Hello everyone in the big wide world!
Yes, another chapter is out, and all of it was writtern at school! yay for free periods.
anyways, in this chapter the next character of our most beloved Akatsuki will enter! only three more to go! haha i can't wait for the next one...
hope you all enjoy :)
thanks, BlueBB
It was the next morning, the sun was shinning bright, the sky clear and the birds singing; it was time to find Kakuzu. We had decided to split up into two groups, one for each car. Tobi, Itachi and Kisame would come with me and the others would go with Emily.
"Tobi hurry up, we need to get going, mm!" Deidara yelled at Tobi.
Currently we were all standing beside the cars, all except for Tobi. He was over in the horse's paddock, playing with Sammy, Emily's horse. He had been there all morning and had become fascinated when the horses started following him around.
"Just a few more minutes," he whined at Deidara, content to stay with them all day.
"No, now yeah!"
There was no reply from Tobi, which aggravated Deidara even more, "I wish they would just kick him in the head, I bet he wouldn't like them so much then, mm"
"Deidara!" Konan chastised, although even she was getting impatient with Tobi.
"What happens when they get scared, mm?" Deidara asked, an evil smile forming on his face.
"Well that's simple, they either rear or kick out," Emily replied, eager to answer any question her prince charming had.
Deidara pondered what she had said for a while, his evil smile growing even larger.
"Don't you dare," I told him sternly, knowing he was up to no good.
"What? I wasn't doing anything, mm," he said, the biggest, most fake innocent look came over his face.
"Yeah right," I muttered turning away from him.
I looked over at Tobi; he was trying to get behind Sammy without her following him. He almost succeeded a few times but wasn't quick enough. Finally he did mange it, using his space time jutsu and appeared behind Sammy. The horse was startled, but didn't mind it, and didn't try to follow him. Just as he was about to yell out in triumph I heard Deidara snigger. Before I could even look around there was an almighty bang which echoed around the house.
Everyone jumped, shocked and startled by such a loud sound. This included the horses, who also got scared. Victor reared and bolted up the paddock while Sammy kicked out with her back legs.
Unfortunately Tobi was standing right behind Sammy, right in the way of her hoofs. I shouldn't need to tell you that it wasn't a nice thing to see; especially since Tobi got thrown so hard backwards that he went through the fence, the electric fence.
"Arrrggghhh!" his scream sent shivers up my spine, it was one of definite agony.
"Tobi!" Emily yelled out, running towards him. We all followed, some faster than others.
When we reached him he was lying on his back, groaning in pain. His mask had cracks running through it; it looked like a jigsaw puzzle. Although he was obviously hurt under the mask, I was hesitant at taking it off to get a better look.
"Oh my god Tobi are you ok? What hurts? Is anything broken?" Emily asked, worry dripping from her voice.
"Argh, mou miose hurs liy phell." Was the groan we got in reply.
"What?" Emily asked, becoming even more worried.
And then the blood started seeping out of his mask, falling onto the grass and turning it a bright shade of crimson.
Emily gasped and went to grab at his mask, completely forgetting what was really under there.
I was surprised when I wasn't the only one who grabbed her outstretched hand, both Tobi's and Itachi's hand was holding her back.
"I think it would be best if I took him inside to clean him up," Itachi said calmly while Tobi said, "Donf ou nare." In a voice that sounded quite dark.
Itachi helped Tobi to sit up and then stand up, taking him inside. Tobi definitely wasn't stable on his feet; he wobbled around all over the place, Itachi having to guide him.
I stood up and faced Deidara who was hanging back, a look of success on his gloating face. "You idiot, he could of died!" I growled at him.
"Don't worry Tobi can't die, trust me, I've tried on many occasions, mm" was his only reply, he acted as though Tobi being injured didn't affect him at all, but then again it probably didn't. And he was right; it was going to take a lot more than a kick in the face to take him down, but even still.
"I don't care, you shouldn't deliberately hurt people, and now it's your fault that we'll be even later."
"She has a point, Deidara you need to stop taking out you anger on Tobi," "aw come on, but its fun to see them fight, and anyway, Tobi can take it." Zetsu said, once again having two opinions on the matter.
It was about two hours later, and we were on the road to Cairns, searching for the next member of the Akatsuki.
Now you may remember one of Tobi's previous experiences in a car didn't go so well and that he was more than scared out of his mind. Well this time was at least a little bit better, although he still tried to grab the steering wheel and swerve away from oncoming traffic. Lets just say that Tobi + car = big disaster, something which no one wants. So I shouldn't need to tell you that it was a long ride.
Unfortunately Tobi was sitting beside me in the front, as Itachi and Kisame had refused to sit in the front. Unlike Tobi it was their first time in a car, and like Tobi, it didn't sit too well with them. Itachi looked calm on the outside, although he was gripping the seat pretty tight, and Kisame looked as though he was about to be sick.
Tobi was still recovering from the earlier events, but had insisted that we not miss out on our exciting trip because of him. So, with his head wrapped up in badges, and his mask glued wonkily back together (Emily had fun with that) he was all ready to go. He had suffered a few scrapes and a broken nose, but that was the majority of the damage. He still sounded funny when he talked, though, and Kisame couldn't help but laugh every time.
"So where are we going again?" Tobi asked. Also, he had slight memory loss.
"To find Kakuzu," I replied for the fourth time. Kisame started sniggering in the back.
"A where's that?" he asked, sounding like he was drooling.
"About another hour's drive," I replied.
"An how far away is that?" by this time Kisame couldn't hold it in any longer, he burst out laughing, holding his sides.
"What's he laughing at?" Tobi asked.
"Nothing," I replied, more than a little over this car trip.
Let's just say it was a long drive to Cairns, too long for my liking, but we finally got there.
"Wow, it's huge!" Tobi yelled out ridiculously loud. We were standing beside a fountain in a park, our meeting point for today. Passersby looked at our group strangely, although I didn't blame them.
"Tobi, keep it a bit quieter," I told him.
"What?" he yelled in my ear, wow this was going great.
"Never mind..."
We slit into our two groups, deciding to meet back here in two hours, then we would move onto another spot. It was a long two hours…
We looked down every street in the town, went into all the shops and asked around but still no sign or mention of Kakuzu. Even after sitting through Tobi serenading a couple a girls down the street, there was still no sign of him.
"Any luck?" I asked the others as we all met up with one another.
"Nope, we haven't found anything," Emily replied.
"He's probably not even here, mm, we should move onto another town," Deidara put in, looking bored with the search.
"If he was here he would have already shown himself," White Zetsu said, "Unless he's trying to hide from us, with the way we're acting, I wouldn't be surprised." Black Zetsu said, chuckling slightly.
"Why, how are we acting?" Tobi asked, he voice still slightly slurred, although it was a lot better now.
"We're attracting too much attention, he probably thinks meeting up with us would get him caught out," "Either that or he's too embarrassed."
"I'm going with Deidara's idea, I think its time to start looking elsewhere," Konan put in.
So jumping back in the cars we moved to the next town, and the one after that, but still no luck.
"This is getting ridiculous, we're never going to find him," Emily sighed, feeling defeated.
We were sitting in a park, thinking of what to do; everything we'd tried had failed so far. The sun was on its way towards the horizon, dusk only about two hours away.
"Maybe we should go home, call it day. We'll keep track of the news and if there are any more signs of him then we'll know where to look tomorrow." Konan said, thinking of the most logical plan.
"Aw but Tobi wants to find Kakuzu now," Tobi whined.
"Tobi shut up, yeah," Deidara growled, it had been a long day for all of us, and tempers were running a bit short.
"I agree with Konan, I think it's about time to go home," I said, sensing the rising irritation coming from Deidara.
"Well you never know, we could hear something on the way home," Emily said, trying to stay cheerful.
"Let's hope so, I'm sick of doing this all day," Kisame growled, he looked at the car with apprehension, memories of this morning's earlier car ride coming back to him.
So we all jumped back in the cars and headed home. Once again Tobi was in the front and Kisame and Itachi were in the back.
"I really, really, really hate these things," Kisame growled from the back, he was once again hanging on for dear life, the faint tinges of green appearing on his face.
Tobi laughed from beside me, "Don't worry Kisame, you soon get use to it, except when a car is coming the other way, then it's really scary because it looks like its going to crash into us." Tobi started rambling on from beside me.
"You're not helping," Kisame didn't sound too happy, but I didn't blame him.
"Hey, Tobi knows what will make Kisame feel better," Tobi said from beside me, "Lets play a game of eye spy!"
Everyone groaned, great just what we needed. So for next ten minutes we played eye spy, Tobi doing most of the spying as we really didn't want to join in.
"Aw come on guys, but its really fun," Tobi tried to plead with the guys in the back who were both ignoring him. "Please?"
"No Tobi," Kisame finally said out of irritation.
"But why not?"
"Because it's a stupid game for stupid people," he said, glaring at Tobi.
"Fine, just cause Kisame can't appreciate a good game when he sees one," Tobi grumbled, turning back to the front.
I sighed; it was going to be a long car ride home.
"Hey Crissy," Tobi said from beside me, perking up once more.
"What?" I glanced over at him, seeing what he wanted. I only took my eyes off the road for one second, one brief second. But that's all it took.
A lot can happen in a second, so many things can change. And in my case it only took that second for something to step out on the road in front of us. It only took a second for Tobi to scream out in terror as he saw what was coming. A second for my eyes to find the road again, but it was too late.
As it would have happened, I would have completely missed it, but since Tobi was the worst front seat passenger it only took him a second to grab a hold of the wheel and steer it straight into the oncoming obstacle.
I didn't even get a chance to properly see what was coming before there was an almightily bang, and the car was thrown upwards as it drove over the oncoming object.
Beside me Tobi screamed, and the guys in the back yelled out in surprise. I slammed the breaks on, and the car came to a sliding halt.
"What the hell was that?" I asked Tobi in a shocked voice.
"Tobi doesn't know, but it looked like a person." He replied, his voice sounded scared and shocked.
The car was silent for a few seconds, until everyone exploded.
"What? What the hell do you mean a person?" I yelled as Kisame yelled at Tobi about being so stupid and Itachi said something that I didn't hear.
As far as I knew, no ordinary person could stand being hit by a car going 100km/h; they would at least come out with a few broken bones, if not dead.
I went to get out of the car to check on the person, dreading what I would find. "Where are you going?" Tobi asked in a high pitched voice.
"To make sure the person we just hit isn't dead." I replied, glaring at him slightly.
"I don't think that's such a good idea," Itachi replied from the back.
"what-" but just as he finished his sentence a bang came from both sides of the car, and what looked like tentacles latched themselves around the it.
If you can imagine the worst horror movie you've ever seen where someone gets attacked while in car out in the middle of nowhere, then you can imagine what was going through my head.
The car started moving backwards slowly, being drawn in by the tentacles. Tobi started screaming next to me, making my nerves even worse. Tobi tried to scramble over my side, almost sitting right on my lap.
"What are you doing?" I yelled at him.
He only pointed at the door, fear echoing out of every fibre he had. There, pushing its way through the crack in the door was a blood red tentacle, feeling its way towards us.
A feeling of recognition crossed my mind, but it was quickly pushed aside by my fear. The tentacle reached in further, and found Tobi's ankle, seeming to sense what it was, it latched itself around it and started to tug Tobi from the car.
Tobi screamed louder and I yelled for Tobi to hold on. Suddenly the door was flung open and more tentacles came in, wrapping themselves around Tobi's hands and feet. He was pulled from the car, disappearing from view, his scream echoing around the car.
Feeling utterly scared out of my life and in complete shock I started at the space where Tobi had been. He was gone, yet somehow my mind wouldn't accept it.
Laughter erupted from the back seat, Kisame was holding his stomach from laughing so hard and even Itachi was chuckling.
"You should have seen your face!" Kisame managed between his laughter.
I had no idea what he was saying, I didn't even know why he was laughing, my mind was too shocked to do anything.
A tentacle came back into the car, making its way towards me this time. The sense of recognition came back, but this time I hang onto it. Suddenly it came to me, why they looked so familiar, why Kisame and Itachi were laughing so hard. But could it be him, what were the chances?
Still laughing, Kisame got out of the car, followed by Itachi. They both moved towards the back of the car to where Tobi had disappeared.
Trying to calm my racing heart I slowly followed, more curious than scared now. Stepping onto firm ground I looked around and breathed in a deep breath of fresh air.
There, standing at the back of the car talking to Itachi and Kisame, with Tobi dangling from the air by his tentacles was Kakuzu. He was still wearing his Akatsuki cloak and every time he looked at Tobi he would glare at him. He had dirt covering his clothes, but other than that he looked perfectly fine. I guess ninja's are a bit more indestructible that the average human, I thought as I watched with relieved eyes.
"Who's that?" he asked in a suspicious voice, looking directly at me.
"She helping us find the rest of the Akatsuki, she knows a bit about us but to what extent we don't know," Itachi filled him in, his eyes narrowing slightly when he spoke of us knowing some of their secrets. "From what she's told us though, they don't know much."
"So there's another one?" Kakuzu said, catching onto the 'they'.
"Only one other," was Itachi's reply.
Kakuzu thought about this for a minute, "Have you been keeping a close eye on them?"
"Naturally,"
Once again I was under the impression that my life was on the line, and to tell you the truth it was quite daunting.
"I guess time will tell whether or not they can be trusted."
Great another one ready to kill us at any moment, I thought, thinking of all the other times Emily's and mine lives had been on the line.
"Put Tobi down!" Tobi's wail came from his position in the air.
Kakuzu gave him another glare, "No, you deserve the punishment you're getting."
I sighed, things were getting from bad to worse, and although I was glad we had found Kakuzu. I just wished we could find the rest of them fast and then get them all back home.
"Look, Kakuzu, please let Tobi down, he didn't mean it and I really would like to get home," I soon as I spoke Kakuzu glared at me, it was slightly disconcerting especially since he was known in the manga for killing off all of his previous partners.
Luckily though he found it in his extremely kind heart (I'm not sure which one) to let Tobi down. Although instead of gently lowering him to the ground, Kakuzu simply dropped Tobi, who landed with a thud on the ground.
"Ow, now Tobi's bum hurts," Tobi groaned, picking himself up and dusting off his clothes.
"Well that's what you get when you nearly killed all of us," Kisame said, a smirk stuck to his face.
If Tobi didn't have a mask on I would imagine he would have stuck his tongue out at Kisame.
It took a long time, but we finally managed to get Kakuzu into the car. He was very wary at first, and considering he was just run over by it, I wasn't surprised. He sat in the back with Kisame and Tobi, Itachi sitting in the front with me.
For once it was a quiet ride home, Tobi quiet in the back with the presence of the angry Kakuzu. Beside me Itachi was staring absentmindly out of the window, seeming calmer now that Tobi wasn't in the front.
I wondered how long it would be before we found the next Akatsuki member, and where they would be. If only I had known these things, if only I had known the circumstances that would come with the next member. Maybe then it wouldn't have led to our current situation, perhaps we could have stopped all this from happening, but as it were, luck wasn't on my side.
Well what's going to happen? who is the next member? and what will he do to them all?
hehe, i can't wait till they enter...
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Have a good week!
