I realizes I didn't say what the girl looks like so it is mentioned in this one. I just want to say I struggle with personalities and vocabulary so there might be a repeat of words
I also want to note that I am trying really hard to stay in character so I might even have to change this into a M rated story. However I also want to try some humor so please just bare with me. Now, please enjoy chapter 3 and review
"Who is she?" a blue haired woman asked. Her tone was dull but held a hint of curiosity in it.
"We don't know." a young man's with raven hair, which was put in a ponytail, replied in a dull, close to no emotion, tone. A man with orange hair and piercings looked the at the raven haired man and his partner.
"Why did you bring her here?" he demanded with narrowed eyes. He was more curious than he was angry but still not at all happy about it.
"She tried stealing from us. When I chased her down she displayed some kind of weird power after I killed some wolves. Itachi put her in a genjutsu and ordered me to bring her back." The blue man besides the raven haired man replied raspy voice. Itachi, the same man standing next to the blue man, hned in agreement.
"This girl seems to have the ability to control both wind and fire. However, not only is she unusually young to control jutsu's at this age, but, not once, did she made a hand sign. I also sense something odd about her chakra." The man named Itachi replied in a expressionless tone. The orange haired man from before didn't reply as he stared down at the young child thoughtfully.
Upon returning to the base, Itachi and Kisame were met by Pein, the Akatsuki leader. Because the two had returned later than he had expected, Pein thought the two had encountered an enemy attack. So imagine the man's surprise when he spotted a young child basically thrown over Kisame's shoulder. When questioned about it, Itachi replied they would explain in a minute before disappearing towards the kitchen to put the fish away. Kisame continued to the base living room and literally allowed her to dropped onto the couch.
Pein could understand what Itachi meant about the child's chakra. He could sense it for himself and he was sure Konan could to. There was something off about it. The Akatsuki leader could sense her power as if it was chakra but it was unusually powerful. Yet, if what Itachi said was true, and the girl didn't use any hand signs to trigger her jutsus, could it really be chakra? This was strange and Pein wasn't sure what to do. Should he question this girl once she wakes up? Maybe train her to control her powers so she'd benefit to the Akatsuki? Or just allow her to be killed?
"Itachi, when should she wake up?" Pein questioned coolly. Itachi stared down at the girl in an uncaring way as he answered.
"She should wake up in about an hour." Pein nodded at this before staring down at the young child.
The small child looked as if she were sleeping peacefully rather than knocked out by a gejutsu. Her shoulder long, red hair framed her innocent face. Her eye color went unknown for the moment and her clothing looked tattered, ripped and dirty. Through the dirty, destroyed, clothing, the four Akatsuki members could see how thin the child was. Either this girl was living in the forest for a while or she had recently escaped abusive parents.
"Good, when she wakes up we will question her." Pein said coldly. Itachi and Kisame nodded but Konan looked slightly concerned.
There was something familiar with this young girl. Konan knew she had never seen the child before but she did remind her of someone. It didn't take her very long to figure out who, either. This child, who couldn't have been older than five or six, reminded Konan of Nagato when they were just children. When she and Yahiko first found Nagato he looked almost exactly like this girl did. Not to mention, she shared similar features to Nagato, the real Nagato. Was this child somehow related to the Uzumaki clan like him? (1)
"Hey, we're back, un." A young male voice called out. Pulling their attention towards the living room entrance, the four Akatsuki members watched as two others joined walked in with Akatsuki robes and hats.
One of them was a young, blond haired man with hair covering his one eye. Upon taking off his straw hat, it was shown that his hair was tied into a high pony tail. A cocky smile played on his young face and an blue slanted, eye, shinned almost gleefully. At first glance, people would guess he was in his late teens. The man was indeed only eighteen years old and, by far, the recently youngest member of the Akatsuki.
The guy next to the blond teen was strange. He was rather short and it looked like he was hunched over. Because the Akatsuki cloak went down to the floor, no one could see his feet but, for all anyone knew, he could be crawling. Or maybe he was just very fat and short. Underneath the Akatsuki hat the man had his hair into dreadlocks like braids. A bandana covered his mouth and the eyes stayed hidden. When the man walked, it sounded like he was dragging something behind him.
"Welcome back, Deidara and Sasori. How was the mission?" Pein ordered rather than asked. The blond boy named Deidara shrugged carelessly and never lost his smirk as the shorter man, Sasori, only stared ahead with cold looking eyes.
"The mission was a success. We got the scroll with little interference." He said in a dark, almost raspy, voice. Deidara was the one to hand over the scroll as he noticed the child sleeping on the couch.
"Why is there a kid in here?" The former Iwagakure shinobi questioned curiously. He already knew she wasn't a new recruit so did that make her a hostage or perhaps Konan and Pein's secret love child?
"Itachi and Kisame found her out in the woods. She tried stealing one of the fish they were gathering and expressed some interesting powers. Itachi thought it would be smart to bring her back for questioning." Pein answered. Deidara hummed thoughtfully before looking away from the child and left the room.
So she wasn't a new recruit or a hostage. Well, the hostage part depended if anyone was out looking for the girl. Not that Deidara actually cared, but he pitied the child for having to be here. He himself was only fifteen when he was forced into the Akatsuki. Forced and tricked all thanks to Itachi Uchiha, who Deidara hated with a burning passion. While the bomber had gotten used to life in the Akatsuki, he didn't have near as much freedom when he travelled counties, offering his services as a bomber. While Deidara had little regard on who his bombs ended up killing, he wouldn't stoop to killing a child under the age of twelve. At least not on purpose anyways.
"Are we just going to leave her on the couch, Leader-Sama?" Kisame asked, staring down at the unconscious child as Sasori left soon after Deidara did. Pein looked down at the child for a moment and only very highly trained ninja could detect a thoughtful look on the orange haired man's stone cold face.
"I suppose she could be moved to the medic room. Konan, take the girl with you and check to see if she has anything wrong with her. If you find anything serious, get Kakuzu to help you." The Akatsuki ordered. Only nodding, Konan walked over to the child and bent down to pick her up as said ninja walked into the living room with a half dressed, silver haired man following him.
"What am I to help with?" He asked gruffly. The man beside him looked annoyed by something but, as soon as he saw the child in Konan's arms, spoke before Pein could.
Kakuzu was a tall, tanned man. He wore a mask over his face that almost looked contented to a hat like helmet, or hood, on his head. Said helmet had his former village logo on it, scratched out. He, like the man following him, was not wearing their Akatsuki cloaks. So, instead the Takigakure wore a simple greyish blue vest, loose enough so that the masks on his back wouldn't leave indents in the fabric. As for pants, Kakuzu wore simple blue, ninja pants and sandles. Kakuzu was also the tallest Akatsuki member after Kisame.
The man beside him was Kakuzu's foul mouthed partner. His medium length hair was slicked back and his purplish pink eyes shined with anger. Unlike Kakuzu, the man didn't wear any kind of shirt at all but wore blue ninja pants like the masked man. Strapped to his naked back rested a Triple-Bladed Scythe, which the man looked really close to grabbing the handle of. Around his neck rested the forehead protected of his former village and a Jashinist pendent..
"What the fuck is a child doing here?" He demanded before he looked between Konan and Pein confusingly. "Did the two of you have a fucking love child behind our fucking backs or something?" he asked innocently enough though with swears. This got a glare from Pein, a none visible twitch from Konan as she left, and a smack in the head from Kakuzu; or more like a punch to the head.
"Shut up, Hidan, you idiot. The kid looks nothing like them." He demanded angrily in his gruff voice. Hidan rubbed the back of his silver haired head as he glared at the masked man.
"Oi, fuck you, Kakuzu!" he shouted. Kakuzu decided to was best to ignore his partner before looking over to Pein.
"You were saying, sir?" he asked as respectful as he could from the resent mood he was in. Pein pulled his glaring eyes from Hidan to look at Kakuzu.
"I have ordered Konan to examine the child for any injuries. If it is required, you will help Konan heal her. Once she wakes up we will begin questioning. As of right now, you are dismissed." Pein said and disappeared in a puff of smoke before anything else could be said. Kakuzu seemed to stare at nothing for a moment, before he turned his gaze towards Itachi and Kisame, who had been in the room for the entire time.
"Do I even want to know what's going on?" He questioned while Hidan, still swearing, marched off sulking. Kisame gave his trademark grin while Itachi remained emotionless.
"Maybe. You'll have to wait and see for yourself." He said with a raspy chuckle. Kakuzu grunted and blinked his odd, Christmas like eyes.
"Whatever. I'll be counting my money. Bother me and die." He warned before leaving the two partners to themselves. Kisame chuckled as he looked over to Itachi.
"Well, things just got interesting, wouldn't you say, Itachi?" He asked with another grin.
"Hn." he grunted before walking away without another sound, let alone word. Letting out a sigh, Kisame crossed his blue arms against his chest and looked up at the ceiling.
"I wonder how this child is going to impact everyone. Kid's got spunk, that's for sure. Not even adults are brave enough to steal form us and those that do die." He chuckled to himself. Suddenly his eyes widen as a realization hits him.
"Fuck! All that trouble and we forget about the damned fish."
(1) Yeah, Pein/Nagato is related to the Uzumaki clan for those that did not know
I had to edit some of this when I described the OCs looks. her hair is red, not blue -which I accident typed- since I keep imagining red for some reason