Chapter 12

"I'm happy to see you are settling in so well." Pein looked to the pinkette.

She did not answer- Only stared.

"It's also a good thing you aren't hiding in your little shell either. Anyways, you're to go on a mission with Hidan and Kakuzu to retrieve the two-tails. Leave within the hour. Dismissed." He returned to his paperwork.

Silently, she obeyed and left to her room. Konan had taken it upon herself to place pale pink flowers among yellow and violet to show it was her room. A lovely gesture, though Cyn didn't really care anymore.
Her room was slightly different. Upon the first night she soon discovered how noisy the men around her were and she surrounded the room with walls and flooring of a transparent-pale-pink diamond to block out all sounds.

She had also gotten a new wardrobe as well, and it consisted of long-sleeved light pink shirts which were tight down her arms until the cuff, which fanned over her knuckles. The shirt had a cut-end which was merely two V's cut out of the side, making two pieces longer which tightly flowed to the start of her thighs, the bust had a V shape dip in it as well. Under the shirt she wore a white collared undershirt with a black tie. Also in her wardrobe was a miniskirt, which only went mid-thigh, the color to match her shirt and tight, black and white striped shorts underneath that stopped a fourth of the ways down her thighs. Cyn wore standard ninja sandals that went just above her knees and a pale pink waist holster that was hung loosely on her right hip and continued to slump to her left thigh, just as Kage had.

Konan picked everything out, and though very revealing Cyn could care less. She wore the cloak over her clothes after all. A pink-and-yellow lily adored her bangs on the left, and that she didn't care too much for either, though Konan insisted on dressing her up adorably since she never had another female in the organization. Well, they did before. Though she was unfortunately loud-mouthed and paired with Kakuzu. In his offense he said she had a high bounty on her head, so her death wasn't a total waste.

The only thing she packed were folds of money and a few food pills, along with an empty book. It was a simple game of cat and mouse between them and the two-tails carrier-

Cyn's visable eye flashed a bright yellow for a moment.

-and she'd already seen the outcome of the mouse's fate.

- . - . - . - .

"The bitch finally came out of her fucking room." Hidan snickered, making some of the other's in the room laugh as well. The all stopped when they actually looked at her though. She was different that before.

Then again, she didn't come out of her room at all the previous night, and her room was reinforced with diamond, so no one could get in.
But, that wasn't the difference. She was resistant before, and didn't she have blonde hair?

"Is that really Kage-Sama?"

Cyn recognized the swirled-masked man. 'He was the one Onee-San harmed whilst she was in disguise as a feline. When she infiltrated this place.' She then noticed the common room. Her eyes looked over the window she and the others watched Kage escape from.
'They must not know about us.' Cyn could feel the nod coming from two forms inside of her. 'No, no. Pein knows about us.' She felt the nods again.

Cyn looked to Kakuzu for a moment, the upstanding collar on the cloak hiding her face from the nose-down, then walking toward the exit. Soon the two originally assigned to the mission followed; Hidan muttering profanities as usual.

As she passed Deidara, she could feel his depression. 'He's sad his partner died.' She thought to herself. 'Why didn't Onee-San tell them?' She looked at the mans arm; a clay mold of an arm was sewn to his shoulder. 'Should I fix it?'

The nodding turned into violent shakes.

'Okay. I won't.'

Pein lifted the rain as the three of them walked out, and millions of Konan's paper creations flew around the trio as they left the village. It would take seven days tops, if they didn't goof around. Two days to get to Lightning Country, three days to do the sealing and two too get back. Cyn wanted to get everything over with and retreat back to her room. She didn't like the feelings of their shaking, but she took Kage's place on purpose. 'I took Onee-San's place so she wouldn't have to live with the guilt.' She thought to the pair.

One head shook, while the other nodded.

'Onee-San would be sad if we wouldn't have, Vumi. Anki understands.'

A pause, then two separate nods.

'Thank you Vumi.'

Once they were outside the village Cyn stopped immediately. Kakuzu gave her a confused lookm perking what she could make out as a brow in curiousity.

"Why the fuck did you stop?" Hidan cursed, turning around. He wanted to hurry and finish this mission up. Undead people had lives too, and he needed to make a sacrifice damnit!

Cyn turned to the two and began forming a series of hand signs; Hidan took a slight step back with one foot in front of the other; readying a fighting stance. This girl- erm- Kage? Had already tricked the entire Akatsuki once and even managed to stay a few hours in their base before getting caught, and even then she managed to inflict harm onto a member.
Her pale pink diamond surrounded the three of them. "What are you doing Cyn?" Kakuzu growled. Now he was concerned, being in her own birthright couldn't mean well for them. The last time they encountered the Diamond Hidan had lost an arm and Deidara was trapped in that damned stone for six hours before they could even get his upper body free. Not to mention the damn gem crumbled to dust after two more hours; that's about the time the girl escaped Hidan and Kisame, so they suspected she dispelled it. Still though, all that work! That diamond would've went for a nice price, but not a single stone was spared!

She finished the signs and let her arms hang by her side while still leaving the undead unanswered. Hidan 'Tch'ed and watched as the pink-tinted walls began to shine.

Both men tensed visibly, and Hidan went to grab his three-bladed scythe.

After a moment the glow subsided and the gem began to come down; floating off with the breeze as tiny sparkles of light.

"What did you do?" Kakuzu's menacing voice demanded.

Cyn turned and began walking North. "The target is close now."

- .

The woman ran through the sewers, avoiding the Akatsuki members well, though they stayed on her tail fairly well. She lead them into an open room where a small stream of green water flowed through the middle and once the two men were inside paper bombs went off; effectively destroying the exits.

"You really are a fucking idiot." Hidan smirked at the woman, who just returned the expression.

She chuckled lightly and widened her stance; making the guys steady themselves just in case she tried making a break for it. "I'm not letting you Akatsuki bastards leave this place! You will both die here!"

She smirked and flipped high into the air; a bright blue glow engulfed the trio and soon faded. A loud roar was heard then.

"She gave herself up to the two-tails completely?" Kakuzu muttered. He moved his hand around; allowing sharp and thick strands of threads run down his arms and lash out.
Hidan reached for his weapon, and once his hand connected with the hilt of the scythe he quickly drew it and positioned it at the large beast.

Matatabi was fully in control of the woman, and it attacked with a scorching fire attack, though was brushed off by a wall of transparent pink.

The guys looked around- she didn't follow them in here, did she? Suddenly, one of the exits burst open; pieces of rock and stone debris flew around them, only skinning them slightly, though it wouldn't matter if they got cut.

The two-tails had stopped dead in it's tracks, waiting for the dusty fog to clear and see who had interrupted it's battle. A large, pink-colored stone the same size as Matatabi and looking very similar slowly crept out of the sewer tunnel. The heavy paws of the beast cracked the flooring with every step near Matatabi; and it's jaw hung low as it stalked to the two-tails.

The pinkette finally appeared walking from the once-barricaded exit slowly. The two-tails looked at this new person with slight curiousity. 'Another Akatsuki Brat.'

Cyn stopped at her creation's side and placed a hand on its front leg. She looked to the two-tails blankly, then blinked. 'This is Kage's beast's, Tamiko's, Parent.' She thought, soon feeling the regular double nodding. 'This is what we were suppose to get?'

Matatabi paused for a moment to study the female, then let out a heart-stopping roar that made Hidan cringe slightly. The chakra behemoth lunged at Cyn with one claw outstretched and what seemed to be a black ball gathering larger and larger from it's mouth.

The black beam shot out at her, a quick cloud of smoke engulfing her, the diamond-made cat and the two-tails.

.:.:.:.

"That bitch is dead." Hidan clenched his jaw and took a step back.

Kakuzu waited for the dust to clear; threads flicking wildly from his arms. "She shouldn't have tried playing the hero."

Both men shook for a moment as the sound of a crash was heard. Hidan seemed to peer over the air and scratched the back of his head with a raised brow. "You'd fucking think Pein would bring in stronger damn people."

"No." The five-hearted ninja said lowly.

The dust cloud began to settle, and as it did they watched the silhouette of a female walking towards them with a limp form in her hands.

"No fucking way." The silver-haired Jashinist growled slightly. Cyn was holding the two-tails' vessel by the back of her shirt. The woman seemed dead in her hand. "Did you fucking kill her?" Hidan demanded, knuckles turning white. "You weren't suppose to fucking kill the bitch! Pein's going to fucking murder us!"

Kakuzu ignored his partner and Cyn as she made her way to them. He focused his eyes on the large shining object behind her small form. When his vision finaly registered, he could see an abyss-like darkness encased in pale pink. Many thoughts processed through his mind.

"She didn't kill the Jinchuriki."

Hidan looked to his undead partner wide eyed. "She damn sure looks dead to me." He then followed Kakuzu's gaze, only too take a step back.

"The girl stopped the two-tails' attack completely." The Thread-Ninja spoke calmly. He lowered his head just as Cyn came within a yard of the pair. "Though how she reversed her Takeover Form and took the girl is unknown."

The shorter girl looked to them both and dropped the body between them; ignoring the gazes being cast down on her. Cyn performed the needed hand signs quickly.

'Please, Vumi, Anki, don't tell Tamiko. Thank you both for blocking the internal vision.'

She felt the two nods.

Hidan clenched his jaw and Kakuzu stood still as the female used her birthright to surround them, and then transported them to the meeting point assigned to them.