Akatsuki Modern Day Madness

It's The Thought That Counts

Mangareader90 here! I start school Tuesday, so the weekends will now be the only days I can update. Now then, Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto, not us, so, yeah. Enjoy the chapter!

"Thank you for coming to pick us up," Itachi told me and I nodded, my face red.

When I had gone to pick them up Shisui had properly told me what happened. The situation was embarrassing enough, but I couldn't even talk to Sam because she was still frozen from shock. Itachi was the only one in the car besides Sam and he wasn't known for being the most talkative person.

I drove with the radio being the only sound in the car. It took about twenty minutes until we arrived back home and I parked the car in my parking spot, turning my lights off and taking the keys out of the ignition. I opened the car door as I stuck the keys into my pocket. I heard one of the car doors open and I knew it was Itachi's.

"I'll get Sam," Itachi told me.

"Uh huh," I muttered, quickly walking towards the door. I had to tell Shiro what just happened. Hopefully no one else told him yet.

I arrived at the front door and opened it, noticing that all the lights were on in the house, but I didn't see anyone. I stopped when I heard silent tapping. I walked towards the source of the sound and arrived at the safe. Did Kakuzu lock himself in again while counting money?

"Kakuzu, this is the fifteenth time that you've locked yourself in," I sighed, opening the door up, noticing the key was still in place. To my surprise, I came face to face with Sasori.

"Finally. That brat trapped me in there for hours," Sasori pointed to Shiro, who was currently passed out on the floor.

"Uh huh...why?" I asked.

"He was planning a birthday party for you. Which is really stupid because..." Sasori stopped mid-sentence, shaking his head and sighing.

"Are you okay?" I asked him. He just shook his head and started walking out of the room before pausing to glance at me.

"I have a headache. Meet me outside in a few minutes," Sasori walked away from me and I just smiled. It may have been a few days too late, but at least Shiro was thinking of me. It's always the thought that counts.

"Okay, Shiro, you okay?" I asked, leaning down next to him. No response. I stood up and nudged him with my foot, but all he did was roll over. I sighed and grabbed his feet, starting to drag him towards the living room.

The living room was also vacant and I was starting to wonder where everyone was. I debated on how to get him onto the couch because I had literally no upper body strength. I decided to start by putting his feet on one end and then lifting his hands up onto the other end, successfully putting his whole body onto the couch.

I then proceeded to walk towards the bathroom, pulled out the mirror, and took four things of aspirin out of one of the bottles before closing the mirror in front of the medicine again. I then walked into the kitchen and filled two glasses with water before going back into the living room and placing two of the aspirins and one of the glasses of water on the table beside Shiro so that when he woke up he would see them.

I remembered Sasori telling me to meet him outside, so I started walking out to the back. I got there and I saw Sasori lying on his back on a blanket in the grass. I don't know if he heard me shut the door or not, but if he didn't he didn't make any indication of it. I walked towards him and took the other two aspirins out of my pocket. I bent down next to Sasori and held out the aspirin and glass of water.

"For your headache," I told him. He sat up and took them, gulping the aspirin down with the water.

"Took you long enough to get out here," he stated once he finished them. I shrugged.