"Great food!" Kisame commented.
"Yes," Leader agreed. "It is well cooked."
"Thank you very much Leader-sama, nya." She bowed to him as deeply as she could without fear of falling over. "Would you mind if I stayed here for a while?" I hope he doesn't notice the herbs, please dear god don't notice!
"We'll talk about it after dinner." Leader ate more rice, ending the conversation.
Ayami looked around, there were only six other people at the table, when there should be eight. Konan, Zetsu, Itachi and Kisame were missing from the table. I imagine it was Itachi and Kisame that left.
The chatter at dinner was loud for such a small group. Sasori hardly spoke; Deidara, sensing something was wrong, also spoke little. Dinner was soon over and Ayami took the dishes in to the kitchen. She had just started to scrub them when Leader came up behind her.
He spoke menecingly, the blade of a kunai to her throat. "Why were you here, really? Who told you about this place?"
"I doesn't matter why I'm here leader. Wantanabe Hiro told me where this was, but he's already dead, nya. I killed him by my own hands." She tried to speak calmly.
He pressed the blade to her skin threateningly. "Everything in this compound is my bussiness because it is all my responsibility. You had best tell be now."
"No, nya. My secrects are going to stay that way and you can't change it. I won't tell what I'm not allowed to tell, nya." She wished she was speaking face to face with Leader. He stood behind her with the kunai to her throat and she couldn't even read his facial expressions.
"Those words may cost you your life." She swallowed, almost chocking. The blood ran down her pale skin, staining her dress. Even with her small pain threashold foe pain, she would endure it.
"Tell me." His voice was flat and he spoke without emotion. The blade was pressed harder against her throat, causing the beads of crimson to stain her shirt. "I can't have a squealer on Akatsuki territory. If you know as much as you like to think you do, you will understand that."
"I swear on Amatrasu, the goddess of the sun, I swear it, nya! I am not here to rip it apart or to learn anything about it, nya. I am here to get..." She stopped herself mid-sentance. What am I saying? I'm trying to prove that I am trustworthy!
Leader laughed, and removed the kunai. "I can trust you I image, but how did you get in here?"
"I tunneled throught the rock, nya. I used sand jutsu to wear it down then I recrystalized it harder behind me using pressure, nya. I started about 100 meters from here, Leader-sama."
Leader shook his head and went off to do something in his room. She finished scrubing the dishes, trying to ignore the iratating cut in her throat. When she finished she went Sasori's room. She knocked on the door, when she didn't hear a responce, she walked in. The bed infront of her was Sasori's, the one to her left was Deidara's. The puppets that Sasori was working on were on his table, while Deidara's clay sculptures were to the left of the bench on what resembled a bookcase.
Having no where else to sleep, Ayami decided to sleep in the corner of the room. In the closet there was a threadbare, moth eaten blanket and a lumpy goose feather pillow. She went back out to get herself something to eat, having been too nervous during dinner. When she came back the door was shut. When she knocked, she was surprised to hear a responce.
"What do you want, un." It wasn't Sasori-sensei, it was Deidara-san.
"Nya..." Ayami didn't know what to say to Deidara-san. "It's Ayami, nya. Can I come in?
He gave a non-commital, "un..."
It's not exactly a no... Ayami thought as she opened the door. Deidara was lying on his bed, starring at the ceiling, obviously lost in thought. "Deidara-san?"
"What do you want?" He snapped. "I know exactly what you're doing, un." He sat up and looked at her with his one uncovered eye, it seemed to peirce her, she looked to the wall to break eye contact. Her insides felt like misuqito larva hatching.
Deidara spoke when it was clear that she would not make an attempt. "You made a mistake when you messed with my Danna, un. I don't know what you did but I won't stand it. When you mess with him, you mess with me, un. We're partners, that means that we work together."
"I understand, nya. I didn't mean to hurt Sasori-sensei, it's just -"
"You're a bad liar, un." He stated flatly. "We both know what you want from him and we both know that you aren't going to get it, give up, un."
She grabbed a her things and slept in the kitchen for the night. She cried silently when she thought no one was looked, while Deidara only wanted to.