Chapter Two
R: Hiya peps/Jenna/ whoever we have gained as readers! Whats up?
J: ...I can seriously hear crickets xD
R: Good, I thought I was hearing things ^_^
J: To those who are reading this, THANK YOU! And I'm surprised you can hear anything since you are still noming on a super cookie :P
R: HEY! /noms/ I can hear while eating! Just not very well… :P Anyway, we do not own Kisame or 'Tachi or Akatsuki… as they're the only names mentioned in this that we don't own ^_^
J: Yupyup. But I own Roxie and she owns Hana.
R: Yup! I own the perverted one that swears! YAY!
"Thank you sir, have a good day! Hana leave the bird alone before you break it!" Roxie grabbed hold of Hana's ear in order to tow her out of the pawn shop and away from the expensive glass sculpture shaped into a crow.
" I wasn't going to break it! I learned my lesson after the last three times!" Hana whined this through grit teeth, it had been a while since Roxie had ear towed her so she'd forgotten how painful it was.
Letting go Roxie turned full circle in the middle of the small town they'd come across. With the generous amount of money they had acquired from the swords they could now not only resupply themselves for two weeks but they could also afford one night of rest in an actual bed. At the end of the street she spotted what she was looking for, a nice cheap little motel. Hana saw where she was looking and immediately moaned," Augh, you're being a cheapie again? Come on Roxie! It's been what, almost two fu- … fudging months since we've slept anywhere nice, don't ruin it by choosing a cockroach infested shack! Pleeeease?"
'Don't look at her. Don't look at her. She's making the puppy dog eyes, I can feel it on the back of my head...DAMN!' Having been born overly sensitive to her surroundings Roxie lasted only a whole of five seconds before looking down at her friend's face and finding the cursed puppy dog eyes, the ultimate persuasion tactic that would work on her no matter who used it. Hanging her head in defeat Roxie grumbled,"Fiiine. But only one night, otherwise we can't afford a lot of supplies."
"YEESSSSS~! A REAL BED! A STEAMING HOT BATH! AT LAST!" In a flash Hana was gone down the street in the other direction of the small motel in search of a more expensive hotel. As Roxie followed after she couldn't help but smile, it was Hana's energetic reactions to everything that kept her going each day. Without Hana's smile Roxie would have given up this aimless journey the first month in.
Hana in her sights Roxie started after her at a slow pace in order to take note of what shops were where. A vegetable stand there, a fruit vendor here, a pet shop one over, and then a jewelry booth. Two silver glimmers caught Roxie's eye. The one thing that Roxie shared with Hana besides their birth place was her attraction to shiny things. Taking a quick look to see where Hana was she scurried over to the small booth maintained by an elderly woman with a hood drawn over her eyes. Up close Roxie was enthralled by what had drawn her attention. Two beautiful silver necklaces lay in the centre of the small spread of earrings and rings. One necklace was more of a choker with a small silver bell attached in the front, the other necklace was also a choker with different little charms surrounding it, a couple being a key, a lock, a cross -gothic style- and a fang. The elderly woman let out a soft chuckle and wheezed," So ye are interested in the silver tokens?"
"Yes ma'm. How much are they?" Roxie had just told Hana that they couldn't spend too much money since they needed to save for supplies, but the necklaces just seemed to sing to her. Plus Hana's birthday was soon and hers had already passed not but a month ago.
" These necklaces are not for sale, they are merely there to draw in attention for the other trinkets to be sold. So sorry to disappoint you miss." As each word was spoken the blood throbbed in Roxie's veins, she didn't want to hear no, these necklaces needed to belong to her no matter what.
Clenching her fists at her sides Roxie exhaled and humbly told the elderly woman," I am sorry, but I cannot accept that answer. I am very very sorry, I hope this will cover the costs." Not waiting for the woman to ask as to what she was talking about Roxie flipped the table to the right, as it was midair she snatched the necklaces and booked it before she could be stopped. It never occurred to her that the woman never yelled after her, or that no one else had pursued her when there were multiple witnesses. What did bother her was that she didn't feel a shred of guilt for her actions, it was as if she was suppose to do it.
Hana was waiting for Roxie by the hotel entrance, but something seemed off. Instead of complaining about taking too long Hana was looking at the ground and scuffing her foot in the dirt. When Roxie got close enough she held out her hand palm up saying," Happy belated birthday!" In her palm sat a broad banded silver ring with an engraved cat's eye in the centre.
"Thank you...And here, happy advanced birthday." Roxie accepted the ring without question and in turn gave Hana the necklace with the numerous charms. Hana's icy eyes seemed to melt into soft blue pools in gratitude.
Putting it on Hana wondered out loud," You know this is just a bit weird. It's like the rings and necklaces are a matching set, but I didn't see any necklaces when I swiped the rings from a passing merchant." To show what she meant Hana held up her hand to show she was wearing a ring that had the skull of a wolfs head. As Hana had talked Roxie had fastened the choker around her neck, once it clasped shut she felt a strange sensation go down her spine but quickly shook it off, it was just the contact of the cool metal.
Ruffling what little hair wasn't confined to the high pony tail Roxie told Hana," Don't worry about it, I'm suppose to be the uptight one out of us remember? Now let's go get those baths and beds."
Hana's big smile returned as she bound into the hotel lobby dancing with Roxie right behind her.
Once the girls stepped into the building the two men that had been listening in on them from around the corner stepped out into the light, their disguises of an old man and woman disappearing as they did, revealing their true identities of Itachi and Kisame. His big toothy grin on his face Kisame chuckled," They certainly aren't kunoichis, guess we should be grateful. When will we execute the next phase Itachi?"
"Tomorrow before they leave town." Itachi's voice held no pleasure or pride in having succeeded in completing the first step of their three part plan. He would be pleased with their success once the girls were secured and exchanged for the funds. When that would be would be a decision made by the girls themselves. They couldn't complete the third phase until the girls revealed themselves to be what Itachi, Kisame and recently the rest of the Akatsuki believed them to be.