hidan
Itachi's P.O.V.
We made it to the meeting and sat down. Hidan and Kakuzu were arguing as usual and Deidara was ranting about his art with Sasori ignoring him. Leader-sama entered the room. "Good evening everyone, I am sorry I had to call all of you at this hour. But this is important. It concerns the assassin of the Saku clan." He said, silencing the other members. The brown haired man looked up, his opened green eye had a look of shock in it. He was fairly new to the Akatsuki, I didn't even catch his name before. "And also, our new member will get his Hitai-ate back." Leader-sama added. "The murderer of the Saku clan was the youngest son of the main branch. Saku Akise. He has joined the Konohagakure as a Genin." He explained. "Leader-sama, do I have permission to speak?" the green eyed man asked, his right eye was clenched shut. "Permission granted, introduce yourself first." Leader-sama said. "Yes Leader-sama. My name is Saku Hideaki. For what I wanted to say, if Saku Akise is still alive, there is no doubt Orochimaru will come to get him. The Saku clan was the strongest of the Otogakure before the massacre." Hideaki said. Leader-sama hmmed. "Leader-sama, you can't believe this right? How can he know that little brat?" Hidan spoke angry, he really was stupid wasn't he? "Hideaki-kun is from the Otogakure. He knows more about Orochimaru's plans than anyone else. He worked under Orochimaru's direct command. And if you didn't notice Hidan, he's the kid's older brother." Leader-sama answered. "And how can we trust this brat then, how do we know this fucker isn't spying for Orochimaru?" Hidan asked.
"My old leader has chosen to make a deal with a demon. Most of my colleagues and superiors have left him already. Secondly I have sworn my loyalty to Leader-sama." Hideaki said with a weird unnatural blank look in his green visible eye. "And why don't you go to Konoha, like your little brother." Hidan said mockingly. "As I said, I've sworn my loyalty to Leader-sama." Hideaki said. He really does annoy me, his loyalty wasn't natural. I glared at 'Tobi'. He just chuckled, it wasn't like his normal happy chuckle. It was deeper, darker. "Hide-sempai? Do you want to play tag with me?" he asked. "Yes Tobi-san." The brown haired man answered. Tobi chuckled and signed Hideaki to follow him. "Don't Hideaki-san." I said. "But Hide-sempai wants to play tag with me, he just said so!" Tobi said, he probably had a pout on his face. "Why shouldn't he play tag with me?" he added slightly angry. "Uchiha-san, I don't mind playing tag with Tobi-san." Hideaki said. I tched and Tobi took Hideaki's hand. "Come, come Hide-sempai." He said and led the newest member out of the meeting room. "Yes Tobi-san." He said emotionless. "Itachi-san, why do you bother about Saku-kun, might it be you want to hang out with him?" Kisame smirked. "I don't, Kisame. It is none of your business." I answered and walked away.
Orochimaru's P.O.V.
Alciel came out of his room for the first time in forever. "I forgot to ask you Orochimaru-san, but did you give him demon marks instead of normal curse marks?" he asked. "Don't worry Alciel-san, I changed the curse mark's base power before I gave him the mark, I used the demon chakra you gave me. It was Lucifer's wasn't it?" I asked. "Yes, if one of them survived, Lucifer's chakra would work the best to get them back. They were the strongest of your village after all." He answered. "How is Hiso-kun?" I asked, the last time I saw him he was going to be punished by Alciel. "Hisoka come here." He commanded. Hisoka came out of the shadow. The mischievous glint in his eyes was gone. "Yes Alciel-sama?" he asked. His arms were scarred and burned, so was a part of his face and his neck. "Orochimaru-san asked how you're doing." Alciel said. "I am doing okay, Orochimaru-sama. How are you?" Hisoka asked and bowed. "I'm good too." I answered. He finally showed respect. Let's see how long it lasts.
Akise's P.O.V.
We were finally allowed to leave the tower. But we had to go to Mitarashi-san directly after. Too many Genin passed the exam. We had to fight Genin from other teams to cut the number of participants. Sasuke had to fight Akadō Yoroi, a Genin from Kabuto-san's team. He was taking away a part of Sasuke's chakra force. Making it harder for Sasuke to fight. But nonetheless he won, of course he won. He's an Uchiha. Next up were Zaku-san and Shino-san. Zaku-san's modified body was one of his advantages and he was able to use it really well. But to my surprise, Shino-san was stronger than Zaku-san. Sakura and Ino were fighting next, they had a pretty serious fight. Naruto was yelling that Sakura was going to win. The two girls were on the same skill level. In the end they knocked each other out at the same moment. There were a few other fights. Then Shikamaru had to fight Tsuchi-san. She was a really good fighter. But she was overconfident, Shikamaru was able to take her down in her brag about her power. Next up were Kiba and Naruto, two good friends fighting each other. Naruto won in the end. Hinata and Neji, I think were fighting each other next. She wasn't that strong, Neji was also older than Hinata. He easily beat her. They were both Hyuuga right? The difference in power was still so big.
I had to fight Gaara, the Jinchūriki. Both of us walked into the arena, I took my kimono of, wearing bandages underneath over the wounds I had from the Forest of Death. It had only been one day, but the seals Zaku-san put on the marks were already disappearing. Predictable, not even Jiraiya-san's seals could keep the mark from breaking free. "Beat him Akise!" Naruto yelled. "You can do it Akise!" Kiba yelled. Gaara tched. "Let's just start." I said. Gaara nodded, his sand formed a shield around his body. He was using defence huh? Let's see if I can break through. "Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" I yelled and performed the jutsu. As I thought, no jutsu pierces through that shield. I took my katana out of the sheath and attacked Gaara with high speed. Gaara laughed when I broke through a piece of the shield. "You're good Hatake-kun." He said with a smirk. I attacked again and broke through another part of the shield. "Do it, Kise-kun, kill him. Let the marks take over, let me take over." It was the same voice as before. It was him, Orochimaru. My legs couldn't support my weight anymore, I fell on my knees. He kept on talking. "Akise!" I heard my team yell in the distance. "What's wrong Hatake-kun? Are you scared?" Gaara asked with the same smirk as before. I snapped.
Kakashi's P.O.V.
Akise stood up again. He looked up to Gaara, who seemed in shock by Akise. "I'll kill you." Akise chuckled. "Akise!" Naruto yelled. "You can do it! Win!" he yelled again, he probably didn't hear the comment Akise made. "Hatake-kun, your eyes." Gaara said in shock. "What's wrong, Gaara-san? Are you scared?" Akise hissed. He let out a lot of his killer intent, making many of the people watching the match shiver. He even made me shiver in fear. How can such a young boy, even if he's ANBU level, have such a big amount of killer intent? Black markings ran over his body. His curse marks broke free! "Let's play Gaa-ra-san." Akise sang in an insane tone. "Wow, I have never seen Gaara-nii-san horrified!" it was one of the Suna siblings. They looked in shock of their brother's reaction. Akise laughed manically. "Come on Gaa-ra-san. Don't make all of us wai-ait." He sang and wavered his body front to back. What the fuck happened to Akise? Was this the effect of the marks? They made him insane? Akise attacked Gaara again. His chakra had changed. It was stronger, darker. It was like the Kyuubi's, demon chakra. "Chidori." Akise's hand went through Gaara's stomach. He coughed up blood. How does he know chidori? I never taught him that. "I did." A voice said in my head. I couldn't put my finger on it, to who did this voice belong to? "You'll know soon, Hatake-san." The voice chuckled. "Stop it brat." Jiraiya shook me out of my thoughts. He pulled Akise away from the bleeding boy on the floor. The voice was still laughing in my head. "Let me go." Akise tried to get out of Jiraiya-san's grip. Jiraiya took Akise away. "I guess Hatake Akise wins the match." The referee said. Some medics took the Suna kid with them to an intensive care room.
Hey guys, I know I know, this isn't 3000 words. But I wanted to get this out before Monday. Gaara was OOC I'm sorry… and what did you think of Hideaki? I've got a good idea for his part in the story. It involves Madara. There will be spoilers, major spoilers. Next chapter will be mostly Kakashi centric, about his little thing in the end of chapter 3.
See ya, Soya-chan.