Pein was pacing in his office, he would never let his members see him like this. Worried, anxious. It was ridiculous how he was feeling right now. He looked over to his bed, making sure that Konan was still asleep. Thankfully she was.
He was stressed, his members kept disappearing left and right. Deidara and Sasori had been finished off (by some brats no doubt), Hidan had been blow to pieces and it would take Kakuzu a while to stich him back up. Hell, even Itachi had him scared there for a moment. Pein ran his hand through his orange hair, trying to figure out a way to regain the strength of his prized Akatsuki, before he would step in.
"Pein, come back to bed." Konan called, half groggily from the sheets. Pein turned and looked at the blue-haired woman lying half naked in his bed; she was the only one who ever saw him at his worst, despite how hard he tried to hide it. "I can't. I have to find new members." Hastily, he walked over to his desk and started rummaging through papers, his eyes quickly scanning over possible candidates. Konan sighed, getting out of bed and walking over to her partner. "Who do you have?" she asked, taking some papers that he had already looked through. "No one. No one has the power that would fill the void." He said placing his head in his hands, his index fingers pushing up on his forehead to relieve some tension.
Konan frowned and looked through the papers again. No too weak, not enough diversity. Too quiet, I can't handle another one like Uchiha. Not enough experience . . . wait a minute "Pein, what about her?" His face rose, his rinnegan looking at the paper in front of him. He had looked at her before, but discarded it quickly, that woman had never killed in her life. "Konan, she isn't a murder. She is ANBU Black Ops." He stated as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, Konan narrowed her eyes. "I can see that. Keep reading." Pein rolled his eyes and sighed, taking the paper from her grasp. His eyes scanned everything, nothing popped out. "Konan, there is nothing special about . . ." he kept his eyes on the paper as he read it, but froze when he came to the sentence that must have caught Konan's eye.
"She has the Rinnegan, just like you." A smirk was plastered on the woman's face as she rose from her seat. Pein was speechless to say the least. He was the only that he knew of that had his bloodline's power. This woman can't be . . . Konan noticed the creases forming on Pein's forehead, she knew that he was confused about something; it wasn't that hard to read. "What is it?"Pein looked up from the paper, "We have to get her here. By force if necessary." He threw down the paper and walked out of the room. Konan just sat there on the bed, smiling to herself. "Yeah, what would he do without me?" Placing her hands comfortably behind her head.
Pein walked briskly down the hallway, his members bowing as he walked past them, all except for Tobi. But it was understandable why. "I hope you have a plan Pein." His voice shot as he passed by him. He didn't show it but deep inside that Pein knew that Tobi would eat his words. He continued walking, looking for the Uchiha and Kisame. Those two seem to be able to force people into doing what they want. He kept roaming, wandering unable to find the two he wanted. In each room he found members that he wasn't looking for. Hidan was almost fully put together while Kakuzu lay listening to Hidan bitch about the pain he was in. Zetsu was simply sitting out in the sun, no big surprise there. Where are those two when I need them? Pein though angrily.
After about another five minutes of roaming the entire hideout, he finally found them. Pein bursted through the door of their room, light invading both of their closed eyes, but his face still being shadowed to them. Kisame rolled over and tried to cover his face with his blanket while the Uchiha remained still, obviously unphased. "Get up, I have a mission." And with that he left to the meeting room.
Kisame rolled over again, onto his stomach. "We just came back from a mission. It's Zetsu's turn." He mumbled, more to himself than to his partner. Itachi just laid there, looking up at the illuminated ceiling. He was growing bored of these informational meetings. He didn't like violence, but still, he wasn't a messenger. "Let's go Kisame." He lazily got out of bed, putting on his fishnet ninja shirt followed by his robe, and walked out. "Stupid Uchiha." Kisame grumbled before he was flipped onto the floor. Kisame stood up about to attack his partner but saw that he was already gone. I owe him . . .
Itachi stood in the meeting room waiting for his partner to arrive as Pein sat in his desk, the shadow still covered his face. "This is not another messenger mission Itachi, you don't have to worry." Pein's emotional voice that he had used with Konan earlier was gone, he was Leader now. Itachi nodded, Kisame rubbing his eye as he turned the corner. "Wake up Kisame." Pein snapped at the shark-like man, causing him to stand up straight. "Sorry Leader." Pein glared and then turned to the file he had in front of him.
"I need you two to obtain another member for me." He pushed the file across the table, Itachi stopping it before it hit the ground. Flipping open to it, Kisame scoffed, "It's a girl it shouldn't be that hard of a mission." Itachi closed his eyes at his partner's idiocy. Before he could say another word, Konan had him pinned against the wall, his arm behind him about to snap it off. "Careful what you say shark boy." She hissed at him. Pein showed no emotion at all, "Konan, let him go. You may hurt him after the mission is complete." She pushed Kisame against the wall, letting go of him in the process. "You got lucky." She said taking her seat next to Pein.
"She has the Rinnegan. Interesting." Itachi said to himself, still in the same monotoned voice. Kisame walked back over to him, rubbing his own elbow. "Ahh a challenge." An evil smirk appeared on his face. Itachi looked over the file once more, this woman was a member of the ANBU Black Ops, so she was skilled. Other than the Rinnegan, he didn't see another use for her to be in the Akatsuki. He would admit that the picture did flatter her, but then again it was just a picture. He didn't have time to think about anything but the mission. He didn't even understand why she was so important to the Leader. "You leave in an hour." Pein said as he dismissed them.
"One more thing, if you harm her in any other way that is not deemed necessary, I will personally punish you." Pein's eyes were swirling at Kisame as he said this. Itachi nodded and continued walking off. Flipping open the file again, he looked at the girl's picture, Bri Michiko, this shall be interesting.