A/N :] that is all. i edited this one quickly, i hope its alright/readable. reviews guilt trip me into writing faster.
also thanks for the reviews, i know i don't reply much. its just i feel that i am pretty awkward and i don't know what to say other than like sounds of happiness and i don't want to freak anyone out so that why i don't reply. but tell me if you want me to and i totally will, i hope you can handle that craziness, i mean look at what I'm writing. so yeah craziness.
Itachi felt sea sick, the huge storm was blowing him back and forth and he couldn't get a calm second to breathe. As he looked over the boat he saw his own reflection in the water followed by his fathers as another huge wave came down over him. His father was in every wave that was trying to drown him, but how could Itachi fight water? He tried to strike the water down but it tossed his body over board easily. He struggled in the ocean, he couldn't swim, and he was going to drown. He felt his body go stiff and the water pull him under by the ankle. His arms were useless and his head could only scream at him to swim up, to get air. But not no avail. His eyes darkened.
Suddenly an arm of light shot through the surface of the water and brought him up. Itachi took several deep breaths and saw Deidara standing on the now calm ocean.
"Itachi."
His voice was song like as he repeated his name over and over.
Itachi tried to talk to him but his lips kept sticking together, the more he tried to speak the more Deidara faded.
"Itachi! Wake up!" Sasuke yelled.
Itachi finally put his head up and looked at his brother. He had fallen asleep at his desk with his head on his essay draft.
"Finally," Sasuke said relieved, "I have been shaking you for like 10minites; I even squirted my water bottle on you!"
Itachi frowned at him and stretched his stiff back muscles, "What is it Sasuke?"
"I missed the bus; will you take me to school?"
"Get a taxi," Itachi mumbled noticing his wet shirt and scowling at his little brother holding the water bottle.
"No I'm not getting a taxi to school. Please Itachi."
Itachi looked at Sasuke's big puppy dog eyes, "fine, let me get dressed."
Sasuke's face rippled into an ecstatic grin as the young Uchiha made small talk about his fans in the city while Itachi got dressed. He decided on a baggy blue singlet and some jeans. He grabbed his ray bands from the dresser and brushed his hair as they walked down stairs together.
"So Kisame is having his big party tomorrow," Sasuke said getting into the passenger seat.
Itachi frowned, he slightly remembered Kisame saying something about a party, "Since when?"
"Since the invitations came this morning," Sasuke said as Itachi sat down and placed his belt on.
"Last minute as usual," Itachi said, he would go to Kisame's this afternoon, the shark boy probably wanted some help smoothing details out.
"Going to invite Deidara and those guys at that house?"
"No," Itachi said immediately as he took a left turn.
"Why?"
"Because we aren't friends," Itachi replied.
"But I like Deidara." Sasuke said, "Better than that girl."
Itachi frowned at his little brother as he stopped at a red light, "enough Sasuke."
He sighed, he liked Deidara too.
Itachi pulled up outside the high school. He remembered the Roman style buildings well. Long arch ways, asymmetrical roof tops, green ivy growing all over the walls. Breathtaking hidden courtyards with fish ponds. It was a beautiful place, at least it would have been if it wasn't the site of so much adolescent pain.
"…Are you going to get out?" Itachi said turning to Sasuke who hadn't moved.
"You need to come with me."
"What? No," Itachi said pushing his brother, who pushed back just as hard, "Why Sasuke?"
"Because otherwise I will get detention, just tell Kurenai that we were doing stuff with mum, modelling stuff please Itachi."
Itachi fixed his brother with an unimpressed stare, "fine."
Sasuke jumped of out the car happily while Itachi straightened himself up. Now he would have to go into the class room. The wound on his arm from the iPhone was a large scab with a horrible bruise around, but there was nothing that could be done.
"So why did you miss the bus?" Itachi asked.
"I slept in," Sasuke said fairly.
"Okay and why did you sleep in?" Itachi asked dryly, knowing his brother was hiding something.
"I was talking to Sai on facebook."
Itachi raised his eyebrows.
"I don't get it," Sasuke said walking slowly, "he doesn't talk to me at school, or if he does he is a complete dick. But I decided to talk to him on facebook and well he was different. Then I tried to talk to him at school and he was even more of a dick than normal."
Itachi made a hmm sound as they walked down the deserted corridor together. "Why don't you invite him to Kisame's?"
"And why would I do that?" Sasuke snorted leading him up the stair case.
"So you can see if he acts different with a few drinks and other people around who aren't from your high school."
Sasuke raised his eyebrows slightly, "I will invite him if you invite Deidara, Neji and the other guys at that house."
Itachi rolled his eyes, he would like Deidara to be there and if his friends were going he was more likely to come. Not that it would change anything between them now, Deidara had made himself clear. But it couldn't hurt to invite him as a courtesy and then hook up with other people in front of him. Sai on the other hand, was cute, and from Sasuke's description could have a crush on his little brother.
"Fine," Itachi agreed
"You have to stay with him and look after him though," Sasuke said.
When Itachi raised his eyebrows Sasuke continued, "Well my other friends don't like him, maybe hanging with you for a bit will give him some confidence."
"Fine, you have to hang with Deidara and the guys from the house then," Itachi said smugly.
"Fine," Sasuke agreed pushing open the door.
"Hello Sasuke," Kurenai said pausing from the front of the room, "Itachi lovely to see you again."
"Sorry I am late," Sasuke said.
Itachi went and shook her hand, "We were a little held up this morning at our mum's office," Itachi lied giving a heart melting smile.
"Oh that's fine," she said happily, "How are your studies going?"
Itachi looked around the room as Sasuke took his seat next to Naruto. He noticed Ino, the girl he had been modelling with sit up straighter and smile at him. Itachi's lips twitched as he answered Kurenai, "Very well, I am particularly interested in the causes and consequences in criminology."
"Oh well, I have a book on quantitative methods from my brief study of law if you are interested."
"Oh really," Itachi raised his eyebrows, "I have a long essay due soon."
"Well I will go and grab it from my office for you, I will be right back."
Itachi watched the teacher leave the class room with a small smile on his face.
"Jesus Itachi," Naruto said as soon as the door closed, "hell of a bruise on your arm."
"Street fighting class," Itachi answered immediately.
He looked around the room ignoring Ino who was practically standing she was sitting up so straight. His eyes met Hinata's familiar grey ones. He went over to her desk, "hey Hinata, how have you been?"
"Fine," she answered shyly.
He knelled in front of her desk, "I saw your cousin the other day. He is well, seems happy. Come to Kisame's tomorrow, he may be there. Get the information off Sasuke."
Hinata smiled and nodded, as Itachi assumed, Neji wasn't keeping in contact with his family.
"Thank you," she whispered lightly.
He straightened up and went to stand by Sasuke's desk. As he moved over he met Sai's black eyes, the boy had been watching Sasuke previously. Itachi smirked lightly as Sasuke followed his gaze.
"Remember our deal," Itachi said to his brother.
"I will, remember your part," Sasuke replied straight away.
Itachi straightened up as Kurenai came back into the room with a book in her hand. Itachi was pleased, it was the book he had been trying to get out of the library but other people had the other copies. He could have made the college buy more, but that would have meant talking to the old bats longer than he could stand. He thanked her multiple times and left with a slight wink to his brother. He went home and gave Kisame a quick call to tell him to write up an invitation 'to the household,' he figured Deidara could come under everyone else. He studied for the rest of the day; he was thrilled with the book.
By 4:30 in the afternoon; he had finished his essay and was sick of going over it. It was brilliant. Deciding it was perfect time to drop in on Kisame he pulled a grey Chanel shirt and matching purple blazer on. As he drove his mind slipped to Deidara, the blonde hadn't texted anything more. Just the blank message, which Itachi still didn't quite understand the meaning of.
When he got to the shark boys house he was surprised to find him in the spa with Pein and Hidan. The outside of the Hoshigaki's house was all Japanese style. Lush tropical plants were scatted around, housing so much life. Butterflies and birds were in the tall cherry blossoms that sheltered the spa and pool. To the right of the pool was a courtyard with chairs, an outdoor bar and an outdoor TV screen. By the back wall was a waterfall which flowed from an artificially heated hot spring down into a large Japanese style Koi pond. There were rustic stones which actually worked as steps up to the hot spring that sat a few meters off the ground. Next to it was a large red oak bed like couch with orange and pink Indian coverings. There was a few of these bed couches scattered around the outside area, all in different colours.
"Itachi!" Pein said happily as he walked over.
"Hello everyone," Itachi said bemused as Kisame got out of the spa with a smile.
Itachi tensed slightly this was the first time sober he had seen Pein since they had had sex. Further more he hadn't had any intention of asking Pein about Deidara and the parking lot, but now that he was here, it seemed like an opportunity.
"What's the matter 'tachi, you have that serious look on your face." Kisame said watching him carefully.
Itachi looked down; he wasn't sure what to say, and why all of a sudden he was in a bad mood.
"Kisame," Itachi said addressing the older male, "I need to talk to you privately."
The shark boy looked at him curiously and then led him over to the couch bed by the pond. Itachi crawled onto it and sat with his legs pulled up to his body. He waited while Kisame regarded him silently and got up onto the couch as well. From the spa Pein and Hidan were watching.
"What's up 'tachi?"
"…What's Pein doing here?" he said after a moment of silence.
"I ran into them both at uni again today, invited them back."
Itachi sighed and mumbled slightly to himself, "Pein and I had sex."
Kisame's eyes grew large and then he nodded slowly. "Should I ask them to leave?"
"No, it's not that it's…" Itachi shifted uncomfortably.
"I thought you liked Deidara."
"I do," Itachi sighed, "let me explain," he said before starting at the start, he told Kisame what happened on the date with Deidara, how Deidara had been hostile and Itachi had figured out Deidara didn't know how to deal with him. He then told him what had happened in the limo and how he had rejected the blonde and drunkenly hooked up with Pein at the club and had been so drunk he had gone somewhere with him and had sex. He told Kisame about Toby's house, the party that night and how he and Deidara had made out. Obviously not why he had to go there, but that Neji was there and he and Deidara had had a fight the next morning.
"I don't know how the household knows Pein but they seemed to hate him."
"Yeah," Kisame answered, "I saw the look Pein and Deidara shared."
"What do you know about him?" Itachi asked stoically.
"I've looked at his police record," Kisame said, "Checked my mum's computer."
Itachi sniggered; he and Kisame were similar in strange ways.
"Anyway, it's the usual, drugs, arson, many counts of assault."
"Nothing out of the ordinary then."
Kisame shook his head and they both sat silently for a moment.
"Deidara sent me a blank message yesterday. I was accepting that, he, wouldn't be a part of my life until then. After the fight, he didn't want anything to do with me, but I… he sent me a message."
Kisame made a hmm sound as Itachi continued, "There is one more thing, Toby, before I left told me to ask Pein about Deidara and the parking lot. He said the Pein would understand. I was ignoring it, but then Deidara sent me a blank message and well Pein is here."
"Hmm I have no idea what that is meant to mean, but if I believed in fate Itachi, the guy who knows is over there."
Itachi nodded to himself, his curiosity was getting the better of him.
"It could make things worse with Deidara is the only thing," Kisame said, "Because he hasn't told you."
"It can't get much worse, we aren't talking," Itachi said dryly.
"Well nothing to lose then," Kisame said standing, "Shall we."
They walked over together and both boys in the spa looked up.
Pein flashed a cheeky smile, "all done you two?"
"Fucking lovers spat," Hidan said catching the hint and grinning as well.
Both the boys is the spa laughed together for a second before sobering when both Kisame's and Itachi's faces remained serious.
"What's going on?" Pein asked suspiciously.
Itachi stood up straighter and looked at the orange haired boy seriously, "Pein, tell me about Deidara and the parking lot."
Pein's eyes widened before he resumed his usual cool demeanour. He looked at both Kisame and Itachi before sighing. Hidan shrugged slightly.
"Once you know, there is no turning back, you know that right?" Pein said seriously.
Itachi looked at Kisame who nodded, "that's fine."
"Well then," Pein said getting out of the spa, "I can't really tell you, you wouldn't believe me anyway, but since you asked today I can show you."
Itachi turned to Kisame who shrugged and nodded again.
"I can describe it on the way if you want, but first you will need to change."
Itachi sat on Kisame's bed while both Pein and Hidan rummaged through the sharks boys closet. He could hear swearing and laughing come from the smaller room.
"They are going to mess everything up," Kisame said dryly.
"Here," Pein said coming out with clothes in his arms, "This is for you Itachi."
Itachi looked at the clothes and got up to change in the bathroom.
"Kisame I desire eyeliner." he heard Pein say.
Itachi put the clothes on the counter and looked at them, a red corded belt and a black tank top. He sighed and shifted out of his button up shirt and started to replace his belt. Kisame and Pein came through the bathroom, Kisame was wearing a grey singlet hoodie, he looked no different to normal. Itachi looked down to the new belt he was putting on, he could feel Pein's eyes watching him, but when he looked up the orange haired boy was putting on eyeliner.
"What on earth happened to your arm Itachi?" Kisame said spotting the horrible bruise and scab on his forearm.
"It was me, unbelievably," Itachi answered pulling the black tank top over his head.
Kisame snorted with laugher, "Typical," he said before walking out of the bathroom.
Immediately Pein turned and pushed him against the counter, "you did it to yourself huh?"
Itachi smirked slightly; he knew the boy had been watching him.
"And that scar on your forehead? You telling me you did that to yourself as well."
Itachi looked at him seriously, their faces were close. Pein's grey eyes watched him carefully, he felt as though they could see through him, "what have you gotten yourself into 'tachi?" Pein whispered.
"Keep it to yourself," Itachi hissed.
There was no point in telling Pein it was a fighting class, because he was at them all. Nor was there any point in disagreeing with him.
The grey eye looked at him and nodded, "Look up," he said holding out the eyeliner.
Itachi could hear Hidan and Kisame talking in the other room, well he could hear Hidan swearing and Kisame laughing, but he and Pein were alone.
"Are we all good?" Pein whispered while he did the top's of Itachi's eyes.
Itachi wanted to look at him, see the expression on his face. But he couldn't.
"You tell me," Itachi whispered back.
"I'm always good," he said into Itachi's ear.
Itachi felt himself shiver; he didn't have feelings for Pein. But he couldn't deny that he was attracted to him sexually. Lightly he felt something wet glide across his bottle lip. Itachi opened his eyes and found Pein's face hovering inches away from his. Slowly the boy moved in and caressed Itachi's lips with his own. It was tender and soft, Itachi felt Pein's hands cupping his face and pulling him closer. Lightly his tongue flicked Itachi's lips and he felt himself giving in.
"Hurry up you guys," Hidan shouted from somewhere.
Itachi broke the kiss and looked to the door embarrassed. But no one was watching them. Pein was standing closely to him and caught his eye once again.
"Put your hair in a braid," Pein said leaving the bathroom.
Itachi turned to look at himself. That kiss with Pein had been too comfortable, he wanted Deidara. Itachi sighed and put his hair into a braid, as instructed. He gave his reflection a firm nod, he wasn't going to hook up with Pein again, if it wasn't Deidara, it was no one.
"Dibs front seat," Pein said happily.
"I get front seat," Kisame replied straight away.
"Well someone get in," Itachi said unlocking his Lotus.
The others had all been drinking so Itachi was driving, which was fine as he was trying to stay sober a bit more.
"I dibs front seat because you don't know where it is Kisame," Pein argued.
"G.P.S." Kisame said spelling it out slowly and pushing Pein out of the way.
"You won't find this place on any gps."
Itachi and Kisame stared, after a pause Kisame nodded and got into the back-seat beside Hidan.
"Mmm smells fresh in here," Hidan said.
Pein chuckled and nodded.
"Got it cleaned," Itachi muttered.
He had had to; there had been blood all over the seats.
Itachi got on to the highway under Pein's orders, the others were making light small talk in the car, but Itachi was nervous, he didn't like driving somewhere and not knowing what it was, or where it was.
"So, talk," Itachi said, "What is the parking lot?" he was sick of everybody half whispering the words, he wanted answers and he wanted them now.
Pein smiled and sat back in the seat comfortably, as the car around him went silent.
"Where to start… It is a gathering of groups of people."
"Okay," Itachi said sarcastically, "and?"
"These groups are, well Hidan likes to call them gangs."
"Gangs?" Itachi asked, they were going to a gang gathering.
"Yeah gangs, bikers, the Mafia. All of the above. It is a gathering of outlaws, from all over the country."
"For what purpose?" Itachi asked.
He felt his mouth dry and his head skipped forwards, Deidara was in a gang. Unbelievable.
"To fight. These groups are made up of fighters. They fight for just about anything and everything, money, shops, tickets to events. Women, cars. You get the idea."
"And you and Hidan?" Kisame asked from the back.
"Yeah we are fighters in one of the groups."
Itachi shook his head, he had suddenly so many questions. He coughed lightly to himself, "Why?"
"Why does anyone do anything Itachi," Pein replied with a slight snigger, "We all have our reasons, our sob stories. My mum killed herself two years ago, left my father and I in debt. I need to do something to pay it off, dad doesn't know what I'm doing though, he thinks I'm teaching karate to school children. Hidan's father on the other hand,"
"Fucking prick," Hidan said lightly.
"Tried to kill him and his mum, he went to jail, but."
"My mum knows what I do, but it's keeping her from selling herself," Hidan said quietly.
Itachi frowned, was Deidara selling himself because of something in his life? He had seen his dad but hardly knew anything about the man, when ever he had asked about his mum; the blonde had asked to change the subject.
"So that's how Deidara and the others know you?" Itachi asked.
"I assume by the others you mean..?"
"Neji and Sasori and them," Itachi said awkwardly.
"Yeah."
"Why do they seem to not like you then?"
"Because we are in rival gangs. The gangs, take a left here. The gangs tend to own parts of the country. The city and surrounding suburbs are in contest between the one I am in and the one Deidara and Neji are in," Pein said happily, "we fight each other for the ownership of the underground here."
Itachi nodded and followed his directions silently for a few minutes.
"Deidara hates me for other reasons though…"
Itachi waited for the orange haired boy to continue, "What happened?" he prompted turning left at the lights.
They were getting into the outer suburbs; his car looked ridiculously out of place.
"I sell drugs," Pein said shrugging, "I sold a lot of heroin to this guy, I needed to. As it turned out the guy was Deidara's father, a recovering heroin addict. He went to hospital, overdosed. Deidara has never really forgiven me."
"You tell that story so casually," Itachi said.
He was appalled, not at Pein but at both his and Deidara's lives. How could things get so bad, how could they turn to drugs like this, how could they join underground gangs! This was a world he did not understand, he would never be able to understand. But at least he understood why Deidara hated Pein so much; Itachi would feel the same if anyone made his father overdose. He smiled slightly to himself, well, maybe he wouldn't feel that bad.
"These gangs have leaders?" Kisame asked.
"Of course," Pein said turning to Kisame, "I will introduce you to ours, their names are Zetsu."
"I dunno, meeting a gang leader," Itachi said feeling as though that did not sound like fun.
"What do you mean their names are Zetsu?"
"Well Itachi, you have already met one, and Kisame, they are twins that both go by the name Zetsu. Not identical though."
"Not by a fucking long shot," Hidan laughed.
Itachi frowned, "Wait, wait what do you mean I have met one?"
"Deidara's gang's leader is Toby," Itachi turned to Pein shocked, "why do you think he always where's a mask, I doubt Toby is his fucking real name either."
Itachi shook his head, "unbelievable," he muttered to himself, "Toby was the one who told me to ask you."
"I bet he did," Pein said sinking back into his seat, "He wants you."
"What?" Itachi said laughing as Pein made him do a u-turn, "No he doesn't."
"Not like that douche, I mean he wants you to fight for him. Deidara obviously didn't want you getting involved or he would have told you. Let me guess Toby told you when Deidara wasn't around."
Itachi frowned to himself and nodded, why did Deidara not want him involved, what was there to get involved with? He frowned himself more, what was he getting himself into, why had Deidara not told him if he was becoming involved.
"Guess you're not as close with blondie as you thought," Pein said smugly, "he has got secrets that would make your rich boy stomach churn."
Itachi hissed lightly at Pein, what did it matter if Deidara had been keeping things from him. He tried to convince himself he didn't care, they weren't that close anyway, and he had been keeping things from Deidara too… his stomach clenched uncomfortably as he told himself it didn't matter.
"Down here," Pein said pointing to what looked like a back alley between two run down buildings, the windows were smashed and areas were covered in crude graffiti.
"There is nothing there," Itachi said looking at his car's built in gps, it said ahead was a house.
"I told you, you won't find this place with a gps. Drive forwards."
Itachi flashed his high beams as it was starting to get dark. In front of him he saw a stretch of road that met the street on the other side. As he drove down the alley way he saw there was a left hand turn which had two bums standing on either side of it. Ahead was a normal alley way, he could see a street light from the street about 300 meters ahead.
"Turn here," Pein said. He unwound the window as one of the bums walked closer. The man walked with a limp and had a ratty hoodie on. Itachi frowned he didn't want that dirty man near his car.
"Hey hey hey," Pien said shaking the man's hand. "Four, two new."
"Fucking oath this is a nice car, friends in the right places Pein," the bum said looking inside the car with a grin.
Itachi saw that under the hoddie the guy was clean shaven and look like a bouncer.
"Whaaaat's up mother fucker," Hidan said standing up and leaning over to shake hands with the bouncer.
"You're late that's what. Get in there," the bouncer said nodding to the other bum look a like.
Itachi watched as the other guy got off the garbage bin he had been sitting on and lifted up the lid. He looked as if he was just collecting rubbish out of it, but he must have pressed something as all of a sudden the road ahead descended downwards until a car could drive down it.
"Drive," Pein said with a grin.
Itachi moved slowly forwards until he came to the newly formed ramp. He quickly flashed his lights and saw that underneath seemed to be a car pack. Pein nodded to him and he drove down.
He expected something more interesting when they finally got down into the surprisingly well lit empty car park. Pein just smiled at him and turned the radio on. Itachi didn't listen to much radio so it wasn't tuned.
"What channel did you want?" Itachi mumbled he hated people listening to random music in his car.
"Wait," Hidan whispered.
Itachi watched the radio as all of a sudden dub step came through loud and clear. His mouth dropped open as a women's voice rippled through the sound system of his car. "We have taken over your radio; please proceed down to the basement for parking. Stay to the roped off path. Thank you."
Itachi looked ahead as Pein looked around; in front of them on the other side of the car park was another ramp downwards. A sign above it read 'To the basement.'
"Proceed," Pein said.
Itachi watched his review mirror as he drove forwards; the ramp behind him was lifting back up. He could see the bouncer bum waving goodbye at the top.
"They really mean underground when they talk about underground gangs huh?" Kisame said as Itachi turned and drove down the next ramp.
When he got to next floor it was deserted, but he noticed there was a rope that took him to the next path downwards.
Pein opened his window, "listen we are getting closer."
Itachi opened his as well; the same dub step that was playing on the radio was playing loudly throughout the car park.
He continued down the next level and his mouth fell open. There were masses of people. The largest bunch was watching something in the middle of the space. The crowd there was 4 people thick at least. Behind them was a long table with people pumping out drinks and behind them a large group were skating on a huge half pipe. On the walls was dozens of projectors screens showing a fighting match from different angles. There was people dancing, Itachi could see half naked girls covering themselves in alcohol while guys licked it off their chests.
"Keep going," Pein said breaking Itachi out of his staring.
He drove down to the next level and found much the same thing; people were standing watching something that was happening in the middle. From this point of view he could see that the people on the previous level were watching from a balcony, they were shouting and cheering something but Itachi couldn't hear what over the dubstep. On the walls were the same projectors showing the fight taking place. Where the half pipe had been on the previous level was a dj that was playing the dubstep. In front of his huge turn tables were 4 radio transmitters. In front of him there was a large crowd of people dancing. There were women on poles entertaining men who were seated with cocky smiles on their faces. Itachi watched as a guy started giving head to a man seated.
"This is intense," Kisame said lightly from the back-seat.
Itachi nodded and breathed in, he was better than these people, he had no need to feel intimidated. Even if he was, he couldn't let on.
"Come for the fights, stay for the party," Pein said motioning for Itachi to drive forwards.
"They are watching fights in those circles?" Itachi asked for clarification.
"Yep," Pein said happily, "I'll show you, it will blow your mind."
Itachi expected that the next level would be similar to the last two, but found it had almost half the amount of people. The ceiling was completely closed in on this level. Which meant that the fighting was on the one above them. This level had the dubstep but it was less loud. There were however, large amounts of couches filled with people smoking and watching the fight on the screens around the room. There was groups of people having sex and two girls making out on a complete children's playground that included two slides and swings.
"This is the relaxation area," Pein said explaining. "Couches, beds, strippers that give great back rubs, there is lines of free vending machines as well. Sometimes they give out free coke down here as well."
"Coca-Cola or?" Kisame said for clarification.
"Nothing you can drink, lets leave it at that," Pein answered.
Itachi nodded and continued down. This seemed to be the last level; it was four times as big as the previous ones and was filled with cars.
"You have arrived at the basement, please find a parking space," said the voice on the radio.
Itachi noticed as he drove down a row that some of the cars were actually quite nice. They ranged from old school bombs to Ferraris.
Pein jumped out when Itachi parked next to a nice looking Mazda.
"To the lift," he said poking his tongue out and exposing the ring, "I'm going to show you the time of your life 'tachi," he said standing next to him and pressing the up button on the elevator.
Itachi stood nervously with Kisame and Hidan in front of him, lightly he felt Pein's hand intertwine with his and squeeze. Itachi smiled at him and turned back to the doors with a frown. Pein was getting touchy, Itachi had a sinking feeling that at some point tonight he would have to tell Pein that he didn't feel the same way. What an effort, this was why he tried not to see one night stands again. They got out at the second floor where people were gathered around, Itachi could hear people yelling into microphones while the crowd tossed and yelled loudly as well.
"Ohhhh he is down, he is down!" a microphone voice yelled.
"What's going on in there?" Itachi said loudly over the dubstep, he looked around for the projector screen wanting to get an idea.
'I'll show you!" Pein yelled grabbing his arm and pushing through the crowd of people. Itachi twisted as he was being pulled; thankfully Kisame was right behind him. The shark boy met his eyes and nodded. At least the shark was finding this as strange and confronting as he was.
Pein pushed to the front and Itachi found himself up against the same ropes which had cordoned off the designated path to drive down, this time it was being used as a keep out for people. Around the outside were large blue gym mats that looked battered with rips. In the middle was a large space that looked as if it had been built for fighting purposes. It appeared to be a concrete theme park, with steps, holes and bunkers to hide behind. There were poles that weren't holding up anything and boxes seemingly filled with random objects. Itachi looked to one that had been knocked over; in it were some spray cans, lighters and other assorted kick knacks. On the floor cardboard had been placed where ever possible. In the middle were the two men fighting. One, a huge man, was on the floor getting the shit kicked out of him by a lanky looking green haired boy. Directly across form Itachi was a table with three judges of sorts. They had pieces of paper and clip boards while one of them commented on the match, the other two were taking notes and chatting to other people.
"Ohh," shouted a guy with brown long hair at the end of the table into his microphone, "It looks like 'Space D' is going down, the 'crushinator' is kicking the living day lights out of him!" the commentator yelled.
While around and above him people were cheering and shouting wanting more blood, more violence.
"Explain this to me," Itachi said into Pein's ear.
"Well the way this works," Pein said pushing against someone who pushed him.
The crowd was like a mosh pit, "there are two types of fights. Close combat and ranged fights. Ranged fighters get to use any of the objects found in the boxes. You can't bring anything into the ring, so objects are hidden throughout the area. Close combat matches are not allowed to get things from the boxes but are allowed to use the surroundings as much as they want," Pein half yelled to both himself and Kisame who nodded.
"He is gone, he is gone!" The brown haired man yelled jumping up in excitement.
Itachi looked to the fight, the man on the ground was covered blood but was managing to shield his face from the 'crushinators' attacks. Itachi listened as the man on the ground gasped a deep breathe in.
"Super shake!" he cried.
Itachi chuckled why did he scream Super shake?
"And there we are people "Space D' has tapped out, this match is over." The guy said motioning with his hand, "and what a massive loss, $70 thousand."
Itachi watched as a few people jumped the ropes and helped Space D up.
"Get the man to a hospital! And remember fighters the tap out word is Milkshake, not super shake. We will only be excepting wrong tap out words for another hour, after that I will let the other mother fuckers beat the living daylights out of you. Remember Milkshake, as in I am going to go upstairs and getting a milkshake off a strippers pussy if anyone taps out that fucking quickly again!"
Itachi noted the guy on the microphone must be the main referee, while the others were busy writing or talking to people.
"Now now now," the guy said turning to the crowd, "Next up is…" he said taking a piece of paper from the guy on next to him, "Mar –"
Itachi squirmed lightly as the guy looked up and met his eyes. Around him the crowd went silent wondering what had made the commentator cut himself off.
"Well well well boys and girls and whores! We have a celebrity gracing us with his ever bad presence," the commentator snarled.
Next to him Pein moved closer as the crowd swirled and looked for who he was talking about.
"Mr bad boy himself Itachi Uchiha!"
Itachi looked down as the crowd seemed to zero in on him, even the other judges on the tables looked up from their note books.
"Get your fucking offers in let's see if there is someone out there who has something the Uchiha wants!" The man yelled, "Let's put the fucking badness of this bad boy to the fucking test!" Around him the crowd yelled and cheered. "Until then next up is Madrid verses E1, close combat, On the offering table is 'bunny dolls' strip club, verses 30 strippers and $10 thousand each way for the group."
Itachi was pulled away by Pein as another two fighters jumped in the ring. Pein kept his hand on his shirt until they reached a couch.
"Fuck off," Pein snarled to the two guys who were sitting there drinking.
Both men paled and scrambled off the couch so the others could sit.
Itachi sighed to himself of course he would be noticed. Kisame sat down next to him, "You okay?" he asked quietly.
"Fine, you?"
"I could go a drink," he said shrugging.
"There is a bar upstairs," Hidan said, "I'll come. I'm a fighter so I can get them for free, Pein you want a drink?"
Pein nodded and the two left together. Itachi's eyes flashed to Pein who was watching him with a smile on his face.
"What the fuck un?!" Deidara yelled pushing Toby.
He had been upstairs skating when he heard and then saw Itachi on the projectors. His heart had sunk and he had almost fallen off his board.
He had stopped still, watching the screen as if the world around him was crashing down. Itachi was there, how was this even possible? Suddenly it hit him, Toby.
He found his way down stairs, stopping himself from jumping through the gap in the floor and found Toby with the others. This was all his fucking fault, he knew it. Toby had told Itachi, Toby had ruined everything.
"How could you?" Deidara yelled, although his voice was drowned out by the noise around him.
Deidara could see the mans eyes regarding him from underneath his BDSM mask. "Deidara I was doing you a favour."
"How the fuck is getting him involved a favour un!?" Deidara cried.
This had been exactly what he didn't want.
"Because now Deidara, you don't have to hide who you really are, now you don't have to protect him and now you can be with him and not worry."
Deidara pushed him again angrily, "This wasn't what I wanted!" Deidara yelled making the people around them look.
Kabuto was beside him trying to calm him down. Deidara was dangerous when he finally got angry, they all knew that.
"Don't look now," Neji said turning around.
Toby of course turned and Deidara saw. On the other side of the car park sitting on a couch was Pein and Itachi. As they watched Pein stroked Itachi's check and kissed him on the lips. Deidara felt his body ripple in pain, he wanted to kill the orange haired fucker. He felt Kabuto holding him back from kicking the living shit out of Pein.
He turned to Toby, this was his fault.
"I hate you," he said and turned from the others.
"Wait Deidara I need that ten thousand."
Deidara turned back twitching in irritation, "But I am putting it up on my fight."
"Well I need it, so you better not lose," Toby hissed angry now as well.
"I worked hard for that cash un," Deidara yelled, it was the truth he had worked for Reijin he earned every cent of the 10k.
"The number of times I have covered your fights Deidara, you owe me."
Deidara silenced himself, Toby had put the money up for his fights a number of times, but that was his role as the leader. Deidara shook his head and gave Toby the cash. He had never felt so betrayed by someone. This is why he didn't keep friends. Friends were fake, they back stabbed each other. They were only in it for the money. When he had first met Toby he was a complete joker and Deidara had got along great, but as soon as there was mention of the gang or anything work related he became icy and evil. Deidara turned back to look at Itachi absently and found that at least the two had stopped kissing, he was pleased that Itachi looked uncomfortable with the situation. Lightly someone knocked his shoulder, Deidara turned to yell at the person but found Kisame walking past him. The shark boy turned and met his eyes for a second before continuing to walk behind Hidan. How long had the shark boy been there? How much had he heard?
"Come one Dei," Sasori said, "let's go chill upstairs until your fight."
Kisame had come back with a beer for Pein. Itachi was glad, things were getting more awkward. Pein seemed to be trying to get in his pants, or maybe more. Itachi didn't feel the same way about the orange hair, he certainly didn't want a relationship and he tried never to sleep with the same person twice.
"Let me introduce you to someone," Pein said standing up and breaking Itachi's thoughts.
"This is mine and Hidan's leaders, Zetsu. Zetsu this is Itachi and Kisame."
Itachi looked up and froze; suddenly he understood what Pein meant when he said they twins but didn't look alike. They were identical, green hair, yellow eyes everything, except for their skin colour, one was the deepest black the other the palest white. Itachi couldn't work out if they were from a black family and one of the twins was albino, or from a white family who had African American ancestors, that gene could spontaneously appear again down the line.
"Nice to meet you, we prefer to be addressed as the same person," The darker Zetsu said shaking Kisame and then his hand, "but if it is easier Hidan calls us B.Z and W.Z."
"Or Betsu and Wetsu," Hidan said grinning.
"G- good to m-meet you." Itachi somewhat stuttered looking up at the two men.
"Have you checked your offers yet Itachi?" Wetsu asked, both men were emotionless when they spoke. As if their voices were always stuck in monotone, however Wetsu's was gentle.
"Uh no," Itachi said slowly looking to Pein to expel his confusion.
"Come," Pein said making Itachi stand and walk into the crowds again.
Itachi followed with Kisame and Hidan behind him. Pein lead them over to a long table with six guys seated.
"This is where people put in offers, make offers, get winnings etc. All the accounting if you will," Pein said leading him to the end of the table and the guy seated there.
"Itachi Itachi Itachi Uchiha," The man said turning in his seat to look at him fully.
He had a mop of black hair with streaks of grey in it, "You have broken 2 records bad boy."
Itachi frowned slightly everyone sneered at him here as if he was a joke.
"What do you mean?" Itachi asked standing behind him as he swivelled in his chair back to his desk. Itachi looked over his shoulder at the masses of writing on the table in front of him. Just to the side behind Itachi, stood Neji, Toby and Kaubto listening to the conversation.
"Well, you have the most offers ever received and the most in the shortest amount of time. Here is your list, see if any spark your interest. Some for your tall friend as well," he handed Itachi a few pages that had been stapled together, he took it but he wasn't really paying attention.
He eyes had fluttered down to the sheet which read upcoming fights. A few names down from the top was Deidara's/Green.
"Deidara is fighting," Itachi said to himself, slightly confused.
Deidara didn't know how to fight.
"Of course he is," Pein said, even though Itachi hadn't meant it to be a question, "he is a maniac."
"Oh so you know our psychotic blonde?" The man in the seat said chuckling.
"I didn't know he was a fighter," Itachi replied seriously.
"Oh he is," Pein said smiling and meeting Neji's eye who was behind Itachi, although Itachi hadn't realised. "He is a ranged fighter, he uses explosives. The number of people he has sent to hospital."
Itachi shook his head in disbelief, "Unbelievable."
Pein laughed, "Itachi the things that Blondie has done in this arena would make you sick to your stomach. I once saw a guy's arm get exploded off."
Itachi shook his head again, Deidara exploding people's arms? That wasn't the boy he knew. The Deidara he knew was, well slightly psychotic, but he wouldn't hurt people like that, would he?
"He didn't tell you?" Pein said cocking his head innocently. Itachi shook his head, "honestly Itachi, do you even know him at all?"
Itachi put his hand up on his face over his stinging eyes, did he?
"Come on 'Tachi, let's go down stairs and look over these," Kisame said grabbing him by his arm and leading him away from the crowd.
He heard Pein say that he and Hidan would meet them down there.
Pein cocked his head and grinned at Toby, Neji and Kabuto standing where Itachi had been, "Where is the blonde?"
"Upstairs, why?" Neji answered.
"I'm going to make him an offer," Pein said taking a slip of paper and a pen from the table and walking to another lift.
Deidara sat moodily on a dirty couch with Sasori sitting quietly next to him. He was in a bad mood, when he looked up it only got worse. Walking towards him was Pein and Hidan, behind them were the others from his group. Pein had a manic grin on his face that only put Deidara in a worse mood. As they walked people around them moved away in fear, as they should. Everyone here was in a gang of some sort, yet not everyone was a fighter in a gang. Wives, girlfriends, doctors and cooks for example. The fighters were feared and known by the other people, especially Toby's and Zetsu's people, as this was their territory. So when a fighter was walking, people got out of their way as a sign of respect. The two boys came to a stop front of them, both with malicious grins on their faces. Deidara looked away, he didn't want to talk to them, he didn't even want to acknowledge them. Sasori jumped up and in an instant put his hand to Pein's throat. Sasori may have appeared to look like a young boy, but he was fast, great with knives and was the strategist, poison and weapon specialist of the group.
"What do you want?" he hissed.
Pein hissed and grabbed the red heads arm, with a grin on his face.
"Stand down Sasori," Toby said.
Sasori looked from Toby to Pein and removed his hand, hiding them once again in the folds of his jacket.
Deidara yawned and looked to the side, he wasn't going to stand for Pein, he wasn't even going to look at him.
Pein waited for a second and then held out his hand.
Deidara yawned again and looked at the boys hand; it had an offer in it. He sighed and took it, when he read it he frowned.
"What is the offer?" Neji asked.
Deidara looked at Pein, "you aren't fucking serious."
"I am," the orange hair replied.
"What is the offer?" Toby asked getting impatient.
"A fight for Itachi, if I win I get him and you have to never see him again. If you win I'll disappear from his life."
Sasori raised his eyebrows and then turned to Deidara.
"No un," Deidara said shrugging.
"Guess he is all mine then," Pein said turning on his heal.
"You would like to think so un," Deidara said quietly.
"What was that Blondie?" Pein hissed turning back.
"He is defiantly not yours un, and he wouldn't like that you have made me this offer. So no," Deidara said standing and moving closer to Pein, he pulled him forwards by his shirt collar so he was whispering in his ear. Behind him Hidan and Neji were pushing against each other dangerously.
"Itachi is yours, over my dead body un," he whispered.
"Let's hope it comes to that," Pein said with a snigger.
Deidara hissed lightly and left, "I have a fight to win."
Itachi looked over the pages with Kisame next to him, he didn't understand what was written there.
"Are you okay?" Kisame asked quietly.
"I suppose, just a little shocked," he knew the shark boy was talking about Deidara.
But Itachi still didn't believe the blonde would blow someone's arm off.
"This is the last thing I was expecting."
"Yeah it's a bit …insane for lack of a better word."
Itachi gave a small smile seeing Pein and Hidan walking over to them. Pein looked pissed and sat on the couch across to them in a huff with his arms folded over his chest.
"I don't understand anything that is written here," Itachi said to them.
Hidan looked from Itachi to Pein with his arms crossed and rolled his eyes before sitting down between Kisame and Itachi.
"Well these are offers so lets see," Hidan said taking the paper, "Okay here," he said pointing to the first like which read 'CL. Risto X $10000+G.'
"So for example the fighter 'Risto' is offering you $10000 for a close combat fight. He has left the rest blank, so you would then go back to the table and say either yes $10000 each way, or trade something of equal value. The X means each way, so if you win you get his $10000 if he wins you give him $10000. The +G means same amount for the group. But you don't belong to any gang yet, so."
"Wait this doesn't make sense," Kisame said shaking his head.
"Okay, fuck," Hidan said breathing and starting over, "So for example if I wanted to fight Pein I would write CL, which means close combat, RA is ranged fight. Then I would write my fighting alas which is Three. Then I would either write X lap dance, which means the loser has to give the winner a lap dance and vice versa or lap dance/stripper. The slash separates what I want from what I am offering, so I want a lap dance but if I lose I have to get him a stripper. Then I could write + $10G which means $10 each way for the group. So it would look like this," he grabbed a pencil from Pein and scribbled out an equation.
'CL Three, lap dance/stripper +$10G,' "So" He said looking down the page, "Kiki has said 'RA Kiki, 1998 Ferrari/ $100,000 +$10,000G, so this guy is offering you a car if you win, but you would have to pay $100,000 if you lose and there is $10,000 each way for the group."
"What did the Green mean after Deidara's name?" Itachi said remembering it had said Deidara/Green.
"It is the name he fights under, his alas if you will," Hidan said leaning back, "I fight as Three, Pein as Zero, Deidara as Green. Real names aren't used except for the judges."
Itachi nodded and took his list back and looked over it again. "Nothing on offer interests me."
"Well yeah people are mainly offering money because no one knows what you want, so you can go back to the table and put an open offer, which is where you say I want a computer for example and anyone can say oh I have a computer I will fight you for your car or something," Hidan said.
Itachi sat back and sniggered lightly making the silver haired boy turn and Pein raise his eyebrows lightly.
"I am the son of the chief of police and the heir to a multi-billion dollar fashion house, anything I want I can buy."
"Maybe so," Hidan said slyly, "but there are fights for things money can't buy, people for example," Hidan said looking at Pein blankly. "Or fake passports, death certificates, visa's, you name it."
Itachi missed the exchange and thought to himself, if I could have anything at all in the world, what would it be? At first his mind jumped to Deidara, but then his thought of his father. Could this world somehow be key to unlocking his father's downfall? He frowned to himself. He needed to write some of this down. Figure this all out in his hidden document.
Itachi tuned out deep in thought as Kisame and Hidan joked about the guy who had offered Kisame head if he won. He watched one of the cameras pan through the crowd that was gathered while another was on the announcer.
"Next up is Green verses Broken Jigsaw. Get your safe places ready, this fight could take this arena to the next level."
Itachi watched as a camera took a shot of Deidara and then a man who was wearing a dark green cape over his face.
"Deidara is up," Kisame said catching Itachi attention, "shall we go watch?"
Itachi nodded and got up with the shark, grudgingly Pein stood up as well followed by Hidan who seemed like he couldn't have cared less.
Itachi found himself standing next to Neji of all people. He had pushed his way to the front to watch Deidara fight. Even though Pein said he was a good fighter, Itachi was nervous for the blonde.
"Alright alright alright," the guy holding the microphone shouted, "Ranged fight you know the drill, barricades up. Get them up."
Next to him Neji along with others who were up against the ropes jumped under and pulled on the blue gym mats. Itachi bent down to help with Hidan on his other side.
"What are we doing?" he asked the silver haired boy.
"Well," Hidan said pulling on the string and fastening the gym mat to the ropes. "If we don't protect ourselves in the ranged fights one of fucking Greens bombs or a knife could miss the target and go into he crowd. These mats help keep everyone else safe."
Itachi grabbed another strap and followed both Hidan's and Neji's movements fastening it to the rope so their legs were covered. On the inside of the area four guys were moving around with chicken wire which they were stabbing into the edge of the mats as a protection for people faces.
"Is this really necessary?" Itachi said more to himself.
"Yeah," Hidan answered, "I've seen onlookers get hurt in Deidara's matches. He goes into this kind of zone and doesn't realise where his bombs are going."
Itachi shook his head; he wouldn't believe it till he saw it.
The crowds behind him were surging with excitement. He could hear Pein talking to Kisame.
"Deidara apparently used to be a terrorist bomber for hire."
Itachi frowned to himself, maybe he should leave. He wasn't sure if he wanted to know any more.
Neji nudged him lightly, "don't listen to everything that carrot top says, Deidara isn't like what he makes him out to be." The white eye whispered lightly.
"How come he didn't tell me about any of this?" Itachi whispered back.
Neji gave a half smile, "Would you tell you, if you were him?"
Itachi frowned to himself; this was all too much to think about. But he had trusted Deidara with knowledge of his father. Not on purpose, but he had been truthful when asked.
"What is this fight for?" Kisame asked from behind them.
Neji turned and shook Kisame's hand, they hadn't seen each other since high school. "If Green wins he gets $10k, if he loses, he loses $10k."
"So then he will break even if he wins," Kisame said, Itachi turned and looked at him curiously, "I overheard that Toby took ten grand off him that he was using for this match."
Neji nodded and turned back to Deidara. The blonde was talking to Sasori in the ring quietly. Itachi noticed them standing in a large blue circle while the other guy was standing just behind a large red circle. Itachi supposed that where they started from. He frowned slightly, if Toby had taken $10,000 off Deidara, he wouldn't be able to pay if he lost, and if he won he wouldn't have actually won. He hoped that Deidara won, and that he had a use for the money, not just drugs.
"Alright alright, fighters clothes off, get changed," the microphone guy said.
Itachi watched curiously as Deidara took his shirt and pants off and gave them to Sasori who handed him some blue pants and a black mussel shirt.
"Why?" Itachi asked turning to Neji who laughed slightly.
"So they can't hide anything under their clothes. This is a ranged fight, don't want anyone bringing knives or anything in, so they give them clothes. Everything they need is in the boxes."
Itachi breathed out nervously, watching the blonde, his blonde, fight was making his stomach churn. Deidara's body was beautifully toned; he hadn't soaked it up until now. Perfectly shaped abs, toned arms, collar bones that jutted out just enough. His hips had that layer of muscle that ran into a V and disappeared under his briefs. Great Itachi, appreciate it now that it's gone.
"You must be the runt of the pack," the other man, Broken Jigsaw sneered seeing Deidara's body as well.
"Want to say that again un? Fucking lamb chop," Deidara snapped back as he pulled his new blue pants on.
Broken Jigsaw had a small pot belly and was a lot rounder than Deidara and shorter. Although he appeared solid like he wouldn't be easily pushed over.
"The contestants are already at it, get in your circles fighters, let's take this punk rock party up a fucking notch!"
Sasori quickly left the area while Deidara cracked his knuckles and jumped into the blue circle. Broken Jigsaw made a show of waking around his red circle not going into it. Itachi breathed out restlessly, his noticed his knuckles were white like ice as he squeezed the rope tightly.
"Relax Itachi," Neji whispered seeing his hands as well.
The white eye grabbed his hands from the rope and held them in his, "Deidara is stronger than you know."
"I feel sick," Itachi mumbled back watching the other guy grinning at Deidara.
Suddenly the other guy stepped in the red circle and a roar went up from the crowd. Deidara immediately rolled to his left and into a bunker where there was a box.
"Both fighters are rummaging through the boxes reading their first attacks," The brown haired microphone man said as the crowds moved against the barricades. Itachi could only just see Deidara's face as he sat in the bunker. He had a frown of concentration. Itachi couldn't see what he was doing but he seemed to have a can of something which he was pouring around the three sided bunker.
"What's he doing?" Itachi said finally, curiosity and apprehension having got the better of him.
Neji watched his team mate carefully.
"Seems to have found some butane," Neji whispered.
Itachi saw that Deidara left something at the base of the bunker as the blonde stood up and looked around for his opponent. Jumping up and running to another box he skidded and dodged a knife that was thrown by inches. The crowd started to roar and Itachi missed the commentary from the microphone man.
"Stupid move," Neji said.
"Why?" Itachi asked panicked, had Deidara made a mistake by moving?
"Now Deidara knows where he is," Neji said with a grin.
The new box Deidara had found was behind a standalone wall. Itachi could see clutched in his hands was an array of objects. He could see a lighter, sparklers and a bottle of coke that he was quickly sculling.
"They have started stocking less dangerous chemicals in the boxes. Deidara once blew half the arena apart." Neji said answering Itachi quizzical gaze. "Dei is actually brilliant at chemistry."
Suddenly Broken jumped out and ran past wear Deidara was sitting behind the wall. A manic grin crossed the blondes face as he lit something and threw it at the guy. In an instant Deidara was behind the other side of the wall and a large bang went off knocking Broken face first on the floor.
Deidara didn't give him time to jump up; instead he ran and kicked the guy in his sides. Around Itachi the entire arena was shouting and egging the blonde on. Pein had moved next to him with his eyes glued to the match. Itachi was stunned he didn't think Deidara would be so cruel. He wasn't paying attention to the microphone guy who was shouting something over the noise.
Deidara jumped and smacked the man in the face before dragging him into the first bunker that Deidara had rolled to. Itachi realised it was the one he had poured butane around.
"He's not," Itachi said coming to a horrible realisation.
"This bunker is filled with Butane and sparkler bombs, forfeit or I will drop this lighter un," Deidara yelled loud and clear.
Itachi couldn't see the reaction but he heard laughing then suddenly Deidara dived backwards and the bunker went up in flames. Itachi turned his eyes down and pushed his head into Pein's shoulder not wanting to see. He squeezed his eyes closed, he hadn't seen Deidara drop the lighter but he must have. He felt Pein put his arms around him as loud bangs went off, must have been the sparkler bombs. He heard another bang and felt a surge of energy near him. Then he heard yelling. When he turned to look Deidara was limping next to the bunker and pulling Broken out. The blonde looked as though he had been partially hit by something; he had black soot or ash covering half of his body.
"What the fuck un?!" Deidara yelled and he pulled his opponent out. "What did you do that for?"
"I though you were joking," Broken coughed, "I forfeit, I can't move my legs."
Itachi stared in horror. Broken's legs were bloody. The man must have jumped backwards out of the bunker but hadn't quite made it. Next to him Neji pulled down the gym mat and ducked under the rope to help as others did the same thing.
Itachi's world was moving in slow motion, he couldn't believe he had just seen that. He felt himself being pulled away, looking at the hand he saw Kisame moving him. He was pulled away from the fight and into a bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror, Kisame was talking to him but he couldn't hear what the shark was saying. He felt Hidan shaking him. Itachi looked at the others who had followed them into the bathroom and shook his head moving into one of the stalls. He leaned forwards and threw up the contents of his stomach.
A/N yes i know i am evil. i said i would put this whole chapter in, as it is its only half. but then it would have been 20,000 words long so i figured i would cut it in two and cliff hanger. AHAH sorry, but my chapters are long enough anyway. maybe i should cut on the details! but then the devils in the details!
reviews will make me edit faster cause i feel bad. :P hehehinthint
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