A/N: The rest of this story happens after a time-skip! Please read for ages!

Sakura – 18

Itachi – 20

Kisame – 23

Sasori and Deidara – 21

Rookie nine – 18

Team Gai – 19

Gaara – 18

Kankuro – 19

Temari – 20

Sai – 18

Other Akatsuki – 19-25

Leader - 31

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Chapter Nine

I heard a banging of pots in the kitchen and only one thought crossed my mind 'Kisame's trying to cook again.' 'Cha! Last time he cooked leader had to cancel all my missions and call me back from mist to look after my boys. He must not be allowed to cook again!' As I am the only girl in the Akatsuki I have taken it as my role to look after my boys.

Yes, that's right, MY boys. I don't know why I call them that but when ever they are hurt or sick I always drop everything to look after them, literally. Last time Deidara complained to me about having a stomach ache I dropped a kunai, which I had just been sharpening, on the floor to see what was wrong…the hole from the blade is still there today. For S-class criminals, they are all such big babies! Kisame complains every time he gets a paper cut for Pete's sake!

I ran into the kitchen to see a flame grilled Kisame standing over a pot that had black slime creeping out of the sides.

"Kisame! I told you never to try cooking again!" I yelled at him.

"I was trying to make lunch and…" He drifted off waving a hand towards the pot.

'II'S ALIVE!!!' 'Shut up! It's not alive! It's just Kisame's cooking!' 'WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?!?' 'I don't think there is a difference…'

"What were you trying to cook?" I asked.

"Salad." He replied.

'YOU DON'T COOK SALAD!'

"YOU DON'T COOK SALAD!"

"Oops." He said and ran out leaving me to clean up the mess.

One hour later I had everything clean and I began to prepare something edible before the boys started to complain. I grabbed a clean pot and some pasta, tuna, sweet corn, mayonnaise, pepper, vinegar, tomatoes, and onions.

I filled the pot with water and put it on the oven to boil while I put the tuna and sweet corn in a plastic tub. I put two table spoons of mayonnaise in with the tuna and sweet corn and mixed it with a bit of pepper and vinegar. Next I chopped two big tomatoes and one medium onion and mixed them in too. Once the water was boiled I put the pasta in and waited a few minuets for it to cook. When the pasta was done I drained the water out of it, into the sink, and ran the pasta under cold water to cool it. I drained the cool water away as well and mixed the tuna and stuff in with the pasta.

Once the smell of my cooking had moved though out the base the so-called 'heartless killers' ran in and sat at the table, waiting for their food. Itachi didn't run in because he was too cool for that but he did sit quietly at the table waiting, like the rest of the civilised young gentlemen in the base. 'Cha! You wish! Look at them instead of you dream!' I looked at the boys and saw Kisame pulling Deidara's hair while the blond boy was yelling and screaming at him to stop. Sasori and Itachi were glaring at each other, holding their forks up in a threatening manner.

'Oh well. I can dream can't I?' As I finished these thoughts the sound of growling entered the den. I looked towards the door way and saw Morokie, my white-furred, blue-eyed wolf. Behind her was Toro, my black and white tiger with red eyes, who was only a cub.

Morokie was an adult wolf that I had found in the forest on my way to the Akatsuki when she was only a pup. She didn't let Kisame or Itachi come any where near her but approached me on her own, I have had her ever since. I found Toro on a mission one year ago and, even though she is still a cub, she is strong. They both follow me around and go on all my missions with me.

I am still an assassin but now I work for the Akatsuki. I changed my name to Tomito Kinikura. I kept the name 'Huntress' for my job and now, with Morokie and Toro, my symbol had become a white wolf with black tiger stripes. I have it a symbol on the sleeve of my cloak that I wear when ever I leave the base.

I have modified my Akatsuki cloak too, so it is more to my liking. It is now more of an open jacket that stops at my ankles and is held closed over my stomach with a single button with one sleeve because I ripped the other one off. On my sleeveless arm I have a black, netted arm warmer.

Under the cloak I wear a black tank top that has a red net top over it. My lower half is covered with black full length trousers that had pockets for weapons. My belt is a chain that I can remove and use as another weapon. I have a katana strapped to my back. It has a black hilt with my symbol on it and a silver blade. The sheath had my symbol on it as well.

I now used chakra on my hair so it stays the way it was when I left Konoha and I have taken to wearing a plain black mask that covers my entire face and has a hole in the top for a high braid to come out. It only shows that braid and my eyes. I put the Zoneingan on every time someone sees me so everyone thinks I have purple eyes.

I focused my attention back on the 20-23 year old guys that are currently acting like five-year-olds. I sometimes wonder what would happen if our enemy saw them like this. They would probably die laughing.

"Hey! If you don't shut up right now, no lunch!" I threatened. Silence followed. "Okay now. Who wants the first portion?"

"ME!" They all yelled at the same time. 'So much for silence…' I thought frustrated. I put the food into five different bowls and handed them out. We all sat and ate in silence.

When everyone was finished that was all of the fun over until dinner. We all agreed that we would take it in turns to cook, except Kisame. It was Deidara's turn to cook dinner so I didn't have to worry about quitting training early to do it myself, since Deidara is quite a good cook himself, even though they all say that I'm the best. Kisame once made the mistake of telling me that I'm better because I'm a girl. He enjoyed my cooking though a straw for two months. The lesson: never make sexist remarks around me!

We went outside and left Deidara to sort out the dishes and start dinner. Sasori and I sparred first with Kisame watching him and Itachi watching me to help us improve our form. It worked way better than the training system in Konoha and everyone improved faster.

Sasori ran at me with a kunai in his had and I 'Poofed' away in a whirlwind of black petals. I reappeared behind him and kicked him in the back making him fly though nine trees and fall to the floor. He quickly got up and used his iron sand technique. I dodged the attack and heard Itachi yelling at me about my footing as I stumbled and fell after landing. I used Kage Bunshin and made nine shadow clones.

Two of the clones attacked Sasori head on, distracting him long enough for another three of them to sneak up behind him and hold him in place while the remaining four and the two who where distracting him attacked him with Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu, which Kisame taught me, and he fell down, held by all nine of my clones while I held a kunai to his throat to end the match.

As I got up and dusted myself off Kisame and Itachi came over to give us feed back.

"Kinikura-chan, you need to be careful with your footing, unless you actually want the enemy to use it as your weak point." Itachi told me, using my fake name.

"Hai." I replied. Kisame approached me when he was finished with Sasori and told me about how I could improve the technique he taught me.

"… But other than that you did well for a beginner in water techniques." He said.

"Thanks Fishy-chan!"

"No, thank you! Itachi and I made a bet. I said you would use a technique I taught you to finish off Sasori and he said that you wouldn't."

"What did you bet?" I asked.

"My cleaning duty! He has to clean the base for the rest of the week!" He said before laughing. I looked at him and then at Itachi, who rolled his eyes.

"Kisame, you do know that this is Sunday right? And you did all the cleaning today so… Itachi doesn't have to clean anything." I told him.

"Wha- Noooooo!" he cried.

After Kisame stopped crying he and Itachi began their match. A lot of punching, kicking and crying, from Kisame, later, Itachi had won and I went over to give him feed back. I had long since healed his eyes, so sight was no longer a problem for him.

"Itchy-kun, you need to be careful. You exposed your right side all the way though the match, even when I yelled at you for doing it. Not all your opponents will be as stupid as Kisame, one of them is bound to pick it up and attack you there." I said matter-of-factly.

"Thank you for telling me. I'll work on it."

Everyone went in a few minuets later for dinner. Deidara had tried to make sushi but ended up cooking a pepperoni and cheese pizza, which was fine with us. When we all finished we went to the living room and sat down to chat, like we did every night.

The living room is dark. It had dark blue walls with a silhouette of a forest near the floor which was covered in a darker blue carpet. The ceiling is black with the night sky painted on it. All of the rooms where custom painted thanks to Sasori, Deidara and I.

I had to watch them paint every room, to make sure Deidara didn't blow everything up, and I helped with the details and designs too. 'He always did say "Art is a bang… Yeah" but he doesn't need to make everything go BOOM!' 'Eh. It's his choice; I just didn't want the base to be charred remains.'

The room has two black sofas facing each other at an angle to the fire place. There is also three chairs. One of them is by the door, one by the window, which is mine, and one next to the fire, in the centre of the two sofas. Two of the chairs are white and my one is a crimson colour, like blood. Also in the room are two medium sized cushions on the floor by my chair. They belong to Toro and Morokie, no one else is allowed to touch them, except me.

I took one of the sofas with Itachi, and Sasori and Deidara took the other. Kisame sat in the chair by the fire while Morokie and Toro got comfortable in their cushions.

"Is anyone going on a mission any time soon?" I asked to start a conversation.

"Oh! I am!" Said Kisame raising his hand and jumping up and down on the chair. "Itachi is coming with me!"

"Where are you going?"

"We are going to Konoha to pick up three ninja that want to join. They have recently kidnapped someone called Yamanaka Ino. Their names are Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino and, my foolish brother, Uchiha Sasuke." Itachi informed me.

"Hey! Kini-chan, aren't you from Konoha? Do you know them?" Asked Deidara.

"No, can't say I do. I've heard about them though. Inuzuka Kiba, dog-nin and canine enthusiast. Aburame Shino, bug-nin and silent most of the time. Uchiha Sasuke, Sharingan user and total jerk. Not a big threat to all of us, but together they could take down Deidara or Sasori when one of those two are alone." I informed them.

"Okay. Sasori and I are doing a mission in mist to gather information about a new cult that could cause us trouble in the future. We leave tomorrow and probably wont come back for about two months." I sent Deidara a questioning gaze. "If they don't ally with us then we have to take down the whole cult. Two months is minimum." I nodded my head to show that I understood. They all turned their attention to me to see if I had any missions.

"None here. Leader-sama says I'll get one soon, but none so far." They all nodded their heads and I got up off the sofa. "I'm going to bed. Have a good time on your mission Sasori, you too Deidara."

"Kini-chan, Itachi and I are leaving tomorrow as well. Home in three weeks okay?"

"Okay. Have fun Fishy-chan. Bye Itchy-kun. See you guys when you get back, if I don't get sent on a mission as well. Goodnight."

"Night." They called simultaneously. Morokie and Toro followed me out as well.

I got to my room, which was painted like a red sunset sky with trees and houses painted on the bottom in black as if they were shadows, and observed it happily. Across the walls were shadow petals that looked like they were blowing in the wind. My ceiling was painted crimson blood, like my chair, and my carpet was the same colour, just a bit darker. My bed was king sized, like all the beds in the base, and the covers were blood red with crimson pillows.

I had one black bookcase that was fitted and took up an entire wall. It was full of every book a ninja would need from information on the most dangerous criminals, which I was featured in as number one assassin and number two over all, just behind leader and right in front of Itachi, I never let him live that down, to 'How to hold a katana right'.

I had a midnight blue night stand with a silver lamp on it. I was the only person in the base with a walk-in closet. The closet had midnight blue walls and a black carpet and ceiling. The door to the closet was golden yellow and it had my symbol on the door. Morokie and Toro had a dark blue mini-bed each at the end of my bed.

It was a perfect room for me and I treated Deidara and Sasori to all you can eat ramen, paid for by me, afterwards. I love my room, after all, and they deserved it after all their hard work. I slipped into my bed after changing into a black silk night dress and red shorts and went to sleep.

In Konoha

Kiba, Shino and Sasuke had packed and let Ino 'escape' to go home before leaving the village. Kiba took one last look at the mission scroll that read:

Mission participants: Uchiha Sasuke, Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba.

Mission length: As long as needed.

Objective: Join the Akatsuki and gather information on the entirety of the members you will be in contact with.

People you will encounter: Uchiha Itachi, Hoshigaki Kisame, Deidara, Sasori and Tomito Kinikura. Possibly more.

Information about enemies:

Uchiha Itachi:

-Age: 20

-Sharingan user

-Mangekyo Sharingan user

-Massacred clan

-Partner: Hoshigaki Kisame

Hoshigaki Kisame:

-Age: 23

-Water Jutsu user

-Holder of the Samehada

-High physical strength and speed

-Partner: Uchiha Itachi

Deidara:

-Age: 21

-Specialist in explosive-based jutsu using clay

-Mouths in palms of hands

-Scope on left eye

-Partner: Sasori

Sasori:

-Age: 20

-Puppet master

-Puppet body

-Human puppets

-Partner: Deidara

Tomito Kinikura:

-Age: 18

-Trained by Uchiha Itachi in combat.

-Trained by Hoshigaki Kisame in water based jutsu and strength

-Trained by Deidara in clay and explosive based jutsu

-Trained by Sasori in puppet based jutsu

-Assassin known as Huntress

-Powerful bloodline limit, name unknown

-Kills without mercy

-EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

Good luck.

"Good luck?!? We need a miracle to survive this!" yelled Kiba.

"Kiba, give me the scroll. I need to destroy it so that the Akatsuki don't find it." Said Sasuke calmly. He took the scroll and burned it before turning back to Kiba, "Look, I'm worried about this too. I did give up revenge on my brother, but I still hate him."

"YOUR BROTHER?!?" Kiba screamed. Shino looked at him and glared, "Sorry Shino." Kiba said before turning back to Sasuke, "I'm not worried about him. I'm worried about this 'Tomito Kinikura'! She was, after all, trained in all that stuff and is labelled as 'extremely dangerous'. I do not want to die on this mission!"

"I can't believe she was huntress. Sakura said that she was huntress." Sasuke wondered.

"Well, Sakura had to be trained by someone. Maybe Kinikura let Sakura take over the assassinations for a while when she took a break." Shino suggested, talking for the first time.

"Well what to we do now?" Asked Kiba.

"We wait." Replied Sasuke and Shino together.