In Which I, Indirectly, Owe A Jashinist
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Note: Rewriting it from the beginning!
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So, read it all over again! xD
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After finding Mao and Kii in the bathroom I had picked the heroic cat up and shook him a good time before giving him a good stern lecture on why he shouldn't jump strangers. Because, ya' know, they could be armed. I also told him to go hide over in the other side of the house.
I do believe he understood me. Well, I'm not sure he did for sure, he just gave me this look with his big yellow eyes and pawed at my face while Kii sat still on the edge of the bathtub. His little black eyes seemed to see into my very soul at that very moment, like he knew plenty I didn't.
Kinda... creepy, yeah?
However, that's beside the point. The point is, its been three days since Billie barged in, getting captured and three and a half after I was taken hostage, and no one has yet to bother even to check up on us.
NO ONE.
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Damn, me and Billie must not be very important.
"So, we're in a placed called, Hope Valley, hmm?"
"Yes."
Billie rolled her eyes. Lucky dog didn't know squat about Naruto, well, a little, but there was really only Fullmetal Alchemist in her eyes. I could see the appeal in it, but ninjas are way better then some short blonde kid who could clap and make stuff without so much as a chisel and a hammer. but, it's not like she got questioned, oh no, I think I must have looked much more promising then her.
"And there's no ninjas?" piped in 'Tobi'.
"There are, but not your kind of ninja."
At least, I think there are.
Narrowing his visible eye at me, 'Deidara' reached over with his right hand, its tongue lolling out at me. If this didn't prove they were real, I'd have to call myself insane.
I just stared at the hand and its very pink tongue. It was... grinning at me? Frowning? Smirking? What the hell? I'm thinking he does this often when they get hostages.
Apparently my lack of a reaction displeased the nuke-nin since he withdrew his hand, only to hold out his left hand at Billie, who loudly exclaimed,"THE FUCK?" and moved away from him, scooting further out of his reach. It wasn't far, but it was enough for her and that seemed to please the blond, Uchiha-hating-ninja. Her reaction, that is.
"Not so brave now, girly, yeah?" he sneered.
After she got the air knocked out of her by Pain's Shinra Tensei, or as she called it,'magical force thingamahbob', Billie had apparently took my words to heart from days ago and decided to, instead say something witty and insulting, give him a dark glower.
I sighed. God, these past few days it's been interrogation this, interrogation that. First, it was just Pain, then Hidan and Kakuzu—mind you, it didn't end well—then Konan. I didn't even know she was here, so it was a huge shocker.
And, now these two.
Deidara and the bastard, Madara, with the Tobi facade.
The Iwa-nin tried a couple more questions. Got only simple answers. Tried some more questions. Still got simple answers from me. Tried to use the threat of a kunai, and got slightly less simple answers. After awhile, though, he got fed up with it, especially when he found Billie didn't know anything of value.
The blonde slumped in his chair a bit and tipped his head back to groan,"We're getting nowhere with this, yeah..."
"Well, ya' COULD get somewhere if ya' untied me."
"Not on your life, hmm."
"You ruined it for yourself, ya' know."
With a huff and a scuff of her foot on the floor, Billie narrowed her red eyes at the ceiling. I knew she knew I knew that she knew I knew she had ruined it for herself days ago.
"Meh..."
We sat in silence for another few moments, that seemed to drag on for an hour before Deidara stood up from his chair.
"That's it, I give up, 'mmm," he said, throwing his hands up."I'll let the bastard Uchiha interrogate you two."
And not a moment too soon, Tobi stood up also, waving his arms,"But sennnpai, I wanna spend more time with Beni-channn and Billie-channn." he whined. I'm not sure I remember saying Billie's name in front of him before...
The youngest Akatsuki member gave him a quizzical look, but seemed to be thinking it over.
"NO," I blurted out, too quick for my mind to actually process what I had wanted to not say.
I had wanted to say,"Please don't leave us here with the crazed Uchiha," but then I would have just have gotten in more... trouble.
Deidara and Tobi turned to look at me. A smirk had spread over the blonde S-Class criminal's face.
... Dammit. I forgot the number one rule when dealing with people like Deidara. NEVER let them know what ticks you off or they'll use it to their advantage, however, in this case, it may just get me and Billie both killed.
I mentally slapped myself.
"Heh, why not, yeah?"
The bomber was still smirking as he turned to Tobi,"You can stay here, Tobi, hmm."
I could hear Billie mumble the word,"What?," under her breath at me. I wanted to say something back, but as I said earlier:
Ninjas have the ears of hawks or something.
I watched, pained, as Tobi clapped his hands in supposed glee,"Thank you sen~pai!"
Time to improvise.
"Uhhh,"I lamely began, hoping this wouldn't backfire."Deidara, you're an artist, right?"
I swear his eyes lit up like light bulbs
And, was what I heard a,"Damn," from Tobi?
Completely ditching the fact he was about to leave, Deidara went back and sat back into his chair after pulling it closer to me, leaning near,"Which do you believe to be True art: for it to be eternal and left for the future or fleeting, to only last a moment?"
He was serious.
"Um, the latter."
However, in a situation like this, it was safe to stay on his good side.
A grin appeared on his face,"You an artist, hm?"
At most I could draw some stick figures, so that counted, right?
"Y-Yes?"
I swear his grin grew deranged at my response.
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"Shut the hell up, Tobi, un," Deidara growled as he glanced around the corner.
After deeming me a worthy fellow artist, he had slung me over his shoulder—telling Tobi to do the same with Billie, and quietly told us we were going to be shone,"True Art." I could hazard a good guess on what he meant, and maybe, just maybe someone would see the 'Art.'
"But, senpaaaai, we'll get in trouble if we're caught!" Tobi whispered, a bit loud.
"If, Tobi, if, 'mmm."
Since that the hall was clear, he continued along, heading for the back sliding door of the house. I sniffed at Tobi from my position over the former Iwa-nin's shoulder. Oh, he thought he'd had me.
Better luck next time bastard.
Deidara was just getting to sliding the door open when Billie whispered from over Tobi's shoulder.
"Hay, hay, thar's this guy with orange hair behind us..."
I could feel Deidara freeze at Billie's words. Orange hair is something I know none of us would have liked to hear about right now... except Billie, she probably didn't even know who he was, but the rest of us knew who was.
"Uh-oh," Tobi whispered.
"Where do you think you're going, Deidara."
... Bloody hell, a question made as a statement, can't he just ask a normal question? I looked anywhere, but the orange haired leader.
When there was no answer from Deidara, there was this frightening moment where my vision of the world spun a full 360 and stopped just as quick—the backs of the arsonist and Tobi, with my friend in tow, now in my line of view. Ninjas... I didn't like these ninjas, nope. That had been like... like riding a roller-coaster if you will, a very disorientating roller-coaster
I flinched hard when the grip on my shoulder tightened.
"So, where are you going, Beni."
It took me a moment, but I answered.
"...N-Nowhere.''
I flinched again. It seemed he wanted an explanation for 'nowhere.'
"Y-You stopped us from g-going anywhere, so we're g-going nowhere..."
Hopefully that'd satisfy the crazy homicidal ninja.
I couldn't tell if he was about to say something after that, what with him behind me and all, but, as much as this pained me to say it, Hidan totally saved our asses.
I'll have to be nice to him at one point to repay him.
"HEY! IT'S THAT HETHERN CAT! COME 'ER YOU LITTLE FUCKER!"
This was followed by loud yowling.
"COME HERE YOU FUCKING CAT!"
As the grip on my shoulder lessened a bit, there was an audible gasp from Tobi.
"Mao-kun!" he exclaimed, turning on his heel, jolting Billie. He speed walked up to Pain, giving a slight bow, saying,"Sorry Leader-sama, bye Leader-sama." and all, but ran out of the room, taking my friend with him.
"HIDAN-SAN! DON"T HURT MAO-KUN!" he screamed as he ran around the corner, disappearing from my sight.
I looked back to where Deidara was.
... Well he HAD been there.
I could feel the sweat bead on my forehead.
"Don't think you have us fooled, you know too much to be a mere civilian."
And just like that, the oppressing pressure that was an orange haired, ringed eyed ninja was gone. Not entirely gone, but gone enough for me to buckle onto my knees in relief that the air seemed light again.
I took a moment to shake myself before standing again before something, just, clicked.
"How in the world did he know Mao's name..." I mumbled to myself, my arms wrapped around myself.
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He was in on me when I was in the bathroom.
That bastard.
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