Chapter 3
I fall back on my new bed exhausted. Most of my time has been spent cleaning the room. When I finished, I was covered in dust and dirt. I went to the closet and pulled out those gray clothing, which happen to be sweat pants and shirt, and went to the bathroom. It was a quick shower I had taken.
As of now, I flop backwards on my new bed. I let out a sigh of relief. Never in my life have I done so much cleaning. And now that I'm a maid, it is only just going to get worse. I should probably wake up early to find the kitchen.
My stomach growls and I let out a groan. I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten in Lord knows how long. Plus, I just realized, I'm thirsty. Must I really get up? Everything hurts.
"Ayano," I hear…Konan says as she softly knocks on the door. "Are you awake?"
"Yeah," I call out in reply as I slowly sit up in bed.
"The Akatsuki members are getting hungry and would like to have their dinner," she says.
Great, just great, I don't even get any time to rest. With a sigh, I climb out of the bed. This outfit is really making me stuffy. Going into the bathroom, I change back into my other clothes as quickly as possible. I had washed my clothing while I was in the shower. I save some water that way, but now I'm wearing damp clothing. Oh well, I'll just have to deal with it.
"Okay," I say as I walk over to the door and open it. "Can you please show me to the kitchen?"
Konan nods and starts walking. Quickly, I follow after her closing the door behind me. We walk what seems to be forever on my tired muscles. Just like before, I'm the only one making noise with my footsteps.
Before I came here I was never truly aware of my surroundings. How could I be aware when I was always reading? However, I was much attuned to my surroundings. Not once did I ever have to look up from my books while walking through a crowded hallway. I never needed help crossing a street or anything while walking and reading at the same time. What I'm trying to say is, I'm kind of super aware of what is happening around me while never really paying attention to me.
Since this place is new to me though, I make myself memorize every twist and turn, every crack, nook and cranny, every faded color, stains and dirt. When it comes to remembering something like a place, or most of the time a book, I have really amazing memory recall.
After walking around Lord knows how long in silence we come to a stop. Looking around, I notice we are in the...I guess the living room. I have no clue what room it is. There is a large stone like table in the middle of the room. When I say large I mean length and width large. The height of the table looks like it stops just below my knees. On the table are four large candles near each corner, and one large one in the middle. There are two couches near the table; each couch is the color red. There are a few chairs scattered about the room. In one corner there is a tall and long book case with lots of books. Oh yeah, I so know what I'm going to do when I get the chance. In another corner is an even larger bookcase with scrolls. I might give reading the scrolls a chance.
The only other person in the room besides me and Konan is Mr. Dark. He is sitting near the bookcase that has the scrolls. There is a small table next to him, and he has one of the many scrolls open up. He looks up at us for a moment and nods his head. I nod with a grin and wave.
Just because I'm stuck as their maid/slave and kind of had been kidnapped doesn't mean I have to be all sad. Though, they might think I'm a little messed up in the head. Whatever, I have always wanted adventure and stuff like this to happen to me. Now that I have gotten my wish, I shouldn't complain…as long as I get to live.
Mr. Dark turns his attention back to the scroll in front of him. With a shrug I turn to look at Konan. She nods and points to her right. Looking in the direction she points to, I see a doorway that leads to some brightly lit room.
"Arigato," I say to Konan with a grin.
There is a slight twitch in her lips as she nods once again. She starts walking away and I make my way to the brightly lit doorway. Walking through the doorway to the other side, I am greeted by the kitchen. There is a stove off to one side that has cabinets above it and circles around the entire room. On the other side is the fridge. If I keep going straight I will be in front of the sink.
In the middle of the kitchen is a long wooden table surrounded by chairs. In one of those chairs is Mr. Green Eyes counting…money. Next to the stove is Deidara and it looks like he is trying to cook something. However, he is only succeeding in burning whatever it is because I see some smoke.
"If you even think about blowing up the stove," Mr. Green Eyes says without looking up once from his money. "Then I will take away your whole month's pay to get a new one."
"I'm not going to blow it up, un," Deidara says trying to clear away the smoke.
"I'm here to start cooking dinner," I speak up.
Both of them turn to look at me. Kakuzu nods with a slight glare then goes back to counting. Deidara gives me this glare with a sneer on his face.
"About damn time you showed up. Do you even know how to cook, un?"
"Of course I know how to cook," I reply. "My mother taught me. Besides I enjoy food…maybe a little too much."
"Well then start cooking, un."
"Yes sir," I reply saluting him. I hear Mr. Green Eyes cough. He is probably trying to cover up a chuckle.
"Are you mocking me, un?"
"No sir," I reply as I start walking to the cabinets.
"You better not or I'll turn you into art, un."
"She is not to be killed. Leader's orders," Mr. Green Eyes says.
I don't say anything as I start looking through the cabinets to see what food is here. Suddenly, I'm in the mood for hamburgers. A nice big juicy hamburger with bacon, lettuce, cheese, more bacon and…I can't have it. These people aren't going to feed me, and then yet again I told them I would find a way to feed myself. It's a good thing I have some food in my duffle bag.
Do you honestly think you should be thinking about food? You're not going to lose any weight if you just keep feeding your fat ass. You know, I actually think it is a good thing they are going to train your lazy fat ass. Want to know why? So you can lose some weight and when you come back I won't have to be embarrassed to have you around me, Fat Ass.
I mentally roll my eyes at the prick. Seriously, why did he have to start talking? I was doing so much better without having to hear him.
"Whatever, I got stuff to do, un."
"Then go do them and stop talking," Mr. Green Eyes says as I start pulling out some ingredients.
"Hey chick," I hear Deidara say. I don't bother to turn around; after all, I do have a name and would like to be called that. "Hey I'm talking to you," he says turning me around roughly.
"Ayano," I say with a small glare. "My name is Ayano. A-y-a-n-o, learn to say it because I do not answer to 'hey chick,' or whatever else you might have said."
Before I even have time to blink, Deidara's hits me in the face. My head slightly moves back from the impact. Quickly, I cover my face to keep anymore fist from hitting me.
"You are just a servant. I will call you whatever I please. Next time I won't punch so softly, un."
Punch softly? That was not a soft punch. It freaking hurt and I can taste blood on my lips. I would hate for him to punch me again.
Removing my hands, I glare up at him or her. I still haven't figured out Deidara's gender, but for now I will say that the he-she is a guy. His lips are twisted in a smirk. I get the urge to punch the smirk off his face but restrain myself. It wouldn't do me any good. Besides this is a mafia gang, I don't want to die.
Then next time Fat Ass, don't be such a smartass. They're not going to treat you like anything that matters. To them, you're a simple nobody that they can get rid of at any moment.
I ignore the jerk even though he does have a point. What the hell have I gotten myself into? I wonder how long I would have to wait until I can try to escape. First I would need to think of a way to escape. This is going to be hard as hell.
"Now, if my dinner comes out horrible, you are going to be wearing it. Do I make myself clear, Ayano, un?' The way he says my name comes out as a sneer. I smile at him sweetly and innocently. He glares as if expecting me to do something.
"Like water," I reply. He raises his brown at my reply and I just continue smiling.
"Good, un," he says then moves away from me.
I watch him until he is out of the room. Once he is out of sight, I turn back around to look at the ingredients. Looks like I will be making them some homemade spaghetti.
"Water isn't always clear," I hear Mr. Dark say. I turn around to see him standing in the door way. He then proceeds to walk to the cabinet and pull out a glass cup. "There are times when it is muddy."
"I know," I reply as he moves over to the fridge and makes himself a drink. "It's not my fault he didn't think what I said through."
"Deidara is a baka," Mr. Green Eyes speaks up. I nod in reply turning back to what will eventually be dinner.
"If I were you, I would be careful," I hear Mr. Dark say.
"There is no careful in life," is my response.
There is no reply from Mr. Dark. I look up to see him just staring at me. I slightly shift my feet from the uncomfortable stare. Shifting my feet some more, I grin at him. Heck, if someone wants to stare at me for whatever reason, I shall give them something to stare at.
A moment later he nods his head. Maybe he was thinking about something. He turns and starts walking out of the room. I shake my head a few times as if getting some cobwebs out of my brain. I turn back and continue making dinner for the Akatsuki members. What a weird name for them to have. Akatsuki…red moon…or dawn/daybreak…but it is a cool name for a mafia gang.
Cooking homemade spaghetti is a tedious job. It takes forever to make the pasta and sauce from scratch. A few times some members had come in the kitchen to complain about dinner not being done and that they were hungry. I told them off and to get out of my kitchen. Mr. Green Eyes told me it wasn't my kitchen. In response I told him since I'm cooking it is my kitchen for the time being. He didn't say anything else and I continue cooking.
Now, an hour and a half later, dinner is finally complete. I set the table with plates, silverware –which was hard to find since I mostly found chopsticks- and cups. I place the spaghetti and sauce in the middle of the table along with different pitchers of different drinks.
I walk out of the kitchen into the living room at least that is what I'm calling it. Mr. Dark is sitting in the same place as before. He slightly moves his head and looks at me from the corner of his eyes. I give a smile then turn away as I cup my hands over my mouth.
"DINNER IS DONE," I yell making my voice echo.
"Was that really necessary," I hear Mr. Dark ask.
"Yeah," I reply turning to him with a grin. He is now standing up from his spot. "Got to make sure everyone gets the message."
I get the urge to shuffle my feet as he continues staring at me. Instead, I push the urge aside and turn my grin into a smile. I can keep this staring contest going on all day, not that I will say that out loud.
"Hey Itachi-san," I hear Kisame say. "What are you doing to the girl?"
I turn to look at Kisame. He walks in with Zetsu and Konan. I wave and smile at the three of them. However, I go unnoticed it seems by Zetsu as he argues with himself. Konan nods and walks into the kitchen.
"We're just…having a staring contest," I reply slight unsure. "And now I have lost, dammit"
Kisame laughs and says, "You were going to lose from the very start."
"No I wasn't," I reply crossing my arms.
"You really are from another world," I hear Mr. Dark…I mean Itachi say.
"Of course I am," I reply turning back to face him. Okay, so my dad and I don't have a perfect relationship, but he did teach me that when speaking to someone it is respectful to look them in the eyes. "I wasn't lying about anything I said to everyone."
"Yay dinner is done," Tobi yells running into the room.
"Yep," I reply facing Tobi with a smile. "I'm going to be in the kitchen. I want to know what everyone thinks about the food."
With that said, I walk into said kitchen. I hear them follow behind me. I go and stand near the sink that way I can watch everyone and their expressions. Soon all the other member, except for Leader and Sasori, come into the room.
"It's about fucking time dinner is fucking done," Hidan says as he goes and takes a seat next to Mr. Green Eyes.
Patients, one of my many virtues, keep me at the sink watching as each one starts to eat. My eyes roam from each person, gauging their reactions. Is my food any good or does it suck? I need to know these things. I wish I could eat it to find out myself.
"This is fucking better than what I fucking thought it would be." My lips twitch to form a smile but I keep my cool.
"It's not bad, so it looks like you won't be wearing this after all, un."
"It could improve," Itachi says.
"Yeah right," Kisame says with a grin. "This is the best thing I've ever tasted in my life."
"So you all like it," I ask keeping the hope out of my voice. A chorus of yes greets my ears and I don't fight back my grin.
"Arigato," I say with a bow. "It means a lot to me. Don't worry about the dishes; I'll wash them in the morning. Now I must be off to bed to rest. Enjoy your meal and goodnight."
"Later kiddo," Kisame says as I start walking towards the doorway. I stop and turn to face him.
"I'm an adult so please don't call me kiddo," I say then turn to face the other entire members. "I know I'm just a servant or whatever you wish to call me, but I would be very grateful if you called me by my name."
"What is your fucking name bitch?"
"Baka," Mr. Green Eyes says. I really need to learn his name.
"Tobi remembers her name is Ayano."
Deidara glares at me, but I ignore his glare. Itachi nods his head while continuing to eat. Konan gives a very small almost unnoticeable smile with a nod.
"Alright kiddo," Kisame says in a teasing manner. "I'll call you Ayano."
"Whatever bitch it doesn't really fucking matter to me."
I shrug my shoulders and say, "I'll be going to bed."
I turn around not waiting for anymore replies and start walking out. I walk all the way back to my room. My eyes scanning over everything again to make sure I have it memorized.
When I enter my room, I walk over to my duffle bag and open it. I pull out my book, a water bottle and a small energy bar. I'm going have to make my food last as long as possible until I can find more food.
Walking over to my new bed, I flop down into a sitting position. I remove the wrapper from the energy bar and open my book Iron Queen, since I'm almost finished with it. As I'm reading I slowly eat the energy bar and take a few sip of my water.
By the time I finish my book, the wrapper to my energy bar lays lifelessly on the floor. A quarter of my water is gone. With a yawn I close the book and go place it back in my duffle bag. Walking back to the bed, I crawl under the covers and fall asleep with no problem.
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My eyes twitch as I feel something tickle my cheek. I swat my hand around my face and bury myself deeper into my covers. The tickling continues. Getting fed up; I quickly sit up with a glare. However, there is no one in my room.
Something makes a plopping sound. Looking down I see a white spider about the size of the palm of my hand looking up at me. My eyes widen and it lifts one of its legs up and waves up at me. I scream and throw the blankets off me.
Immediately I jump out of bed. When my feet hit the cold stone floor there is a squishing sound. Lifting my foot there is something white that resembles a squish spider that was identical to the one on my blankets. My eyes scan over the room to see more.
I scream and start to run out of my room. My screaming continues as I run down the hallways while trying to get any spiders off me. I don't care if I'm waking anyone up; I am absolutely terrified of spiders.
My screaming continues as I reach the living room. Itachi looks up from a scroll and raises his brow at me. My skin crawls from the thought of more spiders crawling on me.
"Get'em off," I scream trying to wipe the spiders off. "Get them off please!"
"Get what off? What is with the screaming?"
"Tobi heard screaming," I hear Tobi yell and running into the room.
"The spiders please get them off," I start breaking down in tears.
"Ayano-chan there are no spiders on you," Tobi says causing me to turn to look at him.
"Are you sure," I ask still trying to wipe spiders off in case he is lying. The feeling of their legs crawling on me continues to make my skin crawl.
"There are no spiders on you," Itachi says.
"What the fuck is with all the fucking screaming so fucking early in the fucking morning," asks a very pissed off looking Hidan as he walks into the room.
"We would like to know the same thing," asks Zetsu walking in right behind Hidan.
"S-s-spiders," is all I manage to choke out.
"Some people are trying to sleep before they have to go on their mission," Mr. Green Eyes says walk into the living room. "Time is money that should not be wasted."
"What are all of you idiots doing now," asks Sasori from behind him.
"Who knows Sasori no danna, un," Deidara says walking in with a smug look.
"Is everything okay," Konan asks as she finally walks into the room.
"Th-th-there are s-s-s-spiders in m-m-my room."
"Tobi didn't know there were spiders living in the house."
"Are you fucking telling use your fucking afraid of small fucking spiders?"
"Th-th-they are th-the size of m-m-my palm," I reply.
"That's because there are no spiders that live in the house," Mr. Green Eyes says.
"So girly is afraid of spiders, un," Deidara says with a smirk. Seeing the smirk on his face angers me.
"What did these spiders look like," Konan asks.
"They were white," I reply.
"What the hell happen," Kisame asks walking into the room with a yawn.
"Deidara you brat," Sasori says. "Did you plant your clay spiders in her room?"
"No, un," he replies with an innocent smirk.
"You jerk," I say narrowing my eyes as I walk over to him.
I give him a right hook to his nose not thinking about the consequences. Deidara pulls way covering his nose. His eyes narrow at me as the smirk is instantly replaced by a scowl.
"Oh, oh, Ayano-chan has made Deidara-sempai mad."
"Haha Deidara-chan got fucking punched by a fucking girl."
"Whoa I'm so glad I didn't miss this," Kisame says with his sharky grin.
"You little wench, un," Deidara says as he goes to reach for me.
Immediately I move out of his reach. An aura of death radiates off him. A small squeak escapes my lips as I hide behind Tobi.
"Don't hide behind Tobi," Tobi says as he flaps his arms around. Tobi then proceeds to move away from me. Well there goes that human shield.
"I'm going to teach you a lesson, un."
Deidara lunges for me, and not for the first time that morning I scream. I run away to create some distance between us and hide over near Itachi. He simply shakes his head but doesn't move. Yes, I have accomplished the task of getting a human shield.
"Deidara," Konan says. "That is enough."
"Hey Ayano, smart move," Kisame calls out; I can almost hear the grin in his voice.
I poke my head out from behind Itachi and smile. Deidara's eyes land on me with a deadly glare. I squeak and hide back behind Itachi.
"What is all of this nonsense going on," asks Leader walking into the room. I peak behind Itachi to see a glare on Leader's face.
"The little wench punched me, un," Deidara replies in a growl.
"She simply retaliated from what you did to her," Itachi states. Awe, my human shield is helping me. "Though, she should have kept her anger under control." And now my human shield has disappointed me.
"Shut it Uchiha," Deidara sneers. "No one asked for your words, un."
"Well no one asked to see your girly face," I say moving out from behind Itachi. "What is your gender anyways, he-she?"
"Oh this is fucking funny," Hidan says laughing. "Waking up to fucking screams was totally fucking worth seeing this. Yeah Deidara-chan what is your fucking gender."
"You're all fools," Mr. Green Eyes says shaking his head.
"This is the best morning ever," Kisame says with a chuckle.
"Silence," Leader shouts out. "Ayano, we have sparred you your life. Be more respectful or we will kill you. Deidara what did you do?"
"I say we kill her now like we should have done from the start, un."
"Apparently the brat planted his clay spiders in her room," Sasori says to Leader.
"We have learned she is fucking afraid of fucking spiders," Hidan says with a chuckle. I just know this fact is going to be held over my head.
"Deidara my office now," Leader says. "Ayano, since everyone is awake because of your screaming you can go make breakfast for everyone. When breakfast is completed you will start your training with Kisame."
"Yes sir," I reply.
He glares at Deidara and leaves the room. Deidara turns his deathly glare on me and I just shrug my shoulders not caring. He then turns around and leaves the room following after Leader.
Well Fat Ass you sure are lucky. I was expecting you to die. Are you trying to get yourself killed? You never acted like this back here at home. Why are you acting so different here?
"You don't even know the real me," I mumble. Itachi looks over at me with his brow slightly raised. Oops, I think he heard me. Smiling I make my way into the kitchen. "And leave me alone."
In the kitchen the first thing I do is wash the dishes from last night. When that is completed I start making homemade pancakes. While making the pancakes I look through the fridge for eggs –because protein is good to have in the morning- and bacon. The bacon is a lot harder to find, but it was hiding behind the cheese. Oh, I am so making a bacon cheese omelet.
Pulling the cheese out, I go and place all my ingredients on the counter next to the stove. On one burner I cook the pancakes while on the other I cook the bacon. While those two foods cook, I go back to the fridge for milk and butter.
Back at the stove and counter, I mix some eggs, cheese and milk together with salt and pepper. By the time all of the bacon is cooked and I start making the omelets the pancakes are done. With the pancakes done, I turn on the other two burners and start making four omelets at once.
I finish making breakfast after about fifteen minutes. Of course, I ate a pancake and some bacon while making the omelets. I couldn't stop myself. Anyways, I set up the table the exact same way I did last night then walk into the living room where everyone still is.
"Breakfast is done," I say just as Deidara walks into the room.
"Yay, Tobi is happy because the food smells good."
Tobi then proceeds to run into the kitchen. Everyone else walks into the kitchen calmly nodding their heads to me, with the exception of Sasori and Deidara. Sasori instead walks out of the living room to the hallways. Deidara sneers at me and as he walks past me to go into the kitchen, he pushes me roughly into the wall.
Though I want to say something, I just glare at his retreating back into the kitchen. With a huff I walk over to the bookshelf that contains books. My eyes roam across the titles as I let my hand travel across each spine. With a grin, I pull off a random book and head to the couch. Everyone is eating so they won't mind me reading.
The book seems to be a lot different from what I normally read, it is still about adventure. Before I know it I am mentally lost in another world.
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I have updated this chapter, yay. It is even longer than the previous chapter. Hmm…I think I'm going to try to push myself as a challenge to make each chapter longer than the last. This was going to be even long, but decided to leave it here. Anyways, I hope your enjoying.
Once I bring the poll down for my other story. The poll for this one will go up. The question is: Who do you want Ayano to fall in love with? Your choices will be everyone in the akatsuki with the exception of Leader/Pein and Konan. You can answer in the poll or in a comment/review/pm, but you don't have to answer now.
Thank you to everyone who reads this, reviews, adds this to their favorites/alerts. Masashi Kishimoto owns the Akatsuki. I simply own Ayano, any other OCs I create and the plot. Once again thank you and please review. Until next time. ^.^