What you don't see...

And in darkened rooms, two young people pledge their lives to two great evils. In this world of blood and war, sides are taken.

"I Rishii, pledge my allegiance, and my honour as a ninja, to you Orochimaru-sama."

"I Kano, pledge my allegiance, and my honour as a ninja, to you, The Akatsuki."

Chapter 1: Rishii.

So dark…

'It's hot, but really dark. I can't see anything.' These are the first coherent thoughts that come to mind. Odd ones to have, I know, but when you've just been knocked out by 2 tons of wood and mortar landing on your head, you're bound not to think straight for a while.

The next ones are a bit better. 'Suzuki!' I realise franticly. My imoto was with me at the time of … of… well at the time I couldn't really remember what happened, and I was much less worried about that than my little sister. I wiggled, realising there was still a large weight pressing on me. I lifted it off, blinking the dust out of my eyes and squinting against the sun. It was early morning, judging from the position of the glowing orb and the dew on the grass. I freed the rest of myself from the rubble of my house and stared.

The landscape was flat. From where I was for at the very least a mile. It just kept going, eventually reaching the mountains. The trees that usually littered the hills were no longer there, and I could see the ash and smoke rising from the remains. It looked like some sort of fireball had descended from heaven and scorched and flattened the land.

I wouldn't know how right I was until much later.

After deducting I was completely alone in this barren landscape, I set about my task of finding my imoto. I let myself relax and closed my eyes, feeling out her chakra as I had been taught by my parents since I was small. Hers was always light and airy, clear as the sky. I found it quickly and began franticly digging. She was under the deepest part of the rubble, which panicked me a bit, but her chakra was still there, if not a little subdued. I heard a muffled "nee-chan" and speed up as much as my then little hands would let me. Finally, I saw a pale little hand reaching up and out of the rubble. Grabbing it, I pulled my sister free. Her blond curls were clogged with dirt and stones, her face marred with bruises, but she smiled at me as brightly as usual. I looked her over, guessing she was okay for now. I tried to search out my parents, but I could find neither my mother's gentle chakra nor my father's strong and steady chakra. When I told my sister they weren't here, began to cry. Spotting some unscathed trees on the horizon, we hobbled off towards them, discovering we each needed a lot more medical attention than we thought.

Chapter 2: Kano

The ring slipped onto my finger gracefully, my training running through my head in flashes of brilliant colour. "Welcome to Akatsuki Kano."

I smiled evilly.

"Thank you, Leader-Sama." I stood down, receiving congratulations from my comrades, I smiled evilly again. I leaped from the base smiling. The wind threw me off balance, if only for a second. I regained my stature and landed looking into the black of night, receiving the reflection of the moon. Deidara, my now official partner looked at me with his eye shining in the moonlight.

He said "Congratulations." Seeming to fight back some sort of… emotion, You don't often see that in Deidara…

I knew what came next, the after party. Of course the leader didn't join in with this unofficial ceremony, but the other members, except maybe Itachi, seemed to like this ceremony.

Sake, You either love it or hate it, but drink it we did. Everyone was cramped into that bar but we didn't seem to care after the first few drinks. I was the talk of the party, everyone congratulating me. I stood ready to make my speech. When some party crashers showed up.

"Your under arres-" he was cut off, literally.

I withdrew my hand the policeman's' body collapsed with a loud thud. The other policemen held their weapons shakily, they mumbled something about him being their best warrior. That made me smile. My fingers twitched. They stared, trying not too drop there weapons and flee in terror.

A bone shattering with an easy snap.

Deidara had used my distraction to get behind them. "Easy." Said Deidara-sama. "Like breaking a toothpick." The Policemen realised in that second that, they had no hope. The bravest among them tried to rush the group. Hidan-sama stood casually and swung his scythe from nowhere decapitating the policeman.

A few short minutes later the bar lay splattered with blood and was even more cramped than it was before, with dead bodies piled in the corner. All could see a satisfied Zetsu licked the blood off of his lips. We were about to leave, I opened the door and took a step back.

"Damn." I breathed. I looked on towards my onslaught. I didn't think twice, I placed my hands to my lips, in the shape of on upside-down heart. I shouted, "This shall be thy demise."

The sound waves ripped the earth from underneath the gathered ANBU members, the first few of them being killed by the impact of my attack, most of the others being crushed under the weight of the fragments of the street that flew at them. I took a breath, and fell back…

I woke up, my comrades staring at down on me. Itachi-sama looked up and walked over, he eventually said. "Hey the Kids awake." I looked round as the other members came over. I tried to sit up, but I felt a sharp pain fly up my back. I laid again. Deidara congratulated my on flawing of the ANBU attack, but warned me "Kid, next time, don't use so much chakra in one go, wait and see whether they are stronger ANBU or not." I attempted a nod. He understood my strange head movement.

I tried to open my mouth, but no words came. I just blacked out.

Authors Comments:

Cam: Hi I am Cam, and I write Kano's Parts. That's The Akatsuki dude. I hope you like my style... Its still in development because I haven't ever written a Fanfic before. I want to thank Liz for finally getting the seventh chapter done. And If all goes to plan there should be a new part from each side every week, so please, Enjoy!

Lizy: hey, i was busy... --reading other fanfics...-- I'm Lizy, writer of Rishii's parts. I myself have written a few stories of my own (check me out on Teh Randomness Girl ) I am a bit lazy, truth be told, but cam's a slave driver, so I'll be putting the chapters up at the right time (i hope) bye bye now!