AN: Okay, people the second chapter is up! And a big, big thank you to those who cared enough to review! Also, I misspelled monju as monja last chapter, my bad! In case you're wondering, monju is a traditional japanese cake filled with a sweet bean paste, and I must say that its really good! Also, Fai lives in Japan in case you all haven't already figured that out already. For those of you who are keeping track, Fai is now in the six/seven age range and will be going into the first grade. Finally, this is the longest chapter I have written so far so I hope that it's not too long. Now, Sasori do the disclaimer!
Sasori: Hn. Why should I?
Me: Because if you don't Deidara will never make pancakes again!
Sasori: Darn it! Those pancakes are just too good. Fine. Chibi PO'd Hiei does NOT own Naruto or any of its affiliations, Masashi Kishimoto does. Wait, some guy owns me?!...I really didn't need to know that...
My first summer vacation was amazing! I didn't have to wake up at five in the morning to go to school at six so I got to sleep in. Dad said that the reason we had to get up so early in the morning to go to school was because ninja needed to get up really early to go on missions so they wanted to get us in the habit early, but I thought that was stupid. He also said that the reason we got out so early is because the older classes needed time at home to do ninja training. I got excited at the thought of ninja training. I really wanted to be a kunoichi like Aunt Konan and go on really dangerous missions like dad and Sasori did. Of course, I didn't tell that to dad because I was scared he might not let me become a kunoichi if he knew.
Today I was getting up extra early because we were going to the annual Akatsuki vacation retreat. Every year Pein-sama gave the Akatsuki members an all expenses paid one week vacation. I always went with daddy and uncle Sasori because there wasn't anyone outside of the Akatsuki that they trusted enough to babysit me, and I was already a part of the Akatsuki dysfunctional family even though I wasn't technically a member. I was really excited to be seeing everyone after a whole year, but I was even more excited to be spending a week with dad and uncle Sasori in Hawaii.
Still, Pein-sama was a big meanie because he made it so that we were taking a four-thirty a.m. flight. I could hear dad complaining about it from my room. "Could Leader-sama be any more of a sadist, un?! Four-thirty in the morning. Why would there even be flights from Japan to Hawaii at four-thirty in the morning, un?!" "There aren't. We're traveling in Leader-sama's private jet." "With everyone else I'll bet. Ugh, I don't want to spend ten hours on the same plane as Itachi-teme, un!" Whoa, I'd never heard that title before. What did that mean? I heard uncle Sasori walking down the hall towards my room, and I stood there waiting as he slowly opened my door.
"Oh, you're up already, Fai," he said mildly surprised. "I couldn't sleep. I can't wait to have fun with everyone!"I said happily. "Lets see how you feel about them after about ten hours in a plane with them," he said as he helped me make the bed. "Why would I feel different?" I didn't get it. Did the plane do something to people that changed them? Was the plane a monster? Sasori paused in the middle of putting todays outfit on the bed. "Well, grown ups get mad at each other if they stay too close together for too long,"Sasori said, "Remember what happened last year?"
I thought really hard. I didn't really remember last years vacation since it came before my first day of school, which seemed to have robbed me of any happy memories I had from before that. "Dad made a giant clay bird, and he flew on it!" I replied. It was really all that I could remember from that vacation because it was the most amazing thing that I had ever seen. "Do you remember why he made the bird?" Sasori pressed. I shook my head. Sasori sighed, "Its probably better that way anyways." I just stared at him. I was confused. What was better? "Get dressed, Fai. We really need to get moving."
I looked at the clothes that he had chosen for me to wear and grinned from ear to ear. It was my all time favorite outfit that dad and Sasori only let me wear when we were with the other Akatsuki members. I didn't know why I couldn't wear it everyday, but it wasn't allowed. I had tried everything to get them to let me wear it more often, but they had even resisted the puppy dog eyes. The outfit was a black sweater with red clouds that were outlined in white on it, and with it I wore black jeans, tennis shoes that also were black with the red clouds, the black leather fingerless gloves I always wore, and a white shawl. Once I had changed, Sasori wrapped the shawl around my head so that only my eyes could be seen.
Sasori himself was inside of his battle puppet, Akatsuki cloak, and the straw hat. (AN: no he's not wearing nail polish, none of the Akatsuki are. It'll be explained in another chapter.) He set me on top of the puppet he was in, grabbed my bags, and gave me a piggy back ride to the living room where dad was sitting drinking coffee. He was wearing his Akatsuki uniform too. "Good morning, Fai-chan. Are you ready?" I nodded excitedly. "Hehe, I guess that answers that, un. Hey, Sasori-danna, do you want a cup of the elixer of life, un?" dad asked holding up his coffee cup for emphasis. Sasori sighed, "I'm a living puppet, Deidara. I don't get tired." "Oh well, suit yourself, un," he said before draining the rest of his cup.
"I never thought I'd see the day when you needed coffee for energy," Sasori said in an almost teasing voice. "Hmph, I've never had to wake up at three in the morning, un," dad huffed. "Just do the transportation jutsu already, Deidara." "Fine, just make sure that Fai-chan doesn't fall off your back this time, un!" "She wouldn't have fallen off if you had gotten your coordinates right," Sasori growled. Dad just humphed at this as he grabbed the bags and began writing strange symbols on the floor. I honestly couldn't remember ever falling off of my uncle's puppet. If this is what school does, I hope that I never have to go back.
My dad finally finished, and Sasori walked into a small drawn circle. He lifted up one of the puppet's arms and grabbed onto me. "We're ready anytime now, Deidara." "Alright." Dad stepped into another one of the circles on the floor and began rapidly making hand seals. "Teleportation Jutsu!" There was a brief pause where nothing happened, and then it was like being inside of a tornado of color and sound. Then next thing that I knew we were standing inside of an aircraft hanger with other Akatsuki members poofing in around the airplane. They were also in their Akatsuki uniforms.
"Uncle Sasori, why do we have to cover our faces?" "Don't say names so loud. We're wearing disguises so if anyone sees they won't know who we are." "Why?" Sasori paused, "Well, ninja need to remain in the shadows to survive. If ordinary people knew about us, our lives as we know them would cease to exist." He must've sensed my confusion because he added, "Your sensei at school will explain it." I felt my heart plummet in my chest. I would have to go back and relive the nightmare. However, my spirits quickly lifted when I heard a voice behind me,"Well, how's my favorite little ankle biter been?" "UNCLE KISAME!" I squealed in delight as he lifted me off Sasori and put me on his shoulder.
"What did I just tell you about saying names?!" Sasori yelled at me. He was seriously mad now. "Aww, come on Sasori give her a break," Kisame lept to my defense, "She's just a kid." "Even though I hate to admit it, the puppet has a point," a voice said from the shadows. I knew that voice, and I didn't like Itachi because he was mean. "Yeah, well you never liked little kids anyways, Itachi," Kisame retorted. "Whatever," Itachi said as he went to the congregating group of members. Sasori sent me a warning look, "Remember, no more shouting names. It's dangerous." Then he turned and also headed towards the main group. Kisame looked up at me, "Don't worry about it. Everyone makes mistakes, besides its just us here. If they could be even more overly cautious, they would." I giggled at that. Kisame always knew what to say to cheer me up.
He gave me a ride over to the main group where everyone but Aunt Konan and Pein-sama had showed up. "Hello, Fai-chan," Tobi said, "Tobi is happy to see Fai-chan again because Tobi is a good boy." "Hi, Tobi-niisan. Do you have summer break, too?" "Yes, Tobi got to stay home for the summer because Tobi is a good boy." "Hey Tobi, quit hogging all the attention!" is the censored version of what Hidan said. "Hidan-niisan!" I said more quietly because I saw uncle Sasori glancing at me. I decided to ask Hidan-niisan what that word I heard this morning was because Hidan-niisan knew all kinds of words, "Hidan-niisan, what's a teme?"
I felt Kisame stiffen underneath me, and Zetsu who was standing next to us looked at me weird with both of his personalities. "Oh, that's one of those words that you don't repeat, Fai-chan," Hidan said without using any new words. "Oh, okay," I said. Dad had already explained the "bad word" thing to me so I understood that teme must be a bad word. He also said not to repeat any new words that Hidan said because they were bad too, but I didn't mind because Hidan-niisan was so cool.
"So are you going to let me hold her, Kisame, or do I have to kick your butt first?" Hidan challenged. "Tch, you couldn't hurt a fish let alone me, and I just got her from Sasori!" Kisame shot back. "Come on, you know that once Konan gets here it'll be half the vacation until I get to hold her!" "No." "Let me hold her." "No!" Hidan pulled out a dagger, "Alright, either hand her over or I'm using you as an offering to Jashin-sama!" "Grr...I'll get you for this later, Hidan," Kisame threatened as he lifted me off his shoulders. Hidan sheathed the dagger and held me piggy back style.
Zetsu commented, "What are those idiots doing fighting over a little kid, pathetic...Actually, she's kinda cute...No she's not...Yes she is...No she's not..." Zetsu then proceeded to get into a full blown argument with himself. Dad was talking to Tobi about art, and Sasori and Itachi were having a glaring contest. Meanwhile Kakuzu was in the corner balancing his check book.
Hidan grinned at me, "Heh, so how've you been, Fai-chan? Did they teach you anything at school yet?" I couldn't say it. I couldn't tell him that I let the other kids tease me. Hidan would've never taken anything from anyone. "No, nothing interesting anyways, and I'm okay." "Hmm? You sure? You don't sound okay. Normally you'd be talking a mile a minute," he said sounding concerned. "I'm okay Hidan-niisan, its just I'm tired. Its really early," I lied. "If you say so," he said, but he didn't sound convinced.
I was spared his suspicions because Pein-sama and Aunt Konan had finally arrived. As Hidan had said, the very first thing that Aunt Konan did was come running towards me, "FAAIII-CHAAAAN!!!!!!" she squealed. She knocked Hidan down and grabbed me out of the air and into a giant bear hug, "Oh, I've missed you sooo much, Fai-chan! You'll have to tell me everything on the plane!" "Crazy woman, going to give us all away," Uncle Sasori muttered crossly. Konan whipped around so fast that Sasori didn't even see her coming. "What was that, Sasori," she snarled, and let me say that Aunt Konan is twice as scary as Itachi when she gets like this. "Nothing, Konan-san. I was just admiring your...enthusiasm," Sasori said.
"Sasori, Konan," Pein-sama said, "Knock it off. I swear you two are almost as bad as Deidara and Itachi. Ahem, anyways get on the plane. Everyone's baggage is on board, and we only have another fifteen minute window to get out of here under the radar so make it quick," with that he entered the plane. We all followed him, with me being carried by Aunt Konan of course. The plane was gigantic, and the inside was the most expensive looking and beautiful interior that I had ever seen. It was a dark red color with white wood and black leather accents...It basically screamed Akatsuki private jet interior. Once inside, I took off my shawl and the Akatsuki members took off their cloaks and hats.
Pein-sama wanted to get the pre-vacation meeting done as soon as possible so all of the members were seated around the inplane table with people sitting on both sides of the table and Pein-sama at the head. Since I wasn't an actual member, I wasn't allowed in the meeting so Aunt Konan put me in the front part of the plane where the movie screen was. So for the first two hours, I sat there watching Beauty and the Beast (AN: just to dodge the massive fine, I DO NOT own Disney or Beauty and the Beast). Man, I loved that movie. I felt so sorry for the poor beast. I knew what it was like to be alone without friends outside your family. I didn't really notice the take off because I was so absorbed in the movie, and the popcorn, candy, and soda were really good too.
I was wishing that I was tired enough to fall asleep when the movie was finally over. Yeesh, the after movie boredom was too much like torture. Suddenly, I heard dad and Itachi yelling from the back of the plane, "YOU WANT HIM/ME TO DO WHAT?!!!!!!" I jumped out of my seat, and Dad and Itachi were still yelling by the time I got back up. By the time that I was listening again, I couldn't hear them anymore. At least, I couldn't until Pein-sama yelled over both of them, "THAT'S ENOUGH!!!!! THIS IS MY DECISION, AND IT'S FINAL!! THIS MEETING IS OVER!!!!!"
As soon as he finished saying that, Konan, Kisame, Tobi, and Hidan came running up to the front of the plane where I was at. "Oh, poor Fai-chan!" Konan sobbed as she smuthered me. "Man, you've got some tough luck, Fai-chan," Hidan said. "Tobi wishes that he could help Fai-chan, but Tobi won't disobey Leader-sama because Tobi is a good boy," Tobi said. "Hey, he's not that bad you guys," Kisame said trying to calm everyone down, "Sure he won't go easy on her, but he's not going to seriously hurt her."
"Your just saying that because he's your partner, Kisame! Itachi's almost as sadistic as Leader-sama!" Hidan snarled. Konan spun around and punched Hidan on the top of his head so hard that he fell over with a big lump where she had hit him. "Pein-sama is NOT a sadist!" Konan said in his defense. I lost interest in them at that point because dad, Sasori, and Itachi came over. Dad and Itachi were growling fiercly at each other, and they would've been at each other's throats if Sasori hadn't been standing in between them to keep them seperated. It was then that Pein-sama came into the room and silence fell as everyone watched him.
He calmly walked over to where I was standing on the seat and bent down slightly so he was on my eye level. "Hello, Fai." "Hi, Pein-sama. Um, why is everyone acting funny?" I asked. "Heh, you get right to the point, unlike some babbling idiots," he said pointedly looking at dad and Itachi, "So you've started ninja school right?" I nodded. "Well," he continued, "We're concerned that you won't progress rapidly enough with the sensei's at school so starting next summer you will also be instructed in the ninja arts by Itachi, and your father will begin showing you how to use your bloodline," he turned to Itachi and dad and asked challengingly, "Do either of you have anything to add?" Itachi and dad replied, pointedly not looking at each other, "No, Leader-sama." "Good." With that said, Pein-sama went to his small private office and shut the door.
It was a long flight after that because dad and Itachi kept arguing, and if they weren't arguing Kisame and Zetsu were. It got boring after a while, and I didn't want to talk about school but that's all that Konan wanted to talk about. Sasori was repairing a damaged puppet in the back of the plane where we didn't have to watch him. Tobi and Hidan were playing Halo on the movie screen so I couldn't watch any more movies, and Kakuzu had disappeared to reasses his budget, whatever that was. So I did what I always did when I was bored stiff. "Daddy," I called. Dad came over, "Yeah, Fai-chan." "Are we there yet?" Everyone did an anime fall, except Itachi because he was a jerk.
"No, its only been three hours, un." "Are we-" "Fai," uncle Sasori interrupted, "The pilot will tell us when we're there so stop asking." "Okay, uncle Sasori." "Jeez, Sasori you didn't have to bite her head off, un!" dad snapped. "Well, she was being annoying." "She was bored, what else is she going to do?" I'm starting to see what uncle Sasori meant when he said that grown ups got mad at each other when they were together on a plane for a long time. Anyways, that was pretty much how the rest of the flight was. Finally, the pilot said over the intercom, "Everyone please take your seats, we will be landing shortly. Please remember to change into civilian clothing before exiting the plane." (AN: the pilot and co-pilot are both minor Akatsuki members)
Aunt Konan and I were given Pein-sama's office to change in, and the guys just changed together in the main area. When we all came back together in the main room, I was wearing my white sundress with the red cherry blossoms on it, and Konan was wearing a tank top and shorts. All of the other Akatsuki members were wearing hawaiian print shirts and shorts. I didn't see Kisame though.
I ran over to dad and tugged on his shorts. "What is it, Fai-chan?" "Where did uncle Kisame go?" "Ha-ha-ha!" dad chuckled, "He's right there, un." He was pointing to an average looking man who had brown hair and brown eyes. "Thats not uncle Kisame." The strange man laughed and made a hand sign, and in a poof there stood uncle Kisame. I was amazed. I'd never seen something like that before. "Of course its me. Hey, don't look so impressed. Its just a simple genjutsu," He said, "Anyways, I can't let the civilians see a shark man running around. It'd give us away." He made a few more hand seals and transformed back into the average looking man. I looked around at everyone else to make sure they all looked the same as usual, and none of them were using a genjutsu.
However, Konan was complaining about what uncle Sasori was wearing. Uncle sasori was out of his battle puppet, but he was wearing a long sleeved white shirt and a pair of blue jeans. "Sasori-danna," Dad said, "Its going to be very suspicious that you're wearing something that warm in a tropical climate, un." "Sorry," Sasori apologized, "But if I don't wear long clothing people will see the puppet joints, and I don't want to explain to civilians or to the police that I'm a living puppet." "Just keep a low profile, Sasori," Konan said exasperatedly.
It was a few minutes before the plane went almost straight up and then it bounced as it touched down before finally coming to a stop. "We're here, Fai-chan," Dad said happily as I undid my seatbelt. He grabbed my hand as we all rushed outside and into the beautiful and scenic Hawaiian airport. We had no problems going through the whole airport process and getting our bags, but I couldn't understand a single word most of the people around us were saying.
"Daddy, why are they all talking funny?" "Hm? Oh, they're speaking English, un. Its a different language, Fai-chan. Most of the people here speak it, un." "Do you?" "I know enough to get around, but Sasori-danna is quite fluent, un." "You would be too if you had actually paid attention in English class, Deidara." "Yeah, yeah," Dad said in a voice that showed he could've cared less. We walked out of the airport, and I got my first look at Hawaii. There were palm trees and beautiful flowers everywhere. It was the prettiest place that I had ever seen, and then these really nice ladies who spoke that funny language came and gave us flower necklaces.
The next thing that I knew, we were climbing into a Hummer limo and getting chauffered to the luxury hotel that Pein-sama had booked for us. I got a seat next to the window and was staring in awe at the beautiful scenery. When we got to the hotel, we were shown to the fourth floor where our party had booked all ten rooms. There was a hallway brawl as everyone argued over who would get what room.
The rooms went in this order: Pein-sama, Itachi, Konan, Hidan, and dad and I got the right side rooms with the ocean view. Normally, our room would have gone to Sasori because he is one of the stronger members, but it was the only room with two beds in it so dad and I got it by default. Those on the left hand side with the city view were in this order: Kakuzu, Zetsu, Tobi, Kisame, and Sasori. Of course, uncle Sasori took the room right across from ours, even though he had to fight uncle Kisame for it.
We spent our first day in Hawaii getting over the plane sickness that dad said was called jet lag, and several members coughKisamecough had to recover from a few minor injuries. After a good nights sleep everyone was better, and we had the awesomest vacation yet! We did all sorts of cool things for the rest of the week. We went horseback riding on the beach, and Konan got stuck on a huge horse that was called a clydesdale (AN: its one of those giant horses that pulls wagons). She looked like a doll on top of a rocking horse, and she had this look on her face that clearly said get me off this thing! Dad and I looked over at her, and we were laughing about it for the rest of the ride.
We also went to a luao, and the food was almost as good as festival food back home. Aunt Konan even took me shopping, but it wasn't as fun as it sounded. She just made me try on clothes all day. We even spent a whole day relaxing at the hotel spa, and I enjoyed every minute of the pampering. On the last day of our vacation we went to the beach.
Itachi went for a jog, but we all knew that he was really running from his fangirls who were following him with hearts in their eyes. Meanwhile, uncle Kisame and Hidan-niisan were teaching me how to surf on the small waves. Konan was sunbathing with Pein-sama, and Kakuzu was cackling because we were saving money by playing at the beach. Tobi, dad, Sasori, and Zetsu were playing beach volleyball, and dad and Sasori were winning mainly because both of Zetsu's personalities were trying to play at the same time so he kept missing the ball. When Itachi got back from his "jog", he settled next to Konan and Pein-sama to work on his tan.
By now, I had wiped out a few times, but I was quickly getting the hang of surfing. I finally caught a small wave and rode it in. It was so cool! Uncle Kisame nearly crushed me in a bear hug, and Hidan-niisan started yelling for a camera. Of course, I went back out with uncle Kisame and rode another wave in so dad and Hidan could record it. Everyone had joined dad and Hidan on my second run to see me surf, and they all crowded around me when I got out of the water. Dad was so proud he actually started crying as he hugged me.
It was then that stupid Itachi had to ruin the moment. "You did a good job teaching, Kisame. Here I was under the impression that Katsura's couldn't surf," he said silkily. It was one of those here we go again moments.We all looked at dad, who wore a much too friendly smile as he said in equally silky tones, "Oh, and what would give you that impression, Itachi-san?" "Why, anyone who has ever seen you surf would think so too," Itachi said as casually as if he was talking about the weather. "Well, then I'll just have to prove you wrong, un." "Oh, and how do you plan on doing that? You would probably wipe out on a baby wave." "I could out surf you anytime, anywhere, un!" "Oh, really? Well, how about the north beach right now." Yep, dad had been led right into that one, but he was beyond caring about being set up at that point. "You're on, un!"
Now, we all had to see this so we packed up and followed dad and Itachi up to the north beach with all of Itachi's fangirls in tow. When we finally got there, Pein-sama dictated the rules, "You will both catch one wave and only one wave so make it good. You will be judged by the committee of one, and you will not argue with the committee of one. If you argue with me you will be...punished. Understood?" (AN: the committee of one is a one person judge, and he's referring to himself) Both dad and Itachi nodded in agreement before they hit the surf.
They both went out and started waiting for a good wave, and a really nice one came up. It was obviously going to be one of those perfect waves. Itachi and dad saw it coming and stared each other down. It was also obvious that whoever could catch that wave would win. Which is why they both started paddling like maniacs, each trying to catch it before the other person could. Itachi was starting to pull ahead of dad, but just before he could catch the wave Kisame cut him off from out of nowhere. We all shouted, "KISAME?!!!!" That's right, Kisame. We had been watching dad and Itachi so intently that no one had even seen him leave, much less paddle out into the ocean.
He caught the wave, which turned into a picture perfect thirty-five foot curler. He rode straight through the middle of that awesome wave and came out victorious on the other side. Of course, Hidan-niisan had captured the whole event with the video camera, and he was zooming in on the hilarious expressions that dad and Itachi had on their faces. It was classic! Kisame finally got the guts to swim back to shore. "Sorry, guys," he said while awkwardly rubbing the back of his head, "I just couldn't help myself." Dad got over his shock and started laughing at the situation, while Itachi sulked with his fangirls. "The committee of one has decided that the winner is Kisame!" Pein-sama announced unnecessarily. Yep, that was the best day out of the entire vacation hands down.
The next day, we had to get up really early again and fly back to Japan. Once again, I was really really bored, and there was a lot of arguing. However, we made it back without any problems and went our seperate ways. When we finally got home, we just shoved the suitcases in the corner and went to bed. The next day we went through the whole process of unpacking and putting stuff back in its proper place. Unfortuantely, summer vacation couldn't go on forever. Tomorrow, I had to go back to school.
It was the first day of school again. I really really didn't want to go so I pretended that I was sick, but Sasori didn't buy it for one minute. Dad kept asking me why I didn't want to go, but I was too embarrased to tell him. That walk to the school was the longest walk of my entire life. However when we got to the school, I learned that I would be going to a different room and have a different sensei. Maybe there would even be new students. Who knows, they might have just forgotten the last year altogether. I hoped that they had forgiven me by now.
I took a deep breath and walked into my new classroom. My heart sank as I looked around. All of the girls from last year were there, and there were no new students. I spotted Sakura and Ino in the corner glaring at me. My feeble hopes vanished as I nearly wilted under the intensity of their glares. I looked around and saw that everyone was glaring at me. Then someone pointed at me, "Hey, look its the girl with the freaky hands!" "I'm surprised her hands haven't chewed through her gloves." Another girl said. "Eeew, leather spit balls!" Everyone laughed at me. Our new sensei walked in right at that moment.
"What's going on?" She asked. "She's the girl with the weird hands," someone said. "Katsura-san?" sensei asked pointing to me. "Yes," I said on the verge of tears. "Sit in the front row where I can keep an eye on you," she told me sternly. I nodded completely cowed by this intimidating kunoichi. The rest of the day was a complete disaster. The class kept throwing things at me when sensei's back was turned. Then when I told her, she sent me to the corner for tattling. When it was time to go outside for our first taijutsu lesson, the entire school was there. All of the older girls made fun of me too. They kept shouting at the worst moments, trying to make me mess up my stances. None of the teachers did anything to stop them, but a few of them actually encouraged the girls who were teasing me.
It was even worse than last year. Not only was the entire school against me, but the teachers were too. They didn't punish any of the girls for teasing me or for throwing books and food at me during class. By the end of the school year, the other girls were even shooting spit balls at me while my sensei was watching, and she didn't do anything about it. However, if it was anyone but me that was getting teased or was getting things thrown at them, the teachers immediately stopped it. It wasn't fair, and I knew that it wasn't right. I hadn't done anything wrong.
Still, what could I do? I was just a kid. Tell my dad? Tell him what, that the other kids were being mean to me? There wasn't anything even he could do to make them be nice. They wouldn't change just because someone's dad told them to. Tears began trickling down my face as I thought these things, but I quickly wiped them away. I had learned that crying only made things worse. At this point, I was looking forward to training with Itachi this summer.
AN: Hey everyone! Sorry that it took so long to update, but it was a nightmare editing this chapter because its so huge. Anyways, I was trying to show how the Akatsuki treat her and develope the Akatsuki people a little bit, but I'm not so sure if I did a very good job...As usual, I hope that I did okay trying to portray a six/seven year old girl because its really really hard! Things just seem to be going from bad to worse with poor Fai-chan, and what boot camp from hell will Itachi put her through? Find out next chappie!