AN: This is a Christmas special. This is only part one. Part two will come out tomorrow or the day after.
Time: After time-skip (after Asuma dies).
Rating: T for swearing and minor situations.
Bold-Sakura Thinking
H: Hidan thinking
K: Kakuzu thinking
IS: - inner Sakura talking
Anything in Italics - flashback
"talking" – talking
Disclaimer: Owning Naruto was already on my wish list.
Sakura had been with the Akatsuki for two weeks… and was bored.
Deidara hated her, Tobi was annoying (like Naruto), Hidan woke her up in the mornings and ignored her the rest of the time (because of the paint job in his room), and all the other members were currently on missions, or she just didn't see them.
Currently Sakura was debating with… herself how to improve her situation, as she couldn't be bothered to sleep.
IS: Man this is boring. I thought life with the Akatsuki would be moreinteresting.
I know. The only interesting thing that happened was when Tobi tried to cook.
Flashback:
"AAAAAH! Tobi is burning! Tobi is burning!"
"YOU FOOL UN!" And Tobi was blasted out of the kitchen.
End flashback.
IS: HAHAHAHA! I remember that. It was awesome.
So anyway. What should we do about the whole 'I'm bored' issue?
IS: Do you know what date it is?
No.
IS: Idiot!!! It's the 21st
So?
IS: It's almost Christmas.
OH MY GOD!!! REALLY?
IS: Yeah, and I've got an idea what we could do to party.
Continue.
IS: Well we could ask the leader for money or we could steal some from Kakuzu. We ask Tobi to come shopping with us and get decorations and a present for everyone.
Brilliant. I knew I could count on myself. But what presents could we get for them.
IS: That's what we need Tobi for, and he's such an idiot that he'll do everything we say AND let us buy whatever we want.
Ok. Let's set this plan in action
With that decision firmly planted in her mind, Sakura fell asleep.
The next day Sakura had asked Tobi where Kakuzu's room was (she couldn't be asked to beg leader for money), and had gotten vague directions to a plain and annoyingly unblemished door.
His room had been very unlike Hidan's which was messy and covered in blood, instead Kakuzu's room was tidy, plain and almost empty except for a chest of drawers and a bunk bed with a desk below it.
IS: His room sucks even more than Hidan's if that's possible.
It's so… empty.
IS: Yeah. I thought it would be filled with money.
Yeah. But it has to be somewhere in this room. Right?
IS: Sure. Have fun searching for it.
I hate you.
IS: Same to you.
After searching the whole room, Sakura couldn't find any money, and there was nowhere else to look.
GAH! HE HAS NO MONEY!
IS: Where does Hidan keep his stuff?
Under his bed, but I already checked, and there wasn't any.
IS: GIRL! ARE YOU BLIND OR SOMETHING???
No. Itachi is becoming blind though.
IS: Didn't you see the floorboard? The loose one?
NO, BUT WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT BEFORE?
IS: I wanted to see if you were as clever as you try to prove you are.
Shut. Up. And. Go. Away.
An extremely annoyed Sakura found several trunks FILLED with money, under the floor, and most of the notes were $100 notes (no coins).
IS: MONEEEEEEEY!
Finally.
Sakura took about $3000 from one of the suitcases.
So now we go ask leader if Tobi can go shopping with us and then we go?
IS: Yeah.
Half an hour later, Sakura had asked, and then had been shoved out of Pein's office as fast as possible with the door slamming behind her. At the last moment the kunoichi had still gotten a small 'yes' though, which was enough for her to take Tobi with her.
IS: SHANNAROO! We can GOOOOOO!!!
Tobi was in the kitchen with Deidara, Hidan, Kakuzu and a woman whom Sakura didn't recognize, waiting for Sakura to make lunch
"YAAAY! Sakura-chan here so you can meet Konan, leader's partner."
Sakura extended her hand to Konan's one and shook the papery hand quickly.
"Pleased to meet you Konan-san."
"Same to you. Tobi tells me that your food is quite good, so I decided to come and try it." Konan was smiling gently, and sakura felt that she had made a new friend.
Sakura now addressed the slightly hungry Tobi, telling him about the shopping trip after lunch, while making pancakes.
"Will Sakura-chan buy me another lollipop?"
"Sure I will, but only if you help me carry back the things!"
"Tobi will! Tobi will! Tobi will! Tobi loves lollies!"
"TOBI! SHUT UP Un!" Deidara tried to calm Tobi down, but when words failed…
BOOM!!!
"OOOW! That was mean senpai."
"Just shut up and eat un!"
After lunch, Tobi and Sakura set off towards a different town than both times before. It was much larger and even had a decent sized mall.
IS: Perfect for Christmas shopping.
Yep. And I bet I can get a decent jacket as well.
IS: Why?
I'm freezing you idiot.
IS: I forgot that it's winter.
Baka.
Sakura was snapped out of her argument with inner Sakura as Tobi pointed out the mall to her.
"Look Sakura-chan! Tobi sees the mall! Does Sakura-chan want to go to the mall?"
"Yes. We might even be able to buy candy canes, as well as your lollipops."
"Hurray for Sakura-chan. You're much nicer than deidara-sempai."
"I should hope so. Deidara always glares at me for no reason."
"but Sakura-chan killed Sasori-san, and senpai was Sasori-san's partner, AND Sakura-chan's friends cut off Deidara-san's arms."
"I guess so… but still."
"You should ignore senpai and just let Tobi talk to him."
"Erm… yeah… can we just go shopping now?"
"Okay sakura-chan."
In the mall, the two shinobi searched for a shop that sold decorations, but only found a sweet shop, various clothes stores, and a supermarket.
Sakura was talking with her inner as Tobi led them out, to find a shop that sold decorations.
WE LOOKED EVERYWHERE, AND FOUND NOTHING!!!
IS: You guys suck.
I hope I find a place or- WOOOOW!
Sakura had just spotted, whilst Tobi had led them out of a different entrance, that they had now arrived at what looked like a Christmas fair.
IS: Shannarooooooo! It sells Christmas Stuff.
Baubles, tinsel, lights, ornaments… yep everything's here that we need.
IS: Shopping time.
Two hours later Sakura had bought a variety of decorations (I'm too lazy to list them), and with Tobi's help had bought quite a lot of different flavored candy canes and lollypops, as well as hangable gingerbread, liquorice, and (according to Tobi), Deidara's favorite sweet… fudge.
"Well that's done and we only spent $800… so now we can get presents, ok Tobi?"
"PRESENTS!!! What does Sakura-chan want to get Tobi?"
"What do you want?"
"Erm… Tobi wants… Tobi can't think of anything!"
"Don't worry, I'll think of something. I need you to help me with choosing the presents for the others."
"Ok Sakura-chan."
They went back into the mall, with Tobi explaining the likes and dislikes of some of the members she hadn't met yet.
"…and Zetsu-san likes planty things, but he doesn't like boats, and nobody knows what Itachi-san likes…"
By the end of the shopping tour, the rosette-haired girl had spent almost $2500, on all of the decorations and the 10 presents for the Akatsuki (one for each of them, and one extra one for the whole organization to share) and the ingredients for their Christmas dinner.
Last but not least on their list (Tobi had several kage bunshin help him carry everything), was the Christmas tree. Sakura chose one which was 3m tall. The kitchen wouldn't have been able to take it, but Sakura had discovered in her two weeks stay, that there wasa living room at the Akatsuki, but it was only used as a meeting place in case of emergencies.
The rest of their evening was spent wrapping and hiding the presents in Tobi's room (Sasori's old room), and decorating the living room, and kitchen.
AN: hope you people liked it, and I'm sorry I took so long and that the ending was so short and so undetailed. I just couldn't stop reading the books I got for Christmas (includes manga).
Lina