The Real Me

61

"I swear to god y'all do have a cave fetish." Naruto grumbled as the whole squad assembled in yet another cave.

Hidan smirked and smacked his head, "Where else would you prefer to gather to discuss some ultimate genocide plans?"

"Ichiraku Ramen." Naruto replied without missing a beat.

Deidara sighed and covered his face with his hands, praying to god to take him already, it had been a whole year and he still can't stand this creep.

"What's all this about though." Tobi popped up behind the group, in an attempt to scare them, only to trip over over a small stone and almost falling over.
He grabbed Kisame's cloak, who was right in front of him, to steady himself, causing the shark man to turn and glare at him.

"Well of course to discuss strategies." Kisame replied.

"Waah Kisame senpai knows so much!" Tobi spoke gleefully, causing Kisame to scoff, "I've been in this organisation for longer than you after all."

"Hey losers," a new voice sounded. Naruto lifted his head up to see a man with a black mask approach them.
Kakuzu.
He hadn't really ever got the chance to talk much with this finance guy, except for that short mission with Hidan and Kakuzu.

Naruto smiled in greeting and Kakuzu ignored him.
He came and pointed at Itachi, "You, are dragging our average income down."

Naruto raised his brows in surprise and turned towards the accused.
"How so?" Tobi chirped in.

"This bastard doesn't even bother looting the houses!" Kakuzu was rather bothered by this, and wildly gestured to the Uchiha, who stood there silently, but his brows furrowed.

"And why should I bother?" Itachi questioned calmly, curiosity lacing his voice.

"Do you really think we can afford anything if we rely only on the actual payment we receive??" Kakuzu's eyes widened as he lashed out.

He seemed pretty hyped, but this scene between Itachi and him only served as an entertainment for the rest if the Akatsuki.

As Kakuzu continued yelling at Itachi, even dragging Kisame into the one sided argument, Sasori expressed his displeasure from the other side of the cave.
Naruto's sensitive ears had grown even more alert and he could hear Sasori "tsk"ing every few minutes.

That ugly pile of wood had clearly distanced himself from them but still eavesdropped onto their conversations.
The blond found this quite amusing.

Suddenly with a whirl of paper, the two main leaders of the Akatsuki appeared, right in the centre of the back of the cave.

The arguments ceased and Pain came forward. He glanced at each and every member with his weird purple eyes and then declared, "We will be going underground for 2 years."

Not even a second later, everyone erupted ,
"Aren't we already kinda underground? Atleast supposed to be??"
"What for??"
"Whaddya mean underground??"
"What is this even for???"
"Aw Come On."
"Seriously? And what am I supposed to do underground? Learn belly dancing??"

Pain and Konan silently endured the torrent of excuses and disagreement.
Slowly but surely they calmed down which is when Konan spoke up, "This is related to our ultimate goal. The destruction of the Villages."

Deidara raised his hand, "Wait are we gonna bomb all the villages??"

Hidan elbowed him in the side, "Who the fuck said we're gonna bomb huh? We are sacrificing them-"