Heyo! It is I, Mistress Sith! And guess what? I'm back….from the DEAD! Nah, just kidding. I just wrote another fan fiction after all this time. Sorry I deleted some of my other pieces. was being stubborn and made me erase them because 'they were not real stories' or whatever. Anyway, I'm done blabbering. Let's get to the story!

NOTE: I do not own Naruto; it is, and always will be, property of Masashi Kishimoto.

Chapter One: A New Mission

"Sasuke," Madara Uchiha took a deep breath and looked at his young protégé. "Now that you understand my reasons, what will you do? Will you do as Itachi wished and return to Konaha, or shall you follow the destiny of the Uchiha - your destiny, our destiny – as an avenger?"

The room was dark and shadowy for the only light came from a small candle on the long table. At one end sat Sasuke Uchiha, his pale skin and dark hair making him look almost dead in the current lighting. Madara sat on top of the table, a strange position for one who was well over ninety and seemed so old fashioned. (They had electricity; there was no reason for Madara to bring out the candles in the first place.) Though his face was covered in an odd orange mask, it was obvious that the elder was staring at Sasuke curiously.

"I," Sasuke spoke, hardly moving his lips. "I will do what I was destined to do."

"Okay," Madara clapped his hands together. He hopped off the table swiftly, and landed with a small plop. "I'll give you a moment to rest. Please return here in an hour if you still desire vengeance for the clan and Itachi." Just as he was about to reach the door, Sasuke said something extremely surprising.

"That isn't my destiny," the words came slowly out of his mouth. "It isn't the Uchiha's fate, either."

Madara turned around. "What do you mean?" For the first time, he actually sounded shocked.

"Well, I thought about what you told me, about the whole thing with the Senju clan, and I came to a conclusion," Sasuke's voice was expressionless as ever.

"That being…?"

"If you had just done something snazzy, you could have become the First Hokage instead of that Hashirama guy," continued Sasuke, folding his arms. "Then we wouldn't be in this whole situation in the first place."

"What are you getting at, Sasuke?" Madara walked over to the table and got back into his position of sitting on it.

"What if you became the next Hokage? Then, all our troubles would be gone."

"HAHA!" Madara hit the table with his fist. "That is the funniest thing I have ever heard! How do you suppose I go about becoming Hokage? I'm the worst of Konaha's traitors, remember? And everyone knows that this," he pointed to his mask, "is a member of Akatsuki."

"Yes," Sasuke nodded. "But I have an idea."

Karin, Suigetsu and Jugo followed Kisame to the Akatsuki meeting area. All the while they were walking, silent, each lost in his own thoughts. Finally, the guide stopped.

"Here we are," Kisame opened a hidden door on the left with a blue hand. He smiled. "Welcome to Akatsuki."

Karin was the first to walk into the room, followed by the other three. Suigetsu took a look around at the dark walls and dirt floor and immediately commented. "Who'd want to have a meeting here? It looks like a wine cellar and smiles like someone's dying."

Sasuke and Madara were already in the room, sitting in the same spots they were in earlier. After seeing a nod from his elder, Sasuke called to the others. "Karin, Suigetsu, Jugo, come here." His subordinates obeyed quietly and awaited their leader's next order.

"From this point forward, things are going to change," Madara started. "For one, Team Hebi, will be renamed Taka and ally itself with Akatsuki."

"Great," Suigetsu mumbled, just to be elbowed by Karin.

"Secondly," Madara continued, ignoring the two. "We have a new mission. Instead of hunting for the Tailed Beasts, Akatsuki will make it its primary goal to become the most popular pop band that the world has seen yet, thus giving us the money we need to fulfill our other, more important goal. I shall run for title of Hokage, and, once I rule Konaha, we will use our power to stomp out the other, smaller nations and make them one with Konaha. If there are no countries, there is no war."

"Now that you understand our goals," Sasuke turned to his trio. "We need to start writing music for the band. Let's go."

"QUESTION! QUESTION!" Suigetsu raised his hand and jumped up and down.

"Yes?" Madara said, his voice sounding unamused.

"If we're gonna be pop stars, aren't we gonna get a bunch of fangirls? How do we keep 'em out?"

"I already get fangirls," Sasuke replied, motioning for the others to leave. "I know entirely too well how to deal with them."

"What's the band's name? Can I name it?," Suigetsu asked.

"Suigetsu!" Karin stomped on his foot. "Shut up! Quit annoying Sasuke!"

"The band is called…" Sasuke thought for a second. "..Duck Butts."

"Ew!" Karin and Suigetsu said at the same, finally agreeing on something.

"I kinda like it," Jugo said thoughtfully.

They continued down the hall, trying to come up with an idea for their first song.