I woke up from a peaceful sleep, the most peaceful sleep I've had in months. I still couldn't get it; I should hate them, because they were the enemy. But…I didn't hate them, they were my new companions. I almost couldn't hate them at this point. I used to have teammates but…
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"Tsubaki, just admit it, you like him!" Yuru teased me.
"Of course I don't! We're just squad mates!"
"Whatever Tsubaki, you so love Miziro!" I slapped Yuru in the face, hard.
"Shut up, Yuru!"
"Yuru, Tsubaki, enough fighting. If we want to escape the Forest of Death, then we shouldn't fight among our selves," Miziro ordered.
"Whatever, Miziro. We're never going to pass anyway; my goal is to make it out alive!" Yuru said. I rolled my eyes at him; he always did this. All Yuru ever does is complain and tease me! Miziro just tries to be the responsible one, but Yuru never listens! I just wish we could work well together, just once.
"Come on, we have an Earth Scroll, so maybe we can at least get a heaven scroll from someone weak," I stated trying to be opportunistic. "We can get this far, so why not?" I kept trying to be positive, but I truly felt that we were going to fail.
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I looked up at Zetsu giving our team a mission. "You'll need to destroy anyone in the village if they do not comply." He had just finished explaining our new mission. Hopefully Deidara would explain it to me later.
"By the way, you'll be working with Hidan and Kakuzu. They'll be here soon and try not to make them mad." Zetsu advised as he sank back into the ground.
"'Right Zetsu-san, un." I was still lost in though about my team mates *Wait who are Hidan and Kakuzu?* I had only heard about Hidan once but not Kakuzu. I was curious and finally decided to ask Deidara about it.
"Deidara; who are Hidan and Kakuzu?" I asked him.
"Fellow Akatsuki members, un."
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Deidara, Tobi and I waited silently at our meeting point. The sunlight hardly came through the trees at all the leaves were so thick. When I finally thought they wouldn't show, they landed on the ground in a quick flash. The first one wore a black mask and a hood; his eyes were green at the pupils and red around them. He bore a Waterfall Village forehead protector.
The other one was just as scary. He had brilliant violet eyes with silver hair that was slicked back. I wonder how much hair gel that took. He carried a blood red, triple-bladed scythe with him; very intimidating. He wore a Hot Springs Village forehead protector and a silver necklace around his neck.
"Hey Deidara, who's the chick?" the one with the scythe asked Deidara.
"She's my new underling Leader-sama appointed to me, un," Deidara explained. "Tsubaki, this is Hidan," he pointed to the pale one, "and that's Kakuzu, un."
"Nice to meet you, Hidan and Kakuzu-san," I greeted politely. "My name's Takishira Tsubaki." Hidan looked at me and smirked.
"So Deidara, Leader-sama got you your own personal bitch, huh?" Hidan commented, "Well I have to say, I'm impressed! Way to go kid! I thought that you either were a fag or just that hopeless!" He patted Deidara's back in approval, but Deidara-kun's mouth was hung wide open, as was mine. *…I can-not-believe he said that!* I was shaking I was so mad at this guy; I wanted just to bitch-slap him so hard he'd taste leather glove for a week!
"Shut up Hidan, she maybe a tad bit useful," Kakuzu ordered his partner, "Sorry about my partner, he's quite a waste of space." I seemed to prefer Kakuzu over Hidan but they both were really frightening. At least Kakuzu didn't refer to me as bitch.
"So we need to murder the feudal lord and burn the village, right?" Hidan asked Deidara.
"Yeah, that's our mission but some Konoha ninja were assigned to protect the guy, un," Deidara stated.
"Well then, we attack at nightfall," Kakuzu ordered us.
"Right."