Gee, thanks for the reviews. and here it is the fourth chapter of this fic! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Pairings: Tobi X Ren (OC) ; Deidara X Ren (OC)
Whoever You Are…
Chapter IV:
Pain of Loss
"Where did you get this ring?" Konan started to ask hotly.
The girl backed a little, surprised at Konan's question. She didn't know that the ring's origin is important to her task.
"Answer me!" Konan said impatiently.
"A-at a dismal room, then at a creepy hand, I-I took it and teleported out." The girl stammered.
"Teleported?" Kisame bewildered then looked at Zetsu, "Is there any such thing?"
"I'd never expected that she would be this great." Itachi murmured.
"Huh, what's the matter? What's happening? Who's Orochimaru?" Tobi asked. Confused at what is happening.
"Orochimaru is one of the former members of this organization," Pein coolly explained, "He left years ago bringing this ring with him thus, making for us impossible to replace him. Actually, we are searching for him because he knows many things about Akatsuki." Then turning on the girl, "Good thing you found his ring, have you eliminated him also?"
"Eliminated? I saw no one in the room." The girl quickly said.
"Master Orochimaru-san, why have you prevented me of killing that girl?" a man with a round spectacles and a long, tied, white hair asked.
The man beside him stood up from his seat. His black hair swayed while he stood. He has a very pale skin. His eyes looked like the eyes of a snake.
"Her face," Orochimaru said, "it looks familiar. I think I saw that face somewhere, Kabuto."
Kabuto looked at him with a puzzled look, "Where have you seen it, Orochimaru-san?"
The snake-eyed man thought for awhile then said to Kabuto, "Go to the basement of the Administration Building at Konoha. Make sure you are not spotted by other ninjas. I think I found that face at the archives of ninjas that has been considered dead for years."
Pein said nothing about the subject anymore but instead, he returned the ring to its new owner.
"You are now the new member of Akatsuki. Your partner will be Tobi. Zetsu will give you your cloak later." He said then left.
"Wow, this thing's nice!" The girl exclaimed while wearing her black Akatsuki cloak, then looking at the room where the room was slightly open, "Is this my new room?"
Tobi cocked his ears, eager to know what her impression is about Deidara's work-of-art.
The girl peeped inside the room. As if in an instant, she saw the dozens of clay figures on the one side of the room. She never saw in her life such weird things that she suddenly blurted out, "What a weird room."
Tobi misinterpreted the girl's sentence. He thought that she doesn't like what his late sempai did and wishes to destroy them. Was Tobi getting paranoid? To others, maybe he was but to him, it is all real. His new partner doesn't like Deidara. He doesn't need any more signs, that one simple sentence sparked his suspicion to fact.
She made another step inside the room but Tobi seized her and dragged her out of the room. Zetsu and the girl were so surprised at the masked member's sudden action.
"No!" Tobi screamed at the top of his voice and waving his arms frantically, "You will not go inside Deidara-sempai's room!"
"And just what do you think you're doing?" Zetsu asked at the delirious Tobi.
"No one will take Deidara-sempai's memories out of this room and out of Tobi!" Tobi shouted, "They are the only one's that makes Tobi remember Deidara-sempai."
The word 'memories' rang a bell in the girl's ears. She remembered the first time that she woke up in a middle of a blizzard and not remembering anything of what happened or who she was. It was a frustrating fact that you lost something you don't want to let go.
"Maybe that's what Tobi feels," she mused, "angry, confused and frustrated."
"Tobi stop this nonsense act or else…" Zetsu threatened.
"No one can stop Tobi from preventing her going into his room!" Tobi bellowed, "Not even leader-sama!"
Zetsu got enough of Tobi's disrespect to the other members. If the girl hasn't thought quickly, Tobi's just a memory now.
"It is okay, Zetsu-san. I'll just sleep at the room beside his." whispered the girl.
Zetsu, looked hesitatingly at the room beside Tobi and Deidara's. As far as he knew, it was Hidan and Kakuzu's room. It is abandoned to for some time so he decided that it would be just fine.
"Fine," Zetsu said, "just clean the room if you like to. It's a bit dirty." Then left
When Zetsu departed, the girl looked straight at the masked boy's eyehole and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Tobi. I didn't mean to make you furious. Actually, I guess we are on the same situation. We both lost something and we are furious about it."
"Get out of Tobi's sight, please. Tobi doesn't like to see you" he said bitterly.
The girl departed sadly, and went into her new room. The whole room's a mess. There are some creepy signs drawn on the floor on one side of the room. The other side was full of tendrils, needles, and human hearts. The floor on that side was smeared with blood too. The bedcovers were all undone. It really looks like a war zone.
Instantly, the girl started to work for if she wanted a clean, decent place to sleep on, she must work now. She washed and replaced the bed covers, repainted the walls, vacuumed the floor and put a carpet on it that she bought on the market on the time of her training days, threw all the trash until she was dead beat. She finished half past midnight. After that, without changing her clothes, she threw herself to bed and slept soundly.
On the second day of her Akatsuki life, her relationship with her new partner, Tobi, is still cold. New Year's coming but everyone's not too happy about it. Everyone, except the girl misses Deidara. For he is the one who makes the beautiful, state-of-the-art fireworks, as Kisame once mentioned to the girl.
Tobi just locked himself inside the room. Zetsu is out of the hideout too. Itachi's sleeping and Pein and Konan were at the Hidden Rain Village, for some business, maybe. Kisame and the new recruit were at the kitchen. Kisame's sipping tea while the girl makes her breakfast.
"Does Zetsu teach you how to cook?" Kisame suddenly asked.
The lass was surprised at what he had said, "No Kisame-san, he doesn't. Why did you ask?"
"Nothing, it's just because the food you cook smells good." Kisame replied while sniffing the smell of the cooked food.
"Does Zetsu-san cooks food?" the girl asked.
"No, he eats raw meat." Kisame simply said.
"Raw meat?" the girl asked in great interest, "What kind of raw meat?"
Kisame stared at her for awhile then he sipped his tea again, "Human's meat." He said indifferently.
The girl silently gulped and continued on her cooking, trying not to show disgust. After that no sound could be heard for some time. The girl realized that now is the time to ask about Deidara.
"Uh, Kisame-san, may I ask you something?" the girl queried.
A baffled looks was shown on Kisame's face, "Yeah, what is it?"
The neophyte went direct to her point, "Who is Deidara-san, whom Tobi always mentions?"
Kisame almost coughed at what she had said. He was caught off-guard at that surprise question. He just stared at the open space for a second then spoke, "Maybe it wouldn't hurt if I told you that one, since you are now one of us."
The dark-blue-haired man paused for awhile then spoke again, "As far as I know, Deidara was a terrorist from the Hidden Rock village. His specialty was clay explosives which he forms from the mouth at his palm on both hands. When he was partnered with Tobi, the two had a very comical relationship."
"What happened to him?" the girl asked again.
"Um, in his fight with Uchiha Sasuke, he detonated himself." He replied.
"Does Tobi, love him?" she asked again.
"At the rate he is acting now, maybe he loves him very much." Kisame speculated.
The girl said nothing. She just finished her cooking and ate. The day passed on without any excitement. When the day drew to a close the girl went into her room. The only partition between Tobi and her was a bland wall. In the middle of the night, she can still hear Tobi crying. She feels sorry for the lonely masked boy, at the same measure that she feels sorry for herself.
"Poor Tobi, I really hate to see you cry." The girl said quietly said, "I wonder what I can do to make him happy again, at least."
The girl thought for awhile then suddenly she jumped out of her bed with a radiant beam on her face, "I know what I can do! I shall do what my ability can do!"
A/N: I forgot what is that building called at Konoha were the Hokage works but I think that is it, right?