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Shay's P.O.V.
Turns out the items in the bag that Konan had me get were our specially made Akatsuki cloaks. Ana's was regulation cloak. Kira's was form fitting so she could easily move in it. Brianna's had a hood on it and had a sleeve pocket to hold poison smoke bombs. Ana grimaced at that. Tabby's exposed her stomach and the sleeves were big enough to be wings. Nyisha's was also regulation, only it could double as a shield when chakra was applied to it. Amanda's was form fitting and waterproof. Miranda's was explosion proof and it had a hood. Mine was poison proof and was almost regulation size, but a little smaller. It had a hood and the hood had speakers in it. I could put up my hood and plug in my iPod and be transported in to Shayland. You know, it's my own little world? Never mind.
We all now wore our perfect to us official Akatsuki Uniforms. Hidan couldn't stop staring at Kira. I think that it's safe to say that only Ana didn't feel inferior to Kira's curves. "Why you no fear my boobs?" Kira asked, pushing her boobs up. I facepalmed. "Two reasons. One, Shaylee." She said. All of the girls plus a few of the guys grunted in agreement. "And two, give it five months." Ana said, motioning to her stomach. "Why give it five months?" Tabby asked. "You'll see." We all said. Tabby shrugged and went back to whispering with Tobi. Ana murmured something to Pein and Konan and they nodded. Ana cleared her throat and caught our attention.
"Time to train, girls." Ana said and turned. Miranda and Kira whispered something to each other then turned and ran up the stairs to I believe Miranda's room. I shrugged and followed my friend outside.
Ana's P.O.V.
I watched as the girls came out to the back with me. Today Konan and I would start training them in Taijutsu and weapon control. The weapons I had bought in Konoha were in a neat pile to my left. I watched as each girl entered our training ground. Hidan and Deidara were sitting in the Jacuzzi, watching us eagerly. I eyed them suspiciously, continued my head count, coming to the conclusion that they were there to see who would get hit in the head with a weapon first. In the end we were short two people. "Where are Kira and Miranda?" I asked. They all shrugged. "We're right here!" Kira called and she and Miranda came walking out, shoulder to shoulder so I wouldn't see what was behind them. Kira grinned at me and Miranda did the talking. Which was surprising considering that Miranda was the quiet one. "Before we left, when you went to get your Namari blade, Jiraiya caught up to us and told us to give this to you. Kira hid it in her bag until we got back and we were going to give it to you for your birthday, but we think it's more appropriate to give it to you now." She rambled. I cocked an eyebrow at her in confusion. Itachi sat in the tree behind me, watching with curiosity. My sister and best friend shared a look, then pulled the object that was behind them.
When I saw it I felt tears fly up to my eyes and I heard Ayu muffle a sob. My hands began to shake as I reached for it. "Guys…" I murmured, taking the two items in my hands as tears poured down my face. I smiled. Its dad's jackets! From when he met mom and when I was a little girl! He always let me wear the one he wore when he was a kid when he was away on missions! Ayu cried. I held tightly to the blue and white jackets in my hands. One was adult sized and the other was child sized. I pulled the two girls in to a hug. "Thank you." I cried. "Your welcome, sis." Kira said. Miranda didn't say anything, as usual. I pulled away from them and Itachi jumped from the tree and looked at the jackets. "Hokage Minato's jackets…" He whispered in my ear. I nodded. "Yo! What is it?!" Hidan yelled from across the entire 100yd training ground. "I'LL TELL YOU LATER!" Kira yelled back. I handed the jackets to Itachi for safe keeping. He ran them up to our room then joined Hidan and Deidara in the Jacuzzi. Okay, seriously, how did Kakuzu not freak out with this? Whatever, getting back to training. I wiped my eyes and regained my cool. "Alright, so what's first, Konan?" I asked. "Taijutsu." Konan replied. I grinned. Yay. Taijutsu first. This would be fun.
Miranda's P.O.V.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow!" I murmured as I slipped in to the Jacuzzi next to Deidara. He had just returned after taking care of things for Pein with Hidan and Itachi. We had trained for ten hours strait. Only stopping for lunch. Five hours of Taijutsu had gone well and we were all good with it. Then after lunch Ana and Konan started us on weapons. All I have to say is thank Jashin that Ayu taught Ana medical ninjutsu. Kira and I weren't scratched up as bad as tabby and Brianna. I don't think putting them as partners was Ana's best idea. Me versus Shay, things went okay. Kira versus Nyisha. I think Nyisha would have done better against. Amanda. Lucky Amanda got Ana. Because Ana was pregnant, they didn't go too hard at each other. (A/N: if any of you perverts start laughing, the pregnant lady will unleash her demon power on you.) Amanda got away with only a few scrapes and cuts. Then Ana and Konan decided to let us fight clones instead from now on.
"Ha-ah." I grunted as I leaned against Deidara. I only had a few scrapes, thank Jashin. Deidara gently wrapped an arm around me. "You guys worked really hard today." Ana said. She only had a scrape and cut on her arm and cheek. Out of the six of us, I had the most cuts. The boys spotless. Ana with two injuries. Kira with twenty me with eighty. Though of all the girls, Tabby had won with a grand total of six hundred fifty four cuts and scrapes. Go figure. Kira leaned gently against Hidan while he gently massaged her shoulder. "Scythes are hard to throw." She said. Hidan chuckled at her. "They weren't meant to be easy." He laughed. Kira chuckled. "Hey, Kira, I think your hair is turning black again. Your roots are darker. "I better get that fixed or no one will be able to tell the difference between me and Ana." Kira said. Ana shrugged. "I can fix that. It'll hurt, though." Ana said. Kira looked at her. "I figured out away to keep your hair one color. It'll hurt like hell for about a week, but you'll stay blond be an official blond." Ana said. "Actually, I was thinking of going auburn." Kira said. Ana and I thought about it. Kira as a red-head? "I think it will look nice. We'll give it a shot when training is over." Ana said. Kira nodded. Hidan shrugged. "I think you'd look sexy with red hair." He said. We rolled our eyes. "Slow." Ana coughed.
"So, Ana, have thought of any baby names yet?" I asked. "Isn't it a little early for that, un?" Deidara asked. "No, it's never too early. And I've narrowed it down to two per gender." Ana said. "Oh, spill!" Kira said. Itachi looked at his wife-to-be with curiosity. "For a girl, either Crysta or Aeryonna." She said. "Nice." I said. "Cut." Kira said. "And for a boy, either Ren or…" She glanced at Itachi with a sly grin. "Raion." She said. Itachi blinked and we all stayed in silent confusion. "You want to name him Lion?" I asked. "Raion." Kira corrected. "Raion este Japoneza pentru leu, Retardat." I said in Romanian. What I said was. "Raion means lion, retard."
"That's what-" Itachi started. "Sasuke was supposed to be named. Ayu remembered you going on and on about how excited you were for your baby brother, Raion to come. I thought it was cute." Ana shrugged. "Awwwwwww." Kira and I said in an adoring manner. Hidan said it in a mocking manner. "Lame." He said. Kira looked at him. "Your one to speak. Baja!" She said. Hidan turned red. I burst in to laughter with Deidara and Ana. Itachi was suppressing laughter. "Your original name is Baja? As in Badger?" I laughed. "Shut up. How'd you even find out about that?" He asked. "Found your birth certificate in Pein's files." Kira said. Hidan blushed deep red. We all laughed then slipped out to go to bed.
Amanda's P.O.V.
I stepped out of bed a week later. Ana and Konan had given us a week to heal before we went on to ninjutsu. Konan said something about Ana opening our chakra gates. Apparently they were only barely open or something like that? Whatever. I walked down for breakfast. Ana had made grits and eggs. "Wow, when was the last time you made grits?" I asked. Ana shrugged and held out my plate to me. I sat down and mixed the grits and egg together. Yummy. Grits originally don't have flavor, so I always gave them egg flavor.
"Don't eat too much. This will be more painful than weapon training." She said. I swallowed and quickly finished my breakfast. I went out back and waited for everyone else to finish their food and begin training. I wondered what Ana was going to teach us. Ayu had taught Ana a lot. And according to what the dead ninja sensed from us, we could only manage only sending a needle of chakra at our enemies because of our chakra gates being closed. Lucky us, Ayu also taught Ana how to open our chakra gates only using our arms. Ana tested it on her self. Her chakra levels plus Ayu's chakra level equals the Kyuubi shits in his fur. I hoped that she would let us practice on clones or wooden dummies instead of each other.
"Worried about something?" Kisame asked, standing next to me. I nodded. "What if my chakra levels are to low even after Ana opens my chakra gates? What will I do then? I can't just go Taijutsu like Lee. I suck at close range fighting." I said. He burst in to laughter. "What's so funny about this?" I asked. "Amanda, you're worrying over nothing." He laughed. "What do you mean?" I asked, very confused. "Amanda, even though your chakra gates are closed, it feels as if I'm standing next to Deidara. If you have this much chakra leaking out of you now, when your chakra gates are opened, your chakra level would be the same as Ayu's when I first met her. And holy hell was that high." He said.
"When did you meet Ayu?" I asked. "It was a couple of weeks before Itachi joined us. I was out on a solo mission to grab something from a top secret lab and Ayu was the Jounin assigned to guard it. I had thought my old Sensei was behind me at first, but the level was higher. I turn around and there she is." He said. "So why didn't you freak out when Ana showed the Namari blade?" I asked. "Because she didn't use it on me. She only used ninjutsu and Taijutsu on me." He said. I nodded. It made sense to me.
"Alright, Kisame, thanks for that trip down memory lane, but it's time to train." Ana said, appearing in the tree I was leaning on. He gave her a thumbs up and kissed me. "Have fun." He said and darted back inside. Ana hopped down from her seat on the tree. "He's right, you know." She said as we walked to the group waiting for us. "Huh?" I asked. "Your Chakra level is rather high with the gates closed. When I open them, Ayu would be looking at a new version of herself." She said. "So that would make me the strongest behind you, right?" I asked. She thought for a moment. "Yup." She said with a nod. "Sweet!" I said. "But that doesn't promote you." She said. "Damn." I said. "You still need to learn to think before you act a little more." She said with a smile. She had a point. I didn't really think things through a lot. I got good grades in school, but when it came to fighting, all I thought about was getting a hit. That's why Ana would always beat me when we faced off in Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 for GameCube back home. I'd always be Ino and she'd usually be Haku or Neji. Beat me all the time. With me it was press random buttons! With her it was combo, combo, combo, substitution jutsu, combo, combo, jutsu. Time I started to think.
"Alright, line up single file and Ana will open your chakra gates." Konan said. I stood at the end with Nyisha. Kira was first up. Ana took her left arm and poked her in a pattern in a fast motion. "I get it, the have to be opened in a certain order or simultaneously so Ana has to be quick." Nyisha said. I nodded. Konan's eyes widened when Kira was done. Her chakra levels must be high. "Hey! I can sense chakra! It feels weird!" She said and stepped to the side. Miranda was next. Konan was also surprised by her chakra level. Tabby's seemed not as impressive as the first two. Tabby fidgeted a lot as she stood by Kira and Miranda. I knew it wasn't just because of her scrapes. Brianna's took Konan by surprise as well. She jumped in surprise when she walked past her. Shay's was also high by the surprised looks on both of their faces. Nyisha was next. "Wow." Konan gasped when she was done. "An amazing level. It's almost as high as Kira's." Ana said. "Sweet!" Nyisha said, stepping towards the rest.
"Left arm, Amanda." Ana said. I held my shaking arm out to my friend. The rapid taps on my arm stung a bit because of the chakra Ana was using to open the gates and it kinda echoed through out my body, opening the rest of the gates, guessing by the sting. I swallowed as Ana finished. Konan gasped and Ana's eyebrows pulled together. I'm guessing Ayu swore at that moment. All conversation stopped. I sensed the levels of the girls around me. Ana's was as intimidatingly high as I had predicted. Konan's level was equal to Brianna's level. My level was higher than Kira's by ten percent. But there was one power level that was insufficiently low. Like they were too weak to live. I turned to the girls and felt their chakra levels as they all gaped at me. Then I found it. The low level. It was Tabby.
Her chakra level was equal to a new born infant's.
We stared at each other, me and Tabby. Neither of us truly believing the ridiculous level of each other. "Your level is almost equivalent to Ana's, Amanda!" Brianna gasped. "It's exactly ten percent more than mine. Impressive!" Kira said, clapping. Miranda, Nyisha and Brianna started in with her. Shay and Tabby joined in, too. Tabby was doing a fake and insincere clap, but no one heard it over the sincere ones. I barely heard Ana and Konan talking over the clapping. "Are you afraid?" Konan asked Ana. "No. I'm very proud of her. I know she'll do well." Ana replied and clapped with us, a proud smile on her face. Konan joined in with the clapping, too.
Finally, we got to learn some ninjutsu. We learned basics. Substitution, Shadow clone, transformation, disguise, etc. I caught on quickly. The quick learners were Me, Kira, Shay, Miranda, and Nyisha. The slowest was Tabetha. Brianna was catching up faster. Ana stayed to help them learn and Konan taught the rest of us to use chakra control to walk up a tree. Then later on water. "Look, ma! I'm Jesus!" Kira laughed while she stood on top of the water in the pool. "Jesus was a ninja?" I asked in my best child like voice. "Yes. That's why everyone loves Jesus." Kira said, making an epic face.
"Focus, guys!" Konan said. "Huh?" Shay said, looking at her before falling through the water. "Fucking thin ice." Shay joked as we pulled her up. "She did it on purpose!" I laughed as Shay stood up again. Konan rolled her eyes at us. "You guys are twenty and you haven't changed a bit." She said. I smiled. "Hell no!" I said. "Hey, Amanda, check it out! Duh-duh-duh-duh-da-duh-dun. Duh-duh-duh-duh-da-duh-dun…" Nyisha sang, sliding across the water. "Just take those old records off the shelf! I sit in listen to them by myself!" Miranda, Kira, and I sang. We burst in to laughter when Nyisha froze and looked at Shay who stood there with a smug look on her face. We all held our breath. "You realize now I have to kill you." Nyisha said with a fake British accent. We burst in to laughter.
By the end of the day we were wiped out from using too much of our chakra. We got out of training tomorrow so Ana and Konan could get Brianna and Tabetha caught up to us. Kisame chuckled at me when I told him of us doing a scene from The Nanny, a 90's TV show we all watched since seventh grade. Niles, the British butler, was the one dancing to Bob Seger, played by Nyisha, and CC Babcock, Maxwell Shefeild's, big time Broadway producer and the boss, partner, played by Shay. It was our favorite episode. Could you blame us? A butler singing, dancing and dusting in his underwear when his rival walks in? Priceless. "You guys, will you ever be mature? Or at least sane?" Kisame chuckled. "We tried being normal once. Worst second of our lives." I said. He laughed and with that, we fell asleep.
Just take those old records off the shelf! I sit and listen to them by myself. Today's music ain't got the same soul! I like that old time rock and roll! Don't try to take me to the disco-… Ahem… You didn't see that. Anyways. Old Time Rock and Roll is by Bob Seger, if you didn't know. And yes, I watch TV shows from the 90's. The Nanny is a classic. If anyone out there knows Fran Dresher, now you know who the Nanny is. Those who don't know, if you've seen Hotel Transylvania, Frankenstein's annoying, big-haired wife. Seriously, sit down and watch what your parents used to watch when they were your age. You might like it. Well, I hope you guys liked it! I'm off to Texas! See you in a week!