Babysitting the Akastuki
(Kimberly's P.O.V)
"… and Kakuzu, I am sending you and Hidan off on a mission. Don't look at me that way unless you want your guts torn out. I told you, don't look at me that way! It'll be fairly easy." Pein laid several wanted posters on the table. "Just capture these people and turn them in. We're low on funds." He turned to the rest of the Akatsuki. "The meeting is over. You are dismissed." He left the room quietly, his eyes catching mine before he left.
"More bounty hunting? To hell with this mission!" Hidan growled angrily which caused Kakuzu to flash him a warning face that practically said to just shut up and do it.
"I wish I could go," muttered Deidara, "I would get to blow stuff up… un…" He fumbled with a piece of clay in his hands.
"Tobi wants to go!"
"Just shut up, un!" I smiled quietly to myself at their arguments. In the anime they actually never really showed the Akatsuki in their hideout. It was a bit amusing to watch. Then, without a word, an annoyed looking Itachi and Zetsu left the room.
"Wait!" Kisame gasped, sitting up in his chair. "What are you still doing here, Konan?" His shark-like eyes turned to slits. "Don't you usually just go follow Leader wherever he goes?"
"Um," I stammered, unsure of what to say. Thankfully, Deidara chose that exact moment to be blow up Tobi time and chucked several clay birds at the childish Uchiha.
"Katsu!" He cried, sending off numerous explosions. Immediately Pein arrived at the scene looking extremely pissed off.
"Deidara, Tobi, you two better clean up this mess," He hissed as soon as the dust cleared. "If you don't want me to-" He stopped. Apparently the thought that had come to his mind had been too gruesome to think about, let alone say aloud. Then he turned his menacing eyes towards me, "Konan. I need to speak with you." And he left the room, leaving me no choice but to follow him.
"Are you okay?" Were the first words he said once we were both settled in Pein's room.
"Um, yeah! Totally!" I said, doing my best to imitate Konan's stiff posture. "I mean, yes. I am doing fine." He didn't look convinced but moved on.
"On another topic, I have some business to take care of so I will leave the rest of the Akatsuki in your capable hands." Panic began to rise in my chest.
"Uh-um, Leader-sama… I mean Pein, uh, well, isn't there some other way…" He gazed at me affectionately and for a moment I forgot that I was Konan.
"It's extremely important business and I must go but I'll be back as soon as I can." He pat my head reassuringly. "I leave tomorrow at dawn."
"Do the others know about this? Y-You didn't mention this at th-the meeting…"
"I'll leave you to tell them." He smiled a rare smile that tugged at an old, fond memory in the back of Konan's mind. I quickly cleared the thought of knowing Konan's past (even though they showed it in the anime) and focused on what tomorrow would bring.
They're probably not going to be very happy…
Before I went to sleep, I checked the mirror in Konan's bedroom. Strangely, though, it showed Konan's clear reflection instead of my bathroom.
"Oh great," I muttered aloud, "How am I gonna get back now?" I rubbed my temples in frustration and sat down on Konan's bed. To my surprise, it was extremely puffy and soft. In moments, I toppled over and fell asleep without even knowing.
Morning came too early. My head felt muggy and the room was dim as it had been when I first came. It felt weird not seeing the sun when you woke up. But then again, the Akatsuki hideout was underground (I think).
I headed over to Konan's closet to find nothing but Akatsuki cloaks inside, all hung neatly on metal hangers. She has only Akatsuki cloaks? A voice in the back of my mind gasped.
After changing into a clean red cloud printed cloak, I headed over to the living room of the Akatsuki where most of the members had already assembled. Kisame was kicking back in a black armchair and snacking on some sort of fish. On the coffee table in the middle of the room, Kakuzu was on the floor, counting his money. Next to him, Tobi was using crayons to color in a Disney princesses coloring book. (Who knows where he got that!) And in on the couch next to Kisame's armchair, Itachi was quietly reading a book. Besides them, nobody else was there. I assumed that they were all still asleep.
"Um, good morning everyone…" I said awkwardly. Kisame looked up from his snacking in mild intrest.
"Shit! You messed up my counting!" Kakuzu whirled around to see who was there. His expression hardened when he saw me. "What the hell are you doing, Konan?"
"Pein left, at dawn, to go run an errand…" I tried to sound confident and well, Konan-like. "So he left me in charge."
"Why didn't he put ME in charge?" Boomed Hidan's angry voice as he barged into the room, apparently still in his pajamas. I suppressed a laugh as everyone stared at his pink, polka-dotted pants and ice-cream printed, shirt with a scythe slicing it in half.
"Because he didn't want to leave an idiot like you in charge," Kisame said, returning to his fish.
"That's bull—" Hidan didn't get to start cussing Kisame out because Zetsu came from behind him a bit his arm. "Ouch! What the hell Zetsu!"
"You make too much noise," Zetsu's black half said, smirking.
"ANYWAYS," I said loudly, breaking the two up. "All I have to do is babysit you guys for a, hopefully short, amount of time. Nobody leaves the hideout without my permission and absolutely NO killing each other! I'm not in a good mood so you better behave!" By the time I had finished my outburst, the others stared at me in shock.
"Konan…" Said Kakuzu nervously, "Are you… okay? That didn't sound like you at all."
"Erm," I cleared my throat. "Whatever… Just… play nice." I finished awkwardly before leaving them to their own devices. Then, Deidara arrived at the door.
"What the hell is going on here, un?"
