Do you know what chapter this is?! 50!
^whistles^ It's gotten pretty long...and I'm not as far into the plot as I would like... - .-
Sorry about the update again...chaos is almost over!
Thank you: The ninja of anime3, messijb45 and Caged Rage(x2)
Messijb45: The first one was a memory of Ryuuko's past. The rest were Hikari's past.
Itachi POV
I closed my eyes for a few seconds as the Kage Bunshin I created disappeared. Quickly, I processed the information.
I let myself relax a tiny bit. My goal was accomplished.
I had led the Konoha Retrival Team quickly to the Sound Shinobi. Also, at the same time, I went to Orochimaru's lair, where I caught him by surprise and dealt a great deal of damage, and got back the ring. Due to that, Orochimaru had to switch to another host.
By doing this, Sasuke would remain free for quite some time.
I paused suddenly, as I caught a small detail in the memories.
In the shadow, I could see the faint figure of someone. Upon concentrating, I realized it was the form of the girl that I was carrying.
I looked down and studied her.
Sure enough, the form fit. Slightly shorter than my brother, long hair, a cloak, and boots.
So she knew that something would happen, and tried to prevent that. Or she was helping Orochimaru.
Who was she though?
I knew she was my brother's teammate, as well as a newer member of Konoha. It was kept secret, but she had some authority to exercise during crisis. Ryuuko met with the Hokage a few times. And finally, it seemed she had some extra knowledge.
Ryuuko...hm? What was her last name?
I pushed aside the small matter as we neared the hideout. As we were bring Ryuuko so that the Akatsuki could see her, we weren't able to use the usual way of communication.
Kisame performed the hand seals as mine were occupied. We walked into the dark cave and the giant boulder swallowed up the light.
I dropped Ryuuko in the center of the ring of pillars. Then, Kisame and I jumped onto our respective pillars and we waited for everyone to gather. Soon, everyone was present.
"What is this meeting for?"
"Her." Our leader pointed at the Ryuuko on the ground. "We're going to add her as a member."
There was immediately a large amount of commotion.
"Itachi." Pein's low voice boomed out, and I focused on him. "Release your genjutsu." I nodded, and then did a few hand seals. A moment later, the girl pushed herself up.
"Where am I?"
"Kisame, test her out." Pein, said, instead of answering her. Kisame nodded, and then jumped down.
"Wait, what?! Hey, I asked a question here! I did not ask you to try to-OMG!" Her frantic screaming was suddenly cut off as Kisame swung Samehada. She ducked, doing a backflip.
"Woah!" She said, sounding surprised. "Huh...I feel a bit ti-WATCH IT!" This time she dropped to the ground, rolled quickly, and jumped back up. "Stop interrupting me! It's very rude!"
Kisame chuckled. "Samehada likes your chakra." Ryuuko blinked a few times. Kisame dropped Samehada, and quickly made the hand seals needed for a Suiton jutsu. Ryuuko's hands moved as well. She bit her thumb, and then summoned her contract.
My eyes widened slightly. A dragon.
The dragon looked at the water jutsu, and slammed his claw on the ground. A giant slab of rock shot up. While Kisame was distracted, the dragon turned around to look at Ryuuko. He must of said something, because the dragon disappeared in a poof of smoke.
She lowered her hands to her thighs, and channeled chakra. Shuriken was unsealed and she threw them.
"Stop." Pein said. Kisame knocked the projectiles down, and looked up. Ryuuko stayed tense, but also looked up. "Enough. What did everyone think?"
"Weak!" Hidan immediately said.
I listened as the rest of the Akatsuki listed off complaints, but didn't say anything myself. Instead, I chose to watch Ryuuko. Sure enough, she exploded.
"HEY! DON'T TALK LIKE I'M NOT HERE! I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS!" She shouted. I winced slightly at the volume. There was a moment of silence, and then Deidara laughed.
"Kid, you're among S-Rank criminals. You really think that we care? Although I like your spunk."
"Excuse me, youngest one of them all, you don't get to call me a kid!" Deidara looked a bit taken back, and then shouted back.
"HA?! What are you talking about! I'm a guy, obviously. And how did you know I am the youngest here?" Deidara questioned. Ryuuko froze, narrowing her eyes.
"Um..."
"Itachi. What do you think?" Pein asked, ignoring the bickering two. I studied Ryuuko a bit more.
"I believe she did have information that we needed. However, it seems that she lost it, probably amnesia." I finally said after drawing to a conclusion. "I could get the information."
"No, I'll do it." A slight flutter of panic arose. Pein's jutsu's would kill her. Furthermore, it seemed that Ryuuko knew about my ploy. I had to make sure I was the one to get the information, without rising suspicion.
"I can do it. It would be easier as I can do that right now, instead of having to get her to you in Amegakure. Plus, we would also able to use her powers." I said. Pein frowned, and then nodded. I let out a sigh of relief, and then jumped down to Ryuuko.
She stared at me. I looked into her eyes, and entered her mind.
Next chapter will cover her past. And this won't be turning into an Akatsuki and the Mary Sue fic... It might seem that way for a bit though.
Hopefully, I didn't get Deidara too OOC...
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