02/02/09, 10:10pm.
Authors Note:
This is a fun story to write.:3.
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He blinked before squinting his eyes shut and then attempting to slowly open them. The first thing to register with him was the fact he was in some minor pain and secondly something was glaring in his eye.
Slowly he brought his right hand over his eye and sat up. "Don't get up too fast." He turned around, startled to see a woman with a kind face and vibrant blue hair, he saw what cloak she was wearing and it all came back to him.
"Don't be alarmed, no one here is going to hurt you." She saw his surprised expression. The only reason she was there at the moment was because they or Pein thought it wise that someone like herself would be less frightening to the boy. Of course she knew he was trying to avoid being sexist, but she really didn't mind. She had more patience for children than most of the others did.
"A little late for that, five of'em already did, un." Then it hit him, this wasn't the base, it wasn't his room and he had no idea where he was. His heart started pounding a little harder, he was as good as on his own since the people who trained him never made a plan for this. He doubted they would even try to look for him anyway.
"They are being reprimanded for some of what they did, they were supposed to tell you why they were there." She remembered when they came back and how beat up the kid was, Pein did not look too pleased at their methods and while Zetsu was bandaging him up, they were called into Peins office and even she called them idiots a couple a couple of times.
"Then can you tell me why they were there and where I am, un." He didn't feel any hate or evil intent coming from her but he wasn't going to let his guard down.
She wasn't sure if he was aware of it but his visible eye seemed to hold something of a mix of sadness and concern. "They were there to bring you back to our base. We were informed of your unique talents and wanted you to join, but the boys got out of hand and seemed to forget that they were supposed to tell you that."
"But where is this place, un?" He wasn't sure what to think of what she said, so, until then he could at least know where he was. Hopefully.
"Within a forest and behind a waterfall that is actually a special genjutsu. And still in Iwagakure if thats the information you were looking for." She saw him nod. It was her turn to remember that Pein wanted to speak to the boy as soon as he was awake. "Can you stand?"
A little shakily he got out of bed and stumbled a little bit after standing up.
He was still a little weaker than he thought, it was only after he got up that he noticed that his injuries were bandaged. He would go along with the lady for now but he still wasn't about to trust her or anyone else in this place.
She saw there was a low chance that he could make the slightly long walk to Peins office on his own, so she startled him by grabbing his hand. Surprised, he took a step back. "I know about your mouths and I'm just going to help you get to our Leaders office, thats all. I already said that no one here would harm you." She meant it too, she was already irked at them for going overboard on a child of all things.
"Okay, un." He looked down at the floor for a moment while following her in order to let a brief moment of light headed-ness pass. He felt like a little kid being drug around like this, but there wasn't anything else he could do at the moment if he wanted to survive.
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They had taken a few twists and turns and along the way, he saw different doors and they looked almost freaky. Like from an old horror movie or something. "We're almost there." She glanced down at him, what was to be asked of the boy was a but much but at least he would have someone working with him. She had known that he had worked purely alone before, she couldn't fully understand what something like that was like since she and Pein had grown up together and always looked out for one another. One of the rules in Akatsuki that kept the members from dying. Partners were required.
He kept silent and after a minute or so they arrived. She knocked on the door. After hearing a ominous voice give them permission to enter she looked down at him. "My name is Konan by the way. We already know your name. And him, well, He's not as scary as he sounds. Just listen to what he has to say, the final decision is yours." she stepped to the side and opened the door and nodded for the boy to enter, which he did. She did not follow.
Upon entering the dimly lit room he saw an old style wooden chair in front of a desk and a guy with spiky orange hair sitting behind it. "Sit." Never taking his eye off the man he did. "I trust Konan told you why you are here?" His elbows were propped up on the desk and his hands were clasped together.
"Yeah and give me one good reason why I should believe you, un." He was almost expecting to get a rise out of the older man but he did not even blink. "Would you rather continue to serve those ungrateful and hateful people who kept you locked away for their own selfish purposes?"
"Of course not, un." He was never happy there, then again he hadn't been happy in along time.
"They only see you as a weapon, here it is different. Everyone here was either a freak, monster or were false idols, working to keep up a name. Not even by their own choice." He narrowed his eyes at the boy in front of him. "Here, we are the same. We are feared and hated for what we can do and how we look. Here, appearance means nothing and neither does the past. Here we are brothers."
"You can talk real big but can you actually prove it,un?" He watched as the man got up and retrieved something from a drawer behind the desk.
"Come with me." Heading toward the exit he stopped to hand Deidara his Iwagakure headband that he had failed to notice was gone and a Kunai.
"What's this for, un?" The man hadn't bothered to turn around. "All members are required to slash a line across their village symbol, it officially un-attaches you from your country."
"I never agreed to join, un." He narrowed his blue eye at the taller man. "Just come with me and I guarantee that you will change your mind." With nothing to lose he followed the man out of the office and down some more paths, it hadn't taken nearly as long as it had getting to the office as it had to go wherever this was.
Making a hand sign the boulder moved aside and the two stepped out under the waterfall and were not getting wet. He remembered that Konan said it was a genjutsu,one of the better ones he had seen.
Stepping out a little farther the man turned to him and spoke. "That is why you will join Akatsuki." He looked to where the man was pointing and it was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen. The sun was slowly rising and the light coming through the trees was making the dew on the grass sparkle. a slight breeze passed through. It was more beautiful than he could have ever imagined. "Is it always like this, un," Even he knew that the sun never stayed in one place all the time but he had to know if the outside was always this mesmerizing.
"Stay and you can find out for yourself." It was only a matter of time before he would get the results he wanted. Knowing what the boy wanted more than anything and it was something so simple helped make everything come together.
What did he have to lose by staying in a place like this, he wasn't sure how far he could get on his own and no one at the base ever spoke to him like Konan and the spiky haired man had. She hadn't even been phased by his palm-mouths. And he wanted to see more things like this, see this outside world he had only ever been allowed to read about and even that was limited.
He looked down at the headband in his left and and the kunai in his right, casting one more fond glance at the rising sun, he slashed a line through his headband, hard. Pein smiled inwardly. "Welcome to Akatsuki Deidara."
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Authors Note: I originally wanted this to be the same length as the first chapter but I like the ending, So I'll see about making the next chapter longer.
And thanks a ton for the . Now if you'll excuse me, I should have been asleep hours ago, good night/day people.:3.
Finished:c02/03/2009, 07:33am.
