Life After Itachi
-Chapter 1-
(Kami's POV)
'It's been only a week since my brother's death and the higher-ups have already found someone to take his place within the organization.' I thought to myself as I sat, brooding in the corner of the Akatsuki break room. Suddenly, I heard the door open. I looked up though my hair to see a young boy I had never seen before. 'This must be the "so-called-replacement".' I thought spitefully. He stood there for a moment, letting the door close behind him, and then made his way through the room... right toward me. 'Why am I not surprised? I have the worst luck, lately.'
"Hi there! My name's Yasutoro Kanro, but you can call me Kanro if you want. What's your name?"
'Hmph! Like I'm going to give you my name. And what is up with that accent? Talk about boonies!' I thought to myself, not answering him as I glared at him from behind the high collar of my cloak.
"…Um … I am Uchiha Itachi's replacement… I am…" he hesitated and looked at the ring on his right hand, "SHU! That's it! I'm Shu! What are you?" he asked with a stupid childlike grin.
Just then the room, which had been quite noisy up till now, got really quiet I narrowed my eyes at him and stood up narrowing the distance between us until my face was less than an inch from his and spoke, "You may be the new "Shu"… but no one can ever replace Uchiha Itachi." I said, glaring at him with all the hate my little body could produce, "Stay away from me… If you know what's good for you." And with that, I pushed him aside and made my way out the door slamming it shut behind me.
(Kanro's POV)
"Stay away from me… if you know what's god for you." As she made this unknown threat to me she pushed me aside with enough force to knock me to the ground. 'So strong for a little girl...' I sat on the floor, confused, as I stared at the closed door, completely oblivious to the fact that the room was now completely quiet and almost all eyes were on me. Suddenly someone stepped into my field of vision and stood over me. I looked up seeing some blue guy with what looked like gills on his face, smirking at me. "Don't worry about her," he said, helping me up, "She's still a bit tender since Itachi died." I looked at him, confused, "Were they together?" I asked. He looked speechless for a second but then just laughed, as well as everyone else in the room. I just looked around, wondering if I had made a joke and not known it. Suddenly, Mister Blue gave me a big slap on the back, nearly knocking me over again, "No, no! Itachi was her older brother! They were really quite close! It's a shame, really." He said.
My eyes widened at him, "Older… brother…?" Someone else spoke up now, "That's right! Uchiha Kami: daughter of Uchihas Mikoto and Fugaku, younger sister of Uchiha Itachi, older sister of Uchiha Sasuke, and mother of the one-tailed Shukaku's Jinchuuriki!"
This new voice seemed wacky and enthusiastic. I looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man with short, spiky, black hair, wearing an orange pumpkin mask and sitting cross-legged, like a happy little kid, on top of a table.
'How can he see through that mask? It's only got one hole!'
Then the blonde sitting next to him (in a chair, like normal people do) spoke, "Oh, shut up, Tobi." He said and gave "Tobi" a push hard enough to knock him off the table and send him crashing to the ground. 'Holy, crap! That blonde chick's a dude! …and is hand a mouth on his hand?' Pretty-boy's hair was up in a ponytail and his bangs covered his left eye. His eyes were closed though, as his head rested in his hand and he had a slightly irritated look about him.
"OWIE! Deidara-senpai! Why you do that?" Tobi said, looking up at "Deidara-senpai" as I now knew him, from the floor.
"BECAUSE YOU'RE SO ANNOYING! YOU DON'T JUST GO AROUND GIVING OUT PEOPLES' PERSONAL INFORMATION!" Deidara-senpai suddenly exploded, making me jump a little.
"Well, how was I supposed to know?" Tobi cried.
"IT'S COMMON SENSE!" Deidara-senpai snapped back.
As I watched, a sort of comedic little fight broke out. Deidara-senpai was angrily stomping on Tobi, who proceeded to flail about, uncontrollably. Then, Mister Blue chuckled and said, "How sweet of you, Deidara. I didn't know you had those kinds of feelings for an Uchiha." Suddenly, Deidara-senpai froze, mid-kick, and turned around, now furious, "WHAT DID YOU SAY, FISH-FACE?" Fish Face just closed his eyes, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm just saying that you must like Kami a lot to think of her feelings like that." Deidara-senpai's eye got big and yelled, "I DO NOT LIKE HER! IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE!" I was pretty sure he was blushing now, but Fish Face just chuckled again and crossed his arms saying, "Sure, sure."
"AGHHH!" Deidara-senpai screamed and stormed out of the room slamming the door behind him. Shortly after he left the room I heard a very loud explosion that made me jump. "What the heck was that?" I screamed. Tobi sat up and looked at me while Fish Face just looked at the door and spoke. "Let's just say… Deidara's personality isn't the only ting about him that's explosive…" he said. Then he looked at me, "So you're the new "Shu" of Akatsuki, eh? My name is Hoshigaki Kisame, but you may call me Kisame, if you wish. I am the "Minami" of Akatsuki."
"Hoshigaki… Kisame…?" I repeated aloud, mostly to myself. 'I thought his name was Fish Face!'
"That's right. Yasutoro Kanro, you are my new partner."
Chapter 1: End