The relationship between the various hidden villages was always tense thanks to the bloody history they had which went far beyond the three ninja wars.

This was Bakorio's concern in trying to gain their assistance, they will most likely not trust their words and will probably think that it was just a new scheme by Konoha with ulterior motives, and the darkness will probably interfere to make sure the situation remains as it is if not make it worse…

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For the next two days, Minato and the other high-level ninjas of Konoha kept discussing and making plans on how to deal with this situation, and during this time. Bakorio visited the land of the rain once more… His meeting with the rest of the Akatsuki members has arrived!

Nagato and Konan were still at the village hidden in the rain to lead the village since it was now in an alliance with Konoha, and she will be the one accompanying Bakorio to the meeting since Nagato lost his puppets…

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Inside the Akatsuki's hideout where Bakorio previously fought Pain, There were many people gathered and he easily recognized them… However, the same wasn't true for them as a young boy with long blonde hair and slanted blue eyes asked Konan " Oh, are we having a new member?"

Konan stared at him calmly before she shook her head and said "This is Bakorio, he's going to be the new leader of the Akatsuki"

'Oh, not mincing her words at all huh? I like it" Thought Bakorio while smirking slightly as he observed how each member of the Akatsuki reacted to this news… Some of them seemed bothered like Deidara, but most seemed unfazed like Kakuzu or Sasori who simply narrowed their eyes and observed him…

"EHHH, where did the old leader go? Did he die?" Asked Hidan with a frown on his face before it turned into a twisted smile and said "How lucky…"

Konan frowned slightly at his attitude but suddenly, Deidara moved and threw a few explosives at Bakorio, but the latter simply pushed them away with some wind chakra and locked eyes with Deidara and he found himself in a land of nightmares right after…

The rest of the members turned serious as this happened, with only Orochimaru smirking widely and watching the good show…

"As Konan said, I will be your leader from today onward, any objections?" Asked Bakorio coldly but no one spoke except for the crazy Hidan that said "As long as I get to save people, I don't mind"

Bakorio turned his attention to Hidan and he could feel the overwhelming amount of dark chakra coursing through his body and said "Save people huh?"

A cruel smile suddenly found its way on Bakorio face as he instantly appeared in front of Hidan before anyone could react, and the next thing they saw was his head separating from his body and landing on his hand…

"You!" Kakuzu's eyes widened in surprise and readied himself in a fighting position and so did the others which included Sasori and Juzo…

Bakorio didn't care about their reactions at all and he simply observed Hidan coldly and said "Don't pretend to be dead"

The moment Bakorio said this, Hidan's seemingly dead eyes suddenly shot to life as his body raised a red triple-bladed scythe-looking weapon and tried to slash Bakorio with it but the latter simply held it with his hand and kicked his body away…

'This weapon is strange… I feel a strong desire to kill almost to an obsessive degree trying to affect my mind… this is no simple weapon' thought Bakorio before he quickly sealed the weapon inside a scroll.

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At the same time he did this. The dark being tied to silver chains on top of his throne suddenly opened his eyes and a weird desire flashed through them as he muttered "Finally, I found a good match…"

A huge earthquake shook the dimension he was in and the silver chains holding him in place almost broke apart from the sheer force he was exerting before everything calmed down once more and he muttered "Not yet… Soon I will leave this place"

And then those eerie eyes closed again putting the whole dimension into a state of eerie silence once more…

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Meanwhile, the head Bakorio was holding started screaming at him "Return my scythe to me… That was a gift from lord Jashin himself. Only his most devout followers can wield it"

Bakorio smirked slightly at him and asked "Really? Who's this Jashin you talk about?"

Hidan had a hysterical look on his face as he responded "Lord Jashin is the savior of this world, with his mercy, everyone shall die and be ridden of their fears… Ah, how I wish I could serve him more"

Spoke Hidan while his body tried to sneak behind Bakorio and attack him again but it simply got kicked away and Bakorio didn't waste any more time with him since he already concluded that this guy was a hopeless case so without further waiting, he suddenly locked eyes with Hidan and tried to delve into the deepest parts of his memories using his Sharingan…

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Hidan was originally from the village hidden in hot water (Yugakure). It's located in the land of hot water, the same land where the war that Bakorio orchestrated between Konoha and the other hidden villages took place.

This village and the land as a whole were famous for their pacifism and peace seeking attitude. However, Hidan as a member of this village was the complete opposite, in fact, he desired nothing more than killing and spreading destruction everywhere he went.

According to the memories he was viewing, Bakorio found out that this was the point when he was approached by a sect that worshipped Jashin (Literally means Wicked heart or Evil god). He found that they believed in everything he desired and instantly fell in love with this sect and became its most devout member.

Than Bakorio witnessed how Hidan used his strength as a former Jonin of Yugakure to kidnap many hopeless villagers from all around the land of hot water and took them to the hidden location of the Jashin's sect. Once there, they were sacrificed cruelly… And through some kind of ritual and the use of that scythe-like weapon as a catalyst.

All of their suffering and hate as their life was ripped away from them transformed into negative energy which then was fed into Hidan and allowed him to reach his inhuman physical and spiritual state which made him basically immortal…

These were all things Bakorio already expected, although they still deepened the frown on his face, however something that caught his attention was a weird vision Hidan saw as his body transformed during the ritual… A dark being appeared in front of him, but before Bakorio could examine him… Hidan's head suddenly exploded, as if someone was trying to remove any evidence…

'This disgusting situation again… No matter how many times I turn back time, the same situation will keep happening… Just like during that time with Shinno…' Thought Bakorio with a disgusted look on his face as blood and brain matter slipped from his hand…

'I will find my answer, eventually…' He thought with a cold look in his eyes as some of his clones were already on their way to investigate Jashin's sect in Yugakure…

No one spoke as Hidan appeared to have died a gruesome death and Bakorio calmly stared at each of them and said "I don't care what kind of forbidden skill you practice to make yourselves immortal or whatever, if you disobey my orders, death will be your end"

Each member of the Akatsuki had huge egos, but at this moment when they stared at Bakorio's blood-red eyes, they could only see the reflection of their death, and the black flames that came out of his body and incinerated Hidan's corpse didn't help at all in reducing the chill they were feeling…

AN: Fun fact, Deidara joined the Akatsuki at the age of 14.