Taking Action

"Itachi Uchiha," replied the clone.

"And how did this happen?" asked Akimitsu with a calm look on his face.

"After Sasuke Uchiha killed Itachi, Obito approached him trying to make him a member of Akatsuki. However, Itachi seems to have predicted this and placed a powerful Genjutsu on Sasuke.

"The moment Obito approached him and lowered his guard, Sasuke suddenly attacked him and took one of his eyes."

Akimitsu pondered for a moment. He guessed that Itachi might have figured out something after he took Saki's eyes for him, but he did not have enough proof as a basis for this guess.

"What's the current situation?"

"The Fourth Shinobi War is in full motion, however, Obito seems to be slowly losing control."

"What about Sasuke, do you know his whereabouts?"

"Yes, he is currently battling on the side of the Shinobi Alliance."

Akimitsu nodded his head as he started to read a scroll containing all the events that had occurred during his time-skip. The first thing that caught his attention was the fact that the second in command of the Shinobi Alliance was not Gaara, but Jiraiya.

However, after quickly analyzing it, Akimitsu understood that since he killed Nagato, Jiraiya did not die when infiltrating the Hidden Rain Village. After infiltrating the village, the Toad Sage did gather enough information about the Akatsuki, which made Obito furious.

So, he launched an attack on the Leaf Village. Unfortunately, they were ready and fought him back. Naruto--who trained to become a Sage--also participated in this battle and became a hero.

"So, history remains the same, with only a few changes," muttered Akimitsu. He looked at his clone, "Where are the things I ask you to prepare for me?"

"Here they are, sir," replied the clone as he handed him two scrolls: the first one was Tsunade's Strength of a Hundred Release. Although once he achieved his Ancestral Awakening, Akimitsu will acquire tremendous vitality and healing properties, adding to that his understanding of Yin-Yang Release, he still wanted to have other forms of healing and protection.

Akimitsu knew that survival was always his first instinct. As long as he survives, he can slowly grow more powerful.

The second thing that the clone handed to him was Kabuto's Method of instantly entering Sage Mode. This method was studied by him from Jugo's body--which had the innate ability to absorb natural energy.

Kabuto found a way to alter his DNA to possess such an ability, and now, this method was in Akimitsu's hand.

After reviewing all the information of this current timeline, Akimtisu knew what he had to do. He first briefly studied Kabuto's Method to acquire the ability to enter Sage Mode anytime, anywhere, and Tsunade's Technique. Since time was pressing, he did not have the opportunity to make a change but just got acquainted with the knowledge while keeping a close watch at the war.

Then, when he felt was the right moment, he began to move.

His first action was not to find Sasuke but to hunt down the Jinchurikis. His priority right now was to fully awaken the Ten Tail. As for the Rinnegan, he was slightly happy that it was taken away. Obito is an uncontrollable wild-card, and since Akimitsu did not use any method to control him--as he found it wasteful--he knew that Obito will not easily follow his plan.

However, after losing the Rinnegan, the latter was stuck and could not move forward. This provided Akimitsu with enough time and opportunity to do his own thing.

Of course, he will still take the Rinnegan's back, just not right now.

--Scene Break--

Akimitsu floated in the air, invisible to everyone. He watched the battle that was happening on the ground.

Madara was using the Gedo Statue to fight all the Jinchurikis, along with many other powerful shinobi like all the Hokages, Naruto, and Kakashi. Madara managed to regain some of his strength after taking the remaining Rinnegan from Obito, however, with Sasuke having one as well, things were not looking good for him.

As Akimitsu looked at the battle, he knew that Madara had little chance of winning while fighting so many powerful people at once, so he debated whether to intervene.

He has always remained in the shadows for fear of his identity being discovered; however, now that he was so close to success, he did not want to let the opportunity go. So, after calculating the pros and cons, he decided to make his move.

Wearing the Akatsuki robe and a mask, Akimitsu suddenly appeared in front of everyone. Then, a powerful green aura suddenly appeared around him, followed by lightning.

"That's Guy's Eight Gates Jutsu," said Kakashi.

"No, this should be the Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode," added Gaara who was standing on a piece of sand.

"Who is this?" asked Naruto.

"Obviously, a member of the Akatsuki," replied Sasuke.

However, Akimitsu did not say anything. He rushed towards these people with absolute speed. Minato reacted in time and rushed to intercept him. Unfortunately, to Akimitsu, the Fourth Hokage's movements were very slow.

So, after dodging his kunai, he elbowed him to the face, sending him flying away. However, he immediately sensed the space around him twisting, so he guessed that Kakashi was using Kamui. He ran in a zig-zag pattern to rush towards him.

A Susanoo skeleton appeared in front of Kakashi, but it was destroyed by Akimitsu's one punch, sending him crashing away. Nevertheless, the latter did not have time to rest as countless wooden trees came from the ground to catch him.

However, with his speed, it was no use. He rushed to Jiraya--who was in Sage Mode--to quickly finish his opponent. The latter spit out a large amount of oil, but it was also useless.

Akimitsu dodged his attack and punched him. Luckily for him, Gaara created a sand barrier to cushion the blow. Yet, the shockwave from that attack still sent him flying away.

While Akimitsu was suppressing some of these ninjas, Madara finally had room to breathe. Facing only Sasuke, Naruto, and all the 9 Tail Beasts, he was winning. Even with a Rinnegan, Sasuke was no match for him.

Chains appeared from the Gedo Statue and bound the Tailed Beasts, yanking them inside of it. And so, Naruto had Kuruman taken from him. As the future seventh Hokage fell from the sky, Sasuke jumped in the air to catch him.

Unfortunately for him, as soon as he landed, a wooden hand came out of Naruto's body, dug out his Rinnegan, and threw it to Madara who caught it and instantly replaced his left eye with it.

However, Madara frowned after transplanting the Rinnegan; he felt something was wrong. Unfortunately, before he could react, the Rinnegan activated and used a Jutsu to take 20% of the Ten-Tails Beasts' Chakra and send it somewhere he did not know.

Thinking of something, he looked in the direction of Akimitsu, but he did not find anything; the latter seemed to have completely disappeared--just like when he suddenly appeared.

Madara realized what was wrong; these eyes were not his. Now, the question was where were his eyes. He looked in the direction of Obito, thinking about how to get an answer from him.

Nevertheless, he still decided to become the Ten Tail Jinchiriki first.

Meanwhile, Akimitsu teleported to his mirror dimension where a massive ball of Chakra was waiting for him.

'I can finally achieve my Ancestral Awakening.'