Initiation Day
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I probably wouldn't be writing fanfics. Needless to say- I do not own Naruto, however Masashi Kishimoto does.
Temari woke up to see Deidara standing over her, she yelped.
"Rise and shine princess, you've got a big day ahead of you un!" Deidara said brightly as he bustled around the room, a laundry basket in one hand, and a tray of food in the other, he gingerly sat the tray down in front of Temari and began to lay out her old clothes. "Now, you make sure and eat, you'll need your strength for your match."
Temari bit into the bacon and watched Deidara dash about her room, "Um. Deidara,"
"Yes?"
"I kinda need to take a shower, can you leave for a minute."
"Of course, and you've finished breakfast, so I'll just take the tray with me un." The Akatsuki said as he grabbed the tray and danced out the door.
Temari rolled out of bed and headed toward the bathroom, she took a five minute shower, slipped on her regular ninja clothes, and strapped her fan to her back. She took a look in the mirror 'Definitely Akatsuki material.'
As she strolled into the dining room, Temari found all the Akatsuki (except Itachi) staring at her, a high five from Kisame, and a thumbs up from Hidan, reassured the shinobi as Deidara began to lead her down a corridor, the others trailing behind.
Temari was led into a courtyard, at the far end was a large screen, she could tell a man sat behind it, but none of his features were discernible. "So, I take it that this, is the new arrival."
"Yes sir." replied Deidara.
"Hmmm, interesting. What is your name?" he snapped at Temari.
"My name is Sabuko no Temari." She stated bluntly.
"Why do you wish to join the Akatsuki."
"Because I have nothing better to do with my time, and I am a missing nin with no intentions of returning to my village."
"Hn. Kisame!" the leader ordered.
"Yes."
"I want you to spar with her."
"Yes sir."
Without any warning Kisame drew his sword and took a wild swing at the former Suna kunoichi, who jumped back and unfolded her fan to the first star. She sent a gust of wind toward her opponent, who casually stepped out of the wind's path unscathed.
"You're gonna have to do better than that if you wanna beat me 'Mari."
"Trust me, I will. Summoning Technique: Quick Beheading Dance!" she cried as Katamari appeared with his scythe, slicing at trees, ripping boards from the Akatsuki dojo, and with every intention of turning Kisame into sushi.
The fish man was caught a little bit off guard and took some damage, but not enough to prevent him from striking back. He took another swing at Temari, tearing at her shoulder before she managed to escape. The kunoichi hopped on her fan and hovered a few feet above Kisame, and then dropped down on the other side of the compound. She sent another violent whirlwind which momentarily trapped the swordsman.
While Kisame was stunned she dashed at him, aiming for his nose and smashed him with her closed fan. However, he recovered quickly and was able to slash at Temari's hip with his sword.
"That is enough!" The leader barked.
The two shinobi stopped in mid-attack, and turned to face the man behind the screen.
"You have exceptional potential, however, your close-range combat will need work. It is my belief that you will make an fine member of this organization, and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Akatsuki. Please step forward to receive your ring."
Temari walked toward the screen, the man extended a single gloved hand and dropped a small object into her palm. The girl examined the ring, it had a single kanji 'sky' engraved on it.
"That ring once belonged to Orochimaru. It is to be worn on your left little finger." the leader explained, "Your partner will be Uchiha Itachi, Kisame- you will now be working with Hidan. That is all, you are dismissed."
Temari slipped the ring on, and followed the rest of the group back inside, where they gathered in the dining hall.
"Way to go!" Kisame congratulated as Deidara began to warp Temari's wounds.
"I'm sorry I stole your teammate Kisame." the girl apologized.
"Don't worry about it. I'd rather work with Hidan anyway, Itachi is your problem now." he stole a glance at the Uchiha, "No offense."
"Hn, I'm going to my room," Itachi said as he got up from the table and headed down the hall.
"Why does he hate me so much?" Temari cried when he was out of earshot.
"Don't worry, he hates everyone, including himself. It'll just take him a while to warm up to you, that's all." Deidara reassured, "Now hold still, how do you expect me to wrap your hip when you're moving un?"
"Sorry."
Silence.
"Hey, could one of you guys tell me where Itachi's room is? I'm going to go and attempt to bond with my new teammate." Temari asked.
"I wouldn't if I were you, but if you've got your heart set on it, Itachi's is the one two doors to the left of yours." Zetsu explained.
"Okay thanks a bunch." the kunoichi said as she stood up and left the room.
Temari stood outside Itachi's room, debating on whether to knock or not. 'C'mon Temari. Just knock already. Chances are he won't kill you.'
Temari gently tapped on the door twice, and waited.
The door slowly opened. "What do you want?" the person on the other side of it asked.
"Well, I came to talk to my new teammate." Temari hissed.
"Fine, come in."
Temari walked into the room and shut the door behind her.
"Listen Itachi, I know you really hate me, and I'm not going to pretend to know why, what I do know is that we need to learn to work together." she began. "I'm not exactly thrilled with this arrangement either, I would much rather work with Deidara or Kisame, but I don't see a thing I can do about it. We have to tolerate one another."
"Hn."
More silence.
"Why do you hate me?" Temari suddenly asked.
The Uchiha was quiet for a moment, calculating an answer, finally, he spoke, "I don't hate you, I was simply waiting to determine if you are a worthy shinobi, before I decided to associate with you or not."
"And am I a worthy shinobi?"
"I'm associating with you aren't I?"
YAY! The 3rd chapter is done. Thanks to my reviewers, 5 was more than I expected, not that more wouldn't be nice Wink wink nudge nudge.
