ㅤㅤ ☁︎ 𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐈

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hm. i see— he also seeks.. (he stops, no spoilers.)

looks like i’m just going to have to beat him to it.

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⠀⠀⠀【 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 . 】

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interesting …

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“the next generation looks bright, doesn’t it? so many new warriors coming from it.”

“it always makes me think back to my days as a hidden leaf shinobi.”

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he suddenly perked a bit. the nine tails jinchuriki. a huge key to his plan.

“ah yes— naruto uzumaki. he and sasuke are actually training with my associate, nagato uzumaki. he and naruto come from the same clan.”

“he too has a kind heart.”

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that he did not lie about, however the way he sets out to achieve said goal couldn’t be any further from the truth.

“it’s nice to know that they have someone like you looking out for them, i can tell you’re a kind soul.”

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and how easy it was to manipulate little sasuke into becoming a full fledged vengeance machine.

but of course, obito kept this all to himself. he played the act of the hero looking to bring peace and justice well. of course his motives were true.

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oh how easy it was to shift the blame twice …

first on itachi, who at the time fled the village due to danzo sending the black ops on the uchiha.

and then danzo, after all everyone hated him anyway and rightfully so.

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so… he didn’t know everything. that’s a relief.

little did sora know, he was talking to the very person who was responsible for the uchiha massacre and got itachi framed.

“it was quite a tragedy. my heart truly breaks for sasuke and itachi.”

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“let me ask you something— did itachi ever tell you about what happened to our clan?”

he was testing something out, he wanted to see exactly how informed sora was on his world.

or at least that specific version of it. a lot has been changed after all.

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“as said— we are protectors, with a simple goal and that is peace among the multiverse.”

“it’s best if you don’t stress yourself with the details. although you finding out my identity through my sharingan is rather impressive…”

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So...this is the internet...Uncle told me about it, so I thought I'd check it out! Hope you're ret 2 go!

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“𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍’𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓?”

the continued on, “my name is irrelevant. but my strive and goals aren’t— simply a man who looks to bring peace to the multiverse.”

and he kept it at that, sora didn’t need to know more. and he had ways to keep that information to himself.

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if sora stared hard enough he would notice something, in the only hole of the mask, the crimson glare that he’s grown familiar with.

𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐊𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐒.

he then spoke up, this time in a deeper voice dropping the act completely.

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the man fell silent, simply staring at the young hero. so, he saw right through his act? that’s impressive.

a few more seconds of silence fell between the two, for what felt like ages. standing across from one another, as if their fates were to eventually meet.

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he spoke as if he were a child in a grown man’s body, his voice was high pitched, almost too high pitched. as if he were simply being played by an actor.

if he looked deep enough, sora could probably tell that there was something more to this guy.

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“how can i put it? they’re this super cool ninja group of protectors, and im kind of their… intern of sorts. im not an official member yet but i will be one day!”

the more the man spoke, the more something seemed … off about him.

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“you wouldn’t happen to be referring to me? would you? i’m just a little ol’ shinobi with big dreams of being in the akatsuki!”

he didn’t actually know if sora was talking about him or not, but answered anyways in a cheerful silly tone.

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indeed. and lots of it.

all you have to do is bring me his head.

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well… i’m taking care of a few other things.

so it really doesn’t matter. you can keep your half. and it better be 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟.

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deal.

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i have a few bounties for you to take care of in the meantime kakazu.

they’re all high paying ones. in the land of waves.

you can handle them on your own.

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// How kakuzu sees the Akatsuki

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then it’s official.

2,000,000 for the head of @snakesanin.bsky.social.

i will see to it myself that you’re payed personally.

and this bounty is opened to anyone, any group, 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄.

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their role is very crucial in ensuring everyone’s safety, and that includes yours as well, kakuzu.

be a little more grateful.

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Name: 𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐔

Age: 𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

Ethnicity: 𝐉𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄

𝑵𝑶 𝑳𝑬𝑾𝑫‼️

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it’s why i told you to simply rest for now. i’ll have itachi look into your wounds when he returns.

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very well— you and itachi can take care of some those bounties for now. nagato and i have other business we have to attend to first.

consider it your first mission, kakuzu.
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at ease, gaara.

your part in this is important. so please, get your rest. we’re dealing with the orochimaru problem as we speak.

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“no. i have someone else i wish to pair you with. you’ll know who it is in due time.”

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