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From serious to strange Kenshin defects from his village while his team is out on a mission. This takes place at the same time as the previous chapter occurred, freshly after Konoha�s new Genin have graduated the academy but a year after Kenshin and his group graduated in Rain country�somewhat earlier than most. A battle occurs in which Kenshin is captured with things going according to plan in all but one respect. He never expected his captors to be so quirky.

Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction / Crossover With Non-anime Series Fan Fiction / Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Martial Arts / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 05.01.2009 | Pages: 7 | Words: 7.0K | Visits: 171 | Status: Completed

The False Apocalypse

The Shinobi Saga

Chapter 13

The Amazing Akatsuki

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

Somewhere in the northern regions of rain country a lone figure was walking through a heavy storm clutching a scroll in his left hand. His clothes were stained with blood from head to toe and the rain caused a stream of blood to trail behind him. This was not his blood; it was the blood of the dead who's heads were sealed within the scroll the man carried in his left hand.

He walked on through the endless thunderstorm as the trail of blood began to lessen. After nearly four hours of walking further north he noticed a border marker fallowed closely by a large hut. A shelter from the storm which carried over from rain country into the borderland of earth.

The drenched figure knocked on the door not knowing exactly what to expect from this place. Some let him in without question, some did thinking it was a joke, and others simply turned him away.

A few seconds passed and a slide opened in the door. Two eyes peered through the hole trying to recognize the knocker before letting him in. The gaze left the hole and closed the slide not noticing anyone there only for another knock to come as soon as it shut.

“Down here.” The man behind the door opened the slide once again and looked down noticing a kid with his head covered by a straw hat.

“Go away kid this isn't the place for children.” He then slammed the hatch shut and walked back to his seat to wait for the next to enter. That is, until the singing of a blade alerted him to a set of slices which struck with enough force to cause the door to explode.

The so called kid walked through the dusty remnants of the door immediately looking around for the counter to turn in his catch.

“Hey kid! You don't belong here!” The door guard screamed as he charged the young boy.

“Says who?” The boy's eyes were hidden beneath the hat but were they visible it would have been obvious how idiotic it was to argue with him.

“Says me and all the other respectable bounty hunters here, there's no way you could have any worth wile heads so leave before I kick you out.” The wind blew through the open door, knocking off the kid's hat revealing long red hair and a cross shaped scar on his left cheek. The image did not last long for the guard, for the next thing he noticed was the intense pain of his body being thrown against the nearest wall and passing out.

“So who's going to take these heads from me.” His eyes were dark and jagged, hardened like an old Shinobi just after war. It was actually rather frightening simply looking it his face; even more frightening having seen what he did to their bouncer with such little effort. Places like this had reputations for having strong bouncers. It was simply necessary with the number of high-level heads that got turned in here.

A few interested faces turned and began whispering to each other “Hey isn't that the Amegakure genin that went rogue a few weeks ago.”

“The description matches, last I heard he's been going around killing off all kinds of high price heads. You'd think the guy were a Jounin.”

“Seriously? how high?” A third at the same table asked with an increasing interest.

“Mostly A-rank heads over ten million. It's just a rumor but I heard he actually took down Junbo no Tsuuda (Junbo of the crushing blow).” (using a Yen ish system so that's more like a hundred thousand in dollars.)

“Junbo? You cant mean…”

“The one with the S-class bounty, yea that's the one. I heard Junbo actually made sport of killing off Anbu.” All three men at this point were visibly sweating, if the reports were true this kid was ruthless and bloodthirsty. It wisent often you ran into born killing machines, people like Zabuza Momochi or Itachi Uchiha or who earned A and S-rank bounties before most Shinobi were making their first kills. When you did it was usually best to run. They tended to leave strings of destruction in their path, usually with high collateral damage. When they didn't…that's when they got really scary.

“Damn…” The kid walked over to the bar and asked if they had any tea. Luckily for him they did. Most alcohol lovers didn't know why but there were plenty of bounty hunters who much preferred tea but for some reason it seemed to sell pretty well. He sat down sipping his tea as the tenant processed the four heads he turned in, paying no attention to the conversations of the others.

“Hey Souske what is it they are calling him. If it's true he's got to have a title right?” It was true; anyone worth mentioning had a title. Junbo's came from his time as a Jounin from Kumogakure. The guy could supposedly fight on par with any of the Seven swordsmen of the mist before turning traitor after a dispute with some black-ops. Ever since he had been going around killing off any Anbu he could find.

“Hitokiri Battousai, apparently his sword skills are unspeakably powerful.” A large figure wearing a black cape covered in red clouds slammed his hand on the table

“Any clue why he's joined the hunt?” The large man with stitches all over his face asked with thoughts of recruiting such a powerful child. His master would be most pleased to retrieve another powerful pawn. In all seriousness he was hoping another hunter like himself could join and get rid of his pathetic excuse of a partner. The annoying religious nut simply had no regard for good money.

“…N nn nno I uh.” The large man was growing impatient and smashed the table.

“Oy kid what's your purpose.” The kid took another sip of his tea before slightly turning his head to the side.

“Jinchuuriki, one killed a good friend of mine.” It was stated coldly as if he wanted the bowls of hell to open up and swallow the offender.

“Really now…” The large Akatsuki member pulled his hand out of the broken table and walked over to him.

“Using the head money to find him are you?”

“Have any information on the five tail?” The eyes were cold and heartless, eyes of a hardened warrior having seen years of endless battle, pain and, suffering. Fitting for a potential Akatsuki.

“No but your going to join us.” He placed his hand on the kid's shoulder as a man with a massive scythe stood up. “Oy Kakuzu, drop the kid and lets get out of here, these places annoy me. There's no point if you wont let me sacrifice anyone here.” The boy's eye twitched at the last statement and the glimmering of a slicing blade caught the eye of Hidan as Kakuzu's body was lopped in two from the right thigh to the left side of his neck.

The speed and power of the strike stunned Hidan but left him smirking when hundreds of black tendrils sprouted from Kakuzu's remains pulling himself back together again.

“Too bad kid we cant be killed.” Several bounty hunters snuck out of the building knowing things were going to turn bad. They were stopped when two more Akatsuki members were standing just outside the only exit. One was large, blue and shark like with a massive grin as if he were about to have a massive killing spree. His partner stood quiet and emotionless as his red eyes glowed in the shadow of the building.

“I must say kid your skills are rather good for one so young but compared to us your nothing.”

“I am not one to be used.” His eyes darted around the room skillfully, analyzing his best escape rout.

“You don't have much of a choice.” The blue giant spoke up at the door as the lesser bounty hunters cowered in fear while others simply sat drinking their beer. It didn't matter how strong a bounty hunter was, if you started, you learned the big bounties. Even armatures could tell there were Four S-class heads in the room with one well on his way to it and none of them wanted to be around for the likely fight. The red haired boy sheathed his blade looking to the ground.

“That's better, now let's talk.” Kakuzu moved closer as a deadly voice sounded from the small boy.

“No.” The voice coming from the Battousai was colder than before, harsher and sickened with the men. He lowered his body holding the blade to at his left side and flicked it out of the sheath with this thumb. A streak of light was all that could be seen leaving the sheath as an afterimage. It created a V shaped path through Kakuzu's body and continued through Hidan's scythe and even further through his body, though the room and finally colliding with intense force against Kisame's Samahada. The force of the strike cratered Kisame's feet into the ground as Kisame kept himself stationary using chakra to cling to the ground.

Electricity hung in the air where the blade had passed but was sucked from the air by the Samahada causing the Battousai to pull back in shock. His eyes held confusion, wondering how the blade remained intact after that strike and how it had absorbed his electrical blade enhancement.

“Hehehe That's good boy, my Samahada is just itching to shave a few inches off of ya.” Kisame chuckled in his strange way as he spoke lifting Samahada back onto his shoulder before smashing it into the ground before the Battousai. He jumped back taking note of how easily the shark man wielded his massive blade.

As Hidan and Kakuzu pulled themselves back together the Battousai was preparing to make another deadly strike but found himself trying to figure out what the hell was happening when the shark man suddenly turned into crows along with everything around him turning the entire area a strange forest. Hundreds upon hundreds of crows flew at him as he cut them down as most burst into smoke, while others split in two and formed new crows, and others revealed themselves to be shuriken.

The crows few back a ways and flocked together forming a massive head, the head of Itachi Uchiha. “It is over Battousai, your fate is sealed.”

“This is clearly Genjutsu you won't beat me that easily.” Itachi closed his eyes for a moment and exhaled a deep breath.

“You have two choices, join us and we will assist you in your revenge. Refuse and you will die here and now.”

“What if I don't want to join you!”

“You don't have much choice.” It wasn't many seconds later when the Battousai lost consciousness with a chop to the back of his neck by Kisame's Samahada.

“I see why Leader sama wants him so badly hehehehehe he puts up quite a fight for a kid.”

“His swordsmanship rivals yours and his speed is one to be reckoned with.” Itachi commented.

“Your telling me he took two hearts with him that brat!” Yup Kakuzu was pissed, not many people could take that many hearts from him in a battle. For a kid to do it was embarrassing, sickening to a point he wanted to snap the kid's neck over his knee. What's worse he did with his first strike.

“That shit's blade hurts like hell, you should just let me sacrifice him to Jashin and be done with it!” Hidan was equally angry with the boy, thanks to the brat he would need a new scythe and for some reason his left hand was moving when he tried to move his right hand. “Kakuzu you bastard you connected my nerves backwards.”

“It's the jutsu he used with his sword, my arm's are doing the same, your lucky I stitched you back correctly.”

“That's enough Hidan, Kakuzu, Pein wants him. His hate for the Gobi is strong, convincing him to join us will be unproblematic once we get him to the base and set him off to find what he wants.”

“…”

“Itachi… did you just say that much…at one time?” They were so surprised by Itachi's abnormal amount of speech they completely forgot that Itachi had said Pein wanted the kid. They were still utterly clueless at the fact they were trying to recruit someone Itachi's group was assigned to get.

“…” Hidan found himself with a kunai in his forehead between the eyes.

“Guaa you! Itachi what the hell!” Hidan immediately pulled the kunai out in annoyance.

“hehehe I love having him as a partner.” Kisame chuckled while speaking as was his usual manner. Frankly he simply loved watching Itachi make fools of everybody.

“Let's go.” Itachi stated coldly as Kisame grabbed Kenshin's unconscious body up by the leg and slung him over his back.

---In Amegakure---

“Amekage sama there is a Genin to see you, a Kaoru Kamiya.”

“Send her in.” he watched in his office as the girl entered with worry plastered all over her face.

“Ah Kaoru what can I help you with.”

“Amekage sama I just got the message about Kenshin. Is it true did he really leave?” She was on the verge of tears and for good reason.

“Yes I am afraid it is true, he left while Kenji and yourself were out on that mission.”

“But why would he!…”

“I am sorry but I had to label him a missing nin. Listen Kaoru don't worry I am sure he will return. You see while you were on that mission a friend of yours came here seeking refuge from a man. While here he was killed by a Jinchuuriki. We can only assume the Jinchuuriki was the man he was hiding from.” Kaoru clasped her hand over her mouth in shock not sure what to say.”

“But… then… who, why? Why would he leave.”

“When I told Kenshin what happened he went after the Jinchuuriki. Look I have him listed so the Anbu will try to return him alive. I know he wouldn't turn against the country that easily. He is a strong one your Kenshin… He has made quite a name for himself in the past few weeks.”

“Name? What are you talking about.”

“They are calling him Hitokiri Battousai, a genin wielding such skill he has already turned in over twenty missing nin heads at bounty stations. Most if not all of them are in our Bingo books so I know he is loyal, but still he has left on a mission against the will of Amegakure and must be returned.”

“Please let me go find him maybe I can…”

“Kaoru…” The Amekage sighed “I am sorry but I cannot permit you to be involved. He has shown his skill to be far greater than most Chuunin and by the reports he is probably high Jounnin level. It simply doesn't make any sense to send a genin to find an A and possibly S class missing nin. Now I have paper work to do, we can talk later ok?”

“ye..yes Amekage sama.” With that Kaoru left the room and went home satisfied with her ruse. `Good luck infiltrating them my Shinta.' After she was far enough away a strange plant like creature immerged from a black portal like opening in the floor within the Amekage's office.

“Report Zetsu..”

“You were right about the boy, were Hidan and Kakuzu not immortal they would be dead.” “Yes very scary, his speed is wow.”

“I see, well those two are too lax in their immortality anyway. They never bother dodging anything.”

“Ooo from what I saw they were cut in two before either one could blink.” “Yes his speed is most interesting, even Itachi had trouble keeping up with his eyes. His standard speed is on par with a high level Shunshin.”

“Now that is interesting. Well Itachi will convince him weather he wants to or not. He will prove to be a powerful ally.”

“Want to see the results Leader?”

“No Itachi has matters under control; you need to check up on Sasori, Orochimaru's unofficial replacement seems to be causing him some problems.”

“Aaw I wanted to see…” “Yes sir.” Zetsu then melded back into the ground the same way he came in.

---An Akatsuki base the next morning---

Itachi had just been woken by come infernal noise. `Blasted Kisame how many times have I told him to stay QUIET in the mornings.' Itachi got up and dressed exhausted from another long and annoying nightmare. Apparently the plant freak Zetsu was giving him nightmares again. Though having a shark for a partner didn't help much either no matter how well they got along when away from the others.

Rubbing his head just above the eyes for relief from his seemingly chronic morning headaches, Itachi made his way to the larger room where Kisame was apparently making this infernal noise. When Itachi opened the door to the room his eyes opened wide in shock and surprise at the strange and unexpected image before him.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING!” Yup they had woken him up, given it was from another nightmare but they had woken him up from his well needed sleep; and for what you may ask? They woke him up by playing CHESS!

“How in the name of GOD can you make so much noise PLAYING CHESS! A kid and a shark man, did we even have a chess set! …wait…we have a chess set? Oh God Kisame don't tell me you snuck pot into my tea again!”

Kenshin and Kisame looked at each other, double-taking to Itachi a few times before going back to their game. The strange part was neither of them knew how to play chess, they were playing it more like checkers with chess pieces while Kisame took great enjoyment in smashing the `dead' pieces.

“What was his problem?” Kenshin asked having got to know Kisame decently well over the past two hours they had been up playing this horribly deformed game of checkers.

“You got me there; I only did the pot thing as a joke once to see if he would lighten up. Next thing I know he's telling me about being a spy for Konoha and actually saving his brother. Hehehehehe, my life has been fun ever sense. Hell the only reason I joined is for the good fights. I was miserable till I got Itachi to talk.”

“You remind me so much of Sano that you do.” Kenshin grinned and poured out some more tea into his cup before making his next move.

Itachi had spent the next few hours looking at himself in the mirror trying to figure out if Kisame had done anything to him or not. Kenshin and Kisame on the other hand just talked and crushed more chess figures which seemed to pop out of nowhere. Little did they know one of Pein's summons was becoming very pissed off at all of his hand crafted chess pieces vanishing all of a sudden.

“Alright so you're the one Jiraiya told me about right? The one coming here to help me forgive myself and everything?”

“Oro…” Itachi had suddenly come into the room once again only for Kenshin to miss almost everything he said. After a moment of processing Kenshin simply smiled said “I was, but after what Kisame has told me you don't need it anymore that you don't.”

“Thank God, if I ever hear one of those lectures again it will be too soon.” Itachi walked over to a couch and plopped down sighing and rubbing his temples in exhaustion.

“Nightmare?”

“He's had the same one every few days since our last meeting with Pein.”

“What happens?”

“Sasuke welcomes me home and when I get there I'm tackled by dozens of nephews and nieces who hate me.” Itachi shuttered as he thought of the most horrifying detail “They all have strange pink hair, oh God the pink hair, so much pink. In the background I see Zetsu laughing in both voices at the same time.”

“Here he goes again, here's when it gets really good.” One thought passed through Kenshin's mind.`Kisame seriously needs a better hobby that he does.'

Itachi's eyes went wide as if he were reliving it again. “No…No… NO! Not her NOT HER!!!!!! NOT THE FACE!” he turned and ran trying to escape from his mental horrors as he covered his face only to hit a wall and knock him out.

“Yea…Frankly I think Madara put a Genjutsu on him. What the hell a pink haired girl and Zetsu has to do with it I don't want to know…Huh?” Kisame looked across the table noticing he had accidentally knocked out Kenshin in some unknown way. “Great it's quiet again, I hate the quiet…hmm I wonder if Itachi got those chips he likes again… Yea his face will be priceless if he finds them in the sink covered in milk.”

And thus Kisame went on doing the strange things your average blue, man shark does with a few hours of free time and a cupboard full of your partner's favorite chips and a few gallons of milk. God he hated milk.

Chapter notes: Sorry for making those two look like complete idiots but I couldn't help it. They will be somewhat quirky when not around the other Akatsuki but not quite to this point. And yes Kenshin will be traveling with those two “training to be Akatsuki” until they potentially retrieve Orochimaru's ring.