WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T GOTTEN DEEP INTO NARUTO SHIPUUDEN.
It was the evening when the time came. The time of the nightly weekly meetings. Although this time, had been
different. The meeting had been called a day earlier in schedule. This had meant bad business, nothing in the past
had been 'bad' enough to not wait another day, this earlier than planned meeting was a sure sign of a 'problem.'
Outside the Akatsuki hideout the weather was tainted. It was cold, stormy. It was winter time. The time when their
big black cloaks had finally gone to good use, the time when wrecking havoc became the most fun.
"Hey, hey, senpai!"
"What?"
"Are we there yet?"
"We're coming close to."
"What? You can't wait? Impatient brat."
ELSEWHERE
"Damn, this weather is killing me, seriously."
"Maybe if you'd wear a damn shirt it wouldn't."
"Kakuzu shut the hell up! I'd only end up ruining it after my rituals. Fuckin' bloody shirts."
Sigh. Out of all the members of the Akatsuki, I had to be paired up with this asshole. This Janshin cultist, foul language speaking, imbecile asshole.
"Ahh, Tobi, it seems we're back."
"Oh, yay! Senpai, senpai! Can I do it this time? Can I? Can I?!"
"Uhh, maybe next time Tobi."
With that, Zetsu performed the seals necessary to activate the opening of their hideout.
ELSEWHERE
"I wonder what's so important that can't wait another day."
The tall specimen had leaped off a rock on a large tree branch following his teammate leap branch after branch after
branch.
"…"
Silence from the young man.
"Something must have gone wrong with the capture of one of the tailed beasts."
"…"
Silence again.
NOT TOO FAR FROM THERE
"I wonder what screwed up, and who did the screwing, un."
The blond smirked at his own comment.
"I highly doubt its got anything to do with any of us."
"Then why do you think the leader's called us together to arrive in person danna, un?"
"I have a few ideas, but I'll let the leader do the talking. We wouldn't want to keep him waiting."
AT THE HIDEOUT
"Konan, by the looks of the facts, do you think we could last about a year more at most?"
"If we don't take actions now, I don't believe so."
Sigh. Out of all the problems that could occur, this happens. The Akatsuki had gone bankrupt. But how? How did our large fortune disintegrate? We could always earn it back, but business had been slow.
It was winter time, time for the holidays, times when even the worst of enemies cut back on their own spendings on weapons of mass destruction, and war materials, to save up money to buy gifts for loved ones. Indeed, this was a bad time of business for rogue assassins.
"Geez, if I wait any longer my eyes would fuckin' pop out of their damn sockets. Shit."
The platinum haired albino had been very impatient. He and his partner had came from the farthest distance and had still made it before most other members.
"Kakuzu watch your damn mouth! The leaders not to fond of that language."
The man lightly, yet angrily noted to the albino as he gave him a dark look.
"Psh, why the fuck should I? He's not my god."
"Shut up about your god will you? Geez, you've been complaining all day, the next time you get your head cut off I should sew your damn mouth close."
The two had proceeded to insult each other quite loudly as they waited.
OUTSIDE THE HIDEOUT
"So shall I, or you?"
The other man ignored the comment, and looked around slowly and carefully to avoid anyone from following the two
into the cave.
"Myself it is."
The man said with a smirk.
The entrance had been covered with boulders and had a waterfall in front. With the correct handsigns, the waterfall would split into two parts, and the boulders would morph around to form an arch with the entrance.
The two entered.
"Finally! You two were like the fuckin' closest to the hideout, seriously!" Hidan shouted.
"We're aware, un." Deidara replied.
"What took you guys?" The orange-masked man asked.
"Don't worry about it, un." The blond said saucily.
"We got into some trouble on the way, we could have made it here faster, if you'd not mind having a few stowaways following. But I apologize for the late arrival." The red head said very formally with no hint of emotion nor sarcasm in his voice.
"Yeah, yeah, apology accepted. Geez, where the hell are the other two, they were only the second farthest."
OUTSIDE
"That took longer than expected, I hope they all aren't already there."
The tall man proceeded to make hand signs, and entered, the other beside him.
"Hey, right on time, un. Hidan was about to kill himself, again, from boredom, un."
Deidara smirked at Hidan who had then flipped him off.
"So what's your story, what took you two?"
The leader had suddenly appeared, he had unknowingly been listening to the conversations of his cloaked criminals.
"Itachi wanted to check something out on the way, so what's this meeting about anyway?"
The shark looking man wasted no time getting to his point.
"Yeah, un." The blond agreed.
The leader and his partner further stepped into the attentions of the criminals.
"I've called you all today to discuss the disappearance of our account."
"Account?" Kisame replied.
"Yes, account. Our money account."
From there, Deidara and Hidan had stole glances of Kakuzu to see his reaction. Though, it made no difference, he had helped handle the Akatsukis' money, he had known what had happened before hand, and it was he, who nearly had ripped his own partners head off its body after finding out what happened.
"How, may I ask, did this happen?" Sasori asked.
"We have yet to find out, though when we do, we'll be sure to tell you all."
By we, he had meant, himself, his partner, Konan, and the treasurer himself, Kakuzu. They were more than ready to investigate the disappearance of the money, and already crossed themselves off the list of who may have done it.
Kakuzu was greedy, and saved any amount of money he had, spending the whole fortune of the Akatsuki was not in his best interest. Konan had no interest in money, nor material goods, she had once even shredded some of her own money apart, not realizing it was not the same paper she had conjured with her jutsu's. Not that it mattered. She had no care. As for the leader himself, Pein had better intentions than gathering up money. He would have sooner trade in all the money in the world for all the power to rule the world.
"So… what?" The albino had replied.
"'So what?' This means that we have actions to take to get ourselves out of this!" Kakuzu yelled, irritated by his partners' ignorance.
"What kind of actions, un?" Deidara asked.
"It being winter time gives us a disadvantage. Business for us is weak, so we may have to take up part-time jobs."
Silence from the gang of criminals.
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