A New Life Lived: Part 1
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Standard text - basic story
Italic text - someone's dream
'Standard text' - someone's thinking
The second Itachi laid back down on his bed his hands behind his head; he began to think about what the next three days would entail. Even though they had a temporary "truce" with the village, everyone would still be on edge, hell they were The Akatsuki. However there was a major point that could not be over looked, The Earth Fighters. Itachi had a pretty good feeling that these ladies were not just going to sit around and drink tea. They were fighters, killers, and they all loved their life. Itachi knew that there was a bigger reason behind why they kept fighting, kept putting themselves in danger for others even on just a whim, but he had no idea what it could be. Like them the Akatsuki were killers and as far as he knew each member of his group loves the thrill of killing, but after all was said and done on some level they all hated their lives.
Itachi hated his life for many reasons, killing was just something he could do to distract himself from it. When he compared himself with Archer, he still couldn't pin point the differences in their lives that would explain why he detested his so much, or why she enjoyed every moment of hers.
'Maybe it will become clear during these next three days.' he pondered to himself. He glanced over to the opened window. 'I wonder what she's doing right now?'
Itachi then heard a light yawn from one of the girls in the room. Viper was the one to stand up; she looked around the room and quickly noticed that her superiors were missing. Her attention darted to the opened window, and she silently walked over to it. Itachi heard her inhale the fresh air deeply, releasing it with a sigh. He sat up and looked around the room, everyone else still deeply sleeping. She walked back over to where she had sat and picked up her travelling pack. After she softly placed the strap over her shoulder she walked towards the door, instantly noticing Itachi's high sitting form on the bed. She came closer to him and stopped at the foot of his bed before she reached the door.
"Good morning." she greeted sweetly with a smile. Itachi was a little surprised he thought she was just going to walk out the door.
"Good morning." he replied quietly.
"You still seem a little on edge, we weren't called here to assassinate you or your group." she said quietly not sure if that was the reason why he was acting so cold. Itachi just looked to the side. "Okay since you were probably awake before me, do you know where Mesquite and Hydra jumped off to?"
"I can't help you, when I came to they were gone." he replied softly making sure that he didn't sound rude in any way.
"Oh, okay, thanks." she smiled and then she left the room closing the door quietly behind her.
Itachi watched as the sun kept rising in the sky; it was the one thing he missed about being in Konoha. No matter how tired or completely pissed you were, the sun rise was always something beautiful to see. It was going on 7:20 am, and Viper had been gone for close to twenty minutes. A few of the other girls started to wake up, stretching in a variety of ways, letting out a pleasant sigh when they received the POP, or CRACK they needed. Each of them smiled to one another, lightly whispering "good morning" and "how did you sleep" to one another. Itachi thought that this was very strange, but as he watched each of their faces brighten with small smiles he began to wonder. If he was greeted every morning by a gorgeous woman with a sweet smile it would start off his day rather nicely. Slowly each girls attention shifted to him sitting on his bed. Crystal and Ray were the first to lazily pick up their travel packs and made their way towards the door.
"You wouldn't happen to know where Viper is do you?" Crystal asked Itachi politely.
"Right here." said Viper opening the door completely.
"Hydra and Mesquite?" asked Ray.
"They seemed to have eloped with Archer, sometime during the night." informed Viper with a smile.
"Really how's she doing?" asked Crystal, all the other girls listening in.
"Apparently she's healthy enough to escape with Hydra and Mesquite through that window over there." replied Viper pointing to the far window. All the girls softly giggled, knowing that it was so them.
"Showers?" asked Ray.
"Down the hall to your left, second door on your right." said Viper. Crystal and Ray slid past her and made their way to the showers. Viper walked over to the chair that Hydra had occupied earlier and sat down.
"God I'm"
"Hungry." said the twins standing up off the bed they had occupied.
"I looked around for a vending machine or something, but just the regular hospital food." said Viper.
"Ewww." was the quiet response from the other girls. Itachi couldn't help but smirk, he completely agreed with them.
"We'll just have to find a place in the village when we get out of here." said Shannon.
"We could always just crash at Archer's place, she always makes awesome pancakes." commented Jinx her intense green eyes flickering with excitement.
"Na, let's keep that card up our sleeves for later. I would prefer more of a big meal thing myself." suggested Niagara as she ran her fingers through her long brown hair.
"Alright we'll take a vote, everyone for breakfast raise your hand." said Viper making sure she wasn't loud enough to wake the people still sleeping. Jinx was the only one to raise her hand excitedly. When she looked around at her comrades her face went somewhat sad and she brought down her hand.
"And for a supper type thing?" grumbled Jinx. Everyone's hand shot up instantly. "Okay yes we will have supper but at some point I want pancakes." she told everyone looking around at each girl.
"The other girls are probably just about finished with their shower so you can all go." reminded Viper politely. The rest of the girls grabbed their travel packs and started making their way to the door.
"You know I want pancakes too but I would prefer a home made supper than a home made breakfast right now." Niagara said to Jinx as they walked past Itachi.
"I want a home made supper too but that just means we have to wait, I want it now." replied Jinx as they walked out the door and turned left. Itachi knew how she felt, when Archer had cooked them breakfast it was amazing, but something more like a full solid meal at the end of the day would have been better.
"Knowing Archer we'll end up having a home made breakfast and supper, just probably not twice in the same day." Viper whispered to Itachi.
"How long have you known Archer?" asked Itachi.
"Oh close to a year, she helps me with my hand to hand combat skills, it's not actually my strongest area." she replied with a smile.
"You could always just train more." suggested Itachi.
"Oh that's not the problem. I just don't like hand to hand combat, I enjoy being a healer a lot more then causing damage. But even as a healer you're not exempted from any attacks right. So I know enough to be able to cause a fair amount of damage, and hold my own in a large battle if it is absolutely necessary. But I enjoy what I do." she said.
"You don't feel left out in any way?" he asked, very interested in her response.
"Hell no, I get put in the field just as much as they do. I'm not a burden to them, even if I don't fight. I'm not pushed to the side just because I prefer not to kill. I still hold up my end of everything I need to do, I trust them, and more importantly they trust me." she replied.
"Trust seems to be a very big issue for you guys." said Itachi.
"It is, like we said earlier each one of us has a very depressing story to tell that led to us being where we are today. Archer's I hear is unbelievably depressing, but only a certain few know about it, because she told them. I've asked her to tell me, but each time she refuses in a way that I can't argue. I've even went to the Mesquite and Hydra individually but they would just make quiet comments that I still can't argue. And as creepy as it sounds, those stories are in some way what make the trust between one another way more sturdy, secure, and unbreakable, but at the same time unbelievably fragile." she told him. Itachi was surprised at how deep their conversation was, she was younger than him, yet she had the wisdom that one would expect to come from an old man or woman that had experienced all the hardships of the world.
"If you don't mind me asking, what is your story?" he asked cautiously.
"Short version, I'm completely toxic. From the blood that runs through my veins to the aura my body produces is filled with a toxic essence. I ended up killing those I care about when I was small. I had become and orphan that ran from place to place. I was hunted by too many people. I couldn't control any of it, so every time I thought I found some way something else would happen. By the age of fifteen I had been caught and kept locked in a basement, why I don't know. I escaped some how and then I was found by some earth fighters in the woods I was hiding in. I was brought to this woman that lived on her own in a beautiful place away from any civilization. She helped me control this toxin and use it in any way I wanted. I was there for a little over a year. And I learned that this toxic essence could be used for lots of things, mostly more for healing. I was taught the basics of healing, using my "gift". The earth fighters came back to check on me, and I was given the choice whether to join them or not. Obviously I did and haven't looked back since." she finished looking up at him to see his reaction.
"Wow…your name wasn't Viper then was it." he asked her story still sinking in.
"No, I changed it to Viper." she replied.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because it suits me. Some snake venom can be used to neutralize other poisons and kill off a large number of diseased cells in a body. In a way that is basically what I do. So I chose the label of a snake whose venom is mostly used for "cures", hence Viper." she said with a smile.
"Huh, that's pretty clever." Itachi commented.
The others in the room started to wake up, the loud groans of some of the men waking the others. Slowly they all sat up looking some what grumpy, Tai, Justine, and Stephanie looking that way until they saw Viper smiling at them, and they just smiled back happily.
"What the fuck are we still doing here?" grumbled Kisame loudly.
"Why are you so loud in the morning." snapped Deidara.
"Both of you shut up." hissed Sasori.
"Watch it you little bug, before I smash you." yelled Kisame.
"Come on! I'll slice you up before you even blink." Sasori yelled back jumping a little.
"Where are the other girls?" Justine asked Viper politely. The men had stopped shouting finally realizing that the women were missing.
"They're taking a shower down the hall." she replied. A look of mischief crept onto Kisame and Deidara's faces. They quickly rushed for the door the two of them becoming stuck between the frame.
SCREAM!
Kisame and Deidara finally got out of the door frame, and stood still in the hall. One of the girls was dashing towards them and slid to a stop just in front of the door. She parted her way between Kisame and Deidara, she was wearing jean shorts, and a tight tee-shirt that had "I'm Proud of These Mountains" written on the front, she was also wearing a black cowboy hat that had crocodile teeth secured around the centre, along with black boots that came up to her knees.
"Viper, I'm out of here, give me a call when you hit the streets." said Jinx quickly a little breathless.
"JINX! YOU BITCH!" screamed Shannon from down the hall.
"Oh, have to go, later." said Jinx. She turned back into the hall and started to slowly walk backwards looking down the hall where the showers were. Shannon slid to a stop at the end of the hall looking at Jinx. Her hair was still very wet and she was shivering lightly. She had on a black tank top, a jean jacket, a dark blue mini skirt and sandals with strings that wrapped around her legs.
"You, FUCKING USED ALL THE HOT WATER!" screamed Shannon.
"What can I say, I like to have a burning hot shower in the morning." Jinx shouted back, stopping about a meter away from Kisame and Deidara that were watching the scene play out.
"YOU COULD HAVE WARNED ME!" screamed Shannon angrily.
"Where is the fun in that?" laughed Jinx. Viper was watching them as she leaned against the door frame.
"YOU BITCH!" shouted Shannon. Shannon dashed down the hall closing the distance between her and her prey quickly.
"Oh got to go, later Viper." said Jinx dashing away towards the exit.
"Later." said Viper as Jinx jumped over the stair railing to reach the main floor. Shannon was approaching the three of them very fast.
"See ya Viper." said Shannon as she zipped past them.
"Bye." replied Viper. Viper turned back into the room, and sat back down.
"Does this type of thing usually happen this early in the morning?" asked Stephanie.
"You have no idea." commented Viper with a smile.
'This is going to be an interesting three days,' thought Itachi.
IN AN APARTMENT IN THE VILLAGE…
Archer rolled over on top of her bed, her eyes slowly opened and looked at the clock, it read 7:56am. She let out a sigh and stretched her limbs, as she began to relax she held out her hands above her. She had completely healed, tiny white discoloration marked where the wounds had been, but they would be gone by the end of the day. As she brought her hands down her friends let out a tired moan. Archer prop herself up on her elbows, so she could look at them. Hydra's head was beside hers, she was curled up in one of her favorite long tee-shirts that had a cute picture of a dolphin on the front. Her left index finger was lightly touching her lips and her closed eyelids were lightly fluttering. Mequite on the other hand, was sprawled across the two of them. Her head rested on the bed between her and Hydra's legs. Her arms reached across Hydra's legs propping up her limp hands. The main part of her body was weighing down Archer's legs, and even though Mesquite looked like she weighed nothing, when she wanted to she could weigh a ton.
By the time they got to her apartment, they had talked about Archer's new arm design. She didn't tell them everything, just gave them enough information to ease their troubled minds. She made sure to avoid anything that would even hint that it was Itachi, that had helped her discover this new found power. Archer still didn't know much about it herself only the complete basics. She was hoping to know more before her next encounter with Itachi, because she knew that he would have questions it he found out.
'I wonder if he has thought about the possibility of me being pregnant?' she mused. 'Oh if he hasn't I could get another chance to mess with his mind, tee hee.'
Her legs were starting to feel cold and numb; they had slept across the bed all night. She tried wiggling her legs to wake Mesquite up, but it didn't work. She tried again this time with a bit more effort, and instead of waking up Mesquite, Hydra opened her eyes.
"What's going on, why are you moving?" yawned Hydra.
"Because Mesquite's heavy ass is on my legs, and cutting off the blood curculation." said Archer quietly. Hydra looked down at her unconscious friend, and realized that the same thing was happenning to her legs. They both moved slightly seeing if the combined movement would wake her up, nothing.
"God when she sleeps I swear she puts herself in a death trance. The sound of a nuclear bomb going off couldn't wake her." huffed Hydra.
"Don't worry I have a back up plan that will not fail." said Archer with a smile. She reached over to her right and passed her one of her three big fluffy pillows. "Alright on three…one, two, three." They both started beating Mesquite with the pillows, each soft but firm blow slowly snapping Mesquite out of her trance. When Mesquite finally opened her eyes they didn't let up, they needed her off of them now.
"WHAT THE FUCK?" shouted Mesquite as she fell off the bed trying to avoid the pillows, she landed with a hard BANG on the floor. Big gasps of relief escaped Hydra and Archer as the blood started to bump through their legs again. Mesquite stood up and grabbed the last pillow and started hitting her friends with it. "What the hell you could have just shook me."
"We did!" they both shouted in union. Mesquite stopped her assault and stretched out.
"What time is it?" Mesquite asked during a yawn.
"Almost eight." informed Archer.
"Do you think the others are up?" asked Hydra.
"They're probably out there causing havoc already." replied Archer.
"Well hell, let's get our act together and join them." said Mesquite walking around the bed.
"That's a lot of get up and go for someone that was in such a deep sleep two seconds ago." commented Archer. Mesquite tossed the pillow at her, Archer catching it easily.
"I'm taking a shower." informed Mesquite walking to the bathroom.
"We might as well get ready too." suggested Hydra.
"But it's going to take forever, Mesquite just went into the shower, and you know how much she likes to soak." joked Archer.
"I heard that." shouted Mesquite from behind the closed door.
BACK AT THE HOSPITAL
Viper sauntered out of the hospital, and looked up at the sky. She had a good feeling that this was going to be a fun three days. She kept slowly walking forward towards the rest of the village, but she stopped when she noticed that there was a large number of foot steps following her, and they stopped when she did. She turned around to see the Akatsuki members and Kakashi behind her. Kakashi lazily stepped over closer to Itachi.
"Are you going to be on our tails for the next three days?" Itachi asked annoyance obvious in his voice.
"Well not on all your tails just yours." Kakashi stated lazily.
"Why?" asked Viper.
"So I can catch him if he does anything he's not suppose to." Kakashi replied making himself sound superiour.
"Like you can." Itachi challenged in his monotone voice. Kakashi's eye twitched knowing that he was refering to the last time they had crossed paths.
"Kakashi, you don't have to worry about that, that's why we're staying here as well. So give him some space." directed Viper. She began to walk again, the shuffle of feet behind her. "Are you all going to be following me for the next three days?" she asked looking back.
"Doesn't that make it easier for you?" asked Stephanie stepping closer to her looking intensely at Viper's bare back. What held up her shirt were the small sleeves, pulling the fabric tightly across her chest.
"No it doesn't. What are you looking at?" asked Viper looking back over her shoulder.
"I think there's something behind your hair." stated Stephanie becoming even more curious. "Can I see?"
"Sure." replied Viper lifting up her hair.
"What is it?" asked Justine, her and Tai stepping closer.
"It's a snake." stated Stephanie. "With the ends of a barbell piercing for the eyes."
"It's a viper to be more precise." informed Viper.
"I haven't seen a tattoo like this before, there's so much detail. Can I touch it?" asked Stephanie her hand inching towards it.
"I don't suggest it." advised Viper.
"Why?" asked Stephanie her hand stopping just centimetres away from her back. The snake then moved up to her shoulder twirling up in a pile like it was getting ready to attack Stephanie's hand. All three girls jumped back.
"It moved! It moved!" shouted Stephanie in a panick.
"What are you talking about?" asked Kisame having not been able to see anything, because the girls were in the way.
"It moved." Stephanie said again.
"Oh shut up you screaming bitches, tattoos don't move." Kisame said as he walked over to Viper to prove his point. Viper just shook her head as he pointed closely at the snake design on her back. The snake already posed in attack position lunged out at Kisame's finger. As the snake's formed wrapped around his finger, Kisame was paralysed in shock, as were the others.
"Pull your finger away before you loose it." stated Viper. Kisame did as he was told and carefully pulled his finger out of the hold of the snake. The snake's metallic eyes staring him down as he took a few steps back. The snake's form then returned into her back, the design of the snake slithered up her left shoulder across her chest and stopped when it's head was resting a little bit over her right shoulder. Viper let her hair fall back down, and turned to face them.
"What kind of tattoo is that?" shouted Kisame.
"Well don't think of it as a tattoo, think of it more as a seal." she suggested preparing herself for the questions that would come.
"I've never seen a seal do that." huffed Deidara not knowing whether to think it was gross or interesting.
"It's an animal seal, it does things like that." Viper replied waving off his last statement. The design moved again coming back over her left shoulder and stopping between her neck and chest, and it look at them.
"Is it alive?" asked Justine.
"In a way, yes." replied Viper.
"So does it grow?" asked Tai.
"You have no idea, I had it put on me when it was just two inches long." she said showing the rough length with her fingers. "Now look at it, it's over a metre in length. And this was like five months ago." she said feeling it move to the centre of her back again.
Itachi watched it carefully as it moved behind her again. It definitely was a seal, for it was holding back a fairly large amount of power. He could also tell by the way the energy swirled around the design that the energy that it was holding back was toxic and uncontrollable.
'She did say that every time she started figuring out her ability something new popped up. The snake seals the energy she can't control yet. And she said that it was somewhat alive, so it does need to grow. Purhaps the snake's growth is proportioned to the energy it seals away. That would mean as more of her power is discovered that she is inexperienced in using the stronger the seal must be, hence it must grow in order to protect her as well as the people around her.' pondered Itachi.
"Well even though you guys are unbelievably funny, I need to go. Just don't do anything you're not suppose to and everything should run smoothly. Later." said Viper disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Itachi looked up at the sky, kind of wondering what it would be like to fly through the white clouds and the blue sky. He then continued walking towards the village to get something to eat, the others following after him. Kakashi just went back to his apartment for a long shower. As they walked through the village they all noticed the scared looks that they were getting from everyone, even the other ninjas. Mothers were pushing their children back into their houses or into the nearest store.
'Do they actually think that a locked door could hold us back if we wanted to kill everyone.' thought Itachi with a sigh. They turned down the street that had most of the restaurants. There were a few kids playing in the street that had not noticed them. As they got closer the children had stopped in a triangle, the two boys were facing the approaching Akatsuki while the little girl had her back to them.
"What is it, why do you look so pale?" asked the little girl looking at the two petrified boys. She slowly turned around and saw them hovering over her. Her eyes became the size of saucers, innocently looking into Itachi's red eyes. The young girl started to back away slowly and stopped next to her friends. The children tried to dash off but the little girl wasn't as fast. "Hey don't leave me here." she cried. She tripped and fell watching her friends retreating froms disappear. She turned around still in the Akatsuki's shadow, water started to fill her eyes, daring to pool down her face.
Itachi thought it was shameful that the boys had left her, saving their own skins. But Kisame was enjoying the look of terror on the cute face of the girl. Itachi suddenly felt a very familiar energy signature, and looked over to his left. Archer was stepping closer to them with a small smile on her face, and a Popsicle in her hand. She had seen the whole thing, and since they were just going to watch the little girl cower in fear decided to go over and help her up. She knelt down beside the scared girl, and reached out her hand.
"You look like you could use a little help." Archer said gently. The girl unsurely took her hand and was lifted back up to her feet. Archer handed the girl the Popsicle with a sweet smile. The little girl took it from her and began to lick it, the tears in her eyes quickly dispersing.
"Yum, grape." said the girl with a smile to Archer. Tai, Justine, and Stephanie thought it was the most adorable thing in the world, Kisame almost gagged. Itachi watched Archer carefully, how patient she was with the girl, and how easily she turned complete terror into happiness.
Archer stood up to leave but the girl held onto her hand with a death grip. "Don't leave me here with them." pleaded the child. Archer knelt back down and smiled at her.
"You don't have to worry about these guys, they aren't going to do anything to you." Archer told her.
"Your one of those fighter ladies that can fly aren't you?" asked the little girl. "You could kick their butts if they do anything wrong right?"
"If I have to." giggled Archer. The little girl looked at the group of Akatsuki, studying each one.
"Can you kick that guys butt, he's been looking at me weird." she asked pointing to Kisame.
"Why has he done anything to you?" asked Archer.
"Well, no." replied the little girl.
"Then that wouldn't be fair would it." said Archer.
"No." the little girl whispered looking down at her shoes. She then looked back up at Itachi. She leaned over and whispered into Archer's ear. "He's cute."
"Better than the rest." replied Archer.
"Don't tell him I said that." said the girl.
"I won't. Where's your mom?" asked Archer.
"Coming out of the store over there." said the girl pointing a little ways down the road.
"She's probably worried about you, you should go over there." said Archer looking at the little girls mother, she immediately noticed the look of dread when the girl's mother saw that her child was beside the Akatsuki.
"Alright, thank you for the Popsicle." said the girl running towards her mother. Archer stood up and looked at each of the Akatsuki members, like they had just done something wrong.
"You guys are making me work, and you've only been out of the hospital for half an hour." she scolded.
"What did you want us to do?" defended Deidara.
"Shake my hand." Archer ordered shooting out her hand towards him. He slowly reached out but just before he reached her hand she pulled it away. "That's all you had to do. You can kill people on a whim yet you can't reach out a hand to help someone to their feet." she scolded. None of them could respond, it was true what was so hard about helping someone to their feet.
"Hey Archer, we're starving stop flirting and get your ass over here." shouted Mesquite from the top of a roof.
"I'll be there in a sec." replied Archer.
"NOW!" screamed Mesquite shocking everyone.
"Have any of you eaten yet?" asked Archer. A variety of 'No's were heard. "Then follow me." she replied.
As they jumped from roof top to roof top Itachi examined her form. She was wearing shorts making it easier for him to see her gorgeous legs. It was going to be difficult for him to keep his hands off of her, with her being so close to him during these next three days. They stopped in front of a nice little restaurant, where you could walkin and sit down at a booth. It was fairly bright, because the light shawn through the sides, a dark blue tarp over their heads preventing any direct sunlight from shining on them. They walked in and Archer directed them to a table beside them. The other Earth Fighters were sitting around talking about previous missions and what they did when they had time off. The second they all sat down a waitress came over with a stack of menus.
"Can I get any of you drinks, or are you ready to order?" she asked politely.
"Oh I'm ready to order." said Jinx her hand shooting up. "Can I get a fruit bowl, a glass of milk and orange juice, the hash browns, five pieces of crispy bacon, and three large pancakes, with warm syrup. Thanks." she finished passing her menu back to the waitress that was trying desperately to write everything down.
"Do you plan on feeding a third world country with all of that?" laughed Archer. Jinx just glared back at her. "Can I get a glass of milk, a few strips of bacon and two eggs over medium. Please."
"Sure," said the waitress, quickly writing it down. The other girls talked for a minute, and then closed their menus.
"The rest of us at this table will have the same thing just add a muffin to each, doesn't matter what kind. Thank you." said Mesquite collecting the rest of the menus and passing them to the waitress.
"And what about you guys?" asked the waitress turning towards the table of Akatsuki members.
"Eight early bird specials." said Itachi quickly gathering up the menus of his table.
"How would you like your eggs?" she asked taking back the menus.
"Surprise us." replied Itachi.
The waitress left and about fifteen minutes later returned with their meals. Jinx ate everything except for the fruit bowl, which was split between the rest of them. Two separate checks came for each table. When everyone had put in their share they got up and made their way to the exit. As the girls past the counter where their waitress was, they each thanked her as they left, bringing a smile to her face. Itachi held back a little and watched as the rest of his table past by. The waitress stuck her tongue out at them when they never said anything. Her tongue instantly snapped back in her mouth when Itachi stood in front of her looking at her.
"Thank you." he said evenly, and then he walked away. She was a little shocked that he had done that.
"Your welcome." she replied in a quiet voice. Outside the girls were already on their way to their next destination, execpt for Archer, she was talking to Justine.
"We're going to a club later, you and the rest of them are welcome to come." whispered Archer.
"Sounds like fun." replied Justine just as quietly.
"Then here, your going to need these." said Archer passing her a small book of passes. "They don't let just anybody in so I'll talk to the Bouncer, when he talks to you just play along until you get inside. Alright."
Justine nodded looking at the tickets.
"See you there then, oh and where clubbing clothes." said Archer, she then disappeared, Justine still looking at the tickets.
LATER AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CLUB
"Why are we even here?" whined Deidara as Justine pulled out the tickets.
"Because they're the only ones that treat us somewhat decently, and besides Stephanie, Tai, and me haven't been to a club since Archer was staying with us. And hell she is a fun person to be around, as are the others." replied Justine checking the club name on the tickets.
"And you dragged us along because?" asked Kisame rudely.
"Even though you guys are complete losers, you still need to go out and have some fun. Besides with them here we can't get blamed for anything." said Justine stepping closer to the entrance.
"Evening, do you have tickets?" asked the large Bouncer in a deep voice. Justine passed him the tickets and he flipped through them making sure that they were legitimate. "Who are you with?"
"I believe her name is Archer." replied Justine. The Bouncer looked at her curiously.
"First time here?" he asked. Itachi was getting rather annoyed with the questions, but he also wondered why there were so many.
"Yes it is, actually." answered Justine.
"Why so many questions?" asked Itachi. The Bouncer looked at him, sizing him up.
"Protocol. We can't just let in anybody." replied the Bouncer.
"Who were you with again?" asked the Bouncer glaring at Justine making her slightly uneasy.
"Archer, she probably came with a bunch of other girls. She told us to meet her here, to have a good time." said Justine hoping it would ring a bell.
"Oh, Archer, yes she told me that she had eight escorts that were arriving later." said the Bouncer.
"ESCORTS!" shouted the men in shock.
'This might be what she meant by playing along.' thought Justine.
"Your not part of an escort service?" asked the Bouncer cautiously.
"No, no, no, you have it all wrong." said Justine quickly waving her hands from side to side. "We are but it's just that Archer had requested individuals that enjoyed role-playing, sometimes they just get too into it." reasoned Justine hoping he would fall for it. The guys had no idea where she was getting this crazy idea, but it certainly was making things more interesting.
"What are you role-playing as?" asked the Bouncer. The men seemed insulted, how could he not know who they were, they were wearing the Akatsuki cloaks and everything.
"As that group of S-class criminals, Akatsuki. I was told that they liked a little danger." giggled Justine getting really into her little story.
"But they were all girls, what are you three doing here?" asked the Bouncer pointing to Stephanie, Tai, and her.
"Hey, they just asked for three females as well, what can you do?" said Justine shrugging her shoulders.
"Alright, you can go in, have fun." said the Bouncer pushing open the large door.
The eight of them walked in going through a narrow hallway. The hall then ended and opened up to a massive room, with a large dance floor on the first level, the bar off to the side on the second level that was elevated slightly over a small portion of the dance floor. There was a large number of booths that lined the sides of the bottom level, and mostly chairs and tables on the second floor. The DJ box was at the end of the third level over looking everything. They all were on the third floor that had a couple of chairs but was mostly a balcony that looked over everything. The club was fairly crowded, but just enough not to feel suffocated. The club was mostly lit with blue lights, and some very soft white light so it still looked fairly dark, but you were able to see where you were going. The dance floor on the other hand was dark with strobe lights, and different coloured lighting. The girls seemed to be in complete awe at the whole design.
"Alright we're here where are they?" asked Zetsu directing his question to Justine.
"I don't know, this place isn't that big we can find them." said Justine walking over to the stairs that led down to the second level.
Itachi held back for a second and scanned the area, instantly spotting her on the dance floor, moving her hips to the music with her friends. A drunken guy came up behind her and started grinding against her. The song ended and she tried to walk away from him but he grabbed her and pushed her against the wall. She then whispered something to him and he fell to the ground coughing, and hacking. Itachi smirk, as she walked away from his collapsed form to her table. Itachi started walking towards the bar area when he saw that she was heading there.
"Hey Rita, can I get eleven Gladiators, and some more tubes of tequila, please." asked Archer leaning on the counter.
"Sure coming up honey." said the Bartender. "Girl you need to get a man."
"Why do you say that?" asked Archer with a smile.
"So you can actually enjoy your time and not have to worry about any of these fucks bothering you." replied Rita.
"You know it's sad but you might be right." said Archer. Just then a few drunken men made their way over to her.
"Can we get this beautiful angel a drink." shouted one of them. "What's your name angel." he asked his breath reeking of alcohol.
She stepped away from him. "Mint, you should try it some time, soon." she laughed back.
"Oh come on, don't be so frigid, lets dance." offered another.
"Can't do that, sorry." she replied. She suddenly felt Itachi's aura signature closer to her. She turned her head and looked and there he was coming down the stairs towards her.
"Baby I'll treat you like a queen." said another very drunken guy, that was trying to grab her hand to kiss it. Itachi was now coming closer to the bar, watching her intently.
"Itachi!" she called, quickly covering the three metres of distance between him. She jumped in his arms and kissed him passionately. She then pulled away and leaned in next to his ear. "Save me from these fucks." she whispered. He set her on her feet and then looked over towards her drunken fan club, they were watching her not believing that he was really her boyfriend. He looked back at her and smirked, then pulled her close to him for another passionate kiss. After they parted Itachi glared at the other men, and they definitely got the message because they got up and left.
"You owe me." said Itachi looking back down to Archer.
"Maybe." she replied slyly. She grabbed his hand and brought him over to the bar, the other shocked Akatsuki members following.
"Well at least you chose a good looking one." said Rita handing Archer the tray of drinks.
"What are you drinking?" asked Archer.
"Not sure yet." Itachi replied looking her up and down. She was wearing a black short skirt, which made ideas rush to Itachi's head.
"Add eight more Gladiators to my tab, and two more racks of ten of tequila." she said to Rita. "So you guys actually got in, I'm surprised."
"Justine was getting too into her story." said Stephaine.
"Yah, what the hell, escorts?" commented Deidara.
"Well it was a sort of test. This night is suppose to be all about fun, and if you didn't have some sort of a sense of humor you wouldn't have gotten in. So congratulations, you passed." she explained as Rita came back with the rest of her order. "You guys are welcome to sit with us if you want. But there's a condition." They all looked at her quizzically wondering what the condition was. "You have to be our escorts and keep most of these drunken fucks away from us."
"What do we get in return?" asked Kisame.
"Free drinks for the entire night." she answered.
"Good enough." replied Kisame grabbing one of the trays of drinks.
They all headed down to the first level Archer leading the way towards the large booth, where the others were sitting. Some of the girls climbed out to let the others in. Itachi and Archer were in the middle, Zetsu and Mesquite were on Archer's right, followed by Sasori and Hydra, then Ray, Justine, Shannon, Stephanie, Viper, and on the end was Tai. On Itachi's left there was Jinx, Kisame, Niagara, Lilly, Deidara, Oleandra, and on the other end Crystal.
"To tell you the truth I didn't think you guys were going to get in." laughed Mesquite.
"Well the whole "escort" thing was a curve ball." said Deidara looking at the twins he was squeezed in between.
"Are you up for the task?" asked Hydra.
"Hmmm." was Deidara's response as he was checking out the two ladies on each side of him.
"In more ways then one apparently." commented Archer obtaining a laugh from everyone.
"Alright good then I can have my drink." said Mesquite grabbing one of the glasses of orange juice and a shot glass with a dark liquid in it. Each girl reached out getting theirs as well as the guys.
"Have any of you had this before?" asked Jinx looking around at the Akatsuki members. They all shook their heads 'No'. "Alright I'll explain, because hell it's my turn. Place the shot in the centre of the glass of orange juice then chug it down. Alright." Everyone nodded. "Okay on two…one, two." A assortment of sounds of glass on glass was heard. They all snapped it back drinking every little drop. They all placed their glasses on the empty tray, and slid it to the outer part of the table.
"Alright someone pick out another shot." ordered Viper sliding the list of shots the bar served across the table. Kisame quickly grabbed it, knowing exactly what he wanted to order when he saw it on the list.
"Blow jobs." he shouted out. One of the servers was walking around and came up to their table to take the empty glasses away.
"Can we get fourteen Blow Jobs, and five Moth Divers, please." asked Crystal. The server nodded and left. "Awesome, tequila shots." shouted Crystal.
"Wait, wait. How do you want to do them?" asked Viper directing her question more to the guys.
"How?" asked Zetsu.
"Yeah, body shot or normal shot." informed Mesquite.
"I think we need a visual." suggested Itachi. The girls looked at one another, small smiles creeping onto their faces. They then all turned and looked at Archer, who was reading the shot list. She noticed that the table had become very quiet and slowly brought the paper down; everyone was staring at her.
"No." she said plainly.
"Oh come on you're the one that does it the best." said Ray.
"No I'm the one that does it the most gracefully." corrected Archer.
"Please, please, pretty please…" all the girl pleaded.
"Yeah come on this is suppose to be a night of fun." reminded Itachi with a smirk. She looked at him and glared.
"Alright where's the salt?" she sighed. The small salt shaker was instantly placed in her hand. "Okay I need a volunteer." All the guys put up their hand, and she waved them to put them down. "This is a demonstation for you guys, us girls can on do the salt part." she explained, which confused them a little. "Mesquite congratulations you are going to be my lovely assistant."
"Alright, fine, fine, whatever." she sighed as she scooted aross Zetsu's lap. She leaned back a little and her face turned upwards. Itachi moved over slightly so he could see.
Archer past her a small tube filled with tequila, Mesquite took it and secured the tube down between her cleavage. This was starting to make the guys excited, Deidara looked down at the supple breasts of the twins, and he started to become a little giddy. Archer took the small salt shaker and shook some salt onto Mesquites lips. She put the salt back onto the table, and then sighed. She knelt up and brought her face over Mesquite's. Archer's lips came down and sucked off the salt. Everyone around the table was amazed at what they were seeing. Archer's head came down to her friends chest and she reached down and pulled the tube out with her teeth securing the suckon with her lips, she shot her head back and downed the liquid, removing it when she was finished. She slid the tube back into the holder then sat back.
"Any questions?" she asked. Everyone just stared at her wide-eyed.
"Yeah, why did you choose to be straight again?" asked Mesquite licking the remaining salt off her lips. The girls all laughed, then started grabbing the tequila tubes.
"Wait, hold up, you were a lesbian?" asked Deidara looking at Archer wide-eyed.
"Long story." giggled Archer. "Whose going next?" Everybody raised their hands, so they all turned to a partner and started placing everything where it needed to go. Archer nestled the tube of tequila down into her cleavage. Itachi delicately placed the salt on her lips. He knelt up and kissed away the bitter salt, tarting his tongue into her mouth. He massaged her tongue with his, and for a split second he forgot where he was. He removed his mouth from hers and leaned down to finish the shot. He buried his face in her cleavage and kissed each breasts before he grabbed the small glass tube with his teeth. He shot his head back swallowing the dry liquid.
They continued on tube after tube ordering more, and experimenting with other shots, the buzz starting to hit them. Each tequila shot their kisses became more deep, more passionate. Itachi finding clever ways to touch and carress her to receive little jumps of pleasure out of her. The others didn't notice, but if they did they just thought that it was the alcohol getting to them. After five more shots the girls were finally successful in dragging the guys onto the dance floor. They grinded against each other, laughing, and giggling, enjoying the time together. Even though Itachi and Archer did have a nice buzz going, the alcohol wasn't hitting them as hard as the rest of them. They were together each moment, against one another, reacquainting themselves to the other's body with familiar touches. Finally during a loud song Itachi pulled her to the side of the dance floor.
"I need to have you right now, or I going to tear someone's head off." Itachi hissed into her ear.
"This could be tricky." she warned with a playful smile. The song ended and everyone headed for their seats, Archer and Itachi trailing behind the rest of them. As they came to the table the others began to sit down. "Oh we don't have any more drinks." Archer pointed out. The others looked at the table and there were only a couple of tequila shots left. "We'll go and get more." she said pulling Itachi along with her. When they got to the bar they ordered a bunch of shots. "What do you want Itachi?" she asked seductively.
"You." he answered plainly pulling her close to him.
"How far are you willing to go to have me." she asked.
"As far as I need to." he responded.
"How are you at public performances?" she questioned with a playful smile.
"What do you have planned?" Itachi asked becoming extremely interested. She leaned in close to him.
"I want you to fuck me in front of all of them, without them even knowing." she whispered into his ear. Itachi swallowed hard, he never in a thousand years thought she would suggest something like that. But he wasn't going to back away from that challenge.
"What do I need to do in order to accomplish this task." he asked a smile coming across his face. She reached down to his pants, and undid the top button, she slowly unzipped the long zipper, then reached in and caressed him with her right hand, her left hand keeping the pants up.
"All you have to do is undo your pants when we sit back down, and being as hard as you are now, pull me onto your lap, both of us facing the rest of the table." she instructed removing her hand and doing his pants back up. "Use your cloak for extra cover."
"And what about that hot pink thong that your wearing?" he asked as he grabbed her hand and brought it back down to massage his growing erection from outside of his pants.
"Oh Itachi, they're crotchless panties. So whenever your ready." she replied grabbing the tray of drinks and walking down the stairs back to their table.
As they came with the drinks the others got up from the table to let them in. When Itachi got back to his spot he casually put on his cloak. They all piled in again, Deidara coming back from the dance floor with Oleandra and Lilly on each side of him. He was completely smashed, and when the three of them sat down they started making out with each other feverishly, forcing the other people on their side to squish together. Itachi squished against Archer, wondering how they were going to pull this off.
"You could give us a bit more room." growled Hydra to the three across the table. They didn't listen to her.
Archer squeezed out from between Itachi and Mesquite. She then positioned herself so she was kneeling over Itachi's lap, each leg on the outside of his. Her clever movement freed up a fair amount of space, and a few of the other girls followed her example freeing up enough space so that everyone was sitting comfortably. When everyone was situated they all reached for a shot. Itachi undid his zipper and adjusted his pants as Archer leaned forward. Archer leaned back carefully and passed him a shot glass a sly smile evident on her face. They both shot it back, and he handed his glass back to her. She leaned forward again to place back the glasses. As she came back Itachi grabbed her hips, and guided her down slowly onto his aching member. His eyes began to roll back into his head from the astonishing warmth and tightness of her pussy.
He shook his head to remind himself that he could not give away any hint, that would tip the rest of them off to what they were doing. He finally realized that the task he agreed to may be even harder then he had anticipated. She grinded herself against him, making him grit his teeth from behind his closed lips. He had never felt anything like this before. Usually he would be pumping himself into her, but he never in his entire life actually took the time to familiarize himself with the feeling of just being held in a woman's body. He inhaled quietly but sharply, the constant tightness all around him was giving him a new sensation, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
"Oh Itachi you look like you could use another drink." said Archer, giving him his much needed distraction. She leaned forward slowly pulling herself off of him, Itachi slowly letting out a breath that he hadn't realized that he was holding. As she came back with the drinks she gently pushed him into her again, and passed him the shot. Itachi snapped it back quickly like his life depended on it. She took the glass away from him quickly and pulled herself off him again. Itachi barely had time to think before he was in her again. The constant pressure teasing him. A couple of minute passed and they were all starting to talk about people they had killed. Everyone becoming hand talkers due to the alcohol. Itachi was beginning to get use to the feeling of her being around him, and was starting to get himself under control. She felt him staring to relax, and so she squeezed her vaginal walls around him, which immediately received a reaction from Itachi as well as his penis. She kept him on edge like this for over twenty minutes. Whenever he started to relax she would squeeze him, and whenever he became squirmish she passed him a drink.
She utterly enjoyed the feeling of him inside her. He was probably too distracted to realize that he was creating his own little movements that stimulated her. The constant pressure that she was creating around him was heightening the sensation of his throbbing penis inside her, his tip just grazing her G-spot. The difference between the two of them being that she knew how to handle the situation and Itachi didn't have the right experience. But she was very impressed at how he was handling himself, he was doing an amazing job at keeping himself relatively still, and she also admired at how well he adjusted to her little movements. She finally decided to end his torture. She reached over for a tube of tequila and she squeezed her walls tightly around him. She then started a steady pulsing, bringing him closer to his climax. The others didn't notice Itachi's efforts to keep control, because they were too interested in one of the girls stories. Archer leaned back against him close enough so that only he could hear her.
"Itachi stop fighting it." she whispered to him.
"What about you?" he asked his breath a little raspy. She smiled gently before she replied.
"Don't worry about me, think of this as another test, and if you cum you pass." she replied seductively.
"What?" he questioned.
"I'll explain everything later." she said raising herself up and bringing herself down on him quickly. He couldn't hold his climax back any longer, and he came into her, letting out a somewhat quiet groan, which caught some of the others' attention. "He just needs another shot." she said to the few that were looking at them, as she passed Itachi the shot. Itachi grabbed it from her and snapped it back drowning the rest of his groan in the bitter liquid.
She removed herself from him and Itachi quickly did up his zipper and wrapped his cloak across his lap. She sat back down gently on his legs and directed her attention to the conversation.
It was a little after 2:00 am that they all started to make their way back to the village. Archer was helping to keep some of her younger comrades steady, while Itachi walked at the back of the pack.
'What the hell happened? A test. What does she mean by "A Test"? She put me through all of that for what? What was she testing? Fuck I wanted her to cum. Just what the hell was she planning?' Itachi mentally vented.
They made their way through the gates still laughing and tumbling a little. They all stopped at the entrance to the stairs that led to Archer's apartment. Most of the girls leaned up against the building trying to keep their eyes opened.
"Well that looks like everyone." said Archer scanning the crowd. Her attention then was drawn to Deidara and the twins, who hadn't left each other's side since they met up in the club. She nodded to Mesquite who pushed herself off the wall and walked over to one of the twins, and Archer walked over to the other. They pried the twins off of Deidara, pushing them over to the entrance.
"Hey, come on." whined Deidara wobbling slightly. The rest of the Akatsuki noticing that something was a little off about him.
"If they had stayed on you, you would have been passing out right about now." stated Archer with a smile making sure the rest of the Earth Fighters made it up the stairs.
"Psst, no way, I can handle them." said Deidara almost falling over.
"Good night." giggled Archer as she started up the stairs.
"Ha, Ha. So where are we going to…" began Deidara. He fell to the ground unconscious. And the rest of them just stared at his form. Itachi walked over to him and nudged him with his foot. Deidara rolled over onto his back and let out a loud snore.
"Well he's not dead." stated Itachi simply.
"Well where are we staying?" asked Justine to the entire group.
"It is very unlikely that any hotel would grant us a room considering who we are." responded Zetsu. The others made sounds of agreement.
"Ahh, twins yum…" whispered Deidara in his deep sleep. They all stared at him again wondering what he would say next. Justine quickly got tired of the lack of solutions that were being suggested so she started making her way to the stairs the girls had just went up only minutes before.
"Where are you going?" asked a grumpy Kisame.
"I would perfer to stay with them tonight, at least I know I won't have to worry about them trying to kill me in my sleep." replied Justine making her way up the stairs.
Zetsu picked up Deidara's limp form and they all started making their way to the stairs. When they got to the door Itachi was pushed forward.
"Why do I have to knock?" he asked still upset from what had happened at the club.
"Because if it's not Archer that comes to the door, you can "charm" your way in." replied Justine. Itachi quirked an eyebrow and looked at her. "What?" she asked confused. Itachi just shook his head and tapped on the door. The door opened and there stood Archer in a long black tee-shirt and her hair done up in a ponytail.
"Whatever you're selling, I don't want it." she said looking at all of them with a smile.
"Cookies yum…" snored Deidara. Itachi shook his head lightly.
"We need a place to stay for the night, is there room?" Itachi asked bitterly. She could tell by his tone that he wasn't happy, and knew it had something to do with her.
"Just give me a sec." she replied. She turned around and closed the door half way. "Ladies do you mind if we have a few others staying with us tonight?" There was a bunch of inaudible answers, before she opened the door again. "Just take off your shoes by the door, bathroom is on your right, kitchen on your left, and balcony straight forward."
Itachi stepped in and took off his sandals. He then did a quick scan of his surroundings, the place was a fairly nice size for a single person. They all ended up finding a place where they could sleep. But while everyone was getting settled down Itachi walked out onto the balcony, and scanned the sleeping village. The light that was coming from the apartment was turned off, engulfing him in a lightless bliss. A minute later he heard the balcony door slide open and slide closed. He heard the soft pat of someone's feet approaching him. He leaned on the railing having a good idea who it was. A set of delicate, skilful hands came up and started to massage his shoulders.
"You're angry with me." stated Archer quietly, stopping her administrations and coming to his side so that he could see her.
"I'm not angry, just upset." he corrected with a sigh.
"Why?" she asked gently.
"A test. A fucking test. When I said I wanted to have you, I ment in a way that would give us both unbelievable pleasure. Not where I undure sexual torture." he hissed, turning to face her.
"You didn't enjoy it?" she asked calmly.
"I did…until I had to cum without you. I would have held out for as long as I needed to until you hit your climax." he huffed.
"I appriciate the courteousy, but I wasn't going to let you wait for me. It was in a way a test." she reminded.
"Yes. Please. Explain that to me." he said standing up straight and positioning himself so that he blocked her way of escape. He had somewhat cornered her where she was in between the railing and him.
"It was a test of endurance, to see how you would react to different things, how long you could go for, and how well you could control yourself." she explained leaning back slightly when he started leaning towards her.
"And how did I do?" he asked seductively his eyes now filled with lust, his body coming closer to hers. A sly smile played on her lips.
"You impressed me. You lasted almost twice as long as any average man. You reacted to every little thing I did, and you were able to deal with each thing I did, some of those moves send a guy off automatically." she answered bringing her arms up to wrap around his neck. "And most importantly you were able to control yourself from moaning, groaning, or just fucking loosing your mind and raping me there. So all and all you passed with flying colours."
"I have a good teacher." he replied leaning in and giving her a kiss on her lips.
"Even if she makes you upset sometimes?" giggled Archer.
"The making-up is always a hundred times better." stated Itachi capturing her mouth in a passionate kiss. When they parted she placed her hand up to hault his next advance.
"Making-up will have to wait for later. We should get some sleep." she stated gently.
She led him back into the warm apartment, where everyone was breathing heavily, sleeping deeply. She had reserved half of the bed for the two of them. Itachi climbed on the bed first and turned so his body was facing outwards. She climbed on next after having made sure that all the doors were locked. She snuggled up against him, Itachi instinctively wrapping his arms around her. They pulled a loose blanket over themselves, and made themselves comfortable.
"I've missed you." Itachi whispered to her.
"I've missed you too, Itachi." she whispered back. He held her tightly against him, and they both fell asleep.
Copyright June 20, 2006