Prologue:
Glancing around at all the faces in the room that sat watching him, waiting for their next orders, a man with fiery orange hair and piercings all over his face, finally opened his mouth and spoke up. Beside him stood a pretty, blue-haired woman with a single lip piercing.
"We have our next objective." He announced stoically.
A man with long blonde hair that had been pulled back and blue eyes, arched an eyebrow up at his leader, "And what exactly are we talking about here, un?" he inquired curiously as his arms came up and crossed themselves over his chest.
"It's not a 'what'," the Leader replied, "…it's a who."
"Let me guess…." Added in a man with blue skin and hair who sat to the blonde man's left, "….we need to take this person out?" he guessed, his gold eyes shining bright with unsaid excitement at the thought of a fresh killing.
"No…" their Leader replied, "…its' quite the opposite actually."
"Ah, fuck…" swore a man with white hair and red-pink eyes, "…is this going to require a lot of work? Cause if that's the case; I'm not getting in on that kind of shit right now. I just got back from one of Kakuzu's fucking bounty pick-ups and I'm exhausted."
The man called Kakuzu turned his masked head to stare over at his partner with his seemingly glowing green eyes, "You hardly did anything at all, Hidan." He pointed out with a swift roll of his eyes.
Hidan's eye twitched in rage, "The hell?" he exclaimed. "You mother f…."
"That's enough." Said their Leader as he quickly intervened the two men before any more could be exchanged between the two of them. " You're losing focus on why I even had all of you summoned here today."
"But Leader-Sama!" came a surprisingly high pitched voice of a man wearing an orange mask that covered his whole face; he sat off to the blonde man's right, "….Tobi doesn't even know why he is here."
"Shut it, Tobi!" came his blonde friend. Tobi shrunk back in his seat, "De…Deidara-Sempai…why do you yell at Tobi?" he asked in a soft, squeaky voice, "Tobi is a good boy."
"So what's our objective, Leader-Sama?" Came the blue-skinned man as he disregarded his other companions.
"Our objective, Kisame…" their Leader replied, "….is a woman."
At once, things fell silent amongst their group; all members falling completely still at the information. After a few seconds, Hidan broke the silence,
"You fucking serious?" he asked in disbelief, "….that's what this is all about? A bitch? Don't you already got one of those?"
Their Leader's eyes narrowed at Hidan in a silent warning from his last comment, "Careful what you say, around me."
"Uh, why we after a girl, un?" Deidara asked, "…she's not a tailed beast, is she?" he asked curiously.
"No." their Leader replied, "….but she can be a valuable asset to our organization."
"Skilled?" Kisame guessed; she had to be if their leader Pein was interested in her.
"Very." Pein answered, "….rumor has it that she can wield some of the elements to her will. On top of that, she's an accomplished medic."
"So… what?" Deidara asked, "….you want us to pick her up or something?"
"Well I can tell you now that this one won't come willingly to our forces." Pein stated knowingly.
A few of the members, mainly Kisame and Hidan snickered at this, "Well I'm sure we can persuade her otherwise." Kisame stated with a sharp looking grin.
Pein only nodded his head before he turned his attention onto one last member that sat on Kisame's right, "Have you nothing to say on this matter, Itachi?" he asked.
The man whom he had been addressing sat on the edge of their group; his face hidden mainly by the black and red robe he wore that matched everyone else's in their organization; his dark ebony hair was pulled back into a long ponytail, his eyes were closed shut. At the sound of his name however, his eyes slowly swept open; they were a startling color of blood red; a sure sign that his Sharingan was activated.
Meeting his Leader's gaze, Itachi blinked once at the question before answering, "….When do we leave?"