Disclaimer: I forget to do these. I don't own Naruto. If I did, I would make Mashasi Kishimoto my slave and have him write these but then again they wouldn't be the same. -sighs in defeat- Fine I would of made it so everyone swooned over the smexy Zetsu.
A/N: unlucky thirteen -perks up- I love thee unlocking number, I want to have a tattoo on my collarbone of the roman numerals XIII anyone who knows black cat knows this. And no I'm not doing because I'm a Train fanatic I'm doing it because I think it would be cool to have the unlucky number on me at all times. This one might seem more like a filler or off on a tangent but yeah. I'm loosing ideas here but don't worry I'm not going to stop. I know how it will end and there will most likely be a sequel. So be's happy! Oh and a little dream surprise for everyone, muahahahahahaha
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AkkiAsh: Don't worry I'm a typing as fast as I can and I'll send you an e-mail if one is added, k.
RomanceBookReader: -grabs and pulls up bowing Romance- don't bow down to me, you are one of my faithful reviewers, if you miss one I don't care, it is probably because you were busy or your comp is acting funny or in your case you didn't know. Okay maybe you should be late more -huggles the plushy- I love it thank you -randomly hugs Romance- I'm sorry I'm in a hugging mood lately, I blame the lack of sleep.
Bronka: I loved it too -grumbles something about Hidan being a prick- I don't know why but it seems more natural for him to keep counting his money even if his imouto is crying on him. But eh he was still comforting her, in his own way.
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Chapter 13: "The Killers" and Up The Wall
-day 13, night-
Zetsu reentered his room after talking with Pein and running into Kakuzu, who gave him the you-hurt-my-sister-I-snap-your-neck talk, to a sleeping Alex. She was still wearing her exercise clothes and he smiled. He thought her cute while sleeping, well when she was sleeping peacefully.
Sauntering over to the bed, he moved Alex just a little so he could put the covers over her and crawled in besides her, pulling her close to his body. He drifted off to sleep with her laying next to him.
-Alex's dream(s)-
She looked at the little plus not liking how the math was adding up. With tears of frustration, Alex crumpled up the piece of paper and grabbed her Zippo, ready to fry it. Once lit she let it drop into the kitchen sink. 'Alex, why is Daddy in your bed?' Jackie woke up and had come down the stairs. 'It's nothing Jackie-girl. Alex just gets bad nightmares sometimes and daddy visits her to fight away all the bad monsters.' Alex lied, hating herself for doing so. 'Why are you up so late?' 'Oh,' Jackie was silent for a moment. 'I was thirst.' 'Water or milk.' Jackie made a face at the word milk. 'Water.' Alex filled a glass with the clear liquid and took her little sister back to bed. -
Alex stared at the stomach of her reflection, hating how fat she looked. She started to push her stomach in various places. Speaking out loud to herself. 'I guess I don't eat supper either.' Oh how she wanted to be thin like all the others.
-another 3 months later-
I laid there staring at it. Hating with my very being. I never knew that it was possible to feel such malice and hate to one thing. But I did. I started to wonder if hate and malice were proper terms to use. Why wouldn't die? This parasite that was no longer apart of me. real world-
Then one of them opened their hateful mouths and uttered a ten syllable curse. 'Congratulations, it's a boy, Alex.' Oh how I wanted to bash that sluts face in. No twelve years old girl should give birth to her own baby brother. But they didn't know the truth, my body felt cold all of sudden.
'She's flat lining.'
'Now!' The one who cursed me was shocked. 'But it's been...'
'I don't care how long it's been.'
I woke up hours later in the ICU and thankfully the parasite was gone. Remembering that I had sighed the adoption papers before going into my room. I laid there resting wondering why, with my second brush with death, did someone save me. Why couldn't they just let me be at peace with the world? To no longer feel pain would be great.
The family came into my room, mom with a disgusted look and dad looking livid at me. I knew when we got home I would be in for it.
-
Alex woke with a start, breathing heavily in an upright position. In her movement she woke up Zetsu who sat beside her. Without thinking he wrapped into a hug while she cried. Both making a silent unspoken agreement. She not to avoid him and he not to try and 'jump' her again.
She fell asleep in his arms and he stayed awake, stroking her hair and gently rocking her from side to side.
-day 14-
Alex slowly opened her eyes to see Zetsu's chest rising and falling with every breath. Smiling she closed her eyes and snuggled in closer to him, hand lightly resting in the center of his chest. She slowly slipped back into sleep, dreaming of good things.
He stirred and sat up, ignoring the weight on his chest until he heard a groan come from it. Zetsu looked at Alex as she moved to glare at him. "Was that absolutely necessary?" Alex stretched and slid out of the ed to land cat-like on the floor.
Silently he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her neck. Not thinking Alex moved giving him more access and gave a light moan as he lightly bit her shoulder. He stopped and held her closer to him resting his chin on her head. She felt safe with him but in a different way that her nii-san made her feel safe. Closing her eyes she let herself lean even more into him, just breathing in his scent.
Opening her eyes she spoke. "I still get shower first." Getting out of his arms Alex grabbed everything she needed and went into the bathroom closing the door with a snap. Shaking his head he laid back down for some more shut eyes.
Zetsu woke to get his upper chest smacked. "Wake up. You wouldn't let me sleep so you shouldn't be able to. Besides, you Akatsuki members are going to find out the true meaning of pain to day." An ear to ear grin was what Zetsu saw on her face. He got up to take a quick shower.
Alex ignoring Zetsu headed off to the kitchen, ready to torture everyone with "The Killers" well everyone but the puppet man. She wondered if he could even feel the burn from workouts but shrugged her shoulder deciding he'd be the one blowing the whistle or whatever it was that they would have for training.
Grabbing a skillet pan, Alex planned to make pancakes but decided to tell everyone that it was best not to eat before hand caused it would slow everyone down. Tobi came in and she had him help her whip the batter up and once finished they put it in the fridge.
The others piled into the kitchen, Hidan and Kakuzu looking absolutely grouchy. "Um...just so you know we aren't eating 'til after we get done with killers." As she expected there were shouts of objections. "I'm sorry but if we eat, we would end up slowing down. I told ya'll that I'd show you what they were later and I mean it. The only one who isn't going to be doing them is Sasori."
The red head looked up. "And why am I not?"
"Can exercises even effect you?" He shook his. "I thought so. Pein do you have a whistle or something that will make a loud noise." She turned to Deidara who was about to open his mouth. "Other than bombs." He looked crestfallen but she didn't see that bit. "We also need an area bigger than Kisame's training area. We need land for this."
Alex ran over the areas she trained in. "Zetsu we might do the conditioning in your training ground."
"Why not mine?" Deidara was acting like a kid his hand in the air and bouncing in his seat.
"Does it have dirt and a spacious area?"
"No but it is spacious."
"Then we can't. Come on everybody." Alex walked ahead the others following her to the area she selected.
Walking in, Alex found a stick and started to mark the ground with parallel lines, or as close as she could get, much like a basketball court would be set up. "Okay Sasori you stand here." Pein showed up holding a whistle for the red head. "No watch it isn't that hard after all."
Alex walked over to the first line she drew. "We start here." She then walked forward. "We run to this line and then run backwards to the first line and then repeat going to the next line after the one I walked to." She pointed. "We repeatedly do this until we reach the last line then we turn around and repeat in the opposite direction."
"That is fucking easy and why the fucking hell do you call them killers."
"Well Hidan thanks for volunteering to be my dummy for this show'n'tell. Come here." She pointed to her side and Hidan came reluctantly remembering the beating he took. "Okay now do you know what wall sits are?" He looked at her funny. Sighing she showed him what they were using the one of the trees lining the area. "The only difference is we do them in the air. Or air sits. Go on, assume the position."
Hidan did so and fell on his ass. "Here." She walked over to him and helped him up. "Try holding your knees at a forty-five degree angle and have feet planted at shoulder width apart. And also have your hands out parallel to the ground shoulder width apart as well." He did so and stayed. "Now hold for a count of a hundred. Count aloud." He counted his legs shaking at about twenty. He stood up when he finished.
Hidan started heading back to the others. "What, you think that is all?" Looking at Alex as if she was insane, he rejoined her. "Now push ups but you are not going to do them." He got down ready to lower himself. "Go into the position where you are about to arise after one." Doing so he waited for her instructions. "Now count for another hundred." He fell at sixty-three.
"When you fall we all have to start at the beginning as if we never done a single lap, got that." He nodded. "Good. Next we do crunches. A hundred of those nasty buggers so you know. Don't worry you don't have to. We did this for three hours everyday if we did it perfectly." She walked over to the others. "Every time Sasori blows the whistle we do those one right after the other, got it." They nodded. "Oh and if you mess up we start at the beginning, from scratch. With each blow given by are puppet we switch to air-sit-crunches-back to running to repeat when ever he blows the whistle. Shortly we may stay in the air or semi sit-ups if he doesn't blow the whistle or do more than a hundred crunches."
Alex stood with the others waiting for the go. Sasori blew the whistle once and they took off to the first line and back, second line and back, third line the whistle sound off and they did air squats. Everyone having a better advantage of Hidan who did them once already. Dropping to the ground to do the hang sit-up and then switching to the hundred crunches. They jumped and started running the lines again.
They repeated this for seven hours finally dropping after, Alex called it a stop from her tenth repeating just from someone falling, including herself. Looking over at Hidan and his red face, she busted out laughing and then winced as she gingerly touched her sore sides and ribs. "Time to go eat." The teen slowly got up and limped her way over to the exit the others following after her except for Sasori who was already gone.
The others plopped down into their seats as Tobi and Alex started to make breakfast/lunch. She cooked them up and Tobi placed them in front of the pigs. Nibbling off those that she considered hers, Alex cooked up the last ten to be given to Kisame. Finishing with them she grabbed her plate and Kisame's ten and sat down sliding the pancakes to Kisame.
"Aren't your fucking arms sweaty with those wraps on?" Hidan pointed his fork at Alex and she looked at her arms.
Kakuzu slowed his eating watching her from the corner of his eyes as hers glazed over in thought. She looked up at the religious man. "No, not to me they aren't. I'm use to it." The two almost siblings returned to their meal.
"I want a fucking answer bitch." Alex looked at him with a bored look on her face.
"And why the hell would I answer." She pushed the rest of her meal to Kisame and went to her room to take a shower and change the wraps on her arms.
Alex took a quick shower to get the sweat and grime off and walked back to the kitchen. The masked boy/man was running back and forth, whipping up another meal for the ravenous men (especially Kisame) and the ones who were not eating were telling him what to do. The raven-haired teen walked up to Pein and smacked him in the back of the head. "Tobi stop running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. The idiot doesn't know how to cook."
The orange haired pierced man glared at her as she talked to the mask man. "Zetsu the showers open if you want it." She retook her spot and placed her laptop on the table. Opening and starting up, Alex went and clicked up pictures of her family and foster family.
Photoshop was up next and she started cutting certain things and used it to take out red eyes. Mainly what she cutout was pictures of her own father and Kakuzu watched her doing these things over her shoulder. Saving the picture she just touched up she then shut the laptop lid and rested her back on her sweaty 'brother' ignoring everyone.
"What do you do on that?" The leader asked.
"Why is it that you say you know everything goes on here but at the same time you ask some of the stupidest questions for someone who is suppose to know everything?" Alex stared at him. "Nothing that concerns you or the Akatsuki if you are that worried about it."
Pein opened his mouth to order her to do it or to ask Kakuzu but she beat him to it. "Stop trying to order me around. It's not going to work and it's not nice to do that. Besides I was just in Photoshop fixing up a pic that I liked." Shrugging her shoulder she placed her feet on Zetsu's upper left thigh and leaned her head back unto Kakuzu's shoulder.
"You are working at a little store in Ame." The leader stated.
"Okay how am I to get there and back for training." She sat up dropping her feet onto the ground. He looked as if he hadn't thought of it.
"You should stay they for..." She cut him off. "Look it is just pointless to try and do that. You want me train and to learn about 'chakra' but I can't do that if I'm at 'somewhere' and my teacher is at 'elsewhere.'" Pein glared at her. "Men, they can be such idiots."
Konan choked on her food when she snorted. The two females shared a knowing smile before they turned their attentions back to the now fuming orange haired man. "Pein, why not just let her stay here? She cleans and cooks at times, if Tobi doesn't beat her to it."
He stayed quiet for awhile before nodding in agreement. "Great so who am I training with next and what's the plan for tomorrow."
"No training, rest day." Everyone at the table was happy even though only Alex and Tobi showed their happiness. "Except for Kisame and Itachi, they have to go to Konoha and try to get Kyuubi."
Alex got up. "Night then." Konan stood up and grabbed the girl dragging the teen to her room.
"This way. Let's have a fem night, you could say." Alex smiled, glad to have a female friend amongst all the men.
They reached a door Alex had never been in and Konan unlocked opening the door and stood off to the side to let the raven haired girl pass. "This is your room." The room was composed of mostly blues and whites. Fluffy painted like clouds were all over the wall and on the ceiling. The carpet an earthy brown and would of felt nice on the bare feet.
"And Pein's."
"You share a room," Alex exclaimed. "With Pein. How the heck do you survive?"
Konan smiled benignly. "Oh we get along just fine."
"You...and he..." Alex doubled over in laughter tears running down her face. After she stood up and took a breath to calm herself. "I should've seen that one coming."
"Yes, and did you think Pein goes easy on you because he wants to?"
"Well, no. And yes. I guess." Konan raised an eyebrow. "What were we doing again?" Konan shrugged and a malicious smirk came across Alex's face. "How 'bout we prank the guys? Don't worry it will be easy. Unless you want to annoy them instead, now that will be easy."
The blue haired nin chuckled. "I was right. You are mischievous."
"Like the little fox that I am." She paused. "But we are going to have to prank ourselves as well."
The two started plotting the events that would happen over the course of the month.
By the time were down Pein was outside his bedroom waiting to go to bed and pissed that he wasn't allowed in there. Alex left and gave a quick, I-know-something-you-don't-know, smile.
She ran off in the directions of her room and Pein watched her go. Konan grabbed Pein to initiate part 1 of their plan. Scare the living hell out of Leader.
Alex quietly entered Zetsu's room knowing full well that it was late. Tipping toeing to the bed not to wake anyone, she crept hoping that she wouldn't wake the plant man. "Where were you? I was starting to worry." The teen froze in her spot, eyes closed shut in mid step.
"With Konan." Alex walked to the bed normally. "Nice to know one of you at least is angry with me." She smiled and crawled in next to him. "And why were you worried? What's the worst that can happen? Becoming the next meal of a cannibal, being sacrificed to Jashin, or turned into a puppet?"
Feeling his arms snake around her, she snuggled in closer and closed her eyes.
-day 15, morning-
Alex woke up in the morning with a sore and battered body. Ignoring the pain, she got up and grabbed random articles of clothing that were clean and headed for the shower. Pein may have called today a break day but she knew Tobi would want to train her in chakra control.
Once finished with everything that need to be done, she left the room silently to go get Tobi. She headed down the many twists and turns, ups and downs to stand before Tobi's door. Knocking quickly and waiting for the count of ten, she entered his room.
"Good morning, Tobi." The teen plopped down on the edge of the bed and started shaking the hyperactive man. "It's time for training."
"Tobi's sore."
"Ah come on. You wouldn't want to keep me waiting besides I'm a hurting unit to but you don't see me sleeping in now do you. So get up before I drag you out of this bed and drop very painfully on the floor."
"Tobi wonders is this what it's like to have little sisters." He sat up mask still in place and put on his black outfit.
"Yeah it is exactly how little siblings do things and you could've given a girl a warning about sleeping only in your boxers." Alex had her hand covering her closed eyes and she faced the opposite direction of him.
"Tobi's hungry. AJ-chan should help Tobi cook something." He grabbed her and dragged the teen behind him as he ran in the direction of the kitchen.
Together they made enough eggs, sausages, bacon, and hash browns to feed an army. The two set the plates and drinks for everyone. The smell of the food wafting throughout the building woke the others up and soon they were filling into to the kitchen/dining room to eat.
Being the first two up usually, Tobi and Alex were able to get the seats of their choice. Tobi sat down in the spot where Zetsu usually took and woofed down his meal and sat watching Alex eat her meal, slowly. Her, I-guess-you-could-call-him, boyfriend walked up behind his seat and picked Tobi up by the scruff of his neck and dropped him on the floor to take his seat.
"Tobi you okay."
"Yes, the only thing hurt on Tobi is Tobi's pride." Alex smiled at him around Zetsu's back.
"That's it think positive about these things." Alex looked up and saw Kisame, who had to leave with Itachi on their mission soon, staring at the rest of her meal. Pushing over to the gluttonous pig, she got up and left to go train with Tobi.
They reached Tobi's training area and he showed her how to walk up a tree. She tried and tried again to get up but each time she landed hard on her ass on the ground, or Tobi had to catch her from fatal falls. By the fiftieth some attempt she made it to the branch and sat on it breathing hard and a death grip to match.
Alex was not particularly fond of heights and she hoped Tobi would climb up the tree to get her but alas no. "Okay Tobi says it's time to go get something to eat." The girl turned and noticed the setting sun. She had not realized how long she was training and realized how hungry she was. Staring at the ground and then at Tobi's back she tried to squeak out her fear but nothing came.
Slowly and fearfully the teen snaked her way down and by the time she got to the door the others, minus Kisame and Itachi, were standing at the entrance preparing a search and rescue for her. She ignored their questions still shaking from looking down one to many times and head off to Tobi's room for the other part of her training.
"Tobi wonders where AJ-chan was?" he walked into his room to see Alex lightly dozing in a sitting position. He shook her awake and her eyes snapped open to look at the masked man. She looked at him waiting for Tobi to say what they were doing next.
It took awhile but he finally caught on that she wasn't going to say and turned to walk up the wall. "Tobi finds it easier then trees."
"Then why the hell did I start with...with trees and not rock!" she exclaimed her features showing that she would love nothing short of ripping him apart but she couldn't reach him on the ceiling. Alex took off to the wall and a break neck speed and held onto the kunai he had lent her tightly.
Up the wall she went and on the ceiling, she had to ignore the vertigo sickness and headed straight for Tobi. She slashed out at him. It turned out that that wasn't the smartest things to do and she fell towards the ground. Next thing she knew she was in Zetsu's arms and he was not happy.
He carried her out of the room bridal-style and Alex tried to get out of his grip. "Um...Zetsu, you can put me down now." She looked at him expectantly but he tightened his hold on her slightly. "You aren't going to try and eat Tobi, are you?" The look on his face told her his answer to that and she knew her hyperactive friend wouldn't be enjoy it so much. "Please don't."
Alex rest her head against his shoulder and he looked at her that urge to take her welling up again but he pushed it back down. He opened up their bedroom and grabbed her some clean clothes and put them into the bathroom and placed the clothes on the sink, promptly leaving when finished.
She turned the hot and cold on and clambered ungracefully into the shower. Washing up and leaving she put the clothes left out for her on and wrapped up her arms and her legs where the ugly burn scars showed. Opening the door she ran into the chest of Zetsu's. "You drive me up the wall. You could of died. Tobi shouldn't be teaching you."
"If someone is to blame then it is me. I was the one that asked him to help me." She closed her eyes and breathed in his scent, it was earthy.
He stepped back a little and grabbed her chin lightly and brought their lips together. Licking the bottom of her lip for entrance she obliged letting him explore. He deepened the kiss farther by tipping her head back and pulling her closer to him. They parted for air and Alex smiled lightly as a light blush ran across her porcelain face. Leading her to the bed they fell to sleep in each others arms.
A/N: yayz she got her first real kiss and we found out something about Konan and Pein, muahahahaha. Yes I do believe those to should be together. Anyways I don't know much about Konan or Pein so if they seem OOC-ish please tell me and I'll try and fix it once I know them better or you tell me how they would usually act. Next chapter will be Pranks. Maybe a lemon or lime will show up soon who knows. And pleased don't kill me because I made her have a kid.
Me: so Zetsu you pleased with this
Zetsu(Whiteandblack): it took you too long to get it out.
Me: too long -voice cracks as it goes to high- too long to get it out that is because this is a very long chapter like -goes and scrolls the chapter- like 12 pages so don't be telling me it is too long. and go blame powderpuff i want this chap out before the game but I couldn't get on and then I had that mousetrap car to build which i still have to get it to run.
Zetsu: -glares at me and my excuses-
Me: fine maybe I should drop you -thinks of all the readers and reviewers that will be angry- um nevermind I won't and it is not because you'll threaten to eat me. Oh and readers please review and I'm sorry it took so long. I wanted it out this past monday but the week and weekend was way hectic. Anyways Seniors whooped Juniors butts during powderpuff football woot woot and I start the next chap as soon as I get Gaara chap down. He is going through a rocky period with his girl as well -shrugs- I'll try to get it out asap but you never know
Zetsu: review or you will be my next me
Me: Zetsu don't threaten the readers, please review they are much appreciated.