Re: Akimichi

That morning, the sky was clear as usual. The birds chirped happily, the breeze blew softly, and the warm light of the sun shone brightly.

Amidst the lush bamboo trees, four figures -two humans and two small frogs- could be seen meditating peacefully beside a dimly glowing cocoon. On their face, you could occasionally saw a similar pattern that resembles a kabuki actor's make-up.

A bit far from that location, in the same forest, three figures could also be seen. One of them swung his wooden sword with weights attached to his limbs, the other one sat in a lotus position with a white-colored snake slithered slowly on her body, while the last one was stood on the side leaned on a boulder watching the other two while he lit up a cigarette.

Meanwhile, on the other location outside the bamboo forest, two figures walked slowly entering it.

"Just remember, Kabuto. Our priority is to take the cocoon and that Jinchuriki-boy, then we'll escape as soon as possible! That one called pain will commence his attack in half an hour at most, so we have to make it quick!" Orochimaru appeared different from how he usually looks; though his skin was pale as before, he now has vivid green eyes, angular facial features, two scarlet dots on his forehead which all the members of the now-extinct Kaguya clan possessed, and shoulder-length white hair.

"Yes, Orochimaru-sama!"

With that, they commenced their plan. At least that was what they thought, there were things that out of their calculation which the first one was that the two little frogs were able to sense his presence not long after they took a step into that forest because they're in a very sėnsɨtɨvė state after bathed in natural energy.

"Shima..." One of the two little frogs whispered with his eyes still closed. In response, the other frog called Shima nodded her head slowly and opened her eyes. "Yeah, it's that snake boy."

These two frogs were often summoned by Jiraiya while he's fighting alongside Orochimaru in the past, so they're familiar with his presence. Hence, they told Orochimaru's arrival to their little student, Jiraiya. 'What is his objective this time? Could it be...'

Jiraiya then made two clones to immediately inform the Hokage and team 10 that were inside the forest. Immediately, Jiraiya along with Fukasaku and Shima dashed toward Orochimaru's direction to intercept him.

The battle broke out with Jiraiya's side seemingly in a continuous advantage, in spite that, Orochimaru never loses his wit nor does he let a clean blow land on him.

"You look different, huh? Have you gotten tired of your sassy look?" Jiraiya mocked his old friend as they exchanged blows after blows.

"And you look as ugly as always..." Orochimaru smirked, not losing in any way in both battles of fist and words.

Another thing that they didn't know was a figure silently watching them in the air, the light seemed bent avoiding him as his figure cannot be seen with nȧkėd eyes. His illusory figure was draped in a black cloak with red-colored cloud patterns all over it, and a swirling mask covered his face. 'Hm...'

The fight goes on and they continuously went into a stalemate as both Jiraiya and Orochimaru were reluctant to lay their ace on the table. Meanwhile, Naruto was confronted by Kabuto and he fell into a disadvantaged situation. His training wasn't finished yet, and his understanding of natural energy was still all over the place, and thus let's not mention him entering the sage mode.

Fortunately for Naruto, Shikamaru and Asuma quickly came to lend him a hand which quickly let them gain the higher ground. While Ino went to the nearest clan, which is the Akimichis, as fast as she can to request aid.

Orochimaru then summoned his contracted beast, Manda, followed by Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta that made the fight escalated to another level of destruction.

On the far horizon, groups of Konoha Shinobis were seen cautiously observing the fight. They were worried that they'll unnecessarily interfere and instead of helping, they'll hinder the frog Sannin.

"All team! spread and surround the perimeter area! Secure the villager and take them to safety, All medics on standby!" As a person arrived, she began to shout a series of commands. She's Tsunade, the current Hokage of the Konoha village and the granddaughter of the God of Shinobi.

'Orochimaru, what are you doing?' Tsunade gritted her teeth in frustration, she was pissed and on a verge of exploding in fury. She was itching to jump in and bash the eerie grin on that Pedomaru, alas she was aware of her current position and had the village safety in mind as the main priority. 'F*CK that snake!'

"Tsunade-sama, the civilians are already on their way being escorted to the shelter." Kakashi appeared as he kneels and reported. .

"Alright, the barrier teams get ready! HURRY THE F*CK UP!"

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"The time is up..." A cloaked figure suddenly appeared as if he'd materialized out of thin air. "It seems you failed, Orochimaru."

Orochimaru clicked his tongue, his expression clearly depicted his annoyance. "I haven't included the fool Jiraiya's sudden power growth in my calculation."

'Maybe somehow it's connected with that cocoon. Though that makes it more alluring...' The dangerous glint in Orochimaru's eyes raised up by a notch as he glanced at the now oddly fine cocoon surrounded by battle-torn scenery. '...A fine specimen indeed.'

"Yeah, yeah. That just means either you're stupid or you're weak, maybe both." The swirl-masked person shrugged while spoke in an uncaring manner. "Now, it's your turn..."

"What was your favorite phrase again? Ah yes, LET THEM KNOW PAIN!" The swirl-masked person eyed the six newcomers as he talked in a half-serious tone.

One of the six-person floats and faced where Naruto and the others fight against Kabuto, he raised his hand while still ignoring the swirl-masked person. "[Shinra Tensei]"

*Boom*

Naruto and Shikamaru were caught off guard, while Asuma and Kabuto with their honed instincts warned them, bȧrėly able to shield themselves with an earth wall technique to soften the impact.

The Cocoon was too caught in the aftermath and blasted back a few meters to where Jiraiya and Orochimaru clashed which made them cease their fight for a while. Not long after, it cracked and a figure emerged from inside.

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At the same time, several attacks were also launched by the Akatsuki. The target was all the big five villages plus Takigakure, the main objectives were of course the tailed beasts.

The sudden attack caught the villages off guard, which some of them can't even cope with the attack because of both the surprise factor and the scale of the attack that they used.

Kumo was attacked by Itachi and Kisame, they lost their two-tails jinchuriki and a portion of their force. Itachi and Kisame, who suffered a grave wound inflicted by A while Itachi confronting B, had to retreat in an attempt to half-finish their mission. "GET BACK HERE!!!"

Suna was attacked by Sasori and Deidara. This time, no rescue operation was launched by their allied village. They almost lost their Kazekage which is their jinchuriki, but he's able to kill both of the ȧssailants. Though Suna lost a big portion of their village because of both Deidara's attack and the one-tail rampaging, their immense loss including the holy grandma Chiyo when they tried to placate then reseal the one-tail. While Temari was in a grave condition as she was the one who tried to held the One-tail in place along with Kankuro and the special puppet squad. "Wh- What have I done?"

Iwa wasn't attacked per se, they didn't lose their other shinobi. But, their four-tails jinchuriki was gone as he was taken by Hidan and Kakuzu when he was busy "adventuring" outside of his village. Though their Tsucikage's building had a big hole on it as the result of the Tsucikage himself blow his top when he heard the news. "GOD DAMN IT!!!"

Kiri was the simplest of all, their new Mizukage has gone like smoke without any ripples. Once again, they had to re-elect their leader before they plunge into chaos. "When all this chaos end..."

Taki couldn't even put up a fight, the seven-tails jinchuriki choose to surrender in exchange for the villagers' life when Konan rained the whole village with a paper bomb tag. The Taki village's so-called village leader heaved a sigh of relief that his life was saved instead of grieving for the village's loss. "All is good as long as I'm safe..."

With this, the Akatsuki confirmed to have six out of nine tailed beasts. All that left was the one tail of Suna, the Nine-tail of Konoha, and the eight-tail of Kumo.

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"Hehe. Long time no see, Akimichi-boy~"

"Orochimaru!" A stupefied face could be seen on Chouji, he was surprised that the snake-man was here as the first one to 'welcome' him along with the sight of destruction. "No, you look different. But, you're him!"

Chouji growled inside, 'Am I late? What happened when I was wrapped in that cocoon?'

"Are you the one who done all these?" Chouji stared at Orochimaru with a gaze that promised a disaster if his answer was not to Chouji's liking.

"I want to say yes. But, unfortunately, no." Orochimaru smiled faintly as if he understands what was in Chouji's mind, his head tilted slightly to the right. "If you're wondering who, then your answer lies there."

Following the direction where Orochimaru was pointing, Chouji caught sight of a group of six black-cloaked persons. On each of their cloak was adorned with red-colored cloud patterns, and they all have some black-colored piercings on their body. Somehow, the swirl-masked person was nowhere to be found.

"Enough of them, you should focus your attention on me Akimichi boy~" Orochimaru talked with a demanding tone. "I have an offer for you."

"No, don't listen to him!" Jiraiya immediately shouted, trying to prevent his former teammate to persuade Chouji. He knew that Orochimaru was as good as his Sensei in influencing people.

On the verge of snapping out, Chouji gritted his teeth and clenched his fist, trying his best to reign his emotions in.

"If you are willing to follow me, then I can fulfill all of your dėsɨrės. How's that?" Orochimaru stepped up and gave him a smile, preparing to use anything to sway him and ignored Jiraiya.

"You said that you can fulfill any of my dėsɨrės?" Chouji's eyes narrowed as he gazed deep into Orochimaru's eyes.

"NO!!!" Jiraiya was panicked, he can't let Chouji get tempted by this snake. "He's just bluffing!"

"Of course I can!" Seeing that there's an effect, Orochimaru was overjoyed and chuckled proudly. "Anything! Immortality? Strength? I can give you that!" Orochimaru was over the moon, the fish has taken the bait! "Come with me!"

Chouji gritted his teeth as he took a deep breath, "Then..."

"I want the sky to no longer cloud my eyes! I want the land to no longer bury my heart!"

"I want the ocean to no longer drown my dream! I want everyone living to understand my will!"

"For the God and the Devil to disappear! I want Heaven and Earth to rotate for me!" After he finished his final sentence, Chouji floated and waved his fist as it enlarged. He slammed it on the ground and roared with grandeur!

"Can you give them to me? If you could, Then I'll follow you! But... can you?!"

The quotes made all that heard it experience a shortness of breath. They shiver in wonder, just what does that mean? They don't understand most of it, but it sounds kind of bold and awesome!

Orochimaru was agape, what does that even mean? Was he drunk or something?

Inside, Chouji was cringed by his own words. 'Too much adrenaline... Too much cringe...'

"Forget it, give me Tacos and we're all good." Chouji coughed to hide his embarrassment. His mental state was seemingly in an unstable state.

"Excuse me, What?" Orochimaru felt stupid, he felt that he cant follow Chouji's line of thinking.

"Er... You don't know Tacos?"

Orochimaru felt that maybe there's no perfect specimen, as this one is also had a defect which is his brain.

*Poof*

Chouji's figure suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke, and immediately after the sky went dark as if something huge was covering the sunlight.

"SPEED AND WEIGHT!" It was Chouji who already turned into a humongous figure after using the trademark technique of the Akimichi clan.. Chouji was somersaulting in the air and his giant foot descended onto where the six black-cloaked figures stood. "You insane mother f*cker, you're destroying my clan's forest!"