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Chapter 15: Victory
After a relaxing night at the hot springs of Yugakure, the group made their way for Konoha. The group was expecting to see Jiraiya again, but there was no sign of the old pervert. The group used a henge as they made their way towards Konoha, just to be safe. They sneaked into Konoha, and went through the village looking for any sign of Naruto, Hinata, and Ookami.
"Too bad we can't just call that plant freak out to tell us where they are," spoke Yugito.
"Be careful what you say about Zetsu, you can never be sure of when he'll be around, hm. He didn't become our spy on Leader-sama's whim," replied Deidara.
"Alright, I'll keep my insults of the plant-nin to a minimum. So, do you know where our targets are?" asked Yugito.
"I have a good idea of where to start looking, hm. You remember where the Hyuga compound is?" asked Deidara, being careful to avoid mentioning Itachi's name while in Konohagakure.
"I do. Let's go," replied Itachi.
The group made their way for the Hyuga compound. By the time they had made it there, the sun was setting fast. Sure enough, as they arrived, they noticed Ookami landing to drop off the Hyuga Heiress. Or so they thought, until Hyuga Hiashi allowed the Akatsuki-nin entry.
"You have got to be shitting me... he's just letting an S-rank nukenin into his home like it's no big deal!?" shouted Deidara.
"Keep your voice down," spoke Itachi.
"Hai, hai, hm. Still, though, that would be suicide for him, wouldn't it?" asked Deidara.
"Ookami is dating his daughter. It would not do Ookami well to kill his lover's father," replied Itachi, "Trust me, I know this from experience."
"Eh?" asked Ookami.
Itachi pulled up his shirt to reveal some scars he had on his body.
"None of these came from battle. All from this kunoichi I dated. Her father got in my way, so I killed him. She didn't seem to like him too much, so I didn't think she was care. These scars prove how wrong I was. Too bad she was set to bare one of my children before I left," explained Itachi.
"Really?" asked Deidara.
"Actually, she had twins, last I heard. They'll want to know who their father is one day," replied Itachi.
"Anything else you want to share with us about your experience?" asked Yugito, with a sarcastic tone.
"You should duck," spoke Itachi.
Deidara pulled Yugito down below a Fuuma Shuriken that came screaming through the air. Itachi ducked under, and shot his arm up, catching the weapon through the hole in the center.
"Ah, Kiyomi, nice to see you again," spoke Itachi, in a calm tone.
"I swear, I don't know whether to kill you or hug you!!" shouted Kiyomi.
"That's what you said the day you did this to me," spoke Itachi, while pointing towards his body.
"You said you liked it rough. Maybe I was too rough for you?" asked Kiyomi.
"Perhaps. How are Kuromi and Akemi?" asked Itachi.
"They just finished their dinner. I thought you wouldn't be back for another seven years? It's death for you to enter this village, you know?" asked Kiyomi.
"Here to get the kyuubi jinchuuriki, and collect our other member," replied Itachi.
"Of course. Well, fine then. You should still meet your daughters," spoke Kiyomi.
"Wait, I thought you hated him, hm?" asked Deidara.
"Yeah! That wasn't exactly a lover's welcome you gave him!" shouted Yugito.
"Oh, that? I was just playing with him, really," spoke Kiyomi, "He knew that."
"I might have told a different version of how I got these scars than the truth. I didn't want to corrupt your minds with the real story," replied Itachi.
"All things considered, I think that would be for the best," spoke Yugito.
"I'm with her, hm," replied Deidara.
"Well, I guess I might as well let you in," spoke Kiyomi, as she stepped forward. She had long platinum blond and the Byakugan. Her skin was pale white, to the point of making her robe stand out. Her bust was around average. She was slender and about the same height as Itachi.
"Come, Itachi. Oh, and drop the Henge. I told everyone, so there's no point in hiding it. Now come, before the ANBU decide to have a word with you," spoke Kiyomi.
"You two are coming, too, right?" asked Itachi.
The two blonds nodded, and followed Kiyomi into the Hyuga home.
"You're friend is over there. Itachi is coming with me," spoke Kiyomi, as she pointed towards the room Hinata, Ookami, Hanabi, and Hiashi were dining in. The two blonds walked off, careful not to upset any of the servants walking around.
"They're over here," spoke Kiyomi.
Itachi followed. It had been a while since Itachi was as nervous as he was, but he knew he would have to face this eventually, if he was to restore the clan as he wished. He saw two young girls sitting together, looking like they were busy drawing something. One girl had dark hair and black eyes. Her skin was as pale as her mother's. Itachi knew her to be Kuromi. The other girl had long red hair, but had the Byakugan. Her skin was a darker tone, more like her father's. Itachi knew her to be Akemi.
"Kuromi, Akemi. There is someone I would like to introduce to you," spoke Kiyomi.
"Who is that, kaa-san?" asked Kuromi.
"Your father," replied Kiyomi.
"Tou-san?" asked the girls in unison.
Itachi felt a lump in his throat.
"Tou-san!!" shouted the girls, as they ran up, and gave their father a hug.
"What have I gotten myself into," thought Itachi.
"You better be kind to them, Itachi-kun," thought Kiyomi.
"Hey, Ookami," spoke Deidara.
"Eh? Deidara? Yugito? What are you guys doing here?" asked Ookami.
"We're here to pick up you and a certain blond, hm," replied Deidara.
"You mean Uzumaki?" asked Ookami.
"He would be the one," replied Deidara.
"Okay, but we should wait until tomorrow. Its a little late to be abducting people," spoke Ookami.
"But this would be the perfect time; Naruto is such a heavy sleeper," spoke Hinata.
"Eh, you have a point there. I guess we could go after him now," spoke Ookami.
"We can wait. It's not like Leader-sama is going to rip our arms out of our sockets over half a day, right, hm?" asked Deidara.
"Uh... right...." replied Ookami, "So, were you guys able to get the hachibi?"
"Of course. He gave us a little trouble, but we were able to defeat the jinchuuriki. Zetsu took him to one of our bases," replied Deidara.
"Zetsu did? Then where is Itachi? Did he go back?" asked Ookami.
"Itachi is meeting... his family," replied Deidara.
"His family?" asked Ookami, "I thought he killed off his family, except for that Sasuke brat."
"He has two children by Hyuga Kiyomi, a member of our main house," spoke Hiashi.
"Eh? Are you serious, Hiashi-san?" asked Ookami.
"You should know by now that I don't joke about such things," replied the Hyuga Clan head.
"He knows how to pick them, doesn't he?" asked Ookami.
Deidara nodded.
"I wonder how many more children Itachi has out there?" asked Ookami.
"I wouldn't know, hm," replied Deidara.
"Yeah, about that," spoke Itachi, as he entered the room, with Akemi and Kuromi holding onto his legs.
"What? You know how many children you have?" asked Ookami.
"Two," replied Itachi.
"Oh, okay... huh?" spoke Ookami.
"Two..." muttered Deidara.
"Just two... muttered Yugito.
"I guess there's not much point in hiding it any longer. Out of all the members, you, Deidara and Ookami, are probably about as close as I have to a friend. Kisame, too. I guess I can tell you. All those nights when I bring home women... it was merely an act. An attempt at living out a life I can never have," explained Itachi.
"But you... do things... with those women," spoke Ookami, careful to mind his language around the children.
"That's Kisame with a henge," replied Itachi.
"Then why is Kisame out with us?" asked Deidara.
"That's me under a henge," replied Itachi.
"Oh... you two change places... wait... eww..." muttered Ookami.
"Do any of those women ever find out it's not you?" asked Deidara.
"Some do, but most don't care. Apparently Kisame is 'gifted,'" replied Itachi.
"What do you mean by gifted?" asked Kuromi.
"He has... a way with women... a way that makes them really happy," replied Itachi.
"Okay," replied Kuromi.
"Well, now that Kisame has Nana, that should stop, right?" asked Ookami.
"Not quite... those two have... interesting ideas on what to do together," replied Itachi.
"What kinds of ideas?" asked Akemi.
"They like to spend time with a lot of other people behind closed doors, for fun," replied Itachi.
"That would be kind of fun! We should do that!" shouted Akemi.
Deidara started to chuckle, as did Ookami. Yugito and Hinata blushed. Hiashi grunted.
"I think it's getting close for you two to go to bed," spoke Kiyomi, as she entered the room.
"Thank you, Kiyomi," thought Itachi.
Kiyomi took the two young girls to their bedroom, giving Itachi some time to adjust.
"So, I take it you're not really all that serious about reviving the clan?" asked Ookami.
"Kiyomi and I may have more children one day, but I'm not about to go procreate with the first woman I see. I would never cheat on my fiance, after all," replied Itachi.
"Your fiance!?" shouted Yugito, Deidara, and Ookami at the same time.
"Is that so surprising?" asked Itachi.
"Let me think... yes!" shouted Ookami.
"You just got finished telling us this was the only person to ever scar you, and now you're telling us you're going to marry her, hm?" asked Deidara.
"She's the kind of woman I like," replied Itachi.
"It's a good thing she wasn't a Uchiha, you might have had to kill her," spoke Ookami.
"My ex was. I didn't mind killing her off. Even if Kiyomi was a Uchiha, I would have sparred her. I love her more than I do my bothersome otouto," replied Itachi.
"I don't doubt it. You should have knocked off that emo-brat," spoke Ookami.
"He wasn't emo at the time. That, and I needed to be sure there would be someone capable of reviving the clan other than me, should something ever happen to me," replied Itachi.
"Makes sense to me, hm," spoke Deidara.
"So... when did you plan on getting married?" asked Yugito.
"We don't know. We had always wanted the ceremony to be conducted by the old man, but Orochimaru ruined that for us," spoke Itachi.
"Old man?" asked Ookami.
"The Sandaime Hokage," replied Itachi.
"Oh, I remember him from the chuunin exams. He seemed to be a rather interesting person. Well, you could always get Hidan to do it, like Leader-sama," spoke Ookami.
"I suppose," replied Itachi, "For the time being, I want to give my children a chance to grow a little here, before joining up with us. I had planned on waiting until after Akatsuki achieved its goals," replied Itachi.
"That would be wise; there are too many people after you guys who would try to use your daughters against you," spoke Yugito.
"Correct. Now that we are almost finished, it shouldn't be much of an issue," replied Itachi.
"Wait a second, I just realized something, hm," spoke Deidara.
"What would that be?" asked Itachi.
"How were you going to get the Hokage to conduct your marriage when you are a nukenin?" asked Deidara.
"Um... well..." stuttered Itachi.
"What, old man tell you to kill your clan and join Akatsuki, or something?" asked Ookami in a sarcastic tone. Itachi didn't say anything.
"You can't be serious, hm," spoke Deidara.
Itachi nodded.
"That's disturbing... really disturbing... I need a beer... badly..." muttered Ookami.
"Normally, I would say not in my house... but I'll make an exception," spoke Hiashi.
"Great, you lead the way to beer heaven," spoke Ookami.
"I'm joining you, hm," spoke Deidara.
"As am I," spoke Yugito.
"It's not like I volunteered," spoke Itachi.
"I bet. You're crazy enough to do it," spoke Ookami.
"Crazy? Maybe a little," replied Itachi.
"So, yeah... beer..." muttered Ookami.
Hiashi led the beer needing members of Akatsuki away, leaving Itachi alone with Hinata and Hanabi.
"So, you're going to marry into our clan?" asked Hinata.
"I suppose that's one way of looking at it," replied Itachi.
"I'm joining Ookami and the others," spoke Hinata, as she left.
"Are you going to join them, too?" asked Itachi.
"No, I find this whole thing rather amusing. I don't know why it bothers them so much," replied Hanabi.
"You don't know me as well as they do," replied Itachi.
"I guess that would have something to do with it. All I know about you are through stories. You don't seem to be so bad from Kiyomi-sama's stories of you, so I try to disregard the stories the villagers tell about you. How could a man who produced such cute lovely daughters be that bad?" asked Hanabi.
"You're a little naïve if you would think me to be gentle," spoke Itachi.
"I should rephrase what I said. I disregard the villagers in regard to your personality. I don't doubt your abilities in the slightest, nor do I discount the fact that you did kill off the members of your clan. I just figure there was a good reason. Looks like I was right," replied Hanabi.
"You should know what I told you wan an SS-class secret of the village. No one else is to know under any circumstances, under penalty of death. A genin is never trusted with such secrets. Consider your knowledge a privilege," spoke Itachi.
"I know, I know. I'm not stupid. This may surprise you, but I have a lot of things I have to keep to myself. How much of course, is none of your business. Just know that those of the main family have much we don't wish others to know," replied Hanabi.
"Of course, not that I don't have some idea of what those secrets are. And not because someone told me," spoke Itachi.
"Geez... you're more cold than I thought you would be," replied Hanabi.
"You should listen more carefully to Kiyomi-chan," spoke Itachi.
"She listens well, Itachi-kun," spoke Kiyomi, as she entered the room.
"Oh, Kiyomi, I almost didn't notice you," spoke Itachi.
"Almost? I suppose I can't surprise you. Even in your sleep, I could tell you were alert. I suppose being a nukenin will do that to you," replied Kiyomi.
"I was like that since I joined ANBU. A skill that became rather useful as a nukenin," spoke Itachi.
"That makes sense to me. No one can sneak up to an ANBU, except for maybe another ANBU," spoke Hanabi.
"I suppose so," replied Kiyomi.
The two Hyuga women and Itachi sat down in silence for a little while, waiting for the return of the others. After an hour, they decided to go search for them. Kiyomi had a good idea of where Hiashi kept his alcohol. The group was in a nearby room. The room was full of drunken shinobi. Deidara and Hiashi were hugging each other like they Gai and Lee. Yugito was laughing between making drunk advances towards Deidara. Ookami was the only sober person in the room. He kept gently pushing Hinata off of him as she was making repeated sexual advances towards him.
"Oh, hey guys... uh... I think we got a little carried away... Hinata, maybe later... yeah, uh... help?" asked Ookami.
"I'll get the camera," spoke Kiyomi.
"I can use my genjutsu to knock out them, but your on your own for her," spoke Itachi, while pointing at Hinata.
"That's fine, just do it," replied Ookami.
"After Kiyomi has her fun," spoke Itachi.
Ookami rolled his eyes as he was caught in another hug from Hinata. Ookami turned her around, and carried her bridal style to a nearby chair. He lay her on his lap, hoping the Hyuga would pass out on her own. Kiyomi brought in the camera to capture the Hyuga Clan head acting out of character. After she had her fun, Itachi used his genjutsu to knock out everyone, leaving Ookami to deal with Hinata.
"I love... love you so much... Oo-Ookami-kun," spoke Hinata.
"I love you, too, Hinata-chan, but we promised to wait, okay?" replied Ookami.
"Don't you love me?" asked Hinata.
"Of course, that's why I'm here, after all. Don't worry. The day will come, and you'll be glad we waited, now, you should go to sleep. It is rather late," replied Ookami.
"Oh... okay... I am... tired..." muttered Hinata, as she drifted off to sleep.
"That's why I like having you as my future brother in law," spoke Hanabi.
"Yeah, and you would make a cute sister in law," replied Ookami.
"Now you're teasing me," spoke Hanabi, as she blushed a little.
"Well, I guess we'll drag off the others. As I said before, she's your problem," spoke Itachi.
"I don't think of her as a problem in the slightest, you know. Hopefully Hiashi-sama won't mind if I share her room tonight. See you in the morning," spoke Ookami, as he took Hinata off to her room.
"He's lucky he met Hiashi-sama early on. He would be dead right now otherwise," spoke Kiyomi.
"I don't doubt it, from what I've heard about him," replied Itachi.
"Tou-san isn't one to be messed with. I don't know how Ookami did it, but he did. Anyways, goodnight you two," spoke Hanabi, as she headed for her room.
"Well, we should get to bed, too. Come, Itachi-kun," spoke Kiyomi, in a rather seductive tone. Itachi formed a small grin, and followed along.
The next morning, Deidara and Yugito found themselves with a bit of a hangover. Hiashi and Hinata were better off. Hinata was a little surprised to see Ookami in her bed.
"Ookami-kun... what happened last night?" asked Hinata, as she looked at Ookami's body.
"Nothing you would be ashamed of. I made sure of that," replied Ookami, with a smile. Hinata returned his smile, until she realized something.
"How did I get undressed? And why are you undressed?" asked Hinata.
"You took care of yourself... and you weren't happy until I followed suit. Then I had to push you off a little more, until you got too tired to continue, and fell asleep," replied Ookami.
"Oh..." spoke Hinata.
"You have a beautify body. A very beautiful body," spoke Ookami.
"Oh... Ookami-kun..." spoke Hinata, as she was blushing bright red.
"We should get dressed now," spoke Ookami.
Hinata nodded in agreement.
In the room Deidara and Yugito were in, the two blonds stared at each other, wondering what happened the night before.
"Well, our clothes are off..." muttered Deidara.
"How did that happen?" asked Yugito.
"I don't remember much... I know I was in a good mood... and that Hyuga guy and I were acting... oddly, hm... beyond that, though... oh, Itachi knocked us out, hm," replied Deidara.
"I think I remember parts of that, but that still doesn't address the issue I brought up," spoke Yugito.
"Oh, well, sometime in the middle of the night, we snapped out of it, hm. I think you were still a little drunk. You get rather clingy when drunk, hm," spoke Deidara.
"Eh?" asked Yugito.
"We had some fun. You can figure out the rest, right?" asked Deidara.
"I thought that was a dream!!" shouted Yugito.
"Nope, it wasn't, hm," replied Deidara.
"Oh... I didn't know I could do that..." spoke Yugito.
"I didn't you could do that either," replied Deidara.
"Heh heh... uh... I need to work off this hangover. Let's get dressed and join the others," spoke Yugito.
Deidara nodded.
In Kiyomi's room, both Kiyomi and Itachi were smiling. Itachi had a rather unpleasant looking wound on his head.
"Still rough as always," spoke Itachi.
"That's how I like to be," replied Kiyomi.
"That's how I like you to be," spoke Itachi, as he rolled over to kiss Kiyomi on the lips.
"I missed you over the past few years. That one on your head was punishment. The others are from my passion for you," replied Kiyomi.
"I wondered why you went for my head," replied Itachi.
"Come, let's get dressed," spoke Kiyomi.
"Of course. I have a mission to complete," replied Itachi.
"What happened last night..." muttered Hiashi, as he took a look around. He knew he was in his room. He stretched his arms out, and noticed there was someone beside him.
"Huh..." muttered the Hyuga head. He went wide eyed upon seeing who was beside him.
"Neji!!" shouted Hiashi.
"Huh... get away from me!!" shouted Neji, as he leaped out of the bed.
"What are you doing here!?" shouted Hiashi.
"You stormed into my room last night and dragged me in here, saying some woman's name over and over again! You must have thought I was her, from how you kept trying to take my clothes off! I finally knocked you out with a juuken strike," explained Neji.
"Well, that's all fine and good, but why didn't you leave?" asked Hiashi.
"You hit me back and left me unable to walk!!" shouted Neji.
"Oh..." muttered Hiashi, "But why did I confuse you for a girl?"
"Probably due to Tenten screaming at you. My long hair probably didn't help," replied Neji.
There was a moment of silence between the Hyuga men.
"This doesn't leave this room," spoke both men in unison. The two nodded and went to join the others.
"Oh, Tenten, I didn't know you were here," spoke Hinata.
"I was with Neji... until... oh, there you are, Neji," spoke Tenten.
"Next time, your house. I would rather deal with your father's paranoia induced sword throwing than that," spoke Neji.
"Eh? What happened?" asked Hinata.
"I don't want to talk about it... ever..." spoke Neji.
"Um... did... uh... you know?" asked Tenten.
"No, it didn't, thank goodness," replied Neji.
"Okay, good enough for me. Come on, we can't leave Lee at the training grounds for too long. He'll yell at us about being unyouthful for showing up late, or something," spoke Tenten.
"Indeed. Good day, Hinata-sama," spoke Neji, as he and Tenten left.
"I don't think we want to know, Hinata-chan," spoke Ookami.
Hinata nodded in agreement. At the point, a bleeding Itachi entered the room.
"Ohio... what the Hell, Itachi," spoke Ookami.
"You like what you like, I like what I like. Drop it there, or you'll get to 'enjoy' it for seventy-two hours, without any of the pleasure," replied Itachi.
"I would do as he says," spoke Hinata.
Ookami nodded.
The others entered one by one. Ookami thought it best not to bring up what anyone else was doing the night before, lest he have to put up with genjutsu nightmares and juuken assaults. Breakfast took place without hassle. After all they finished their meal, the Akatsuki members and Hinata left to find Naruto.
They didn't take long to find Naruto. He was sailing through the air for some unknown reason. He landed near the group looking for him.
"So, Naruto, how did we piss off Sakura this time?" asked Ookami.
Naruto twitched in response.
"We should just take him, hm," spoke Deidara.
"Yeah, but we should at least tell his team members," replied Ookami.
"You two can carry him. He's your target," spoke Itachi.
"Well, since I took responsibility, I'll carry him. Let's find his team, tell them what's going on, and get out of here. I really want to get this done and over with, so I can spend some more time with Hinata-chan," spoke Ookami.
Hinata smiled in response. Ookami threw Naruto over his shoulder. Hinata led the group the the training grounds Naruto's team used. The pair arrived to see Sasuke and Sakura talking about something.
"Okay, so, which one of you launched this one into the air?" asked Ookami.
"Hm? Akatsuki? Here to take the dobe?" asked Sasuke.
"Yeah, we promise to give him right back, hm," replied Deidara.
"Keep him," spoke Sakura, while gritting her teeth.
"What did he do this time?" asked Ookami.
Sakura went silent, while Sasuke looked at the ground.
"Eh? Something you can't talk about?" asked Ookami.
"I'm pregnant... the baka was accusing Sasuke of being a 'bum,' so I launched him," replied Sakura.
"You waste no time do you, otouto," spoke Itachi.
"I don't. I'm still trying to find someone else to..." Sasuke suddenly stopped speaking.
"Hah! I did it! I finally got him!" shouted Sasuke.
The members of Akatsuki could only stare at the scene.
"Oh, uh... I possessed his body. It's the only way to really beat him... you! The blond with... hair that kind of looks like mine... knock me out," spoke Sasuke's body.
"Hit a Uchiha? Okay!" shouted Deidara with a big grin. He pulled back his fist, and knocked Sasuke on the head. He seemed to snap out of whatever daze he was in moments before Deidara's fist arrived at Sasuke's face.
"Got you this time!" shouted a voice.
Sasuke was a little slow to get up. Sakura was about to punch Deidara, but Sasuke held her back.
"She did what she needed to. I shouldn't have been distracted at the sight of my aniki," spoke Sasuke.
"So, when is the date?" asked a blond kunoichi, as she approached the group. She did have her hair covering an eye, like Deidara, and had her hair in a ponytail.
"Deidara... is she a relative of yours, or did you have a kid you forgot to tell me about?" asked Ookami.
"I'm not that old, hm. I would have been a toddler when she was born," spoke Deidara.
"Right... but the resemblance is kind of hard to ignore," replied Ookami.
"Are all members of Akatsuki this weird?" asked the kunoichi.
Itachi and Yugito silently nodded.
"Well, seems I helped Sasuke get another girl. Looks like I'm a good luck charm for the boy," spoke Ookami.
"It would seem so," spoke Sasuke, while contemplating what Ookami had just said.
"Hey, you didn't answer me, Sasuke-kun," spoke the kunoichi.
"Huh? Oh, right. Well, I suppose the best way to do this would be to get it over with tonight... but... I do have a pregnant girlfriend, I can't just leave her suddenly. This weekend. It will be a double date. Is this acceptable, Ino?" asked Sasuke.
"Very well," replied Ino.
"That's why I love my Sasuke-kun!" shouted Sakura, while holding Sasuke in a hug.
"You should probably get used to that. Pregnant women have terrible mood swings," spoke Itachi.
"Thanks for the advice..." muttered Sasuke.
"To get to the point. We came to take the boy. Tell those who need to know not to expect to see him for approximately six days," spoke Itachi.
"That's all, eh? Fine. Let us know when you have another social gathering. I've been in need of a challenge, the only losses I've had are against lucky kunoichi," replied Sasuke.
"We can arrange that," spoke Itachi.
"I guess we should make with the transportation, hm?" asked Deidara.
"Yeah, I suppose. Oh, thanks for knocking the brat out. I was going to implode his guts to shut him up if you didn't," spoke Ookami.
"Uh... you're welcome..." muttered Sakura.
Deidara and Ookami made a pair of birds, and took off for their destination. At that point, several ANBU leaped out of the surrounding bushes.
"Where were you?" asked Sasuke.
"Observing. We were told to monitor them closely for any unusual actions," replied an ANBU.
"Why?" asked Sakura.
"Jiraiya-sama has gone missing. We believe Akatsuki to be responsible," replied a second ANBU.
"What!?" shouted Sakura.
"They took down a Sannin? They deserve a little more credit than I gave them," spoke Sasuke.
"Do you know where they would have taken him?" asked an ANBU.
"I do not. Given how their Leader is, he's either dead, or their Leader is about to contact us," replied Sasuke.
"It best to be the latter," replied the ANBU, as the group of masked-nin disappeared.
"Always stirring up something, aren't they..." muttered Sasuke.
So, only a half a day, then six days of fun, huh? Sounds like you guys had quite the time getting the hachibi jinchuuriki," spoke Ookami.
"We did, but it's over with now. Zetsu has him. They're all probably waiting for us to bring the blond in so we can start the sealing, hm," replied Deidara.
"I'll be glad when that's done. The idea of having to sit still for six days doesn't really appeal to me all that much," spoke Ookami.
"None of us are amused by the idea, but it's necessary," spoke Itachi.
"I suppose," spoke Ookami.
The group continued on their way to Amegakure. Itachi and the girls made sure Naruto remained sedated, knowing full well if he were to wake, he would more than likely anger the "drivers." After roughly half a day, the group arrived in Amegakure.
"Uh... finally home. I swear, if we didn't have to perform the damn sealing ritual, I would already be asleep," spoke Ookami.
"You sure are complaining a lot, hm," spoke Deidara.
"Huh? I guess I should knock if off," replied Ookami.
"Good, I'm starting to get a little tired of it," spoke Itachi.
The group opened the door to the balcony, waiting to be greeted by Pein. To their surprise, there was no one there to greet them.
"Hm? There's no one here? They all go off somewhere at a time like this?" spoke Ookami.
"This is rather unusual," spoke Itachi.
"Oh, there you are," spoke Zetsu, as he appeared before the group.
"Where is everyone, hm?" asked Deidara.
"In the prison. We've captured an intruder," replied Zetsu.
"An intruder... he wouldn't..." muttered Deidara.
"Don't tell me it's..." muttered Yugito.
"I'm not surprised..." muttered Itachi.
"You guys know something?" asked Hinata.
"Jiraiya of the Sannin?" asked Yugito.
"Hai," replied Zetsu.
"Baka!!" shouted Yugito.
"Well, I guess we should see how he's doing," spoke Deidara.
"Can we give you the blond?" asked Ookami.
"I'll hold onto him. I'll place him in the prison, next to Orochimaru," replied Zetsu.
"Works for me, help yourself," spoke Ookami, as he handed Naruto over to the plant-nin.
"Be careful with him," spoke Hinata.
"I wouldn't harm a jinchuuriki," spoke Zetsu's white side.
"He doesn't look too tasty, anyway," spoke Zetsu's black side. The plant-nin disappeared with Naruto, leaving the group of Akatsuki members to make their way for the prison. They found the group had Jiraiya in the prison's infirmary. Kakuzu was sewing Jiraiya's arm back on.
"What happened to him?" asked Yugito.
"He picked a fight with Leader-sama," spoke Kisame.
"Damn... he ripped his arm out... how ironic," spoke Ookami.
"Care to join him?" asked Pein.
"Nah, I'm good," replied Ookami.
"He's not in the best of moods right now," spoke Konan.
"Why? What happened?" asked Ookami.
"His animal path was defeated and captured. Konoha is likely picking it apart as we speak," replied Konan.
"The bastards have brass balls to piss us off like that, hm," spoke Deidara.
"I suppose. This could be bad, though. Starting a conflict with us after we've captured the last jinchuuriki," spoke Ookami.
"Relax, we'll return him, in exchange for my animal path. All should be well," spoke Pein.
"Is he alright?" asked Itachi.
"He's unconscious. He nearly drowned," replied Pein.
"I see. We warned him, upon seeing him heading for Ame no Kuni, to avoid our village. It's unfortunate he chose not to listen. He may have been killed," spoke Itachi.
"He wasn't, though. Kakuzu, you finish here. I need to speak with the Hokage. Itachi, Deidara, you are with me, since you claim to have seen him before entering the country," spoke Pein.
The two Akatsuki nodded, and joined up with Pein in his office. Pein and the others prepared to make contact with the Hokage.
In Konoha, Fukasaku had just returned to tell Tsunade of what had taken place.
"He was killed?" asked Tsunade.
"It would seem so. He left me with that body, and this code on my back," replied Fukasaku.
"And they just took Naruto... we'll have to send a force to Amegakure. We can't allow these kinds of actions," spoke Tsunade.
"I would advise against it," spoke Pein, as his astral form appeared before Tsunade, between the images of Deidara and Itachi.
"You killed Jiraiya, and expect to get away with it!?" shouted Tsunade.
"Jiraiya is alive. We are healing him right now," replied Pein.
"How should I know to believe you, Pein?" spoke Tsunade.
"I remember you, toad, from that battle. You were on Jiraiya-sama's back. You told her some things, didn't you?" asked Pein.
Fukasaku said nothing in return.
"It matters not. You may know some things, but it ends there. My associates warned Jiraiya to avoid Ame no Kuni. He entered when he was advised not to do so. As a member of this village, I acted as anyone would should a foreign shinobi enter without permission," explained Pein.
Tsunade went silent.
"It is true. We encountered him in our travels. He made the mistake, not us. We knew what could happen if he were to cause trouble. It is fortunate he survived," spoke Itachi.
"Very well," spoke Tsunade, "We will hold off on taking aggressive action against Amegakure, as long as you return Jiraiya within the next three days."
"I offer a counter proposal. We will return Jiraiya in exchange for the body you recovered," spoke Pein.
"Fine, I accept," spoke Tsunade.
"Wait, there is one more thing," spoke another image that appeared before Tsunade.
"What is it?" asked Tsunade.
"We are missing two of our shinobi. They are to be returned to us, as well," spoke the fourth member.
"They took a prisoner? Good work, Konan. We will need them as well," spoke Pein.
Tsunade gritted her teeth. She knew she couldn't win. The only information she could gain was from the message Jiraiya left on Fukasaku. If Jiraiya was returned, they would still be able to gain some information on Pein.
"Very well, I will return the prisoners, and the body, in exchange for Jiraiya," replied Tsunade.
"Good. I'm glad you are willing to cooperate. I would not wish to start another conflict with Konoha. We will return Jiraiya-sama as soon as possible. Have the prisoners ready," spoke Pein, as he disappeared.
"Damn him!!" shouted Tsunade.
"At least Jiraiya-chan is alive," replied Fukasaku.
"True, there is that," spoke Tsunade, as she calmed down, and retook her seat.
In Ame, Pein, Itachi, and Deidara opened their eyes to see Konan in the room with them.
"How did you know about the prisoners?" asked Pein.
"Jiraiya informed me of them. He seemed rather forthcoming with the information. He also told me Konoha has only one. He performed a jutsu on another. He plans to reverse the effects on the man he did this to," replied Konan.
"Good. We should talk with sensei. You two, join the others, and prepare for the sealing ritual," spoke Pein.
Itachi and Deidara nodded, and walked off. Pein and Konan headed for the room Jiraiya was in.
"I'm finished here. He'll be alright, as long as he doesn't move that arm around too much," spoke Kakuzu.
"Good, you may leave now. Prepare for the sealing ritual with the others," spoke Pein. Kakuzu nodded, and left the room.
"Sensei," spoke Pein, "You did something rather foolish."
"I suppose so, but I had to know. I'm sure you know full well the value of information in the shinobi world," replied Jiraiya.
"Information I wished to remain here. I would rather Konoha knew nothing of what is taking place here," spoke Pein.
"Or how to deal with you? We can't take a chance on how long you plan on being our 'friend,'" replied Jiraiya.
"I told you before, I am a god of peace. I plan to bring peace to this world," spoke Pein.
"With that weapon of yours? Your peace is a joke," replied Jiraiya.
"If you have a better solution, sensei, then please inform us," spoke Konan.
Jiraiya chose to remain silent.
"I'm sure you are aware of what needs to be changed in order for there to be peace in this world, right?" asked Pein.
"The shinobi system. I'm aware of the flaws in it, but it's what we've had for generations," replied Jiraiya.
"The system needs to be changed. I'm the one with the means; I intend to use them," replied Pein.
"This is our dream, sensei. One we wish Yahiko could have lived to see," spoke Konan.
"I'm sure he would approve of our actions. Now, we need to move ahead with our plans. I plan on allowing you to live. You will be returned to Konoha. We have business to attend to. Zetsu will be escorting you out of here," spoke Pein.
"Wait, there is one more thing I wanted to ask you, Nagato," spoke Jiraiya.
"And that is?" replied Pein.
"Where is your real body?" asked Jiraiya.
"You wish to see the real me, do you? Fine, I'll begrudge you this, but tell no one what you know. I can't keep you here to prevent your sharing of knowledge, but know this: we can level Konoha, and we don't need to the bijuu to do so," replied Pein, as he appeared to pass out. Konan held his body. Within moments, Nagato appeared.
"Satisfied, sensei?" asked Nagato.
"You haven't changed much," spoke Jiraiya.
"I've changed more than it would seem. My body is under constant strain from using the Pein Rikudou. If it weren't from the rejuvenation jutsu I learned from studying Orochimaru's jutsu, I would likely be a shriveled up old man right now. That said, I'm still as powerful as I was before. When not using the paths, I have the strength of three kages. Keep that in mind, should you ever decide to challenge us," explained Nagato.
"I'll keep that in mind," replied Jiraiya.
"Good. Now then..." spoke Nagato as he disappeared.
"Zetsu," spoke Pein.
The plant-nin appeared, as if on cue.
"Escort Jiraiya out of Ame. Retrieve the body and prisoners," ordered Pein.
"Understood," spoke Zetsu.
"I have to go with him?" asked Jiraiya.
"Were you expecting someone else?" asked Pein.
"I wouldn't have minded going back with her," spoke Jiraiya, while looking at Konan.
"My wife?" asked Pein.
"Uh... so, how fast does plant man go?" asked Jiraiya.
"That's what I thought. Fast enough for you. Now, leave," spoke Pein, as he and Konan left.
"It's fortunate for you that you don't appear all that tasty," spoke Zetsu's black side.
"It would be best if you kept your insults to a minimum around me," cautioned Zetsu's white side.
"Let's just go..." muttered Jiraiya.
Pein arrived in the sealing chamber. He found the other members there waiting for him.
"We have to extract the kyuubi last. We'll begin with the hachibi, who is located in one of our bases along the border. Once he is sealed, I will summon the statue here to extract the kyuubi. This process will take about six days and six nights. Now, we shall begin," spoke Pein.
Pein summoned the sealing statues to the base where Kirabi was taken, and performed the extraction on him. Pein told Yugito Zetsu would retrieve Kirabi and seal his body until they were able to revive him.
Zetsu, being able to perform the sealing with one half of his personality, while operating his body with the other, took Jiraiya to a place just outside of Konoha. He was met by a squad of ANBU.
"Oh, I see they sent the welcoming party. Good to see you guys missed me so much," spoke Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya-sama, are you okay?" asked one of the ANBU.
"Oh, my arm is bothering the Hell out of me, but I'll manage. Hanzo was worse than that guy. Now then, I think I need to relax in some hot springs. I could use some time away from the shinobi world," spoke Jiraiya.
"That's him..." thought many of the ANBU present.
"Do you have the prisoner and the body?" asked Zetsu.
"The man you seek is here," spoke another ANBU, while pushing Yudachi forward.
"Oh man, am I glad to see one of you guys, though, I was expecting Angel," spoke Yudachi.
"Angel is busy at the moment, and I can travel much faster," explained Zetsu.
"I see. Well, at least I won't have to worry about Ibiki the Torturer anymore," replied Yudachi.
"The body is in this scroll," spoke an ANBU, while tossing a scroll to Zetsu.
"Your cooperation is appreciated," spoke Zetsu, as he disappeared.
"Are they all freaks?" asked an ANBU.
"For the most part," replied Jiraiya.
"At least you are safe," spoke an ANBU.
"You are needed in the Hokage tower," spoke another ANBU.
"Alright, alright, let's go," spoke Jiraiya.
The three days it took to seal Kirabi went by without incident. Zetsu wasted no time in sealing the body with a special hunter-nin seal, in order to keep Kirabi's body well preserved. Pein summoned the statue to their base in Ame, and had Zetsu place Naruto in the sealing chamber.
"This is the last one. After this, our primary objective will be complete, and our goals will at last be within our reach. Let us begin," spoke Pein.
The first day of the sealing went by smoothly. It appeared as though Akatsuki would finally have their victory. However, midway through the sealing, it appeared as though there was some kind of barrier that prevented the kyuubi's chakra from leaving Naruto.
"What is this?" spoke Pein.
"This has never happened before," spoke Konan.
"It must be some kind of special seal the Yondaime Hokage put in place to prevent the kyuubi from being extracted. It will likely take additional time to break," spoke Itachi.
"It seems this seal was better made than any of the others," spoke Kisame.
"Focus on breaking the seal, this will require all our effort," spoke Pein.
Akatsuki continued to force their way past the seal. By the end of the second day, they appeared to be succeeding.
"The chakra is emerging again," spoke Ookami.
"This chakra is different. It doesn't appear to be that of the kyuubi," spoke Pein.
The new chakra emerging fell out of the chakra stream, and took form beside Naruto. At that point, the kyuubi's chakra entered the stream again, the seal appearing to have broken.
"What the Hell!? Is that a person, hm!?" shouted Deidara.
"The Yondaime Hokage?" asked Itachi.
"Zetsu, see to it that he does not interfere. Everyone else, continue with the ritual.
Zetsu took the body of Namikaze Minato to the Akatsuki prison, and set him there until the completion of the sealing ritual. Due to the seal the former kage had in place, the ritual took an extra day. However, they finally finished, watching as Naruto's body hit the ground.
"What a pain in the ass. Glad we don't have to do this again," spoke Hidan.
"For once I agree with him. This was a rather bothersome process," spoke Kakuzu.
"Indeed. At last, our goals will be fulfilled," spoke Pein.
"First thing's first, we revive these guys, before their villages send a raiding party. Then we get some sleep," spoke Ookami.
"Who made you leader?" asked Pein.
"No one," replied Ookami.
"Wrong answer..." muttered Deidara.
"I would be tearing you apart right now if I weren't in a good mood. He is right, though. We should revive the jinchuuriki. Let's start with this one," spoke Pein.
The Akatsuki gathered around Naruto's body, along with Hinata, Tobi, and Yugito. The young blond was back in minutes. Zetsu brought Kirabi's body, and did the same.
"What the Hell is going on?" asked Naruto.
"We extracted the fox," spoke Ookami.
"Eh?" asked Naruto, as he paused a moment.
"Hey! The fur ball is finally gone! Thank you!!" shouted Naruto, as he went and hugged Pein.
"Uh oh..." muttered most of the members.
"Let go," spoke Pein, "Now!"
Naruto backed away, allowing the other members to breath a sigh of relief.
"Lucky brat," spoke Hidan.
"If it makes you feel better, friend, I won't touch you in the end," spoke Kirabi.
"And you won't speak like that, either," spoke Pein.
"What is it with you guys? My rapping shows that I am wise," replied Kirabi.
"Hachi didn't think so. Neither did Ni. And I find it, at best, mildly amusing. You should get going. Your brother is going to throw a fit if you don't return in the near future," spoke Yugito.
"Yeah, I suppose I should go back, but only to let him know I'm okay," replied Kirabi, "Just one thing, though. Where am I?"
"That is not of your concern. I will return you to Kumo," spoke Zetsu.
"A walking plant, this, I can't," replied Kirabi.
"Rhyming..." muttered Zetsu's white side.
"He looks much more tasty than the blond or old man," spoke Zetsu's black side.
"Don't eat him, just make sure he gets to where he needs to be," spoke Pein.
"Very well," spoke Zetsu.
Zetsu took Kirabi, and left, leaving the other members to sort things out.
"I'll allow you all some time to rest. We will initiate the final phase of our plan starting tomorrow," spoke Pein.
The others nodded, and headed off to their sleeping quarters. The base was quiet over night for the first time since the group had been assembled. The next morning, Mikoto prepared the group a grand meal, having missed them over the week they had been performing the sealing. After they finished their meal, Pein told everyone to wait in his office while he and Konan went to deal with Minato. Tobi decided he had to tag along. They found the man resting peacefully in his cell, while Orcohimaru was glaring at the man with intense hatred.
"Know him?" asked Tobi.
"I despise that man. He took the position I coveted, the position I did more to earn than he ever did," replied Orochimaru.
"Tobi thinks we should talk to him elsewhere."
"Agreed, let's go," spoke Pein, as he took Minato out of his cell. Minato continued to sleep the entire time. Pein took Minato to his torture room, at the end of the prison block, and sealed the door.
"He's still sleeping?" spoke Tobi, changing into Madara's personality.
"It would seem so. Let's wake him," spoke Pein, as he pulled out one of his chakra blades. To his amusement, Minato stopped the weapon from hitting him with his bare hands.
"Sorry, just didn't feel like dealing with the snake. First time sixteen years I get to move about freely. Didn't feel like dealing with him," spoke Minato.
"You seem rather comfortable given the situation," spoke Pein.
"Especially seeing as the man you defeated long ago is right before you," spoke Madara.
"Oh? What's with the mask. I don't think you had that before," spoke Minato.
"All because of you!!" shouted Madara, as he removed the mask to show what he meant.
"That looks bad, now, doesn't it. I guess I must have sealed it. You should get that checked out before it becomes infected," spoke Minato.
"Why you!!" shouted Madara.
"Enough. Hold your grudge elsewhere. For the moment, he is a shinobi of Konoha. We can't kill him without risking war with them. Even with all the bijuu, starting a conflict would not be to our advantage," spoke Pein.
"But they already think I'm dead," spoke Minato.
"Well, there you have it. Now, die!!" shouted Madara, as he was seconds from slamming a kunai into Minato's skull. Pein was able to hold him back.
"I said that was enough!" shouted Pein.
Madara fell back.
"You take orders from me, not the other way around. Do your best to remember that. I'll let this incident slide for now," spoke Madara.
"So, you going to ship me back, or what?" asked Minato.
"You're not going to try and stop us?" asked Konan.
"Wouldn't do much good. I'm just one person. It's not like you're a group of Iwa fodder-nin. I would much rather live, and get to see everyone at home again. I was getting tired of having to keep an eye on that fox, anyway... well, I suppose the one with an 'eye on the fox' is this one," spoke Minato, while pointing at Madara.
"I really desire to kill you, but it's of ill consequence now. You best to leave before we change our minds," spoke Madara.
"And miss out on the fun? Fine, fair enough," spoke Minato, "Oh, do you mind if I take my son with me?"
"So, he is your son. Thought as much. That explains why I wanted to kill him so badly upon first seeing him," spoke Madara.
"Fine, take him and go," spoke Pein.
Pein and the others led Minato out of the prison block to where Naruto was waiting in the main living quarters. The young blond was eating like he had never eaten before, while Hinata and Yugito were keeping an eye on the boy.
"Hey kiddo, let's get you home," spoke Minato.
"Eh? Yondaime-sama!?" shouted Naruto.
"I have a lot to tell you about, son," spoke Minato, with a huge grin on his face.
"Son?" asked Naruto.
"You never allowed the child to know who his father was?" asked Pein.
"That's rather cruel, don't you think?" spoke Konan.
"I had to. The boy wasn't ready to face the wrath of Iwa. They would have targeted him, had they known. I had to keep it a secret," explained Minato.
"Wait... you're my father?" asked Naruto.
"Hai," replied Minato.
"Naruto appeared to grin at first, before sending the former Hokage spiraling down the hallway.
"Why did you seal the fox in me!?" shouted Naruto.
"I don't have time for this. You two keep those two under control. We have business to attend to," spoke Pein.
"Naruto-kun..." muttered Hinata.
"I'll keep them from killing each other, don't you worry," spoke Yugito, "Hey, knock it off, brat!"
"Naruto-kun! Don't do a Rasengan in here!!" shouted Hinata.
Pein and Konan left the group to resolve their problem. The members of Akatsuki were waiting in Pein's office.
"So, now that we have the bijuu, what are we going to do?" asked Kisame.
"Yeah, what about that take over the world bull shit you told us about before," spoke Hidan.
"Take over the world?" asked Ookami.
"Yeah, he said we were going to hold a monopoly on war, or some shit like that, and that we were going to crush the hidden villages in the process," replied Hidan.
"I lied," spoke Pein.
"What!?" shouted many of the members in the room.
"We're going to make a weapon, and use it to forever change the shinobi system. Anyone wish to object? Bear in mind that I could easily crush you all, should you decide to oppose me on this," spoke Pein.
"Fuck you," spoke Tobi.
"Eh?" spoke most of the members in the room.
"Did he just say that, hm?" asked Deidara.
"For real?" spoke Kisame.
"What, you have a hearing problem, I just told Pein to fuck off," spoke Tobi, in Madara's voice.
"What has gotten into you?" asked Kisame.
"What has gotten into me? Okay, I'll bite, here, shark boy, look at this, and tell me if it doesn't remind you of something," spoke Madara, as he removed his mask.
"Madara-san!?" shouted Kisame.
"What the fuck!? Who the Hell is Madara!?" shouted Hidan.
"Uchiha Madara, co-founder of Konohagakure no Sato, founder of the modern Uchiha Clan, Sandaime Mizukage of Kirigakure no Sato, and founder of Akatsuki," explained Itachi.
"Arigatou, Itachi. Any questions?" asked Madara.
"Wait, so you're our leader, hm? Fucking Tobi, I mean Madara, I mean, what the hell?" spoke Deidara.
"Seriously, you did nothing but annoy the fuck out of us, and yet you're this man who's older than dirt itself, claiming to be our leader?" asked Hidan.
"Older than dirt? I'll admit, I look like shit, but..." spoke Madara, as he appeared behind Hidan, and swiftly decapitated him.
"I'm still quite strong. Kakuzu, I know you're just itching to sew his head back on, but let him stay like that for a little while," spoke Madara.
"Fine by me," replied Kakuzu, as Hidan's body made a thud, falling on top of his head.
"Fuck you all!!" shouted Hidan.
"Now then, I'll tell you what we're going to be using the bijuu for. First off, I'm rejuvenating myself. That damned Yondaime Hokage made me look like this. Once I'm finished, I'll manufacture the weapon, and direct its use," spoke Madara.
"You will do what?" asked Pein.
"Look, I made you leader in place of me until we could gather the bijuu. You knew that. Get over it. I know you had your own ideas. Frankly, after all these years, I really don't care anymore. You can do what you want, I just want my body back," spoke Madara.
"Fine, do as you wish," replied Pein.
"Good, now then, let's go to the sealing chamber. Kakuzu, stitch up big mouth. If he makes a peep, stitch his mouth shut," ordered Madara.
"Fine," replied Kakuzu.
Kakuzu repaired Hidan, observing to see if Hidan would say anything. Knowing full well that Kakuzu would seal his mouth, he opted to keep his words to himself. After Hidan's head was in place, the members of Akatsuki entered the sealing chamber. Pein summoned the sealing the statue, knowing that's what Madara wanted.
"Good, now, we're going to trade rings. I'll need the controller for the next part," spoke Madara, as he took off his ring.
"Fine," replied Pein.
"Alright, now then, Ninpou: Bijuu Wakagaeri (Ninja Art: Tailed-Beast Rejuvenation)!" shouted Madara.
The sealing statue opened up as it did for the extraction. Instead of reaching out to grab a jinchuuriki, a chakra wave hit Madara. The other members looked away as Madara was enveloped in a bright light. As the light faded, Madara appeared as he did at the time of Konoha's founding.
"Ah, so my eye was tied to the kyuubi. How convenient. Now then, seeing as I had experience in using the bijuu, I had worked out that weapon of yours for you," spoke Madara.
"Very well," replied Pein.
"What are we going to do with this weapon, Madara-san?" asked Kisame.
"I've got an idea," spoke Ookami, with a rather twisted grin on his face.
"Oh? And that would be?" asked Madara.
Ookami told of what he wished to use the weapon for. Pein could only grit his teeth, knowing his plans were slowly crumbling. Konan could only frown.
"It might have the same effect," spoke Konan.
"I suppose..." muttered Pein, while sounding irritated.
"That does sound like fun, but I have a better idea," spoke Madara.
"Eh?" spoke most of the members.
In Konoha, Tsunade had finished off an entire bottle of sake. Seeing the supposedly deceased Yondaime was a bit much. Having to keep Naruto from tearing his father to shreds was what sent her over the edge.
"Maybe some heavy counseling?" offered Shizune.
"Shut... up..." spoke Tsunade.
"Tsunade-sama!!" shouted an ANBU, as she came storming into Tsunade's office.
"What is it?" asked Tsunade.
"All of the members of Akatsuki have appeared on the roof of this building!!" shouted the ANBU.
"What!?" shouted Tsunade, as she ran out of her office. Tsunade didn't know just what kind of surprise she was in for.
"Impossible!!" shouted Tsunade, upon seeing Madara.
"Oh, Tsunade? The last time I saw you, you were a toddler. I'm surprised you recognize me," spoke Madara.
"The battle you had with my grandfather, the Shodai, left quite an impression," replied Tsunade.
"Indeed. Now, if you excuse me, I have something I must do," spoke Madara.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" shouted Tsunade, only to be restrained by five bodies of the Pein Rikudou.
"I would stop, if I were you. He's not here to kill anyone. Consider yourself lucky, since he could very easily wipe Konoha off of the planet, if he so chose," spoke Pein.
Tsunade gritted her teeth. Some ANBU tried to help, only to be repelled by Hidan and Itachi.
"Don't interfere," spoke Itachi.
"Arigatou, Itachi. Now then, attention, people of Konoha!!" shouted Madara. Those walking through the village took quick notice of what was taking place atop the Hokage tower. The shinobi population, upon recognizing the uniform of Akatsuki, began to enter into a state of panic.
"How bothersome... they frighten much too easily," spoke Itachi.
"People of Konoha, for years, you have been led to believe Senju Hashirama was the sole founder of this village! That's a lie! I helped found this village, and should have been declared it's Shodai Hokage. Since leadership was entrusted to the Senju Clan, as opposed to divided between the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clans, I am here to remind you all of the true history of this village! Kinjutsu: Bijuu Bakuha (Forbidden Technique: Tailed-Beast Blast)!" shouted Madara.
The bijuu appeared above Madara, and formed a chakra sphere between the group of them. They then shot a wave of chakra down into Konoha. Madara broke out into laughter. A bright flash blinded everyone, followed by a deafening explosion. As Tsunade opened her eyes, she expected to see the village destroyed. Instead, it appeared as though nothing happened.
"Nothing... happened...?" spoke Tsunade.
"Tsunade-sama!!" shouted an ANBU, while pointing at Mt. Hokage.
Tsunade turned around. Her look of fear was replaced with anger. To the left of Hashirama's face was Madara's, smiling, with a hand in the form of the two-finger peace sign below it.
"You wanted to collect the bijuu just for that!?" shouted Tsunade.
Madara continued to laugh, while the other members of Akatsuki looked down in shame.
"Hey, when you've lived as long as me, you have to learn to loosen up. I used to despise this place. Originally, I was going to level it, but I changed my mind. How kind of me, eh? Now then, see you all later. Bye, Betty-Boobs, the Hokage!" shouted Madara, as he and the other members of Akatsuki disappeared.
The ANBU present were doing their best to hold back their laughter. A nearby Naruto was cracking up.
"Betty-Boobs the Hokage!? Ha ha ha, that does fit you!" shouted Naruto.
Tsunade went silent for a moment. Silent to the point of scaring Naruto.
"Eh? Baa-chan?" asked Naruto.
The young blond got to experience first hand what Jiraiya did the first time he was almost killed. Without the kyuubi to heal him, he was in the hospital for the next several weeks. Naruto wouldn't address Tsunade as "baa-chan" for almost a year.
"Ladies and gentlemen, behold, our next target!" shouted Madara, while pointing to a large building with the symbol 水 (water) on it.
"So, you guys really going to do it, huh?" spoke Nana.
"Yep!!" shouted Kisame, Madara, and Ookami in unison.
"I've been waiting for this for so long!" shouted Ookami.
"It's about time we showed Kiri what happens when you fuck with the wrong people!" shouted Kisame.
"They thought they could kick me out, just because I couldn't level Konoha. I'll show them a thing or two," spoke Madara.
"I'm glad I chose not to protect that damned Mizukage. Well, are we going to do this, or not?" asked Nana.
"Should we warn them first?" asked Madara.
"Nah, let's surprise the Hell out of them. I'll be more fun that way!" shouted Ookami.
"This is not what I signed on for..." muttered Pein.
"It's okay, I'll make you feel better tonight," spoke Konan, while winking.
"Alright then, party time! Kinjutsu: Bijuu Zenmetsu (Forbidden Technique: Bijuu Annihilation)!" shouted Madara.
The bijuu appeared above Madara again, forming a larger sphere of chakra than before. Those out on the streets in Kiri could see the bright chakra form. Many stood, watching, mesmerized by it. Others began to panic. The Mizukage stood up from his desk and looked out the window.
"Deidara, care to do the honors?" asked Madara.
"Hai! Geijutsu ha bakuhatsu da!" shouted Deidara, using his favorite phrase, as a stream of chakra headed straight for the Mizukage's tower.
"Shit!!" shouted the Mizukage, not having enough time to react. A bright explosion filled the air. Deidara was in awe at the beauty of the explosion.
"True art..." muttered Deidara.
"Don't have an orgasm, art boy," spoke Hidan.
Hidan received the pleasure of being blasted several feet away. By the time Hidan rejoined the group, the smoke had cleared, revealing a massive crater where the Mizukage's tower had once been.
"Fuck you, mother fucker!!" shouted Ookami.
"Rot in Hell, bastard!!" shouted Kisame.
"Up yours, jackass!!" shouted Madara.
"Are you done now?" asked Pein.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, sure. I had my fun. That should be a good demonstration of your weapon, right? Sure, I suppose I could have erased Mizu no Kuni from existence, but I figure this will be more effective. The symbol of kage is very powerful in the hidden villages. Erasing one with such little effort should strike just as much fear and pain in the hearts of shinobi all over. Now then, I suppose I should release the bijuu. Don't really need them anymore," spoke Madara.
"Very well. I can see the villagers are in quite the panic down there. Perhaps you are right. I'll let it be for now," spoke Pein.
"Good. I thought you might see it my way. Now then, kai!!" shouted Madara. A bright flash of chakra streamed out of Madara, and took the form of the bijuu. The great beasts took a look around.
"Sasori?" asked the nanabi.
"Hai," replied Sasori.
"Ah, what a relief. I was tired of being stuffed in that statue!" shouted the nanabi, as she embraced the puppet-nin.
Sasori, who normally hated being touched by anyone, allowed a small grin to cross his features, and returned the embrace.
"Hey kid, it's about time this was done. I don't mind hopping inside your head again, but if you don't mind, there's something I've always wanted to do," spoke the rokubi.
"And that is?" asked Ookami.
The rokubi gave Ookami a crushing hug, causing the former Kiri-nin to throw his arms about.
"So this is what it feels like to hug one's child. Even if he's not mine, this is as close as I'll get for now, I suppose," spoke the rokubi.
"I think you're hurting him," spoke Hinata.
"Hm?" asked the rokubi, upon seeing the flailing Ookami.
"Oh, gomen," spoke the rokubi, as she let her adopted son go.
"Hey Kyubi-Hime!" shouted Madara, as he walked up to the kyuubi.
"Hm?" spoke Kyubi, while looking at Madara.
"So... uh... I'm really sorry about the whole betraying you and using to try and destroy Konoha only for you to end up sealed in a brat thing. So... uh... yeah... you forgive me?" asked Madara.
The kyuubi was silent as she walked up to Madara. She delivered a punch that put Tsunade's best to shame. Madara's strength kept him from flying halfway around the world.
"That's for using me!!" shouted the kyuubi.
Madara frowned, blood trickling out of his mouth from the hit. Madara received the surprise of his life when the kyuubi hugged him and kissed him on the lips.
"That's for pulling me out of that brat! 'I want to be Hokage, I want to be Hokage, dattebayo.' Over and over again! For sixteen years! That's worse than what I imagine Hell to be like, and I have a pretty damn good imagination! I ought to kill that Hokage for what he did, rather than you!" shouted the kyuubi.
"So... want to be a couple again?" asked Madara.
"I'm still pissed with you, so... I'll think about it. I won't leave, anyway. And to Hell with being put back into that brat," replied the kyuubi.
"Well, that's all fine and good for you three, but what about us?" asked Kawazaki, the sanbi.
"Yeah, what are we supposed to do?" asked Shukaku.
"I'm going back to my kitten," spoke the nibi.
"I can't stand him at times, but he's still my friend. I suppose I'll go back to Kirabi," spoke the hachibi.
"My jinchuuriki was alright, I guess I can go back," spoke the yonbi.
"I would love to beat the stuffing out of Roku, but I'm with Yon, I'm going back to Iwa," spoke the gobi.
"I guess I could go back to Suna... but my kid didn't like me all that much," spoke Shukaku.
"You kept trying to possess him over and over again, what did you think was going to happen?" spoke the kyuubi.
"You have a point. I guess I'll be nicer to him... or something..." muttered Shukaku.
"You could always roam free. No need to be bound by chains, you know. Just because they want to go back to their jinchuuriki, doesn't mean you have to," spoke Kawazaki.
"Oh yeah, okay. I'm going to a bar. I need to get piss faced after all of this," replied Shukaku.
"That's better," spoke Kawazaki.
"I guess we'll be on our way. Ja ne," spoke the yonbi, as he made his way for Iwa.
"You guys aren't going to try and kill us after capturing you as we did, hm?" asked Deidara.
"Don't tempt us," spoke the gobi, as he followed after the yonbi.
"See you later, kitten. Time to go find the up and coming rap artist..." grumbled the hachibi.
"Hey, Hachi, it could be worse. I was stuck inside a babbling, loud, obnoxious brat that wouldn't give me a moments worth of peace," spoke the kyuubi.
"You have a point. Sounds like your brat was a peace of work and a half. Good day," spoke the hachibi, as he made his way for Kumo.
"So, know any good seals?" asked the rokubi of Madara.
"Hm? Why me?" asked Madara.
"Because, you're the most powerful one here," spoke the rokubi.
"I have the eyes that founded the shinobi world, and he's the most powerful?" Pein thought to himself.
"That's the jackass that took Kyu, huh? Interesting," spoke the nibi.
"Yeah, yeah, what a piece of work, right? If he did that to me, he would dominate you," spoke the kyuubi, while looking at the rokubi.
"I'm not in the mood..." muttered the rokubi.
"Alright, I have a seal I could use. It's stronger than the originals. Our extraction ritual would fail. I can also add a layer to the seals to make it so you can emerge from your jinchuuriki as you please. Does this work for you?" asked Madara.
"How did you learn how to do that?" asked the rokubi.
"You have to know how a seal works in order to be able to break it," replied Madara.
"Good enough for me. Anything special we need to do?" asked the rokubi.
"Yeah, Ookami, pull off your cloak and shirt," spoke Madara.
"Okay, sure," replied Ookami, as he removed said articles of clothing.
Madara pulled out some ink, and began applying sealing patterns to Ookami's body.
"Okay, now, miss rokubi, I'll need you to do the same," spoke Madara.
"Hold on, I'm not exposing my breasts to the world so you can give me some strange tattoo!" shouted the rokubi.
"I figured as much. Look, this is how it has to be done. Don't worry, it's not like I'm getting some bizarre pleasure out of this. You don't have to expose that part of your body. Your stomach will do," replied Madara.
"Alright, fine. But if you touch me in any way I find inappropriate, I'll crush your skull!" shouted Madara.
"Fine, now then..." muttered Madara, as the rokubi opened her dress enough to expose her snow white body.
"Damn, she's fine," spoke Hidan.
Hidan found half of his skull missing five seconds after his comment.
"What the fuck!?" shouted Hidan.
"Geez... you look horrific, hm," spoke Deidara.
"I'm put you back together many times over, but seeing you with only half your head is disturbing even to me," spoke Kakuzu.
"How long will that take to grow back?" asked Kisame.
"Two months... two months of looking like a fucking freak," spoke Hidan.
"You always overdo it, Roku, here..." muttered the kyuubi, as she used her chakra on Hidan. The rest of his head returned within seconds.
"Arigatou, now then, no more interruptions," spoke Madara.
Madara did his best to finish the sealing pattern before he was interrupted again. Madara stood back upon finishing the seal.
"There, now, press against each other's back," spoke Madara.
Ookami and the rokubi nodded, and the two put their backs together, while Madara began forming a chain of hand seals.
"Fuuinjutsu: Futagoryuu (Sealing Technique: Twin Dragons)!" shouted Madara.
The sealing pattern on the two stretched out and appeared to rip off the bodies they were placed on. The seals appeared to meet one another, and then disappeared. A pair of dragons appeared on the stomachs of both, arranged in a circle. One of the dragons appeared to be slightly larger than the other.
"It is complete. You two are now bound again. Unlike before, you are not simply locked up inside your jinchuuriki. You may act as you will; however, if Ookami dies, you will die. However, since Ookami's body is the dominant one, he will not die if you do, hence the different sizes of the dragons. I developed this seal while developing Genryuu Kyuu Fuujin with Pein. I planned on using a similar version to seal all nine of the bijuu within me, but, as I said before, I really don't feel like it anymore. I have my body back, so I suppose I'm even with the world. Now then, would you two like me to perform the seal for you?" asked Madara, while looking at Yugito and the nibi.
"Yeah, sure," spoke the nibi.
Madara repeated the sequence of drawing the seals on the two. Hidan was sure to keep his mouth shut as the stomachs of the two women were exposed. Madara completed the seal, binding the two together once again.
"There, that takes care of that. Now then, any moment, and we'll likely have a slew of pissed off Kiri-nin rushing us. I'll take care of them. You all best to stay out of this," spoke Madara.
The other members of Akatsuki nodded. After the shinobi of Kiri were able to regroup, they quickly made their way to the location of the Akatsuki members.
"Oh, would you look at that. Took you all long enough," spoke Madara.
The Kiri-nin before Madara pulled out their weapons, and stared straight at Madara, anger blazing. A couple of the shinobi at the front of the group recognized who they were looking at.
"Sandaime-sama?" asked a Kiri-nin.
Madara nodded.
"I told you, I would one day return, with my full power restored. Did you think me a liar? Now then, what's it going to be?" asked Madara.
"Hail Sandaime-sama!" shouted the majority of the Kiri-nin.
"What, you all just going to give your loyalty to him?" shouted a Kiri-nin holding a rather large sword.
"One of the seven?" asked Madara.
"Must be," spoke Kisame.
"Mizukage-sama, please?" asked Ookami.
"Hm? Oh, yeah, sure, have at it, you two," replied Madara.
"Wait, Kisame," spoke Itachi.
"Yeah?" asked Kisame.
"Time limit," replied Itachi.
"Alright, sure," spoke Kisame.
"Time limit?" asked Ookami.
"Just kill them as fast as you can," replied Kisame.
"Sure thing, I've been saving up some bombs just in case," spoke Ookami, as the two former Kiri-nin rushed to engage the current seven swordsmen.
Itachi pulled out his special refrigeration scroll, and pulled out one of his beers.
"You're drinking?" asked Deidara.
"They have until I finish this beer, now, don't interrupt me, or you'll end up giving them more time," replied Itachi, as he took his first sip.
Everyone in the group stared at the Uchiha as he started to drink his beer.
"You and Kisame do that often, hm?" asked Deidara.
"We take turns, but yes, quite often. It makes things more interesting," replied Itachi, as he took another sip.
Within moments, screams could be heard coming from the targets of Kisame and Ookami. Some of them were thrown into the air by the swing of Kisame's sword. Some of the others were blasted into the sky.
"He's making me proud," spoke Deidara, as he admired the explosions Ookami had created.
"You would say that," replied Sasori.
"They're done," spoke Itachi, as he finished off his beer.
"Just in time?" asked Kisame.
"Yeah," replied Itachi.
"I didn't think I would make it. Those guys were a little tougher than the fodder-nin we usually do that with," spoke Kisame.
"Wait, what was the time limit?" asked Ookami. He then took note of the empty bottle of beer in Itachi's hand. "Really?"
"Yes, really," spoke Itachi, "You two got lucky, this one over here kept interrupting me."
"What, I wanted to know, so I asked, hm," replied Deidara.
"Okay... whatever. So, now what?" asked Ookami.
"Well, for starters, you people, tell every other hidden village about what took place here. Be sure to go into detail about how I obliterated that damn kage tower," commanded Madara.
The Kiri-nin nodded, and headed off to perform the task. Madara looked to Pein.
"There you go, your goal is met, right? Peace through fear of the weapon that allowed the takeover of Kiri in the blink of an eye. Everyone wins," spoke Madara.
"Fine, I accept this," spoke Pein.
"Good. Now then, since I'm not really a full member anyway, I'll start leading Kiri again. I don't have anything better to do, really. You guys do as you will, just don't fuck with my village," spoke Madara.
"So, you're giving Akatsuki back to me, huh? Fine. I'll make sure your men have sufficiently scared the world into peace," replied Pein.
"Peace? Great, and just who do I sacrifice now?" asked Hidan.
"There are bound to be those who will still raise opposition. It won't be war, just the typical prick who thinks they are better than everyone else. You can have your fun with them," replied Pein.
"Seriously? Alright, I can live with that, then," spoke Hidan.
"Good, because you have no choice, either way," replied Pein.
Hidan gave the one finger salute to Pein, only to lose his finger seconds later.
"Fuck! You know, it's the small ones that hurt the most, seriously," spoke Hidan.
"Then mind your manners," replied Pein.
"I'm going to miss you guys. I might just have to drop in one day. Well, got a village to run. I'll make sure they get their message to the world done properly. Take it easy," spoke Madara.
"And if he doesn't strike fear into others, I will," spoke the kyuubi, as she joined Madara in heading into Kiri.
"So, now what?" asked Deidara.
"Hmm... party," replied Pein.
"Hell yeah!!" shouted most of the members present.
"We'll worry about the rest later. The world is in our hands, whether it knows it or not. We'll police it later, for now, it's time to celebrate," spoke Pein, as he led the Akatsuki back to Ame.
"Gave Kiri a black eye, and get a share in controlling the world? This was worthwhile!" shouted Ookami.
"Same for me, kid, same for me," spoke Kisame.
"I got to see the most beautiful explosion of all time, I'm happy, hm," replied Deidara.
"I have Dei-kun, so I'm glad," spoke Yugito.
"I get my family, so I'm content, I suppose," replied Itachi.
"I still get to sacrifice some weaklings, so I'll survive," spoke Hidan.
"I'm going to cash in on a couple of bounties when the party is done," spoke Kakuzu.
"If he still gets to sacrifice, I still get to eat," spoke Zetsu's black side.
"I'm going to miss Tobi, though," replied Zetsu's white side.
"I have you," spoke Sasori, while holding the hands of the nanabi.
"And I found you," replied the nanabi.
"We get to stay with our kids," spoke the rokubi and nanabi.
"We realized our dream, in a way," spoke Konan.
"I suppose. Let's head home," replied Pein.
"You think those guys are going to throw a wild party without us?" asked the kyuubi.
"No, we'll be there. It'll take them a couple of days to get there. It'll take us two seconds. Now then, let's rebuild the tower," spoke Madara.
"Yeah, sure, you build, I'll watch. You owe me, don't forget," replied the kyuubi.
"Yes dear," replied Madara, while backing away from the kyuubi.
"This is all my fault, right? Oh well, happy days lie ahead, I suppose. Well, I better get to work," thought Madara, as he pondered how he was going to rebuild a kage tower on his own.
A/N: And there you have it, the end of Akatsuki's New Member! I had such a good time with this one that I'm planning out a sequel, so keep an eye out for it. In accordance with tradition, I'll explain the meanings of the names of Itachi's family. Kiyomi can be spelled as 白美, where 白 means white and 美 means beauty (and is commonly used as a suffix for female names). Akemi can be spelled as 朱美, where 朱 means red. Kuromi can be spelled as 黒美, where 黒 means black. Together, their names mean white beauty, red beauty, and black beauty. I hope everyone enjoyed my fic, don't forget to leave a review.