Itatchi stood behind the young woman, she seemed so innocent, childlike even. So carefree in the fact that she left herself completely open to attack; her back exposed to a possible enemy while standing near the edge of an extremely long and rocky fall. She made his next intention so mind-boggling easy he almost felt sorry. Almost.
In less time than a blink of an eye, his arms shot out and pushed the woman right off the cliff face.
She fell like a rock, well a rock that could scream at an incredibly loud decibel. After a moment he began to take some pity on her and jumped off and shot after her. He had never planned to let her die, partly because Pein would give the based a generous coating of his blood and inners if this woman did die, but mostly because he needed to drill home the fact that she would be facing actual death if she kept bickering with the other members. Surprisingly enough criminals don't usually have a high level of tolerance to mockery, especially if they're the target. Besides, lessons about death are best learned through almost dying, at least that's what he thought.
Ami screamed, and she thought that for the first time in her life she was screaming in the most primal way. And looking death in the face can do that to a person. And her situation really sucked because there was no way outsmart gravity, you might have a shot if you get caught up in a fight with a bear, but gravity was a cruel mistress. Gravity will always do what it does best, making things fall, which was truly unfortunate for Ami. After maybe a solid three seconds, which basically felt like forever, she passed out cold. And on the fifth second Itachi grabbed her by the middle and using his expert ninja skills gave one big push off the rocks and shot back up to the entrance and casually strolled back inside.
Once in the kitchen, he gently laid her on a bench. Deidara who was poking through the fridge looked over his shoulder at the stoic ninja.
"Did you kill her, hm? Kazuku's going to be pissed, he put his money on Hidan, hm, actually I think everyone's going to be pissed, no one beated on you killing the welp" Deidara chuckled, thinking himself rather funny.
Itatchi wanted to groan, he had had enough of sarcasm and attempts at witty banter, he needed some space. But he needed to have one last word with the woman. He gently shook her shoulder, to which she reacted by sitting up very suddenly and screaming very loudly and very close to his ear. He slapped his hand over her mouth. "Now we both know you don't have a death wish, so don't act like you do." He said curtly and then stormed off in the only way Itachi knew how; without any hint of emotions.
Deidara 'Hm-ed', he could vaguely sense something was off with the brooding Uchiha, which was pretty out of character all things considered. The fact Deidara could even pick up on it was proof enough that the man he just saw must be an imposter. Or… his eyes travelled over to the shocked woman sitting on the kitchen booth. Her face was paper white and she was shaking like a leaf. His eyes narrowed. "Hey asshole," he said.
She slowly moved her head in his direction. "What the fuck did Itachi do to you, hm? You look like you just died and came back to life."
She shuddered "He… He pushed me off a cliff." she said. Deidara laughed "no shit," he closed the fridge without taking anything, "I gotta go tell Hidan."
Ami could continue to hear the echo of his laugh long after she had left the room. She waited till there was silence to shakily stand up and make her way to the sink. She turned the tap to the closet setting it would go and splashed her face until she could come to grips with what had happened. Not that she would ever really come to grips with it, one minute she was falling to her death and the next she was back in the kitchen with the guys in dress up.
As she watched the water go down the drain she thought about what Itachi had said, and she had to agree with him now, she didn't want to die, not really, she needed a few more decades to learn to embrace her mortality. Itatchi's lesson had worked as plan, Ami gained a new appreciation for not dying, even if it was all a dream, or if she was currently in a coma, or if she had already died, none of that mattered because even dying in dreams was absolutely terrifying.
As she stood at the sink she became painfully aware that she was in a house where at least three people wanted to maim her, and the only person who wanted her alive was not around. She shut the tap off and power walked towards her room only to power walk into Kisame.
"Ah! If it isn't the honourable guest of Leader-Sama himself" Ami teetered on her heels "I um, yeah, I'm just going to my room" She said.
"What happened to your spunk? Did Hidan beat it out of you?" He laughed.
"No Itatchi did" she said as she walked past him.
That answer took Kisame by surprise, Itachi wasn't one to kill the spirit of random people, nor did he stick his nose in business that wasn't his. But he could feel something interesting was at foot, he hoped this situation would at least be vaguely entertaining. The Akatsuki had been getting pretty boring, so he had become starved for something, literally anything, to happen. And he had a feeling this girl would provide just enough entertainment.
Mmmmmmmm I'm so tired, but hopefully, nobody will be able to tell how tired I really am through my writing. Man, I'm tired though. But anyway see you all next chapter!