4- Discoveries

So here's chapter four…these are kind of slow in coming because I'm having to literally take a role play style story and write in extra details and make the story less of a dialogue and more of a story. It's headache inducing, but I'm determined to do it.

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Sasuke sighed as he sat on the roof of Nakira's house, staring at the stars. There was too much going on. It was bad enough they were in a strange place like this, but having to deal with Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi all the time was just too much. On the bright side, Miki was there. At least he could handle being around her—he even enjoyed her company.

"You shouldn't stay up here too long." Miki said lightly, joining him. He looked at her and then back at the stars.

"The stars are the same here."

"I noticed. Are you okay?" He nodded a little.

"I'm fine…just frustrated. There's only so much of those three I can take at a time." He shivered a little with cold.

"I can understand that." She put a hesitant hand on his shoulder. "But it's getting cold. We need to go inside."

"How do you do it?" He asked. "I mean…how do you act like it doesn't bother you?" He looked at her to read her expression.

"Years of practice." She muttered, looking pissed. He blinked in surprise. "I lied when I said I escaped from the Akatsuki…when I was captured…they kept me alive…but only because stupid, stupid Itachi seemed to want to keep me around as a pet." She said almost inaudibly. He had to strain to hear the words. "The only reason I got out was because the leader decided to send me to Konoha…"

"A pet?" He hissed angrily when her words sunk in. She nodded.

"Yea…Naruto's got nothing on the guys in Akatsuki with the annoyance factor…" He frowned.

"Wait a second…you mean…all this time, you were…"

"Stuck in a series of caves and tunnels with seven of the most annoying people in the world. Too many eyes on me to be able to get out and run…and too many annoyances to fight my way out…" He paused, lost for a response. She sighed heavily and grabbed his hand. "Enough of that." She stood, yanking him up with her.

He stumbled with the abrupt movement, toppling back to the roof with a heavy thud and a painful crack as his head hit the layered shingles. Miki fell along with him, landing on top of him. They were both too surprised to do or say anything for a long minute. He blushed a little, his face inches from hers.

"Miki…? Are you…okay?" She nodded slightly, her face almost as red hair.

"I'm fine." Her voice was breathless. He shifted a little, wincing as the roofing scraped his palm. Miki jumped into action immediately, getting off of him and looking at his hand. There was a nasty looking, bloody scrape on his palm. She paused a second before pulling his hand to her face and licking at the wound.

"What are you doing…?" He asked in surprise. She stopped licking and backed away.

"Sorry…"

"Don't be…but…" He paused.

"It's a weird thing…some Jinchuriki that bond with their beast pick up some habits of the animal the beast is…"

"What?" What was she talking about?

"You mean…you didn't know…? I'm a Jinchuriki…just like Naruto." He frowned.

"Jinchuriki?" She stared at him in disbelief.

"You mean…you don't even know what a Jinchuriki is…? I can't believe this…I thought that the Jinchuriki and Bijuu were common knowledge…"

"What are you talking about?" She sighed and gave him a short explanation about the nine Bijuu and the Jinchuriki. It had him in shock.

"I've never heard any of this…" He said when she finished, putting his head in his hands. "I had no idea…" Miki didn't say anything for a long beat.

"Does that…change how you think of me…?" He shook his head a little.

"No…but I understand now…why you get so distant sometimes."

"How's your hand…?" She asked, obviously trying to change the subject. He blinked and looked at his hand. His palm was completely healed. In fact, there wasn't even any blood left on his hand to even hint that he'd been cut.

"It's…fine…" He stared at his palm in disbelief. "Did you…when you…?" How was it possible? She nodded and stood again, this time reaching a hand out to pull him up rather than yanking him up with her. He was very grateful for that.

"It's late, and getting really chilly. We should get inside and warm."

"Okay…" He paused. "Miki…are you okay?"

"I'm fine…" She answered, though it was obvious that she was lying.

"You still suck at lying." It was a wonder he'd believed her before. She clenched her teeth, setting her mouth in a deep frown.

"Let's just get inside." She jumped off the roof and went inside. He paused, smirking, and went after her.

XX

The next morning dawned bright and sunny, sunlight streaming through the thin curtains in the guest bedroom to wake the sleeping forms scattered on the floor. Sasuke and Miki both woke abruptly, reaching for their weaponry while they slowly processed where they were. Sakura woke, blinking sleep from her eyes.

"What are you two getting so jumpy about…?" Kakashi woke as well, rubbing his eye and yawning.

"Something happen…?" Miki almost made a sarcastic remark about how lazy and stupid they were for not being on guard at all times on a mission, when she remembered where they were. She dropped her bag heavily on top of Naruto.

"Wake up, dumbass." Naruto grunted as the bag landed on his stomach. He pulled it off and grimaced as he sat up.

"What was that for…?" She smirked.

"For being annoying." She left the room and headed for the door. She pulled her boots on before stomping outside. She hadn't bothered with getting new clothes the day before, simply because Nakira hadn't forced her to. Her clothes were all 'street worthy' as Nakira had put it. Not that she would have gotten new clothes anyways. She liked her clothes just fine, thank you very much.

And she wasn't the sort to change just because she didn't fit in in a place. She decided it best to explore her new surroundings properly. She heard Sasuke follow her and waited at the road for him.

XX

Sara laughed a little as she leaned on the wall just outside the kitchen as the others emerged into the living room. Naruto was blinking at the closed front door where his cousin and Sasuke had disappeared.

"They don't like staying in one place very long, do they?" She asked jokingly when the three were all in the room.

"Where's Nakira?" Kakashi asked, clearly surprised by her being alone. She shrugged.

"She's not in her room, so she's probably at Byakuya's. She almost always stays the night with him when she has a meeting."

"Okay…" She sighed.

"Okay, here are a few ground rules. I don't have school today, but I have work. If you leave the house, lock the door and plan on staying out until late this evening. I have a fourteen hour shift and Nakira will probably be out until late working. If you make a mess while here, clean it. And also, there is to be absolutely no ninjutsu." She messed with the clip holding her bangs up absently.

"You look familiar…" Kakashi said slowly. She sighed.

"Have you met the Mizukage before, Kakashi? Or at least seen pictures of her?" He nodded slightly, clearly confused by the questions. "I take after my mother in some areas." She said flatly. "You may find this surprising, but my mother is the Mizukage, and my father is the god of storms, Susano'o. Nakira's heritage is more notable though."

She paused, looking at their expressions. They were all surprised by her statements enough that it would probably send them into complete shock when she finished what she was saying. "Her mother and father are the Greek god and goddess of the Underworld, Hades and Persephone." True enough, they were completely in shock with that.

"I don't usually leave this early, but I'm covering a shift so someone can leave early." She started for the door. "Remember what I said." She put her shoes on and left without another word.

XX

Sara was perfectly content with the world as she sat in the café where she worked. She'd gotten out of her classes early and she was with Itachi. It made her a little nervous, having him in Karakura like this, but she didn't think that Renji would come into the bookstore or even be gone from Soul Society. He hadn't gone to classes that day, so she figured he was busy with paperwork or something.

Itachi smiled a little at her and she blushed. If she worried about Renji catching them together, he definitely would catch them.

"How are things in the Akatsuki?"

"Could be worse." He said with a shrug. "We got word that the team Miki was assigned to disappeared while on a mission." It had been only four days since they'd showed up and the Akatsuki had already gotten word that they were missing? What an information network. Wait a second. Miki?

She almost choked on the bite of pretzel she'd just put in her mouth. "Sara? Are you okay?" She nodded, getting it down safely.

"I'm fine…Miki, you said?" She paused. "Spikey red hair, bad attitude?"

"Yes…why?"

"Because I know where she disappeared to…sort of. She's not at the house in long enough intervals to really say where she is exactly." He blinked in surprise.

"They showed up…here?" She nodded.

"Yep." The doors opened to the bookstore and Sara blinked in surprise at the pair she saw coming in. The building was rather empty because of the fact that it was a school day and most people were doing other things.

"Not at all. Hidan's always like that. He's a great punching bag, because he just keeps coming back for more, masochistic bastard." Miki laughed slightly as she and Sasuke came in.

"…Does he not get injured or anything?"

"He does. But he's got some weird Kekkei Genkai that makes him pretty much immortal. Once, Deidara blew him to pieces and he just kept complaining that it hurt and how long it would take for Kakuzu to put him back together." Itachi blinked in shock, spotting them as well.

"No comment." Sasuke shook his head and blinked in surprised. He'd spotted them.

"What's up…?" Miki followed his look and frowned, narrowing her eyes. "What's he doing here?"

"Sara…I think we should leave." Itachi muttered, starting to stand. She nodded a little and started getting her leftovers together. Sasuke started towards the café, clearly pissed.

"Shit." Miki grabbed Sasuke's hand and dragged him further into the store.

"Hm…Yes, I think you're right." She got up and grabbed her food. She and Itachi then left the bookstore.

XX

"Sasuke. You have to think about stuff before you just charge in." Miki sighed. She'd dragged Sasuke to a semi-secluded row of books with a sign over them reading romance. She ignored that and watched Sasuke.

"What's there to think about?" He snapped. She frowned, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"This is a public place. If you just charge at someone without warning, bad things could happen. I'm not saying that you shouldn't want to kill him after everything he's done, but there's a time and a place for everything." He blinked in surprise. "Please, don't do anything stupid." She sighed.

Then she spotted something on the shelf behind Sasuke. Was that…one of those 'Icha-Icha' books? "What the hell…?" She grabbed the book and stared at the cover. It definitely was one of them. 'Icha-Icha Paradise'. Sasuke frowned, looking at the book as well.

"What on earth?"

"What kind of idiot would want to actually write this…?" She opened the book and flipped through it. She frowned deeply. One page she happened to stop on was a very detailed sex scene. "No wonder Kakashi's so into these…" Sasuke looked at the page and his nose started to bleed.

Really? That was so cliché. She sighed and put the book down. "Oy." She pulled a handkerchief out of a pocket and started wiping his face with it. She shook her head a little. "You okay?" He nodded.

"Yea…"

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I can't help but worry that my point of views aren't very accurate sometimes…please let me know my faithful readers!