A/N- The Akatsuki members might be OOC and I apologize for that. Most of my information on the Akatsuki comes from wiki, some Naruto episodes and what I've read on fanfiction. Also, please remember that this is AU so some ages and events are different. I felt guilty for not updating frequently so I decided to post this early.
Konan led Unmei to the part of the cave that would be her room. Unmei wondered where she would get new clothes since she left hers at a hotel a few towns back. She would have to go out and get herself new ones. Unmei usually went with complete black training clothes. She was so fast when it came to taking out her opponents that people hardly had contact with her since she always went from village to village hunting people down.
In the hall Unmei got a closer look at Konan and she saw that Konan had beautiful blue hair. She briefly wondered how she would look with blue hair. She still had chubby cheeks from when she was little so people often mistake her to still be a child. It doesn't help Unmei that she buys baggy clothes so that she can move faster, because everyone would be able to see that she was not a child if she wore more form-fitting attire. Konan's blue hair reminded her of someone else with blue hair and Unmei wondered what Kisame looked like now. She wondered if he used Samehada or if he abandoned the only thing tying him to his trainer.
"When will I be able to go get myself some clothes?" Unmei asked Konan.
"I will escort you to a place tomorrow so that you can get some, in the mean time you can borrow some of my clothes, I believe they'll fit you." Konan answered with a smile. Unmei felt that if she had Konan around then maybe it won't be so bad in the Akatsuki.
Unmei felt a pang in her chest when she thought about Kisame. She missed him so much when he left that it didn't bother her not to feel emotions anymore. She missed her parents too, but she always knew she wouldn't have them forever, she at least thought Kisame would be there for a bit longer than her parents. Unmei shook her head in a failed attempt to erase her thoughts. Kisame was still alive, Unmei reminded herself, he just wasn't hers to be alive with.
"We placed your room close to Kisame's since you already know him, is that alright?" Konan asked Unmei. It surprised Unmei how accommodating the Akatsuki were, but they did consist mostly out of bounty hunting right now, so Unmei supposed even people considered to be villains only wanted to be evil when they had to. Unmei always imagined the Akatsuki as a group of people that killed bunnies in their spare time, but now she was beginning to think that they had some humanity in the organisation. Everyone has a reason for acting how they do, Unmei mused.
"Yes that is fine, I don't want to be a burden when you've been so welcoming" Unmei forced a smile at Konan, not because she wasn't truly grateful, but because she had long since forgotten what a true smile felt like. Konan simply nodded back at Unmei.
Konan left Unmei at the door to her room so that she can get some clothes for Unmei. Unmei looked around for Ghost only to find that she had disappeared to whatever place dead people go every now and then. After giving up on finding her Unmei went into her room to see that it was fairly simplistic. There was one double bed that had four pillows in red and black covering along with red sheets on it, a white cupboard with extra sheets as well as space for clothes and an empty desk with a chair. There was also another door which Unmei found led to a small bathroom that had a toilet, sink and a bath. She felt as if the room was more than adequate comparing to her living spaces these past eight years, which mostly consisted of nature and cheap hotels. Ghosts can train you to kill, but not give you some money for a decent place to sleep.
Konan knocked on the door shortly after Unmei looked her room over to bring a nightgown and plain black clothes for the next day. Unmei was relieved to find that Konan chose comfort over style, much like Unmei did.
"Thank you Konan-san, I appreciate your effort." Unmei said to Konan. She didn't want to be a burden by borrowing Konan's clothes, but she silently promised herself to wash and return the clothes along with a gift to thank her properly. Unmei's mother didn't raise her as a respectable Shiryoku clan representative without teaching her not to be a burden. As all clan members, Unmei chose to be independent and only seek for help when she knew she could offer something else for the person in return.
"It's no problem; I find it pleasant to have another girl here. I don't have anyone to talk to and I was hoping we could at least be friendly towards each other. Even though people respect each other here, they wouldn't willingly sit down to spend time with each other." Konan answered Unmei.
"I wouldn't mind spending time with you, I've been alone for eight years, so excuse me if I lack proper communication skills." I only had a sarcastic Ghost with a sadistic sense of humour to talk to. Unmei silently added the last part, thinking that she didn't want to scare Konan away by saying she spent eight years talking to a ghost.
"I've only had Leader-san, and he isn't very talkative." Konan smiled slightly. She nodded goodbye to Unmei before softly closing Unmei's door.
Unmei assumed that Konan would come get her if she had to attend something, so Unmei climbed under her new bed sheets and fell asleep, she hadn't slept since she started training early last night when she couldn't fall asleep.
"You betrayed me, Unmei."
Unmei was running towards the sad voice. She couldn't see anything in front of her. She felt that if she didn't run fast enough the voice would disappear and she'd never hear it again.
"You killed us Unmei."
Two other voices joined in, Unmei was frantically trying to get to them but the voices kept changing direction. She couldn't tell where the voices were but she still tried to get there. Unmei started crying from frustration.
"I just want to get to you, how do I get to you?!" Unmei yelled at the voices. The voices didn't answer Unmei and she stood still to hear where they were.
"We trusted you and you lied to us."
"I never lied! Where are you? I need you!" Unmei cried. She gave up on running to the voices and sunk to the dark surface below her. She curled up into a ball.
"Don't you love us?"
The voices appeared in front of Unmei. She looked up to see her parents, beaten up and bloody. They stared at her but she couldn't see their eyes. Kisame stood next to her parents with Samehada in his hands.
"DIE!"
Kisame swung Samehada.
Unmei woke up to her own yelling and someone pounding on the door to her room. She noticed cold sweat on her forehead and quickly wiped it before going to the door to see who was knocking.
"Are you alright? I heard yelling." An indifferent voice asked Unmei.
"Yes, I'm sorry did I bother you?" Unmei asked the person. He seemed about the same age as Unmei with black tied up hair and empty black eyes. Unmei thought that his eyes looked wiser than his body.
"No, I was about to go to my room when I passed yours and heard yelling." The person stated.
"I apologise, I was startled because of a dream. May I know your name?" Unmei asked politely. She didn't want to get on anyone's bad side, Hidan already freaked her out with his glares.
"I am Itachi Uchiha, and you are?" Itachi seemed nice to Unmei in an indifferent and reserved way. If they weren't rogues he would have made an excellent diplomat.
"My name is Unmei Shiryoku, I believe I've heard of you once, but I cannot remember where." Unmei didn't want to seem rude, but she couldn't shake the feeling that she sensed Itachi before, so she wanted to check if she'd been in the same area as him before.
"I was considered an S-rank criminal when Konoha kidnapped me so that I wouldn't interfere when they massacred my clan. I broke free in time to see them kill my younger brother so I killed the village's elders and left them. The village covered it up and said that I killed all of them in a rampage for power." Itachi didn't seem like the person that would share something like that openly, so Unmei hoped it was a good sign.
"My condolences, I don't know of the massacre though, so I can't know you through that." Unmei answered Itachi.
"It's alright, this happened when I was thirteen and my brother eleven, it must be too long ago for you to remember something like that." Itachi's eyes only seemed wiser to Unmei.
Unmei looked at Itachi's string to see that it was still bright, meaning that the person on the other end of the string was still alive. At least that's good news for Itachi, Unmei thought.
"Well since you shared some valuable information with me, I will return the sentiment. My clan specialises in sensing people's fate to the measure of who belongs together as soul mates. Would you like to know who you are fated to love forever?" Unmei rarely told people about their fate, but she made an exception for someone that needed good news.
"I have heard of your clan through a friend. If it would be no bother to you I wouldn't mind knowing." Itachi said with a higher-pitched indifference than before.
"Alright, the person fated to you is still alive and younger than you by two years. This person sadly lives in Konoha, so I doubt you would ever go back there again to actually see her. I know she's the same age as you brother so maybe you would know her, but if you do not wish to know her name since she lives there I will not give it to you." Unmei answered. She could clearly see the person at the other end if she focused on Itachi, so it looked like Unmei was staring intently at Itachi.
"I would like to know, maybe she was a friend of Sasuke's." Itachi answered. He didn't seem as indifferent as Unmei assumed he usually was by talking to him.
"The person you are fated to is Hinata Hyuuga." Unmei answered. She could see the girl in front of her with her lilac colored eyes and long black hair. She was currently in Konoha eating dinner with her family.
"I know her, she was a very quiet girl but she frequently liked to be in silent places, same as me." Itachi confirmed. Unmei smiled at him.
"I am sorry that you two cannot be together, I know the feeling." Unmei apologised to Itachi.
"Not necessarily." Itachi replied. He lightly smiled at Unmei, but it was so fast Unmei doubts ever seeing it.
"Have you returned from a mission?" Unmei asked Itachi so as to change the subject.
"Yes, my partner and I returned a few minutes ago, I was planning to reside in my room for the rest of the day. My room is next to yours." Itachi answered.
"Who is your partner? I don't know anyone here yet besides Konan." Unmei asked.
"I am." A voice replied that Unmei only heard in her nightmares.