I don't own Naruto if I did none of the Akatsuki would die.

FEW THINGS CHANGED ABOUT THE AKATSUKI:

1. None of them will die.

2. Tobi is partnered with Zetsu.

3. Tobi wears the ring Orochimaru used to have. (they somehow got it back)

4. Why does Pain have red hair and I haven't mentioned his piercing? Becuase this is Nagato. He and Yahiko managed to kill Hanzo many years ago and Yahiko became village head instead of Nagato.

5. About Konan and Yahiko: they were in the Akatsuki but 'quit' when Konan became pregnant. So Yahiko is the village head and Nagato is the leader of the Akatsuki. However, they're still very good friends and Yahiko is aware of all Akatsuki's actions.

Ino's blue eyes opened at the sound of alarm clock ringing. That sound was so annoying she got up to turn it off although she wanted to be in bed for a couple of more minutes. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the clock. It was 6:30 am. She yawned and headed to the bathroom. She was sleeping only in her underwear since her clothes from yesterday were wet. Luckily, it dried over the night and Ino, although not so happily, put them back on. She should really buy herself some new clothes. Then she took the Akatsuki cloak and put it over velvet top and skirt. One more thing beside clothes she needed but didn't have was a toothbrush. 'Must get that as well.' She was surprised to see a hairbrush lying on the nightstand beside the alarm clock. 'How come I didn't notice it earlier?'She brushed her hair and put it in a ponytail like always. There was only one detail missing now. She looked back at the nightstand, that's where she put the ring last night. It was waiting there for her at the exact same spot. She was observing it for a couple of moments before putting in on her right middle finger. 'Wonder when will I get the nail polish. I just really hope that Pain has some sense of style and gives me the color that fits me.'

She looked through the only window she had, staring down at the town. She was so high she could barely see the civilians. And to her surprise - it wasn't raining, it was actually sunny. Then she glanced at the clock to see that it was 6:45 am, she hurried out of the room, knowing that fifteen minutes is probably not enough time to find the kitchen.

Know who also had a tough night? Sasuke Uchiha. He didn't get any sleep whatsoever. "That damn Yamanaka..." He would repeat that sentence during the whole night while turning in his sleep, trying to explain to himself that losing her wasn't his fault. 'She should have known better than trying to run away from me. Why can't I stop thinking about her then?'

Ino couldn't believe that she finally did it, she found the kitchen. It was both kitchen and dining room but there was really enough space for everyone. When she came in all the members were already there but haven't started eating yet. Hidan and Deidara were doing something at the kitchen counter and the blond member turned around to greet her. She smiled at him and took one of three free seats between Sasori and Kakuzu at the round table. "Good morning, Ino!" Tobi yelled from across the table and Ino thought her ears were gonna bleed out.

"'Morning." Ino tried to be as friendly as she could, but there was something seriously wrong with this guy.

"Alright," Deidara said. "breakfast is ready." Then he and Hidan (who couldn't help himself but swear at doing this choir) put the plates in front of all other members. All they have served to each was white rice with fried egg (normal breakfast in Japan). Usually, this wouldn't be enough for a person to be fed up with, but Ino was alright with that, she was used not to eat a lot since she didn't want to get fat. Before she took her first bite, Kisame spat his back onto the plate. "This is disgusting!" He yelled.

Pain looked at him before he tried his own, and with discomfort, he swallowed it. "Hidan, have you put sugar instead of salt? Again?"

"Don't blame it on me!" Hidan defended himself. "I ain't-a fucking maid you know that!"

"I taste clay." Tobi said. He would lift up his mask enough for nobody to see his face but still enough for him to eat.

"Haha... Ups." Deidara laughed.

Pain looked like he was about to facepalm himself but since he was the leader that would be unprofessional. "Great, and we have to go in half an hour."

At that moment, Ino spotted the opportunity to get these guys to like her a bit more. "Umm, I can make something in fifteen minutes if you want to."

Pain gave her a long look and she immediately knew that he realized what her plan is, but that doesn't necessarily define his answer. "Fine." She got up in the same second and headed to work. She opened the fridge to find a huge disappointment - it was almost empty. 'Stay cool, you can make something out of this.' If she wants to be useful, she must turn their weaknesses into her strength until she finishes her training, cooking isn't really what she has expected but that's not a bad start.

"Why should we exchange in cooking if we have a fucking girl to do it?" She heard Hidan asking and felt a need to hit him with something. If Ino hates something, that's sexism. Just because she cooks better than these guys it doesn't mean that girls, in general, are better in doing it. But she decided to let it go this once and focused on cooking.

About between ten to fifteen minutes later, she was done, she prepared natto, traditional Japanese breakfast, she served it with soy sauce, karashi mustard, and Japanese bunching onion, classic. She never found it to be very delicious though, but she really didn't have some choice considering what was in the fridge. First she served Pain and Kisame, then Itachi and Hidan, then Kakuzu and Sasori, then Deidara and Zetsu, and the last two plates were for her and Tobi. She did the same thing with Green tea she has made and took her seat between Sasori and Kakuzu and waited for their reaction, she really hoped they would like it. "Wow," Deidara commented. "I can't remember the last time we ate something actually eatable."

"Fucking told ya girls were for cooking." It was, of course, Hidan and Ino really felt an urge to give him a piece of her mind.

"Do you ever shut up?" Kisame, who looked pretty eager to throw his fork at Hidan, asked rhetorically.

"Sadly, no." Kakuzu commented and Ino now had a chance to see his face since he had to take his mask off for eating. He had something that looked like stitches at the corners of his mouth. But with Zetsu, Kisame and Sasori, Ino didn't find it to be that weird.

'Alright, so this is how international criminals are having breakfast, wonder what's next.'

'Hhhmmmm...' Pain thought as he noticed Ino's expression when Hidan said that girls are for cooking. 'So she hates sexism, which is perfectly understandable, but this is a great opportunity for my next test.' "Ino," he said her name and she immediately turned to face him, her eyes filled with gentleness that looked a bit like submissivness. Pain liked that, after all, obedience is one of his favorite words. "you'll do all the cooking from now on, breakfast at 7, lunch at 1:30 and dinner at 8, always exactly on time." He could swear he saw a hint of anger in her eyes but it immediately disappeared.

"Yes, leader-sama." Ino said calmly, but she was burning with rage inside. 'What does this guy think I am?! Some kind of a servant!?' But then it clicked in her head - 'is this some kind of a new test?'She remembered Deidara's words from last night: "If you don't want to piss somebody off, that's Pain." So she remained silent and looked at Itachi who was drinking tea she made. He didn't seem to acknowledge her whatsoever and it angered her. Since he brought her before Pain, he hasn't said a single word to her, hell, he didn't even look at her. A few days ago she had his full attention, now he was completely ignoring her. She really wondered why.

"Your training starts tomorrow." Pain said coldly and Ino simply nodded. She really hoped that she would get some training with Itachi, partly because she admired him, partly because she really wanted to spend some time with him, to get to know him better. She really didn't know why, she just did.

"Ino-tan, do we have some more?" Tobi asked and Ino looked at him, he has already eaten all he had on his plate. She smiled at his addressing of her, 'tan' is someone you find to be cute.

"Sorry Tobi, no. There was barely anything in the fridge." Ino said and hurried to eat her own breakfast since she has only tasted it by now.

A few minutes later everybody was over with the meal and Ino noticed that the only ones with manners that put their plates in the kitchen sink were Sasori, Itachi, and Kakuzu. Yesterday Pain gave missions to all the teams except Sasori and Deidara so everybody went to do their job instead of those two and Ino. "Sasori," Pain said and took the scroll out of his coat. "I've got a little task for you."

"What about me?" Deidara asked.

"Sasori is more than capable of doing this on his own. Besides, you've got something else to do." Pain handed Sasori the scroll and the puppet-master went out of the kitchen, leaving two blonds with the leader.

"Since my training starts tomorrow," Ino started, although she didn't seem to catch Pain's attention but continued anyway. "what will I do today?"

The redhead's hand crawled into his coat yet again and this time he took out the little bag that is usually used for money. And by the sound of jingling, it probably was money. "I presume that you need a few things, clothes for example." Ino raised an eyebrow. 'Another test? What would be the point of this one?' The first day in the Akatsuki she cooks breakfast and the leader himself gives her money to buy clothes? That was the last thing Ino could imagine, not that she complained.

"Oh, sure." She simply couldn't resist and took the little bag from leader's hand. She really needed new clothes and some other stuff.

"Deidara will take you to the village." Pain turned on his heel to leave but stopped for a moment. "This is first and probably the last time I'm doing this so don't get used to it."

Later...

Deidara was the Akatsuki member Ino liked the most by now, he was funny and talkative, in a good way, not Tobi way. And he seemed to enjoy her company as well. They were walking through village streets. What surprised Ino was that whenever some villagers saw them they would bow their heads down as a sign of respect. A few moments ago he explained to her all this stuff with his mouths and clay bombs. And told her about an incident a few weeks ago when one of them exploded at the hideout and how Pain put him on a cleaning duty for a month because of that. "So, Deidara, where are you taking me?"

"I know a good shop just a few streets away from here. Trust me, you're gonna love it!"

"I was wondering... Do you know why is it sunny today? I thought it always rains in Amegakure." Not that Ino complained on the Sun, it was actually really nice to just walk through the warm street, through the village that actually shows you some respect.

"Well, Pain is considered like some kind of a God here. You see, many years ago he along with original Akatsuki, but mainly him, defeated the previous village head who was some kind of an asshole." Deidara tried his best to make the long story short because he really didn't want to talk about Pain right now, that guy is sometimes a real pain in the ass.

Ino was left shocked. She thought that people here respect the Akatsuki because they are afraid of Pain, not because they like him. "That still doesn't explain why it's sunny today." She pointed out.

"Oh, because it's Sunday. And since Pain is 'God' he can apparently control the weather. Oh look, we're here." He thanked Kami that they arrived so now Ino can focus on clothes instead of Pain. They entered the shop and the saleswoman greeted them with a smile on her face.

"Good morning, can I help you with something?" The shop was simple but cute and Ino immediately went to observe the clothes. Ame's style was so much different than Konoha's, almost all the shirts had sleeves and there were more girl-pants than skirts.

"Nah, we're fine." Deidara answered and gave his full attention to Ino, he just really hoped that she wasn't kind of a girl that spends a hell of a lot of time in picking clothes.

Ino was exactly the kind of a girl that spends a hell of a lot of time in picking clothes. Deidara was so fucking exhausted, they've been in the same shop for fucking two hours. Ino had to try out every single item in the whole store and ask him for an opinion, and his answer would always be that she looks great and then she would disagree with him and try something that looked exactly like the last one to him. At one point, the saleswoman asked if he was her brother, since they looked very similar, and it was even harder to tell them apart when they were in the Akatsuki cloaks.

After two long hours of torture, Ino had finally made up her mind. Deidara didn't even know what she bought in the end, but he really didn't want to ask and was slightly pissed when she asked him to carry the bags but for some reason, he really didn't have the heart to turn her down. She was so sweet and he really wanted to get to know her better. "We should stop by some food shop as well, we have almost nothing in the fridge."

"Whatever you say, un." Deidara shrugged his shoulders. "Do we even have money?"

"Of course we do, look at how little amount of clothing I bought." Deidara looked down at the bags in his hands. Four fucking full bags! That's like she bought something for all the Akatsuki. But he decided not to point it out.

"So... Why did you join us?" He asked suddenly. He really hated silent walks and wanted to use this little trip to get to know the blonde better.

Ino's smiled faded and she turned her head away. "I'd rather not talk about it now."

Deidara was slightly angry that his curiosity wasn't satisfied but he kinda got why she wouldn't talk about it. "How do you like the members by now, Ino-jo?"

She turned to look at him with a surprised expression when he added 'jo' after her name, it usually means 'miss' or 'single young woman'. She liked that, since she was called a slut in Konoha. "Well, that Hidan really pisses me off with his sexism, but others seem alright."

"Just alright?" Deidara raised an eyebrow, hoping to get a different answer.

"Well, besides Itachi and Kisame I know you for a day." Ino said and shrugged her shoulders.

Pain's tower AKA Akatsuki hideout

It was exactly 8 pm and time for dinner. Ino made sure for everything to look perfect. She guessed that they would be hungry since all of them except Tobi and Zetsu wasn't able to attend lunch since they were on missions. She made Baked Tonkatsu, Japanese pork cutlet which she and Deidara spent the rest of their money on. This was first and probably the last day she was would get a chance to go shopping, tomorrow, her training starts. And she knew that training under Akatsuki will be much different than training with Asuma-sensei and Shikamaru. She knew that much more will be expected from her and that failure will not be tolerated. She snapped out of her thoughts as she heard loud voices approaching. She glanced at the table to be sure that everything is set and in place.

Hidan and Kakuzu were the first to arrive of course Hidan couldn't keep his mouth shut. "Did little Ino-hime buy herself some new clothes with daddy's money?" He asked teasingly.

'Daddy's hime'? Hidan has just called her Pain's little princess. 'The fuck?' Ino thought but decided to keep her cool. "Yes, she did." She answered referring to herself in the third person.

Soon all the Akatsukis were gathered and started eating. Ino was constantly trying to catch an eye-contact with Itachi but he didn't notice her at all, for a difference from Deidara who was invariably telling her something and she really did try her best to follow him. Kisame was talking to Zetsu something about the mission he and Itachi were on and Sasori was telling Kakuzu about some new puppet. 'Are they always like this?'

Pain cleared his throat and everybody stopped their conversations and focused on the leader. Hidan looked like he was about to say something but Deidara shoved some food into his mouth to keep him silent and Pain started talking. "I made a schedule of Ino's training - mind techniques with Kakuzu and taijutsu with Hidan on Monday," Ino caught Hidan smirking at her and swallowed hard, she knew he'll make that training as bad and painful as possible. "lightning jutsu with Deidara and charka with Sasori on Tuesday," 'Lightning jutsu?' Ino wondered, why would she need that? But she decided not to question Pain's actions because he probably has some valid reason to do that, "fire jutsu with Itachi and water jutsu with Kisame on Wednesday," her heart stopped at the word 'Itachi'. Itachi will be her mentor, he'll HAVE TO spend time with her now, whether he liked it or not. "spaying techniques with Zetsu and shuriken jutsu with Tobi on Thursday," 'Okay, that doesn't sound so hard.' "and genjutsu with me on Friday." Wait, what? Ino has never considered Pain training her himself, she was to be trained by the leader of the Akatsuki, she should be honored and thank him but she was feeling extremely nervous.

To her surprise, everybody was okay with the schedule and simply nodded, nobody even seemed to be bothered with it. Not even Hidan, actually he looked rather pleased to train her. "Yo, Hime," he said and she looked at him with her eyebrow twitching. "bring me some sake (Japanese alcoholic drink), will ya?"

"You know where it is, you've got two hands, take it yourself." Ino said, already highly annoyed. Deidara and Kisame both laughed slightly at her answer to Hidan. "I'm not a servant you know?"

Hidan looked pissed but got up and took it himself from the fridge with few swears along the way. She probably shouldn't have done that, she has training with him tomorrow. And now Hidan had extra motivation to make the next day a living hell for her. She better watch her back.

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