Chapter 74 - Chapter 76

Outside the hidden leaf village on a tree branch which was a common trait among the ninjas of this world. Two cloaked men stood in silence.

"Lord Orochimaru, we should leave soon. I have a bad feeling about this. They should have been back by now." A man with a sickly pale colour to his skin said to the legendary snake sannin.

"We will leave when Lord Orochimaru say so." Another man landed gracefully on the branch. He was dressed in a full black cloak like the other two on the branch.

"Kabuto. How did the Kumo ninjas do?" Orochimaru asked without looking at him. He had a strange feeling over him since a while ago. He didn't know what it was but he didn't like it at all.

"We identified the targets and I sent them in to take them. I made sure nothing will lead back to you." Kabuto said respectfully.

"That doesn't matter. As long as we get what we came for I don't care who knows about me. The Akatsuki are the only ones we need to be wary of." Orochimaru said and the feeling kept rising and Orochimaru scanned the surrounding but nothing came of it.

"Kabuto, Kimimaro, we are leaving. Something is not right. Kimimaro is right. I believe the Kumo have failed in their mission." Orochimaru waved his hand which was the signal for all his people in the surrounding area to retreat.

But before they could move, a hand came from nowhere and took both of Orochimaru's arms clean off.

"AAAAAAHHH"

"I am afraid that you can't leave yet." A powerful aura appeared behind them and Kabuto and Kimimaru were blown away and crashed through a couple of trees.

"We are going to have a chat, you and I, snake brat." Dragon picked up Orochimaru by the throat. From the palm of his hand seals started to spread out and soon they covered Orochimaru's entire body.

"Now we can talk." Dragon threw Orochimaru down on the ground without holding back.

*BOOM*

The ground exploded and Orochimaru's body made a crater on the ground and the snake sannin vomited out blood from his mouth.

"I was being patient so that I could spend a lot of time with my kids before I started uniting this world. But the greed of you people is starting to really piss me the fuck off."

Dragon almost spit the words in Orochimaru's face. This Dragon was someone that had not appeared since he saved Sylvia from that cult years ago. Someone he thought he would never need to become again.

"I now realize that, wherever I am. There will always be people like you that only know one language." Dragon picked him up by the throat again and his body dangled lifelessly there in his grip.

"Wake up!" Dragon took a firm hold off Orochimaru's leg and simply ripped it off.

"AAAAAAAAAAAH" Orochimaru screamed in pain.

"I have been so very patient with you Orochimaru. Don't think that i don't know that you are working with that arrogant prick, A." He stared into the eyes of Orochimaru that held a fiery hatred for Dragon.

"If you would have backed off earlier then I wouldn't have come after you. But ones you step too close to a dragon's mouth. You die!" Dragon started to squeeze his neck.

"W...Why don't we w..work together? Take down A together. Think about it, you will need my help." Orochimaru said while struggling to get out all the words because of the pressure around his throat.

"I don't need help from a weak little poisonous snake. [Erase]" Dragon's hand started to glow and Orochimaru's body also started to glow in white light.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" What Orochimaru was now experiencing was the most painful thing any one can be put through.

Dragon was erasing his entire existence. All that Orochimaru was now was just a memory in people's minds. That was the only thing Dragon allowed to be left. He wanted people to look back at Orochimaru and know what happens should they choose a path just as dark as the snake sannin.

From the bushes came Ryu. He had two bodies in each hand.

"Lord Dragon. What shall be done about these two?" He held up Kabuto and Kimimaro for Dragon to see.

"Take them to the Hokage and let him deal with it. Also Ryu, after you're done with that, i want you to take a round around the village and make sure Orochimaru left no snakes inside our borders."

Dragon was pretty sure he had cleansed the spies early on, but Orochimaru had been around for many years so you can never be too sure.

"Yes, Lord Dragon. And what will you be doing?"

"I will go meet with the Akatsuki. It's time to do something about these villages." Dragon disappeared like the wind and his presence in the area was all gone.

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At the usual gathering place for the Akatsuki, the usual tension was not present. Alucard had just come and informed the group that the emperor himself was coming to see them. None of them had seen him before, and whoever managed to tame Alucard would naturally scare them, even if they hadn't met.

"ey, Sasori, what do you think is important enough for the big guy to come here for?" Deidara, one of the few that rarely gave away his arrogant and sarcastic persona, asked the master puppeteer.

"I think if you call the emperor "big guy" again, Nagato or master Alucard will have your head." Sasori stood there in the corner like usual and stared at the walls of the room. His mind was always working around the clock, but on his face you would see nothing even resembling an emotion.

"Maybe that's for the best. Deidara is weak and also highly annoying. I approve of the leader killing him." Kakuzu said and smiled at Deidara to annoy him further.

"Watch your mouth, or I'll use you for my next art project." Deidara raised his hands and displayed the mouths present on both his palms.

"Go for it! Let's see who's got more heart!" Kakuzu licked his lips.

"Stop this annoying squabbling. I want you all focused today." Nagato looked over a map that displayed a certain village.

"Is that our target?" Sasori said and referred to the village on the map. The other members listened in now as well.

"One of them. From what I know, we are hitting multiple locations, and targets. Something pissed off the emperor and Master Alucard didn't say what it was. Or who did it, so we are to wait here." Nagato was in full planning mode.

Even if he didn't have all the details, he knew most of the targets they were hitting. So his job was to already know everything about them before the emperor got here.

"Sweet, I've been longing to fight that muscle head," Kisame said when he saw the village displayed on the map.

"You all will be assigned your own targets. You are not allowed to roam free in this operation. Not a single failure or delay is allowed this time around." Itachi came walking inside.

He had been out on his round around the village. Nagato assigned all the Akatsuki to have security rounds around the village. Today was Itachi's turn.

"Hope I get someone strong. Too many weak people nowadays. The world isn't as fun as it used to be before." Kisame said and leaned back on the wall with closed eyes.

"I'm sure you will find it to your satisfaction. Are we all here?" Itachi looked around for all the Akatsuki members.

"Yes, we are ready. Here is your ring Itachi." Nagato threw Itachi's finished crafted ring to Itachi.

"Thanks, now all of you should look more alive. The emperor is in a bad mood. That means you two shut up when he gets here or he might kill you."

Itachi pointed at Deidara and Hidan, who responded with sour faces.

"Unfair. He talks more then I do." Deidara looked over at Hidan.

"Doesn't matter. Just remember to shut up." Itachi said and walked up to Nagato.

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