Chapter 8
"Saki, is dinner ready, un?" Deidara questioned leaning his head inside the kitchen doorway.
"Yeah, it is just go and sit with the others Dei-Chan." Saki grinned and waved her index finger in one full circle.
"Okay, un!" The blonde bomb expert rushed back to his seat. Saki followed soon after with ten small bowls filled with steaming rice, ten small bowls filled with miso soup, ten spoons and ten cups filled with tea.
"Dinner is served!" Saki exclaimed waving her fingers around, the bowls, cups and utensils followed the action and spun before settling down in front of their respective Akatsuki member. Konan and Pein sat across from each other in the long rectangular table. Deidara sat next to Kisame, who sat next to Itachi. Tobi sat next to Itachi and Konan; he also sat across from Kakuzu. There was an empty seat between Kakuzu and Hidan. Next to Hidan sat Zetsu.
"Zetsu, I put that human meat you gave me into your portion of the food." Saki informed facing the carnivorous plant.
"Oh, thank you Saki, you're so sweet." The white side of Zetsu praised.
"You had better not cooked that meat, Saki." The dark side growled in disgust.
"I didn't," the small albino responded going around the table towards the empty seat. "We all know it taste better raw."
"Saki, we're eating don't say that." Konan scolded.
"Sorry," Saki glanced at the empty seat between Kakuzu and Hidan. 'Crud! 'Saki snarled internally. The small albino grinned and sat down in between the zombie duo. Conversations ceased as everyone dug into their dinner.
"Ugh," growled Kakuzu in disgust and scooted his chair over away from Saki.
Saki frowned and stared at her hands, "Grandpa, why are you a meanie?"
Hidan stopped his animated conversation with Zetsu and turned to eavesdrop on the conversation. Zetsu silenced and listened intently while slowly eating his human meat filled dinner.
"Look kid, I'm not your fucking Grandfather so stop calling me that or else I'm going to slit your throat and use your spine as a back scratcher." Kakuzu snarled pulling down his mask.
"B-but-"
"I don't anything to do with you so shut up!" The miser pounded his fist on the table.
"Is it because I'm a little girl and you don't want to seem like a pedophile?" Saki shook her head and picked up a spoonful of rice. Laughter erupted next to her as Hidan gurgled on his laughter. Deidara choked on his miso soup, Kisame howled with laughter, and Tobi shouted loudly in glee. Kakuzu, on the other hand, hissed and picked up his bowl or rice.
"Fucking Kuzu, a fucking pedophile," Snorted Hidan.
"Hidan don't bully him." Saki whined poking the Jashinist with her spoon.
"Bitch please!" Hidan exclaimed smacking the spoon out of Saki's hand, "Kakuzu a fucking pussy, and now he's a fucking pedophile. HA!"
"Shut the fuck up!" Kakuzu shouted. The miser gripped his bowl of rice and hurled it to Hidan.
Saki turned, unfortunately.
The bowl of steaming rice collided with her face. The small albino shrieked in pain and jumped out of her seat. The bowl dropped from Saki's face; she ran out of the room sobbing.
"Kakuzu!" everyone exclaimed simultaneously.
Konan stood up and briskly walked out of the dining room. The blue haired angel followed the sounds of sobs and soon reached the bathroom.
Sobs crawled underneath the door and rung in Konan's ears. The sound of water and splashing also followed. The paper angel slowly opened the door and stepped inside.
"Konan!" Saki pounced onto the blue haired angel and hugged her tightly around the waist.
"Konan," she whispered pushing her face into Konan's stomach. "It hurts."
"What hurts honey?" Konan patted Saki's head. "Does your face hurt?"
Saki shook her head and stepped back. She lifted her head and pointed to her heart. "Hurts," she whispered.
Tears poured down Saki's red face, "It hurts a lot."
"If she didn't get in the way she wouldn't have had a bowl of steaming rice in her face," Grumbled Kakuzu.
"Fucker, you just can't aim!" Hidan protested.
"Don't you care?" Kisame inquired picking up the empty bowls.
"Care about what?" the miser scoffed, "In the years I had living this life, I've only cared about a few things. Money is one of them but the feeling of actually caring about human life was ripped out of me a long time ago by that woman."
"Wow, moody much, un." Deidara chuckled, "You're starting to sound like a certain emo we all know."
"Hn," Itachi glared at the blond bomber.
Deidara raised his hands up, "Man, calm down, un."
"Hn," Itachi got up and left the dining room.
A loud shriek sounded throughout the house.
"I wonder what that was." Kisame murmured.
"Sasori, are you in?" Konan knocked at the brown door with a black scorpion carved onto it.
"Yes, you may come in Konan." Sasori responded. Konan grabbed Saki's hand and entered the room.
The bluenette positioned Saki in front of Sasori, "Sasori do you have anything for burns?"
"Yes, "Sasori briefly glanced at Saki. Then, the puppet stood up and walked briskly across the room. He reached inside a drawer and pulled out a small bottle.
"Saki, come here." The puppet master called.
"Yes," the small albino marched to the puppeteer and stood. Sasori dipped his fingers into the bottle and gently rubbed the cream on Saki's burnt face.
Konan stood patiently watching.
Flashback
"It hurts," Saki gripped her chest. "Konan help me, it hurts!"
"Saki, how does it hurt?" Konan probed, "Does it ache? Is it your chest? Your heart?"
"My chest, my lungs, I can't breathe." Saki wheezed, " I need air, I need air, I need air, I NEED AIR!"
The small albino gripped her chest and shrieked.
End Flashback
"Sasori, give her a medical check up too." Konan commanded.
"Why?" Sasori responded placing the bottle in its drawer. The puppet master took out some bandages from another drawer.
"My chest, it hurt and I couldn't breathe properly." Saki explained, "It always hurts."
Chapter end
