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Chapter 3: Reluctance
Autumn's P.O.V. (Main Character's P.O.V. or First Person P.O.V.)
'Where am I? What happened all I remember is... pain.'
When I woke up, I tried to remember the reason why I had been asleep in the first place, but my mind came up blank. I couldn't remember anything but pain. But, why pain? I couldn't even remember why. That's when it hit me like a ton of bricks, I FORGOT MY HOMEWORK!! (PZ: The other thing. Autumn: Oh.)
-Redo-
That's when it hit me like a ton of bricks, the Akatsuki... THEY BROKE MY RULES!! (PZ: Close enough) I felt weird, I could tell that my senses were heightened noticeably, because normally you could hear when something was walking around, but I could hear people breathe. Speaking of which, I could tell there was someone beside me. I refused to open my eyes and willed myself to fall back into sweet darkness, sadly that was not to be so, because whoever was next to me seemed to already know that I was awake and wasn't about to let me go back to sleep either.
-Poke-
-Poke-
-Poke-
"…"
"HEY AUTUMN! ARE YOU AWAKE YET?"
"AHHH!!" I screamed, as I fell off the bed, my head barely missing the dresser next to me. I looked up and glared at whomever it was that woke me up. It was Tobi.
-Okay my P.O.V. again (Author's P.O.V. or Third Person P.O.V.)-
Autumn got up and pretended to dust off her clothes, only to end up back on the floor as Tobi jumped on her.
"T-T-Tob-b-biiiii," Autumn managed to gasp out. "G-get-t-t offffff o-of meeeeeeee!" Tobi just stared at her as if he were trying to find something in her eyes.
"NOW!!" She yelled pushing him off with a strength she didn't know she had. Seemingly satisfied Tobi walked out of the room. Just then, Pein walked into the room followed by Itachi and Konan. Autumn glared at them,
"WHAT THE HECK DID YOU RETARDS DO TO ME!?" She yelled/screamed at them. None of them answered. Instead, Itachi just grabbed her by the arm and hauled her to her feet.
"If you were paying attention you would have known. I know I've said this many times, I don't enjoy repeating myself." Pein stated, calmly glaring back at her.
"Well if you've said it before and you keep saying it over and over, wouldn't that be repeating yourself?" She asked, smirking. Itachi who was still holding onto her arm squeezed it, causing Autumn to cry out. Instantly Autumn lashed out at him trying to free her arm. (PZ: I think your survival skills are about -thinks- 2 chapters late. Autumn: Shut up PZ: O.O)
Autumn clawed at Itachi's arm, but he moved out of the way, releasing her. She was just about to taunt him when she noticed why he moved, her nails were now long and razor sharp, but as soon as she blinked they were back to normal.
"What did you freaks do to me?" Autumn whispered. Pein just sighed in response.
"Your training starts at dawn." He stated, and walked off, while Konan and Itachi stayed behind.
"You may not want to anger him," Konan said, before she tossed Autumn her gun, and followed Pein out of the room. Leaving only her and Itachi. Autumn turned her head,
"And what the hell do you want?" She asked, glaring. Itachi signaled for her to come forward, and as she did he poked her in the middle of her forehead, causing her to fall on her butt.
"Language," he stated softly and then left, leaving her in the same position as when he had entered the room.
"Hehe… Looks like Itachi is starting to warm up to you." Someone said. Autumn looked up to see Kisame leaning on the doorframe.
"What the hell do you want fish-boy?" She asked, Autumn was not in a very good mood today.
"Hmm, looks to me like you're turning into a miniature version of Hidan." He said, laughing.
"Shut up, and technically "hell" is not a curse word,"
"Maybe not, but it's the first step." Autumn glared at him.
"Go screw a goldfish... Oh wait, it looks like yo daddy already did that for you." Kisame returned her glare, and left. Finally, leaving Autumn by herself. She slowly got up and walked over to her closet.
'Training eh? I guess I'll need a new outfit,' Autumn closed her door and went to work; she picked out a plain yellow tank top and a pair of kaki shorts and put them on.
'Why do I have an ominous feeling?'
An hour later…
"Ouch!" Autumn was currently training outside in her backyard; Pein had started out with her sparring against Itachi to test what she could already do. In his opinion she was doing really well for having no real ninja training. Autumn had been slashed in the arm with a kunai and Kisame and Hidan were laughing at her expense.
"That's what you get bitch!" Hidan laughed, but to his unpleasant surprise, and much to Autumn's relief the wound healed automatically causing Hidan to eat his words.
"Impressive," Pein stated as the fight drew to a close.
"Lucky Bitch." Hidan muttered. Autumn having no real ninja weapons (she had some, but she didn't want them to know that) had been fighting with a knife she had been given and trained to use. Itachi had no injuries, and Autumn was fine because she healed right away, but she had a few scratches that didn't heal completely.
"Can -huff- we -huffhuff- take a -huff- break?" Autumn panted, she had been fighting Itachi completely on defense for about a few hours, (PZ: -does the math- Lets see, they started around nine, and it's five a.m. so, about eight hours? Man does this girl ever sleep? Autumn: Insomnia, remember? PZ: Oh right, I forgot.) As much as Autumn wanted to beat the crap out of someone as stress relief she only had one knife as a weapon, as Itachi and the rest had who knows how many kunai and shuriken in their holsters, as well as training on how to use their chakra. Autumn hadn't even tried to use a jutsu yet, she didn't have the time, she was playing a never-ending game of hide and seek with Weasel Boy.
"You may rest, I believe you still have school in the morning?" Pein said walking back to the house. Tomorrow would be the first day of October, and Autumn would be forced to go trick or treating with either the neighborhood kids or May. May was one of Autumn's many friends, problem was, she was a bit of a freak. She would throw tantrums like a little kid, and do the stupidest of things, last Halloween, she was a pirate, and stole some of her candy! (Most of it Autumn didn't like and offered to give to her anyway.) Anyway ya get the point. She was crazy, but aren't we all?
"AHHHHH!! YOU JUST NOW DECIDE TO REMIND ME!?" Autumn yelled at Pein's retreating figure. Hidan, who thought this was funny as heck, smirked and once again burst out laughing.
Autumn took a shower and got re-dressed then walked downstairs to find the Akatsuki... not really doing anything (Autumn: Wow that sure was anticlimactic)
"Shouldn't you be asleep?" Itachi asked looking up from a book he was reading.
"Most likely, but I'm an insomniac, I haven't slept for 2 years, I really don't think I need it, and... IS THAT MINE!?" Autumn snatched the book from Itachi's hands. (Surprisingly, without getting killed).
"Math Doesn't Suck," she read the title. "You do know this was meant for girls right?" She asked, skeptically. Itachi didn't answer, he just got up and walked back into the library taking the book from her hand as he passed by.
"Jerk," she muttered, as he disappeared into the closet.
"Don't be like that, un." Deidara said, coming up behind her, Autumn jumped up in surprise, and drop kicked him, causing him to fall flat on his face and for everyone else to break out laughing.
"Itai!" He whined as he slowly got up.
"Nice reflexes," Kisame complimented calming down a bit.
"Where did you learn to do that?" Pein asked.
Flashback...
"I did it, Mommy!" For her third birthday, Autumn's parents had signed her up for Karate lessons, she started the next day, and by the next week she had become skilled enough to move to the next level. Today she had her first real spar with one of her classmates,
"Congratulations!" In no time Autumn was carried off by her classmates to celebrate her first victory.
End Flashback.
"I taught myself," she stated quietly before walking back up stairs to finish getting ready for school. Moments later, Itachi reemerged from the closet, and walked upstairs with another book in his hand.
"I take it she has many painful memories," Pein said, watching them leave. "I believe we may be able to use those to our advantage." No one noticed that Deidara, Tobi, Kisame, and Hidan had all disappeared, off to do who knows what. Though, no one really cared.
-Knock-
-Knock-
"Go away!" After briefly remembering her mother, Autumn went back and did what she usually did in the morning, sit in bed and brood. (Autumn: Hey! PZ: "Hay" is for horses) Itachi opened the door and walked into the room.
"Privacy, much?" (A: that makes no sense Z: yes it does)
"..." Itachi made no move to reply, instead he took the book he was holding and dropped it into her lap.
"What do you want me to do with this?" She asked, her fingers tracing over the letters on the cover. 'Peter Pan'
Flashback...
"Okay what's next?" Autumn's mother asked, pointing to a stack of books.
"What about this one Mommy?" A 3-year-old Autumn asked, pulling a book out of the bottom of the stack.
"Oh! Be careful, pumpkin!" Her mom said, picking her up before the stack of books could fall on her. "If you keep this up you're going to end up as 'Autumn the human pancake!'" Autumn giggled. "Okay what is this one, Peter Pan? I remember this, you see, when I was younger, I taught myself to read, this was the first real book I ever read." Autumn looked up at her mother in awe,
" Your mommy didn't teach you?" she asked innocently.
"Nope, I taught myself, speaking of that, I think it's time for you to read by yourself."
"Really?"
"Yes really. Here." she said handing her daughter the book, " We'll start tomorrow."
End Flashback...
"Read it," Itachi told her,
"Why?"
"..."
"Can't you do it?"
"..."
" Can't you?"
"... No,"
"You can't read!?" at that moment both Autumn and Itachi heard cries of muffled laughter, but ignored it.
"I can."
"Then why can't you..." Autumn didn't dare finish that sentence, with the look he was currently giving her; most people would have shut up a long time beforehand.
"I can't read in this language." He stated quietly.
(Z: I'm just gonna add this right now, has anyone noticed that most of the words in the dubbed version, (Signs, letters, scrolls ect.) are in Japanese? But they have subtitles, so because of the dub they can understand it, but characters don't usually see the subtitles in a show, so none of the Akatsuki can read in English.) Autumn smirked,
"Well then, I'll give you a dictionary later,"
"..." Itachi nodded in response.
" Good, until then..." She drifted off as her alarm started,
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
Itachi glared at her,
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
"Oops?"
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
"I really meant to change that,"
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
Itachi then glared at the clock as if urging for it to explode.
Alo, Salut, sunt eu, un haiduc,
Si te rog, iubirea mea, primeste fericirea.
Alo, alo, sunt eu Picasso,
Ti-am dat beep, si sunt voinic,
Dar sa stii nu-ti cer nimic'
Autumn laughed nervously.
'Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei,
Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei.
Chipul tau si dragostea din tei,
Mi-amintesc de ochii tai.'
The muffled laughter turned into full-blown laughter as Hidan, Tobi, and Deidara all fell out of the closet, laughing themselves to tears.
Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei,
Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei.
Chipul tau si dragostea din tei,
Mi-amintesc de ochii tai.'
Forgetting about the music both Itachi and Autumn glared at the trio,
'Te sun, sa-ti spun, ce simt acum,
Alo, iubirea mea, sunt eu, fericirea.
Alo, alo, sunt iarasi eu, Picasso,
Ti-am dat beep, si sunt voinic,
Dar sa stii nu-ti cer nimic.'
Autumn grabbed her gun and aimed.
'Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei,
Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei.
Chipul tau si dragostea din tei,
Mi-amintesc de ochii tai.'
Itachi just glared at them until they stopped laughing.
'Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei,
Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei.
Chipul tau si dragostea din tei,
Mi-amintesc de ochii tai.'
Then Autumn closed her eyes and shot, not caring who she hit, though she hoped it wasn't Tobi (1).
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
"OOOOOWWWWWW!!"
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
"I AM REALLY GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU FOR THAT BITCH!"
(Z: It was a lose/lose situation anyways, face it kid, luck is not on your side. A: I hate you Z: now don't say that, or I'll make you're life worse, and that's a promise A: -shuts up- Z: too late.)
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
That time, she shot Hidan in the foot. Autumn scrambled to hide behind Itachi, while Deidara and Tobi resumed cracking up.
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
"I hereby dub thee, Weasel Boy!" She cried to Itachi.
'Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei,
Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei.
Chipul tau si dragostea din tei,
Mi-amintesc de ochii tai.'
Itachi gave her a look.
'Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei,
Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei.
Chipul tau si dragostea din tei,
Mi-amintesc de ochii tai.'
"Sic' em Weasel boy!"
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
"..." BIG silence.
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
"What? Fine, I dub thee Weasel MAN, whatever, just make it so I don't get killed!" Itachi rolled his eyes, but activated his sharingan.
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
Hidan glared at them both but backed off, he walked downstairs to brood.
'Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha'
Autumn smiled and turned off her alarm, silently thanking the Uchiha. She grabbed her skateboard and took the back way out this time, so Hidan didn't catch her. And with that she skated off into the sunrise.
As Autumn skated to school from Speedway, the coffee she had bought for breakfast, quickly took affect, as well as the doughnut she had to go along with it.
(Zathura: I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before, but Autumn plus coffee, plus sugar equals SUPER hyper ness)
She was literally bouncing off the walls; she was going so fast that when she jumped off to the side she was skating on the concrete wall next to her. In Itachi's opinion something was different about her. (PZ: no duh) Autumn wasn't taking the usual way to school, instead she was going around the back way, she crossed the railroad tracks and seemingly disappeared. After Itachi looked for her even with his sharingan he couldn't find her, so to anyone who was watching, he himself disappeared into thin air.
School
Autumn made it to school early, so she visited the skate park with David.
"It's been a long time since anyone has used those tunnels Fall, they could've collapsed at any moment!" David exclaimed, after she explained how she got there.
"I know, that's why I took them!" She replied a little too happily. Hopping on her board Autumn started practicing her 'circus routine'.
"Show off." David muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Autumn said, doing a handstand. (PM me if you want to know what her 'Circus Routine' is.) Little did the two know that they were being watched.
"Later Davie!" Autumn yelled running towards the school building, "I've got practice!" It was around 8 which meant Autumn had to go, and that school started in half and hour, David watched her go and sighed, would he ever be able to tell her? That is, if he could keep up with her, maybe. He really needed someone to talk to.
"HIYA!!" someone shouted right in his ear. David fell over, twitching.
"... W... T... F?" Dave managed before getting kicked in the stomach.
"Shut up," Hidan said standing over him. Itachi looked down on him and activated his sharingan sending David into a coma.
For Autumn, the rest of the day was pretty boring, she didn't see David though, he usually talked to her on the way to lunch, but he wasn't there, she didn't ask though, he was probably busy, they were on opposite sides of the building after all. In fact today Autumn seemed to not have a care in the world, but that was because she noticed during 2nd period, that Itachi wasn't following her anymore!
Itachi usually sat outside in the same tree everyday right outside the classroom, but today he wasn't there, so Autumn enjoyed her day off by actually being her normal self. When Itachi had been watching her she would be the serious easily annoyed person she made herself seem to be, but in truth in was with her friends that she felt most comfortable, and she was always open with them. But with Itachi watching her every move, her secrets could be spread, and used against her. Autumn was still very wary of the Akatsuki, she understood that they were an evil organization that was mad up of mass murders, that could possibly kill her at any second, but at least they're hot right? (Joking) She still wasn't sure about why they were really there in the first place, but she was happy with her new ninja powers, in the past few weeks Autumn had learned how to focus her chakra and walk on solid objects, she was going to work on standing on water later, after she learned better chakra control.
I'm getting off topic here, on to After School…
Autumn really wanted to ride the bus home since Itachi had dragged her home with him every day, but she promised herself that she was going to stop by the library first, and get some audio tapes for Itachi so he can learn to read. After saying goodbye to her friends Autumn skated down the street, on her way to the library.
At the library
Autumn put her skateboard in her backpack and set that down on one of the tables near the entrance,
"Hey Autumn, long time no see." Came a voice from behind her.
'Crap,' Autumn thought to herself, as she closed her eyes. She recognized that voice, but in her mind she hoped she was wrong. Slowly turning around to face the person she opened her eyes.
'Sometimes I hate it when I'm right,' It was Kristina, 'I forgot she worked here,' Kristina took up a job at the library last summer with her mom, since then Autumn had done her best to avoid this place at all costs since then.
"Why so quiet? Surprised to see me?" Kristina asked, smirking.
"No, no surprise here, and I'm not sure if you've forgotten, but I'm pretty sure that you saw the back of my head this morning at practice, then again I couldn't tell since you were so far away." Autumn replied with a smirk of her own. Kristina made a face and walked away, leaving Autumn to continue on her quest. Kristina was last chair in the clarinet section, she used to be the first chair, and when she was, she would always gloat about it, eventually after the playing exam, she was moved to last because she hadn't been practicing. Walking over to the audio section Autumn started to browse.
"Hey Fall." Hearing her name she turned quickly, only to face, her friend J.J.
"Oh, hey, I was kinda hoping for David. We were all supposed to meet here." She said, looking behind him, and off to the side.
"Yeah, I haven't seen him all day, that's why I'm here, I was hoping he would be here with his brother." J.J. said, pointing to David's little brother who was sitting off to the side.
"Well I haven't seen him since this morning, so I can't help ya, do his girlfriends know?" She asked, picking up a few disks.
"Ha-ha, good one, I'm sure Lyn knows."
"Who?" Someone said from behind her, causing Autumn to literally jump 3 feet into the air.
(PZ: Just one of the setbacks of being a ninja)
"Ha-ha, loser," Mandy (PZ: coughcoughDavid'sexgirlfriendcough) said, standing next to J.J.
"Look who's talking, at least I ain't deaf!"
"Shut up,"
"Right, I need to go, so laters!"
"Bye!"
"See ya!" Autumn left knowing what was soon to come, JJ being ever honest told Mandy what they were talking about, and by the time the screams of pain began, Autumn was already out.
Skating down the street, Autumn's mind wandered,
'Just what had happened to David anyway?' Well, unknown to her, the answer was soon to come.
At Home…
Autumn silently entered the house, hoping not to be noticed, (PZ: In a house full of ninjas? you've got to be kidding me!) As soon as she reached the stairs, she was cut by a kunai flying past her cheek.
"You're late! We were expecting you to be home over an hour ago!" Kisame yelled, from the top of the stairway.
"Gee, I'm sorry Mom, ya gonna send me to my room?" Autumn asked, rolling her eyes. Kisame glared at her and walked away.
'Now may not be the best of times to be here, I think I'll just go and wait until it's safe.' Autumn thought to herself, as she slowly backed away, but it was too late, as she was backing up she ran into Deidara, who was standing there conveniently. Deidara grabbed her by her waist, and carried her under his arm like a piece of luggage, all the way through the closet.
"Ahh! Let go of me you crazy pyro!"
"Shut up un, Leader-sama was expecting you home over an hour ago, and now he's not in a very good mood."
"For cry'in out loud! What are you people my parents!?"
"No, but when Leader gets pissed... I'll let you figure that one out, hm." He said dropping her in the video room passed her library.
When Autumn looked up what she saw was beyond shocking, it was... it was... it was... OH THE HORROR!! (PZ: I'm just wastin time here)
It was David, and he was playing DDR Extreme 2! On expert! Against Pein! And winning! OMFG the world has gone mad. (PZ: Or it could just be me.)
Pein, who was on the same level as David, was failing miserably, after awhile he tripped over his own feet, and fell, causing Autumn to laugh. David didn't notice since he was too busy paying attention to the TV screen.
"Someone wanna tell me what's going on here?"
"I'm not quite sure myself," David said, snapping out of his trance.
"Dave! Why are you in my house!?"
"Well, you see, umm... How do I put this?"
"We kidnapped him!" Tobi said, cheerfully.
"Why!?"
"Because..."
"Because WHY??"
"BECAUSE IT'S PAYBACK BITCH!!" Hidan yelled, pointing to his foot.
"Umm, how is this payback, I don't see anything wrong,"
"The original plan was to kidnap someone dear to you, and force you to watch them get tortured!" Tobi said, bouncing up and down.
"Ok, so what happened to that plan?"
"We got bored, un." Deidara said, leaning against the wall.
"Right then, why in Pein doing it then?"
"I challenged him in exchange for my freedom." David explained.
"Well, I think you've won." Autumn said, getting up and walking over to him.
"So... Why him?" She asked, eyeing everyone in the room.
"Well he seemed to be close to you, he IS your boyfriend and all" Hidan said, glaring at her.
"Oh THAT'S what I forgot, David, JJ told your ex-girlfriend that you were missing." That earned her a good bump on the head.
"She was NEVER my GIRLFRIEND."
"I beg to differ."
"STFU!!"
"Right, ya mind if I play?"
"Go on ahead," Pein said from the floor.
"Thanks." Autumn said, taking Pein's place.
"You can choose the song," Autumn just nodded and choose "Cartoon heroes" she smirked as she felt all eyes on them.
-ARE YOU READY?-
-GO!!-
Autumn jumped right into it, only missing 1 or 2 steps. She was sure that out of the corner of her eye she saw Hidan's jaw reach the floor.
After she was done, she had:
AA
And David no baka had...
B
"HAHA! I WIN! BELIEVE IT!!" David looked at her.
"... Never... Ever... Say that again."
"Right." Looking back at the Akatsuki, who all except Itachi, Konan, and Zetsu were present, they were all staring in shock.
How could SHE do something their leader could not? As if reading their minds Autumn smiled and spoke.
"Looks to me that your "Leader" is a pansy." Pein glared at her, but just shook his head and sat down in Sasuke's emo corner.
"So, who's next?" Tobi pushed Hidan forward.
"I'll go easy on you," she said lowering the level to standard. Lets just say that, Hidan lost before it had begun. And Hidan joined Pein in Sasuke's emo corner. When Autumn looked to challenge Tobi, he was already gone.
"Okay, I'll just go now," she said, walking away from the emo corner before it swallowed her up with it's emo-ness, apparently it already got to David, since he was sitting with everyone else.
"Right…" And with that Autumn ran for her still optimistic life.
Later...
Because Pein was in the middle of one of his "moods" Autumn didn't have to train that night, instead, she was teaching (Watching) Itachi to read. Truthfully she just dumped the CDs on him and watched as he first had to figure out how to work the player, then started to try and read. Itachi got it down pretty quickly, and Autumn had to get him a dictionary, because he wanted to finish his "education" Autumn watched with interest as Itachi read 28 volumes under an hour. That led into a staring contest. Autumn stared at Itachi's sharingan activated eyes with interest as the types changed several times. Finally, after he changed it to Mangekyou for the third time, Autumn blinked.
"NNNNOOOOOOOooooooooo!!" Itachi smirked at her childish antics, and laid back on the bed, closing his eyes.
"Wait! You can't fall asleep yet!!" Autumn yelled glaring at him, to no affect.
"AT LEAST GO TO YOUR OWN ROOM!!" Itachi ignored her as she kept complaining. Eventually Autumn grew tired, she usually wasn't this active in one day, and even when she was, she had either caffeine or sugar, to keep her awake. Autumn closed her eyes and put her head on Itachi's chest, quickly falling into a deep sleep.
Itachi opened his eyes as he felt a weight on his chest. As he did, he saw Autumn sleeping peacefully. He smirked and tucked her under the covers, gently picking her off of him; she unconsciously wrapped her arms around his waist. He set her down leaving her arms where they were. He just put his head on the pillow and fell asleep.
7:00 am
-BOOM!!!-
Itachi's eyes burst open as his peaceful slumber was disturbed by a loud and somewhat familiar noise. His eyes darted around the room; he was in an unfamiliar place. Thinking that he had been captured, Itachi tried to ready himself for an attack, but as he reached for a kunai, he found that something was in the way, preventing his hand from reaching the kunai hidden in his cloak. Looking down to glare at the annoyance, he was met with a mess of brown hair. Memories of the last few weeks rushed back to him, especially those of last night. Itachi smirked down at Autumn; he couldn't help but think of how much she resembled Sasuke when he was younger. Itachi gently tried to untangle her arms from around his waist.
"No, Mommy don't leave me... Not again." Autumn muttered in her sleep clinging onto Itachi as if her life depended on it. Itachi, nudged her awake and smirked. As she woke up Autumn felt oddly warm. Slowly bringing her head up to face whatever had woken her up in the first place.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! OMFG!!WTFH!!" And to this Itachi raised an eyebrow, because he had absolutely no idea what the heck this crazy little girl just said. Autumn blushed madly, mentally kicking herself for letting this happen in the first place,
"Umm, disregard that," she said quickly getting up. "So what did you wake me up for anyway?" Before Itachi could Answer Tobi burst into the room.
"He's back! He's back!!"
"Who's back?" Autumn asked, confused.
"He's back! He's back!"
"Yes I'm pretty sure you've established that already,"
"He's back He's back!!"
"I've noticed." Autumn was getting pissed.
"He's back! He's back!!"
"Tobi..." Itachi sharingan-glared at him.
"But, he's back!"
"DAMN IT TOBI WILL YOU JUST TELL US ALREADY BEFORE I DECIDE TO SHOOT YOU IN THE HEAD!!" And at this point Autumn was severely beyond P..
"B-but Tobi is a good boy..." Tobi sniffed, causing Autumn to sigh,
"Yes Tobi is a good boy," 'But Tobi is about to be a good boy with a bullet through his face!!' Autumn thought to herself leaning on Itachi, who just happened to be behind her.
"Tobi just tell us." Itachi said still glaring.
Tobi gulped, "I-it's-" Before he could finish his sentence Deidara burst into the room, smiling wickedly.
"Sasori-Danna is back, un, you know what that means?" Deidara asked Tobi more than anyone else.
"Ummm, I have another uninvited guest, living in my house?" Autumn answered, questioningly.
"No one was talking to you, hm, no It means that Tobi can go back to whatever hole he came out of!" Apparently he was excited. Autumn cleared her throat drawing all attention to her.
"Actually because Tobi has the ring, he's an official member, because Sasori died, he'll have to re-earn the rights to join Akatsuki once again, and even then, you still need the ring from Orochimaru, and then he'd be partnered with Zetsu." Autumn stated as- a-matter-of-factly. Deidara face faulted; sometimes the truth is not the best thing to say. Meanwhile Autumn, already dressed, walked past Deidara and Tobi, and grabbed her stuff, checking to see if she had everything. Checking the clock 7:15, Autumn turned off the alarm, just in case.
"I'm going to school early today, because of band, so..." Autumn looked up at Itachi, who seemed to be staring at her intently.
"Umm... Okay, Itachi could you take a brake from stalking me, just for today?" After that thing with David yesterday, she wasn't sure about leaving them alone anymore, especially now that they had another one, Oh Joy. To Autumn's relief, Itachi nodded, knowing what she meant.
"Okay good, now it would be even better is I knew where my iPod was." Autumn said looking through her bag.
"Your what?" Tobi asked, Deidara looked confused, and Itachi just raised an eyebrow.
"Don't bother asking, I think I know where it is." She said starting to circle Tobi. "Tobi, have you picked up anything shiny lately?" She asked, crossing her arms.
"Maaayyyyyyyyyyyyyybbeeeeeee..."
"Well then I suggest that you empty your pockets right now," Autumn said tapping her foot. Big mistake. Tobi started emptying his pockets. First a chocolate bar, then a yo-yo, then a pencil, then some plant food, then some chopsticks...
5 minutes later...
Then some stolen Rolexes, then some clay, then... Finally! The iPod! Autumn grabbed it before he threw it to the ground.
"Okay! Thank you! I really need to go now, so do me a favor and put all this stuff back in you pockets, and get the heck out of my room!" Autumn said, casually walking away, and then as soon as she was out of the room she sprinted down the hallway, down the stairs, only to bump into something on the way down.
"OW!!" Autumn said scrambling to get her stuff in order again.
"Autumn," Pein called.
"Can't talk, I'm gonna be late!" she said, heading toward the door once again, only to be blocked by Konan.
"You may want to listen." she said, not really caring. Autumn turned to face Pein and the person she had just run into, wow, it really was Sasori, Autumn just thought it was another joke.
"What?" Autumn said impatiently, earning a glare.
"I would like you to meet our former member Akasuna no Sasori," he said gesturing to Sasori.
"Right, good for you, I gotta run, if I actually wanna eat today." She said running past Pein and into the garage, only to return six seconds later, and grabbing her skateboard, which was leaning against the wall.
"I knew I was missing something." She said, hurrying out the door.
At School
Autumn ran into the music room panting, she didn't have a chance to eat breakfast, and she was still late.
"Thank you for finally deciding to join us Miss Autumn!" said the band director; "It's a pleasure to see you at rehearsal for once!"
"I'm at rehearsal!"
"Yes, symphonic rehearsal, not jazz rehearsal." Autumn sighed, and took her place at the piano in the back.
School sucks, so let's skip 7 hours ahead
Autumn skated, through the tunnels heading west; she wasn't going home just yet. Along side her was her best friend May.
"Hey Autumn did you hear the news?" May asked. May looked a bit like Autumn, except she liked to wear her hair down, and it was really curly, and instead of brown, her hair was red. Also May's eyes, instead of brown, were a shocking blue.
"About what?" May gasped, how could she not know!?
"The DANCE!!"
"There's a dance coming up?"
"Well, duh! The Halloween Dance!"
"Oh, Halloween, I almost forgot about that."
"So are you going with anyone?" May was the type of person, who could get really worked up over one thing, and then... well you'll find out soon enough.
"Yeah,"
"OMG! Who?"
"The same people I always go with,"
"Who!?"
"I'll tell you when you calm down,"
"I'M CALM NOW JUST TELL ME ALREADY!!"
"...Okay,"
"Finally!"
"It's not that big of a deal,"
"Yes. It. Is." May glared at her with such intensity, Autumn couldn't see it, but she sure felt it, it was as bad as being sharingan glared at by Itachi.
"The Obsessionists,"
"No fair!"
"Why not? I thought you joined them last year?"
"No I met them last year!"
"... Oh well,"
"OH WELL!? I'M GOING TO BE ALL ALONE!!"
"No, you can go with... The group in the corner!" Autumn said without thinking.
"Oh, heck no! I don't even know half those people!"
"... Yeah you do, The Group In The Corner, is where all of the Obsessionists started you know."
"SO?"
"Forget it." Autumn said as they surfaced from the tunnels on the other side of town.
"So are we still on for Sunday?"
"You know it!"
"Cool!" Autumn followed her friend inside, as they planned their trick or treat route. (If there's candy involved, you're never too old! Also, the group names, have meanings, due to the relationships, and locations. The groups mentioned are real, at our school, just under different names.)
Autumn was taking the tunnels home, the way she was going was covered with rocks and other obstacles, she couldn't skate, she walked instead. Autumn hummed to herself as she walked. It was a good thing she got her iPod this morning, or else she would have been bored.
"Hey Fall!"
"EEEEEP!" Autumn fell over and looked up, in the dark she could make out the face of... David! Autumn watched as he laughed, until someone behind him smacked him over the head.
"Mandy!"
"Don't forget me!" a smaller voice said. Autumn looked past Mandy to see... Lyn!
"What are you guys doing here?" Autumn asked, standing up and dusting off her clothes.
"We were on our way back from the library, until Davie here spotted you... And how did he do that in the dark anyway?" Lyn explained. Turning to glare at David at the end.
"I'm awesome like that," he said, his smile clearly visible in the dark.
"Well I'm honored that you would care!" Autumn said, performing a mock-bow. "So, we're still going to the dance together, right?"
"Sure!"
"Of course!"
"Yeah!"
"Thanks guys!" The Obsessionists smiled and left. (If you haven't figured it out yet, there you go)
Autumn looked at her watch for about a full minute before she remembered that she couldn't see in the dark, and pressed a button making in light up, so she could see it. 16:38 (4:38) her watch said. Autumn double-checked her watch before she started to panic. She had completely forgotten about the Akatsuki! (Is that a good thing or a bad thing?) Autumn got over her moment of panic as soon as she remembered Sasori. Instead she just continued on her way, thinking about stopping for ice cream just to waste time.
After Autumn finally decides to go home... 4:52
Autumn scanned the perimeter before she dared to approach her house, she wasn't sure what was going to happen when she stepped through that door, but she was certain it wasn't going to be good. Autumn first stepped into the garage, and put away her skateboard, for the first time in months, and slowly walked toward the front door. Right before she even reached the doorknob Kisame opened the door, picked her up and threw her inside.
"Ouch..." Autumn muttered as she landed face first in her living room.
"You're late." Pein stated, looking up from what he was previously doing, which was talking to the rest of the Akatsuki. Apparently he was having a meeting.
"I was busy," She said, taking her some how not smashed ice cream bar out of her pocket, and biting into it.
"Doing what?"
"Stuff, seriously what are you my mother?" Pein glared at her, and motioned for Sasori to stand.
"As I mentioned this morning, this is Sasori,"
"Great, tell me something I don't know,"
"You should respect your elders, shoujo," Sasori said, also glaring at her. Autumn's eyes scanned Sasori up and down, he wasn't inside his puppet, he was just wearing standard shinobi pants, and his Akatsuki cloak. Autumn rolled her eyes,
"In technical terms, you're all about 2 years old, since the anime first premiered in 2005, and it's currently 2007, 2 vs. 12. I win, By the way, the next person to call me 'little girl' in any language, is going to get a bullet to the brain!" Autumn smirked triumphantly, until Deidara came and smacked her on the back of her head.
"Shut up, un,"
"My house, my rules,"
"Yeah, but we already broke those rules, un, remember?" Autumn thought about this for a second, before she spoke,
"Right, about that... I hate you all." Deidara shrugged and walked away.
"It's come to my attention that we've been too lenient on you, and your training." Pein stated, all attention refocusing on him.
"What? No!"
"And because my evaluation is now over, we can focus on your actual training," Pein said. Deidara, Tobi, Kisame, and Hidan snickered. A strong sense of dread spread over Autumn as she realized for the first time that she was in a room full of S-class criminals, these people could actually kill her.