*pitter-patter* *pitter-patter* *KRAK KOOM* *pitter-patter* *KRAK KOOM* *KRAK KOOM*
Rain wept down the Tower's gloomy skin,
a thousand silver veins tracing sorrow from the heavens.
Above, thunder's voice roared like a wrathful war,
rolling through the belly of clouds thick with mourning.
Lightning danced in brief, furious arcs—
Fog flickering across the tower's skeletal frame,
casting shadows upon shadows in a sky gone blind.
But deep below, where the earth cradled steel and stone,
no storm was known.
There, silence hung like velvet in the lungs of the world,
untouched by the sky's fury,
unmoved by its tears.
The roar, the rage, the light—it all lived elsewhere,
while the underground slumbered
in a hush so complete,
it might have been eternity holding its breath.
Inside this eternity, was an encounter of destiny but also a clash of thunder and shadows.
"I finally found you, child of destiny!",
said the man claded in black, as he takes his hood off -- a man, around 20 with eyes of two different colours dark black - pearl white and red hair.
"Let me introduce myself properly -- my name is Kai -- Uzumaki Kai, the leader of Akatsuki and these 4 are the members of Akatsuki"
As he said that, Kuro realises that he was not alone with the man, he only sensed the man's presence because he wanted to -frustrating- but true.
The floor goes dark and from it four shinobi came out -- each of them unique in their total fashion with the only common factor being their headbands with village symbols on it, each one marred by a deliberate slash—etched deep across the metal as if to sever ties with the past.
They were nukenin and they were in his room.
"I am here to hand over to you an invitation to join the akatsuki", continued Kai.
"Didn't know that invitation letters came with 5 weirdos added innit, usually they come on eagle's claws", said Kuro fearlessly - ready to attack the moment something's off.
"I apologise for this big commosion, but we all wanted to see how a person with silver hair and crimson eyes will look like", said Kai with faked smile.
*Whish* Kuro throws a kunai towards Kai but missed it on purpose.
"Don't try acting funny after barging to my privacy, why the hell are you here, and why the hell are you imitating the long dead akatsuki!?"
"The akatsuki is not just a group that moved the world towards its destruction, it was always more than that -- it was a red moon over the dark sky that watched over injustice in the Land of Rain -- a group that sought to bring prosperity back to this land!", said a girl around the age of 16 with an athletic figure and a greenish black hair -- her headband was of the hidden village of sand.
"Every-child in the rain has heard the stories of Akatsuki, their valor and rule. They WERE a group of vigilantes that came with hope but they changed and brought oppression to this land and destruction to the whole world! Moreover what business do you fanatics of Akatsuki have with me!?", said Kuro, ending the debate that he knows will not end.
Such debate had always happened in the tower, Kuro had experienced the long debate that never ends a thousand times. It has been 10 years since the 4th Great Ninja War, right before Kuro had born.
"Sunakura! stand down", said Kai to the girl. "We want to follow the path that yahiko and nagato once dreamed of when they were together, not the goal that pain was trying to accomplish", said Kai again, this time facing Kuro.
"Say, boy of destiny, do you really think the way the brotherhood is fighting this battle is going to bring us victory?", asked Kai to Kuro.
Kuro's heart skip a beat, he didn't like the way the brotherhood were operating, he completely disagrees with their ways but they were the only people who would be willing to take him in and welcome him to be a part of the brotherhood.
"It is true that I don't agree with how brotherhood is fighting the war but that doesn't help me understand why you are any better", said Kuro interrogatingly.
"The akatsuki is not controlled by a government, you may argue that makes us dangerous but at the same time you would have to agree that we are the most flexible choise with the potential of doing what needs to be done and you -- child of destiny, are more than capable of understanding it", said a woman around 20 with glasses that makes her look smart and a violet hair. She seemed to be the vice leader of the gang and seemed to be a deserter from the village of waterfall.
"I may agree with you all, but I do not trust a shady group of people who barge in someone's room, using some weird power -- and asking me to enlist as a fellow weirdo, so get out of here or I'll alert the tower and "she" will deal with you personally"
"That's fine kid, you don't have to do it, she is already here", said the blonde boy around 14 years old - his headband indicating that he's from leaf.
*thud* *thud* *smash*
The door to the room breaks with Rei behind it.
"So you're finally here, sister" said Kai facing Rei.
Rei weaves some signs with one hand and her hand covers itself with red chakra -- she throws a punch directly towards Kai, *blink-shlink*
Kai switches himself with the blonde kid using a dojutsu that came from his combined eyes -- black and white.
The punch makes contact -- or so we thought, Rei went through him, her chakra no more on her fists she crashes and the whole room bursts out.
"Kid, I don't need to prove you anything, you will see it for yourself, tomorrow is the day, right? Heh, let's see how long will you act like the brotherhood is gonna bring change, your mother wished for" said Kai to Kuro who was now laying on the ground due to the impact throwing him off.
The Akatsuki groups together and the blonde boy weaves some signs and a shadow starts enveloping them
"Do you really think, it is him?", said the last of the akatsuki -- a giant with a long-broad sword in his hands, his band identifying him to be from the hidden mist village.
"Think? That is definitely him" replied Kai.
"Sunakura, Kakuna, Toji, and Yamanara,tomorrow you will see what you were expecting today, so have patience", said Kai with complete belief in his statement.
- they disappear.
Kuro laid there in shock with questions filled inside his head
/How does he know my mother? Why do they wield such mysterious powers? Are they really successors of yahiko's akatsuki? If so, why are they after me? why do they call me 'the child of destiny'? Did my mother know them? What connection would she have with them?/
*slap*
Kuro get's a slap from Rei waking him up from his thoughts.
"Wake up kid, I have some questions for you" said Rei to Kuro staring angrily.
"Understood, Rei-sama", replied Kuro comforting his cheek from the nudging pain.
"Good" , said Rei "Now, how will you explain to me that hair of yours?"
Kuro all of a sudden realises the severity of his situation,
He's Busted!
...And at the wrong time!