Chapter 5
The Formation of Akatsuki
"It would be better if Konoha would weakened now or else there can be problems with the formation of Akatsuki" suggested Indra to Obito who replied "ho and what makes you say that". "You and I both know what type of a person Minato is, his righteous sense of justice will not allow us to function properly, Zetsu has told me that Kushina Uzumaki is going to give birth tomorrow and that's when a jinchuriki's seal is at its weakest". "Ho so you want me to go to Konoha and use the Kyuubi to destroy the village". "No not destroy but weaken and while you are at it deal them a crippling blow, it would not bode well for Akatsuki if a war starts now". "Why not do it yourself, I mean you would be dying to fight Minato yourself" Obito baited but Indra shook his head "you are the one who works behind the scenes Obito, don't be annoying". "Very well I shall do as you suggested" with these words Obito swirled away. "Soon our plans will come to fruitition and you would be able to do nothing Minato Senju".
It was a peaceful night in Konoha and a very happy day for one Minato Senju, after Hiruzen had disclosed his heritage he chose to bear the name Senju. But today he was happy because his beautiful wife Kushina Uzumaki was going to give birth to twins, he was going to be a father again and this time he promised that he would be better at it "I hope where ever you are, you are happy Indra" thought Minato and then he flashed away to his wife. Kushina had just finished giving birth to a healthy daughter and a boy, the girl was named "Sarada Senju" in the memory of Sarada Uchiha and the boy was named "Naruto Senju" the name taken from Jiraya's book "The Tail of Utterly Gutsy Ninja". The Yondaime was holding Kushina's hand looking at her lovingly when he heard a distinctively familiar voice "Yondaime step away from the jinchuriki or your son dies at the ripe old age of one". Panicking Minato turned towards the voice to find it belonging to a masked man with and orange mask having black flame pattern with a single eyehole which showed a sharingan with Biwako Sarutobi and the nurse dead at his feet and Sarada wrapped in a blanket in his hands. "Just calm down we can talk about this". "I'm perfectly calm, perhaps you should take your own advice" with this the masked man tossed the child in the air, "Sarada" yelled Kushina. In a flash of yellow Minato got Sarada with Naruto in his left hand, "you caught him but what about that", asked the masked man pointing towards the explosive tags on the blanket. Seeing no other choice Minato flashed away to a room and put Naruto and Sarah down in a crib "you'll be safe here guys".
Meanwhile the masked man turned towards Kushina and looked towards the seal and extracted the Nine Tails from her body and subdued it with his sharingan. Kushina extremely exhausted by the childbirth and the extraction of the Nine Tails looked towards and masked man and said "what do you want", "ho you are still alive the Uzumaki clan truly is something else, even after extraction you are still alive, what I want is to destroy Konoha and I suppose it's only fitting that the Kyuubi kills its former container". Just when the Nine Tails raised its claws to strike down Kushina who was too much tired to dodge a flash of yellow appeared and saved Kushina from getting impaled, "a small flash of hope but nonetheless it's too late lets continue on to Konoha". Minato reappeared in the same room which housed Naruto and Sarada with Kushina "Minato he has the Kyuubi, he wants to destroy the village please stop him". Hearing this Minato just smiled at his wife and told her to stay with the twins and he himself flashed towards the village to save it from the Nine Tails who had just appeared inside the village in a giant poof of smoke. Just as he entered a clearing the same masked man as before appeared in a warp and caught Minato's hand "you'll face me Yondaime and we are done" and tried to warp him away only for the fourth to disappear in a flash. "He teleported, talk about fast next time ill warp him the moment I lay my hands upon him". "He was warping me into some kind of dimension meaning he also uses a space-time technique" thought Minato as he jumped back as the man appeared again. "Who are you? You were able to kill all the ANBU guards and pass the barrier and take control of Nine Tails. Are you Uchiha Madara"? Hearing this the man removed his hood to reveal short spiky black hair. At this Minato's horror grew as he tried to comprehend the fact that the Uchiha patriarch was still alive, "what do you want"? The masked man tilted his head a little and replied "to start a war, to bring eternal peace". "This man is strong and is clearly evil, I have to do something" thought Minato. As the fight went on Minato found out that no matter what he tried he always phased through the man as he was a ghost but he only materialized when about to attack. Using this information Minato used his Hirashin level two to appear besides him and apply a seal on the man and hit him with a rasengan. But instead of blood a white substance oozed of his wound, leaving this thought for later Minato got down to work by applying a contract seal he freed the Kyuubi from the man's control, "what is this a contract seal are you trying to free the Kyuubi from my control" Minato just shook his head, "I have already freed it from your control". In a distance the eye of the Kyuubi returned to its original state with a slit pupil, the Kyuubi just grew angrier at being controlled again and just started to attack wildly. The masked man just shook his head and said "many options are still open to me and the Kyuubi is still my pet" and then he warped away leaving a distraught Minato. "Something tells me he wasn't lying. I still have to do something about the Kyuubi". Thinking this minato flashed away to the Kyuubi and summoned Gamabunta the toad chief," Why have you summoned me Minato"? "I need you to hold the Kyuubi I have to get ready". "Very well, but hurry I may be big but I'm not a miracle worker". Minato just nodded and flashed away to the room and appeared before Kushina, with a very heavy heart Minato asked Kushina to give Sarada to him to seal the Kyuubi away reasoning that since the Kyuubi has always been sealed inside a female it should be no different now. For a few minutes Kushina kept refusing Minato but finally seeing the reason she agreed but she asked Minato to use another seal instead of "SHIKI FUINJIN"(dead demon consuming seal) but Minato knew no such seal and finally with a heavy heart told Kushina he would have to use "SHIKI FUUIJIN". When Minato arrived to take care of Kyuubi he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen doing his best to hold back the beast, after seeing the sandaime Minato told him of his plan, "is there no other way"? asked the Sandaime when he received a shake of Minato's head he delivered a quick chop to Minato's head and looked at Kushina "tell Minato I'm sorry but he is too young to die, I'll myself use the "SHIKI FUIJIN" to seal the Kyuubi in Sarada" with these words The sandaime got down to work. In the next few days the new jinchuriki of the leaf was announced and as expected Minato was given the title of the greatest Hokage (fools he could not even compare to the Fist Hokage) and Sarada was called the hero of the leaf for holding back the beast that tried to destroy the leaf and the interference of the masked man was only told to Jiraya the toad sage, though the leaf village mourned the loss of its longest reigning Hokage Hiruzen had died on his own terms and doing what he believed was right.
"Sensei would be disappointed Obito" taunted Indra to Obito who was currently in the process of placing a new arm courtesy of a white Zetsu "alright I got it Indra but I have achieved my objectives, Hiruzen Sarutobi is dead and most of Konoha is in ruins; it will take a lot of time for it to recover however I have news for you" spoke Obito. "And what is it" asked Indra "Minato named his daughter Sarada Senju" and at that time rage filled Indra and silver chakra burst from his body "you dare defile the name of my mother and combine it with a Senju; I'll make sure you shall suffer".
4 years later
"So who shall we choose as members" asked Konan. Obito turned towards her "I have three potential candidates in my mind already, the first is a missing ninja from the village hidden in the waterfalls "Kakuzu the immortal" and you will retrieve him Nagato, the second is a ninja from the hidden village in the sands "Akasuna no Sasori" Konan will retrieve him and the third ninja is not very far away from me Indra will retrieve him. Zetsu will assist you all in finding your targets, no go and succeed for our ambitions" saying this Obito swirled away leaving behind his three accomplices. Indra just sighed and got up from his seat "let us see how strong you are grandson of Kagami Uchiha, Uchiha Itachi" he thought and disappeared into thin air.
With Kakuzu
"Hn I'll get nothing at all from these low level ninjas" Kakuzu grunted while throwing away a nameless missing-ninja and continued his way through the forest but he had to jump away when a venus-trap emerged from a branch of the tree he stepped on. Kakuzu landed in a clearing in the forest "what the hell" he exclaimed, but before he could think on that Deva Path appeared infront of him "who the hell are you". Pain stepped forward "greetings Kakuzu I'm Pain and I'm here to invite you to Akatsuki" before Pain could continue Zetsu emerged from ground "yeah it's a super cool organization which will bring peace to this world". Kakuzu just scoffed "I don't care about that shit, the only thing I care about is money" Pain narrowed his eyes "nevertheless I insist that you join us" to which Kakuzu scoffed again and responded with threads growing out from various parts of his body "you are pretty arrogant boy, let's put you to test" Pain just said "come".
A Few Minutes Later
Kakuzu kneeled infront of the Deva path panting "what is this power of yours". "This is the power of a god which I'll use to bring peace to this world, now will you accept the invitation" said Pain. Kakuzu nodded "if Akatsuki has high level shinobi like you then high level bounties are guaranteed, Akatsuki hmm the reek of money is strong there, alright since you defeated me I'll join". Pain nodded and said "Zetsu will show you the way".
With Sasori
A man in his early twenties having a fair skin and light red hair was making his way through the desert while muttering "hn not a single piece worth collecting, what a load of waste, stupid village". A gust of wind forced Sasori to stop and cover his eyes, when he dust cleared he found himself looking at a fair skinned blue haired woman that had a origami in it wearing a black cloak with red clouds and wings made of paper which she was using to levitate herself in the air. The woman then spoke "there have been reports of three villages completely destroyed; it was you who was responsible wasn't it "Akasuna no Sasori"". Sasori smirked "and who are you". Konan spoke again "I'm Konan and I have come to invite you to join Akatsuki. Our goal is bringing peace to this world and we require you to lend us your strength. As long as you complete your assignments what you do is none of our concern and we also provide you a safe haven". Sasori appeared thoughtful "that's not a bad offer not bad at all" then he took out a scroll and swiped his bloodied thumb over it "but you will find that I can take care of myself just fine" and the third Kazekage appeared in a poof of smoke. "Be honored that you will be added into my third level collection, in fact you are so interesting that I'll examine you to the bone". The battle ended with the third Kazekage damaged and Sasori losing. "So will you join Akatsuki now and lend us your strength" spoke Konan to which Sasori sighed "I lost, I have no right to choose so take me where you wish". On a nearby cliff Zetsu stood watching the whole scene "that makes two members" and sank back into the ground.
Life for Itachi Uchiha was never easy; being a genius his father had high expectations from him and pushed him to his limits. He was called a prodigy, a genius of high order and the second coming of Uchiha Indra. Uchiha Indra that name confused him to no end, he had tried asking anyone he could regarding him but all he got was silence, though he had noticed sadness and regret fill his mother's and grandfather's eyes when the name was spoken. When he became ANBU and skimmed through the Bingo book he found out that Indra Uchiha was an S-class criminal wanted for questioning who defected at the end of the third shinobi war and he was also a genius and prodigy. But right now his mind was on something else, the Uchiha clan was planning a coup and even after a lot of diplomatic tries nothing worked so he and Shisui Uchiha were given a job to buy sometime. But one of the elders Danzou Shimura disagreed with the Hokage and tried to take Shisui's eyes though he only succeeded in getting the right eye. Shisui had called him to the Naka River and told him that he was unable to anything any longer so he entrusted his left eye in Itachi's hands before committing suicide. Danzou had given him the mission to wipe out the whole clan but allowing him to leave his precious little brother Uchiha Sasuke alive. But therein lied the problem, Itachi knew no matter how strong he was and despite the Mangekyo he could never kill the whole clan by himself. Before he could continue his thoughts he heard footsteps behind him and when he turned towards the person his eyes widened, the person had long blonde hair that reached his waist and a bang covered his right eye completely leaving his only his left eye visible that displayed three black scythes with curved handles and a red background the man was wearing a black cloak with red clouds on it like a cape. Itachi activated his Mangekyo which had a floral pattern and took out his sword "you have a Mangekyo sharingan, who are you". Indra instead of replying shot of towards Itachi and attempted to kick him on his chest but Itachi jumped back and formed a handseal "Katon; Gokakyu no Jutsu" and exhaled a big fireball in Indra's direction who just disappeared again and appeared behind Itachi taking a kunai from his pouch and placed it on Itachi's neck "what will you do now" spoke Indra. Itachi smirked and said "boom" and he exploded but Indra holding the kunai just dispersed into lightening. Itachi raised an eyebrow "Raiton Kage Bunshin" and quickly turned around to block Indra's fist, Itachi looked him in the eye and whispered "Tsukyuomi" and Indra found himself strapped to a cross with a blood red world around him. Indra just shook his head and broke the genjutsu. Outside Itachi fell to his knees clutching his right eye which was bleeding profusely. "Take it as a lesson to never use the "Tsukyuomi" against another Mangekyo" said Indra and sat down on the grass "but I'm not here to dance, I'm here to make you an offer" after cleaning his blood Itachi too sat down and sheathed his sword "you never answered my question who are you". Indra pointed to himself "me I'm Uchiha Indra the great grandson of Uchiha Madara" his statement was met with further widening of Itachi's eyes "so that is why the clan doesn't like to talk about you". Indra nodded "yes the fools ignored what my great grandfather told them and look at the Uchiha now, they are nothing, they have been reduced to a mere clan who provides security, there was a time when the Uchiha were feared and our name was spoken with reverence but now this clan has turned into nothing, if these fools go through their plan they will always be known as the clan who attempted a rebellion and was cut down which brings me to my offer, I will assist you in killing the clan and in return you will join the Akatsuki". Itachi knew that everything Indra had said was true so he spoke "very well but I want to know what is this Akatsuki". "Akatsuki is an organization composed of S-class ninja and our goal is world peace". Itachi narrowed his eyes at the world peace but nodded nonetheless "very well let's move we have a clan to massacre".
Indra had killed every one of his share but one where he was currently heading to. Indra entered the house and went into the room he sensed he sensed a chakra signature; Kagami was kneeling in the centre of the mat with his eyes closed "so you have finally come Indra". Indra was surprised when Kagami uttered his name however he just took out a chokuto from a seal on his wrist "your time has come old man, what the Uchiha were going to do was foolish and I'll not let my clan's legacy be tarnished just because of some immature children". Kagami sighed and turned to face Indra and gasped "you know you look so much like your great grandfather, if only you had black hair I would have mistaken you for Madara, I'll allow you to kill quietly Indra-kun because what you are saying is right". Indra walked towards Kagami "for what it's worth I'm sorry old man but my darkness was too great for you" with these words Indra stabbed Kagami through the heart. No one noticed a tear falling from Indra's eyes.
"So you chosen the other side Itachi" said a kneeling Fugaku to which Itachi tried to answer but Mikoto spoke in a soft tone "we know Itachi". "Promise me Itachi that you will take care of Sasuke" said Fugaku to which Itachi nodded "I will". "Do it Itachi compared to you our suffering will end" said Fugaku sternly "and no matter how different we may be, I love you Itachi" at this Itachi could no longer contain his tears and his sword fell from his hands "you truly are a kind child Itachi" said Fugaku. "Finish the job Itachi it's getting late" the familiar voice caused Mikoto to turn her head towards it and when she did she let out a gasp "Indra-kun you are alive". "Ho were you perhaps wishing for my death" asked an amused Indra. Mikoto shook her head not letting his words get to her "I'm sorry Indra-kun" that statement was met with a nod which surprised her immensely. "So you are the great grandson of the great Uchiha Madara, perhaps we should have listened to him and we would not have faced such a tragedy" said Fugaku. Indra nodded and signaled Itachi to finish them off, just as Itachi had killed his parents Sasuke barged into the room "nii-san" he cried but when he looked to the carnage in the room he just let out a whimper "why". Itachi's eyes turned into Mangekyo as he picked up Sasuke and slammed him into the wall "to test my strength little brother" Itachi whispered. Sasuke yelled "just to test your strength you killed our clan, our family". Itachi nodded and whispered "Tsukyuomi" and forced Sasuke to watch as he finished off the clan. When the genjutsu finished Sasuke fell to the floor with tears streaming down his face "run little brother, cling to your pathetic life and when you finally have eyes like me come face me". With these words Itachi let Sasuke go who slided down the wall with tears in his eyes, before he could lose consciousness he got a good look at Indra who was staring at him with his Mangekyo activated. "Let us go Itachi, Akatsuki waits".
A Few Days Later With Sasuke
"So you are saying that Itachi Uchiha and another black haired man were responsible for the massacre" asked Minato in a kind voice. Sasuke just hned, "could you describe the man for me please" said Minato in a hopeful tone, Sasuke described him as good as he could but it was enough for Minato to identify the person. "Indra, how far have you fallen" thought Minato and left to the council room leaving Sasuke to his thoughts.
Council Room
"As you all know that regretfully the Uchiha clan has been massacred and only Uchiha Sasuke was left alive" spoke Minato. This announcement caused a lot of ruckus in the room which was silenced by Minato's bellowing. Danzou spoke "and who was responsible for such an act Hokage-sama" despite not liking Minato Danzou respected him and as such addressed him with his proper title. Minato narrowed his eyes at Danzou "the ones responsible for such act were Uchiha Itachi and a person we all thought was long dead" though the name of Itachi made all of the people gasp Shikaku asked the question which was present in everyone's mind "and who is this person Hokage-sama". "He is the great grandson of Uchiha Madara and his name is Uchiha Indra" the council went bollocks at these words finding it impossible to believe that the great Uchiha Madara had an heir. Suddenly Danzou said "Itachi Uchiha should be named as a S-class ninja and since it has been 14 years since Indra's defection I believe he has only grown more strong thus he should be named as an SS-class ninja" this proclamation was met with another gasp as SS rank was very rare and the last shinobi to be named as SS rank were Hashirama and Madara themselves. "The meeting is adjourned" said Minato while gritting his teeth and left with Kushina following him. No one noticed Danzou narrowing his eyes.
"It would appear that you have gotten quite famous Indra-san" spoke Konan while throwing a bingo book at Indra and indeed Konoha had updated Indra's file in their bingo books.
NAME: - Uchiha Indra.
TITLE: - "Kuro Shi" (Black Death).
AFFILIATION: - Konohagakure (former), Uchiha clan.
RELATIONS: - Uchiha Sarada (mother) status: deceased, Uchiha Madara (great grandfather) status: deceased, Orochimaru (sensei) status: alive.
DESCRIPTION: - Uchiha Indra has chin length black hair and black eyes. His attire consists of black shirt with a silver sleeveless vest over it and a black cape like cloak with red clouds. He aided Itachi Uchiha in killing off his clan.
Ninjutsu: Uchiha Indra has affinities for lightening, fire and wind. He also has created an S-rank lightening jutsu "Chidori".
Taijutsu: Uchiha Indra uses the famous "Interceptor Fist" of the Uchiha clan.
Genjutsu: Uchiha Indra while in Konoha was seen as a prodigy in all the shinobi arts as such his talent in genjutsu was exceptional.
Kenjutsu: In his younger years Uchiha Indra used a chokuto and was apparently very good at it. Recent reports suggest that Indra like his great grandfather uses a gunbai.
Kekkai Genkai: Sharingan.
THREAT LEVEL: - SS-rank, flee on sight.
BOUNTY: - 150 million ryos (alive), 100 million ryos (dead).
"You never told us he was related to you Madara" said Pain to Obito who just shrugged "it didn't matter". Konan coughed and spoke to Obito "there is another matter sir; Orochimaru has been sneaking around trying to infiltrate Akatsuki, what is to be done regarding him"?Indra stood up at the mention of his sensei's name "I'll handle the situation myself; I wish to see how strong my former sensei has become". Obito nodded and turned towards Pain "you will go with him" Pain nodded and then both he and Indra left.
With Orochimaru
Orochimaru had been prowling and trying to find anything he could regarding Akatsuki, when Kabuto had told him the identity of some members he could not help but be intrigued. "Kukukukukuku how strong have you become Indra-kun for Konoha to name you as an SS-rank ninja, if only had I known that you were Madara's descendant I would never had let you go". But before he could continue his day dreaming two figures appeared in the clearing he was present in. the first person he easily recognized but the second person and most of all his eyes intrigued Orochimaru to no end "the Rinnegan" he thought while licking his lips and turning towards Indra. "Kukukukukuku long time no see Indra-kun; have you forgotten about your little old sensei hmm, I'm so hurt" said Orochimaru creepily. Indra sighed and looked at Orochimaru with his EMS activated "cut the crap Orochimaru, you are trespassing and if you prove to be an annoyance I shall eliminate you". Somehow Orochimaru knew then and there that Indra could easily carry out his threat and was not someone to be triffeled with. "Now now there is no need for such an act Indra-kun you see I'm very interested in Akatsuki and you should know what lengths I would go to sate my curiosity" saying these words Orochimaru bit both his thumbs and slammed them on the ground "Kuchiyose no Jutsu" in a poof of smoke two snakes appeared and rushed towards Indra who responded with lightening flaring in his hands which he swiped in the snake direction and used it to chop of their heads "Chidori Eiso". The most interesting thing was that his lightening was black with silver flecks and this intrigued Orochimaru to no end. This time Orochimaru elongated his neck and rushed to bite Indra on his neck but Indra flared a "Chidori" and cut of his head but Orochimaru turned into mud. The real Orochimaru emerged from the ground and bit on Indra's neck only for him to disperse in lightening and shocking Orochimaru "Raiton Kage Bunshin" thought Orochimaru while shedding his skin like a snake. This time Orochimaru laid on all fours while opening his mouth wide "Mandara no Jinn" and a sea of snakes that had Kusanagi in their mouth rushed towards Indra. Indra thought about using his gunbai but on a second thought he formed a handseal "Katon: Goka Mekkyaku" and a sea of flames rushed towards the snake which burned all the snakes and carried on to Orochimaru burning him as well. Screams of pain went off in the forest, when the flames cleared there lay Orochimaru with four degree burns on his body. Orochimaru shed his skin again but he knew that if this continued he could die so he just raised his hands signaling surrender "that is enough Indra-kun" then he turned towards Pain and continued "I have shown you how strong I am so why don't you invite me to the Akatsuki hmm, I could prove very valuable and joining is the fastest way to satisfy my curiosity". Pain looked towards Indra who gave barest of nods and spoke "very well welcome to Akatsuki Orochimaru".
Akatsuki's Lair
On a giant wooden statue stood nine figures. "Orochimaru, Kakuzu, Sasori, Zetsu, Itachi, Konan, Kisame and Indra we all are together 9 members but for Akatsuki to fully function we require 2 more members, Orochimaru you had some news regarding a possible candidate". Orochimaru coughed and spoke in his creepy voice "yes I have credible news that a cult was trying to accomplish an experiment and recently their experiment succeeded". "Ho and what was their experiment" asked Kisame "immortality" replied Orochimaru which caused Kakuzu's eyes to go wide. "Kisame and Orochimaru you two will retrieve this person while Itachi, Kisame and Sasori you three will go and retrieve an Iwa ninja by the name of Diedara" ordered Pain. When everyone left Pain turned towards Indra "we have received a mission request from the rebel faction in Kiri, apparently they want to get rid of Yagura who is purging all the bloodlines from Kiri. The payment they are offering is very generous and Yagura is also a jinchuriki, I want you to kill Yagura and capture his tailed beast". Indra nodded and vanished in thin air.
With Hidan
"So will you comply with our request and join Akatsuki" asked Orochimaru. Hidan scratched the back of his head and spoke in a careless tone "meh why should I join this Akatsuki, I all I want is to kill in the name of Jashin-sama and I think I'll start with you" and readied his tribladed scythe.
A Few Moments Later
Hidan lay on the ground with his eyes closed and burn marks visible on his body from Kakuzu's "Fire Style: Searing Migraine". "Did we kill him" asked Kakuzu in a worried tone, it would not bode well for him if he killed Hidan but he was relieved when Hidan's fingers twitched. "So will you join Akatsuki now, we offer you protection and freedom. You can do anything as long as you fulfill your tasks and besides if you start killing senselessly the other nations would descend upon you and even if you cannot be killed you can be sealed" said Orochimaru. Hidan sat up and scratched his head "I guess I'll have to join Akatsuki".
With Diedara
"Akatsuki huh, I don't care about such things all I care about is my art" said Diedara while fondling a piece of clay. "Art"? Asked Sasori, "Yes art, my art is this" he said while holding a clay bird "this beautiful thing which explodes because ART IS AN EXPLOSION" yelled Diedara. Itachi stepped forward "enough of this, you are coming with us". Using his Sharingan Itachi put Diedara in a genjutsu the moment he looked in his eyes and easily defeated him.
Akatsuki's Lair
"Itachi, Kisame, Hidan, Kakuzu, Sasori, Diedara, Zetsu, Orochimaru, Konan and Indra you all may have your own goals but now that you are in Akatsuki our collective goal is world peace, to achieve that peace we have to gather the nine tailed beasts, our job is not an easy one but it would be done nonetheless, now go and complete your assignments". Perched on the top of the Gedo Mezo Obito narrowed his lone eye "now project Infinite Tsukyuomi begins".