Chapter 22

As soon as the main hero of Konoha opened his eyes, he realized that it was 12:00, and even glad that he had slept well after a hard day in the missions, and also knew that it was a beautiful day when he looked out the window he noticed that there were only a couple of clouds in the sky, although he was also sad that it hadn't rained in a long time, although there was a suggestion that it would be coming soon, although he couldn't remember every detail of the first timeline, and so like many assumed that it would rain, he decided to take a scroll with him, which contained his black cloak, which was dark blue on the inside, and strangely enough in a year this cloak had not wrinkled or even stained at all, and blood stains were quickly washed away, it was indeed a special cloak, and when he bought it he smiled that it didn't cost more, and he knew that even if something happened to the cloak, he could go to the stone village at any time and get a free exact-detail cloak from Tsuchikage himself, because they were grateful to him, and even felt obligated to him for saving their village from Deidara.

Itachi walked outside, wearing his usual black t-shirt, it always looked good on him, and as he walked out of the building, he wanted to stop at a tea shop and order hot tea with aloe cactus, and it occurred to him that during the Fourth Great Shinobi War, when Naruto crossed paths with the white Zetsu, he always called them aloe-vera, and he called the black Zetsu the same, and Zetsu even took offense at times, and he was amused by the thought, and over the course of a year he realized that he liked aloe cactus better when he tried it, when you add two spoonfuls of honey-soaked aloe vera to red tea and stir it with a spoon, it changes color, from red to greenish, and when you swallow it, it's so comfortable that it creates a heavenly bliss and Itachi felt like it seemed like he was meditating and forgetting about the gaps and relaxing completely, and he realized that it was better than dango, and he mostly bought dango when he was with Sakura because she liked it, but he was limited to one Heh...

Itachi went into the tea shop and ordered aloe vera tea and while he was waiting he thought about the fact that it had been almost a year since he had started creating the second timeline, when his essence had entered his 13 year old body from that river, and Itachi also knew that he was 14 years old today, although he could have been 18-20 years old by the looks and height, but he didn't want to celebrate or tell anyone, and as soon as he paid for the tea, he left the money and the tip and started to walk towards the exit to continue the walk, and the waitress winked at him with a smile, looking at him passionately, although she didn't even know that he was the main hero of Konoha Heh...

***

The place was interesting, there were trees all around and the birds wouldn't stop singing and in the center of the forest there was a step about 15 degrees up and it was a road that led to the rain village where the Akatsuki leader Paine was returning from, he had red hair, nose piercings and a black cloak like Itachi's but with red clouds, and a red zipper-lock, and the inside of the cloak was also red and as he was coming down he noticed Orochimaru, who was wearing the same black cloak and red clouds, they started walking towards each other to pass by, in the first timeline when Itachi was in the Akatsuki, Orochimaru's goal was to take over his body, because he knew how strong and useful he was, so he waited for the right moment to attack him, but in the second timeline, even though Orochimaru had heard of Itachi and even knew him, there was nothing he could do to capture his body, and returning to Konoha was a very big risk for him, He knew that the third would find out about it and would be waiting for him with a smiling anbu squad, and when they covered all the exits, the third would deal with him personally, and even if he got to Itachi, Orochimaru doubted his strength against him, because he alone had dealt with his clan, He didn't pay much attention to Shisui, Orochimaru looked at him as a coward who ran away from the village to save himself, and he didn't even know about his koto-amatsukami and thought he was just another weak uchiha, so he decided not to set a trap for him and chose Paine instead, Orochimaru was wrong about Shisui, he didn't know that he only left the village because Itachi switched the paperwork, thus sending Shisui to cloud country, and Orochimaru didn't know Shisui's real reason for joining Akatsuki, he was cold the whole time, and Tobi seems to have created a theory about why he joined, Orochimaru didn't care about any of that though, he just wanted to live forever and so when he was three meters away from Pein he released four snakes from his hands and pointed them in his direction and Pein seemed to expect it and smiled and said the word "Shinra-tensei" and Orochimaru froze as if paralyzed, and Paine lifted him up in the air, with the telekinesis of a rinnegan, and forcefully threw him to the left side of a large tree, Orochimaru clung to the tree as if he was being crushed, Orochimaru's gaze became frightened as he widened his eyes, and he was in the same paralysis, and Paine was coming towards him and started:

Payne's POV

-Orochimaru... - I started to look at him disappointedly, as I always did, as if he were nothing, and continued, "Have you ever wondered why I hired you into the Akatsuki so quickly?", - Orochimaru didn't change his face, he was just as paralyzed and frightened, and I continued - I hired you because I knew what you were from the beginning, a greedy egoist who would use even children as weapons to save his own skin, and if I had you in my field of vision I could control you well, It's not for nothing that they say keep your friends close and your enemies closer, and when you came to us with an offer, I accepted you at once, but now I don't need you - I told him the truth about what I thought about him, and he was also silent and I understood why and continued - of course... you can't answer because you are paralyzed, one of the powerful forces of my rinnegan, - I decided to let him talk, I waved my hand and he started.

-What do you know about eternal life leader-sama?, I just don't want to die and for that I need the power of your eyes and body," he said this changing to a normal face, something is wrong, why is he calm maybe he's setting a trap?

Then I see him sign into the tree with a smile, and I'm surrounded from a distance by four shinobi, and they have sound village protectors, and they quickly fold seals and create a square barrier with a 50 meter radius, the wall is purple in color, and when I look at the tree I see only a log instead of Orochimaru, while I was looking at the walls he had time to fold the seals and make the switch, and then when I get back to the center of the steps I see Orochimaru standing at the bottom, and with the rinnegan I can tell it's real and he's smiling, does he think he can handle me?, he starts making seals and summons a snake, it was kind of big with the size of a one-story house, and it's coming towards me at a fast speed, and I repeated "Shinra-tensei" and it flew towards Orochimaru and he managed to jump back and the snake was vaporized, I guess the pressure of such a force did a lot of damage, then he opens his mouth and more than a hundred snakes come out of it and crawl towards me, although I always knew how disgusting he was.... and I pressed my palm into the ground and call one of my Shurado bodies, it's equipped with saw blades and missiles, and I give the command to hit the missile, towards the snake, and he shoots with two missiles, one hits the center of a hundred snakes, which creates an atomic explosion that spreads destroying all the snakes, and the second missile in turn flies straight towards Orochimaru, and he throws smoke balls because he thinks I'm controlling the missile, and goes behind a tree, but he didn't know that the missile has a heat ray contact, and it finds Orochimaru and gives him a critical hit, and he tries to do a left hand shit, but it only half saved his body, his left arm was torn off, and he fell to his knees clenching his teeth, and I withdrew one of my bodies, and the Shurado equipped with the mechanism disappeared, and I started to fly 10 meters above the ground, and said "Shinra-tensei", and the purple barrier that surrounded me disappeared, and those four shinobi flew away, and I saw them and recognized them for who they were, they were the four sound formed by Orochimaru, But while they are young children they are too weak to hold the barrier well, and after they flew away and were stunned for a while, and meanwhile I am approaching Orochimaru, and I wanted to capture him so that Shisui could use his remaining koto-amatsukami on him and make Orochimaru an obedient weapon, because he could be useful to us, I approached him and started:

-It's a shame it's over so quickly. I haven't even shown you half of my power yet. Heh... - I looked at him and saw that his cloak was completely torn, and with his right hand he was holding his left hand so that he wouldn't bleed out and die, he was on his knees looking at me with fear, and I was disappointed because people like him cling to their lives to the last....

-Leader-sama! -It can't end like this! Give me a chance! - he said, begging pitifully for mercy.

-Don't worry you'll still be useful when you really become a devotee- I replied confidently, since I knew he would never tear Shisui's koto-amatsukami apart.

I suddenly notice a white-haired nukenin with glasses coming out of the bushes, and I recognize who it is, Kabuto-yakushi, he is one of Sasori's spies, who follows Orochimaru and reports everything about him, but now with his rinnegan, I can't feel the seal that Sasori put on him, did Orochimaru slip it to us playing a double game? Sasori thought he was spying for Orochimaru, but it turns out Kabuto was a double agent all along.

-Orochimaru-sama! - He said fearfully, standing between me and the injured Orochimaru.

-Kabuto's plan was to retreat as planned in this case," Orochimaru answered him, and Kabuto nodded and looked over at me.

Kabuto pulls out the scroll and quickly opens it and puts his palm in it, and I'm surrounded by the blue barrier again, and it paralyzed me completely, even with a rinnegan I can't break it, and I realized that this is the scroll of the Umumaki clan that Tobi was looking for in Konoha, although the third hokage seemed to have destroyed all of them, I see Orochimaru stole it before the third hokage could destroy everyone, but I was still indifferent because I knew they were using it to hold me back, I see Kabuto folding the seals, these seals are for teleportation... and when he's done he puts his hand on Orochimaru's shoulders and they become like fire that burns and disappears, and Kabuto managed to take this scroll from the Uzumaki clan, and I know he'll have a price for being paralyzed, all his chakra is gone and he can't use anything but taijutsu, and he'll have to build up his chakra again in a day or after six hours, and he was joined by the same four sounds and when they were completely gone my paralysis was gone, and I didn't cancel my goal I continued down the stairs and went where I originally went, to meet another shinobi who wants to join the Akatsuki.

As soon as I reached the meeting place, I was outside the border of the grass village, it was a spacious field in the forest, and I am waiting for someone who wants to join our ranks, and after 3 minutes a man in a brown hoodie comes to me, and as soon as he takes off the hood I see that he has light and long hair, he comes to me starts.

-My name is Deidara-tsuruki and I wish to join your ranks in the Akatsuki-" he said quickly and clearly.

-I've heard of a nukenin bomber who stole the third tsuchikage's kinjutsu scroll, which allows him to mix clay elements with chakra, and he also specializes in explosions, and he has an enhanced genome between earth and fire-isn't that you? - When I finished speaking, I looked in his direction, averting my gaze from the village of grass.

-I would have blown up my village if a shinobi of rank-S with a sharingan had not gotten in my way, he wore a black cloak, but only a blue tinted lock, he was able to defeat me easily, and for some unknown reason he let me live, but before he left he mentioned Akatsuki and that it was his main target.

Sharingan?, besides Shisui, there are only two shinobi with sharingan in the world... Itachi-Uchiha, or whatever his name is, the main Kono-kohi-hero, the one who was able to exterminate everyone in his clan, and the other is Tobi... He was looking for Kisame Hoshigake to join the Akatsuki like his mentor Fukugi, who by the way we have, and then he wanted to go after Itachi himself to join the organization, but Tobi told me that they both refused, and said that he would go to the valley of completion for personal reasons, although I'm sure he wanted to remember his Uchiha Madara days, if he really is Madara.... and then I'm sure that during the missions, Itachi was able to defeat Deidara by saying he was our organization, but how did he know about Akatsuki?, well never mind....

-I turned to various connections of my former comrades, who by the way are also nukenin, and some said that there is an organization of mercenaries Akatsuki, and I immediately sent a falcon about the request, and did not expect to be met by the leader Payne himself - apparently his connections of fugitives, told about me, and lucky that I also do not have to introduce myself, well, although I'll give him a chance, I take the ring out of my pocket and holding out his hand I open the palm and say.

-You are accepted into our organization, and this ring you will wear as a link, in case I call you all urgently, I will be able to connect with your chakra, and you will be on our dark gedo cave, but as a hologram- -he took the ring in his hands and put it on, and this ring was red for the little finger, later I took out a scroll and gave him a cloak, and he took off his hoodie and put it on.

***

It had been a few hours and I had already gotten to my headquarters, the rain village, and I had gotten there quickly as I had been dropped off by Deidara on his bird, very convenient by the way.... I also gave all the members of the Akatsuki a command to gather in the caves, and when Deidara and I got there, everyone was already assembled, and they weren't holograms, I told them about Orochimaru's betrayal and Kabuto's double agent, and introduced Deidara to them, although everyone was happy, because I wanted to send someone after him, and now he's coming to the organization, Itachi-Uchiha.... it's like you wanted it, but now is not the time to think about it, we're still discussing it...

-Orochimaru!, I knew he was a bastard! - Sasori said inside the Hiruko doll and continued, "And when I find this Kabuto, he'll be sorry he led me around!

-I can't let Orochimaru go quietly, he must die, Sasori from this day forward your partner Deidara, and your first mission will be to kill Orochimaru, my sources say he's in suna-" I ordered looking at Sasori's side.

-My partner will be him, and to go back to Sunagakura, is this a joke? - Sasori was indignant.

-You're familiar with the village-sand, and Deidara he's good at explosions so you'll work well together," I answered to Sasori.

-I don't like Orochimaru anymore, and as soon as I find him he'll know that ART IS EXPLOSION! - Deidara said with both hands in the air, and everyone looked at him like a child, he even reminded me of Toby.

-Shut up!", Sasori replied glumly and continued, "and follow me partner.

-The meeting is over, you can leave now," I finished and everyone left, and I added, "You stay," Shisui and Fuguki froze, and I clarified, "Fuguki can go, I meant Shisui," he nodded and left.

-Is something wrong leader-sama? - Shisui asked, adjusting the collar of his red cloud cloak.

-I just wanted to warn you about Fuguki, he initially believed he was loyal to his village of mist, and told all his subordinates in the Anbu about it, but he turned out to be a traitor himself, but Toby decided to spare him and give him a hand, and he agreed, because he and his sword Samehada will be very useful - I answered looking at Shisui.

-You've told me about your plan for endless tsukuyomi in the past six months, and even that you think Tobi is impersonating Madara, but you don't think he is, so why trust me? - Shisui asked with a raised eyebrow.

-You know, I believe you because I've seen that face before, you remind me a lot of my best friend-" I said honestly looking at him.

-What became of him? -He's not among us in the organizations? - he was interested in this question and asked it.

-He died, but he's with us in the organizations, and his body is in front of your nose- I knew what Shisui knew, about the chakra linking technique, using the bodies, and in the bodies I can even add the chakra of the eyes of the rinnegan, which causes another rinnegan.

-I see... But at least it's clear that they're not piercings on your nose," he said sarcastically with a smile that made even me smile at his humor, "Thanks for letting me know, but I've already found a common ground with Fuguki, and if he's going to betray me, let's just say my sharingan will tear his brain.

He nodded and left, and I thought about the fact that Orochimaru was stupider than I thought he was, but I also realized that in some ways he was more cunning than I thought he was, stupider because he thought this was my real body, and wanted to take the rinnegan, and had no idea why I was wearing these nose piercings in my chest and body, it was a reinforcing rod for my contact with this body, And he was cunning because he had a plan-B, the Uzumaki scroll, although I'm sure Kabuto is restoring his chakra now, because the scroll has such a price, it takes all the chakra, even though the strength remains for taijutsu, but for genjutsu and ninjutsu it's gone completely, after I thought about it, I remembered that I have to go to the rain village, to make another rain for the people of my village.

The end of Payne's POV.

***

Itachi had been walking around Konoha for a few hours after coming out of the tea shop and drinking his favorite aloe vera, also on his way along the hokage residences he met Maito-Gai, and he was wearing his green clothes and seemed to have just come out of the hokage residences and was heading down the street until he met Itachi.

-Itachi! hello how are you doing! - Gai started and smiled so that his teeth glistened.

-Everything is fine Gai, with training in advance I'll answer everything is stable- Itachi replied smiling with his left lip.

-Cool! The power of youth will never fade, just know that hah! - As he said that, he began to continue walking at an athletic gait, and turned to Itachi and added, "By the way, Itachi, I have something to tell you.

-I'm listening- Itachi replied turning around.

Flashback

Gai returned to the hokage's residence to report the news that he had helped the builders build the house faster, and there had not been a rank-A or rank-B mission in a long time, so he took on any rank-D mission, and did a good job for the four workers, and as he entered the building to go to the hokage's office, on the way he met Danzo, and there were two of the Anbu beside him, and he looked kind of tired, and when Gai decided he wanted a challenging mission he went up to Danzo and started:

-Danzo-sama, let me join the Anbu! - Gai said raising his eye and bushy eyebrows, and Danzo smiled at the suggestion, and Gai continued, "I want to join so that there will be challenging missions, and there have been few of them lately.

-Gai, I have no doubt that you are strong and also a great shinobi of Konoha, but I can't take you to the Anbu and I'm sure Hiruzen will be against it as well," Danzo answered him, and Gai asked "Why?" and Danzo answered "I told you this before, or have you forgotten?" Gai looked questioningly at Danzo, and Danzo realized that he had indeed forgotten, and closing his eyes Danzo continued "It's because you lack determination and Darkness.

After Danzo said this passed him along with two of his anbu men, and Gai was still unaccustomed to him getting emotional, and smiled even at him at the end, when Danzo moved far enough away, Gai looked at him childishly angry and said:

-If you think I don't have Darkness in me, you haven't seen Night-Gai yet-" Then he smiled at his words and continued walking to the hokage's office, and when he entered he saw Kakashi and the third man there.

-Mission accomplished sandaime-sama, waiting for the next mission- said Gai with a trademark smile.

-Gai are you resting at all? - Kakashi inquired, sighing at the same time.

-Of course not!, because the power of youth is eternal!, and anyway, what are you doing here Kakashi? - Gai asked, looking at Kakashi.

-I'm being transferred to the headquarters today, I was going to be transferred to the anbu headquarters in a couple days, but it's been moved to today," Kakashi replied.

-It's a shame you're leaving, Kurenai and Hayate will be gone too, soon I'll be all alone," Gai said sadly, "and if you think about it, your house which is in the center, I wanted to live there myself, and when I played you rock paper and scissors for that house, your blindfold was open, and if I'm not mistaken, your sharingan can anticipate possible hand combinations, so you cheated.

-You're just now figuring out Gai?", Kakashi smiled after giving his answer.

-Ha! I knew it, so I win and you lose! -Hahaha! The power of youth always wins! - After saying that word, Gaius began to jump for joy, and smiled with all his teeth shining.

-Gai! - You're not just a shinobi, but a jonin of Konoha, and I'm sure you'll be the captain of the genin team soon, and you should grow up now," Gai made a serious face as he understood the third, and the third continued, "and Kakashi's house can be yours now if you want, just try not to show your youth there.

-I realize hokage-sama is already moving right now, because I won it back then-" Saying the last phrase he shifted his gaze to Kakashi and smiled with his shiny teeth, but Kakashi only closed his eyes as if he was looking at an adult child.

Nodding he walked out of Hokage Gai's office, continued walking towards the exit and turned onto the street to meet Itachi.

End Flashback

-Well, actually it was like this-" Gai finished the short story, looking at Itachi.

-I see... Congratulations Gai, I think you deserve it, more than anyone with your hard work and exploits - replied Itachi smiling, while remembering how he fought Madara, Itachi looked through the sage orb, and for him he still defeated Madara, and then Naruto and Sasuke defeated Kaguya, and that started the revolution and the battle between Naruto and Sasuke, and Itachi's thoughts were interrupted by Gai.

-Well then, have a good day neighbor, see you later! - With a gleam of his tooth, he walked on.

Itachi thought it might be a good thing that Gai would live next door to him, training with him would help him hone his chakra volumes, and also allow him to develop his body physically, and Itachi started to walk further and suddenly saw a sad Naruto on his way, when he stood in front of the ichiraku, and saw the sign closed, Naruto realized that they were not there now, and lowered his head, and the day seemed to go on, and Itachi decided to go over to him and cheer him up.