Mood: Numb
Listening to: my fans running all three of them
Watching: You
Weather: It's dark outside so I don't know even though I could check weatherbug
Eating: Nothing
Drinking: Just had some NyQuil
New Favorite Quote: "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." ~Marcel Proust
Speaking: (zum bespiel: in a totally fake British accent) Cockney accent
Jinxed: 'Ello, Gov'na (sorry if that is wrong or if it offends anyone)
Jinxed: Okay now that I've gotten that out of my system. This one you learn about what happens to Mack and a little about the mysterious Director of the Shop before we switch over to meeting the Akatsuki. I've also have realized that if I were to ever fall into the Naruto world with my characters that I would be forced to run for my life. Konoha (a good portion of the stronger characters), Pein, Hidan, Itachi, Kakuzu, and Zetsu would want to kill me. Not to mention both Alex, and Sophronia.
Sophronia: I don't believe in violence.
Jinxed: -points out- But you wouldn't stop the others from slaughtering me.
Soph: Of course. I'd be the one telling them what to do and enjoying some 'carbonated beverage' and popcorn while you are being flayed alive.
Jinxed: -dejected- Well, at least I know how I will die. And so far Kisame has had one no, and Itachi has had a definite two no for some reason.
Soph: If you hadn't voted please vote. I'm getting tired of jinxed muttering in her sleep: Kisame, Itachi, Kakuzu over and over again. I need sleep too.
Jinxed: Hey don't make me make it Hidan….that would be really weird. You two would really be water and fire. Although who would be the fire and who would be the water is a mystery to me. -laughs insanely-
Soph:…. please save me from this person
Shoutouts-
Fraz hopper: Okay one Kisame. Yes, the only difference is she doesn't need to use a book although she can and people don't need to disappear when she does use the book. Although her pen on the other hand….that thing needs a soul to work.
Invader Kyuubi: ½ Kisame and ½ Kakuzu. Yep, although I'm pretty sure Alex would be okay with her friend dating him she just wouldn't know how to…wrap her mind around it at first. I think she would go into shock.
XSweetXSourXSoulX: Yep, they get to the base and we have some violence, some sadness, and some crack humour in this chapter.
FaolinHayahi: I'm glad you loved them both. I love glomps and it made my day when you did that. Here's the next chapter but if I don't update this one I'm most likely working on my Deidara story.
Xxyangxx2006: -watched the game show intensely- -clicks off television- well, that was morbidly unhelpful. And now we have 1 Itachi but since all the guys said maybe we can possibly count them as a half each….
…..which puts the total at so far for those who haven't voted and still want to in the reviews.
Kisame=2½ Itachi=1 Kakuzu= 1½ Tobi=1
Don't ask how Tobi got in there but my friends said him for some odd reason. Maybe it is because he's the only one that I haven't made sexual innuendos about or said that I liked. -Sigh- For those who didn't vote please do. I think I'm going to cancel the voting after the 6 or 7th chapter.
RE&R
Chapter 4: Mack, and the Akatsuki
-The Shop-
Mack was strapped to a slab of metal. It would move to make it easier for them to talk to him or for them to torture him at a touch of a button. He had been on the slab for a couple of hours since the discovered Alex and Sophronia had left. There wasn't much he could do about being tortured but he was prepared to die knowing that they had escaped.
"Where did they go?" the Director asked.
Mack hissed from the pain in his body. "I don't know and even if I did I wouldn't tell you Mr. Andrea."
"I don't know how you know my name nor do I care," the Director stated, knowing Mack would answer.
"Just your last," Mack said, spitting up blood. "Not many people have your creepy peepers."
The man chuckled and waved his hand for a boy around the age of Sophronia and Alex to come over, "This is Tyrone. He's a Bender but he doesn't care about asking your permission and entering lightly into your mind. He forces his way and it is quiet painful I hear."
"I told you I don't know," Mack's voice wavered and cracked.
"I know and I believe you absolutely," the Director said. "But my grandson wants to play and he only gets to go all out on disobedient people. By the time that he is done with you, you'll be nothing more than an empty and useless bookshelf. What a pity my granddaughters are failures in their usefulness."
-The Woods-
"When will we be there?" Sophronia huffed.
She loved walking through the forest when she was little but she hadn't been in this type of terrain in over fourteen years, not to mention it was almost pitch black out even with the moon out. A break would have been nice if Alex was willing to give them one. Every time she asked, Alex gave the excuse that Konoha ninjas or other threats might show up.
"Maybe we should have destroyed those trees again. They might go there and if they see that…" Sophronia stated. "Well, they'll know you are here and they could wreck havoc to this world as well."
"I know, Soph," Alex sighed heavily in slight annoyance. "But I'm not going back there until I have someone to back me up. Preferably those who are my teammates."
Sophronia would have sighed in return but she was already breathing heavily, "Are we there yet?"
"Yes," Alex said. "That cave there."
She pointed and Soph followed her finger to the cave. It allowed the teen to find her second wind and she ran with Alex to the cave entrance. Sophronia knew what to expect, Alex had told her how they needed to get in, and she waited for her to get so they could enter.
"First things, first," Alex said. "We're going to surprise Tobi-kun. He's probably bawling his eyes out still from my sudden disappearance."
"What about Zetsu?" Soph hummed after the rock closed.
"He's second and Pein is last," Alex answered and Sophronia nodded her head in agreement.
They took off and Soph made sure to keep close to Alex's heels through all of the twists and turns that the cave had. When they finally reached a black wooden door and leaned against the door and listened to see if she heard anyone.
"Wait by the door," Alex hummed to Soph and the other nodded in her consent.
Alex slammed the door open and jumped on the bed. "Tobi-kun, AJ-chan missed you. Why didn't you send AJ-chan letters?"
An masked face sat up in the bed. "Tobi's tired AJ-chan. Let Tobi go back to sleep."
Sophronia couldn't hold it in, laughter bubbled up out of her and spilled into the room with a soft tinkling sound. It felt foreign to her to laugh as something that was truly funny and from not being just cynical.
That got Tobi's attention completely and finished waking him up. "AJ-CHAN IS BACK. WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY GOODBYE TO TOBI?" He sound more dejected with the last thing he added, "Tobi wasn't a good boy. Is that why AJ-chan left him?"
"She didn't leave by choice, Tobi-kun," Sophronia hummed, leaning on the frame of the door. "May I enter or are we waiting for Alex to introduce me?"
Tobi stared at her and then back at Alex, "AJ-chan was forced to leave Tobi-kun and Zetsu."
"Yeah," Alex said looking down. "How is he?"
"Sad but he won't admit it even when Tobi asks," Tobi said. "Who is she?"
Alex smiled, "She's Sophronia but I call her Soph or Silvertongue. She might be a new Akatsuki member if Pein will have her and she's probably tired at the moment. Can she sleeping in here."
"Of course I can sleep in here, Alex," Sophronia said. "I'm quiet capable of sleeping anywhere at anytime, preferably not at night. Now, if I had permission to sleep in here is a different matter."
Alex sighed, "May," she shot Soph a look, "Soph sleeping in here for the night? We'll surprise Pein tomorrow."
"Yes, Soph…" he stared at the said girl, and she chuckled, "Soph is just fine, you do not need to add anything to the end of my name, Tobi-kun."
"Soph, may sleep in Tobi's room," he finished.
She entered and nodded at Alex who passed her. Sophronia knew where Alex was heading off to and hopefully Tobi did too. "Where am I going to sleep?"
"Tobi's bed. Tobi likes to cuddle," She chuckled in mirth and took the clothes he offered her to change into.
-Alex-
Alex stood in front of Zetsu's door and took a deep breath in. She was nervous. How would he react to her physical state? She had forgotten to ask if Zetsu was here but she didn't want to risk heading all the way back to Tobi's room to ask. She let the air out of her lungs silently and opened the door. Either way, she'd crawl into the bed and curl up under the covers.
She walked over to the bed silently and smiled. He was there and sleeping soundly. She crawled in at the foot of the bed and moved up to his side. Alex placed a kiss on his lips and laid down, closing her eyes.
Her touch had woken him. It was something he had dreamed of almost every night the first year of her disappearance and he was almost afraid that they were coming back to haunt him. He cracked his eyes open fearfully, believing fully that he wouldn't see her. Instead his gaze fell on to Alex's form. The instant she had curled up beside him and laid her head down she had fallen asleep.
He wrapped his arms around her and continued to watch her. She snuggled in deeper to his chest and every moment that past had him fearing waking up. If he went back to sleep, Alex would be gone and nothing more than a memory.
Zetsu woke up the following morning and he looked down knowing what he would see. Alex wasn't there. She had left just as he had thought she would. He got up muttering about the dreams that were nightmares to him.
The shower shut off and his head turned to the door. He hadn't notice that the water was running until it had stopped. -déjà vu anyone- Zetsu grabbed a kunai and headed for the bathroom prepared to attack whoever came out.
The door open and a dressed Alex walked out. She stared at Zetsu with his kunai and back at his face before replying, straight face, "I knew you would be upset about me disappearing like that but I didn't realize it would be to the point that you'd be willing to attack me Zetsu-kun."
"Alex?"
"Yes, that is my name," she joked walking up to him. "And I've missed you Zetsu."
Her arms wrapped around his waist and she buried her face into his chest. She looked up at him and smile, tears rolling down her face. She was home and she wouldn't leave a second time, not without a fight.
"You are really here? You are not going to disappear if I close my eyes?" he asked.
"No," she said. "And I'm going to need your help with something."
-Sophronia-
Soph stretched and let out a loud yawn before rolling out of bed. It felt like she was still sleeping in a moving car. Standing up, she stretched, clasping her hands behind her head and bending her knees slightly as she curved her back towards the wall.
"Soph stretches funny," Tobi commented.
She smiled and stretched again more normally and yawned at the same time. "But it feels good. Tobi, may I use your shower?"
He nodded and Sophronia grabbed some clothes before ducking into the bathroom to wash up. She was switching with Tobi when the knock came on the door. Tobi quickly bounced over and answered it to see both Zetsu and Alex.
"Morning Alex," Soph combing through her hair. Her dark green eyes turned to Zetsu. "And this must be the famous Zetsu that Alex has always spoke so animatedly about. I'd shake your hand and properly greet you but my hands are wet."
Alex rolled her eyes and entered the room, Zetsu following suit. "We're trying to figure out how to explain you to Pein."
"Be blunt about it," the other replied. "It's annoying when people beat around the bush to just say something that is not as bad as you think it is."
"Yeah, Pein wouldn't like the fact that I brought and outsider here," Alex answered. "Have you looked through the back pack Mack left you? He left some nifty and useful things in there."
"No," Soph replied. "I'll go check while you two discuss how you're going to drop the bomb on Pein."
"We were hoping you might have an idea," Zetsu stated.
She glanced at Alex, a sad look on her face. Sophronia didn't want to use her powers to make Pein let her stay even if it could work. But there was another way to show her usefulness. Every Silvertongue had an extra ability to go with their word power and it always played well with their ability. Her father had control over paper and she had control over ink. But she would need to have ink to be able to show him. Then again how useful could ink based ability be.
Sophronia squealed in delight and pulled to cartons of cigarettes out. "I love you Mack. When I found out where you are buried, I'll speak eternal roses onto your grave even if it fifty below out."
"They won't bury him and you know it Soph," Alex murmured sadly.
"Then I could do it here," she replied. "We'll bury the license plates or one of them and we'll call that his grave, sense we can't bury his real body. And we shall kill to birds with one stone. Pein can see me use my powers."
Alex looked at Soph. "The problem with that is he'll want you to use them for the Akatsuki against your wishes."
"I know," Soph murmured. "Most people do want to use my powers selfishly. They don't think about me. I'm starting to get use to it and the abuse that follows when I refuse."
"What can Soph do?" Tobi asked coming out of the bathroom.
She smiled wanly at him. "Something that can be considered benign and malicious depending if it is used and how."
"Off that subject," Alex started. "How about Tobi takes you outside to start burying Mack and I'll go tell Pein we have a guest or something of the like. You figure out the words you want to use. Tobi help her bury the plates and be silent so she can think."
"Tobi is a good boy," Tobi said and grabbed Soph's hand to drag her outside, her bag and the plates firmly in her arms.
Alex looked at Zetsu and said, "Come on. We better go get Pein now. Tobi will have that grave dug in seconds."
-Outside-
Tobi did dig the grave in a manner of seconds. Sophronia chuckled at his enthusiasm to please Alex and her. It wasn't often that she experience others wanting to please her. She lit a cigarette and sat on the ground thinking while Tobi made a cross to put at the top of the grave.
True to his word, he stayed silent and let her think. The others had slowly came out since Pein wanted them all to see the smoking teenagers abilities. Alex walked up and sat down beside her, staying silent even though she wanted to talk to her to see if she knew what she was going to say.
Soph looked at her and smiled, telling her she was ready and that she wanted to finish her smoke before doing what she was planning. She finished and ground it out on the soul of her shoes before taking a deep breath.
"The sunny skies darkened to Alex's and Sophronia's moods and the sky rumbled letting everyone know of the injustice brought on to them." She took a deep shuddering breath. "The sky let loose the rain while Sophronia focused her eyes on the makeshift cross that Tobi had placed as a grave marker."
Alex shook her head when Pein went to speak. Sophronia didn't like to interrupted otherwise she would not finished. "Alex and Sophronia's eyes turned to the cross, fixated on to the wooden object as the thorny vines grew out of the grain and ground, winding its way around the cross. Once finished the buds of yellow roses started to appear." Soph took in another shuddering breath, a tear falling from her eye that the rain cleverly masked. "They bloomed and set, to stay alive and in their greatest glory for all of eternity."
Soph looked up at the sky and let the rain splash her face before she finished, "The slowed to a light drizzle before stopping and the clouds broke to show the still bright sun that they had hidden only moments before."
She sat silently on the ground staring at her lap, refusing to move or to look up at anyone. Alex reached out and placed a hand on Soph's shoulder and smiled lightly at her when she looked at Alex. Alex's powers may be the most destructive but Sophronia's ability could be the most dangerous if she wished it.
Alex glanced back at Pein. Soph was accepted but she'd still have to pass the test, probably. Pein would want to see what was the full extent of her abilities. She'd have to talk to him about Soph's desires and hopefully he'd see it Sophronia's away. If Alex needed to, she'd get Konan to help.
Words of the Update-
Acrimonious means: resentful and angry: full of or displaying anger and resentment Synonyms: spiteful, rancorous, discordant, hostile, unfriendly, harsh
Begets means: 1. cause: to be the cause of something 2. father: to be the father of a child (archaic) Synonym: cause, bring about, precipitate, create, bring, produce, result in, lead to
Lascivious means: 1. lewd: showing a desire for, or unseemly interest in, sex 2. erotic: provoking lust Synonyms: bodily, corporeal, physical, corporal, human, material, somatic, carnal, bodily, erotic, animal, voluptuous, sensual, sensuous, wanton, worldly, secular, material, human, mundane, earthly, unwholesome, unhealthy, immodest, indecent, salacious, voyeuristic, lustful, libidinous (formal)
Jinxed: O.o I sure do pick some weird words to do, don't I? And that was rhetorical for those who desired to answer.
A/N: Holy shit, I did not see that coming. Holy shit. You guys can't know what I'm holy shitting about. But if you paid attention to some little details from the first one you realize the big holy shit that I just realized. I didn't realize that was going to happen. And now all of my readers are afraid because their authoress doesn't know what is going to happen next. I sort of do but I don't know about the twists that end up flowing from my hands on to the page. We later find out another twist. That I just came up with but maybe I won't add but it could be interesting. Although I'll be nice and give you a hint. Alex's family is more twisted than we could possibly ever imagine.
Jinxed: For those who didn't vote please do and for those who did you can change it sense I was convinced to add Tobi. -looks at the score board to remind everyone what the totals are so far- -reads-
Kakuzu: greedy bastard Itachi: murderer Kisame: fish breath Tobi: 1,000,000,000,000
Jinxed: Tobi, that isn't funny. -angry that Tobi did this but can't help but find it funny- -holding back laughter-
Tobi: -running away with the permanent marker- Tobi thinks Soph is cute. Tobi is sad that everyone else get attention.
Jinxed: Did you have to use permanent marker on my board? I put important things on there like: 'Eating,' 'In class,' and 'Sleeping.' And yes Tobi that is important when you are in college. It is so your friends know you aren't there or if someone is trying to find you they know where you are and when you'll be back if you are kind to put when.
Tobi: …..Tobi's sorry.
Jinxed: It's okay.
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