Hello dearest reader! Today is a wonderful Friday and yet what could be a better way to really add velocity to a story than a strong update! Now my weekend schedule is quite a bit more hectic than my weekday schedule so unfortunately updates during the weekend, most likely, will not be twice a day hahaha. But never fear, for with a behind every good story, or bad story in some of your minds I wouldn't know with the vibes I've received;(Aka only two people's opinions hahaha). JEnjoy!

Frederick slept horribly…for practically the billionth time since it had happened.

It all started with his earliest memories; walking through the country side with his three brothers and one sister. Peter had been the oldest of the family; always trying to lead his siblings and keep everyone together, happily. Amber had been the second oldest. She was as cunning as her heart was full. She wanted everyone to be happy; even at the cost of her own sanity. Frederick's other two brothers had been twins, however, they both had been cursed to the same fate; forever suffering from the same disease. Frederick was the youngest, the quietest and the least out-going boy of the entire family. As they would walk through the countryside they played games; all throughout Frederick's childhood, he never won any until the cursed day in which he became of ten years of age. Frederick chose the game for that day, the final game the family would ever play together.*

Frederick shook himself awake. That day was too painful…he wasn't ready to relive it; not again.

That was when Frederick became aware of his surroundings. He was in a dark room, on a bed with no spikes on it or anything. It seems Hidan had not gotten his hands on him. He pinched himself softly to make sure he was still alive; the pain he felt simply confirmed the truth.

"No Sophie yet," he whispered to himself.

Frederick continued to look around at his surroundings. He noticed the closed door in front of him, how the bed he laid upon was surprisingly comfortable; not something he had expected in an akatsuki base. He spotted the chair located directly in the middle of the room; one window with blinds covering up any outside light. Next to his bed was a small wooden nightstand; lying on top of it was a written note.

Frederick sat up from the bed he had been resting on and reached for the note. The penmanship was nice and Frederick figured that it must have been Itachi's handwriting.

The note read:

Frederick,

For the current time being the akatsuki have decided not to kill you, however, there is to be a meeting regarding your status. Leader-sama has deemed that it would be best if this was held in person due to Hidan's uncanny ability to read anything written, except for food names, directions and anything doing with his deity. When you have awoken you should see a door to exit the room. Exit through there and follow the corridor to the left if you are ready for the meeting. If you need the restroom or water, they can be found to the immediate right. It would be in your best interest not to keep everyone waiting too long.

-Itachi

After reading the note; Frederick stood up for what felt like the first time in months as he stretched out his legs and arms. He wondered how much information Itachi had gotten out of him…he didn't know the extent of Itachi's visual powers but he knew they were something special; after all, Itachi himself was a true ninja prodigy. He was incredible, hence why Frederick found him so formidable.

Frederick left the note on the night stand and walked easily toward the door only to almost trip on the chair located in the center of the room. He then opened the door to exit the room in which he had slept. He noticed the air quality of the room he had been in wasn't the best, especially compared to the air quality of the hallway or corridor or whatever they wanted to refer it to.

Frederick quickly walked to the right, only to find a bathroom. He was mildly surprised of the running water, but considering how the Naruto world was modernized in only certain respects, it made decent sense.

After washing quickly and using the bathroom he quickly departed in search of the meeting room in which Itachi had described. As he walked through the left corridor, Frederick had the tingling sensation that he was being watched.

"It's probably just Zetsu or something," Frederick thought to himself.

As he continued to walk further down the corridor he noticed a shadow waiting for him at the end of the hallway.

Frederick hesitated on moving forward for a moment, however in that moment of hesitation the shadowed figure moved forward to greet him. It was none other than the blue haired Konan.

"Glad to see you're awake…Come, you're late."

Frederick blinked and then walked to Konan as she walked into the room at the end of the corridor.

As soon as Frederick walked into the room he noticed everyone in akatsuki was there and now staring at him.

"Well go on and take a seat un."

Deidara motioned to a chair that was at the edge of the long table. The room was practically empty, minus the long table, the seats around, and the people sitting. It was like a business meeting room in a way.

Frederick sat down in the seat quickly. To his right was Kisame, looking at him with interest; while to Frederick's left was Kakuzu who was busy counting some money. Across the table was Pein; Konan to his right naturally and Sasori to his left.

There was a long silence around the table until Pein spoke.

"Welcome Frederick…the akatsuki have made a decision in which we shall not kill you; something that we very easily could do. Konan and I have discussed your future and have decided that you shall go under the watchful eye of Itachi Uchiha. He will guide you until you repay your debt to the organization. Unless there is any information you would like to share with us now…"

Pein took a long pause, waiting to see if the intimidation of all these s ranked convicts would convince Frederick to say something.

After the seemingly ineffective pause Pein continued his judgment.

"…then you are hereby granted the title of Honorary Member of Akatsuki."

Frederick didn't know what to say, clearly Itachi was behind all of this and yet it didn't feel right at all. Though Frederick had a soft spot for the akatsuki and all of that, he didn't want to be a puppet to Madara. Pein had said he would be under the watchful eye of Itachi though, so perhaps it wouldn't be so bad. He could make a plan or something. For now though, he had no choice in the matter. What was he to say? If Frederick declined, there would be immediate pressure from Hidan and likely some other members to kill him. At least under these terms and conditions he probably wouldn't get killed so quickly.

"I-it's an honor. Thank you…Leader-sama."

Pein merely nodded his head. Hidan growled obnoxiously from his seat; most of the members of akatsuki glanced at Frederick, even Kakuzu took his eyes away from his money to glance at Frederick…only for a moment though.

Pein then cleared his throat and snapped everyone's attention back to him.

"As you all know, the main mission of the Akatsuki is to gather the jinchuriki. Lately we've been receiving multiple reports as to their locations and bios on their identities. I will be assigning some of you missions to confirm identities. As always there are a few ninja we must also get in contact with, and other tasks to be completed."

Most of the members either didn't reply or grumbled something meaningless, as if to say: "We already know this dumbass."

Frederick was careful to not to say anything. He observed and listened just as Itachi did; perhaps they would get along swimmingly.

Finally after some more discussion regarding information of the major and minor nations, the meeting ended and everyone departed except for Frederick, Itachi, and Kisame.

"You aren't coming for lunch Itachi? Kakuzu apparently spent more than two gold ryo pieces."

"Hn," was the only response Kisame received.

Kisame then left the meeting room, leaving just Itachi and Frederick alone.

Frederick waited patiently, anxious to see what Itachi would say or do.

Finally Itachi decided to look to Frederick.

"We have much to discuss. Come."*

Hi Reader! I might just do another chapter tonight; it'll probably be posted tomorrow afternoon though. I'll keep you updated. Feel free to review if you like this story! Today someone called my profile very bland! If you have any tips on how to make it more lively let me know! Thanks!