Chapter 5-My Friend
Lying motionless in Kisame's arms he walks into a room that has two couches and various chairs, a television which is surrounded by two large bookcases. Akatsuki members turn to him.
"What do you have there Kisame?" asks Hidan
"Where is Pain?" Kisame questions as Deidara walks past you both and sits down on the couch.
"He's in his office." Sasori answers not looking up from his book
Itachi and Kisame make their way down a long dimly lit hallway. At the end of the hallway the two massive doors are closed, Itachi grabs a handle and opens one side for Kisame to enter. Following close behind, Itachi closes the door as he enters the dark room. There at the desk sits Pain reading a small green book. Hearing you moan in pain, he looks up from his book and a wide smile appears across his face. He stands from his desk closing the book, placing it on the desk he walks over to Kisame.
You have your hand on your head feeling it throb from the inside, your hand begins to glow trying to relieve you from the pain of the migraine.
Pain stands in front of you, your eyes still closed. He reaches for your hood which hides your face. Pulling it back your fiery red hair falls around your shoulders and over Kisame's arm, a smell of roses lifts into the air. Itachi closes his eyes as the smell reaches his nose, inhaling deeply, thankful that the room is barely lit.
"Kasai." Pain whispers
Opening your eyes you slowly turn to him.
"Pain." You say barely loud enough to be heard. Still being weak from Itachi Sharingan, you close your eyes and pass out again.
"She knows you?" Kisame questions
"Follow me." Pain demands as he walks out of the room
Walking down a stone hallway he brings them to the end, unlocking the door he holds it open for the two. Walking inside the pitch black room he lights a small candle that sits on a desk. It lights the room just enough for them to see a large bed, desk with a chair, various maps and pictures hang on the walls. They realize that they stand in Pain's personal bedchamber.
"Place her on the bed." He tells Kisame.
Kisame walks over to the bed and gently places your head on a pillow and lays your body out. Turning around he notices that Itachi never entered the room and stands in the doorway.
"That is all." Pain states to them and closes the door behind Kisame.
"Do they know each other?" Kisame questions Itachi
Itachi doesn't answer he turns and begins to walk down the hall to his room.
"…." Kisame stares at Itachi's back as he walks away.
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Inside his room, Pain kneels down next to the bed closest to your head. Your eyes flutter open and turn to him. A smile forms on your face and you bring your hand to his face.
"My friend, it has been a long time." You whisper
Smiling at you, he places his hand over yours. "Yes it has." He says to you.
Slowing sitting you bring your legs over to the edge of the bed. Feeling the strength return to your legs, you slowing stand. Pain stands with you and embraces you in a hug.
"What took you so long?" you ask "I mastered the Ahbucon 3 years ago."
"hmmm do I have another genius on my hands?" he questions "You and Itachi will make good friends." He laughs
You look towards the floor, smile and blush a bring pink.
"What,…what is this? "he says grabbing your chin and bringing your face up. "Do you like him?"
You eyes look to your side, you break away from him and walk away.
"Don't be silly, I don't even know him." You say
"Then why is your skin the color of your hair?" he chuckles at you
"Ugh! You always do this to me!" you say smacking him in the arm and laughing
He chuckles at you and opens the door. "Come on I'll introduce you to everyone and show you around." He says
Walking back to the room with the couches, Pain grabs the remote and shuts the tv off.
"HEY! I was watching that!" Deidara complains
"To bad." Pain says to him
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet Kasai, she will be staying with us for a while. If you have any type of medical needs you need to talk to her."
"Well I have this splinter…" Deidara says pointing to his finger.
You laugh and shake your head.
"I can take care of that." Kisame says bringing his sword up over his hand "Put your hand on the table." He smirks
Deidara brings his hand into his cloak, "never mind." He says under his breath.
Hidan walks up to you taking your hand into his, "May Jashin protect you during your stay with us." He says kissing your hand. You walk closer to him and place your hands on his cheeks, leaning up you kiss his forehead "Be safe on your journey" You say looking into his wide eyes. "Y-you practice the old world rituals." He kneels down on one knee with your hand in his, bowing his head to you. After a few seconds he stands, letting go of your hand, smiling he walks past you.
"I'm Zetsu." The venus fly trap like man extends his hand to you
Grabbing his hand you squeeze back. "Nice to meet you Zetsu." Releasing your hand he brings it up to his mouth and licks it. "Mmmm you taste good." He says smiling at you.
"So I've been told." You say smiling back at him. He laughs and sits back down. He turns to Pain "You've picked a good one."
"I know." Pain says back at him
A large mass makes it way to you, you cock you head and lean down to the creature.
"I am Sasori." It says to you
"Well somewhere in there is Sasori." You say "When your ready to show me your true form, it will be nice to meet you." You say knocking on the forehead of the puppet that sits in front of you. Smiling at you Sasori skulks away.
"Well you already met Itachi, Kisame, Deidara and Tobi." Pain says to you. "Let me show you around." He says gesturing for you to go into the hall.
After a quick tour Pain starts to make his way back to the dining hall. You hear a large group of very talkative people coming around the corner, one bumps into Pain.
"HEY! Watch where your go-" he stops mid word looking at who he bumped into
"You have something to say to me." Pain says angrily
"Nnn-no master Pain, I am sorry I didn't see you there, it was my mistake I should have been watching." The young man stutters.
"Good." Pain says walking away
Standing there you look at the large group as Pain walks away.
"And who might you be?" a junior member asks
"My name is Kasai I-" you begin and are interrupted.
"New maid or something? Well WE get to break in the new help." He says advancing to you.
In a flash there was a body in front of you, all you see is a grey shirt and a black pony tail.
"What do you think your doing?" the grey shirt man asks grabbing hold of the junior members wrist.
"Mmmaster Itachi, we where just …." He stutters at Itachi
Kisame soon walks down the hall, "Hey Itachi are you coming…, What's going on?" he asks seeing Itachi's red eyes and him squeezing the young members wrist.
"He was attacking Kasai." Itachi states
Kisame's eyes start to glare at the men, "Deidara!" Kisame yells
"Ya!" he says jogging around the corner "What's up?" he questions
"These juniors forgot their place, they've over stepped their bounds greatly." He says staring down the younger member.
"N-no that's not it, it's a big misunderstanding!" the member shouts
"Now you're talking back." Deidara says to him walking closer
Itachi turns to you, "Come, dinner is ready." He says looking deep into your eyes.
Nodding
you walk ahead of Itachi. Heading towards the dining hall you hear a
number of screams and grunts coming from the direction you just left.
Looking back you watch as Kisame and Deidara turn the corner and
begin to walk down the hall.
"Thank you" you say to Itachi
He says nothing and continues to walk down the hall. Arriving at the dining hall you see Pain sitting at the head of the table, he motions for you to sit in a chair near him, Itachi sits across from you. Various dinner conversations begin, mostly about their completed missions and battles. Noticing some late comers to the table, it's the junior members that you met in the hall, badly bruised and cut they make there way to the end of the table. They look down towards you; Pain leans in to talk to you. You listen as he asks you how your food is, you're busy watching the reaction of the juniors faces as they realize you are not a new helper but someone of great importance. Smiling you turn to Pain and tell him everything is fine. During dinner Pain looks over at Itachi,
"I have a mission for you and Kisame tonight." Itachi looks at him listening intently,
"And since you will be gone until morning Kasai will occupy your room until you return, her room will be completed some time tomorrow." "Come." He says to him and they walk away.
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Bringing your plate into the kitchen you notice three women cleaning the area. "Oh please miss let me take that from you." One says to you staring at the floor her hands out to grab your plate.
"Thank you." You say to her, she looks up to you and smiles slightly.
"OUCH!" you hear someone scream from the sink.
"Its bleeding everywhere, grab a towel!" another woman says rushing over to the injured girl. You walk over to her, "let me see" you say holding your hand out; she looks at you scared to give her hand to you. "Its ok, I can heal you." You say smiling at her. She holds her hand out to you blood dripping at a good clip to the floor. Taking her hand you hold your other hand over her wound, it begins to glow a light green.
"There, does that feel better?" you say to her letting go of her hand.
"Yes, thank you." She answers shyly
"Get back to work you useless women!" you hear a man's voice from behind you, turning you notice it was one of the junior members that was badly beaten by Kisame or Deidara.
"What is your problem?!" you say yelling to the man, walking over to him.
"Huh?" he looks at you
"Why are you talking to them like that!" you say clenching your fists by your side.
"Oh please, whatever, you'll just have your friends beat me up again." He says to you
"All you women are useless." He spits to the floor.
With one quick kick you send him flying out threw the kitchen door landing back first onto the dining table. Everyone turns to see you walking out of the kitchen; you grab him off of the table and throw him to the floor.
"You think your better than I am, you low little man." "Fight me! Get up!" you yell to him. He stares at you from the floor, smiling he jumps back and gets into a fighting stance.
"Oh boy this is going to be fun!" Deidara states biting into his dumb stick.
"You don't know what you're getting into kid." Kisame states to the younger member.
"Eh, she's just a girl." The junior says laughing
Closing your eyes, you open them again quickly.
"What the hell! Her eyes changed!" he yells
Smirking at him, you watch as he drops to his knees grabbing his side and screaming.
"That excruciating pain that you feel is your appendix…at this moment it is oozing infectious materials into the abdominal cavity, poisoning you."
Leaning against the wall, Itachi watches you from across the room. Pain shortly joins him.
Walking over to the downed man, you knee him in the face which causes him to fall back still holding his side in agony. He screams on the floor, sweat drips from his face.
"AHHHHH! Make it stop!" he screams
"Will you treat them with more respect?" you ask
"YES!" he replies
"Fine." Sighing you close your eyes and open them again, everyone at the table notices the white slit across your eyes. You bend down to the man, he begins to stop screaming and lays there in exhaustion. Bringing your hands to his stomach you heal any internal wounds that occurred during this brief bout with a burst appendix. Standing you walk over his body and out of the room. Walking to the room with the television, you grab a book from the shelf and sit down in the large oversized chair.
"That was interesting." Zetsu comments entering the room
"He's a jerk, he deserved it." You say to him not looking up from your book.
"What did you do to him?" he asks sitting on the couch
"Appendicitis, it ruptured." You say to him
"Looked painful." He comments
"Probably was." You say chuckling, flipping the page in your book.
Noticing out of the corner of your eye, Kisame and Itachi walk by with their cloaks on leaving for their mission.
"Wait!" you call to them getting out of your chair and running to the hall
They stand there stopped and looking in your direction.
"You can't leave without being blessed." You say to them. Walking up to Kisame he bends down, you place your hands on his cheeks and kiss his forehead protector, looking into his eyes you say to him "Be safe on your journey."
"I will" he says to you "Thank you."
Turning to Itachi he stares at you, placing your hands on his face you stare at him for a few seconds, leaning up you kiss his forehead protector, maybe slightly longer than you should have. Gazing back into his eyes, you smile, "Be Safe on your journey", standing there still holding his face in your hands and looking deep into each others eyes, Kisame coughs.
"We need to go." He says turning around and leaving. Removing your hands from Itachi's face you look down at the ground, a small area of pink blushes across your cheeks. He turns and catches up with Kisame. Watching them as they leave, Itachi looks back at you over his shoulder, then leaves. Smiling to yourself you go back and sit in the chair and continue to read your book.
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After finishing your book, you get up to find Pain. Heading to his office, you open the large door and step inside, seeing him deep in thought looking at a map. You clear your throat…
"Kasai, I didn't see you there, please come in." he gestures to you
"I don't mean to bother you, it's just that, my pack is in your room, and I don't know where Itachi's room is." You say to him yawning
"Ah I'm sorry, I never showed you, you must be exhausted. Come." He says to you walking out of the room. He brings you to his room, unlocking the door you walk in and grab your cloak and pack. Closing the door Pain locks it again and begins to walk down the hall.
"He won't mind? You ask
"I already told him, and he's not due back until late tomorrow morning." He says to you with a smile. "Here you go." Pain opens the door for you,
"Thanks" you say giving him a hug, "It's nice to be with you again." You say hugging him tightly.
"Sleep well, we'll talk more tomorrow." He says releasing the hug and smiling to you.
You walk into the pitch back room, you feel around on the wall for the switch. Flicking the switch up it dimly lights the room. Looking around you see a full size bed with a black blanket and red sheets, two pillows and an extra blanket folded at the end of the bed. A katana hangs above a desk. A stand up closet is on the wall near the door, next to it is another door, you open it and notice a sink and toilet. The room is very plain, not sure if you expected anything else. Changing into your pajamas you crawl into the bed, the sheets are satin and chill your body slightly. Curling up with the blanket you grab the pillow and lay on your side, inhaling deeply and taking in Itachi sent, you let out your breath and fall into a deep sleep.
