Chapter 2 - Join or Die
They ran for a full two days before finally deciding to take a break. They had run nonstop, trying to get as far away from Konoha as possible. They finally settled in the middle of a forest near the wave country. Sleeping bags laid out, they talked amongst each other.
"This is so fun! We're finally free!" Ino stated happily.
"Yeah!" The others agreed.
"I can be on guard for a couple hours." Hinata stood up.
"Alright, but if you get too tired feel free to wake me up." Sakura smiled at her.
"Thank you, goodnight." Hinata went and sat beside a tree, overlooking her friends. Temari and Tenten were already asleep, and Ino and Sakura were asleep within five minutes.
"Byakugan." She whispered. She looked around to see there wasn't much life except for the occasional deer and bird.
It was twenty minutes later that she saw two large chakra sources. She noticed that they were headed towards them and decided to wake up the others. She shook them awake, whispering their names.
"Mm...What?" Came Temari's groggy response.
"There are two large chakra sources headed our way." That quickly woke them up, and they went immediately into their fighting stances.
"They're over there." Hinata told them. They then went side by side, facing the area she had pointed to. Suddenly a half a dozen shuriken flew from that direction, and the kunoichi easily dodged them.
"Who's there?" Temari asked.
"Who are you, and why are you here, yeah?" Asked one of the two people. The two remained deep enough in the forest to be fully concealed by the darkness. The kunoichi were in a clearing well lit by the moon, which they quickly realized put them at a disadvantage.
The five shared a glance, and they all shared the same idea. A voice within them was telling them to tell the truth. A gut feeling.
"I'm Temari Sabaku, and these are Hinata Hyuuga, Tenten, Ino Yamanaka, and Sakura Haruno. We ran away from our village."
"Hm...Which village, yeah?" Came the same voice. It was a man's voice, they knew, and they noticed the speech impendiment.
"Temari is from Suna, and we're from Konoha." Tenten replied.
"Well, alright. I'm Deidara, and this is Tobi, yeah."
"Hi, I'm Tobi!" The two men walked out from the shadows, the shorter one being Tobi.
One was quite tall, and he had long blonde hair, some of it tied in a ponytail. He wore a large, black cloak with red clouds on it. His forehead protector had a deep scratch accross it. The other one was shorter, and he wore a bright orange mask to cover his face. Except for one hole over his right eyes. His black hair was visible, and he wore the same cloak as the other one.
"You guys are Akatsuki." Sakura stated. She recognized the cloaks.
"So what if we are, yeah?" The one called Deidara asked.
"Nothing just...Why are you guys so close to Konoha?" Ino asked curiously.
"Hm? We're not near Konoha, we're closer to the wave country, yeah." Deidara was obviously confused. He was mentally doing calculations, wondering if he was the one that was wrong. But he was pretty certain they were at the border to the wave country.
"Huh? How'd we get so far?" Sakura wondered aloud, none of them having realized just how fast they had come.
"Well, the further the better!" Ino's usual optimism stopped the confusion amongst them all.
"So, what are you guys doing here?" Temari asked the Akatsuki members.
"We're doing a mission!" Tobi replied enthusiastically.
"Tobi! You aren't supposed to tell them that!" Deidara scolded him.
"Sorry, Deidara-senpai!"
"What's the mission?" Tenten inquired.
"That's only for Akatsuki's knowing." Deidara replied, surprisingly professionally.
"If you became members we could tell you." Tobi said, surprising them all. They all stared at him in shock.
"What?" Sakura asked, wondering if she heard right.
"Well, the Akatsuki is looking for more members and you girls look capable." He was starting to make sense, but they continued to stare at him.
"Well..." Temari started.
"If you like we can have you meet our Leader, I suppose yeah." Deidara added, though he didn't much like the idea.
"Let's do this." Ino said, with energy in her tone.
"Explain." Temari told her. Wondering what Ino was thinking. The others were also curious.
"We wanted to start something new, this is the perfect oppurtunity! I know we haven't always gotten along with the Akatsuki but...We wanted to prove ourselves and by joining we'll be able to achieve that!" She explained to them.
"She's right..." Tenten agreed.
"So, will you come with us?" Tobi asked excitedly.
They shared one more look, and the message was clear. "Yes."
And they headed off to the Akatsuki base.
AN: Here's the second chapter! I put in Deidara's 'yeah' because, I know it's not actually true, I prefer it with it!
I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Thanks for reading!
-MewMew