Finally, here is chapter six and to make up for any long waiting, I tried to make it longer than the others. Hm, this has been nagging at me for a while now so I'm going to get it off my chest...my little list of thank-yous. Thankies to Shippuden90706, Akatsuki'sReaper, Miu Tori and Sorikarona! Also, thanks to all my readers...I know you're out there.
Stuffies we all sadly know...I don't own Naruto!
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Banging noises came from Itachi's room and continued for the next half hour. Hearing the noises, Kakuzu kicked open the door and threw himself into the room. He didn't even bother to knock as he did all of this.
"The hell are you doing?!" he asked, fearing something was broken from the noises he heard and money would have to be spent.
Itachi didn't respond but just stared at the painting that was literally glued to his wall. Second after second, the painting inched lower and eventually fell onto the floor with a crash. Enduring so many falls already damaged the bottom of the painting. "This painting." he started as he picked it back up, "It won't stay up on the wall. The damned thing keeps falling no many how much glue I put on it."
Kakuzu didn't reply he just stared at Itachi and then to the painting. "Is he seriously trying to put it up by using glue?" he asked himself as he went to get a closer look. Getting beside him, he asked "Erm...you know your using glue to put up the painting, right?"
The other Akatsuki just nodded as if there was nothing wrong about using glue to put a painting up on a wall. "Shouldn't you put a nail in the wall and then hang it up like that?" Kakuzu asked. Itachistood quiet while put the painting and glue on his bed. "I should have thought of that...now, get out." he said with a glare and shoved Kakuzu out into the hall as he exited himself.
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Itachi knew the perfect person who could give him some nails and a hammer to use and it was Sasori. With him building so many puppets, he just had to have nails and a hammer.
Stopping at his door, he knocked and waited which only lasted a few seconds when he got permission to come inside. As he came inside, he made his request for nails and a hammer. "What do you need those for?" Sasori asked, a bit curious to have Itachi randomly come and ask to borrow his things. It was then that he explained the whole painting issue and he slowly nodded. "So that's what the banging noise was. My gosh, he really isn't the brightest one here, is he?" Sasori thought to himself but then offered Itachi a box of nails and then a hammer. With the usual orders to hurry up, not mess up any of supplies, etc. he finally left.
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Going back into his room, Itachi tried to hammer a nail into the wall to have a painting by. He was quickly going through the nails because of his awkward hammering which meant hitting the nail so the head of it bent to the left or right. Taking a moment to stop, he rubbed his throbbing eyes. It was from squinting at the nails so much that made them hurt so he went to get some eye-drops.
One drop in each eye and he was back at it. The box claimed to have 50 nails but with every hammer, the number slowly got lower. He even hit his own hand trying to correctly hammer a nail into his wall. He must have been there for some time since when he reached into the box, it was empty. Turned his head and looking into the box, Itachi cursed, "God fucking dammit!"
It looked he'd have to buy some more nails and worse of all, in the end; he wouldn't even be able to keep them. Since he borrowed them from Sasori, he'd have to give the new box back to him when he was finished. Itachi sighed at that and went to change to go outside. As he grabbed some money and put it into his pocket, he stopped and went to the pair of pants he previously had on to go through the pockets. Taking out the ring, he put it on and held out his hand to admire it quickly.
The smokey gray color it once was was now a blue and then to an orange once Itachi titled his head in confusion to the sudden color change. Seeing how it stood on orange, he continued out the room, dropping the topic. As he did, the ring went back to being blue though he didn't notice.
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Itachi entered a hardware store and then into the section of nails and hammers. He didn't have to worry about the hammer, just getting more nails though. As he went through the section to look through everything, he discovered the range of sizes and lengths of the nails. "Crap. What type did Sasori let me borrow?" he asked himself with his finger to his lip, not able to remember anything about the nails he used. Putting his hand down to his side, "Okay," he decided, "It was black..." but then an awkward moment came over him and he scolded, "Ugh, aren't all nails black?!"
Being so wrapped into his own thoughts, Itachi didn't even notice the woman who seemed to have materialized beside him.
"Hi!" she chirped, "I'm Rae, how can I help you?"
Her cheery voice literally shook up Itachi as he jolted out from his mental argument with himself. He didn't say anything back but he did stare at the girl. "Okay...you can help me by telling me where the hell you came from." he said in a serious tone even though the girl laughed. "I work here and you seemed to be having a hard time with something." Rae explained with a sugar-pumped grin. It scared Itachi to think that they let people like her work where power tools and such were literally at ever turn.
Already the few moments he spent with her were making his headache. "Alright," he nodded, "I need to get some nails but I'm not sure what type and things to get."
Rae stared at Itachi with huge black eyes that sparkled like little crystals of sugar in coffee. "Okay! I can help!" she exclaimed with an even bigger smile, which amazed him. Grabbing a box, she tapped it with her finger, "It depends what you wanna do with the nails like if you want to build things and stuff." she explained. The box now had a dent in it from the brutal tapping but she didn't seem to notice. Hearing that, Itachi's ears perked up, "Yes. I would like nails for building things. Would this work for things like puppets and hanging up paintings?"
The girl nodded and replied, "Yup. You could make puppets, tree houses, tables, chairs and a bunch of other things!"
Her speech seemed to have picked up in speed and it seemed like there was no end to her talking. He sighed and closed his eyes as he brought a hand up to his forehead, "Will she ever just shut the hell up?" Itachi miserably wondered. His prayers were answered and he was rewarded with silence. Opening his eyes, he saw Rae just staring at him. "I'm sorry..." she suddenly said which confused Itachi, which somehow made the girl laugh. It was then that in his mind, Itachi upgraded her from hyper weirdo to hyper weirdo who has serious issues. Before he could say a word, Rae began to speak again. "I'm sorry about getting you annoyed...now you're confused. I'm so sorry."
"Is this bitch physic?" Itachi wondered as he dropped his hand to his side as he stared at the girl. Rae smiled weakly, "Your ring told me so it's alright."
Taking a moment, he looked down at his hand as saw the orange ring. Itachi looked up to see the girl laughing but she quickly stopped and said, "I'll explain after this. So, you want one or two boxes? Oh! You can have three boxes...or four...or fi-" but got interrupted by a hand to her face. "Please, stop." Itachi said in a low voice, "I just want one box."
"Okay! One box!" she cheered with a grin and led Itachi to the cash register.
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There, Itachi saw the cashier and she seemed saner than Rae but he kept that observation to himself. Leaving his side, she put the box of nails onto the counter and let the other girl scan it. It wasn't long before the box had been paid for and Itachi was holding a small bag with the box of nails inside it.
"You mind telling me about my ring?" he asked, becoming interested in how she could tell how he felt just by the sight of his ring.
Rae nodded and put a finger up, beside her head which made her seem smart but if you actually knew her, it made her look more dangerous. "I just know by the color. You do know your wearing a mood ring, right?" she asked, trying to hold back another crazed giggle. No response from Itachi was just what she expected. "It's just a ring that tells your mood and the rumor is, is that it never fails." Rae explained, speaking in a whisper for some reason. He just nodded with the little thought of, "I didn't know I had moods…" going through his mind. After that, the ring turned blue but back to orange. "Why does it always turn orange?" Itachi asked with a little impatient rush.
"Orange means you're confused, that's all. Orange is confusion, pink is love, and red is anger and- "she began to count on her fingers, each color made her sway her hips to the left or right. It was then she got cut off, "How do you know this?" Itachi said to her with a raised eyebrow. Rae just let out a sugar high laugh, complete with a jiggle. "Because everyone knows what mood rings are and what the colors stand for. Here! I should write you a list!" she almost yelled as she ran to a shelve.
Taking a notepad and pen from her uniform apron, she began to write on one of the pages. "The only down side would be that everyone will know how your mood and some people don't really like that since they like privacy and all of that." Rae spoke to Itachi as she wrote, her back to him. He nodded and went beside her to get the piece of paper she ripped from her notepad. Looking down on it, he read…
Red - Mad
Pink - In Love
Black - Sad
Orange - Confused
Green - Envy
Blue - Happy
Yellow - Nervous
"So the color of the ring tells what mood I'm in?" he questioned, not sure if he should believe it or not. Rae just nodded and put her notepad and pen back into her uniform apron. Looking at the ring, he saw it was still orange. "Alright," Itachi nodded back, "Is it always correct?"
Rae just nodded again, "Yeah."
"Feh, this is such bullshit." Itachi thought to himself as he thanked Rae and left the store. Who would believe stories about how a ring can tell someone's mood? As he put the paper Rae had given him into the bag, he continued home to where he'd finally be able to put up that damned painting.
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Tee hee, we'll see what 'bullshit' this is in the next chapter. Like I promised, there's a list of the colors and the moods. Again, I don't own a mood ring so I made the colors and moods fit into the story. Hm, I think I'm starting to see how long this is turning to be. Sixth chapter and I'm on the third member but I have the most of it planned so getting it out is the thing. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Hugs to all!