A Collection Of Other Adventures

The New Akatsuki

Date: March 6th, 2023

It's morning and I'm bleeding in battle as usual. This time, we're trying to help the rebels in Peculia resist a raid on their base by the authorities. We're winning but at what price? A bloody price, that's it. Peace can never be achieved through peaceful means alone when things have gotten this far. Even the most peaceful of bringers of peace have had to put so much on the line in battle in order to achieve peace. This violence itself is a price everyone who didn't start acting when Nazis became a problem in Miitopia are paying for not doing anything at first. The price is paid even more greatly by those standing on the sidelines, not doing anything to stop them. I and many others should have learned about the growing threat of fascism after we defeated the SDL but we didn't until largely last year. The blood spilt is on my hands for several reasons. And no matter how much I clean my hands, that blood will always be there, a reminder of how much a fool I am and have been. All the good I've done in my world hasn't even been close to what I need to do in my world to fight fascism. I need to arm myself, get stronger, train, and be ready to die for the cause of defending the marginalized and workers and crushing Nazis. I'm not perfect. My own inaction has probably caused bad things to happen to some people I talked to online in the past. I don't truly know how much harm I unintentionally caused. The time for action is now. I never wanted to fight that much in my world but now, I see I have no choice. I don't even know how much I can trust my family to fight for marginalized people like me. At this point, it feels like I can barely trust them with such a thing.

But that's not the main focus of this recounting of an adventure that happened to me. Right when I was about to die again, time stopped. I found myself healed instantly and staring face to face with my counterpart from the timeline where Fluffy Afro never became Gorganan. "Come with me, Swiftdrawer. There's some people wishing to discuss something important with you. I stopped time. It will resume once the matter of discussion is settled at last. Myself and some others are only helping with the meeting, not take apart in it. We were contacted and asked to do all this." "Where is this meeting taking place?" Amegakure." "Okay." I go with them. They take me to Amegakure where time has also been stopped. In the middle of what's left of a building, there's a table and chairs with some individuals seated while other individuals I recognize as being the counterparts of the likes of Bray and Dominic are standing guard around them. Nagato who is sitting towards the middle of the table spots me first: "You're the last one we needed here. Join us. I have something important to propose to you and the others gathered here right now." "I will. *goes to the table and sits down." "Thank you Konan, Yahiko, Adam, Batman, Deadpool, Fran, Teacher, Madeline, Incinerate, Blaze, Gelina, Kaito, Biara, Yuri, Hell Kaiser, Aporia, Hit, Jiren, Hawks, Orochimaru, Wonda The Gust, Eraser Head, Camula, Bismuth, Skips, Pandor, Blood Sheppard, Android 18, Supreme Kai of Time Aeos, Ghost Gal, Barla, Judia, Madison, Fab Fairy Akiza, and Bray for coming." "Nagato, why have you called so many others here?" "Konan, we need to go further with our ambitions this time." "Hey, why the hell did you recruit a little girl?!" "Hey! Don't underestimate me! I'm a D rank adventurer and not a C rank adventurer because other guild masters didn't agree to promote me to C! I only just joined the guild recently!"

"But you're just a child! Violence isn't good for children!" "I don't know who you are lady but if you don't stop underestimating me, you can piss off and did!" "Fran, you said that out loud. And yes, I'm a talking sword, everyone!" "Oh, I did?! AAAAAA!" "You damn little brat!" "*summons a snake to silence them both* My my, as much as I enjoy watching petty fights like this one, we really should get this meeting to where it needs to be. I have experiments and research to work on, after all." "Nagato, bringing Orochimaru here was bold move. What do you have in mind?" "I will answer but first. Android 18, you must understand that Fran is no ordinary child nor was I. I killed for the first time at an even younger age than her. It was an accident but it's all in the past now. 2 Konoha shinobi killed my parents after mistaking them for ninja. That day, my Rinnegan eyes activated and I killed the shinobi without meaning to. I was terrified. They pled for forgiveness but my emotions were too strong. Fran, would you care to explain the pain you've experienced to everyone here?" "Alright, I will. I'm a Black Cat, my parents were killed and I was enslaved for a really long time. I was treated like scum and had almost nothing going for me. But then my sword here Teacher called out to me when monsters attacked the group I was a part of. I learned he could talk and used him to defeat the monsters and break free. My mom was so kind, I miss her. But I know she will always be in my heart. My people have faced so much hatred and discrimination. Becoming strong was something that was said to be impossible for us Black Cats but with Teacher's help, I'm proving everyone wrong and surpassing their expectations!"

"I met Fran and Teacher in their world while helping investigate what just happened 4 days ago. I learned about your promise to them, Adam. I decided to explain everything to them. Now, they're both BRAINS members. As you can see, I had a lot of help gathering all of you here. Essentially everyone here is willing to kill and more so than the average person. Here's my proposal: the reformation of the Akatsuki now that the Akatsuki I founded is no longer around thanks to Naruto and about 15,000 others." "Are you sure about this, Nagato? We've only been living again for about a month." "Yahiko, I'm so thankful to have you back. Yes, I am certain that this is the best course of action. But this time, we won't be trying to create a weapon powerful enough to wipe out nations or destroying the lives of innocent people. No, this Akatsuki will seek peace and liberation for all. We will operate in the shadows and grow our funds by taking on bounties for individuals who are now beyond saving by means other than death. We will also carry out assassinations. The corrupt, greedy, and cruel will fear the Akatsuki on a scale like never before. But we must go out of our way to never harm innocent people when possible. Now, I ask clearly. Will any of you join the Akatsuki?" "Hell yeah! Especially if I get to blow some targets up! But even if I don't get to, I'm still joining!" "Fran, I will join if it is your desire to join this Akatsuki." "I'm in. I must get stronger and I will take down anyone who puts down others! I won't hesitate to kill them if necessary!"

"This kid.. I'll join too but Krillin will not be happy if he finds out." "That's not a problem. No one has to disclose their membership in the Akatsuki to anyone. We are a secret organization after all." "I work alone. I will not join your group." "Oh come on, Batman! Yes, I know who you are because I can break the 4th wall! The pay for this must be pretty sweet. Why don't you join? You'd be perfect!" "It's at this moment that I have sone important intel to share. With the help of the clones of the AI, GADGET, we have found out that The Joker has joined forces with Don Thousand. Does that change your mind, Batman?" "I'll join. But I work alone. Don't make me work with a partner." "The original Akatsuki worked in pairs of two for the most part. If all of you join, the member list will number 37 including myself. That's fine." "Okay. I accept your terms but again, I work and fight alone." "I will join the Akatsuki. I'm not afraid of getting my hands covered in blood due to doing so. I will make as many individuals hurt as necessary. With the funds we get, we'll be able to do a lot of good in monetary societies. My sword will cut down whoever needs to be cut down." "Awoo! I'm so joining! It may not seem like it but I'm willing to kill anyone who stands in the way of bettering so many societies!" "At this point, I'm not even surprised by your words even though you weren't this way when we first met, Blaze. But I'm one to talk. I was irritable and pretty anti-social at first. I'm joining the Akatsuki myself! I can't wait to feast my fangs on some enemies and rip them apart without mercy! I'll have a taste of their blood by the time I'm done killing them!"

"I shall join the Akatsuki. I am a Great Sage, I was taught about peace so many times. Originally, I didn't have the heart to kill villains, only restrain them. Adam's mii counterpart was more assertive in that regard. In another timeline, they made the choice to destroy the Dark Curse instead of save him." "I want to fly free. As long as you let me do so, I Hawks will join the Akatsuki. I didn't hold back in killing a villain I made friends with even though that's not what I wanted to do." "You'll be allowed to make your own decisions. Unlike the previous Akatsuki, we will have no leader. Any kill method is fair game." "I'm more trained in restraining someone and fighting if necessary. I will only kill if it's needed. I'll join. I may be a hero but after everything that's happened, I can't deny that not all villains can be saved by simply beating and persuading them. Shigaraki is one of those villains." "I'm also someone who you would not expect to join an organization like the Akatsuki. However, I don't hesitate at all when somebody's pissed me off. When they do, they feel my wrath! My job is focused on healing and light magic but that doesn't mean I won't kill if I need to. Like Eraser Head, I have seen far too much to always spare my enemies' lives." "Now that I've graduated from the Lost Academia, I have seen all kinds of horrors in my world. It's gotten to the point that I joined a resistance movement and personally killed the leader of the government who controlled land that included the Lost Academia and Testificate Forest Village. You will have me, Gelina Hyswarp as a member of this new Akatsuki."

"You want us to help hunt bounties, do what's needed, and collect the rewards? I used to ruthlessly take people's souls or turn them into cards. I've softened up since then but I won't hold back against anyone who seeks to kill others! I will fight till the end and make all my enemies suffer! I'll join, when will the hunt start?" "As soon as this meeting is over, Kaito Tenjo." "As a member of the Knights Of Hanoi, I have done some things I regret doing to the players of Link VRAINS. I'm joining to protect people from those who have lost their way like I did. If I have to kill, I will do so. I've also seen too much to deny that killing is often necessary." "Don't worry, I'll join your little group! It sounds like it will be even more fun than crushing my opponents, making them feel despair, and even turning them into cards! I'm in now that I've been successfully separated from Yuya!" "I have a lot of people to thank for my healing from the damage I did to myself by joining underground duels. I will show my targets no mercy. My younger brother will be worried for me but I was wheelchair ridden for too long. I'll crush anyone who dares to hurt others!" "How fascinating. Are you sure you want me, Orochimaru to be in your organization?" "This time, our interests more or less line up now that you have no interest in taking innocent lives. You can even collect data while you're on Akatsuki missions in the name of your research." "Nagato, you are one interesting man. I accept your terms. You can have the money I make from completing bounties. I have no need for it." "Yusei and the others changed my very nature. However, my despair never completely left me. I'll kill without hesitation. I'm joining your organization. Let's work together."

"I feel no need to explain myself. If I'm given a target for money, I will kill that target quickly and efficiently." "Battling the strong is what I do best. Consider me in just like Hit. Goku and I will however have our rematch someday. This I promise." "Before Adam and others came to the Lost Academia, I was complacent in many cruel acts. After learning how much pain they caused, I have decided to join the Akatsuki. I'm still the deputy head of the school but when I'm not busy, I'm willing to kill whoever I need to. I won't let anyone else I learn of hurt innocent people." "Are you sure I fit here, darling? I was one of the Shadow Riders after all." "You are perfect, vampire Camula. You didn't hesitate to take people's souls when you defeated them." "True. In that case, I'll join out of curiosity. Whoever I'm supposed to kill is already as good as in the afterlife right now." "Oh right! I used to shatter enemies of the Gem rebellion on Earth! I'm ready for this! I'll join your Akatsuki and never hesitate to kill!" "I only just met some of you recently but I guess I'll join. I don't really mind killing people if it's for the right reasons. My friends Mordecai and Rigby may have issues with that but I don't care that much after all that I've seen." "I am Pandor, an AI created by Revolver. I prefer to destroy someone by making them my friend but if they must be destroyed completely then so be it. Give me the information of who I'm supposed to kill and I'll hunt them down immediately." "This is not much different from what I used to do. I was feared as a bounty hunter in Link VRAINS. I'd eliminate my target no matter what. Killing someone isn't that far fetched to me. I'll do it. I'll join. What about you, Ghost Gal?" "Well, bounties tend to pay a lot. I'm in. Especially if almost no one ends up knowing Im killing people."

"Killing somebody is even simpler than erasing a timeline for me, Aeos. Goku has changed me but I'm in. This should be interesting. I can't wait to find out just how interesting it really is." "Alright! I'm ready to kill some bastards! I'll show them all what I'm capable of! You can count on me! My targets won't even see me before I kill them!" "I've killed so many that I've become numb to doing so. They also won't see me coming. Before they know it, I will start draining their life force before leaving them in a pile of their own blood." "I think I'm the last one! I'll make anyone who hurts others selfishly pay! I'll make my sisters proud! The cruelty that's everywhere makes me so mad! Let me at them! Let me at them! Right now!" "It's settled then, all of you want to join the Akatsuki. Good. Now it's time to move onto the next step. Konan, did you bring them?" "Yes I did, Nagato." Konan reveals a few boxes that's she's been having hidden paper clones carry this entire time. "We have robes in the right sizes for everyone here, even one for Teacher's scabbard. My clones will pass them out and then everyone will get paired up with someone else except for Batman." Several minutes later, all of us are wearing Akatsuki robes over whatever else we're wearing. I'll describe the appearances of those I haven't yet who have joined the Akatsuki some other time I see them as well. Once that's taken care of, Nagato speaks again: "Okay, I've created a list of whose most suitable to pair up in terms of pairings. However, we should all choose our partners. So forget that list. My partner will be Konan." It takes some time but we all figure out how to pair up with.

Now for the pairings: Hit and Jiren, Hell Kaiser and Kaito, Yuri and Camula, Yahiko and Wonda The Gust, myself and Barla, Madison and Bray, Madeline and Aeos, Orochimaru and Pandor, Ghost Gal and Blood Sheppard, Biara and Judia, Fran and Teacher, Blaze and Incinerate, Hawks and Deadpool, Aporia and Madeline, Bismuth and Android 18, Gelina and Eraser Head, and Akiza and Skips. "Now that all of you are paired with someone, let me explain the benefits of creating a new Akatsuki. It will serve as another front for the BRAINS Collective, finance it and other connected groups, allow us to coordinate killings without getting others involved, it will be a symbol with many meanings, our morale will be boosted, we will deter others from using the Akatsuki name and ideals to hurt others, and operations will be efficient. This will be another front for the systematic change that is needed in so many places where pain and hatred is used to oppress people. This is the beginning of a new era. We will change existence by eliminating those who cannot be stopped by the mortals in the same universes as them! And as time goes on, we will recruit more members to this cause. Even some former members who have passed away. Yahiko, do you have that jutsu ready?" "Yes I do. Listen up everyone, we have a long list of bounties that we have gathered. To complete a few of them, some of us will have to fake being killed! We must all choose with our partners with the exception of Batman who to kill or have pretend to be killed on this list of bounties from across all of space-time! Let's get to it!" I look around at the projections of the bounties with Barla. We do so quietly until I lay my eyes on one to be completed in Gun Gale Online and Japan. I put my Swiftdrawer mask on: "This one is interesting. We have to kill this bastard named Death Gun both online and in the real world. I know what Death Gun has done. The time stamp for the bounty says July 7th, 2026. That means this is long after Kirito, the main Sword Art Online character takes care of the Death Gun situation."

"Oooo, guns. That means I can blow this Death Gun up!" "We can't do this rashly. The reward is 100 million yen. It was issued by the VR department of Japan's Ministry Of Internal Affairs and Communications in their Earth. He must be doing a lot of harm if they're putting such a high bounty on him. You kill the real life Death Gun, I'll kill him in game. It says here that things must be done this way because Death Gun's current location is unknown and they're tracking him down. If we use Dominic's and GADGET's clones for help, we should be able to track Death Gun down. I will find him by luring him in GGO unless he's trying to kill someone else. If I'm right, I'll be able to convert my Link VRAINS avatar over. Revolver and Playmaker created a program to makes the conversion process of a Link VRAINS avatar easy and painless. If it works, all the coded enhancements to my avatar will transfer over and will be able to use my duel disk to log into GGO. If I'm lucky, I'll be able to bring my sword with me from Link VRAINS as well." "I agree to your plan. Oh and one more thing, let's accept the bounties that were put on us. I'll disguise myself as a Nazi and you and I will pretend. You pretend to die and I pretend to kill you in the ongoing battle. After that, I'll haul your body to whoever is in charge nearby and they'll give me the reward. I'll then throw you far away as if disposing of your corpse. When that's done, I'll disappear into the crowd of Nazi troops and take off my disguise before teleporting somewhere. By that time, I want you to disguise yourself and pull the same stunt I did. The Nazis will get cocky thinking that we're dead. That will be our moment to strike to kill some of them." "I like it. Let's take care of Death Gun first though. I don't expect it to take very long."

We're among the first members of the new Akatsuki to finish and collect bounties. Nagato talks to us before we leave: "You two, are you leaving to take on some bounties already?" "Hell yeah we are! We'll bring back copies of the bounties and the rewards here if that's okay!" "It is. Our friends from a different timeline will keep time frozen here for now. We'll set up an actual base in that dimension that's being created by other individuals at the moment in time. I'll contact you once you go back to what you were doing before whenever I think there's a bounty you two should take on together." "Sounds good. Come on Barla, let's not waste any time. Once we leave here, time will move again around us, right Nagato?" "That is correct. Good luck out there." We nod and Barla casts a illusion spell on us so we blend in in Tokyo. Once we're in the Tokyo of the SAO universe, we get to work immediately. Dominic's metal clones nowadays mostly gather intelligence. Many universes have one collecting intel inside of them without anyone even being aware of them. She contacts Dominic's and GADGET's clones in this universe while I find somewhere to hide in order to log into Gun Gale Online. I find myself the perfect place to hide, a dumpster in an abandoned alleyway. Barla lifts the illusion spell on me once I get inside of it. But before I did, I teleported all of the garbage out. My hair is going to stink after this but oh well. What I find really gross is the fact that dumpsters smell like a weird and bad smelling version of bread. I was reminded of that fact even before this all while walking to the nearest public library where I live last week. I get comfortable and activate my duel disk. Once I do so, I press a button that runs the program for the avatar conversion. It also lets me pirate a copy of GGO to install into my duel disk as that program runs.

As soon as it's finally done, I quietly say: "Link start!" I see the screen I've always thought was cool since I started watching Sword Art Online towards the middle of last month. After it goes away, it is replaced by the character creation screen. An option for saved avatar is visible due to the program that converted my avatar. I select it and it not only puts in my Link VRAINS avatar but my alias Swiftdrawer as well. I then log in and enter the world of GGO. Pandor comes into contact with me and appears before me in game: "Greetings Swiftdrawer. I am a clone of Pandor. My original self was asked by Konan to help you track down Death Gun. I am scanning this entire Gun Gale Online server for Death Gun whose username is Sterben as you know. I have located him. You now have a green path appearing before you. It is directing you to Death Gun. I will go ahead to make sure no one interferes. Good luck, Swiftdrawer." "Thank you." She nods and I begin running. As I run towards Death Gun until it feels like I'm getting really close to him, I ignore whispers of people wondering who I am under my cloak and mask. I just want to get this over with. I will kill Death Gun as many times as necessary to keep him busy so Barla can find and kill him in the physical world. We will not let Death Gun cause anymore problems for people. We also have intel that Death Gun is up to his old tricks. Having a partner kill whoever he kills in game. I see Death Gun stun a player just outside of the city limits. My speed from all the training I've done and the avatar enhancements is insane. It didn't take long to get past the limits of the city you spawn in and do a bunch of other things in too such as sign up for the game's tournament: BOB in order to get close to Death Gun.

Just as he's about to kill them, I run so fast that he doesn't even see me coming until I stab his avatar in the heart area. His avatar dies and I run off before the player I just saved says anything to me. I run to where Death Gun respawned and pretty much keep chasing him and killing him. My agility is too much for even Death Gun to handle. This is a reflection of how my performance in battle doesn't diminish in quality when I physically overlay my avatar over my physical body while fighting. Death Gun didn't see me coming. No one did. I only stopped chasing and killing him in game when he suddenly disconnected. He wore a black cloak with a metal skull mask with glowing red eyes. I log out of GGO right away and get out of the dumpster before teleporting to Barla's current location. Once there, I see a man laying in bed with a giant hole where his heart should be. The bedsheets are stained with blood. "I'm surprised you didn't completely blow him to pieces." "Well, we need to show evidence we killed him. Let's go to this Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications." I nod and we both carry his body as I teleport us to the office of the member of the ministry's VR division who is working with Kirito. He almost faints at seeing us come in like that: "Who are you?! What in the?! Is that the man who was Death Gun?" "Hell yeah! We killed the bastard! I killed him for real, Swiftdrawer here killed him in GGO!" "Who are you?! How did you?! The first time anyone saw a user called Swiftdrawer was an hour ago! That's what Kirito told me! So you're the one who kept chasing Death Gun and killing him before Kirito even got the chance to?"

"I'm Barla." "You know my name already or my alias at least. We are part of the Akatsuki. Remember that name. Yes, I really did chase and kill Death Gun as much as I needed to. If you involve yourselves with time travel or villains from other dimensions, we will come for you. I have proof that I'm Swiftdrawer. Not just my mask I mean." "You can? But how did you get in here?" "Some things are better left not explained. The Akatsuki have always been beyond normal abilities. Let me show you my player data." I use my duel disk to display my virtual avatar. It even has info on what I've done in both GGO and Link VRAINS. He looks at the data. I don't feel like describing his appearance or saying his name right now. Maybe next time. "You're really Swiftdrawer! Okay, you brought Death Gun's real body here and stopped him for good. He was supposed to be dead before he came back. Would you mind staying to answer a few questions?" "No, the Akatsuki doesn't share any information to others unless it's necessary. Now if you please. The reward. We came to deliver his body and claim our reward." "Umm, I happen to have it with me.. I will transfer it to your GGO account. But how do I know you won't betray us?" "We do not associate ourselves with any governments. As long as you don't harm others, we will never be forced to come after you. Transfer the money now. I suggest you call the morgue and a coroner. We'll be leaving if that's all." "I transferred the money. But please wait! Please answer some questions! I'll make it worth your while!" "No. I know I will someday return to this world to help deal with other problems that come up that are beyond even Kirito and Asuna's skills to take care of. Ones that involve interference from other worlds and/or time periods. For now, take care and don't cause pain unless it's necessary. Let's go, Barla." "Right." We teleport away before he could say anything else.

After that, we return to where we were in Miitopia. Barla changes into a Nazi soldier outfit without me noticing and charges at me, pinning me to the ground. We go all in in our fake fight. When we let it be over, she pretends to shoot me in the head and I secretly pour red food coloring where she supposedly shot me and pretended to be killed. "Out of the way, fellow soldiers! I gotta take this highly valued target to the commander! Move! Move!" Some Nazi soldiers move out of the way to let the disguised Barla through carrying my body as I pretend to be dead. She continues to shout things along the same lines until she finds the commander shouting orders from on top of a heavily armored tank. She shouts up to him: "Commander sir! I got one of the radicals on the wanted list and killed em!" The commander looks down: "Let me see for myself! Deputy Commander, you take command for now! I'm known as the Money Commander for a reason! It is I who holds enough money to pay for the killing of all who are on the wanted list and even have a printed out copy of each and every wanted poster! When the rewards are collected, I give the poster away!" He looks down at me: "Good work, soldier! That's a mean way to kill! I like that! Here's your reward! *gives Barla a big bag of gold and a copy of the wanted poster for me* Take good care of that stuff and buy yourself something nice once we win this battle! For now, put them in your combat backpack and rejoin the front lines! We need you up there on the double! That's an order, soldier!" "Yes, commander sir! I will do so! Thank you sir! But what do you want to do with the body?" "You killed him, you figure it out!" "Okay. *throws me* All done! Adam will sink to the bottom of the ocean!" I land on a rock about a mile away but my armor and cloak protect me. In fact, my Akatsuki cloak is actually undamaged, just a little dirty despite everything including laying in that damn stinky dumpster. It smelled horrible in there.

I find the corpse of a dead Nazi soldier and take their gear before putting it on myself to blend in. Barla clearly did the same earlier. With that done, I find her and she and I pretend to fight with her not disguised this time. We pretty much did the same things we did earlier except I pretend to shoot her through the heart. We Miitopia BRAINS members all have red food coloring in our ender pouches nowadays. It's for the best. It with Fluffy's idea. With our mock battle over, I carry her as I shout: "Move outta the way! I got someone on the wanted list and I'm bringing her to our commander!" Some Nazi soldiers move out of the way for me, not realizing who I really am and that we faked my death. Now with all that settled, I get the commander's attention once I get close enough by holding Barla up as high as I could. "Commander! I got one of the wanted!" "I see that you did! Great work, soldier! 2 in one day! Amazing, we haven't been able to get any on the wanted list before today! Seriously, you did great! Now let me give you your rewards! After that, your orders are to rejoin the front lines and fight more!" "Thank you for the compliments, sir. *is given the rewards and puts them in the combat backpack for now* I'll enjoy all of the money when we win!" "Good! Oh and you can just throw this traitor as far as you can." "Actually, I'm not yours to command." "What do you mean? Where's Barla?!" The sounds of cries of pain and explosions go on around us: "She's killing all of your friends around here before I kill you. Your higher ups and troops think we're dead now thanks to you and we can't let you stay alive long enough to expose the fact that we actually aren't dead and faked our deaths."

I remove the combat stuff, revealing my Akatsuki cloak: "Soon enough, Nazis will cower in fear when they hear the name Akatsuki." "It's you?! Noooo! General! We have a problem! Why aren't you answering?! Noooo! This can't be!" "I'm afraid that communications have been jammed. They've been jammed since the start of the battle. The only mercy I'll give you is a quick death. It'll make me feel less remorse when I have time to think about my emotions and not the battle at hand. I don't like taking lives even though I find killing an enemy to be kind of satisfying. I wish I didn't have to kill but I was forced to confront the reality that I have to kill Nazis like you because peace against fascist violence will only lead to suffering if it isn't aided with violence. Last year, I learned that Nazis like you want people like me dead, erased, and silenced in my world. With that knowledge, I knew I had to help crush the likes of you here in Miitopia too. I won't be your damn scapegoat. I'm going to kill you because I have little choice in the matter of doing so or not. Enough talk, I'll just end you right here and now. Queers like me have been pushed too far in this world. You brought this upon yourself by giving into the greed and manipulations of those who are really in charge. I know everything about you. We've investigated you. You wouldn't change a thing about yourself even if it killed you. Any last words since killing you is the only way to stop you?" "Burn in hell, you f*g!" "I'll be sure to enjoy the hot flames and lava for you. Die." I stab him in the heart with my sword. There is no hesitation in what I do. It's just what I needed to do in the end. The heavily armored tank he was standing on earlier is blown up behind me by Barla.

She appears next to me: "Let's kill some Nazis. We'll start with the ones who appear to investigate the explosions from here and go from there." "I have no objections to that plan. Let's turn the tide of this battle away from the Nazis. We won't let them win or force us to retreat in pain while carrying our wounded and dead this time." "Hell yeah! That's the idea!" "Good. Let's go." We put the money we managed to get away before taking what was left of the dead commander's money and putting it away on our ender pouches after splitting it too. We see some Nazis headed our way and kill them. By the time the battle has been won, only 2 hours have passed and pretty much both of us and all of our comrades are covered in blood from head to toe. Bray used a spell on all of us to clean away the blood before we carded as many dead, defeated, and subdued enemies as possible while being healed by a healing spell with a massive AoE. But the day was still pretty young. It was only about 1 PM. We eat lunch and get ready to return to base. Before we could go back to base, a bunch of singers and dancers in shiny outfits with seriously nice shoulder pads showed up through an apple shaped portal. They sang or danced to BIM All The Way. Before anyone could do anything about this, the dancers dragged me away as they and the signers went back through the portal. I shout: "Let them take me! We could easily kill them but let's see what happens! I'll be fine! Get a team together to come pick me up and/or help me with fighting if needed! See y'all back at base! What a mood killer!" They drag me through the portal and into Boogaloo's office at the headquarters for BIM. "Hello there, I have had these performers bring you here for one reason and one reason only. Join us or else be destroyed."

I free myself of the hold of the dancers easier: "I prefer neither of the above. I wonder how much your head is worth. If it's worth nothing, that's fine. The reasons I kill do not include money. If I get money from killing someone I don't like, it's a bonus to me. A bonus I'll use for good purposes. Now then, I'm just going to take everyone in this building down without killing a single one of them except you. Your worldwide music cult ends now. National BIM Hour ends today. There will be no more mandatory BIM marks. This world will no longer be yours to control. I know about the power ups eating that apple of yours grants you but that won't be enough. Or at least, I doubt it will be enough. If I'm correct, you and your brainwashed cultists won't be able to even touch me long enough to cause a minimal amount of pain through a very small cut that barely bleeds at all." "You will not defeat those who worship the holy Apple, the sacred apple from which we gain power and enlightenment! The very Apple from the stories of Adam and Eve! The Apple from the Garden of Eden! But we don't just have one, we have hundreds, no thousands, no billions! Enough to enlighten the entire world for good! All of us here at BIM headquarters have one! You will be destroyed for not conforming to BIM because I know how to be a master!" Every single person in the room eats a whole entire apple right in front of me. Each of them gets surrounded in a apple orange aura. They all come at me, using dance moves to try to hit me. Thankfully, I'm able to dodge everything they throw at me for the time being.

But then, fellow members of the new Akatsuki show up. Android 18, Fran, Teacher, Barla, Bray, Ghost Gal, Nagato, Konan, and Incinerate. "Hey Adam! We won't let you fight all of these bastards on your own! This is going to be awesome! Hell yeah!" "Don't get overconfident! These damn bastards look much stronger than they should be! Each one might be as powerful as Cell at the very least if not even stronger than him!" "We are here now! And we're going to bring down this accursed organization. I've been told everything about BIM. The Akatsuki will be the ones to eliminate BIM once and for all! You'll need a lot more people on your side to defeat us, Boogaloo! This office will be destroyed in any second because we can't fight effectively in this tight of a space." Right now, I'm focused on swinging my sword and dodging attacks. You could say that I'm the replacement for Kisame in this Akatsuki. But after a couple of minutes, the battle has become so fierce that we've all fallen to the lobby on the bottom floor of BIM headquarters. As a result, the number of enemies we're facing is much higher now. They number in the hundreds and each one is fighting with dance moves except for Boogaloo and a few others. Because there are so many and each is powered by those apples, the rest of the Akatsuki are called in. But even so, that has barely affected how hard it is to defeat even just one. It's almost like they've gained the physical qualities of androids. "Damn it! Just how hard is this going to be?! I don't have room to use my special sword attacks! Gaaaaah!"

"I find this rather fun. Question is: can I kill these people?" "Orochimaru, you must not kill them. You must stop them without killing them." "I was just checking. It's settled then. Alright, I can spare their lives. But I'd very much like to get my hands on some of those apples for my research. With their genes, I'm willing to bet I could create the ultimate lab grown living being. I've thought of doing that for some time. And I know exactly what to call such a life form: Mitsuki." "You better get focused already! Damn it, I wish they had quirks instead of powers coming from eating special apples so I could disable their abilities and make them useless. I will do what I must to protect you all. One person is already restrained by my cloth. I'll make them lose consciousness by cutting off most of their airway. Our enemies are fast and string but against my cloth, they don't stand a chance of winning." "Woohoo! This is so much fun! I just wish I could kill them!" "FYI, Boogaloo must die. We must kill him! I can't use Artist's Eye in this situation or else I'd try to make something to give us some breathing room." To be continued.

Outro: At first, I really wasn't sure what to do for this chapter of A Collection Of Other Adventures. But I've been obsessed with toying around with the idea of creating a new Akatsuki with Nagato and my alternate self as members among others. It was difficult to figure out what characters are willing to kill with little to no hesitation. It was a lot of thinking but I managed to get probably most of them down in terms of the characters I know who are canonically alive in my stories. Yes, I decided to bring back Konan and Yahiko too. They were revived the same way as Nagato. I've been watching Sword Art Online lately so that's where I got the idea of having my alternate self fight Death Gun and all that. There will be a SAO arc in the future. And of course, I've been waiting to do a arc for the movie The Apple called the BIM arc so I decided to start it in this chapter. This was in between pretty easy and medium level difficulty to write. Thank you for reading, hope to see ya in the next one.