Title: Chikaku and the Akatsuki : あかつき と 近く と
Rating: T - M
Pairing: -
Chapter: Chikaku.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. It belongs to Kishimoto-sama. I only own Chikaku and her Kekkai Genkai.

Note: Reveiw~ I need to get into writing it. The chapters will be better as the story progresses. I promise ^.^

"If I'm free, it's because I'm always running."

Jimi Hendrix

"You can't keep hiding forever Chi-chan!"

Hiding behind the rock panting as the persuing ninja stopped in the tree's. She held her breath, and calmed down. Just keep calm. She took a deep breath and pushed herself up, starting to run again, her chakra flowing to her feet, as she started to sprint, she could hear the nin-dogs far behind her. Afraid of looking back, she just kept running and running. She wanted to be free, to leave behind her mistake. Leave behind her sister's grave, her friends, well her old friends, her enemies, sensei's the Kazekage. Leave everyone behind. Everything. She just wanted to be free for her past. Start anew. Forget everything she had learned, and learn new things. Find new knowledge, and the only way was to abandone the village. She ran and ran, until she finally reached the bridge, smiling she ran to the cliffside, but stopped, skidding falling over, just to be taken back by the after shock of the paper bombs that had destoryed her only chance of escaping the sand ninja.

"No! Why? Why do you constantly resist on giving up!"

She turned around seeing the dogs as they pinned her to the ground. Biting her arms causing her to scream in pain. Temari, her former sensei, jumped out of the tree, and walked up to her. The red-haired child, stared into the blonde-haired teens eyes. Disappointment, failure, traitor, every bad name a shinobi or a kunoichi could think of, that could describe a person who had abandoned their village. Chikaku could see every one of those words within Temari's eyes. The one that shunned her the most was traitor.

"What gives you the idea? The stupidest idea ever! Chikaku Shinkusuna, you are hearby a traitor to the Hidden Sand, and must be taken prisoner and excuted."

"Not in a million years!" She growled. "I'll never step foot in that village again! Not unless I see it burn!"

Temari dismissed the nin-dogs, as her pupil lifted herself off from the ground and dusted herself off, before getting a punch to the jaw. Temari stood there and blinked, as Chikaku stumbled slightly holding her jaw, and lifted her gaze to the red-haired boy in front of her. Letting out a small tch she spat on the floor and glared at the boy. 'The actual Kazekage has come to wish me a goodbye speech... Che right.' She growled as Temari stepped back, growling, her eyes changed slightly, the first ring appearing, biting her thumb, then forming the hands signs of I, Inu, Tori, Saru and Hitsuji then pressing her hand on the ground she smiled.

"Chikōri kuchiyose no jutsu: Hokkyoku ōkami Kimiko!"

She stood there as a pure white wolf, with a blue star on its forehead appeared infront of her, half her size. As the wolf ran towards the boy, blocking the wolf's attacks with the sand, and encasing himself slowly with sand, she stood there mumbling, her eyes closed, repeating the words three times, Ushi, Tora, I, Inu, Ne and Uma she opened her eyes and stared into the boys after the wolf had cracked the sand shield, she softly blew, her breath brushing over the tips of her fingers, as the air surrounding the boy, encased him in a ice prison. Walking over to him, she smiled, as Temari's eyes widened a little. She was shocked that her pupil had trapped her brother in a genjutsu so easily. She stood infront of him, and mumbled the second part of the handsigns for the genjutsu, those handsigns being, Saru, Ne, Ushi, Tora and I. Placing her hand against the boys head, closing her eyes. Joining him within the genjutsu. She smiled as the prison slowly started to fill with water.

"Why are you abandoning your village Chika...?"

"Why? Heh... 'Cause, I can't handle the looks. I fail one mission, and I get shunned. Others, they fail more than one and are forgiven. I let one person die, I get shunned. They let more than one, and are forgiven... It's not fair!"

"Chika..ku"

She was soon kicked into her summoning, and the wolf soon disappeared. Temari realeased Gaara from the genjutsu, while she laid on the ground, slightly lifting herself up, coughing slightly. She frowned and stood up and looked towards Gaara, then Temari and shook her head, refusing to go, soon, she headed for the cliff and dived off it, into the water. As the brother and sister ran over to the cliffside and looked over the edge, as a few rocks tumbled down the side, as there was a small splash. Chikaku held her breath being dragged with the river, she swam to the surface breaking it, taking a deep breath. Channeling her chakra, she attempted to lift herself out of the water, but couldn't due the fast pace the river was flowing at. She went back under and attempted to swim back up, but coughed and closed her mouth, her neck softly covered by her hand, as she coughed again slowly blacking out.

Waking up, she coughed, slowly lifting herself up before collapsing, hurting all over as she opened her eyes slightly, panting, before turning onto her back and blinking, looking at the three pairs of eyes staring at her. Sitting up she coughed and sighed shivering slightly, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand, standing up as she shook her head, the drips of water sprayed from her hair, wetting the three behind her, as she looked round hearing them groan. Frowning she stared at them as one held out her headband, as she took it and blinked seeing theirs. Stepping back, she lifted her foot out of the water and grumbled shaking her foot sighing, as one of them smirked, she glared at the blonde, as he turned his head away, trying not laugh.

"Deidara."

"Sorry, man..." Frowning she looked away as the blonde looked at her slightly confused. "Ne, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. It's nothing to do with you."

Chika walked away, grumbling as she sighed and bit her thumb, repeating the summoning hand seals and summoned the wolf, petting it softly, she climbed onto the wolf, and coughed, as they watched her disappear following the river. "Anyone know who she was?" Deidara muttered as the dark-haired on shrugged and the short one sighed.

"Chikaku Shinkusuna."

"Sasori, my man... A name means nothing..."

"She is the daughter of a women, who had the Chikori kekkai genkai. I'm surprised she eascaped."

The girl stopped as the wolf disappeared and screamed, feeling something dug into her stomach, coughing, she trembled the blonde, and black-haired boys ran to see what was happening and stopped, standing there she coughed again slightly, her own kunai dug into her attackers shoulder. Both removing the blades and jumping back, she formed two hand seals Ushi Tora, as her hand glowed green, placing it against the wound, healing it holding her kunai in her hand, as she wiped her mouth with the back of her head, taking the blood away.

"Fucking sand shinobi." Mumbling to herself as she stood there and sighed, taking a deep breath. "Tori, Uma, Tatsu, I, Saru. Art of wind and bloodice: Raging storm of crimson snow."

She was soon being surrounded in red snow, as slowly stepped the tornado widening, as it surrounded the attacking sand shinobi, she stepped into the snow fading with it, as Sasori soon caught up with the duo who stood their watching the tornado. She threw six shurikens, as she used her jinton release element, to keep at the same pace as what the tornado was going, the shurikens hitting the men, as she threw another six, and a kunai with a paper bomb, breaking the tornado, she jumped back, flipping on her hands, then onto her feet, standing there lifting her arms infront of her as the note exploded. Coughing she growled and sat there sighing. Chika wasn't getting anywhere, not with the way, Gaara was sending this stupid shinobi and kunoichi after her. Her gaze turned to the guys again as they stood there a little shocked then looked at her.

"What?"

"N-nothing... Just... What are you?"

"A kunoichi... Uhh... I don't know... Really... I guess... Human."

"Very funny."

"You wasn't specific enough."

Soon the blonde walked over and crouched in front of her, as she raised an eyebrow confused a little. Deidara's eyes locked with hers, the purple orbs staring at the blue ones, and it only took a few seconds, before he closed his, the blue orbs disappearing from Chikaku's sight, just as she noticed him smiling, well more like smirking at her because somehow, through those few seconds, the two of them, had like a full blown conversation. Blinking she soon looked away and pouted, causing him to laugh at her, and leading Chikaku soon kicked his knee causing him to fall back and smirked. As the other two stood there utterly confused with what was going on, between Deidara and Chikaku. Taking the headband, she sighed, as he looked at the headband then back at her smirking.

"So. You're from the Hidden Sand eh. Just like Sasori then."

"Sasori... As in... The puppet master Akasuna no Sasori?"

"You know Sasori?"

"Who doesn't... He is the grandson of Lady Chiyo... She taught me the puppet master jutsu, and he taught me some before he disappeared." She smiled, a little, but it was a sad smile. "Plus. I look up to him... I like what he did. You know.. Making puppets, as well as human puppets."

"Well... My friend... Why don't you go talk to him yourself."

He lifted himself off the ground, and dusted of his cloak, that Chikaku had only just noticed he was wearing after talking to him, and blinked, before turning to the other two, seeing the same cloak on them, gulping, she lifted herself off the ground and stretched, walking over to them, covering her mouth as she yawned slightly. She had heard about the symbol on their cloaks but never really payed attention to what was being said, which is now pretty annoying, since she couldn't even remember the name of the group the symbol was for. Itachi looked at the girl as she stood there thinking, her arms folded across her chest, as their gazes turned to the blonde and he rose his hands in defence and pointed at Sasori. Itachi sighed and looked at them.

"Oh... Now I remember. I should've listened more." Chika sighed and then smiled. "You guys are part of the Akatsuki..." Her arms dropped as she raised one of them, pointing towards the black-haired shinobi in front of her. "You're, Uchiha Itachi and you two are Deidara and Sasori." She pointed at the other two as she said their names, while they stood there slightly shocked that she didn't notice straight away who they were. "I'm sorry. I... Was on the run so I didn't get to introduce myself, plus, Gaara is really annoying me." She took a deep breath and giggled a little, a nervous giggle. "I-i'm... Chikaku Shinkusuna... My clan has the kekkai genkai of chikori... Uhh... Why am I even saying this... It was nice.. Uh... To meet you I guess." She turned around and sighed walking away she waved as they stood there

Deidara would've chased after her and stopped her as she looked at him confused a little, he smiled and took her forehead protector, taking out a Kunai, and scratching across her village symbol and smiled. "Now you don't have to keep running man. It's gets boring. Trust me." He held out the headband, as she took it and smiled tying it to her leg, and smiled. "Plus. Your Kekkai Genkai, will come in handy for what Pein wants to do." He started to walk back, as she followed him slowly behind.

While they walked to the others, and back to the lake, two sand shinobi made their way back to the village to inform Gaara that she had joined with the Akatsuki, and completely abandoned the village now. Plus with her medical ninjutsu, her skills from being with the Sand Village's Anbu, her puppet master jutsu and her bloodline, this made her a great threat to the village, and others. So Gaara had told Temari and Kankuro to inform other villages of the current situation, other villages that they got along well with.

Though the three of them, and Chikaku slowly following behind would head back to the randevous point, where they would soon spilt into seperate groups and Chika would be placed into a group, even though the Akatsuki usually worked in pairs, Pein was going to have to make an exception, and really, both Sasori and Itachi had agreed on what Deidara mentioned, - before he went of chasing the girl - about how Chikaku would become really handy for catching the tailed beasts, that Pein needed.