A/N- I am so sorry for not updating sooner!
"What about this one Unmei-san?" Konan asked Unmei while showing her a plain black shirt. Unmei stared at the shirt as if trying to find something wrong with it.
"I think that'll work. I'll try it on." Konan looked extremely relieved and added the shirt to a very small pile of clothes Unmei would be willing to try on. Konan knocked on Unmei's door early in the morning so that they could get her some clothes at a village nearby and Konan soon found out that it was harder to get Unmei clothes than she originally thought.
Unmei walked around the shop and looked through all sorts of clothes, contemplating most before deciding to stick with one style. Konan finally managed to convince Unmei to buy a few things that fit her figure after a couple of hours so that they could go and eat some lunch. Unmei reluctantly decided to buy four pairs of pants and shirts that she was comfortable with and three dresses she wasn't comfortable with. Unmei wasn't sure if she would be able to fight in the dresses but Konan convinced her after saying that it might attract her targets. Unmei immediately agreed.
Konan chose a small tea shop to sit at and Unmei quickly agreed with her since she was feeling tired herself. Unmei looked glad that she could spend some time with Konan like normal friends would because Unmei never really had a friend besides Kisame, even if they met because of an organization filled with S-rank criminals. Unmei chose Jasmine tea and a slice of strawberry cake while Konan settled on Green tea and dango. Unmei smiled at the normalcy of their day together.
"What do you think of the members you've met so far?" Konan asked Unmei while they were waiting for their order.
"Well let's see... I don't like Hidan at all, he creeps me out. Kakuzu is fine, he didn't bother me much. I like Sasori since he was friendly to me. The leader seemed nice. Itachi could be a friend but he was an asshole so I don't know and you're awesome!" Unmei listed the members she's met.
"Well what about Kisame? I heard you met him." Konan asked Unmei with a mischievous smile on her face. Unmei scrunched up her face in disgust.
"I'd like to forget about that moment, it didn't go too well." Unmei sighed. She wished Kisame would just forget the past, but how could she expect him to forget the very thing she couldn't?
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up." Konan looked guilty.
"Don't worry about it." Unmei smiled as the waitress brought their orders. She felt like a little bit of her old self had returned to her by treating Konan like a friend.
When Unmei and Konan arrived at the headquarters, Unmei didn't expect Itachi to be waiting for her in her room. Which was locked.
"And what exactly are you doing here?" Unmei asked, miffed about their previous encounter. Itachi smiled slyly at her, as if he knew what he did wrong.
"You need to go on a mission with Kisame and I, to test how good you are at killing random unsuspecting people." Itachi stated. Unmei almost laughed at his bluntness if she wasn't so pissed at being supervised by Kisame. She knew she had to be tested by someone eventually, she just didn't want it to be someone that hates her. Through everything Unmei was feeling she couldn't help feeling her heart leap at seeing Kisame along with her anger.
"Where would this unsuspecting person be?" Unmei asked so that she'd know how long she needed to travel with her temporary partners.
"In Kirigakure." Kisame said smiling maliciously. Unmei couldn't help but feel giddy about going to Kirigakure. If she had to kill someone she would be glad to do it in the very village that caused her suffering. Unmei smiled at her new partners.
"When are we leaving?" Unmei sounded almost excited. She knew to keep her evil intent in check but she couldn't help it when it came to Kirigakure. She never forgave the village for wanting to wipe out her clan. She wasn't a perfect person and Unmei knew that. She had figured a long time ago that she was the sort of person to keep grudges even if she didn't intentionally want to. Unmei feared that her subconscious was a very dark place and that fear is being realised every passing day.
"In about an hour. You should go and pack your things for a few days." Itachi stated in a demanding way. In a way Itachi reminded Unmei of one of her clan elders. Always demanding and never truly satisfied.
"Great, see you then." Unmei greeted her partners before practically running to her room to pack some clothes and sort the little weapons she had with her. She preferred long range weapons since she mostly did hand to hand combat when she was near her enemies. It helped that something constantly attached to her served as a weapon.
Unmei got to her room as fast as she could and packed one normal outfit as well as one of the dresses Konan wanted her to buy just in case she needed to attract her enemy instead of avoiding being seen. Unmei packed a couple pairs of underwear and a few first aid items. She attached a few senbon needles to a weapons holder on her left arm and a dagger she kept for emergencies in a holder on her thigh. She felt ready for her trip since she usually went on trips with fewer items than she currently had on her and survived well.
After feeling very satisfied with her quick packing job, Unmei decided to wait for her temporary partners so she went to the entrance of the headquarters with her backpack. On her way to the entrance she picked up three bottles of water from the kitchen. When Unmei arrived at the entrance Itachi and Kisame were already waiting for her. Unmei felt slightly disappointed that she wasn't the first one there since she packed so quickly, but she assumed her partners were used to it by now and most likely had ready-packed bags waiting in their rooms.
"Are you ready to leave?" Itachi asked Unmei, almost demanding her to say yes with his intimidating stare.
"Yes, I just went to get us all a bottle of water so that we have something to drink." Unmei answered as she handed Kisame and Itachi a bottle each. Kisame looked amused when she did this.
"You know, you really are cute. Like an innocent little child. We have containers of water sealed in the bags, we don't need you to bring us a tiny bottle that won't even last half a day." Kisame chuckled as Unmei started glaring at him. She thought they would get more water along the way, as she did when she was hunting after some idiot that pissed off some village.
"Well fine, don't take my water. See if I care if your gills dry out, asshole." Unmei huffed as she grabbed the bottle from his hand and started walking out of the headquarters. Kisame just laughed at Unmei and brushed off her little insult. She always got offended easily. Itachi decided to get in between Unmei and Kisame in case they decided to skin each other. He sighed, as if tired from the trip already.
"If we hurry we can be there in three days." Itachi told Unmei in a matter-of-fact way as they were getting ready to start running. Kisame stood next to him, silent except for the excited chuckles he made as he waited for his teammates to finish talking.
"Good." Unmei grinned maliciously and got ready to run. As if the team was in sync, everyone sprinted at the same time, gliding gracefully along paths and trees to get there as fast as possible.