Oceanna

Last time I checked Amber was still asleep. Man how long can she sleep? She's been asleep for two days now. I sighed and fell down onto the bed still in Itachi's room.

By now everyone knew I was only faking amnesia, but things stayed the way they were. I think it was because Konan believed it was better for my health if I stayed with the Uchiha.

We all knew Itachi preferred to avoid conflict and I was grateful for that fact. I left the room, board, looking for something to do. Ironically, it's become my job to now cook dinner for whoever's around. It's not something that's been officially established but when Hidan asked (loudly) and I quote 'what the fuck are you making for dinner bitch I'm starving.' Which gave me the task of cooking for them every night.

I went into the kitchen after looking at the time, noting it was almost five. I cooked something up quick and finished just as Konan came in, I noticed she was always around. Either she doesn't do missions, or she's just to awesome to do any. Or she's freakishly busy around here.

"Konan, are you always in the base?" I asked out of curiosity.

She shook her head, "not always. Usually though. I know, you see me around a lot," she said with a small smile.

Early this morning I had seen the zombie duo leave, going what I could only guess to be the two-tails mission.

I knew there was nothing I could do about it, but personally I didn't really care for either of them. After dinner, only the girls minus Amber were present, I cleaned up and I went to go look for Itachi.

I found him sitting his bed, staring at a wall, mediating or something?

Going over, I threw reason, no I dropkickedreason out the doggie door as I poked him on the forehead. He cracked open an eye and looked at me curiously.

"Do you need something?"

"Do you mind training me a little? I'm board," Itachi didn't say anything, but he stood up and opened the door for me.

Walking out, he took me outside where he taught me the basis of taijutsu. Which to me seemed a lot like karate only with more jumping.

When we finished a few hours later since he wouldn't let me rest, I fell into an exhausted heap on the ground.

"Stand up, you have to get back into the base."

I groaned, "uhnn… why didn't you let me take a break earlier?" I said in between pants, "I need to… build some muscle first… which none of them I can feel currently…"

I heard Itachi sigh before he put one arm behind my knees and the other around my shoulders. He picked me up and started to carry me inside, I smiled at seeing the soft side of Itachi.

He laid me down on my bed in his room before crossing the room to lay down on his own. I couldn't move since I was so tired, so I just sat on the bed the way he had put me. I was about ready to pass out but I turned my head to look at Itachi sitting there silently.

"Thanks," I said, "you're an awesome person Itachi. I just wish things hadn't happened for you they way they had," I said slowly.

He opened his eyes again and looked over to me, "I used to think that too. I got over it. Now, I almost feel like I have a second chance."

I raised an eyebrow, "really now? Who's giving you this second chance? Pein? Madara?"

"You. You remind me somewhat of Sasuke," I could tell by the slight face change that it pained him to say Sasuke's name.

I smiled and laughed a bit, "well besides appearance, how so?"

"You two are both headstrong, and fully stick to your beliefs."

With a smile on my face, I closed my eyes and went to sleep.

The next day, I checked on Amber again, still sleeping like the dead. Upon thinking that, I went over to make sure she was still breathing. Glad she was, I looked around for Luna. I found her in the kitchen once again, bugging Kisame.

"So what's it like being a shark and stuff?" I heard her ask.

I rolled my eyes and sat next to her, "stop bothering him. You want breakfast?" "Pancakes!" she said in a childish voice.

"If they have the mix," apparently they did. Damn, what did the Akatsuki not have? As I mixed the ingredients and put on a pan, I looked over to Kisame, "Want anything?" I asked Kisame who was sitting there idly.

He looked down into his cup before holding it out to me, "actually another cup of coffee would be great," I refilled his cup and gave it back, just in time for the griddle to heat up.

I made Luna and I some breakfast and we ate quietly. Well, I ate quietly, Luna was still pestering Kisame.

"Do you have a dorsal fin?" she asked through a mouthful of food. He ignored her and she pouted.

I smiled at her childish antics and when she was finished she gave me her plate and skipped off.

"Where do you go everyday?" I asked her out of curiosity, surely she doesn't sit in Tobi's room all day.

"I found a library. I'm reading up on jutsu and history, it's awesome! It's the only time I've been excited to read and to be still for long periods of time."

When she left, I took our plates and washed them. There was no kind of dishwasher around here so either they weren't invented or Kakuzu never bothered buying one.

I came to Kisame who was kind of just sitting there, and asked if he was finished with his cup. He said yes and I washed it off. Putting it in the drying rack, I dried out the sink and put away the towels. I turned and came face to face with him.

I jumped and bumped into the counter behind me, "wha- uh you need something?"

He growled slightly before leaning in and laying his head on my shoulder.

"I thought I told you to stay out of it."

Confused I put my hands on the counter to refrain from falling since he was putting all of his weight on me, "out of what? You never told me what to stay out of in the first place."

I felt him bite at my ear and I shivered slightly, "your so strange," he whispered to me. I was frozen as he made his way from my ear to my neck and now to my mouth. This kiss was much more heated then the last time and to be honest I was sure if this was actual feeling or just pure lust.

I was betting on the latter.

He abruptly stopped and I found myself leaning forward slightly at the loss of contact. He kissed me lightly on the nose once more before leaving. I stood there for a moment, flushed and dazed and confused.

I suddenly felt like running around like an idiot and screaming at the top of my lungs out of happiness. Before I let that thought fully process, I shoved it down my mental garbage disposal.

"Blah, dumb brain," I mumbled to myself.

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Once more I checked on Amber. Still asleep. Not much was going on today, I made breakfast for Luna and while we were eating Madara approached us.

"Oceanna," he said.

"What," I said while still chewing, trying to be disrespectful.

"Hidan and Kakuzu have found the two-tails. We'll start the extraction process in a few minutes. The base is now under lock and key, and I have the key. Don't attempt to escape," he said it as if I was a little child.

Rolling my eyes I looked at him and said, "whatever. I'm in a weird mood today so if you don't want to kill me I suggest you get out of my face."

He titled his head slightly before chuckling and leaving.

Luna, feeling awkward, rushed after him.

After she was gone, I grabbed a cup off the shelf and decided to try their coffee for myself.

I drank it straight black, tasting the bitterness all the while trying to wake up from this tortuous nightmare called the Akatsuki base. Even though it was the normal taste of coffee, it still had a slight natural sweetness to it.

As I continued to ponder the coffee, a voice screeched out behind me, "Oceanna!" I jumped about a foot into the air. Almost falling off the chair. I turned towards Amber's voice.

"Dear lord, what? Glad your up and kicking but do you have to yell?" I said while giving her a you-scared-the-shit-out-me look.

"Yes! Where the fuck is everyone?"

I shrugged and took a sip of my drink, "extracting the two-tails. You've been out for three days Amber. It took them two to find the tailed beast and today is the first day of extraction. For now we have free reign of the place but it's on lockdown."

"Well where's Luna?"

"Reading in the library," at least that's what I was guessing.

She stood in thought for a moment before moving to go. At the last second she turned to me and asked, "They have a library?" I nodded in answer and she shook her head and left.

I didn't know where she was going, but whatever. Today, I wasn't quite myself. Nor have I been the last few days, I guess I've just been crabby since Amber isn't around to let my anger out for me.

I drained my cup before looking around for the library Luna had mentioned awhile ago.

I found it, but I wouldn't really consider it a library. Scrolls were stuffed together in what looked like wine holders and there was dust everywhere.

Picking a scroll, I opened it slowly to avoid it suddenly snapping in my hands. In it, was nothing great. I still read it though, it was the history of the Uchiha and Senju clans. It was quite interesting, learning from the original documents, but even that got boring.

So instead, I decided to go look for Amber so we go throw kunai at things, even though I was still sore from training with Itachi.

"Amber," I called out. I got no response so I looked in Hidan's room. Not there, I ran in Luna, she didn't know Amber was even up.

"Amber!" we called, but couldn't find her anywhere.