And So It Begins
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; however I do own Akemi, Yukiko and Rukia. And the Shīringu is mine and mine alone!
Summary: "When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I could get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!
Okay, there was a Guest's comment that made me slightly annoyed. Anyone reading this story and anyone who has read the prequel knows that I have a complicated relationship with Sakura. I like her, sometimes. She had good traits however she also has so many annoying traits. I have never liked the way she treated Naruto in the first series and that made my dislike for her for grow. She is just a character that I've never liked and will not like.
If you haven't guessed, I am changing stuff, there are things that didn't happen in the canon that are happening in my story. So in my story, Naruto and Sakura don't work well together. Akemi has always been there and Sasuke is still there so Naruto and Sakura never got a chance to bond and make Sakura appreciate him. Sakura is still very much a fangirl and doesn't quite frankly work well with Naruto because she hasn't matured like she has in the canon version. I made her stay like a fangirl because that's what I think would have happened if Sasuke would have stayed and that is my opinion.
Also, Akemi would destroy Sakura. She's been training with Haku and Yukiko for three years, of course she's going to be freakin' deadly and there are so many qualities of Akemi's power that I haven't even revealed yet. I have purposely made Akemi stronger because in my opinion there aren't enough strong females, though I do love the ones that are there. I love Hinata, Tenten, Temari, Ino, Tsunade and the many others I haven't mentioned by name. But Sakura I have a complicated relationship with like I mentioned before, but this is my opinion.
I love how my story is progressing and I will defend it when people make unnecessary comments. I haven't answered back before because I didn't really mind, people have their own opinions and they are entitled to them. However, if you're just going to slate things and not give constructive feedback then I say back off. Just because you have a problem with the story doesn't mean everyone else has the same opinion.
Anyway, I'm sorry for the rant, but I do love my story. I love how it had evolved and I want to thank everyone that has reviewed, favourite and followed this story. I thank you for all the support I've received.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Three weeks really seemed to drag. There were only two days left until the Third round of the Chunin Exams and we were still waiting for Sasori to make his appearance. Since there was nothing to do in Suna it seemed like it had been an eternity. Even Kakashi was feeling bored, he said nothing was happening. Naruto was driving himself up the wall in boredom and Sasuke looks like he could kill someone with the foul mood he was in.
I on the other hand had surprisingly made friends with Temari. We had never been close, there wasn't much chance to speak to her last time. But I found that I really enjoyed her company. However, she always seemed to mention Gaara a lot. But I usually dismissed that subject really quickly, I didn't really want to speak about her brother.
I, Sasuke and Naruto were lounging around the apartment. I was reading a magazine that was really popular in Suna. Naruto was playing a game with his Shadow Clone and Sasuke looked like he was asleep in the floor with his eyes closed. It was quite peaceful, the sounds of the birds chirping was distant but a constant noise. But instead of being annoying like it usually was it was quite peaceful. It wasn't every day that we got time off to enjoy ourselves, so I was soaking this up as much as I could.
But then, the chirping stopped.
And an explosion soon followed.
My head shot up and I jumped up. Naruto and Sasuke followed my example. Looking out the window I saw a fleeting black cloak with red clouds in the distant.
"They're here." I say to my teammates.
"We need to find Gaara." Naruto says.
"Split up and cover more ground." Sasuke commands jumping out of the open window with quick speed. I and Naruto soon follow him, but going different routes. When one of us found Gaara we could signal each other.
I ran down a nearly empty street, the only people out in the attack were other Ninjas and civilians that hadn't had a chance to get indoors. Explosions continued to go off in the air, which was confusing to me, Deidara was dead, so who could be creating these explosions?
A shadow flew over me, and landed in front of me. I quickly stop myself and stare at what was in front of me.
It was a puppet, a pretty ugly one too.
Grabbing my Sais, I added chakra to my Sais and attacked the puppet. It dodged with graceful ease and attacked me at my side. I was luckily to dodge the attack. Looking carefully I could see the blades on its wooden fingers. I didn't want to risk getting poisoned so I quickly activate my chakra shield and attacked once again.
I threw multiple kunai with wires attached to them. But the puppet dodged each one making me silently curse. If Sasori could see me then I couldn't let him see that I was frustrated, it would make it seemed like he had won.
I decided to do what Sakura did in the anime and attack with brute force. I managed to get a hit it on its arm, destroying the wooden limb. With the puppet trying to retreat, I aimed more kunai at it with wire again. Without its arm gone, it seemed to lose its sense of balance, even with Sasori pulling its strings.
Throwing three more wired kunai, I had it trapped against the wall. Wires covered the puppet making it look like it was caught in a web.
Holding the wires, I performed a jutsu. "Katon: Ryūka no Jutsu!" Fire came out my mouth and travelled down the wires holding the puppet down. The puppet ignited into flames very quickly. Within minutes the puppet fell limp onto the sand floor. Sasori had abandoned it. It was a little disappointing though, I had hoped he would have put up more of a fight, but Sasori mustn't be paying attention to me or the fight. Sasori's puppets were a lot harder to beat than this.
I began running to find Gaara once again when I was sure that the puppet was crispy. I decided to search for Gaara on higher ground by jumping on the roofs. As I ran I looked around, there were puppets everywhere. All I could see was Suna Ninjas fighting off puppets. I stopped where I was and looked around. Due to the knowledge I had of the anime, I knew that Sasori could only control up to one-hundred puppets, which was very impressive. Sasori would need to be able to have easy access to his puppets that he was using so he had to be somewhere higher up.
My eyes travelled to the tallest building that Suna had, the Kazekage tower.
I jumped over to the building quickly, if he wasn't there then I don't know where else he could be. The Kazekage Tower was positioned exactly in the middle of Suna, which have him access to his puppets very easily.
When I landed on top of the tower I thought he wasn't there, but then I spotted someone in a black cloak with red clouds. It was a hunched over figure and was small. It was Sasori in disguise as Hiruko. As I stepped closer to him, I made sure to look out for his tail, which was coated in poison, deadly poison at that.
"Sasori of the Red Sand." I say getting his attention.
The figure stayed where it was, as though it hadn't even acknowledged my presence.
"Akemi Nakahara, nice to finally meet you." Sasori says, his voice hoarse and deep. But I knew that this was not his real voice, this was a façade.
I arch an eyebrow, what the hell did he mean by that?
"I already know that that's a puppet, why don't you show me your real face?" I say choosing to ignore what he said before.
Sasori chuckled, "Usually I wouldn't adhere to requests, but I will just this once." Immediately Hiruko was gone. In his place stood a tall man, Sasori had wide greyish brown eyes and messy mousy red hair. He looked young, but I knew he was actually around thirty-five years old. The rest of him was covered by his Akatsuki cloak.
But Hiruko was not done. Sasori attached his chakra strings to him and attacked me. I managed to jump out of the way in time and land safely.
"You're very quick." Sasori says with a blank face.
I smirk, "Thank you." I for one prided myself in speed. However, I wasn't a match for Sasuke when it came to speed which annoyed me greatly.
Sasori moved his fingers again and attacked me with Hiruko. The scorpion tail attached to Hiruko aimed at me and armed with terrible poison. I jumped at the tail and then flipped over it, when I flipped over it, I added an explosive tag onto the surface. Just as I had landed, the explosive went off. When the smoke cleared the scorpion tail was gone, blown to pieces.
Sasori looked at the broken tail with an empty look. Then he looked at me and arched an eyebrow. Something flashed in his eyes, but it went as quickly as it came.
"I have somewhere I need to be, and I'd hate to be late." Sasori says before disappearing. I tried to grab him before he disappeared, but I was too late, he was gone. I cursed loudly. I took a deep breath and looked over at the village, there seemed to be less puppet attacks happening, but it was still happening.
A shadow passed over me. I look up and see another Akatsuki cloak, but this time the person had a hood. But the person looked down at me, before he disappeared. My eyes widen and my mouth drops.
"Nakahara-san!"
I turn around and see an ANBU member from Konoha. "What's the matter?" I ask them.
"Your teammates Uzumaki-san and Uchiha-san have found the Kazekage." The ANBU said to me.
I nod my head, "Take me to them."
The ANBU silently led me to my teammates. I found them watching something, as I got closer I saw that it was Gaara fighting someone, but I couldn't see who it was because my teammates were in the way.
"Why aren't you helping?" I ask my teammates.
They turn around to look at me, "Akemi-chan!" Naruto says in surprise.
"Gaara wanted to fight him on his own." Sasuke says crossing his arms.
I look around my teammates, because I couldn't exactly look over their shoulders being the tall people they are. I see a familiar orange mask with one eyehole.
"T-Tobi?!"
The said Akatsuki member turns around, "Who called Tobi-san?" Just like in the anime he had a ridiculous voice that sounded like a child. But I knew it was Obito underneath that mask.
Due to his lack of concentration, Tobi was knocked over with a wave of sand.
Three puppets appeared in front of me, Naruto and Sasuke.
"Tobi, stop messing around." Sasori says with a blank face.
Tobi sprang up as if he hadn't been hit at all. "Okay senpai!" Tobi's attacks became more furious and Gaara had a hard time defending himself against him. Tobi was done playing around with Gaara, which was what he was going in the first place. He was testing Gaara, seeing what he could do and try to find any weaknesses.
We tried to get to Gaara but the three puppets stopped us. "You'll have to get past them before you can interfere." Sasori says moving his hands manoeuvring the puppets to attack us with deadly precision. I jumped out of the way just in time as a sword came out of no-where. I looked up and glared at Sasori. He arched his eyebrow in amusement.
A loud explosion drew my attention away from Sasori, Tobi had just caused an explosion. "Deidara-senpai would be so proud!" Tobi shouts while attacking Gaara.
Sasori scoffed at his teammate.
"So you think art is about explosions?" I ask Tobi with a grin.
Tobi nodded his head frantically, "Yes! That's what Deidara-senpai said!"
Sasori scoffed loudly, "Art is eternal. That stupid idiot couldn't get anything right."
Even if Tobi didn't have a mask, you could practically see he was pouting underneath the mask. How he made facial expressions with a mask confused me and I didn't want to ask.
I dodged the puppet again, at the last minute I slapped an explosive tag on the puppet and jumped away. The puppet exploded into little pieces. Sasori didn't look happy that his creations were being destroyed.
Another explosion sounded, and this time Gaara's scream of pain followed. My head snapped to look in his direction. Unfortunately, that's when Sasori decided to attack me, I put my arms up to protect my face up at the last minute. The puppet's sword made a slight cut on my arm, but my chakra shield mainly took the brunt of the attack.
"Oh?" Sasori arches an eyebrow when he sees a small cut.
"Sasori-senpai! I've got the one tail!" Tobi announces with Gaara thrown over his shoulder.
"No!" I shout.
"You bastard!" Naruto shouts, rage showing in his blue eyes.
Sasori nods his head, "I'll take him. You deal with these."
Tobi nods his head and throws Gaara like a rag doll over to Sasori, who caught him easily. With Gaara in hand, Sasori jumped away. I tried to follow, but another blasted puppet got in the way. Naruto appeared beside me along with ten different Naruto's, he had used Shadow Clone Jutsu.
"Go save Gaara, Akemi-chan!" Naruto commands not looking at me. His attention was on the puppets making sure they didn't attack.
I nod my head, "Thanks Naruto-kun."
Tobi tilted his head, "Are you container?"
I lean into Naruto and whisper, "Be careful." Tobi was more dangerous than he looked.
Naruto grins, "I'll be fine."
As I tried to get away, Tobi tried to block me. However, Tobi was forced to move when Sasuke attacked him with his sword. I sent Sasuke a grateful look before running after Sasori and Gaara.
As I was running all I could think of was that Sasori was fast. I already knew that he was fast, but it was just unreal. He only had five minutes most head start yet he was already out of the village and running across the desert. As I left the borders, I noticed that all the guards were either dead or unconscious, they had chosen the violent option to obtain access into the village.
After a few more minutes, I could see Sasori and I was closing in. I didn't really have a plan, so I was just going to wing it. As I was about to catch up, nine Suna ANBU appeared and stopped Sasori from going anywhere.
Sasori stopped and assessed the situation. One thing was for definite, Sasori wasn't dumb. Konoha ANBU had been trying to kill him for three years and even with the information that could lead to his demise, he had evaded every capture.
Sasori took out a kunai and held it as the unconscious Kazekage's throat, "Come any closer and I'll kill him."
I step forward, "No you won't." Even though I knew he wouldn't, panic still flooded my system. I couldn't take that risk.
It was slight, but I could see the tension in Sasori's hand. He was stuck and even he knew it. He couldn't kill Gaara now because if they did, Shukaku would be released and they need the container.
"What is she doing here?" One of the ANBU whispered looking in my direction.
"Girly, please step back. We'll handle this." Another ANBU said to me.
I felt my eye twitch, god I hated that nickname.
"Nakahara-san!"
I turn around to see a Konoha ANBU, "Nakahara-san, you're needed in the medical centre!" The ANBU says quickly.
I look back, Sasori was still in the same position. He hadn't moved a muscle.
"What for?" I demand with a glare. Frustration was bubbling in my stomach, why now?!
"Kankuro has been badly poisoned and no one can help him." The ANBU says.
I groan loudly, this was turning out like it did in the anime, of course Kankuro would get poisoned. More than likely he was attacked my Sasori's puppets and underestimated them. Stupid boy.
"Go ahead Akemi, I've got this covered." Kakashi says making his appearance. He was dressed up in his ANBU gear and his Sharingan was on show. He wasn't fooling around, he was fully serious.
I sigh in relief, I felt better knowing Kakashi was here to help. "Okay." I say to my sensei. I was then led back to Suna by the ANBU.
It took seven minutes for me to get to the medical centre. I was taken to a secluded room, in the room was Kankuro, sweating profusely. He was laying on a bed with other medics around him.
When the head medic sees me he says. "Who is she?"
The ANBU bowed his head. "This is Nakahara Akemi. She is here to assist with Kankuro."
A small old woman appears from another room. When she spots me, her eyes narrow. I observed her, Chiyo is an elderly woman with black eyes and lavender coloured hair tied in a bun. She is wearing the traditional Sunagakure outfit which consists of a dark coloured, loose fitting outfit with a poncho-like top.
"Get her out of here, she won't be of any use." Chiyo dismisses, waving her hand in my direction telling me to shoo.
My eye twitches slightly. But I sigh, "I was asked to come here."
The Konoha ANBU in the room speaks up. "Nakahara-san is a skilled medic ninja. Tsunade herself has even praised her abilities."
My chest swelled up in pride, even more so when Chiyo looked annoyed. Mentioning Tsunade probably wasn't the best thing to do around her, after all she didn't like the Slug Princess. But it was the fact that Tsunade had complemented me on my healing, and I hadn't received any training from her.
"Fine," Chiyo snaps, "but if you do one thing wrong then you're out."
I nod my head. "Understood."
Chiyo waved me over. "Tell me what you see."
I look over at Kankuro, he was sweating a lot and he looked me in pain. That was expected, he was after all poisoned.
"Tell me what's wrong with him." Chiyo demands.
"Well it's obvious he has been poisoned with a very deadly and potent poison." I say to Chiyo.
Chiyo arches an aged eyebrow. "Explain."
"You wouldn't have been called here is it wasn't serious. So the Suna medic centre doesn't know what poison it is. The potency would be very high considering the Akatsuki has only just attacked an hour or two ago and he's already like this." I explain to Chiyo, pointing out things to her in a calm and analytical manner.
Chiyo nods her head, "At least you aren't stupid."
I knew that was all I was going to get out of her. I walked over to Kankuro and used my diagnostic medical jutsu to see what kind of poison it was. Chiyo watched me with a critical eye, so that if I did anything wrong she would send me away.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
It took hours, but I had extracted the poison in Kankuro's veins. It was a different poison used from the anime. Usually Sasori uses the same poison because people don't typically have the antidote. But he used a different poison, one which I knew very well luckily. However, Suna didn't have the antidote and I had to prepare it myself. Of course Chiyo was eyeing me throughout the whole ordeal which was kind of unnerving, but I learned to block her out.
The attack on Suna had now subsided. The explosions had stopped and the puppets were gone. When everything seemed peaceful, Naruto and Sasuke had found me in the hospital.
"Where is Tobi go?" I ask them as they approach me. I had just come out of Kankuro's room and was sitting down on the couches, exhausted.
"He ran away." Sasuke answers with a scowl.
"We nearly had him!" Naruto interjects with a pout.
That I didn't believe, Obito was smart. There was no way that he would get caught, he was too powerful for that. He was toying with them, if he had really wanted to capture Naruto he would have there and then and we would have been powerless. I was a little thrown off to be honest, I didn't expect Tobi to show up so early. I expected to deal with him later.
But what worried me was that mysterious person who passed me. Who was he? I remember seeing blonde hair and blue eyes under the hood. I would have thought it was Deidara if it wasn't for the two blue eyes instead of one. Deidara was dead and sealed away in a scroll which couldn't be accessed so that theory was out the window.
"Did you guys see a third Akatsuki member?" I ask. I was hoping that my teammates had seen this new contender and could give me some information.
Naruto looks confused, "No."
"Why?" Sasuke demands with his arms crossed.
I bit my lip, "There was another person. I saw them."
Sasuke looks thoughtful. "Aniki said that the Akatsuki only travel in pairs."
"We'll have to tell Tsunade-Obaa-chan about this." Naruto comments seriously.
I nod my head.
That's when Kakashi makes his appearance. "Ah, there you guys are." Kakashi says walking over to us still in his ANBU outfit.
"Did you manage to save Gaara?" I ask him immediately.
Kakashi nods his head. "We did even better."
Naruto looks confused, "What do you mean better?"
Kakashi smirked under his mask. "We managed to capture Sasori."
My eyes widen, no way! ANBU have been trying to capture him for nearly three years. But now that we had him in custody we could capture him and put him in the scroll.
"However," Kakashi says with a concerned look.
"What?" Sasuke asks glaring at Kakashi waiting for him to spill what he was hinting at.
Kakashi sighs. "He's requesting to see you." Kakashi looks to me.
"Me?" I say pointing to myself, my eyes wide.
"No." Sasuke says glaring at our teacher.
I shrug my shoulders. "I need to see him myself anyway. Something he said I need to check up on and I need to seal him away."
Naruto looks to me. "Like what?"
"Well I confronted him earlier-"
"You what?!"
I glare at Sasuke and Naruto for their outburst. Even Kakashi was looking at me with an arched brow. "Like I was saying, I confronted him and he said it was nice to finally meet me." I look to Kakashi confused of why Sasori would say something like that.
Kakashi also looked confused. "Go see him and find out." Kakashi says.
"Will I be allowed to?" I ask.
Kakashi nods his head, "The Kazekage has given you permission to access to most areas. I'll have to escort you though."
"Let me just grab my scroll and we can go." I say to him. Waving goodbye to Naruto and Sasuke I followed Kakashi.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Kakashi escorted me to the Interrogation centre in Suna. It was much like the one in Konoha, dark and haunting. The interrogation teams didn't even flinch when they saw me, it was as if they knew. But I didn't pay them much attention. I was let into Sasori's cell. He had binds around him to stop him moving or transferring his soul into another body. This was made especially for him.
When Sasori sees me, he grins slightly. "I see they told you then."
"I needed to see you anyway." I answer sitting down on the chair opposite him. In front of me there was a table which I used to rest my arms on.
"Oh?" Sasori says amused, "and why would you need to see me?"
"Who was the other member with you today?" I ask getting straight down to business.
Sasori arches an eyebrow, "You mean Tobi?"
I shake my head, "No, the other one. The one with blonde hair and blue eyes. And don't say Deidara because he's dead."
"Because Konoha killed him." Sasori says flatly, "Or more importantly, you did."
I glare at him. "I didn't kill him." I say.
Sasori nods his head, "I'm sure you didn't, but who else knows all our weaknesses?"
My eyes narrow as I look at him. "How do you know I know?" I ask feeling frustrated. There was no way he could know that, has someone been spying on us and gave information to the Akatsuki?
Sasori smirked. "Because you no longer have the advantage anymore."
Panic was building up in my stomach, but I hid it. "How about twenty questions, you ask me a question and I ask you one?" I offer him. I knew this would get this attention, and I was right. The way his eyes lit up showed his interest.
"You start." I say.
Sasori thought for a moment, "What's your special ability?"
I raise an eyebrow, "It's called the Shīringu. How did you know I have a special ability?" How he knew that was a mystery and slightly unnerving. But I didn't mind telling him because he was going to be sealed away in a scroll. He obviously knew a lot more and I intended to find out what it was.
Sasori looked slightly annoyed he didn't get more information, but he played along. "Our new member told us. What does it do?"
What he said shook me, it really did. Who was this knew member and how the hell did he know. "It does many things, the main use of it is to absorb chakra and perform special seals which no one else can crack." I answer him.
Sasori nods his head, intrigue shone in his eyes. Only I and Yukiko had this ability so it was very unlikely that he had come across this Kekkei Genkai.
"Who is he?" I ask the question I had been burning to ask since I saw this new member fly above me.
Sasori shrugs under his restraints, "I don't know. How long have you had this ability?"
I look at him with a confused look. "Nearly five years, and what do you mean by you don't know?" I ask.
Sasori sighs, "He just appeared one day. He said something to our leader and that's it, he was in." Sasori says, I could see the frustration in his eyes. Obviously he wanted to know who this mysterious member was but didn't know.
Shit, so they did have a new member and we didn't know who it was or their abilities.
"How did you no get injured when that puppet cut you with a sword?" Sasori asks getting back to our little game.
I grin slightly, "I have something called a chakra shield. It absorbed most of the attack." I healed my arm before I healed Kankuro so there wasn't any trace of his attack on me.
"How long has this new person been in the Akatsuki?" I ask the puppet master.
Sasori thought about this. "A few months."
I nod my head, taking in this bit of information.
"Who trained you?" Sasori asks.
"A woman named Yukiko." I answer him.
Sasori looks thoughtful, "That was the woman Orochimaru was after."
"You know that because you were partners, right?" I ask. This was going to be a wasted question but I didn't mind.
Sasori nods his head slowly indicating that the answer was 'yes'. "Why have you been killing the Akatsuki members?" Sasori looks me in the eye.
"A war is going to take place, and the Akatsuki need to be taken down so the people I care for don't end up dying." I answer staring Sasori right back in the eyes.
"Loved ones." Sasori mumbles. I knew he didn't really know what I was talking about. His parents were killed when he was really young and his grandmother wasn't that affectionate. When his grandmother taught him how to use puppets that was the happiest he had ever been.
I clear my throat, getting Sasori's attention. "What did you mean that it was nice to finally meet me?" I ask him.
"Our new member has mentioned a lot about you saying how you know things about all of us. After hearing so much about you I wanted to meet you." Sasori explains.
I nod my head.
"What does it feel like to have loved ones?"
I look at Sasori in surprise, I would have never have guessed he would ask that question. "I-I don't really know how to explain." I reply honestly.
Sasori glares at me.
I sigh, "Fine. When I'm with my family I feel warm and at home. I feel like I found the place where I belong and know I won't be judged." I hadn't really felt like this back in my world, sure my parents were nice, but they were too strict. They were cold and struggled to show emotion. Here I felt free, I had found my family. I may not be related to them by blood, but the bond is still there.
Sasori slowly nods his head, taking in my words.
I decided it was time to end this chat. He didn't really have the information I needed, he didn't know who this new person was either. I look down and take out the scroll that I would seal Sasori into.
"Before you do that, I have something to say." Sasori says making me stop.
I look at him, "Make it quick." I didn't want to risk there being a recuse mission for him. The quicker I got Sasori into this scroll the better.
"Be careful." Sasori says seriously.
I look at him confused, "What do you mean?"
"That new member of ours, I don't like him. All he ever spoke about was how much he hated you and wanted you dead." Sasori informs me.
"But I've never met him before." I say with furrowed brows. I think I would remember meeting someone who looked like Deidara, but I don't. How could I offend someone I didn't even know?
Sasori shrugs. "That doesn't matter to him, he wants you dead."
Shivers were sent down my spine. I stand up and open the scroll, "Thank you Sasori."
Sasori just soundlessly nods his head. "Can I see the Shīringu?" He asks.
I nod my head and activate my Kekkei Genkai. Sasori looks deeply into my eyes and nods his head when satisfied.
Keeping my Shīringu activated, I place the scroll flat onto the table in front of me and performed the necessary hand seals. Once done I place a hand onto the scroll. Wisps of white appeared from the scroll and grabbed Sasori, pulling him into the scroll. When he was gone, I removed my hand from the scroll and wrapped the scroll up again and placed it in my bag for safekeeping. I deactivated my Shīringu and left the room.
Coming out the interrogation room where Sasori once was, I saw Chiyo waiting there. I look and see that she was looking into the one way glass window.
"Where is he?" Chiyo demands stilling looking into the now empty room.
I act oblivious. "Where's who?"
Chiyo looks at me with a glare. "Where is Sasori?"
"Gone." I answer her.
"What do you mean gone?" Chiyo snaps at me taking a step towards me. I take a step back, keeping distance between the two of us.
"He's been sealed away so he doesn't cause any more trouble." I answer Chiyo, but this doesn't seem to make her any happier. In fact she looked angry.
She took a step towards me again, but time I don't move back. I stand my ground looking her directly in the eyes. "Bring him back, now!" Chiyo shouts at me.
I return her glare with a stoic expression. "No."
Chiyo looked ready to attack me and I have no doubt she would have. But this was when Kakashi decided to make his appearance. Chiyo took one look at him and mistook him for the 'White Fang' and attacked him instead.
While she wasn't looking, both Kakashi and I snuck away.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
I headed back to the apartment with Kakashi. When we arrived I saw Naruto and Sasuke pacing around the room. When they saw us, Naruto asked, "How did it go?" Kakashi snuck away, mumbling about having to check up on Gaara.
"They have a new member." I answer walking in and sitting down.
"Did he tell you anything about this new member?" Sasuke asks also sitting down beside me, Naruto following his example.
I shake my head, "He didn't know anything. He said that the new member just appeared out of nowhere."
"Did you seal him away?" Naruto asks me.
I nod my head, "I did, but before I did, he told me something."
"Whatever it is don't believe it." Sasuke says interjecting.
Rolling my eyes, I continued on. "He said that the new member has a grudge against me and wants to kill me."
"And you've never met him?" Naruto asks. Sasuke was silent looking at the floor, but he crossed his arms in a thoughtful pose.
"No, I'm sure I would recognise him if I met him." I say.
"Aniki and everyone else should be arriving within the next couple of days. We'll tell them when they come." Sasuke says sparing us a glance.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Sasuke was right, people from all over the place came to Suna for the Third Round of the Chunin Exams which was tomorrow. For the past three days people had come, but there wasn't any sign of Haku, Itachi or Tsunade. We received a message by bird that they would be coming today. So that's where we are, waiting at the wall of Suna. Naruto and I were playing a game and Kakashi and Sasuke stood there looking cool. Let's just say they were getting many glances from the woman that were entering the village.
The moment I spotted Haku, I raced over to him and hugged him. Haku dropped what he was holding to hug me back.
"Glad to see you're in one piece." Haku mumbled into my hair.
I snicker. "Glad to see you haven't been killed by fangirls." I had been the one keeping the fangirls at bay, with me gone who knows what happened.
Haku shivers at the mention of fangirls and lets me go. Next to Haku was Itachi. "Glad to see you too." I say with a grin. Itachi nods his head, the smallest smile on his face. I wouldn't have noticed it if it wasn't for the girls staring at Itachi.
I saw Tsunade walk over to us with a smile on her face. Shizune was most likely looking after the village while Tsunade came here. Seeing her reminded me that we all needed to have a talk.
"Tsunade, I think we need to talk." I say getting her attention.
Tsunade nods her head. "We'll talk in your apartment."
Haku looks at me curiously.
"So much has happened Onii-chan." I say to him with a sigh in my tone. Haku didn't look convinced, he looked slightly worried.
We all quickly made it back to the apartment. Kakashi quickly placed a seal so that no one could listen in. Tsunade sat by the table along with Haku and Itachi. Kakashi sat on the window sill and I, Naruto and Sasuke sat opposite the Hokage.
"I received a message from Kakashi, but it was vague. You didn't add much information." Tsunade glares in our teacher's direction with an accusing look.
Kakashi shrugs her glare off. "I didn't want to risk giving too much information."
Tsunade nods her head before looking to us. "Tell us what took place."
"It was Tobi and Sasori who invaded the village." Sasuke says.
Itachi arches an eyebrow. "Tobi? He doesn't usually go on missions."
"Is it because he's the weakest?" Naruto asks, his head tilted slightly.
Itachi shakes his head.
"Tobi isn't who he appears to be." I say.
Everyone looks to me. "What do you mean?" Haku asks.
I spare a quick look to Kakashi. "Tobi isn't his real name. It's Obito Uchiha."
Kakashi stilled where he sat, shock appearing on his face. He was more than likely going into shock, the Obito he knew 'died' when they were on that fateful mission. The day that Kakashi received his Sharingan from Obito. I wondered how he was going to take this information but he was going to find out eventually I was just speeding up the process.
"Another Uchiha." Sasuke mumbles.
I look to Itachi. "Did you know at all?"
Itachi's face remains blank. "I had suspicions, but you've just confirmed what I thought." In the anime it wasn't actually stated that Itachi knew. The only inkling there was, was when Tobi stated that Itachi knew more than he let on which was right. Itachi was smarter of course he would get suspicious.
"He's alive…" Kakashi mumbled to himself as he rubbed his face.
"And on the side of the Akatsuki." Tsunade reminds him with a pointed look.
Kakashi looks to me. "How did he survive?"
I take a breath. "After you and Rin left, Obito was left behind being crushed by the rocks. Someone found him and injected Zetsu's DNA into him to the crushed half of him healed."
"Who saved him?" Haku asks sending Kakashi a sympathetic look.
"Madara Uchiha."
Everyone had different reactions. Tsunade spat out the sake she was drinking, Kakashi nearly fell off his perch on the window. Itachi's eyes widened Haku went pale. Both Naruto and Sasuke looked confused.
"B-but that's impossible!" Tsunade stutters.
"Who's Madara?" Naruto asks.
Itachi answers him. "Madara Uchiha is one of the co-founders of the Hidden Leaf Village along with Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage."
"How is he still alive then? He must be ancient?" Haku says with a thoughtful look.
"Technically he is dead, but he will be revived. Originally it was Kabuto who revived him, but I have a feeling that someone else is going to do it now." I say looking a little worried. This was one of the reasons I wanted Kabuto gone, but now there was a new issue. Who was going to revive him? My bet was on Obito.
Naruto looks frustrated. "That sounds freaky!"
I look over to Itachi. "Did you ever see anyone in the Akatsuki that looked like Deidara?"
Itachi shakes his head. "No."
"Why do you ask imouto?" Haku asks.
"Because they have a new member and he seems to want to kill Akemi." Sasuke answers with a stoic expression.
Tsunade looks to me, looking away from Haku's murderous gaze. "Do you know him?"
I shake my head. "I've never seen him before. But this person seemed to know me."
"That's a little worrying." Tsunade mumbles.
"A little?!" Haku exclaims.
"This mission however was a success, Gaara is safe and Sasori has been captured." Kakashi says getting is back on topic. He is still in shock so he was riding on auto-pilot.
Everyone else began to talk but me. I stayed silent, I felt restless. I stand up deciding to go for a walk. Haku looks at me as I stand up. "What's wrong?"
"I just need to go for a walk." I answer him with a smile.
Haku nods his head, an understanding look on his face.
Saying bye to everyone as I left I walked around Suna. My legs needed to be stretched anyway. I never usually felt restless, but then again I usually have stuff to do and I'm not usually confused. This new member has really got my brain scrambled. Who is he? Why does he hate me? What did I do? These and many more questions were swirling around in my mind.
I hadn't even realised where I had ended up. I was outside of Suna near a waterfall on the Western gate. On this side there was a waterfall which definitely was a nice difference from just seeing sand, sand and more sand.
I sat down on the little bit of grass that the oasis provided and thought to myself. I was worried, extremely worried. This newest member of the Akatsuki really worried me, they didn't bring any new people in the anime, so why would they do so now? Was it because their numbers have been dwindling?
"Akemi Nakahara."
My head shoots up at the new voice, but I stay seated for the moment. It was a voice I had never heard before, I tried to place the voice but I couldn't. The voice sounded male and around the same age as me. Slowly I stood up and turned around to face this person.
And came face to face with the newest member of the Akatsuki.
This time I got a really good look at him, he was taller than me by at least a head. His blonde hair was free from the hood and I could see that his blonde hair was actually slightly lighter than Deidara's, but they had the same shade of blue eyes. The only difference was that this guy had two eyes and not one. His hair was also shorter, down to his shoulders and spiky.
"I've been waiting ages to meet you." He says, a grin making its way onto his face.
"And why's that?" I ask trying to be casual, but I actually had a hand on my Sais, ready for him to attack.
His grins widens, "Can't I just want to meet you?"
"That's not what Sasori said." I say with a slight shrug. If Sasori was right then this guy wanted me dead, and if I had to choose between this guy and Sasori I would choose Sasori in a heartbeat. I knew Sasori, watched him in the anime, this guy I know nothing about.
A scowls marred his features, "He's a traitor, why would you trust anything he says?"
"He wasn't a traitor." I argue, I don't know why I was defending him but I didn't like this guy insulting him. "He knew he wouldn't be able to get out the situation so he decided to cooperate."
The man nods his head, "Yes, because he knew he would die regardless and tried to take as many people down as he could. I'd do the exact same." The man continued to say with a smirk now on his face.
A moment of silence passed before I broke it, "Who are you?" I ask.
The guy looks amused, "Oh? Nora didn't tell you."
I had to stop myself from gasping in shock. How the hell did he know about Nora?! No one else's name is Nora, the only Nora there is was the angel that sent me here. Inwardly I was panicking, but after hanging around with an Uchiha for so long I had learned to mask my emotions. So outwardly I looked as cool as a cucumber.
"My name is Zero." He says, finally answering my question.
I scoff and tried to mask it into a cough.
Zero glares at me, "What's so funny?"
"Your name is Zero? Seriously?" I ask with a grin trying to hide my smile.
Zero mumbled something under his breathe so I couldn't hear.
I calm myself down before asking, "Why are you here?"
Zero grinned, "I'm glad you asked. I'm here on a certain job."
"And that is?" I ask arching an eyebrow.
"Undoing everything you've done."
My eyes widen and this time I didn't hide it. "W-what do you mean by everything?" I ask in shock.
Zero looks amused, "Oh you know, like Haku, he wasn't meant to live."
My eyes narrow, I lurch forward read to attack him. "Touch him and I'll kill you."
Zero took a step back, taken aback my tone. The shock soon wore off, "And let's not forget that Itachi wasn't meant to have left the Akatsuki." Zero musses in a light tone.
"How do you know?" I ask him, but I had a feeling that I didn't want to know.
Zero grins, "Isn't it obvious? I'm from the other world too."
All air left my body and my blood turned to ice. "N-no."
"Oh yes." Zero smirks like a madman.
I take a step back. I didn't believe it, Nora would have told me! She would have mentioned that someone else was entering the Naruto-universe! Maybe he was lying, maybe he was bluffing.
Zero lifted his hand and separated his two fingers so there was a perfect 'V'. "'Live long and prosper.'"
I shake my head not believing it.
"'Run Forest! Run!'"
No, no it couldn't be.
"I think you get the picture." Zero says in English, not Japanese.
"W-why would you join the Akatsuki?!" I ask not getting why he would join them. He saw the anime or read the manga. I know he has, that's the only way he would be of any value to them. So why would he join the bad guys?
Zero sneers, "Why not?"
"They're evil!" I shout.
"I've always wanted them to win, I hated the original ending." Zero answers with a grin.
Why the hell would he want to?! Who would be stupid enough to send-?
"Michael."
Zero looks up.
"Michael sent you, didn't he?" I ask him with a stoic look. He too is a Guardian Angel, Nora told me so. This has his work written all over it.
Zero grins, "Bingo, such a clever girl."
"Why come here and tell me?" I ask glaring at him with suspicion.
The grin doesn't leave his face, "Not telling."
I go to attack him, but I never reach him. He disappears but his voice echoes.
"We'll see each other again, but next time it won't be to talk."
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Haku, Tsunade, Itachi, Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke seemed to still be talking when I burst into the office.
"Take the information on the Akatsuki away from the ANBU now!" I demand slightly out of breathe. As soon as Zero had disappeared I had pegged it to the Hokage Tower, they needed to know this.
Tsunade looks at me questioningly. "What's happened?"
"The new member of the Akatsuki just paid me a visit." I say calming down now. The sense of urgency was going down and I became calmer.
"What?!" Haku hisses.
For the moment I didn't pay attention to Haku's deathly tone. "He told me his name, his name is Zero." I look to Itachi to see if he recognised the name. I know that there is a very high chance that he wouldn't know but I had to ask.
Itachi looks confused. "I've never heard of him."
I shake my head, "You wouldn't have. He's from my world."
"What?!" Naruto shouts in shock. Everyone had different reactions, Itachi and Sasuke's eyes widened slightly, Haku's mouth hung open and Tsunade looked worried. Kakashi nearly falls off his perch on the window again.
Tsunade, being the one to recover first speaks. "How do you know this?"
Haku nod his head agreeing with her, "How do you know he isn't lying?"
"He said somethings in my language, my original language. He also said some quotes from iconic movies in my world. I have no doubt. He also knew about Nora, the angel that sent me here." I explain to them.
Sasuke looks at me doubtfully, "Angel? Seriously?"
I dismissed him and rolled my eyes at him.
"Why would anyone want to join that Akatsuki?" Haku mumbles, sending an apologetic look to Itachi.
I grin. "You'd be surprised how many people love the Akatsuki back in my word." The hundreds of fangirls would die to have the same opportunity as me, and I think that some of them would join the Akatsuki for the hot men.
"That means all information that you know he knows too?" Itachi asks me.
I nod my head.
Tsunade cursed under her breathe, "That means all information is irrelevant now."
Naruto looks confused, "What do you mean?"
I turn, "Do you remember what Ibiki said in the Chunin exams after we passed?"
Naruto shakes his head.
Sasuke answers, "He said, 'When information is gathered and the enemy or a third party finds out about it, that information is no longer guaranteed to be correct.'"
"Exactly." I say looking to Sasuke, I was impressed. He remembered that word for word.
"It would also be wise to stop the hunt for the Akatsuki too." Haku says with a serious look on his face.
"So they can't lead us into any traps." Tsunade nods her, "It will be done don't you worry." Tsunade turns to me, "Did he say anything else?"
I look unsure.
"Akemi?" Haku look at me with a worried look.
"H-He said he was going to undo everything that I've done." I say looking at the floor.
A silence made its way into the room. It seemed that no one knew what to say, and it probably didn't help that I sounded nervous. This probably put them on edge.
"W-what does that mean?" Naruto asks, a scared look on his eyes.
I swallowed thickly. "Everything I've changed, he plans to correct that. Itachi wasn't meant to have left the Akatsuki, Haku wasn't supposed to have lived and Sasuke was meant to have left he village."
"With Orochimaru dead, so I can't join him." Sasuke says.
I shake my head. "But they may try and get you to join the Akatsuki."
Itachi sends me a sharp look. "That is not happening."
"But that means you weren't here either." Kakashi points out causing everyone to be quiet. The realisation came to me. To undo everything that I've done… he plans to kill me. Zero was going to kill me. I already knew that he wanted to kill me because of Sasori's warnings, but it all seemed real now.
"And to make sure I don't change anything else, he's going to get rid of me." I whisper, my eyes wide in shock.
Haku shakes his head and stands up. "No he isn't." He walks over to be and places a hand on my shoulder.
Sasuke snorts. "He can try but he won't succeed."
Naruto looks at Tsunade with a serious expression. "Are we still continuing the Chunin Exams? Or will it be too dangerous?" Naruto was worried, he was worried that I was going to get hurt.
"ANBU will be alert, so yes it will be safe. Just keep an eye out for this new guy." Tsunade orders.
"Hai!" I, Sasuke and Naruto say together.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
That night I went to sleep, fully intending to speak with Nora. Opening my eyes I woke up in the familiar white room. Over the three years I hadn't made much contact with Nora and I didn't know why. Whenever I did see her I was grateful and happy to talk with her. Nora would always want to know how Yukiko was doing to.
When I see Nora though I was anything but happy. "Why didn't you tell me that Michael sent someone into this word?!" I shout.
Nora's eyes widen. "He what?"
I calm down slightly. "You didn't know?"
Nora shakes her head. "I had no idea. I knew that he was given the power back but that was only recently."
"This new person, he's called Zero and he's joined the Akatsuki." I tell her with urgency in my voice.
Her eyes widen again.
"He also said he was going to undo everything I've done." I tell Nora, my voice shaking in worry.
Nora shakes her head, disbelief on her face.
"What am I going to do?" I look at Nora, tears welling up in my eyes.
Nora floats over to me and hugs me. "I will see what I can do child. But for now you just need to be prepared."
I return the hug. "Thank you."
Nora sighs. "It looks like he's playing that game."
I pull away and look at her. "What do you mean?"
Nora frowns. "There used to be a game years ago. It would be when a Guardian Angels sends someone into a new world. They are their Champions. The opposing Champions would fight and who ever won would being victory to the Guardian Angel that sent them there."
"So Zero is Michael's Champion and I'm yours?" I say.
Nora nods her head. "Apparently so. It's a very old game though and not done very often."
I groan. "I don't need this! I need to fight Obito and Madara still! Now I need to fight Zero too!"
"Be calm my child, you have your friends to help you remember?" Nora tells me gently.
I take a deep breathe to calm myself down.
"Now rest my child." Nora says.
That was all I saw before my vision went dark.