Hello Faithful Readers~! I'm here with another chapter, and right befor i go on vacation to. I might be delayed with the next one, but i will promise to get it to you as soon as possible!
Eclipse Of The Rising Sun- Thanks for the Awesome review! And don't worry the Akatsuki will be tougher, im just not so great with Fight scenes yet ^.^'' I hope you enjoy the rest of it as well!
TheOriginalGloryGirl- I know! I hated doing that to Poor Poor Shikoru, BUT HAVE NO FEAR! All is not lost~!
And now i shall Shush so you can read :D
Chapter Seven- Smile
Several figures looked at the girl Itachi had just dumped in front of them. She was unconscious, thanks to his Shiringan, and none of them wanted to know if she was suffering from his Tsukiyomi or not. There were one or two amused glances, while most were bored. Deidara's on the other hand, was livid. He was angry and at the same time he was surprised at this little kunoichi. How she managed to get that far was beyond him. As much as he hates Itachi, he respects him enough to be great full for his Shiringan. Grumbling, Deidara bent down and clipped the Chakra-stealing collar onto her neck.
"Well that should stop her, yeah." He said to no one in particular. He heard a snort of amusement from the large ,blue skin man that accompanied Itachi. Kisame. Deidara was never particularly fond of the drinking shark-like man and his angering attempts at humor. But he was intimidating. Hell, anyone would find a giant blue shark man to be a bit scary.
Deidara let out an annoyed sigh and picked the girl up, throwing her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He was surprised as how light she has gotten. Sure their meals weren't all that good, but she shouldn't be losing weight like this. Her hip bones seemed to be stabbing into his shoulder. This must have been going on before she got here. It has only been four days. That was something else he could report to Leader-sama.
After dropping, quite literally, the girl off in her little cell, Deidara headed back to Leader's office. He wasn't particularly happy to be going in there after the Kunoichi got away from his grasp with a strong bite and a well placed ram. He knocked on the door, gulping.
"Enter." The voice of his leader washed over him. Taking a deep breath he opened the door, nodding in respect to the orange-haired male.
"The Kunoichi is back, yeah." He stated, closing the door behind him. "Itachi got her, un" Diedara saw Pein sigh, rubbing his temples. Deidara fidgeted slightly.
"Good. Make sure something like this doesn't happen again." He said in a dismissive tone.
" If you don't mind me asking, yeah," He said, looking to Pein, " Why do we bother with her? The Uchiha brat probably moved on by now, un." He asked boldly.
Pein smirked. "Its not just about that. You see, If we can swat the loyalties of the mutt." He said, his eyes wondering around the room. " Then she could possibly give us the location of not only the Nine-tails, but Konoha secrets as well."
"How do we know she knows, yeah?" Deidara asked, his brows coming together in confused look.
" If she was sent on that mission, its no doubt she knows some things." He explained. Deidara nodded, understanding. "And no doubt she'll do anything to get out of our grasp. Explaining the collar."
"So, un" Deidara said, sitting down in a chair around the edge of the room. "How do we switch her loyalties, yeah?"
Claire looked down at the bloodied wolf. Its coat was obviously a raven color, but the crimson from his blood put lovely streaks in there. She didn't know it it would stain or not. She was hoping it did. That would be most enjoyable. She watched the faint raise and fall of his chest, a telltale sigh that he was alive, albeit weak.
"Lyra Onee-chan has a bad taste in partners." She said wrinkling her nose in disgust. "Although he has the same look as my beauties, he is but trash." She sneered.
"So I take it you enjoy this present?" He asked, the grin obvious in his tone.
"Oh I do 'dara-nii" She purred, using her pet name for him. "I will have fun seeing the expressions on Onee-chan's face when she finds her poor little beastie."
"Speaking of which, When are you planning on seeing her?" Madara asked, curiosity making him stand on his tippy-toes.
Claire grinned. "Oh I want to see Onee-chan soon, But sadly, I cannot kill her until the snow melts." She replied, still hovering over her unconscious 'present'. "Could you possibly help 'dara-nii?" She asked sweetly looking up at him.
He chuckled. "Of course." He said smoothly. " Give me a week or two. And Claire? I need you to do something for me." He said, whispering his plans into her ear. Claire's smile turned devilish and her eyes clouded over in Blood-lust.
Hinata sat on a stone bench, thinking, twiddling her fingers like mad. She was worried about her friend and teammate, and it was shown clearly on her face. Days have gone by and no one has found a trace of her, save for the battle ground, where they found a lot of her blood. But Hinata knew she wasn't the only one worried. Ino too had shown her worry, but in a completely different manner. She got violently angry sometimes, heading off to destroy the first training dummy she set her eyes on. Ino wasn't one to fret and think of the thousands of possibilities that could have befallen her friend. Hinata found her quite lucky for this, for some of the things Hinata scared her.
"Hinata? Hello? Earth to Hinata!" A happy voice said a bit to loudly. Hinata shook her head and looked up into clear blue eyes.
"N-n-naruto-kun!" She said her face becoming red at their close proximity.
Smiling now that he got her attention, he asked, "Whats got you all worried? You looked like Shikamaru there for a second." He said with a hearty laugh.
Hinata's eyes instantly fell to the ground. "W-well Naruto-kun. When you where a-away on that mission. Lyra-san was... "She trailed off, not wanting to speak anymore.
"What happened to Lyra-chan?" He asked, throughly confused. He had a great respect for that particular Kunoich, for she had gone out of her way to try and track Sasuke for him about a year back. She was also very nice, though her temper flared occasionally. She seemed to share the same burning determination to get lost comrades back.
"W-w-w-well, you s-see" She stuttered, speaking of the incident made her sad and nervous. "We were on a mission. A-and We got a-ambushed on the w-way back. Lyra-san w-was taken." She said, sniffling freely now. She felt two hot tears drop onto her clenched fist.
"Who?" Naruto's voice came out, hard as steel. He had a almost-scary look in his eyes.
Hinata muttered something inaudible.
"Who!" He almost shouted. Hinata flinched.
"Akatsuki..." She whispered, as if merely saying the name would make the S-class criminals appear.
She watched as Naruto yelled in frustration, and sprinted towards the Hokage's Tower.
"Sorry Naruto-kun. Lyra-san knew." She whispered to herself, and stood up to walk away.
My eyes seemed to me heavy as stones when I tried to open them. I was aggravated. It seems that all I'm doing is passing out and bleeding all over the damned place! I sat up, my hand going deep into the soft bed. Wait... bed?
I quickly looked around. Assessing my position and my surroundings. I was in... a room. An actual room. At first my thoughts were excited. Thinking it meant I was rescued and Ino probably stole me from the hospital to her house. But an odd weight around my neck confused me. Reaching up with my right hand, I touched the little collar softly. Images came rushing at me, along with several bits of conversation.
I felt my anger boil up as I figured out exactly where I was and what was around my neck. Did they think they could just snap a collar on and I'd roll over for them? That now, just because I couldn't use my Chakra, that I still wasn't a small threat? She could still sneak, hear, smell, and bite. I could also scream and throw the biggest bitch-fest (No pun intended) they have ever seen. But this was Akatsuki. If I attacked, I would probably end up as sushi within 5 minuets with no chakra at all. That reasoning thought only made me angrier, and they knew it.
"DAMNIT!" I screeched my voice reaching an octave that even hurt my own ears. I nearly jumped off the bed, and was surprised when I didn't have an agonizing wave of pain wash over me. My wounds were only a slight pink now, and would probably heal to be small, white scars that would blend with my skin. Did they heal me? Now I was really confused. A hideout full of S-class criminals, that beat the crap out of me, threw me in a cell for Kami knows how many days, and now in a room with a very soft bed. It made no since to me at all. The sound of a door clicking open made me freeze, mentally and physically.
"Oi, little mutt, I see your awake." A very deep voice said, amusement clearly written on his face. Apparently, he had heard my screech. "If you want dinner, then come on." He stated, and then left.
I perked up at the prospect of food, as did my stomach to my embarrassment. Narrowing my eyes suspiciously, I crept over to the open door. Scenting the air, I stayed in the shadows, fallowing the enticing smell of cooked meat. I was silent on my feet, not making a sound on the wooden floor. I had long abandoned my shoes in the cell, and the floor chilled my toes. It felt like the old days, when I would try to sneak up on Ma with Kiba. The memory made my heart ache for home. Shaking the memory from my head I glanced around a corner to see two or three of the Akatsuki, in normal shinobi garb, munching quietly or making some sort of small talk. It was odd to see three criminals acting like there over at a best bud's house, chilling for a few hours. I narrowed my eyes.
"You can join us." A bored tone said as he picked at the food on his plate.
My eye narrowed even more when I saw the elder Uchiha. He payed no more attention to me as he ate, and sipped a cup of steaming tea. I looked around, and there was another plate almost overflowing with food. There was rice, some sort of meat, vegetables, and what looked to be a lemon wedge. The rest of them seemed to be as far away from the plate, while also looking like they normally ate that way. In the blink of an eye I had the plate, and with one last glare, I scurried back my own scent trail to the room, where I would inspect the food most diligently.
Itachi glanced at Kisame, who shrugged. "She really dose seem like a stray dog." He admitted. Deidara scoffed, rolling his eyes as he stuffed another Onigiri Ball in his mouth. He was quite fed up with the little Kunoichi. Having the nerve to bite him twice. He wouldn't miss a chance to make her one of his greater pieces of artwork.
"I don't see why we have to deal with her, un." He grumbled, and grabbed another rice ball and headed out of the small kitchen area. He wondered for a bit, thoughts swirling in his head.
-FLASHBACK-
Seven members crowded around their leaders desk, waiting and listening to what he would say. Some where emotionless, while one particular Shinobi was letting a play of emotions wash over his face. The others noticed that mostly confusion took over his features.
"You are aware of the Kunoichi under our...'watch' correct?" Pein asked, while the others nodded. "Well, she seems to run on a more... animalistic path, and kicking the dog wont get it to bark." With that, a sliver-haired Akatsuki member grinned wildly. "So treat her as... a 'normal' person. No cell, normal food rights. But the collar remains. Anyone to remove it without my permission will face the consequences of Kami." He said in a dangerous tone.
The seven remembered how to break the seal on the Kunoichi's 'collar'. It was a simple release jutsu, but only those that were gave their blood when making the device would be able to unlock it. You simply drew a line of your blood and preformed the Jutsu. Simple.
"Of course, if we do not get the information we want in two weeks, then she will be killed." He said, and looked at his desk. "With that done,let us make the mutt feel a bit more... at home." H finished and dismissed the members
-END-
After a thorough inspection of my food, I started to scarf it down. I didn't taste it, but it felt good to be full again. I haven't felt this full for a few weeks now. Stupid mission right after another. And then the whole Oh-look-you-got-fucking-kidnapped! thing wasn't helping much. After finishing off my dinner, or so I guessed it to be, I ripped part of the sheet on the soft mattress and poured some of my drinking water on it. After removing my headband, I scrubbed the dirt from my face, not being able to stand the feel of it anymore. I refused to look at the once-white sheet as I threw it to a dark corner of the room. I hated being dirty, I really did, but it comes with the job, I guess. I pawed all of the sheets and the fluffy comforter together in a massive fluffy heap and curled myself into it. It was the closest thing I could get to being next to Shikoru.
As I clutched a pillow to myself, I sighed and thought of my friends. As I let myself drift of to a wanted state of unconsciousness, A small smile crept its way upon my lips.
Deidara looked at the door only three away from his own. He didn't know what he was doing standing outside of it, but the mouths on his hands snapped and flicked there tongues in excitement. He hesitantly opened the door, the light from the hall flooding into the room.
In the middle of a giant puddle of sheets, pillows and blankets, a peaceful figure slept. Her hair scattered around her erratically, covering the parts of the blanket that she did not. For some reason it calmed the sudden need for explosions from Deidara.
"Goodnight kunoichi, un" He said closing the door with just a hint of a smile on his lips.
Awwww i thought that was cute. Besides the fact that Lyra had just stuffed herself and is a bit dirty XD.
As for the possible OOC-ness, Well honestly i don't think it is. :P
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