Chapter 4
AKATSUKI POCKY CHALLENGE!
Konan sat down first, always the early bird. Immediately, she saw a box of...Pocky Sticks? On the table, neatly placed. There were three flavors, apparently. Strawberry, cookies and cream, and matcha. Konan smiled. Matcha was her favorite flavor.
Pain came in next, wearing his usual stoic face but letting it relax and grin when he saw Konan.
“Hey, Ko.”
“Yahiko!”
Pain’s face turned a little pink.
“Shh, don’t call me that here!”
“It’s fine, no one’s watching.”
Pain brushed his hair away from his eyes.
“Y-yeah? And what’s this?”
Konan shrugged and leaned into him.
“Pocky sticks for breakfast?”
Pain laughed.
“I didn’t put these here! Must be a prank from someone, we’ll see.”
At that moment, Sasori wandered into the kitchen, looking very bored and fiddling with his earrings.
“You two look busy-Pocky sticks?”
Sasori picked up the box of Pockys, not noticing Pain’s embarrassed face.
“Are we eating these? How unhealthy.”
Konan shook her head.
“Pain didn’t put them here, this is probably one of Hidan’s or Tobi’s pranks.”
“Or Deidara’s-”
Deidara, on cue, stamped down the stairs.
“Did someone call me?”
Sasori lurched out of his boredom-trance and stared at the blonde.
“Uh, no?”
Deidara lazily flicked his hair out of his eye’s way.
“We gonna start breakfas- ARE THOSE FREAKING POCKY STICKS?”
He immediately began wheezing.
Konan rolled her eyes.
And Itachi lightly pushed Deidara down the stairs.
“HEY!”
Itachi coughed.
“You were in the way-”
Kisame burst out laughing at both of them.
Deidara sulkily sat next to Sasori, who immediately became interested in his sleeve.
“HEY FUCKERS WATCH WHAT I CAN DO!”
Belted a voice from upstairs. Everyone watched as Hidan did a backflip down the stairs, resulting in most of the table exploding with laughter.
“I’M IMMORTAL YOU SUCKERS!” screamed Hidan as he flipped the bird.
“Yeah, but you probably still suffered intense brain damage.” Replied an unamused voice from the top of the stairs.
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!”
“No,” was the answer as Kakuzu descended from the stairs.
“Please sit down, you two.” Chirped Konan.
Pain was frowning at a note.
Zetsu emerged from the garden, followed by Obito/Tobi and Orochimaru. They were covered in dirt and looked tired, and Obito was sucking on a lollipop.
Pain cleared his throat and read out loud.
‘Hello! This is an anonymous person here to give the Akatsuki- plus you, Nagato, stop hiding- the Pocky Challenge! Here’s what it is!: The Pocky Challenge is a two-person game, but many can participate at one time. All that is required is one box of Pocky, a long biscuit with chocolate on one end. Two people begin eating one Pocky from each end. The first person whose mouth comes off the Pocky or the other player gets to the middle first loses. If the participants end up kissing, it is a tie. Good luck!’
Nagato reluctantly crawled out of the living room, while the rest of the Akatsuki were either blushing madly (Pain, Sasori, Itachi, Konan, Tobi), shocked (Deidara, Kisame), indifferent (Zetsu, Kakuzu), or excited (Hidan, Orochimaru).
“Well then, let’s start!” exclaimed Hidan.
Pain held up a hand.
“They even wrote down the pairs…”
‘Pairs in order: Konan and Pain, Kisame and Itachi, Deidara and Sasori, Hidan and Kakuzu, Zetsu and no one, Obito and Rin. If you go again: Itachi and Deidara, Hidan and Deidara, Kakuzu and Sasori, Konan and Kisame, Pain and Hidan, Zetsu and Obito. Happy eating!’
Konan coughed, spitting out her coffee.
Deidara eyed the Pocky box murderously.
Kisame chuckled, very anxious.
Obito spat out his lollipop.
Itachi glared at the window, probably planning an escape.
Kakuzu opened a book.
Orochimaru licked his lips.
Zetsu actually looked nervous for some reason.
Sasori buried his face in his arms.
Hidan rolled his eyes and pulled out the first pocky stick.
And everyone focused on it.
“Alright then, Konan and Pain, let’s get started!”
“Wait what?!”
Konan gasped, her face turning a bit red.
“Aren’t you two going first?”