Your Thoughts I Know
Chapter 6: Curiosity of the Akatsuki
"Oi! Itachi! What the heck were you thinking? Leaving me to deal with the mission on my own. You bastard!" Kisame roared, barging into the Uchiha's room. Itachi glared at him.
"I have no intention on saying anything to you." Kisame growled.
"Don't think I'm blind! I've noticed that you've hardly been out of your room the past week. You always seem to be in a bad mood. Plus, you did not complete a mission. What is with you? You've been acting strange ever since we encountered that ANBU!" Itachi stiffened.
"That ANBU has nothing to do with my change in behavior," he said quietly. 'Actually, she does in every way.' A picture of Asuka's bright smile entered his mind. He smiled inwardly.
"You're in big trouble you know that? Once Leader finds out, he isn't going to be too happy with you," Kisame continued. Itachi growled.
"Must you disturb me every morning?" he hissed. Kisame was taken aback. Itachi never growled and hissed.
'He must be in a really bad mood today,' he thought.
"Oi! Kisame! Itachi still in his room today?" asked the blonde-haired Akatsuki member Deidara. Kisame sighed, exasperated from that early morning.
"Yeah, but the guy is really in a bad mood. I couldn't say one word to him without making him growl at me." Zetsu looked at him with question.
"Itachi doesn't growl," he stated simply. Kisame rolled his eyes.
"Apparently he does because he was doing it this morning." The other two Akatsuki members stared at him wide-eyed.
"You're joking."
"No I'm not!"
"There is just no way!" (Sorry! A bit ooc.)
"So, Itachi failed to complete a mission. Well, this isn't the first time, but I believe he did it deliberately this time," Pein said thoughtfully. (In case you didn't know, that's the Leader's name)
"It seems that he is preoccupied with his thoughts about a certain somebody," replied his female partner.
"So it seems. I'd like to get to know this Asuka Hanayuki."
Itachi sighed, tired from having to kick out all the curious nosy Akatsuki members out of his room. 'The least they could do was leave me to my thoughts.' His eyes suddenly flashed and he threw a shuriken straight at his door. A squeal came from outside the room. "I can't believe I work with these people sometimes," he muttered to himself. 'Even Asuka wasn't this curious.' His eyes softened.
"Itachi! Oh come on Itachi! Don't tell me you don't want to go to the lake with me!" cried a young Asuka, pulling on the boy's arm.
"No! I said no Asuka!" Itachi protested. She pouted.
"Why?" she whined.
"I need to do something important today."
"Is it training again?"
"…"
"Okay, don't tell me. It must be really important if you're not going to tell me," Asuka said, giving in to his silence. He smiled.
"Thanks."
"No problem!"
Itachi chuckled a bit. Who would have ever thought that the silly young girl he used to play with would turn out to be such a stunning and wise woman who could understand Itachi Uchiha. 'Seems so unusual that she was the one to understand me and not some cold hearted girl who was similar to me in every way,' he thought in amusement.
"Asuka! There you are! We've been searching everywhere for you!" cried Sakura, running up to her friend, immediately checking for injuries. "Itachi didn't harm you did he?"
"No, quite the opposite actually." Sakura eyed her suspiciously.
"Wha…?"
"Asuka!" cried two other voices. From behind them came Neji, Tenten, and Jiraiya.
"Well Asuka, you certainly caught yourself in a bind," stated Jiraiya. Asuka giggled.
"True."
"They'll be after you soon you know. Once they find out your relationship with Itachi, they'll want you to join them," he whispered in her ear. Asuka frowned in response.
"I am aware." Jiraiya nodded in satisfaction and quickly signaled the others to head toward the Village Hidden in the Rain.
"Mission completed! Well done all of you!" Tsunade praised.
"Well, it was all thanks to Jiraiya here. If he hadn't shown up, we'd be toast," Asuka stated.
"Yeah, well you know I'm the greatest!" Jiraiya said, thumbs up.
"More like the greatest pervert," mumbled Sakura. This caused Jiraiya to fall down in surprise while everyone burst out laughing.
'Ah, it's good to be home,' stated Asuka, stretching her arms. After she finished, she looked out the window at the starry sky. Memories of the kiss flooding back to her. She blushed. 'How long did he feel that way?' she thought. 'More importantly, how long have I felt that way about him? I thought we were just friends!'
She sighed. 'I might as well sleep on it. Thinking about it too much makes my head hurt.' She then laid her head down and fell asleep.
Two figures stood outside the house, wearing their black coats with red clouds. "Is this the place?" asked one.
"Yes."
