"Come with me!" a voice demanded from behind me. I spun around with a kunai in hand. I was faced with Itachi. I smiled up at him.
"So, you were the one that sent that note?" I asked staring up into his onyx eyes. He was at least two feet taller than me.
"No, that would be him," he motioned to an even larger man behind him, that strangely looked similar to a shark. He was even blue skinned. "I just was the delivery boy." I laughed at his antics. He was smiling goofily at me. "Now come on!"
"Can I have a minute to say goodbye and pack up a few things?" I asked. He nodded and gave me instructions on where to meet. I smiled back and the two of them and disappeared. I wrote notes to Neji, Sasuke, and Mitchell. I packed my clothes, my weapons, and a few other belonging, before I left to meet up with Itachi and the strange blue dude.
I peered into the clearing and saw Itachi sitting in the other guy's lap. The other guy was playing with nii-san's hair. I knew there was a reason why I masked my chakra. I let it flare and Itachi immediately burst out of the blue guy's lap. I walked in laughing.
"I saw the whole thing," I said in between chuckles. My backpack came off my back and hit me in the head, but still I couldn't stop my laughing.
"Are you quite done?" Itachi asked as he walked over to me and picked up my backpack. I laughed for a little bit longer until I finally calmed down. "Anything you want to ask before we leave?"
"Just who is that?" I motioned over to the shark guy. "And what is he to you?" I stared Itachi straight in the eyes.
"I'm Kisame Hoshigaki, current boyfriend of Itachi-koi," the blue guy stated proudly. I began to laugh yet again.
"My nii-san is gay and the uke, even worse. I can't wait to tell Sasuke," I said when I calmed down. I saw Itachi's eyes sadden. "Don't worry; I know he will understand that you didn't do it when he actually meets Madara." I gave him yet another smile. We than began heading north. It must have been the direction to the base. Although before we were too far away, I couldn't help but look back.
We sprinted for twenty minutes before we came to a bolder that blocked our path. Kisame did a hand seal and slammed his open-palm hands against the rock. Suddenly, the rock turned transparent and allowed us to enter. Before me, sat seven men and a woman.
"Ah, so this is Miss Bailey Uchiha Hyuga," a man with spiky orange hair and a pierced face said. "I'm the leader, Pein, and this is my partner, Konan." I nodded to them both.
"It's so nice to have another girl here in the Akatsuki," Konan squealed. She had shoulder length blue hair with an origami rose in it. Only her lip was pierced.
I looked around the room and my eyes came to a rest on a pair of arguing males on sofa. One had silver hair slicked back and the other wore a full face mask; his solid green eyes being the only thing visible. I gasped when I realized how familiar they looked. Itachi gave me a look saying "What the heck is wrong with you?"
"You tried to kidnap me," I said pointing to the green-eyed guy. "And he was in the leaf village. Neji-nii-san nearly killed me when he heard him mutter my name." I pointed to the pink-eyed man. Said man began to laugh. He ended up falling off the couch and hit his head on the nearest table, but he still kept on laughing. I stared at the man like he had a second head.
"That's Hidan, immortal, and a lover of any sort of pain or torture. He also is the world's worst potty mouth," Kisame answered my unasked question. I nodded to the shark-man. "The one that kidnapped you is Kakuzu, money lover, and number one cheapskate. He also just wants to kill Hidan, though impossible."
"That's Deidara," Itachi motioned to the blonde sitting on the couch that looked strangely feminine. "He's our bomber and has a knack at being whiny. Next to him is his partner Sasori. He's also Akasuna no Sasori and the Red Scorpion. He is a puppet master."
"Last, but not least, we have Zetsu and Tobi. Zetsu is our cannibal spy and has split personalities. Tobi is the hyperactive idiot that speaks in third person. I suggest you don't talk to him unless you want to have a long annoying talk," Kisame said.
"We'll ask you a few questions, and you can ask a few yourselves. Now first question: How many Chunin Exams did you participate in before the one that made you a Chunin and what did you do during it?" Pein asked.
"My first Chunin Exam was my only Exam I had to take part of, although I was in the first exam for people to cheat off me, but that doesn't count. The first exam was simple. I can't believe some of them where that scared of Ibiki-san. The second exam ended the second day for me. We were waiting to be ambushed for our scroll and during the night and during my watch they attacked. My teammates woke up and we tied them to a tree, succeeding and taking their scroll and we arrived at the Tower the next day." I began. "No preliminary was necessary considering only my team, a Suna team and a Kusa team had made it through. A month later we began the third exam. I beat a Suna ninja easily and them Taimu beat a Kusa ninja and another Suna ninja passed. Satoru-koi beat Taimu and then…"
"Wait, Satoru-koi?" Kisame asked. I looked down as tears formed in my eyes. Itachi whispered something in his ear and he quickly shut up. "Continue please?"
"I beat the final Suna ninja and Satoru-koi was beaten by the last Kusa ninja. After that I unleashed my improved eye technique on the unsuspecting Kusa ninja. I unleashed my Mangekyou ByakuSharigan. He forfeited the minute he saw it. Both of us became Chunin," I explained.
"Wait a second! You awakened your Mangekyou Sharingan?" Itachi practically shouted. I nodded.
"The night the clan died it awakened. At the time, I was my own best friend and when they died, it was like that part of me had died as well," I replied.
"Can I, um, see it?" Itachi asked. I nodded again. I activated it, revealing solid red eyes. It was that way because of my Byakugan. He stared in probably eternal shock. "Hn." I smiled, that was a nice compliment.
"I found out I wouldn't go blind because the Byakugan suspends it," I said.
"The second is: What are your hobbies?" Pein asked from an arm chair.
"Training, singing, writing, and running away from Kakashi when I steal his book," I said and began laughing. Itachi was smirking.
"What's so fucking funny?" Hidan shouted. It made me laugh harder. Itachi muttered Hn before he began to laugh as well. "Translate Sharkey."
"He said that Kakashi looks strange when someone takes his book. He did it once and Kakashi began to hyperventilate after two hours," Kisame explained. "How strange does he look?" I took a mask out of my pack and put it on and began to imitate what Kakashi would look like. That made Deidara and I begin laughing. Itachi calmed down.
"Third question: What's your dream?" Pein asked again.
"To kill the one who destroyed my life," I answered glaring. Itachi gulped and backed behind Pein. "Don't worry nii-san; you are not it." He looked confused. "Hn." I spoke in Uchiha tongue for "I'll explain later."
"Favorite song?" Hidan asked.
"Rain by Creed. At least for now." I answered truthfully. Kakuzu looked over and shock was written in his green orbs.
"That's Kuzu's favorite song. Oh and Kisame's favorite as well," Hidan said. Kakuzu glared at him for the nickname.
"The last question is which two of us would you fight?" Pein asked. I surveyed the room.
"Tobi and Leader-sama," I answered. "Tobi because he is too happy-go-lucky so there has to be a reason why you let him join. Leader-sama because well you're the leader. Plus, I've fought Kakuzu and Itachi before and I like a challenge."
"Than your fight with Tobi will commence in a bit. You have a few minutes to prepare," Pein said before he took his leave. I fished out my senbon and made sure they were in my pack. I smirked as I walked into their battle arena.
"Begin!" Pein dropped his arm and disappeared. I removed a kunai from my pouch and threw it at them with a bead on the end to burn him. It passed straight through him but the bead exploded catching him in the crossfire. He hadn't expected that so he instantly went on the alert. His speed picked up as he ran toward me. When he got close, I used his momentum to throw myself into the air and drop a kick to his neck and up onto his chin. I used the ground and my hands to fling myself into the air again and tried to get a fire jutsu off, but it pasted right through him again. I flipped back and was able to catch eye contact as I activated my Mangekyou Sharingan. I threw him into a Genjutsu and he shot one back. It was a battle between our mental will.
I was able to get out of it and slumped over slightly. Tobi fell to the ground and as he was getting up I threw a Suiton jutsu at him. He was down for the count from what it looked like. He suddenly appeared behind me with a kunai to my throat. Pein was about to call it but Itachi put a hand out to stop him. I smirked as I disappeared and reappeared on his head with my Byakugan activated. I hit his chakra points in his arms and legs and sent senbon into a major power point. He crumbled.
"That's the match. The victor is Bailey," Pein said. I walked over to Tobi and began to reopen his chakra points.
"Are you Madara Uchiha?" I asked as I knelt by him. He got up and became happy-go-lucky.
"Tobi is! Tobi is a good boy!" he shouted. His voice deepened and he knelt closer to my ear. "We'll discuss this later." He got up and bounced over to Zetsu to start up some random conversation.
"Great job, Imouto," Itachi said patting my shoulder. Kisame came over and patted my back.
"I would have thought you were insane, if I hadn't just seen that," Pein said coming over. "Now you can ask some questions."
"Are those two dating?" I motioned to Sasori and Deidara who were exchanging kissy faces. "Plus, they're beginning to freak me out." Pein nodded sadly and the two instantly stopped. "Also, Kisame were you a member of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist?"
"Yep, and I have Samahada to prove it," He pulled out his sword. I smiled. It was sweet!
"Hey Bailey-san, don't you think your parents will be worried?" Tobi asked as he bounced over.
"How should I know? My parents are dead," I hissed at the orange-masked man. I whispered in his ear, "Don't fuck with me." Tobi backed away as they tears began to flow free from my eyes in sadness and anger. Itachi came over and pulled me into his chest as they tears flowed down my face. Pein stared in shock and his eyes softened.
"I'm going to take her to her room," Itachi said picking me up with not much difficulty. He turned two corners and came to a white door with my name carved in it with blue to make it pop. He opened the door and set me down. I looked at the room. The walls were painted a baby blue with purple trimmings. The bed sheets were a light purple and the lamp was a blue. Blue, black, purple, and white was present throughout the room. I had a spacious closet and it actually had a window by the black desk.
"This is amazing!" I beamed; my tears began to dry up. I walked over to the desk and pulled my backpack off. I placed my notebooks on the desk. I removed a small CD player and placed it next to my bed and turned it on. It was a radio, a clock, and a CD player all at once. "Nii-san? Who designed the room?"
"Sasori and Konan did, but I gave them ideas from when I visited last. I must've done a good job considering there is no pink," he said walking across the white carpet toward me. "The window was my idea. You can open it and no one can see you or it."
"Arigato!" I jumped at him for a hug although he didn't hug back.
"We'll go shopping tomorrow after your fight with Leader-sama. Now what do you mean when you say it wasn't me that destroyed your life?" Itachi asked. He sat down on the bed and I sat in my chair. I picked up a paper and handed it to him.
"I did research after the massacre. I remember that night so clearly. I still have nightmares about it! Anyway, I also found out about the other things he did. I want to kill him, not you. You are innocent and Tsunade said that you can return on your own terms and won't be hunted down. Although, I suggest we tell Sasuke before hand," I answered. He looked through the papers. I had copies made to bring with me.
"Now it's my turn to thank you," Itachi said hugging me for real this time.
"Can we listen to music?" I asked. Itachi smiled and left to get a CD from his room. He handed it to me when he got back. "What's this?"
"A play list that I want your opinion on. You know all the songs so you can sing along," he answered. I gave him a look that said he had to sing as well. I put it in my CD player and the first song, my favorite song, came calmly out. I sang about a couple of notes higher, because some were too low for me. Being an alto has its advantages. Itachi sat down and sang with me. The next the song was My Immortal by Evanescence the full band version. I stayed on the same pitch as Amy Lee. Hidan came barging into the room and sat calmly in my chair. Itachi skipped to a song. Apparently it was the karaoke of Bring Me to Life again by Evanescence.
The other members ended up in the room as Hidan was singing his part. I came in on his last note. We kept going at it to see if either of us would mess up. At the end, I stared up at his eyes and smirked.
"Fuck, I just got out-sang by Itachi's bitch," Hidan said. I glared at him and he winced and hid behind Kakuzu. "Ok, ok, you're nobody's." I smirked. Victory was yet again mine.
"This is going to be different, but I think it'll end well," Zetsu debated with himself.
"Leader-sama, can we have a party night so I can get to know everyone?" I asked using Puppy-Dog-Eyes no Jutsu. Naruto had taught it to me to get Sasuke to do whatever I said. He sighed and nodded. Everyone scattered to get whatever they wanted and it ended with just Pein, Tobi and me in my room.
"Okay, how do you know who I am?" Tobi asked his voice clearly deeper than before. He removed his mask and I got my second glance at his Sharingan eye.
"You predicted quite a few of my moves during our match, and you would need some sort of eye Genjutsu technique to have beaten mine. Also you're the only Uchiha who could've survived the massacre," I explained glaring. I exited the room.
"Bailey, catch!" I looked over to see Kisame throw me a movie. "Hope, you enjoy it." We continued into the living room. Everyone else was already there.
"Before we start, I want to tell you about something I just remembered. You know how Orochimaru used to be part of this organization," I few people nodded and some looked disgusted. "Well, I out-glared the snake bastard. He's turned into a sissy." People roared with laughter, thus kicking off with our party.