Well first of all I'll like to apologize for not updating my others stories but what I can say is that they're currently work in progress. I just got into the university and things have been kinda rough. Anyways this is one of my new projects, but I'll tell you guys to be in the lookout for my stories, I might drop another one soon or maybe today, who knows.
Akatsuki no yūrei is a work that I hope to continue and would love you guys love and support. I love this story and I know that you guys will too, so please be with me through this odyssey. Also this story takes place 5 years before canon. So just know that Naruto will be the same age as kakashi.
now on with the DECLAIMER
DECLAIMER: Deathwish...ahem, PKA owes nothing and everything with the oc ("_").
October 10, a day that will soon be know as a day of huge calamity and loss in konoha was only just beginning it cursed legacy. A large chorus of wail and agony filled the night air of konoha as the Shinobi district went up in flames. Mangled Corpses littered the streets painting it red with blood. The smell of burnt meat lingered in the air as people were burned alive. Shinobis and civilians alike ran around like headless chicken, it was chaos everywhere.
This was the sight that greeted the fourth Hokage and his anbu guard on their arrival to the scene. An anbu with a cat mask appeared in front of him on a knee with their head bowed in respect.
"Did you see the culprit, neko?" The hokage questioned emotionlessly with his eyes still fixated on the chaos happening around him.
"Yes hokage-sama, it's him" neko answered causing his heart to sink even further into his stomach but she wasn't done yet.
"He is the only ninja who matches the description, but for him to have escaped this fast is something else". She concluded which made him sigh at the consequences of this action, but he is an Hokage first, a father second. Steeling his heart for what's about to come, he turned to look at neko, who couldn't help but flinch under his cold hard gaze.
"Neko, report this description to every anbu outpost in fire country, tell them to find him and bring him back alive". He commanded but then raised an eyebrow in curiosity when she didn't leave to do as he commanded.
"Permission to speak sir"
"Permission granted"
"Kakashi-senpai already went after him"
"What?"
"Finally.."
A cloaked figure stood on the rooftop of a building overlooking the shinobi district. Icy blue eyes stared emotionlessly at the home of the shinobis of the village currently sound asleep. The dark cloaked figure held up a ram seal and sighed out in bliss with a dark look in his eyes. What a waste of oxygen, to believe that this village prides itself as the most peaceful village out of the great five but underneath that facade it houses all of the greatest evils ever known to man. This village is very much responsible for creating the most notorious Shinobi ever known to the ninja world. All the hidden leaf village has ever done is create chaos and conflict. The bone chilling wind of the night brought back memories that he never wished to remember. There were snow everywhere and the temperature was extremely cold and dark, just the right way to describe what he felt right now... empty.
Konoha, a pitiful village indeed. To think that I once thought that this village was worth dying for, how pathetic. The shinobi system must have been nothing but an excuse made by people greedy for power or too foolish to see past their own delusions. It was the first hokage's delusions that led to the first great Shinobi war. This village as been the very reason that there have been so much chaos, it is responsible for all this strife and sufferings. Today shall be remembered as a day of great lament for the rest of konoha's history, it shall mark konoha's own undoing. Let this day forever be remembered...with a bang.
'..Katsu'
A continuous chorus of explosion went off around the village occurring from the Shinobi district, civilian district, the Hokage tower and the training grounds. Outcries of pain could be heard around the village, the smell of smoke and burning flesh filled the air. The village was in chaos, civilian flopped around like headless chicken, the Shinobis were in disarray while chaos run amok. The anbu of the village were immediately upon the scene, but the assailant was long gone, but unfortunately for them, one man was wide awake at that time.
"no..no...Nooooooooo!" A figure shouted as black eyes jump open. Hatake kakashi of the sharingan awaken from his nightmare with a jerk. His bed sheet covered with sweat and he looked all but lifeless. It was 2am in the morning when he had been forced to wake up from another one of his greatest failures yet, his inability to protect Rin, that has still been his top mistake for close to a decade so far. He took off his bedsheet then got off the bed and walked to his bedroom window taking a long lasting look over the night sky of the sleeping leaf village, it was so peaceful. He had more than a dozen times wondered why it was him who had survived that attack, it should have been him who died that day, and then that night again, that night with Rin...No...that was all behind him now. He decided to forgo all thoughts and head back to bed when a sudden earthquake rocked his room followed by a massive explosion that occured all around the village.
"What the? what's going on!" Rushing back into his bedroom, he quickly geared up in his ninja kits and shunshin'ed out of his apartment towards the crime scene and not a moment too soon did his apartment went up in flames.
"Senpai!" Neko shouted as soon as kakashi exited his shunshi.
"What's going on? neko" Kakashi asked as he take in the scenario before him and he could only sum it up with one world, chaos. Everything was in jeopardy, even with all the anbus running around there seemed to be no order at all.
"The village is under attack, A massive explosion just took down the Shinobi and civilian district, there have been countless deaths so far". Neko summarized.
"What about the culprit?"
"There have been sightings of a figure at 8 o'clock heading towards the village gate". That was all he needed to hear as he dashed towards the exact location.
"WAIT! SENPAI!" Neko was prepared to go after him when another explosion rock the village as the hokage tower went up in flames causing her to go wide eyes.
'Hokage-sama'.
'He couldn't have gone that far'.
(Forest of Death)
"Stop!"
A voice shouted prompted the cloaked figure to stop momentarily only to immediately shunshi away as a huge fireball hit the spot that he had been standing on only moments prior. Once his feets touched the ground again he quickly pulled out a kunai from his pouch and deflected a hail of shuriken then duck underneath a fuma shuriken as it zoomed pass his head and perfom a quick kawarimi to avoid a pair of hand that protruded out of the ground. He performed a couple of backflicks before tossing his kunai into a nearby bush. He stood still and waited in anticipation as a figure jumped out of the bush to stand a few feets infront of him. He stared impassively at his foe who was busy glaring daggers at him. It would have been an insult if konoha had sent anybody else than the legendary...
"...Sharingan no kakashi"
"So you know of me"
"Of course, you have quite the reputation".
"Then you must also know what I do to those who oppose me" kakashi said as he placed a hand into his kunai pouch. Eyes focused on the enemy before him. From his analysis so far the enemy is stealthy enough to avoid detection until he made his presence known and fast enough to escape the scene and the village altogether, not to mention that he has quick reflexes.
"You analysing me will do you no good, hatake kakashi" The figure said as a tanto materialized in his right hand. Icy ethereal blue eyes glowed from underneath the hood of the cloak for a brief moment before the figure vanished from his position. Seeing this kakashi wasted no time in pulling out a kunai from his pouch and turned around to immediately block a downward slash meant for his back, the force of the attack causing a crack underneath his feet.
'Strong' He quickly jumped over a sweep kick and lashed out with a roundhouse kick that the figure ducked underneath of and retaliated with a rising uppercut but kakashi weaved his body to the left in mid air performing a feat impossible for a normal human being sufficiently dodging the move, he grabbed onto the outstretched limb and used it to pull off a spin kick mid air but hit air instead as his opponent reappeared a few feets away from him kunai at the ready causing him to go wide eye.
'kawarimi...no there's no smokecloud or wood that signify the use of kawarimi, shunshi then...no even that's would leave a sign behind...then that leaves teleportation but I don't see any markers lying around' his train of thoughts were interrupted when his opponent suddenly speak up.
"I commend you for your skills Sharingan no kakashi, but now is when things get serious...prepare to die" He was gone as soon as those words left his mouth kakashi barely had enough time to react before he was sent flying by a mean uppercut. He slid across the forest plain before coming to a stop only to quickly roll out of the way of a dropkick that shattered the forest plain and back to his feet to dodge a high kick followed closely by a straight right hook then a roundhouse kick. He was placed on defense and barely had any time to retaliate. He jumped back immediately after another round of assault to put a distance between them only for that distance to be closed as soon as it was made putting him back on defense. He tried to match his opponent blow for blow but he was both faster and stronger than him, each punch and kick feels like it weighs a ton. Seeing that he had no other choice, he timed his opponent next attack before jumping out of his range then quickly pulled up his headband and not a moment too soon did his assailant appeared in front of him with his kunai posed to strike, his Sharingan allowing him to see the action in slow motion and dodged just in time. He watched the enemy pass by him and moved in on him, kunai heading straight for his neck only for it to pass through him. Kakashi couldn't help but feel his eyes widen like a saucer, he turned around frantically only to find his opponent standing a few feets away from him at the exact same spot the he had been standing at before.
"What's wrong? Thought you were gonna kill me, hatake." He mocked him blankly only for kakashi to go off in smoke. A earsplitting sound filled his ear sounding like a thousand chirping birds. He turned to look over his left shoulder as kakashi appeared at his back with his chidori posed to strike, he prepared to move out of the way only to get pinned down by a pack of hounds.
'Not bad' He thought with a small smile just before the chidori pierced through his heart. He looked kakashi in the eyes to see him glaring at him with his Sharingan blazing.
"Like I said, you can't escape me." Kakashi stated venomously before his summons went off in cloud of smokes, he pulled his hand out of his body while continuing to glare heatedly at him even as he stood hunched over with a huge hole in his chest, he felt no remorse.
"Unb..be..believable" He gasped as he choked on his own blood, eyes gazed over.
"Nobody messes with the leaf and go unpunished"
"You continue to impress me, Sharingan nō kakashi"
"What!" He turned around and had to hold in a shocked gasp but the shocked look in his eyes gave it all away.
"You underestimated me, kakashi" The figure stated. The hood of his cloak was now gone revealing spiky blonde hair with three faint whisker marks on each of cheek accompanied by a pair of icy blue emotionless eyes.
"Na..Naruto is that you?" He questioned not believing his eyes as the man responsible for the explosion all over the hidden leaf killing a good portion of civilians and shinobis alike is none other than the hokage's own son.
"You seem surprised" The now named Naruto stated not looking the least interested or giving a damn even as kakashi continued to Stare at him in disbelief.
"But why?" He couldn't help but ask wanting to know what could have driven the hokage's very own son to commit such an atrocious act, but the man in question doesn't even seemed like he cared, hell he couldn't tell what he was thinking or feeling right now behind that emotionless mask of his.
"Why are you doing this? Naruto. What has changed?".
"Everything. Life is all about change is it not?".
"Then what about your dream of becoming Hokage!". Kakashi shouted in frustration, what the hell happened to his friend.
"It's just as you said, a dream. I realized it now, it is nothing but a selfish dream. To want to rule and enjoy life at the top while others suffer beneath me. Is that what it truly means to be Hokage".
"That's not what it means to be Hokage, you said that yourself that you wanted to be greater than the past heros, why are you doing this then?"
"I have lived in the dark and I have worked as an agent of the darkness. I have seen how people live and what they do when nobody is watching. There is no difference between the light and the darkness, only what you choose to believe".
"You know that with what you've done you will be branded a criminal of the leaf. They will send hunter nins after you, YOU'LL BE BRANDED A TRAITOR!".
"Does it really matter now, what's done is done...now, prepare to die" Faster than his Sharingan could trace he received a lung crushing blow to the gut forcing the air out of his lung before he was sent flying by a roundhouse kick that nearly took his head off his shoulders knocking his headband off his head in the process. He barely touched down when he got sent flying into the sky by a mull kick only to go crashing back down to the earth by an axekick to the back of his skull kicking up dust clouds as he collided with the earth. He staggered back up to his feet barely unconscious and bleeding from a wound on the head.
"I have to say that you disappoint me, kakashi. I expected you to put up more of a fight than this." Naruto stated expressionlessly while staring at the barely conscious kakashi. Deciding that he has wasted enough time he prepared to out an end to their little fight.
"Kurai rasen-jō no kyū: (Dark spiralling sphere)." He held out his right hand as a dark sphere materialized onto his open palm. He stared at kakashi as he unleashed the full force of his KI on him.
'This is bad' Kakashi thought at the sight of the ominous jutsu before him causing a sense of dread to fill him. And the worst pass was his body refused to move.
'Am almost out of chakra. Guess I'll just have to add another name to my long growing list of failures. If I can't even save my Friend from going down a dark path, then I don't even deserve to live'.
"Prepare to die a worthy death, kakashi" Faster than the blink of an eye he appeared before kakashi his jutsu heading straight for his torso. Time slowed down as the jutsu continued to move closer and closer to it intended target. The jutsu met it mark for a brief moment then kakashi disappear and in his place stood Minato who countered the Jutsu with a rasengan of his own causing a huge explosion of power thrusting both men back.
'Damnit' Naruto cursed as he stared at the man in front of him. He had known that he was coming that's why he had decided to end his fight with kakashi though he hadn't expected him to make it in time.
"Why are you doing this? Naruto" Minato questioned as he glared at man in front of him who could be considered a clone of himself if not for the three whisker marks adorning both side of his cheeks. When neko had first told him about it, he didn't want to believe it but now that he is seeing it with his own eyes he couldn't help but to believe it. Now it seemed like he made a wise choice by sending kakashi back to the leaf.
"Again with that same question"
"Just answer me damnit!"
"Hmm" He stared at the kiiroi senkō for a few minutes before deciding to humor him.
".. Because the leaf is weak"
"What?" Minato stared at him in stupor not believing his ears.
"You live locked up in your little camp ignorant of what's going on out there. The world is evolving minato, and only those with strength will survive."
"Is that why you are doing this? is that why you are deserting the village...for power."
"Yes" He stated without a second thought causing Minato to take a step back in shock.
"What you did can only considered treason! what would your friends say? what's will your family say? Hell, what would kushina say!"
"That is their problem, for I have chosen a course far greater than the village and myself."
"What is it then? ANSWER ME!". By now he was starting to loss control of his emotions at his son's reasoning. He gritted his teeth in anger as he glared at the man that his son had become. What happened to him that made him like this? was he ignorant of his son's feelings or...
'...Did I even know him to begin with'.
Naruto stared impassively at him for a few minutes before finally deciding to answer him.
"Know this, father... this is only the beginning". He declared as he slowly began to fade.
"WAIT!" Minato demanded as he grabbed one of his special kunai and tossed it at him only for it to pass right through him. Naruto stared at him one last time before finally fading away.
"Go home and rest, father... you'll need all the strength you can get".
Minato stood motionlessly as he stared at the spot that Naruto had been occuring just a few minutes ago in silent contempt. Deciding to wallow in his self pity later, he picked up kakashi's hetai'ite before teleporting back to the village.
Naruto Shippuden OST II- Ritual (Akatsuki theme)
Six dark figures stood in a dark room with only one candle lighting up the room. A pair of blue ringed eyes glowed in the darkness. It was dark so their features could barely be made out but judging by their expression they looked inpatient.
"what's taking him so long?".
"Be patient juzo, he'll be here".
"I have to say am starting to get a little bit curious about this new recruit".
"Typical of you".
"Zip it sasori".
"How dare yo..."
"ENOUGH! He's here"
A figure appeared out of the darkness to stand in front of them, cold blue calculating eyes taking in the figures before him.
"Took you long enough"
"I apologize for making you wait, pein-sama"
"The konoha no yūrei, huh?"
"Well well well, if it isn't Naruto-kun"
"Orochimaru, thought I smelled a snake. so this is where you have been hiding"
"As blunt as always".
"I can see that you two are well acquainted, but now it's time to move on with the ceremony".
"I will not ask you why you are here or what you have done, but are you willing to sacrifice for the course".
silence.
"Yes" He said without any reluctance.
"Then as from now on, you shall no longer be known as the konoha no Yūrei...you shall now be known as the Akatsuki no Yūrei" a member of the Akatsuki Pein declared as he handed him a ring.
"Welcome to the Akatsuki".
The end.
Rasengan: Spiral sphere is a Ninjutsu technique developed over the span of three years by the Fourth Hokage, who created it as an Futon element. The technique has been taught to his sensei, Jiraiya, who then passed it on to the young ninja Naruto years later. The technique is unlike other jutsu in that it does not require any hand seals, it just relied on the ninja's ability to mold chakra. The ninja concentrates a contained, fast, rotating sphere of chakra in the palm of their hand which can cause much destructive impact. Thus the technique was pure shape manipulation of chakra, which was based on the Tail Beast bomb, however, the Rasengan is an incomplete jutsu which also required the users chakra affinity.
Kurai rasen-jō no kyū: (Dark spiralling sphere): Naruto's version of the rasengan. Considered an S-rank ninjutsu. This version of the rasengan is created by adding a large amount of killer into a senjutsu made rasengan.
Chidori: A thousand chirping birds is an S-rank ninjutsu. Chidori is a Ninjutsu technique developed by Hatake Kakashi utilizing the Lightning Element. Chidori allows him to cut through any foe. Chidori is used for assassination purposes. Activating the body to focus chakra to the hand, Kakashi's hand become enveloped by an electrical force. This force is their chakra altered in nature to an electrical current. By altering the shape of the force, similar to an electrical discharge, he can decide the power and range of the attack.
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Ja ne.
