Chappie 6 is up! So not much action here yet, but I'm just introducing Akatsuki, so next chappie will be Saki's first mission in Akatsuki. Will they meet Sasuke and the others? We'll just have to wait till the next update to find out!
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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In Amegakure…
In a dark room only red clouds were visible. Faces were partially seen but the lighting in the room made it impossible to make out how they look like for sure.
A snap of the finger echoed.
The flames on the torches, surrounding the circular room lit almost immediately.
The walls, damp and made of stone, in the room Akatsuki members were seen. Only black cloaks with red clouds imprinted on them.
In the darkest part of the room was a throne like chair, sat the leader of Akatsuki…
Slam!
"Leader"
The leader turned his eyes to who called his name. Standing at the open door stood Itachi, a pink haired girl a little behind him.
"I found our new recruit" Itachi said monotonously, shoving Sakura in front of him
Sakura shot a defiant glare at Itachi after easily regaining her composure. She had taken off her Hitae-ate, fearing they become suspicious of her new jutsu. They might force her to show them her new technique, which she wasn't about to do willingly.
'Fuck Akatsuki, they can screw each other for all I care…' Sakura thought angrily, she never liked Akatsuki
She'd never share such a valuable jutsu with them.
Itachi wouldn't tell them about the jutsu, that would mean they could have an advantage on his Mangenkyou. Of course he'd keep his mouth shut. The only other person who knows about the Nentou Boushi is Sasuke, Kisame is long gone.
While in front of Itachi she scanned the room. There were three Akatsuki members on her left and right, slightly lined against the wall. They were silent and the lighting in the room caused their faces to be over shadowed.
Pein got up from where he had been seated, he stepped out of the shadows and faced the Konoha missing-nin.
"What made you leave your precious village, kunoichi? We know all about how prideful and loyal you are to Konohagakure" he said as he walked over to her
"Konoha, cannot give me what I've sought for" Sakura answered emotionlessly
Pein stared hard at her face, as if to read her, but she remained unfazed and stood her ground. She looked directly into his eyes, fully aware of his dangerous dojutsu. She looked at him without fear.
The Akatsuki members looked at each other briefly before looking at the Kunoichi.
"what do you seek?" asked Pein
"Power" she answered evenly
Pein chuckled that not so humorous laugh.
"Don't you see girl? Knowledge is power and power corrupts… I know you are hiding something from me…"
Itachi's eyes lingered on Sakura as if a warning. She could feel it burning a hole in her back.
"I hide many things from you as well as you do me. I do not question the knowledge you may have, the Knowledge I do not know of but you do." Sakura answered smartly
"True, but I am your superior may I remind you. If you have valuable information or skills I do not know of you must inform me of them"
"I understand this, however I am not obligated to do such."
Pein narrowed his eyes in frustration at the Kunoichi.
"and why is that, Kunoichi?" he hissed
"You may be my superior, but I and I alone chose the decisions I make and the orders I follow. The master is superior to the student, however the master has no control over what the pupil's actions are. He only has control over whether or not he should and can persuade his student. He can torture his student all he likes, he can shower his student with riches and such, but the student and only the student chooses the actions and decisions he makes. " Sakura said firmly
Pein was left without words. The girl got him.
Itachi smirked behind the high collar of his cloak.
The chakra in the room boosted in strength, Sakura sensed it. Pein sensed it as well, the members in the room are aroused by the Kunoichi's actions, they are well entertained.
Fun ends now.
In a split second Sakura found her self in the grip of the Akatsuki leader. His hand clenched around her throat, barely lightened just so she can breathe but tightened at the finger tips to ensue pain. Her back against the stone cold wall, dangling about two or three feet in the air. She looked at Pein through half closed eyes, her face impassive as his. His eyes swirled with rage at her lack of respect.
"I will allow you to keep the information you hide from me but right now you will learn your place" he growled
He punched her full on in the side of her face, which snapped to the left on impact. She slowly turned her head to look back at him directly in those dangerous eyes. Pein had punched he so hard her skin tore, causing her to bleed next to her right eye. Blood curved around her eye and trailed don her face.
Drip
Drip
Droplets of blood hit the ground, several splotches of red on the stone paved floor. The Akatsuki watched in silence. The leader raised his fist and punched her hard on her right cheek. Again, her head tilted to the side on impact. She remained still for moments before facing Pein again. Looking at him with defiance. It nearly provoked him to burn her to a crisp.
Drawing his fist back he pounded on her face again. Strike after strike, with the same fist while the other grasped her neck. Blood splattered the walls and coated the ground, oddly instead of wine like color the blood looked more like a soft velvety shade.
The Akatsuki stood and watched. They wanted to see how strong the girl was, mentally and physically. They also knew how much Pein's hits hurt…
It hurt like a bitch.
By this time she bled continuously, her cheekbone partially showing. His punches practically tore her skin and made her bleed, even with all of these hard punches his fist remained intact. His knuckles hadn't bled even as he hit her facial bones.
"Oi! I think that's enough, un!" Deidara spoke up for the girl
It wasn't enough, not for Pein. Each time he hit her she would always look back at him with that same look of dauntlessness!
"Tobi thinks she's a good girl! Tobi says she will be good!" Tobi yelled
This girl was anything but good. A good girl would shut up and follow orders. A good girl would not rebel like this. A good girl knew when to quit, when to give up before she got hurt.
"Pein, stop!" his partner called to him, he halted his movements at the sound of the female's voice
The members of Akatsuki have a new respect for the Konoha kunoichi. She talked so irrespectively to their leader, leader of a S-classed criminal organization. She had an intense and defiant look in her eyes that not many Shinobi possessed, especially facing one of the most feared Shinobi in the ninja world. She took all of Pein's piercing blows without retaliation, the Akatsuki knew of MOST of her abilities including her infamous monstrous strength.
Yet she hadn't used it to get out of the leader's grip. She just stared into his eyes with such audacity, even knowing those same eyes weld the power of Rinnegan, the most powerful dojutsu that has the power to save the world or destroy it.
And even as she was hit she hadn't screamed out in pain nor try to heal her wounds.
'Even I can admit, I hold a new respect for her' Itachi thought as he watched the girl he considered a sister, have a hard look on her face. Refusing to give up.
He looked down at the girl, his eyes reverting from raging to void of emotion. He carelessly dropped her to the ground, she hadn't moved only gaze up at him with a seemingly endless fortitude.
Pin said nothing but turned his back to her.
"you wish to be in this organization, correct?"
"hai"
"Then you shall train before you go on your next mission. You will get to know the other members, they will learn your weaknesses and vice versa. You will spar with each other and get used to each other if you may have to work alongside each other. Uchiha Itachi shall be your partner as of now." Pein said and wordlessly left the room, slamming the door behind himself
Sakura stared at the door for a moment before she slowly brought a hand to her face and healed the face. The particles of skin molded together and fixed the slit areas of skin, like where her cheekbone is revealed slightly. She had been completely healed after mere moments and she looked up to see 7 figures hovering over her.
"quite a show you put on, un" a voice said
The speaker lent a hand to Sakura who gratefully took it. Now that she's standing she can clearly see the figures. She knows some of them like Itachi, Deidara, Tobi, and Kakuzu. They have been spotted and fought by certain Konoha ninja…
"my name is Tobi! Tobi is a good boy!"
"I'm Deidara, un" he grinned at the smiling medic
"I'm Hidan. That was some fucking nice shit you did back there! That was fucking bad-ass!" He kept going on and on, cussing all over the place.
Sakura was sure she was about to faint due to over use of profanity. Luckily a skillfully made paper crane flew into Hidan's mouth, successfully blocking out his now enraged string of profanity
"Ignore him. I'm Konan, nice to have another kunoichi. I'm starting to get sick of being surrounded by these idiots" she rolled her eyes at Hidan and smiled reassuringly at Sakura
"I'm Kakuzu, hey that pile of money over there? Yea, that's mine"
"Zetsu. What you did back there was really brave" he said then suddenly changed opinion "No! that was really STUPID"
"brave"
"stupid"
"brave!"
"stupid!"
"BRAVE!!"
"STUPID!!"
Sakura stared and sweatdropped. This Zetsu guy is… arguing with himself…
'I was right… Akatsuki desperately need therapy…' Sakura thought
"Like Konan said, ignore them" Itachi said coming up from behind Sakura with a bored expression
"your name?" asked Konan
"Haruno Sakura" she answered
"apprentice of Tsunadae, in the next generation of Sannin, top medic known and surpassed the slug sannin, inhuman strength, and many much more" Kakuzu pointed out
"hai"
"… you got cash on you right?"
"Sakura, we have to prepare you stay" Itachi said referring to her room
"right" Sakura nodded her farewell to the other Akatsuki
Itachi signaled her to follow him outside. Once they had gone far enough they stopped at a clearing.
"listen carefully to what I say" Itachi started
Sakura threw him a questioning look.
"under no circumstances can the other Akatsuki know about your jutsu, the Nentou Boushi or the advanced form of Nentou Boushi." Itachi said
"If I was gonna tell them I would've done so already" Sakura said annoyed
She knew she couldn't tell them about the jutsu.
"You can't use Nentou Boushi around them either. If they catch wind of the jutsu they WILL tell Pein. You don't know what he can do about that knew bit of information"
"I know I can't use it in front of them. Besides the handseals are too fast for even the Sharingan"
Itachi shook his head.
"He can find out how it works. You underestimate the Rinnegan. If he find out about your jutsu he can use it against many others, not just myself. Your jutsu has more potential then you know of. With your advanced Nentou you automatically cancel out genjutsu, taijutsu and ninjutsu will be much easier to handle. If someone else knows of this jutsu there would be hell to pay" Itachi explained
Sakura's eyes widened. She already knew this, but it never hit her how strong this jutsu really is.
"and?" she asked a little shaky, Itachi knows a lot about her jutsu just from sparring with her and watching her use it
"The weakness of Nentou Boushi is Kage Bunshin no jutsu. The user equally divides his chakra into his clones so they are just as real, but still as vulnerable with normal Bunshins."
Sakura took a step back.
'How did he know?' Sakura thought
"When the user equally divides chakra Nentou Boushi can't find the original. Thus making you waste energy and chakra on useless clones"
"How did you find out?" asked Sakura
"My Mangenkyou picked up some properties of your jutsu. Even while we were training you found me by tracing my chakra with Nentou Boushi. If I had made a Kage Bunshin you wouldn't have known which was real"
Sakura sighed "alright, I get the rules. Let's spar"
In a flash she disappeared. She had wrapped her Hitae-ate around her eyes again. She quickly made the and seals.
"Nentou! Akki Boushi no jutsu!" Sakura yelled
Sasuke stared out the window of his apartment.
In 2 hours the mission would begin. He would be able to find his teammate. The scroll they received early a couple hours ago explained the various areas she's been spotted.
Most of the villages she had stayed at were between Konohagakure and… Amegakure. This definitely meant she had encountered Akatsuki, but worse…
What if she actually joined the criminal organization?
His brother is in that group… What if she fought them?
She would definitely perk then interest considering how valuable she is to Konoha.
What if she became partners with Itachi?
Was she tortured?
Was she hurt?
Is she Well?
Is she… dead…?
Sasuke shook his head
'She couldn't die. She's too stubborn' he chuckled mentally
What if she joined Akatsuki willingly?
This made his face fall. Would she really hurt the innocent? Would she fight for Akatsuki?
Is she loyal to Konoha?
Obviously not. She had left, but would she spare Konoha nin?
All of these questions made him twitch in anxiety. They would begin the mission soon. He's already in his ANBU uniform, back pack, weapons, and all.
It was about 20 minutes till they would leave. He ot up, ready to teleport when a question came up.
If they found her, would she fight them?
"TEME! Come on! We gotta go find Sakura-chan!!!" th obnoxious dobe yelled from outside
Looks like he's gonna find out.
Yeah, a bit on Sasuke's thoughts. Looks like he cares more than it shows, ne? Anyway Itachi and Sakura have a brother-sister relationship! It kinda shows here if you squint, XD
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