The next day, Pein awakes, of course still deeply bothered by the death god with the creepy mask standing over him.
"Don't be alarmed, just forget I'm even here"
"That's awful hard to do when there's a freakin' death god standing over me when I wake up" Pein walks downstairs, of course Tobi follows him, and if he were to make a scene now he'd only look like a Schizophrenic.
"Good-morning Pein!" Konan hugs Pein as she always would when he wakes up, and as usual she had his breakfast made, well, except for today, when they had run out of eggs. "Oh don't worry, I'll go to the store, you went yesterday, I'm sorry" Konan of couse being able to transform into paper would not take long at all.
"Hey kid, you do realize this is fate, right?" Pein suddenly notices the empty egg carton in the trash and Tobi shaking the egg shells out of his pocket.
"What the hell did you do with those?"
"Ate them, damn good actually, they don't feed us decent food for the life of us back in the Shinigami world" Most of the Shinigami were slaughtered by one of their own brethren, to protect them from the rival nations finding out about the Death Note and using it for malicious purposes, but sadly they still seem to fall into the wrong hands.
"Oh, and what might this be?" Konan picks up a strange notebook blowing in the wind. "Death Note, oh this is a load of garbage" She throws the notebook on the ground and walks away, only to see a large plant-like creature materialize from the ground in front of her "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU!?" She yells alarmed at the creature, who bore a similar resemblance to a Venus Fly Trap, half it's body black, expressionless, cold ,and the other half, white, with feelings and emotions, and some sense of conscience. The creature wore the same robes as Tobi, but lacked the eyes of the Shinigami.
"We are Zetsu" the creature spoke, seemingly both sides have a separate voice, and separate opinions.
"You see Pein, I sent Zetsu to give Konan the Death Note as well, it belonged to a former Shinigami, who I see fit as your recruit, allow me to explain.."
"The minute you touched the book we left, you became its owner" The white side spoke "The book is yours, it is not a joke, or a lie, it belongs to the Shinigami, a one you know, Nagato Pein has also found one of these, and killed your country's leader with it. It is your destiny to use the Death Note along side him, only then can you achieve your lifelong goal"
"And that is our initial pla-" Tobi was cut off, as he heard the door open
"Okay Pein, where is it, come clean" Pein tries to act innocent "Don't play dumb with me" She shows him her Death Note "I know you have one too, hand it to me, and I'll hand you mine" Pein pulls out his Death Note and exchanges it with Konan, giving them the ability to see and hear Tobi and Zetsu together.
"Today we commemorate the foundation of our new organization, the Akatsuki" Konan and Pein donned the cloaks of the Shinigami, they had several new recruits coming forward to join the S-Rank organization. "Sasori of the Red Sand, a puppet master, The Sennin Orochimaru, One of the 7 Swordsmen of the Mist, Kisame Hoshigaki, and, the remaining Shinigami, Itachi Uchiha, who you will be filled in about at another time" Sasori, through the use of Orochimaru's spy Kabuto, had been partnered with Orochimaru himself. Kisame Hoshigaki, who lacked a partner, was to be arranged with Itachi Uchiha. "Uchiha Itachi, a former Shinigami, he destroyed most of the Shinigami known as the "Uchiha Clan" as the members of the hidden village they were a part of were suspect of their actions, as a result, his memories were erased and his Death Note taken, same with his brother, Sasuke. They believe they are no more than regular clansmen, but they still have powers of Sharingan, all but the Shinigami's eye. Since Zetsu will be a recruit, everyone will touch the Death Note in some way. Uchiha Itachi will regain his memory, but not his eyes, nor his Death Note, but he will work with you under us.