I smile as, now dressed in my corset black dress and thigh length black boots, I gaze at the whole Akatsuki standing primed at the portal ready to jump through it to go shopping. I can't really believe that they actually do go shopping; I don't think that they need to shop; they could just steal everything they wanted or get Zetzu to grow it or something. It makes sense though, they are only human. Madara now totally being aggressive to anyone who let alone looks at me never mind speaks to me! It's getting on my nerves a little bit. As often as I can I cast glances of sorrow at Hidan, Dei-Dei and Zetzu who all gaze back in an understanding way, they're all scared of this new version of Tobi, like Tobi 2.0.
I wouldn't be so bothered but they even have to censor what they think! It must be awful having someone in your mind, probing away all the time, it suddenly dawns on me that he can even see what went on in their past I must make a concious effort to tell him to knock it off. It's the first time I think about the past of all the members, they must have had pretty rough childhoods especially Kisame and Zetzu looking the way they do. They must have something against society because that's why they joined Akatsuki in the first place I suppose.
Looking up at Madara he smiles fondly down at me, placing a warm hand on the small of my back pushing me forward towards the portal which is glowing blue with chakra that pours into it from Pien and Kisame as they stand at it's gates. Kisame gives me a smile and he grabs my hand, squeezing it reassuradly until Madara notices and appears right behind me so suddenly I jump into Kisame knocking him off balance. It results in a domino effect ending with Itachi being shoved into an awaiting bowl of bleach convenitently placed on the side board by Kakuzu as he had just finished cleaning –poor guy had to clean the bathrooms today-. My mind wanders back to my evil master plan and I smirk a huge happy smirk as he groans in pain, his eyes red not from his sharingan but from them being soaked in bleach.
"Itachi, stop being such an idiot." Pien growls slapping his palm to his head
Sniggers erupt from the group, I look around and much to my satisfaction none of them rush to wash the bleach off it needs to be on as long as possible to dye the hair right. All of us are in our own clothes, no uniforms today, would look a little conspicuous so that's probably a good thing. It really makes me quite jealous because all of the guys have really good figures and I'm just like…a blob in the midst of muscular men.
Madara simply glances at me again, gives me a death glare while shaking his head gravely and I know that he's just read my thoughts. Feeling quite fed up and all together annoyed by this new Tobi I turn around anger plastered on every feature, eyebrows furrow into a mean line whilst my eyes narrow to try and give him the message that I'm not impressed. Seeming to ignore me Madara looks away and begins to walk over to the portal, I breathe a sigh of releif as I run over to the guys and place myself firmly between Zetzu and Hidan trying to spend as much time with the others as possible.
"Hey guys." I smile in an exasperated manner trying to sound as depressed as possible
"Hey there, I guess that you are taken now, well you don't have a choice do you? Tobi would probably chain you to his side so you can never leave." Hidan mutters sullenly
"Is that a problem?" Madara growls from next to my ear so I jump forwards ending up sprawled on the floor on top of Hidan who is grinning wildly up at Madara as if this is a way to gain points between the guys.
"Yes, it is. I'm not going to be a weakling like Kakazu I'll stand up to you, you big bastard."
I tense up again, fearing the outbreak of another fight, but either because of Leaders anxious call to go through the portal and the fact Madara can read my thoughts about the fight the situations disappates as he softly entwines my hand in his and we walk swiftly through the portal and emerge, not in an Asda, not in a Tesco but in the middle of a massive Walmart!
I love Walmart, I haven't been there in ages though because we don't have them in Britain, I find myself lost automatically in the large isles and even the Akatsuki look at me strangely I overhear Kisame mutter to Dei Dei that 'It's only a supermarket'. Leader looks at me kindly and tells all of us to meet up at the checkouts in an hour, after that he leads me away to the clothes section with Siobhan and Michelle in tow. This is when I get totally stunned. He hands each of us £500 dollars and tells us to spend it all on ourselves, not to waste it and to remember that if we want to watch any films we should definitely not buy any chick flicks. Expecting him to laugh and say 'Only joking!' and take £450 back but he turns and quickly walks away until we loose sight of his black Sex Pistols t-shirt in the crowd.
All of us look at each other baffled, before the reality of it sinks in and we all go crazy and split up, I run automatically to the clothes section and pick up all of the gothic clothes I can find, black and lacy dresses and for comfort reasons lots of pairs of jeans and slogan t-shirts. Dashing to the shoes I spend about fifteen minutes deciding over which pair of boots to pick, eventually I decide on both of them. Picking up a basket I put all of my things into it, I walk past the Intimates section and without any intention I wander over to them peering at a pair of silky purple knickers and matching bra.
Suddenly Madara's voice sounds from behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist he takes one off the rack in my size and puts it in my basket.
"I approve." He grins
"Glad to know, besides I don't think you'll be viewing them anytime soon."
"Really? I do. I think you do to, as I can pretty much tell without reading your mind that you were looking at them for me." Madara winks kissing my cheek not before he inspects what I'm buying, hopefully not out of grooming but out of some mild interest in my purchases.
"You're awfully confident aren't you?"
"Well after last night I think we both have every right to be."
"Can I ask you something? Promise you wont get mad or anything, I don't really want to be punched in the nose like Kakazu."
"I would never punch you in the nose darling. I cannot promise I wont get mad but will try."
"Was Leader-sama watching last night? While we were, um…"
"While we were having fun?" He smirks, looking deeply into my eyes trying to soften me up as I have a sneaking suspition that he was watching last night and that they had some sort of deal together
"Yes, so was he?"
"He was, is that a problem?"
"Yes it is a problem! God Madara, that's something that's private and I am shocked at you for allowing him to see me like that, and I definitely do not want him there should we do it again which I doubt will happen now. You best move your stuff out of my room by the way."
He stares at me in a rather shocked manner before his whole manner decends into a mixture of depression and anger, his eyes become sullen as the spark fades out of his sharingan, he fiddles with his chain attaching his wallet to his black jeans looking up at me with large eyes which for some reason begin filling with salty tears. I know I shouldn't be drawn in by this and deep inside I still feel so angry he is obviously upset, in a way it only makes me more angry that he's trying the whole guilt trip thing.
"What on earth are you crying for?" I growl
"I knew it was a mistake but I couldn't stop myself, I wanted to show you off and Leader made a most persuasive argument, I couldn't help but agree to his demands! If only you knew what he would have done to you."
"I don't believe you, you can protect me from all the other members but not from Leader? I think you're lying and trying to save yourself."
"I'm sorry darling. Please take me back, I know I did wrong and it wont happen again. Please. I'll tell him not to come in again, I promise. I don't want to loose you."
"I'll see."
I feel myself being drawn into his charms yet again but it wasn't that bad, it could have been much worse, he could have cheated on me like Hidan. Still it's an invasion of my privacy and I still feel pretty much violated and I'll never be able to look at Leader in the face again without going bright red. Madara kisses me on the cheek again smirking evilly as he realizes that I have virtually forgiven him yet he still needs to be cautious because my nerves are still on high. Reaching into my basket I take out the set and place it back on the rack, with a final glance I walk off hair flicking out behind me. I can hear him follow, re-placing the set in my basket and unfurling my fingers from around the blue handle so he can carry it himself.
"Do you want to look at anything else?" he sighs trying to hold my hand with his free one even managing to snag it at one point yet his relentless staring at me makes me uneasy so I wriggle out of his grip so I can have some space.
"No, I'm fine." I reply curtly
"I'm sorry for staring at you, but I'm just so enamoured by you and I want to make my mistake up to you. I'll be back in a moment, I want to make tonight as magical as possible to make you happy with me once more"
He speeds off in direction of the food isle leaving me in his dust as he runs, slightly dazed I wander around the store with the intetion of a) finding some Fruit Loops and b) finding Leader to confront him about last night. Unfortunately mission b comes before I'm really ready for it, turning into the cereal isle I see Leader also picking up a large box of Fruit Loops and stashing them in his overflowing shopping trolley. Seizing all my anger I storm over to him, grab a box of Fruit Loops off the shelf and whack him over the head with them, thinking that he'd catch my hand I too am as shoked as he when the box connects and knocks his glasses off.
"Whoa! What? Oh…it's you Abi-kawaii." He flushes slightly and directs his attention to the dented box of cereal
"Do you have something to say to me?" I ask, trying to keep my voice level and keep the traces of anger to a minimum.
"Um…look…firstly as an evil leader I don't do apologies and I want you to keep this under wraps, o.k.?"
"O.k."
"I'm sorry about last night, but I was simply in there looking at some of your books and then Tobi came in and well…things got a little heated. What can I say? It's hard for me not to look. I'm sorry I shouldn't have been in there without your permission, forgive me?"
"That's not what Tobi told me. He said that you persuaded him into letting you stay in the room."
"Think about it Abi-kawaii, I was in there already and you have been with Tobi ever since he turned into Madara would he have had time to talk to me? He's manipulative, do not let him drive a wedge between you and the other members otherwise you'll be alone and totally under his control." Leader smiles, putting a hand on my shoulder in a reassuring way
"How do I stop him?" I stutter
"There is no way to stop him, just be yourself and hopefully he will listen to you as he loves and respects you." He looks at me sadly rubbing the sore spot on his head
"Sorry about that, I've had a confusing day."
"No problem Abi-kawaii."
As we both stand there arguing over the merits of Fruit Loops, my mind wanders to where the rest of the Akatsuki could be and what they had been up to for the past hour, probably something warranting arrest, that's when I hear…