Chapter 13

Karin slowly woke up a chair. She looked around for a minute and realized that her glasses were not on properly. In fact, they were not on at all. She sighed and stood up to begin searching. Blurry colors flashed in her vision. Blue and black came close to her. She did the only thing that made sense to her at that moment. She screamed. She screamed loud enough to push the figures away.

Searching her pocket for a kunai she yelled at the figures, "Sasuke and Suigetsu stay away from me! I left like you said!" Luck went against her as the blue fellow, whom she was assuming to be Suigetsu, grabbed her arms from behind.

"Calm down, Karin. We aren't your crazy friends or whatever they are." Her captor placed glasses on her nose, which was a much bigger help than anybody would ever know. Karin blinked slowly and looked at a black haired man with eyes like those of Sasuke. Turning her head she saw the blue fellow who now looked similar to a shark. She smiled; she had always loved sharks. "My name is Kisame and this is Itachi. We know that you were brought here to join the Akatsuki. All we need is for you to look into Itachi's eyes."

Karin nodded and did as she was told. Taking a deep breath she smelled the sea and chuckled. The redhead looked directly into Itachi's red eyes. Barely a few seconds later Itachi nodded his head and pointed to the door. "She will be staying in your room."

Kisame and Karin smiled. He led her down to the kitchen where there was a black cloak and hat awaiting her. She put it on and twirled around giggling. Her laughing was cut off when she saw a blonde enter. If she recognized him correctly he was one of the three that had brought her here. Where were the pink headed girl and the other man then?

"Kisame, Zetsu needs you."

"Yeah, yeah Deidara-chan, I know he wanted me." Kisame smirked and waved a goodbye to Karin.

"And you, Karin, Itachi wants you outside."

"Hai, Deidara-san." Deidara gave her quick directions outside before disappearing into the hallway.

Itachi was exactly where she was told he would be. His emotionless face reminded her of a real live nightmare. One that she knew she'd never awaken from if she got on his bad side. Itachi motioned for her to some closer. Once Karin was only a few feet away she heard footsteps. She turned to see the emotionless pink headed girl from before. The way her emerald eyes showed nothing made her seem just as terrifying as Itachi, even with the bubblegum pink hair.

"So you're in the Akatsuki now." The pinkette wasn't asking, she was saying it as if it were a statement. Karin was left no time to reply as Itachi took this chance to start speaking. His deep voice brought fear to her ears.

"Sakura," Karin almost smiled. That name suited her well. "I assume you have realized that Karin is officially part of the organization now. Starting very soon, she will teach you what she can and vice versa. But before you two begin your training, you will be going on a mission." Itachi looked almost annoyed as Sakura attempted to not laugh. The redhead saw her emotionless façade slowly start to break away.

(A/N I'm sorry but we will skip to the mission now. If you haven't read chapter 11 already, which I should yell at you if you didn't, go read it. Or if you need to, go reread it. Go ahead I'll wait. *Five minutes later* Okay let's get started again.)

The redhead looked around inside a crowded bar. The amount of chakra signs she could sense drove her mind to swirl. But she knew she had her target already. She walked over to where a blue haired man was sitting on a bar stool. The smell of sake was already emanating off of him. She knew he would not see the true evil in her plans.

"Suigetsu is that you?" She faked the sadness in her voice and let everything play out. She still had to figure out how he would die. It would have to be subtle so that there were no witnesses.

"Karin, didn't Sasuke tell you to get lost?" Anger flared inside of her, but instead she brought tears to her eyes.

"Yes, but he never said I couldn't say my last goodbyes. Hey, let me buy you a drink." She knew his death. It would be a quick poison. One that would torture his dead soul for a good twenty four hours. He would be dead and it could be sweet vengeance for the redhead.

"Sure, if it's free on me. You know I hate paying," Suigetsu smirked and turned his head to his left. To Karin's convenience a girl had caught his attention and when he was rejected, the drink had already appeared and she placed the poison inside it. The idiot gulped the poison down. Karin held back the temptation to laugh at his foolishness.

"Goodnight and goodbye Suigetsu." She smirked and ran out with Sakura.

Back at the base Karin entered Kisame's room. She chuckled seeing him growl heatedly at the bed he was now attempting to fix. The redhead grinned as he turned around, shock written in his blue features.

"Hello, Kisame-san," Karin's smile turned shy as she realized the smell of the bar lingered on her. She silently prayed that Kisame wouldn't notice. Sadly, he did.

Kisame sniffed twice and looked at her. "Were you at a bar? Drinking sake?"

"Yes…Well, no not exactly! I mean I was at a bar, but I didn't drink anything!" The redhead frowned to herself. Heat flushed into her cheeks as she sat embarrassed by her own mistakes.

He nodded. "Let me guess, your mission?" Karin nodded. "I understand. So who did you kill and how?"

Karin laughed softly. "I killed an old friend. Sakura-chan and I found him in a bar," the redhead paused and gestured to her scent. "And I slipped a poison into his drink. But it wasn't a normal poison. I actually picked up from Orochimaru; it tortures the dead soul for a whole day before releasing them into their own hell."

Kisame stared at her. Amazed by the incredible intelligence she contained. He had already been informed about her tracking skills but now he not only saw her as talented, he saw her as outstanding. He stood up and smiled. Reaching his hand over, he took a strand of brilliant red hair in his fingers and played with it gently. "I think I love you."

"What-"

Kisame, realizing what he said, jumped back. His blue face took on a red tint as he looked away. His eyes looked down at the broken bed, waiting for his blush to fade away. Karin stood on the opposite side of the plain white room. A slight sigh of frustration crumbled out of her mouth. As Kisame looked up his eyes meet her red ones. A similar blush was on Karin's face.

"I think I feel the same way…" her voice was a whisper, almost lost in the noise outside of the room. Screaming and shouts became the background noise as Kisame walked closer to the redhead.

"Really?" Astonishment filled his voice. Tobi's screaming voice was lost in the pounding of his heart.

Karin looked away from his face. A small smile touching her lips, "Yeah, I love sharks."

A/N okay, so what did you guys think? This is obviously about Karin and Kisame and how they came to be. Sorry for lack of Sasosaku. Next chapter will be normal. That that is it. Please review. Love you guys!

Sincerely,

D.A.R.N.