And here's your new riddle:
Five minus two equals four. How is that possible?
Sorry for the late updates. If my writing seems disjointed, then it should be a combination of sleep deprivation and the fact that I might be joining sabre squad. And those people will hit for my head and face if given the chance.
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Cin was a liar.
That was a word that seemed to be applying more and more to her in every day that passed.
She'd say it was to help with the Akatsuki's peace of mind, but we all know that she's really not that selfless.
The thing was that it was something between pride and the fact that she didn't want them hovering over her.
But in all honesty, hiding out in the basement helped as much as being chased by the Akatsuki's fangirls.
Needless to say, that means it didn't help at all.
Maybe it was the fact that their emotions and high states of chakra was making it so that she could easily feel them with her power, even from where she lay deep in the earth, but all she knew was that the headache was growing again, begging for her to simply release the power and be able to relax.
She said that she was fine in the cellar.
That was a lie.
So she snuck up to the attic, keeping a firm grip on her abilities as she did so, and escaped out the secret passageway up there.
And then she started walking away from the house, needing some way to relax.
Now, considering what we know, not only of what usually happens in stories where there are dangers awaiting, but also taking knowledge from the previous chapter, we know that relaxation isn't exactly what she's going to find.
Also, that Cin has yet to really learn that she really needs to be more careful.
To be honest though, I'm sure that it's difficult to be rational when you've got the equivalent of a migraine beating on the inside of your head.
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Naruto let out a strangled gasp at his (sorry, her) appearance, and quickly dropped the henge, even as the others laughed as he lost the blonde pigtails for his usual blond cropped hair.
"So that was your disguise?" Tenten laughed, "A girl?"
Naruto made a face, "Hey, Cin knew what a good portion of us looked like! She wouldn't have expected Akiko to be me!"
"Sure, Christopher," Neji drawled out.
"Don't call me that!" Naruto snarled.
"Let us just get to the house," Shino interrupted, "I was under the impression that this was a matter of great urgency?"
"Oh right!" Naruto exclaimed, dropping his rage in an instant, "Follow me!"
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"Would anyone care to tell me exactly how this happened?" when Pein broke out his ice voice, you knew you were in BIG trouble, "How you managed to let a teenaged civilian escape?"
No one really wanted to touch that with even a fifty-foot pole. They just kept their eyes on their pacing leader, a morbid curiosity keeping them there to see who he would pick to try to explain.
You know the saying "saved by the bell"? Yeah, that doesn't happen.
However, they are saved by the knocking on the front door.
The very loud knocking that threatened to knock the door down until Leader finally stomped over to it and pull it open.
"What?" he hissed, before seeing the wide-eyed faces of the Konoha shinobi.
"We're not here to fight!" the loud blond one exclaimed, "We're here to help, believe it!"
"Go away," Pein growled and tried to close the door, but the blond stuck a foot in the door (probably not the best idea as his face immediately contorted in pain.
The white-eyed Hyuuga girl spoke up then.
"P-p-please, w-w-we j-j-j-ust want to h-h-help…"
"Why? Cin is on our side, not yours."
"She can still change her mind," the Hyuuga boy backed the girl up, "Not to mention the consequences of what will occur if her chakra is allowed to explode could be disastrous for everyone."
"I do not think you will be able to help. Leave."
"We're helping whether you want us to or not!" the blond seemed to have recovered by now.
"It would be rather difficult to help if the object needing help is not here."
That confused them.
"Cin has been abducted."
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"Now what?" Itachi sighed.
[What do you think? I need you to do fan service again!]
"You could have done this earlier instead of freezing the scene."
[No time then. Now let's get cracking! Akatsuki FTW – "Itachi is sooooo awesome. Itachi, try using duck tape or diamonds they work well on people. Oh btw tell deidara he needs therapy. He needs to figure out weather he's a guy or a girl."]
"I will pass the message on some time after time is unfrozen. Thank you. Next."
[Thursday.]
"What?"
[Sorry, book I'm reading…]
"You are reading while you are talking to me?"
[Hey, give me a break. I only just connected the synapses to realize that my college library does have more than just research texts, and I'm taking advantage of it to read a series that I liked but not enough to pay over $9.99 for my own copy on a nook.]
"Nobody cares."
[I care.]
"You do not count. Now, if you please, next."
[I do not please.]
"And I repeat, nobody cares. Just say the next message."
[Fine *pouting*. AnimeVamp1997 – "To Chi-chan: HELLLOO CHI-CHAN! I am bored. SOOO~ I decided to do something nice for once. Here. *Hands box with mysterious contents* I'm going to tell Malice-chan the contents, but you cannot open it until after Cin's problem is over, and you have to open it in front of everyone. It's for you and everyone else after all. KEEP IT IN A VERY SAFE PLACE OR ELSE YOU HAVE A VERY AGONIZINGLY TORTUROUS DEATH OKAY? Fufufu~ That's not an empty threat, alright~? :D]
Itachi raised an eyebrow.
"I am not going to like this, am I, Malice-san?"
[I am not at liberty to answer this question.]
"I will take that as a yes."
[No, take it as…well…um…fine, have it your way!]
"I usually do."
[Shut up, Uchiha. Metal Butter– "Yay! An update!
Oh, and-(gestures at deus ex machina)-that was very uncalled for.
This cliffhanger makes me want to kick a puppy, so please.
Update.
For the sake of the puppies. And/or kittens.
SO! Itachi's dare-go write some ItaSasu or ItaShi, OR you may pick the closest person to declare 'Eye marie tardde' really fast. Preferably Pein, but we can't always choose things can we?"]
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[Aren't you going to answer?]
"You told me to shut up."
[Stop taking things so literally!]
"What do they even mean, "Eye marie tardde"?"
[Beats me.]
"And you are having me do it anyway?"
[You could always…]
"No."
[Then we have no other choice. I guess I'll just pop Pein in here for a moment…]
Pein appeared.
"Pein, someone wants you to say 'Eye marie tardde' really fast."
"Eye marie tardde" Pein spoke quickly and was popped back into the real universe with no memory of the encounter. Sorry, but it's kinda hard to make something funny if you don't know what's going on and Metal Butter hadn't responded back yet.
"Just get on with it."
[Okay, pick a door out of three.]
"Why?"
[You get a prize.]
"No thanks."
[Do it.]
"Three."
[Is that your final answer?]
"Yes."
[You sure?]
"Just finish it."
[Kay, here it is.]
A package appeared in Itachi's hands, and cautiously opened it.
"How did she get a picture of Sasuke wearing a bunny costume?"
[Don't ask me.]
"Whatever, just move on."
[JLWafflezMan – "... Poor, Poor Tachi-chan... He didn't make the dead line... Very well! Since I am 1) Feelin generous today; 2) Feel as devious as Malice-dono herself right now; and 3) Want to see how this would play out to the end: I shall extend the deadline to chapter 40! Although, if Tachi-kun HAD managed to get it by this chapter, the total Break Count would have been... 426! Tell Itachi about his lucky deadline extension and tell him to GET IT DONE! NO THIRD CHANCES!"]
"I honestly could not have broken the wall that many times."
[You did. Get over it.]
"And what does he mean I did not make the deadline? I got everything!"
[Yeah, but I forgot to tell you what do with it all.]
It's a good thing I'm out of reach of the Uchiha glare right now.
His eye was twitching, "Then how about you tell me now then?"
[Okay, here it is. "This is what he needs to do. First, Itachi needs to get Cin to swear some Adimantium containing rocks onto Hidan's head. Then, Itachi needs to trap Tobi in the Adimantium. Afterwards, he feeds Tobi the root beer; ALL of it. He then needs to borrow a rubber duck from Kisame and $20 from Kakuzu. with the money he must buy the one of those cheap, plastic, robotic hand thing (you know, the ones that have buttons for each finger). Then he must get Sasori to attach chackra strings to the most moveable joints in Tobis body and the other ends to each finger button on the robotic arm. Next he must annoy Dei by squeaking the rubber ducky, and then blame it on Tobi. Tobi will be moving around a lot now so he must hold the robotic arm over a keyboard and have it type. It doesnt matter if its actual words or not. after the 3 gallons of root beer induced sugar high has worn off, he is to post the document as a story on fanfiction under the title, A Ninja's Sugar High Twitches."]
"You do realize that this would have been something nice to know before Cin was abducted and when I therefore actually had time to do this?"
[I am aware. And this is one of the benefits of a comedy/parody story. People aren't too upset if your timeline is wacky, or if you are speaking to an imaginary character that is speaking back.]
"Well what am I supposed to do?"
[Well, wait for Cin to swear. She's been abducted, she'll probably start swearing sooner or later, and when things happen, we'll pull the people needed to accomplish this. Okay? Well it looks like this has gone on too long, so see you later!]
"Wait!"
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"So you managed to lose her?" the elder Hyuuga asked skeptically.
"Not exactly, Cin-chan was abducted," Tobi responded cheerfully.
"And that makes things sooo much better," Neji answered.
"You can either belittle what has happened through no fault of our own or you may help us get her back."
"Why would we do that?" Shino spoke up.
"She's no use to you if she's dead either," Pein smirked.
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Yeah, I double-casted Naruto.
For the Christopher-thing, I did have a way to get to that point. It's not completely random.
Naruto - Kyuubi - Kitsune - Kit - Christopher (read somewhere that "Kit" is a nickname for "Christopher")
So there you go!
Review please so that we can save Cin!