The sun was elongating her shadow as she left her village, two teammates with her as she ran from her home. Akiri donned a chinese kimono blouse in black with nine crimson red tails on the back. She wore a pair of black shorts and fishnet leggings that reached her upper knee beneath, leaving little to the imagination. Finally, her long hair had been tied up using two senbon so she could use them if it came to the extremity that she would need more weapons than just her kunai.
Behind her stood Masao Inuzuka and his dog Takeshi, the both of them looking oddly relaxed. And behind those two stood the Genius boy of Konoha, Daichi Nara, the boy who was a child prodigy. They were two of her close friends but neither had yet reached Jounin level. In reality, they weren't ready for a mission like the one they'd been given. They wouldn't be ready for a mission this difficult for another year or two.
"So this is his profile?" Akiri asked Shikamaru Nara, the man who had taken it upon himself to inform her of the situation she was really on.
"Yes, S-Rank criminal who has murdered too many out of spite and anger." Shikamaru sighed, "It appears he has captured the Mangekyo Sharingan to use also."
"Mangekyo" Akiri asked.
As she walked onward, Akiri recalled everything that Shikamaru had told her about the advantage that the Mangekyo was giving Itachi and that he would probably not go down without a fight if she was blunt with her tactics. So, she had prepared herself with enough weapons that even if her original plan backfired, she could still take him down.
But it hurt her, thinking that Itachi was following such a dark path that not a single person could understand. It was believed that he had gone insane, believing that he either had something to do with her death or wanted to avenge her death in some way. In the end, he just seemed to go on murderous rampages, killing anyone who got in his way.
"However, there appears to be something darker in his mind."
"And that is?" Akiri asked, watching Shikamaru's aging eyes get darker.
"He recently broke into a prison in the Fire Country, taking one of the prisoners. We know that the prisoner he took was an A-rank turned into S-Rank due to his extreme knowledge in Ninjutsu. But he was said to be most skilled at Kuchiyose."
"Summoning?" Akiri asked, confused.
"Edo Tensei, a forbidden skill."
"He summoned the dead?"
Akiri ran onward, eager to get to the prison in an attempt to gain more knowledge. So, they ran in an eager attempt to reach the prison before nightfall rose. It was bleak outside and the sun was beginning to dip behind the skyline of trees and out of a moment of childlike anticipation, Akiri jumped up to grip a branch above her. In pure pride, she flipped gently before hitting the ground at a run once more. Her teammates chuckled as they ran beside her, including Takeshi.
Around nine o'clock, the ninjas stopped to make a camp for the night. Akiri watched as Masao rested his head on Takeshi, sleeping beside his over-sized husky. Daichi, suffering a small bout of insomnia, sat up and read beside the campfire. After a few minutes, Akiri felt exhaustion begin to take over and she lay down. Her team had been assembled out of sheer luck. Masao and Takeshi worked in close combat whereas Daichi preferred long range attacks. Akiri worked in attacks that varied between mid to close range, so the team was pretty evenly based out. But Daichi was there in case something went wrong; he was intelligent enough to bring up a sophisticated plan that would allow them the ability to either flee or gain the upper hand in battle. Either way, it seemed like a good thing that he was with them.
Rolling over so as to block out the light from the campfire, Akiri looked beyond her to look at the trees. She could hear the sound of running water and sat up, eager to explore. It was a basic instinct, to investigate when you heard something odd. After all, the fire Nation had a surprising lack of running water and random streams or ponds were in shortage. So, out of curiosity, Akiri followed her instincts and got up to take a look around.
"Damn, kid, you're too curious."
"Where are you going?" Daichi asked, curiosity gleaming in his dark eyes.
"Just for a walk, maybe a bath if I come across water." Akiri yawned, to which Daichi rolled his eyes at. It did sound rather stupid, since she was looking for water in a place known for it's lack of the implied liquid, but he didn't stop her.
The forest was different to the one Akiri had known for her entire life. In fact, it was odd and surprisingly creepy. It creeped her out, the way some of the trees were just burnt-up, skeletal remains of a tree. It both intrigued her, and frightened her. Not to mention the temperature. The place felt much hotter than it did back home, like the Fire Country had weaned it's name from the fact of it's risen temperature. Then again, that was probably the legitimate reasoning for it's name so Akiri didn't dwell on that thought.
Especially since she'd just come across a natural hot spring.
Grinning like a miner who'd struck gold, Akiri shot her fist into the air and stripped off quickly, not caring to check if Daichi had for some reason followed her. The idea of warm water flowing over her body was too enticing and she'd soon dipped her body into the warm pool. It wasn't particularly deep and she could sit down around the edge, which she did happily. Entering a state of tranquil bliss, Akiri released her long blonde hair from the senbon holster so that it collapsed into the water and floated on the surface. Sliding deeper into the water, Akiri ducked her head beneath the water.
"So, you plan on letting me get some of this bliss?"
Akiri pondered on the thought of letting the kyuubi take over, if only for a little while. Surely, it would be harmless and the Kyuubi wouldn't do any real damage, would he? In fact, Akiri found herself wondering as to the actual nature of the Kyuubi itself. So, out of curiosity, Akiri let the Kyuubi take some control and share her body properly.
"You realize that I am a female, right, shit brain?"
"Yeah, but... Fine, just give me your human form look okay? So I still look human, though." Akiri whispered.
Akiri felt the heat rise and after a minute, she looked at her reflection. The girl looking back at her had her face, but her hair was a deep red and her eyes a beautiful shade of amber. In fact, it caused Akiri to gasp as the Kyuubi took total control. Akiri felt like she'd been pushed back into the corners of her mind and for a minute, she found herself back in the strange place where the Kyuubi resided within her. She was in the cage but the door was open, leaving the Kyuubi to grin on the other side.
Itachi stared at the beautiful girl in the hot spring near his camp. He'd decided to make camp in an old house that belonged to an elderly man nearby. The man had allowed Itachi to stay due to Itachi paying the man in response, which was fine. In fact, it had been the old man who had told him about the hot spring, so it had been his initial idea to go and explore.
But now it was his eyes exploring as he looked at the beauty in his hot-spring. Her long, red hair that was on the surface of the water whilst he occasionally caught the view of her amber-coloured eyes. The steam swirled around her body and little rivulets of water slid down her pale ivory neck. She was as pale as a ghost but that didn't deter him. The fact that she was completely naked in the water kept him hooked to the view and he found himself forgetting about the brown-haired beauty that was asleep in his bed. This girl, she was like a delicious dessert whilst the brown-haired beauty was more of a main-course. After all, he was more than full, he'd seduced the brown-haired beauty just an hour ago, but nobody would say 'no' to such a delicious dessert.
Grinning, Itachi was about to walk over to the girl and out of his hiding spot when he watched her rise up out of the water. She had basic ninja training... Interesting. His view was obscured by the thick steam but he watched the naked girl spin, the water forming something like a tornado around her body. Her red hair was the only thing that added colour to the scene, so Itachi found himself activating his sharingan. He got a clear view of the girl's naked body through the steam and he found himself aroused by her beauty. Curves in all the right places and even her face was beautiful, inducing his aroused stupor.
But then he removed the sinful thoughts. He wouldn't think about anyone like that since Akiri's death. He loved Akiri and Akiri alone, so he used women when the need arose. If he felt the urge to satiate his sinful needs, he would find a dazzling woman and trick her into his bed. Then, he would satiate his need for sexual contact and the feeling of arms around him. Afterwards, Itachi would drag his kunai down his arm, ashamed by such sinful thoughts that weren't about the woman he had long ago vowed to love forever. Now, he was certain that he was falling in love again as his stone heart began to beat for this red-headed beauty.
And then she was gone.
Itachi looked about as though he would find her but she was nowhere to be seen, and for a minute, Itachi wondered if he had been hallucinating about the beauty. Of course, he knew that was impossible for she had left one item of clothing; a small, hooped earring that she must've forgotten to pick up after getting out of the spring.
Picking it up, Itachi placed it in his pocket before hurrying back to his "home" to take the girl he'd met earlier that day again. He needed to satiate his hunger and she was the best dessert he could find now.