My Family the Akatsuki
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I stared out my window. The sound of the waterfall surrounding our village always calmed me down. I sighed and put my hand on my cheek which was still stinging from when my aunt slapped me earlier in the day. Ever since my parents died, I've had to stay with her. She treats me like a servant, and when i fail to do something right, she would hit me or rap my knuckles with a ruler. I am tired of staying here, but i do not have anywhere else to stay. Suddenly my aunt called me in a harsh tone, "KANAKO! GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!" i sighed again. I never like the way she said my name. "Kanako" sounded when my aunt said it. It sounded curt and annoying, like I was an unnecessary problem. I got up of my bed and went downstairs. I found my aunt waiting for me, and she did not look pleased. "Uh-oh..." I thought to myself, "Here it comes! SHE FOUND OUT!" I started to shake before my aunt. I knew what was coming next; my aunt was going to beat me because when i was scrubbing the floor, i bumped a table and smashed her favorite vase. "HOW DARE YOU!" She slapped me so hard i thought for sure there was a handprint this time. Tears started to come to my eyes. "DON'T CRY YOU FOOLISH GIRL!" she slapped me hard again. My cheeks throbbed like fire. "I'm sorry Miss!"(She also required me to call her "MISS".)She slapped my hard again. "You broke it! You broke my favorite vase. you better have a good excuse for this one!" she said with an angry calm. So, i related the story to her. After i explained, she waved me away and said, "Fine. But, you shall not have dinner tonight. Now, go to your room."
I sat on my bed and hugged my legs to my chest and sobbed into them. I just couldn't stand it anymore. But what could i do? Suddenly it hit me! I COULD RUN AWAY! PERFECT! I would prepare in the next few days. It was the perfect plan. Over the next few days i got my items from the market and around the house together. I was going to leave tonight at midnight. I ran my eyes over my inventory that was spread out on my bed. Let's see... A water jug and purifier, A few weeks' worth of non-perishable food, my special jiujutsu tags with my pen-brush, a lantern with extra oil, my ninja hand weapons like kunai and shuriken, a bottle of bubbles, a drawing pad with colored pencils, Few hundred Ryo, matches with tinder, soap, a medicine kit, and of course my stuffed animal and my parents picture. I was set.
*Tmp* I jumped from my window, and started to run. The village whizzed past me as I approached the waterfall surrounding our Village. I stopped right before the waterfall turned around and said a silent good bye to our village. Then i dashed through the pounding water of the waterfall through the tunnel.
*Chapter One*
"Huff, Huff..." I panted as came to my camping spot for the night. I checked the map I bought in a store a few days ago. "Hmm... I am almost to the border for the land of fire." I said to myself. I planned to seek refuge in a small village around Konoha or something along those lines. I folded the map and put It away. I started my fire and made my dinner. After i ate a bowl of fire-cooked ramen, i put together a futon of grass. I lay down on it closed my eyes. Suddenly, I heard a gargling of a stream. Put out my fire, lit my lantern and went to investigate. I found a small pond with a little Waterfall going into it. I smelled under my armpit. "AUGH! EWW!" I choked. I need a bath. So i ran back and grabbed my bar of soap. When i came back, I got out of my clothes and cannonballed into the water. "Ahhhhh..." I sighed as i sank my chin into the clear pond. I grabbed my soap and scrubbed myself. After i was clean I frolicked in the water for a bit. When I got out, i inspected my clothes, a white shirt and navy-blue skirt. They were little thread-bare and had a few holes, but they were the only ones i had. I put them on and went back to my campsite a fell onto my sucky grass futon and instantly fell asleep.
I woke up when the sun was still rising. The clouds were red and beautiful, and I loved watching the sun come up. After a front row seat to a spectacular show, I left. The next few days were long and boring. But the next day, the clouds started to get dark and heavy. "Uh-oh..." I muttered to myself. I kept running through the thick forests of the land of fire. But, after a while, it started to pour down buckets and buckets of rain. I was soaked to the bone and needed to find somewhere to find shelter. Suddenly i found myself in an odd clearing, with and old two floor house in the center of it. The house itself was run-down on the outside as if no one had lived there for years. So, i walked up and sat on the porch of the house. "I will wait out the rain here." I thought. I took of my pack and parked myself next to the old-fashioned sliding door. But, very soon, I got bored. So, I reached over the porch and grabbed a long blade of grass. I placed it flat between my thumbs, put my lips to my hands and blew. A loud shrill came from the grass blade and I giggled. "I love doing this!" I said out loud. My next noise came out as if i was blowing raspberries at someone. The next blow was another shrill, the one after that was almost a scream. I was about to give my grass whistle another hard blow, but the door to the old house slid open, and a man with orange hair stuck his head out of the entryway. First, he looked to the left, then forward onto the courtyard in front of the house, and then finally at me. I saw all of his face then, he had orange spiky hair a hidden rain head band with a scratch through it. His face was weird though. Around his nose there was a row of three piercings on each side and there was more on each of his ears too. He started walk towards me, but I didn't run away or scream because i was so scared i that couldn't move. When he came close to me, he bent over and pinched my cheek. "OWW!" I screamed and slapped his hand away from my face. My eyes teared up and my cheek throbbed because I still had bruise from when my Aunt would slap me. He appeared startled but then said, "I am sorry, I didn't think you were real." Huh? I thought, "not real?" the man started to speak again and said, "Well, it's raining pretty hard, so would you like to come inside for a while? Don't worry, i won't hurt you. I thought for a while, he did make me uneasy, but I felt he was telling me the truth. I then nodded vigorously after decided. The man chuckled and led me inside the house. When i came inside, i took off my shoes, but i still carried my small backpack. Past the entrance hallway was a kitchen with a built in dining room and past the dining room was a living room with a large T.V. The man instructed me to sit at the table, so I sat down at the very end. The man sat at the other and end. He then said to me," I'm Pein. And right now, you are in the Akatsuki organization's base. What is your name and age?" I thought for a moment and replied," I a-am K-K-Kanako Matsuri .and I'm thirteen, Mr. Pein." I tried to be formal; I had heard about the Akatsuki and knew a little about them. Mr. Pein seemed to be mulling over what I had said. He then said to me," From which village are you from, Kanako?" I then said back," H-hidden waterfall." He then looked surprised, so I said, "why is that surprising?" "Because that is almost 300 miles away from this clearing. I froze. 300 hundred miles? was he sure? "Well you seem tired and hungry." his voice snapped me out of my reverie. I nodded. "Then you may stay here until you want to leave. You are welcome here." he then got up and walked up to the stairs and shouted ,"KONAN! COME HERE!" Then a woman with pretty blue hair done up with a rose came down the stairs. Mr. Pein whispered something in her ear and she nodded. She looked to me and smiled. "Hi, Kanako, my name is Konan. Please follow me." she instructed to me. When we reached the top of the stairs, we reached what seemed a never-ending corridor. She asked the same questions as Mr. Pein did and i gave her the same answers. Finally we reached the door she was looking for. She opened the door and soon believed this was her room. "sit." she said to me while pointing to her vanity's chair. Konan dug through her closet and tossed some clothes onto her bed. She closed the closet doors and handed me the clothes she picked out. "Here change into these. I'll be waiting outside." she said and exited the room. I looked the clothes she got out for me. it was a green vest, a dark-blue t-shirt and a brown pair of shorts. I put them on as instructed and called her back in. she smiled her approval and made me sit down on the vanity chair again and began to unravel the knot of a bun that i had twisted in my sepia brown hair. "Where is your family?" she softly asked me as she gently worked out my knotted hair. I then said to her, "My parents are both dead the Ninja war, and I was made to stay with my aunt. I ran away because she made me her servant and abused me." Konan stopped brushing for a moment. She then said," Oh... that really is sad. I think you did The right thing, running away. You are very smart." She smiled to me. I gave her a small smile back. We kept talking while she brushed my hair. I told her about my family's kekkei genkai that I hadn't quite mastered yet. When she was done My hair was just like hers. But instead of a rose, she made me a paper cherry blossom and stuck in my bun. "Very pretty!" she said, smiling at me. I did feel pretty too. But i looked at the clock on the wall and gasped. It's really late. Konan undid my hair as if she understood my thoughts. "I'll be right back." she said gently.
When she came back, she had a futon mat, a blanket and a soft-looking pillow. "Here, you can stay here with me while you stay. I have missed having another girl." she said warmly while setting up my bed she gave me a big shirt for jammies. While i changed into mine, Konan changed into hers. When i got into bed, i realized how tired i actually was. Konan got into her bed, and said, "goodnight Kanako." and turned out her light.