Document Opened: 03/01/2009, 04:26am.
Authors Note:
Akatsuki as vampires = fun. :3.
Warning for out of character-ness and eventual Saso x Dei.
Disclaimer: I don't own the show, 'nuff said.-_-.
///////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///
Enemies were everywhere and had them outnumbered by a good margin. He had ran out of clay much earlier in battle and now it was just a futile attempt at escape. He cringed mentally as he heard his brethren scream for their lives and others yell in horror as their loved ones were slain in front of them mercilessly. Despite being one of them they never cared for him much but he would not wish this on them.
Already injured, he was having a hard time hiding and was currently catching his breath while hiding behind a tree, listening for any sign of the enemy. His breath caught in his throat after hearing how close at least one of them were. "Here kitty kitty. You know it's not worth the trouble of making us find you. Our boss heard about you in particular so we'll spare your life if you come like a good little kitten."
He could only listen in disbelief at the moron. Besides, he hadn't really considered this life worth much anyway. He did not have much energy left but he would be damned to be taken by some wacko like that.
"Found you." The slightly bulky man said with a smug grin, the blond neko was surprised that he hadn't picked up on him and was caught off guard.
The bulky man jumped in front of him while two other guys appeared from either side. He did his best to conceal his fear but he had little to no options left. His ears went back and he hissed at the three, revealing his slightly pointed teeth. "Aw, kitties tryin' to fight us." They could only laugh at him. Without any further warning he leapt at the bulky guy in the middle and viciously used his nearly razor sharp claws to wail on his face.
Taken aback at the sudden action it took them a moment to respond and the masked one on the left grabbed the young neko by the hair and threw him against a tree. "You little bastard! I don't care what the boss says, I'm going to f*cking kill you!" Ignoring the stop command from his teammates, the man who was now bleeding badly from his face charged with a kunai straight at the injured neko who was just getting up and to weak to block the assault.
He groaned out in pain after being stabbed in the stomach by the kunai and fell to ground clutching his bleeding stomach. 'Maybe...we...really are...bad luck, nyan.' He thought hearing the trio walk away and everything fading to black.
/////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////
"This is horrible." A woman with blue hair said looking around at the mess of bodies and debris. "I doubt there is anyone alive." A boy who appeared to be in his late teens and had raven black hair told her.
"We keep up our search." She said more to herself than anything.
///////\\\\\\\\\
It was only the faintest scent at first but he decided to see where it would lead. Following it to some odd distance away from the camp it became stronger until he knew it was blood, with an oddly sweet scent.
He followed the scent until he came across what he thought was another slain neko. The red head was all set to turn around and leave before he saw the blond neko's chest barely move. Wasting no time he kneeled down to the body. Finding a very faint pulse he used a basic healing jutsu that would suffice until Kakuzu could do something better.
After using the jutsu, he found the pulse a little weak but better none the less. He carefully picked the young neko bridal style and took him back to the others.
//////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Back at the destroyed camp site they were regrouping when the red head came walking back with the unconscious neko. "This one's still alive. Just barely though." Their leader walked over and took a good look at the young neko and seemed pleased. "Perfect. this is the boy we were searching for, we can head back to the base now."
During the walk back he glanced down at the blond who in his opinion did not look like much of anything. Sometimes he questioned their leaders sanity especially since it was known world wide that neko's brought bad luck with them wherever they went. Aside that, anything to do with neko's were rare and worth allot of money. Maybe leader wanted to sell him or something? He put the thoughts out of his mind knowing he would find out soon enough.
//////\\\\\\\\/////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////
Memories flooded his mind, he was panting in his sleep while a little sweat came down his face. Memories of the battle, seeing them slaughtered in front of him, killing as many as he could but there were just too many of them and he had difficulties with his attacks since he was trying not hurt his own. After the last thing he remembered came to mind he shot awake with a start.
It was at that moment a blue eye locked with a pair of brown eyes. Unintentionally his ears folded back and he realized this was not where he was left to die. "No one here is going to hurt you." The red head told him simply. Pein had left the runt under his care until he woke up.
'Okay, there's more than just him, nyan' He thought trying to see if the red head was truthful in his words. "Who are you, nyan?" He asked while tilting his head to the side. "Akasuna Sasori." The blond noted the look Sasori was giving him as a sign to supply his name back. "My names Deidara, nyan." He didn't have a last name. He never really needed one anyway.
"Where am I, nyan?" He asked a little hesitantly, still unsure of Sasori.
"Akatsuki's Iwa base." The neko seemed to be pondering over what he told him and Sasori took a good look at the blond. The ears on top of his head were still flat and his semi-long bushy tail was starting to move around, one of the boys eyes was hidden by a long chunk of bright blond hair. Then again his hair, save for a messy ponytail on his head, went almost down to his back. Overall he would say that the boy at least fifteen to sixteen years old.
"Whats an Akatsuki, nyan?" He was curious as to this since he had never heard of it before.
Having better things to do than answer Deidara's questions, he opted for taking the boy to see their leader and let him deal with it. "There's someone who can answer that better than I can. He wanted to see you anyway. Follow me." Sasori saw the blond neko shakily get out of bed and stand and he walked up to the red read who was almost a foot taller than he was.
Something was different about Sasori and the neko could not put his finger on it. "Are you human, nyan?" He knew it was an odd thing to ask but he was different. He did not have the other scent that humans had.
"Not quite. We are vampires." He said not even looking at the blond who brought his tail around to him and was hugging it to his chest. He had read a few stories about vampires before and none of them were exactly pleasant.
Thoughts started running through his mind and most of them ended up with him wondering if he was going to be their next victim. Then again Sasori had said that no one there would hurt him. But he could have been lying. He was starting to get a headache from trying to make sense of it.
He almost had not heard Sasori speak to him. "We're here." He had blinked for a moment, having been so lost in thought he was just following the vampire around. He mentally kicked himself. He should have been taking notes of his surroundings.
Sasori knocked on the door and received the okay to come in.
///////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////\\\\\\/////////\\\\\\///////////////\\\\\\////////\\\\//////////\\\\\\\\//////////////
Pein eyed the frightened neko who was trying to keep a straight face but his ears and tail gave him away. "Sasori wait outside." The red head walked out leaving the two alone.
"We sought you out specifically but I doubt you were aware of that." Pein stepped more into the light. "W-why, nyan?" He asked, there were only three reasons anyone would be interested in him and none of them were good.
"Do you recall a city in Iwagakure." His visible blue eye widened. He had taken the place out just to get away with his life. "You have power that could benefit us." He took a step closer to the boy. "Of course it would not be one sided. Your kind are close to extinction and if you do not wish to join them then I suggest you join us. Akatsuki can offer you protection that no where else can." He knew the boy would have no choice but to except, neko's were known world wide for their curse of bringing bad luck and he had seen a file on this one in particular. For taking out that city he had been shot up as an S-class criminal. Also bringing more harm to his species and he doubted that anywhere else would take the boy. He would be dead or someone else's slave or worse. He had seen some parts of neko's that had been sold to eccentric collectors for a high price. Primarily their ears and tails but he had seen their hands or even full bodies that had been done up by taxidermy.
"Okay, What do I do now, nyan?" He asked the orange haired man who was only a few feet away from him. Within a blink of the eye he had a kunai in sight and stepped up to the boy. "Take this and make a slash through your head band." He held out the kunai for the neko to take and nervously he did then undoing his headband he held it in front of him for a moment before slashing a line straight through it.
He handed the weapon back to the man before putting his headband back on. He really felt no affection for his country anyway, they had killed the only two people he loved and tried to hunt and kill him.
"Excellent." Still very uneasy he looked the man in the eyes. "Now what do I do, nyan?" With almost a smug smile he replied. "You meet the others."
/////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Authors Note:
I had another version of this story I was going to make first but with this one the Akatsuki minus Deidara are vampires and that's way more fun. Plus writing Deidara as a cat person is more fun than it should be.:3.
Okay readers this question is for you.
Instead of his normal 'un' I changed it to the Japanese word for meow. 'Nyan'. What do you people thing sounds better. Personally for this fic I like 'Nyan' seeing a he is a cat person.
There will be humor in the next chapter and the Akatsuki learn their version of hunting is quite different than their newest members.
Finished: 03/01/2009, 07:51pm.