Chapter 9
She was not alone in Leaders room, Zetsu was waiting there in front of leader.
"Masago-san..." Pain spoke in greeting.
"Good evening Leader-sama." She spoke respectfully.
"It is time for you and Zetsu to be deployed together, I have a mission for you."
"Several missions actually, Leader-san" White Zetsu spoke up. "We'll be gone for four months!" Black Zetsu finished off.
Masago looked to Pain for conformation of this. He nodded his head signalling that she would in fact leaving with the plant for a third of the year.
"You two will set off like any other team, and will be given various missions on your travels. However getting to know one another's self and abilities is also important." Leader explained the situation.
"It will be a honour to be partnered with an Uchiha." White Zetsu started. "Even if she is a half-pint." Black Zetsu finished as always.
Masago nodded her head to the bi-polar plant, and once again looked at Pain.
"Leave tomorrow, you've only just got back from your previous mission, pack tonight and set out first thing, I wish you the greatest success. Dismissed."
Masago found herself back in her room, she must of wandered back here absent-mindedly, getting the news that she'd be on the road with a plant demon for four months was annoying, she quite liked the mission with Deidara and Sasori, but now she would probably not see them for the whole four months.
She contemplated going to see Konan, but she found herself to be too tired, she ended up just packing her cloak, and falling asleep.
The next morning she was up at the crack of dawn, she gathered her things up and left her room without looking behind her. She went to the entrance of the base. Masago put her hand out, and touched the stone in front of her. Suddenly the stone started to form. She now found herself with her palm resting on Zetsu's white side of his face.
She went to retract her hand but was stopped by Zetsu's black hand. She looked up to his face but then was pulled through the rock.
Masago felt strange, this sensation of travelling through a substance was like a sucking pressure all over her body. After only a few minutes she was standing outside the base next to Zetsu.
"That was my mayfly technique, it is best you get used to it Masago-san, it allows me and things connected to me to travel through the earth. During assassinations and spy missions it will act as a quick get away." Zetsu explained.
And so it began, training, travelling, and missions. It had been exactly three months and in this time Masago and Zetsu had become a perfect team. And had gathered countless information about villages, jinchuriki, and criminals. They had also assassinated hundreds of threats to the Akatsuki.
It was into their fourth month when they got a message about a village elder who had gathered way too much information on the Akatsuki and was threatening to sell it to one of the hidden villages if they didn't cough up enough cash.
Stupid elder. And of course, she will not receive a single penny. The plan is to get to Ishigakure, get inside the parliament buildings, find the scrolls, and assassinate whoever seems to be knowledgeable about the organisation.
"Where is Ishigakure anyway?" Masago wondered aloud.
"Its a small futile village in between the Land of Earth and Land of Wind. They're quickly depleting in numbers and are desperate for money to fund the village." Zetsu answered.
"Ah, right, thanks."
Zetsu smirked. "No problem Sago-chan."
'Sago?' She thought.
She laughed. "Well at least I don't look like one, Zetsu-kun."
"Whatever whatever! Lets get going!" Black Zetsu spoke up.
It took a while for Masago to get used to both Zetsu's. White was more polite than Black. It was like someone who was bi-polar, but both halves where visible to the person they came in contact with.
After three days of travelling they reached the border of Ishigakure.
"This is where we part, Masago-chan." White said.
"Ah, yes. I believe this will take us two nights. For tonight I will find a inn to stay at, and get chatting to the locals. Then tomorrow I will go into depth, I will find the elders location and discover the information they have on us. And then the next morning is when we will strike, so be ready for then." Masago explained the plan.
Zetsu nodded his head. "Yes that will work out perfectly. Lets have no mistakes. See you at dawn."
Zetsu then merged into the ground and was gone. Masago looked to the direction of Ishigakure. And then started off walking in that direction. She had already given Zetsu her cloak and any visible weapons. She needed to just be a everyday citizen in order to get in undetected. So she also did a transformation jutsu, but having the sharingan made her eyes unchangeable. So she changed her hair to chocolate brown. And she mimicked the looks of her old friend Ten-Ten. Her black eyes seemed to stand out less this way.
Masago continued on walking and finally strolled up to the village gates, where there were two guards on duty. She walked up to the guard box.
"State your business here." The guard with blonde hair asked.
"Vacation." Masago replied.
"Travelling light for a vacation, no?" The other guard asked.
"I am a traveller, I travel light by choice and just purchase any necessities in the place I end up at." She answered with a smile. Charm time.
"Okay. I just need your name and place of birth." The guard with the blonde hair asked.
Bingo. "Yano Saki. I was born in Shimogakure."
The other guard looked up. "Shimo... you're along way from home then!" He smiled.
"Yes, I couldn't stand the cold any longer! Its frost and ice all year round." Masago or Saki said charmingly.
The older men chuckled. "Well everything seems in order. Welcome to Ishigakure."
And as easy as that, she was in. Masago walked around for a hour checking the village out, before finally finding a inn to stay at. It was a small in, but traditional. She walked into the entrance and there was a old lady behind the desk.
"Good afternoon! Welcome to Ishi-Inn! How may I help you today!" The old lady greeted with a smile.
Masago smiled. "Hello, My name is Saki, I am a traveller. Do you have any rooms spare?"
"Well of course dear! I am Shina. How long will you be staying with us?"
"Two nights, Thank you Shina-san"
"Follow me dear." Shina said as she started walking up a hall.
Shina showed Masago to her room, which had traditional Japanese décor, and then left her to settle in. She looked around the room, everything seemed to be in order, and now it was time for her to gather some basic information about this place. So she left the room and made her way back to the reception desk.
"Hello dear, I hope your room is okay." Shina asked.
"Yes it is lovely Shina-san, I was just wondering if you could tell me a bit about this village, as a traveller I like to keep a journal about the places I have visited."
"Of course! I have lived here in Ishi all my life. Let me get some tea and I will tell you all the things I know about my home land! Please sit over there." Shina said as she pointed to a table set up.
Shina came back with some tea and talked for about two hours. Most of her stories where useless to Masago, but she did say some interesting things about where the village elders live and where the main tower is.
They both then retired for the night. Masago went back to her room and let sleep consume her.
The next day went fast, she awoke early, left the inn to check out the villages geography, found the tower and the complex the elders lived in, and from that planned the best escape route for after the assassination. She then watched from a tea shop who exactly went in and out of the complex, like Shina said they where all elderly looking people. One old woman looked right in her direction at one point, but Masago just drank her tea and tried to look at innocent as the traveller she wasn't. The old lady seemed to buy it at the time anyway. After her investigations where complete the day drew to its end and she retired once more.
Masago awoke at first light. It was time. She left the inn and ran to Ishi tower silently, there she broke into the main room. She was glad to see Zetsu already there.
"Found the scrolls yet?" She asked.
"Yes, In fact I have." Black answered.
"Good we need to go now to the elder complex. I couldn't figure out which elder it was who gathered this information, so I suggest we wipe them all." Masago said, she nearly laughed at herself, being with Zetsu for this long has really made her a cold hearted Akatsuki afterall.
"There is no need for that." A third voice interrupted them.
Masago whipped her head around to see the old woman who stared at her yesterday.
"I knew you where an Akatsuki. You all have that heartless look in your eyes." The old lady went on. "Come on let me see your true face!"
Masago dropped the jutsu. "You're going to die anyway." She said.
She activated her sharingan, as Zetsu merged behind the old woman and held her head, allowing Masago to force her eyes into the elders. She didn't feel pain. She was eaten by Zetsu whilst out cold. Masago wasn't that heartless after all.
"Lets go." Zetsu said as he grabbed Masago and merged outside the village. Where Zetsu then gave her cloak back to her.
They then travelled to the outskirts of Amegakure, where Zetsu merged back into the ground to report back to the precious leader.
Masago waited some time for Zetsu to come back, but when he did he had news.
"We have to go to Sunagakure..." White said cautiously.
"Suna..."
"We're taking Tobi-kun with us." Black said.
She was confused. How did Tobi get here?
"Hello Masago-chan!" Tobi shouted as he spun her around in the air.
"Kami Tobi! How did you get here so fast?" She enquired.
"Leader sent me! I've been travelling for days! Duh!"
"Anyway. We have to go to Suna. Deidara and Sasori need our assistance with the jinchuriki." Black Zetsu cut in.
'Gaara.' Masago though with regret, knowing he must be dead.
"Lets go." She said.
"Hai!" Tobi chanted.
"See you there." White Zetsu said then disappeared to leave her to deal with a very hyperactive Tobi.
'Bastard.' Where her last thoughts before chasing after Tobi, who wanted to race to Suna.
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