Chapter 4:

I love A Challenge

Previously:

"Thank you, Itachi." I called to him and he stopped but didn't turn to look at me. "You got him off of me,right. So I'm thanking you." I felt so shy and out of place all of a sudden. My cheeks were warm.

The iconic "Hn" was all I got before he continued out the room. I turned the opposite way and headed back to the kitchen. Leaving the unconscious zealot on the floor.

When I returned to the kitchen I found Heather, Deidara, and Tobi looking at raw whole chicken laying out on the counter. Heather was poking it side with a disgusted face, Deidara was shaking his head, while Tobi was making the chicken's legs dance. It made me uncomfortable being near Tobi, knowing who he actually was.

"Kami, Your alive!" Heather said running to hug me.

"Yes, this no help from you." I spoke with no emotion. I was serious though, I would've been running after Hidan full speed if he chased Heather out of the room with a knife.

"But, I wanted to! I ran but Tobi pulled me back telling me that he was hungry, then Deidara agreed and they tried to make me cook. I told them that I can't cook and-"

"It's fine, I forgive you" I interrupted. Walking over to the raw meat.

"You do? Well that's weird... you don't usually forgive that easily." That's true, I don't forgive easily but a good came out of a bad situation. I realized that everyone would probably be hungry, so I told the two Akatsuki members in the room to leave while I cooked. It was already past 4, if I started dinner now I would be able to finish by 6. As I prepared the chicken, Heather cleared off the the abandoned breakfast.

"So how did you end up getting away from Hidan?" Heather spoke as she disposed of the last remaining pieces of bacon. I knew she would ask, so she could know how I escaped such an impossible situation.

"Oh,... Kakuzu helped me out... and um, Itachi" I said the second name with a smile.

"The Weasel?" Even though Heather didn't read Naruto, she knew pretty much everything I knew since I would tell her what happened in the latest chapters. "I understand why Kakuzu, would since he's Hidan's partner and usually keeps him in check. But why Itachi? I don't get it?"

"Me neither, I'm just glad that he was able to help me." I said as I washed the chicken.

"Bet you are, he's your favorite character isn't he?" She looked at me with a grin. I but I didn't respond.

"Why don't you go and make sure our new guest are alright." I said while I placed the cleaned chicken on a cutting board.

"Fine," She said with a sigh, "but we're not done talking about what happended with you and Itachi." with that she left.

I've never cooked a whole chicken before. We have our own personal Chef,Tyler, that usually cooks for us, but that didn't mean I didn't know a thing or two about how to cook. I've watched my mother cook every Thanksgiving and Christmas when we would dismiss the help for the day. I would always be her little assistant, cutting the vegetables, measure the ingredients, and telling her if it needed more salt or not. Usually when my parents left for their jobs, they would still have the Chef Tyler show up to cook my meals for me. He would stay in our backyard 2 bedroom,Guest House along with the babysitter, so I have food service 24/7. But being of legal age, I wanted to be responsible and learn to stop relying on the help. So I told my parents no babysitter and no Chef Tyler. Man was I dumb. Now I'm stuck cooking for ten people. Well let's get to it then, I pulled out a knife from it's holder and began to dissect the bird.

Heather's POV

I wonder what happened with Kami and Itachi. I thought as I walked down the hallway in search of the Akatsuki. I hate it when she hides information from me. Especially if it has to do with a guy.

It took a while for me to find them in this massive house. Of course my house was slightly bigger since my parents had more than just one kid, unlike Kami, three including myself to be exact. I found most of them in what we call the 'Entertainment Room.' The E-Room was where all the game systems were, along with a giant flat screen that hung on the farthest wall. There's a DVD collection from cielling to floor that stretched across two of the four walls. In a room extending from the E-Room was the Theater complete with it's own popcorn machine, soda fountain, and varies candies. Three of the Akatsuki were gathered around the oversized tv. They seemed to be trying to turn it on, well Tobi was, Hidan and Deidara where on the couch shouting orders at him, of how they think it works. Kisame was looking through the vast DVD collection. I walked over the tv and turned it on, throwing the remote to the members on the couch.

"Thanks, un" Deidara was about to catch the remote, but Hidan's hand caught it first.

"Too slow, Mothafucker!" and started running through the channels. Tobi ran over and snatched the remote from Hidan causing the three of them to enter a shouting match.

"FUCK YOU BOTH, I HAD THE REMOTE FIRST!"

"TOBI WANTS TO WATCH CARTOONS!"

"NO, I'M NOT WATCHING CARTOONS,UN!"

I walked over to Kisame, He would no where the rest of the members where, especially Itachi.

"Hey, do you know where the other's are?"

He looked up from the shelf of DVD's, "Yeah, that room down the hall with all those books."

I thanked him and proceeded to the Library. Of course they would be in there. From what Kami told me about each member of the Akatsuki, they are the types to read any information they could gather on this new world. The Library was almost back where the kitchen was, it has large glass doors with large glass windows. It's a rather open room allowing anyone to look in from both inside and outside the house. The view from the Library was always gorgeous because it overlooked the ocean, and right now had a dieing sun laying on it's surface.

Through the see-through doors I was immediantly able to see Itachi lounging on one of the arm chairs reading. On the couch was Konan and Pien also with a book in their hands. When I walked through the doors no one looked up from their books or acknowledged my presence. It was quiet. I could now see Sasori browsing the shelves of books and Zetzu was in the far corner of the room, quietly talking to himself. Hm, I wonder if he's doing that arguing thing with himself that Kami told me about? I thought.

Kakuzu was immediantly to my right seated at a desk, he had a bunch of color paper in his hands, that I assume was money, and was organizing and counting it. Damn, has he never heard of a bank? Do they have banks in his world?... Either way you could clearly tell that man must love his money.

I made my way over to Itachi, even when I stood a few feet in front of him, he didn't look up.

"Do you want something?" He asked turning a page. Looking down at him at such a close distance, I could tell that he was really attractive. Like really really attractive. This guy is Fuckin Hot! Props for Kami, she always has good taste in men.

"Um, yeah. Kami told me that you helped her escape from Hidan." I spoke a bit awkwardly...was I being..shy? Never in my life have I ever been shy... especially towards the opposite sex. I loved talking, and flirting with guys. I was a queen at it, but for some reason he was making me feel...speachless.

"Yes, I did." He said as he turned another page. Was he really even reading. I looked at the book and saw that he was nearly half way through the book. He couldn't possibly be reading that fast.

I decided to turn on my flirting techniques, I started to play with my hair and and gave him a cute smile.

"Oh...um, yeah. Thanks for, um helping her."

"Hn," Was all I got as a response. It irritated me that he still hadn't looked up at me. Was I not worth his time? Was that book more interesting than me? But he went out of his way to help Kami. It pissed me off. But wait, what am I doing? I thought. Kami had told me so many times how much she adored Itachi, Hell, she cried in my lap when he supposedly dies. Yet here I am flirting with him.

But... I know Kami, she would never make the first move when it came to guys. Sure she's confidant with her body, and she should be cause her ass is an instant killah. But she became so timid when it came to men, while I wasn't. I always put myself out there and always got who and what I want. That's why I got her last boyfriend, and her past love interest before that. She clearly couldn't get or keep a man. She wouldn't give them what they wanted. She didn't know how to take care of them. But I do. And that's why they came to me. I turned and did my best strut out the room, swaying my hips with each step, and turned around to check if Itachi was looking. Of course he wasn't. He's definitely a tough cookie. I exited the Library and walked normally back to the kitchen to my gullible best friend. I love a challenge.

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