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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anyone in it, but Talin is mine.
"Well, you actually got something good. And you bothered to cut the good meat out. Maybe Itachi finally found a way to get something into that rock you call a brain." Kisame taunted as she walked into the camp. She glared at him, and put the meat over the fire. "Well, I'm always prepared for a chakra and energy transfer if needed. You on the other hand, with as much chakra as you rant about, can't give him even a little bit. So shut up and keep an eye on the meat." She ordered him. He glared, nose scrunching up, and grumbled something under his breath as he turned back to the fire. As much as he hated the kid, he wasn't going against Itachi.
Talin walked over to her sleeping brother, and kneeling beside him, placed a cold palm on his forehead. "A bit of a fever… no surprise considering you used Amaterasu and Mangekyo all in 5 minutes time, plus your fight with Kakashi… Ah Itachi…" She murmured to herself. She noticed the ring glittering in the light. The kanji on it standed for scarlet, or bloody. Talin sighed, looking at her own Akatsuki ring. The kanji symbol for fire rested on her ring finger. "Talin…" A voice suddenly breathed, interrupting her thoughts. She looked down at Itachi. His onyx eyes blinked up at her, tired and weary. "Yes?" She asked, smiling a little. He almost smiled a little too. "What's for dinner?" He asked.
Talin laughed a little. "Venison, for once. Just relax, Kisame and I got it all under control." She said. She got up and turned to walk away when one of his hands gripped tightly around her ankle. "Stop being so nice." He seemed to growl. She looked down at him, and nodding slightly, stepped free of his hand. Feeling ashamed, like a scolded child, she stayed quiet as she got the best out of all the meat now sitting aside to cool. As Itachi got up, she handed a plate over, and a fork and knife, and then stepped back, head bowed slightly. She then sat down to her own meal, eating normally while Kisame tore into the meat like a wild animal. Itachi noted to himself, "She's taken the smallest amount, given me the largest, and Kisame's isn't much smaller. Smart child, but she needs her energy. I depend on it in times of need."
Once all were finished, they sat around, busying themselves. Talin was sharpening the blade of her sword, eyes trained to every spark, a half smirk on her face. Kisame was re-wrapping the bandages on his own sword, and was repairing the handle, which although Talin found nothing wrong with it, Kisame said was loose. And Itachi was thinking about his goals, and his little battle with Sasuke. "You never will get enough hatred, Sasuke. I'm on the dark side, you the light, and Talin is half and half. You live just for the purpose of killing me. I guess it never occurred to you of what would happen to you after you'd reached that goal. You'll have nothing after that, and lose your strength, your will to destroy me. But you'll never reach that point, because you'll never win. As for Talin… she's there to put you out of your misery. Or she'll simply be your midway point. If you defeat her, you might actually have a slight chance of injuring me, maybe hurting me, but you'll never take me down. You have the heart of the light side… you may not even have the heart to kill her. She would kill you if it were my wishes, and hers too. As for me… you mean nothing to me right now. And I doubt you'll ever be worth my attention." He was snapped out of his thoughts by a large snapping sound.
Talin was breaking large sticks in half in her hands like they were toothpicks, and was setting the ends on fire with her fingers, and then stabbing them into the ground like they were torches. She created a circle around them doing this. "Talin, what're you doing?" Kisame asked, almost sounding annoyed. "Building up. Tonight feels right. Chakra emanates from everything around here. It's a full moon, Kisame. Usually I'd go off on my own, but I don't feel like killing any ninja I pass over, about a mile out there." She said, jerking her head to the right. "So? What are you doing?" Kisame repeated. She sighed, annoyed. "I'm building up chakra to turn into fire element chakra so I can give it to Itachi so he can use Amaterasu more often. He never seems to have enough of it for more than once. And, I'm taking a small portion of that to help rebuild from the lack he lost from the Mangekyo. Now stop bugging me so I can get this over with." She growled.
As Kisame growled something very quietly, she waved her hand at the large fire, and it went out. "If you two would get out of the circle, that'd be great." She said. The two did so without a word, interested. Not even Itachi had seen her do this, nor knew she even did it. She sat in the center, legs crossed, and crossed her index and middle fingers, and then places her hands over each other, and then onto her lap. Her lips formed silent words, and suddenly the flames burst out in colors of red, orange and yellow instead of just yellow. The flames grew bigger, and suddenly strands of scarlet light shot from one to the other cross the circle, creating a web of scarlet beams. Then it all shrunk into a spot just above Talin, and dropped down into her. But it wasn't over. Shadows of light came out of the darkness, and shot into her as well. Then, as the fire died all on its own, she seemed to collapse.
In the darkness, Kisame walked over. He felt immense amounts of chakra close by, and went in that direction until his foot lightly bumped into her. She was sitting up, but she seemed half unconscious. "That was a lot more than I'd expected… I'm getting a lot better at finding even the smallest amounts… I took in much more than usual." She said, sounding happy. Kisame reached down, grabbing her arm, and lifted her effortlessly to her feet. Dragging her over, he sat her down against a tree, and relit the fire using stone and flint. As the fire relit, Talin grabbed onto something in her pocket. Pulling out a compact scroll, she opened it. "Good, just as I left it." She said, grinning. Placing it on the ground in front of her, she flashed a bunch of hand signs, and placed her index fingertips on the space in the center of the scroll. A fire symbol appeared, and another one representing chakra. Then she made a slit on her forearm, and let it drip into the center. Getting up, she walked over, with slight effort, to Itachi, and sat in front of him, handing over a clean kunai. He slit his own forearm and let the blood drop, and then Talin closed it, tying it shut.
"Ready?" She asked. "You sure you want to do it this second? You just absorbed all of that, now you're giving it to someone else… you're useless if you're passed out." Itachi said. "I won't pass out. And I'm only giving you 90. I need a little for myself." She replied, getting up. She held out a hand, and Itachi took it, allowing her to pull him to his feet as well. "Here we go." She said, and held the scroll out with both hands. It began to glow scarlet. "Ok, now." She said. Itachi grabbed the scroll, and the scarlet shot out, spiraling around his arms and disappearing into his chest. As the color finally faded, the scroll simply turned to dust in their hands, and blew off in the wind. Talin felt dizzy as she stood there, trying not to show any signs of being weak. Itachi seemed to wake up, and grinned. "That's more than enough… very good, Talin." He said. She nodded.
After a little bit, Talin leaned against the tree after sitting down, and grinned, looking at the gleaming, sharp edge of her sword. "So, do we stay the night, or are we moving out?" Kisame asked after a while, cracking his knuckles. "Well, if we stay the night, there's the risk of being caught, and we're just wasting time. If we go, we'll be tired from no sleep… but we might get some ground. I think we should go." Itachi said, sounding bored. "Then again, Talin is in no shape to travel…" Itachi said. Talin's head snapped up. "I'm fine, I can go." She said quickly. "We're not pushing you beyond your limits." Itachi said, serious. "I will push myself as much as I want. We're going." She said firmly, getting up. Next thing Kisame knew, Itachi smashed Talin into the tree, holding her by her throat from a foot off the ground.
"I can feel the love in the air." Kisame murmured, backing away a little. "Are you challenging me?" Itachi asked. She tried to say something, but had no air to do so. "What was that?" Itachi snarled, and slightly released. "No." She gasped, fists clenched tight. "Good. Because you'd die if you were. Now, if you're so sure of yourself, let's go." Itachi said, and dropped her. She sat where she landed, taking a few deep breaths, before quickly getting up. She slid her sword on, blew out the fire with a wave of her hand, and stood waiting next to Kisame, face hidden behind her robe, looking down. "All right, let's move out." Itachi said, and the group started running.
"Little sister… you're so stubborn. Sometimes it comes in handy, but in this situation… normally I don't offer anything for your good. Now, you may just pay the price by either slowing us down or completely stopping us… or hurting yourself by pushing yourself." Itachi thought as they ran. A long time later, with the moon setting and the sky beginning to lighten, Talin hadn't slowed down or stopped at all. She didn't even look tired. Kisame was panting a little, and Itachi was just beginning to feel tired. The moment the top of the sun touched the horizon they stopped, right outside a small village. "Let's find a place to stay, shall we?" Itachi asked, and instantly all 3 of their appearances changed. Itachi now looked like a 40 year old man, Kisame looked like a normal 27 year old, and Talin changed into a 17 year old. They also changed their hair and completely changed their faces, skin tone, voices; even their clothes seemed to change. "Alright, let's go." Itachi said, and they walked into the village.
Soon enough they found a house for rent and took it. Talin took the couch, since there were only two bedrooms. They remained in their genjutsu forms for the rest of the morning. Towards noon, Talin went out and bought food.
As she was picking out apples out of the small market, she realized her hands were shaking tremendously. "I've used up a lot of energy… my nerves are tired. So is the rest of my body… oh well. I'll take a nap when I get home." She thought as she handed over the money. She turned, and bumped into a tall, annoyed looking man. "Watch where you're going, kid." He growled, stepping forcefully around her. Anger rushed through her veins, pumping in her ears. "Kill him!" Her conscious shrieked. And she was close to, but then remembered, "We're here to relax for a while… maybe on the way out." Sighing, she turned, and carrying the small bag of apples and other food, headed to the house.
Just as she'd put the bag down to unlock the door (which Kisame had done just to annoy her) 3 shuriken thudded into the wall next to her. Tensed up, she spun around, and flashing a kunai out, blocked more of the flying shuriken. She saw three 20-year-old boys; clad in ninja gear from The Village Hidden in the Mist, standing just beyond the edge of the yard, shuriken in hand. "You guys got a problem?" She asked, holding the kunai tightly. "We want you and the other two you came with to fight us for that house. We need it." The one, the obvious leader, said. I sighed. "I never get a break… oh well. No need to tire the others out anymore." She thought, and said, "All right. Fight me. 3 against 1. If you can manage to get past me, you might just stand a chance against Kisame. But that's only a 10 chance. So, when and where?" She asked, smiling.
The one laughed. "You'll be down for the count in 5 minutes. No one can stand against us." He said. I raised an eyebrow. "Is that a challenge? I could just kill you now and get this over with." I said, and turning, unlocked the door. "Don't ever turn your back to your enemy! That's one of the first things you're supposed to know! Are you some kind of death wisher or something?" The other one asked. "Even if you attacked me from behind, you wouldn't hit me." She replied simply. Angered growls came from them. "Fine. 10 minutes from now, in the field at the west end of the main street. And let your friends now so when we win we don't have to kick them out with force." The leader said, and they disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Dead guys… stupid." She murmured, and slipped inside. I put everything in the fridge, and set the small alarm clock in the living room to 7 minutes, and then collapsed on the couch, and instantly drifted into a dark and dreary world.
The alarm clock obnoxiously beeped until I finally slammed my fist onto the snooze button, and then turned it off. "Ok… time to add 3 bodies to the graveyard." She sighed, getting up. "Just where do you think you're going?" A tired voice asked from the kitchen. "To kill a bunch of guys who challenged me for the house." She replied simply, and kept going towards the door. Just as her hand touched the handle, and the door cracked open, a hand slammed onto the door, closing it. Talin froze, feeling Itachi's breath hot on the back of her neck. "You'll lose." He said darkly. "Not with what I have planned. I don't lose often." She replied, hand resting gently on the doorknob. "Sharingan? Is that what you have planned? Are you going to turn them against each other, manipulate them… maybe you'll just confuse them and while they wander around stupefied you'll take them down." He said, sounding like a tactician. "I wasn't talking about Sharingan, Itachi. I'm using my sword and my shuriken, if that gives you a hint. I've been meaning to try a new jutsu on someone anyways. Now can I go? It wouldn't be good to be late for an appointment with death." She said, almost tauntingly.
Itachi's fingers seemed to dig into the wood for a moment. "And if you lose? We get kicked out?" He asked, teeth gritted. "Yup." She replied simply, tensing up. Any moment now, she was expecting him to hit her, or yell at her… or maybe something worse. He sighed, slowly, almost labored sounding. "You better win. And if you don't, you better wish you die in the fight." He growled, and pulling the door open forcefully, shoved her out. As she looked over her shoulder, she watched as his eye glinted as the door closed on it. "He's extra moody today." She thought, and then walked towards the designation.
"Well, you showed up, by yourself too. I'm amazed." The leader said. "This will be over in 10 minutes at the most. So don't make this hard, and maybe I won't kill you." She said, grinning. Tension flowed so strongly in the air as they waited for one or the other to make the first move… tension so strong you could cut it with a knife. Suddenly, Talin grinned, a bloodthirsty smile, and her disguise dropped. Opening her eyes, the Sharingan glowed.
"You! You're one of the Uchihas! You must be Talin Uchiha, in the Bingo Book!!! That must mean the other two are Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki!!! You're all S-rank ninja, wanted for extreme criminal offenses! What are you doing here?!" One asked, fear heavy in their voice. "Aww, now you know who we are… I guess I will have to kill you 3. Sorry." Talin said, and pulling out shuriken, 1 in each hand, she placed her hands together, forming multiple hand signs. "First, to start off… Shadow Shuriken Jutsu!" She said. Instantly, more than 50 shuriken dumped to the ground at her feet. She flashed a few more signs. "Shuriken Suspension Jutsu!" She said. The shuriken shot into the air, and hung still all around her. "Now, for the finale!!!" She cried, and flashing a few more hand signs, cried out…
I now realize as I read over my story, I forgot to explain something to you from Chapter 2!!! (I slapped myself for this!!!) Anyways, the part when Sasuke and Talin and Itachi were all out in the street, remember how Itachi made a cut over Talin's forearm. He'd done that, for one thing, just because he felt like it, and two, to mark her. The scar comes into action later!!!
Really sorry, but this is where the chapter ends, for now. You must wait until the next chapter to see what happens. Yes, I know, we all hate cliffhangers. I promise, I will try not to disappoint you with what we're hanging on!!! REVIEWS, YOU MUST GIVE ME REVIEWS OR THE CHAPTER MIGHT TAKE LONGER TO COME OUT!!! I NEED INCOURAGEMENT!!!