I knew my village hated me, but never in my life would I have guessed they'd accuse me of being a trader. I wasn't the one that attacked the village, however I was the one to kill my teacher. He had been the real trader...after what he did to me.
I tried my best not to, but the ninja chasing me left me no choice but to use my kekkei genkai.
"Ka!" I yelled, the bombs I planted underground went off less then a second later. It wasn't meant to hurt anyone, but one kunoichi got to close and I wanted in horror as she disintegrated into nothing. I didn't want to end that way...I turned and ran faster than before, using far more chakra up than I should have.
I collapsed. Three days...I'd been running nonstop for three days with no rest. I made sure I wasn't followed and just ran for it. I had nowhere in mind, but the image of the woman...I had to get away from it! I bit the inside of my cheek to keep from crying about the situation. I don't have a home anymore. Sure, it wasn't much, but at least I was finally being recognized as a ninja. Or I was, until the guards came to take me in. But that was after…
"Ugh!" I punched the ground, hard enough to leave a small crater. That bastard...I didn't have time to dwell on what he did to me. I was disgusted with myself enough already. I had to keep moving, find a small village and change clothes quickly if I was going to survive. Deciding that if I pushed too hard, I might not make it. Begrudgingly decided to break here.
Unfortunately during my hasty escape, I had very little time to get supplies. I also wasn't equipped with the right clothing for this environment. Iwagakure wasn't known for nice weather, it was hot and, of course, rocky. I wouldn't make it long in just a white tank top and shorts.
I landed near the riven, knowing I was completely in the open. I drank quickly, but it was difficult with the bandages on my hands. Usually I had leather gloves on, but again those had been left behind. The Iwagakure Kinjutsu was a powerful one, but it had an ugly downside. The mouths are your hands were nearly uncontrollable, and the one on you chest led directly to you heart.
The Tsuchikage had this placed on me at birth, hoping to use it to save the village. The medical ninja that was there during the process had sealed the chest mouth shut for good. It saved my life, but I was lucky. The other babies that were tested died in the first hour.
I looked to the sky to see where I was, using the shadows it cast on the rocks to track time. I was heading towards Taigakure, southwest of Iwagakure. Wasn't the best idea, but what choice did I have? At least it was known to be hidden. I've spent too much time here…I made myself get back up to leave, knowing there would be trackers after me.
I had just gotten to the edge where rock cliffs turned to forest when I was attacked. The explosion almost caught me, but luckily I've gotten pretty good at avoiding them. I landed hard though, knowing i definitely hurt my arm on the landing. Not broken, but still just a useless.
"Who the hell do you think you are, un?!" A man's voice called from past trees, still on the side of the rock cliffs. "I know you're not dead, answer me!"
"You're the one that attacked me!" I yelled back, angry I'd let him catch me. I saw someone walking in the shadows of the trees towards me. I got ready for the fight of my life, until the guy stepped forward.
"What...the…" No wonder he attacked, I would have thought I was a disguised ninja too. It was odd, finding someone who looked just like you out in the woods like this. Same long, blonde hair, almond shaped blue eyes and our faces were identical.
"Why do you look like me, un?" He asked, his voice lower than before.
I'd like to know that too. He even had my speech impediment, though I tried very hard to keep from slipping. I felt three other chakra signatures appear around me.
"Heh, barley on the team a week and you have copycats, eh Deidara?" A large man that looked like a shark grinned. The other two consisted of a short, round man with a mask and a dark haired man with red eyes. The dark haired man was...beautiful didn't describe it. I tried not to look into his eyes, but was captivated by them. The short one radiated anger, but not directed at me.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!" The blonde, Deidara grabbed me by my shirt.
"That anyway to grab a lady?" The short one rasped. I glared, watching Deidara's face turn red as he realized a couple of things. First, I was no man. Second, he had a hold of the proof. He quickly let me go.
"W-who are you?" my voice was giving out. That's what running for so long got you.
"That's what I just asked you…" Deidara sneered at me. Besides the obvious, we looked the same up until the hairstyle. Mine was currently in a messy braid while his was up in a half ponytail.
"Nina." I said flatly to my twin. We had to be, there was no other explanation. "I'm guessing you're Deidara?" That got the shark man to bark a laugh.
"Tsh, what are you doing out here, un?" He was easy to anger too.
"Someone tried to blow up Iwagakure. At first, I wasn't sure why they were after me, but now…" I motioned to him. "Someone saw you and thought it was me, un." The slip got me a death glare.
"Thought since I was leaving the area, why not." I didn't like the smirk he gave. It took a moment to understand why, but it was too late. I felt a sharp pinch to the back of my shoulder and turned around to see the shorter man. I watched the scorpion like tail retract, knowing he'd just done something to me. He was a puppet? Was the last thought I had before everything went dark.
I woke up with my hands and feet bound together, leaned up against a tree with a gag in my mouth. Behind the tree, I could hear the men talking.
"Let's just kill her and get it over with." The voice belonged to the shark man. I struggled a little, but these bounds were tight. Whoever did them knew what they were doing.
"She would make a great puppet..." My guess was the puppet guy said that. That's why the short man had look real, it was from a person! I struggled a little more, trying to get free. I didn't want to die just yet, and I really didn't want to become a puppet.
"No. She could be useful." The voice must have belonged to the raven haired man. His voice definitely matched his looks. The way he spoke to them though, it left no room for them to question it. He had the authority, despite looking only a few years older than me. "The Akatsuki could use her as a spy or for covert infiltration."
"Besides that, I wanna know why she looks like me!" Deidara yelled. For a group that seemed to not want to be found, they sure were loud.
I heard a shift in the leaves beside me and I looked up from my struggling to see two piercing red eyes, glowing in the dark. I gasped, falling over as I tried in vain to get away. It was the raven, he had moved so quietly and swift...and those eyes. I couldn't stop looking at them, knowing I shouldn't. He raised an eyebrow at me, probably thinking I was stupid for looking at him.
"She awake, Itachi?" The shark called to us, he sounded excited. I feared him the most.
"Yes." Itachi said curtly. I watched as his hand came up slowly, reaching to lower the gag, hoping he wasn't actually going to hurt me instead. Thankfully he didn't. He did however then quickly throw me over his shoulder, causing me to yelp.
"Hey! Put me down!" I couldn't really stop him though, My arms were behind my back and my legs were still bound. He gave a soft snort at me, one only I could have heard. He was messing with me! He did however put me down once we were in the middle of the group, though not as hard as he could have. He was surprisingly gentle.
"You gave her the antidote, right brat?" The puppet asked, the mask over its face lifting slightly, showing the terrifying sight below. I never would allow him to make me into something so gruesome.
"Yeah, yeah. She's not gonna die on us." Deidara waived him off. Die?! I felt panic starting to take over.
I finally got to see all of them more clearly. The shark man was far more terrifying to look at than the puppet. His teeth were sharpened, his skin really was blue, along with his hair, and he had what looked to be gills on his cheeks. I saw all were also missing ninja, based on the slashes through the headbands. Konaha, Suna, Iwa and Kiri. Now I guess there's two from Iwa...I thought sadly. Though if I proved it wasn't me that blew up a part of Iwagakure...no, I'd die before I could take Deidara out. The other three would make sure of that.
"Good. Well, you know far too much to be released...and we can't really kill you." The shark said, planting his sword near me. He seemed upset that Itachi wouldn't let him kill me. "But if you try to escape…" He grinned and I swore the sword purred.
"Got it…" I glared at him.
"Kisame." Itachi warned.
"I've heard of you...but I thought you were a myth." Deidara spoke up, kneeling in front of me. At least he finally figured out who I was. I guess he figured it out when he grabbed my shirt, seeing the sealed mouth on my chest when he pulled me close. "Though we didn't call you Nina."
"I'm sure you didn't…" No, I was known as a monster. For two reasons, the first being the kenjutsu. The second...I killed my mother with my birth.
"Henkei Kaiju." There it was...if I wasn't tied up I would have punched him. "The deformed monster of Iwa...so what's wrong with you? I don't see anything wrong with you, un."
"I do." The puppet sneered, making Deidara glare daggers at him. I think he just insulted our looks. That's when I noticed Deidara's hand, the Iwagakure Kinjutsu…
"How did you get that?!" I asked, unable to point, but motioned with my head what I meant. He looked stupidly at his hands, like I'd asked him the dumbest question in the world. "I have it too…" It was a curse.
"You do? So you know how great this power is, un?!" I felt my face fall to disbelieve at his words.
"No! It's a curse, un!"
"A curse? Is that what they told you? Tsh, they're robbing you of the greatest art form!" He got this air about him, and went on about how his art was the greatest expression of how life should be.
"Art? What?" Did he mean the explosions? This caused the puppet to laugh darkly at him.
"I told you, your art form isn't worth anything." He smirked.
"What do you know Sasori?" So that was the puppet's name. I was left more confused than anything.
"Enough." Itachi's low voice overpowered their bickering. "It's been decided. Leader-sama wants us to bring her back with us. Alive."
I still wasn't allowed to be untied. Deidara threw me up onto a clay bird he made, one similar looking to the ones I can make. Mine looked more realistic and less cartoon like. The only thing keeping me on the bird was Itachi. He had a hold of my arm, keeping me from falling 500 feet down. The others were on their own birds, with ours in the middle of the formation. I couldn't stop staring at Itachi. Of course I had heard of him, he was a clan killer. But no one would suspect a man looking like he did could do it. He had a kind face, and something in his eyes told me he held a deep secret. One that was tearing him up inside.
"What is it that you want?" He finally spoke, looking at me finally. His eyes weren't red anymore, but a deep brown that seemed almost black. He was art is you asked me.
"No. Just wondering what went so wrong that you got here." I could have said anything, but that's what I blurted.
"Is that really what you were thinking? Your face says otherwise." I felt a blush cross my cheeks. I hadn't been drooling over him, if that's what he was implying.
"Someone thinks highly of himself, un." I watched his lips move slightly upwards. Was that a smile?
"Whatever you were thinking, it cannot happen." He looked forward again, his hair blowing slightly in the wind.
"Now I wanna know what you were thinking." I wanted to see if I could break his mask. He glanced at me but didn't answer. Oh, that's how it's gonna be. "Not talking now, huh?" He stayed silent the rest of the way, but I kept asking questions. Most were stupid things, like what his favorite color was, but he never answered. He did seem amused by it thought.
"You won't get him to crack." Kisame called to me, over hearing what was going on. Deidara just glared back at us, seemingly pissed Itachi was getting attention. This made me determined to figure out who exactly was Itachi Uchiha?
The base was in the middle of the rain village. Honestly I would have chosen a sunny-er area, but that was because I wasn't a fan of the rain. It hindered flying.
"Is this her?" A woman appeared from the shadows when we landed on the had an umbrella open even though it wasn't raining. The moment I thought that, it started to rain again. Well...I had needed water, but this wasn't what I meant. "Come." She turned around to the building and lead us inside. Itachi untied my legs, but kept a tight hold on my still bound arms.
"Where's Pein?" Kisame asked.
"Resting." Was all the blue haired women said. "Deidara, Sasori. Have you two located your target?"
"No, Orochimaru is a slippery devil." Sasori growled, pissed at not getting this Orochimaru guy. "We'll find him…"
"Good. Itachi, Kisame. You mission went well I hear. For now, rest." She left through a door to the left without another word.
"Come. We'll find you a room." Itachi said as he took the rest of the restraints off. Finally I was able to ring my hair out. He watched me untie my hair, but still stayed unusually stoic. Deidara rushed off in a huff, making sure I knew, he didn't like me.
"So...who are you guys?" I asked as I followed Itachi towards a different door.
"We're called, Akasuki." The Uchiha said, disappearing into the darkness of the doorway. I hesitated, which made Kisame push me inside.
"Hurry up! I want to have a warm shower for once." He seemed very eager.
Itachi took me to another floor, telling me this was Deidara, Sasori, Kisame and his floor. It was the only floor with five bedrooms.
"You'll take the open room." He showed me the door that lead to the room. "Make yourself at home." He sounded bored with me as he turned to leave.
"Thanks…" but this wasn't the place for me. The air felt heavy with sorrow and damp with unspoken regret. It was suffocating. "Hey, why did you…" But he was gone when I turned back around. I wanted to know why he vouched to not kill me.
The room was sparse with only a bed and a small desk in the corner. The closet was shoved in another corner facing the bed. As far as I was concerned, it was heaven. I flopped on the bed face first, groning at how hard it actually was. I sat up to rub my sore nose when someone barged in. At first I thought Itachi was back to say something, but I was very wrong.
"Well, well. They told me we had new meat. Didn't know it was gonna be another blonde bitch." The silver haired man grinned. At first he had dirt on him, but looking again it was blood. He also reeked of it and death. "Name's Hidan, cutie. How'd you like to convert to Jashin?" He was a sleeze.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" I glared at him, standing up but keeping a distance between us. Something told me he was not easy to take down.
"The guy who is about to give you the welcoming of your life." He started taking off his cloak when someone yanked him backwards out of the room. Good, I was about to cut his dick off.
"There you are." A deep voice that sent chills through me, spoke. I looked out to see a man with piercing bright green eyes and a mask over his face. "We need to leave, now. Stop terrorizing the fresh meat." The nickname wasn't a favorite of mine.
"That's Hidan and Kakuzu." I nearly shit myself when Sasori appear from around the corner. "I would keep your door locked at night if I were you."
"Noted…" I tried to get my heartbeat to go back to normal. "He looked at me funny for a second.
"Your nose is bleeding." Was all he said before slinking away into the room next to mine. I wiped my nose with the back of my hand, seeing I was bleeding. Stupid mattress.
Well, there it is! Please R&R!
