The Akatsuki gathered around in the dark cavern that they called their base. Their figures were hidden not only by the darkness but by cloaks of black that were adorned with red clouds. There were a grand total of ten of them, with each member representing their respective and former villages. The one thing that they all had in common with each other: they were S-ranked ninjas from their former homes and the most wanted in the entire world. This was the first time in seven years that all of them were assembled together. As for the organization, it was widespread and spanned into several countries of the ninja world with many agents hidden in various areas. The goal for this organization: achieve world domination by capturing all nine tailed beasts, with them as their ultimate weapon.
The group remained silent as their leader turned his attention to his followers with his Rinnegan eyes. These Rinnegan eyes commanded respect. They allowed the wielder to use any technique as he wished and gave the wielder enhanced vision, thus allowing him to see all kinds of chakra and see through invisible barriers. "Leader" was a man that was considered to be an extremely powerful shinobi (almost invincible) and the most powerful member of the Akatsuki. He, as a man, commanded the utmost respect from his peers.
"Seven long years have passed since all of us have been together." An Akatsuki member pointed out.
"Indeed." Another agreed.
"Let's begin, shall we?" 'Leader' said.
Lord Kazekage," a Sand Ninja called.
A young man of seventeen stood on the balcony of his tower. His, short, red hair blew in the gentle wind and aqua eyes stared out in the openess of the desert. Garra turned around to acknowledge the Sand Ninja, who was bowing to him respectfully.
"The meeting is set to begin."
Elsewhere, in the open nothingness of the desert, two figures were slowly making their way towards the Sand village. They were both clothed in black cloaks with a pattern of red clouds adorned on them. One figure was tall, standing at about six feet or more, with blonde hair sticking out, while the other was shorter and hunched over (standing at about four feet tall). Both of their faces were hidden by conical hats.
"Everything is prepared, I take it?" The taller of the two asked.
"Yes, although this mission should have been completed two weeks ago." The shorter one grunted.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the mission that the two S-ranked ninja of the Akatsuki were supposed to complete had gotten delayed by two weeks. Neither one suspected that the cause of the delay was actually caused by an alteration of events in their history. It was because of this alteration that events would come out to be different. Nothing that they had foreseen beforehand would actually come to be. Sasori and Deidara would be most surprised with the new events that would play out in a few short hours.
