I've never written the Akatsuki members before, so I apologize if this is OOC. I've also never made my own OC (Akimoto was created by Mustard-Gal), so really this story is basically practice for me. That being said, flames are welcome as long as they point out what is wrong with the story. Critique is extremely helpful now so I can improve.
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Rage. Pure blind rage. Rage like she had never experienced before. Anger she knew well, anger she could control. She'd been hurt before, but she'd also been happy. But rage and joy were two things she'd never felt. Until now.
Everything fiber of her being seemed to want nothing more than to lash out at him. To break him in every way possible. Every bad experience, every negative thought concerning him, all of it was resurfacing. Every cruel word, every painful blow, every single time he had ever made her want to get as far away from him as possible was coming back to her memory now. She was having flash back after flash back all of them going so fast she could hardly tell what memory was which, but one thing was constant. Hatred. Hatred towards the man she had just walked away from. But just because the door was slammed she could still hear him.
"You disrespectful little bitch," he'd yelled.
Her knees were shaking, her hands were clenched and if she didn't loosen her grip soon she'd draw blood. But she didn't care. The only thing she cared about now was hurting that man. And they wondered why she refused to call him dad.
"He makes your kaa-san happy," they had told her. That was a lie. That was a lie and she knew it. That bastard had made her family's life a living hell. Everyone else was blind. Blinded to the problems he was still causing. How could they not see that he was evil?
That is why he needed to die.
It was the only logical solution. It was the only thing that could be done to stop the growing terror that haunted her life. She was done being pushed around. Done being the weak little girl everyone seemed to think she was. She was frightened most of her life, terrified of what that man would do to her and her siblings if she messed anything up. But now… now she was done being frightened. She wanted revenge. She wanted to make him feel the pain that he had put her though. She would make his last few moments hell for the lifetime of trepidation she had to live by.
She would kill the Mizukage.
It would be better for everyone. With him gone her nii-san would take control of Kirigakure and the people would be much better off. Her kaa-san and imouto-chan would be safe from his horrible wickedness. And she would be free from all that he had done to her. Her life might finally be normal; maybe she could even get some of her self esteem back over time. Kirigakure would be a much better place.
She would have to be careful about his death. The thing she wanted most at the moment was to simply beat him until he could no longer harm anyone again, but she knew that wasn't possible. He was stronger than her and she knew it. He also knew all of her jutsus; he could easily avoid them, and send her to prison.
Poison wouldn't work either, for even though she could probably find a way to either make one or find someone who would make it for her, there was too much of a risk. The maids often took the leftovers home with them and fed them to their own families. She wouldn't be able to live with herself knowing that she had taken the lives of some innocent workers simply for revenge on someone else. And what if the bastard decided to share his food with one of her siblings or her kaa-san. She wouldn't hear of it.
While he was sleeping? Iie. He had bodyguards in the room while he slept to insure his safety. She would get caught and possibly killed. Even if she was the Kage's daughter, there was no way they would let her survive if she tried to kill the leader of the nation. Besides, he would love a reason to put her to death.
She paced back in forth across her room, thinking hard about some way to put an end to everyone's suffering while still managing to avoid a life sentence.
"Nee-san?" a voice said, causing her to jump in surprise.
"How did you get in here?" she asked, rounding on her younger sister. "I had the door locked."
Her sister shifted from foot to foot, "I… ano… I-made-an-extra-key."
You're anger should be directed at the one who deserves it, she reminded herself before she could lash out at her sibling. She hasn't done anything wrong, you're already angry.
"What do you need?" she said, forcing to keep her voice calm and level.
"Kaa-san sent me, she told me to tell you that the piano is tuned now and you need to go practice."
"Hai, arigato."
She left the room, making sure her sister also left before heading down the hall. She was already halfway through the song when she got the idea. She quickly began setting up her trap.
XxX"Mizukage-sama," she said, glaring at him. "There's something wrong with the piano, kaa-san wanted you to look at it."
The man rose from his seat, muttering about how he was going to fire the person who was supposed to have fixed the wretched instrument in the first place.
She followed closely, the whole time mentally going over her plan again and again to make sure nothing went wrong. Calm down, she told herself. If you seem panicked he'll think something is going on and be on alert. But don't seem happy. If he thinks you've already forgiven him then he'll know something is going to happen.
It was strange, she had never realized just how old the man in front of her was. But now that she really looked at him, it finally dawned on her. The small amount of hair he had left was now faded and grey, he didn't walk entirely upright, instead was hunched over a bit. His leg seemed to be bugging him, for there was a slight limp when he walked. She wondered how she could have missed it before. This was an old man. And she was plotting to murder him? What kind of person was she?
But think about everything he's done to you. Remember every tear he made kaa-san shed. Don't forget every time you couldn't get to sleep because imouto-chan was crying in the next room from something he said to her. Old or not, this man is evil.
"What exactly is the problem?" his voice cut her out of her inner pep talk.
"One of the keys isn't working."
As he was bent over trying to find the source of the problem, she grabbed the wire she had ripped out and flung it around his neck. Pulling on it with all her strength the Mizukage began to turn different shades of blue, all the while cursing himself for letting his guard down.
He was near his final breath when he managed to scream out something that made the girl's blood run cold.
"GUARDS! ITS MISAKI!"
Shinobi rushed into the room just in time to see the girl standing over the now dead leader of Kirigakure. "You murdered Mizukage-sama," the head guard said, as he signaled to the other guards to close in on her.
"Nee-san!"
She heard her sister cry out as she used the wire still clutched in her hand to whip a guard near her left and run for the exit.
"Nande nee-san?"
She didn't answer, she just fled.
She knew the castle well, and finding an exit wouldn't be hard. However, she hadn't planned on being found out. Even worse, when she pictured her victory over step-father she saw herself has a hero of sorts. But now she was found out and wanted. She had no plan for this.
She didn't pack anything to hide before hand, and then grab last second so she would have something when she left. Worse yet, she didn't even know where she was going.
But she ran. She ran as fast as she could. Her destination was unknown to her, but she did know that she needed to get away from the danger that surely awaited her at her former home.
She ran for days, hardly sleeping for fear of being found. She wasn't sure how long she was on the run before she met him but time seemed to stop once she did. Never had she been more terrified than at that moment. He was looking strait at her, his face void of any emotion, and his red eyes seemed to look right through her. There was no point in pretending to be brave, she was positive he would see through any charade she put on. But she couldn't run, she couldn't scream, she just stood there, paralyzed with fear as he walked towards her.
"You're to come with me," he said.