Note: Hello my dearest readers (hi Anna-chan!). As I am a person who can not express thoughts into writing very well, so... please feel free to give me tips how to not make the lovely Naruto characters less "wooden". Also all mistakes with grammar and vocabulary are due to my poor experience with like... writing. Hope you enjoy the story after this charming review! ^_^
"If this isn't Deidara-chan and the turtle!" Hidan bursted out into laughter, his hands on his sides.
"Oh, won't you just shut up!" Kakuzu snapped, but regrettably to no avail as his partner didn't pay him any attention.
"Do you find the situation funny, Hidan?" Itachi calmly asked, his red eyes watching the disadvantage of a hole in the wall of a hideout.
"As a matter of fact I do!" the white-haired man replied, fixing his purple gaze on the Uchiha.
"We need to cover this mistake as soon as possible."
"We need not do anything," Hidan smirked, nodding in the direction of the latest arrivals "As this is clearly Deidara's fault, he has to fix it with his magic art, dontya think?"
"I will fix your facial expression right now, mmm!" Deidara grunted.
The other man laughed even harder and Sasori had to catch his partner's cloak in order to prevent him from jumping on Hidan and starting a fight.
However the blond Akatsuki member slipped out of his outfit, and with a very acrobatic move managed to land over the purple-eyed man and both of them fell on the floor, Hidan's scythe flying away from his hand. It made a gentle half-circle and landed in front of Itachi, who was staring at the wall, ignoring the men, caught in a tussle on the cold ground.
"You fight like a real lady, Deidara-chan!"
"Shut up you piece of insolent trash!"
His hand punched Hidan in the chest, as he made no attempt to defend himself.
"Oh, I like it when they talk dirty!" Another hand landed in his abdomen and he coughed some blood. "You punch like a girl, really!"
"You idiot!" Deidara peeved, furious his next blow hitting Hidan in the nose.
His opponent, blood streaming down his face, remembered that he have hands and grabbed his attacker's neck. The blond man made strange gibberish noises as he slowly changed his color from white to red.
"Kisame, can you please stop this unwanted nonscence?"
"Of course, Itachi-san."
The tall man moved like a flash and a second later he was holding the kicking, cursing and red Deidara in one hand and the grinning, bloody Hidan in the other. Both of them kept shouting at each other, completely ignoring the fact that they were currently in the air.
"That's enough!" the Uchiha said, turning his back on them all. "Kakuzu, Sasori, please collect your partners and find rooms to stay for the evening. I will take care of the wall."
However he ex-sand shinobi stood motionless, while Kakuzo fetched his associate from Kisame.
"I believe we firstly need to find out why all of us are here at the same time, don't you agree."
"Then contact our Leader and find out." Itachi suggested, heading towards the door "We will meet in the morning to discuss our missions and tasks. Until then I count on all of you to act civilized."
It was not a request and he did not care if they said anything against it.
Later in the evening, lying in his bed, Uchiha Itachi watched the ceiling. He was waiting to fall asleep, his red sharingans fixed in one spot above him. Thinking about his task he was appointed, wondering how to combine it with his personal work in this region. The appearance of his fellow Akatsuki members was going to be an obstacle, but this was nothing he could not handle.
In the depths of the hideout, in one of the smaller and more ordinary rooms, Hidan sat on the simple wooden floor, his eyes closed, hands gathered in front of him, a soft whisper coming out of his parting lips. A prayer to Jashin.
In the inner parts of this hideout there was a big room with 9 columns, located in a circle. In the middle was situated a marble table surrounded with small round chairs. Torches were lit and illuminated the surroundings. It was the "conference" room. All six Akatsuki members were sitting around this table, eyes closed. A few more moments passed and they all started to move their heads slowly, eventually waking up from the silent communication with their Leader.
"That's the biggest bulshit I've heard so far!" Hidan complained, stretching his hands and back.
"Oh, so your voice is not a bother for you anymore?" Deidara wondered
"Mind your own…" the white-haired man started to reply, but Sasori hit the back of his partner's head and he changed his words into his usual arrogant laugher.
"Oh, come on master Sasori! I have a strong urge to show this moron my art and blow his ugly face up!"
"Don't. That would only make him much more bearable as a companion" Kakuzo objected, faint smile on his face.
"I swear I will kill you in your sleep!"
"You are incapable of killing a puppy even if it brings you a knife and lies on its back in front of you!" Deidara said, satisfied for thinking of this verbal attack.
"Be quiet everyone."
"Who made you the boss, Itachi, mmm?" the annoyance in Deidara's voice was ignored by the Uchiha.
"From what we all heard just now it's clear that Itachi-san will be in charge of this operation." Kisame stated with a wide smile.
"There is no need to argue about anything, as we all has different missions" The sharingan user uttered, as he rose up. "I suggest we start executing them. The faster we're done, the sooner we will part our ways." His gazed fixed Deidara, who snorted and left the room in a hurry.
"He really seems to hate you, Itachi-san."
"He will surely overcome it, Kisame."
"Or die by your hands."
Itachi shrugged and left this thought for future deliberations.
Meanwhile not too far and not too close to that specific hideout, a group of four shinobi were slowly moving towards the forests of the Land of Hot Water. The sun was still low and hidden behind the mountains when they reached the edge of the forest. The sunrise welcomed them just then.
"Was it needed to travel all night to reach these trees so urgently?" Yamanaka Ino sighted, leaning on the nearest trunk.
"Why weren't allowed to take any snacks with us?" Akimichi Chōji gasped, arriving last at their rest point in the beginning of the forest.
"Do you guys always ask so many questions on a mission?" Sakura questioned both of them, unpacking something from her bag.
"Yes they do." The last person of their small group stood with his back to them, facing the darkness between the trees in the depths of the wood.
"That's because you like to answer them, don't you?" Ino smiled, looking at her comrade.
"Let's focus on the mission we were assigned by the Hokage and waste no time." Shikamaru Nara replied, remembering the parting words of his father that this forest was the safest of all the Nara clan cared for.
They all nodded as Sakura handed them small packs of energy pills and even Chōji could not complain. This was not going to be troublesome at all.