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Deidara grinded his teeth in annoyance at the girl before him. He could tell she was just playing tough, stupid thing. Reaching into his clay puch he began to form a small bird, only to be tackled to the ground by Tobi-the kunai still attached to his mask.
"SENPAIII!!!! You'll give our position awaaay!" He screetched, before being shoved off. Deidara attempeted to regain his footing cursing at his clumsy teammate.
Tobi clumsily got up, his unexpected tackle to Deidara left the blonde nin with a black eye from where the kunai's hilt had jabbed him. Deidara grasped his eye "arg! you idiot hn" he hissed before tossing the half moulded birds angrily away, the lumps of barely defined blob squished onto the floor with a quick foot of Tobi, his dissapointed pose patronizingly irritated Deidara.
With a swift movement, Tobi dissapeared; fear gripping Hinata as though an unknown jutsu had cursed the land. But no, Tobi appeared behind Deidara and he shoved his partner towards like a human sheild. "UWAH" Deidara managed before smacking into Hinata, surprised with the turn of events.
Hinata had no idea what the masked man just did, but her main concern was her ENEMY now lying ontop of her, a very embarrasing position in Hinata's case-her face turning a bright red before attempting to push the heavier man off.
"A-ah! G-get off m-me!!!" Hinata cried in utter shock and embarrasment.
"ADWAHSHITFUCKLEMONAH!" Deidara's confused ramble as he scrambled to get off the target, flailing his arms about like a fish out of water. There was a surprised gasp from the girl and her face instantly flushed red as his hand had conviniently found it's way onto her breast, instantaneously he was kneed in the nose.
Hinata shook in embarrasment and anger at the older male as she stood before him, who happened to be kneeling on the ground holding his bleeding face. She could hear him murmer a few cuss words directed at her, and prepared to hit him again before a large arm wrapped around her neck from behind, pulling her backwards onto the ground with a large thud.
The thick sleeve of the black cloak muffled her screams of protest as Tobi smothered the young girl, a firm grip around her mouth, nose and neck until a sharp pain in her back welcomed her to darkness. Tobi losened his hold, letting the body slump onto the ground, the pale girl, her blue lips, barely breathing, but alive.
Hanabi finally saw the konoha gates on the horizon as she ran, ignoring the sharp pain in her shin. The sky was dimming, a orange hue cast over the greying sky. Yelling at the guards, when she was finally in hearing distance, she collasped into their arms as she bubbled out what had just happened, sobbing and breathless from the trauma and run. Sending one guard to the hokage immediatly, the other
tried to calm Hanabi down and get a more understandable story out of her.
It would be at least half an hour before a squad was fully assembled and ready to search. Within the search groups, Kiba and Shino etched to go, akamaru growling in anger-a clear emotion the two were trying to hide. Even though there was a fast reaction for the Hyuuga's appearance, it was by far to late for all of them- The akatsuki were already out of the country, high in the sky upon Deidara's clay birds.
Tobi looked to Dediara and gave a slight shrug, seemingly unbothered by the unconcious youth that sprawled undignified on the forest floor, luckily she was wearing something modest or onlookers would get the wrong idea.
Tobi gave an unseen smile and did an almost gai sensei style thumbs up to Deidara's unhappy expression "mission well done!" he chirped.
Deidara groaned in aggrivation at his stupid partner, before glaring back at the girl, still holding his nose. Kneeling down he looked at her closely, making sure she was not faking it. Standing back up suddenly, he motioned Tobi to pick her up while he summoned a bird.
Tobi groaned "awwww, but she's heavyy" he whined, asuming the girl was as heavy as a cow without as so much as touching her.
"JUST DO IT, UN!" Deidara cursed again, a slight wind picking up just as he summoned, causing him to dissapear in the smoke brought up in the summon for a moment, only to reveal him again ontop of the bird.
"lets just get out of here, hn- the girl will be telling authorities when she can get back. Should've killed her un..." Deidara remarked as he watched Tobi effortlessly pick up the young girl.
Tobi huffed and picked up the girl from the scuff of her coat "since when did Akatsuki care about the authorities?" he muttered to himself before pulling himself upon the birds mighty tail.
Hinata groaned in fading in and out of consciousness, the faint but sure feeling of being lifted from the ground by strong arms-before fading back into the darkness.
"I think she's alive senpaai" Tobi whined, "OFCOURSE SHE'S ALIVE YOU DUMB SHIT" Deidara snapped, having the longest period of quiet time to himself been interrupted (34 seconds). "Well I dunno, konoha ninja seem awful good at dying on us" he said innocently, Deidara huffed "that's because you always like to talk to them, they die as soon as the idiocy becomes terminal"
Tobi tilted his head to the side, as though a pup listening, but not understanding his masters mindless ramble. "'-uh, why do I even bother" Deidara finally finished after about 7 minutes of ranting (Tobi knew this for the fact that he would count rocks on the ground, one rock for every half second; that's a shit load of rocks!). Tobi half skipped up to where Deidara strutted on.
"why are you always so angry senpai?" Tobi asked with a cheerful, yet hauntingly hollow voice, "for all I know I could be annoying you". A pained chuckle escaped deidara's crooked smile, his face battered, bruised and maimed from the fight of two of the most incompetent fighters around, "noooo, you think?" he said in a low voice before averting his hindered sight to the ground infront of him.
Tobi skipped agian, Deidara's subtle speeding up did little to distance himself from the orange painted leech that festered on his backside, each bounce Tobi's step would make resulted and a groan from the captive. Tobi didn't notice, for the sound was drowned out by his constant questions.
"how long is it going to take? where are we? why do we need her? where did the other girl go? why are youi so quiet? whywhywhywhywhywhywhy-" "SHUT UPPPP" Deidara screamed, his fuming expression and burning eyes tearing through the mask, hating, wanting to see the child-like man infront of him break, finally just give some hint or clue that he couldn't possibly be this obnoxious.
Tobi smiled with a half completed laugh, none of this bothered him and he looked Deidara in the eyes, the dull red seemingly dead, hollow and unhuman; for once Deidara saw something that no one else knew. Tobi was more than he appeared to be.
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Hinata awoke in darkness, thinking she was just back at home, in her beloved room. But no, memories came flooding back to her, almost too much at once for her to handle it before she sat up suddenly, fumbling around in the darkness taking sturdy breaths to make sure she was still alive. She was on a bed, not a very comfortable one at that, but a bed was a start to answer her confusion. Her right arm seemed to ache, as though she had slept on it in a bad position. She slowly moved away from the bed, lightley tounching the walls around her, struggling to grasp the situation she was in. Her chakra felt depleted, but she recalled she didnt use much at all in the fight. Hinata scrunched her eyes up in protest of a sleepiness that wasnt leaving her, and tried to think rationally.
She had been kidnapped by the same people that wanted to kill Naruto! Panic? Remain calm?!
Hinata, failing to acheive anything in her quest in darkness, stumbled back to the creaky bed, and curled up whimpering at how vunerable she was in her situation. At the same time, she couldnt help but shiver at the feeling of being watched.
Tobi leant against the wall, the cloak for once in his years of duty actually suitable for camoflauge, though his weak aura of chakra could still be sensed by the Hyuuga member, the quiet moments of his observation critical on how he was to approach this individual in the most effective way.
Hinata gasped at a slight sound across the room, the ruffle of clothing and the shifting of a leg.
"W-whos t-there!?" Hinata shot back up again, activating her byakugan but recoiling in pain from a shock on her wrist. Shreiking, Hinata fell back onto the bed, clucthing her hand as a sharp tingle swepth throughout it. Something was blocking her chakra. And someone was in the same room as her. In the dark.
This was something Hinata was not happy with, and moved to the corner of the small bed, against the cool wall. She could smell the dampness of the room as she breathed deeply, swearing she saw a slight movement as her eyes gradually adjusted to the lack of light.
Tobi blinked, his eye as black as the room; "you're finally up" he said calmly.
Hinata jumped at the sudden response, her bottom lip quivering in fear. She still couldn't get over the fact she was alone in a dark room with probably someone who's killed thousands-and would have no problem in doing the same to her if she made the wrong move.
"W-who are you?!" Hinata shook as she tried desperatly to see who she was talking too and remain strong, even though her stuttering gave it away. She was scared out of her wits.
"Who and what I am doesn't matter" he replied shortly, "You on the other hand..." he paused for a moment, looking at her "Are a pathetic excuse for a ninja of Konoha"
Hinata's face reddened, glad the darkness was hiding it. She wanted to protest, but he did have a point since she was in enemy hands-something frowned upon in the Way of the Shinobi. Being taken captive was not something to be taken lightley-it proved you were weaker than your opponant, and at their complete mercy.
Looking down, she buried her head in her knees, the unknown man in the room only just able to hear her murmer.
"Why am I here then..." Hinata stated sadly in a small voice, feeling moisture build up in her eyes.
He took a step forward "Konoha has become weak" he extended his arm and grabbed a fistful of her hair, ripping it back so her face and neck were exposed, the tears shining down her face; "-Pittifully weak" he sneered dangerously, the whisper of his breath behind the mask eery and haunting. Tobi let go of the girl and softly traced a finger underneath one of her silvery eyes "It's powers unused and forgotten".
Hinata stiffened at the sudden contact, before attempting to push away the man. She didn't like where this was going one bit and cringed at the horrible thoughts going through her head.
"N-no..." Hinata exclaimed, shrinking back into the wall before trying to dart off the bed to get as far away from the man as possible.
Tobi's hand shot out, it's fingers a hooked claw, Hinata heard the movement and made the mistake to look back. The power of the sharinagan lanced forth, Tobi twisted his hand and the girl dropped to the floor, crying and writhing as pain blinded her.
Hinata clutched her head in unbearable pain, kicking and sobbing as she lay on the floor. Images flooded her brain, horrible ones, making her want to scream.
She only managed to choke out a few words and she felt a foot roll her onto her back.
"S-STOP!!" P-please!!! I'm s-sorry!!!!" Hinata cried, although she had no idea what she was sorry for. Sorry for being kidnapped? She didnt deserve this, why? Why was it her that had to go through these kind of things?
Tobi stood over her, looking down at the utterly pathetic sight, he released her as she panted heavily, shaking all over. He nudged her face with the toe of his shoe "you should be grateful; your heroic actions from before saved your friend from this pain" He stepped back and walked out of a hidden door. Leaving her sobbing alone in the darkness.