Love, Via Subway
By Uchiha-Griffin
_I don't own Naruto_
Sakura gasped as she was pushed into a small room with just a bed, a table, and attached bathroom. No personal items anywhere, except her purse on the table against the wall. It was like... a cell. She looked back at the man who had brought her. "W-where am I? Where did you take me?" She was now terrified. All of her judgment had been clouded when she was having her crying episode. It never once had occurred to her this man might be dangerous. "Who are you? Who do you work for?"
He sighed and scowled. "Look, if you just shut the hell up, I'll tell you everything." Sakura looked hurt but didn't respond. The guy took a step toward the bars of the cell Sakura was holding onto. "You're in the Akatsuki headquarters. I, obviously, am Mother-Effin Akatsuki. My name is Hidan, and don't you forget it, bitch."
"If you think cursing makes you cooler, it doesn't, Hidan." Sakura huffed. Hidan twitched. "Shut the hell up." He began to walk for the door, but turned at the last minute. "Oh, and I wasn't supposed to tell you this, so don't go Effin telling on me. Your little boyfriend is going to come rescue you." Sakura looked shocked. "Sasuke is coming?"
Hidan nodded, looking bored. "Pain is just using this as an excuse to kill Itachi, you know. And he'll probably kill his pathetic little brother, too." Sakura looked horrified. "S-Sasuke never did anything to Pain!" Hidan laughed cruelly. "In Pain's mind, you don't have to do anything. He kills just for the fun of it. And that's why he hired me."
Sakura looked confused. "I don't understand." Hidan looked annoyed. "You're not very bright, are you?" Sakura scowled. "If you call straight A's through my whole school career not very bright." Hidan grumbled, "A's and being bright aren't exactly the same thing. You can have good grades and still be an airhead." Sakura glared at him. "Just frickin' explain it to me."
Hidan sighed, muttering, "I don't know why I waste my time on things like this, but I'll tell you. Pain keeps me around for one reason and one reason only." Sakura waited for his answer, and she was surprised when he reached in his suit collar and pulled out a necklace. It was a religious symbol on a long silver chain. Hidan smirked. "I'm his own, personal priest."
Sakura's eyes widened. "Are you serious?" Hidan twitched. "Duh, I wouldn't have lied to you, idiot." He turned and began to walk away. Sakura watched him go helplessly. Before he exited the room, however, he placed a hand on the door jamb and looked back at her. "You might want to stay close to that air vent." He motioned toward an air vent that hung from the ceiling over the bed in the cell.
With that said, he turned and walked away. Sakura turned and looked back at the vent, unsure of what he meant. Was he trying to help, or was it a trap? Whatever the case, she wanted out. She ran to her purse, which they had left on the table. She dumped it out, searching for anything she could use. When she found her pink cell phone, she grinned. This would help!
When she pressed the power button, she was surprised to find it didn't turn on. Upon turning it around, she found the battery had been taken out. "Ugh." she sighed, tossing it onto the table. She took off her shoes and set them by the desk, being as the cell had niceish carpet, and Choos hurt after you wear them too long.
She sat down on the bed, sighing and wondering how long she was going to be kept here for. Suddenly, she heard someone talking. She jumped a little. "Why haven't you taken care of it yet?" The male voice sounded angry. Sakura looked around for the source of the voice. "Of what?" She answered, now scared. "I'm sorry, boss. I'll get to it right away." "You bet your ass you will. Or you can find yourself shot twice in the chest in a dumpster way off in an alley no one will ever find you in. Do I make myself perfectly clear?" Sakura was horrified as she heard this. But she still had no idea where it was coming from.
"Crystal." The other voice answered, hissing slightly. Sakura checked all around, but when she left the bed she no longer heard anything. She walked back over to the bed. The second she sat back down, the conversation restarted. "...me know when you've completed your job." "Yes, sir." Suddenly, it occurred to her to look up. When she did, she understood what Hidan meant. The vent was right above the bed, and it was like a listening device going right into someone's office. And if she figured right...
She could hear everything that happened in Pain's office by just sitting under the air vent!
Hidan walked into the room where all the members of Akatsuki hung out when they weren't out on jobs or researching things. Kisame turned to look over his shoulder and see who had entered the room. "Hidan, my man." he greeted, holding out his fist. He was sitting at a round table, playing roulette with four other members. Hidan pounded fists with Kisame then sat next to him at the table.
Deidara sighed. "This is all going so slow, hmmm." Tobi suddenly bust out in one of his random outbursts. "FULL HOUSE!" he yelled. Deidara smacked him over the head. "Tobi, you idiot, this is Roulette!" "You heard me!" Tobi replied stubbornly. Deidara raised a hand to smack him again, but when he cowered away Deidara figured wasting a hit on him wasn't worth it.
Hidan rolled his eyes and tossed in some chips before taking out a cigarette. "Well, the girl isn't too bad-looking, I'll say that." All the guys turned to him. "Oh, really?" Deidara threw in a couple more chips as well. Hidan nodded. "Yeah. She's that singer, you know. The one who's really popular in the city. I think her name's Sakura." "THE Sakura?" Tobi replied, excited. He reached into his jacket, taking out a CD. "THIS Sakura?"
Hidan examined the CD case. "Yep, that's her all right." he answered, and Tobi sighed happily. "She's so beautiful! And her songs are amazing!" "What do you think of that band... Dark Blue Death?" Kisame interjected, and Hidan set down his cards, breathing in his cigarette deeply before blowing it out slowly.
"That's the guy we're gonna have to kill when he comes to rescue Sakura. Their lead singer, Sasuke." Hidan explained. Deidara sighed. "I was starting to like them, too. No wonder Itachi went to see them, Sasuke was is it." Kisame nodded, "He really does love him, doesn't he?" Hidan looked confused. "Serious? I always thought he hated him. Didn't he try and shoot him? Doesn't he love to torture him?"
Kisame smiled wistfully. "That's what he always says. But really, he loves Sasuke a lot. He doesn't want him killed because of Akatsuki. Furthermore, Pain has corrupted him. He's pumped him full of lies and reasons he should hate his little brother, but really, under it all, Itachi still loves him. I wish Sasuke could just realize that."
The room was quiet for a moment; the only sound was the ceiling fan. Tobi was the one, naturally, who broke the silence. "I WANT TO MEET SAKURA!" he exclaimed, and ran out of the room. "We might as well, yeah." Deidara agreed. The other men soon had consensus, and all were off to Sakura's cell.
Sakura was shocked by her sudden audience. Tobi was hanging on the bars of her cell. "S-Sakura-chan! I love you! And your music!" Sakura looked at him in awe for a second before smiling her infectious smile. "Thank you very much!" The other guys just stood back away from Tobi. Sakura looked past Tobi and to the crowd. "Oh, hi Hidan." She noticed the man.
He grunted a reply. She smiled wryly. "It's nice to see you again, as well." She then turned to… the rest of them. What a strange group they were…"Who are all of you?"
The guys introduced themselves one by one.
The blue one was Kisame. The one completely covered up was Kakuzu. The yellow-haired girly-looking one was Deidara. The one that was half-black-half-white was Zetsu. She stared at them for a bit, quite sure she'd never seen anyone quite like them.
"Well, nice to meet you all…." She finally said.
Tobi recaptured her attention. "Sakura-channn! Would you sing a song for us? Pleeaasseeee?" Sakura looked surprised. "Huh? Well, I'm not very good at accapelo… but I guess I could, if you really want me to…."
Tobi nodded enthusiastically. "Yes! Please do!" Sakura sighed. "Well, alright… but only one song, alright?" Tobi cheered, and sat down in front of her cell, where the other members had already made themselves comfortable.
She took a deep breath, and sang.
Itachi stood at his window, his breath causing the glass to fog up. He used a fist to clear the window, like he had done 12 times already. He was really becoming a shell of a person.
The knock on the door startled him. He turned in the door's direction, but didn't bother to answer it. He turned back to his skyline view. A maid walked up to him, bowing slightly before reporting: "Itachi, I believe it's your younger brother at the door."
Itachi's eyes widened. He turned to the maid. "Are you sure?"
She nodded. "Almost positive, sir."
Itachi ran to the door, throwing it open. Sasuke stood there, packing heat and looking ready to kill.
"Itachi, I need your help. I'm going to break into Akatsuki headquarters.
Hello, Everyone. It's been quite a while. But I wanted to update before I leave for Europe tomorrow! I've been struggling through writing this chapter, and I apologize for how long it's taken. I hope you enjoyed it (even though it's short D:)
Oh yes! And please pray for me. I have a pulled neck muscle, and it hurts like a mother.
Love
Griffin (I'm back on the scene!)
P.S. Sakura sang "Your Love is My Drug" for the boys. Haha © Ke$ha!