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Chapter 6: Deal With the Devil
As I contemplated the idea of meeting with Orochimaru, the thought of this was honestly making my stomach hurt. My head was spinning slightly, my mind still reminiscing about the last time I met with the pesky snake. But the positive of meeting with Orochimaru also sprang within my mind as well. Orochimaru and I did have the same ambition, to dispose of the Konohagakure Village once and for all. Even though our reasons might differ, together we would be an unstoppable force. His secret agents might prove useful to me, giving me intel on the other villages. But allying with Orochimaru might make the Akatsuki turn against me, which wasn't in my best interest. The Akatsuki were tough, and even at my current level, I would be disposed of relatively quickly. So I guess my best option was to at least find out what Orochimaru wanted, then try to keep the Akatsuki by my side at the same time.
"Well?" Konan interrupted my thoughts. "What are you going to do Naruto?"
"Anko, report back that I'll meet with Orochimaru," I announced as Anko nodded. Konan looked at me skeptically, probably wondering why I would take such a risk. Before she could open her mouth, I decided to explain.
"Orochimaru might be a snake, but he is a useful one," I explained as I looked up at the clouds. "We have to at least see what is going on before I just ignore him. So Konan, I'll be returning with you to the Akatsuki hideout to explain everything to Pain. We'll have to bring Haku unfortunately. But she might be useful to us, she does have abilities that even I have never seen before."
"Agreed," Anko replied as Konan nodded silently. We nodded at each other before body flickering away, Konan following me back to meet with Haku.
"Girl, what are you doing?" I asked as I watched Haku pick flowers, wondering why the hell she would be doing something so pointless.
"Why do you even care?" Haku asked crossly as I snickered, preparing to slap the shit out of her. But I remembered that Konan was behind me, so hitting another woman in front of her might not be something that would be beneficial to my health. So I ignored the comment, taking the flowers from her hand and throwing them onto the ground.
"This is one of my allies," I said as I introduced Konan. "I'll let her tell you her name if she feels that she wants to."
"I'm Haku," Haku introduced herself politely, leaving me wondering what was wrong with this dam girl. She was intense yet kind at the same time, which pissed me off for some reason. Konan only nodded as she looked back at me impatiently. I nodded as I looked at Haku, who got up to her feet.
"Alright, to the hideout then," I said as we all body flickered from the area. As we body flickered away, I sensed someone in the area, seeing the image of a boy wearing round rimmed glasses step from behind a tree as I flickered away.
At the Akatsuki Hideout
"Uzumaki Naruto, so you are going to visit with Orochimaru?" Pain asked as I nodded. I was speaking to one of the visuals of Pain, the real Pain not in the hideout.
"I think it would be beneficial to us..." I began as Pain chuckled softly.
"I'll make those decisions," Pain interrupted as I looked down at the ground. "Orochimaru is not to be trusted, and neither are those that are willing to ally with him. Currently, you are an ally of the Akatsuki, are you willing to risk this?"
"I am not, that is why I will be spying for the Akatsuki!" I exclaimed as I heard another of the members chuckle. It was Sasori, the puppet master.
"I already have someone spying on Orochimaru currently," Sasori interjected as I snickered. "Sending in you would just be pointless..."
"And what do you know?" I interrupted as Sasori growled angrily. "Your someone that hides behind some hideous puppet and tries to act like he really knows what he's talking about. How about you shut the hell up before I drag you out that shell?"
"Insolent brat!" Sasori hissed as the tail of his puppet sprang out instantly, slamming into my chest without any warning. A grin crossed my face as my body disappeared, Sasori's tail actually stabbing a piece of wood. The wood split in two as Sasori growled, looking around for me as I chuckled loudly, the cave echoing my laughter all around the cave.
"Come out here you little fool!" Sasori roared as I jumped onto the top of his puppet, laughing as the tail sprang at me again. I caught it in midair, wrenching it down and slamming in into Sasori's puppet's shell. Sasori chuckled as a cloud of poison was sprayed into my face, the cloud increasing in size the poison increased in strength.
"Dam you!" I choked out as I jumped off the back of Sasori's puppet, coughing loudly.
"You were quite foolish, challenging me," Sasori spoke as my mind drifted. "Do you feel as if your mind is slowly shutting down? That's because it is actually doing that exact thing. It's somewhat of a new last defense poison, thanks for testing it out for me. Your mind will shut down, making you completely exposed to my fury. You won't be able to use any jutsu, you won't be able to focus. Your mind is failing, and soon you will be frozen, not even able to blink. Fortunately for you, this poison also nullifies your pain receptors, so your death will be painless. This is quite new to me, so I'm impressed with the results."
"Is that all you can muster?" I choked out as I tried to fight the effect of the poison, but my mind was slowly drifting away. Sasori was right, this was very new. This wasn't the first time me and Sasori scuffled, usually he did some type of poison that Master usually was able to delude within my system, making the poison have no effect. Also, usually his poison was nerve based, also fatal. This one was more of a "I'll kill you with my own hands" type poison, so I wasn't expecting that. I fell to my knees, Sasori chuckling as he prepared to use the tail of Hiruko to stab me in chest.
"It's over Kyuubi brat," Sasori stated smugly as the tail went flying at my chest, my eyes flinching softly as the tail prepared to collide with my chest.
"That is enough Sasori," Pain said, the tail stopping as it touched the front of my chest. Drool went down my mouth as I looked at Sasori with a blank expression.
"Pathetic for someone who is supposed to have the Kyuubi within their body," someone muttered within the cave, bound to be one of the other members watching.
"Sasori, I see your picking on children now," Kisame said as he and Itachi walked into the cave. "How does it feel to have such a win under your belt?" Sasori ignored him, tossing something within some type of bottle in front of my body.
"I'll spare your life for now," Sasori muttered as he exited the cave. "Just for now..." Kisame and Itachi looked at me as Konan bent down and placed the bottle within my mouth, draining the liquid within it in my mouth. I coughed softly, the antidote taking effect quickly.
"Why didn't you use your Sharingan?" Itachi asked as I looked at him, smiling broadly.
"So you noticed huh?" I asked as Konan now realized that she was under a genjutsu this entire time. When my mind broke, she was freed from the genjutsu. I didn't want everyone to know, so I had placed the same genjutsu on Konan and Anko that I had placed on Zabuza. But Itachi, a wielder of the Sharingan, would of course be able to see through such a genjutsu.
"Where did you get them?" Itachi asked, unusually interested in me. I cleared my throat, not expecting Itachi to speak to me so much.
"Well, I stole them from Kakashi Hatake," I replied as Pain chuckled in the background. "My master then copied the one and made them a set. Now I have the Sharingan. So, I was wondering...?" Itachi didn't say another word, walking away from me and retrieving something from within the cave. Without saying anything, he exited the cave afterwards. I sighed, wondering who would teach me about the Sharingan now.
"Anyway, Naruto," Pain said as I turned back to him. "I shall grant your request, you will be allowed to go see Orochimaru. But if you want to spy for the Akatsuki, that means you will have to cooperate with Orochimaru for as long as it takes. Which means you might have to participate in his plans. Are you willing to accept this?" I nodded, thinking over the words within my head. That means I'll be in deep, having to do things that might cramp my style.
"Fine, report back soon," Pain responded as I looked back at Konan and nodded, exiting the cave. She watched me leave, looking back at Pain.
"Konan, remember your mission," Pain said as Konan nodded. "You are to temporarily pretend to be the ally of the Jinchuruki, and then we shall extract the Kyuubi with ease. I want you to watch him when he is around Orochimaru. We cannot afford to allow him to interfere with our plans... Konan nodded again, looking at the image of Pain with utter seriousness.
OK, shorter chap but I'll be back soon! I want to announce the harem that will be occurring: Konan, Fem Haku, and Tayuya! I'm going to still add one more female I think, not too sure yet. It won't be someone from the list, so please voice your opinions! Be back soon!
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