Sorry for the delay here is chapter 4 i did it in a rush i started university im SORRY

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Chapter 4: The Akatsuki

Red stared as the blue haired woman she had been searching for finally appeared before her, next to an orange haired man. Their hair were blowing through the gently breeze as they bored at her with stern, blank, expressionless faces. In return, she returned their expression, after all, her father taught her not to show weakness to those who are not friends. Despite the rumors and words on the streets she had heard from this woman, or the men who wore black and red cloaks, she had nowhere else to go, she had turned her back on her mother, and her father was gone, she had no one else. To where was she suppose to go? Even if they were who people say they were, lethal criminals, wanted in every nation, preferably dead even. Even so, she accepted that, if they killed her, if they got rid of her, if they took her as hostage. She was tired, tired of walking, tired of the same scenery, she wanted to rest, even if it was in a cell, even if it would lead later on to death. It was worth it for her, it was fine with her, she wasn't scared after all.

Nothing could be any worse than seeing her own father die before her, then seeing him tortured and ripped limb to limb for fun, than hearing those words out of his mouth before he died. Nothing was as scary as running away, and being hunted down in the rain, in the blood covered streets of the destroyed village. Nothing.

Red clenched her fist as thoughts ran through her head, and she concluded what she was going to do, she had decided, she had accepted her fates, the road she was going to take. She stared them into their eyes, un-phased by the rare eyes the orange head had.

"I would like to join the Akatsuki" Her voice was firm, strong, unwavering. She didn't get the chance to blink before she was pulled by a force, a hand around his throat, and smashed into the ground, pinned from her throat. She grabbed at the arms that held her, not struggling, simply holding it; she opened her eyes to meet the strange eyes of the man. She clenched his hand tighter, struggling to breathe.

"And what can a child like you offer to our organization?" The voice rumbled from the man in front of her, deep, powerful. She glanced up at his headband then back into his eyes, looked at him the way he is looking at her.

"Test me" Was the only thing the girl could spit out. A pause, before the grip loosened and the man stood up, and looked at Konan, who nodded. They weren't looking for any more people to recruit, she was of no interest to them, but then again, they would simply kill her when they did test her and get rid of her.

"Very well" Konan spoke this time, the ring she wore and the orange haired man glowed, and not too long later, two people came on a bird, two walking, and two jumping in. They all wore the same cloaks, black of red clouds, all she had seen in the wanted list. All known criminals.

She got up and dusted herself off, facing them all in front of her.

"Like every one of us, we joined from a battle, then you shall face one of us, if you shall win, then you shall join, and if not…" Konan stopped talking, looking hard at Red, her eyes narrowed. "Then you will be killed" Red repeated in her head, that she had accepted this, and there was no turning away now, no regrets, no point in that, she brought herself into it of course, there was no one to blame. "Your opponent shall be Hidan"

"Fuck yeah! Finally, a sacrifice to Jashin-sama!" It didn't take a second for her to know who she was facing, out of the lined up men, a slick back white haired man stepped forward, with his cloak open showing a Jashin necklace. The men around either seemed like they didn't care, or smirked in amusement, excitement.

Red clenched her fist, she hated Jashinist, they had brought much trouble to her father, much. Hidan stood in front of her, two meters away, having a devilish smile. Konan gave the permission for the battle to begin, and Red waited, studied Hidan. Without hesitation he grabbed for his scythe behind his back, red, three blades, he charged forward, swinging it around in all directions but with grace, with skills. She jumped out of the way, turning and twisting dodging, he was laughing like a manic, and she looked like she was dancing with light feet. One dodge out of the way lead her into his foot, which sent her falling into a bolder which cracked, and she fell off of it.

Blood dripped down her mouth as she got on her hands and knees and up again.

"This is too fucking easy! HAHA" He was in front of her, delivering the final blow, he raised his weapon above his head and brought it slashing down. He was fast, faster than she thought. With quick thinking she side stepped, and hit his hand that held the weapon, a pressure point. He let go of the weapon as a result and it fell, she saw the rope that attached the weapon to inside of his cloak, without another hesitation, she spin and gave a hard high kick to his face, which had his sprawling into the dirt floor.

"What the…" He had underestimated her, and she hated those who did, she hated Jashinist, and most of all, she hated how close she was about to die to him. She jumped in the air high, and gave him a drop kick while he was still in shock that a girl had hit him. Right when he got up and turned to see where she had gone, her kick met his face, which shoved him back onto the ground, indenting it. She took a few hops back, and waited.

"I'll fucking kill you! You broke my nose!" When he sat up, indeed his nose was broken, and rather obviously. She bent her legs, readying herself. Keep your head up Val, focus, don't get distracted. One mistake and any enemy would have taken your life. Her father's words kept repeating in her head. Stay calm. She took a deep breath, and looked Hidan straight in his eyes as he got up and wheeled his scythe back in his hands.

"I'm gonna cut you into tiny pieces" His threat, was real, and she knew if she let him, he would do just that. He charged again first, and she moved at the last second, behind him, and merely touched his back, he gave out a scream, and when he turned to look at her, his cloak was burnt off, revealing burnt skin. Her eyes was glowing again, her face blank, and soon after the glowing stopped. "The fuck did you do?!" suddenly they were all interested, they had noticed how graceful she moved, how abnormal her speed was, how strange she was.

"It's almost like the kid isn't human" Kisame's eyes were twinkling in amusement at this child, his toothy grin failing to hide that. To say they hadn't thought just that would be a lie. Pain studied her, while Diedara cheered for Hidan, encouraging him.

Hidan and Red stared for what felt like forever, and once again, she waited, and once again he charged first, swinging his scythe all over, going faster and faster, eventually she reached an end to a cliff, leading to a very big fall. He paused and smirked, also knowing that she had nowhere to run now. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath as he charged; her hands were at a right angle, fisted. Focusing. Right as he jumped to slash her she shoved at nothing, and he was sent flying.

Konan's eyes widen and sharply looked at Pain.

"Pain?" What looked like a simple girl, seemed to have had an ability like Pain, so it seemed, to push things away, and perhaps pull, yet she had no Rikangan, which made no sense. Red wavered a bit, and Hidan wouldn't get up, his own scythe hand stabbed him when it fell on him from the hit. The Akatsuki merely stared and some whispered among each other. Despite it looking like she had done the move of the 'Shinrai' like Pain, however, what had become of Hidan was different. From what Konan can see, his ribs seemed broken, his cloak ripped up badly, and his own scythe was broken. It was a hit, not just a push but a hit.

Pain pulled Red to him, and to her surprise at the pull she fell over in front of him. She slowly got up. His eyes narrowed.

"What did you do?"

"Do I pass?" She ignored his question, and looked him hard into his eyes bravely or perhaps foolishly, rubbing her now bleeding nose. Her eyes once again no longer glowing. His hand went to her throat again.

"I am the leader" He threatened. "I am God, I will show you what pain is if you do not answer me" She looked hard back at him, clenching her teeth.

"Do I pass?" She forced out, and his grip tightened, till finally Konan touched his arm, and he let go.

"You pass, what is your name child?" Konan asked, stepping up. Red's throat was sore, and she rubbed it, when she spoke, her voice was raspy.

"Red" Konan gave a small smile.

"Well Red, welcome to the Akatsuki" when she blinked everyone was around her, most of them smiling, except Hidan, he was still on the ground. Boy was he going to be mad when he gets up.