Sorry about this chapter being late! Heh... I hope you can forgive me! I was working on this all day, trying to get it in on time. Or rather, late. -sweatdrop- And I did this chapter in third person, because to makes more sense.
Anyway, I do not own Naruto or any of its characters, but I do own Sasuke and Naruto's ass. xD I'm joking. I do own Minori and Kai, but Aiko belongs to xXNarutoGurlXx. And you know what? Disclaimers are boring. xD
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Aiko was walking through the village, dodging glances of people who were staring at her. She noticed a beef bun stand, and then realized how hungry she was. She bought a couple, and began to eat one.
"Would you care to share?" Asked a familiar voice, and Aiko relaxed.
"Of course, Itachi-san." Itachi reached around her and grabbed a bun. Aiko half closed her eyes, and leaned back closer to him. "So, what us this mission of yours?"
"We must spy on the son of the mizukage. I still have to learn his name." Itachi explained, and Aiko turned around to Itachi, scooting back so she didn't spill the beef buns.
"Can we do anything else? She asked, and Itachi looked at her strangely.
"Like what?"
"Um, well, how about..." Aiko started to blush and shook her head. "It's nothing!" She said, and Itachi smirked.
"Whatever you say. By the way, I saw a nice restaurant. Would you like to eat there with me?" Itachi asked, and continued to eat his beef bun as Aiko blushed.
'He's asking me out! Itachi-san is asking ME out! I know what Minori would say to me... 'Go say yes! This is a once in a lifetime chance!'' Aiko smiled a bit, and nodded. "I'd love to.
Aiko thought she was delusional after that. Itachi actually looked excited!
"After we report back, we can go." Itachi instructed and Aiko nodded happily.
"Okay!" She said, smiling widely.
"See you then." Itachi nodded in goodbye, and walked away. Aiko waved enthusiastically. Se shoveled the beef buns in her mouth, then pumped her fist in the air.
"You go girl!" She yelled, but paid no attention to the people who stared at her. "Awesome, Aiko! You got a date!"
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Minori donned an air of cool, and put the kunai back. "I'm Mino- Minoko! Yes, I'm Minoko." She smiled, using a fake name in case he knew the name of her younger self.
"Nice to meet you, Minoko. Are you from around here?" Minori shook her head. "Then I'll show you around!" Kai grabbed her hand and pulled her through the town, to places she knew perfectly.
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Minori was staring at the soup in front of has, as Kai was chatting happily.
"I'm glad I met you, Minori. Not many new people come to Kiri who would actually talk to me. And by the way, what were you doing infront of the house?" Kai looked at her curiously.
"I was simply... Observing the house."She looked out the window of the restaurant. The voices of other people mingled together and in the background she heard the sound of a knife hitting a cutting board. It was a fairly small restaurant, but in a cozy way.
But then Minori snapped back to reality as she saw that it was dark outside. "I'm sorry, Kai, but I have to go." Minori stood up quickly. "Thank you for the meal!"
'Wait, Minoko was what Kai would of said, but Minori had already dashed out.
"He's going to kill me!" She hissed under her breath, running as fast as she possible could. The people beside her were no more than a blur. She ran faster, until she was the wall that surrounded Kiri. In a single, fluid motion she cleared the wall. Falling with a soft thump on the other side of the wall, she made her way to the clearing.
Itachi, Kisame and Aiko were staring at her expectantly.
"Minori, where have you been?" Itachi asked impatiently. Minori opened her mouth to speak, but Itachi cut her off. "Never mind. As I was saying, we have a job to spy on the son of the mizukage. We have yet to learn his name. Once the mission is complete, we will kill him." No one was surprised. Anytime they spied on someone, they had to kill them in the end. "Also, we will continue to meet here after dark every night. Now, the meeting is over." Minori nodded.
"See you later. I have a couple more places I'd like to visit." Minori waved them off, and leapt away through the trees.
"Come on, Aiko." Itachi darted off with Aiko behind, leaving Kisame all alone.
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"So, Itachi. Were you telling the truth when you said you didn't know the name of the boy we're following? And I know when you're lying." Aiko asked, looking at him over the candle in the middle of the table. The candle was inside a red glass dome. It wasn't as if the place was poor. The light was simply darker to give it a more intimate setting.
Itachi saw he was cornered and sighed. "Well, yes. I was lying. I wanted to give everyone another day to do whatever they wanted."
"So." Aiko leaned closer to him. "What's his name?"
Itachi was silent for a while, until he spoke. "Kai. Mitso Kai."
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Minori was walking down the street, all alone. Since it was dark, not many people were out. Vendors had closed down their stalls, and mothers were tucking their children into bed. The moon was almost full, adding light to the paper lanterns bobbing along the sides of the street. It was peaceful, simply because of the lack of people. But still very lonely.
Minori felt as though she was being followed but paid no attention to it. As soon as she joined the Akatsuki, she became more paranoid. But she'd always been paranoid, ever since the day she was exiled.
"You've changed, Minori," Said a voice from behind her. Minori whipped her head around, but as soon as she did, she gasped. Her voice caught in her throat, and the hair on the back of her neck stood up. It felt as though someone had put ice cubes down the back of he shirt, with how much she was shaking. But she mustn't have been that cold, because she managed to choke out one word.
"Sasuke..." She breathed.
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So, how did everyone like it? Not just one cliffie, but two! And this chapter was a lot longer than normal...
