Chapter 1: A Grimm Welcome

If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams are something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death.

-Monty Oum

Lying on the floors of Forever Falls Forest were eight unconscious bodies. They were made up of seven males and one female. They are all in their late teens and are wearing black cloaks decorated with red clouds. However, these people weren't from this world. Instead, they were from another. They were from a world from which they were feared and powerful until their lives ended.

The first one is a male with pale white skin and straight red hair in which his right eye was covered by it. His body is once again healthy as it used to be in his prime as it regained its muscles, especially at his legs. The person next to him is a female with short, straight blue hair with a blue paper flower attached to it. She even has lavender eye shadow and a labret piercing. Her body is what an angel would have, perfect in every part; the right curves, right legs, right breasts, etc.

The next one who is unconscious is another male with jet-black hair that is pulled back in a low ponytail and his face are framed with centre-parted bangs which are extended to his chin. He also has long, pronounced tear-troughs on his face. Girls have considered him to be very handsome and they aren't wrong. Along with that is his well toned body that girls also love him for.

The next person is male that doesn't look human. He is the tallest of the bunch at about 6ft and 8 inches. He is also very muscular as well. He has a distinctive shark-like appearance, complete with blue-grey skin. He has gill-like facial markings under his eyes, actual gills on his shoulders, and sharp triangular teeth. His blue hair is also styled in the form of a shark fin as well. Next to him is a large sword wrapped in bandages.

The next unconscious person is a male with long blonde hair which he wore drawn into a half ponytail with the rest hanging down freely. The bang hanging over his left eye is what concealed his eye scope. An unusual feature is that he has a mouth on each of his palms and a large stitched-up mouth on the left side of his chest, which is covered by his cloak. He is also wearing a utility belt with two bags on either side.

The next unconscious person is a male with short, mousy red hair that is lighter compared to the first male's red hair. He has a hazy, dreamy look to his appearance. His body is now flesh, back as it used to be.

The next unconscious person is a male with medium-length grey hair that is slicked back. Like the rest of the males, he has a well toned body with muscles. Around his neck is an amulet of a circle with an upside down triangle in it. It is a symbol of his religion. Next to the unconscious male is a triple-bladed scythe. The three red blades get small from top to bottom, giving the scythe a larger range, despite decreasing its lethality. The scythe is attached to a long metal cable, wound around two spools on the male's left hip. The weapon can also split up and it has various other functions. The scythe is designed not so much to kill the target but to wound them, no matter how big or small the wound.

The last unconscious person is another male who is the second tallest of the bunch, standing at 6ft and 7 inches. He has tan-skinned with long dark-brown hair. He appears with a very muscular build. He has a black mask that covered his lower face and a white hood that covers his hair. Underneath those clothing, he has long, loose hair, his mouth which is stitched together at the edges in the form of a Glasgow smile, and stitches all over his torso.

The first person to wake up was the male with dark red hair. He opens his eyes, which are revealed to be purple colored with black rings on them. He looked at the other seven. A look of surprise appeared on his face. He couldn't believe he's seeing them alive again. He checked different parts of his body to check to see if he's alive as well, which he is. He looked at his hair, noticing that it's red. The male realized that he's in his original body.

He looked at his female companion and gazed at her. She looks so young and beautiful, as if she's a teenager again. Then the male realized something. She is a teenager! He looked at the other males. They're all teenagers! The male wondered if he's a teenager as well. He began shaking the female, hoping to wake her up.

"Konan, wake up please," he told her. The female, now identified as Konan, slowly opened her eyes. As she was adjusting, she believes she's looking at her friend in a young, healthy, teenage body. When she was fully awake, she realized that it's true.

"Nagato? You're a teenager, and your body is healthy," Konan said to her companion in disbelief. Nagato gave her a sly smile.

"I don't know how, but I am. In fact, the rest of us are teenagers," the red head replied.

"What do you mean the rest of us?" Konan asked.

"Take a look," he told her, gesturing to the other males. Konan was surprised. She never thought she would see them again.

"Are all the Akatsuki here?" she asked.

"Not all of them. Madara and Zetsu aren't here," Nagato told her with a serious look. Konan sighed in relief. She was glad those two aren't with them or there was going to be trouble.

"Should we wake them up?" Konan asked.

"We should. We need to know what kind of situation we're in," Nagato answered. He then creates a couple of hand signs. "Water Style: Raging Waves!" Water is gushed from Nagato's mouth like a waterfall and hits the other males, successfully waking them up.

"God dammit! Who the fucker that did that?! And why does my head feel like shit?!" the male with grey hair angrily asked as he held up his scythe, ready to fight.

"Nice to see you too Hidan," Nagato calmly responded.

"Pein, is that you?" the male with blonde hair asked curiously. "Why do you look so different? You don't have orange hair and piercings anymore."

"That is because this is my real body. The Pein you saw, Deidara, was a corpse that I was using," Nagato explained.

"Pein, if I have to ask, why are you a teenager?" the male with the mask and hood asked.

"I don't know Kakuzu. We're all teenagers for some reason," the red head replied.

"Wait? We're teenagers? Great. First, I wake up in a human body. Now I have to deal with hormones as a teenager now," the male with lighter red hair ranted.

"Pein, can you explain the situation we're in? It's better that you tell us what's going on so there wouldn't be any confusion," the male with black hair asked.

"Well, it seems we're in the realm of the living once more. I don't know how, but we are. Another fact is that we're teenagers. Again, I don't know why or how. For some strange reason though, I feel that we're not in our world," Nagato stated.

"What do you mean we're not in our world? How many worlds are there?" the male with blue skin asked.

"I only feel it, Kisame," the red head replied. "As for how many worlds, I don't know."

"Our world or not, I'm still going to continue sacrifices for Lord Jashin!" Hidan proclaimed.

"If we're in another world, then you're fake god doesn't exist," Kakuzu told the grey haired man.

"You shut your heathen mouth Kakuzu! Lord Jashin will always exist in any world!" Hidan shouted.

"Enough. You're not going to go around, senselessly killing people Hidan," Nagato told him. "We're going to redeem our former lives. The Akatsuki are going to find true peace with better methods. First thing first, we need to know where we are."

"Yeah, I'm getting hungry, un," Deidara muttered.

"I've noticed that these trees leak some kind of red sap through small pipes. From what I can tell, they're edible," the male with black hair stated.

"Thank you Itachi. First we eat, then we look for a village to get information," Nagato announced. As they went for a tree, Itachi was joined by the male with blue skin.

"I never thought I would see you again. How does it feel to be alive?" the shark asked.

"Surprisingly well Kisame," Itachi replied. At a tree, Itachi turned on the tree's pipe. Red sap began to pour out of it, and Kisame cupped his hands together and collected the sap. He took a drink from the substance.

"It's sweet," Kisame said.

"Really? Glad to hear that," Itachi replied. He gathered a handful of the substance for his own and drank it. Itachi gave a small smile at the taste. Not many people know it, but Itachi is very fond of sweets. He's going to enjoy the sap. "Kisame, last time I saw your sword, it was in the hands of the Eight Tails jinchuriki."

"Oh. Well, Samehada betrayed me while I was battling the jinchuriki, but it seems I have him back now," Kisame replied, using his thumb to point at the bandaged sword strapped to his back. "I had a talk with him, and he agrees to be my sword once again."

"Good for you," Itachi replied, drinking another handful of sap.

"How did you know?" Kisame asked.

"How did I know what?" Itachi asked back.

"That my sword was in possession of the Eight Tails jinchuriki?" Kisame answered.

"During the war, I was revived along with Pein, or rather Nagato since it's his real name, Deidara, Sasori, and Kakuzu by Kabuto Yakushi who used Edo Tensei. Nagato and I fought the Eight Tails jinchuriki and Naruto Uzumaki during which I broke free of Kabuto's control," Itachi explained. "I fought alongside my brother and ended Kabuto's jutsu. How did you die?"

"Suicide. During the war, I was sent to gather information. I fought off shinobi of the Allied Forces. However, they began to overwhelm me, especially that Naruto kid. In the end, I had my sharks devour me while successfully sending the information I gathered. But you know what? During my final moments, I remembered our first meeting and I realized that I'm not as terrible as I once thought. I'm willing to give my life to protect the causes I believe in. I died with a smile on my face," Kisame explained.

Itachi didn't know how to respond. During his whole childhood, he pondered what the meanings of both life and death. He witnessed a war at a young age and unwillingly participated in another. People tried to kill him while he killed so many people. He was ordered to kill his entire clan and he obeyed, leaving his younger brother alive. He only thought that life came once per person, but it doesn't seem so. Here he is right now with others who had died as well.

"Look at the bright side, we're alive again. And this whole true peace thing Nagato is talking about sounds like fun right?" Kisame asked. Itachi blinked.

"Yes. It does indeed," the blacked haired male replied. Itachi always wanted true peace. He never really liked fighting and never truly understood war. If Nagato wants the Akatsuki to bring true peace to the world, then he'll join.

"We should get going. It seems that Deidara and Sasori are having another argument about art or whatever," Kisame told him.

"I couldn't believe you just straight up abandoned me during the war Sasori!" Deidara shouted, no longer using honorifics. "We were partners, showing the world how powerful our art was."

"I realized that my puppets and techniques are what made me immortal, though I personally prefer not to be in this human body," Sasori explained. "Besides, you're one to talk. You died young, just as I predicted."

"As least I outlived you and Mr. Immortal over here!" Deidara exclaimed, gesturing to Hidan.

"Oi! Do you want to start something you little motherfucker?!" Hidan yelled at the blonde, raising his scythe to attack.

"Maybe I do!" Deidara shouted back, digging his hands to the bags of his utility belt. What they didn't know was that their anger, along with the sap that they ate, was attracting unwanted attention.

"Nagato, do you hear that?" Konan asked her male companion.

"You mean the loudness and idiocy of Deidara and Hidan? Yes," Nagato replied.

"No, no, listen closely," Konan said. Nagato listened closely and heard the leaves rustling.

"Everyone shut up and prepare yourselves!" the red head ordered his subordinates. Everyone else stopped what they were doing. The rustling grew louder. Stepping out were a pack of humanoid wolf-like creatures. Each of them has white bone masks, red eyes, sharp claws, and black fur. Most of them have bone spikes sticking out of them while a few of them also have pieces of bone armor on them.

"What the hell are those fuckers?!" Hidan asked.

"I don't know. I've never seen creatures before," Itachi replied.

"I can't sense any chakra inside them," Kisame reported.

"That's impossible! Every living thing has chakra!" Sasori responded.

"What's worse is that I can't even sense or see their souls with my Rinnegan," Nagato stated.

"Okay, no chakra I can get but no souls?!" Deidara asked in disbelief.

"It seems you were right Nagato. We are in a different world," Konan told her partner.

"So Pein, or Nagato as it seems, these things wants to kill us. What do we do?" Kakuzu asked.

"Simple. We kill them," Nagato replied with a smirk. "Release any your anger or stress that you have on them."

"Hell yeah!" Hidan shouted. He pierced his scythe to the ground and charged towards the creatures, dragging his scythe through the ground floor. "Come and get me motherfuckers!" The wolf-like creatures charged towards him. When one of them came close, Hidan sliced off its head with a clean blow. Another attempted to slash its claws at him, but Hidan blocked it with his scythe. The rest of the Akatsuki noticed that the body of the creature Hidan beheaded was slowly disintegrating.

"Interesting, their bodies disintegrate once they die," Sasori stated.

"Kakuzu, go help out Hidan. I doubt you'll want to stitch him back together again," Nagato told the masked teen. Kakuzu nodded and went to go help out his partner. Just as Hidan was about to kill another creature, threads appeared and wrapped themselves around the creature. The threads dug themselves into the creature and ripped it apart. Hidan noticed that the threads were coming from Kakuzu's body.

"Oi, Kakuzu! I had that one!" Hidan shouted.

"Did you really?" Kakuzu asked in sarcasm. "I've noticed that these creatures don't bleed."

"While that's a bummer, at least I get to kill these motherfucking heathens!" Hidan yelled, slicing apart another creature.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Itachi shouted, breathing a massive orb of fire that engulfed a small group of the creatures. His eyes now have red irises with three tomoes, showing that he has now activated his Sharingan. One of the creatures attempted to slash its claws at Itachi, but he effortlessly dodged it with ease. Itachi gave a hard kick to the creature's head.

As the Akatsuki continues to fight, the fact that they're releasing any anger or stress that they have only attracts more of the soulless creatures, except there a more different variations. These included bear-like creatures, giant snakes with two heads, and giant scorpions.

"If I wanted to see more giant scorpions, I would've stayed at my village," Sasori muttered. He was using chakra threads to control one of the bear creatures and force it to fight a giant scorpion.

"It seems I know where Orochimaru's relatives are," Nagato sneered as he was facing one of the snake creatues. "Almighty Push!" Controlling gravity, the red head created a powerful force that easily sent the snake creature and its companions crashing through the trees. Adding insult to injury, he created two extra mechanical limbs that launched missiles at the creatures.

One of the bear creatures charges at Kisame, who charged right back. Using Samehada, Kisame shredded the creature apart. The bandaged sword wiggled in response after it had killed the dark creature.

"Samehada says that these things taste bitter," Kisame told his fighting comrades.

"Well, these creatures don't have souls so I guess that's why," Deidara replied. Taking out from his bags are pieces of clays. The mouths on his hand began chewing the clay. After a moment of seconds, they spit out bird sculptures. "Have some of my art!" He threw the sculptures at one of the giant scorpions "Katsu!" The sculpture exploded, killing the scorpion.

Konan was in the air, using paper wings. While she can't use her legs in this form, since they're being used for the wings, Konan can't use her wings to fly and attack. She used her wings to launch paper spears at the creatures, pinning them to the ground and striking vital areas. Every creature that she killed slowly disintegrated.

It wasn't long before the Akatsuki, their group name, killed all of the invading creatures. While it was a good workout for them, they knew they shouldn't use up all of their chakra. Once the creatures were dead and disintegrating, they looked at their handiwork. Their fighting obliterated their sector of the forest.

"I believe that's all of them," Sasori reported. The group suddenly heard the shriek of a bird.

"Not all of them," Nagato muttered. They looked up and saw a giant bird circling them.

"That's one big egg shitter," Hidan said. It was true. This bird was larger than all of the creatures they just faced. Its body is the size of a large mansion while having a wingspan the size of a 10 story building. Just like the other creatures, it's black and has a white bone mask with red eyes. The bird cawed at them, signaling that it's going to attack. The bird flapped its wings and launched dozens of its feathers as arrows at the Akatsuki.

"Watch out!" Nagato warned them. Each of them dodged the feathers and watched them pierce the ground.

"Those feathers are sharp, so we have to watch out for them," Itachi stated.

"For a creature that size, we're going to have to use the Akatsuki Ultimate Jutsu," Nagato told the rest of the group.

"But we don't have Orochimaru and Zetsu to do the combo," Konan told her partner.

"We'll improvise," Nagato assured her. "Hidan, catch it's attention."

"On it!" Hidan replied. He focused on the bird. "Hey shithead, over here!" The bird heard him and was clearly angry. It cawed and dived for Hidan.

"Gather," Nagato told the rest of his comrades. All eight of them ran towards the incoming bird. "Disperse!" They quickly spread apart.

"Yahoo!" Hidan shouted as he jumped and slashed at the bird with his scythe. Before the bird could recover, it was grabbed by Kakuzu.

"How annoying," Kakuzu muttered as he was using his great strength to easily push the bird. He slammed the bird onto the ground, causing it bounce in contact. Kisame appeared and quickly hit it with his sword.

"Samehada says that it's not chewy enough," Kisame said as his hit sent the bird into the air. Sasori and Deidara ran towards the airborne bird.

"Sasori!" Deidara called to his partner while throwing two bird clay sculptures at the bird. Sasori responded by using a fire jutsu that launched flames at the bird. The combined attacks resulted in an explosion. Nagato appeared and used a wind style jutsu.

"How pitiful," he muttered as he launched winds at the explosion, creating a massive tornado of flames. He turned to Itachi, who was standing a few feet behind him.

"Amaterasu!" Itachi shouted. His eyes changed to resemble pinwheels with blood coming from his right eye. Black flames appeared on the massive fire tornado, changing the color from orange and red to black and purple. The size of the fire tornado grew at well. A second later, the tornado exploded and smoke appeared. Itachi calmly closed his eyes. "Kisame."

Kisame appeared with Samehada. Some of the bandages came off of the sword, revealing it to have large blue scales and a mouth at the end. The bird was already in midair and defeated, but that didn't stop him. Kisame gave the bird a hard strike with the sword before landing.

Konan flew higher into the sky and used her giant wings to launch a large wave of paper spears at the bird, pinning the already dead creature to the ground. Nagato was already levitating into the air and faced the creature.

"Almighty Push!" Nagato shouted, created a more powerful force of gravity that obliterated the bird and its surroundings into nothingness. Nagato landed on a rock, surrounded by his fellow Akatsuki members. Each of them is standing in an awesome pose. The result of their ultimate jutsu resulted in every part Forever Fall Forest in a 30 mile radius being reduced into nothingness.

Author's Note: Hey guys, I'm back with a whole new story. I needed a new one to replace Rewinding History. In almost every Naruto and RWBY crossover fic I came across, I never found one in which the entire Akatsuki (save for Tobi/Obito and Zetsu) appear on the world of Remnant. So, I have decided to take it upon myself to create this story. I already had it in my head so long, so now it's time for me to release it. What do you guys think so far? Read and Review.