Gwen and Itachi stood in front of the Akatsuki hideout waiting for Tori. Itachi started painting his nails when Tori finally came out.
"Dude, what's with the nail polish?" Tori said as he applied the dark purple polish to his toes.
"All of the Akatsuki gets it." He said without looking up. "And I can't stand the look of nails when the nail polish starts rubbing off. It makes it look ugly."
"Like you?" Itachi grabbed Tori by the collar and lifted her up. "If you're smart, you won't mess with me." He dropped her and went back to his nails.
"What's his problem?" Tori said as she straightened the collar of her hoodie.
"He's a higher rank then us Tori." Gwen said. "He graduated from the academy at seven, achieved Sharingan at eight, became Chuunin at ten, and became an Anbu officer at age thirteen."
"Wow. Anything else?"
"He killed his whole clan at the age of fifteen, only leaving his little brother Sasuke alive." Gwen stuttered.
"And he's the one we're supposed to capture, right?"
"Uh huh."
"Let's go." Itachi said as he capped the bottle of polish and started walking down the path. Tori and Gwen ran close behind.
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"So Sasuke, you want to kill the whole Hidden Leaf Village?" a silver haired boy said.
"Yeah." Sasuke said. "I want people to know they shouldn't play around with me, Suigetsu. And there's another thing I have to do to."
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"We'll set camp up here." Itachi said as he threw a duffel bag to the ground. He looked at the two girls and their enormous amount of luggage. "What on earth do you have in there? All your dollies or something?"
Tori threw her luggage to the ground. "For your information, this has my laptop, my cell phone, a portable TV, all my hair care products, and my makeup!"
"Same with me." Gwen said as she pulled a stuffed wolf out. "And Balto's not a doll." Tori and Itachi rolled their eyes.
Itachi walked over to Tori and Gwen. "No clothes?"
"Of course!" Gwen and Tori pulled out a couple of dresses. Itachi took them from the girls and ripped them to shreds with his kunai knife. "You don't need frilly clothes to survive." The girls stared in horror at him as he pulled some sweats from his bag and tossed them at the girls.
"Eww!!" Tori said, disgusted. "Boy clothes!"
"You've got some nerve!" Gwen scowled.
"Well, you're lucky. If you were paired with someone like Kisame or Deidara, who are suckers for a pretty face, would have pampered you to your graves." Itachi said. "That's probably why leader paired me with you, to have you realize that life isn't fun and games. Now take all that other trash and dump it out so I can make a fire. You can keep your wolf, some makeup, and any clothes that would be good for getting dirty in."
The girls sighed as they dumped half of their belongings on the ground. "You might as well get cleaned in the pond and change into the clothes I gave you. I'll be in the tent if you need me." And with that, he walked into the tent.
"When'd he set that up?" Tori said.
"I don't know. These kind of stories have girls pull huge hammers out of their pockets." Gwen said. "Let's just get cleaned up before some other tragedy happens."
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While the girls were now in the pond, they weren't the only ones there. A pair of eyes darted across the landscape as they set on the tent.
A female with jet black hair walked towards the tent while the girls looked away. She stepped in. Itachi looked up at the female. "Ah, Tara-chan. How you've grown."
"Shut up." The black haired girl scowled. "You only remember the good times before you massacred the clan."
"Do you still cry over every little thing like you used to?" Itachi smirked. Tara pinned him up to the wall, a huge blade only centimeters away from his neck.
"The total opposite." Tara said, finally smiling.
"My old blade looks better with you anyway." Itachi chuckled. "and is that my old Anbu position you've taken?"
"Don't sweet talk your way out of killing you." She growled.
"You shouldn't be talking." Itachi said as his eyes changed into an odd pattern. "Tsukyumi."
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"Hey, this actually fits!" Tori smiled. "How about you?"
"Why don't you look?" Gwen sighed. She had to hold the pants to keep them up. And the shirt… well, just put it all together. "And I threw the rest of my clothes away too…"
"I'll go get Itachi then." Tori said as she jogged over to the tent. She stopped when she herd voices coming from the tent. Itachi and a woman she guessed. The woman was crying and saying something she couldn't understand to Itachi.
She decided to walk away, not knowing what trouble she would get into if she walked in. She also didn't notice a pair of red eyes following her back to where Gwen was sitting.
"So?"
"He wasn't there." Tori lied.
"You didn't even go in!" Gwen said, slicing Tori's lie in half.
"Let's just say I didn't want to get in trouble."
"What kind of trouble?" Gwen asked, persistently.
Tori swiveled around. "Somebody's here." She said in a low tone, pulling a kunai out of her pocket.
"You're just saying that to change the subject!" Gwen yelled. Tori slapped a hand across her mouth.
"Shut up, they'll hear you."
"We already have." Said a black haired boy as he walked out of the bushes, followed by a silver boy, a huge orange haired boy, and a red haired girl with glasses.
Gwen ran behind a tree, embarrassed that there was one, too many boys, two, her clothes didn't fit, and three, she was stupid enough not to believe Tori.
"Well, we have a shy one here." The silver haired boy smirked. "What do you think Juugo?" the orange haired boy didn't answer.
"Sasuke-kun." The red haired girl said in a scared voice. "He's here."
"He won't want to fight me so I guess we should take them as hostages." Sasuke said in a cold, bone chilling voice that made Tori shiver.
"Hold on." The silver haired boy said walking up to Tori. He was surprised when he saw a scar across her neck.
Tori looked at what he was looking at and kicked him in the groin. As soon as she did, the black haired boy was behind her, his sword emitting thunder like chakra. And as soon as the blade sliced her side, to black haired allies came to her rescue. The black haired boy turned to face them.
"Itachi." He growled, but nearly choked at the next voice that he uttered from his lips. "Tara!? I thought you said you would get your revenge on him!"
"Not yet." Tori said. "Not ever." Sasuke stared at his competition. Three against two. He finally realized that if he wanted his revenge, he would have to wait patiently. And with that, he and his group disappeared in a puff of smoke.
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A day had passed and they had arrived at the Leaf Village. Tara had altered Itachi's clothes to fit Gwen and bandaged up Tori. Gwen and Itachi had to hide their appearance and voices so they wouldn't get caught.
They walked until they reached Tara's house. They all walked in silently until they went into a secret passage that headed underground. A knock on the door made them all jump.
"Keep going." Tara instructed. "I'll take care of it."
She walked upstairs and answered the door. It was Kakashi, a Leaf Jonin.
"The Hokage wants to see you." He said. She walked out, Tara locking the door behind her.
Kakashi being Kakashi started reading his book, but looking through the window of the house, looking for anything out of place.
He noticed a number of shoes that were defiantly not Tara's. So he unlocked the door with the key concealed under the mat. Kakashi walked toward the basement door, and opened it to see two village outlaws, and the Aisukage's daughter.
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Yay!! I love this chapter!! And I also hate cliffhangers as much as you, so I'll finish the next chapter soon! Hopefully, you know that Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto, not me. But I do own the plot, the story, and the four OC's. Also, if you don't know Japanese, 'Aisu' supposedly means 'ice', and the Aisukage is the leader of Tori's home village, the Hidden Ice Village. Remember to review my story! Domo Arigato and Enjoy!
