Chapter Eleven
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, sadly. If I did... Well I dunno. Tenten and Neji would be together by now.
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Painting Roses
Contraband Quest
War of Roses
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"When you're weak, I'll be strong
When you let go, I'll hold on
When you need to cry, I swear that I'll be there
to dry your tears.
When you feel lost and scared to death
Like you can;t take one more step
Just take my hand, together we can do it."
-Martina McBride
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Vanille's POV
We stopped in the trees and bushes right before we reached the gate. We've been trying to infiltrate this gastly village for the past two days. The Kohona Shinobi were staying on the safe side. They kept Itachi and Deidara apart and they even went as far as to blindfold the Uchiha so he couldn't use his genjutsu. They tortured them pretty bad and I was axnxious to get in there and save our loved ones.
"Ready?" Pein asked us.
There was a chorus of replies before we flew silently into the village.
Deidara's POV
It was midnight and they were still torturing us. Itachi was in front of me and we're in the same room that Van and Lex were in.
"Tell us what we want to know." the torturer snarled. I think he said his name was Ibiki.
"No." came Itachi's cool voice.
Ibiki took the stick in his hands and hit the Uchiha with it. I stared.
Itachi was strong, I knew this. I was only waiting for Ibiki to snap and try to kill the Uchiha. And when he did, Itachi would kick his good-for nothing ass.
"Dun dun dun!" I heard someone say. I glanced behind me to the door and smiled widely.
"Here we are to save the day!" my love sang loudly and slightly off key. She was joined by Lexi. "Driving all good away! Riding on my steed of haaaayy!"
I'm sure they made the last part up.
Danna growled and looked up at Vanille, who was sitting on his shoulders, "Steed of hay?"
"YOSH!" she yelled happily.
Ibiki looked at us like we were crazy. While his back was turned, I took the chance and jumped forward, removing Itachi's blindfold.
He blinked his black eyes and glanced up at Ibiki, his trademark Uchiha eyes swirling.
But Kisame had already knocked the dimwit slam out!
"DEI!" Vanille screamed and jumped from Danna to the ground and into my arms.
To say I was glad to be holding her is an understatement. I swung her around to rest on my back and we hurried out. Hidan was in the lead with Kakazu, killing everything and anyone in our way.
Vanille yelped and suddenly I felt her weight from ym back disappear. I grabbed my clay bag from Danna, who had it waiting for me, and spun around. Some grey haired shit decided to steal my Vanille! A woman beside her had Lexi in her hands.
They jumped away; and of course the whole Akatsuki followed.
Vanille's POV
Oh no no no.
I nearly started sobbing as we reached our destination. A bunch of symbols were on the ground and scrolls were scattered here and there.
I was placed in a triangle on the ground and suddenly I couldn't move. The ground in the triangle beneath my feet glowed hot pink. Lex was placed in a lue circle.
They were sending us back.
I looked around frantically and saw no Kohona. Though my Akatsuki were trying despretly to get into our little bubbles.
Silen tears slipped down my cheeks and I didn't bother to wipe them away.
Lexi was on the verge of tears and I could see Konan in the back, trying to break into my bubble thing. She looked like she was crying too.
They knew it was a lost cause.
"We'll let them go." someone's voice drawled. I looked up and saw Kakashi.
"But only if we take you all hostage." Anko added, stepping up beside him.
My eyes grew wide.
"Fine." Pein's voice sounded. No one objected.
In an instant the bubbles were gone. But Akatsuki were not surrendering to the ANBU. Lex and I both smartly stepped out of the symbols and away from everyone. I was swept off my feet, litterally, and found myself flying on a gigantic bird.
"Home?" I asked Deidara hopefully. He only nodded, throwing down a couple of bombs.
Itachi grabbed Lexi and took off at full speed, the others following close behind. Hidan lagged back, being the slowest of Akatsuki.
"Dei!" I yelped and Kakashi reached out and grabbed Hidan. The blonde quickly thrust a bomb down there and the copy cat ninja let go.
"KATSU!" Deidara yelled. I looked around and saw a group of ANBU get engulfed by smoke.
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"We need a new hideout." Konan stated as we all sat around the meeting table.
Everyone voiced their agreement.
"Where would be safest?" Pein asked, looking over at me and Lex.
"Somewhere in plain sight." I stated, "Like an Inn."
The carrot-top raised his eyebrows, "An Inn?"
I nodded, "If you make rooms so expensive that no one would pay to stay a night, we'd be safe."
"I'll think about it." he replied coolly, leaning back in his chair. "Dissmissed."
I hopped off of Deidara's lap and sprinted to our bedroom.
When I reached the room, I looked around for somewhere to hide.
"Running from me, un?" came my bomber's voice in my ear. I shuddered.
'Would I?" I asked smoothly.
He chuckled, "Yes."
I rolled my eyes and slippe dout of his grasp and over to my sketch pad that lay open on a dresser, "I shall draw a picture."
He raised his eyebrows, "Oh really, yeah?"
I nodded and shooed him out. I then turned to my book and began drawing.