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Upclaimer: It's Xmas vacation! Win! Happy Holidays my beautiful and devilishly handsome (no I'm not buttering you up!) readers!
Being of use!
"What are we supposed to do with a girl with pink ears?" Hidan said bluntly. Ah, Hidan and your direct straight to the point ways.
"We're going to discuss that Hidan." Pein replied.
"I think we should eat her" Zetsu grinned. Deidara let out a simultaneous shudder.
"She seems to have been in fights a few times." Itachi commented.
"Continue." Pein ordered.
"She has multiple scars and wounds. And she had blood in her hair that was, apparently,from Kabuto of the Sound." Itachi informed. The whole group sat in silence absorbing this information.
"Well, I don't think we should let her stay unless she can be of some use." Hidan monotoned.
"I agree." Deidara backed Hidan up, wanting to get rid of the pink haired trouble maker before things got worse. Though he wondered how it could and shuddered at the thought of it possibly getting to that point.
"You just want to get rid of her." Konan accused.
"Noo~." They lied in synch. (AN: think about the 'in synch')
"I have to agree with them Konan. We need to be able form this in someway, because using Orochimaru's experiment for our own gain has turned out way to risky." Pein said.
"No kidding..." Kisame mumbled, against the whole idea of picking up someone's scraps from the beginning.
Hidan and Deidara smirked at Konan, triumphant and certain that Sakura wouldn't be good for anything.
Konan growled and shouted, "Alright then! I'll teach her everything I know!" She then proceeded to storm out, mumbling about men and how they all deserve to die.
"Wait...Konan knows stuff?" Tobi asked.
The next day!
Sakura (formerly known as the pink haired girl) stood in black spandex shorts, a white tank top and her hair was pulled into a ponytail. She had a black trash-bag in her grasp and stood dumbly next to Konan with blind loyalty.
"Sakura, do you see the man mess?" Konan asked. Sakura nodded, looking at the trash and dirty clothes strewn down the hall of the 'Male Wing'. "To prove you are indeed useful to the incompetent men of the Akatsuki you must throw all the trash into that bag and the clothes into this hamper." She said patting a 3 foot tall basket.
"Kay!" Sakura said.
"After that use this to sweep the hall." Konan set a broom against the hamper. "I'll be in my room when you're done. The sooner you start the sooner you prove to the others you can stay here!" With that said Konan left Sakura to the monstrous task.
Sakura stared down the long hall , wondering how to start. She set the hamper in the middle of the hall and then stretched her arms and legs. She got down on her hands and knees and bent her ears back. Her muscles coiled and suddenly she shot forward with a growl.
She tore down the hall scooping up all the dirty clothes with insane speed and dexterity. When she reached the end of the seemingly endless hall she dashed to the hamper and dropped a comically large stack of' way past ripe' shirts and other clothing into the hamper. She leapt to the top of the miniature mountain of dirty laundry and packed it into the basket by jumping on it.
Once finished with that part she grabbed the broom shot down the hall and began pushing all the trash back towards the hamper. She had to go back down the hall again, as her broom was too small. After she had gathered up all the trash began stuffing it into the trash-bag. She crinkled her nose as she hafted the bag over her shoulder. Grunting under its weight and receiving strange looks from passing Akatsuki members. With a relieved sigh she dropped the trash next to the kitchen trash-can.
Letting out a tired sigh and remember Tobi's tip of sugar giving you energy (yeah like her needs it) Sakura rummaged through the fridge and pulled out a soda. She opened it and her cat ears perked at the *shh* of the bubbling and the *crack* of the tap opening the can.
Deidara who was looking for lunch entered the kitchen. He had to suppress the urge to groan at the sight of Sakura, he couldn't believe his dumb luck. Sakura's ears twitched and caught his attention, he stared at her ears which stood tall as she took large gulps of the tasty drink. . Slowly he reached for them, touching the tips lightly. Sakura twitched Deidara scratched the base of both the furry ears. A purr erupted from her throat.
Sakura tilted her head back and stared at Deidara who was entranced by the rumbling she was able to produce from he throat. Realizing what he was doing he jerked his hands back. Sakura (who was unsure of what just happened) simply took another swig of her carbonated drink. Which caused Deidara to grab the can which caused Sakura to growl in protest which caused him to give her a look that dared her to do anything which made her reach for it which just made Deidara take a large gulp of her drink.
"Nyo! That's me's!" Sakura exclaimed.
Deidara retaliated by taking a large gulp of her drink. Sakura's ears flopped against her head and she pouted.
"Don't be a baby." Deidara mocked.
Sakura's pout vanished and was replaced by a scowl. Deidara smirked and raised the drink back up to his lips. Sakura let out a growl and once again slugged him in the gut. When he leaned forward she grabbed the soda and headed back to the 'Male Wing'. to grab the hamper of clothes.
Kakuzu had just finished his training for the day and had just finished peeling off his shirt dropped it on the ground when he heard feet running down the hall. He turned to see who it was and was whacked with a broom wielding Sakura who was infuriated. She also shouted "Man mess!' while in mid-swing.
As he saw stars she pointed the broom at him and shouted, "Nyo more man messes!"
Satisfied she had taught a lesson to an unsuspecting student she grabbed the hamper and headed to the laundry room, passing Kisame who was starting to think twice about the empty sake bottle he was about to drop.
Upon entering the laundry room Sakura immediately began to separate the lights from the darks and started a new load.
When she was done she headed to wards Konan's room. As she padded down the hall on her hands and feet Tobi was skipping down the hall to Konan's room for an update on Sakura. Sakura entered the scene just when Konan finished relaying the task Sakura had been given.
Sakura promptly tackled Tobi on sight. He let out a laugh and ruffled her hair.
"Tovi!" she exclaimed.
"How are you, Sakura?" Tobi asked.
"Okay...but Dei was mean to me." She pouted
"Deidara? What happened?" Konan questioned.
"I took a break for a drink an' he stoled it! So i hit him on the tummy!" She said, happily.
Tobi and Konan laughed the image of Deidara getting hit by a small girl completely monopolizing their though process.
"Let's go start a load of laundry." Konan said, calming down.
"Uh...I already did that..."Sakura said, worried she'd done something wrong.
"Did you separate the lights from the darks?" Konan asked. Sakura nodded her head vigorously and Konan smiled her approval...then grinned as a most devious plan popped into her head
Pein had just finished the paperwork on Tobi and Deidara's mission and was heading to the kitchen to grab something to eat when he stopped. He was mesmerized by the sight, sound, and smell of Sakura at work in the Kitchen. After prying his eyes from what seemed like an angel sent to Earth he was surprised to see the other 9 members of the Akatsuki entranced as well.
"Konan, I'm assuming you found a way she can be of use?" Pein asked.
"Uh-huh." Konan replied.
"I'm also going to assume that Hidan and Deidara are okay with her staying with us. To help around headquarters."
"Oh yeah." The said n sync.
XxX
It was 7 PM and Sakura was just finishing up the dishes when Itachi strategically left the kitchen and quietly crept to his room.
"Who's on Bathing Duty?" Konan asked aloud.
Everyone immodestly shouted 'not it!'...well except for Hidan who was sleeping, but grunted and shot up and shouting 'not it!' about a second too late. Sakura who had heard the whole thing immodestly froze.
"You're it Hidan." Deidara said smugly.
"You gotta be kidding me." He groaned. He pulled himself from the bed and fixed his hair. "Come 'ere ya runt! Bath time!" Hidan shouted. When he didn't get a response he stalked off to the kitchen...where she was nowhere in sight. He let out a curse and left to go hunt her down.
Konan bit back laughter and glanced at the ceiling before heading to the living room.
Roughly 20 minutes later Hidan entered the kitchen once again, surprisingly not angry, but dead tired. "Here kitty!" He called again, for what seemed to be the hundredth time. He heard a reply from overhead and looked up. There Sakura was hanging upside down by her feet connected to the ceiling by nothing but her chakra. "You were there the whole time." Hidan stated. She nodded. "Of course." He sighed.
Sakura stopped her chakra flow and flipped down to the ground. "Tired?" She questioned.
Hidan walked to her and rested a hand on her shoulder, "You got no idea."
"Bath time!" She announced, raising her arms up. Hidan scooped her up smirking at Deidara who had witnessed the whole thing and even the part where Hidan had actually headed to his room and took a quick nap.
Hidan smiled smugly as he set Sakura down in the bathroom. He filled the tub as Sakura grabbed the pitcher Itachi had used as well as running to Itachi's room and grabbing one of his shirts that she had cleaned and left on his bed then going to Konan who gave her a whole package of undies for her personal use! When she returned to the bathroom the tub was almost full and Hidan had conveniently dose off on the floor.
Sakura let out a sigh and turned off the water causing Hidan to awaken. Hidan adverted his gaze when she began to strip thinking that he would somehow be ruining her innocence and that he was preserving that completely pure innocence despite the fact she was a 12 year old in an evil organization. The idea stuck him as odd that she had even lasted as far as she had (28 hours). Taking into consideration that most of the Akatsuki had accepted her besides a few select few (Deidara and Kisame, who's harm now had scars) it was quite impressive.
Then he realized that his thought process seemed to be going to unusual places and decided to stop thinking altogether and grabbed the pitcher to rinse out the shampoo in Sakura's hair. After about 15 minutes Sakura was completely clean and Hidan had showed her how to make a proper squirt gun by using her hands.
As Hidan drained the water Sakura toweled herself off and picked out a pair of underwear that wear a dark blue with a bunny on the bottom. Once she was completely dressed Hidan threw her over his shoulder and took her down to the living room, her shrieking causing everyone to look up.
"She's been washed. Konan here ya go." Hidan said, dumping Sakura down next to Konan.
Sakura giggled and snuggled closer to Konan who smiled and wrapped and arm around the smaller girl.
Hidan shook his head at the scene and wondered how in the world it was possible.
Konan scratched Sakura's ears as she laid down and set her head on Konan's lap. A purr erupted from the girl suddenly when Konan got down to the base of and ear and everyone watched, smiling. Which quite frankly freaked Sakura out and she immediately stopped purring for the creeps.
I've decided to make chapter lengths irregular and divided by certain themes. Today's theme was 'Something she's good at'. I hope you liked it, because I'm brain dead. I feel like it wasn't as funny as last times, so my next one will be filled with insane amounts of hilarity. Thanks for reading! PLEASE REVIEW! (I don't know about you, but so far I think this story is a winner!)