Chapter 7: An Akatsuki Birthday
A/N: Hey everyone! This chapter is dedicated to Yumi Seiji as a birthday present. Thanks for helping me out with the story!
Happy Birthday!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Final Fantasy 7. I simply own my ocs.
Enjoy!
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The Akatsuki were known as an organization made up of S-Rank criminals.
They kill, they steal, they capture Jinchuriki…and they also celebrate birthdays.
Yes, even S-Ranked criminals celebrated their friend's birthdays.
It was the only time they could ever show compassion towards their comrades.
And today was the birthday of one certain female member.
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Yumi grinned slightly as she looked at her comrades.
They were nice enough to throw her a small surprise party for her birthday.
She looked at Itachi and just knew that he was behind this.
Leave it to her boyfriend to throw something nice for her.
Konan went up to her and gave her a hug.
"Happy birthday, Yumi" she said.
Yumi returned the hug.
"Thanks, Konan" she said.
Everyone was there to celebrate her birthday.
Deidara was grinning from ear to ear at his friend.
"It's hard to believe you're 19, yeah" he said.
"Yeah, you look a lot older than that" Hidan added.
Deidara glared at him.
"Do you seriously have to ruin the mood, yeah?" he asked.
Hidan held his hands up defensively.
"What? It's not like I was insulting her. I just saying she looks really hot for a 19 year old"
A tick mark appeared on Deidara's forehead.
Kakuzu whacked Hindan upside the head.
"Try to keep your dirty thoughts to yourself" he said.
Hidan glared at his partner.
"Kakuzu, you mother fucker! Stop hitting me!"
"Well stop being an idiot" Kakuzu replied.
Hidan was about to say something, but a piece of paper covered his mouth.
Konan gave him a tired glare.
"Please behave today, Hidan" she said.
"It is Yumi's birthday after all"
Hidan just grumbled his reply.
"Fine"
Yumi just shook her head.
Only Hidan could speak what was on his mind, even if it was dirty.
Itachi sent him a glare.
He'd better think twice before talking about his girlfriend like that.
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After that little ordeal, everyone had dinner, which was Yumi's favorite dish: Pizza.
Sasori had managed to find every type of pizza that was made in the shinobi world.
Yumi was surprised that he had managed to find them all, considering that they were from the Land of Clouds.
Since they were the Akatsuki, that meant they were enemies to all shinobi nations. How Sasori managed to get pass their security was beyond her.
Still, the dinner was wonderful none the less.
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With dinner done and out of the way, everyone gathered into the living room to open Yumi's presents.
All of the gifts were wrapped in colorful paper and ribbons.
Yumi could tell which gifts were from her friends because of the color schemes.
Kisame's gift was wrapped in blue paper and contained a weaved necklace that had a single sea shell at the center. It was the rarest kind of shell from the Land of Water that looked like a cork crew that changed into different shades of color.
They were called rainbow shells.
Konan's gift was a bouquet of origami roses made out of pink paper and were lightly scented with floral perfume.
Sasori's gift was wrapped in maroon paper and revealed to be a set of hair piece sticks that had an empty cavity to them, where they could store poison.
From Kakuzu, he gave her a jeweled bracelet that was covered in green gems, showing his lustful side for money.
Zetsu gave her a vial of the rarest floral perfume in the shinobi lands. It was said that it was made from the only flower that lives throughout the year and never withered away.
Deidara made her a clay phoenix that she could use as a summon like his clay birds. She could ride on it when it was big, or she could let it fly around her when it was small.
Hidan didn't have anything to give her. Instead, he just wrapped a ribbon around his lower waist and wore a perverted grin.
"Why should I bother wrapping myself up when you can get right to the good stuff?" he asked.
Itachi and Deidara glared daggers at him.
Deidara dug into his clay pouch and pulled out one of his bombs.
"Hey, Yumi. I have another present for you, uh" he said.
"It's your favorite game in the world: 'pin the tail on the donkey'"
Hidan raised an eyebrow at him.
"We don't have that game, you idiot" he said.
"We don't even have a donkey"
Deidara laughed wickedly.
"I can fix that" he said.
"Bend over and I'll show you"
Hidan paled when he saw that Deidara made a donkey tail out of his exploding clay. He also noticed that the 'pin' was a little bit too long for his comfort zone.
"You sick bastard!" he cried.
"You plan to explode my ass with that?"
Deidara looked crazy as he stared at him.
"I don't know. This is new exploding clay, so I don't know how much 'ompf' I'll get out of it"
He grinned evilly.
"Which is why I was hoping you would help me out"
He held out the tail.
"Come on, Hidan. Let's play"
He put his headband over his eyes like a blindfold and slowly walked towards him.
Hidan screamed and ran away from him.
Deidara just laughed and ran after him, not caring that he was blind at the moment.
Yumi simply sighed.
"Hidan can be too much for me" she thought.
"But at least I have Deidara"
She could hear Hidan screaming while Deidara chased him around the hideout.
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Since Deidara and Hidan were making a ruckus around the hideout, Itachi decided to take Yumi into his room and give her his gift.
Yumi always enjoyed being in his room. Whenever she was here, Itachi would act like his normal self. He would get rid of the icy mask that he would always wear and become the kind and gentle person that he really was.
Yumi sat on his bed while Itachi grabbed her gift.
He really didn't want to have her open his gift in front of everyone, or else they would think he was becoming a softy.
He went over to her and handed her a velvet box with a teal blue ribbon on it.
"I thought you would like to receive my gift privately" he said.
Yumi smiled gently at him as she took his gift.
She studied the box for a moment before opening it.
What she saw inside made her gasp.
Hanging on a silver chain was a 14 karat gold phoenix that had orange and red gems lining the wings.
She picked it up and examined the phoenix carefully.
She had never seen anything more beautiful than this.
"Itachi" she said.
"It's beautiful"
Itachi smiled at his girlfriend's reaction.
He knew that she would love it.
He went up to her and gently took the necklace from her.
Sitting next to her on the bed, he placed the necklace around her neck and clasped it in place.
Yumi touched the necklace when it was in place.
She looked at her boyfriend.
"How did I get so lucky to have someone like you in my life?" she asked.
Itachi gave her a gentle smile and hugged her.
"I don't know" he said.
"Perhaps it was fate"
Yumi leaned into his embrace.
"If that's the case, then I'm glad it happened"
They were like this for a tiny bit until they heard Hidan shouting outside.
"Deidara, you sick bastard! Get that away from me!"
The two lovers sighed before going to the balcony that was connected to Itachi's room.
They went outside and saw Hidan running away from Deidara.
The blond still had his bomb tail in hand.
Hidan glared at him when he saw that he wasn't going to put it away.
Deidara had a creepy look in his eye as he chased him.
Hidan knew that Deidara hated him, he just didn't realize how much he hated him until now.
Deidara laughed wickedly.
"Don't be such a pansy, Hidan" he said.
"You can't die, so it's no big deal"
Hidan glared at him.
"Of course it's a big deal!" he shouted.
"You plan to put that up my ass!"
"Well, you are an ass, so I thought this would prove my point"
They kept running around the yard, oblivious to their watchers.
Itachi glared at Hidan.
He wanted payback for his little 'gift' that he was planning to give to Yumi.
Activating his Sharingan, he cast Tsukuyomi on him and trapped him within his spell.
Hidan froze in place as the jutsu hit him.
He screamed in pain as he kept getting stabbed in Itachi's realm.
Deidara took this as the opportunity to get his revenge.
"Got ya!"
He jumped him and held his tail bomb high in the air before pinning it on Hidan.
Everything was quiet for a second.
Then there was a loud explosion that made the ground shake.
Itachi and Yumi looked at Hidan's body that was all over the place.
"My ass!" he cried.
Yumi had a slight smirk on her face.
"Serves him right" she said.
She leaned onto Itachi's chest and simply watched Hidan suffer while Deidara cheered over his work.
She sighed as he embraced her for a bit before she went inside.
As she crossed his room, she saw something that caught her eye.
There, standing on his dresser was a picture of her younger self with Itachi and Mikomi.
She slowly picked up the picture and examined it.
Itachi saw what she was looking and grimaced.
He realized that he had forgotten to put that picture away.
He watched as Yumi went lost in thought as she looked at the picture.
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"Happy Birthday!"
Minato decided to throw a big birthday party for Yumi and Kushina.
When Yumi came to the village, they found out that she had the same birthday as Kushina.
Kushina was thrilled to have a birthday buddy, especially since it was one of her daughter's friends.
Yumi wore a content smile on her face as Yuri brought the birthday cake out.
It wasn't really anything fancy.
It just said 'Happy Birthday Yumi and Kushina' on it with a few flowers.
"Make a wish, you guys!" Mikomi cried.
Yumi chuckled a little.
Even though Mikomi was technically a year older than her and Itachi, she still acted younger than them.
Kushina just ran her hand through her daughter's hair.
The birthday girls got close to the cake and blew the candles out when they made their wishes.
Everyone cheered when the candles were blown out.
"So what did you both wish?" Minato asked.
Itachi rolled his eyes.
"They can't tell or else it won't come true" he said.
Minato laughed.
"Wow, even you have humorous side, Itachi"
The young Uchiha cracked a grin.
Jiraiya started cutting the cake and served them to everyone.
"Alright, who wants cake?"
Just as he was about to hand it to Kushina, his foot got caught on the rug that was underneath the table, which resulted him shoving the cake into her face.
Everyone gasped when they saw this happen.
Frosting dripped off of Kushina's face when Jiraiya pulled the plate away.
The red head scrapped the cake and icing out of her eyes.
Mikomi started laughing when she saw her mother in the state that she was in.
Kushina looked at her and had a sly smirk on her face.
"Oh, you think this is funny, huh?" she asked.
Mikomi nodded as she continued laughing.
Kushina looked at the frosting that was in her hand, then back at her daughter.
"Then how about this?"
She smeared the frosting on her daughter's face.
Mikomi yelped slightly while Kushina laughed.
Mikomi looked at her dad when she saw that he was laughing at her.
She scrapped the icing off of her face and threw it at him, only to miss and hit Yumi instead.
Itachi chuckled slightly.
Yumi in turn took her cake and smashed it into Itachi's face.
That's when hell broke loose.
Everyone started throwing cake at each other and making a mess of the entire kitchen.
Laughter could be heard throughout the Uzumaki household as they attacked one another with their dessert.
Yumi and Kushina didn't mind that their cake was ruined, they were having a good time.
Every birthday since then was spent by having huge food fights.
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Yumi looked a little sad when she saw the picture.
She nearly forgot how much fun she had that day.
Even though they ruined the whole kitchen, Minato and Kushina didn't mind.
They were just glad that she could have a nice birthday with her friends.
She placed the picture back on Itachi's dresser and looked at her boyfriend.
He seemed to be a little upset as well.
Even though this was Yumi's birthday, it was also Kushina's.
It was unfair that Yumi could celebrate hers, while Kushina couldn't.
Why did she have to die out of everyone else in the world.
Yumi bit her lip slightly as she thought of the red head.
She was the mother of the Jinchuriki hosts that they were after.
The mother that they shared birthdays and every other celebrations together.
She wearily looked at Itachi.
"Do you think it's a coincidence that I share the same birthday with Kushina?" she asked.
Itachi shrugged before hugging his girlfriend.
"I don't know" he said.
Yumi sighed.
"Why must life be so cruel?" she asked.
"Because it would be boring if it wasn't" Itachi replied.
They stayed in each other's arms for a while.
Today was one of the best birthdays that Yumi could ever ask for.
She would always cherish the memories that she shared with her friends.
But it also reminded her of the memories she cherish from long ago.
Even if she loved this birthday, the ones that she shared with Mikomi and Kushina would always mean more to her.
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A/N: This was my first attempt at doing a chapter based on all of the Akatsuki members, so I hope I kept everyone in character.
I hoped you enjoyed your birthday chapter Yumi!
Please review and tell me what you think.