𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑰𝒏 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔 //𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒊//

𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎

The feeling of somebody gently shaking my shoulder pulled me from my sleep. I sure as hell didn't want to open my eyes.

Hopefully, yesterday was just a bad fever dream and I was at home. Sadly, there was a slight throbbing in my ankle and one of my hands was asleep.

I knew exactly where I was.

"Hey... Can you like, fuck off for five more minutes?"
My tongue felt dry and my voice was total shit as I spoke.

"It's Konan." Came a calm voice.

I opened my eyes and sat up before responding.
"Where'd Itachi go?"

She looked at me as if she was unsure of what she was and was not allowed to tell me. "He's at a meeting of sorts...Which reminds me, he wants me to bring you there soon." She said, before reaching for a tray of food that I hadn't noticed before.

"Here. Let's get rid of that cuff." Konan suggested, pulling out a small key from her pocket. I didn't know how she was so sure that I wasn't going anywhere but then again, this was a highly secured building that was riddled with spades members.

'I'd rather eat food than a bullet.' I thought to myself as Konan unlocked the handcuff.

The breakfast consisted of an omelet, toast, and coffee. It wasn't extravagant but it tasted really good and the comfort that it provided was more than welcome.

"You seriously know how to cook, un." I said genuinely, after wolfing down the food.

Konan gave me a look of confusion before she answered. "Oh, I didn't make this. Itachi just sent it up with me." She smiled.

Well, this was new. Why the hell would he make me breakfast? 'Fuck it.' It was probably just his way of apologizing for all of the bullshittery that went on last night.

"If he asks...don't tell him I said that." I said, shifting uncomfortably.

"Of course." Konan made the gesture of zipping her lips before she collected the foodless tray and turned to me. "Can you walk?" She asked.

I swung my legs over the side of the bed. "There's only one way to find out."

There was a pair of shoes supposedly meant for me on the ground close to the bed, so I slipped them on and tried not to be concerned that they knew my shoe size.

I stood up and took a couple steps forward. Walking hurt, but there was no way in hell that I would show weakness in this building. The only option was to fake it 'till I made it. "It feels fine, un." I half lied.

"Follow me." She said, opening the door and stepping through it.

Konan walked through numerous hallways,with me trailing close behind. I tried to mentally map out the building as we went just in case I ever got a good enough opening to escape.

Soon we stopped at a door that was identical to all of the others in that hallway. "Here we are." She said, swinging it open.

The room had windows on the far wall and there was a large conference table stationed in the middle. Sitting at the table, was Itachi and some guy who looked like he stumbled through a gingers only hair salon and ran into the piercings rack on the way out.

"Did he give you trouble Konan?" Itachi asked, narrowing his eyes at me.

Konan looked prepared to say something, but I cut her off before she could speak. "Oh shut up Itachi, this isn't a parent teacher interview. Are you and Hot Topic Garfield going to tell me why I'm here?"

Konan let out a short laugh, and the orange haired man looked intrigued before speaking. "I'm Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki. Take a seat."

I stiffened. 'Well, shit.'

This was probably a good enough time to shut my trap, so I sat down beside Itachi without another word.

Itachi was definitely frightening, but he wasn't allowed to snuff me without that Pain's approval. It was certainly better than sitting next to the guy who put out the order for my kidnapping. And besides, Konan had already sat down next to pain, so I couldn't sit with her.

"As for why you're here, you've shown to be highly effective in your work. And thus, you are a pain in this organization's side." He said, looking serious.

I shifted in my chair. "Thank you?" It sounded more like a question. I looked at Konan and she seemed calm which hopefully meant that I wasn't about to get shot in the head.

"We weren't the only ones that noticed you in particular. From what we know, the Hearts have also been keeping an eye on you. That's why I sent Itachi to monitor you and report back until recently." He continued.

This was becoming ridiculous. Had Itachi watched me on my missions this whole time without me knowing? These assholes had some explaining to do.

"Until recently, un? Like, kidnapping me when I was at the mall with my little brother recently?" I said, emphasizing the little brother part.

Konan was the only one who looked surprised. She probably wasn't told that.

Pain sighed. "Please calm down. It was not ideal that this happened the way it did but as I recall, you were the one who attempted to blow Itachi up when he tried to approach you verbally." He said.

I stayed silent. He was right, I probably shouldn't have taken out the C4 as fast as I did. To be fair, that's probably what anyone would do if given a bag of bombs and an enemy.

Pain's face took on a more intimidating look.
"I'm going to make this clear. I'm asking to join us. Don't refuse."

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