Stupidity at its Best (A Naruto Story) Ch 10!

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My head is spinning and my throat feels dry when Tobi finishes his talk. He'd told me everything. Yes, I do mean everything

"Does Kumori-chan understand?" He asks quietly, waving a hand in front of my eyes. I blink and nod.

"Yeah, I do," I say after gathering my composure again. "…Do I have chakra?"

"Tobi doesn't know," He says quietly, his body language tense. "Tobi can sense a little chakra for Kumori-chan but…it isn't strong,"

"Yet," A voice says behind us. My head jerks around and I almost lose my glasses. The wind blows quietly, tugging my hair playfully. The red streak stands out the most and finds itself over my eye. I push it away and look into the eyes of Kakuzu. His eyes are half-lidded lazily and I can't see even a scratch on him.

"We're going to need you strong if you're going to be part of us,"

"What happened to maid?" I ask dryly and I see a vein in his forehead pulse.

"Don't worry; you're still going to have the job of maid. But we're going to need you strong incase there's a raid. You're a very important girl now, Kumori." A small smirk plays behind his mask. "We could earn a lot of money and a lot of information from you if we play our cards right. We're not always going to be here to protect you so you're going to have to learn how to fight. It would be a shame if a pretty little thing like you died," His two first knuckles run along my cheek and I push away.

"Don't touch me, I'm not some kind of weapon or a-a plaything you can just use for whatever purpose you want to." I snap glaring at him. The angry look is thrown off by my glasses slipping down my nose a little. I push them up like the nerd I am and he laughs.

"You're in no place to tell me what I can or can't do. I could reach out and snap your neck right now, feeling nothing," He says reaching out for me again for emphasis. Tobi steps in front of me, protecting me.

"Me dead does nothing for you," I say coldly.

"Kakuzu-san will not hurt Kumori-chan," He says in the harshest tone he can muster. "Leader-sama's orders," The stitched gives a half shrug.

"That doesn't mean anything to me," He says and I can almost hear the smirk in his tone. "If she gets me mad, I'll kill her. Just the same as I'd do anyone else,"

"You won't touch her," Kisame says stepping into our part of the woods, an irritated look on his face. Blood's dripping down a cut bellow his left eye from the battle. "I'll kill you if you do,"

"I'd love to see you try," He says with a short bark of a laugh. I blink in surprise.

"Kisame-san," I say quietly stepping back from behind Tobi. "Don't get so stressed out over me, it's nothing. His threats are harmless, I'm sure," Hearing Kakuzu chuckle, I shoot a glare over your shoulder. "Can I get that cleaned up for you?"

He grunts noncommittally and sits on the spot, crossing his legs. Tobi hands me the bandages from his pouch and I rip off a small patch before setting them on the ground and putting the tape roll in my mouth. I kneel near Kisame's thigh and get close so I can cleanse the wound a little. He shifts uncomfortably as the new skin stings.

"Sorry," I mumble around the tape in my mouth as I gently press the gauze to the cut and tape it.

"It's fine," He says gruffly and I can feel heat radiating off of his cheeks as I finish taping.

He's blushing! My inner squeals. The big tough ninja is BLUSHING!

I'm sure it's nothing. I chide myself. He probably hasn't been this close to a girl in ages.

Orr he could like us!

He doesn't. He couldn't.

What's that supposed to mean?

You know what it means. We're just a weapon… a spy even. We mean nothing to him.

Psh, yeah right! Did you see how quick he was to stand up for us?! ARE YOU EFFING BLIND?!

No. I'm just seeing things how they are. He doesn't like us.

You're insane.

You're insane.

DIE BIOTCH!

RAWR! We fought again. Why I keep doing that I'll never know.

We're really stupid aren't we? My inner asks nursing a bruise on her right cheek.

Yeah. We need to stop doing that. I think rubbing a bruise on my arm.

Agreed

"Kumori…Kumoori~ Yeah," Deidara says waving a hand in front of my face.

"What?" I ask blinking a few times before smiling sheepishly. "Sorry,"

"I said it's time to get moving. A storm's coming, un," My heart stops for a split second. Thunderstorms were one of my worst fears.

"Okay," I say, mentally kicking myself for letting my voice be a few octaves higher than normal.

"You okay?" Hidan asks leaning over to be eye-to-eye with me.

"Fine," I squeak and he shrugs even though it's painfully obvious I'm lying. I'm not a good liar either, among other things.

"Let's go," Zetsu's white side says. "We should be able to cover a couple miles before it starts raining," I gulp mentally and they all look to me.

"She can't run as fast as we can," Itachi states dryly.

"TOBI WILL CARRY KUMORI-CHAN!" He yells at the top of his lungs.

"You're not strong enough, yeah," Deidara says rolling his eyes.

"Are you calling me fat?" My eyebrow twitches. He pales.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, un," He says shaking his head rapidly. "Tobi can't even lift a fifty pound weight, yeah. He wouldn't be able to lift you. I'm flying on my bird anyway, un. You'll be no trouble,"

"Let's just get going," Kakuzu says rolling his eyes. "Time is money,"

"Money who**," Hidan grumbles rolling his eyes.

"I'll pretend I didn't hear that," He says shooting a glare at his partner. Hidan flips him the bird and starts running.

"Oh yeah, yeah," Deidara says with a small smile as he looks at me. He slips his hands around my waist and ties a medic pack onto my hips. I check inside and find gauze, tape, bandages, and anything else I would need to try to be a half-decent nurse.

"Thanks," I say smiling brightly at him.

"It's nothing, un, I just picked it up off of a dead ninja and thought it might be of use to you," I lean over and peck his cheek.

"That was very thoughtful," A light blush shines on his cheeks as he quickly creates a bird and helps me onto it before we start fly. My arms are interlocked around his waist, my face pressed slightly into his back. After a while, it starts raining. He fishes a hat out of his cloak (HOW DID THAT FIT IN THERE?!) and puts it on so my head is shielded as well.

"Thanks," I say with my chin on his shoulder. I can feel him grinning as he nods.

"No problem, yeah," It steadily gets worse and is pouring before Itachi lets us take shelter in a cave.

"I hate rain," Hidan says darkly as Tobi shakes like a dog to get all the water off of him. "I f****** hate Tobi too,"

"Hey!" He says crossing his arms as he sits down in front of the crackling fire. Said fire is thanks to Itachi's fireball jutsu. I wring my hair out and sigh as it lays on my back.

"I don't like rain either," I shrug nonchalantly. My entire 'cool' look changes when I hear a thunder crack. Whimpering quietly, I pull my legs to my chest and cover my ears.

"What's wrong with you?" Hidan asks cluelessly. Lightening is followed by thunder again. I whimper again and screw my eyes shut.

Strong arms pull me close and I'm wrapped in something warm. I open my eyes and find myself in Kisame's arms. He's buttoned his cloak up around me and gently pushed my head against his chest. His heartbeat pounds in my right ear and I'm curled up in his lap.

"She's afraid of thunder," He says like it's nothing as he presses his other hand over my ear. I easily fall asleep that way, soothed by his warmth and heartbeat.

Aww that's a lovely amount of fluff isn't it? Yeah… *happy sigh* I'm really pleased with how this chapter turned out. Please review if you want me to update faster! Hopefully I'll update a lot because I'M ON WINTER BREAK! *woo*