chapter 8

"Get acquainted with them" Pain said before left the room with Konan.

Deidara approached me. "I'm Deidara, hm. I'll show you my art later, hm"

I smiled at him. "Nice to mee-"

Suddenly, the man with orange mask hugged me tightly. "Hi! I'm Tobi! Tobi is a good boy!". Kisame pulled Tobi from me. "What are you doing, Tobi?!" He hissed.

"Wah! I just gave her a welcome hug!" Tobi yelled. He acts like a child and I found that's kind of... cute. I'm curious about his real age.

"She doesn't need that. You make her uncomfortable" Kisame said.

"It's okay, Kisame" I turned to Tobi and smiled. "Thank you for welcoming me"

"Sarah is a good girl! Tobi likes Sarah!" Tobi chirped happily.

"How annoying" Kakuzu walked towards the door. He looked at me for a second. "I'm Kakuzu. I hope you are not wasteful" he said before leaving the room.

"Grumpy gramps" the boy with red hair muttered. Wow, he looks so young. He turned to me. "I'm Sasori". We shook hands and I realized that his hands weren't human hand. "Cool isn't it?" Sasori smirked. "I can change your hand too if you want"

Deidara laughed. "I'm sure she won't, Sasori my man, hm"

"I'm not asking your opinion, Deidara. You don't understand my art" Sasori said with a smug look. Now Sasori and Deidara are arguing about art.

"Don't mind them"

I turned and saw... a black-and-white man?

"Can i eat her?" the black part asked.

"What? No! I'm sorry, we're Zetsu" the white part told me. He is ...unique.

"Nice to meet you, Zetsu"

He just nodded and slowly moved away from me. I could hear black Zetsu wondering what i would taste like. Well that's creepy...

"Hello again, Sarah" Hidan throws his arm around my shoulder. "Can't wait to practice together again"

"Oh, we're training partner now?" I giggled.

"You can say that" Hidan laughed. "I would be very happy if I had a partner like you. Sadly, I have to accompany that old gramps. By the way, I have to go to start the ritual. Bye, Sarah"

"Sarah?" Kisame called me. "Let's get something to eat".

"Sure!" I'm already hungry considering that I haven't eaten anything since noon.

"You come?" Kisame asked Itachi. Itachi

nodded, and a few minutes later we ate in

a small bar.

"You look happy, Sarah" Kisame commented.

I smiled. "Yes, I'm happy. I feel like I have a big family"

"By the way, I haven't officially introduced myself" Kisame said. "Kisame Hoshigaki, formerly of the Hidden Mist"

I grinned. "It's a pleasure to meet you, sir" I said jokingly. "How about you?" I turned to Itachi.

"Uchiha Itachi from the Leaf" he answered with his usual tone.

Uchiha...? I heard about what happened to the Uchiha clan. I was shocked that the person who killed all of his clans was the one sitting opposite me.

Itachi stared at me coldly. "Looks like you know what happened to my clan"

I didn't answer. I looked down, avoiding

Itachi's gaze.Itachi rose to his feet. "I'm done" He said before leaving Kisame and me.

"Kisame, about his clan... Is it true?" I asked.

"... Yes, Itachi killed all of his clans except his younger brother. He left the village and joined the Akatsuki" Kisame answered. "What do you think?"

"About what?"

"About Itachi and what he did"

"Actually, L... feel bad for him. I can't imagine how he felt at that time" I sighed. "I don't justify what he has done but I believe there is a reason behind what he did. I think there's really no 'bad' people, there's just humans who are doing the best they can to figure life out"

Kisame looked surprised when he heard my answer, then he smiled. "You're different"

A few minutes later, Kisame and I walked back to our hideout. I was just about to enter my room when I heard a familiar cough. I walked towards one of the doors. I stood for a few minutes at the door, thinking whether to knock on it or not.I took a deep breath before finally knocked the door.

"...Itachi?"

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