DisclaimerI DO NOT OWN NARUTO! I really wish I did, but I don't.
Love's Taboo
Chapter 11
Sasuke's mind stirred with hundreds of lost and confused thoughts. "How the hell did all this come about?!" He thought hopelessly to himself. Sasuke sighed and pulled his clothes back on. With a simple hand sign he shifted to Shadow, which was becoming easier and easier with each time he did so. Sasuke had been upset by Itachi's abrupt departure, Shadow was just pissed. "Why the fuck would he do that? Couldn't he see I wanted him? For God's sake, I won't be forced to choose between them. I refuse to be Itachi's bitch." Shadow growled to the air.
He proceeded to clean himself up, Shadow was extremely more interested in his own appearance than Sasuke. He combed his hair into the beautiful spikes Pein had given him. At first he didn't think he would keep the red tips while in Shadow form, instead covering them with the genjutsu, but they had grown on him and now he wanted to flaunt his audacious look. Shadow truly did look the part of Akatsuki. His features were sharp and his eyes had a wicked gleam in their fiery core. The spikes only proved to make his appearance even more sinfully beautiful and dangerous. Shadow enjoyed this fact. The more dangerous he looked the less he would be fucked with and the more sex he would get with Pein. A win-win situation for him.
Shadow finished touching up his looks and exited his apartment. With his superior memory, he walked towards the Onyx Quarter. By now he already had the entire upper parts of the city mapped out in his head. Shadow liked being prepared and constantly armed. Sasuke preferred it but could live without it. Shadow mulled over his current situation as he walked. He was sure he had a scowl on his face when, passing several other members, they turned to face him and then quickly turned back around and kept walking. Shadow could literally smell the fear rolling off them. He replaced his scowl with a smirk and turned to them. "You have no reason to fear me. I am an ally now. What are your names?" Shadow asked in a sort of peace treaty voice.
"We are not afraid of a child such as yourself." The white haired one said sneering despite the obvious signs of his fear. But Shadow forgot about the fear. The word child caught his attention. "Child? I am no child. Please explain your reasoning for such an insolent title to be placed upon my head." Shadow said, his eyes gleaming with murderous intent. "We are immortals. To us you are a child, no matter your age." The one with a covered head spoke carefully. Shadow's eyes still narrowed. In less than a blink of the eye, he had both by the necks, one in each hand. He effortlessly lifted them from the ground.
This was when it hit Shadow hard. Just how much more powerful had he already become just by joining the Akatsuki? He was able to do things Sasuke would have never even dreamed of doing in the Konoha. With a smirk, Shadow looked from each body in his hands. "Now are you afraid?" Shadow purred seductively. The white haired man hung his head. "As much as it pains me to say, yes I feel I am slightly intimidated." He admitted. The covered one gasped. "Hidan!? Did you just say that?" The covered one asked aghast. Hidan shot him a glare that would make Itachi think twice and shook his head in disappointment for himself. "Hidan, eh? And who are you?" Shadow asked looking to the covered one. "Kakuzu." He said simply. Shadow nodded releasing them both.
"We must get to the Onyx Quarter quickly or we will be late. I do not wish to tryPein-sama's patience on my first real day." Shadow said with a wave of his hand turning to leave. They silently walked the rest of the way to the meeting hall. They entered silently as well, both Hidan and Kakuzu taking what seemed to be an assigned seat. Shadow was left standing, unsure of where to sit. Pein entered the room at that time, followed by Mercy-sama and Judgment-sama. His eyes fell on the still standing Shadow and he motioned for him to take a seat by him. Shadow walked over sitting to Pein's left, as Mercy-sama and Judgment-sama sat to his right.
"If you succeed in your mission Shadow, this will be your seat." Pein said to him with a hint of a smirk. Shadow nodded politely. Judgment turned to Shadow at this time. "Forgive me for not meeting you before this as I was looking into your mission. I looked over Orochimaru's fortress and evaluated your chances of success by the information on your power that Pein gave me. I am certain if you could hit my brother you can kill this snake." Judgment-sama said confidently. "Thank Judgment-sama." Shadow said with a bow of his head.
"Do not worry. I have confidence in you as do my brother and my sister. I am Kimimaro Kaguya by the way. My brother has informed me that we can trust you with our secret. I am older than Sarina yet younger than Itami. A year difference between each of us. That makes me a year older than you as well. My sister feels you will most likely become more like family to us as time passes, so I will warn you. Itami is the violent one, I am the neutral one, and Sarina is the sweet one. Spiraling down to our names. Pein- for Itami's tendency towards violent action, Judgment- for my ability to decide whether Itami or Sarina should deal with a person, and Mercy- for the kindness Sarina will show those who are worthy. Yet be weary of Sarina, she is the most fluctuating of us. One moment she can be very sweet and kind the next she can kill you without lifting a finger. She is the most powerful out of all three of us. Hell, she is the most powerful person I have ever met, and as an Akatsuki leader I have met a lot of strong people."
Shadow was astonished at the entire speech in his mind. Yet he was happy he was accepted by all three of the Akatsuki leaders now. He shot Judgment an understanding glance to show him that he had got the message. Pein now looked around the room. Deidara and the red head that was constantly following him, while rolling his eyes at Deidara's simple mistakes, were the last ones to stumble in. Both looked quite a bit out of breath and disheveled. Pein sighed. "What did I tell you two about having sex right before meetings?" Pein asked annoyed but not angry. Deidara shot him a lopsided smile and hugged the red head. "Sasori I thought you would have better sense at least." Pein added as a side note. The red head shrugged, identifying him as this Sasori to Shadow.
Pein waved his hand and they took their seats. "I will now proceed to hand out missions." Pein announced silencing the room. Pein looked tiredly down at a paper in front of him. "Itachi and Kisame, you will head to the Wave Country to check out some possible spy recruits due to the violent uprising occurring there now, people are more inclined to leave." Pein said looking to them. They nodded in understanding. "Hidan and Kakuzu, you will head out to scope out the border of the Lightning Country, as that is where you will find the Nekomata." Kakuzu nodded and Hidan crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. Pein glared at him for a moment before continuing. "Sasori and Deidara, you will begin working on infiltrating the government of the Suna, as your target is the Kazekage now." Both nodded. "Zetsu you do not have a mission. And Shadow, you will be sent to kill Orochimaru as previously discussed." Shadow nodded as did Zetsu, who Shadow had identified as the giant plant thing.
Pein waved his hand in the air while saying "Dismissed." Shadow stood to leave and was met with a curt, "Shadow and Itachi please stay behind," from Pein. Shadow visibly cringed and turned around. Pein's eyes held a look of determination. Everyone else filed out of the room quickly, leaving the three leaders and the two confused members alone. "So, is this feud going to be a problem?" Pein asked his hands folded on the table. "I have no idea what you are talking about Pein-sama." Shadow said with faux confusion. Pein, Mercy, and Judgment raised their eyebrows looking at Shadow. "Oh really? How quickly you forget I read minds dear Shadow." Pein said with a flick of his wrist in the air and a smirk. Shadow sighed at being caught.
"I honestly hope it does turn into a problem, Pein-sama." Shadow said sounding suddenly a lot like Sasuke. Pein caught it. "Well, well. The great Shadow is not as controlled as he seems publically." Pein said with another smirk. Shadow growled. "Such a bold action Sasuke. Are you confident enough to really fight me? When I do not hold back?" Pein asked nonchalantly. Shadow's jaw dropped and Itachi's eyes widened at the sound of Shadow's real name. "Y-You he-held b-back??"Shadow stuttered. Pein went to speak but Shadow cut him off. "You fucking held back!? I thought you said didn't!? For God's sake Pein what the hell am I supposed to think now? Are you saying I am not strong enough to be in the Akatsuki? That I didn't hit you on my own?!" Shadow roared all his control breaking.
Pein watched as Shadow's chakra swirled violently around him. He smirked. Shadow snapped. In the next second, Shadow had his hand around Pein's neck lifting him from the ground easily. "Calm yourself Shadow. You most certainly hit me on your own. In fact, it was quite a shock to me. I knew you were strong when I met you, but I had no idea you were on my level." Pein said smiling down as the calming Shadow. Pein took the opportunity to grab Shadow's arm flipping him, over his own shoulder, on to the table. Shadow was shocked as he looked up at Pein. "You are close to being as strong as me Shadow. All you need is to work on that tendency to lose focus of yours though." Pein said brushing himself off. Shadow's eyes narrowed and he brought himself to his feet in one fluid motion.
"Ah I see why you two get along so well now Pein. He is identical to the younger you!" Mercy laughed happily. "I am not like him!" "He is not like me!" They both shouted at the top of their lungs at Mercy who only widened her smirk. "Really brother? I have to agree with our sister. I have made the same observation." Judgment said with a shrug. Pein and Shadow turned to glare daggers at him. "Lies." Shadow growled. "I concur." Pein said with a deadly tone. "Violent elements react, peaceful elements combine." Mercy said simply. For some reason that caused Pein to relax. "I suppose that is true. He can't help it if he is a fire- blood." Pein all but spat.
Shadow raised an eyebrow as did it Itachi, who up til now had been forgotten. "Fire-blood? What does that mean and why does it sound as if you just insulted me?" Shadow asked his tone poisonous. Pein smirked and Judgment rolled his eyes. "It is a term for certain Uchiha people. You, Shadow, seem to be the last able to carry the term. Not even your brother here can carry it as obviously your parents were both half-blooded. That is the only way you could carry it and not him." Pein said as though that explained everything. "And to what does the term refer?" Itachi asked, speaking for the first time. "It literally refers to his blood. Ironically it is a massive, and I mean massive, honor to carry the genetic quirk Sasuke carries as it marks you as the purest of the clan. There used to be many people of the Uchiha clan who carried it, but not anymore." Pein mused aloud still never answering the question. Shadow raised an eyebrow.
"He should not know."
The voice in his head explained quickly. Shadow was ready to drop it after that, but Itachi was not. "Is that because I killed them?" Itachi asked. Pein shook his head. "No, that only assured that Sasuke would be the last. They had died off long ago, or so I thought. So when I met Sasuke, I knew he had to be in this organization. Yet I will not explain this further to him as I want him to learn it himself. Just as me, my brother, and my sister had to do." Pein explained giving Itachi a look of say-no-more. "Now back to this feud. Who do you choose Sasuke? Me or him?" Pein asked smirking. Shadow was taken aback, again forgetting Pein read minds.
"Choose him. Trust me."
Shadow was shocked but didn't say anything. He trusted Pein deeply. "Itachi." Shadow said, shocking Itachi visibly. "What you thought I would not be loyal to you my Niisan?" Shadow asked with a laugh. Pein nodded and said "Very well then. Dismissed." Shadow was confused but let the subject die.
"Fire-blooded, huh?"
Thanks for reading! Sorry for the sort of long update and the cliffy from last time. So yes Judgment is Kimimaro, gasp! I know he dies in the real manga, but I just love his character and I feel so much could be done with him to make him awesome! This Kimimaro has no connections to Orochimaru outside of being an Akatsuki Leader. I have never read the mangas with Hidan and Kakuzu so they may be majorly OOC, if anyone has any tips for writing about them they would be greatly appreciated!
Now Deidara and Sasori are a couple in this fic and Sasori will not die and there is likely to be no Tobi. Sorry Tobi fans! I may make Hidan and Kakuzu a couple, with very limited exploration into the topic outside of a declaration of their relationship.
Note 1: Ran Freylera Leto-sama, I understand your point on the bold/italic words, but the bold/italic words in this fic represent spoken words almost. Like when speaking, people put enphasis on a word and make it sound harsh. The simply italic words are words spoken inside the mind of Sasuke/Shadow by other people. I will try and use less of them but I feel I cannot omit them. Thank you for reviewing though!
Note 2: Despite the 'brother' and 'sister' references between the Akatsuki leaders, they are not related by blood at all, they merely have connected as a family. This will be better explained later.
This will not be a long fic so it may end somewhere around twenty or so chapters, or whenever I get the entire story out on the computer, despite the chapter number.