Disclaimer: I do NOT own the anime/manga of Naruto. Just like every other person that has written a disclaimer for their story. Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto.

Finnaly, Chapter 3 is up. Longest original chapter yet. Akatsuki is just interesting, ok? O I Just wanted to get this up before March Break.

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Prismatic Shadows

Chapter 3: Summon Red

They weather had changed; it was now cloudy. The three Akatsuki members were about to establish a connection to 'Fearless Leader'. After the members were finished molding the chakra ever so precisely, someone was noticed watching from behind a pinetree. The man jumped in to the pinetree when he saw that his hiding location was found out. The movement struck Itachi as horribly calculated. He wondered how someone of the Akatsuki caliber couldn't perform a sudden jump quietly. This alone put Taiyou under Itachi's supicion.

"Taiyou, just come out, yeah. We were just about to talk to Leader. Just come out-"

"Go away. You don't know your place yet."

Taiyou jumped out of the pinetree.

Taiyou had light blue hair in a low side pony tail with left-swept bangs, and an uncaring sneer. His eyes pupiless neon green eyes betrayed his current emotion all the time. If he was amused little stars would dance in his eyes. If he was mad you could almost see the fiery blazes of hell within them. He was tall and was loosly drapped in his Akatsuki robe. He appeared to be around 19. His forehead protector depicted that he was a Cloud missing-nin, and the katana attached to his robe declared him an ex-Cloud ANBU.

Taiyou sighed and smiled. He walked towards the group and lunar glow surrounded him and then consumed him.

"Only for now, only for now." Taiyou's final words echoed.

"Hn. He talks assumingly." Bastard.

Taiyou was the only one Itachi considered a threat. Taiyou might not be ANBU anymore, but Itachi felt like he still wore that mask. He could control the rays of the sun if he wanted too. That included concentrating the rays onto on particular spot, and they didn't have a medic-nin. He could stop the rays from reaching the ground. He could be a formidable ally of Konoha's Nara family. The shadow benders. He could increase thier shadow range and kill many people at once.

Itachi returned his attention to where the three s-class criminals previously were. The other two instantly got the message and went back to thier previous positions in the triangle. They united their chakra and called the Leader of Akatsuki Organization.

"Ano...? What a surprise. We are not to talk for a copuple more weeks. This had better be important." There were mixed emotions in the sudden encounter with the S-Class criminals. Leader coughed and there was a uncomfortable silence.

"So..." Yeah...Deidara tried to lighten up the mood.

"Ah, yes." Itachi snapped out of the silence. "We received word of a challenge. Directed to us. By some people who claim to be a threat to us. Is there something we should know..." A brief pause. "Leader." Itachi's last word clearly hit a nerve on their Leader.

"Have you lost your faith in me? In your mission? This is very... disconcerning for the organization, Uchiha-san."

"My mission? It has nothing to do with the mission. I want to know why the knowledge of this greater power, was not brought to my attention."

"Heh. They've always been there, Itachi-san. Always."

The rest of the Akatsuki members appeared along side a sneer given by Taiyou. He was in the front of the pack. The other members were confused at why they were there, although thier faces would never betray such a thought. They all pretended that they knew exactly why they were there.

Leader immediatly solidified at the place where he was moments ago talking to Deidara, Kisame and Itachi.

Everyone turned to look at Taiyou.

The last thing the Akatsuki members saw was a large sneer.

The forest went dark and it was silent.

Deidara was the first to wake. His eyes were open, yet he couldn't even see his hand right in front of his face. The room he was in was cold. It's floors were also cold. However they were smooth with grids running through the floor. He deduced that the floor was a ceramic tile.

He tried to draw chakra to his hands to create some explosive clay, but it just wouldn't work. He couldn't draw the chakra. He closed his eyes. Now that the initial shock of adrenaline was over, it dawned upon him that his butt seriously hurt. Damn that floor was hard.

Deidara asked the darkness "Is anyone awake, yeah?"

No response. He tried to stand up, but was unsuccessful. He grabbed his ankles and felt for either chains or shackles. He felt none. He closed his eyes (even though he couldn't really tell) and came to a realization that he was bound with chakra string. The mouths on his hands were trying to break the string, without sucess.

There were other people in the room, he could sense thier chakra quietly buzzing in his mind. From what he could tell, there were about 9 people in the room, although he couldn't pinpoint exactly where everyone was. Maybe Taiyou was generous enough to put all of his comrades, or maybe just people with the same main interest, in the same room.

One chakra field suddenly jumped. He asked the silent darkness once again:

"Is anyone awake, yeah?" This time however a voice answered.

"I guess I am now." came a quiet female voice. "though I really wish I could sleep, or better yet, drink this darkness away. Who are you?"

Deidara didn't respond. Who was this woman? He remembered Tobi sais something about the newest member of thier organization was a woman. Maybe it was her. Probably was.

The restraints on his feet and legs were getting weaker and a span of 4 and a half minutes, the string had completly dissolved.

Deidara gathered chakra into his hands and created a small mound of clay. Roughly about the size of a tennis ball. He started to roll it across the room. Hopefully, it wouldn't hit someone he knew. The ball kept rolling. He snapped his fingers and the clay exploded. Just as he hoped, The explosion caught on something burnable. He grinned in triumph.

I'm just simply a plain genius! YEAH!

"So I guess that explaines who you are, Deidara-san." whispered the voice.

"So you are Akatsuki, yeah!" He got up and walked towards the burning object.

"So am I." came a dark brooding voice "Although you won't be able to tell after you burnt my robe, you idiot."

Deidara jumped back from the voice that was coming from the burning cloak imediatly replacing that look of triumph with one of shock.

Deidara grimaced. Oh shit, I hit Itachi. Of course I had to hit him, yeah!

Itachi had a stick by him and he used the flames on his robe to light the branch. After the branch was lit, Itachi put the small fire out, stood up and looked to the right of where he was standing. He kicked someone beside him. A grunt quickly ensued. Kisame tried to get up but gave up after he realized his chakra bonds were still working. He slumped back onto the wall behind him.

Itachi ignored him and walked towards Deidara and the female voice.

"Care to tell us your name now?" asked Itachi. He shined the branch light on her and saw that she was indeed Akatsuki.

She was wearing a tight fitted Akatsuki robe and wore a small green gem on her forehead between her blank crystalline eyes. The signature Akatsuki ring was on her left middle finger. Her nails were painted the dark purple colour too. Her short spikey black hair stook up at all angles. She glaced at both Deidara and Itachi with minimal interest. She smiled a one sided smile.

"Heh. I guess I will. It's not fair for me to know your names and strengths and you not know mine. I'll at least tell you my name anyway. My name is Akiri Sakurairo. Do what you will with it."

NEXT TIME: It's Sound's turn to be invited!!

Long Intro, eh, guys? -- SORRY!!

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