The Kitten Of The Akatsuki

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE AKATSUKI. Only Iachi.

Regular Character Talking

Neoki Talking

Zetsu's black side talking

Song Inspiring This Chapter: Don't Look Back Again by WAG. From the Saiyuki anime. Epic fighting music. :D

LAST TIME

"You're a messy eater," he commented, making Iachi nearly choke. "Sh…shut up!" she coughed, making Zetsu pat her back to keep her from choking to death. "Breathe!" he shouted. She regained her composure and finished the pie, getting handed a slightly damp paper towel. "It's all over your fucking face," he growled. Iachi giggled and began wiping her mouth off, happy that she got everything. "Ah…you missed a spot," Zetsu's light side took the paper towel from her and began wiping her cheek, making Iachi blink as he finished. "Thanks," she smiled and continued doing the dishes. Zetsu continued watching her for a few seconds, before shrugging and returning to his room, his light side smiling widely, and his black side trying not to show his smile.

Iachi lay on her bed tiredly and looked at the clock…It was three-thirty in the morning, and she couldn't sleep. She stared at the ceiling and cursed her rotten life. Thanks to the cat nap Neoki made her take, she had slept longer than she wanted and couldn't fall asleep at the right time. Man, she would be really tired in the morning. "Why don't you go watch some T.V?" Neoki suggested. "Not a bad idea Neoki…" Iachi replied, surprised that the demon would actually suggest that. She jumped off her bed and exited her room quietly, walking down the hall that seemed just a bit creepy in the wee hours of the morning. She walked toward it, and saw the glow from the T.V. Who was watching it at this hour? She stepped into the room and saw Kisame sitting on the couch remote in hand, his expression dull as he watched the most boring documentary ever written.

"Kisame? What are you doing up at this hour?" she walked towards the couch and stood beside him. Kisame looked up and smiled. "I couldn't go to sleep, how about you?" "Same, I took a little cat nap and slept longer than I had wanted…" she replied, sitting beside him and watching the T.V. "Cat nap?" Kisame blinked. Iachi nodded and rested her head on the couch, now staring at the ceiling and watching it dance as the glow from the T.V flashed different lights and colors. Kisame watched her for a short time before watching the T.V again. "Hey, Iachi," Kisame said suddenly. Iachi looked up in response. "Yeah?" "Do you like it here?" he asked. Iachi blinked a few times and stared at him. "That's a weird question Kisame, why would you want to know if I liked it here?" she asked. Kisame sighed softly and looked up at the ceiling. "Well…you know we are S-class criminals, wanted for mass murders and stuff like that, and yet here you come, completely comfortable with us…kind of." Iachi blinked and looked for her cat ears and tail, they were still being concealed. "Well…I wouldn't say completely comfortable…I know you aren't going to kill me, so that's good," she replied. "But…"

"But?" Kisame repeated. "But I can't always tell when I'm comfortable with someone unless my ears and tail appear," she explained. "Oh…so that's why when I see you with Hidan or Zetsu, your ears and tail are visible, but when you're with somebody else, they aren't visible…" Kisame said thoughtfully. Iachi nodded. "Exactly, and I don't know why, or how I, or Neoki, does it. It just happens," she sighed softly. Kisame patted her head. "I'm sure you'll figure out a way, squirt." Iachi puffed up her cheeks in annoyance. "Don't call me squirt!" "You're shorter than me squirt," Kisame countered, getting punched in the arm. "Ow, you have a strong punch," he chuckled. Iachi sighed and lay on the couch, her feet in Kisame's lap. "Hey…I'm tired right now," she said quietly. Kisame blinked, she was the bluntest person he had ever met, besides Itachi of course. "You want me to take you to your room?" he asked. Iachi shook her head and rolled onto her side, curling up into a little ball.

"You really are a cat, aren't you?" Kisame smirked. Out of all the cats he's seen, he knew that cats would rather sleep on a couch, than their own bed. Iachi didn't answer, she was already fast asleep. Kisame sighed and took off his cloak and put it over the sleeping girl, so she wouldn't get cold. She smiled at the warmth of the cloak and hugged it tightly, still asleep. "Goodnight squirt," Kisame shut the T.V off, sending the room into complete darkness as he stumbled to his room to get some sleep also.

~Next Day~

Iachi woke up on the couch, a cloak around her. She closed her eyes trying to remember what happened last night, and opened them, hearing somebody come in, it was Kisame and Itachi. "Wake up sleeping beauty," Kisame joked. Iachi growled low in her throat and sat up, meeting them eye to eye. "What do you want?" she asked. Kisame pointed to Leader's room. "Since you're in the Akatsuki, you'll need to know what we do, and help us with it. I'm guessing you're skilled at hand to hand combat, am I right?" he crossed his arms. Iachi nodded and held up her hand; emitting chakra and making her nails grow into hooked claws. Itachi's eyes narrowed at the sight that was something new. Kisame nodded approvingly. "Now let's see you use them, hm?" Kisame said. Iachi stood up and walked outside, Kisame and Itachi following close behind. Iachi then walked toward a tree and jumped, her new claws slicing the tree neatly. She landed in front of it, and stood up. Nothing happened. Kisame blinked. "That's it?"

"Wait for it," Itachi suddenly spoke up. Suddenly, there was an ear splitting cracking sound and the tree broke apart in 5 different pieces. "Interesting," Itachi said again, a smirk on his lips. Iachi glowed with praise and ran back up to them. "How was that?" she asked. "Not bad squirt, you'll be helping us on this mission," Kisame said, patting her head. Iachi felt her chakra hiding her ears and tail thin, but it flared up again as Itachi came in sight. "Let's go," he said, jumping into the trees. Kisame followed behind while Iachi struggled to keep up with them.

"What exactly is the mission?" Iachi asked after a few hours of jumping through the trees. "We're to assassinate somebody from the Leaf Village," Kisame answered. "Who is it?" she asked again. "His name is Hiro Kagamashi, he's been near out hideout and we can't let him know where it is, or tell his whole village a lie, making them go search and eventually find us." Kisame replied again. Iachi nodded. "Makes sense…I think," she looked down and sighed softly. 'My first time killing someone…' she thought. "Not exactly. Since I'm in you, and are sharing your body, and since I've killed thousands upon thousands of measly humans, you have killed that many as well," Neoki cackled from inside of Iachi's head. Iachi shuddered at the thought and ignored the cackling of the cat within her as she kept focused on the target. "We're close," Itachi said, stopping at a certain tree which Kisame and Iachi soon landed on. "Is that him?" Kisame pointed to a brown haired man in ninja clad clothing. Itachi nodded and jumped to a lower branch. "I don't think he can sense our chakra, feh, this'll be way to easy," Kisame smirked and jumped lower than Itachi. Itachi rolled his eyes and followed his partner.

"Go human! Kill the other human and feel how wonderful it feels to kill," Neoki smirked, flashing her cat teeth. Iachi shivered and looked at the man below them. His light brown eyes scanned his surroundings, and he had an ANBU mask resting on his back. "ANBU…" Iachi muttered. Kisame nodded. "Seems like it…Leader-sama wanted us to test you, so he told us to not tell you that he was ANBU," he smirked. Iachi glared at Kisame and growled softly. "Let's just get this over with," she jumped onto a lower branch. She looked on as Hiro sat down on the ground and reached into his pack, pulling out a…sandwich? Her stomach growled silently, it must've been lunchtime already. She jumped into the bushes silently, watching Hiro out of a slit through the leaves. "Go human, he isn't expecting us. Foolish human, eating out in the open, some ANBU he is," Neoki grinned. Iachi shook her head and took out a kunai, aiming it. "Idiot! You know you aren't good at aiming!" Neoki hissed violently. 'Shush Neoki!' Iachi growled silently.

"What the fuck is she doing?" Kisame asked, higher in the tree with Itachi. Itachi shrugged and watched Hiro eat his sandwich. "He seems awfully calm for being out in the open…" Itachi's eyes flashed. "It's a trap." Kisame gulped. "Leader-sama will kill us if Iachi gets killed…" he bit his finger worriedly, yes, he was worried, for his own life. "She won't die," Itachi sighed and looked at his partner, spotting Iachi in the bushes. He smirked. "Show us what you can do, twelve-tail."

Iachi threw the kunai, hitting the sandwich and capturing it to a tree. "You're such a bad shot!" Neoki yowled. Iachi gripped her head and growled. 'Quiet! Do you want me to get a headache?!' she though silently. Hiro was immediately up, mask on, and two swords drawn. "Heh, show yourselves!" Hiro shouted. "I knew you were coming!" Iachi jumped out and landed in front of Hiro, her cat ears and tail showing momentarily before disappearing. "So…what village are you from?" he smirked. "None," Iachi responded, using her chakra to gain her hooked claws. "Claws? That's new, but you're too young to take down an ANBU like me," Hiro charged at her. Iachi spread her legs a shoulder-width apart and when Hiro was close enough to strike, she jumped, landing behind Hiro. She reached out, her claws hitting his swords with a clang.

"Not bad Girlie, but you won't live to see the end of this fight," he chuckled and charged again, chakra spreading to his feet as he sped toward her faster than before. "Fast!" Iachi gasped. "Focus human! You have the eyes of a demon! Use them!" Neoki hissed. Iachi nodded and closed her eyes, reopening them to reveal gold cat eyes. 'I can see him again Neoki!' she thought. "Good…now, use that to our advantage, we can't let him out of our sight," Neoki replied, her eyes following the man also. Iachi nodded and watched as the blur of brown, black, white, and red raced toward her, the swords in an X formation. She then jumped again as he got close, glaring at the girl in the air. "You can't do that a third time!" he shouted. "Watch me!" Iachi spat back, she being the one to charge this time. Her claws once again hit hard metal as Hiro blocked her.

"Heh, not so tough now, huh Girlie?" he smirked and pushed her back. Iachi gasped and fell to the ground, struggling to get back up. Hiro was instantly over her, swords to her neck. "This is the end Girlie," he brought the metal closer to her neck, feeling it hit the flesh. Iachi shivered at the cold feeling and closed her eyes. 'What do I do…?' "Tail! Use the tail!" Iachi's eyes flew open as her chakra disappeared from her ears and tail, making them visible. Her tail wrapped around Hiro's abdomen and threw him off of her. The result was one of the swords slicing her neck open slightly, and Hiro being thrown against a tree. Iachi grasped her bleeding neck and growled inwardly at the pain. Hiro got up off the ground and stared at Iachi in disbelief. "You…you're a jinchurriki!" he gasped.

"Took you that long, huh?" Iachi commented, her eyes returning to their blue coloring as she felt her energy wearing thin. Hiro saw this and smirked. "But a jinchurriki must always fall, right? Their lives are pathetic and meaningless, filled with hate." Iachi snapped her head back and growled. "You lie," she hissed. Hiro only smirked and drew his swords up, a plan forming in his head. "It's no lie, where I come from; there is a little boy there, who has the Kyuubi inside of him. He's hated by the entire village, he has no friends, his parents are dead, and he lives alone, all alone." Iachi's whole body shook. "No! Shut up!" she gripped her head. "You know it's the truth Girlie, so why not just accept it?" Hiro continued.

Kisame stepped forward, only being stopped by Itachi. "She's not done," he said. "But just look at Hiro! He's gonna kill her!" Kisame countered. Itachi only continued to look down with the sharingan eyes of his, analyzing the situation. He saw something fading from Iachi, and yet…something growing in her, it was confusing.

"Stop it!" Iachi shrieked holding her head tightly. Hiro laughed like a madman and put his sword out. "You need to accept the truth Girlie! Nobody will ever love you!" he smirked. Iachi then yowled loudly and grew her claws out, charging at him. Hiro responded quickly, putting both swords together and waiting and it happened. Blood was spat out onto the ground turning it from brown to maroon. "Stupid Girl…you could never defeat me," Hiro pulled his swords out of Iachi's stomach and sheathed them again. "Rogue ninja are the easiest," he sighed and wiped his hands on his clothing, ridding them of blood.

"Iachi!" Kisame refrained from shouting. Itachi's eyes widened, he didn't expect that to happen. "Dammit Itachi!" Kisame growled at his partner. "I saw something…I know it," Itachi's face was expressionless.

Hiro went back to his sandwich and wretched the kunai away from it, sighing softly at the spoiled food. "Stupid Girl, you spoiled my sandwich, oh well, I got plenty more." "Stupid Girl eh? That's a new one, I always called her, Stupid Human," a darker voice came out of the air. "But I'm guessing that applies to you now, doesn't it?" "Huh?" Hiro turned around and saw a dark figure standing up from where Iachi had been there, bleeding. "No…it can't be," his eyes widened. The figure smirked, showing cat fangs. "Prepare to meet hell, stupid human," it growled.

A/N: Alright, fifth chapter done! I didn't mean to make it after a song, but I was listening to my songs while typing this chapter, and well, this fight was pictured in my head after listening to Don't Look Back Again, couldn't help but type it. xD Anyway thanks for all your support guys! :D I hope to make another chapter soon! ^^