As soon as he recollected his consciousness, the blonde haired ninja tried to drag himself up but then fell back down again. His body slumped against a moving floor?
He squinted his eyes to focus his vision better, and as soon as his eyes can see clearly, his confusion of his whereabouts disappeared. The first thing he noticed is that he is stuck in a small confined space, and the second thing, he can hear hooves of horses thumping against the ground and the squeak of wheels. Then, Deidara finally came into a conclusion.
He's trapped.
Inside a carriage.
Going somewhere.
And the reason why he couldn't get up was because his hands were cuffed. They were cuffed in some sort of thick layer made out of stone to restrict any hand movements. Not only that, his clay and any other weapons were also stripped from him.
The carriage suddenly hit a bump which caused his body to slam against the side.
"Shit!"
Think Deidara, think.
He has joined the Akatsuki for a month now, and other than seeing that despicable Uchiha with that stupid Sharingan of his, everything else has gone smooth. He was assigned a mission to deliver his bombs to some insurgents nearby a village in the Land of Lightning, but half way through he was sabotaged. However, Deidara was a talented ninja and he easily wiped them out. More specifically, he wiped out 4 of them. Afterwards as he stared at the bodies in front of him, he counted 1, 2, 3, 4…Somewhere in the back of his mind, he thought that no one missing, right?
Actually, there were 5 people.
How did he not feel the fifth person's presence?
"Who the hell are you, un?!" He directed his voice in front of him, hoping to get the attention of the driver of this carriage.
No response.
He growled and tried to jump out from the carriage, but his movements fell short and Deidara fell on his stomach while he felt a tug on his ankle. He looked down and saw that his legs were chained to a small handle of the carriage. With that type of design, this was definitely made to capture and transport prisoners.
"Let me out!" Deidara threw his stone cuffs against the chain, it made some clashing noises but it didn't create the impact he wanted to. He gritted his teeth and looked around to find anything that would help him, but the carriage was impeccable. It was on the absolute level of unbreakable and unescapable.
The only way is to get the driver's attention and trick them in letting him out. From there, he can run or try to contact his partner Sasori. But if the driver was also the same person that attacked a newly assigned S-ranked ninja without him knowing, the driver must not be underestimated. Deidara predicted that it maybe a villain like Orochimaru, or maybe an old Sage.
"Driver! I need to pee, un!"
The carriage stopped.
The wooden doors of the carriage's entrance opened and as someone stepped in, Deidara hunched down and was ready to attack the mysterious person. But he completely stopped when he saw a short girl probably around his age. She had short and light blue hair that covered most of her face. Deidara recognized the forehead protector which tied around her hair had the symbol of the mist.
He eyes followed her and watched silently, she crouched down in front of the handle that had the chain attached to it, she quickly did some hand signs and the chains released like magic.
For a ninja to do a seal like that was at least above Chuunin level.
She tied the chain around her hand and jumped out of the carriage, Deidara was quiet but quickly followed her out. As she lead him to a bush, he spotted a private area and quietly walked over, she followed him with the chains held, like a dog.
Before he did anything, he glanced down at his cuffed hands, spun around and held it up in front of both of them.
"How am I suppose to use my hands, hmm?"
"Do your best."
He grumbled a bit and shifted his hands around to make the cuff sit better on his hands so he can do his business. With a little work, he managed to unzip his pants with an awkward angle, and while he peed, he realized that his plans did not go accordingly to what he thought. He was so shocked by the image of the driver he hesitated on what to do. Deidara was not the type of guy to harm a female, at the same time, he was also questioning if it was her that captured him. If it was, he is going to re-think his escape.
Once he finished, he struggled to zip his pants, and found a way to do so by leaning his body over to a weird position, and slightly stretching out his legs a bit in order to get the zip up. Especially with a female in his presence, even Deidara was a little embarrassed.
"Were you the one that knocked me out, un?" He said as he turned around.
He felt the tug on the chain of his ankle, "Yes I was." Then she guided him back to the carriage and horses.
As he followed a few feet behind her, he closely observed her foot steps. Each step was taken with a dense caution, just by that Deidara noticed her skills were high and her guard was up.
"What's your name hmm?"
"It doesn't matter."
He was a little taken back by her response, "I want to know the name of the person who caught me off guard, and captured me."
She hopped inside the carriage and pulled him inside as well.
His eye brows knitted together, "I'm talking to you, un."
She wrapped the chain around the handle and with some quick hand seals, it locked Deidara in again. As she did, he tried to remember the hand seals as she jumped out of the carriage.
Just before she got on the horses, the blue-haired girl turned around to close the carriage door.
"Or I'll just call you blue-haired girl."
She look at him and finally responded, "Ayako." Then slammed the small door of the carriage and he heard her lock it from the outside.
A few seconds later, she whipped the horses and everything began to move again.
Now that Deidara is a new member of the Akatsuki, ninjas from near and far were looking for him. Some for the reward of his capture, some for revenge and some for their mission. So Deidara has seen a variety of ninjas of all skill levels, but never was he defeated and captured by a girl. But right now if he has his clay on him, he would do a fair fight with her. In fact he was curious to see how they would battle out. Judging by the way she walked, she was a strong taijutsu user, it bought a little disappointment to Deidara since he wanted to practice his tactics on attacking a genjutsu user, ultimately to defeat Itachi. But nonetheless, a battle is a battle.
Most likely the girl, Ayako is completing her mission so their final destination would be the hidden village of the Mist. From the location he was originally in, and including the distance that they have already travelled, Deidara estimated that it would take at least 5 full days for them to arrive.
So within that 5 days, he needs to figure out a way to escape. It would be great if he could battle her too, but his priority is to report back to the leader, Pain, as soon as possible.