Chapter Seven-Combined Destiny

"Hey Tobi, I bring you your supper." Jahnearia said, coming into his room. She laid the tray of food on his desk that stood on the right side of the window.

Tobi's room was alot differentier then the other Akatsuki rooms. He had a huge circle window that faced the lake, a twin-size bed on the left side of it and a desk that was covered with papers and drawing tools on the right. Besides the chair he sat in, that was all he had in his room. She noticed a closet on the left far wall.

Turning to face him she tilted her head. "You can bring the tray to the kitchen the next time you come down ok?" With that said she headed towards the door.

Tobi watched her leave his room, the sudden urge of lust was gone from him. He realized that he could never harm Jahnearia in such a way for she would hate him for life. And thats something he could never handle with.

He decided to plan out his approach and went to his desk to begin his plan.

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Two weeks later...

Destiny Child, that word seems to flow alot in this world. Maybe its fate telling us that we do have a purpose in this world, that we can change it for the better good. To shape whatever future that lies in our path, take whatever road we choose, do basically whatever we want with out lives. To do whatever we want with the world.

Or to better it ourselves. To becomes Gods. Legends among time.

That is what I thought when I saw her, watched her become this talented young woman that I slowly taught how to become a better user of her powers. I noticed it in her eyes, the way they shined when she done something right, when she improved her talents. She reminded me of someone I once knew, someone who thought they could change the world with what they got and improve it to change the world where there wasn't any wars and there was nothing but peace because everyone feared war so they lived in peace. She reminded me of...

...Myself.

She was like the child I never could have, someone to teach everything I know and watch grow-up into something that would bring the Heavens bowing to their knees to have her. She made me proud to have her under my wing, she even thought of me as her father, one that she wished she had also. She even made me smile for she made me feel like a father; a father watching his daughter grow-up. It is a wonderful feeling.

"Pein-Sensei, are you daydreaming again?" Jahnearia asked, poking him in the forehead.

Pein snapped out of his thoughts and rubbed his forehead where she just poked it. "For someone who is sixteen, you sure don't act like your age."

"Just because I'm some numbered age doesn't mean I have to act it; I act who I want to act not because I have to because of my age." She said, sitting back on her knees and smiling at him sweetly.

"Thats some wise thinking." He said, leaning back in his pile of pillows. Crossing his arms behind his head and closing his eyes again but instead of hoping to go back to his 'thinking place' Jahnearia decided to be playful. She crawled behind him and started playing with his hair and he just gave her a 'What the fuck?' look.

"What am I? A doll?!" He asked, trying to fix his messed-up hair.

"Yes, now lay still!" She said, pulling him back down by his shoulders, his head laid in her lap and she played with his hair, he gave up there. There was no winning with Jahnearia when she got into her playful mood.

Her fingers twirled the strands of his hair around, making tiny buns, than untwirling them, she parted his bangs on either side of his forehead than went along his ears and played with the hair around there. He laid there, his head in her lap, hands over each other on his chest, his legs in the shape of a four, his eyes were slowly closing.

"I've a question to ask you Pein-Sensei." She asked, her fingers playing with the earings in his ears.

"Hmmm." Pein said, he was actually getting sleepy from her playing with his hair.

"Whats with the piercings fetish?" She asked, her voice kind as she asked it. Her fingers were playing with the earings on his left ear.

"Funny, it's not a fetish, its just something I enjoy wearing." He explained simply, scratching his chin.

"Well it looks like you can be someone's personal battery, stick a pair pf plyers on ya and you can charge anything up!" She said, grinning at him. Her eyes joking.

"Watch it Jahnearia, or you'll see first hand what I can charge up! Even if I'm thirty years older then you." He said, his voice low and dangerous. His voice told her he meant what he said.

"You do realize that I can kick you and that you'll never have kids as long as you live." She said, her own voice low and telling him she meant what she said too.

"That wouldn't be a problem." He said, grinning evilly.

That smile surprised her.

"Pein-Sensei, your acting like a pervert." She stated, then bonked him on the head.

He leaned from the best.

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An hour after she left Pein's Quiet Room, Jahnearia was walking towards the garden when she saw someone she hadn't seen for a long while.

"Sasori-Sama!" Jahnearia cried happily, jumping on the poor puppet master's back.

"Arugh! Help! I'm getting freaking glomped!" Sasori yelped, bracing himself against the door frame to his room.

Sasori's room was in the same hallway that lead to the garden, Pein's Quiet Room and to the Meeting Room. Jahnearia's room was on the left side of the compound and her room was in the hallways that connected to the kitchen, bathing rooms, Deidara's room, Kismae's room and to the front doors of the compound.

"You been gone for so long Sasori-Sama that I was afriad you been killed." She said sadly, hugging him.

"Well I'm back and you'll breaking my back!" Sasori whined, prying her arms off around his shoulders.

She slide off his back, then ruffled his hair making the poor man whine again.

"Jahnearia, could you please wait until I'm settled in before you go and start making me insane again." He said, stepping away from her.

She pouted at him. "You been gone for three months and I can't express that I missed you?"

Sasori sighed, rubbing his face he stepped up to her and embraced her, shocking her a little.

"I missed you too Jahnearia." He kissed her forehead. "How's things been doing around here?"

"They been alright, Hidan tried to cut a tree down with his weapon again and Kakuzu and I had to fix him up. Deidara is being horny as always, he so needs a wife. Konan was sick for a while so I had to do all the cooking and baking for three and a half weeks." She all explained to him. "So did do anything while you were gone?"

Sasori took in what she told him. "He tried to cut a tree with his sycth?"

"Yup." She answered.

"What an idiot." He said, shaking his head. "Well my time away was interesting, just before I was heading home I found someone who has been spying on our country and sending information back to its country about us, I caught the basterd and bring him here as fast as I could, Leader-Sama will want to get information from him." Sasori said, removing himself from her. "I should go and inform him now since I just dropped that idiot off in the cells. I'll talk to you later Jahnearia." He left and ran down the hallway towards Pein's Quarters.

She watched him leave, her hands clenched over her heart. Sighing she stepped away from his door and headed off to the garden once again. An odd breeze came down the hallway and lightly tickled her hair, sending the golden-grey-highlighted strands brushing her shoulders and cheeks.

She never noticed it.

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Pein stared down at the disgusting creature that Sasori had brought to the compound; a weak-minded man who thought he could get higher in the ranks quicker by telling his country's leader about what he found out about the Akatsuki. Sasori stood at the door to the cell with his arms crossed and a bored look on his face.

"I should kill you Sasori, you bring this disgusting mouse to our compound thinking he had something good I would want to hear. You should've kill the bart and not be wasting my time by having me kill it." Pein growled angerily at him; he kicked the captive in the gut sending the man rolling to the back wall and goaning in pain.

"Sorry for wasting your precious time then." Sasori snipped.

Pein threw Sasori a nasty look that would've made him die on the spot.

"The reason I bring him back was because he is of use to us. If you have forgotten already, oh-mighty-leader, its time for Jahnearia to begin her initiative into the Akatsuki as a full member." He explained.

Pein spun around to face Sasori so fast; Sasori swore he heard bones snapping.

"You are not as dumb as you look Sasori." Pein said smirking.

"Thank you." Sasori said, then froze when he actually took in the words Pein said. He just scowled.

"Go collect the others and inform them that tonight there shall be a gathering to interdouse our little girl into the ways of the Akatsuki, fully." Pein told him, looking down at the prisoner and smiling wickedly.

Sasori nodded then left the cells.

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Jahnearia was in the garden amongst the lilac brushes that were surrounding a small pond. She was staring into the pond as she dropped tiny pebbles into the water, creating ripples. She was remembering a past memory that happened over a year ago, when she found out about her Sensei's deepest secret.

-Flashback to a year ago, March sixth-

Jahnearia was carrying Pein's dinner down to his Quiet Room for he told her eariler today that he be in there till midnight and asked her if she wouldn't mind taking his dinner down to him since he wouldn't be joining them. She said she would and so it was seven-eighteen and she was nearing the room.

She knocked on the door. "Pein-Sensei, I bring you your dinner." No-one answered after a ten seconds.

"He must've fallen asleep again." She whispered, sighing. She opened the door to the room and stepped in.

Lanterns were alight on every wall in the room, pillows were spewed all over the floor and a three books laid open on the desk near the bookcase. She placed the dinner tray on the desk and looked around the room.

"I wonder where he went." She said to herself, puzzled.

Something caught her eye on the left wall, on the other side of the bookcase. She went over to it and saw a peice of rope hanging from the ceiling. She took a hold of it and looked at it.

"Odd place for a rope." She said, looking at it. She decided to pull it and got a surprise with it.

The wall with the book case swing open causing Jahnearia to jump back in surprise, when it opened fully she saw stairs leading downward and torches lining the wall. Jahnearia looked around the room for anyone coming to jump her for finding this. No-one did. So she decided to enter the winding downward staircase.

It took her three mintues to be at the last step and she saw a strange looking door that was made of clay. There was no handle. She pressed her hands to the door to look for some kind of lock to open it.

"Too bad there wasn't a magick word like 'Open'." She said, puzzling and wondering over the door.

That seem to work.

Jahnearia's hands fell away from the door as it slid open, reveiling a very huge room inside with more torches brightening the walls. She stepped inside.

And was frozen in horror at the scene before her!

Six bed-shaped containers lined the walls, each with a person inside wearing an Akatsuki cloak, the person's name was on each container and there was one container that made her run to it and stare at the person laying down in it.

"Pein-Sensei!." Jahnearia cried, touching his face.

Pein laid in the container that held him. His eyes were close, no breathing sounds were being made and there was no pulse.

"Pein-Sen...?" Jahnearia whispered, her fingers touching his cheeks. Tears were starting to slip from her eyes.

Why wasn't he moving? What was he doing here? And why was he so warm if he wasn't breathing?! The questions kept going through her head.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Roared an voice that echoed throughout the room.

Jahnearia spun around to face the voice, her eyes widen in utter horror.

An man stood before her, wearing the Akatsuki cloak, he had long blondeish-red hair, piercings adorne his face. But those weren't what caught her eyes; it was his eyes that bring hers to look at them. Her body started to tremble.

His eyes were the same as her Sensei's, the same in everyway. But how could that be? How?!

"Jahnearia?" The man said, surprise lacing his voice.

Jahnearia stared at the man in front of her with her Sensei's eyes, she turned her head to look at the man that was her Sensei, laying in the container, not a sound coming from his lips. She looked back at the man in front of her, staring at him with horror-filled eyes.

And passed out.

-Flashback ended-

Jahnearia picked a lilac from one of the brushes and stared at the flower. The memory of that night running through her mind. After she had found out about the bodies she had gotten another shocking surprise that made her still, at times, wish she never had found it in the first place.

The lilac fell into the pond, creating ripples.

-Flashback to after what she had found-

She woke-up to something holding her, she felt something over her and thought it must be a blanket, something was stroking her hair. Opening her eyes she spoke very quietly.

"Pein-Sensei?"

"Yes." Said the voice of Pein.

She smiled, and buried her face in his cloak. "I thought you were dead, I'm so glad its was just a dream."

His hand stopped stroking her hair. "It wasn't a dream Jahnearia."

Jahnearia's eyes snapped opened and fear struck them. She pulled herself away from Pein and ended up screaming when she saw the man again. The man reached out and grabbed her by her t-shirt's collar and placed his hand on her mouth, trying to stop her from screaming.

"Jahnearia, shut up!" The man ordered harshly. His eyes stared at her. "It's me, Pein, your Sensei."

That made Jahnearia stop screaming but her eyes still looked at him in fear.

"Before you start screaming again, let me tell you why those bodies are down there and why I am in this one." He said. "I have a techquine that allows me to swtich my soul with other bodies, people that I've kill but kept intact for further use of my powers. This body isn't mine but I use it to further my needs and powers."

He removed his hand from her mouth and she kept quiet and continued to listen.

"I've been like this for many years, I never thought you of all people would find that place, only Konan knows of it." He stated, thinking about something.

"Pein-Sensei, I'll keep your secret safe with me, you know that. I just thought, I thought you had been killed." She said, looking at him sadly.

"I can't be killed that easily." He said, smiling at her.

"Thats good to know." She said with relief.

Her relief was cut short when Pein leaned forward and ended up kissing her.

Jahnearia's eyes widen as his lips pressed frimly against hers, his hands gripping her shoulders so she was unable to pull away. He ended the kiss after a minute.

"Damn I've been wanting to do that for a while." He said, opening his eyes to stare at her. She just blinked at him in utter shock and confusion.

"P...Pein-Sensei?" She stammered.

He smiled at her, the smile making her a little uneasy.

"You may be alot younger then me Jahnearia, but that doesn't stop anything." He said, smiling.

And to prove what he meant, he pushed her down into the pillows and his lips was against hers again.

Jahnearia was utterly confused and stunned by Pein's actions but as the sudden intenseity of the kiss started to get higher she realized that this was going into something that involved her losing that part of her.

"Pein..." She whispered against his lips, trying to get his attention.

Alright, thats its!

She moved her hand up to his forehead, pretending to enjoy the kiss, she went and whamed her hand right on the shockplug piercing making him shoot his head up and roll away from her in pain.

"Fucking Hell! What the fuck you do that for?!" He yelled, rubbing his sore forehead.

"Oh I wonder! You horny basterd! You got a woman, go to her for hells sake!" She snapped, trying to get her words to get through that thick head of his.

"Konan and I haven't had any sexaul intercourse for fifthteen years." He stated.

"I can see why! You screw any girl that comes by it seems." She said, getting up off the pillow-spewed floor.

"Watch it Jahnearia." He growled, those eyes brimming with anger.

"Oh bite me!"

Fump! He sprang at her with such speed that it stunned her, his hand around her throat slowly squeezing it, she now stared at him with utter shock and tried not the breath to heavily so she wouldn't pass out from the suddenly lack of oxygen. His eyes boring into her black opal ones.

"Don't ever test me Nearia, don't forget who let you stay here, who let you live here. I could've easily have told Kismae and Itachi to dump your dead corpse in the woods but instead I was the one who let you live. Don't ever forget that!" He whispered deadly, his voice sounding like stone on steel.

All she could do was nod. He removed his hand from her throat and let her sit up.

"Now get out before I change my mind about not doing you." He hissed, anger spilling from those words.

She ran from the room, her legs going as fast as the fear that was overtaking her. She didn't stop running until she got to her room and locked the door behind her. The fear left outside the door.

- Flashback ended -

"Jahnearia!"

Jahnearia turned her head away from the pond and saw Deidara coming over to her. A soft wind seem to blow through the garden, causing her hair to dance around her face.

"Jahnearia, Pein-Sama wants you to attend a meeting un." Deidara said, getting to the point for once. "He wants you to get dressed into something that he has in your room then I am to take you down to the Meeting Hall in a hour."

Jahnearia slowly pushed herself up off the grass, that strange wind making her hair fly around her face and causing it to shimmer from the sunlight pouring down into the garden. She followed Deidara out of the garden to the Meeting Hall.

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Pein watched as Deidara lead Jahnearia into the Meeting Hall a hour later, dressed in a long black robe with a grey slash holding it. Her hair was pulled all back into a tight ponytail and it swing back and forth as she walked. She was lead into a circle that was created on the floor and watched Deidara jump up to his position on the staute.

Pein smiled down at Jahnearia, the doors to the hall closing, the torches around the area making her face aglow, he stared down at his pupil and spoke.

"It's time to begin the initiative!" He annouced to all the members in the room. "Bring in the prisoner!"

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