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Here's part two! You won't see much in this entry; its kind of short, but the next one should be exciting! Hopefully... R&R please!
"You can come on out, too," the person said and from behind him, for it was obviously a he with his man's voice, another figure appeared. When they came into the light, the girls could finally clearly see who these peoplewere. The first was a red haired man with a blank, serious expression, devoid of feelings. The second was blonde, her long hair pulled back into a ponytail except for her entire left side which hung down, covering her face. They were both wearing the common ninja outfits, vest and all. "Sorry about that, hmm," said the blonde and to the astonishment of the girls, it was a masculine voice. Nai rather successfully concealed her surprise but Aki's face was an open book and Nai let out a quiet, "Ack!", to notify her friend. The blonde narrowed his eyes, but smiling and said," I get that quite a lot. If you don't mind..." He sat down and the red haired man stood a bit longer before following suit. Aki slowly relaxed and sat cross legged and Nai put her kunai away. "Names, if you don't mind," Nai said, looking at the fire. "Ah. Deidara and that grumpy one is Sasori, at your service," the blonde said, giving a slight bow. "Aki", "Nai" came the response and Aki leaned over the pot checking the simmering stew.
"So what are you doing all the way out here?" asked Deidara. "I could ask the same for you" replied Nai trying to avoid anything about their mission. "Scouting for enemies...like those ruthless Akatsuki?!" exclaimed Deidara. The one called Sasori looked quite annoyed by this and put his hand on his head. "Hmm, I think I heard of them..." said Aki in an uninterested tone. "Who hasn't heard of them?I hear they're really brutal. I also heard about this on guy who turns his jutsu into wonderful pieces of art, hmm. Ouch!" Sasori quietly jabbed him in the ribs, looking even more annoyed.
"Sure..." Aki said, replying absently. "Ah! It's done!" She pulled out a spoon and two bowls. "Oh...Only two bowls. Hmm..." Aki went ahead and poured soup into them and gave one to Deidara and the other to Sasori. "Sorry Nai. We caneat out of the pot," Aki smiled and Nai coughed to conceal her displeasure. "Sure," she said. Deidara was startled and gave a weak, "Thanks" but Sasori was blank as ever and he thanked them in a monotone voice. Aki had brought extra spoons just in case and gave them out to everyone.
Aki watched Deidara as he slurped his soup. She thought he was cute with his smug expression and light temperament. Then she saw something that changed in his eyes. It looked like regret and a bit of something else that she couldn't discern. She looked at Nai who from the start had suspicions. Nai nodded. "Sooo... When are you going to tell us the truth?" Deidara looked up slightly surprised.Sasori just sat there looking bored. "What do mean? We're just shinobi scouting for Akatsuki, just like you."
"Then where is your headband?" Nai questioned, voicing her suspicions. Aki eyed the two strangers, wary of anything they would do.
Deidara balked and he glanced at Sasori. "It seems that you don't trust us..." Sasori drawled. "Of course we don't! What kind of shinobi are you?" Nai glared at the strangers. "I guess we have no choice, eh Sasori-danna?" "What?" Aki looked between them, confused. Nai was silent, then suddenly recognition flashed on her face. "Aki!! Think!" Nai gave a slight gesture, pointing at the strangers.'Them...Strangers...Deidara...Sasori...Shinobi...Missing headbands…missing nin…Akatsuki...AKATSUKI!! No wonder their names seemed familiar...They're members of the Akatsuki! But what are they doing here? Why aren't they in uniform? Why are they so friendly...?' Many more thoughts flashed through Aki's head as she identified what was going on. For a moment, fear played across her features, but was almost immediately covered with a smile of confidence. "More soup?" Aki asked, grinning innocently, ideas fiercely speeding through her head. Nai blinked, shocked at her friendly behavior; was she out of her mind? These are S-Ranked criminals, extremely dangerous and prone to have...Disastrous results at encounters. Sasori stared impassively, his pale aqua eyes analyzing the kunoichi. Deidara's eyes narrowed and he accepted the second serving.
"Aki?" Nai questioned as she handed Deidara the bowl. Before Deidara could even put the soup to his mouth Sasori grabbed his arm. "Nice try," he said in a dry voice.
Deidara looked confused until he looked at the soup. "What?! Poison, hmm?" "You're kind of gullible, Deidara," said Nai, "Pfft! Bragging about yourself and everything," Deidara sighed and got up. "Well, we were going to do this after you were asleep, but now it seems we have no choice, hmm" Deidara said as he got into a fighting stance.For a moment, Aki paused in her slow sipping of soup from her spoon. Nai stood up and pulled out two kunai.
"Aki..." she began. "Hmm? Mmm!" Aki dropped her spoon and got into a crouch, sticking her hands into her weapon pockets. Sasori remained sitting and was as calm as ever. "Ah, what a shame," Sasori sighed, "At least I won't have to wait anymore." The red headed criminal slowly got to his feet and pointed to Nai, "I'll take care of her, you get the other girl." Deidara smirked and mumbled something about revenge and disappeared. "Eh?" Aki cried as Deidara appeared before her. Nai turned to face Aki, hearing her cry of distress and felt a warm breath by her right. "That's a fatal mistake there..." said the cold voice, sending shivers down Nai's spine. A quick spinning kick to Sasori's ankles was given before Nai leaped clear.
In the meantime, Deidara was advancing on Aki. Aki pulled out shuriken and flung them at Deidara. The ninja dodged them all effortlessly. "Come now, you don't think that's going to stop me, hmm?" Aki glared at him and smiled when a small cut appeared on his right, visible cheek. Blood dripped down and his blue eye looked down at it in surprise. "Nope! Not at all!" Aki giggled as she dashed backwards.
And so, a battle begins...Who will prevail? The kunoichi on their mission or the S-Ranked criminals...? (That seems kind of obvious, but...bear with me...Xd) The next entry will show you a battle extroardinare! (Not really, sorry folks...)
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