So hey again fellow Narutards! This chapter's still sort of an intro, but the next chapter will definitely start the plot. I wasn't expecting to get many reviews, but I do love them, so now to get more reviewers, if you comment you or your own characters name, looks and personality, and you are one of the first three to do so, I'll put you in the story! Your characters will have to be evil and maybe a little edited, though; I just need some new ideas. How's about that for motivation to review! Anyway, enjoy and remember that I don't own Naruto, as if you need reminding.
The Akatsuki. They were all there in front of me. Pein (Nagato), Itachi, Deidara, Hidan, Kakuzu, Kisame, Konan, Zetsu, and Tobi. Sasori was missing, but that made sense as Tobi was wearing the Akatsuki cloak. It must have been around the time just after he died, exactly where I was up to in the anime, now that I think about it. I opened my mouth to speak, but someone interrupted me before I could.
"WHAT THE FUCK! WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU BRAT! WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU IN OUR BASE! I'LL SACRIFICE YOU TO JASHIN-SAMA BITCH!" That someone was, of course, none other than Hidan.
"Hidan calm down. The girl doesn't look like she was meant to end up here, and if she was, I doubt she could do much harm to us," replied Kakuzu.
"You're right there," interjected Kisame. "The kids' literally got no chakra. None. In fact, if she wasn't so clearly moving, I'd say she was dead."
There was a pause as the members all glared down at my trembling figure on the floor.
"Well, girl, it looks like you have some explaining to do," Pein finally spoke, directing his Rinnegan to my face.
I nodded slowly and shakily began to explain what had happened to me, and about how I was from a different world without chakra in which where they were all just fictional characters. It took me a while, as I kept being interrupted, but I managed to tell them everything I knew, as well as my name.
"Wait, so we don't even exist where you come from, yet you know everything about us, hmm?" probed Deidara in disbelief.
"I doubt she would make something like that up," Konan responded.
"Still, we need some kind of proof that this isn't a total lie," pointed out Zetsu's white side.
I was about to say I had none when I suddenly remembered the iPod I had taken off charge just before I had been whisked into the portal. I discovered it after rummaging about in my pockets for a bit. I held up the gadget so the criminals could see it.
"This is my iPod if it helps," I explained quietly. "It's a sort of machine from my world which plays music into your ears if you plug headphones into it," I showed them the earplugs which were conveniently attached to the music player.
"Let me see that," the Akatsuki leader (or rather his hologram) marched up to me and snatched the iPod from my hands.
I blinked in surprise. I hadn't expected the holograms to be solid. Damn ninjutsu.
The almighty invincible leader of the Akatsuki stared intensely at my iPod with an unreadable expression on his face. Slowly and cautiously, almost comically so, he pressed a button on it; almost dropping it in shock when it started blaring out some form of heavy metal rock at top volume. I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at his startled look.
"What, don't like my taste in music?"
Pein glared at me, as did the others who all looked a bit shaken themselves, even the forever emo-faced Itachi.
"What is this thing?" he questioned slowly.
"…I said before, it's a music player. Playing music is what it does," I told him slowly; trying, and failing, to keep the laughter at their reaction out of my voice.
"Don't get cocky, brat. The only reason you're still alive is because I've never seen anything like this before. I was asking how it works."
I winced at this remark. I'd forgotten that I was talking to an S-rank criminal here. Albeit one that was currently afraid of my iPod.
"Sorry, but I have absolutely no idea. I just use it; I didn't build it."
"SOME HELP YOU ARE BITCH! WHAT OTHER KIND OF MESSED UP SHIT DOES YOUR WORLD MAKE HUHH?" screamed a certain Jashinist, "AND DON'T GIVE ME ANY MORE CRAP ABOUT HOW WE'RE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, I EXIST, JASHIN DAMMIT!"
"One, there was a much better way to ask that; two, you do exist, just not in my world; three, it would take me forever to explain all our technology, but we do have a lot of things you don't," I informed him weakly.
"I'LL TALK TO YOU HOW I WANT, BITCH! I- OWCH!" The albino broke off his rant as he was smacked over the head like a little boy who'd misbehaved.
"Hidan, if you don't shut yourself up, I will for you," Kakuzu growled. Hidan muttered something under his breath, but did indeed stop talking.
"Much as I'd love to continue this little conversation, Itachi and I have some business to attend to, and we can't afford to waste any more time here," Kisame interrupted, with a nod of agreement from Itachi.
"Very well," nodded Pein, "we all have missions to do, so this discussion shall continue later at the base," he announced, and with that, Itachi and Kisames' holograms vanished.
Itachi and Tobi -or Obito- had both stayed silent throughout my explanation. This wasn't particularly unusual for Itachi, but I could practically feel Tobi's eyes burning through his mask into the back of my head, and I had a good idea why. I knew he'd be confronting me sooner or later with some questions of his own. Maybe he even knew why I was here, that would be just like him. Some of the other members were looking at me a bit warily as well, but despite their beliefs, I knew I wouldn't be letting their secrets out any time soon. I had a feeling I wouldn't live for very much longer if I did, their glares made that crystal clear.
"Since Deidara and Tobi are the only ones actually here, you can join them for the day until we all go back to the main hideout," the leader concluded.
I grimaced and stood up. Maybe Tobi's questions were going to come quicker than I thought. The rest of the Akatsuki's holograms disappeared and I was left alone with the masked man and the bomber. Deidara didn't look any happier than me.
"Tsh, why do I never get any decent partners," he muttered to himself, "an idiot and some teenage girl with no chakra, yeah."
"How do you think I feel?" I argued indignantly, "up until now, you guys were just drawings on a screen to me, and now you're…real and I'm stuck with you away from my family and, well everything. I don't even think it's set in yet," I suddenly felt a pang of sadness at the thought of my family. I didn't even know when I'd next be seeing them, but I had to put myself past that and start thinking about how to get back. I'd always dreamed of meeting the Akatsuki, but now I had, I just wanted to get back home.
"Yeah, yeah," the blond replied, clearly sounding bored, "let's just get back to the base, un"
"Hai, sempai!" announced Tobi ecstatically.
Pissed, but not surprised at the mans' lack of interest, I grudgingly followed him out of the small cave and into, well into the Naruto universe. I felt a sudden rush of adrenaline as it truly hit me where I was. I might miss home, but that didn't mean I couldn't enjoy being here, did it?
"I'm going to fly up and check to see no-one's following us, yeah," Deidara said, moulding some clay in his hands into the shape of a bird, and tossing it to the ground. My eyes widened as the terrorist made a hand sign and the model expanded to the size of a lorry.
"Wow," I breathed as he hopped onto the creation, "I've always wanted to see one of those in real life."
"Well now you can hmm," the blonde smirked; obviously satisfied someone appreciated his artwork. He flew into the air, circling around for a while. I gulped as I suddenly realized I was now alone with Obito, and that he appeared to be watching me closely.
"How much do you know," he questioned in a low voice. I shuddered. He sure got to the point fast.
"You're Obito Uchiha, right?" I tried to keep my answers as simple as possible so he wouldn't suspect me of lying. His body actions showed he was surprised at this answer. Surprised? Maybe it wasn't his doing that I was here then.
"If you tell anyone, I-"
"I know, I do have some sense," I cut him off, knowing what he would have said anyway, "but don't think this means I'll do anything you tell me to." The Uchiha let out a hollow laugh.
"Sure, sure. But don't think I'm letting you off the hook just because I want to know more about your world," he said, sounding quite amused at my defiance.
I suddenly let out a breath I hadn't even realised I'd been holding, as Deidara landed next to us. Man, Uchihas were scary; especially since this one seemed ready to kill me any time he wanted.
"It's clear, let's get going un," The artist declared.
"YAY!" exclaimed Tobi. Nervously, I nodded. This Uchiha wasn't just imposing and powerful, he was also a good actor, and that change in personality scared the shit out of me. Just another reason to make him even more terrifying, and judging how he looked at me; he knew it.
We arrived at the base by late evening. From the outside, it looked like a cave, but, after making our way past several traps; it started to look more like a home and less like a dank hole. (Me: I know the Akatsuki would never have a base like this, as it would be pointless; but it helps the storyline) We walked down a corridor, and arrived at a door near the end.
"This is Leader-Sama's office, he wants to see if you can do anything of use," Deidara explained to me, shoving me through the door, where the entire Akatsuki were waiting -all real this time- seemingly for me to arrive.
"Um…hey?" I said nervously. (Pathetic, I know, but what would you have said if nine of your favourite murderous manga characters were glaring down at you for the second time that day?) Pein raised an eyebrow at this greeting but pretended that he didn't notice.
"Itachi," he said glancing at the said shinobi, who promptly activated his sharingan and turned his gaze to me before I could even look away.
Shit I thought to myself. Now you're done for. I waited for something to happen, but it never did. I blinked. Was this some sort of test? Itachi was staring at me in shock. Itachi? In shock? What the hell is going on here? He quickly regained his composure though, before the others could see his expression.
"I can't," he stated simply. Can't? Can't do what?
"What do you mean you can't?" demanded Pein.
"I mean I can't she must have something protecting her, or some sort of power, because I can't access her mind,"
"Maybe it's her lack of Chakra?" Kisame suggested.
"No, I should still be able to put her under Genjutsu," was the monotone reply.
"G-Genjutsu?" I stammered, "Can someone please explain to me what the fuck is going on here?"
"We were going to put you under a Genjutsu to see how long you could last, but we appear to have discovered something much more interesting," Pein looked quite intrigued by my apparent immunity to Genjutsu, "You might be of more use than we originally thought." He walked over to me and appeared to be scanning over my eyes. "What else can you do?"
"Like hell I know!"
Most of the members sighed knowingly. I noticed some of them looked quite tired, despite it still being early in the night. I guess it must be tiring being a ninja, I noted. Pein seemed to see this too.
"We need to rest soon," he said, "in a week's time, Deidara and Tobi are going on a simple non-dangerous mission to recruit three new members, you can accompany them to see if you have any powers that may be awakened if you're put in any danger-"
"But you just said it was a non-dangerous mission!" I protested.
"It is, you have Deidara and Tobi to look after you if your group is attacked. Just coming closer to danger than you probably ever have might awaken something," to which my reply was a grunt.
"Anyway," he continued, "until then, you can do chores around the base and get to know everyone. Deidara will also help you train your physical skills as well, just in case,"
Said Deidara opened his mouth to complain, but one look from his leader caused him to shut his mouth again very quickly.
"TOBI WILL HELP TOO!" The masked man announced suddenly, making everyone jump.
"…And Tobi will help too, then," finished Pein weakly. I knew full well that this was Obito's way of keeping watch over me; and I didn't like it. "This meeting is over," declared the orange-haired man, and the room slowly emptied until just Deidara and I were left. He marched over me and snapped a Chakra control wristband onto my arm, muttering something about precautions and how he always got stuck with everyone's dirty work.
"Your room," he said flatly, chucking me into a bare room with only chair in the corner and no bed and locking the door. I sighed, crawling into the corner and sat hunched over, feeling rather depressed. I wonder how much time has passed in my world. I wondered to myself before falling into a deep and restless sleep.
One week of sweeping for hours on end and running till I collapsed (their ideas of chores and training) later, it was time for the mission and I couldn't think of anything worse than spending the entire time with a power- crazy phyco and a terrorist bomber. I now struggled to remember what I ever saw in the blond. I guess people are different when you actually meet them.
And so, we set off on the mission to recruit three new members. The very mission this story started with actually.
Finally! Second chapter complete! Sorry if things were a bit rushed; I just wanted to get onto the actual plot ASAP. I know it's been boring up till now but things WILL get interesting! I PROMISE! So yeah, review and remember the character thing I mentioned at the top. ONLY THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE…not that I expect to even get that many reviews, but I'm an optimistic person. Thank You!