Chapter 3

A/N thanks Bliss-euphoria for commenting on this story, I was taking forever to update but now I feel much more motivated to do it more

"Who are they?" Sayuri whispered to Kisame.

"Don't worry this is Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sunna." (for those who don't understand, Sunna is my friend RocknKitty's character she uses in her story: You are my Sunshine, you should check it out..its great!).

"umm, konnichiwa, my name is Koumori Sayuri" Sayuri said nervously.

"Itachi, please make sure no one knows of her until I have spoken with leader-sama" Kisame said, shifting slightly.

"Alright, but I have two questions, how do you know her and why did you bring her here?"

"Sayuri is an old childhood friend and she is wanted by the Anbu from various villages"

"Who do we know that isn't a criminal?" Sunna asked jokingly. Kisame laughed, then took Sayuri gently by the arm and headed towards his leader's office.

"Come in." Said a voice just as Kisame raised his fist to knock. Kisame entered and gave a small bow "Leader-sama"

"Kisame"

"This is Koumori, Sayuri. She is wanted by Anbu and I came here to ask you if she could, possibly join the Akatsuki?" Kisame asked, shifting his feet nervously.

"is Sayuri a shinobi?" Leader asked Kisame, not even acknowledging Sayuri's presence.

"Uh, well, not yet...but she will be! I'll train her" Kisame stuttered.

"Let me see her" Sayuri stepped forward slowly, leader looked her up and down, "why are you wanted?" he asked.

" I killed uh, twelve prisoners and four guards s-sir" Sayuri said, in a small voice. Leader-sama was quiet for a moment,

"she can stay...for now" he said finally. Kisame bowed, then lead Sayuri out of the room. As soon as they were outside he sighed in relief.

"uh, Kisame?" Sayuri said, Kisame was squeezing her hand, hard.

"oh, gomenasai" (sorry) he said, quickly releasing her hand. Kisame took her to his apartment, which was very...blue. The flooring was nice, smooth brown bamboo floor boards. But everything else was either blue (though many different shades), or white. "so, you can have the bed" Kisame said, leading Sayuri to his bedroom. Sayuri set her small bag of belongings on the floor. A knock on the apartment door had Kisame walking away. Sayuri heard an unfamiliar voice than Kisame re-entered the room. "I have to go on a mission," he said "I'll be home sometime tonight, DO NOT leave the apartment, if you get hungry there's food in the fridge, cya later" with that, he was gone. Sayuri waited for a few minutes than left the apartment. She was never one to follow rules. She wandered through various hallways and passed many doors. As she was walking she bumped into someone.

"Hey! Watch yourse—who are you?" said a voice. Sayuri looked up. The man in front of her was about average height with long blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail.

"oh, gomen! I'm Koumori, Sayuri, a friend of Hoshigaki, Kisame"

"ahh, so..." he gave her an evil grin, "whats your opinion on art hm?" he asked.

"uhh" Sayuri took a step back only to bump into someone else.

Yeah" said the other guy, this one had auburn (reddish) hair, "what is your opinion?"

"I like explosive art. It's beautiful and goes out with a bang!" Blondie exclaimed.

"IIE!! (no) it is beautiful and lasts forever!" red argued. Sayuri was quiet for a moment, "I like explosions I guess..they are always fun, so I guess I agree with you" she said looking at blondie. Red glared at her.

"Alright!" Blondie exclaimed raising his hand for a highfive. Sayuri grinned and slapped his hand, then shrieked and pulled away staring at his hand with wide eyes. "oh..." the blonde said looking at the mouth in his hand, "umm, yeah never mind that, my name is Deidara"

"Nice to meet you Deidara" Sayuri said, still looking uneasily at his hand.

"Sayuri!" called another voice, Sayuri turned to see Itachi and Sunna walking hurriedly towards her.

"yeah!?"

"You shouldn't be out here, Kisame said to make sure you didn't leave the apartment."

"Oh, well I was bored" Itachi grabbed Sayuri's arm and dragged her to his apartment with Sunna following close behind, "whats your problem! I was just talking to Deidara"

"exactly! Those guys are dangerous. They don't care that your friends with Kisame. They'll kill you if you do so much as look at them wrong"

"I'd have to disagree, Deidara seemed pretty cool" Sayuri argued, glaring at Itachi.

"I've got to do something, STAY HERE" Itachi replied, then left.

Sayuri sighed and sat on the couch in the living room. She dozed for a while and awoke when she heard a familiar voice outside. She stood up and opened the apartment door to see Deidara standing there with his fist poised to knock. "Hey!" she exclaimed with a big smile.

"hey, I wanted to know if you wanted to see some of my art hmm?"

"ok! That sounds great!" Sayuri said excitedly