A/N: Ummmmmm, well this is the first time I've ever done something like this so this is going to be written in a very Hinata like style.………… blushes Thanks to darkangel211101 for being such a loyal reader! I really appreciate your spirited reviews and it really gives me the confidence to keep writing this story! I've even starting planning out the rest of the story, I have the entire story planned out and I'm quickly finding that a lot of people love it! Though darkangel seems to be one of the biggest fans having reviewed EVERY chapter so far! Thanks again! starts to write chapter
"So, Akira seems to have extremely strange abilities. She seems to be able to use the byakugan, has very strong taijutsu and claims to be an Uchiha. She is also talented enough to have been formally accepted into the Akatsuki at age twelve, she is quite the impressive student, and it seems that she has been trained mainly by Itachi and somewhat by every other member of the Akatsuki as well," said an unknown shinobi as he looked around the room. The council of shinobi nodded and the man went on. "We need to devise a plan of action for when one encounters her, because if she develops the habits of the Akatsuki she will begin to kill all who see her when she's not on a mission. Therefore putting us all at risk."
"But what do we have the power to do? Our last detaining attempt failed and we still have yet to find out her true potential!" said one member as he banged on the table.
"I agree!" shouted the others. They quieted as the doors slammed open.
"Maybe I could offer assistance," said a cloaked figure from the door way. "I am a scientist who helped work on the S Project, and I feel that I have all the information you require."
"What the hell is the S Project? We never heard of it!" said one of the council.
"Oh, I doubt that you have. It was a project that a group of rebellious shinobi, that I must say have already been disposed of, were working on. We were forced to create the perfect shinobi, starting from scratch. We used blood from some of the most powerful clans from all over the world, and transferred it into a small female child. We turned that child into a fighting machine who was going to be trained not to feel. We lost her when one of the scientists chickened out and left the baby on the Uzumaki Uchiha doorstep. From there the child was stolen and given to the Akatsuki, though her full potential hasn't been reached even now. And when it is, no one will be safe…"
"How is she yeah?" asked Deidara as he checked in on Tobi and Akira. Tobi shrugged and they both glanced at Akira.
"She used a lot of chakra, and her body just shut down afterwards, she's going to be in bed for a while," he said as he pulled the covers farther up on the sleeping girl. Deidara nodded.
"Itachi is not going to be happy to find there's no change, yeah" he said with a sigh. Tobi gulped audibly and glanced over his shoulder and out the window to where Itachi was butchering a practice dummy.
"Hopefully, he'll wear himself out before then," was a whispered reply. Both of the men looked at Akira who was just barely awake. She turned her head towards the window and smiled slightly before falling asleep again to the sound of metal hacking away at wood and straw. The two men glanced at each other smiling.
"At least she's as aware as ever!" said Tobi. They both chuckled slightly before Tobi left the room and Deidara took over watch duty.
"No! You shouldn't be walking yet!" shouted Tobi as he and Deidara attempted to push Akira back into her room.
"Let go of me! I want to go outside!" Akira shouted before stomping on Deidara's foot as hard as she could. Deidara cursed violently and was pulled aside.
"Get back in that bed now, Akira," said Itachi calmly as he gripped the back of her neck and marched her into the room. Akira sighed and walked alongside him willingly. "You know better then to push yourself when you're still in a fragile state. If you want to get better you have to rest," Itachi said still calmly. Akira nodded sadly as she sat down on the bed. Itachi poked her forehead gently, "Now go to sleep before I make you eat that mush Kisame calls cooking." Akira gulped and threw the covers over herself and closed her eyes. Chuckling Itachi left the room. "She's all yours," he said as Tobi walked back into the room.
"We're lucky you listen to him, or else we would never have any peace around here," Tobi said sitting down next to her with a sigh as he wiped sweat of his exposed brow.
"You're lucky he's here or else I would have hurt you for cooping me up in here to begin with," Akira said with an evil smile. Tobi flushed, though Akira could only see his neck lose color since his face was still covered. Akira gave a creepy chuckle and turned to look out the window where Itachi was once more. It didn't even seem like he was trying to do anything, he was just sitting on a practice dummy staring at the sky. "Will you open the window for me, baka?" Akira asked looking at Tobi.
"I'm not a baka," Tobi said through gritted teeth as he moved across the room to push open the window.
"Then are you a dobe?" Akira asked wickedly. Tobi glared at her with one eye. "Do you know how hard it is to take you seriously when you wear that stupid mask all the time? And the orange swirl on it just makes it look hilarious," Akira said sticking her tongue out at him. He gave her the finger before walking out of the room.
"It's someone else's turn! Or else I'm going to smother her!" Tobi shouted as he slammed the door to his room. Zaku walked into the room and Akira gulped. If she screwed with him, she could get hit…
She looked for something else to do when she saw her old marbles on the nightstand. She picked one up and threw it out the window. It hit the center mark of the dummy that Itachi was sitting on. He looked over at her and she waved. He shook his head and continued to watch the sky. Akira threw another marble hitting the same place. This time when Itachi looked at her she flipped him off. He flipped her off as well and went back once more to watching the sky. This time when a marble hit the target Itachi grabbed it before it fell and threw it right back at Akira. She caught it and threw it back at him. This went on for a little while until Itachi was so annoyed that when he threw the marble back he over shot it and Zaku caught it. He looked at it for a little bit before popping it in his mouth and swallowing. Akira stared at him for a little bit with her mouth open before grabbing another marble and throwing it at Itachi. He caught it and finally just snapped.
"Will you cut it out?!" he yelled at her a vein in his forehead bulging out. She stuck her tongue out at him and threw another marble. Itachi had finally had enough. He marched out of Akira's line of view and appeared a few moments later in her room. He was still annoyed as he threw off he covers and scooped her up. Ignoring everyone's surprised remarks he marched outside and deposited her underneath a tree. "There, now stop throwing things at me!" he said before marching off and sitting on top of another dummy. Akira smiled and tried to hold in laughter. Finally she couldn't hold it in any more and she began to laugh loudly, causing Itachi to glare at her over his shoulder. Akira couldn't stop laughing at how ridiculous Itachi looked with a vein bulging out in his face and hunched over like a hobbit. Usually he had a straight back and a face blank of emotion, but today was different.
"What is wrong with you?" Itachi asked getting up and walking over to Akira; Akira stopped laughing and looked up at him. She was struck silent as she looked up at Itachi; the sun was streaming through the leaves and casting a soft light across him. His hair was blowing in the wind softly and his skin was smooth and had a touch of sun on it. "What's wrong? You look feverish?" he said kneeling down and touching Akira's cheeks and forehead with the back of his hand. Akira blushed slightly.
"I-its nothing, I'm just a little warm out here. I should probably go back inside now," she said quietly. Itachi frowned as she tried to stand up and almost fell.
"You're still pretty weak," he said as he bent down somewhat and lifted Akira off her feet. He carried her inside to her room not noticing how bright red her face was.
Akira started to notice the slightest things about Itachi over the next few days, blushing every time he would look at her. Itachi seemed completely clueless as to why she was acting the way she was, though both she and him were being teased by Tobi and Deidara. This had just managed to confuse Itachi more, embarrass Akira and result in both of them attacking their teasers. Tobi had ended up finally with running to his room crying because Akira scratched some of the orange paint off his mask; then she was extremely frustrated because she could not get the blood stains off the rug later that day.
"So Akira, how are you and Itachi getting along as of late, yeah?" Deidara asked Akira one day. She ignored him and continued working on the bracelet in her hands. "I guess that you have been getting on well, yeah. I mean, you two seem pretty close lately, yeah." A vein began to bulge in Akira's forehead as she looked over her shoulder at Deidara. He wasn't even looking at her. "So, when are you going to see him next, yeah?" Akira stood up and grabbed her string.
"I think it's time for you to be assigned a cause of death," Akira said through gritted teeth. She stretched out the string and approached Deidara who started to back up, "I think death by strangulation. What do you think?" she gave the string a jerk and light glistened of the glazing that keeps it from fraying. Deidara gulped loudly and back up into a wall. Akira just smiled as she walked up to him. "You better cut out teasing me, or one of these days I'm going to put you down. Who knows how I'll do it too? You might just go to bed one day and never wake up, or you could be eating supper and suddenly drop out of you chair dieing," Akira smiled widely as Deidara turned white as a sheet. "That would just be the lamest way to go, don't you think?" Akira laughed as Deidara pulled up the hem of his cloak and ran away from her quickly leaving a cloud of dirt behind him. Sighing Akira returned to her work, why didn't Tobi and Deidara leave her alone about her crush? And was Itachi really dumb enough to not notice she liked him? Akira shook her head and threaded another bead onto the string. She was making another bracelet, but for who she didn't know yet.
"I'm worried about her, she's acting really strangely. I wonder whats wrong with her," Itachi said to the empty air as he closed his eyes.
"It's obvious, yeah? She has the slightest of crushes, yeah," said Deidara from the doorway he was leaning on.
"A crush? On who?" Itachi asked looking towards Deidara.
"You of course, yeah. Just think about it, yeah. Who is the man she is around the most, yeah? Who does she look up to the most, yeah?" He flipped his hear aside with his hand and smiled as it fell back in place. "She's a good girl, yeah. She knows how fun art is, yeah. Break her heart and we'll all hate you for it, yeah." He turned and walked out of the room.
Itachi stared after him before running into the hallway. "That can't be true! Why would she like me?! You are just a crazy idiot!" he shouted his face bright red. Deidara just waved at him without even turning around. Itachi scowled and walked back into his room fuming. That can't be true… can it?
The next day Itachi signaled Akira that it was time to train. "You haven't practiced for a while, and we don't want you getting rusty." Akira blushed slightly and nodded. "Regular taijutsu for now," he said and waited for her to attack. She didn't move. Akira was staring at the ground. Itachi cleared his throat and her face shoot up to look at him. "Well?"
Akira nodded slightly and took a fighting stance. She closed her eyes slightly and then opened them as she charged Itachi. He sidestepped her attack and she aimed a sweep kick at his ankles. Itachi attempted to jump but Akira caught his ankle and pulled him down, she spun around still holding Itachi and let go causing him to fly into a tree. Winded Itachi fell to the ground, "Where did you pick up that trick?" he asked rubbing his ribs. Akira just blushed and ducked her head. Itachi took a fighting stance once he was on his feet and Akira rushed at him again. This time when he side stepped she jumped off the tree behind him and kicked the middle of his back.
"Who's getting rusty?" She teased smiling slightly. Adreneline pumped through her veins as she dodged Itachi's punch and grabbed is wrist. She yanked hard and tried to step out of the way as he flew by, but not quickly enough. Itachi landed on top of her as the fell to the ground. Akira blushed bright red as Itachi stared into her eyes, inches away from her face. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Akira screamed as she pushed Itachi off of her. She jumped to her feet still beat red and ran off into the base. Itachi stood rubbing the back of his head… That could have been worse, thank god it wasn't! he thought.