Chapter 3 mates! And thx to my reviewers. All your reviews made me happy! And remember that bloody description warning I put? That comes into play in this chapter.
And hey, guess what? I finally have a Microsoft Word! No more grammatical errors, I promise!
This chapter is for my best friend. They know who they are. ;3
Deidara awoke to the sound of rain. And thunder. Through the curtain, he could see the lightning lighting up the sky. The sun had not yet risen, and he groaned as he tried to turn over, in a more comfortable position. "Da hell, hm?" Deidara whispered, feeling a weight on his chest. He looked down, and in the light provided by some lightning, saw a flash of red. He smiled with sudden understanding.
Sasori.
The ex Suna nin currently had his head on Deidara's bare chest. One hand gripped Deidara's side and the other was left on the blonde's shoulder. Deidara watched his partner, wondering if Sasori was asleep. Even in a human body, he didn't need sleep, right? He let a hand caress down Sasori's arm, and then guided his fingers over the other's cheek. It was amazing how realistic the body was. Deidara knew deep down Sasori was not entirely human, but the puppeteer's 'skin' was warm to the touch, and ever so soft. He played with Sasori's hair before relaxing into his pillow.
"Deidara..."
The blonde ninja looked down again to see Sasori's eyes, half closed. He wore a semi-curious expression and he had to admit, Sasori did look cute.
"What is it Sasori-kun, hmm?"
It was rare moments like these when Deidara dropped the "Danna" at the end of Sasori's name. It matched his current child like appearance anyway.
"Deidara we shou-" Thunder boomed and Sasori's head snapped towards the window. The rain was still evident. Deidara followed Sasori's gaze, realizing what he was about to say.
"You expect us to go into town with that rain, hmmm? And at this hour?"
Sasori lay his head back down into Deidara's chest, and listened to the other's heartbeat.
"We need to start as soon as possible. Once the rain stops, we move. And that leaves us more time to rest at night." Sasori said, sitting up at the edge of the bed. He was still gazing at the window.
"What's the matter, Sasori-kun, hmmm? Scared of thunder storms?"
Sasori turned his head, smirking at his partner.
"As a matter of fact, I like thunderstorms, Deidara."
"Oh? And here I thought you'd be used to the typical sand storms, hm. You were raised in Sunagakure after all, hm."
"All right. We're both up. Might as well get ready."
Deidara scowled, not wanting to exchange his warm bed for the cold air. "One more hour." Deidara groaned pulling his pillow over his head. Sasori contemplated it. One hour couldn't hurt... right?
"I don't even know why I listen to you, brat. I'll give you thirty minutes." Sasori said softly. He stood and left the room. Deidara smiled under his pillow. Maybe they were too close to each other. After all, shinobi were only meant as tools. But honestly, both artists couldn't care less.
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Deidara leaned against a dry tree trunk, looking up at Sasori through the thick leaves of the tree. "It's wet and muddy up ahead. We'll have to take another route." Sasori yelled down. Deidara looked at the grass around them. He expected to see afewdrops of rain on the grass. But nooooooooooooooooooooo. It was like a mixture of pure green soup. "Nasty, hm..." Deidara murmured, feet now on the tree trunk. Chakra control was easy to any Akatsuki member.
"Why can't we just take today as a vacation, hm? Pein'll never know the difference."
Sasori climbed down the branch he was standing on and carefully maneuvered himself on the tree trunk. He slowly walked down, afraid to collide with Deidara. The last thing he needed was to make a new body.
"It will look suspicious if we show up tomorrow rather than today Deidara. Those Anbu weren't very happy about the idea of visitors."
Deidara jumped from the tree trunk to the ground, avoiding the deep puddles of water.
"Yeah, but what will we do once we go there? Walk around like lost idiots, hm?"
Sasori shook his head and followed Deidara. "You're Reikon, I'm Ichigo. Simple as that. All we need to do is interact. Once we gain their trust, we gain knowledge. They have to know something about a biju or jinchuriki."
"They can't be that idiotic, hmm. They have to suspect us at least a little." Deidara said,
"This is why we have to be serious about this whole mission. To an elite shinobi, this mission is no problem."
Deidara wondered if that was an insult or praise. It was hard to tell with Sasori sometimes.
Through a drier route, Deidara and Sasori managed to get to the Mist village. This time, there was no Anbu. "They're probably watching us", Deidara thought. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Sasori yawn, something he wouldn't do if he had his puppet body. The red head, miraculously, had a gone a whole 24 hours in his new body. Deidara was about to start wondering why exactly when Sasori's voice broke his thoughts.
"Reikon, How much money do we have?"
"Around... 8,364 yen, hm."
In such a poor looking village, having that amount could easily be mistaken as rich.
"Let's buy some breakfast, hmm. Unless you want to do the honors of helping me cook, Ichigo..."
"No. We'll see if there's a place to eat. It'll count as lunch though. If there is even some decent food here..."
They walked the same streets as last time, and found a small little ramen place. "What about there, Ichigo-no-Danna, hm?"
Sasori acknowledged Deidara's politeness and nodded. "It looks okay. If you want, I'll taste test the food."
"Stop being so paranoia. Besides, if they even think to poison us, you can just whip up an antidote, hmm."
"...True."
Upon entering, Both artists were met with a young waitress. "Hello there. What can I get for you today?" She asked. Sasori was not enjoying her happy-go-lucky act. "I'll just have some ramen, and tea." While Deidara ordered, Sasori looked around. It seemed normal. His eyes scanned the small building once more before he was interrupted.
"Come on Ichigo, sit down." Deidara said, abruptly bringing Sasori down to an empty seat next to him.
As the waitress came back, she lingered on the counter before asking, "So who is he, if you don't mind me asking."
"Traveling partner, hm." Deidara answered, taking a sip of tea and pointing at Sasori. The girl beamed. That was something else that came with "Out-of-Hiruko Sasori". He usually attracted attention. Female attention to be more precise.
"So you're travelers? How exciting!" The girl kept her gaze on Deidara and then turned to look at Sasori.
Sasori noticed the attention placed on him without having to look at the waitress. He could feel it, which thoroughly annoyed him. "So how old are you?" She asked, obviously addressing the red head.
Older than you'll ever know bit-
"Seventeen." His voice held a sort of than usual and Deidara almost laughed.
"So you come from..."
"Iwagakure. And Reikon comes from Konoha. We were sent to help out mining sites more north of here."
"Mining sites? Two handsome boys like you?"
"Oh she is definitely hitting on us", Deidara thought.
Sasori gave the girl one of the most charming smiles he could muster. Even Deidara found it oddly... attractive. He was definitely going to poke fun at Sasori about this later.
"Thank you for the compliment Miss." He said.
Deidara finished his ramen casually and stretched before getting up. "Thank you for the meal Miss." Deidara said politely, leaving the money on the counter. "Call me Aoi." The brunette answered, winking at Deidara. Deidara pretended not to notice.
"Come on Ichigo. We've got some looking around to do."
Sasori stood from his chair but not before Aoi called out, "Red head, would you mind coming here for a minute?" Sasori shrugged nonchalantly and walked over to the waitress. "If you need somewhere to stay I could take you to my house. Y'know, get away from Reikon for awhile." She whispered and gave another wink. Deidara heard it though and waited for Sasori's answer. Sasori swore to himself if he wasn't on a mission, he would have surely punched her face in. Nasty wretch... but Sasori, being the smart aleck he was, paused and smiled sweetly.
"Sorry Miss Aoi, but I'm gay."
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The next minute that followed was the longest Deidara had ever felt. He grabbed Sasori by the back of his shirt and dragged him into an alley way, careful to avoid any suspicion.
"Sasori have you lost your mind?!" Deidara whispered, glaring at the puppeteer. Sasori wore his usual bored expression and shrugged.
"Do you want me to lie?"
Deidara stood there, giving Sasori a face that clearly screamed, "What the hell?"
"What do you mean lie, hm?"
Sasori shrugged again, fixing his shirt. "She was the one who clearly asked me out. I basically gave her an obvious no, brat."
And just like that Deidara felt Sasori's lip against his own. It would've been more sensible for Deidara to break the kiss, but he was enjoying this far too much. The blonde instinctively placed his hands at Sasori's hips, rubbing in small circles while Sasori allowed himself to be captive in his partner's hold. Deidara ran his tongue over Sasori's bottom lip asking for more.
He was surprised when the red head opened his mouth and let out a muffled moan. Deidara in turn, ran a hand through his lover's hair, letting his tongue explore the other's mouth. Sasori kissed back feverishly and his face was hot with evidence of a blush. It felt so good for both of them... But all good things must come to an end. Deidara pulled away, gasping for air as Sasori pressed his nose into the crook of his partner's neck.
"I'd rather stick with you." Sasori breathed out, pulling away from Deidara. Deidara caught his breath quietly and followed Sasori out of the alley. "How suspicious is two guys walking out of a deserted alley, hm?" He asked, his heart still beating rapidly. "Very," Sasori responded, "Only if they get caught."
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Both were sure to stay clear of a certain little ramen shop. In the meantime they walked through most of the village, mapping out every section. They socialized a bit, giving a slightly different story from what they gave Aoi, the waitress. Through their small talks and walk through the village it soon turned from 1 P.M to 7 P.M very quickly. The sun was close to setting and Deidara found himself wanting to just lay down and enjoy the night air. "There's no doubt that with night, a village like this would hold criminals. Let's get back to the hideout." Sasori whispered, waiting for Deidara to follow him.
"I swear, on the very last day of our mission a lot of people are going to turn up dead, hm."
"Was it because that old man thought were a girl?" Sasori laughed out.
"That and that ugly as hell waitress hitting on me and you, hmm..."
Deidara thought the village gates looked much creepier in the dark than in the daytime. The forest was not as easy to walk through in the dark. There were still the occasional puddles they had to watch out for. "We'll wait two days before going back." Sasori thought aloud, "It will look like we just stopped at another village. Then we'll start socializing after that..." Sasori paused, noting Deidara was a few feet behind him. He walked back silently, following Deidara's gaze when he reached the blonde. And his eyes widened.
Blood. Everywhere.
Two bodies.
Murder.
How could Sasori have missed that?!
Deidara was one step ahead of Sasori though. He was already surveying the scene. "Our hideout is far from here. It's hidden carefully too, hmmmm." Deidara narrowed his eyes in the darkness, and wished he had his scope. "Looks like a child is one. On the right," He whispered, "It's too small to be an adult." Sasori crept down and watched in the dim light of the dusk where any slashes and puncture wounds were made. Slashes were indeed across the chest of the taller body. The organs could be seen, and a foul smell was starting to drift through the air. "This is not the work of an elite ninja. I'd say it was a Genin. Maybe even a Chuunin. I'd say they were here for at least five hours." Sasori told Deidara.
"Let's get moving then, hmmm."
"We'll have to come back tomorrow. It will look suspicious if we turn up two days later..."
"Only if they find the body, hmm."
"... You're volunteering, Deidara?"
"You've dealt with blood Sasori-no-Danna. You can deal with the bodies. I'll deal with the scene here."
Sasori sighed, knowing in his current body he could feel anything. It was easier to deal with blood when you really couldn't feel. He looked over one corpse, and picked up the taller of the two. He shivered a little at sick sound the body made. It was slurping sound that indicated how badly the internal organs were damaged. Blood oozed out of the wounds, but Sasori knew exactly what to do. He placed both bodies across from each other, taking out a scroll when he was done. He opened it, and took out a brush from his pocket. He dipped it in the blood and began writing signs in the scroll. Deidara watched before realizing his own task.
He looked around, wondering how to make the blood 'disappear'. Blood could get into the smallest places. If an Anbu noticed... They'd order a search. And with a search there was a possibility of someone finding them. If they couldn't get to the village then the mission was one big failure. Deidara heard a buzzing sound. He looked back to see Sasori's hands glowing with chakra. It would be smarter for Sasori to take the corpses in a scroll and examine them safely at the hideout. Deidara frowned unsure of how to deal with the blood though. He stood there and didn't even acknowledge when a pop was heard from Sasori's scroll. A second pop was made, but Deidara ignored it. Deidara was going through his options when he felt a hand on his shoulder and found Sasori had changed his body. But how?
"I'll do it." He said coldly, pushing Deidara back as he removed his hand from the blonde's shoulder. The blonde watched Sasori's hand lift towards the clearing. Water spurted from the palm of the red head's hands. Deidara watched the blood fall from the tree trunk to the ground. It mixed with the puddles caused from the day's earlier rain. Soon, the blood seemed to disappear. The water stopped and Deidara watched the puppeteer's back. The silver blades on his partner's back glowed menacingly. The puppet master turned to look at Deidara, and the warm color in his eyes were gone.
"Even ninja dogs won't sniff out the trail of blood. The water was mixed with poison. It renders any sense of smell useless. The rain will make it hard to tell if any sort of blood was here."
Deidara nodded and paused before asking out, "How did you change bodies so quickly?"
"I summoned up this body and changed the heart container. I couldn't tell if you'd really know how to clean the scene up. Let's go, brat. I hate waiting."
Deidara shivered. Sasori's voice was cold. Not playful as it had been just in the village a few hours ago. "Sure, Sasori-no-Danna." Deidara whispered.
The air tonight wasn't as relaxing as the blonde thought.
8,364 yen is about 80 U.S Dollars.
Dei doesn't get to spend quality time with his scorpling... But I'm sure you guys have time to write reviews! Just kidding.
BTW Anyone think I should get a higher rating? At first I didn't think M would suit it, but someone asked on a review if I was going to... I figured I'd ask you guys to help me deicide. There will be more bloody descriptions and the adult themes will come later (real later) but no yaoi. Just a little shounen ai. I'm pretty new to the whole fan fiction thing so opinions, please?