Ok, I must give a really big thank you to the people who reviewed the prologue. I was tired and considering it isn't my best work I'm really glad you liked it. As I said, it may become the rating I rated the whole story, though it may be a few chapters beforehand. This chapter may include angst and maybe some contents of a definite 'T' rating. As I said before, I do not own Naruto or any of it's characters; they belong to Masashi Kishimoto hope I spelt that right. Only Hikari currently belongs to me as an OC, more OC's may be added. We'll just have to wait and see, won't we? Oh, and I am listening to Linkin Park and some Japanese artists when I write this, he he. Music helps me sometimes.
P.S- Slight Deidara / Sasori
Chapter One - Alone and Afraid
Hikari was cautious as she changed into her new clothing, feeling slightly intimidated by the fact that Itachi could walk out any minute and see her pale, deathly skin. Since she was about eight years of age her father had told her about a curse that plagued their families seventh generation, the generation little Hikari was from. He'd told her that it could kill a person if not used properly but after years of telling her he'd never give her away, why did he sell her?
"Father, you lied," she whispered, clutching the bag the clothes had been in, "you lied and now you're going to be in Hell and suffer how I am."
Even if it was a whisper, the Uchiha could hear her from where he stood, just behind her chair. He was so fast she had not seen him or even heard him. A chuckle was heard, he seemed to like doing that. The anxious girl was shivering in horror as his hand rested on her left shoulder blade, rubbing it to some extent.
"Why hate your father? When you don't even know the truth, little girl," he laughed, pulling away his hand and walking over to the desk which was positioned at the opposite side of the room.
He only had a towel placed around his waist and she could see the slender body that belonged to the Akatsuki ninja. He went into a chest-of-drawers and took out what seemed to be black trousers and a netted top which a ninja usually would wear underneath their normal top. Hikari turned away whilst he changed into what he had gotten out. 'Doesn't he have the decency to go into the bathroom or something?' she thought, blushing madly at a thought she should not have had.
The elder person sat down on his bed that was only a little apart from the desk, "So, Hikari, I can do whatever I want with you," he laughed, looking directly at the young woman, "how does that make you feel?"
She wriggled on the seat uncomfortably, "Scared."
"Thought so," Itachi smirked, another one of his habits, "well, may as well put you to good use. In two weeks we should be ready. So, until then I am your master and you'll obey me without question. Understand?"
She nodded her head faintly not looking up at the male, too afraid to see if there was any emotion what so ever on his face. Itachi got up and made his way back to his desk where he reached into the drawer nearest to him and pulled out a tube of something unfamiliar to the watching girl.
"I think your first task will be a nice massage for me," he explained, "rub this into your hands though, it's special medical cream."
He pulled the girl off of her chair and then laid down on the bed taking of his newly worn top. Hikari knew a lot about massaging for she'd had siblings who'd always be asking for them. The male laying on the bed looked up at her expectantly, red Sharingan eyes glaring at her. She fell to her knees beside his bed and rubbed the cream into her hands like he'd instructed. She then tried to begin the massage placing her icy cool hands on his back and rubbing gently with a little bit of force. Itachi grunted, obviously not satisfied.
"I-is something w-wrong, Itachi-san?" the teenager asked, feeling nervous and ashamed of herself.
In response the elder ninja grabbed Hikari by the arms and pulled her on top of him and then turned back onto his stomach, "There was."
Hikari understood and got back to kneading her hands on his shoulders and down the middle of his back. After a short amount of time she heard him grunt, "Harder if you don't mind," and so she did. From what she could tell from the balcony doors, it was evening. 'I'd have dinner about now…' she thought when her stomach grumbled. Unfortunately, Itachi was not quite asleep to not hear it and turned around to face her.
The smirk she'd seen earlier returned, "Can you cook?" he retorted.
"Umm, I think so, Itachi-san," she replied, hands shaking as he looked up at her with gleaming eyes.
"Very well then. Sasori, Deidara, Hidan and Leader-sama are the only ones here other than you. Perhaps you can cook something up to our taste," he smirked again, she was getting sick of it.
"Ok."
With that, both ninja got up off of the bed and walked out of the door, after Itachi had put on and adjusted his cloak.
-AAA-
They entered a room that appeared to be a kitchen where two other members of Akatsuki sat playing a game of cards. One was a redhead that Itachi told Hikari was named Sasori and the other had blonde hair and looked much like a girl; his name being Deidara. They looked up and smirked just like the raven-haired ninja had done before to the girl.
"Hikari-chan, please cook something good for us," Itachi pushed her over to the counter where knives and chopping boards were placed, "something edible."
She nodded bleakly looking in the cupboards for anything she could use to cook. 'I wonder if they like rice and miso soup…' she thought inattentively, pulling out a packet of 'boil-rice'. Next to it was the ingredients she needn't for the miso soup recipe she'd been taught long ago and so she began with her cooking, finding a small pan out and finding the bowls and trays to serve it on.
"So, Sasori, Deidara, what do you think of the addition?" Itachi laughed, picking up a pile of five cards.
The blonde-haired Akatsuki was the first to reply, "She's hot."
"Yeah, I'm agreeing with Deidara, but still…" Sasori trailed off, leaving the people in the room confused.
A few moments later, Hikari served the boiling hot miso soup and rice along with sake to the three ninja who gratefully excepted it. 'They like it, I'm glad,' she thought as Deidara asked for more rice cheekily. A grin came to place itself upon the young girl's face and she quickly refilled it, not wanting to make him angry. The three Akatsuki members then finished and played cards again until Deidara came to suggest something.
"We should go and get some ice-cream from the nearby village!" his smile was beaming even when both Itachi and Sasori glared at him for being hyperactive today, "What do you think, Hikari-chan?" he turned to face the girl who smiled vigorously.
Itachi shot her a glare and then gave in to the fact that Deidara now had Sasori on his side, "Fine."
So, that is how they all ended up leaving the Akatsuki lair and heading for ice-cream with a 'little-bit-more-happy' Hikari.
-AAA-
"Ah! I'll have peppermint, please!" Deidara told the man serving him as he peered through the glass to where the 'Heaven for all Ice-cream Lovers' was. "The girl will have raspberry and the other two will have umm, what do you want again Itachi, Sasori-danna?" is that the right honorific?
Itachi shot him a glare, "Blueberry."
"Vanilla and chocolate, please, Deidara-chan," Sasori replied, smirking, "hey, maybe afterwards we should walk through the forest and get some fresh air," he then suggested.
"That would be good, Sasori-danna!" the blonde hyperactively replied, grabbing the four ice-cream cones and paying the man.
Hikari, Itachi and Sasori took their cones and began their peaceful walk through the forest. Hikari was beginning to be ok around the Akatsuki ninja, but she still felt afraid of what Itachi or the other two might make her do. Feelings spun through her, feelings of anger, sadness and some of joy and happiness. Deidara and Sasori began to tease each other when they stopped, complaining about who was better-looking and who was more powerful; typical ninja really.
"Itachi-san," Hikari asked as smoke filled the air where Sasori and Deidara had been and punches could be heard.
The Uchiha turned to her, "Hai?"
Hikari twiddled her thumb together nervously, "I was just wondering…umm, what are you going to make me do over these two weeks, if you could give me an idea."
"You don't want to know, nee-chan," he replied, finishing his ice-cream cone and taking a walk along the edge of the lake that was before them.
Azure and cobalt colours could be seen in the slight waves and Hikari looked out over to them, also wondering about what they would have to be 'ready' for at the end of the two weeks. She laughed when Deidara managed to sneak up on Itachi and plunge him into the water, drenching his Akatsuki cloak that he seemed to adore. He shot her a glare and Sasori who was sitting next to her at the time. When a few hours had passed of the Akatsuki members teasing and annoying the hell out of each other, they left, heading back to the Akatsuki lair where Hikari knew she would face a worse challenge than cooking.
-AAA-
They entered Itachi's room once more. Hikari wondered where she'd sleep, though she knew it'd probably be on the cold and damp floor, shivering of the cold and wanting a quilt of some sort. She was already shivering as the room was bitterly icy and just looking over at Itachi clad in a wonderfully warm cloak was enough to make her blood boil in jealousy.
Hikari tried to keep calm though as he took it off and stripped down to his shorts, obviously his ideal nightwear. He went into the bathroom for a few moments before coming back, hair down. He smiled at her as he went to sit down on his comfy double-sized bed with dark coloured bedding.
"You have a choice," he began.
"For what?" she asked, slowly, curious to his sudden sentence.
He smirked, "You can either sleep on the floor, or with me. Take your choice. I wouldn't give you a blanket or anything if you choose the floor anyway. You'll probably freeze to death," he laughed maliciously yet Hikari knew he was just trying to taunt her.
"I-I choose…" she stuttered, not knowing what her reply should be; the floor didn't look inviting and the fact of sleeping without a blanket or some cover was nerve racking, "t-to sleep with y-you, Itachi-san," she finally finished, knowing she may have just made a very bad choice.
"I thought the cold wasn't your cup of tea, Hikari-chan. Come here and sleep then," he motioned to the cosy looking space next to him and so she approached carefully, not wanting to be tricked.
Hikari took off her boots and then the tie, sliding onto the bed where the Uchiha looked at her from where he was know laying down. A wave of terror struck her when the male reached over and began to hug her with his strong arms, pulling up the quilt to comfort her. "Good night," she heard him whisper, before his breathing went into a calm breath. This situation Hikari was in scared her; she had never even been hugged by her siblings, never mind another boy…
'So vulnerable. These next two weeks will be fun,' Itachi thought, not fully unconscious, 'and hopefully tonight will be as well."
Ok, that was a little longer than the last one, two pages longer. - I'm happy that I was capable of writing this much and I hope you enjoyed this. Please review. Next chapter may include nearer to M rated scenarios.