A/N: Holy Crap, when was the last time I updated this thing? Oops...don't hurt me! Anyway, no one got who the masked guy was! And only one person guessed. Hmph. Oh well. Chapter 3!
Chapter 3-Doomed Roommates - Enter, the Akatsuki!
"Kids, welcome aboard the Lady Luck cruise ship!" Kakashi announed(odd name, eh?). The genin and chuunin looked around as they entered the ship. There were lights, pictures, resturants, stores, and tons more! The group stared in awe...except for Neji, who had dropped his amazed look and was talking to himself under his breath.
"And I hate you, and you, and you, and you, and especially you..." He said, pointing to different people in the group. The last person he pointed at was, of course, Kakashi. No one cared what he as saying though.
"The other jounins, Iruka, and I took the liberty of getting your maps, and with them are maps of the guest cabins, and also where you'll all be staying." Kakashi explained as he passed out some papers to everyone.
"What? I have to be with you?" Kiba and Naruto shouted in unison, each pointing at the other accusingly. Akamaru gave a bark.
"I'M WITH INO-PIG?"
"I'M WITH FOREHEAD GIRL?"
Sakura and Ino practically screamed at the same time, both voices filled with anger. Why they were in the same cabin to tear each other's head off? Who knows.
'SHIT! ANYONE BUT INO-PIG! DAMNIT!'
Inner Sakura yelled in Sakura's head. Sasuke and Neji(after letting go of the anger at the moment) both read the paper and exchanged death glares.
"Hyuuga..."
"Uchiha..."
Yes, the two prodigies were roommates. They were also probably left, for some strange reason, to tear each other's head off.
"What! I am being stuck with the most unyouthful person!" Exclaimed Lee, pointing at Shino.
"..." Shino remained silent as always. Though, who's to say he wasn'tmad? He was...I think.
"Cool Shikamaru, we get to roommates." Said Chouji through the crunch of his chips.
"Good." Shikamaru said in relief. His best friend was definatley not troublesome to be with. At least they weren't left to tear each other's head off like most of the others.
"I'm with Hinata?" Questioned Tenten. She looked up in thought. The weapon girl did not have the best memory. Hinata waited for Tenten to retrieve what memories she had of the shy Hyuuga girl.
"Oh! You're Neji's cousin! The one who he beat to a pulp in the chuunin exam preliminaries and ended up in the hospital!" Tenten realized after a bit. Hinata blushed from embarressment, though thankfully most of the people were arguing with their roomies to notice.
"Aw, come on! Why do I have to be with my brothers! Don't I see enough of them already!" Temari said in despair. Kankuro had taken over the job of comforting Gaara.
"Hey, at least we get a suite." Kankuro said before mumbling under his breath. Gaara started to regain his sanity, resuming his usual, 'I'm gonna kill the world' attitude. The unhappy members of the group looked at the white haired jounin...or at least where he used to be. Kakashi had disappeared, leaving the group alone on the ship to argue and find their rooms. At least they didin't have to carry their own luggage. They walked off to the elevators to reach their rooms, still arguing.
"Phew, good thing they were busy arguing." Kakashi said to himself, standing on land at the docks. "Heh, to bad I can't come along to watch them torture each other." He added, taking out one of his Icha Icha Paradise books. He started to walk off, and then stopped, lowering the book and looking back at the ship. "...well, the others didn't say I couldn't tag along."
The masked guy that had taken the group's luggage tiredly walked back to the staff room while he mumbled a bunch of curses under his breath. He pushed open the staff room door and looked at five figures in dark blue uniforms. Though you couldn't tell, they were standing in the shadows in the back of the room...freaks.
"There, I took the damn bags to the rooms. Can I join the Akatsuki now?" The guy asked them.
"Be patient, un. We still need to actually raise the money, un. The trip hasn't even started." Said one of the figures.
"Yes Tobi, you have to be patient to be one of us." Said another figure who appeared to be far larger than the others. The five figures stepped out of the darkness of the staff room, revealing to be Itachi, Kisame, Sasori, Zetu and Deidara of the Akatsuki. Tobi groaned.
"We better get to out posts. We'll be sailing soon." Said Sasori. Itachi nodded.
"Zetsu, go to the kitchen. Kisame, get to the lifeguard station. Deidara, report to the juice bar. The rest of us...do whatever you're told to do." Itachi instructed, assuming a sort of leader position while Leader Sir was absent. Did you really think Leader Sir would humiliate himself and work as a staff member on a cruise ship? I didin't think so...
Itachi put on some sunglasses to hide his sharingan red eyes.
"Oh, and, why is the closet our staff room, un?" Deidara asked, putting on some gloves over his hands to hide the mouths.
"It was either this or the janitor closet on the bottom deck." Kisame said. "Though we really should find a better location." He added. After that, Deidara, Sasori, Kisame and Zetsu all took off to report to their assigned stations. Itachi turned to Tobi, who was being quiet the whole time in order to think about things in his head about stupid budget cuts.
"And you better be ready when we need you. Your pager better not be off." The Uchiha gave one last instruction before walking off. Tobi grumbled before running off in the opposite direction, only to fall and trip on his own shoe. Good thing he has that mask to protect his face.
A/N: Oh, it's so short! Why can't I write long chapters?...well, anyway, REVIEW PEOPLE! Let's see, I guess I'll update when I get a good amount of views, or whenever I finished writing chapter 4...Oh, and for all the people who liked seeing the Akatsuki in here, you must thank my editor/reviser/idea person/friend/whatever. I wasn't going to have the Akatsuki in here at first, but I'm glad I did. She doesn't want to give her real name, so she will be known as Kaze of the Sokko...Yeah, I though it was a weird alias too. Alright, that's all. And, as stated above, REVIEW!
-Bijuu of the Kaji