"She's waking up, yeah."
"Hn."
"Ooooh." Was the only thing Sakura managed to say as she cracked her eyes open and sleepily stared ahead of herself, only to have her sight blocked by a blindfold.
Of course that also meant that she couldn't see a thing. Hearing Kisame laughing from his spot the pinkette scowled. So it hadn't been a dream, correction, nightmare.
She was actually in the Akatsuki's main base and the fact that were also other four new chakra signatures Sakura couldn't recognize, proved her theory right .
"Haruno-san, I assume you have already figured out the reason why I had you brought here and that you do not have any choice in this matter either. Correct?"
Questioned the Akatsuki leader as he stood in front of the blindfolded medic-nin, towering over her sitting form in an intimidating manner.
Not liking the position she was in, Sakura rolled herself backwards on the stone floor before standing up and dusting off her bottom, feeling extremely uncomfortable due to having both of her hands chained together by chakra cuffs behind her back.
"Yes." She bitterly replied, not in the least liking the situation she managed to get herself into, but decided to accept it nonetheless.
"Good."
Suddenly candles flickered on, lighting up the entire room, revealing the outlines of the standing Akatsuki members present.
Certain redhead Akatsuki immediately caught the pinkette's attention as he tauntingly smirked at her, knowing that the female herself hadn't realized it was him yet.
Sakura herself only bit her tongue, trying to remember where she had smelled that familiar scent before.
'Wood, clay, rain and something spicy.'
"Konan, I leave Haruno-san in your hands. You know what to do." Said the leader while glancing over his cloaked shoulder at a blue haired female who had a paper flower neatly tucked into her hair.
'Konan, Tenshi. The partner of the Akatsuki leader.'
The female stepped forward and calmly nodded at the pierced leader before walking over to Sakura, inwardly smiling at the excellent addition for the Akatsuki.
'Well, at least I wont have to be the only female in this fucked up organisation.' thought the pinkette, resisting the urge to scratch her suddenly itching breast.
Now with hands uncuffed and the blindfold off her face, Sakura inwardly sighed at the Akatsuki cloak Konan had given her right after the wood scented Akatsuki and his partner left for a mission.
Yes, the same wood scented mysterious Akatsuki and his partner that the pinkette didn't have a chance to see.
'Perhaps it's a good thing I didn't see them. They're probably ugly anyway.'
Hugging the cloak closer to her body, Sakura stared at the female next to her with her eyes narrowed, impatiently waiting for a chance to get the hell out of the what she assumed was the meeting room.
Konan walked over to the double doors, pushing them open as she then stepped forward, standing in the doorway, waiting.
Sakura let her eyes wander back to the swordsman who was still holding onto her backpack meanwhile receiving heated glares from Kakuzu and Hidan.
"Give it back." She commanded, extending her arms toward Kisame who simply smirked, throwing the backpack into Sakura's waiting hands.
The medic-nin caught and then slung the backpack over her shoulder, feeling the barely noticeable change in its weight.
'The fish bastard took my sake..oh the little shit!'
Inwardly groaning, the medic-nin calmly walked over to the waiting Konan. A cough from behind forced Sakura to glance at the Akatsuki leader over her shoulder.
"Welcome to the Akatsuki." The man said, corners of his lips tugging upwards into what looked like a mildly sadistic smirk as he tossed a ring at Sakura, who easily caught it, clenching it in the palm of her hand.
"Yo fishface, I hope you choke on my sake." She barked at the swordsman before walking right out of the room.
"Fucking bastards." Sakura mumbled under her breath as she heard the Jashinist and the money grubber that were left in the room, chuckle along with the laughing Kisame.
"This is going to be your room, Sakura-san." Announced the blue haired female as she finally stopped and opened a wooden door in front of herself, leading Sakura into a well furnished, windowless bedroom.
The room was perfect in pinkette's eyes. It had a large, very soft looking double bed, a closet, a table with a chair and a wall mirror.
Minimalistic yet cozy, just the way she liked it. The crimson red walls and black wooden floor were added as a simply wonderful bonus that came along with the elegant furniture.
"The bathrooms are four doors away in the left corridor and the kitchen is on the opposite side of the bathrooms."
Informed Konan while Sakura plopped down onto her new bed, grinning in delight as she felt the cloud-soft mattress underneath her tired body.
"Mhmmm." Hummed the medic-nin, tiredly nodding her head at the blue haired female.
"This time of the year, all of the Akatsuki members reside in the main base together. I suppose you can take it like a vacation of sorts, Sakura-san."
Continued Konan, as she quietly sat down on the wooden chair in front of Sakura's bed.
"All of the members will still be going on missions when needed, returning back to base right after, all the while keeping a low profile."
The pinkette only nodded, not bothering to talk from her comfortable position on the bed.
"Since you are going to be our new medic, Leader-sama expects you to run medical check-up's on our organisation's members, making sure they are healthy and well."
Once again Sakura only nodded.
"Seeing as you are tired and in need of a shower Sakura-san, I shall take my leave now."
Tenshi stood up from the wooden chair, straightening her cloak.
"There are some towels along with clothes and hygiene products in the closet, in case you have none with you."
She added befre elegantly walking over to the door.
Sakura rose from her bed, looking over at Konan who wore a faint yet friendly smile on her face.
"If you will have any questions or if you will need help Sakura-san, feel free to find me by my chakra."
Was the last thing the blue haired female had said before scattering into pieces of paper and flying out of the room, somehow managing to close the door behind herself.
Staring down at the ring in the palm of her hand, Sakura scowled.
'Orochimaru has the same ring.'
'Isn't that awesome? We will have the same ring as the legendary pedo ahem- I mean, snake sannin.'
'Pfft inner, be serious.'
'I can't bring myself to be serious while thinking about the pedo snake and Sasgay's training-'
That is when Sakura burst out laughing.
Sure, Sasuke was her old crush over whom she fangirled over a long time ago, yada yada and so on.
It's just the situation she was currently in, that was getting mixed with her inner selves sense of humour and her own crumbling sanity, that made the whole thing even funnier than it was in reality.
Cursing her inner self, Sakura wiped away her tears of laughter while clutching her stomach.
Yep, she was definitely going insane.
'All right, I have unpacked and put away all of my things. Now what inner?'
'First things first. Take a shower, change clothes and then eat.'
'Right.' Thought Sakura as she pulled a sponge out of the wooden closet along with some fluffy towels and a bottle of apple scented shampoo.
Grabbing a change of clothes, pinkette walked out of her new bedroom, closing the black wooden door behind herself and then proceeding to glare down at the door handle.
'Should I seal the door in case someone tries to sneak into my room?'
'Nah, just leave it. The rest of the Akatsuki probably don't have any locks on their doors either.'
'You think so?'
'Duh outer, they are Akatsuki. No locks will stop them from entering once they make up their minds.'
'You're right, well, screw it then. Lets go and shower.'
'Now that's my girl!'
Locking the door behind herself, Sakura placed her things on a bathroom counter all the while slipping out of her dirty clothes that she later placed in the dirty laundry basket.
The bathroom was quite spacious, mostly black and white, with a hint of dark wood here and there. Too bad the pinkette didn't come here for interior admiring but for a shower.
Stepping into the shower cabin, Sakura turned on the hot water.
Once done washing her body and unevenly cut hair, pinkette exited the shower, wrapping a large towel around her waist and then drying her hair with another black towel.
Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Sakura scowled.
She looked sickly pale with those dark circles around her now, pale green eyes.
Pinkette let out a bitter snort at her own appearance, she definitely looked like a ghost of her old self.
As the towel slipped down from around her waist, medic-nin's scowl turned into a smirk.
Even though her breasts had gotten bigger, compared to Tsunade she still lacked in the chest department, probably like the rest of the kunoichi's.
Her breasts were big enough to squeeze and small enough to be easily hidden if needed for a mission, which pretty much made them perfect.
Still smirking, Sakura pulled on her black underwear along with her favourite knee length baggy, grey shorts.
Hearing steps echoing from outside, medic-nin quickly binded her chest with clean white wrappings, pulling on an apple green tank top that successfully hid the old scars on her stomach, back and other areas.
Deciding there was no need in shoes since the floors in the hideout were really clean, Sakura pulled on a pair of extremely comfortable white socks that she had taken from her new closet.
"Right.." She sighed, turning the door handle and opening the door leading straight into a dark corridor, pretty much forgetting her wet towels and shampoo in the bathroom.
Stepping out of the bathroom, Sakura looked to her sides, trying to remember the side where the kitchen was supposed to be at.
Not being able to remember, the pinkette blindly ran a few meters to her right, jumping down and quickly sliding across the floor on her bottom, occasionally letting out a childishly amused squeal.
Still completely oblivious to a single sharingan eye following her every movement from the shadows, Sakura made her way to the kitchen only to find it empty.
'Good.' She thought to herself once she got up from the floor, heading straight for the fridge, swinging its giant door open.
"Holy shitake mushrooms."
The fridge was full of different ingredients that could be used for cooking up royal dishes of any kind.
'Might as well make something good since the food's for free.'
"Mmmmhm." Sakura thoughtfully hummed to herself while rummaging trough multiple cupboards, trying to find cocoa powder.
"Here you are!" She exclaimed, reaching for a wooden container that had Cocoa powder written on it.
Pinkette almost fell off the chair she currently stood on, as she felt someone new enter the kitchen.
Avoiding falling off of her chair, medic-nin grabbed the cocoa container and jumped onto the kitchen counter in a very ninja-like way, then flipped backwards onto the tiled kitchen floor, landing on her feet.
"Oh oh, Tobi thinks that was sooo cool!" Someone suddenly said from behind Sakura's back.
Pinkette slowly turned around and stared up at a swirly, orange masked male, that was about a head taller than she was.
"Um, hi there." She awkwardly greeted the mysterious male in front of her, who had become suspiciously quiet.
Still quiet, he stepped forward towards Sakura, who backed away on impulse.
That's when the masked male slightly bent down, his chest almost coming in contact with pinkette's as he reached behind her back.
Medic-nin's eyes widened in surprise as her breath hitched meanwhile the man himself let out a shaky breath.
"There! Tobi put the chair back in place, Tobi is a good boy!" He suddenly chirped, straightening his back and happily staring back at Sakura, who simply stared over her shoulder.
Indeed, the chair was once again standing up.
"Ah thanks, umm, Tobi?"
"No problem Cherry-chan! Anything for a pretty girl!"
Sakura blushed and turned her back towards the male. 'Damn this is awkward.'
"What's your name, pretty girl?" He quietly asked, taking a step closer to Sakura.
'Did his voice just change?'
'I have no idea. He's hot though. I mean look at the muscles beneath that skin tight black shirt. Mmmm..'
Putting on a front, the medic-nin once again looked up at the man, with a smile on her face as she extended her hand.
"My name is Sakura, nice to meet you Tobi-san." She cheerfully replied.
The said Tobi-san eagerly nodded and gripped the offered hand with crushing strength, shaking it in an overly enthusiastic manner.
"The feeling is mutual, Sakura-chan!"
Once separated from the male, pinkette placed her cocoa container on a kitchen counter, reaching into a drawer she took out a whisk.
"Do you mind if I go back to cooking, Tobi-san?" She asked the cheerful male who sat up on the counter next to the one she was about start cooking at.
"Of course not Sakura-chan, Tobi is a good boy!"
'Ugh, there he goes again with the good boy thing. I swear he must have some mental illness.'
'Hah, like you're the one to talk, my beloved mental illness.'
"Alright." Awkwardly replied Sakura, nodding as she brought a bowl closer to herself, cracking a few eggs into it.
"I am going to bake a chocolate cake, hopefully it will turn out well."
"Oh? What's a chocolate cake?"
Pinkette turned her head to the side, staring in disbelief.
"You've never tried chocolate cake?" She asked the masked male.
"Nope, Tobi has never tried anything like that!"
'Damn.'
"Well then, once the cake is baked I will share it with you. Okay, Tobi-san?"
"Okay!" He chirped happily along with an enthusiastic fist pump.
'Such a child.'
'I find him kinda cute though.'
'Appearances are deceiving, don't forget that.'
'Yeah yeah, spoil it all why wont you.'
Smirking at her inner self, Sakura busily mixed all of the ingredients together in a bowl, throughoutly stirring the cake batter all the while enjoying the comfortable silence.
"Is Sakura-chan our new cook?" Tobi suddenly asked, thoughtfully looking up at the ceiling, finding it very interesting to look at.
"No, I am a kunoichi that goes on different missions, not a personal chef for the Akatsuki." the pinkette casually replied.
"Oh, but I thought a woman's place was supposed to be in the kitchen not on missions..."
"If a woman is only good for cooking then perhaps her place really is in the kitchen. That however does not apply in my case, Tobi-san."
Said Sakura, not in the least bothering to take her eyes off the cake batter she continued to mix.
A dark chuckle was heard from beneath the orange mask as the medic-nin reached for a baking dish, managing not to drop her calm act along with the baking dish itself.
"Sakura-chan is a funny one!" Exclaimed Tobi as he playfully started to swing his legs, that were dangling off the edge of a kitchen counter he was sitting on.
"Thanks, I guess.." Trailed off the medic-nin as she placed her cake into a pre-heated oven, glancing up at the wall clock right after, perfectly masking her utmost suspicion.
She had about twenty five minutes of free time to waste while waiting for the cake to bake,meaning she could cook up something else.
Once again walking over to the fridge, pinkette swung its door open, peering inside.
'Lovely.' Sakura thought after cooking up a salad,staring at the apple shaped timer once again, waiting for it to ring, not in the least noticing a taller male creeping up behind her with his long arms extended in front of him.