Chapter 4
Multiple Personality Disorder
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"You guys are up late." Pein remarked as Team seven slipped into the kitchen for breakfast. Everyone else was sitting around the large table and eating or talking or something.
"We would have been here earlier but Naruto wanted to tell us all about some weird dream he had." Sakura scowled.
"It as awesome!" Naruto squealed. "I was like kick-ass king of the world and the Ramenites were my council of advisors and we'd made ramen the traditional food. And then I ordered a lake of ramen be made and then I ate it all along with Kyuubi."
"Hail Ramen." Tobi said over the din.
"Hail ramen." Naruto returned.
Naruto skittered over to Tobi as Sakura took a seat next to the red head Sasori who eyed her with a smirk. Sasuke sat beside Itachi hissing at him like an angry cat. Itachi gave him a deadpanned look.
"Did you explore the whole building yesterday?" Pein asked idly as if he really didn't care one little bit but asked because he was bored.
"Yes." Sakura answered seeing as Tobi and Naruto were hunched over a vat of ramen while Sasuke was still hissing at his brother. "I quite enjoyed the hot springs."
"Yes," Sasori said in bored amusement. "I did too."
"Something happened in the springs?" Pein blinked, actually taking note.
A few others were listening in, having nothing better to do.
"Sakura-san here is missing something you would call modesty." Sasori smirked.
Pein blinked.
"Modesty?"
"Tsunade, the Sannin and her teacher," Kisame interrupted, "'Desensitized' her to the naked body and sex. Also took away her modesty. She didn't see what was wrong when she stripped in front of use and swam in the hot springs with us naked."
"I'll be joining you next time, un." Deidara piped up eyeing Sakura.
Sakura just blinked at all of them in momentary confusion.
"Well," Pein coughed to gain attention, "You'd best get back to training today."
"Sure." Sakura shrugged. "Kisame mentioned something about you guys training us."
"Yes." Pein nodded. "Itachi will take over Sasuke's training, but I was unsure who would best suit you and Naruto."
"Well I have no idea about Naruto but for the past few years all I've really focused on is my medical knowledge and skills. I have average taijutsu and am better at defence then offence. Other then that my list of ninjutsu is almost nil. I do know some Genjutsu though."
"I'm better with Ninjutsu." Naruto said plopping down along with Tobi, holding a huge bowl of ramen. "But I also work on seals in my spare time. My taijutsu is average in strength and whatnot but I don't have a set style. I don't use any weapons well either. And I'm not a strategist. I use brute strength to win my fights. And I'm absolutely horrible in Genjutsu and chakra control."
"What is your elemental alignment?" Pein asked.
"I'm earth." Sakura answered.
"Wind." Naruto said around his noodles.
"Lightening." Sasuke hissed, eyes never leaving his brother who was smirking just slightly. .
"Well then, I'll send Sakura with Sasori."
Sasori's smirk grew and Sakura gave a bare nod. Naruto eyed the red head and muttered 'pervert' under his breath.
"And Naruto, well…Hmm."
Pein pondered it for along moment. He was trying to decide who could best teach Naruto and who wouldn't kill him out of annoyance and impatience.
"I'll train you myself."
"Really?" Naruto perked up. "Take that Sasuke! I get Akatsuki's leader as my sensei! Nah!"
He made a face at the hissing boy.
"While I am the leader it does not mean I am the strongest." Pein said easily. "I am the most organized and took the role because I was best suited. And because I sorta made this whole organization. Itachi could give me a run for my money in a fight though."
"Aww." Naruto pouted.
"Ignore him." Konan said. "He is being modest. Out of everyone here only Itachi could actually give him a challenge."
As no one refuted it they took her word for it.
"So when can we start?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"After breakfast." Pein said.
"Konan?" Sakura called.
"Yes?" Konan asked.
"Do you know anywhere I can buy some clothes? When someone abducted me they didn't give me time to grab my stuff." Sakura glared at Kisame.
"Following orders." He defended, hands raised in surrender.
"Ah, yes, I had forgotten." Pein sighed. "Do you need to get anything Naruto, Sasuke?"
"I carry a scroll on me with all my stuff all the time." Naruto said between mouthfuls of ramen. "We move a lot and Jiraya gets impatient so I just carry everything."
"Same." Sasuke said. "Fangirls would steal it and I switched rooms every second night to throw them off."
Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Well I have to work at the hospital everyday and scrolls get in the way. I only had my wallet because Ino had tried to borrow some money off of me earlier and I wouldn't have put it past her to snitch my wallet when I wasn't looking."
"I'll take you to a store I know that is good." Konan said.
"Thank you."
"I have an objection."
Everyone blinked and glanced up at Zetsu.
"Yes Zetsu?" Pein asked.
"I understand why we captured Uchiha and Uzumaki. They both have much potential and would be useful to this organization. But I do not think we should have gotten the girl. Other than some medical skills and her teacher, she is a no name weak ninja."
Naruto froze. Sasuke froze. Sasuke then bolted under Itachi's confused gaze, running out of the kitchen at ninja speed. Naruto hugged his ramen protectively and grabbed Tobi, dragging him to the far end of the room as if shielding him.
"Good luck!"
"What?" Pein asked in confusion at their actions.
And then a wave of killer intent slammed down on them all. Even Pein and Itachi buckled slightly under the pressure. The light in the room seemed to dim and the shadows on the wall flicker from the blaze of flames. Sakura, who's head was now bowed, stood slowly, swaying as if off balance.
"What did you call me?" She asked softly.
"A weak no name ninja." Zetsu answered with a vindictive smirk obviously just out of range of the heavy aura.
Sakura looked up and even Pein drew back at her expression of utter hatred. Her eyes were flashing dangerously and her lips were pulled back in a parody of a grin that showed far too many teeth. It was one of the most terrifying things Pein had ever seen.
"That's what I thought plant boy."
Before they could blink she had wrapped her hand round his throat and slammed him into the wall hard enough to send cracks webbing out behind him. Zetsu made a strangled sound as he gripped her wrist, frantically trying to get her off.
"If you ever call me weak again." Sakura said lowly in a dangerous whisper. "I will rip your balls of and shove them down your throat. Then I will gouge your eyes out and cut your tongue off. Next I'll surgically removed a kidney and your appendix while I have you frozen but not sedated. Then I'll hang you up and cut you enough to make your bleed. I'll let you slowly bleed to death until you're on the cusp of death. Then I will rip your spine out and strangle you with it. Do you understand?"
The words were practically purred out, each wrapping skilfully around the listeners in the room, full of promises of pain and death. Pein shuddered and couldn't stop the soft trembling in his hands. The others seemed to be just as affected. Except Sasori. He was staring at her with what Pein would almost call an adoring expression. Zetsu made an odd sound in the back of his throat that could have been a whimper or a last attempt at breathing.
"Do. You. Understand?" Sakura hissed.
He made a whimpering noise and she dropped him. She spun and faced the table again. Everyone drew back slightly at her snarl, flames seemingly dancing about her and death in her darkened jade eyes. Pein could almost swear there was a much larger darker shadow behind her, cackling with glee. Near everyone cringed away from the petite medic ninja.
"Anyone else have a problem with me?"
They all shook their heads, some even as if they were afraid, quick and vicious.
"Good."
And like that she took a one eighty. The flames vanished, the shadows shrunk, the lights turned back up to full, and the air about her was light and airy.
"Oh, I'm sorry for interrupting breakfast." She smiled, softly, in a polite way.
She gave a polite bow and offered Konan and Sasori a smile that was filled with expectation.
"Can we go to this shop Konan said before I start my training?"
The two gave slight nods.
"Thank you." She smiled and turned, stepping out of the room gracefully.
"What," Pein started, "Was that?"
"Sakura's got multi-personality disorder." Naruto said as he and Tobi returned to the table, unshaken as they had been out of the blast range.
"Her medical report says nothing of that." Pein frowned.
"You got those too? Man you're good." Naruto grinned. "But no, it wouldn't be there because she's never had to have a psych examination. You get them after B-rank or higher missions and she's never been on one besides our first C-rank turned A-rank but then she was a bit better then. Besides that, she's the Hokage's apprentice, no one's going to gossip about it."
Zetsu made a strangled noise from where he sat slumped against the wall.
"You okay Zetsu?" Tobi asked concerned.
"I think I'm in love." His darker side whispered.
"What a wonderful woman." His lighter side sighed wistfully.
"We must have her."
Everyone twitched.
"Wow, that's creepy." Naruto noted. "At least Sakura keeps all conversations with her second personality inside her head."
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"Wow, they do have good clothes." Sakura smiled as she twirled in an outfit she tried on.
"We sell bad-ass clothes for all bad-ass ninja." The girl at the counter grinned. "Why not look bad-ass as you kick ass and take over the world, demanding everyone's respect?"
That was creepy. She'd heard Naruto say almost the exactly same thing about his jumpsuit.
"You'll also be given a cloak." Konan said. "They're very nice cloaks actually. Though they look restricting it's actually quite easy to fight in them. They also help conceal weapons and are warm but cool in warm areas. And they're water proof to a degree."
"Do I get one of the cool hats too?" Sakura asked.
"Yes."
"Cool."
Sakura returned to the change room and changed into her favourite outfit so far: A skin tight red tank top, spandex black shorts and a medic skirt over the shorts. She also wore her heels and a medic lab coat from before.
When she was dressed she walked out with the outfits she'd chosen and paid the girl before sealing them in a scroll and heading back to base with Konan.
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End of Chapter 4