A/N: Yay! Chapter 3 : )

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto and also the Barney Song.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Inner/Demons'

"Black Zetsu"

(Author's Note)

Chapter 3: The Akatsuki Has Arrived

The group of an S-class missing nin were slowly and calmly walking, heading to the certain ship.

'Maybe they don't know that we're here.' Sakura thought as she watched them getting closer to the large vessel she was standing at.

'Ooohhhh, they're cute!' Inner Sakura squealed.

'Are you serious? Have you seen the face of Kakuzu? Have you seen the guy who looked like a Venus flytrap?'

'Yes. Why?'

'Seriously, there's nothing cute about them.'

'Sakura dear, you know they're cute in a unique way.'

'Your taste is really freaky.'

'I'm you, so your taste is definitely freaky too.'

'No. No. I don't think so.'

'Oh come on, me, look at them.'

Sakura looked at the Akatsuki again; she was amazed that none of them looked so weak. And that blue haired girl, she's so pretty, like an angel. But then she couldn't be fooled by their appearance. Everyone knew they were cold blooded murderers who only think about power and ambition was to dominate the world. She hates them; they were after Naruto and killed Gaara. Thanks to Chiiyo, Gaara was alive now because if he wasn't revived, she'd definitely hunt them down one by one even if it costs her life.

'Hunt them because of Kazekage-sama?'

'Wow, you really care about our Kazekage. I thought you don't have a freaky taste?'

'Are you saying that Kazekage-sama is a freak?'

'Why yes, freakingly hot!'

'Whatever,' Sakura sighed in defeat.

'I wish he's here.'

Sakura just ignored her inner and looked at the Akatsuki again. She found her attention to the orange masked guy; he looked really odd because of the weird mask but she heard that he's the newest Akatsuki member and his name was Tobi.

The happy-go-lucky named Tobi sung happily as he walked playfully, almost like a child.

"I love you. You love me. Let's go out and kill Barney with a shotgun. Bang! Bang! Barney on the floor no more scary dinosaur. I love you, you love me,.."

"Arg, Tobi! Will you please stop singing that,.. that,...Barney song!" Kakuzu, a guy who picked to hide his whole face, yelled angrily. But Tobi did not stop singing. "Tobi! Stop singing!" Kakuzu growled, definitely annoyed both at the childish tone and weird, sadistic lyrics.

"Hey! Shitty partner, would you stop shouting? It hurts my fucking eardrum." The silver haired guy who has a big scythe hanging on his back said to Kakuzu.

"Stop cussing, yeah. It's bad for your health, I mean mouth yeah." Deidara said.

"Mind your damn own business." Hidan replied.

"Who me? You're the one who should mind your own business! I'm just shouting at Tobi and you bad-mouthed me you freak." Kakuzu said.

"What's wrong with that? And I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to Deidara, idiot."

"Oh yeah. Then from now on, I will not cook your food, wash your dishes and even wash your boxers, yeah!" Deidara shouted.

"You're washing that stupid priest's boxers? Ew," Kakuzu looked at them with disgust.

"Shut up! (yeah)" Both Deidara and Hidan exclaimed at the same time.

The three kept shouting at each other as they walked, totally oblivious to their surrounding. Tobi on the other hand was still singing the Barney song.

"If you don't stop singing I'll eat you." Black Zetsu said sadistically, Tobi shivered and stopped singing but kept walking playfully.

"Thanks Zetsu." Pein sighed.

"You're welcome." White Zetsu replied.

Tobi tripped at the rock while walking playfully and Deidara- who was shouting at Hidan and Kakuzu accidentally tripped at Tobi. Then, Hidan tripped at Tobi's foot. Deidara and Hidan now were very pissed. But when they were about to get up, Kisame- who's listening music on his ipod and not paying attention to his surrounding, tripped at Deidara's foot and about to tumble at the three.

"Oh no, he's big yeah!" Deidara said as he paled.

"What the fuck!" Hidan exclaimed in horror, his eyes were wide as plate as he watched the ridiculously huge guy slowly falling.

"Tobi don't wanna die." Tobi cried.

But they're late.

"Awts! ye-ah," Deidara felt his soul departing his body.

"Shit that hurts." A boxing bell rang on Hidan's ear.

"Tobi's bones are broken."

Then, they all stood up slowly, wincing in pain.

"That's mean; I'm not that big, am I?" Kisame asked.

"Yes you are!" The three shouted at the same time.

Itachi, Sasori and Konan sighed at the stupidity and just kept walking. Kakuzu laughed at the four.

Sakura giggled. They were just like her friends; just like Naruto, her and the others. If they don't have great powers and different ambitions, they would certainly be popular comedians, she thought.

As the scary Akatsuki arrived at the ship,

"Why are they here?" Kisame asked Hidan, looking really shocked.

"I fucking don't know. Don't ask me." Hidan replied who was shocked too.

"What are you doing here?(yeah)" Naruto and Deidara shouted at the same time.

"Oh it's you, the noisy Jinchuuriki, yeah." Deidara said.

"Yeah, and you! You are,...erm,... are you Ino?" Ino punched Naruto's head.

"He's just my copycat you baka, I'm prettier than him." Ino said, posing glamorously as if someone was taking pictures of her.

"You're wrong yeah, I'm prettier than you-I mean handsome, yeah." Everyone looked at him blankly including the other Akatsuki members. "What, yeah?" Deidara asked as he noticed how the others looked at him.

"You're mine." Itachi pointed Naruto. Everyone turned their attention to the two.

"Ew, you're gay? I thought Sasuke's the only gay in Uchiha clan. I didn't know it's in blood." Naruto then sighed in relief. "Good thing I'm not an Uchiha."

"Idiot, that's not what I meant. I mean you're mine because you're Jinchuuriki." Itachi replied.

"Oh, sorry." Naruto said and rubbed the back of his head with a grin on his face that hid his blue orbs. Then, he paused, dropped his hand and frowned. "Hey! Why is everyone kept calling me an idiot?"

"Don't worry Naruto, being an idiot is a part of being a youth. You should be proud of yourself young one." Gai said and smiled, his one tooth sparkled that almost blinded everyone.

"Hey! It's you!" Kisame pointed Gai. Naruto and Itachi were about to fight but when they heard Kisame shouted at Gai, they just stood and listened to their conversation.

"Me?" Gai asked as he turned his attention to the shark looking man.

"Yes, you."

"Oh,"

"Remember me?"

"Oh you," Gai said with a frown and straight face. Then, with a serious expression he continued, "You're not very youthful. Who are you?" Kisame and others fell animatedly.

"Gai-sensei, he is the akatsuki shark man, who you'd always fought with every time we'd have an encounter with them." Neji explained.

"Oh, it's you." Gai said once again, remembering finally the biggest Akatsuki member.

"Now that you remember me, wanna finish what we started?" Kisame then held his big sword, preparing for a fight.

"It's nice to meet you." Gai said with a smile. Kisame fell animatedly once again while the others sweat-dropped animatedly.

"What the fuck? Are you on drugs?" Hidan shouted.

"Who cussed? Did you know that saying a bad word is a bad thing and even bad for your health?" Asuma asked as if he was lecturing his child.

"Oh, honey, you are so ready to become a father." Kurenai said as she hugged the arm of her husband and kissed his cheek.

Hidan then turned his head slowly to look at the dark haired newly wed man. His purple orbs then widened and shouted as he recoiled instantly, pointing the man who was being hugged by the crimson eyed lady. "A ghost!" He accused with a horrible expression. He then held his necklace and started praying; His hands shaking in panic.

"Hey Hidan, what's wrong?" Kakuzu asked as he walked beside his partner.

The couple stared quizzically at the silver haired missing-nin. "Ghost?" Asuma asked, raising an eyebrow innocently.

Kakuzu then turned his head to look at the one who spoke. The voice was strangely familiar and as he saw the face of him, his apple green orbs slowly widened. "Oh my money, a ghost!" exclaimed him.

The others remained silent, confused at the two missing-nin's out of character actions.

"Who's the ghost?" Sai asked.

"Him!" Kakuzu and Hidan answered at the same time as their fingers pointed the certain newly wed man.

"Me?" Asuma asked.

"Him?" Pein asked too. They all looked at Pein blankly. "What?" The Akatsuki leader snapped. They all looked out quietly and paid attention to Asuma, Kakuzu and Hidan.

"I'm not a ghost." Asuma finally said.

"But we killed you." Kakuzu replied in horror.

"Where's the shadow boy?" Hidan asked.

"Whoa, for the first time you didn't cuss." Kisame said in surprise, his onyx bead orbs widening slightly.

"Idiot! I freaked out! Now where the fuck is he?" Hidan asked loudly.

"I think Shikamaru is sleeping right now." The raven haired woman who was clutching Asuma's arm said calmly with her velvet and very womanly voice.

Someone then yawned loudly and everyone looked at the sitting Deidara. "What, hmm?" He snapped with a frown.

"I heard my name." Shikamaru said sleepily as he raised the upper part of his body and rubbed his eyes. The large dog and small pig with him opened their sleepy eyes too. Another yawn from him was heard once again around the ship.

Deidara recoiled as he saw the sleepy guy near him. "What the-! When did you get there?" The stunned blond asked, his blue orbs widening slightly.

"Are you blind? I've been sleeping here for more than an hour." Shikamaru said, still sleepy and kept rubbing his eyes. He then paused as he finally noticed the dark cloak with crimson clouds. "Huh, an Akatsuki? What are you doing here?"

"So, there you are. Will you explain why the shit is your sensei still alive?" Hidan asked impatiently.

"You?" Shikamaru looked around, finally waking up in a full state. "All of the Akatsuki are here?" Shikamaru asked, quite confused on what was currently happening in his surrounding.

"Can you please answer Hidan's question first?" Kakuzu said, clearly more impatient than his silver haired partner.

"Oh, it's because the author made him alive, duh." Shikamaru simply answered. "Besides, you and the others who are dead already are here too, you don't have to be surprised about that."

"I- I died?" Kakuzu asked in horror.

"So he's not a fucking ghost?" Hidan asked, pointing Shikamaru's sensei.

"No," Shikamaru yawned and then fell asleep again; his pineapple head lied over the huge sleeping dog.

"I died." Kakuzu said in disbelief; horror remained on his glowing eyes.

"I told you guys, I'm not a ghost." Asuma said, walking to the orange haired Akatsuki leader. "Welcome aboard folks." said him as he shook his hand with Pein.

"Thank you." Pein replied. "You've got lucky marrying a very beautiful woman."

Asuma and his wife blushed slightly. "Thanks," He smiled. "You're not so bad yourself too on having a very pretty wife." His eyes then fell on the blue haired lady who was standing quietly on the right side of the Akatsuki leader.

Konan's face flushed deep red. "I'm sorry but I am just a friend and partner."

"Damn you Kishimoto." Kakuzu muttered.

Sakura was talking to her inner not knowing that the Akatsuki were on the ship already as she was quite far away from the others. While being on herself, standing alone, she failed to realize that the certain Akatsuki puppeteer was already standing quietly beside her.

'Hey me, a bishie is standing beside you.' Inner said before Sakura snapped out and returned to her real world. She turned her pink head to her side and her jade orbs slowly widened in horror. Was what she was seeing really real? Bloody crimson hair, boyish face and brown eyes; it certainly looked like the man she killed from a long time ago. She was frozen, speechless and she looked like a fool staring at him as if she saw a ghost.

The puppeteer's head slowly turned to look at her. Their eyes clashed and for a moment, Sakura felt like she was about to fall.

It was him.

It was definitely him.

But, how?

Without blinking, her arm moved. He allowed her finger to poke his face lightly. She felt like her breath was taken away as she whispered, "Sasori,"

"Hello, little girl." He smirked. His voice still dangerously velvet, low and manly. His hazel brown orbs never left her green gems. Then, his hand moved and took the hand of the addressed lady that poked him a little while ago. He then brought her knuckles to his lips and kissed it gently. "It's been awhile." said him and was about to let her hand go but to his surprise, she gripped his.

Without freeing his soft, warm hand, she said, "You're not dead." She then stated disbelievingly, "And you're soft," Her other hand crawled up to his face and cupped his cheek gently. He leaned his face to her palm. His face was smooth, warm, soft; definitely like a real man. "You're not a puppet?" Before the man in front of her could answer, she released his hand and moved away her soft hand on his cheek. She then held her forehead in horror and looked down. "What the hell? Am I dreaming again?" She asked to herself but the missing-nin never failed to hear what she was saying.

"I see, so you've been dreaming of me." The crimson haired man said amusedly.

Sakura's head turned up to look at the guy in front of her with her widened orbs. "What? No! Why would I-"

"It flatters me. I never thought you'd dream about me after many years of absence in your life. By the way, you became a lot lovelier than I can remember."

"You're not dead. How come- I said I'm not dreaming of you!" She snapped.

Sasori then stepped closer to the pink haired lady; their faces then only a few inches away from each other. "Really?" He asked; an amused smile forming across his lips.

Sakura stepped backwards nervously as the guy in front of her kept coming closer. "R-really." replied her, stepping backwards again. 'Geez, why am I talking to him in this situation?' She cried to herself as she took another step backwards. "S-stop that." She cried.

The crimson haired Akatsuki kept moving forward. "Stop what?" He asked amusedly, his eyes never left her face.

Nervously, Sakura's hands moved and touched Sasori's chest. "Stop moving." She almost begged. Her hands remained on his chest, feeling his heart beating under her palm.

He stopped yet he leaned his face closer. "Why?"

She blushed. She could feel his hot breath and could clearly smell paint, wood and blood on him. "B-because,.. b-because-"

-poof-

Sakura was the first one to look at the white smoke to know who was behind it that saved her from intimidating question.

Sasori was the next one to turn his head to see the one that ruined his moment with the girl he'd been dying to see after such a long time.

Then, as the smoke finally faded away, a figure of a blond woman tackled the pink haired kunoichi. "Sakura!" Temari exclaimed happily as she hugged the stunned kunoichi.

"Ne, Mr. Legendary Sannin, what are you reading?" Tobi asked curiously.

"I'm not reading, I'm just looking." Jiraiya answered absentmindedly, his eyes remained staring on the nude photos of many women.

"Oh a picture? Tobi loves picture. Can Tobi see?" Tobi then innocently snatched the magazine swiftly.

"Hey," Jiraiya exclaimed.

Tobi then looked at the magazine curiously.

"..."

"Ow my eye! My beautiful eye! It's burning!" Tobi exclaimed as he kept running around the ship, yelling while covering his innocent eye.

"What's his problem?" Lee asked Jiraiya. The old man gave the magazine to Lee.

"..."

"..."

Lee fainted. His youthful eyes had just ended.

A/N: Okay that is all for chapter 3. Review please. : ) Thanks for reading.