A/N: guess what? I got an F on my report card.. –Sigh- you're not going to be hearing from me for a while. I'll probably handwrite chapters and ask K-Chan to upload them… I HATE school… don't we all? I mean, how does math help me in writing stories? And I'm not going to need a A+ in PE. I'm gonna sit on my butt all day and write stories and make billions. Who needs to run a mile? BTW, that's what we had to do today I got 9:40 while K-Chan got... I think 12:28 or something.. And I have asthma! I couldn't breathe dead serious.. If only I had passed out for 8 days.. if only if only..

Behold the power of chapter Ten!

AKATSUKI

"Here. Read these." Gaara said as he handed Kikiru the folder.

Gaara, Kankurou, Temari, and Kikiru were sitting outside. They were eating lunch late in the afternoon. Kankurou wasn't wearing his usual black 'costume'; instead he was dressed in a plain T-shirt and pants. Temari was wearing her regular outfit; Gaara was wearing his Kazekage suit. Kikiru was dressed in something different: black Capris, Sandals, and a Black shirt that was missing the shoulder and neck part (kinda like Temari's) with fishnet sleeves that started just below her shoulders, along with her village headband round her neck. Her hands were still bandaged, and now that her arms were visible, Gaara could distinguish two tattoos one on each arm. They were both Dragons, one black one white.

"What's this?" she asked quietly. Her wolf, which Gaara had come to know as Yenmai (the one eyed one) was sitting by her side. After a minute it became obvious that the wolf could read because he read the title.

"Akatsuki? Who are they?" he asked, curious.

"Hmmm." Kikiru hummed as she flipped the cover open.

"The Akatsuki is a group of nine missing nin ,whose profiles are so bad they are listed in the bingo book. These nine seek out the power of the nine who possess the nine Biju, also known as ultimate powers. They capture the Containers and forcefully extract the Biju with a jutsu that takes three days to complete, that ends in the containers unavoidable death." He finished, looking up at the humans.

"They sound interesting." Kikiru commented.

The wolf glared at her. "They sound dangerous."

"Yeah, they are. They caught Gaara here and took out the Biju." Kankurou corrected.

Kikiru's vermillion eyes looked into Gaara's blue ones. "So, that means you died. Interesting. How was it?" she asked interested.

He looked down at his hands. "it was… Dark.. And empty.. Like a... a …"

"An abyss." Kikiru said smiling in an odd way.

"Yeah. Kind of like that."

"Well then, I know I'm not going to let myself get caught by them." She said quietly, fingering her headband around her neck.

"Yeah, but the village has increased its security quite a bit, hasn't it? She'll be safe, wont she?" Temari asked, speaking up for the first time, voice filled with concern.

"Your enemies will always find a way in." Yenmai said, looking down at the ground.

"Well. Its like Uzumaki said, you have to be aware of the dangers you face to fully know how to protect yourself." Gaara said quietly.

"Yeah…" Kankurou said trailing off. He didn't like the wolf, it made him uncomfortable that it could talk and read. It was too much. It made him wonder what else Sora Nin could do.

"So." Kikiru said breaking the odd silence." There's nine of them?"

"Yeah." Gaara said reaching over and flipping the page of the folder to reveal profiles on all the known Akatsuki members.

"Deidara, Sasori, Itachi, Kisame, and Zetsu. That's all the known ones?" she asked, flipping through the pages.

"Yeah but Sasori was killed." Kankurou said speaking up, proud to reveal a fact she didn't know.

"Really… interesting…" Kikiru said quietly.

"So, you'll be able to bring Sasori-Danna back, yeah?" a worried Deidara asked in the darkness of the lab in the Akatsuki base.

"Yeah. I should be able to with my clans Kekkei Genkai." A young man said as he looked over the motionless puppet body of Sasori.

"Ummm, you sure?"

"Yes. Even though he isn't flesh and bones, he still has a human core which a soul can be attached to. I can bring him back. I just need a bit of time and afterwards, some rest."

"Really? Thank you Ashi, yeah!" Deidara said happily, walking out of the room.

Ashi fingered a scratched Takigakure headband. Some days, he really wished he hadn't gone psychotic and killed his whole clan. But he was so valuable, being someone who could bring the dead back to life without a sacrifice. At least he got praised for his ability now.

A/N: Yaaay! Chapter ten done! Oooh, Kyra, you'll like the like, ohhh.. Thirteenth chapter I think, it'll have all of Konoha's nin in it. Including Lee ( K-Chan gave me the idea of him calling her an angel) oh well, next chapter…ermmm. Akatsuki invade! Yeah, that's it!