Chapter 8: New Looks

Kurayami's POV

Rays of light danced through my eyelids, stirring me from my slumber. A groan escapes my lips, and I roll over off the side of the bed. With a loud thud, I take my entire bed, pillows and all, in a landslide, becoming buried in a landslide of fabrics in various types. Burrowing my way out of the cave of blanket walls and pillow stones, I poke my head out. Only to come face to face with a certain blonde.

Momo, cocked her head like a dog,"Morning Senpai." She smiled, and sat down like a dog would.

"Morning, Momo..." I sigh and squirm my way out of the landslide debris.

"I'm surprised you're up this early." I look from Momo, to my alarm clock, and saw it read 6:32. I groan and return to my landslide. Momo giggles, and follows me in.

"This is nice. You should sleep like this from now on, keep you from waking me up."

"C'mon, let's go get some breakfast." I sigh, and drag her out of the mound of softness. Walking down the steps, we head to the living room, our feet quietly padding across the carpet. We got to the living room to see almost all of our guests sitting around. "Morning!" Ayumi called from inside the kitchen. Her head popped out of the archway, her ever shining eyes smiled. Her red hairs collected to make a messy bun, with little strings sticking out. "I'll be out in just a second!" She squeaked as the microwave beeped.

"You look like you just rolled out of bed."

The blue skinned man snorted. "Literally." I sigh, and collapse on the couch.

"Ow, ow, ow..." Ayumi's mumbles grew louder as she finished breakfast. "Ow," Ayumi hissed,"All righty then. Breakfast is done!" She proudly announces, then trips on her way to the living room. Momo, patient as ever, decides she gets dibs on the breakfast buffet Ayumi whipped up.

"Are you guys going to sit there or get over here and eat?" She called, prompting most of them to get up and follow her into the kitchen.

"Damn." The silver haired boy whistled loudly.

"That's a lot of food, yeah..." The blonde added on.

"Please, help yourselves." Ayumi recovered from her fall, and hoped everyone enjoyed the food. Conversations and compliments were passed around, as they all enjoyed a nice meal in the living room.

"How about we go shopping?" I suggest.

"S-senpai, talking about shopping?!" Momo stares at me in disbelief.

"That would require walking, and you're the laziest person around!" Ayumi hugs Momo, trying to make this even more dramatic.

"I swear. One of these days, I will kill you Momo."

"Hey, Ayumi added on to this!"

"You started it." I hiss.

Standing up, she gives me a smirk. "If were going into town, might as well get dressed. And FYI, senpai. You don't have the balls to kill me," She snarled and walked back up the steps.

"Damn," Hidan said, again through his mouth full of pancakes and sausage. I glare at the albino man.

"You deserve that," Ayumi scoffed, giving me the perfect opportunity.

"You're rich mean girl is sshowin," I sneer, receiving this look of wished death.

"Tobi thinks you three are nuts. Tobi thinks you three should try to be good girls!" The masked man giggled like a child. Daggers shot out of my eyes at the man.

"Stop it Kurayami. You can't scare anyone." Momo sneered as she came down the steps. Her dirty blonde mane framed her face perfectly, her shorts cut just right, her favorite crop top hung on her thin frame. The black words 'Death Does Not Phase Me' dripped with blood red dye, and popped out against the vibrant white. It makes me jealous, oh so jealous of her. Even though she's never had a boyfriend, and I have. It makes me so jealous... Good clothing taste, while I look like a goth with out the makeup.

"Bite me." I stood up, and snarled at her as she passed me with a smirk.

Momo's POV

Ayumi looked over to the Akatsuki, more specifically at Zetsu and Kisame. "Can you guys do anything to change yourselves to look different?"

"Well... I suppose we could so we don't cause trouble." Zetsu looked at Kisame. They both looked at me, and then the others. The uncomfortableness that reflected in their eyes irritated me greatly. Man, and I thought this town treated me like a freak. My thoughts of sympathy were cut short as a loud shout of some sorts and a large fume of smoke caught my attention.

"Damn, that s*** works hella well!" That Hidan guy cursed again.

"Please, put these on. I hope they fit..." Sweet little Ayumi asked.

"Go get dressed, Ayumi." I sigh, and decide to search for something to take my mind off of boredom. I smirk as I feel a raven's eyes scorch into the back of my head. "Senpai," I sweetly sigh, "Why are you so mean to me?" I turn around to see the raven glaring into my eyes. Her black faded T-shirt and ripped up jeans give her the rugged look she adores.

The raven snorts in my face. "C'mon senpai. I'll whoop you again." Already aiming for each other's throats, Ayumi walked down the steps just in time. She threw herself in between us, her untied hair nearly takes my eye out.

"Guys, please. We don't need to draw attention to ourselves today. Momo's right. I mean..." She began dusting off her vibrant blue pants. My hands reach out and take her wrists, she stops and starts breathing like a scared rabbit. Kurayami shot me a dirty look as she took Ayumi to the couch. I stuck my tongue out in a childish manner in return. Ayumi's little spas attacks are kinda cute to watch.

"Let's go..." Kura's voice trailed off as she walked out the door. The 'Akatsuki' follow her.

"How are we going to get to the market if we don't have a car yet?" Ayumi wondered as the we stood on the drive way.

"We walk," I state keeping my voice calm.

"B... But, that's 5 miles away!!"

"We. Walk," I growl. It's not the first time I've walked to go shopping. And I highly doubt that it will be the the last. The raven and the ginger stare at me with looks bratty children who don't want to do their chores use.

"You're in wonderful mood this morning, un," The Deidara guy laughs under his breath. Great. A smart a**.

"You grabbed the s***, right?" I turn my head to my senpai. Best to ignore boy blondie. Just ignore all of them. They won't have a chance to hurt you if you ignore them.

"Yes, Momo. I got everything."

"Good. Let's go." Ayumi said quickly and bounded down the street.

"Damn." Hidan said. Again.

<<Time skip>>

3rd POV

"So this is the place?" Kakuzu wondered as they ended up in front of the double doors.

"Yes this is, now then. Itachi, Kisame, Pein, and Zetsu go with Kurayami. Deidara, Kakazu, Konan, and Hidan go with Momo--"

"Why the hell am I with these b******?!"

"--Then Nagato, Tobi, and Sasori come with me. Momo and Kura, make sure you keep these guys in check. It will be easy for you Kura, but Konan, can you help Momo?" Ayumi finished ignoring Hidan's comment.

"I will try," The bluenett sighed.

"We'll have to make sure that we all get clothing things and, little accessories, shoes... So on. Go to what ever isle you want," Momo nodded.

"How about after this, we head to that Anime Shop just around the corner?" Momo's eyes narrowed, wickedly, and that was her signature look for mischief.

"Sure!"

"Alright. Now, split." The girls split apart from each other, grabbed a shopping cart, and went to get the outfits.

•==•==• With Ayumi •==•==•

Nagato, Tobi, and Sasori, went off to get what they want.

Less than 10 minutes later, they came back with all the little things. Ayumi smirked to herself as she looked at what they grabbed.

Nagato grabbed a simple silver watch, with a lovely blue tie, a white dress shirt, and black jeans that looked formal.

Sasori grabbed a charcoal watch with a red rim around the clock face, a dog tag with a red scorpion, and a odd shaded red tie. He as well grabbed a red Tee and gray ripped pants.

Tobi came bounding back with a small black watch, and a bow tie that reminded one of a penguin. He grabbed a navy blue shirt with candy over it and white skinny jeans.

•==•==• With Kurayami •==•==•

The four men walked out of the dressing room for the third time, the ravenette was shocked to see how cool they looked all dressed up.

Itachi stood there, a little embarrassed, a pair of tight skinny jeans clung to his legs, his lifeless black t-shirt was splattered with red across it. A strange looking skull hung from his neck, but looked nice with the outfit.

Kisame stepped next to Itachi, a gray tank top with faded blue stripes made the shark man look even more massive, his baggy jeans made him seem huge, but he still looked good in them.

Pein walked out, his shirt 'I'm the boss' matched his walk, his ripped up skinny jeans gave him this look of 'F*** with me, I'll Kick Your A**'.

Zetsu, even more embarrassed than Itachi, came out wearing a pair of grey skinny jeans, with a plain green t-shirt on.

"Man... You guys look... AWESOME!" The raven's eyes were wide with disbelief that these were the same people who were cats just a few days ago.

"Hn." The monotone of Itachi said.

"Thanks kiddo!" Kisame walked over to Kura and messed up her hair, causing her to pout like a child.

"Change back to the clothes we came here in, and we will get shoes."

•==•==• With Momo •==•==•

"Would you get out of my way, dumba**!"

"Well excuse me for f****** looking around. Dick head!" Hidan snarled at Kakazu. Momo stood there, her head moving back and forth as the zombie combo argued. Deidara kept his attention on all of women who wandered by. Sending winks and smirks their giggling way.

"Would you get out of my way, dumba**!"

"Excuse me for f****** looking around, dickhead!!"

"Konan."

"Hm."

"Are they always like this?" Momo asked, her head moving back and forth between the bickering zombie combo, and the flirtatious Deidara.

"I'll go get him. Can you handle-"

"Hidan, I am about to tear your a** to pieces!"

Konan closed her eyes, and nodded her head. "Go. I'll handle this."

"-and then my cousins were...!"

"Deidara."

The blonde jumped at the sound of his name.

"Whew, you sounded like Sasori-Danna for a second there, yeah." Deidara laughed at his own paranoia.

"Hi Momo."

The warrior's lip curled into a snarl as she heard her that scratchy voice. She pushed Deidara aside, and came face-to-face with one her biggest problems in town.

Her poorly dyed red and brown hair had choppy bangs that looked someone went nuts with scissors. Her poorly cut jeans revealed a little too much of her bottom. Her mutilated shirt barely covered her small breasts. "It's going to be one of 'those' days..." Momo cursed under breath.

Standing next to her was a nervous looking girl. Her dark hair hung a little ways past her shoulder blades, her bangs were cut past her brows. Her nicely cut up jeans shook a little with her legs. Her simple green top moved as she played with her hands. "The poor girl was probably dragged here." Momo growled under her hot breath.

"Hallie," Momo acknowledged her kindly, "Allie." Her smile faded back into a snarl.

"You're a freak. Freaks like you, who probably died out, need to be locked away. And 'killed'!" Allie stood proud of herself.

"Allie, don't be so mean. Momo isn't a freak. She hasn't done anything to you." Hallie defend the warrior, but cowered back down.

"Fine." She shot a look of death at the warrior. The warrior's lightning infused eyes light up with anger. The red head stepped back, fear showed on her pale face, as she swore she saw her opponents eyes change from human circles, to dragon-like.

"Y-you two know each other?"

"Sadly," Allie sighed, her smirk fed Momo's inner animal to tear her throat out.

"Where do you live so I can come over?" She pulled a pen and slip of paper out of her purse, which she most likely made one of her exes buy.

"I-I don't remember the address..."

"Who doesn't know their own freaking address?!"

"Maybe he just moved here..."

"Shut up! No one asked you Hallie, and no one invited you." She snapped at the sweet girl next to her, and narrowed her eyes at the blonde.

"Umm. I think this is close... I'm not sure..." Deidara took the pen, and scribbled down the address.

"Thanks, sexy!" She purred and winked. Making Momo and Hallie nearly puke.

"Deidara. Go. Now," Momo snarled in his face. His hands shot up, showing his submission as he quickly hurried over to the still arguing Hidan and Kakazu.

The warrior grabbed the pale girl by the neck. "Listen to me, very very carefully. If you show your f****** ugly a** 'anywhere near that house, I will make you f****** wish you were dead. Oh," She paused, and tightened her grip and lifted the terrified slit off the ground,"Quit treating Hallie like s***. It's really starting to bug the c*** out of me." She dropped the girl, as she gasped and grabbed for air. She stood up, tears in her eyes, and brushed herself off. She could not look the warrior in the face.

"Humph... I don't give a damn about your feelings. I will get that blonde, and maybe that sexy guy with the gray hair, all over my body." She smirked, tired to flip her greasy hair, and waddled off. The brunet stood still, her face showed no emotion.

"I'm sorry that you have to put up with that. I apologize for you having to hear that." Momo said.

"U-uhh... Umm... It's okay. I must get to my..." She paused with her bow and voice. "Friend." She lifted he head and looked at Momo. A hand rested on her shoulder.

"If you need anyone, a friend or someone to talk to, I'm here. And I have some really nice friends, you'd really enjoy their company. I live in the same house as them." She smiled softly.

"Ariga- I mean thanks."

"You can speak Japanese if you want." Momo sighed. "Allie can't say s***."

"Hai. Arigatou Momo-chan. Watashi wa ima, saru mono.*" She bowed once again and ran off to Allie, who was staring at expensive designer purses.

The blonde warrior walked backed over to her assigned Akatsuki members.

"Momo. What happened?" Konan questioned."

"Reminding someone that I'm not a pushover."

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Yup! that's all for now, but the next chapter will be out soon. Hopefully. >_<

Ja ne~

AkatsukiLuver02

QotC: If you could change your look, how would you want to look? (Hair, clothing type, shoes, ext.)

My Answer: A grey button up t-shirt, black denim pants, red an black Converse, and short, bright red hair that's usually messy (like Sasori or Gaara)

Watashi wa ima, saru mono* - I must take my leave