Enter: Altair and Luna
One bright day, at the outskirts of Sunagakure, a young girl sat in a cave. A scalding fire lay before her, and she placed a pot of water over it. She smiled to herself, thinking of the mass numbers of people that would die at her hands with this new poison.
"Yep, yep. This one is definitely my greatest creation of all time." She said out loud, standing up. "Now, this is my In Your Face dance!" she exclaimed, beginning to wiggle her ass towards the entrance to the cave.
"Um…excuse me." A voice came from the entrance. It was male.
The girl stopped dancing immediately. She blushed and faced the fire. "Who goes?" she asked, keeping her tone as normal as possible, though she was pretty close to cracking up.
"Are you Altair Conna Mia?" The boy asked.
The girl answered. "I am."
The boy was silent. Then, "You're pretty! Will you come back to HQ with me?"
Altair turned around, mouth ajar. "Um…no?" It was more of a question than a refusal. "Who are you and what are you talking about?"
"Tee hee! You're pretty!" The boy said. Altair noticed that he was wearing a long, black cloak, with red clouds on it. He was also wearing an orange mask, which covered his whole face.
Altair stared at him, dumbstruck. "Is that all you can say?!"
"Tobi is a good boy!"
"Ugh…"
"Please came back to base with me!"
Altair considered "Tobi's" words for a moment. "Um…Tobi? I will go with you. Willingly. IF you taste this soup first. I want to make sure I have it right, so I need someone else's opinion."
Tobi was silent. "Ok, I'm not stupid. You're coming with me."
"Damn…I thought you were stupid." Altair muttered under her breath. "Fine. Just let me pack--"
"Let me help you!" Tobi interjected.
Altair snatched up her potions. "No!" She quickly put the newly brewed poison into a jar, and gently placed her ingredients into a suitcase that was lying behind her.
Five minutes later, Altair stood at the front of the cave, suitcase in hand, looking back into the depths of her hideout. "I'll come back one day." She whispered. "I swear it." She exited the cave with one single thought. 'I REALLY hope that when I come back it's not infested with hobo's.' She ran up to Tobi's side and walked with him all the way to the hide out.
Meanwhile, near Konohagakure, another young girl lay in a forest, twiddling her thumbs, calculating the speed she would have to be traveling in order to pull off a particular Jutsu.
"Ugh…thirty eight MPH…now that will take some training." She murmured. She stood up and walked over to a plant. "Hm. This is an…eccentric plant. Never seen it before." She said to herself. She touched the plant and felt its rough exterior. It looked like a giant Venus-fly-trap, but it was closed, so it wasn't harmful to her. The sides looked spiked, as she observed it more and more. She touched one of the edges. 'Hmm, I wonder if I rip one of these off, the juices inside might be useful. I'll have to take it in for more studies later.' She reached for it and pulled off one of the tips of the plant. Suddenly she heard a scream come from the plant. 'WTF? What is this thing?' She took a step back and got into battle position. Then the plant started to open up to reveal a head. She tilted her head in question. ". . . . A head?" the plant head had green hair and half of his face were different colors. One side was black and the other side was white. It just started to stare at her.
". . . . . You're Luna Rose, right?" the plant said to her.
"Y-yes . . ."
The plant smiled at her. "Come."
Then, before Luna could react, the plant grabbed her ankles and pulled. She dropped on the ground and the plant came out of the ground, to reveal a body. The body was covered in a huge black robe with red clouds on it. It soon made its way to Luna, who was still on the ground. She was aching a little bit from the fall. The plant bent down to her and soon they were looking at each other eye to eye. "Arrhhh. . . .uhhh. . . . .w-who are you?" Luna asked. The plant smirked. "My name is Zetsu, and your coming with me!"
"W-WHAT?" then Zetsu took his hand and applied pressure to her neck and she soon was knocked out. He picked her up and threw her onto his shoulder. He makes a hand sign, and they disappear from the forest.
At the Headquarters that Tobi had been talking about, Altair was lead through several winding hallways, a few libraries, and six bedrooms. She was beginning to think that Tobi had no clue where the hell he was going, until they came to a large, iron door. It was bolted shut, and gleamed a bright silver color.
Tobi knocked on the door, one, two, three, four, five times, Altair counted. A voice called from inside. "Enter."
The door opened upward, and Tobi dragged Altair into the room before them. It was large and spacious, with bookshelves lining the walls. A desk sat near the back, facing the now open door, and behind it was a tall stained glass window that seemed to depict a tale of some sort. Altair couldn't quite make it out.
Tobi stopped her in front of the desk. "Leader, this is the girl we've been searching for! I think," he added, unsure of himself. "Can she join us?"
The Leader was shrouded in shadows, and Altair couldn't quite make out his face, the only thing she could tell was that he also wore a cloak, and he had spiky hair. There was a rainbow colored aura around his exterior as well. He spoke, his voice deep and calm, though Altair could tell that he was frustrated. "Tobi, how many times must I tell you, you can't grab any girl you like off the street and come back, asking if she can join us. This is the fourteenth this month."
"But they're all pretty!" Tobi protested.
Altair looked back and forth between the two as they argued, and after about seven minutes, decided to speak up. "Um, excuse me. I can hear you." She said. "And, I am Altair Conna Mia. Tobi told me that you wanted me here. Can I help you?"
Leader looked at her for the first time and seemed to smirk. "Well, so you are the one that we've been looking for. Tobi, I take back what I said. Good work. Miss Conna Mia, please, take a seat. I will fill you in on the details of your stay here at the Akatsuki."
Altair sat, and the Leader dismissed Tobi from the room. Tobi took one last look at Altair before turning and walking out, closing the door behind him.
"Why am I here?" Altair asked, getting straight to the point.
Leader answered coolly, "Because we have need for your talents with poisons. They are your specialty, right?"
Altair nodded.
"Yes, I thought so. Now--"
He was cut off by another five knocks on the door. He sighed before saying, "Enter."
The door opened again, and Altair turned around in her seat to see a black and white man, surrounded by what looked like a Venus-fly-trap head growing out from under his cloak? 'Weirdo.' She thought. Over his shoulder was what looked like another girl. He placed her down and she turned towards the Leader, arms crossed and an annoyed look on her face.
"I could've walked!" She said to the man, who just smiled and turned on his heel. "Zetsu! Hey!" She called, but he was already gone.
Altair's eyes widened at the sound of her voice. 'No, it can't be can it?' she thought, weighing the odds. "Luna?" She asked.
"Altair? Sis??" The girl said, rushing over to her. "Oh my gosh, it is you! How have you been? It's been way too long."
Leader cleared his throat. "You two can get re-acquainted after the formalities. You must be Miss Luna Rose Sorasina. Glad to have you here at the Akatsuki base. Now, as I was just telling your friend--"
"She's my step sister." Luna corrected. "But we're close enough to be blood sisters." She finished with a smile.
"Sister, then. As I was just telling her, you two have been brought here for your special techniques. Altair, for your poisons, and Luna, for your quick calculations. Both of you are known for your combat skills as well. We could certainly use you on the team." Leader said.
Altair turned to her sister, whom looked like she was in deep thought. Altair turned to the leader. She could tell that Luna was debating whether or not to join. Altair then spoke up. "Okay, so what do we get out of this? If we join, what are you willing to give us?" Luna looked up at Altair snapping out of her thoughts to hear what the Leader would say.
"Well, what is it that you want?" Altair was about to speak, when interrupted by Luna.
"We want to be on a team. Altair and I, together. Do you host teams of 2?"
"Why yes, of course we do, then that will be taken care of, you and your sister can be on a team."
Then Altair questioned, "Do we get our own rooms?"
Sarcastically, Leader replied. "No, you'll have to sleep with the guys, and trust me, they get REALLY horny."
Altair was angered and was about to hit him, when Luna stepped in front. "Altair, don't get so worked up, he's being sarcastic, of COURSE we get our own rooms, RIGHT?" Luna gave a look like at any minute she was gonna kill him.
"Uhhh, yes. You do. We have two rooms free right down the hall. You can have those."
Altair squealed in joy. "Yay."
"So, before you can settle down in your rooms, you first need our uniforms."
Altair stopped him for a second. "Wait, who said we were gonna join?"
"Well, I would expect that you would!" he said.
Altair giggled a little bit. "Haha, cool it. I was joking, of course we'll join, so I assume the black robes with clouds is our uniform?"
"Yes, you can go visit Blue, whose just across the hall, she'll give you two."
"And is there anything else?" Luna questioned.
"Yes, You both need rings, and unfortunately, when we started this, there were ten members here with ten different rings on different fingers. Since you two are additional members, you may pick your symbols, and which finger to place them on."
"Cool, so how do we make the rings?" Altair asked.
"Just tell me what symbol you want and I'll get the rings for you by tomorrow. Mmkay? So, what symbols would you ladies like to have?"
"Oh! I know, I want darkness on mine!" Altair exclaimed, almost without any thought.
Luna was still thinking of what to put on hers. She finally cam up with one. "Bloodshed." And that was it.
"Okay, I'll get you the rings tomorrow, it's your decision which finger to put it on, okay?" the girls both agreed. And they walked out.
"So what do we do now?" Altair asked Luna. "We have to go see Blue for the outfits, remember?"
"Oh, ya. Ugh, I think those plain tube-y robes are just so not artistic. Here, one second." Altair took out a small note pad and a pencil and then drew out some outfits. She showed the outfit sketches to Luna and she liked them. They soon knocked on Blues door, and she grants them entrance.
"Hi, you two must be the new members, welcome. I take it you're here for your robes."
"Uhhh, ya. About that. I don't like the style, so I was wondering if you could create something a little more . . . different?"
"Like what?" Altair handed her the sketches. "Wow, I like these, ya, I could make these for you guys."
"Really? Thank you. So when could we get these by?" Luna asked.
"By tomorrow afternoon latest."
"REALLY? I thought it would take longer, but cool, we can wait."
"That's great, in the meantime, why don't you two take a look at your new rooms?"
"Mmkay, sure." Luna said. Both of them exited the room and made their way down the hallway. They found their rooms but they didn't know which ones they wanted. Altair jumped up and down screaming. "I WANT THIS ONE!" and she ran into the room and pounced on the bed. It was a dark purple room, with black random curtains hanging on the side. The bedroom even had its own bath room, which was also purple, but a much brighter one.
Luna sighed and said, "Fine." And she walked to the other room. " I like this room better anyway." She said to her self as she checked out the room. It was kinda like Altair's room, but with dark blue and black instead. Her bathroom was the same too. Blue, but a little brighter.
She got settled in when Altair came in and sat on her bed with her. "You think we'll be okay here, sis? Ya think we'll get along with everyone?" Altair turned to Luna.
"Of course Altair, everything is gonna be fine, we still have each other. And we'll always protect each other in case anything goes wrong. So, don't think anything negative, okay?"
Altair looked down at Luna's black carpet. "Ya, I guess. Haha."
"Hmm? What so funny Altair?"
"Jeeze, can the Leader get any cheaper with these rooms, they have different colors, but with black to. Haha. And all of the rooms are built the same length."
"Ugh, haha. Well, I wouldn't blame him. He's gotta spend a lot of money (or stealing money to spend) to make this whole house, its got at least 21 rooms in the whole house, including 12 bath rooms. That's a lot for a house! If I had to create a 33 roomed house, I really wouldn't care WHAT the style was."
"Haha, I guess your right. Well, I'm gonna unpack my stuff and get settled in. See ya at dinner." Altair smiled and exited Luna's room.
Altair and Luna were in their rooms when they heard a familiar voice out side in the kitchen/living room.
"It's time for dinner!" Blue called outside from their doors.
Altair and Luna both opened up their doors, to see them looking at each other from across the living room. In between them was a Television and 3 guys sitting on a long couch. And one guy was sitting on the floor. 4 other guys were sitting on stools eating at the table in the kitchen.
When Luna and Altair came out of their rooms, all of the guys stopped eating and looked towards them. Altair and Luna looked around weirdly and stepped to the middle of the room to meet each other.
"Hey guys, why don't you come here and get some dinner?" Blue suggested. "We have two empty seats here right at the table."
"Umm, okay." Altair said and she grabbed Luna and made their way to the kitchen.
"So, what are we having for dinner?" Luna asked. Still feeling uneasy about the stares Altair and her are getting from the other guys.
"Oh, we're having manwiches! With fries." Blue explained.
"Wait, are those curly fries?" Altair wondered.
"Uhhhhh, yeah?"
"Oh! Okay, cool."
Altair and Luna grabbed a plate and they sat down at the table. There were only 6 seats at the table. The seats that were occupied were all 3 right seats. Only the far left seat was occupied and the two left seats in the middle were free.
Altair took a seat next to a guy who had long blonde hair that covered one of his eyes. While Luna took a seat next to a guy with a weird hat.
Altair started to bring up a small conversation with Luna with out even touching her food first. And after talking for a few minutes, Altair went to eat when she looked at her plate. Something was wrong.
"Wait a second . . . . .I could have sworn I had 12 fries, now I only have 8!"Altair said.
"Uhhhhh, okay, you had 13 fries on your plate, now you only have 6." Luna calculated.
"Ugh, that's besides the point! OKAY! WHO TOOK MY FRIES!?" Altair asked aloud.
Tobi, the guy with the orange mask, who was sitting on the opposite side of the blonde guy answered. "I think it was Deidara-Senpai who took your fries!"
"Ugh, you again. Great. So who the hell is Deidara-Senpai??"
Tobi pointed his finger to the blonde guy sitting next to her.
"Oh, so YOU'RE the retard stealing all of my fries!"
"Uhhhhh, I'm sorry, my hands couldn't help themselves!" Deidara said, putting up his hands to reveal mouths on them, chewing on her fries.
"Uhhhhh, th- that's, okay. Look, umm, Tobi? Is there any one else I should know about?" Altair asked while getting freaked out by Deidara's hands, and slowly moving her chair away from him.
"Well, of COURSE there is! Luna, you should pay attention too!"
"Uhhhhh, what? Oh, ya sure." Luna replied blankly.
"Okay, so first there's Kakuzu, who's sitting next to Luna."
"Hey Kakuzu." Luna said.
" . . . . .Mmm. . . ."
" Then there's Deidara, you've already met him."
" Ya ya! I know him! He stole my fries!" Altair exclaimed.
"Then ME! TOBI! And then there's Hidan, who's sitting next to me. And I assume you already know Blue and Leader, right?"
"Yup, yup."
"And now for the couch potatoes! The blue fishy guy is Kisame!"
Kisame turns around from his seat to see who called his name, only to figure out that Tobi's introducing everyone to the new members. Only then does he turn around and gives a grunt in a sign of "Hi".
"Ooooo, whose he?" Luna whispers across the table to Tobi.
"Oh him? That's Itachi. Don't mess with him, he's not friendly. And then there's Zetsu, he's the plant guy, sitting on the floor."
"OH YA! I remember him!" Luna exclaimed
Just then, a door opened up next to the kitchen and a redheaded boy came out.
"'Bout time you crawled out of your cave to get some food." Blue commented playfully.
"Mmmmmm, whatever. Just give me my dinner." The redhead ordered.
"Ugh, could I AT LEAST get a thank you??"
"Mmmmm, no." The redhead took his plate and walked back into his room. Where the door shut and heard a small click, indicating that he locked his door.
"Oh, my, Jashin. WHO WAS THAT??" Altair asked.
"Oh, him? He's my partner, Sasori. He stays in his room all day, working on his puppets. He doesn't like to be disturbed. So if you want to be his friend, don't get on his bad side." Deidara said.
" . . .Sasori . . . .What a nice name." Altair said softly to herself.
By the time everyone was finished with their dinner, they had all departed and set off in different directions to their bedrooms, except for Itachi and Kisame, who went out side.
Altair and Luna got together in Altair's bedroom and started talking.
"Hmm, some interesting people here, huh sis?" Altair asked.
"Ya got me. ahh man, but that Itachi kid, he's sure something."
"Hmm." Altair replied dazedly.
"Oh C'mon, I know you think that you have a crush. Is it that Deidara guy?"
"NO! I will admit that he's cute and funny but, HE STOLE MY FRIES!"
"Ugh, then if it's not him, then who is it?"
"Mmmm, I don't wanna."
"Altair?? C'mon!! WAIT!? It wouldn't happen to be that red headed kid? Uhh, what was his name??"
"S-Sasori."
"AHH! Right! Him! Well? Is it?" Luna asked.
"Mmmm, yes." Altair mumbled.
"Hmm? What was that? I didn't catch it?"
" MMMM! YES! YESSSSSS! OKAY!? I like him!" Altair screamed.
"Hmph I knew it. Altair loves Sasorriii! Altair loves Sasorriii!" Luna mocked.
"SHUT UP! You like Itachi!"
"Ya, well . . . . . . . . Your mom!"
"Oh, nice one. We have the same Mom at the moment you know!"
"Mmmm, well, UP YOUR'S!" Luna commented back.
"Oh, great, so childish."
"Oh c'mon, you are so more childish than me."
" I know!" Altair said smiling. "Hmmm, I wonder how I will ever be able to talk to him."
"Well, he has to come out some time! So if there is ever a time that he's just walking around, go and talk to him."
"Hmm, not a bad idea. Thanks Luna."
"Your welcome, well. Yawn I'm gonna go to sleep, have a good night!"
" Okay, good night."
" I love you little sis, and have sweet dreams."
" Oh, I know I will. And love ya too, night."
Luna left Altair's room and closed the door behind her, then crept her way to her room. She got ready for bed, got underneath the covers and turned off the light. That night, Luna and Altair had dreamt about their little Akatsuki crushes. Altair dreamt about the mysterious red headed Sasori, and Luna had dreamt of the so-called "unfriendly" Itachi.