OK, I gots me a new betareader -nods- InvisivleCrimsonTenshi is her name. -grins- The reason I haff a new one is because I couldn't really get a
hold of my old one. -glances at Arya- Sorreh. But yeah, horray for InvisibleCrimsonTenshi! lol Anywho!
Also, yes I know I've been slow with updating. Ya ya. I aint going to give you too much excuses except for I've been seriously
busy and lazy. Hmm... there's a surprise near the end of the chapter. Enjoy. : )
Disclaimer:
I dun own Naruto, Arya owns Yin, and I own all other occ characters.
She was done with the book. Great. Now what would she do? Glancing around, she eyed the bathroom in speculation. Throwing a look at the clock Itachi kept on the desk she saw that it had been a long time since she had looked up from the book. It would be really nice to shower and loosen up the muscles that had undoubtedly tightened up while she was reading for the last, six, maybe seven hours. Had it really been that long? Setting the book down Jasumin got up and stretched. Man, her muscles really did tight so much it hurt to move them. She let out a sigh of satisfaction as she stretched her back and felt a few pops. Sliding off the bed, she walked over to the dresser to get out shorts and a tank top. Picking something out, she headed into the bright bathroom.
She turned on the shower as hot as it could go the second she entered the large room. Staring into the large mirror and waiting for the water to warm, Jasumin silently wondered what she was doing. Setting herself up for hurt and somewhere inside of her she knew it. Leaning against the counter, she pressed her forehead into the mirror and closed her eyes. "Kami... what am I doing?" It didn't really matter to her if they were criminals; no, she knew they were humans deep down. What mattered was that her loyalty lied with Suna and her friends there. Being on the side of Suna and a lover of Akatsuki would only end in heart ache.
And there was one, much bigger problem. Kaiz. She did love Kaiz, more like a brother than anything. It was obvious he loved her more than that, though, and that was what she was worried about. She would do anything to keep him happy. He's always been there for her, even when they hadn't been good friends. Making sure he was happy and safe was the least she could do for him. Only this time... she wouldn't be able to hold her promise. Shaking her head suddenly she let out a frustrated groan before pulling away from the mirror. She couldn't think about this right now. Later maybe, when glass wasn't so close by.
Undressing quickly, Jasumin jumped into the steaming shower with a sigh of relief. Already she could feel the lukewarm water loosening up her muscles that were sore from sitting so long. She leaned back against the shower wall with a content sigh, closing her eyes. For a while she just stood there, letting her mind go blank as she relaxed. She was relaxed enough to where she didn't even notice Itachi enter the bathroom. So naturally when he called out to her she jumped three feet in the air, screaming the standard 'holy shit!' or 'good god!'. Staring wide eyed through the somewhat opaque curtain that was the only thing separating them. For a long moment she waited silently for him to say something else.
When he didn't, she moved over to the curtain and pulled it back slightly so she could poke her head out. And only her head. Blinking, she stared at the Uchiha a little uncertainly. "What do you want?"
She saw a hint of a smirk in the Uchiha's face and frowned as his eyes glinted with amusement. "For you to get out of the shower and into the bed, maybe." It didn't take long for that to sink in. Jasumin turned a deep red and glared at him.
"Hell no!"
She saw him raise an eyebrow but he didn't say anything about her outburst. Instead he continued, "The other members are waiting for their food and since none of us can cook, it was decided you will cook."
She blinked in surprise. Then, she let her eyes narrow slightly. Letting out a huff, she closed the curtain and said, "They'll have to wait then. I don't plan on leaving the shower for a while." As she reached for the shampoo a hand shot out and grabbed her wrist, turning her abruptly to the owner of the hand. Startled, she looked up at the Uchiha, not just yet understanding that he was in the shower with her. And that he was staring at her without even trying to hide it.
Though it didn't take long for it to hit her.
Before she could get enough control of her anger to yell at him, Itachi pulled his gaze from her body to her eyes and then he was speaking, "That isn't a wise idea. They- especially Kisame- will take drastic measures to get food. I don't think you'll get out of the shower too willingly if you wait much longer."
Narrowing her eyes at him, she let out a soft growl. "They wouldn't dare; they should respect you and my dignity enough to not drag me out of the shower just for food. If they're that hungry tell them to make ramen or something small until I get out there."
Itachi seemed to regard her for a moment before coming to agreement with what she said. "Fine."
Her eyes narrowed slightly when she saw the Uchiha wasn't in any hurry to move. "Out."
He raised an eyebrow and continued to look at her. "You'll eventually have to get comfortable with me; we have about three weeks left. Eventually you'll have to come to trust me with things like this."
Jasumin looked down and let out a small sigh, knowing he was right. "Yeah... well... you don't want them bursting in do ya?"
Itachi seemed to consider that for a moment before nodding his head. "Hn. Hurry up." Smirking slightly, he added, "Or it will be me coming to get you. And I don't take no for an answer."
Rolling her ice blue eyes she glared at him before turning her back on him. If he didn't leave… well then he'd be in a lot of pain if she could get a hold of him. Silently she reached for the shampoo so she could wash her hair and get out. It really wouldn't be fun if the others did decide that it was worth getting their asses kicked to take her out of the shower to feed them.
Stupid immature guys. They couldn't grasp the concept of privacy. After a couple of minutes Jasumin heard the bathroom door open and close almost silently. It was obviously - and hopefully - Itachi because she was sure the others would slam the door open really, really loudly. She rinsed her hair quickly and stepped out of the shower after turning it off. Reaching over she grabbed the towel and started to dry off quickly, toweling her body and hair in record time.
With an exasperated sigh she put on her underwear, a tank, and some shorts before exiting the bathroom. The young woman threw the towel with the other dirty objects without even looking, knowing that the others were probably starting to get impatient though she was being quick about things.
One thing she learned with living with Kyo and often having to cook for Kaiz was that food was life. If it wasn't served on time then there would be grumpy people to deal with. That didn't always turn out to be best because then said guys would pester her and she would get mad. As a result the food would be even later with being served.
Upon entering the kitchen she came to a sudden stop, not really sure if she was believing what she was seeing. They were eating take out. Light blue eyes narrowed angerly before they found their mark on a certain Uchiha who was pointedly ignoring her. Either he had lied to her to get into the shower with her or the others decided not to wait. And since she knew that it wouldn't have taken that short of a time for the take out to be picked up she suspected that Itachi had lied to her.
Giving out a low growl, she stalked to the other side of the table where he was sitting and sat down next to Deidara's hostage, or girlfriend, what ever you called her since the Leader had liked her enough to let her join. Jasumin silently reached for some rice and noodles, not desiring the sushi. Like she ever would like Sushi, it was just too gross for her.
"Why aren't you sitting with Itachi, yeah?"
Knowing that trademark, 'yeah' she didn't need to look over to the voice to know it was Deidara. She did anyways, giving him a disgruntled looked. "I'm mad at him." Her lips turned up into a smile at before turning back into a frown so she could throw a glare over at said Uchiha.
Glancing back over to Deidara she saw him give an amused smile. "Hehe… what did he do to you?"
She shrugged once, "He tricked me."
Jasumin heard a barking laugh from her other side and glanced around to see a blue shark guy laughing. Blinking slightly she realized that he must be Kisame. She's never met him but she knew who he was. He was Aya's captor and Itachi's partner. Next to him was the said hostage. The blond girl smiled somewhat hesitantly at her, probably wondering if Jasumin had forgiven her. Even though she hadn't truly been mad at the other girl Jasumin wasn't sure if she wanted to start a friendship up with her just yet. Though considering their current situation friendship was needed. Giving Aya a small smile she turned her attention back to Kisame.
"Why you laughing?" She raised an eyebrow and stared at him, wanting to know the answer.
Kisame just shrugged and grinned, "Normally Itachi doesn't have to trick a girl to see them naked."
Scowling Jasumin rolled her eyes and shot back, "Just shows I'm not a common whore."
Yin, the girl next to her decided to put in her thoughts. Her voice was laced with malice and dislike, "Maybe you're a very picky whore then."
Ice blue eyes narrowed as her head whipped around to glare at Yin, who was resting her head on her hand. She saw the Akatsuki girl smirk at her with cruel amusement. Her eyes narrowed further as the anger inside of her raised quickly, "I'm not the whore. I'm here unwillingly, you on the other hand is here willingly, fucking an Akatsuki without any threats."
The temperature of the room became icy while the tension raised tenfold. Yin arched a brow at the woman, her sable eyes hardening. She was unphased by her comment, Yin would admit in her younger years she had been slutty. It was not like she needed someone to point out the obvious. "I'm only here because I'm an Akatsuki member. I have yet to sleep with anyone, I doubt I will. Also, a whore is not someone who sleeps with one mere person, but many."
A threatening look came to her face, "Really, I'd watch your mouth, girly. It's gonna get you in trouble one day."
Giving Yin a hostile look she let out a low growl before standing up to leave. In no way was Jasumin stupid, Yin was in Akatsuki for a reason and she knew she wasn't strong enough to fight the older girl. Waving to Deidara, Kisame, and Aya she left the room without looking at Itachi or Yin. She didn't like either of them at the moment.
Outside the door the kunoichi briefly wondered what she should do now. Hmm… outside really sounded good. Itachi probably wouldn't like it but oh well, she didn't want to go back to the room now and being outside sounded really, really nice.
Silently she turned right and exited the large house and headed to the koi pond that she liked to go to. Jasumin sat down next to the water line and stared at the moon's reflection. With a slight shock of surprise she saw it was a full moon. Her birthday was tomorrow. She smiled wryly to herself. Knowing Kyo and Kaiz they probably had a surprise party planned for her. Too bad it had to be canceled. Letting out a low sigh she looked down and started to pull grass out of the grass one by one. It was still weird, sitting on grass and stuff like that. She was so used to sand.
Raising her head, she stared at the full moon. Tonight was supposed to be a special night. Like every night with a full moon. Only if Kyo was in the village of course though. On nights like these they would go around the village getting into trouble. Jasumin's eyes flashed with amusement as she remembered their most recent prank.
It had been on Kaiz and Yasu. The poor team mates never knew what had hit them. By the time Kyo and Jasumin had been done with the prank both of them were thoroughly embarrassed. Letting out a low giggle she smiled to herself. Both had forgiven her but didn't trust her anymore when it came to telling them which hot spring was boys and which one was girls.
Too absorbed in her thoughts she didn't notice when Itachi came up behind her and sat down. And when he said her name Jasumin squeaked in surprise. Turning around to glare at him she asked angrily, "What's with you and sneaking up on me?"
He merely stared at her blankly. "You should have been paying attention, I didn't bother to hide my presence. Besides, you shouldn't be out here alone." His sharing an eyes narrowed slightly in annoyance.
She rolled her eyes in response, "I wanted to come out here and you were still eating."
"You should know better."
Letting out an angry huff she glared at him, "And you should know better not to lie in order get into the shower."
"…Hn."
Exhaling loudly, Jasumin concentrated on keeping her anger in. It wouldn't do her much good to be mad at something as silly as that. Turning her head away from him, she stared out at the lake.
They both were silent for a while. She was getting control of her anger while he was thinking intently. Letting out a loud sigh, she turned around to look at the Uchiha. "Sorry I didn't wait for you to come out here with me. I was really angry…" She managed to grumble unwillingly while staring at the ground.
He didn't respond, instead her raised his hand and brushed her long hair to the side and cupped her face. Itachi didn't seem to notice as his thumb brushed across her cheek. Instead he was staring at her with emotion burning behind his eyes. Jasumin couldn't tell what the emotion was though. Silently she stared at him, wondering what he was going to do.
"Close your eyes."
The young kunoichi stared at him for a moment before slowly following his command unsurely. He had been right earlier, she did need to learn to trust and be comfortable around him. Leaning her head against his hand she waited somewhat confusedly for whatever he was going to do.
After a moment or two, just when she was going to open her eyes to see what the hell he was going to do, she felt his lips brush against hers, testing. When she didn't give him a negative response (not that she even responded at all, Jasumin was shocked) Itachi pressed his lips more firmly against hers.
He was still for a moment, allowing Jasumin to pull away if she wished. When she didn't, she felt him deepen the kiss slightly. Yeah… this wasn't her first kiss, but she was surprised. Slowly though, she responded, not too sure of what his ultimate goal was. Kissing him back, she felt him pull away and pull her closer.
"You can open your eyes now." Right away hers snapped open and Jasumin stared at the Uchiha in wonder. He had a pleased look on his face as he pulled her into his lap. "See? You can learn to trust me." He smirked at her then lowered his head until his lips touched the shell of her ear. "Now you can't say I can't be in that shower with you."
Jasumin narrowed her eyes playfully and said in a sarcastic voice, "Are you sure you want to try that on me? I know of ways to put you in enough pain to get you to leave me alone"
She could feel him stiffen very slightly and the kunoichi let out a soft laugh. Jasumin felt him nuzzle his face into her neck before letting out a seductive purr, "You're thoughts will be far from doing that when I'd be done with you."
"Oh really?" A grin came onto her face. "Is that a challenge?"
"Hm. Maybe." Letting out a soft giggle she pressed her face into his shoulder before saying slyly, "Let the games begin… tomorrow. I'm too tired tonight."
"Hn."
Hehe... it's done, after bitching from some of you guys. But I had serious motivation the last couple of days. Or maybe it was because my cat was staring
at me the entire time I did this and it scared me to hurry up. Oh well you never know. I'm soooo happy Aims is over
I wouldn't of been able to go on much longer. A week of hard testing with a ba headache isn't too fun you know.
The last 1/2 of the chapter wasn't betaed cuz I wanted to get it out tonight. It'll be fixed up soon though.
There is a poll in my profile. It's on which characters you're hating the most right now. You get 3 choices.
Hmmm... I'm not sure how good I did with the little kissing part but deal with it. Reviwes please. : ) I just want 5 again -nods- and I seriously
will try to get faster on updating. It'll get better with summer coming around.
