Sorry for the long wait, I was really confused on what to do; the original chapter was twice as long but only because I had focus on way beyond chapter 2.. hha, my bad. I'd like to go about the abilities and relationships of Kaara at the bottom of this chapter too, I feel like I should tell you more about her.

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The girl stopped in her tracks, turning back and standing in her spot as she could feel… She doesn't know if it was really them or not, but she could feel something, she's not sure what it is anymore. She wasn't one to trust her gut feelings but…continuing her way would only-

She had to go back, regardless of orders.

"Do not think of going back, Kaara…"

A voice boomed in her head and she cringed, as it echoed in her mind.

"If you do dare oppose my wishes, you'll be punished severely!"

The girl stood there in complete silence, "I…I don't m-mind, I'm s-sorry!" The girl rushed back, running as quickly as she could.

"KAARA!"

He continued to call out for her, she didn't like them at all but she couldn't let any of them get killed or imprisoned.. She couldn't bare losing anyone anymore than she has now. They all she had left.

- x -

"You should have just left her…"

Hidan glares up at his taller partner, "Shut up, this kid's gonna bring me glory… Just you see, Kakuzu…"

"And what if she doesn't?" Kakuzu asked, glaring at his partner.

"Well, the bitch can pay me in another form for allowing her to live." Hidan smirked, pink hair draped over his shoulders as he was carrying the girl on his back.

The kid was weak, he didn't feel an ounce of chakra emitting from her but she continued to breath, they both suspected she wasn't born with any ninja abilities or the like.

"Besides I could sacrifice her to Jashin-sama if I we haven't got anyone around…"

Kakuzu gave a once over of the young kid they brought with them; long, messy pink hair and soft, tanned skin. She didn't look like she had a womanly figure or will grow into one for that matter… He wondered what the immortal would do with such a skimpy kid like her.

And he glance at the jashinist for a second, he didn't look like he was having a hard time carrying her either. She must have been in these woods for a good long while, she probably was a run away.

"Y'know, maybe if she ain't what Jashin wants… We could pawn her off into a sex slave, bitch like this would probably get some customers."

"I may be a miserly person, Hidan… But I have my standards."

"What? This kid means more to you than your money, huh?" Hidan stared at his partner.

"I suspect she's 11 or 12, I know many places that could take her in but… She looks close to death and I'd rather not let her see her last days there."

"Fair enough…"

- x -

"Kaara has disobeyed orders, she is retreating back to the base as we speak..."

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Hidan roared.

"She's heading back here, huh?" Deidara raised a brow, "Perhaps the girl can't resist my charms."

"Shut the fuck up, Deidara!" the immortal spat.

"This is not a matter to be taken lightly! I need her-"

They all looked down, the large rock slowly inching back down to block the exit; Kaara was breathless but continued to walk until she was a few feet from the Jinchyuuriki.

"You n-need me for what?" She asked.

"Get to Hidan and Kakuzu's location right now, Kaara…"

"O-or what?" She questioned.

Pein didn't answer, his eyes closed as he tried to keep calm; that girl was aggravating him.

"Why'd ya come back for, kid?" Deidara asked, smirking.

"I hate you all!" She growled, "And if any of you were to die-" She stopped, glaring at the ground now. "You're- You are all I have. I can't fail you."

"How touching…" Kisame laughed.

"F-fuck off!" She shouted, "You all are going to d-die in my hands, and my hands alone!"

"You're a fucking riot, bitch! How the fuck do you think you'd kill any of us?!" Hidan questioned but she made no means to answer him.

"Fine, then so be it, Kaara… Hidan, Kakuzu, you will be heading to the base once we are done. You four may punish her as you please, make her suffer for defying my orders."

Kaara stood stiff, hearing the laughs of both Hidan and Deidara; she hated them all so much.

"You're all dismissed."

One by one they all disappeared and Kaara closed her eyes, this was worth it, she kept telling herself. That's what she wanted to believe.

"I hope that you are grateful that I'm letting you off the hook so easily, Kaara- If you were just about any of the others', I'd cut you down myself."

"Yes…"

"Once you've done your missions with Kakuzu and Hidan, you are to report to the main base- I'll punish you then, myself."

"Yes, Leader-sama…"

With that, the leader left them alone; Deidara and Sasori sat near the body of the deceased Jinchyuuriki while Kaara stood at the back, her hat and cloak covering her.

"Don't die, girl…I still haven't gotten my way with you." Deidara stated, smiling back at her.

"If she does, she'd be a fine puppet…" Sasori added.

- x -

"Get the fuck up kid…" The girl was slapped awake by Hidan, the girl moaned softly in protest, "Here, eat this shit before you fucking die or something!"

The girl opened her eyes, staring into eyes that mirror her own and she looked down, seeing him holding onto a small bowl of soup and bread.

"I would have gotten you something better than this piece of shit food but that fucking asshole there wouldn't allow it…" Hidan glared at the waterfall nin.

Kakuzu sat on a chair and the girl looked around, seeing they were in a room with a bed and some furniture.

"I…um, t-thank you…" She replied, lifting her weak arms to the bowl of soup and sat it on her lap, it wasn't hot but cool enough to eat and the man put the bread beside her.

Hidan watched her with some hint of curiosity as she ate while Kakuzu continued to read a book that was left in the room, what it was about wasn't important as he secretly watched the two.

"You should be fucking grateful we found you out there… Man, you'd be dead if Kakuzu here didn't suggest we go through the forest to keep those asshole ANBU off our asses." Hidan stated, trying to start a conversation with the girl.

She looked up from her food, a sense of guilt within her chest; she was a setback in their travel plans.

"T-thank you…" She looked up, staring from the two men, "I'm grateful, r-really I am…"

Hidan watched as she looked down at her food, it made him wonder why she was even in that forest for anyways. She was no ninja, he knew that much and she didn't look like she was a traveler, with nothing on her.

"How'd ya end up there anyhow?" Hidan asked.

"I, well…um, you see-" She cut off, thoughts of seeing Sasuke turning into a fearful beast lingered in her mind, "Sasuke…-"

She was shaking as she began to remember the night she left, her throat began to hurt as tears formed at the corner of her eyes. "Sasuke…"

Kakuzu glared, looking to Hidan, whoever this boy she was mentioning was a huge impact on her life.

"I was running away… I was running away with my friend, Sasuke Uchiha-" She managed to say in between sobs, "He w-wanted me to come and st-stay with h-him while-…while he t-trained under s-some guy named O-Orochimaru."

It wasn't only the name Uchiha that caught the two men attention, it was Orochimaru.

"What?" Hidan asked.

" Sasuke Uchiha ran off to Orochimaru." Kakuzu repeated, slowly.

"Itachi had a little brother? I thought they were all killed by him?" Hidan asked.

"Apparently not, it seems…" Kakuzu was now curious about this girl now, there was only so little people that could get close to a Uchiha and they learned it soon enough during missions with the older Uchiha teen.

"Y-you know, Itachi?" She asked.

Hidan laughed, "You fucking don't know who we are, don't you?"

The girl was confused now.

Hidan and Kakuzu were stripped of their morning attire, and it took one glance on a nearby chair to see that… the girl's heart dropped into her stomach. On that chair was a cloak of the same kind that Uchiha she met months ago wore.

"A…A-akatsuki." She was stuttering bad now, and she looked up with fear at the two grown men now.

"You've got nothing we want…So you shouldn't be too afraid of us." Kakuzu smirked, she now noticed the stitches on his face and his arms.

Hidan laughed, "You're something, kid…"

- x -

The girl looked down with no expression on her face, Kaara was staring down at Sakura Haruno; "It seems the tides have turn, hasn't it, Sakura?" Kaara kicked the girl deeper into the small crater Kaara put her in.

"I…I can't-"

"What? Can't move?" Kaara asked. "You shouldn't be able to, seriously… But it's impressive, you're still alive."

Sakura's eyes widened for a second, she could have- The girl gulped, wondering how strong was the other pinkette. If she could deal such a damage like that, what could she do with chakra.

"I can infuse chakra into any part of my body just as you could do with that hands of yours'." Kaara picked up the girls' lifeless hand, waving it in front of her.

"S-Stop it!" The Haruno shouted.

"Or what? That old lady is to busy with her grandson and you're paralyzed! You should be grateful, Sakura-chan!" Kaara giggled, "I've let you live this long!"

The girl got a grip on the other girls' arm now, she began to pull at it, feeling the skin rip from its shoulder and Sakura screamed. She couldn't feel it but- the sound of bones cracking and her flesh ripping.

But Kaara stopped herself, jumping back as kunais were sent her way!

"Sakura!" Chiyo shouted, sending her puppets towards the Zoii.

But they were nothing as Kaara's fist pounded into the ceramic puppets and the female akatsuki member grew bored, when she was far enough she had punched the earth beneath her.

Nothing seemed to happened at first.

"Kaara, you fool!" Sasori shouted, aggravated now as the sounds of something cracking echoed in the cave.

"Bye!" Kaara dashed out, Sasori following behind as the cave behind them crumbled, caving in onto the two opposing nins.

"Did you really have to do that?" He asked, as they both stared at the crumbled base.

"Not really… we were just going to abandoned it anyways." Kaara muttered, looking away as Sasori glared at her. "Sorry though… I knew you wanted to go up against your grandmother on your own terms."

"Why is it-"

"I got bored, don't question that…" Kaara looked to him now, "They're still alive though."

"Hidan should have let you in the woods to die."

"I-I believe that too…" Kaara admitted, "But I'm still here, and keeping you all alive is my first priority, even if I detest you all."

- x -

Hidan looked down from his spot on top of the fingers of a great, large hand; from his spot, he could still the frightened and worried expression of that girl he brought back with him and he smirked. Kid was so fucking terrified, she hardly spoke or did anything out of fear when he told her they were the Akatsuki.

He suppose she heard many things about them by that look.

"I remember you, you're the girl that called us old me,,,," Kisame was the first to recognize the girl, seeing the pink locks and the strange pink eyes of hers. Itachi examined her as well. "Why would you bring this girl along for? She's strange, that's one thing…"

"She could hear us days' before we even got to the leaf village…" Itachi spoke up as well.

But they didn't say anymore…

"I do not understand why you've brought a child with you, Hidan!" Their leader bellowed, glowering at the immortal now. "What use is she to us?!"

"I don't know, I found her and fucking thought it'd be fun to bring her along-"

"He wants her as a slave." Kakuzu interrupted.

"You're a sick fuck, Hidan, she's a kid, yeah!" Deidara shouted, she barely looked even 12 to begin with.

"Fuck y'all!" Hidan retorted, glaring at his partner and at the blond.

Their leader ignored them, looking at the girl and he appeared before her; she was surprised and stumbled back, looking up at him with bright, magenta eyes. They were the same color as the immortal…

"Which village do you hail from, girl? Do you have any capabilities that could aid our organization's aspirations?" He asked, his voice was commanding and loud for her.

"I- I'm from Konohagakure!" She muttered quickly, looking at the others now as they paid their attention to her, "I- I don't know if I can even aid you in anything!"

The man's gaze on her intensified and she squeaked, "You say you are from Konoha… How did you manage to make your way here?" He questioned.

The girl looked away, not looking at him directly, she didn't want to tell them about Sasuke's defection-

"Her friend is a Uchiha, she was running off with him, sir." Kakuzu spoke up. "Apparently they were making their way towards Orochimaru's…"

"Orochimaru?" Kisame questioned, they all look to the lone older Uchiha now but he showed no expression and made no indication he was going to speak up.

"How close are you with this Uchiha boy?" Leader asked.

"I…" The girl immediately became flustered, her cheeks becoming hot, "S-Sasuke-kun is my only friend.. He was the only one in t-the village that took c-care of me and give me a p-place in his home without a t-thought."

"You're only friend…" The leader mumbled, turning away from the girl. "What does he feel for you?"

Itachi gaze grew intense, not on leader but on the girl.

"I…I wouldn't know…" She looked down, "He is confusing and controlling, sometimes I'm not sure if he thinks of me the way I think of him; as a friend. I just wanted friends…"

"Would he try and save you?"

"I wouldn't know r-really… He'll probably think I'm d-dead-" The girl covered her face with her hands, she began to sob. She didn't like it here and she felt homesick.

"Zetsu, I need you to examine the girl; see if there is any use she'll be to us." Leader ordered.

"My pleasure, leader…" Zetsu smiled, standing before her now.

"Hey! Get the fuck away from her, you fucking freak!" Hidan shouted.

"She'll be under my care, Hidan, until we find a use for her, that is."

Hidan could only glare back as he glanced to the scared girl, Zetsu grabbed her arm roughly and she cried out in pain.

"Leader…" A female voice spoke and everyone turned to the girl, "Don't you think being a woman, that I should take care of her?"

"Yeah! Let her do it, not that fucking cannibal!" Hidan was the first to agree, it was surprising.

Zetsu sighed, looking at the girl hungrily, "She would have been a fine meal…" He licked his lips as the girl retreated from the Grass nin.

"Fine." Pein agreed as well, "Kakuzu, Hidan, you'll be escorting her to the main headquarters, be swift."

- x -

"You fucking piece of shit!" Kaara yelped, defenceless and lying on the ground as Hidan continued to berate her as he kept kicking her small body. "I can't fucking believe this shit!"

"I-I'm-" The girl tried to mutter an apology but was halted as she was grabbed by the neck, Kakuzu held her up as she gasped for air, clawing at the man's hand.

Sasori and Deidara just watched on with expressionless face, though they were grateful she came along but- she hesitated fighting with the Konoha nins.

"You're a foolish girl, you know that…" Kakuzu spoke, tears began to build up in the girls' eyes as her eyes rolled back and the man dropped her.

"Yeah, you stupid bitch! Fuck, Konoha knows who you are now!"

"Kakashi's dead though, one girl and another boy' plus she injured that pink hair bitch thoroughly," Deidara intervened.

"What?" Hidan seemed shocked, looking to the girl.

"We managed to get the copy ninjas' body too, it was hard, yeah…"

"She thought you might have wanted it, Kakuzu…" Sasori added as well.

"How the fuck did this bitch managed to bring that piece of shit down?" Hidan roared, as he gave her another kick.

Deidara shrugged, he didn't even know either.

After some while, Deidara managed to find his arm and Kakuzu stitched it up; Sasori gathered his puppets and Hidan rummaged through the mess, hoping to find something of use or importance.

Kaara weakly sat up, her normally slicked back hair was in her way and she pushed it back, her comrades were busy and she gave one last look to Sasuke's old sensei- She was sorry, she was so sorry that she had done that to him.

"K-Kakashi-sensei… He d-deserved it." She muttered, making them all look towards the girl.

Her eyes were swollen and her left arm was broken, blood spewed from her lips as if it were endless and she stared up at them with such determination and hate. She got up slowly, leaning on her right leg, bruises ran down all over her body and her neck, you could see where Kakuzu had grabbed her.

"He deserved it! He thought I was still a child! He thought I was weak and he tried- he tried to get me to stop!" She was angry and she choked back tears, she was so frustrated and confused right now. "And you, none of you deserve my help- Sometimes- Sometimes I wish you just left me back in that fucking, god damn forsaken woods.."

"I wish I had died then-" The girl fell forward, her body shaking as she cried. She wanted to die.

She just didn't want to go through that anymore, it was just- What did it matter? Why was she even crying? She just wanted to go to sleep and never wake up. Why did she even feel bad for- For-

The girl's eyelids became heavy, she was losing blood and her arm- she cringed as she rubbed her face against the dirt ground. She hated herself so much.

- x -

"Kaara here happens to lack nearly everything a competent ninja needs to know…" Pein started, his hands on both of her shoulders as she looked down, she was just a disappointment. Hidan stood still, not looking at the girl and Kakuzu just growled at his stupid partner.

"But we shouldn't fret, there is still hope." The Leader smiled, looking at the girl.

"You see, while Konan was examining her; apparently this child here has a seal upon her back, why? That isn't something even I'm not sure of." The leader held a hand over a small part of her back and the girl cried as he pushed the palms of his hands in.

There was a rush of large amounts of energy emitting from the girl as everyone was pushed back.

"Seems like the girl isn't useless after all…" Kisame commented, smirking. "She'd be a large help in our team with chakra levels that high."

"Fuck off, fish face, I found her, she's on our team!" Hidan retorted.

"She'd die in your care, what with the way you two fight, yeah!" Deidara mouthed off, everyone knew they were both compatible, both being known as the zombie duo. They were both immortal by normal standards. "Kids' gonna die if she took part in your battles, un."

"I don't think it's any of our choice to make but leader's…" Sasori stated and everyone set their sights on the ginger-haired man. The girl too, looked at the commanding man.

"We have time on our hands, as you might notice…" He started, turning away and standing on his spot upon the hands of the tenth-tailed beast. "We have three years, more or less to turn this girl into a member of the Akatsuki."

Everyone nodded and the girl looked up, with a worried expression. She wasn't going to like this at all.

- x -

Kaara sat in a corner, she was in pain and no one seemed to bother to help her; she didn't mind, she hated them and the next person that came to her was going to get their throats sliced open.

Kakuzu sighed, they were in one of their various hideouts; not their usual one where they had their own rooms, but another that just had a large, vacant area that they used to nurse wounds or other things before heading off on another mission or errands. He tried helping the girl by giving her some roots that would aid her-

But she only threw it away in response.

Hidan sat down, looking at the girl; she should be grateful he even helped her out in the first place. And the way she spat at them for keeping her alive- He felt enraged and… He was enraged, that was it. Or so he thought that was the reason why he felt such- confusing emotions lingering in the pit of his stomach.

"You're a piece of shit, take the fucking roots!" He shouted at her.

The girl didn't respond, clutching tightly on her bandaged arm; after she fainted, both Kakuzu and Sasori did their best to get the bone back in place. It went well but she lost a lot of blood… The girl's head was spinning and she was weak.

"Let her die." Sasori sighed out, "She's no use if she's this uncooperative… Such a waste."

"Fuck you, I ain't letting her get away that easy! She fucking has to repay me with the shit I did for her!" Hidan spat.

"Are you really sure that is the reason you keeping her alive?" Sasori asked. "Isn't there something else you want from her deep down?"

Hidan grabbed for his scythe, throwing it towards the puppet master and the redhead just leaned out of the way, smirking and looking Hidan dead in the eyes. "Did I say something to upset you so?" He asked again.

"Shut up, you s-stupid, foolish old men!" Kaara shouted, they all turned to her with frowns; the girl was munching on the roots and glaring at them. "What is it with old men always arguing over dumb things?!"

"We're not old, you dumb bitch, yeah!" Deidara responded, glaring at the pink-haired girl.

"Then- then…" the girl stopped, looking down, "Just…" She was back at her stuttering again and she went back to her corner, continuing to munch on the greens.

Kakuzu didn't take too much offence, he knew she reacted when people began questioning the statuses' of relationships or anything referring to the topic of…love. It was something that brought fire into her eyes, that was one thing.

He grabbed more roots, bringing over to the teenage girl, "You're going to need a lot…"

"Why the fuck do you treat her like that as well?!" Hidan questioned.

"Leader doesn't want her dead." The waterfall nin responded, going back to his spot near the fire they made.

- x -

"Kakuzu, give the girl her present; she'd be needing it now if she's going to training with Hidan and you soon." Pein commanded, he watched as Kakuzu stepped towards the girl.

In his hands, he revealed two lightweight bracelets. "These will restrict your chakra while you are still trying to control it…Don't lose them, they are quite hard to get a hold of."

The young girl nodded, taking them from his large hands; she looked at his palm, her hands were so small compared to his. It was- She felt more uncomfortable knowing that these men could crush without a seconds thought.

The girl clasped one around a wrist, she felt somewhat relieved like a weight was lifted from her back; it appeared everyone seemed to relax a little. "That's better…" Kakuzu muttered, "With your chakra that high, we'd be found in no time."

"T-thank you, Kakuzu-sama…" She thanked him, looking at the silver, thin braces.

"But once you have control of your energy, give them back… Like I said, it's hard to get a hold of these." Kakuzu stated, walking off.

The girl looked back the leader, he nodded and she ran to his side. "We'll continue your training, Kaara, come along."

Hidan could only just glare at the back of the leader's head, it's been a few weeks now since he's taken her under his wing. It was for chakra training, he says… but he's seen that look in his eyes when he looks at her. He didn't like it one bit.


Kaara is the youngest member of the Akatsuki in this AU story; she's not very talented or so that's what she feels. Most of her abilities she's gain so far were taught to her by her mentors.

She hates them but she can't and she doesn't want to lose them.

The girl is strong and you can continue to hit her but she'll keep attacking, even when it is painful to move. She's gotten so used to being beaten by the others', she's learned to ignore or block it all out. Like Kisame, she's got a vast amount of chakra but she doesn't use it as much as she should, she doesn't use ninjutsu as much either. Her genjutsu sucks, she will admit it but she'd got good control of her chakra to diffuse anyone that has her hold in one.

She can't throw, she doesn't have good aim when throwing anything so she throws punches and when it comes down to it. She'll hit the ground to make her surroundings hard to fight in, her punches when infused with chakra don't do any damage on the surface but deep inside, this is the reason why she was able to make that cavern crumble.

Kaara also happens to be water element user but growing up with a Uchiha had its benefits too, she's able to use fire jutsu with ease.. But like I said, she won't use it too often in battle. She feels it causes it an advantage on her part if she uses it, which is something she feels isn't fair.

Her thinking is strange and confusing, she doesn't like relationships or the thought of someone being in love. She's stutters a lot. She hates herself as much as she hates them, her not being able to take care of herself when she's hurt often makes her seem suicidal. Without Kakuzu or Zetsu, she'd have been dead by now.

Pein doesn't want to lose her, seeing she has made herself useful in the past year.

Hidan is greatly confused with his own emotion, thinking he just hates her for being a brat; if any questions arise that he even cares for her, he automatically attacks the person for bringing it up. They're relationship is rocky and they're both too stubborn.

Kakuzu feels nothing for her, she's useful in retrieving heads with a large bounty on it. They're relationship is of mutual understanding.

Itachi doesn't care much for her as well, but seeing that Sasuke cares for her; he's got future plans for her.

Konan doesn't feel anything towards her, it's nice to have another female member but the girl is cold and just as quiet as she is.

Deidara finds her attractive and is often found hitting on her, there's no secret that he wants her. Kaara feels nothing for him though.

Sasori often wishes she'd have been more quiet and less...emotional, he admits she's a great fighter but she causes too much destruction in her environment. He wouldn't mind if she died though.

Kisame is quite fond of her rowdy behavior during battles and fights, he finds it strange though that her personality switches from average things to battles but likes it, nonetheless. He isn't afraid to confront her in any situation. Kaara greatly respects Kisame, as a mentor but he gets on her nerves just as much as the others.

Zetsu would rather have her as a meal than as a member of the Akatsuki, and he'd rather watch her die as well. But Pein wants her around and alive.

Tobi likes her, that is one thing but she doesn't like him because of his childish behavior and often ridiculing the others'.