The Path Of a Hunternin

Caged Tiger

The five kages were startled to see the famous Akatsuki robes as if both individuals were considered plagues that needed to be extinguished once and for all. The majority of the kages, though, remained under control and listened to what the man with the orange swirling mask was about to say. The Yondaime Raikage, though, couldn't control himself and started emitting lightning energy all over his body. In no time at all, he landed a punch at Madara, only for him to pass right through the Uchiha founder like he wasn't even there in the first place. The Raikage gritted his teeth and focused his attack on the other member only for him to be sent flying once more, courtesy of Pein's attack.

"As I was saying, before we were rudely interrupted by the Raikage, I merely wish to talk with you all. It's quite rare to see such an occasion, I might add. In my time, this very thought would be a sign of weakness…I guess the times have changed"

Unsurprisingly, the comment only reached the grumpiest individuals in the room, namely the Tsushikage and the Raikage. Though none of them attacked this time and the Tsushikage considered the man's last phrase.

"It's quite rude of you to raise this much of animosity between our villages and not even introduce yourself. Am I to assume that a man who appears responsible for this madness doesn't have the courage to let the enemy know his identity?" The mocking laughter that followed managed to piss everyone at the lack of obvious respect this man had shown towards the Tsushikage. Even if the other shinobis had different alliances, belittling a kage just wasn't done without terrible repercussions. To do so, meant that either this man was a lunatic or had enough skills to face a kage level shinobi.

This wasn't surprising, considering that the group targets the tailed beasts.

"Doing so at this point Onooki would be quite counter-productive. You see, I came here in order to reveal to everyone about Akatsuki's plan, our goal, to be more precise. By the mention of my name, some of you will feel quite nostalgic, for as in my time, most of you weren't even born yet. My name is Uchiha Madara…" The sudden silence in the room was almost palpable as some even started trembling. Uchiha Madara was perhaps the strongest ninja of his time, next to the Shodaime Hokage, Senju Hashirama. And to believe that the same man is here amongst them right now was quite impossible to imagine. Tsunade, for her part, knew the man from her childhood, the man to whom her grandfather considered his friend and rival at the same time. He was responsible for the village's foundation and founder of the powerful Uchiha Clan.

Madara counted on this feeling before he revealed his ultimate plan.

"I can see that all of you trust my words to be authentic, as I don't have reasons to lie at this point. Now, it's time to reveal what the Akatsuki's main goal is." Madara managed the room's attention as he began his history lesson. "A long time ago, the Rikudou Sennin came to these lands, preaching about peace in the midst of chaos that ruled. As some of you know, though some consider the man to be only a legend, the Rikudou Sennin was the founder of the ninja arts we so proudly use. A certain time, he faced the almighty ten tailed beast called Juubi. Even to some as powerful as the Rikudou Sennin, killing the beast was next to impossible. Therefore, he used every available power he had and sealed the beast inside his own body. Fearing that with his death the beast would escape, the Rikudou Sennin decided to split the Juubi's power amongst nine parts, hence the creation of the tailed beasts we all know and fear."

He stopped a little bit so that the information was slowly being digested by everyone.

"Therefore, with the powers of the tailed beasts gathered together, it will be within my reach to bring the Juubi back to life and become its jinchuuriki. With it, I'll have the power to control everyone. In order words, everything will become one through me. Once I possess the Juubi's power, I'll have access to this world's most powerful genjutsu called Mugen Tsukyomi. With it, I plan to obtain total piece." Now that the truth was out in the open, people were too speechless to be asking questions, though some in the room had their doubts at the plan.