A/N: Welcome to my first ever Akatsuki story! Well.. outside of my head that is. Blech whatever, what's important is I'm writing it! Even though I have no plot in mind... any suggestions welcome. I'll try my best to keep the Akatsuki IC. Any tips and ideas feel free to share and if you have an OC you'd like to appear/have a pairing drop me a pm!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, the Akatsuki, twinkies, or whatever else pops up that is obviously not mine. I do own my OCs and Soul Contract. I do not own OCs volunteered by readers.
Enjoy!
A flash of light arched across the pitch black sky, illuminating the underbellies of thick storm clouds that blocked out the stars. Fat with rain they huddled together, drenching the world below with a torrential downfall.
A breathy sigh escaped my lips, trembling faintly. I hated storms. The fact it was my first night in the new place didn't help. The fact the last owner kidnapped, raped and killed his daughter before being shot to death by police while holding his wife hostage didn't ease my mind. I was a bit of a believer in the mystique, so moving into a home with such a tragic tale was no joy ride. Not that I had a choice.
That's what happens when your short on cash and options. I ended up taking the four bedroom townhouse, only days after my mother and brother passed away from some genetics issue that, apparently, skipped me.
I turned from the window to study my room. All four bedrooms were on the top floor along with a tiny bathroom. A steep set of stairs led down to a tiny hall, with the front door and storage room on either end, and on either side of the stairs open doorways. The one on the left, beside the storage room, led to the living room, and the other led to the kitchen. In the kitchen under the stairs was another storage room with a washing machine crammed into it. Another open doorway linked the living room and kitchen together.
Boxes were everywhere. Since I'd only gotten everything in this morning I still had yet to unpack. I figured I had time. I was starting everything over. New school in a week. New job on Tuesday. New house...
I probably should have been more upset with losing my family... but I had always known it was just a matter of time. Mum had been sick for so long... and I knew my sibling had the same issue. I was... numb. But not unfeeling. I just kinda shrugged it off, kept moving. Never stopped too long to think about it.
A boom shook me from my thoughts. Great. The storm was right overhead. I really hate storms. Another boom... then I was plunged into darkness...
"...Fuck!"
Yeah, I have a bit of a foul mouth, especially since mum isn't around now. Grumbling I felt around, waiting for my eyes to adjust as I crept out of my room. Thankfully I was good in the dark. I found the door no problem, and I knew on the shelves right next to my door was a flashlight.
I blinked rapidly to clear my vision as I turned on the flashlight. Spots danced before my eyes and I grumbled as I rubbed them, moving towards the stairs. I'm pretty sure there was a switch thing in the ki-
CRASH!
Ok... that was not thunder. What the fuck...
Carefully I crept down the stairs. I heard movement downstairs, and growling. A step creaked under my foot and a loud hiss silenced the others. I paused at the landing. Well... here goes nothing.
"HIYA- uh...?" I had leapt into the kitchen with a mighty yell, wielding my trusty flashlight, only to freeze. My eyes fell upon a group of large animals, some canine, some feline. I had enough time to process this before the smallest one leapt. I caught a flash of black and orange before I was tackled.
"Gyah! Don't eat me!" was the intelligent response I managed as I hit the ground.
~Akatsuki P.O.V.~
"This is all your fault un!"
"I'm sorry sempai!~"
"Fuck this shit! I'm going to fucking sacrifice you asshole!"
Tobi yelped and leapt away as Hidans jaws tried to clamp around his leg, but tripped and hit the counter. A dish fell and broke next to him. With a yelp he changed direction towards Deidara and jumped on the bombers back. "Get off me hm!" Deidara roared and turned to try and bit the smaller Akatsuki member, who tried to hide behind Pein.
Pein resisted the urge to sigh. His fur arched as he hissed at the others. "Enough of this!" "Someones coming.." Everyone fell silent at Konans words. Sure enough there was a creaking from footsteps. Silence settled over them. "False al-?"
Kisame broke off as a light illuminated the Akatsuki, stunning them. The girl was in her late teens, with dark wild hair the color of an aged wine falling in a tangle to her waist. Her skin was a little pale, with freckles, and her jade eyes shone with fear and shock. She was dressed in a soft pink silk nightdress that reached the floor, hanging off her shoulders by thin straps that crisscrossed down her exposed upper back.
"Oh look! Pretty girl will help us!" Tobi was the first to regain his (nonexistent) senses and tackle the girl, who dropped her flashlight with a girlish yelp and begged the missing nin not to eat her. When she realized Tobi was not going to eat her, she cautiously lowered her hands.
~Lilys P.O.V.~
It took me a moment to realize I wasn't being eaten, and it was probably safe to look. Carefully I lowered my hands, reaching for my flashlight. The dog that had jumped me now sat on my stomach, tail twitching happily. As I sat up carefully and gave him a tentative scratch behind the ear (to which he responded with a yip and a lick) I noticed that, thankfully, he was the smallest of the strange animals sitting before me.
He was like a Jackal in appearance, but when he barked and laughed it was a noise like a Hyena, and his body seemed more Hyena shaped. The fur around his face was orange and a big patch of it grew over one eye. The other was bright red. Creepy, but cute.
I turned my flashlight to the group and gulped.
Right in the center stood a small, young Bengal Tiger. He was about the size of a large fat house cat. He looked normal enough, until I noticed he had piercings (alot of them) and the freakiest eyes.. like silvery and with rings or something. Next to him sat a normal enough fox.. until I realized her fur was purple, not black, and an origami flower sat above her ear. Most of the animals were the size of ordinary house cats and dogs. The biggest one was also the strangest, a blue tiger the size of an English Mastiff that grinned at me... I swear he was grinning! Next to big blue and grinning was a Panther, ordinary enough until I saw his crimson eyes which had little dots or something in them.
I heard a growling and turned my flashlight. The only member of the group that was showing any sign of being a vicious wild animal was a beautiful silver wolf with black eyes. The tips of his fur had the faintest red tint, like blood, and he wore a pendant of some kind. I yelped when he tried to jump at me, but something pulled him back. I spotted a cheetah with the wolfs tail in his jaw. Instead of having ordinary cheetah spots he had stitch like markings everywhere and wierd eyes with stars for pupils. The Bengal tiger growled and the wolf snarled back, but backed down. I heard chuckling and gulped. A lion sat on the counter, with blue eyes and a big tuft of fur hiding his right eye. Beside him sat a red wolf who looked downright bored.
After taking this all in I continued to stare numbly. Well, aside from the silver wolf, they seemed friendly enough. How did they get in here though? Were they circus animals? Some looked like victims of abuse. I knew a bit about wild animals, I worked at a zoo. No! I shook my head fiercely. There was no way I was convincing myself to care for ten wild animals! Still... the way the Jackal was looking at me and whining...
"So... your not gonna eat me?" The question was pretty absurd and directed at all of them. Whats more absurd? Most of them shook their heads. I sighed and stood. "Ok.. intelligent circus animals..." I'm pretty sure a couple of them glared and the silver wolf tried to bite me as I passed. "Oi! Cut that out!" I carefully put the Jackal down and glared at the wolf. "Do that again and I'll get a fucking scalple and castrate you!" I earned more then a few shocked stares as I went back to turning the power on.
I fiddled with the breaker and was rewarded with glorious light. "Fuck yes!" I grinned in relief. "Right.. now for you guys.." I turned to survey the not so wild animals occupying my kitchen. A sigh escaped. "Well.. I'm not about to shove you guys out in the rain.. your just lucky I have a special permit to have wild animals in my home..." I shook my head. "Its late anyways... We'll figure everything out in the morning. In the meantime who's hungry?" I got a few barks/meows/growls in response. I chuckled and dug through my freezer and began to defrost a lot of meat while cooking up a quick stir fry for myself.
As I opened the oven to put the frozen meat in, I nearly dropped them in shock. A pair of yellow eyes blinked back. "How the... eh...what.." I meeped as I pulled out a white tiger the size of a Greyhound. The thing wasn't as heavy as it looked, and instead of having stripes he was completely black on one side and white on the other. I held him under his armpits. The black half hissed and the white half grinned.
I dropped the cat and he bolted, hiding under a pile of boxes. I was shaking slightly as I cooked. As I began to lay out the raw steaks I studied them again. Most gave me a confused and angry look. "What. You want it cooked?" I joked, only to stop smiling as they nodded. I carefully stood. Fuck. This couldn't get wierder. I cooked all except one (the white tiger seemed content with raw meat) and ate my stir fry with shaking hands. A couple of them didn't seem interested, but the silver wolf seemed happy enough to gobble up the leftovers.
Afterwards I just left the dishes in the sink. I'd get to them later. I lay out about twenty pillows in the living room and decided to watch a scary movie. I got scared easily but since I had a gang of wild animals to cuddle, I decided to chance it.
I popped in the second Silent Hill movie and lay back, in the mood for some gore. By the end of it I ended up with the tiger and fox on my calfs, the blue tiger and panther on my thighs, the jackal on my stomach, lion and silver wolf on my chest and cheetah at my feet. I glanced at the only animal awake. "Im sorry about dropping you earlier." The white tiger glared at me. "Cmon... dont be mad please..." I gave him a pitiful look and he huffed but finally tottered over to squeeze himself under the crook of my neck. I smiled as he made a sort of half growl half purr. I was warm and cozy and at peace for the first time in a while.
I was out in minutes.
SO what did ya think? It took me awhile to pull this together. Originally I had a bunch of different animal ideas. This is what they almost ended up as:
Kisame - Blue Ringed Octopus, Pirahna,
Konan - Blue Jay
Zetsu - Some kinda falcon, Skunk
Hidan - Fancy Rat, Albino python
Kakuzu - A bat, Some kinda snake
Itachi - Weasle
Tobi - Monkey, lemeur
Sasori - Scorpian, snake
Yes and btw im probably gonna base some of Tobis antics off my dogs.. and there will be quite a bit of stuff based off my own life. So far I have used my houses interior, one of my fav movies and my mums and baby brothers genetic disease. No they arent dead though and no I dont want them dead. I may include more details about the disease if people want it in later chapters. Also I will probably have her attend school by chapter three so if you want your OC in send me a pm with the following
Name
Age (Highschool applicable unless you skipped/held back)
Appearance (Hair, Eyes, etc)
Personality
History
How you feel about:
-Pein
-Konan
-Zetsu
-Tobi
-Deidara
-Sasori
-Itachi
-Kisame
-Hidan
-Kakuzu
-Lily (my OC)
-School
-Work
-Anime(including naruto)
-Big wild animals
Do you want to be shipped with any of them? If yes name your top three choices.
Favorite school subject:
Least favorite:
Please if your name is of a certain obvious origin have a good reason why. Also name things like family members, if you live near to the school/my character, if your character has watched naruto, if they have a job, are they a geek, etc! All those little quirks. The more detail the better!
Anyways till next time! Night all!
