Hello, Akatsuki Friends!
Chapter 4
"Sakura-chan." Someone whispered quietly to her. Sakura ignored the voice and tried to fall back asleep.
"Sakura-chan, wakey, wakey." The voice persisted.
Sakura gave up with a slight groan. She blinked away the sleep and opened her eyes. Her gaze was met with a large orange spiraled mask merely inches away from her own face. Sakura let out a sharp yelp and sat up quickly.
"T-Tobi?" She inquired, realizing who had woken her up.
"Good morning, Sakura-chan!" The masked man exclaimed cheerfully. "Tobi slept good, did you?" He was up on Sakura's bed crouching over her. He obviously knows nothing of a lady's personal space.
"I slept fine Tobi, thanks. Why did you come wake me up?" She demanded, slightly upset that he had interrupted her slumber.
"It's breakfast time!" Tobi cheered, hopping down from her bed and dancing around the room.
Sakura smiled at him and thought back on what had happened. Akatsuki had captured her. They needed her for her medical expertise. Deidara had blown up her house and every one she had ever known and cared about thought she was dead. She ended up agreeing to stay with Akatsuki on the condition that she wouldn't ever have to hurt Konoha or any innocent person. Konan had given her a tour of Akatsuki's base, a uniform, and had introduced her to all the members. Konan and pain had left for Amegakure shortly afterwards. Sakura was now alone to fend for herself in an organization of deadly criminals. Okay, maybe things aren't going to be so scary and terrible. She thought, eying Tobi dancing around the room excitedly in his pair of grey flannel pajamas and white bunny slippers.
"I need to do some morning stuff, Tobi." Sakura said, indicating to the bathroom. "Ill be right out."
"Take your time Sakura-chan! Tobi will wait!" And with that Tobi ran and jumped onto her bead, sitting down cross-legged.
I'll take a shower after breakfast. Sakura said to herself, closing the bathroom door. She quickly brushed her hair, did some other things, and was out of the bathroom within a matter of minutes. I'm not going to bother getting changed. Tobi's in his pajamas so I'll just stay in mine.
"Come on! Come on, Sakura-chan! Tobi's hungry!" The masked man cried out, grabbing hold of Sakura's wrist and dragging her out of her room. He proceeded to drag her down the hall, through the living room, and into the dining room.
Sakura couldn't help but to feel out of place. Every member was seated around the dining table. They all looked up at her when Tobi dragged her through the door. Tobi, unaware of the awkward atmosphere, continued to pull Sakura after him.
"You can sit next to Tobi, Sakura-chan!" He insisted, finally letting go of her wrist and pulling out a chair for her.
Sakura murmured her thanks and sat down. The instant she sat down, much to her surprise, Tobi lurched the chair forward pushing her up to the table, making her yelp slightly. On her left sat Deidara, who was currently smirking at her. She glared at him for a moment before sticking her tongue out at him, causing his smirk to turn into a grin.
"Umm, good morning…" She said nervously, addressing everyone. They acknowledged her greeting before returning to the awkward silence.
Sakura took advantage of the silence to take in her surroundings. Everyone was in their pajamas and most of them had bed head. Deidara was wearing a pair of grey cotton pants and a black tank top. Itachi had on a black T-shirt and black three quarter length pants. Kisame was dressed in a pair of navy flannel pajamas. Kakuzu was wearing a pair of dark brown cotton pants and baggy grey T-shirt. Zetsu had on a pair of black shorts and a plain white T-shirt. I guess he's got a color scheme going on. Sakura couldn't help but noticed that the black half of the plant man's body was practically visible through his shirt. But the fact that she was even looking wierded her own self out before she could get a better look. Set in front of every one was a plate, fork, and knife. Each person had a glass of some beverage or another next to their plate.
Just as she was about to die from an awkward silence overdose when Kisame came to her rescue. Kind of.
"So what's for breakfast?" He asked.
"Fucking pancakes." Hidan answered. That's when Sakura noticed for the first time what the Jashinist was wearing. Not only was he not wearing anything but a pair of plaid boxers, but he also had on a frilly apron that had "Fuck The Cook" written on it.
"You can cook?" Sakura couldn't help but be surprised.
"No, he can't." Itachi answered for Hidan.
"If you don't like my cooking then don't fucking eat it!" Replied Hidan, jabbing a finger at Itachi.
Before further argument could ensue a bell dinged from the kitchen. Hidan quickly stood up and stomped off through the door. He was only gone for a few minutes before coming back through the door carrying a plate stacked high with a tower of the foulest smelling pancakes Sakura had ever encountered. Hidan walked around the table dropping a pancake on everyone's plate before setting down the empty serving platter in the middle of the table. Other than smelling terrible the pancakes seemed normal enough. They weren't burnt or soggy. They were actually a nice golden brown color. But of course, no one had eaten one yet. They were all just sitting there waiting for some one else to take the first bite. Even Tobi had calmed down and adopted a serious demeanor.
"WELL?" Demanded Hidan. "Isn't anyone going to fucking eat?"
Sakura looked around nervously and found that everyone else was doing the same. Is this seriously a daily thing? Nobody dared to try the evil smelling pancakes. And so, every so slowly, Sakura picked up her fork and knife. She ignored the gasps coming from the other members and began cutting a bite from the reeking pancake. She looked around nervously at the other members, then quickly put the piece of pancake in her mouth and began to chew. She didn't get very far. The taste was so disgusting it was practically demonic. The pancakes were spicy, sweet, salty, fruity, rich, sour, and any other flavor you can think of. H-how is it even physically possible to make a pancake like this?
It was too much. She fell backwards, chair and all, and hit the ground with a loud crash.
The other members were silent for a moment.
"Well shit Hidan, you killed her." Zetsu complained.
At that the other members jump out of there seats and scurried their way over to the fallen kunoichi.
Hidan leaned over Sakura, grinning hysterically.
"Sakura? Are you okay?" Hidan yelled, laughing.
She didn't answer.
"Noooooooo!" Tobi screamed, and proceeded to run around the room screaming, "Not Sakura-chan! Not Sakura-chan!"
The other members were deathly quiet, for a few seconds anyway.
"Sorry, Leader-sama." Itachi said to himself.
"Come, on!" Groaned Kakuzu. "Some one do something! We are so not having a funeral, do you even know how expensive those are?"
"You MORONS!" Kisame yelled. "She's not even dead yet!"
"She's not!" Deidara confirmed, feeling her pulse. "But she's not responding! Do some thing, yeah!"
"What the fuck are we soposed to do? She's the medic!" Hidan demanded desperately, finally feeling guilty.
"Give her mouth to mouth." Itachi suggested calmly.
The other members only stared at the Uchiha, then Hidan broke into an even larger grin.
"I'll do it!" The Jashinist volunteered much too enthusiastically.
"No you wont, you rapist." Zetsu protested kicking Hidan away from Sakura.
"Who here even knows how do to mouth to mouth properly?" Kisame asked, bringing up an important topic.
The question was followed by silence. Then Deidara, face bright red, slowly raised his hand. The action was followed by yet more silence.
"Well, come on now! Time is money!" Kakuzu encouraged.
Deidara walked over to Sakura and crouched over her, similar to how Tobi was this morning. He looked around nervously before reaching forward and gently opening the pink haired girl's mouth. He slowly reached in and removed the bite of toxic pancake from her gullet. Tossing the radio active food to the side, he inched forward over her and brought his face closer to hers. But suddenly, just as he was about to lock lips with Sakura, his bangs decided to fall forward and cover her face. This normally wouldn't have been a problem to a person, if they did not rely on their facial appendages for breathing. The girl on the floor made a slight choking sound. Deidara froze, then disparately tried to tuck his golden locks behind his ear. Too late. The kunoichi jolted upright, sputtering, and smashed her head right into Deidara's.
"Ow, yeah!" Deidara protested, holding his now sore forehead.
"What the- WHAT WHERE YOU TRYING TO DO?" Demanded Sakura, feeling most violated.
"I was trying to give you mouth to mouth, yeah." Replied Deidara, still on top of Sakura, though not so close now that she was sitting up and raging at him.
"Why the hell would I need mouth to mouth, you gaywad? I wasn't choking!" Sakura demanded.
"But Itachi said-" Deidara broke off, whipping around to glare at Itachi.
The Uchiha only blinked innocently at him.
"So, how did you like my fucking pancakes?" Hidan asked, shoving Deidara off of Sakura and crouching down next to the girl himself.
"What the hell did you put in them?" Sakura yelled, meeting Hidan's grin with a fist.
"Anything in thing I could fucking reach." Hidan answered sarcastically.
Sakura was about to punch Hidan again but Itachi grabbed her wrist, stopping her.
"This happens everyday." Explained Itachi, his tone void of emotion. "Just go get a bowl of cereal."
Sakura looked up at the red eyed man in shock. "You guys- Hidan cooks like this every day? And you guys eat it, then eat normal food?"
"He only does it for breakfast, thank god, yeah." Deidara informed while walking past Sakura and into the kitchen. Sakura glared at him as he walked by, still not forgiving him for invading her personal space. The blond was fallowed into the kitchen by all the other members, save Itachi and Hidan, as they went about they're daily morning routine.
"We don't actually eat the food." Itachi continued explaining to Sakura, his voice stoic. "I was surprised you did."
Sakura scowled at her own foolishness. "I didn't want to offend him. I didn't think it was a trick."
"It was no fucking trick!" Bellowed Hidan. "I just fucking love to cook!"
Sakura just blinked at the man, before turning around and fallowing the rest of Akatsuki into the kitchen.
To be continued...