I cringed back in fear as he snarled at Tobi. He had a death glare plastered on his face.
"Hidan? What is wrong, what did he do?" I looked at him with a worried expression on my face.
"Tobi! How f****** dare you try and violate her?" My jaw dropped open.
"No! No! Tobi is a good boy! He would never do that he just wanted to meet her!" Hidan snarled then and laughed. I was mad by then I was going to speak up.
"Hidan get it out of your f***** sick head that Tobi was going to do something. Leave him the eff alone!" I then laughed but Hidan only smiled.
"Whatever you saaaaay." He laughed as my brows furrowed. He then turned back to Tobi.
"Tobi if you ever sneak into her room in the night again, I will and I mean, I will personally skin you and cut you up. Starting with you toes." With that he pulled Tobi out of the room and winked back at me. I sighed, maybe If I was lucky I could get some more sleep. No luck stumbled upon me though, for as soon as my eyes had closed I heard a loud explosion. I sat up instantly awake as the door groaned with the weight of something heavy. I jumped up and opened it, Deidara was against the door with his hair blown back and his mouth, no mouths, grinning widely. I then saw Hidan down the hall with his hair blown backwards and his face completely black. I held back a laugh for he looked ridiculous.
"Tobi swear it wasn't him! Hidan Tobi did not do it!" Hidan then snarled at Tobi and grabbed him by the collar of his black shirt. Tobi flinched and I was about to step forward to help him but Deidara did instead.
"Hidan! I made the explosion un." Deidara stared at him his blue eye staring at him with a gaze so fierce even I was a little scared. Hidan dropped Tobi and smiled.
"Great! This should be f***** interesting you b***" Hidan then cracked his knuckles and stepped forward.
"What's going on?" said a very tired looking Kisame. He then ran right into Hidan in a daze. I saw Hidan and Kisame's eyes widen. I then groaned and went back into the room to sleep. They would have to wait to get their injuries healed until tomorrow. I was then out as soon as my head had hit the pillow. Sleep had finally come to me.
When I awoke Konan was still asleep and it was quite in the hall. I slipped out the door and walked into the kitchen haggardly. I yawned and looked around, it was very strange we were in a cave but every room but the front had looked like a normal house. The kitchen had polished linoleum and spotless granite countertops. I then heard the shuffle of cloth and I jerked around my eyes glowing fierce and bright. Before me sat Hidan, Kisame, Tobi, and Deidara all tied up with a chakra rope. The chakra rope was absorbing all of their chakra. I laughed as I saw they were all gagged to. Except for Tobi, I could not tell is he was gagged for he was still wearing his mask. Hidan's eyes flashed danger as I laughed at him. Part of me realized that there could be an enemy about but the sight of four grown men all tied up and gagged, shooting me death glares, (Except for Tobi, once again the mask was obscuring my view of his face.) That struck me as funny making me laugh even harder. Pain then walked into the room completely ignoring me. He walked over to the refrigerator and while his nose was in there Tobi spoke up.
"Ugh! Leader-sama! Why does Tobi have to be tied up? Tobi is a good boy and did not do anything wrong." Apparently Tobi was not gagged.
"Because, Tobi, you provoked them to fight." Pain then started walking away.
"But Deidara blew the first bomb" Tobi yelled this in a childish whiny voice. Pain rolled his eyes and walked off. I laughed as I walked over to Tobi, He looked up at me and cocked his head as Hidan narrowed his eyes. I giggled childishly and untied Tobi. I then held the rope in front of Hidan's face shaking it as Tobi stood up.
"How the eff do you like it now?" I said my eyes wide and full of amusement. Hidan had rubbed off on me soon I might find myself an actual Jashinist if I stick around him for much longer, although I could not leave him now even if I wanted to. In this short time together he had really grown on me.
"Thanks! Thank you Hotaru leader pain-sama scares me" Tobi then shuddered and then he dived under the table.
"Tobi? What are you doing?" I looked at him as his head popped up from under the table.
"Looking for mittens!" I looked at him confused then. "Mittens is my new kitten!" Tobi then dived under the table again.
"Tobi not another kitten? How many infernal beasts do you have to bring back with you?" I turned around and came face to face with Zetsu.
"But they are sooooo cute!" I heard Tobi call from under the table. Anyway how long does it take to search under a table? Zetsu then walked out of the room sighing and shaking his head. I looked under the table then and had to rub my eyes and look again. Tobi was nowhere in sight. Before I could ponder it I heard footsteps and the screeching of metal being dragged on the floor behind me. I slowly turned around fearing what I would find. I saw Hidan dragging his scythe along the floor and his face bright red.
"Payback time, B***!" Hidan then ran at me hollering loudly. I rolled my eyes smiling, he was sooooo loud. I nimbly jumped up catching hold of the banisters on the ceiling above me and holding on tightly. Hidan looked up at me with, I swear, steam rising up from his head.
"What the eff now Hidan?" I said laughing. Now he actually smiled but he threw the scythe up at the ceiling. I quickly jumped down and dodged it. He had thrown it with enough force though that it stuck in the ceiling. I then ran as I saw Hidan grab his black retractable spear like thing from the folds of his cloak. As I passed a mirror though my face was of pure joy and I had to actually stop and gaze at it. The eyes were smiling and the whole face was lighted up as if a long extinguished fire had finally been relit. Hidan ran into me making me tumble forward, he caught my arm before I could fall though. As I looked up though I screamed aloud. Here was a large person hunched over with an akatsuki robe on with a long metal tail flowing behind it. There was a dangerous purple looking liquid gleaming on the tip of the tail. I looked wide eyed till it opened. Outside of the big person out climbed… Sasori? He stared at me apologetically, and I sighed for his flawless face was showing guilt and that might hurt his features so I smiled. He then smiled with a look of glee on his face.
"Um, Sasori what is that?" I said nodding towards the big blob of a person.
"Oh yeah! That is Hiruko, I turned him into a puppet and he acts as armor for me." He then smiled as if this was everyday talk. I laughed and he smiled larger. I then realized Hidan was still holding on to my arm. I shrugged it off blushing.
"What are they doing?" Sasori said nodding over to a very annoyed Deidara and Kisame. I gasped and ran over to immediately untie Deidara. I first took off his gag and he smiled.
"Thanks Hotaru." He said gazing at me. I looked down as I took off the ropes.
"You are still in trouble" I said teasingly.
"Oh Hotaru. Come on you can forgive me un, please?" He then looked up at me and made his lip quiver slightly.
"I can always put the gag back on." I said a smile at the corner of my lip. As the rest of his ropes slipped off he jumped up but tripped on his cloak and fell forward on top of me. I was going to tell him to get the eff of me but Hidan got to it first.
"Deidara, GET THE F*** OFF HER!" Hidan snarled Pulling him up by his ponytail.
"Hidan! Do not touch the hair un" He pointed to his hair as he said that. "Also you do not own her!" he snarled loudly. I sighed and pushed them all but Sasori from the kitchen. He rolled his eyes and smiled at me again before leaving. I looked back and saw Itachi holding Kisame's rope. I gasped for I had forgotten about Kisame. I hung my head in shame as he passed me but he did not even look at me just grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down at the table. I also sat down for I had nothing else to do and I was not the most comfortable in this environment yet. Itachi sat down at the end of the table opposite of me. I looked at the table uncomfortable with the awkward silence. I felt as if every breath I took was to loud for now Itachi now stared at me intently. His red eyes flashed when I snuck a glance at him. I always looked right back down afterwards. Kisame was there to but he was so intent with his coffee and marine magazines I hardly noticed him. That silence continued on for what seemed like hours but when I looked at the clock it only said, 9:18. It was so early and only five minutes had passed since I sat down.
"Okay! Why do you keep staring at me!" I said louder than I expected. I looked down and a flame spread across my cheeks causing them to turn bright red.
"Why not?" he replied resting his hands on his chin.
"Because it is creeping me out!" I said harshly. Hidan was really rubbing off on me.
"Are you hungry" he said ignoring my comment and his eyes sweeping over to the pantry. "Help yourself."
"Fine." I mumbled standing up. I grabbed the first cereal I saw and poured it into a bowl and then sat down awkwardly at the table again. Itachi kept gazing at me till I started felling self conscious. I flattened down my hair and sneaked a peak in my pocket mirror but I could not find anything out of the ordinary. Maybe he thought that I was just weird looking. My eyes widened as I thought of that possibility.
"Hm, you seem deep in thought." Itachi said. I looked at him and blushed a deep red. "Though there is nothing wrong with it though, a healthy mind thinks a lot." He then smiled and looked at me. I smiled and blushed even deeper.
"But why do you keep staring at me." He chuckled and closed his eyes.
"The truth is your face shows exactly what you are thinking, and I don't have the best of, um vision. I have to stare at you in concentration to see you from here." He then opened his eyes again and they once again flashed. Then his eyes began to bleed. I watched shocked. He closed his eyes and stood up. They left spots of blood dripping behind him as he quickly shuffled out of the room. I was so confused. Why would his eyes bleed like that, maybe I could heal him. I was about to ask Kisame about it but he scurried after Itachi as soon as the first syllable left my mouth. I sighed, I was left alone to ponder my questions alone. All alone, again, no never again, I had new friends I would not succumb inside myself again to that dark place, never again I had to be near them I realized now, or I would go back to that horrible place inside my inner conscious.
I then stood up to go find one of the Akatsuki members to numb this felling. I did not know how to make this pain go away but they could at least numb it and maybe heal it little by little. I then smiled as I disappeared through the doorway.
As I crept through the hallway to find an akatsuki member to latch on to I found an art room. My eyes widened as I took in all of the drawing utensils for sculpting, painting, drawing, and… dissecting? I shivered at the thought of what they might use that for and steered clear of the closet that said that. I saw a bunch of sculptures then of animals and many things. They all had detail on every inch, I then stepped forward to get a look at one of the birds.
"Katsu." I then jumped back for the bird I was about to look at blew up. I turned around and saw Deidara. He was smiling as he stared at me. I then smiled and leapt forward landing on him and knocking him over. He was on the ground then with shocked eyes with his hair spread out over the floor.
"How do you like it know?" I said as I sat on his chest. His eyes softened and he chuckled. Then before I knew it he put a leg around my waist and flipped me over. I was suddenly staring at the ceiling. he pinned me with his arms and stared at me smiling.
"Get the eff off!" I struggled but he pinned my shoulders down.
"how do you like it now?" With that his hair fell towards the floor and into my face.
"Deidara if you would not mind, GET YOU EFFING HAIR OUT OF MY FACE." I tried to blow it away but it kept falling back into place. He laughed and brushed it behind his ear. I then heard a door open and Sasori walked in. When he saw Deidara pinning me on the floor like that his jaw literally hit the floor.
"Deidara! What are you doing to her?" With that he looked at me and I blushed a deep scarlet.
"Sasori could you help me and get him off me.?" He nodded and smiled.
"Ah come on Hotaru don't be a sore loser." When Deidara said that he stroked my cheek, that made me blush harder. The next second he was across the room and Sasori was holding his hand out to me. I took it and stood up wiping off the dust on my shirt. I looked at Sasori and realized he must be short for he was barely taller than me and I was five feet and three inches tall. He looked at me and smiled.
"Sasori how old are you?" I asked this mainly out of curiosity and he looked away.
"Technically a lot older then you but I am a… *Cough* puppet." I blinked twice, he was a puppet? I touched his skin and it felt real, once I did he blushed. Could puppets blush. I pushed that thought out of my mind for now and turned back to Deidara who was sitting on the floor pouting.
"Dei?" I had just come up with this new nickname for him and he seemed shocked to hear it.
"Dei? What's that?" He looked at me his blue eyes shining brightly as he guessed it was a nickname.
"Your new nickname! I just came up with it." I smiled proudly and his face brightened. But before long it darkened.
"Dei, what's wrong?" I cocked my head to the side and waited for him to answer.
"Well you asked Sasori-no-danna how old he was nut not me." With that his head drooped and his lip jutted out. I almost ran over to hug him he looked so depressed.
"Ok well then Dei, how old are you?" With that I smiled enthusiastically. His face instantly lighted up.
"19!" I laughed he seemed as if he would be around that age. But that meant he was my senior.
"D***, you're older than me." He smiled then.
"Well duh un! You're like what 15? Hm." I narrowed my eyes and stared daggers at him.
'No I am older than that." I then pouted and crossed my arms.
"Ah come on hotaru tell me un, please." Fine and with that he turned away doing his sad expression again. I sighed and ran up hugging him around his waist.
"I'm sorry Dei, just don't be sad." He then put his arms around me.
"Dei, don't touch me with those gross hands of yours." I said this sarcastically and let go of him. Sasori was looking at the floor with an expression that almost looked like jealousy.
"I cannot believe you fell for Deidara's face." I smiled and stared at him.
"Sasori you want a hug to, don't you." He then looked at me confused but I bounded over to him and hugged him around the shoulders. He stood there awkwardly blushing. I heard Deidara laugh and I released Sasori. Sasori then walked over to the sketch pads with a deep red on his face.
"Hey Hotaru would you like to learn how to do my secret jutsu." I smiled and nodded. Deidara tried to take me by the hand to lead me outside but when he did I gave him an angry look. He mumbled something and pulled out a long black glove. He slipped it on and retook my hand. I pouted at first but was smiling as we raced through the halls. We eventually stepped outside into a large green meadow. I looked behind and saw a large system of mountains. I felt the breeze whip around my hair. I closed my eyes as I felt my pale skin suck in the sun light. I shivered slightly and Deidara put his arm around my shoulder. I sighed and leaned against him as the wind rolled along the hills. This place was nice and I hoped I was able to stay here forever. I looked at Deidara and saw he had his eyes closed with a smile on his face. The wind was widely blowing his hair back and he gripped my arm tighter. He opened his eyes and looked at me. I blushed and looked away.
"Well do you want to teach me how to do your technique?" I stared at him hopefully. For a second he looked disappointed but that passed in a second and his face was practically nodding. After that we spent at least a good hour of him trying to teach me how to infuse the clay with chakra but each time I was unsuccessful. After awhile I sat on the grass with my shoulders slumped looking defeated. Deidara then walked up to me.
"It's okay it is a hard technique to handle." With that I grew even more depressed afraid he would think I was worthless.
"Hey um, Hotaru?" I looked at him and he quickly grabbed my sword of my back. He then ran down the hill in the meadow of grass. I instantly got up and chased after him. This time he would pay.
While running I was about to grab his cloak but I stepped on it instead and sent us both toppling over. He fell on his face but I flipped over and landed on my back looking up at the sky. I laid like that with my hands spread out. Deidara's and my head were almost touching, he then turned over and laid on his back to. He started laughing to and I joined him. So there we laid our heads almost touching with our hair spread around us laying in the grass laughing. Once the last of the laughter had rolled away over the hills we just laid there in utter peace. Even there was no conversation going on our bond grew even stronger. Finally once the Sun was high in the sky Deidara sat up leaning on his elbows.
"Hey Hotaru un?" I looked at him questionably leaning on my elbows to. "Never leave un, kay?" I smiled then and stared into his crystal blue eyes.
"I'll stay as long as you want me around. But if you get bored with me do not hesitate to tell me." I then looked down and imagined how painful it would be if he told me to leave. I would but I would forever have a big gaping hole in my chest. He then grabbed my chin and pulled my gaze into his.
"I will always want you around un." I stared at him smiling. He looked as if he was pondering something and he still held my chin in his hands. He then released me and stood up blushing deeply.
'Let's go back now, okay?" he smiled and nodded, I then took his hand and led him across the open field.
Once we once again entered into the base I came face to face with Hidan. I released Deidara's hand and stared up at him for he had a very devious smile plastered on his face.
"Hey, Hotaru want to see how an actual Jashinist works?" I snorted and stared at him.
"If you think you're better than me, then prove it." His face lit up; apparently he was hoping I would say that. I realized he did not have an akatsuki cloak on but a black half way buttoned up shirt and black jeans. He instantly grabbed me and put me on his back. He then sprinted out of the door. I waved bye to Deidara and shot him a confused look. We passed the spot where I had lain in the grass and went on for what seemed like miles. Hidan moved so fast that it seemed as if our destination was only minutes away. After around ten silent minutes of running like this Hidan slowed down, he then let me scramble off his back. We walked casually in a wooded area for awhile before coming upon a village.
"This is my favorite hunting spot." He whispered to me. I had to laugh; he had made a sport of this. As we entered the small dusty town I was a little frightened. The men of the village shot very disturbing looks at me. I gripped Hidan's arm and pressed myself against him. I instantly felt safer as his arm went around my shoulder. I wanted to yell out for Hidan to slaughter them all but he apparently read my expression.
"Shh, calm down, their time will come, but if you kill them all at once it's not as much fun anymore." I sighed and tried to look brave. Hidan led me the direction of a nice looking house.
"Will you wait here? I will be right back." I nodded and held my shoulders high. As Hidan was gone a big lady came up to me with a shaky hand and pointed at me.
"You, come with me. I will save you from him, he is evil." I spat at her shoes.
'Shut up you have no idea what you are talking about. What are evil are filthy mongrels like you." She looked taken aback for a second but instantly regained her ground.
"You have not realized it but he has you under his curse. Come with me and I will save you." I was now really angry. I shoved her and she toppled over onto the ground backwards. I then kicked her while she lay in the dirt road.
"Shut. The. Eff. Up!" I kicked her with each word. She quickly scrambled up and scurried away while holding her bleeding side.
'That's right run away b****!" My words echoed down the road. Suddenly I hand clamped around my mouth. I squirmed but could not get free.
"Come play with us pretty lady." My eyes filled with fear but then filled with that same crazy look I had seen on Hidan's face. A grabbed the dagger from my boots and hid it in my sleeve. I turned to face my captor. It was a man who had one of those swirly mustaches you only see on TV and his hair had a greasy shine to it. He smiled as I stared at him.
"I will release your mouth if you promise to play nice." I nodded like a meek little child. He released my mouth and I brought out the dagger and quickly slashed his throat with it. The blood spurted from his jugular vein and dowsed me. I laughed insanely as a group of people circled me. I giggled as I saw them; maybe I had really gone crazy. Then a lot of the townsfolk started talking.
"She's a monster!" somebody yelled. I giggled even harder.
"Well kill her! Do not just stand there!" then all of the townspeople were yelling at me. Then a young shinobi came up to me. He was around my age and was wearing a headband from the village hidden in the snow.
"Step aside. I will take care of this monster." With that he grabbed a sword from behind him. I looked at Hidan and begged him with my eyes to let me fight him. He nodded and smiled, his eyes sparkling. I lunged suddenly and caught him off guard. I gorged my dagger into his heart. His blood sprayed into the air. It splattered my face and clothes. I was disgusted but also delighted that I had killed him. Anyway he was going to kill me. I started to walk away wondering what was wrong with me. Hidan caught up behind me but not before striking down some people first.
"I cannot take you anywhere can i?" he said chuckling. I even smiled little.
'Ugh I stench of blood now." I looked at my clothes disgusted. Hidan then laughed and put his arm around my bloody shoulder. He then steered me towards a creek.
'Wash off here. Oh and I got you a present." He then threw a package that had been concealed under his arm.
After I had cleaned off in the creek I opened the package Hidan had thrown me. Inside was a black mask that completely obscured you face but allowed you to see through it. I slipped the mask on and walked to find Hidan.
I had just walked into the front of the base laughing alongside Hidan, when Sasori walked up to me. The sun had just set and the moonlight stretched across the meadow. Sasori informed Hidan and me that a dinner had been set out and every member was required to join. I had sat down in between Deidara and Hidan when Tobi showed up.
"Hotaru!" He then leapt over and landed on me making me fall back in my chair.
"Tobi missed you!" He was then hugging me around the neck.
"Um… Tobi, I barely know you."
"So Tobi knows you." I looked up at Hidan and Deidara who where shooting death glares at Tobi.
"Um, Tobi run." I whispered this to him and he jumped up.
"Oh Deidara, and Hidan are mad know." That was enough to get them started they were chasing Tobi all around the house. The rest of dinner went on like that Hidan arguing with Kakuzu and Sasori and Deidara fighting over the true meaning of art.
After dinner I went into a rally old looking library. I looked around and chose a book and sat down on the couch with it. I was really into the book when Sasori walked in. He chose a book and sat down next to me. I sneaked peaks over at him occasionally.
"Um Sasori, you and Deidara are partners, right?" He nodded. It went on like that silence but occasionally we talked a little. Intel I yawned, that was what started my nightly routine.
"You tired?" Sasori had asked putting his book down. I nodded my eyelids drooping.
'Why don't you go to bed then?" I laughed.
"I never go to bed without finishing the book first." I tried to concentrate on the words but my eyes kept wondering of the page.
"Why don't I read it to you then?" I was startled.
"No I do not want to impose." Sasori only smiled.
"Seriously I love that book and you look exhausted."
'Okay, only if you do not mind." He rolled his eyes and took the book from me. I then leaned against his shoulder and closed my eyes to listen as he started reading. When he closed the book he had closed his eyes to. I looked at him, he was now asleep. I also fell asleep Leaning against his arm.
I did not know it but Pain had looked in and sighed because he felt as if the origination was falling apart.
I slept then and dreamed of the days to come.