Chapter 6 of Four Years

I woke up the next morning, right in schedule with the training. Then i remembered that I was going on a mission today. My first one. I grabbed the outfit i wore underneath the Akatsuki cloak. It was short shorts, and a black t-shirt. A belt was wrapped around my waist and a white ouch hung from it. I hooked the sheathe to the back of my belt. (A/n The way sasuke has it in Shippuden!)

"Ready." I grabbed my cloak and headed out of my room. I headed towards the kitchen and grabbed a small snack. I heard someone call my name.

"Oi, Kia-kun, are you really going on a mission?" asked Kakuzu.

I turned an nodded. "Yea. well, I gotta go, see you later, kay." I said, walking past him. I saw the money-lover nod once. I smiled inwardly and continued on my way.

I headed out of the Hq and towards a tree. The past few weeks had been really hot, so the mud dried, leaving a 'safe' place to walk. I jumped onto a branch and sat down. I already knew the terms of my mission. Leader-sama had told me when I was cleaning up the plates last night. I was to get rid of a traveler. He was supposed to be protected by maybe one or two jounin, and a few genin. Also, a person from root was supposed to be with them as well. My orders were to kill the traveler and the jounin. I smiled at the thought of seeing their blood stain the ground. Yes, I have a weird mind. I guess you could call me a blood-maniac. I just loved the color of blood. It was such a pretty red...

"Kia, Leader-sama said you should leave now." Said Ita, who was standing below the branch. I nodded and jumped down. "I was told to go with you."

"Um...what?"

"So was I, un."

Great, I had Dee and Ita with me on my first mission! What girl wouldn't want her two friends to be with her?

"We are just observing." Stated Ita.

I nodded slowly, then ran away at top speed. It didn't take too long for the boys to catch up to me. I let my face relax as we ran, letting myself relax for a while.

"Holy shit!" I cried, as my head collided with a tree's.

Ita and Dee stopped, each looking at me with laughing eyes.

"Not funny!" I hissed, my voiced dropped and I unconsciously began to gather chakra in my hand.

"Hn." Said Ita. I scowled.

"Come on Kiari, you are the leader in this thing after all." Said Dee, helping me stand up. I nodded, took his hand, and continued running. The sky grew dark and my feet were becoming tired. I yawned a few times but kept on going.

"Oi, Kia, shouldn't we rest somewhere?" asked Dee. I stopped walking and turned towards him.

"Yea but, Leader-sama told me about a place where we can stay. I planned to be there before the sun set. Oh well. Plus, its just over this hill." I said, pointing behind me.

Sure enough, once we passed over the top of the hill, an abandoned building was there. I smirked and ran towards it.

"Here we are!" I said, after reaching the doors.

"Hn."

I paused. the said, "And Ita...that was really mean."

Ita's and Dee's eyes widened. I raised an eyebrow and tilted my head to the side.

"What? He just insulted me!" I said.

"Only Kisame has been able to translate Itachi." Stated Dee.

I nodded, still not getting what was so important about me understanding the way Ita-kun talks.

"Well, we should get inside. The mission starts tomorrow." I urged the two guys into the building. We slept soundly that night, well, at least I did.

-four hours after dawn- (Normal POV)

Kiari looked at the traveler and the ninja guarding him. There were three new-looking nin, and one higher ranked ninja. Kiari looked at the group with cold, uncaring eyes.

"So, I'm supposed to kill you." She said, pointing the tip of her katana at the traveler.

"Not on our watch." Hissed one of the students, a blonde boy of about 13 years.

Kiari shook her head and let her face grow calm. If there was any emotion in her face earlier, it was gone now. She jumped onto a tree, her cloak blowing behind her a little. She threw kunai at the man, only to have them blocked by the shinobi. Hissing, Kiari remembered the objectives of the mission. Kill the traveler and the shinobi.

She jumped down from the branch and walked up to the shinobi, not caring that he would probably attack her. She smiled sweetly, although, to the shinobi, it looked unnatural. At least, what he saw was an unidentified member of the Akatsuki, smiling like a little kid.

Kiari let her face fall again. She slid her katana through the man's chest, blood streaming down. She pulled it out, making a gush of warm blood follow it. She swung the katana out in-front of her, only stopping the blow when she felt the resistance of bone. She watched the shinobi writhe in pain from his partially severed neck. Blood began pooling around his fallen frame. His eyes widened as his movements became even more frantic. Kiari leaned over the man's bloody frame.

"Step away from my sensei!" Yelled the blonde kid. Kiari saw that the traveler and the other two kids were hanging back, apparently scared if her.

"Do you know who I am?" Asked Kiari, turning to look at the blonde.

"A member of the Akatsuki."

"Kia, to be precise." she turned back to the man and plunged the katana into his heart, drawing even more blood. By now, her face was splattered with blood, and the same substance was sticking onto her cloak. She turned to look at the three children and the traveler. She stepped away from the body and walked towards the traveler.

"Your next." she said, pointing a finger at the traveler. The man's eyes widened in horror.

"Leave him alone!" Shouted a girl with pink hair. she stood in-front of the man, protecting him.

"Leave me alone." Stated Kiari, grabbing the cloth around the girls neck. She tossed her aside.

"Kia, you need to hurry this up. And stop acting like Hidan." Said Deidara, appearing near the dead shinobi's body.

"What do you think I'm doing?" She asked, turning towards the last man. She ended his life quickly, with a clean cut to his throat. He and the other children would be found later by a passing shinobi. The three kids would later tell their Hokage about the new member of the Akatsuki. Her name, description, and what ever else that they could remember about her.

-At Akatsuki HQ-

"So, how was your first mission?" asked Konan, staring intently at Kiari.

"Good." replied the blonde, looking a little sheepish.

"She started acting like Hidan." Said Deidara, placing a hand on his cousin's shoulder. the green-eyed blonde turned to glare at her cousin.

"What!" exclaimed Konan, startling Sasori out of his nap. (Their in the living room, Sasori's on the couch)

"So...i that bad?" asked Kiari, her voice full of honesty.

"Yes." Replied Konan, Deidara, and Itachi at the same time. Kiari huffed and then smacked her forehead.

"Don't I have to tell Leader-sama that I'm back?"

"Save it, I'm here now." said Pein, who had just walked into the living room.

"Leader-sama, I'm back!" smiled Kiari, already back to her 'normal' hyper self.

"Good. Was there any trouble?"

"Nope! Their both dead! But, I wasn't too sure about the three students. I left them there with the bodies..."

Pein seemed to think about what Kiari had just told him. Then he nodded. "It is fine that they are alive. They will not cause any trouble. I suppose your name will be added to the Akatsuki pages in the Bingo book, now."

"Bingo book?" asked Kia, not understanding what the thing was. "Is it a book that tells you how to play bingo?"

"No. It is a book that has the manes, description, and abilities of all the missing-nin. Also, all the S-ranked Nin are placed in there." replied Pein, after a long silence.

"Oh..." was all Kiari could say. Still confused, she excused herself to wash up.

"What was the big 'what' I heard?" Asked Pein

"Well, apparently, Kia-kun started to act like Hidan on her mission." Said Konan.

"Hn."

"Damn, you really messed my cousin up, didn't you, un?" said Deidara, looking pointedly at Itachi. "And people wonder why I didn't want her to learn to kill..." the blonde artist left the room, ranting about how stupid Itachi and Kiari were/are.

"Well, I better get dinner started..."began konan, heading towards the kitchen.

"I'll help." offered Pein. Konan nodded gratefully.

Chapter 6: Finished.

Kai: Wow, six chapters in six days!

Umiki: Well, I have until this monday to get in as many chapters as I can. But, I have lines to memorize for CMT, a song to memorize, and dances, and...I feel like I'm making excuses...Well, I've been chatting a *Very* small bit with my coworker in CT, and she's almost finished writing her two chapters of 'Make a Difference'! Ok, so, you all (Readers) may not be excited but, I'm really excited! Then I have to work on typing it up and making sure it works...

Kai: You said a lot of words...Me is confused...

"Umiki: We'll i'll shorten what I'm about to say. PLEASE LEAVE A FUCKING REVIEW! I NEED THEM! I'M ON CHAPTER 6 AND THERE ARE NO GODDAMN REVIEWS! Oh, and if anyone wanted to know, the three kids with the traveler and the unnamed shinobi were actually not Naruto, Sakura, or Sasuke. I just wanted to have a pink-haired girl in there! ^_^

Kai: Well, see ya' all in the next chapter!