Recap/Reminder -Akura is the name Sakura uses to hide her real identity. People/ Character's will refer to her as Akura.
The weapon in her palms (tanto,spear,spike) I'm going to be calling it an spike from now on, because it's not a tanto, that was my previous idea. It's a long thin, cone-like spear that could split into four parts, revealing a thin long needle in the centre.
I'll have a cover up with what she looks like.
Sakura Doll
~Chapter Four~
A PARTNER
I, ilovetimbits do not own Naruto.
Sakura continued meditating, concentrating. She thought about training, Sakura would need to be able to fight without revealing who and what she is. She can only use the blossoms, gas and the spikes without suspicion. Her hands were able to be hidden within her sleeves while she used the jets, so they could also be hidden when she used the iron sand. She used it against Kabuto and he didn't seem to notice, as someone who was primarily a medic, he would be able to notice something like that. Sakura would need to read up on the third Kazekage to find out what else she could do with the iron sand. She wasn't very educated on the Magnet release but she knew the basics of the technique.
Opening her eyes, she looked to the bathroom door across from her. Sakura would never really need it but she would need to dye her unusual hair with the dye she bought. Heading to the bathroom, she noticed that it seemed untouched and clean, at least to a criminal's standard. She headed to the bath and turned the shower on, it gurgled slightly before spitting out water. There was no steam, so it was likely to be cold. Sakura put her head under the water, and watched as dried blood, dirt and dust fell from her hair. She ran her hands through the hair, getting caught in many knots. Her hair had grown long, but she never realized. Did her hair grow? Or did the puppet master make it longer? Sakura put the dye in her hair and rinsed it out, watching the dye go down the drain. She cleaned the tub and washed her hair with shampoo so the smell wouldn't be so strong.
Finishing up, Sakura looked to the mirror. She looked like herself except slightly different, as if the puppet master made her to look older. Her green eyes looked hazy, but they were the only things that looked like they belonged, whereas the expression worn on her face wasn't hers; no one could look that expressionless. Her chest was slightly larger than her original body, and she was slightly taller as well. Her now black hair reached to her waist and her forehead wasn't as large as it used to be. Sakura's features were different, as though she had grown into her forehead. Is this an estimate of what she'd look like if she was older? She looked nineteen, no longer sixteen.
The black hair dye had unfortunately bled into her forehead, and Sakura had to work hard to clean it off. When her hair dried, it was black like a void. She ran her fingers through it, getting rid of the last of the knots and brushing her hair. Her eyes were very bright against the black, but they looked different than when she had pink hair. She looked more serious and her expression suited this more than the pink hair. She used to hate dying her hair, loving the pink because it made her unique. But now she didn't crave any need for attention. Instead she was trying to avoid it.
Sakura cleaned up after herself and left the bathroom. Walking into her bedroom, she took a book and began reading it. She was sitting on the bed with her cloak on and she was wearing a long sleeve black shirt and long blue baggy pants with white socks that belonged to the Akatsuki. Reading her book, Sakura gained no entertainment from it. It was a mystery book but she didn't feel compelled to figure it out. It was as though she was reading an informative book, she didn't even bother trying the romance, it'd only end the same. She walked to the living room sitting on the couch watching the TV, Kisame was watching wrestling something she favoured, her wrestler wasn't on however. She looked to Kisame, who looked at her when he felt her staring. She never thought she would share the same interest as a criminal.
"You owe me a fight."
"I will fight you, but not right now. I promise I will later."
He grinned. "I'll hold you to it."
"Samadae, he feeds on chakra right?" He nodded. "What happens when he doesn't get it?"
"He becomes weak, just like when we eat. I need to constantly feed him."
She nodded. In a way, Sakura was just like samadae, a weapon used for destruction that feeds off chakra. She rested on her arms that were folded behind her head, trying to look as though she was relaxing.
"Jashin will smite you, Kakuzu!" Hidan fumed, walking into the room from the hall. His head disconnected and held in his arms.
She smiled. She had to get better at expressing emotions so that she could easily hide her puppetry easier. He grumbled sitting beside her and handed her his head. The slave girl, Ami, stared horrified retreated back into the kitchen.
She placed his head on his neck and began sewing it back into place while Kisame talked. "I'm going."
She looked at him. "Can I come?"
He shrugged. "Whatever." She finished up on Hidan's head. He got up and left without a word, not like she expected a thanks from the disrespectful man anyways. Following Kisame, he looked over his shoulder. "Are you getting your weapons?"
"I have them already."
Kisame didn't respond at first. "Alright then, let's go, " he finally said.
Sakura walked beside him as they went to look for victims. She sensed a group far away she wanted to hurry because her movements were becoming jerky and slow.
"Blood thirsty?"
"More like chakra thirsty," She stated in monotone.
"Oh." He looked at her stunned,but then he chuckled. "I guess we will have to take double the amount. I was wondering why you gave off many different signatures." She just shrugged.
Finishing up on the last guy, Sakura finally felt full again. She looked to Kisame, who was still absorbing more chakra. It was easier to poison them and take it so they don't any while fighting. Kisame said it was relatively faster. He was always looking for a good fight and she wanted to fight him one day to see how far she could go with this new body. They headed back to base, feeling full. Sakura looked at samadae, she felt similar in a way that she could also be used as a weapon.
They made it back to the base and saw new people. There was a blonde that looked remarkably like Ino who was shouting at a man with an orange mask who was pulling the blonde's ponytail. She saw a plant man who was half black and white with yellow eyes and a flytrap on his head.
"Who's that, un?"
"New member, Akura. Her and samadae were hungry so we got some chakra." The blonde inspected her but her face was hidden by the hood she had on. He was Sasori's partner, and she thought he might know a bit about puppets but she didn't want to ask and reveal herself yet. The Akatsuki would very likely use her against her village by either using her as bait or front line battle. When she heard something behind her, Sakura dodged the orange masked man, but he recovered and jumping back up.
"Tobi's name is Tobi. What's yours!?"
"Akura." She used her alternate name, the one she used for the bingo book so that nobody would know who she really was.
"Pretty name!" He squealed like a fan-girl. She stared at him expressionlessly as he spun around.
"Danna! The new member is here, yeah!" Her face remained emotionless. Her seal burned fiercely. He was alive. He could be the key to her returning to her former self. She could possibly find out how to reverse the process.
"I do not care, brat," he stated, walking away and ignoring her. He looked exactly the same as he did last time she saw him. She would have to wait, Sasori didn't trust easily and she'd have to plan how to go about learning his secret.
Sakura sat down, pulling out her book and pen and began writing. She needed to create an antidote for her poison you never know if she will run into someone she'll need to save. However, if it was an Akatsuki member, they could die and she wouldn't pay any mind.
The Akatsuki were minding their own business, but Hidan was standing across from her when he grabbed her book. If she had reflexes she would have had his hand, but he was standing a little ways away so she grabbed his wrist in her gloved hand.
"The hell is this shit?"
"You cannot read?" she asked.
He glared at her. "I can read, you fucking smart ass."
"Tobi will help you read!" He ran into Hidan, pushing him towards Sakura. However, instead of him falling on her, she used her grip on his wrist to thew him over the back of the couch, taking the book that he dropped with her free hand. Hidan went to grab her but pulled her hood and revealed her face. She just remained expressionless and pulled the pen back from his hand looking in his eyes and turned to finish what she was working on.
Kisame laughed his head off but she ignored him. There was a specific herb she was missing that could counter this strain of poison., but she didn't know of any area's within Konoha that held them so they had to be in some other village...she just has to remember-
"What is that, yeah?" She looked to her side to see Deidara kneeling behind the couch looking over her shoulder.
"This is the base of the antidote I'm trying to figure out. There's three strings, two on which I got but the third is the one I'm working on. I'm trying to remember which exact country it grows in, but they're rare."
He was silent for a moment. "Strings?"
"Herb brat, an antidote."
"Whatever, un" He looked to Ami, who winked at him from the kitchen. he left the couch and disappeared into the kitchen. Thinking a bit more she remembered what the herb was. It was the red cactus found in the wind country. They were rare, but she could find them. She wrote down the herb's name on a page next to the other ingredients needed for the antidote.. She was writing in cursive, something she always did smoothly, being a medic who had worked at the hospital and had done some paperwork for Tsunade. It was also easier to control her hand with one fluid motion rather than picking up the pen.
After a couple of hours Ami came in, speaking in a seductive tone. "Dinner."
Everyone but Sasori, Sakura and Zetsu got up. The girl walked in. "Are you not hungry?"
Sasori didn't answer her.
"I eat flesh," Zetsu answered.
Sakura kept her eyes on her book "No."
The girl sulked. "Okay."
She returned to the kitchen as Deidara came into the living room with a plate of food to eat. "Been awhile since I've eaten, yeah"
"Zetsu, is that plant ready?"Sasori asked, she didn't know what they were talking about, perhaps something he's been working on before she became a member. Zetsu nodded to Sasori. She kept reading her book, she didn't know they had a green house. She slipped the book in her cloak and placed it within the compartment of her stomach. Hidan sat beside her with his arm over her shoulder. She shifted her eyes to him
"Bitch, why didn't you tell me you actually looked fucking good?"
"Didn't cross my mind." He whispered in her ear. She pushed him away with the minimum amount of force on her part.
"I'm not interested, nor should you be."
"Psh, you don't want this?" He motioned to his eight pack and toned chest that was visible through the opening in his robe.
"No." She replied. Deidara laughed at Hidan.
Kisame plopped beside her, her body would have jumped into the air if she weren't so heavy. Itachi seemed to notice an his arm went over her shoulder. She rose an eyebrow at him, silently asking if he wanted something.
"You're going to make me a fish dinner,r right?"
She turned to him "I thought you are against eating fish?"
Kisame grumbled. "Why would you think that?" he asked grumbling.
"You have gills." She pointed to them, did he forget?
"Actually, sharks eat fish so it's not odd to have him eating fish," Deidara added, laughing slightly at Kisame expression.
"Sure," she said. Sakura always thought Kisame was the cannibal in Akatsuki, but then again, the green plant man had told the servant that he ate flesh.
Pein walked into the room.
"Akura, we need you to heal a prisoner." She nodded and followed him to the examination room. Upon entering she saw a man brutally injured. She took care of the major injuries, and she used enough chakra to heal him relativity fast. That's what she was best at before she changed; medical ninjutsu. Pein left the room before she finished healing the tortured man. Now he was all healthy except for the broken bones, those always healed best naturally. She left the room and went to Pein's office.
"Finished." He looked up from his paperwork, eyebrow raised. She nodded, confirming his unasked question.
"The poison?" She placed the antidote on the desk. He looked at it and dismissed her. When Sakura finally got back to her bedroom she laid on the bed. She folded her arms behind her head and her cloak rode up on her stomach.. She needed to think of a hobby to occupy her spare time, and she needed to think of a way to keep her identity hidden from Sasori. He'd recognize her identity faster than the others.
Sakura got up in the morning and entered the living room where half of the Akatsuki were. There, she was pulled to the side by Kisame "lets go, kitten. I'm hungry."
"I thought you wanted it for dinner?" She asked, allowing herself to be dragged by Kisame.
"I'm hungry now," he answered.
She shrugged and followed him wordlessly to the kitchen where Ami was cooking. Kisame watched as the two cooked, Sakura with less care than Ami. All she had to rely on now was her memory, which was crystal clear. She finished making the food it was golden brown and probably smelt good for all she knew. The large fish given to her from Kisame was now seasoned and golden brown.
Kisame was grinning as she handed him the whole pot, since a plate couldn't hold it all. He took the spatula as well and headed to the table with old stains.
"That looks good, yeah," Deidara spoke, eyeing Kisame's food.
Kisame smirked. "It is good" He stretched and pulled the pot closer to him, emphasizing the fact he would not be sharing, since he knew it was on the blonde's mind.
In the living room, Sakura walked up to Zetsu, who watched her every move suspiciously."You have a green house right?" She asked, intentionally adding an infliction to the end of her question.
He looked at her expressionlessly. "Yes, why? What do you want?" Two similar, but differently toned voices asked.
"I want to know if I can plant a couple herbs in there."
He watched her, face still void of any expression.."Sure,"
"Thank you. I'm just bored from doing nothing."
He stood up. "I'll show you where it is, Don't touch anything." She nodded and followed him.
They entered the green house. "You can grow stuff here." He motioned to an empty space.
She smiled to him. "Thank you."
They walked around the green house as he described the plants to her and their purposes. He was showing her a specific plant when she saw the red cactus out of the corner of her eye.
"Zetsu, could I use some of the red cactus?" He looked to where she was looking, trying to read her expression and reasoning for using the plant and recalled her talking about an antidote.
"Yes."
"Thank you." She looked at the Sakura tree and was reminded about her previous hair colour. How long will she be able to keep her identity secret?
Sasori walked in to see the two looking at the cheery tree and he was kind of shocked to see her talking to Zetsu. She walked by him with a strip of the red cactus in her hand. She glanced at him but continued on out of the green house.
"Here is your cloak and ring."
She had been in the base for a total of four days and she was going to be assigned her partner. She caught the said objects that Pein tossed to her.
"Tobi will be your partner. Your first mission begins immediately, and your objective is to find this man and bring him back for interrogation on which you will be his charge, understood?" She closed the scroll he tossed to her.
"Hai," she answered in monotone.
He turned away from her. "Dismissed."
"Sempai! I'm not your partner anymore!" Tobi yelled.
"Thank Kami, yeah" Deidara sighed in relief.
"Why you so mean to Tobi, Sempai!? Won't you miss Tobi?" He whined, drawling out the words.
Deidara placed a hand on his temple. "I'm so glad, un."
"Speak for yourself," Sasori spoke.
"Ouch, my man. You'd rather have Tobi as a partner, yeah?"
"I'd rather neither of you."
"I thought you'd miss me?"
"I preferred being alone."
"Sempai is just jealous cause Tobi gets pretty Akura!"
Sasori's eyes snapped to her after hearing her name spoken for the first time, but relaxed and looked to Deidara "Let's go, brat."
Sakura turned to Sasori, and she noticed how he reacted to her name. He must have misheard.
"Do you think Sasori's hot Akura-chan?" Tobi teased.
She looked to him. "He's wood."
"Akura knows?"
She just nodded.
"Oh! Then it was Sempai you looked at!"
"No, I just wondered how he's alive."
"Oh, Tobi knows that! But Tobi can't tell you because Akatsuki like to keep personal stuff and they try to kill anyone who won't keep it to themselves!"
She looked to the scroll. "ready?" She asked, intentionally adding tone to her voice.
"Yep! Tobi will show you he's the best partner there is! Just watch!" She didn't reply as they walked together, leaving the base. He was a few inches taller than her. Through the whole walk he was talking and talking, never stopping once except when he was distracted by a butterfly. He chased the butterfly around Sakura. She waited fifteen minute's until he was done to continue on.
"Akura-chan's so boring! Sempai would be chasing Tobi by now yelling at him to stop and try to blow Tobi up. Sempai is mean sometimes but Tobi thinks Sempai is funny!"
She inspected him, Akatsuki wouldn't just let some idiot in the base would they?
"What's that diamond on Akura's head?"
"A seal," She answered. He clasped his hands together in glee.
"Can Tobi get one? Tobi wants one of Sempai on his mask right here." He pointed to where she thought his other eye was covered. She wondered why he wore a mask, even Kakuzu took his mask off once in a while in the base. She wondered how strong he truly was and what exactly he was hiding.
Tobi looked away. "Akura-chan's so... Stop staring at Tobi, Tobi feels sad and weird when people stare." She complied and looked away.
They had to retrieve a guy, not kill him and she would have to interrogate him later. It was Akura that would have to do it. despite her shinobi way, she had to do it to prove to Akatsuki she was with them and willing to do whatever they need of her. She was thinking through the advantages she was actually gaining from being a puppet, and the disadvantages. She activated the magnetic field when she sensed enemy shinobi far ahead.
"There's ten ahead," she stated. Tobi looked to her then put his hand over his forehead as if to scope.
"Tobi doesn't see them," She just looked ahead as they walked. They where near the land of Iron and if she can recall, they too had a magnet release user just as Suna had with their third Kazekage. They walked towards their calm, where they were all preparing to fight since she didn't bother hiding her chakra. Tobi looked between Akura and the enemy as they entered the clearing.
"Stop right there! Who the hell do you think- Oh, Akatsuki figures. You may be strong but there are ten of us and two of you."
"Ah, Akura-chan? Shouldn't we have sneaked up on them? You're worst then Sempai with stealth."
All ten of them threw containers in the air and did a hand sign. Tobi stood still beside her watching her.
The Iron nin chuckled. "Any last words?"
"Tobi wants to know if you can tell Sempai he loved him?" They looked at Tobi, confused, before snapping out of it.
"Enough games, now!" The shuriken,senbon and kunai sped towards them. Akura's eyes widened slightly and she could feel the small hints of magnet on each weapon. It was dead silent for a few seconds before Tobi peeked to see the weapons around them, shaking in a perfect circle. The enemy nin eyes widened in fear and awe. Akura tried to will the weapons to shoot back but they fell to the ground despite her effort. Tobi was silent.
"Damn it to hell!" the man cursed. She turned to him and noticed that he was definitely their target.. She took a step forward and they shuffled back. The spike extended out from her palms, coated in poison. She held the handle as it split into four blades with a needle in the centre. The blades spun in a blur.
She went after the ones in her way, but many of them were able to dodge her attacks and the poison. A few had jutsu that threw water, lightning and even iron at her but she continued to fight. Tobi was still silent watching. Killing off the last guy she shot the spike at their target it separated hooking him as she forced him into her hand taking the spike out. She healed the mans wounds injected him and knocked him out flinging him over her shoulder. She drained the chakra off the others when Tobi finally skipped over.
"Wow! Akura-Chan's so strong! Tobi's amazed! Hurry, let's go back!" She remained silent but followed him. She discovered a new way she could do with the magnetic field that would help a lot, especially if she learned to reflect them, forcing them back at her enemies. She could make her own specialized kunai so she won't have to keep using the spears and reverting back her original fighting style to keep attention off herself. She lifted the body hoisting it over her shoulder.
"Oh! Leader wants us!" Tobi exclaimed. She looked to her ring to see it glowing. Activating it she appeared in hologram. Everyone was on a finger but her and Tobi, who were on a different platform until Orochimaru's ring was recovered.
"We finished leader-sama! I did it all by myself!" She didn't care that he lied, but wondered why he did.
"Really?" Kisame asked.
"No, Akura-chan did it all by herself! With magic!"
"Ugh. For once I thought we'd have a meeting without the annoying bastard."
Tobi gasped. "Oh! Hidan!Tobi is not a- that word!"
"I'm so glad he's not my partner. yeah."
"Sempai!" he scolded. "That's not nice."
Kisame laughed.
"Is the mission finished or not?" Pein demanded.
"Oh, it's finished! We're coming back."
"On second thought, let's fucking take that mission Kakuzu, he's coming back." Hidan said disdainfully.
"No," came the reply.
"You hear this!? I actually want to go on a mission but he doesn't! What is this shit!?"
"Quiet,." Pein ordered and it was quiet. "Return so we can interrogate him."
"Okay leader-sama!" Tobi saluted and turned to her. "Let's go Akura-chan!" She just disabled the communication and followed him.
"Akura-chan's soo boring!" he whined. She just kept her attention ahead. "Tobi's getting tired, Tobi's hungry, Tobi's bored, Tobi wish we were faster." She just inspected him, maybe he really was just dumb. Either that or a good actor. She should at least act more human, maybe she would have punched his lights out ages ago. Everyone has limits so she should at least act like she's annoyed or she can just tell him to shut up. But usually that makes them talk more, especially considering she hardly talks to him he'll probably not do it just to hear her talk once again. She wasn't even listening to him right now.
"Hello? Is Akura-chan there?"
She turned to him. "I am now."
"Don't tell me you didn't hear a word Tobi said."
"Not a word," she answered.
"You smell bad, Tobi want's to ask questions."
"That's the body, and go ahead." She spoke fixing the body under her arm instead.
"Okay! Hmm, what's Akura-Chan's favourite food?"
"Anything but ramen," she replied.
"Hmm okay. What's saki-chan favourite colour?" He was walking and staring at her, hoping to read her expression which never changed.
"Red."
"Does Akura-chan have any siblings?"
"No."
"Parents?"
"Yes."
"You do!? Do you miss them?" he yelled.
"No," She answered. Her parents, they miss her and she can't even miss them, but at least they'll be safe in Konoha.
"You don't miss them?"
"No," she replied.
"Hmm okay, What does Aku-chan think of Akatsuki?"
"Think of what?"
"Us, anything!"
She looked at him "If Hidan were to be on his own, he'd die."
Tobi cocked his head to the side. "Huh?"
"He doesn't think before he attacks because he's immortal, and only need's blood. He may fight someone smarter one day, or someone without blood, but Kakuzu will be there." If she fought Hidan she could beat him, he needed her blood that she didn't have. She would just have to find a way around his immortality, which could prove to be very difficult.
"Does Akura-chan think Tobi's dumb?"
"You wouldn't have asked that question if you were." If he knew he portrayed an 'idiot' image he couldn't be that dumb. Naruto and Lee didn't seem to notice how they acted, but Tobi did.
"Okay, okay! Who's the smartest?"
"Itachi."
"Dumbest?"
"Hidan." Tobi giggled. She peered at their objective who was still knocked out, she fixed him over her shoulder.
"Okay, other than Leader-sama, who do you think is strongest?"
"It's between Kisame, and Itachi."
"Why?"
"Kisame is one of the seven swordsmen. He's strong, dangerous and has high chakra levels that could match a jurinchki. Then Itachi is an Uchiha. He's intelligent and powerful."
"Oh, hmm another question. What was Akura-chan like when she was a little girl?"
"Energetic, wild, loud and very happy."
"Tobi doesn't believe you."
"Why not?"
"Cause...Akura isn't that now."
She looked to Tobi for the first time during their whole conversation. "People can, and do change."
"Tobi didn't, Tobi is still the same." His voice wavered slightly, just enough for her to notice.
"Okay, how old are you?"
Akura looked ahead and brought her hand to her chin. She had to actually think. She was sixteen when she was changed so she must be eighteen now. "eighteen."
"What!? You're eighteen?!"
She nodded. "Yes."
"You don't look eighteen, you look twenty!"
"I know. You're older." Tobi was about to say something. "Much older."
"Tobi's not that old!" he whined.
Looking at the road, Akura noticed that they were close to an inn and Tobi's gaze followed. "Let's go! Tobi's tired and hungry, remember?"
She shrugged and followed him as he danced to the Inn. The older woman didn't say anything about their attire as she probably didn't know or care.
"What's wrong with that guy?"
Akura looked over her shoulder. She had forgotten that she was holding the dead body. "My friend, he passed out."
"Here's your two rooms."
Akura took the two keys and gave Tobi his. He danced all the way to his room and she walked down the hall as well.
"Good night, Akura-chan!" he yelled out.
"Night," Akura said, walking into her apartment. It was a nice bedroom with a bathroom attached. She placed the body on the ground. She had broken his arms so she could tie them up behind him as well as to avoiding him escaping or him popping them back into place. She could fix it later.
She placed a cloth in his mouth and blindfolded him. When she finished tying his ankles, she left him in the corner with a string tied between her finger and his chest so she would be alerted if he were to wake up. She sat on the bed, crossing her legs and closing her eyes to think. She thought about the iron sand and that magnetic field. She had forgot that metal was within many weapons, even if just the smallest amount. Akura would have to be careful with keeping her identity hidden from the Akatsuki, but she would need to be prepared in case they were to ever find out. The man's scream of pain interrupted her. Looking at him, she noticed he was thrashing around and screaming through the rag. Akura got up walked over and knocked him out again.
Tobi ran in. "Is Akura okay!?"
She turned to see him by the door. "The prisoner just woke up is all."
"Why are his arms like that?"
"I broke them , but when we get back to the base I'll fix them."
Tobi nodded. "Akura-chan?"
"Yes?" she asked.
"One last question."
She stared blankly at him.
"Are you a medic?"
"I was." She looked at the body on the ground. "Still could be."
"Oh! That's so great! Akura can fix Sempai's arms."
"Oh, he won't care! It's his arms, his kekkei genkai is his life!"
She looked to him. "Then I guess I'll be the Akatsuki's medic."
Tobi cheered and left to his room. She didn't think much about it, but would they actually trust such a newcomer to heal their members? She wouldn't do anything drastic, she'd actually heal them because she felt like she was being tested, and at the moment she decided to just let them.
Itachi. She'd been studying the sharingan in case something was to happen to Sasuke. Naruto, the Kyuubi, was slowly destroying Naruto.
She would figure that out later. She would return to her work as a medic again to help them before she leaves them. However, her mind wandered back to Itachi. They'll probably want her to treat his eyes. She had only done a few optical procedures, so it would be new for her. However, she doubted the Uchiha would trust her enough to even come close to his eyes. He always had that sharingan on, so he must be somewhat blind, if not very close to it.
Why would he kill his family? It couldn't be just to test himself. If that were true he'd kill Sasuke, but he left Sasuke so he could fight him. However, if he wanted a challenge he wouldn't have joined Akatsuki, he would have tested himself against the Akatsuki, right? She'd have to ask him, that if, when she is accepted into Akatsuki as a full member. Though she was technically a member, they still were wary of her. When they find out her identity, they would surely not trust her, so she will have to make a story.
She would have to make a story that makes sense, one that would keep her identity hidden from Konoha. Something where she could be known in Akatsuki but hidden from Konoha, something that would convince the Akatsuki to keep her secret so they aren't temped to bait Konoha into a trap. She thought of an excuse if they found out her identity. It wouldn't matter if she was revealed as a puppet, but she'd probably have to watch out for Sasori, considering she has the third Kazekage's body built in to hers.
She remembered that her charge was still knocked out in the room. She wondered what information he had that the Akatsuki wanted. She'd find out once they got to the base.
Tobi walked in her room skipping. "Let's go! Tobi wants to get back to base!" He effectively woken the tied man up who began to struggle around. She just knocked him out again and placed him over her shoulder.
"Okay! Tobi will lead the way!" She followed him, paying the old woman her money. They walked in somewhat silence she just ignored him. Then he did an amazing thing and gave up trying to annoy her. They walked in silence for about an hour before he started again.
"We're almost there!" he cheered and the man woke up with muffled screams, she ignored his thrashing and kicking until she broke his legs Tobi gasped as the man screamed in pain.
They got to the base and Tobi opened the entrance with the seals. Walking in, they headed to the office where Tobi knocked.
"Enter," their leader's voice spoke from within.
They walked in and Tobi cheered."See!? He's alive, too!"
She dropped him to the ground and heard a pained grunt.
"Take the cloth off him." Akura took the bag off his head, then the thing in his mouth and then the blind fold. The man looked around scared. Pein looked to him and nodded. "Good job."
"What am I here for?!" the man demanded.
"You have the information we need on the sound."
"well, you're going to have to kill me, cause I'm not giving anything up!"
"No. We'll interrogate you first. Tobi, show Akura where to bring him."
"Will do! Come on!" She picked the guy up, tucking him under her arm. He tried to move but yelped out in pain.
They walked to a dungeon where the walls where stained and made of stone. She was shown a room that was empty.
"Tobi will come back later. Pein wants you to get sound information on him that's connected to Orochimaru."
She nodded and he skipped off happily. She left the man on the ground and tied him up, draining his chakra and healing his broken wounds.
He looked up at her. "P-please let me out." She turned to him and saw anger and hate in his eyes. He was lying.
"No."
"Fuck you, bitch! Just kill me now, because you won't get anything!" She brought chakra to her fingers and took her glove off. She summoned the chakra scalpel and used it to make incisions on the inside tissue without the need to cut. However, it could also be used offensively to cut the inner tissue. It was used in torture, something she had to use when she was in ANBU. She brought it to his chest and cut a few wounds within him.
He just laughed. "Is that all you got?"
She stepped back and walked to the table where she sat a large pot of boiling water. She reached in, cupping the water in her hands she stepped on the man's stomach to hold him down as she let it drop on his knee he screamed as he was burned. She walked off and took a few senbon going back to him, she thrust them into his joints, making him yell out. She sat on the chair across from him and he tried to spit at her, but she remained expressionless.
"I don't sleep," she stated.
"What's that got to do with anything?"
"I used to be a high ranked medic, so could force you to stay awake. I can injure you to extremities and heal you like new, without breaking a sweat. I know how to supply the body with the nutrients you need with no food. I would also like to test a few things on you." She was hoping she didn't have to revert to torture but if she needed to she would.
Unlike before, she wouldn't ever bring them to the brink of death. She was usually called in to just heal them in ANBU. However, this guy had information on Orochimaru, which could give her information on Sasuke.
"You don't scare me, bitch!"
She just remained expressionless. "You should, I won't let you die, you know. Some people have their nerve endings broken to feel no pain, you're not one of those people. Your nerves are the most sensitive under the fingernails. If I were to hammer a thin needle underneath them, the pain of feeling your nails ripped off would be excruciating. As well, if you think you are strong enough to not fear death, you are horribly mistaken." The man glared at her. "To be ready for death limits your own ability. You are weak for being ready to die, to give up so easily. Apart from that, I would also like to test my genjutsu, if you still claim to be weak."
"Do you even care about the information?"
"No. I don't care. The more practice on my medical ninjutsu the better for Akatsuki. But if you give me information, I'll kill you quickly since you so badly want release."
The man laughed.
"Have you ever had every one of your bones broken?" He glared at her. "I need to practice fixing them"
"You're all talk and no action"
"Am I? I killed your men." She was sitting and watching him.
...One week later...
"Did you get anything yet, Akura-chan?"
"No, but my skill in my medical jutsu is increasing."
"Don't waste time, we need the information," Itachi spoke sternly.
She nodded and went back to the room with ingredients in hand. The man was silent, his eyes wide at the floor "I-I can't die." He was speaking to himself, unaware of her presence.
"Not unless you give me information" she said in a monotone voice as she sat on the chair mixing the ingredients together.
"H-how can you do this?" Her seal burned. "You took away my sleep, and food, h-how?"
"I explained already, you had a chance to die like you wish."
"Psh I still won't tell you. By the time you ever get it, it will be too late."
"That doesn't mean I still won't need a test subject. You want death very badly and by not giving me information, I take the heat so it's a fair trade." The man flinched at her words. She placed the ingredients in the needle, He flinched looking at it, the others had made him see things, and she's not even explaining what this one does.
She injected him with the magnetic poison that entered the blood stream. She sat waiting for two hours the guy was waiting too, waiting to feel pain, but there was nothing.
"Ha!" he breathed in relief.
She suddenly sat on the chair across from him and concentrated. "W-what are you doing?"
"Give me the information on Orochimaru, now." The man's eyes widened, it was the first time she asked .
"Getting desperate?"
"Not really, you gave us two pieces, already."
"W-what? When!?"
"When you were delusional," she replied. "What are they planning against Akatsuki?"
"You think I'd tell you!?"
"Do you not wonder why I am finally asking you? We are not desperate for the information, we're Akatsuki. I just don't want to revert to this. So, when you want death bad enough, yes you will tell."
He glared at her with pure hatred. "Fuck you."
She willed the magnetic field, and the man's eyes widened as his blood shifted. It felt weird as she moved his blood around. He screamed as she made his blood pressure go high, then low breaking a vein where it trickled from his lips.
She paused. "Anything?"
"N-no!" She continued walking away to grab a few things while he was in pain, longer this time before she let it stop.
"Anything?"
"T-they... do you promise to kill me instantly? No pain?" She nodded and walked back to the chair. He sighed, his voice rough. "They're planning to do a meeting near the rain village. They asked us to give them a jutsu scroll in exchange for money." He continued on, spilling the information. When he was done she walked away, his heart exploded in his chest and killed him instantly as promised.
She walked to the office and relayed the information word by word. Pein nodded in satisfaction. "Your partner is gone, so you may take a break."
She bowed her head and left the office when she bumped into Konan. "Gomen."
Konan gave an nod but stopped her. "Would you...like to go, shopping?" she asked, unsure.
Sakura nodded her head. "Of course."
She followed Konan to her room where she got her Akatsuki cloak- Akura already had her's- and they were ready to leave. She followed Konan in the direction of Amegurke. Walking in silence, Konan glanced to her and then spoke.
"Why did you become a missing nin?"
She looked forward, continuing to walk. "I wanted to get stronger to prove my village wrong."
"Wrong?"
Akura nodded. "I was always put off missions with my team because they felt I was weak, so I left."
Konan let it go for now and just nodded as they continued forward.
Entering the Ame village, many people gasped and bowed but Akura ignored them. Why would anyone want to bow to Akatsuki? Unless the Akatsuki actually helping this village.
"The Akatsuki protects Amegurke?" she asked.
Konan looked to her and nodded. "Yes, in return for their services." Akura watched as a few people stared at them. A young little girl timidly walked up to them, making them stop as she fiddled with the flowers in her hand. She blushed and handed them to Konan.
"A-Angel-san." Konan smiled and took the bouquet, placing a single flower on her head just like hers and the girl blushed and giggled. She just watched the interaction as Konan smiled, no one was fully expressionless. Even Itachi glared, but Akura couldn't unless she really wanted to but it'd be pointless.
"W-who's that?" Akura looked to the girl who looked slightly shocked.
'They only think there's one female.'
"Our new member," Konan replied.
The little girl looked to Akura, smiling. "Welcome to Amegurke!"
Sakura gave a smile. "Thank you." The girl smiled and ran off shyly, waving her last good-bye to Konan.
Allowing the smile to fade off, she and Konan entered the shop where Konan started buying paper. Sakura looked around to find other things, weapons, and sharpening tools. She bought the sharpening kit and a few kunai as well.
"Tobi said you were a medic."
Sakura bought the items and looked to Konan. "yes, my medical ninjutsu is highly skilled. Why?"
"No reason."
"There's always a reason for everything."
Konan smirked. "The Akatsuki could use a medic."
"If becoming the medic means less Tobi then I'll be fine." Konan gave a slight smile.
She carried the bag and followed Konan out of the store and headed back to the base. They walked in silence.
"Konan-san," She looked to her and met her eyes. "Could you show me how to make origami?"
Konan nodded. "Sure."
"Thank you." She just gave another nod.
Konan opened the entry way and Akura followed.
They walked and Konan turned to her. "Follow me," she commanded, and Akura followed her to the office where a few of the members were.
"Aku-chan! Tobi was so worried!" he yelled out, stretching out the 'so'.
Deidara sighed in relief. "Finally."
Pein spoke,"If Deidara will allow you, I'd wish for you to heal his arms." Deidara looked between them but Akura just nodded. "You're now the Akatsuki medic. However, you'll still have field missions with Tobi."
"Yes!" the said man cheered.
"Dismissed."
Her eye caught Sasori's as she walked away, waiting for Deidara outside the room. When he came out he stared at her suspiciously.
"Let's go."
"Don't order me around yeah." He glared at her.
"Do you, or do you not want your arm fixed? Those stitches are fine, but temporary and they'll probably become infected.."
He grumbled. "Fine, un."
"Where?" Akura asked.
"I don't know."
"It'll take a while. Where are you most comfortable?"
"My room, un." Deidara replied.
"Then let's go." He nodded leading the way. They walked by Hidan's door and stopped.
"You're beside Hidan." He nodded. "Sucks."
He looked to her and snorted. "You're telling me, yeah." He opened the door.
Hidan stepped out of his. "I heard that you-" he looked shocked as they walked in Deidara closed the door giving Hidan a smirk. She took the chair from his work desk that held clay and brought it to the bed sitting on it. Deidara sat across from her she held his two wrists her fingerless gloves on. His left arm was worst off then his right.
"I'll work on your left arm first. When I do this, I'll need you to take it easy so that tomorrow it will be fully flesh." He just nodded.
She placed his arm on her lap she started on his shoulder, she was going to go from his shoulder to his elbow then do elbow down tomorrow. Her right arm cradled his arm as her left scanned it. She brought the senbon from her sleeve and cut two stitches, her right hand healed as her left cut the stitches. She mended the skin and flesh together, he watched as the green chakra revealed new skin and he could feel more the chakra felt nice. She numbed his shoulder cutting a patch of skin off. She healed the spot she took the skin from and placed the patch of skin on his bicep where the 'zombie flesh' was and started forming new flesh. His eyes widened his face close just to stare at his arm.
She looked to his eyes while she still worked on it. "I'm only doing from your shoulder to your elbow, and the rest I'll do tomorrow. If you feel comfortable, I can make the pain in your Kekkei genkai stop." He looked at her, slightly shocked that she knew about that. He just nodded she turned back to his arm.
"How old are you, un?" he asked, watching her.
"Eighteen," she answered.
"Is it true? You stopped kunai and senbon from hitting you two without moving a finger?"
She continued working on his arm, moving closer to his elbow. "Yes."
"Do you have a kekkei genkai?"
The third Kazekage, the thing inside her is, or was, the Kazekage's kekkei genkai right? "I think I do, I'm still learning it."
He nodded, taking in the information. When she finished, she experimentally bended his elbow.
"Does this hurt?" He shook his head 'no'. She applied pressure to different parts of the healed arm all with the same answer. Confirming that he was fine she stood up and returned the chair.
"Don't destroy that arm." He nodded and she left. Outside of his room, she saw Hidan there, his arms crossed as he watched her suspiciously. Sakura ignored him and walked passed.
She headed to her room, collecting the five kunai. She shut the door and let the spike come out from her hand and she held the handle as the spike split and spinned, turning the weapon into a buzz saw. She took the saw, cutting a deep line in each kunai causing a loud screech to be heard. A few members knocked on the door. She stopped and walked to the door to open it. When she did, Itachi was there.
"What are you doing?"
She looked him in the eyes when she spoke. "Working on a few kunai, It should only be a few minutes, then it'll be done."
"The second training room is sound proof."
She nodded. "Thank you." She let the saw turn back into a spike and retracted it back into her hand, leaving the door and moving to her desk. Itachi left when she turned her back so she headed to the second training room.
She had a weight measure that had one regular kunai on one plate, but the other was empty. She brought the five kunai to the table and finished up on the holes. She reached into her cloak, placing the magnetic strips in each hole. She turned to the bowl, and put the ore she got inside. She used her brute strength to fold the bowl so there was no openings except one small hole. She placed her hand over the hole, the tube for the jets was in the hole and she used the fire jet to melt the ore within the bowl, which turned red from the intense heat. Pulling her hand back after twenty seconds, she poured the hot liquid over the holes in the kunai. When she finished, she reshaped the five kunai to be jagged. She poured water on the kunai, allowing them to harden. She took the tip and drilled a small hole in it and placed the very small tablets inside that held the powdered magnet. This way, her target could become magnetized. She placed each kunai one by one on the plate to test it's weight. Their slightly heavier than a regular kunai, which was understandable.
After she cleaned up and walked back to the desk where the kunai laid, she activated her magnetic field and the kunai shook slightly. She stood straight, crossing her arms as the kunai did what she wanted and zipped by faster than anyone could throw. She summoned a clone that picked up other kunai and the bunshin was across from her when Sakura forced the five kunai to whirl around her too fast for the eyes of some to see. The clone threw the kunai and all but three where blocked. After, Sakura willed the five kunai to whirl around the bunshin, and she herself had regular kunai. The clone was taking a lot of chakra from her, so she'd have to do this fast. She concentrated, watching the flying magnetized kunai before she threw the five with one hand, slowing the metallized kunai so she could throw another three that hit her clone.
Her chakra was low, jutsu were using too much chakra. No matter how little she tried to use it was too hard, but she didn't mind. She was powerful enough without the jutsu. She looked behind her to see Itachi standing there, watching with his sharigan activated. His eyes met hers and she made the five kunai go to her hand, inactivating the field and placing the kunai in her cloak. She walked up to him and he glared, but she didn't back down, getting about eight feet from him as she looked to his eyes.
"If you stare at my eyes any longer, kunochi, you will be in the Mangekyou."
She continued. "Can you train me?"
"No."
She nodded in acceptance and walked by him.
She walked past the living room and into the dungeon to drain the prisoner's chakra, making up for only half of what she lost. She went to her room, taking out the small thick book that could fit in her stomach compartment and sealed a jutsu on it. The seal would require ten different chakra to open it at high concentration. She then she placed another two seals over top, making the two look like a burned seal. This required an iron substance to touch the three holes, and twist it, which is to be done with the fingers. She was going to use this to occupy her time, writing the procedure for Deidara's arms, Itachi's eyes, or anyone else, as well as her jutsu. She wanted to create one specifically to help Naruto, for the Kyuubi inside him that's eating away at his life.
She reentered the living room and they were eating at the table since it was eight pm. "Aku-chan! Tobi missed you! You saved Sempai's arm!" he yelled happily.
She just nodded and moved to sit at the loveseat. Sasori and Zetsu were absent with Kakuzu since the three of them don't eat. She started writing in the book. She wrote the words, they disappeared with the ink, another jutsu that she had on the book. All this was taught to her in ANBU to keep secrets and patient files away from prying eyes. She started her story from when she accepted her mission, her hand moved fast across the paper in the neat cursive.
She thought about chakra containers and wondered if she could either find one or create one herself. That way, if she needed it, she'd have it. These things would take time, but it's better than her just sitting in the base. She got to the part where she was about to kill the puppet master when she stopped, she really needed chakra now. She placed the book in her cloak hidden from view into the compartment.
Getting up she headed to the exit. "Where you going, Aku-chan?" Tobi asked.
"I'm getting chakra."
"Oh! Can Tobi come?!"
"Ugh. Please take him you seem to be able to survive. How I don't know, just take him away, yeah" Deidara groaned.
"Sure." With that, she left Tobi running after her. She's Sakura Haruno, and they're all getting suspicious, she'd rather reveal herself, than have them reveal her. It wouldn't be as bad, she'll just wash the dye out and say the dye was heavy on her hair and she used it to hide from Konoha. Tell her fake story about wanting to leave Konoha because they underestimated her, that her teammates died and the man changed her, only for her to kill him after so he wouldn't make anyone else like her.