Okay I' back, what not too long, seems like ages and AGES
thanks to T51b Moridin for the Beta
Also looked forward to this, build up after the time skip!
as always please review and disclaimer, I don't own Naruto so no I'm not Kishimoto, sorry to disappoint you out there
Chapter Three
Two years later
Amegakurge
Kunō was ready, Pain had seen his abilities grow as he trained against Konan and even sometimes himself. He had to admit in two years he had gone from a no rank former ninja to an S rank, even Kage level missing nin.
"I must say I am impressed Kunō, the progress that you have shown myself and Konan in the past two years is rather exceptional."
Kunō glanced to Konan who gave him a nod. In a traditional polite bow Kunō said "My progress is thanks to those who have trained me." It was true but part of it was also his own power and volition.
Pain had to admit, the boy had learned very unique and powerful Jutsu for restraining tailed beasts. "Your legacy as an Uzumaki the Adamantine Sealing Chains, it will prove useful to our cause."
To this Kunō said "I believed that it would and with the knowledge you provided me I was able to master it."
Pain looked now to Konan "I believe he is ready, we shall prepare to inform the others." Konan gave her friend and leader a nod then looked at Naruto. She had noticed how he may have been empty and hollow, but there were parts of him that were rather charming, in their own way.
Kunō at this point asked Pain as he sat upon his throne "Do I require a mask or some sort of concealment of my identity?"
To this Pain gave him a nod and said "You will also need this." Pain threw him a ring. Kunō caught it. Upon looking at it found it seemed to be made of blue slate with either the word void or sky on it.
It was at this point that something Pain had been waiting to see happened. Konan of her own accord had made a mask for Kunō out of her paper. "You will need this if you are to join us then."
The mask was plain except for the right eye which had a red lightning bolts across it. It also had a smiling red mouth, that combined with the eyes, made it look rather sinister. Kunō looked at Konan and said "I thank you for your consideration." Konan gave him a nod to show that she had accepted the compliment.
Pain saw this and in his head had to ask "They seem to have grown close, how close?" He now saw that Kunō with the mask on looked rather like an Anbu. "I believe that we are ready. It will have been the first time in two years since we have gathered, do not infuriate them."
Konohagakurge
Tsunade was not happy. She had not found even a single trace of Naruto since he had left the village, after about a month, she was forced to declare that they had lost him. This was not the only problem as about a year and a half ago the village got a visit from the infamous Itachi Uchiha. She did not know if they were looking for Naruto, if they were it was uncertain. What she did know for sure though was that Itachi had attacked Danzo and his forces. Root had been attacked by Itachi and a rouge swordsmen of the mist, the shark man Kisame. Both were agents of the Akatsuki both had killed many Konoha Shinobi in there last visit.
Flash back
The Root headquarters was broken and destroyed, all who had confronted the attackers had been annihilated. Root Anbu's bodies were sprawled out across the floor Danzo himself was impaled through the wall. He had his bandaged arm ripped off and his bandaged eye ripped out. Itachi had taken no chances with this man, he knew what he was capable of. Itachi stared into the man's single eye and said "So you have not acquired the Jinchūriki, it would appear so?"
Kisame at this put his foot down on a dying Anbu's face. He mercilessly pressed down on his face, the mask first started to crack. Now applying even more pressure Kisame smashed through the mask as well as the Anbu's skull. Kisame looked to Itachi and said "I'm all up for slaughter and a blood bath but why did you remove the guy's arm before you killed him? To this Itachi did not answer he could see that even now Danzo was not going to show him any signs of weakness. Itachi looked around at the eradication he and Kisame had just perpetuated. Itachi stared down Danzo drawing his blade and in a flash he cut right through the elders neck!
Kisame at this point began to walk around making sure all the Anbu were dead. Some were not so the shark man made short work of them."Ah all this chakra, I guess it was worth it even though the Jinchūriki of the Kyuubi wasn't here." He looked at Itachi and said "We'll have to return now, our presence will have been noticed by now."
He was right, even though Root was rather covert, with the amount of chakra they had used to kill them they would have surely been noticed. "I see, we should pull out. I guess it will not be too bad if anyone knew what we have done here." Itachi gave him a nod, he had noticed her as well, a younger member of Root who must have arrived late. She had been watching them just after he finished off Danzo.
She now knew that they knew she was watching them. She may have been part of Root but when she heard that they knew she could not help but freeze in fear. Itachi looked to Kisame and said "We're leaving."
Kisame made a shark like smile and said "As you say, although I do lament on the fact that I was not able to get to taste the Kyuubi's chakra."
To this Itachi said "Is that all you think of?"
Kisame now looked at Itachi and said "I guess so, that and some other things, you wouldn't understand even if you wanted to." Itachi knew that bit was right, but he also knew that Kisame was a little more than some fool with a powerful sword. With these final words between them the two of them left Konoha just as mysteriously as they had entered.
Present
The very sole survivor of Root now stood before the Hokage. Like all of Root's trainees she had no name and was given the callsign Wind. Tsunade now held a form about her missions over the past two years. "Your service to the village has been noted by a number of the Joinin." The Root conditioning kicked in and she just gave Tsunade a nod. "I'm assigning you to team Kakashi. You will go with them to share information about the Akatsuki with Suna." She gave gave the fifth Hokage a silent nod. "You will take the name Kai for the duration of your time with team Kakashi."
For the third time now she gave Tsunade a nod. This was the last straw and Tsunade said. "And for the sake of the first Hokage try to be sociable with them, don't show any sign that you were part of Root."
She got the message and said "Hai Lord Hokage." Taking off her mask it revealed a rather attractive face, her hair was dark and her eyes were golden. There was no mistake she must have been a successful experiment of Root. She like another Anbu member had inherited the Wood Release from having her cells infused with the First Hokage's.
A man in Jounin attire entered the room. Tsunade had to think "Think of the devil and he appears." She turned her attention back to Kai and said "This is Captain Yamato, you two will be part of Team Kakashi and you will do your best to smooth over relations with them." It was at this moment that her mind drifted back out to the young boy in orange and had to think. "With the current Kazekage, it would have been better if he was here." But now was not the time for lamenting "You two are dismissed report to Kakashi at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."
Both of them stood at attention and said "Hai Lord Hokage!"
Unknown Location Underground.
"Ahh, so we are all gathered again at last. I guess you desire us to make our move." The shadowy figure addressed Pain as he said this.
Pain responded to the shark man and said "You are one of two, who has broken your cover and attack Konoha." Kisame had no come back and stayed silent. "I have gathered you here today to introduce you to a new member." At this moment Kunō took a step forward and Pain continued to speak. "He is called Kunō, he has his ring and will be working with us towards our goal."
At this point a guy who wrapped his face up in cloth and wore a hood said. "Who is this nobody? He does not have a bounty from anyone anywhere."
It was at this point his partner, a certain loud mouth by the name of Hidan, said "Hey Kakuzu, can you give money a rest, I mean you can't collect bounties on our allies heads." Kakuzu at this moment told Hidan to shut up.
Kisame looked at the newcomer and said "I see that you are rather short, well not everyone can be tall like me." Kunō did not respond to this and instead looked to Pain who gave him a nod, it was permission to speak.
"Those who have a bounty are not careful enough with their kills."
This was a point that Kakuzu had to agree with. "So you are one of those types, you don't leave anything behind."
To this Kunō said "Oh, I leave people to suffer, leave them to suffer without knowing who or what killed their loved ones."
It was at this point Itachi spoke and asked "Why would you do that?"
To this it was Pain who answered him. "If you simply kill everyone there is no lesson, only death. If you leave a few to mourn the dead, they will understand why both victory and defeat are hollow."
Now all the members did not know what was more disturbing, the fact that Pain had taken a liking to this character, or the fact that this character held the same philosophy as Pain. "Who will he be paired with, we are all taken with the exception of Zetsu." It was Sasori who said this as he eyed the ring upon Kunō's finger, a ring that had once belonged to Orochimaru.
"He will be paired with none. He will act on his own according to my orders." Now all of them even Konan were rather surprised that Pain would allow some newcomer to just act on his own.
"If any of you require help, then call on him, he will come unless he is on a task that I have set him." It was in back of each of the Akatsuki's minds that this no name had made an impression on Pain. Now that the introductions were done Pain said "Are you two ready for the assault on Suna?" He was asking the Puppet Master and the Bomb Artist.
"We are, I don't like to keep waiting."
His partner the blonde haired man asked. "Would it be possible for Kunō to participate with us, I am eager to see what he is capable of?"
Pain at this moment shot Kunō a glance. He did not want to reveal him too soon to the world. "I will not allow him to be with you, but he will hang back in support to keep any others from reinforcing Suna."
Now this was not what Deidara had been hoping for but it was obvious Pain was not going to play ball. "Well then I better hope that they do get reinforcements then, by the way Kunō, what is your opinion on art?" Almost all the more human members even Kisame gave a sigh at this but they were rather shocked at with Kunō's answer. "Art, if it is beauty you speak of that is something that lasts but is also only for the moment."
Itachi had to ponder his response "He display's knowledge of great suffering, like myself, he is also a rather strange individual, his answer mean both yes and no." He was sure he was not the only one who had caught on to this.
"So you are the type who does not give any an answer they want. You would have them figure it on there own." Kakuzu said this, as he confirmed what Itachi was speculating. This young man or boy, his mask hid his age and his voice held no age in it.
"I will have to be wary of him, I cannot allow him to know where my true loyalties lie." Itachi thought.
Kunō at this point looked to Pain who knew that the meeting was over. "Kunō travel to Sunagakure. You will observe and only fight if you are attacked." Kunō gave him a nod to accept his role but then Pain said "I would ask you to split their retrieval teams."
Now Deidara cursed, this guy got to fight but only after he and Sasori were in the ritual. "So I take it he will not be a part of the tailed beast extraction then?" Kisame asked this of Pain who just gave him a nod saying "That is correct, he will participate when I deem him to do so."
Each figure vanished one by one until only the three of them were left. "Do you desire that I leave now or later." Konan looked at Pain, she had to ask herself "After sheltering him for two years are you trying to throw off the Hidden Villages or are you wishing him to see how the other Akatsuki fight."
Pain now looked to Konan and said "You don't approve of my decision, do you think he is not ready?"
To this Konan shook her head "No I just cannot understand why you would allow him to do so?"
Pain did not answer her, instead he now turned to Kunō and said "You may leave now, my orders stand but, you may intervene if the other two are unable to handle their target."
Kunō nodded and thought "I wonder how much the Children of Suna have grown, not that I will face them, my orders stand."
One Day Later
Kunō was now near the border of the land of wind. "With this timing I may be able to hang around in Suna for a while before those two arrive." It was at this moment where he was able to detect three, no four Chakra sources behind him. He had learned from his constant spars with Konan and the occasional ones with Pain that he was in fact a sensor. Coming to an immediate stop he turned to see four Suna Shinobi behind him.
"You are about to enter the land of Wind Trespasser."
To this Kunō raised and eyebrow "Oh really I thought this was the land of Sand." The one in front the team leader wore full Sunagakure uniform and from what Naruto was sensing he was no threat to him.
"You should leave me be if you want to live." It was at this moment that one of the other shinobi threw a Kunai at Kunō. What was next was all a blur to them. Kunō had peeled off the explosive tag while the projectile went past him then jumped over to the shinobi who were presumably Chunin or lower. Not that it mattered at any rate. He had then slammed the paper bomb onto him and thrown him over his shoulder at the Jonin. To the Suna Jounin had no idea what hit him. As he moved to catch his student he did not notice the paper bomb stuck on his chest.
The explosion killed them both and left Kunō staring at the two remaining Suna Shinobi. If they had not noticed the features of his mask, they now had. The red almost crimson lightning bolt over the soulless right eye with the smile that had been painted so well, it was mirthless. The hood over his head had hidden his hair colour. He looked at the two Shinobi and asked them. "I will allow one of you to leave, if you kill the other." The male out of the pair looked at the female and then acted. It was clear that he wanted to live and was going to kill her to do so.
The female Suna Shinobi had been rooted to the ground in pain. Not a wound of the flesh but the pain of betrayal, that her comrade had turned on her. She closed her eyes unable to look death in the face as her allies blade come plunging towards her. There was silence the silence of the grave, Kunō looked on satisfied with what he had done. A tantō now was sticking out of the male shinobi's head. "Suffer well and suffer long, so that I can savour you pain, your despair, your anguish." She dropped to her knees looked at the blade that was impaled in her former comrades head.
"Was he your friend, no need to answer me, you should probably go find many more of your friends I am sure they will understand what happened." With a rather evil chuckle Naruto left the kunoichi to stare at the dead corpses and bits of her team. As Kunō left he had to think "I wonder were they a patrol or were they just fools in over their heads." It was a rather entertaining notion. "I wonder what will I do while Deidara and Sasori attack Suna, perhaps I can watch them and grab something to eat, what is a little horror to a village."
If any of his older friends could hear this they would be shocked at the fact that Naruto had grown so heartless. To him the value of human life had lost almost all its potency, he on the other hand would view them as hypocrites. "I don't value the human life. Why don't they look at all the wars they have started then try to chastise me." He was right though, those who had fought and declared war had no right to talk about the value of the human life. Then again he was not seen as human by many so as a monster the value of the human life was little.
Sunagakure
Kazekage's office
Gaara sat opposite from Kakashi, he new that Naruto had admired the man, he also knew that Naruto was no longer within the hidden leaf village. "So, you believe that the Akatsuki will make their move now, what evidence do you have to support that claim?" Kakashi gave Gaara a sealed report from Tsunade. Gaara in turn looked at it, undid the seal, and skimmed over it. He was rather shocked at what it said. He turned his gaze back to Kakashi "More than a year and a half ago, your village suffered the loss of about two hundred or more shinobi?"
Kakashi nodded "They were silent and ruthless. If any teams had responded in time they would have fallen victim to the attack as well." Though it was their own fault for the lapse in security. To reach far enough into the hidden leaf village and kill two hundred if not more shinobi within the space of an hour or two, that fact was what caused Gaara to pause. If they can do that to a village like Konoha what can they do to Suna?
"The picture you paint is not a good one, myself being a Jinchūriki host states that they would come after me."
Kakashi gave him a nod and said "It would appear so."
At this moment a bird flew in to the Kakashi noticed that it was a swift messenger bird. Gaara calmly undid the lace that tied the message to the bird and looked at it. He then looked up at Kakashi and said "A single man wearing a mask with a red lighting strike down his right eye killed three out of a team of four. His attire was a hooded black cloak with red clouds."
Kakashi had nothing to say he had no intel on this member. "I do not know of this member, I do believe though it is not the same team that has infiltrated Konoha."
There was something really off about this, the Akatsuki from what Jiraiya had told them only traveled in teams of two. "The report states that only one was seen, where could the other one have been."
To this Kakashi said "I believe that they would have continued to come here." Gaara knew what it was that Kakashi had just said and stood up and called for Baki to come. "Put the village on high alert, a Man wearing an Akatsuki cloak butchered all but one of a team posted to the northern border." Gaara looked to Kakashi, "Can I rely on your assistance in the coming battle?"
To this Kakashi answered "You can, it is my mission to better our relationship with Suna after all."
Both of them left the Kazekage's office. Gaara closed his eye and thought "Naruto what would you do if you were here?" He did not have time to ponder these thoughts as he had to prepare the defences of his village.
Kakashi too knew that Gaara's thoughts were on Naruto, that boy had been the worker of miracles. Kakashi on the other hand did not wonder what would be different if Naruto were here. "If the fifth ever needs a reminder of her first mistake it will be that she expelled Naruto from the Shinobi core." Okay, this may not have been her first mistake but so far it was her greatest. Kakashi had a sick feeling though he was in for a surprise, one he would not like.
Land of Wind
Near Sunagakure
"Well, well Sasori my man look who has finally shown up, the man of anguish himself!"
Kunō looked to Sasori and asked the hunchback "Is he always like this?"
To this Sasori said in a gruff rude voice "He is, we done waiting."
Before they were about to set off Kunō said "They know of your arrival, my fault for letting one go."
Sasori looked at Deidara to ask if they should continue now that they were compromised. Deidara on the other hand smiled and said. "Oh I like your style, let them know they are going to die huh, might as well savour the moment of our arrival."
Kunō looked at Sasori who said "Don't look at me, we're getting late."
Kunō gave him a nod and said "I will stay out as ordered, unless attacked." Neither of the pair were going to argue that. Pain was not the most forgiving man, Pain being his name as evidence of this.
"I guess we can begin, oh I feel a little excited about all the explosions that I will create."
Kunō now looked at Sasori again who gave out a sigh "He does this, a lot." At this point Kunō made a Shadow clone and used Camouflage Jutsu.
Deidara looked at him and said "Hey what's with the clone?"
To this Kunō replied "I can see all from afar and up close." Sasori could hear a voice in his head saying "So I can see both from within the combat zone and outside it."
At this moment Kunō used the Camouflage Jutsu on himself, the two with him took it as the signal that they should start to move forward. Now the three members of the Akatsuki made their way to Sunagakure. All three knew their roles and were ready for the battle ahead, the battle for Suna was about to begin.
Okay Guy's please review look forward to the fight between Deidara and Gaara as well as the new team Kakashi
Below is the extra's I do for this one, Guest star this time is Rias Gremory
Rias : So this is the world where Madara came from, I have to say it's rather disappointing?
Kunō: Who are you and what are you doing here?
Rias : Ekk who are you and where did you come from
Kunō: I am a man in a mask as you can see
Rias : Well I can see that
Kunō: I am not doubting your powers of observation just the paradox of asking a masked man who he is
Rias : What they hell is your problem
Kunō: My problem, you are in my home looking out my window, that's what
Rias : Umm sorry about that, I am Rias Gremory a high class devil of the Gremory clan
Kunō: ?
Rias : Hey at least look impressed
Kunō: ?
Rias : Don't you have something to say at lest
Kunō: I do get out now
Rias : Hey why are you being so rude all of a sudden
Kunō: Youre a devil, nuff said
Konan walks into the room and faceplams
Konan: Hey writer could you like do anythings else, I mean why a red head above all things
Madara appears behind her
Madara: Because he can, I just had a little skim over a topic called Yaoi, I'm not happy
JAGA03: Hey Madara I heard you murdered countless fan girls today
Madara: SHUT UP I'M GOING TO MURDER YOU
JAGA03: That won't take them down, plus I didn't write it
Madara: True I'll let you live, just so I can get another chapter in you DxD Naruto Fanfic "Madara's Disciple"
JAGA03: Thanks I guess, that's all folks, search the title [Madara Disciple] if you want to read that me I'm out
