Chisato was incredibly instant and fast in her attack. This attack was mostly done for the show and because of her emotions – knowing Itachi, he could have easily dodged her Snap Wind and apprehend her with his Sharingan, especially when she knew that he always was a winner in their sparring together.
But, to everyone's and especially Chisato's shock, Itachi didn't dodge the attack – he looked at her with cold eyes. Then, he was smashed into the wall, with a huge cut on his stomach.
Itachi got up and began sweeping the blood away. Chisato hasn't stopped looking and him, and was breathing heavily.
Blood began dropping out of Itachi, and all the Akatsuki finally snapped out of this surprise and shocking attack.
– "Are you insane, Chidori?! What do you think you are doing to Itachi?" – Konan raised her voice.
– "No, it's fine. Wish you hit stronger though, hmm". – Suddenly, the blonde Deidara butted in, looking at Itachi with a big smug smirk.
– "What was that? Would be lying if your sudden attack didn't intrigue me, but interest in what happened". – Sasori said to Chisato, while Kakuzu was sent to help Itachi get up.
Chisato stopped overly breathing and focused on Itachi, ready to fire her attack again.
– "You are so dead Uchiha Itachi". – She said with a deep tone.
– "I know". – Itachi replied. Chisato looked at him closely, but Itachi's eyes were emotionless.
Itachi slightly coughed, and Kisame immediately went to help him up.
Deidara couldn't stop laughing. He looked at Chisato, smiled, and put his hand on her shoulder.
– "Hey, nice one! Promise me to do this again, ok hmm?"
Chisato coldly stared at smiling Deidara, and throwed his hand away. He was a little taken aback by this, and became flustered.
– "Don't touch me, you criminal dumbass". – Said Chisato and moved her wheelchair away from Deidara.
He just shrugged his shoulders.
– "Just tried to talk. Thought you would like to talk to someone".
– "Wrong!" – Chisato blurted out, and Konan led her away.
Konan looked at Chisato and touched her own forehead.
– "What you did was idiotic. Now you turned Itachi and Kisame against you. Will not force you to apologize, but please take this into account, okay?"
– "Wrong. Itachi Uchiha turned me against him long before I even saw you, and your degenerate friends".
"Hm? Yeah… I was right – something did happen with Chidori-san and Itachi in the past. Itachi wouldn't have to hide from her if everything was as okay as he said". – Konan thought.
Itachi, when he brought barely alive Chisato here, claimed that they were good friends during his time living in Hidden Leaf.
But what kind of a friend instead of a hug, immediately tries to murder him? Yeah… There is clearly something wrong with all this story.
Chisato's shock begun to wear off after Itachi left to patch himself a little. Konan didn't leave her side for even a second – she was clearly worried about her.
– "The thing that this guy was making isn't done to the fullest – needs a little more work, thanks to the time and Deidara's disagreement with him. But I promise it will be ready in no time".
Chisato raised her eyebrow.
– "What is that thing. Probably something really powerful, kashira?" – She asked.
– "Something that is going to correct your leg problem. This wasn't supposed to happen, but thanks to Deidara we managed to find the solution".
Suddenly, both women heard a small chuckle behind their back. Konan turned, and rolled her eyes once again.
– "Deidara again, right?" – Chisato asked. – "You 100% heard what we were talking about – probably soo proud of yourself, kashira".
– "Huuh? Well, kind of! All and all, that's my fantastic design and ideas that were used for this!" – Deidara gave Chisato a smile, and led her to the iron table, on what was something cowered.
This reaction fed Chisato's interest. Deidara, seeing it, took the cower away – and what was under, brought Chisato in shock.
On that table, there were standing two amazing looking all-metal boots. Those were tall, reaching right to the places in Chisato's legs where were no bones – those boots were made for her.
– "Uhm… Looks really impressive, kashira". – Chisato blurted out, while confusingly staring firstly at the boots, then on her damaged legs. Then, the glances repeated again and again.
Then, finally, Chisato's eyes stopped going crazy and focused only on the metal boots. She breathed in, and turned to Deidara and Konan.
– "That is… Supposed to be my… Legs, right? Or what is going to replace them with". – She quietly said with her head lowered.
– "Y- Yeah. Can be a little hard to adjust at first, but it will grow on you later. You wouldn't even notice the difference between your legs and this in a couple of months, hmm".
– "Thank you". – Chisato gave Deidara a big, bright and hopeful smile, but a short answer. He smiled to his teeth.
– "That's all my art. My passion. But you know, also say thanks to Master Sasori – he consulted me on a lot of things, like how to make the metal much lighter, but still use it at full capability, hmm".
Chisato chuckled.
– "Wow, look what big, smart words". – She said. – "Okay – work on it whatever, we will not bother you anymore".
– "Uhm… Thanks"
Chisato threw a last glance on the boots. To her little horror, she shed no tears after being shown this.
"Maybe Uchiha Itachi sucked away all my tears… Or maybe I just stopped whining and sucked everything up?".
She moved the wheelchair in a big room without a door – maybe it was a hall. Chisato moved right next to a window, so peeked out, to at least know the time.
To her surprise, outside was clearly a very early morning. Yeah, great… Spending more time in this hellish place. Chisato didn't even knew where they are located, much more is capable of running away.
She was trapped here. No way out, even if the blonde makes her those metal boots.
Chisato closed her eyes out of desperation she was feeling. Ugh, Itachi Uchiha, this disgusting moron…
Flashback:
"Itachi, you didn't tell me he was already walking! Aww, look at you, Sasuke-chi, so grown up".
*Chuckle
– "Don't overpraise him, Chisa. But yeah, sorry. Hey, Sasuke – soon you will be running around just like us".
*Sasuke laughing
– "Yas! Will do! I also want to play".
– "Ahahaha. You will, you will…"
– "Wohoo! Yay, I am flying, brother Itachi!"
– "Hey, gimmie Sasuke. I also want to fly him!"
– "Catch us first".
Flashback ends
Chisato opened her eyes and begun breathing heavily. Was it… Sasuke? Yeah, she definitely saw Sasuke.
– "Hey you". – Chisato heard from behind.
She turned, and the air in her lungs was gone. Behind her were standing Uchiha Itachi, and his shark-like companion – Kisame, the monster she saw previously, but now, his eyes and overall appeal were much more terrifying.
But Chisato made serious face, and didn't even look at his direction. Only on Itachi.
– "You did pretty rough with Itachi-san. Is this how you say thank you to us for saving your life?"
– "I don't owe you anything. I never asked for this, and now I'm a cripple for the rest of my life". – She said with a dry tone in her voice, while kept drilling Itachi's head.
– "Well, glad that you are okay. At least you are alive, breathing. Also, aren't your prosthetics almost done?" – Itachi said.
– "Shut the hell up, you piece of shit".
Kisame angrily prepared to grab an enormous (it was supposed to be?) sword, but Itachi stopped him.
– "No. Give her a chance. Chisato needs to adapt to all of this".
Grumbling, Kisame stopped, but still clearly disliked Chisato already. She didn't care. She has to show Itachi that she isn't weak.
Any anxiety has to go now. No more lashing out, or being frozen on the spot. Now, she has only herself to lean on.
– "Just wait, Uchiha. And after time passes, you will forever regret that you brought me here. I swear to you". – Chisato said.
All three didn't know that the remaining members of Akatsuki were standing behind the wall, listening to the confrontation.
One of the members, Hidan, smirked while listening to this.
– "I look forward to work with this girl. She is one of the few that doesn't fall to our Great Itachi's knees". – He said sarcastically, and Sasori chuckled.
– "You are overestimating Itachi's scaring ability. I just hope her power is as strong as Itachi said".
– "Agree".
– "Well, I have trust in Chisato Chidori-san". – To everyone's surprise said Konan. The rest turned to her, and Hidan raised his eyebrow.
– "Wow Konan. I never thought your pretentious ass can put trust into someone. Especially when you just met her".
Konan didn't respond to the insults. Just cleared her voice and said calmly:
– "Deidara promised that the prosthetics would be ready maybe in 4 hours. As soon as it be ready - assemble".
And Konan was right. A couple of hours later, when Chisato was sitting in the wheelchair, just looking over the window, and not making eye contact with anyone, Sasori's head randomly showed out of the door.
– "Hey. They are done. Roll over fast, the meeting is held in the main hall". – He said. Chisato breathed in.
Does this mean that she will officially "join" the Akatsuki?
Chisato tearfully wished that wasn't the full truth, but she knew that it was unavoidable. She breathed in again. No more being scared.
So, she wiped her tears, and pushed her wheelchair forward, with a confident look on her face.
When she rolled in, the Akatsuki members were standing in a circle. In a center, there was standing a redhead, fully pierced guy with a serious look on his face. Must have been another leader of Akatsuki.
Next to him on the left was standing Konan. She gave Chisato a slight smile, and was holding something in her hands.
– "Welcome to the Akatsuki, Chisato Chidori". – The man said. – "I heard about all your power from Itachi – one of the most powerful kunoichis in this generation, also the strongest Wind Element user, right?"
Chisato nodded.
– "It's a shame what happened to you, and your legs. But being in the Akatsuki, I promise you will have a chance to rehabilitate".
With these words, Deidara and Kakuzu came to Chisato, and unraveled the metal boots once again.
– "Can you help?" – Chisato asked, and suddenly, Konan interfered and nodded in agreement.
Immediately, the boots were put on her legs. Chisato felt a bit of pain when those metal constructions burrowed into her skin, but she didn't say anything. Only bit her lip.
Konan took her by the hand, and got her out from the wheelchair. Deidara immediately crossed his fingers, like he was praying that everything would be okay.
Well… To everyone's shock – Chisato actually stood up.
Metal boots were actually working. She wasn't falling, nor seemingly had any discomfort.
Chisato raised up her head confidently, swallowing all the pain the prosthetics were causing her, and looked at all the Akatsuki members with confidence.
Only now, the Akatsuki member could look at her in the full size, without the wheelchair blocking anything – extremely beautiful woman, with enormously long red hair. Chisato's hair were much longer than her hips.
– "Since this day, you are part of Akatsuki – people who will forever change the concept of living and will bring the peace to this world". – The redhead boss said, then gave a small sign to Konan.
Konan made a couple of steps, and handed Chisato an Akatsuki robe. Chisato looked at it with disgust, her heart was beating.
She pulled out the robe from Konan's hands, and roughly wore it.
While she was putting the robe on, and repeating the initiating Akatsuki speech, Chisato was only looking at one direction – right where Itachi was standing.
She was looking him, dead into the eyes. Inside, she was repeating:
"Uchiha Itachi. Long time ago, I promised myself that I kill you with my own hands, and now, you are here, right with me."
"Sasuke-kun… Izumi-chan… Don't worry – I avenge your fate that this monster had broken".
This was her promise. Not only to Sasuke and Izumi, but to the whole world.
