"I will ask again, who are you?" He asked as the sand knocked the hat off of Hinata's head as she gasped, her pale eye's looking into a pair of aqua eye's. Gaara's eye's widened, but he wouldn't believe it, these people must be posing as Hinata and Ino! He saw Ino's face as well because her hat got knocked off. His sand wrapped around Hinata even more. He put his hand in the constricting way as the sand began to surround her more. Her eye's were now closed as she braced for the impact, but it never came.
As Hinata braced for the impact, surprisingly to her, it didn't come. She was dropped down to the ground as a familiar redhead and blonde duo were now fighting Gaara. Hinata looked to see Ino was just fine, and when Ino sent her an encouraging look, Hinata snuck behind Gaara and pushed a pressure point in his neck, rendering him unconscious. She grabbed his body as Deidara and Sasori nodded in approval when she looked at them. Ino came to her side as the two jumped out the window and started heading stealthily towards the cave again. They only stopped briefly as Deidara and Sasori stopped to get Itachi and Kisame from their battle, which they clearly won easily. The group of six ran through the village, slowly but surely, they made it to the wall, which they came over. The two girls went first, carrying the unconscious Gaara with them. Itachi and Kisame were the last ones over the wall.
The group of six sprinted away from the village, they got it out of their sight within seconds of them starting to sprint. After a while they stopped running and stayed at a very good paced walk.
"You two did well." Sasori's voice said, he wasn't sounding as cold as before. Maybe these two girls had an impact on this fearsome group. Maybe they didn't.
"Thank you Sasori-kun" Hinata said as a red tint filled her cheeks. Itachi and Kisame didn't say anything, but it looked like they had a 'fun' time with their enemies. Ino looked at Deidara
"Deidara, why do Itachi and Kisame have looks of evil on their face?" She asked
"They both got to attack, maybe even possibly kill, some people." Deidara replied
"What type of technique does Itachi use?" Ino asked
"It's a illusionary Genjutsu. He makes the people trapped inside endure pain, which they can find unbearable. It doesn't actually do any physical damage, but it makes them believe that they are actually getting hurt. So because of the pain, the people either are corrupted, they die of the pain, or they kill themselves because it becomes unbearable to their mind after a while" Deidara explained to the two girls.
"And I suppose that Kisame uses his sword to basically saw their skin off with the scales, right?" Ino continued
"Correct, so seeing how Kisame is better at close ranged combat, and Itachi is good at illusionary techniques, they make a great team." Deidara said
After that, they all stayed silent until they got back from home. Hinata and Ino took the poor unconscious Gaara to a special room, in which he could not escape, nor unleash any sand attacks upon the room. While the girls were away there came a message, it drifting in through the cave doors, the winds taking it with them. Itachi saw the note and he picked it up. He read the note and passed it onto Kisame, who passed it to Sasori, who passed it to Deidara. Deidara read the note and looked up at the other members.
"Their all coming aren't they. I know they are when they say a 'meeting'." He said as Hinata and Ino walked back in.
"So what you mean is that everyone in the Akatsuki is coming? When?" Ino asked
"Tomorrow actually…" Deidara said "… so I recommend that you cook up a really nice dinner to impress them all… although I bet that wouldn't take too much, seeing how you got our precious Gaara whom we have been trying to get for quite some time now." He continued
"Do you have any clue on how many people will be there?" Hinata asked
"Uhhmm… excluding us it would be about five more people." Deidara said as the two girls nodded. They put on their cloaks and went to the front of the cave, a curious Deidara following the two.
"So where are you going?" He asked
"To go get good food." The two girls said as they saw his expression
"Would you like to come with us?" Hinata asked as Deidara took it into consideration. After a while of thinking it over he slipped on his cloak and stood beside them.
"I'll come." Deidara said as the two smiled at him.
"Itachi-san, Kisame-kun, Sasori-kun, we are all going out for a bit!" Hinata called down the tunnel and they heard a faint 'Hn' in reply. The three put on their hats as they walked outside for a small while. The rain had started to pour as their cloaks got wet, but they themselves did not get wet at all. They reached a small traveling booth for buying goods for the traveling ninja. Ino and Hinata looked around and bought some fresh fruits, many different kinds were chosen there. They put those into a small basket as they went onto meals for the main course. They found some meat for some dumplings and noodles. They found some bread to put around the dumpling meat. They were filling up their basket quite well. Once they were at the table where you bought the food, they emptied the basket and saw a few things that they didn't see there before, but then smirked at a whistling Deidara. Once the food and items were finished paying for, the group sprinted back towards the cave, Hinata and Ino both put the food away with Deidara sitting at the table. Once they were done putting the food away the two girls sat down on the opposite side of the table from Deidara.
"Deidara, do you think we will make the right impression on the other members?" Ino asked
"I think you two will do just fine, just act yourselves and I'm sure that the rest will love you." Deidara said as the two girls smiled. The trio didn't fall asleep in their beds, but they fell asleep talking at the table for a long time.
In the morning Hinata and Ino were usually the first ones up, and as usual they were the first. They prepared the normal breakfast meal for the group and while they were cooking, Deidara woke up to the smell of food. As usual the group of six who where there usually sat down and ate. The meal was silent, along with the preparations after that. Hinata and Ino had their first cloaks on, seeing how those cloaks were the ones that they had been wearing ever since they joined this organization. Itachi stood in a doorway, staring at the two girls.
Hinata was the first one to notice that Itachi was staring at herself and Ino. She quirked an eyebrow and he made a hand movement for them to follow him. Hinata grabbed Ino's arm and pulled her along with herself as she made her way to where Itachi was.
"Give me your cloaks." He instructed as the two girls took off their old cloaks, then they were buried in black fabric. Ino looked at the cloak and found that it was the original cloaks of the Akatsuki! Hinata and herself put on the cloaks as they now looked like the other members of the group with their clothing.
"Thank you Itachi!" They both said as they walked inside the room to find Kisame, Sasori, Deidara and five other people standing in the main room. There was one who had a slightly different cloak than the others, instead of red, it was a dark maroon color. Hinata and Ino both presumed that it was the leader.
"So are these the two?" The man's cold toned voice asked Deidara
"Yes, they both are incredible when it comes to our tasks, they both captured Sabaku no Gaara with no problem at all, while when we tried to before, we couldn't even do it." Deidara said, slightly showing them off to the other members. The leader looked at the two girls with a small smile on his face.
"You two seem, non likely to capture such a strong person." He said as he looked at Ino first " A Yamanaka, interesting." He smiled as he changed his gaze so it was turned to Hinata. She shivered slightly at the look that he gave her, but she couldn't advert her eyes once he had looked into them.
"Deidara, Sasori, Kisame and Itachi, you all have landed yourself some pretty good fighters here. Ino is actually very well trained in taking over someone's mind. And Hinata here has the bloodline of the strongest eye's in the whole world." The leader continued.
"If you excuse us, we have dinner to cook." Ino said as she ushered Hinata into the kitchen as they took out their recently bought supplies and started cooking dinner.
Meanwhile the rest of the Akatsuki group gathered in a small meeting, talking about our favorite female ninja.
"How ever did you get those two here? Did you kidnap them?" Hidan asked
"No, they just showed up, wanting to get more powerful." Kisame answered, his voice clearly stating that he did not like the idea behind this meeting at all.
"I think their spies." Tobi said
"Don't think that way. If they were spies then they would have let Gaara go by now." Itachi's very cold voice said to a now shuddering Tobi.
"I think that they are a valuable part of this organization now." Sasori said as Deidara, Itachi and Kisame agreed with him on that one.
"Well I don't like them." Tobi said
"Tobi, give it up, your jealous of them and they show even more potential than you do now." Deidara growled viciously at him.
While this little bicker fest was on the leader of this group was actually watching the two women cook dinner. He thought to himself that there hadn't been any actual female company for anyone in this group for a very long time. Maybe these two could bring these fools closer in communication, or stronger because of newfound courage to protect them. He walked back into the room as they finished setting the table and were now heading towards the door where everyone else was.
"Dinner is ready" The two chorused together as everyone drew towards the table. Tobi sat beside Hidan, who sat beside the non-talking Zetsu. The leader was at the front of the table while Itachi was at the other end of the table. On the other side Kisame sat closest to Itachi, then Ino sat beside him, then Sasori sat beside her, then Hinata sat in between Sasori and Deidara. The whole group began to eat the meal, at first Tobi wasn't sure if he should eat the food, but then finally gave in. The leader ate his food without a word and was the first finished eating.
"That was the best meal I've had in a while." He said, complimenting the two girls. Then soon after the two girls smiled and had a small red tint in their cheeks, the rest of the group finished their meal. The leader stood up, ready to announce something.
"Who thinks that these two girls should stay in this organization as a valued part of our missions, and organization?" He asked as Kisame, Itachi, Deidara, Sasori, Zetsu and Hidan all raised their hands while a hesitant Tobi kept his hand down. The two girls smiled as Deidara messed up their hair.
"We officially welcome you to the Akatsuki." They all said