Two Sides
Written RP by TheNaughtyOne and mrsketchy
Ink droplets flickered across the scroll with an unexpected crack of wood, Madara sat there with a slightly annoyed twitch evident in his dark eyes. The calligraphy brush was shattered and fragments of bamboo lightly scattered onto the desk. The room was empty besides the Uchiha in the middle of the study, trying to preserve his sanity through written fantasies that grew across long blank scrolls with neatly curved kanji that was unique to the sharingan's ability to copy another's handwriting.
Madara was practicing the art of forging suicide letters, the kind one would place as faulty evidence near a victim's deathbed. Sweeping his hand and forearm across the desk the bamboo fragments fell into a pile on the floor, he'd clean it up later. He would procrastinate, he always procrastinated. There was no need for haste when you were a leader of a subtle organization, with some exceptions. Deidara, for one, was the flashiest, most naive shinobi in existence. It pained him to send the youngster out on missions, each one endangering the Akatsuki's secrets. With each passing moment the rock Nin was getting closer to his destination, his former village. Abandoned home; the stone village. It seemed bittersweet that he was the one chosen for the task, his upfront excuse was that Deidara had known the land better than most; his true reason was to test the Nin's loyalty to the organization. Standing up wearily the Uchiha left his private study, the smeared calligraphy now unreadable as ink dripped slowly across the paper on the slanting desk, something else he had procrastinated to fix; but first he had other matters to attend to.
Deidara approached the gates of his former village, noticing two guards at the front, slowly coming into better focus. Barely blinking, Deidara unzipped his clay bag and started to form his small works of art. He heard shouts from ahead, signaling they finally noticed him and decided he was a threat. "Probably this cloak" Deidara mumbled to himself, picking at the seam of his sleeve. As he got closer, one of the guards threw a kunai at him, which was easily dodged from that distance. He heard them shout again, telling him to stop in his tracks. He did, and the rock Nin's approached him. Another, from around the other side of the wall joined in. one of the Nin's noticed his forehead protector.
"You're a missing nin... from this village!" he shouted, grinding his teeth as he spoke.
Deidara sighed then brought his hands up to clap, causing the guards to flinch at his movement.
"Congratulations, you figured me out." Deidara spoke lazily. The guards became angered, and approached even closer to him, each bringing out their weapons. Three against one, Deidara breathed in as his eyes moved down to his hands.
This was going to be too easy.
Gloved fingers scratching at his short hair, Madara slipped over the acrylic orange mask, physical and persona changes were noticeable as soon Tobi walked down the hallway, one of many that formed the almost labyrinth-like tunnels that were underneath the main area of the Akatsuki's hideout. Another member passed, Hidan who bothered to shoulder
Aside Tobi. Unfazed by the hateful gesture Tobi apologized, remembering to add a nervous stutter to each word. He wasn't Madara, he wasn't anyone of importance now, and Hidan along with other select members were never going to let him forget it. Akatsuki was naïve (another point that he had procrastinated to bring up on conversations), their sight blinded with their power and the fear that was all
Too obvious when they occasionally surfaced at night to bring living nightmares to the villages that hosted jinchuuriki. He didn't give a reason to the supposable 'higher-ranked' members for his leaving; they didn't care. Uchiha Madara strolled away from the riverside hideout, following the trail that Deidara had left not a day earlier.
Deidara stepped over one of the guards' body. He didn't look back to see the spilled blood, the mangled bodies, or the contorted faces. He didn't look back at anything. Only forward. In a way Deidara was relieved that he was to do this assassination in this village he used to call home. It could help him become stronger, more immune to feelings. After all, that's what mere shinobi were-Tool. And that's exactly what he was. A tool for Akatsuki.
The overwhelming stench of fresh blood stung Tobi's nostrils, causing his breath to quicken as adrenalin coursed through his body. None of this was obvious to any onlookers, only the slightest flinch of a hand at his side. Yes indeed, Deidara was too flashy, he didn't need confirmation as the smouldering of burnt flesh and hair was rancid and would cause the village alarm. He sighed and decided to walk a less direct route to the gate; unlike SOME ninja he had common sense.
Deidara watched from a rooftop of a small building as shinobi yelled orders to each other to spread out and find the intruder. Deidara smirked to himself. "The distraction worked, hm?" Deidara nodded, before shuffling away from the edge of the roof to make his way to the designated area him victim was supposedly living. He was a rich man, from what Deidara had been informed, and had helped Akatsuki at one point, but did something to betray them. Maybe gave away a hiding spot, or the identity of someone. Whatever it was, it was Deidara job to clean up the mess. He jumped from building to building, making sure not to be seen and masking his chakra as best as he could, hand at the ready to form more of his wonderful creatures.
Releasing
the transformation technique, the rock village Nin uniform dissipated
from Tobi's body in a stream of smoke. Gate guards were all too
sloppy these days, mainly because they never suspected S ranked
criminals to come through the front door. Besides they were already
busy trying to find the suspected murderer to not notice one of their
own walking towards the village. With a quick movement of a hand,
while a shop owned was busy packing away their wares, Tobi swiped a
sweet from the rack. Taking no subtlety while walking away, He
removed his acrylic orange mask from his face, breathing in the cold
night air, free from the stuffiness from his mask. In the dark no one
could identify him and he already guessed Deidara would be far within
the village already, while the Uchiha was among the outskirts. He
slowly ate the sweet, strolling down the street past stray animals.
Wasting time before he had to turn in for the night.
Finally,
Deidara found his target-well, the house he lived in. Deidara stared
in slight awe of the size. He took that back, this wasn't a house,
it was practically a palace.
"Hmmm... This was going to be
tricky, 'cause if this guy was that rich, there would definitely be
some trouble laying in there waiting. If word hadn't gotten around
the guy inside might have already left to another safe-place. Deidara
sighed and began to approach the property when he froze in mid step.
A familiar chakra was getting closer. But, the more Deidara tried to
figure out who it was, the more confused he became. It had a hint of
something else to it, frustrating him as he backed up from the
property and jumped to another rooftop in search of this source. If
anything, it could be new information on the rich guy's whereabouts,
or someone to back him up. It could be a completely new person for
all he knew. Deidara stopped again. He took in a large breath and
prayed that it wasn't who he thought it was.
Tobi rolled the
melting lolly in his mouth, savouring the taste. The rock candy
unique to these hotter parts of the land were long lasting and good
to trade, but strangely enough, were hard to find anywhere else. He
stood in the shadow of the street and looked at the kage's towering
building; -I wonder how many tax raises that took to build- he
thought in a dull tone as lanterns illuminated the area around it.
Deidara would be somewhere around there, he knew. Instinctively Tobi
raised his line of sight, expecting a sky born Deidara to be blasting
his way in as per usual. Strangely enough, there was nothing there;
frowning slightly, Tobi replaced his mask, slipping it over his
spiked hair with an automatic hand movement. Deidara couldn't find
him, just yet anyway. The concept of been watched highly alters one's
actions significantly; and this would change the outcome of the test
completely.
Deidara got closer and closer to the source, masking
his chakra more so than he had ever done before. If it was so
familiar, why was he so cautious? Deidara flicked his hair out of his
face and felt beads of sweat flick away as well. Using his eyes
scope, Deidara edged over the roof top and peered below. Deidara's
jaw tightened and his grip clenched the roof edge before he moved
back again. Yup, it was him alright. Deidara closed his eyes in
frustration. It was Tobi. Godforsaken Tobi was here.
A sudden
shock went of Tobi's spine and instinctively several kunai found
themselves plunged deeply into the roof shingle above him. After a
second he realised what had happened, damnmit! He had jeopardized the
original intent of the mission! He mentally swore again and quickly
disappeared in a puff of smoke only to appear some hundred metres
away. His hand smacked his own forehead, he was careless.
Deidara's
eyes opened just in time to see, and dodge kunai that had suddenly
found their way to them. Deidara skidded to the side, one kunai
barely cutting his left cheek, but another had found its way into the
side of his leg. Deidara swore and gripped the handle of the
protruding weapon in his thigh.
"Shit!" Deidara
grimaced. He got too careless. With a quick thrust he pulled out the
kunai and inspected the damage. Nothing extremely dangerous, but damn
it hurt. Deidara lay on his back and glanced over the side, swearing
yet again how Tobi had disappeared.
"Cant do anything, can
you Tobi? Just run and hide as always hmm?" Deidara smirked;
guess he would have to this from the skies now that his leg was in a
mess. This whole town was in for it now.
"So much for
practicing my stealth hmm?" Deidara winced as he sat up, and
brought forth a bird shape he already had formed, casting a shock of
chakra to enlarge the bird. Jumping on top, Deidara began to move the
beast towards the mansion again.
"If he's hiding somewhere
else, then I guess this town will have to taste my art,
hmm?"
Twisting his mask to the side, Tobi spat out the lolly
sourly, what one tasted sweet now was tasteless as sand, fair enough
because the air was musty with dust and stale wind. He sighed,
nothing he could do at the moment except stand by and watch. Where
would he go that he wouldn't get caught or exploded? Tobi thought as
a white blur flew upwards, Deidara was about to wreak havoc.
Deidara
smirked as he formed new little bombs in his palms, sending chakra
through his arms and into the clay. This was going to be fun, he
smiled. Finally over the tall palace, he released several small
birds, and watched them as the scattered over the premises. Raising
his hands to form the seal, he prepared to begin the show.
Tobi
leant back, his arms crossed as he stood on a large boulder up one of
the Side Mountains that surrounded the area. He exhaled; satisfied
that Deidara had shown no physical hesitation towards his goal. That
was always a good sign, who knew what the rock Nin was thinking, but
then again Akatsuki was about getting things done. And all ninja's
were known for their lack of sympathy.
Waking up suddenly, Deidara
almost fell out of the tree he was resting in. Finally gripping the
branch and wiping the sleep dust from the corners of his eyes, he
blinked lazily as he smelt smoke upon his clothes, and watched a dark
haze over the horizon float across the orange sky. It was morning,
the day after the now historic attack of the hidden rock, his former
village. Deidara looked away from the sky and jumped down from
the branch and landed lightly on the ground, before gasping in
pain and shock from his leg. He quickly sat and lent against the tree
behind him to lessen the strain on his leg, and cringed, biting his
lip almost hard enough to draw blood. Damn it hurt. Dammit.
A
sudden movement of orange in front of Deidara's vision startled the
rock Nin; "Hullo senpai!" Tobi practically shouted the
greeting in his face, though muffled with his mask, it still served
to shake the sleepy Nin to an agitated state.
Deidara rubbed his
temples, grinding his teeth.
"... Hi, Tobi." He spoke
flatly. He removed his hands to notice a deepening red form around
his wound, seeping into the already darkened pants. He must've
reopened the wound when he jumped down. Moving quickly he put his
hand over the wound, cringing as he tried to stop the blood
flow.
"Look, Tobi, if you're gonna hang around, make
yourself useful. There's some bandages beside my clay bag"
Deidara pointed, his clay bag a little to the side of him.
Tobi
pouted, despite the mask covering up his facial expression, "but
you're closer senpai. You're just lazy"
Deidara scowled, and
released the wound to grab the bag, since it was on the same side as
his already-in-use arm.
Grunting, Deidara struggled to do it with
one arm again as his hand clasped the wound and undid the clips for
the bandage.
"You were careless" Tobi Poked Deidara's
nose, he was still hanging upside down from a branch. A feeling of
contempt filled Tobi as Deidara's face twitched slightly with
contained anger. Pissing him off was Tobi's favourite sport.
Deidara
had enough. Quickly shaking his head to remove the finger invading
his space, he finished the bandage with a neat knot, not caring about
the spots of red already appearing upon the starch white. Deidara
heaved himself up, still leaning against the tree, and struggled to
push Tobi's legs away before him.
"I don't need this
right now, hn." Deidara stepped forward, only to feel his legs
fail him as they moved.
Tobi, who was still hanging upside down
from a high branch carelessly caught the back of Deidara's cloak and
held him an inch off the ground. Deidara dangled like a kitten held
from the scuff of its neck. Tobi cocked his head to the side "you
were careless" he repeated with a slight frown from under the
mask.
Deidara hung there for a moment, going over what was going
on, before flailing his arms in an attempt to get away from Tobi's
grip."Put me down you idiot!!!" still struggling to grab
Tobi himself.
Maintaining his grip on the back of Deidara's cloak,
Tobi pulled him up a little higher, until he could see Deidara's
face. He hung there, fuming as Tobi repeated; "you were
careless. Why was that senpai?" he said with an almost distaste
of the title.
Deidara stopped struggling at the iciness of Tobi's
tone. The sudden change of power was defiantly noticeable and Deidara
didn't like it. Deidara's teeth clenched as he managed to stare right
back into Tobi's small eye hole, which he still couldn't see
through, even at this closeness.
"Put me down, Tobi" He
impersonated the way Tobi's voice had called Deidara's, and continued
to glare into the expressionless mask.
The eeriness snapped within
Tobi and he chirpily replied with an almost instant swing, "haaai~
senpaaai~" he laughed and with a loud THUD Deidara landed
heavily on his rump. Tobi was laughing in his usual childlike
fashion.
Deidara yelped in pain at the ache in his thigh, as well
as his ass, and gave Tobi the meanest look he could muster in his
position.
Finally, a while later, Deidara was at his feet, as was
Tobi on the ground. Deidara painfully looked up at the sky,
processing how far it would be to get in time to an inn by
nightfall.
Tobi skipped a step then whirled around, "you
coming senpaaaai~?" he had the habit of stretching the 'a' sound
to the point that it gave Deidara a headache.
Deidara breathe
became shallow as he tried with all his might to not throw the clay
he was currently holding at Tobi. No, he needed to use this clay to
get around before he could restock. With a flick of the wrist, and a
small utter, two giant birds formed before the two Nin's. He was
not in the condition to walk, and hearing the wind against his ears
instead of a inconsistent babbling from a person in particular.
With
great effort, Deidara clambered onto the birds back, and started to
take off.
"You coming Tobi?" Deidara growled, hating how
his day had already been shattered by a bad start.
Tobi jumped
atop the large bird, sitting on its back as though it was a
backing-bull "giddy-up!" Tobi mocked a riders hand gesture
of waving a hat wildly with his scarf; though the end of the fabric
got caught on the creature's stiff tail 'feathers' and he was yanked
backward.
Deidara rolled his eyes before cringing suddenly from a
sudden spurt of pain from his leg and doubled over, gripping soft
clay underfoot. Sweating hard, Deidara gritted his teeth yet again
and faced forward, trying hard not to lose control in the birds.
Finally he regained his control and gained altitude and headed east,
using the suns position considering it was still morning. Hours would
pass until they finally reached a small town with a reasonable inn to
stay in.
Tobi untangled his scarf from the bird's bodice and sat
upright; completely oblivious he tried to get Deidara's attention but
failed. His partner was obviously not in a mood to talk, or even
interact with anyone else. With the slightest of gestures by Deidara
the birds angled downwards, "WAAAAaaaahhh~~" Tobi's yell
faded as he was muffled with the many leaves by one of the trees
nearby.
The
sun had only just begun to set by the time Deidara was on a bed, in
his own room of a shabby inn. He needed rest, the tongues of his
hand-mouths hanging out, exhausted. Deidara strained his entire body
just to find a more comfortable position facing the wall. Tobi's room
was right next to him, and strangely enough, the walls were thin
enough for Deidara to hear a small murmur coming from that
room.
Deidara slowly sat up and quietly pressed his ear against
the wall.
Strange, Deidara thought. Was Tobi talking to someone?
Deidara shuffled to get a better position and pressed his head
against the wall. And, although his heart was beating so fast, his
body was exaughsted. His chakra sources extremely low aswell. To
anyone that was paying attention to that, it would seem that Deidara
was sleeping.
The voices drifted from the wall, muffled by the
boards that separated the rooms. Deidara caught a few words "it's
already been jeopardized by your insolence!" 'I... I know.."
Tobi's voice replied. "And now because of it y--" the words
were unheard as the sound of pacing around the room drowned them out.
A few murmurs of deep thought were caught then "don't fail me
again" was growled firmly. "Ha..." a pause."Hai
senpai" Tobi whimpered, the sound of someone letting themselves
fall back into a chair was all that replied.
Deidara's eyes
widened at that last word. Suddenly he was more awake than before and
pushed from the wall to get up. Slowly he made his was out of his
room, shivering at the coldness of having no cloak and limping
slightly from his leg. Making his way to the door, Deidara was about
to knock lightly, but decided against it and turned to leave. If it
was of any great importance, Deidara couldn't handle it at the
moment. He needed rest.
Tobi held his head with his hands, elbows
on knees. He felt defeated and drained, yet he didn't want to close
his eyes to sleep, he just couldn't. The sound of unbalanced
footsteps came from the room next door, Deidara was awake? Tobi
quietly stood up and tiptoed to the door, opening it a tiny crack
just for his eye to peer through. Deidara was on the bed, seemingly
asleep. He blinked sadly, and looked away. Sometimes he felt he
needed Deidara beyond professional needs. Slowly closing the door
again he turned away. Why was he so weak?
Deidara slowly opened
his eyes and glanced towards the door of his room. It was closed, yet
he could've sworn he heard it opening. Deidara sighed, and returned
to his rest.
All news of the small scale man-slaughter hadn't
reached the inn yet, everyday life at the building started early in
the morning, before the bird sounded their waking cries. By the time
the sun was in the sky, the blonde rock Nin stirred from his
uncomfortable sleep.
Deidara strained his eyes at the light
filtering through the window. He'd forgotten to close the curtains,
dammit. Deidara pulled himself out of bed. Another day, he thought
wearily to himself as he dragged himself to a small table and chair
in the corner of the room. Removing his pants and grabbing another
set of bandages he painfully began to redress the swollen wound.
Deidara sat in the chair for awhile, staring at his pants lying in a
heap on the floor next to him.
"I need new pants...hmm."
he thought, slightly annoyed
Tobi hadn't moved from the chair
against the wall of his room, the slight noises from the room next to
his signalled Deidara was awake and like a one-legged kick dancer he
gracefully hobbled around the screeching floorboards. His head
slipped from his cupped hands and with a surprised snort Tobi nearly
toppled off of the chair with the sudden shift of balance. He stood
up, taking note to briefly open his mask so he could wipe the droll
from his chin. Tobi yawned, stretching far enough to hear his elbows
and knees pop like an arthritic old man. He smiled at the thought and
walked to the door, opening it slightly. "Hullooooo Deidaraaa
senpaaaai~" he greeted slowly with another yawn.
Deidara gave
a quick glance at Tobi before gazing back to his crumpled clothes on
the floor.
The floor. Oh no... Deidara blushed hugely, before
turning away. He was just wearing boxers, yet why was he acting like
this! Deidara felt Tobi's stare bore into his back, and turned to
face him again, returning the greeting quietly and pushing himself up
for the table to limp towards his pants.
"Any news from the
Leader?" Deidara questioned, facing away as he put on his pants.
He eyed Tobi, expecting a reply to confirm his suspicions. If Tobi
hadn't any news, then who was he talking to last night?
Tobi
ruffled his hair to its usual spiky self "huh? nah" he said
without thinking and walked over to the door, "I'll go get
breakfast...or lunch..." he turned back to Deidara "what
time is it senpaaaai?" he asked cheerfully, he had repeated this
question remorselessly during the flight to test Deidara's patience
and the urge was too hard to resist to start of the day with a good,
grumpy buddy.
"How the hell should I know, Tobi??"
Deidara exasperated before collapsing back onto his bed. "Bring
me something if you find anything good..." Deidara sighed as his
eyes slowly closed. Tobi avoided the question. Ah, geez. Man this guy
was annoying, Deidara thought as he heard the door click shut.
Tobi
edged past several people who war in the hallways of the inn,
bustling about with the late morning activity that raised a chorus of
cluttering of brooms to clinking of china. Making no eye contact with
the Akatsuki member, out of habit or fear, Tobi soon found himself
outside the small, if somewhat shabby inn. Turning to the left,
markets were open next door to travellers who wished to trade for
goods. This time Tobi actually paid for the items of purchase,
stopping briefly at the cat calls of a sneaky old woman who was
dealing jewellery. She harassed him to buy something and Tobi, not
wanting to start an argument to draw even more attention, bought a
silver sterling watch, unsure if it was made for females as a present
or just too waste precious metals. Quickly walking from the markets
with a small paper bag of items he bought, Tobi returned to the room
where Deidara lay on the bed lazily, not wanting to strain his leg.
Tobi threw a cup of instant noodles (lacking the hot water) on
Deidara's bed as well as some fresh bandages and the watch he bought.
Briefly tossing an apple with his hand, not daring to eat it in front
of his comrade but to make an entrance.
Deidara's eyes cracked
open and watch Tobi turn away to eat, before he sat up and grabbed
the box of noodles. Looking around, Deidara realised there was no jug
for boiling water, and felt his right eye twitch in frustration.
"I'm
going for a walk...or a fly or something" Deidara grumbled,
limping past Tobi with a face of thunder. He could get his own food.
Maybe some eggs wrapped in seaweed were around here... Deidara
cringed at the pain in leg but dealt with it. Having two arms ripped
off was pain, this was nothing. As Deidara closed the door behind
him, an idea dawned on him. Before slightly walking away, he masked
his chakra slightly like it was getting faint. Then, slowly creeping
back to the door, once again masking the chakra as far as he could
muster, he lent against the door, his ear pressed hard against it. If
Tobi was going to lie to him, then Deidara was going to have to find
out what was going on the hard way.
Tobi took the apple away from
his mouth, he wasn't hungry, he only just realised. Had he used the
breakfast excuse to get away from Deidara? "Why?" Tobi
looked down at the apple in his hands, rolling it slightly between
his palms. Why did Deidara intimidate him? "Because you're weak"
he growled at himself, a flinch of pain struck his temple and Tobi
gasped, dropping the apple to the floor not noticing it roll to the
door. Tobi clasped his head as the pain had caught him off guard,
"wh...What's happening?" he winced.
Deidara's eyes
widened at what sounded like trouble going on inside. But, then
again, it sounded as if Tobi was talking to himself... Deidara
snapped out of his thought s as he heard a large thud. Deidara
decided it was enough for him to re-enter. Opening the door in a
hurry, Deidara's eyes blinked before he realised at what seemed Tobi
was having a small fit on the floor. Deidara darted towards him,
rolling Tobi off his stomach and onto his back.
"Tobi?! Tobi!
Snap out of it!" Deidara gasped, suddenly worried at his
partners condition. Never before had Deidara been faced with
something like this. Suddenly, Tobi Stopped moving, his head relaxing
against Deidara's hip. Shit, Deidara thought in a hurry. What if he
couldn't breathe or something? Deidara's shaking hands moved towards
Tobi's mask, only to startle as a hand snapped up and grabbed his
wrist in a vice-like grip. Deidara Gasped in pain as he heard a small
crack.
Madara's blood red eye glared at Deidara, a dangerous aura
venting from the small hole of the mask. The lance of fear from
Deidara made him unconsciously clench his vice-like grip harder, a
dangerously large crunge of protest from the bone echoed into the
silence.
Deidara tensed his shoulders as the pain in his wrist
increased, and struggled to pull back as he could feel the grip
tightening once more.
"T-Tobi?" Deidara gasped in pain
and confusion at what was going on. Deidara froze as Tobi slowly
rose, the grip never lessening as Tobi continued to stare at him, the
room almost suffocating in a horrible feeling. Deidara yanked back
again, only to feel a blow to the chest, sending him skidding across
the floor and into the door behind him. Deidara choked before
glancing up and quickly reaching for the doorknob slightly above
him.
Madara slammed the flat of his hand against the door, holding
it shut, his gaze never left Deidara's fearful blue eyes. With one
swift movement, he grabbed Deidara's injured wrist and yanked the
blonde haired Nin forward with a painful jolt so that agony exploded
though Deidara's limbs. Kneeling down slightly, Madara put his head
next to the helpless Akatsuki's. With a smirk he spoke,
"you
were
careless"
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Deidara
leapt up from his damp pillow, sweat pouring down his face, and
shirtless body. Gasping for breath, He looked around the blackness of
the room he was sleeping in wildly, almost thinking someone was
there.
Someone...
Deidara took in another gulp of air and tried
to calm himself from his restless sleep. It was the eleventh night
in a row he'd been waking up like this. A cycle that never
seemed to ease him from the world. He was afraid to sleep. Afraid to
wake up to something. Deidara closed his eyes and felt his body
tremble from the chill seeping down his spine, not bringing any
comfort to his body sticky with sweat. He held his breathe for a
moment, and listened to his heartbeat finally settling down. Slowly
lying down again, Deidara flipped over the warm pillow and lay on the
cooler side; his breathe hitting his face as it bounced off the cool
material. Shuddering slightly, Deidara lay there in the dark and
prayed it would all end soon.
He couldn't take this torture
anymore. It had been over two weeks, yet everyday made it feel like
an eternity. Spending any more time with...with...'him'; Deidara
didn't know what to do anymore. Slowly, Deidara felt his body
become slightly more relaxed, and waited patiently for the darkness
to take him away. It only came once a night, it was over.
For
now.
Deidara
had finally settled down, the turning had never stopped nor his
constant twitching or gasps ceased. Is this all my fault? Madara
thought to himself, to bring an s ranked criminal, an Akatsuki no
less, down to the mentality of a small wounded child crying for the
embrace of a mother that simply wasn't there. Had he done this?
Light
filtered onto Deidara's face through the curtains gap, causing his
eyes to squeeze tighter in annoyance. Realising it was finally
morning, Deidara pushed himself off the futon and stood wearily,
blinking at the suns rays showing dust dancing around him. Coming to
his senses, Footsteps were heard approaching his small room.
Deidara's head snapped to the direction of the sound, his eyes
thinning and palms already beginning to sweat.
Madara flexed
his fingers as the cold metal handle touched lightly against his bare
hands. In this weather there was no need for excess warm clothing,
and he doubted dusting for fingerprints would do anyone any good.
Despite the humidity, the trade mark mask was still tightly pulled
over across the Uchiha's face, the man's hot breath causing sweat to
develop on his face and a hollowed husking breath whistled hauntingly
through the small opening that gave the ninja just enough room to see
the outside world. Madara's hand twitched, he knew what was on the
other side of the door, he knew the face that Deidara now woke with,
denied of any comfort that one would usually seek from the warm folds
of fabric that was his bed. With the protest of squeaking metal, the
door edged open and Madara pushed the old door open, the bottom of
the wood screeching across the floor with the least of subtlety that
gave the ninja their trade mark. Smoothly, the Uchiha walked into the
room, with an awkward step that became more pronounced in the man's
gait. Madara walked past Deidara, ignoring the face of barely
concealable horror, stepping over the mess of blankets strewn across
the floor from a restless sleep; closing the door to his room behind
quietly.
Deidara released his held breath with a heave, his
trembling hands finding themselves again as Deidara dared not to look
behind him again. It was a new day, and He took in another breath and
walked towards the door leading outside the small inn they were
resting in-even though it was not rest Deidara was receiving.
Making
his way down the stair and past the reception, Deidara blinked at the
morning light, much brighter as to what it was in his small room. It
was market day, and he watched as people ambled about making their
ways to their destination-faces shrouded with unawareness off who was
near them. It was strange for Deidara to go unnoticed; being an
S-ranked criminal made it hard. And, even though it was a different
feeling, it was all Deidara was wanting right now.
The feeling of
going unnoticed... and unharmed.
Rustle of blankets, soft...delicate footfalls on the floor, scraping of an old door and the click of metal. These sounds were all too familiar for the acute hearing of the Akatsuki member; Deidara had just left the room, it had been the routine for the last week or so. Madara kneeled on the dusty floor; stupid maid was too scared to enter their room, though he paid good money for the service. He blinked, once, twice, for some reason he felt... incomplete. Incomplete when he was alone, when the presence was all but gone. He thumbed the mask off over his nose and didn't notice the orange wood clatter to the floor, rolling in a waft of particles of dust. Madara sat there, and waited until that door would open again, and those delicate footsteps carried the one he desired.
Wandering around the bustling stalls, Deidara ignored the people pushing to and fro, their shoulders bumping into each other, few mentioning a small apology. He wandered down the narrow street, and smelt foods and spices waft around him. He was in the moment-a place he enjoyed to be, and belonged in. Deidara scavenged some spare change from his pocket and scuffled over to a small stall selling hot foods. Buying a snack, He munched on it as he tried to find time to avoid heading back to the inn. He would have to sometime. He always did. Deidara remembered to when he decided he couldn't take it anymore and tried leaving the whole area he and... Tobi were staying at whilst Tobi was out. The plan failed, and not only did Deidara majorly regret the decision, but he was reported to Pein, who was told Deidara was trying to escape Akatsuki for his own accords. Pein let him off, although Tobi was told to keep a closer eye on him. Trying to run away from his problem only made it worse. Deidara stopped in his tracks and dropped the half eaten snack to the ground. He was going to have to deal with this himself. Deidara closed his eyes tightly before heading back to the inn, slowly. As the building came into sight, Deidara felt the coldness off the clay within the pouch on his side.
Tobi exhaled and let himself fall forward, forehead
touching the ground in front of him. He sat there huddled over, he
felt the craving calling from inside, he had hurt Deidara that night,
but Deidara had hurt him so much more. Tobi was dying of thirst on
the edge of the ocean, it was there within his grasp but he couldn't
have it. Deidara mocked Tobi day in and day out for several months.
Tobi had...no, Madara had suffered from the naivety that riddled
Deidara like worms of a rotting corpse.
Creaking.
The familiar
sound caused Madara's eyes to snap open, the ghost of a smile
twitching on his lips.
Deidara paused at the door of the inn room,
listening intently inside before even reaching for the door handle.
Silence. Deidara squeezed his eyes shut again. He hated
silence-especially in this kind of situation. He couldn't know if
Tobi had gone out to look for him, or if he was still inside, waiting
silently for his return. Deidara gulped, and moved his hand towards
the door knob. He had to do this, he had to! But, as Deidara's
fingertips brushed the doorknob, his body shuddered in agony, just
knowing what was to happen if he opened that door. Deidara pulled his
hand back suddenly, recoiling like it was burning hot. Maybe he could
wait a little longer... Go for a walk through the park, or get
supplies... Anything. Deidara's jaw tightened as he turned from the
door to leave again. He couldn't deal with this.
Madara waited,
his body shaking as the intensity in the atmosphere grew unbearable.
The silence was agonisingly long, had he imagined it? A shiver
creeped down his spine. He never blinked during the few minutes of
uncertainty as a visitor hesitated at the door, his eyes wide in a
psychotic extract within the depths of his mind. Slowly turning his
head, the crazed Uchiha stared at the door, his crooked smile
twitched within his madness.
The presence.
The one he
craved.
Was just outside... that... door.
Deidara took a step
forward, heading away from the door to head back outside, when a
feeling came over him. He had felt this feeling before- thick,
unfocused chakra, seeping out of the room behind him. Without
thinking, Deidara own chakra flared, revealing to anyone that he was
indeed outside. Deidara's eyes widened and quickly masked it again.
Deidara began to walk forward again to get out of there, quickly.
The
anxiety flooded through Madara, his tense fingers grabbed at the
floor, no,
NO!
His fingernail's tore at the ground. A starving wolf robbed of its
meal, no, there was no collar or chain; Madara stood up, he staggered
as the floor seemed to pull itself from under his feet. Gripping the
doorframe, the edges of his mouth pulled into a hungry grin. He
walked unevenly towards the door and grabbed the handle, nearly
tearing the door of its hinges in his blinded hunger.
Deidara
almost tripped when he heard the door tear open. His eyes widened as
he made his way to turnaround, only to be knocked onto the ground
from behind-too fast. Deidara struggled to get up again, only to have
a foot rammed into his ribcage and a hand entwine themselves into his
long hair making him face up towards his captor. Tears brimmed the
corner of his eyes as he realised he made a mistake, and he was going
to pay for it.
