The Akatsuki and the Great Oroki
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything to do with Naruto. Unfortunatly. I do however, own this story. So please don't copy or steal it, thanks.
We're on chapter two. I hope you are liking the story so far. I appretiate any ideas for the story line.
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She really couldn't believe that she was going to do this. Join the Akatsuki? Was she mad? Well I might be, Tasha thought to herself as she sighed outwardly. She was really going to do this, wasn't she? Rouge whinned on the floor, trying desperatly to get to her through the chains. He alone wasn't strong enough to get her out of this mess, and her other summoning was taking longer then she thought. I won't be able to leave alive at this rate. She flinched as Rouge yelpped, Pein stepping upon the wolves back in annoyance. Her brows knit together as she watched the minion's pain. The minion was one of the few gentle ones, as well as the only one she could freely curl up under and feel safe. Watching him get hurt made her stomach twist up in anger. Deidara watched her expression with a worried look, and turned his head to peer at Pein. Pein dug his foot into the wolves spine and twisted, bringing a loud wail from the beast. Tasha clenched her fist and gritted her teeth in an effort not to lose her temper. Drowning out the sounds, she gently calmed herself to the point that she could watch the scene before her without trying to attack the leader.
"Alright. I'll join you're stupid organization." Pein stopped, grinning at his success. He moved away from Rouge, who looked up at her in disappointment. She shrugged. It was the best she could do, given the situation. The soft sound of padded feet reached her ears and she turned her head just as a pitch black wolf walked slowly into the room. His name was Midnight, a name she had not given him. He came with that name and wouldn't respond to anything else.He was the only black minion she had, as well as the largest and most violent. The only thing was, she had no clue what his power was. Took you long enough ya lazy bum. It's too late now anyway. A bundle of cold fabric was thrust into her arms while she was distracted and she looked down at the object. It was an Akatsuki cloak.The gravity of the situation sunk in and Tasha shivered. Pein cleared his throat, catching her attention, as he released Rouge from his chains. Rouge quickly ran to her side, where it was scolded by Midnight, for causeing her so much trouble. Tasha continued to watch Pein as he sat back down and clapped his hands together.
"Well now. Since our little mutt has finally agreed to join us, I have decided we need to do this now. Who of you would desire Tasha as your partner?" Tasha's eyes went wide as she watched the hands raise. Tobi,who wasn't the least bit suprising. Itachi. Go figure. Deidara, and Sasori. Sasori??? As well as Konan. Pein sighed, and held his head in his hands.
"I figured this would happen. Ok. Tasha, who do you want?" Tasha looked startled. She never would of thought they'd let her pick. She eyed the five suspiciously. Itachi was out. Deffinatly. The way he was looking at her was disturbing and made her stomach quite uneasy. Sasori... why did Sasori want to be her partner anyway? She set that aside for a moment and looked to Konan. She was the only other girl, but... something about her creeped Tasha out. Tobi was annoying but kind hearted, and Deidara... pretty much wanted her so he could get rid of Tobi. So she ruled out Sasori and Deidara, only to make a face. That would leave her with Tobi. She made an aggitated noise and plopped down on the floor, burrying her head in her hands.
"Tasha-chan? Are you alright?" Tasha heared the soft shuffle of feet and the soft voice of Tobi beside her. "Tobi is a good boy! Tobi will make you fell better, he will!" Tasha cracked a small smile. It was one of the first smiles she had in almost a year.
"Tsh. This is a great way to start out my nineteenth year on this world. Join a criminal organization. What fun." She muttered. There was an excited squeal and she looked up to see Tobi doing a strange little dance. She raised a brow at him, as did everyone else.
"Yeay! It is Tasha-chan's birthday today! Let's celebrate! Tobi will make a cake!" She watched as Tobi quickly darted off down the hall and she giggled.
"If it's alright, I'd like to have Tobi." Pein shrugged and the others sighed and began to break up and go their seperate ways. As they did Tobi came rushing back in, stopped in the middle of the room and put his hands on his hips.
"Hey! Where is everyone going dammit? I said that it's Tasha-chan's birthday today, so we are gonna celebrate! That means get your lazy asses over here and get ready!" Tasha flinched , thoroughly suprised. Tobi's voice had suddenly gone deep, and the change was frightening. Rouge flattened his ears in confusion as Midnight plopped down on Tasha's outstreatched legs, eyeing Tobi curiously. The other Akatsuki stopped in their tracks and looked at Tobi, just as startled as Tasha was. Tobi continued to stand there until everyone gathered back around the center of the room and began to rearrange the furniture. Tobi clapped his hands together, turning to face Tasha.
"Tobi is indeed a good boy! You will have a nice birthday Tasha-chan! Your Tobi will make sure of it." His voice had returned to being high pitched and childish. Tasha couldn't help but smile at Tobi as he walked from the room again and down the hall. Well, that was rather... strange. This was definatly not how she thought she'd spend her birthday. It was almost too random for her head to absorb. She began to unconsiously stroke midnights head as she watched the other members of the Akatsuki, and decided that this might not be so bad after all. Maybe. It wasn't long before there was a table in the room, and Deidara, Sasori, Kisame and Pein began to play a game of cards. Hiden and Kazuku were in their own little corner, arguing over something odd. Konan was sitting on the couch, which had been pushed up against a wall, painting her nails. Zetsu was watching the ongoing card game and Itachi... Tasha's mind went blank. Itachi didn't seem to be anywhere in the room. She cocked her head, a feeling of worry growing in her stomach. Midnight's ears flickered ever so slightly, and he turned a pale red eye to gaze behind her, an annoyed look on his face. A pair of arms wrapped around her neck, pulling her backwards, and Tasha yelpped. A few of the Akatsuki members looked over out of curiosity. Itachi had her wrapped in an awkward embrace, his mouth inches from her ear.
"Tell me, Tasha-chan. What is it you want for your birthday?" She shivered as his warm breath washed over her ear and neck. Midnight began to growl, but Itachi ignored it.
"I think I would like you to stop breathing on me." She muttered in annoyance. What's this jerks problem anyway? She tried to pull away, but his grip only tightened. She could feel his teeth as they grazed the top of her ear and she jerked her body forward.
"Itachi! Let go of me!" Itachi chuckled, but his amusement only lasted for a moment as Midnight launched himself at Itachi's head. He lurched backwards and the massive wolf landed on his chest. Tasha blinked in shock for a few moments before she realized what had just happened. Odd. Midnight is aggressive, but he's never launched himself at someone for something so simple. Then again, noone has ever tried to eat my ear either. Tasha thought as she rubbed the back of her head. Deidara had fallen out of his chair from laughing so hard.
"Wahahahaha, un!! Itachi just got owned by a dog un!" Deidara rolled on the ground, clutching his sides. The others at the table looked at him with raised brows, not quite sure what was funny about that. This is strange. All of this... it almost seems normal... Itachi frowned at Midnight as he snarled, snapping at his face everytime he made a movement. It was rather amusing, she had to admit, and she too, found herself laughing. Deidara walked over and patted her on the shoulder, grinning widely, and she returned the grin. Before long Tasha was mingling with the other members of the Akatsuki, eventually getting dragged into a card game by Deidara. A soft furry head nudged her elbow and she looked down to see Midnight's red eyes peering up at her. She cocked her head, not quite sure what the wolf wanted. He simply placed his head on her lap, and she continued the game. After several rounds of a card game she had no clue how to play, every round of which she had mysteriously won, Deidara began to complain.
"You are cheating, aren't you, Tasha-chan un?" Tasha raised a brow. How could she cheat in a game she had never played before, especially when she didn't even know the rules? The others laughed and Tobi walked into the room.
"Yay! Tobi did well! Tobi has finished your cake Tasha-chan!" Tasha grinned at him as he walked over to her, a covered tray in his hands. When he reached the table he set it in front of her, clapping his hands in excitement. "Tasha will like this cake! Tobi is sure!" He pulled the top off to reveal a beautifully made strawberry short cake. On the top was her name, spelled out in strawberries. Tasha couldn't help but tremble, she was so happy. Who'd of thought I'd find something good in this place?
"Tobi is a good boy, yes?" Tasha nodded, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Yes, Tobi is. Tobi is indeed a good boy."
Time passed and it was quite late. Deidara had gotten caught up in the spirit of the moment and gotten drunk, taking Sasori, Pein, Itachi, Konan, Zetsu, Hiden, Kazuku and Kisame with him. All of them were passed out drunk on the floor. Tasha was curled up on the couch, asleep, the party had exhausted her. Tobi sat beside her, wide awake. It was way past the time that he normally went to sleep, but for some reason he felt he had to stay up and watch over her. Midnight was awake as well, his eyes glowing slightly in the dim light of the room. Tobi slipped off his mask, running a hand through the hair that draped into his eyes.
"I know your secret, little one. You can't hide it from me." The wolf's eyes narrowed as Tobi spoke.
"I didn't realize I was being so obviouse." Midnight muttered, a soft quiet tone. Tobi's eyes narrowed, his sharingan glowing dimly in the light.
"Like I could ever be fooled by the likes of you." There was a soft chuckle and Midnight lay his head upon his paws.
"Ai ai, little human." Tobi snorted, kicking the wolf in the ribs.
"If you cause Tasha-chan any harm, I will most certianly kill you." Tobi muttered, lifting the mask back up to his face as Tasha sturred in her sleep.
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The next morning Tasha awoke to a rather strange noise. She shifted her body slightly to peer out from under the blanket she had curled up under to see Tobi and Deidara in the middle of the floor. Deidara was kicking the living hell out of Tobi, who was, coincidently, the one making the strange noise. He had a hangover from all of the alcohol he had consumed the other night, and Tobi had made his headache worse with his hyper speech.
"Deidara, what are you doing to my partner? Did you miss him or something?" Deidara looked over at her, his foot paused in mid kick.
"No un! How could I miss an annoying br... what are you doing? " Deidara went wide eyed as Tasha sat up and began to do a series of hand signs. His weight shifted nervously. For all he knew, she could just be messin with him. Especially since he wasn't quite sure what she was capable of yet, and he didn't want a run in with her that would turn out like the one he had with Itachi. He shivered and glowered at her.
"Whatever un." He muttered quickly, and left the room. Tobi slowly got up and cocked his head at her. What came next was rather unexpected.
"I would have been alright, you know." Tasha's brows knit together. It was the deep voice again.
"I know you would of, but that doesn't mean that I, as your partner, should watch someone else abuse you." Tobi slowly walked over to where she sat on the couch, making a spot beside her.
"You might just be too kind hearted to be in this organization." Tasha chuckled at the remark, not turning to look at him as he sat down. That might just be an understatement. She thought. She really was much too kind to get by in such a violent group. Especially since she had hardly any violence in her. She heared Tobi whisper her name and she turned her head to look at him, nearly falling off the couch as she did so. His face had been only inches from her own and it startled her deeply. It wasn't just his normal face either, since that would involve the mask. The face he was gazing at her with was his true face, his sharingan staring at her, full blaze. Over his other eye he wore a makeshift eye patch.
"You know, that's really bad for your skin. Would you like me to make you a better one?" Tobi raised an eyebrow at the comment.
"You are one of the few people who has ever seen me without this mask, and yet all you can say is that you want to make me a new eyepatch?" Tasha nodded, confused.
"You mean you don't take the mask off?" Tasha made a face at the thought. Tobi was actually rather cute without the mask, why would he want to hide his real face? She was about to ask him when the sound of feet attracted her attention and she looked towards the door of the livingroom. It was Pein, who raised a brow at her.
"Did you beat him, Tasha? His mask has dents in it." Tasha shook her head and looked at Tobi, realizing that he had put the mask back on. Pein gave her a sceptic look, but shrugged it off.
"Well to the point. You have your first mission today, and lucky for you, it's an easy one."
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Author's notes: Yeah strange ending, I know. It'll make sence later. See ya next chapter I hope!
