A/N: And now, the second chapter to Saving the World's Sanity! Enjoy~
Chapter 2: Wolfenstein
It was a common misconception that the Akatsuki, aside from their resident Weasel, all lived together in one giant house. That's a lie, in fact, they all just live in the same apartment complex. Well, except for Itachi, but they were trying to get him to move in as well. The apartment complex was owned by Pein and Konan's parents, but they died a long while ago, leaving the entire thing to their children. After the two of them inherited it, they made the Akatsuki, it's members either orphans or kicked out of their homes, and allowed them to live there. Well, most of them. Itachi still had a home and a family. It is also a common misconception that Pein is older than Konan, and that they were dating. No, they are twins, and Konan was first born.
That morning, Pein ended up waking 'early', at 7:45 AM. That in itself was rare, as he usually didn't wake up until 8 at the earliest. He growled, oh yes, he was not a morning person. He opened his ringed, purplish eyes, and glared at the ceiling of his room. He rolled off his bed, stood, and started for the washroom. Needless to say, when he ripped open his bedroom door, that Konan, who looked ready to go to school by then, was pretty surprised. "You're up early." She commented, looking at him.
"Grr... Whatever..." Pein growled, walking to the washroom, and ripped that door open too.
"Don't break the doors!" He heard Konan yell, as he locked the door behind him, and started undressing to take a shower.
Pein sighed in content, as he exited the washroom, fully dressed in the schools' uniform. His orange hair stuck up at odd angles, and seemed to defy gravity at some points. He walked into the living room, and looked at the clock. "8:40? I was in the washroom for over an hour?" He asked Konan, who had entered into the living room from the connected kitchen.
"Yes. You take more time than I do." She said, walking towards the front door. "Hurry up, I actually want to get to school before those art freaks." She shouted, causing Pein to roll his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah!" He shouted back, slipping into the kitchen for a small breakfast. He grabbed four energy bars, and downed a glass of orange juice quickly. He ate one bar as he exited the room, and walked up to the front door as well. Putting on his shoes, he dashed out the door after Konan.
Pein stood next to Konan outside of the school, and looked up at the clock there. "8:57. Hmm, I think they're all here." He said, looking towards Konan. She just huffed, annoyed, and walked into the school. Pein smiled, and followed after.
They entered the office a moment later, and immediately went for the Sign In sheet. Konan went to sign it first, but stopped. Pein walked up behind her, and looked down at the sheet. Every other Akatsuki member's reason was the same. Check out the last entry on yesterday's sheet. Although, in Hidan's case there were far too many swears. Konan raised a brow, but flipped the sheet over. She read the last person's reason, and giggled to herself. "I like this girl already, and I've never even heard of her." She said, handing the sheet to Pein. Pein also raised a brow and read it as well.
"...Saving the world's sanity from the Akatsuki... Heh, I think I like you as well..." He looked at the name. "...Sakura Haruno." He glanced at the clock, and flipped the sheet over again. "Let's sign in, Konan. We've already spent four minutes doing nothing." Konan nodded, signed her name, and then walked out of the office. Pein quickly jotted down his, and walked out too.
"I wonder what this Sakura girl looks like, Pein..." He heard Konan say, and he flashed her a smirk.
"Well, how about we pay her a visit after school?"
Sakura groaned, and threw an arm over her eyes. 'The sun is too bright... wait. Sun?!' She thought, jolting up from her reclining position on the couch. She jumped off of said couch, and dashed into the kitchen. She looked right up at the clock, and almost hit herself. "Fuck... I'm way to late for school..." She glared at the clock, and idly wondered why her alarm clock didn't wake her. Then, she did hit herself. "Duh, idiot! I slept on the couch!" She glared harder at the hanging clock, which seemed t smirk at her, and willed it to go back a few hours. 'Ugh... Stupid insomnia!' She groaned again, and looked once again at the hands of the clock. "2:37 PM... FUCK! Go back in time!" Sakura pointed angrily at the clock. When it did nothing but move forward, she threw her arms up in exasperation. She sighed, and stalked off to her room to shower and change. 'Might as well do something productive...'
Sakura waltzed happily out of her washroom, fully dressed in a pair of jeans and a pink and black t-shirt. She walked up to her bedside table, and picked up her cellphone. She checked the time, 3:24, and then checked for any alerts and messages. "One message from Ino..." She opened the message, and read it out loud. "Hey, forehead. Why you no in school? Angry face. Sent at 12:10." Sakura snickered at her friend's immaturity, and quickly replied. "Have better things to do." She mumbled, as she hit the appropriate letters. She smiled when a successfully sent message flashed on the screen, and shoved the phone into her pants pocket.
Sakura shut her bedroom door behind her, and padded off down the hall. She walked into her kitchen, and froze, seeing something on the table. "Who the fuck came in here?" She mumbled, walking up to the table. She poked the box sitting on it, and then saw the note on top. "Oh, it was Aunt Tsunade..." Sakura smiled a little wider, and opened the box. It was full of food, and other important, more feminine, supplies. She grinned, and dug through the box, searching for the envelope of cash that was always at the very bottom of the boxes Tsunade brought over. "Found it!" She opened the envelope, and counted the money. "More than usual... Hmm, oh well." She shrugged, and headed for the front door.
Sakura hummed happily, as she walked down the road, a slight skip in her step. She was going to get the pet she promised herself last night. She paused for a moment, and thought about what kind of pet she wanted. 'A cat? No, I think I'm allergic to their fur... I'll get a dog! Yeah, a small one... Maybe a Pomeranian? Yeah, that will do!' She nodded to herself, and set off to the animal shelter. She might as well rescue a dog or puppy in need, rather than get a brand new one. She rounded a corner on the street, and saw the shelter up ahead. "Oh, that was quick..."
Sakura entered the shelter, and bee-lined straight for the receptionist. The lady behind the counter looked up at her, and asked her what she wanted. "Uh... I'd like to see what kind of animals you have..." Sakura said, smiling a little. The lady nodded, stood, and directed her to a door to the right.
"Our dogs are in here. If you want a cat, there's a door at the back in here, and you'd find all our felines. If you want a different animal, then come back out here, and go to the door to the left." Sakura smiled, and entered into the room. She knew that the lady was right behind her, but she didn't mind. She heard a few barks and whimpers every now and then, as she roamed past a few cages. She passed by a cage full of tiny puppies, but backtracked. She crouched, and stared into the cage. She looked at the tag on the cage, and smiled happily.
"Aww... all these Pomeranians look so cute..." Sakura stuck one of her fingers into the cage, and almost all the puppies crowded it. There was one at the back, who just sat there, looking sad. It was the strangest greyish-black colour with white spots all over, and Sakura recognized it as, how dog breeders would say, a Party Pom.
"Yes, they are pretty cute. They're ready to go, if you want one..." The lady behind her hopefully said, and Sakura nodded. She pointed to the Party one.
"I want that one." The lady nodded, opened the cage, and took the puppy out. She handed it to Sakura, and closed the cage again.
"Come on, now we need you to sign a few papers."
Sakura grinned. $67 and two papers signed later, she was a proud owner of a rare coloured Pomeranian, a few bags of puppy chow, treats, and a whole whack of chew toys. She held the pup, which she discovered was a male, in her right arm. It was such a tiny dog so far, and the Pet Store owner warned her that he would not get very much bigger. Just as she turned the corner to get to her apartment complex, she stopped. She looked down at the puppy in her arms, and her grin turned into a small smile. "You need a name, pup." She said, scratching the puppy on his belly. The big bag of dog supplies on her other arm was starting to get heavy.
"Woof!" He responded, looking right up at her, with stunning green eyes.
"Yes, a name... hmm..." Sakura thought deep. "Aha! Wolfenstein! That's your new name!" The puppy, now named Wolfenstein, looked up at her, a ghost of a dog smile on his muzzle. Sakura grinned wide, and started up the stairs to her apartment.
A/N: Done~! Anyways, I think I should say this. I am an Impulse Writer, meaning that I have no pre-created plot, and I just write what comes to my head, and that when I start writing, I don't stop until I feel that the chapter is done.
So, Sakura now has a dog. D'aww, isn't that just cute~! That dog is based off of my own dog, just that my dog's blind, and now his eyes just shine green. :D But his name is completely made up. That is not any of my dogs' names.
Just thought I'd get that out of the way. Toodles~!
