Post by ItachiRockstar on Oct 6, 2008 10:43:48 GMT -6
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Itachi arrived to the Akatsuki headquarters to a peculiar scene. He jumped down from the tree and landed next to Zetsu. "What happened here?"
"We don't know yet." Zetsu answered, glancing at him out of the corner of his eye.
"Where's Shikyo?"
"No one's seen her leave." Kisame answered stiffly. Itachi turned to the building. 'Surely she had gotten out...'
"We can't just stand here and wait. One of us should go in and search personally. Zetsu, can't you go in?" Deidara suggested.
Itachi watched the flames jump into the air and felt the heat blown by the gentle breeze. Zetsu replied, "Why won't you go in?"
It was stupid of them to just stand there when there were ways to get in and find her before it was too late. However, Itachi wasn't motivated to move. Leaving Sasuke was still on his mind...
"I'll go." Kisame stepped forward. He made a few hand signs and a water dragon appeared and slammed into the building, putting out the flames in the part of the building that Shikyo was supposed to be in. He disappeared inside.
Itachi thought about his student that he had left in their care. He'd told her to train hard so that when he returned they could have a battle to determine her growth. It was disappointing to know that his battle may not come. Fifteen minutes, Kisame appeared with a body, charred beyond recognition. "This is what I found in her room." His voice held a detectable hint of sorrow.
Itachi felt his heart sink a bit. Typical. "No...way..." Deidara whispered. Itachi stepped closer to get a better look. The smell of burnt flesh invaded his sharp senses and he immediately stepped back.
The leader spat an array of colorful words as he turned away from the sight. "All of that hard work..."
Itachi looked down at the body. 'Another dead person...It's funny how I go and kill all of those pathetic people...and return to find another dead.'
Their leader collected himself, "Fine, then we'll just proceed to phase two of the plan. We have the money anyway from all of the people we've tricked over the years. We'll move base to Amegakure as discussed. Zetsu, you stay behind and make sure that all of this is cleaned up and erased. We're not going to leave a trail. Itachi, are you with us for good?"
Itachi nodded. He slowly moved to remove his headband and looked at it. It was a shame he wouldn't see Sasuke get his. He took a shuriken out of its holster and put a line through the center of it. He could never go back, not even for Sasuke. He had thought about taking Sasuke with him, but he knew that as much Sasuke had adored him, he would never be able to detach himself from his emotions. It was better this way. He tied the headband back on and looked at their leader.
"Good. You'll still be paired with Kisame since your fighting styles compliment each other. The other teams will be Sasori and Deidara, Kazuku and Hidan, Zetsu will be on his own, and Konan will be with me."
"What about Orochimaru?" Deidara asked. Itachi visibly tensed. He had to watch Orochimaru. Knowing that Orochimaru wanted the Sharingan, the snake man could easily screw up Itachi's plans. Especially if Sasuke ever managed to activate the Mangekyou Sharingan...then the world would be at the man's mercy.
"If we ever cross paths with him again, he's to be killed on sight. He knows too much of our plans, he's taken his ring with him, and he didn't tell us that he was leaving. He knew the procedure for leaving this group. There's no reason why I would make Deidara go through that and not him. Don't bother to go after him, but if you see him, bring his head to me."