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Dangerous organization being Akatsuki New Leader POV
We reached Suna and I ordered Deidara and Kisame to get a good spot for camping without being noticed, and so they did.
As for me, I went for a little stroll through Suna, I used the Henge and concealed my chakra so no one knows who I am.
I walked calmly through the streets and spotted something interesting in a kid's playground, Sakura, Replacement-san, her kids and ANBU surveying them from not so far away.
The kids were playing in the swings, Sakura and Replacement-san are sitting in a bench chatting quietly. I smirk lightly, this is gonna be so easy.
Chapter 4
I walk quietly through the park and sit in a bench near the swings, and as I do so I get an idea. Thanks to one of my guys cough slaves cough, I know how to produce chakra strings and control things, like with a puppeteer. I make the chakra strings invisible and hook them in the boys swing. I casually move my fingers, and in a swift un-suspicious move, the boy was on the ground.
"Nii-chan!" the girl exclaimed in worry and jumped from the swing, then kneeling next to her brother.
"Itai." The boy whimpered softly nursing his knee. I looked at where Sakura was, and she was hurrying to her kids, time to move.
I got up and walked to the kids.
"Are you ok?" I ask quietly kneeling in front of them. They both look at me, the boy with watery eyes and the girl with a suspicious look.
"I s-scratched m-my k-knee." The boy whimpered softly and sniffled.
"Can I see??" thanks to another one of my slaves, who happens to be a girl, I learned how to heal minor injuries. The boy shyly showed me his knee, just a little scratch, nothing serious, with my peripheral vision I see Sakura watching me, I inwardly smirk, this is being easier than I thought.
I was about to heal the boy when the girl spoke.
"Who are you?? Kaa-chan told us not to talk to strangers." She said seriously while looking me up and down. I smile at her.
"Then let me introduce myself so we aren't strangers anymore!" she crossed her arms in front of herself, funny, reminds me of when I was a kid. "I'm Shisui!" I told her grinning, like an idiot if you ask me.
"Shisui??" she asks suspicious, she wants my full name, think Shisui what??
"Aoru Shisui!" she grinned.
"I'm Haruno Kyuuki!" she introduced with a wide grin.
"I-I'm Haruno Ryuuki!" the little boy introduced shyly with a smile. I nodded and healed his knee.
"Better now Ryuuki-kun?" he nodded and grinned.
"Arigato Shisui-onii-chan!!" Ryuuki exclaimed happily.
"It's nothing." I said shrugging. "Would you 2 like an ice cream??" I asked tilting my head.
"Hai!!" they exclaimed, I chuckled, they've got energy, though the girl is more energetic, the boy's more shy.
"It's ok, I'll buy them the ice cream, you don't have to bother." Came my blossom's sweet voice, I turned to her.
"It's nothing, really, I'm just doing this 'cause I want to, they seem nice kids." I said quietly and turned back to the kids while getting up.
"What flavours would you 2 like??"
"Vanilla and strawberry!!" the gaki cheered, I nodded and walked to the ice cream stand nearby, Sakura followed.
"Anou, you really don't have to." She said quietly.
"But I want to." I insisted. "Besides, it's not like I haven't got money." Oh yeah, being part of the Akatsuki, and having a huge heritage helps a lot in that department.
"Two vanilla and strawberry ice creams." I asked blankly to the man.
"Right away." Mattaku, having to pretend being a happy-go-lucky guy is a pain, sigh. Sakura stopped and looked at me.
"You seem familiar." She mumbled to herself, if I didn't have keen senses I wouldn't have heard it, I pretended not to hear, after all, she was just talking to herself.
"Here you go!" the man said, I paid and took the ice creams.
"What's your name again??" she asked as we walked to where the kids were again, I noticed Replacement-san never got his eyes off of her.
"Aoru Shisui." I said quietly, I transformed myself in a light brown haired guy with blue eyes. We arrived to where the kids were.
"Here you go!" I said smiling and handed them the ice cream.
"Arigato Onii-chan!!" they cheered
"I'm Haruno Sakura." She introduced, as polite as ever.
"They're your kids then." I stated.
"Hai, twins!" she said proudly. I nodded, so they are twins.
"They're energetic." I commented.
"Sometimes." She mumbled, I look at her through the corner of my eye, she's looking at her kids with a worried face, don't blame her, with a bad guy like me on the loose.
"I'll have to go now." I announced and started to walk away.
Sakura's POV
The twins are eating the ice cream Shisui-san gave them quietly in the sand box.
There's something about this guy, not his appearance, it's his aura, I can't feel his chakra signature, but… There's something about him.
"I'll have to go now." He said and started to walk away.
"Thank you for healing Ryuuki-kun!" I thanked politely, he turned around and shrugged.
"It's nothing." He said nonchalantly. He stopped walking and took something from his pocket. "Some guy told me to give you this." He said throwing me something, I caught it without problem, a fortune cookie.
"Thanks?" I looked at where Shisui-san was, he was no longer there. I walked back to the bench where Sai-kun is sitting.
"What's that?" he asked eyeing the fortune cookie.
"A cookie." I said and sat down. I broke it and like any other cookie like this, there was a small paper, my fortune.
I gave half of the cookie to Sai and we both ate our halves.
"Let's see what my fortune is!" I said jokingly and unfolded the paper. Sai leaned closer so he could see. The paper said.
Flower of spring, your luck is about to change.
Prepare to have a surprise, there might be an exchange.
He'll take something from you, and take it out of range.
A riddle, but what does it means??
Sai's POV
Flower of spring, your luck is about to change.
Prepare to have a surprise, there might be an exchange.
He'll take something from you, and take it out of range.
I reread the riddle, there's something fishy about it…
Flower of spring… damn, this guy's smart, he was here minutes ago and he even paid ice cream to the twins… I have a bad feeling about this riddle, no… this warning.
Sakura hasn't noticed yet, so I take the paper from her.
"It's just a stupid riddle, don't worry about it." I told her nonchalantly and put the paper in my pocket, I'll show it to Gaara later.
Flower of spring… haruno means spring and sakura is a flower… and the 'he' the riddle mentions, I bet it's the guy from before… damn, it's getting dangerous, if he can walk among us without bringing suspicion to anyone… but I'll find out who he is. Even if it's the last thing I do, I won't break the promise I made.
Let's see, if this guy's so smart, the code name he got may be a clue.
The kids walked to us with those huge happy-go-lucky grins that remind me of the dead-last Rukodaime a.k.a. Uzumaki Naruto.
"Did you guys like your ice cream??" Sakura asked smiling. They nodded vigorously.
"Hai!! Shisui-onii-chan" Kyuuki started.
"Was very nice!!" Ryuuki finished. So it's Shisui, I tough I heard something like that when he introduced himself, Aoru Shisui.
"Do you want to go home??" I asked quietly, they nodded.
Later, Gaara's POV
I walk out of the Kazekage office and to my misery and un-fortune, those idiotic stupid fan girls are there, I sigh, can't they just leave me alone??
"Kazekage-sama, aishiteru!"
"Gaara-kun, be my boyfriend!" they squeal in high pitched voices, damn it, now I have a headache.
"First of all, you're not allowed to call me Gaara-kun, and second, get lost you idiots." I tell them, they seem to melt to the floor anime style with really high pitched cries and wails, damn them all, I can't stand them, so I just pouf away, not actually pouf, more like disappear in a twirl of sand. I reappear in my living room, quiet, at last!!
I drop myself in the couch and close my eyes, nothing feels better than having some quiet after dealing with those high pitched idiot fan girls.
"Panda-onii-chan!!" I open my eyes and 2 flashes of black jump on me, I can't help myself but to smile at the 2 hugging me, though I'm not used to the pet name yet.
"Hey Gaara-kun!!" Sakura greeted with a smile.
"Yo." Sai greeted with a wave, usual, reminds me of their sensei, Kakashi.
"Onii-chan!! Onii-chan!! We ate ice cream today!!" Kyuuki exclaimed loudly.
"And we met a super cool onii-chan!!" Ryuuki continued.
"And he gave us ice cream!!"
"And he healed my knee because I fell from the swing and scratched it!!"
They were ecstatic while telling me their day, I don't really know why, but when they're like this, or even just forcing me to play with them, yes, because they really know how to persuade, I just feel like smiling and laughing and grinning, things I never did 'til the Shukaku was taken out of me. And you know what?? I really love these kids.
Sure I'm not their father, but still… when Sakura got pregnant it was a mess, she was happy, but she was also fearful of what would happen. We went through a lot of trouble, not just me, Sai and her too, but we did it, it's something some wouldn't be proud of doing, but we did it, and well… I'm actually happy we did. Who knows what would have happened if we didn't.
Kyuuki and Ryuuki, they're like a light, well… like their mother… a light… and to think it all started with Naruto on the Chuunins exam, that guy, after the all invasion thing, he told me he was my friend, he's… unique, to say the least.
"Onii-chan!! Anoune anoune… will you show us how to play with sand like you do??" Kyuuki asked with big shinning eyes, Ryuuki had the same expression. I leaned closer to them resting my elbows in my knees.
"Do you 2 know how to climb a tree without your hands yet??" they nodded vigorously.
"Does okaa-chan knows??" I asked with a raised brow. They once again nodded.
"I don't know… maybe I shouldn't." I tell them leaning back in the couch.
"Mou, you're mean onii-chan." They whined and ran to Sakura, tugging on her sleeves.
"Okaa-chan, Panda-onii-chan won't teach us how to play with sand like he does." They whined, she looked at them chuckling, then she looked at me with a look that said 'you-could-try'.
"Fine, come here." They ran back and sat in the floor in front of me looking at me with big shinning eyes.
I made some sand from my gourd come out and settle in the floor in front of them in a small pile. I got off of the couch and sat in the floor, legs crossed, in front of them.
"You know what chakra is??" they tilted their heads in slight confusion, I'll take it as a no.
"When you climb the tree, what do you do??"
"Etou, I make the flowy giggly thing stay on my feet so my feet can stick to the tree." Kyuuki said, Ryuuki nodded.
"To play with the sand you have to put the flowy giggly thing in the sand and then you have to make it do what you want." I explained the best way I could.
"Can you show us onii-chan??" Ryuuki asked. I nodded and put my hands over the sand, I didn't have to, but it's so they'll understand.
"You make the flowy giggly think go to your hands and then you make it stick to the sand." They nodded. I made 2 more small piles of sand settle in front of each of them.
"After the flowy giggly thing is in the sand you only have to think about what you want the sand to do while the flowy giggly thing is in the sand." They nodded again and started trying, I have to say, they're prodigies. They learned how to climb trees a few weeks ago, and they're only 4.
"I'm gonna get a glass of water!" Sakura says and leaves the living room, as she does so, Sai comes and sits next to me.
Kisame's POV
Me and Deidara set up the camp, Leader said he's be back later.
Deidara made some clay spiders and set them around the camp to detect if someone is coming. The é of us are currently sitting in the sand waiting for Leader.
"Don't you think it's strange?? I mean… what's the big deal if that Haruno girl his married and has kids…yeah…" I turn my head to face Deidara.
"I actually don't know, but we better do as Leader says, I saw what he did to Itachi-san, it wasn't pretty, and back then he was still a teenager." Deidara crossed his arms in front of himself.
"Still… what is Leader planning to do??... yeah… from what Ryo-san told me, Leader is going to kidnap Haruno or her kids, he didn't really know." Deidara was staring at the sky, I share his opinion, what is Leader planning?? What will he profit from kidnapping some gaki??
"Maybe it's personal, yeah." Deidara mumbled, I raised a brow.
"Personal??" He nodded.
"Maybe he wants to make Haruno suffer for something she did to him or something." No 'yeah' at the end, means he's in deep thought.
"Maybe you're right. Akira-san told me Leader only sent him to spy her at first, but then he told me Leader didn't really like to know that she had kids and lived with someone and that's when he started to…" I trailed off, everyone knows what happened next.
"We'll see what happens next." We both looked up and saw Leader walking casually towards us, he had a calm expression. Deidara paled, we were talking about Leader just like that.
"I don't mind if you talk about what I do or don't do, everyone has the right to have his own opinion." Leader stated nonchalantly and sat down in front of us. Deidara let out a sigh of relief, I'm actually relieved as well.
"Can I ask something Leader?" I ask quietly.
"Hn."
"What are we supposed to do in specific?" it's been in my mind since we left HQ.
"You'll use the jutsu that allows you to control the density of water in the air so Gaara won't be able to properly use his sand." He stated. "As for Deidara, you'll use your clay to make all the ANBU around them unconscious. Kisame'll also use his water prison justsu to imprison Kirikae-san, I'll take care of Sakura and the kids. We'll get away with Deidara's clay birds." Leader explained in a monotone voice. I nodded in understadment.
"Can I also ask something Leader??" Deidara asked in a quiet reluctant voice. Leader gave a curt nod.
"Well… What is the purpose of this mission if I may ask?" I eyed Deidara, he was nervous, I tuned to Leader, he had a blank expression and was looking at the sky. Leader stayed silent for a while, when I thought he wouldn't answer, he spoke.
"You will know in due time." Was Leader's answer. Deidara nodded.
After a while Deidara turned to me.
"Let's play poker, yeah." I raised a brow at him. "What?? I'm bored, yeah." He defended, I rolled my eyes.
"Fine." Deidara grinned and took a pack of cards from a pocket in his cloak. I glanced at Leader, he was lying in the sand looking at the sky, a smirk on his face, I oner what he's thinking.
Deidara shuffled the cards and then distributed. Oh great a pair of 3, an ace, a 2 and a 7, what am I supposed to do with a hand like this??
Deidara seems to have a nice hand of cards, he's grinning, lucky bastard.
"Oh Kisame!!" Deidara called in a sing song voice, I eyed him.
"What??"
"I've got a straight, yeah!" he grinned and showed me his cards, I put mine down.
"I'm shuffling next." I said taking the cards.
2 hours later Deidara's POV (A/N: Deidara's thoughts don't always have the 'yeah' at the end of his sentences, that's only when he talks and isn't being really serious.)
"Damn it." Kisame cursed.
"What is it Salmon-chan?? Don't like loosing??" I mocked, he glared at me, can't blame, we've been playing for 2 hours and he only won a couple of times.
He took the cards and shuffled, he gave me my cards and I grinned… Lucky, I've got another wonderful hand.
We made our bets. Our bets are made in sake bottles, at this point, kisame owns me 19 bottles of sake.
"Salmon-chan!!" Kisame glared at me. "Show, yeah!" he muttered some curses and showed me his cards while huffing and crossing his arms in front of him, I inwardly laughed, I don't want Kisame attacking me just like that. He has a 2, a 4, a queen, an ace and a 7.
I put my cards down so he can see.
"You own me 20 bottles of sake Salmon-chan!" I cheered, Kisame muttered some curses and glared at the floor.
"Fine." He finally muttered, I grinned, I had a straight flush, so I won again. Seeing the look on Kisame's face, I put the cards away.
"Leader?" Leader cracked one eye open meaning I had his attention. "When will we act?? yeah… so we can know when to go and prepare everything."
"Tomorrow morning." Leader stated.
"Hai." With that we ate something and went to sleep.
The next day – early morning – normal POV
3 figures dressed in black moved in the shadows to where the group of people was.
Sakura, Sai, Gaara and the twins were in the Kazekage's mansion. They were in the garden, the twins were playing around, Sai, Sakura and Gaara were sitting around a table talking while looking at said kids.
"Kisame." Leader spoke, Kisame nodded and made a series of hand seals.
"Suiton: tei mizu noukoui: koumitsu." (Water element: air water density: high density.)
Around the group the water density in the air went to the maximum, any jutsu with sand would be 100 times slower due to the sand becoming 100 times heavier, it was the effect of the jutsu. And a good thing about the jutsu, it was un-noticeable, only the most experienced shinobi who could control the jutsu knew when it was being used and in which degree.
"Deidara." Leader spoke again, so said nodded and several clay spiders moved to where the ANBU were surveying the group, there were 7 ANBU in total, well hide, but they saw them all. Deidara's clay spiders would only put the ANBU unconscious from the explosion.
Leader made some hand seals and involved the kids in a jutsu that made them oblivious to their surrounding, in this case to what would happen to the other 3.
"Hijutsu: mawari shitsunen." (Secret arts: surroundings oblivion.) An invisible wave of chakra involved the kids without anyone noticing.
"Deidara, you get the kids and when I give the signal blow the spiders." Deidara nodded and moved so he could be closer to the kids and see the Leader.
"Kisame, you come with me." They moved and before they stepped out of the shadows, Leader gave the signal, with a simple hand seal Deidara did as he was told.
"Katsu." The spiders exploded, making all the ANBU unconscious like planed, the group assumed fighting senses, the kids didn't notice.
The 3 Akatsuki came out of the shadows, Deidara near the kids, Kisame and Leader in front of the group, preventing them from getting to the twins.
"I told you not to tell anyone did I not??" Leader spoke in a cold and eerie voice. "But you had to g and tell your dear friends about it." He stated, Sakura stared at him, fear and hatred in her eyes.
Gaara tried to attack with his sand but found it impossible.
"You won't be able to use your sand Kazekage." Kisame stated. "The effect of my jutsu is making sand 100 times heavier, making it impossible to use.
"You bastard." Sai muttered darkly and attacked the Leader, who evaded.
"Kisame." Leader spoke, so said nodded and made some hand selas.
"Suiro no jutsu." A water globe involved Gaara and Sakura making them unable to fight.
In the meanwhile, Sai was attacking Leader, who was dodging everything.
"How are you enjoying your life Kirikae-san?" Leader asked in amusement from under his mask. (A/N: Kirikae means replacement.)
"I'm not a replacement." Sai hissed and summoned some ink tigers.
The tigers attacked.
"Do you think such a trivial thing will work on me?? Give me some credit, I'm the Leader of Akatsuki." Leader stated and in a swift move he threw senbon at all the tigers, making them a puddle of ink.
Sai kept attacking, but due to his anger being controlling him he wasn't fighting properly.
"Let's end this." Leader stated in boredom and in a swift movement he kicked Sai backwards, as soon as this one was near the imprisoned other 2 he was involved in a water globe, like the other 2.
Leader calmly walked to where Sakura was and with a wave of his hand, her prison disappeared, she fell forward and Leader caught her. She coughed a few times and as soon as she recovered from almost drowning she jumped back.
"Who are you?? What do you want from me??" she yelled angrily. He tilted his head.
"You know…" he started and in a movement of his hand, without her knowledge, he put chakra wires in her so he could control her, like a puppeteer. "I was surprised when I found out the dead last became Hokage." He said casually and walked closer, she tried to move but couldn't.
"Now now Blossom." He said shaking his hand and making the chakra wires visible. "I see you and Kireke-san have been having fun."
"He's not a replacement." She hissed, he chuckled and stopped in front of her, their bodies almost touching, looking down at her. He ignored her statement.
"I thought you would keep your word, but I see you didn't." he stated in his usual cold voice.
"What do you mean?? What do you want from me??" she inquired desperate, her voice cracking.
"Didn't you read the riddle I gave you?? Flower of spring, your luck is about to change. Prepare to have a surprise, there might be an exchange. He'll take something from you, and take it out of range." He said coolly. "You see, Ryuuki-kun and Kyuuki-chan are doing for a little ride with someone." He said with a smirk.
"Who?? Kisame?? The ANBU will catch him right aw-" Leader cut her off.
"You see, I didn't only bring Kisame, I also brought Deidara with me, and you see Blossom, by exploding some clay spiders he made all the ANBU around you unconscious, and right now he's talking to your precious tenshi." He stepped a bit aside and her eyes widened in shock, Deidara was with the twins showing them a clay bird.
"Who are you??" she cried, some tears flowing down her eyes.
The Leader of Akatsuki." He paused and with his free hand he cleaned her tears. "It seems I still make you cry." He muttered to himself, her eyes widened in shock.
"You… you're-" he put a finger over her lips.
"So you figured it out huh? Took you long enough." He muttered in amusement, he glanced at Sai and Gaara, they were unconscious.
"You can let them go Kisame." He said nonchalantly.
"Are you sure Leader??"
"They won't be a treat unconscious." Kisame nodded and the globes of water around Sai and Gaara disappeared, so said fell to the floor.
"What are you going to do Sakura??" he asked as a clay bird landed behind him. "Pursue me??" he asked, Kisame got on the clay bird. "Or heal them??" he asked again, with his free hand he cupped her cheek.
"Please do tell me, what will you do??" he let her go and with a jump he was on the clay bird. Sakura looked at the 3 men unconscious on the floor and then at the clay bird above them where Deidara and the twins were, the twins were grinning and giggling, Deidara was also grinning.
"Why aren't they-" again Leader cut her off.
"I put them on a jutsu in which they won't notice our fights." He paused seeing her desperate look. "And Deidara is very good with kids, that's why they're not disturbed."
The bird where Kisame and Leader were started ascending in the skies and all Sakura could do was look.
"We'll meet again." Was the last thing she heard from the Leader as the birds flew away.
She fell to the floor crying and cursing herself for being so weak. Still crying she crawled to her best friends and healed them.
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I think this was the longest chapter I've did, I have to say I was really inspired, and it's one of the best I've done!!
