akatsuki · naruto · missing-nin · s-class criminals · red clouds · dark fantasy · team dynamics · genjutsu · ruthless · shinobi world
Moonlight shatters on the river's surface as shadows detach themselves from the surrounding forest. Twelve figures step forward into the clearing: Pain, Tobi, Konan, and the rest of them. They stand in a silent, spreading semicircle, the crimson clouds on their cloaks casting long, distorted shadows that stretch toward where you sit, you.