The Neo Era...A laughable matter or another chapter in history? (Open to Akatsuki Members)

The last thoughts that Riku continued to pondered, kept on making his mind continue to soar desperately in and out of conscious. He wasn't thinking about how he had come to the conclusion that he would be another attribute, another power piece in the Neo Akatsuki nor did he think that his family would not care about him dying because of it. No, that was not what Riku was trying to suppress over and over. He tried to clear his vast conscious but it was to no avail as the thought kept on sneaking back into him like a cold that would not quit.

Sitting on the thickest part of the branch of a thicklly leaved tree, Riku had positioned himself with his legs crossed over each other with him sitting down at the edge of the branch. He quickly adjusted his glasses and placed both of his hands on his knees It was really risky behavior into sitting there, extremely comfortably and relax. The tree itself was standing over 335 feet, twice the size of any of the normal trees around the forest. They only stood about a few hundred feet, something survivable for a highly trained shinobi or a mediocre shinobi. 335 feet would kill any nomral human being but the one thing that Riku wasn't was a normal human being

In fact, he was neither human at all

Riku Shikyo is son of the famous protectorate and balance keeper Kyouken Shikyo, the leader of the Shikyo clan and a prominent shinobi. He never understood why he was called Riku. It was a simple name in a honest to God opinion, translating to "land" in the Kanji form. He would think his name would be more complex and had alittle bit more meaning than just land. For a two decades, he had thought that Kyouken had named him such a simple name but that was not entirely true. It was his mother who named him. Kyouken had told him that his mother father was named Riku and was a famed warrior of the past. Said to have conqueor lands vast beyond the imagination of mankinds thoughts. Riku had thought that Kyouken had emblesh that fact, but he could never doubt his father for many of his stories were true. Whether it was true or not, he kept his name with extreme pride.

It was an strange day for Riku. This date in particular was the day that he left Kumogakure no sato only five years ago to be trained under the supervision of his uncle, Kudara Shikyo and to be much closer to Rain Matari. That was his true intentions to begin with. He wanted to stay close with her, be by her side as he had strong feelings that would almost be cosidered, by todays standard, as love. He kept it hidden for a long time, although he did not have his doubts that Rain would probably have seen his feelings. When he talked to her, he could hear the passion expressing out with each word that he speaks out to her. Whether it was a serious conversation dealing with political disagreements or a casual talk about life in general, there was a hint of such emotion. But he tried his best to refrain from ever speaking about his feelings to her. In his opinion, he felt he was not ready to say anything about it.

He felt the wind pass by him. It was a comfortable feeling for him, almost like a sweet kiss had pressed on his cheek and it whispering in his ear to relax. It was a calmly effect on his body, he raised a smile on his right side of his mouth. Riku did, at times, did despise the wind as it could either be as gentle as a soft touch made by a kind and sweet woman or it can be violent and unpredictable like a angry womans fury being unleased. Hearing the wind bang on the trees during a time of a powerful storm made Riku feel uncomfortable and uneasy/ It is unsettling to think about it, but Riku could not worry about the anger management of how the wind travels. That was truly the least of the problems that was ahead of him. He really should be worried about the group of men and women, who were destined to come together as a group who have no other goal but to become gods of this world and conquer it.

To Riku tThere was no such thing as gods in this world, only humans with unachievable ambitions and dreams.

This was the reason why groups like the Akatsuki would rise to power and then fall ever so dramatically. It was a believe system like this that would drive the people either to there deaths, insane or more insane than they were beforehand. Its hard to come by and no one has ever obtain such power. Not even the phoenix, who driven himself to the limit to obtain the powers of God himself, could not even come close to his power, let alone even have a mircrscopic fraction of a fraction of that power. It seemed more like a drugg but to to Riku, the thought of this dream is like junk food. It is good to look at cause of all the fat, salt, sugar or whatever it is a person likes. They look at it and when they eat it, its heavenly. Its almost too good to be true with each bite that the person continues to chew over and over. Eventually the food will disappear and the person will continue to try to obtain that same pleasure over and over again. Sooner or later, it does damage to the body. The body wont be able to handle the amount of fats, cholestorals, calories, sodium, hydrogenated oils that the specific food contains and then poof. All of it is lost

He may have exaggerated a little bit but thats how he percieve it. How can anyone even try to have that power when there is no power to exist with? But the contradiction keep on rolling in and out into the picture, why was Riku trying to join the Akastuki. This believe that Riku despised so much, he would do anything to get inside of the Akatsuki. Simular to a game of team tag and you despise the team and yet want to join it at the same time sounds like a childs psychologal view of being accepted into a group to get rid of the loneliness. For Riku, loneliness was neither a demon that he had trouble with in the past. There was no motive, no reasoning for Riku to join and yet he wished to join. The problem would go as the following: Would a group like the Akastuki want to decline the offer of a S-rank assassin

Riku knows much about the Akatsuki movements. Over the past five years, they have been dormant and under the spotlight. Keeping away from the villages watchdogs and eyes, they began to devolop themselves slowly, progressing getting more men, more spies for there agenda. And more manpower than whats expected. Everyone wanted to join the group. Those who left there village to obtain power or to act in a criminal matter have tried to join this group and have failed despearately. It truly was a sad case. None of them met the qualifications of there standards. But Riku believed that he could, even if they dont see it at first, they would

This whole joining the Akastuki thing for Riku would be on either side of the spectrum. He would either mostly likely have to be tested first due to the fact of his appearance. He did not have the appearance of any sadistic, psychopathic, narrcisstic, aggressive, masochistic or insane look in his eye nor did his appearance say that he have been twisted by hate and angst to get this far. No, from his appearance, he had the look of a pretty boy. Silver lined glasses was placed over his eyes, soft and smooth skin that looked untouchable and green eyes that had nothing but pure and innocence constantly overpouring out of his pupils. His haired was down to his mid back, spiked and long like the edges of a rough boulder

But that was the sad part about his appearance. He was truly like a beautiful flower that had extremely hidden powers that could kill a person if the person was neither careful nor cautious of him. Wearing a long sleeved black shirt that was loose on his skin and loose blue pants that did not show any of his body parts, hid all of of the features of what this man had underneath them. Through the false appearance of his clothing, he seem meek and flimsy, almost like paper falling in the wind. But in todays standard, his body would be categorized as "extremely muscular and cut to the bone" He was scuplted like a an God had carved him himself and it did not show. Every muscle in his body, the arms, shoudlers, back, chest, abodment, legs, calves were all something of a scupltors touch. He was embrassed by the fact that he was like this. He did not like showing off his muscles like most guys would do if they had a body like himself. He was shy, very shy when it came to his physical appearance. He tried to reveal his body once, it ultimately failed him when he realized that it was a magnet for both sexes

His patients continued to grow, he was truly waiting for somone of the an Akatsuki representive to show up and test him or the leader popping out of thin air or a teleportaion device that would lead him to the base. It was all but the many thoughts that were proceeding coming into his mind ever so constantly and thats where this whole entire thing started. Maybe if he focus on something else, this would not be such an issue with him

It had been quite some time since Nii left the hideout. Osamu had assigned him to go find the 5 tailed Gobi and capture it. Nii had no problem doin this, but it would prove quite difficult because his partner K was M.I.A. Nii could care less if K was in fact dead or not, he only cared about getting the job done. So with this goal in mind, he would have to find a new team mate.

"Damn, this really bites. He is supposed to be the second in command. However his ass cant even show up for missions. What a fucking loser. I would just have to talk to Osamu about changing my partner with someone. Maybe I can have Mika. She is quite attractive and we hail from the same homeland. Plus her body is nice and curvy. I bet I could tap that if she gave me a chance to.............."

Just before Nii could finish his statement, he sensed a very high amount of chakra in the distance. He had never felt so much power in such a long way from the shinobi. The landscape was thick, filled with greenery. Nii had to be sure he knew what he was getting himself into before going closer to the intense chakra.

"Holy shit!!! What in the hell is that power coming from? Ive never felt such a thing. This chakra is so thick; it's like you can even grip it. If this is a village ninja, then I would have to watch out. We cant afford to have such great power like this all around the Hideout. Even though Im nervous about this, I must approach this shinobi and see what he is about."

"Byakugan!!!!"

After activating his variation of the Byakugan, he gained exceptional vision. He could see through the trees to locate where the chakra was in fact coming from. After moments of searching, he found the shinobi from which the chakra came. It was in fact a man, tht seemed to rival that of Nii's age. From his facial expression, the shinobi didnt seem mentally unstable. He in fact looked like he could be reasoned with. But still, Nii didnt know why this shinobi was here. He would still have to be cautious. Too nervous to make his real self known to the shinobi, he would send a clone instead.

"Gedou Toomegane!!!!"

After moments of saying that, tiny red dust like particles began to form in front of Nii.The particles then began to form the appearance of a shinobi. The red figure then began to develope facials details and body structure. It was soon known that the figure was an exact copy of Nii. Although this copy of him was not exactly a regular clone jutsu, it didnt share the same weakness as them. This clone could in fact battle Nii's opponent, and could even be striked and still remain. However much chakra Nii put inside of the clone, would determine how much the clone could do. The red clone soon gained its coloring, becoming a twin to Nii.

"Now, go find out about him."

Suddenly, the clone took off towards the powerful shinobi. As he travelled, Nii linked to his eyes, making him able to see what the clone saw. After moments of using running. Nii decided to allow the clone to use the Tengu movement to travel faster towards the shinobi. And in a matter of seconds, the clone began to move in a blur. He was moving soo fast, all that could be seen was his spikey red hair. This ability made him well know in his homeland. Some called him the "Red flash of Iwagure" rivaling that of the fourth hokage in the past.

"There you are."

The clone had stoped once he reached the shinobi. He was sitting on a branch of a tree. The clone stood at the ground below, looking up at the shinobi with his red left eye. Nii was now sitting on the ground way back in the background in indian style. His left eye was closed, because he didnt want to create two vision's from his Byakugan. However, he kept his right eye open, using it to look around and make sure no one could sneek up on his unguarded position. As Nii opened his mouth, so did the clone. Suddenly the both of them began to speak the same words at the exact same time.........

"Who are you? And why are you here?"

A moment of truth has revealed itself unto Riku's senses. He had finally sensed a power level that was very simular to a member that he crossed paths before. However, because he did not know the distincit type of akatsuki member, he could not guess whether or not he was an official member, a subordinate or a spy. Nevertheless, the smile that he had on had disappeared and his eyes opened up slowly. Looking down at the ground, he saw someone who almost looked like an ant to him. He was so high up that it was hard to compare who or what that being was. He wasnt in a hurry to jump down from the giant tree and greet the person that had arrived . It would be pointless, at first, to drop down unsuspectively. He would have to be cautious at first, maybe be vague at what he would have to say. Maybe test him out or maybe just have a nice and peacefull chit chat

Sad to say, it would either be one extreme on the spectrum scale.

He adjust his glasses over his nose and stands up from the branch. He then closes his eyes and leans forward, falling off the tree branch and began his descent downward to the earth. Had Riku gone off the loose end with this stunt? He was quite high up, 335 feet in the air. He had a point one percent chance of even surviving, no matter how he would land nor how he dove a correct manner. It was impossible for anyone to survive. But those who have never encountered Riku before, have yet to see what lies in store.

He kept his arms down to his side, his feet pointed backwards making him dive towards the ground faster. He began to increase in speed by doing this. The velocity of his decent was rather breath-taking and yet at the same time a fools way of committing suicide. Where Riku was aiming at was towards was straight foward, a downward spirl towards the location of where the now known person that had just arrived. Riku was aiming for that person with no intent of moving. He was about 100 feet away from the ground. He opened his eyes and a light smile was pressed on him.

Fifty feet, twenty feet, ten feet...Riku had disappeared in an instant. He left an afterimage the moment he was about two inches away from making contact with the person. Gone and out of the sight of those who have an untrained and trained eye. His existance had disappeared in an split second, almost like he was a dream and the person had just woken up from it. A light tap pressed on the person shoulder. Behind him was the daredevil himself, or maybe just the devil himself, Riku. Unharmed and untouched by his daring attempt to smash him. He was smiling of course, something that Riku does on occasions to make the mood quite lighter than it already was. Although, it was a just a facade of what the person was probably seeing. Riku had thought that this person was able to sense his chakra level from whatever distance he came from. He had to cause Riku was letting out his ever so enormous chakra out in the giant countryside. He had a feeling that there had to be a sensory shinobi out there, whether a village sensory ninja or a akatsuki sensory shinobi, someone would eventually come. He was thankful that this person had came, otherwise he would've left much sooner

Upon looking at his face more he disappeared, Riku could only describe the person in front of him as, a typical "human". He had the smell of any other person who had turned evil would radiate off of; Greed, envy, lust and wrath. He did not come out as a slothful person at first, that was more of a physical trait that Riku could not see. If the person in front of him was slothful, he wouldnt have taken the time reach over to his location. But otherwise, Riku would describe him as a typical person. He did, however, radiate something else. Because Riku was able to "see" aura's of other beings, he was able to see if he any other aurs that were "echoing" off of him. Turns out that there was one in particular that he could see but he could not regonize it. He did not want to make a general assumption that he was an Akatsuki member. Although Riku could see other auras, it did not mean he knewall of the auras that he had encountered. He could put some pieces together and make an assumption the total population of villagers and shinobi have the same seven principle aura's Othererwise, he had made the assumption that he was a missing nin of some kind.

"You asked why I am here" Riku says, putting a hand on his chin "Well, I suppose I would have to say...Im lost and im waiting to be found" he talked in a very vague tone that was quite hard to understand at first. Riku made further inspection of him and looked at what he was wearing. This is what Riku was looking for, a person that wuold symbolize the group that he has been searching. He smiled "I suppose, I would have to say, Im looking for trouble and I have found what I am looking for...and that my good sir, is you..."

After speaking, the clone continued to stare at the shinobi. He was lodged up so high that a regular eye wouldnt be able to spot him, especially when the sun was shining down upon their eyes. However, the clone had his Byakugan activated, and his vision became much stronger. As he stared at the shinobi, he watched as he droped down. Being a great distance away from the clone, Nii watched through the clones eye as this shinobi foolishly droped from such a high altitude. Nii began to smile and so did the clone. As the shinobi fell down, it looked as though he was heading straight for the clone on the ground below. Having unflinching nerves of steel, Nii refused to move his clone.

"Hmm. So it seems as though he is quite the shinobi, dont you think Jirobi?"

"Yes, he does. Not even you could survive a fall from that high up. Hehehe"

"Ha ha hell. Fuck you Jirobi. If only you werent sealed inside of me, I would kick your ass."

After argueing with Jirobi, the Tengu sealed inside of him, Nii looked back up. However, the shinobi was nowhere to be found. It was as if he dissappeared in mid air. Suddenly, the clone felt a tap on his shoulder. When he turned, his expression could tell it all. It was in fact the shinobi. The clone continued to glare at the shinobi. This man was not anything Nii was used to. As he stood face to face with him, his chakra was even more fierce. His power was amazing, yet he did nothing to expell it. Nii knew he had made a smart choice to send his clone in instead of himself. If he were an enemy, he would more than likely get the upper hand on Nii. After a moment of silence he heard the shinobi speak.......

Shinobi: "You asked why I am here. Well, I suppose I would have to say...Im lost and im waiting to be found. I suppose, I would have to say, Im looking for trouble and I have found what I am looking for...and that my good sir, is you..."

"Lost waiting to be found eh. Well if it is me your looking for, do tell me what is it you need with me."

As Nii spoke, the clone, once again, spoke and said the exact same thing as Nii. With his right eye open, Nii began to stare at a small bird which landed on his folded leg. It stood there motionless for quite awhile until flying away. Once it did, Nii closed his right eye. Moments later, he re-opened it again, noticing that the bird had in fact landed back onto him with yet another bird. Nii then began to roll his eye in irritation.

He knew something was aloof during his predictament. He began to think in his mind for a brief second. Truly, he has found an Akatsuki member, which was the plus side to it and a positive note for Riku. However, the downside was that he had he was dealing with an organization that has been around for more than 3 centuries. Knowing that the criminals who joined were either highly insane or highly powerful shinobi, the one basic thing a person of the Akatsuki would do is send a clone to see how powerful or how difficult a person could be. Riku took that into consideration when he fell off the tree branch. Because Riku had displayed such power levels that would match that of a bijuu chakra, he would have to assume that this person was a clone considering it would be extremely dangerous for anyone to approach a powerful person such as Riku, at firsthand. Riku knew that this was also a clone cause when he thought about that when he was falling, he thought to himself that he would probably would have sent a clone too if he was in this person shoes right now.

Riku raises one finger and takes a step back. For another brief second, hee examined him once more. He could safely assume that this wasnt the leader. He could feel inside of his lingering aura that he was most defintely someone who could easily be angered or someone who has short fuse tendancies. He gave off a type of aura that had hatred characteristics. Nothing of the manipulating type. He did assume that he was intelligent however, seeing that this person would send a clone about to gather intel on him rather than coming straight at him. Before he began to speak, he let his tranquil aura radiate off of him. He was safe, knowing that a person with a doujutsu would not be able to see it. Riku understood that the typical doujutsu was able to see chakra and not aura. Because chakra and aura's are in different categories, he took that advantage on him

"Looking at your cloak, I am assuming that you are an Akatsuki member. It would be safe to say that you are an Akatsuki member, otherwise you have a very nice style of clothing when it comes to cloaks. Seeing the red clouds with the collar so elogantly placed upward by your mouth to hide the true appearance that you have, it is safe to assume that statement that I've said"

"Well, lets me skip the whole philsohopical thing for a moment and I'll get straight to the point. Im looking for your organization. The Neo Akatsuki from what I've been told have been one of the more successful organizations that have been running and been around for quite some time. From what I heard, you guys were smart enough to avoid the catsophre with that phoenix incident five years ago to the date" He knew they avoided it, why else would the Akastuki join into the affairs of the villages unless they were to gain something out of it. Riku knew for a fact that the Akatsuki leader had attempted to take over Konohgakure no sato when they were on the verge of total annihalation. "I guess in your leaders terms, that was probably the most wise thing to do, instead of getting involved in the villages business. After all, its not your fault for the Akatsuki being the one's who thought ahead"

"I admire that entirely, those that know when to intervine, rather than get invovled so quickly or come in too late. You guys have the perfect philosophy when it comes down to it and I totally agree on it. If a group that has been around for such a long time are able to thrive in such a peaceful world like this, then I wish to join this group. I despise peace in its entirety. There nothing good that comes from it. All it does is make people lazy, they think everything is all good and fanatastic but when the shit hits the fan" Riku chuckled "They begin to panic, running around like scared rats locked in a cage surrounded by fire. No escape and frantically turning against each other to survive"

"If you think about, its most entirely true. Why the hell would a group like the Akatsuki would exist? For the benefit for people to get powerful? Most unlikely" he walks up closer to the person and whispers in there ear "Its because they wish to bring down the foundation of tranquility and create something anew...like a phoenix" Riku backs away from the person ear and folds his arm "Do you know what a phoenix truly represent besides immortality?" he asked the question to the person "Rebirth, thats what. In ancient cultures before us, there were groups of men and women who came together only to worship such a being of great power. They would do the most ridiculous things however; They would kill each other, there own self, sacrifice there own babies, animals of both pure and unpure origin, go with there pleasures such as massive amount of sex, for what? To gain the power of immortality and rebirth, to be created anew"

He leans his head back and laughs "Its quite funny to be honest, I never imagine how an idol such as a phoenix could grant such powers to such foolish and ignorant fools who could only go with the pleasures of there own desires instead of trying to do what you guys are trying to do. To create a new world, to become the gods of this world...why, it would be considered a 'perfect phoneix'" Riku said the last four words with glamour and excitment "So, do you think I would have the potential into joining your group or what?"

Riku made sure that his words were clean cut, his voice was persuave and seductive to the conscious and his appearance, more or less, tolerable to the eye. He had to play with the senses, although he though he did an ok job with it. He folded his arms and leans alittle back in the air looking at the person, the clone to be honest. He was waiting for his response, his actions. He was still on high alert, however, nothing he could possibly say that he would have to fight someone...or something if he had to. He had to make sure that this plan that he was elaborating on was extremely flexible, it would get bad real ugly, real quick of he were to say the wrong thing

OOC: Sorry for the late post. Been busy this week with school and SAT prep.


As the clone stood there and listened to the shinobi speak, Nii used his Byakugan to look into the man's body. Quite obvious, this person was not a joke to be toyed with. His chakra was on the same caliber as that of the Bijuu and rivaled Jinchuuriki. Using one of his most familiar traits, the clone began to slide his left hand down to his holster, located on his left leg. He opened it, and while to continue staring at the man, he pulled out a cigar along with a lighter. He brought the ciger to his mouth and following that, he ignited a flame on the lighter. After a moment of pausing, confirming that he was still listening to the shinobi speak, he brought the flame to the cigar, keeping it on there until it began smoking. After a long inhale, the clone exhaled, releasing a large cloud of smoke. The entire time while performing this, the clone never took his eyes off of the mysterious shinobi.

"Yes, you can tell by my attire that I am Akatsuki. I also do admire this style of cloaks anyway, so the choice for this clothing seemed perfect all together. So you were in fact looking for us huh. I had a feeling that was your intention, although I wasnt quite sure where your loyalty stood. And as for that incident five years ago, we were informed to stand by while that took place. There was no need for any of our members to become intangled into that mess of things. Besides, with it being in Konoha, we would have been targeted as the enemy also. So going there would have been near suicide."

Nii paused for a moment and inhaled once more from the cigar. It rested in between his teeth as his lips were open, showing a little grin towards the man. Instead of exhaling through his mouth this time, he released the smoke from his nostrals, creating two clouds of smoke that instantly began to rise into the air as they were released. As the smoke lifted, the clone put his arms inside of the ong black cloak. The climate was quite chilly and being a Youton user, he hated the cold temperature. Him and cold rivaled that of oil and water, salt and pepper, etc. The continueous climate even led him to grow out his red hair, leaving his mohawk look in the past. After taking yet another puff, he began to continue talking.......

"I am quite interested into your proposal to join the Akatsuki, however, I do not know you, not even your name. Allowing you to join without proper inspection could prove great danger to our organization. You do have the power we are looking for, but how would I know your true intentions would benefit us in the long run? I am quite smarter than I appear, so if you are testing my security over the Akatsuki, then be prepared to not take me easily. Before jumping to conclusions, I must know where you are in life. How would you be able to benefit us, even though I already have a sense of your power. Tell me anything about you that could prove interest in our organiztion as a whole. Not just our wants, but our needs aswell....."

After speaking, the clone took the cigar out of his mouth and licked his lips. The cold temperature was starting to chap his lips. After licking them to make them moist again, he stuck the cigar back into his mouth and inhaled once more. This time after inhaling, he let out a series of coughs. Back at the safe zone, Nii began to grunt. He knew he needed to stop smoking or his life would end much faster than expected. He had been sitting there without moving for quite some time, and many different animals began to comfort themselves around him. More birds began to land onto his shoulders and head, while squirrels made their way towars him as well as they collected nuts for the long winter coming ahead. Nii continued to keep his left eye closed as his right remained open, scouting the area. Meanwhile, back in the cautious zone, the clone began to hold his mouth after coughing. He managed to keep one eye open as he stared at the man, but he couldnt help himself but to close the other after his series of coughs. Moments later, he brought his hand back inside of his cloak and reopened his other eye. He waited for the man to reply...........

Osamu had kept his eye on Nii since he first joined. In actuality he was looking for a replacement for K since he went M.I.A 5 years ago. No one knew what happened to him. Osamu knew that he had to choose a new second in command soon. Five years had been long enough and Nii had proven his self over and over agian. Although five whole years had passed it simply like five days to Osamu. Being immortal does that to a person. In five long years he saw how his teammates had grown and how some had become twice as strong as they were before. This was the day that Osamu was going to approach Nii with the offer to be second in command. When he went to look for him Nii was gone. Osamu being the leader had to keep up with the others so around five years ago he placed a small unnoticeable tracking device in each cloak. This would let him know where each member was at all times. It also allowed him to see who was doing their mission and who was trying to turn agianst him.

He pulled a device out of his coat that looked like a remote but it was a device that told him where each member was. He located Nii in a village doing his mission. "Ah Nii I knew that I could count on you. Well since K might be dead, missing, or a traitor I have to assign him a new partner. I hope he doesn't want Mika. Knowing Nii he probably does. Well atleast want to tap that anyway. I'll find him a partner after I talk to him. I think he'll be happy to hear that he is the new second in command." Osamu gathered his things and headed towards Nii location.

On the way he wondered what could've happened to K. The thought of death had crossed his mind but he knew that if K would've died his tracking device would've been in a sing spot. Instead over the past five years he had been moving around like he's looking for someone. As for who Osamu didn't know. In any case the Neo-Akatsuki had to go on. There are no emotions involved in being the leader. Osamu arrived just outside of the village and looked around. He saw no sign of Nii but he felt a strong chakra. "Wha-who is that? That's as powerful as-" He stopped and thought about the man he had been seaching for since he lost his memories. Osamu thought to his self "No way that can be him but....I bet he knows where he is." Osamu decided to take a shinobi approach and get closer to Nii and the strange chakra without being noticed just yet.

Osamu saw Nii talking to someone but he didn't k now who. He arrived late into the conversation but he did hear "You asked why I am here. Well, I suppose I would have to say...Im lost and im waiting to be found. I suppose, I would have to say, Im looking for trouble and I have found what I am looking for...and that my good sir, is you..." Osamu wondered if he could help the Neo-Akatsuki and benifit them in the long run. He continued to listen. "I admire that entirely, those that know when to intervine, rather than get invovled so quickly or come in too late. You guys have the perfect philosophy when it comes down to it and I totally agree on it. If a group that has been around for such a long time are able to thrive in such a peaceful world like this, then I wish to join this group. I despise peace in its entirety. There nothing good that comes from it. All it does is make people lazy, they think everything is all good and fanatastic but when the shit hits the fan. They begin to panic, running around like scared rats locked in a cage surrounded by fire. No escape and frantically turning against each other to survive" That caught Osamu's attention. He only knew of one other person that spoke like that in a philosophical way. He thought to his self as his eyes squinted in an evil manner as he uttered the name of the man that held the key to his past "Kyouken."

"Ok now it's offical he knows something about Kyouken. I need the information that he knows. Maybe he can assist us." At this point he decided to make his self known. The clouds started to turn grey as if they were filling up with water. The wind started to blow in hostile way that caused little damage to the surrounding area. Rain started to fall gentle at first but harder as time went on. From the shadows Osamu appeared. There he stood wearing his red and black jacket with his black pants and red and black shoes. Osamu didn't dress in Akatsuki cloak because he didn't really like the look of it. He tilted his red sunglasses down and looked at Nii then the strang shinobi and agian at Nii. "Nii I see you are in the middle of recruiting a new member. So is he any good? from his chakra it would seem as though he's very strong. But as we know there is more to joining the Akatsuki than just having a strong chakra. We also look for purpose and hpw could you help us out. So let's start with names. I am Osamu Rimaka last of the Rimakan clan. This is Nii second in command of the Neo-Akatsuki."

"I am quite interested into your proposal to join the Akatsuki, however, I do not know you, not even your name. Allowing you to join without proper inspection could prove great danger to our organization. You do have the power we are looking for, but how would I know your true intentions would benefit us in the long run? I am quite smarter than I appear, so if you are testing my security over the Akatsuki, then be prepared to not take me easily. Before jumping to conclusions, I must know where you are in life. How would you be able to benefit us, even though I already have a sense of your power. Tell me anything about you that could prove interest in our organiztion as a whole. Not just our wants, but our needs aswell....."

"Ahh yes, my intention...I suppose that would be.." Riku was about to finish what he said, until a new person had arrived. He was much taller than Riku was, standing over him by a couple of inches. He had sunglasses on, the sun hint the side of the lense until the clouds engulfed the sky with its omnious weather pattern. Rainy weather always seems to follow him wherever Riku travelled. It was a strange phemonon but nothing too spectular and out of Riku comphrension

"Nii I see you are in the middle of recruiting a new member. So is he any good? from his chakra it would seem as though he's very strong. But as we know there is more to joining the Akatsuki than just having a strong chakra. We also look for purpose and how could you help us out. So let's start with names. I am Osamu Rimaka last of the Rimakan clan. This is Nii second in command of the Neo-Akatsuki."

"Well, I suppose we are introducing ourselves with names, I suppose I should go last as it is I that is trying to get in..." he spoke calmly "My name is Riku, I use to hail from the village hidden in the clouds but I left five years ago for...well lets just say I wasnt into the whole "peace" idea Kumogakure was going on after the battle" he said with a hint of suspense in his tone of voice. He adjusted his glasses over his eyes "To be honest, I am not called a shinobi. The only time I was called that was five years ago when I was in Kumogakure and wore the headband. I am a Grandmaster Assassin and Spy once used by the former Mizukage herself. I was there for retrevial, espionage and inflitration. So as you can see gentlemen, I have skills that can relate to that of a agent"

As he spoke Osamu listened carefully. He was skilled alot of agent type work something that this Akatsuki was lacking. "Hmm well it seems like you may be able to help us out after all. So Riku." Osamu walked over to him calmly and slowly holding his Heaven's Disrupter on his back. "So Riku we know what you can do as for why you left well you can tell me that later I have one more question for you Riku. What do you know about Kyouken?' For centries Osamu had looked for Kyouken and everytime he got close something or someone got in his way. "Many years have I looked for Kyouken and everyone tells me the same thing. Either he finds you or no one knows where he is. All I ask is for any information may have about him."

Osamu looked back to the shadows and then at Nii and Riku. "I have also enlisted the help of the shinobi Ryu. It seems he has forgotten his past and is now nothing more than a weapon. His abilities are quite impressive but under my control he will be unstoppable. Why is it that I am telling you this because I like for my fellow teammates to know what it is that I am doing and that at anytime Ryu can serve as a temporar teammate to anyone. That includes you too Nii."

Ryu steppe out of the shadows head down and bandana tied tightly around his head. His chakra was nothing but pure insainty. His only goal was to kill until he couldn't kill anymore. As he stepped out Ryu looked at Nii and Riku. His eyes blood red. He the looked at Osamu and took a knee. "What is it that you need Lord Osamu."

Osamu smiled and laughed. "Now that is a servant. Anyway back to my question. Do you know anything about Kyouken?"

Kyouken? What was with this man and his father? Riku had a feeling that he was going to be asked that, whether or not he talked like his father or simular to his mother, it was all the same in one instance. Avoiding the question would rather test Osamu's patience and giving him a vague answer would only lead to another vague answer to another vague answer. Osamu seemed like a man who would ask about the whereabouts. The aura that Osamu was giving off was unlike that of a human being. It wasnt human at all. He had heard a little bit about the Rimakan race, hearing that they are extincit and that he was the last of them did not surprise him one bit. His clan seem to be one of those clans that was erased by another clan that he knew in particular. Rimakan? Rimakan? Why does that clan sound familar to him?

"Kyouken...ahh, you mean my sensei..." he said. "Well, I do know for sure that he was one of the best shinobi's around and he's lived through the times of when the fabled Uzumaki Naruto was around and he was once in the Akatsuki. But thats all I know from him. I havent seen him in eight years or so" he relaxed his hands and placed them in his pants pocket. They were deep enough to cover bits of his arm and they were warm enough to keep his hands from getting too cold "Im sorry if I dont know any more than that. I wish I could inform you more. I suppose my speech would give it off. Him and I have the same speech pattern"

Wait, now he was remembering where he had last heard of a Rimakan. Riku had to think about it for a pass minute. The name came back to him like a bottle washing up into the open sands of his mind. Jouten Rimaka.
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Jouten Rimaka was one of the few people that he met he was a young boy, someone that he had never encountered before in his lifetime. He was eight at the time, his father and himself travelled towards Sunagakure to meet an "old friend" Kyouken had told him. Standing close to Kyouken's side, he was wondering who was this Rimaka Jouten, the fabled chain grave keeper as what Kyouken called him, would appear to look like. He remember having crazy imaginative daydreams of this short and stubbing man, no bigger than five feet that had no knees and a weird shaped head. It kept him entertain for a bit for most of the walking part but it wasnt the ideal "image" that he kept with, for long that is.

They stopped at a small hut that was in the more isolated area of the village. Kyouken had knocked on the door and the moment he put his hand away from the door, the door had open. Riku could not remember what he sounded like however, it was a shame that he couldnt put a voice to his appearance. It was probably because he thought of Jouten as not important, because of that, it was one of those memories that is simular to an incomplete puzzle. It was missing a few pieces to complete the whole entire image. But he did remember what he looked like. They embraced each other like old friends meeting for the first time in a few years and they walked into Jouten's little estate, as so he called him.

Jouten was extremely tall, alot taller than most people would actually think. Standing over Kyouken by a foot and few inches with long tree trunk legs. His arms went down to his thighs, extremely long. He wasnt too big of a muscular guy, saying that he wasnt insanely ripped man who could ripped appart a man with no hesistation but he wasnt the natural "buff" as they would say. Riku could only describe him as a person who was inbetween, now that he thought about it alot more detailed version of his mind at the age of twenty-four. His face and hair, he remember for a fact, was the one thing that made him remember who Jouten Rimaka was. He had dark-skin, a rich and creamy chocolate color that has not been affected by the intense sun of wind country. His hair. My god, his long purple and dredlocked hair was down to his lower back and it didnt seem like it was stopping in length. It was tied together by a band of some sort. Something that was thick enough to hold off the thick amount of hair he had.

Orange tinted rosaliti sunglasses. Those were the glasses that Jouten gave him. He remember that name so well, mistakenly calling it regular sunglasses. It had offended him like he offended his only child. He remember hearing Kyouken laugh softly to himself as Jouten went off on him. It was one of those intriguing and yet messed up moments that a person wants to laugh at because the other person is dead serious about how he had insulted about his loved item and the person recieving was about to laugh but knew that he couldnt.

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He glanced over at the other man that was next to Osamu. Riku looked up at his face, he was another person that topped over his five foot ten inch frame with a probable six foot five inch muscle bound behemoth. This man clearly topped him with pure and raw muscle. While Riku was embrassed to show his appearance, this man had no issue with the fact that his arms was the probable size of a small tree trunk. He could see the vein pulsate, like a living, breathing animal at rest. He did not want to imagine what his arm would do when he was about to punch the life out of someone body, but it was hindsight as Riku came up with many scenarios of innocent and evil shinobi killed by this man sheer force of power.

Riku could tell that, regardless if he had speed or not, he was a person who had chaotically brutal potential. He did not even have to look at his bloody red eyes that stared at Riku and Nii as he said "What is it that you need Lord Osamu.". Even though his eyes was crimson, his body aura was black like the darkness of his heart. Consuming him and almost overwhelming the tranquil aura that Riku was presenting, this man was that of evil intent. His voice was deep, almost menacing to the ear. He had heard other deep voices from other guys, espicially his other family members but his voice had the intent of a violent plague. He remember Kyouken telling him about people like Ryu There are some people in this world that truly have goal in life, truly something that they wish to achieve in there lifetime and hopefully achieve.

"For humans, they wish to have a name for themselves. Regonizition is something that most beings, even Shikyo, wish to have in this universe so that when they die, they will not be forgotten. There are other beings in this world who have evil intention in this world that have a goal and wish to have regonizition but fail to see the point of having good intent. They want to see their goal be acheived through evil means and evil ways. But there are those rare few, that have no goal in life. They walk around aimlessly, not achieving any goal in life and not caring. Like all humans and many other beings, they want regonizition, but not from anyone else...they want it from themselves. They only want to acknowledge of themselves as someone who exist and lived in this suffering world that we live in today. They lie for no reason, they eat for no reason, they breathe for no reason, they live for no reason at all. They just want to exist"

If they had no reason to exist, then why live at all? Riku proposed that question to himself a long time ago, but the answer striked him the moment he saw a person like Ryu. They only wish to acknowledge themselves. Not through other people. I see, looking at the world like a playground and he is all alone...a sad existence.... Riku did not like those who had no reason to live, they just walked around; existing, living, breathing and doing whatever they wish so that they can acknowledge themselves. He would think that it was something that people learn when they are babies. Psychologically, they know they exist by examing each of there body parts. Although babies do not know that when they look in a mirror, it is there own reflection and not another baby staring back at him, they do acknowledge it. Ryu was one of those beings that looked like he did not regonize that so easily, he looked like a teenager who did not find out what he was good at when he was younger, so he resorted to other 'methods' to find his true place in the world. I suppose killing was the answer

"Well, a pleasure to meet you, Ryu-san" he wasnt expecting much from a killer but he could, sometimes, relate to what he was. Riku expressed sometimes heavily. "Uh, Osamu-sama" he said out of respect "What is that you have for Kyouken? I have to admit, he has told me stories of him being an enemy for alot of people one time or another, but I dont see whats wrong with him. It seems you are searching for something out of him. An answer maybe...or is it revenge..." he asked that question with suspense in his voice.

OOC: Sorry it took so long. Been busy with styff and crap. And some crappy stuff. LOL

IC: Osamu listened to Riku speak. His words seemed to be the truth. Everything about Riku was what the Neo-Akatsuki needed. Osamu was just about to welcome him in when Riku asked "What is that you have for Kyouken? I have to admit, he has told me stories of him being an enemy for alot of people one time or another, but I dont see whats wrong with him. It seems you are searching for something out of him. An answer maybe...or is it revenge..." Osamu looked directly at Riku for a moment. Then at the sky. "So he was your sensei? Well not everyone is out for revenge or answers. Then agian some of us are. My reasons for wanting to meet with Kyouken is simple yet complicated. Let me explain."

"Me and Kyouken have a deep history. I know that many people want him dead, others want answers. Those who have come to know Kyouken as an enemy are those who see a little bit of themselves in Kyouken and they hate that. As for me well my reason starts years ago. About 1000 years ago. You my earliest memory is of me waking up in a cave with shackles in the middle of a war. I had no idea what was going on. I saw a shinobi die in front of me and I simply took his identy for a while as I searched for answers. Years went on and I assumed his roll flawlessly. No one could tell that I was assuming someone eles's life. Then came the day that changed my life for ever. The day I met Jouten Rimaka.

I searched and searched and all of the clues I found lead me to the man known as Jounten Rimaka. My plan was to confront him and then possibly kill him. You see I thought he was my father. How stupid of me right? He was actually my creator. He created me. He implanted a Rimakan gene inside of me and the gene bonded with me. It was that gene that lead me to him not the clues. All of the clues lead to a female Uchiha named Aimi but the gene forced me to find Jounten Rimaka. From that moment on he took me under his wing and taught me how to control my Rimakan abiities. He told me over and over that I was his greatest creation. I believed him. Everything was going well until a female from the future intruded but that's a story for another time. Anyways Jouten died a few years later and his last words to me was to seek out Kyouken for only Jounten and Kyouken knew who I was before the gene was implanted in me.

He died in a fight that I wasn't even around to see. From that moment on I searched for Kyouken and no one has any idea where he is. I searched high and low, far and wide, everywhere. Still nothing and the only clue I have is that he is a Shikyo and that was recently. So my ties to Kyouken are ties that cannot be severed until I have the information I need. It has almost become an obession to find him. But thanks to me becoming the leader of the Neo-Akatsuki I have taken my mind off of it some. That is until I heard you speak. Well there you have it the short version of my reasons for finding Kyouken." Osamu held his head up and looked at Riku and Ryu. "So different yet so similiar."

Ryu looked at Osamu with a bit of emptiness inside of him. He had no memory of having a family or even having friends. All that Ryu could remeber was that he had an urge to kill and Osamu could feel that urge. Ryu clinched his fist tightly and chakra appeard around it. He held his hand up to his face and his black aura was visiable. "Lord Osamu is he in or out? We need to get to the base the others are close."

"Nii I see you are in the middle of recruiting a new member. So is he any good? From his chakra it would seem as though he's very strong. But as we know there is more to joining the Akatsuki than just having a strong chakra. We also look for purpose and how could you help us out. So let's start with names. I am Osamu Rimaka last of the Rimakan clan. This is Nii second in command of the Neo-Akatsuki."

"Why if it isn't Osamu. It's been some time since I seen you. And yes, this man weilds powers I could only dream about having. I could sense his power from miles away. I noticed that you mentioned me being the second in command. I appreciate this very much Osamu. I wont fail you. But since your here now, I suppose it would be best if I allowed you to take over from here."

"Well, I suppose we are introducing ourselves with names, I suppose I should go last as it is I that is trying to get in..." he spoke calmly "My name is Riku, I use to hail from the village hidden in the clouds but I left five years ago for...well lets just say I wasnt into the whole "peace" idea Kumogakure was going on after the battle" he said with a hint of suspense in his tone of voice. He adjusted his glasses over his eyes "To be honest, I am not called a shinobi. The only time I was called that was five years ago when I was in Kumogakure and wore the headband. I am a Grandmaster Assassin and Spy once used by the former Mizukage herself. I was there for retrevial, espionage and inflitration. So as you can see gentlemen, I have skills that can relate to that of a agent"

"Hmm well it seems like you may be able to help us out after all. So Riku we know what you can do as for why you left well you can tell me that later I have one more question for you Riku. What do you know about Kyouken? Many years have I looked for Kyouken and everyone tells me the same thing. Either he finds you or no one knows where he is. All I ask is for any information may have about him. I have also enlisted the help of the shinobi Ryu. It seems he has forgotten his past and is now nothing more than a weapon. His abilities are quite impressive but under my control he will be unstoppable. Why is it that I am telling you this because I like for my fellow teammates to know what it is that I am doing and that at anytime Ryu can serve as a temporar teammate to anyone. That includes you too Nii."

"I see. I appreciate your offer, but im going to have to decline from now. Im searching for a shinobi that would best aid me for a partnership. Not to be rude but Ryu would only get in my way.

Ryu steped out of the shadows head down and bandana tied tightly around his head. His chakra was nothing but pure insainty. His only goal was to kill until he couldn't kill anymore. As he stepped out Ryu looked at Nii and Riku. His eyes blood red. He the looked at Osamu and took a knee. "What is it that you need Lord Osamu."

"Now that is a servant. Anyway back to my question. Do you know anything about Kyouken?"

"Kyouken...ahh, you mean my sensei...Well, I do know for sure that he was one of the best shinobi's around and he's lived through the times of when the fabled Uzumaki Naruto was around and he was once in the Akatsuki. But thats all I know from him. I havent seen him in eight years or so. Im sorry if I dont know any more than that. I wish I could inform you more. I suppose my speech would give it off. Him and I have the same speech pattern"

"Well, a pleasure to meet you, Ryu-san. Uh, Osamu-sama. What is that you have for Kyouken? I have to admit, he has told me stories of him being an enemy for alot of people one time or another, but I dont see whats wrong with him. It seems you are searching for something out of him. An answer maybe...or is it revenge..."

So he was your sensei? Well not everyone is out for revenge or answers. Then agian some of us are. My reasons for wanting to meet with Kyouken is simple yet complicated. Let me explain."

"Me and Kyouken have a deep history. I know that many people want him dead, others want answers. Those who have come to know Kyouken as an enemy are those who see a little bit of themselves in Kyouken and they hate that. As for me well my reason starts years ago. About 1000 years ago. You my earliest memory is of me waking up in a cave with shackles in the middle of a war. I had no idea what was going on. I saw a shinobi die in front of me and I simply took his identy for a while as I searched for answers. Years went on and I assumed his roll flawlessly. No one could tell that I was assuming someone eles's life. Then came the day that changed my life for ever. The day I met Jouten Rimaka.

I searched and searched and all of the clues I found lead me to the man known as Jounten Rimaka. My plan was to confront him and then possibly kill him. You see I thought he was my father. How stupid of me right? He was actually my creator. He created me. He implanted a Rimakan gene inside of me and the gene bonded with me. It was that gene that lead me to him not the clues. All of the clues lead to a female Uchiha named Aimi but the gene forced me to find Jounten Rimaka. From that moment on he took me under his wing and taught me how to control my Rimakan abiities. He told me over and over that I was his greatest creation. I believed him. Everything was going well until a female from the future intruded but that's a story for another time. Anyways Jouten died a few years later and his last words to me was to seek out Kyouken for only Jounten and Kyouken knew who I was before the gene was implanted in me.

He died in a fight that I wasn't even around to see. From that moment on I searched for Kyouken and no one has any idea where he is. I searched high and low, far and wide, everywhere. Still nothing and the only clue I have is that he is a Shikyo and that was recently. So my ties to Kyouken are ties that cannot be severed until I have the information I need. It has almost become an obession to find him. But thanks to me becoming the leader of the Neo-Akatsuki I have taken my mind off of it some. That is until I heard you speak. Well there you have it the short version of my reasons for finding Kyouken."


While Riku and Osamu spoke, Nii silently stood in his place, allowing the two to conversate over the man known as Kyouken. Nii had heard rumors about his power. He now knew that they had to be true if his son Riku possesed the power Nii witnessed. He continued to pay little attention until the name Jouten Rimaka was said. Suddenly, in the depths of his mind, Nii found himself face to face with his sealed Tengu Jirobo. The two began to conversate while Riku and Osamu continued to talk among each other.

"Did he just say Jouten Rimaka?!?!?!"

"Yes, Jirobo, why do you ask? Is this name familiar to you?"

"Yes it is. Jouten existed over a 1000 years ago. Even I being a Tengu was considered a mere child compared to his power. He was the first man to have contact with us Tengu. He and my father Sojobo were great friends. But there was another shinobi during that time. Now this shinobi was considered the pride and joy to the existence of life. His existence was said to have been a myth, however, he was quite real. The only information I know about him, is that he was called "Keano" and he weilded power that rivaled Jouten's. They were considered the two Gods of their time and it seems as though both of their names were lost in the history."

"Wow Jirobo, your old as hell. Hehehe."