Author's Notes
Hiyaz!
"Well, well, well… 10 chapters, eh? That is a major… achievement. Don't you think?"
Hey! What are you doing here? *random punches, kicks and thumps* Get outta here Orochimaru!
*Clears throat* Sorry about that, Orochimaru kinda snuck in here while I wasn't looking.
Anyway, thank you to all my reviewers so far…
10 tailed demon cat dei lover
Niamh. rox101
Lakunawolf
Well there aren't many of you, but it's better than nothing! XP
"Ooh, ooh, ooh! Can I say it?"
*sigh* Fine… go ahead Tobi…
"Yay! I now present chapter 10!" *jumps about* CLASH! *silence* "Ow… the floor attacked me…"
*face palm*
WARNING - This chapter has a major cry-fest, so make sure you have loads of tissues. I cried, while writing it. It is MAJOR sad.
Chapter 10 - Teardrops On My Kunai
Hade sat there, staring up at the blonde artist in front of him. They both scowled at each other.
"She was trying to kill Hidan!" Hade complained, his head was throbbing from the pain.
Deidara didn't say anything, he just looked down at the brunette through his angry, blue eyes. Even Deidara's palm-mouths could feel Deidara's anger, they were hissing and spitting, trying to aim all their anger at the tall male sat on the ground.
"Did you hear me? I said NEVER TRY TO HURT HER, UN!" Deidara clenched his fists, forcing his palm-mouths to shut up, but they still tried to hiss. Deidara was so furious he held his eyes closed, if he looked at the expression on Hade's face one more time, Deidara would surely explode.
Hade held a sense of accomplishment, at the fact that he had the power to beat a possessed ninja. That is what made Deidara sick to the stomach.
The fact that Hade was proud of himself made the whole situation worse. But that was not the only problem.
Zeotora was possessed by her blood-thirsty demon, the cannibalistic lion demon, the in-human, murderous, hungry demon.
The same demon that was slowly rising to her feet.
The same demon that was letting her eyes glide over the scene.
The same demon that was slowly stepping closer to her saviour.
The same demon that wasn't thinking of thanking her rescuer, but doing something much more suitable to her demonic nature.
Deidara kept his eyes closed, the image of Hade's proud face was burning into his mind, and all the young artist wanted was for it to go away, before he did something he would regret. But Deidara was so angry and unforgiving, that he didn't notice the blonde behind him, lifting her claws and preparing for a lethal attack.
Hade just sat there, watching Zeotora about to slice open the very person that just saved her. Hidan was too weak to say anything, he didn't even know what was going on, due to the fact that his vision was still blurry. Tobi and Kakuzu stared, praying that Zeotora wasn't going to do, what it looked like she was doing. Kam was too shocked to even manage a small whisper.
"Zeotora, please wake up. I know you can't hear me but… I just want you to know, I never hated you, un."
Zeotora froze, Deidara's voice was running through her head.
"Thanks, this has been the best birthday ever, un."
"Zeotora. Please don't do this, un."
"Good to have you back, un."
All these times that Deidara showed his emotions, without actually saying that he loved her. Right from the first day, he loved her, it was obvious that he was denying it, but for some reason. His words were getting to her.
"Go back, Dei dei!"
"No, not until I say it, un."
"Say what?"
"That… I LOVE YOU!"
That moment played over and over in Zeotora's mind. It didn't feel right, her head was hurting, the room started to spin and her legs were starting to go weak. But why?
Then a tinge of guilt panged in the back of her head as she remembered the conversation she and Deidara had yesterday.
"I had to, you know me-"
"Do I? Sometimes it feels like I don't. When I think I know you, you go and do something, un! Like the time you blew up the hideout, or the time you tried to kill me, or what about the time you went and joined that… that bastard Orochimaru and then just left, un!"
There were no words to describe the way Zeotora felt, she was guilty of causing a broken heart but she never meant it to happen. Zeotora stood frozen, she was in a trance. All the memories had made their way into her mind without even breaking the skin.
Then a light, soft smile formed on her bloodied lips, and tears welled in her eyes.
"About what I said a couple of days ago… I meant it, un…"
"Dei dei…" Zeotora said out loud.
Deidara turned around, the sound of his own name drew his attention to the Kunoichi behind him.
"I'm… I'm s-sorry…" Zeotora collapsed to her knees. All the anger that dwelled in Deidara's system, suddenly dissipated at Zeotora's words.
"Yea, you should be!" Deidara snapped at that point, he turned to face Hade, he stepped closer and grabbed the male by his shirt collar.
"If I were you, I would shut the hell up, un!" Deidara threatened.
"Now, now, play nice boys…" They both turned to see Zeotora, she was once again stood tall, the red glow shone in her eyes and she tutted, in a playful, yet mocking manner.
"Zeotora, un…"
"N-no. Get.. o-out…" Zeotora's voice was switching back and forth between her regular voice, and that demonic voice that belonged to the two-tails.
"Argh! Do you mind! I'm trying to take over your body!"
"I s-said… get, out of m-my body…" It was hard to tell who was winning. Zeotora's arms shot up and gripped her head, her legs were trembling and her body was fighting for control.
"L-leave… me… a-alone…" The demon growled and hissed. Zeotora had lived like this for too long, she shook her head from side to side. All everyone could do was watch and wait. One of Zeotora's hands disobeyed Zeotora's order as it let go of her head and hung down by her side. Everyone was watching Zeotora fight her own mind, it was heart-breaking to see her like this.
Zeotora suddenly let out a loud screech. Her hand let go of her head and lowered to rest onto of her other hand, which was now in a fist, pressed against her chest.
Deidara's eyes went wide, blood was running down from that fist, down her clothes and splashing onto the floor. Silver was visible from the gap between Zeotora's hand and her chest.
"Is that a… a…" Deidara stumbled.
"K-kunai…" Zeotora muttered, finishing Deidara's sentence. Zeotora suddenly collapsed, only to be caught by the blonde artist, that admired her so much.
"Why the hell did you just…" Deidara was getting choked up, he couldn't even finish his sentence, nothing on earth could bring him to say the words.
"Because… I, I d-don't want t-to live like th-that… anymore…" Zeotora said before coughing up blood. "Think of it… on the b-bright side, at least… you don't h-have to spend all d-day sealing away… the two-tails…" Zeotora let out a weak giggle.
"Zeotora, un…"
"C-can… you put me… b-beside Slick?" Zeotora asked, half whispering.
"Sure, just don't… leave us just yet, un." Zeotora smiled lightly. Deidara lifted her into his arms and set her down gently, beside the immortal, who was slowly regaining his strength.
"Hey, S-slick…"
"You don't sound to good, Twinkle." Hidan said, turning his head to face Zeotora. Zeotora copied his action, so they were facing each other.
"I know… I g-guess this is… finally it th-then…"
"I guess you're right… I'm gonna miss you."
"I n-never thought I w-would… die at th-the age of n-nineteen…" Zeotora muttered, the tears slowly running down her cheeks.
"To be honest, I thought you were eighteen."
"D-didn't I t-tell you… it's m-my birthday… t-today…" Zeotora said weakly as her eyelids got heavier.
"Zeotora! Don't you dare lose your eyes." Hidan said quickly.
"I… I can't h-help it… g-goodbye, S-slick…" Deidara kneeled down beside Zeotora, his own tears were soaking his shirt.
"Bye, Twinkle. I'll pray for you, everyday." Hidan felt his yes sting, as he said the words Zeotora listened, wanting to savour the sound of the Jashinist's voice.
"I love you Zeotora, un." Deidara said gently, making sure the girl heard him before she slipped into her eternal sleep.
"I… I l-love you… too, D-dei dei…" Zeotora use the last of her strength to smile her trademark grin, but the difference was the fact that her eyes didn't hold their usual sparkle. Her ocean, blue eyes slid closed softly, and her breath silenced.
"Zeotora… I, what…" Deidara couldn't believe his ears, and he didn't want Zeotora to die. "NO!"
"Night night Twinkle…" Hidan looked away, Zeotora wouldn't want Hidan to cry.
"Please, un… don't die!" Deidara pleaded, knowing it was too late, "Telling you how much I love you, is harder than trying to explain the taste of water, you can't just die, un! I love you, I NEED you, un!"
"She's not going to die." Everyone turned to look at Kakuzu, he pulled out a kunai and drove it into his own chest.
"What the hell are you doing!" Hidan asked.
Kakuzu grunted, "Deidara, out of the way!" Kakuzu knelt beside Zeotora, he pulled out both of the kunai, and began carving around Zeotora's heart, he removed it carefully.
"What are you doing, un?" Deidara shouted, horrified at the fact that Kakuzu was literally cutting out Zeotora's heart.
"I have five hearts, remember?" Kakuzu shouted back, "Now shut up and get me some cloth or something." Kakuzu carefully cut out one of his hearts and oh so carefully placed it into Zeotora's empty chest. He used some of his threads to secure the heart in Zeotora's heart box, making sure that everything was connected. Kakuzu carefully stitched everything back together.
Once he was finished with Zeotora's new heart, he stitched his own chest back up.
By this time, Hidan was strong enough to sit up, but he could barely stand. Zeotora had taken almost all his blood.
Hade walked over to the group, "How is she?" He asked cautiously.
"Why would you care, un?" Deidara said as he sat down beside Zeotora, she was laying there, motionless. "Are you sure it worked, un?" Deidara asked Kakuzu, not wanting to engage in conversation with Hade.
"No, I'm not sure, I have never preformed an operation like this before. So I have no idea if it is even possible for it to work." He replied coldly, trying not to show the emotions that made him hate Deidara.
Well, actually, he didn't hate Deidara, he was just jealous. But to Kakuzu, it was hate.
Zeotora's eyelids started to flicker. Everyone went silent and watched the blonde cautiously. She suddenly gasped in a huge amount of air, she breathed deeply and coughed as she tried to sit up.
"Woah, careful. You aren't strong enough yet." Kakuzu said gently, placing his hands on her shoulders and laying her back down again.
Zeotora's eyes were now open, she looked at Kakuzu wide-eyed and pushed his hands off of her. She leant away from him, and gave him a confused look.
"Zeotora? What's the matter?" Kakuzu asked, not knowing what was wrong.
After a few minutes of staring, Zeotora finally replied, "What? Who are you? And who's Zeotora?"
*~To be continued~*
A/N
Did not see that coming…
Well actually I did since I wrote it, but I did cry while I was writing the death scene. When I was writing it I was thinking, "I would have to end the story if Zeotora died" So I made her come make to life again, but I did that before, when Kabuto strangled her.
So instead I decided to make it more OH MY GOD!
"It's, oh my JASHIN!"
-.- Shut up Hidan.
This chapter was written while listening to the song Teardrops on my guitar by Taylor Swift.
I have decided to stop with the questions, if you want them to come back, just let me know.
Anyway, don't forget to review and see ya next time.
xoxoxChelly. Go. Luckyxoxox