Midori's POV
I sat on my awful room lazily. For the most part, my Operation : Decoration didn't get to go well as planned. Konan already warned me not do something funny anymore if I still want to live. Why? It's because I tried to paint the room hot pink. Where I got the paint? I myself didn't know where. I just spotted it somewhere at the far side of the room as if it's main purpose was to make the room occupants use them and make the occupant get killed a while after.
I sighed in boredom. All the decorations I did so far is just a few potted plants and the Origami that Konan gave me. I shrugged. Oh well, a companion won't hurt. Right? So I bit my thumb and summoned the only summon that can fit in my room. The grumpy, stuck up she-wolf.
"Kuchiyose: Aka!"
Aka appeared in a swirl of smoke. A lot of smoke . After her grand entrance ended, which by the way, almost killed me from suffocation, she greeted me with a very heartwarming greeting
"Jerk." She glared at me. My eyes twitched.
"Dear Kami. Wha- what's wrong with you?!" She just stared at me up and down in a very disgusted way. I forgot. She got a horrible attitude.
"Tsk. How about you? What's wrong with you? Can't even get yourself a proper boyfriend. " She eyed me like how those annoying fangirls eyed anyone who stepped a meter near their respective crushes.
I hissed at her. "What the hell is your problem?!"
She narrowed her eyes. "YOU. Just let me free already. I don't want an ugly owner like you." She retorted at me.
"Oh yea?! Well, Look who's talkin? The ugly demented matron! And here I am as so much as hoping for a nice little chat." I stuck my tongue at her. "B****."
She looked at me in such a shocked and angry way that her forehead creases is so deep it seems that if you fall there, there's no coming back.
"Why you little-" she lunged at me but I just kicked her and swatted her away with my hand.
"Ugh..Just be gone Aka no Baka. I lost the will to interact with ya, pup."
She growled at me "You brat...." then, she let out a canine smirk. "Fine, I'll let this slip. For now. But don't call me for a while. I'll go on a long trip with my boyfriend. My boyfriend." Then she started dissipating in a swirl of smoke.
"No need to repeat!" I shouted at her and hurled a pillow at her direction, but she was already gone. And it hit the vase instead that is standing innocently on the far side of the room.
I glared at the place she was previously standing and decided to find something else to do.
When I found nothing to do, I decided to just jump up and down the bed for fun, and decided to think how much of a jerk my recent summons are being.
'Oh Kami, WHY? Why does all my summons all acts frikkin demented?!'
'Because you influenced them.'
A voice said somewhere in my mind. I grimaced.
'Conscience.' I hissed in my mind while still jumping.
'Miss me Midori? Oh, it rhymes! Goody.'
'Shut up. Your poem sucks.' I hissed at my mind. I stopped jumping and glared at nowhere in particular, hoping my conscience will see it.
I flopped down on my bed and accidentally hit my head on the bed frame with a loud 'Thunk!'.
I spewed a rather colorful amount of curses before settling on lying down calmly.
'You do know swearing is bad..right?' The ever so annoying voice said.
I sighed. 'I don't know what you're trying to say head-chan, but it's so not working.'
Great. Now I'm talking to myself. Well, a voice in my head. But as far as I recalled, I'm no Jinchuuriki. So it can't be the voice of a demon. It looks like I really got insane huh..
'Hmph. You know why you don't have any lovelife? It's because you all act bitter!'
I groaned in annoyance. "Like I frikking care you-"
But he-or she, or whatever . I'll just refer it to an it, cut me pretty short.
'And do you know why you're all bitter?'
'How would I-'
'It's because you lack LOVE!'
My eyes widened in annoyance. 'How are you even called conscience?!'
I closed my eyes and imagined that I'm punching conscience straight on the face. So, I tried it out.
'Hello?' No answer.
'Hello?' Still no answer. I smiled. Great, that should shut it for a while.
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A few hours has passed and I'm lying on my side lazily. Konan told me yesterday that today is the day that my results are to be varied and whether I'll live or not. I mentally shuddered at the thought.
I sat up and looked around worriedly. What if I failed? What will happen to me? Will I die? Or, will I get lucky and just be a doomed amnesiac?
I grunted. My, how positive of me. Then, all of a sudden I saw something glinting on the table at the far side of the room. I debated with myself if I should approach it or not. I decided it would be harmless so after a while, I decided to make my way through it.
But before I was even halfway, the door slammed open and there stood Konan. But, she doesn't have her smile today.
She looked different. She looked seriously irritated. She stood there with her head held high and her face contorted with irritation.
I gulped. Should I check the table first? Or, come with Konan right away? I quickly thought of the consequences while keeping a straight face with no effort and looked at Konan who is looking at me impatiently. If her expression can talk, it sure would say something like. Come with me or I'll kill you.
So I decided to leave the checking for later. I quickly walked out of the room and Konan slammed the door behind us. I winced at the loud sound. Konan quickly led me to a way of twist and turns. No one was speaking or making a sound. It was eerily quiet and all you could hear is the tapping of feet on the cold hard ground and the faint sound of us breathing. So, I decided to be blunt.
"Konan, Did..did I do something wrong to you?" I asked her hesitantly and looked to the side.
Konan quickly looked at me. "What? Of course not!" She led me to another corridor.
"Then why are you so…grumpy?" I looked at her pleadingly. She just groaned and said one word.
"Tobi."
I looked at her confused. "The carrot guy?" She looked at me strangely and chuckled.
"Carrot guy? Ahaha..But, Yea..Whatever you call him." She took a sharp intake of breath.
"So..did I fail?" I asked nervously.
She just shrugged. "I dunno..Pein didn't tell me." We continued walking,then,she smirked at me. "And even if he did,I won't tell."
After a few minutes of walking, I suddenly remembered what I was currently curious with.
"Is he really that bad?" She just raised both of her eyebrows at me.
"Who? Pein?"
I looked at her. "Huh? No.. I mean. Tobi."
"If you get to be an official member, you'll meet him. Then, you'll wish that you didn't." She got a sort of pitiful look on her face. A pitiful look for me.
Well, That somehow troubled me. I realized that the corridors are becoming slightly bigger and I somehow figured out that this corridor might lead to Pein's office.
So I decided to get back to the subject. "So..Is he..really annoying?" I finally saw doors becoming visible in my sight. A few more seconds of walking...
Konan stopped in front of a big double door with 2 lamp on either side. She grimaced.
"Annoying? No."
I sighed a secret sigh of relief.
"He's really infuriating." Now, I visibly groaned. Konan seemed to be amused and smiled at my reaction.
Then, she knocked on the door. We could hear Pein's muffled voice inside his office saying, "Come in."
Konan opened the door slightly and ushered me in. "Good luck." She whispered before shutting the door.
I was left in the dim light of Pein's office. I found him sitting on his desk piled with paperworks in the center of the was sitting there with all his glory. I walked to him and put on a calm face.
He glanced at me briefly and turned back on the paper he was reading.
"Sit." Then he indicated the seat in front of him. I sat down calmly. But despite of my cool exterior, my heart is beating a million times inside.
He took my results from the drawer under his desk.
"From what I read from the report Itachi gave me." I winced at his name.
"It says that you have such great skills in all fields. Have high experience in such. He also said that-"
An hour later:
"-so all in all..Congratulations. You passed." Pein handed me a new set of keys.
"You may go now. Go seek Konan for directions. Your physical test starts next week. Try hard and try to stay alive. A lot of our examinees didn't pass that phase and ended up as a bloody mess. Good luck." I nodded and made my way to the door. When I opened it, I was surprised to see that Konan is still there, waiting patiently. She smiled at me, genuinely pleased.
"I know you can do it." I smiled at her praise.
"But, how did you know?"
She raised her eyebrows and replied."Because your still alive ." I somehow got really thankful that I passed.
She then led me to my new room which we reached after a few long minutes. She opened the door for me.
"Good luck for the next exam Midori. I'll see you tomorrow to show you the training grounds. And, Please, pass." With that she turned and left and I closed the door behind me.
The room was much more bigger than the previous one. The previous one looked like a cell, while this one looked a bit more like a room.
It has a desk, a rundown bookshelf and a double sized bed. There's a door probably leading to a bathroom, a closet with extra clothes that Konan let me borrow and a bedside table with a lamp on top.
There's also a small fridge and a small TV. But the room is as dim as ever. Konan assured me yesterday that if I get to be a member, the rooms will have proper lightings already.
I looked around.I so wanted to decorate the room too, but Pein warned me not to do anything funny anymore. But he did say that I could decorate my official room, if I become an official member. Now, that just encouraged me! So I grabbed a quick snack from the fridge and plopped myself on the bed, preparing to sleep.
I almost fell asleep though,when I remembered something. I raised my head.. My eyes are so heavy. But there's something I couldn't understand.
Pein . How can he talk like, for an hour?! And that's just giving results! What if it's a meeting?! Will it last for days?!
I shook the thought that gave me mental trauma. I almost fell asleep again when I remembered the glinting stuff on the table earlier. I sighed and decided to just shrug it off.
Probably just an old shuriken. Nothing worth seeing. Besides, I forgot the way back to that room anyways.
It has been a long,boring day . And with that, I drifted in the comfortable company of sleep.
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Normal POV
Itachi walked inside the room Midori previously occupied. He came in a few minutes after Konan came to pick her up. His eyes scanned the room for something. This is also the room the Uchiha used when he first came to Akatsuki. He looked for the desk. When he finally spotted it, He visibly grew tense.
He walked to the table stiffly. When he reached the table, he relaxed.
For, in the desk was a necklace and a letter. He sighed.
It's still here. He thought.
He inspected the letter he wrote a long time ago.
'No sign of Midori's chakra. She hasn't read this yet.' He sighed in relief, but at the same time, disappointment.
He read the letter that he wrote when he was still just 13.
Dear Midori,
I'm sorry for all the pain I had caused you. I swear, my only purpose upon calling you is to say goodbye. I didn't know that shinobis will find us. I'm so sorry that i'm the cause that you had lost everything dear to you. I just really want to give you this necklace you really want from long ago. I want you to know that your one of the best friends I had in Konoha. I just wish that you can forgive me. But, if you don't, it's alright. I don't deserve it anyway. Again. I'm really sorry.
Sincerely yours, Itachi.
He sighed. 'What a foolish letter my young mind had written.' He didn't get the chance to mail the letter before,and with that,he made the paper burst into flames.
Itachi had a sad look on his face as he picked the necklace he was supposed to give to Midori years ago.
"It's better this way." He sighed. "It's better for her to hate me.. Just like Sasuke did..It's..for the better.." Itachi hesitantly put the necklace in his pocket and muttered. "She'll get stronger this way."
He remembered her warm smile, her melodious laugh.
He remembered how happy she was at her first day at the academy.
How she smiled when she became a Chuunin.
How she thanked him on the birthday gift he gave her when they're kids.
How she got angry when he called her an old hag.
How she bragged on being an ANBU captain.
How she tripped when she was chasing him.
How she seemed so proud of him when he became a captain at such a young age.
He remembered how she accepted the duty of a jounin profesionally.
How she served Konoha.
How she smiled at him encouragingly when she returned from a mission all bloodied and injured.
How she gushed at a pretty necklace she wanted so much.
How she cried when her sister got hurt on a mission.
How she broke down on his shoulder when her parents died during the kyuu-bi attack.
How she helped bravely at the Kyuu-bi attack at such a young age.
How she blamed herself when her sister fell to coma.
How she saved the 3rd Hokage numerous time.
How she looked at him in horror when he saw him murder his clan.
How she hated him when she thought she was betrayed.
How she spat his name.
How mad she is at her.
How she slapped him,
and how she told him about getting her revenge.
But,even still, He remembered how him and Midori met at the streets one day. How that Midori smile at him when he-
He shook off the thought. 'No. That Midori..Is already gone..she's different now.' He started to exit through the door. But he stopped dead in his track.
"And, just to clear things…"He looked at the bed Midori previously occupied. He could still sense the faint trail of chakra she left. "I don't hate you Midori." He looked at the bed.
"In fact, I think… I love you." He almost thought Midori was there smiling at him.
Itachi's eyes widened slightly. But smiled nevertheless knowing he was just imagining it.
And with that, he left the room. And the room they once shared, is going to be silent forever about the Uchiha's silent confession.
Author's note:
So how do you like this chapter so far? Am I somehow improving? Thank you for those who continued to support me! You guys just made my day! I'll try to update tommorrow and every friday and weekends..
Midori: And why?
Le;me: Classes of course..Dope.
Midori: Why you...
Anyway, if there's any error please let me know^^ stupid words and their stupid magical disappearances