Capture Me First
Chapter Four
Thank you for everyone who reviewed! I will answer your questions, confusions and concerns before I start. I will start referring to Deidara as a female from now on until a certain point in the future. I'll inform you when this happens. I don't own Naruto. Just the idea. Lol. Oh this is a longer chapter (since I received reviews *hint hint*) by the way and it will clear up all of the confusion Enjoy!
Deidara mentally protested yet at the same time sought to accept the challenge to prove that she was daring. Tobi glanced at the blonde next to him through the hole in his orange swirly mask, observing the masked uneasiness of the entire situation on her face. For some reason, Tobi felt like he should protect Deidara's reputation. As soon as the blonde became distracted, Tobi switched the cards with her at such a speed that no one noticed the action.
As the game progressed, Tobi was exposed except for his face and his boxers were still intact. Deidara, surprisingly, remained covered up. She was winning this game without a single worry. The others, however, were in trouble. Well, Hidan did not mind revealing himself in front of his confident crush across the table. By the end of the game, Deidara was announced the winner and Konan had almost tied. The male Akatsuki members were either nude or half naked with little to the imagination.
Pein checked his watch, noticing that it was three in the morning. Sure, they have stayed up later than that, but Pein needed to have Deidara to acquire sufficient vigor for tomorrow. Well, technically since it's three in the morning, he had objectives to pursue today. In addition, he was skeptical about the newest Akatsuki member. Something seemed off about Deidara.
Everyone departed from the living room, yawning from staying up late and having fun. Deidara was informed that he would stay the night in Tobi's room instead of Sasori's bedroom. This raised some eyebrows from a couple of the members but they had shrugged it off as trivial. Sasori thought about questioning the blue haired woman about this decision but her stern expression stopped him.
Tobi's bedroom was located upstairs with a balcony outside of a glass sliding door. Deidara watched as Tobi strolled over to his small radio and turned it on to a jazzy music station. The blonde enjoyed the soft music that caused her muddled mind to wander. She contemplated on whether she should remain in Tobi's room or relax outside on the balcony to enjoy the nice chilly weather and clear her disarrayed thoughts of her past.
Tobi watched as the blonde slid the glass sliding door open gradually without a word from her mouth.
Spontaneous soothing jazz played in the barren breezy night as snowflakes silently descended from the ominous atmosphere above. The moonlight shone dimly behind the smoky clouds hanging in the majestic sky. Deidara had gloomy secrets that she wasn't prepared to broadcast to anyone; especially these s-ranked criminals. The blonde experienced numerous traumas back in her old village. Unforgettable and unforgivable events occur right before the sky azure eyes filled with a loss of innocence.
Deidara clenched her fists at the flashbacks that slithered their way into her consciousness. That bastard had used a forbidden jutsu, causing her to become weak and defenseless towards enemies. The blonde glanced at her palms, gasping at the absence of the mouths that created her favorite passion, attacks and the reason for living. If only her horrifying memories were as fleeting as her art.
A notion crossed the blonde's mind, which required the Iwa ninja to weigh out the pros and cons of the decision that she was about to make. A bone chilling gust of wind brushed through her long blonde hair, encouraging her to clear her clouded mind full of dismay.
"What are you doing out here, Sempai?" A familiar voice probed with obvious curiosity coating his tone from a close distance behind the unaware blonde.
"I just need some time to myself, un." Deidara basically prohibited any future additional inquiries from the orange masked goofball. Tobi was genuinely worried about his secret object of affection. Persistence kicked in, causing Tobi to utilize the method of manipulation. He observed the blonde from the far away distance. She was leaning over the edge of the balcony, collecting delicate snowflakes in her lengthy blonde hair. Depression and turmoil was evident in the Iwa ninja. Tobi already identified the truth about the distressed blonde. He could see right through the mask that the younger one struggled to sustain with a fabricated smile. Tobi perceived it as miserably pathetic; however, it is a defense mechanism that is frequently used by everyone.
Tobi almost chuckled to himself, realizing that he presented himself as a hypocrite at that thought. His thoughts were interrupted by a muffled sniffle. Tobi's eyes widened, feeling concerned about the blonde. Pushing aside the debate with his logic and heart, he listened to his heart instead.
"Sempai? Are you okay?" Tobi whispered, hesitating on whether he should pull the blonde into his arms for comfort and risk trouble or leave the blonde to avoid unnecessary confrontations. He decided to once again select the first option. After all, Tobi usually went with his gut feeling, hence, following his heart.
"Deidara told Tobi to leave him alone, hmm." The blonde scolded as she hastily wiped the evident tears from under her puffy reddened blue eyes from the intrusive man standing uncomfortably close behind her leaning over figure. Tobi's strong arms swiftly enveloped around her slender waist and twisted her around so the blonde was standing confrontational towards the masked male.
"Tobi, I don't want to talk about it. Please, stop trying to pry into my business, hmmm," Deidara barked in anger towards the persistent taller man.
"I'm here for you though, Sempai. You really can't trust the others, because they won't understand the pain you are feeling." Tobi coaxed the blonde into permitting the truth to uncover tonight. Deidara's melancholy glazed sapphire eyes avoided Tobi's masked face, feeling vulnerable and naïve. The blonde was in a pickle, because she could not escape without confiding in Tobi. With a sigh, she convinced herself that a little information could not hurt anything. In fact, it might relieve this torture by sharing it with someone who is trustworthy.
Tobi promised that this information would remain secret between them. Deidara stared at the masked man, and then decided to open up.
Flashback
Deidara just turned twenty and celebrated it with his friends and family. It was magnificent. Later that evening, he announced his departure to return back home to his new apartment. The night sky and fresh air filled his nostrils with delight and serenity.
As he approached his front door, he experienced an uncanny sensation of uneasiness. Something was amiss, yet he was consumed with tiredness that sleep persuaded him to continue his previous action.
He received a phone call around the crack of dawn, leaving him feeling annoyed and paranoid in a way. The voice on the other line sounded unfamiliar to him and the advice that this stranger shared with him caused internal turmoil to manifest into his rational mind. Before he had a chance to question why he should leave his house immediately, the line went dead. Shortly after, there was an unanticipated eruption that evoked a mini heart attack for Deidara. The blonde stumbled through his bedroom, snatching anything sentimental towards him. He ended up losing everything.
The blonde ripped on some clothes and rushed out of his apartment and never had the opportunity to ever look back. His family, friends, and everything that he loved were demolished by the sudden outbreak. Explosions grew thunderous and the impact knocked the blonde forward like a punch to the face. He tumbled in a neighboring forest near the nonexistent village.
Just when the blonde thought he had evaded death, a stranger loomed over his weakened body in the snowy fortress. Deidara was on his feet in a flash and reached into his pouch to discover that it was not there. He left his clay behind. His favorite choice of assaults and explosive passion was left behind in that desolated scorched village. He decided to fight close combat but to his surprise this stranger turned out to be extremely powerful than he had anticipated.
"You seem like someone I would like to experiment on," the stranger's voice began with a pleased yet perverse tone. Deidara reacted with a disgusted expression to what he had just heard. As soon as the tall man lunged forward to capture the blonde, Deidara executed a substitution jutsu with the pint-sized amount of chakra that he still possessed. The nemesis had figured out that this blonde was an easy target. Deidara resented the way others assumed that he was some weakling. This infuriated him and he focused the overflowing wrath to smash the smirking pervert in the face. The pale man stumbled back, realizing that he was caught off guard. He recoiled from the spontaneous attack from the blonde and performed an unknown jutsu that would soon ruin Deidara for a long time.
Deidara noticed the man's intentions and launched a snowball filled with chakra at him to delay the man's dangerous attack. However, as much as Deidara fought back, the usually pale man seemed almost invincible. The Iwa ninja decided to swallow his pride and use his last resort, which was run for your life. And that's just what he did until another shady silver haired ninja prevented him from escaping. The pale man from before hissed at his counterpart, smirking at the struggling blonde with little to no chakra left from running away.
"Hold him still." That was all that was exchanged before Deidara fell unconscious in the isolated freezing forest.
Later, he woke up near a waterfall, shivering from the cold and an unbelievable pain stabbing him all over. He struggled to his feet, stumbling from his disoriented induced state of mind. Deidara looked at his palms and to his worst nightmare; he discovered that they were erased. He quickly checked his chest, collapsing to the ground as reality slapped him in the face.
"Those bastards had used some jutsu to steal my blood line, un…" Deidara mumbled in despair and hatred. He tried to use his chakra but it was no use. They obviously sealed away his ability to control and use his chakra. He performed a substitution jutsu and oddly enough it worked. However, just using that minute amount of chakra caused his to tumble over into a fit of pain. The blonde artist analyzed the entire situation of what he had knowledge of so far. He lost his bloodline, had limited chakra, and lost everything precious to him.
Next thing he knew, something bizarre happened to him. He felt tingling sensations surge through his veins and his body started to transform. He was scared shitless at what was happening.
Deidara's blue eyes appeared softer as well as his already feminine features. His body began to develop into a female. Unsure of what to do, he pinched himself to desperately believe that he was dreaming. There was no way in this world that he could transform into a female. What did those two weirdoes experiment on him?
All of the stress on his body caused him to pass out and he woke up to two men in black cloaks pursuing him. He had no chakra left in his system or his explosives on his side. This disadvantage already confirmed how things would play out. He protested, tried to escape and fight back but the strain on his body was too much to endure. Unfortunately, the blonde was captured and is currently staying at the Akatsuki hideout, which was a rather modern looking two story house with a balcony and winter wonderland scenery.
Tobi watched as heart wrenching tears cascaded shamelessly down the blonde's lightly tanned cheeks, glistening against the moonlight. The orange masked Akatsuki member gently pulled the weeping blonde into a strong embrace. His gloved hand gingerly brushed through the blonde's smooth tresses, stopping at the small of her back where he rubbed it in a circular motion with genuine care in his heart. Oh, he was becoming a softie but he was not complaining from being this close to the one he secretly admired.
Thank you for reading I hope that this chapter has cleared up any conclusion. I probably included some suspense though in Deidara's flashback though. Hehehe. Please review or you can even private message me with any questions or ideas. It makes me happy to see that this story is added to your favorites list and alerts list. :)