Lilacs and Cyanide, Part Deux

Disclaimer: Naruto (c) Kishimoto

Miya (c) AromaticPain [deviantart

Yuka (c) Me [Takika/Manixa-chan

Yuka walked down the street to a small house and relayed her findings to her employer. "Subject was with bleach-blonde. bimbo type. Approximately 150 cm in height--" Yuka didn't even have to finish her description, as the woman confirmed the 'bimbo' to be her sister. She collected her pay and headed towards the inn, the only one in the village, which was two buildings down from the tavern.

Sasori had to hold back the sudden urge to slap his forehead and then proceed to smash Tobi's face- or rather, smash his mask in. He glared straight at the hole in the orange mask, his brown eyes showing more than just irritation now."Tobi, go. Now." He stated in a demanding tone. He couldn't care less if Tobi got lost; it's not like he'd be easy to beat and besides, Leader had once said that shinobi of his level weren't that hard to find.
Does it take that f-cking long to reach a tavern? He thought impatiently.

"Ah, I understand." Miya nodded. She stood still for a moment, thinking; it did sound like something wasn't right about this, but maybe the girl had just gotten sick and had to find a last-minute replacement. "Well, um... I really should get going, I need to catch up on some reading." This part she said it more to herself than to Bobu. "Hopefully Arisu-san was just not feeling well. I'll be here for a couple of days so tomorrow I can look for her; I'm a medical-nin, so if she needs anything I'll try to help. Free of charge." She slowly moved away from the counter, turning towards the door. "Goodnight." She told the man and walked off.
Although she didn't stop, she couldn't help but frown at the three men as she walked past them again. Odd.. . Was her only description for them as she headed off back to the inn.

Deidara watched Tobi leave the tavern and turned back to Sasori. "Maybe he just died or something. I don't know who in their right mind would want to make you wait, Danna."

As if on queue, a cloaked man approached them and casually took a seat by Sasori. "Sorry I'm late," He apologized; although his tone hinted that he didn't care. "You wanted information on the jinchuuriki from my village, yes? She lives here--" He pulled out a map and circled the location with a pencil. "It's not too far from here. My village would be pleased to be rid of that beast."

Deidara waved his finger at him. "We already know about the jinchuuriki. You were supposed to come up with something more valuable if you wanted us to spare you." He spoke in a soft, chastising tone, fully knowing that they'd end up killing him anyway--he knew too much.

"Right," the man said hastily, pulling out a scroll. "It contains forbidden justu."

Tobi sniffled softly as he walked into the inn. He hated being alone. Walking into the lobby, he hoped more than anything Deidara-senpai would be there soon to read him his bedtime story.

Yuka happened to be in to lobby at the same time, mentally calculating her earnings. She spotted Tobi at the other side of the lobby at frowned. She knew she had been careless, but had she been careless enough that others noticed? Probably. She couldn't take anymore chances tonight. She slipped away down the hallway to her room.

Sasori didn't need to comment on Deidara's statement, both because it was true that he didn't like to be kept waiting and because the man was apparently alive. And late. And in it for revenge as soon as they were done with the discussion.

He narrowed his eyes at him and the map where he revealed the jinchuuriki's location; was this all he had? They already knew where she was. Or was he dumb enough to mess with the Akatsuki thinking he knew more about their own plans than themselves? Deidara spoke what had crossed his mind and he almost smirked at how casually he had said it. He looked down at the scroll the man was presenting. "We would... Rather take a look at it before dismissing you."
Of course by dismissing, he meant a lot more than what one would understand, but it would be hard to figure out, with his dull tone of voice.

Miya was too distracted to notice one of the men leave the tavern shortly after her until she finally entered the inn and noticed the masked on there in the lobby. She could have sworn she saw a shadow on the hallway as she came in, but her attention had been directed to the man almost instantly.
Even though she couldn't see it, he seemed less cheerful than in the tavern. She walked up to the front desk; no one was there right now, so she assumed the person outside enjoying a smoke was just on a short break. She leaned onto the desk at the front and started tapping her fingers on the wood. "Those scrolls aren't going to read themselves..." She mumbled. She wasn't really impatient, but... She was just excited that she had gotten them and wanted to read them as soon as possible.

The man shifted in his seat. "Sure." He handed the scroll over.

Deidara opened the scroll and looked at his closely, then looked up to Sasori to see what he thought of it.

"I..I went through a lot of trouble to get it, see..." The man was at his wit's end, losing his composure. He began to fidget and paranoid as he couldn't read the expressions of the S-Ranked men sitting in front of him. "I have a wife...and kids."

Tobi rummaged through his pockets animatedly, looking for his key. He couldn't find it. But, he was a ninja, so he could just break in, couldn't he? Wow, this must mean he was like, smart or something! He trekked down the hallway, and stopped between two doors. Was his room 201 or 202? He went with the latter and used his 'skills' to unlock the door. Unfortunately, he made the wrong choice and found the room was already occupied by the woman who tried to kill Sasori-san earlier.

Yuka glared at him fiercely. She had been too careless. What did this guy know about her? Had he played stupid from the beginning or something? She couldn't take chances. She threw two kunai at him and chased him down the hallway into the lobby. [Although that wasn't the brightest idea to do either...

Moments before Yuka and Tobi ran back into the lobby, the clerk walked behind the desk from outside. "Can I help you?"

Sasori scanned the scroll carefully, taking in whatever information he could. It seemed real enough and Leader might be pleased if they took it - who knows, it could help their plans advance. He barely paid attention the man and the despair he knew he must be feeling. A family? Tch. He should have thought twice before speaking to them then. When he was done examining the item held out in front of him he turned his head to look at the man. However, he turned it slowly and a soft crack could be heard coming from his neck joint. His semi-closed eyes seemed to pierce straight into the man's soul. "We'll be taking this with us." He stated simply, closing the scroll and placing it somewhere inside his cloak. He gave Deidara a barely visible sign; he could kill him soon after they left the tavern, any way he wanted.

Miya noticed the masked man leaving towards the hallway, but decided not to pay much attention. She had seen a lot of unusual people by now, it's not like it was anything new. But there was just something... Odd about him. She directed her attention to the clerk as soon as he returned.
"Oh uh, I left my room key here a while ago. Room 204, rented to Kurosawa Miya?..." She said, smiling slightly at the man. That expression, however, changed when she looked towards the hallway, only to notice the masked man running back to the lobby. "What the...?"

Deidara grinned happily, knowing he could show off his 'art'. He stood and clasped his hand on the man's shoulder. "Come with me, un." He nodded to Sasori slightly. "I'll meet you at the inn in a few." He led the man outside the tavern into the forest across the street. "Do you like art?"

The man wondered if this was some kind of trick question. He'd heard about that kind of stuff before...He gulped nervously, unable to make eye contact with Deidara even though the dark masked both their faces. "Yes."

"Then you'll love this." Deidara said calmly. Moments later, he muttered his incantation, katsu/,which blew the man into oblivion. He walked out of the forest, finding the sleepy village undisturbed. Of course it would have. He used a low-grade clay to dispose of him. It merely sounded like a firecracker in the village.

"Right" The clerk handed over the spare key then yelled at Tobi and Yuka, who had just ran into the room. "I won't have any of that behavior going on in the inn. Take it outside!" The two obliged and the clerk smiled apologetically to Miya. "I'm sorry. We usually don't have so many odd guests here."

Yuka pulled Tobi outside of the inn by his collar. She pinned him against the wall. "Why are you following me?"

"Tobi isn't! Tobi is a good boy!" Tobi insisted, trying to squirm away. He almost got away, too, but as soon as he tried to form hand signs for an escape jutsu, his arms paralyzed.

"Let me ask you again," Yuka said slowly. She wanted a straight answer and wanted it now. If his friends showed up, she'd have to retreat and not know what he knew about her. How good of a spy could she be if she herself was being spied on. "Why are you following me?"

"I'm not!"

"You came in my room."

"I thought it was mine!" Tobi pleaded, trying to move his arms. Why couldn't he? Maybe it was genjutsu? He couldn't break that...not even after all the times he'd been put under one by Itachi...

As soon as the left Sasori couldn't hold back the smirk; although Deidara's concept of "art" included a lot of noise and a messy outcome, he still got the job done. He just hoped he would push it; they weren't supposed to draw attention to themselves - although a short 'kid', an androgynous blond male and a taller, dark-haired male with an orange mask with a hole on it clad in black cloaks with red clouds already gathered enough attention as it was.It took him a while until he finally got up, leaving some money on the table as to pay for what they- or rather what the other two had been drinking. Then he walked out, calmly heading to the inn.
As he got closer, her saw someone pushing Tobi against the wall. His pace quickened somewhat and as he got closer, he saw a brown-haired girl from earlier. She was apparently saying something as he stopped, shooting Yuka a cold look.
"Let him go." He stated in a demanding tone. "Now."

Miya smiled at the clerk. "It's alright, I'm not very normal myself..." She laughed nervously, but suddenly she realized who the female who had just left with the man was. That one from the tavern; but what was she doing at the inn. "Excuse me, I'm just going to check on something." She quickly walked towards the door, her hand already on her back pocket, her fingers easily finding the needles in case she'd have to pull them out. She peeked outside only to find the masked person against the wall. "What do you think you're do-"
"Let him go. Now."
She was interrupted by that voice as she stepped outside. Turning around she saw a redhead boy, looking at Yuka with a serious expression.