The Good Girls That Went Bad
Hey, you guys, quick announcement here! I am NOT a fan of ItachiXSakura. I do not like Sakura in anyway at all. I find it hard to write something that has a pairing that I dislike almost as much as I do Kisame/Itachi(I have nothing against Slash, I'm actually a fan of it, but Kisame and Itachi together . . . It just doesn't fit in my mind) so please do not be surprised that updating this story falls at the bottom of my list. I apologize to the fans of this story. I adore all of you and I am sorry for disappointing you all far too often.
I don't own Naruto, but I can dream . . . right? No? Damn.
Chapter Thirteen~ Suna Problem Ark Part Two- Unlucky Day
Today had been a long day for our little group of S-ranked criminals and Naruto.
The night they arrived in Suna had been a hard one. After having a brief meeting with the shocked Kazekage and the Suna Council (Actually, to say that the council and Gaara were surprised that Sakura and Hinata were in Akatsuki was an understatement. Gaara actually showed emotion!) the small group had searched for nearly an hour to find a decent hotel or inn that would allow S-ranked criminals to stay. They managed to find a small inn to stay for the next week. The girls shared one room while Naruto and Itachi shared the other.
This was no problem for Sakura and Hinata. They had shared a room back at base and found no trouble in sharing one again.
For Itachi, it was hell. You remember how the girls had left Itachi and Naruto alone for an hour and came back to find Itachi half insane? Yep. Itachi was actually kind of surprised that his ears didn't start to bleed sometime during the night because not only did Naruto never stop talking, he snored in his sleep. Loudly.
Half-way through the night Itachi had made a mental note to beg Hinata or Sakura to trade rooms with him that morning. Preferably Sakura, since she had a special way of making the blond shut up that involved violence and pain.
The next morning hadn't been very kind to them either, having to resort to eating instant ramen for breakfast when none of the shops would serve them.
They then had to rush to make it to the meeting when time had gotten away from them and were a total of seventeen minutes late for the conference. To say that it had been tense in the meeting room was a bit of an understatement. No one was really quite sure who should start the meeting. It was all really quite unprofessional of them.
It was quiet for a total of five seconds before all hell went lose. No, flames didn't suddenly come up and engulf council members and small demons didn't start torturing our favorite characters. Here, I'll give you a 'brief' look at what happened there:
Sakura glared heatedly at the old man across from her. "Look, you know that Suna is much weaker than Konoha. Now that Konoha is allied with the Akatsuki, your chances at winning in a war are even slimmer."
Fire lit Elder Satoshi's eyes. "How dare you insult our nation in such a way!"
"We mean no disrespect," Hinata quickly added, probably saving Sakura's ass. "But the Akatsuki is at its peak, stronger then ever before. If we wished it, we could have completely destroyed Konoha, the strongest of all the hidden villages."
"Our apparent allies have joined forces with the enemy, going behind our back and deceiving us!" one of the only female elders, Elder Mio, stated, anger fueling her old body.
"We did no such thing!" Naruto almost yelled. "Like Hinata-chan said, the Akatsuki is at its strongest right now, it would be wiser to be their ally then their enemy."
Sakura visibly looked like she was about ready to throw the large table at someone, but her voice was calm, only showing a small amount of annoyance. "The Akatsuki is no longer after the tailed beasts; we are after an end to all wars, a peaceful coexistence in all the villages. We are planning to offer an alliance with Suna as w—"
"So you expect for us to just forget about how the Akatsuki member, Sasori, killed our third Kazekage and how our current Kazekage was killed by them?"
"Asking for your forgiveness for our past actions is too much," Itachi, probably the only actually calm one in the room other then Gaara, said. "We only wish for Suna and Konoha to not go to war with each other."
One of the elders suddenly changed the topic. "Why are you even here? Tsunade or Pain should have come here to this meeting personally."
Gaara spoke for the first time. "Naruto is the next Hokage, Hinata is the heir to the Akatsuki, and Sakura is the heir to Amu. I think they are more then qualified." No one dared to go against the Kage's words.
"Gaara-sama," Sakura started, shocking more then one council member and Itachi by calling him by his name instead of 'Kazekage'. "Surely the two villages can find a way around this without bringing a war. We are willing to cooperate if you are."
"Of course we are. War is the last thing we want between the villages," Gaara told her.
The elders started to protest. "Kazekage-Sama, Konoha has betrayed us! A war is unavoidable!"
Kankuro, who had quietly been sitting next to his younger brother throughout the meeting spoke. "Konoha has made an alliance with a stronger village, I see nothing wrong."
"A village that is our enemy, Kankuro-sama!"
"I do not recall my brother ever officially stating that the Akatsuki were our enemy, Elder Satoshi, would you mind refreshing my memory of that incident?" Temari, who sat on Gaara's left side, asked. Satoshi's face was a bright red with anger.
Elder Mio spoke up."When they killed our Third, and Fifth Kazekage's!"
"The Akatsuki is the common enemy of every village!"
"The Akatsuki over powers us greatly, being able to kill two of the villages Kazekage's proves this. We would be fools to even attempt to defeat them in a war," Gaara told the elders. Silence rang throughout the room after the red heads words. "Our alliance with Konoha has become strained, even before the Akatsuki joined forces with them. Suna needs the alliance with Konoha more then we care to admit, we all know this and going to war would crush us."
Sakura observed the handsome red head(a second too long for Itachi's liking). His pale hands were tense and his lips were a thin line. "We have been arguing for nearly two hours. I suggest a break," she said.
"I could not agree more," Gaara said. He stood, dismissing the meeting for the next hour, and left the room with his siblings. The council members grumbled under their breath, but they left the room without further complaints, everyone tired of yelling.
You see what I mean?
Now, we have Naruto complaining (quite loudly I may add) about the stupid council members, Hinata trying to cure her growing headache ('What did I ever see in this guy!') Itachi acting all silent and sexy and jealous, and Sakura wondering why she ever agreed to go on this mission.
This was a good first day, no?
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I do apologize for taking so long. I've re-written this chapter three times now, but I'm never satisfied. At first, it was just going on forever and I kept trailing off. Second attempt was a lot of editing and re-writing scenes. Third attempt was just getting into a major writers block and in the end, just cutting out the idea all together. This is the fourth attempt and I think it's too short. T_T
This is just not a good chapter for me. Maybe it has something to do with the unlucky number. . . yeah, I'll blame that.
Byz~