(Authors note)

Thanks for letting me know it's not Uchicha, I feel like an idiot. :P Another thing is, I've been typing it like that for ages, and I've never been corrected, which worries me. Again, thank you. Now with Soft Drink. :D

Soft Drink

Chapter Two

"What do you say?" said Itachi.

"Naruto says. . ." he looked up at them, then at his work around him. "I will leave tomorrow for wherever you may take me. If you wish to kill me, go ahead, I'm already dead, " said Naruto.

"We aren't going to kill you, we are trying to get your sanity back."

"I am sane!" he said, laughing. They said nothing, just stared at him. "Really. What?"

"Nothing, okay, well. . .if we are ever going to get anywhere we have to go back down," said Hoyo. Naruto looked down the small, three foot wide hole that lead to the bottom, almost five hundred feet down. "And, we're probably gonna have to clean you up. But. . .from the looks of him. . ."

"Let's get down first, Hoya," said Itachi as he started walking down the stairs. Naruto, too, got up and he followed the two down the stairs, and almost ten minutes later they reached their destination. In a walking distance, they had literally walked six feet. As they walked to the outside, Itachi and Hoya noticed the kunai's that they had missed on the way in.

Also sitting there at the doorway was a soft drink. Naruto had noticed it immediatly, and popped it open immediatly. It was empty a couple seconds later. "Alright, well, here's your items," she handed Naruto a pack. He put it on and looked around. "What?"

Silence. He just kept his head flying around him. "Alright. Nothing."

"What are you talking about?"
"Them." He pointed up. "Hunter-nin's. They are everywhere. . .around this cave, most of the time anyways. They agreed not to kill the girl next door after I killed a couple of them at night, but they are still dangerous."

"Don't they have to go home?"

"No. They are of no country, and they are probably criminals. But," he laughed, looking straight at Itachi. "I bet they ran off when they saw you, and maybe you too Hoya,"

'What does he mean?' thought Itachi. 'I didn't think that people would flee just from the sight of me. . .but. . .the power is pretty amazing, itself.' Itachi almost gave a half laugh, but he barely moved, trying to keep it in.

"Off we go!" said Naruto as he pointed forward and started to walk away. Hoya and Itachi stood where they were. After about half a minute, Naruto turned around. "What?" he shouted.

"It's that way," shouted Hoya, pointing to his right.

So, Naruto followed Hoya and Itachi. He had not yet accepted being apart of Akatsuki, and thoughts were always in his head about it. At night, he did not sleep.

Hoya slowly worked herself up from sleep, and as she did she noticed Naruto sitting by the campfire. "You already set it up? The campfire I mean."

"Yes," said Naruto, moving some of the logs around with a stick of his own. Everytime one came crashing down to the ground, or moved, ashes and other debre flew into the air, and it facsinated him. His eyes shot from each one, and he looked as if he was studying each one individually.

Morning was approaching and soon they would set off to the neighboring village of Machi. Hoya kicked Itachi slightly and then half sighed and half yawned as he started to move himself. Naruto continued hiself on the fire as it seemed almost unfalliable to not give him enjoyment. It wasn't so much enjoyment, but more of a facsination. "Alright, of to Machi," said Itachi almost ten minutes later as he spilled water onto the fire.

Instantly Naruto's eyes flew up at him. "What?"

"Machi. The neighbor."

"Oh. Oh. Where the girl next door lives, right?"

"Yes." Naruto stood up and put his pack on. "Aren't you tired?"

"No, Soft Drink, I had ealier. . .keeps me up. I think it's more of the fact that I think my body stays up after I drink one, cause I'm damn well sure I've built up a toleration. But, can't think like that." He smiled.

"Why not?"

"Cause then it won't work anymore," said Hoya, finally understanding his logic. "Alright, now, let's go." They started off. It was about two hours until they reached the village. Through the forest that almost connected the two, the cave and the village, almost nothing happened. It was uneventful, and Naruto didn't do anything suspicious, as either did Itachi or Hoya.

When they arrived, they noticed a landmark in front of the city. It was beside the city sign, which read, "MACHI," under it said, "POPULATION: 10,000." The landmark was a single ninja, crouched over and holding his own knees, almost in a parinoma state. Naruto instantly reconized it.

"That's me," he said, pointing to it. "I remember that. . .it was when I 'saved' the village, I think. I don't know. But a little time after that the girl started to visit me, you know."

"You saved this village, Naruto?" said Itachi. "How?"

"The hunter-nin had followed me, so it was, initially, my fault. But, they couldn't find me, so they started killing, raping the villagers. These weren't Leaf ninja, so don't think that. They were the kind like the ones at my cave. I killed them all. That was what i looked like at the end of the killing. On the other side of the town, though, you can see me smiling, blood covering me, which is what I did after I noticed they were staring."

"You are truly a wonderful man," said Itachi. "But, are you sure you can loose it?"

"What do you mean?"

"I want you to be the bad guy for the Akatsuki. In return, you will have a place to sleep, eat, and constant support and safety. I told you this already, but I don't think you understood it."

"I did it out of the fact that they were hunter-nin, following me. Afterwards, only afterwards, did I take this place as my home. Plus, that was a year ago, I didn't even know that they put this up until last week, when I came out to get bread. I only come out sometimes, though, sometimes only. Food isn't a burden for me."

"How isn't it?" said Itachi.

"The hunter nin's provide just as much food as I need." A ghastly look came on his face and he started laughing. "Ok, let's go. I need to find that girl."

"What is so important about her?"

"I want her to go with me."

"I don't think you can do that."

"Why not!?" Instantly another emotion flew onto his face.

"We need to keep our location somewhat of a secret. If you go and get her, that will be putting our location on another shoulder, something we do not want."

"Blindfold her. I don't care, I want her to come with."

"Find her, by then I'll have figured out my decision."