Title: Gold eyes
Chapter: 13
Word count: 1,059
Summary: Freedom, something we all take for granted, but what if suddenly all of that freedom was taken away, that happened to once such person. Her name is Ari this is her story. Deidaraxoc
A full month had passed since Ari had joined the famed Akatsuki, her training was harsh, and with startling regularity she would be returned to the base unconscious or worse. Her training regime included hundreds of pushups and situps to tone her muscles, then many stretches; she was incredibly inflexible, compared to the other members at least. Soon after her morning session she would have breakfast, then a training session with Itachi, if she wasn't in the infirmary she would then have lunch with the other members, then a training session with Kisame, for her weapons, he wasn't one of the seven swordsmen of the mist for nothing. After her training she would have a small two hour nap in the lounge, she was often awoken by Hidan, who just loved to annoy her, although she secretly enjoyed it.
The giant fan Konan had seen in the ninja shops was now owned by Ari, Konan had bought it for her, along with a medium length Katana that was held horizontally across her back. The fan was used for long range combat mostly, whereas the Katana was close range. This system allowed Ari to alternate her fighting styles according to her enemy. Ari had also become incredibly fast, able to dodge most melee attacks.
Jutsu however was another matter, some opponents could form hand seals incredibly fast, and Jutsu were often much faster than the original shinobi, thus making them harder to evade. Jutsu like Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu, which was a giant fireball that came hurtling toward the enemy, could be evaded fairly easily, unless there were multiple, then it became harder. Other attacks like the Chidori were close to impossible for Ari to evade.
Konan constantly praised Ari, saying her improvement was phenomenal, a month ago she was un-coordinated and slow, now she was 'closer to the co-ordination of Hidan rather than Kisame's as Itachi had told her, Hidan was very co-ordinated as he was also very agile, despite his seeming stupidity, Kisame on the other hand would often fall over his own two feet, however he was far more co-ordinated in battle.
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"What?"
Itachi sighed
"As I said yesterday Ari, today you are being tested by Leader-sama, and then you have a mission with Hidan and Kakuzu, which is your first one"
Ari gulped she had only met Pein on occasion, but he was terrifying Ari often went out of her way to avoid the ginger haired man. Moments later with a whirl of smoke, said man arrived. Confidently he eyed Ari before standing opposite her, completely relaxed.
"Begin" Itachi said, the moment the word left his lips Pein lifted his hand
"Shinra Tensei" he called, and Ari was sent flying backwards, his chakra pressing against her body, it seeped into her pores, it was terrifying. The ever fading figure of Pein dissipated suddenly, only to reappear behind her and deliver a blow that sent her hurtling into a tree. Thick red liquid dripped from her lips and down onto her hands, ignoring the pain she stood, searching around for Pein's chakra signature, once she had located it she dashed up a tree, terror filling her body, she reached the treetops just in time as were Ari had once been standing there was a large crater.
Moments later Pein burst through the canopy landing opposite Ari, once again raising his hand, he called
"Shinra Tensei"
This time Ari was ready for the powerful attack and flew upwards avoiding the attack completely
"Kaze no Yaiba!" She shouted pushing her chakra to her fingertips and swinging them, a loud slicing sound filled the Air, as the wind around her began to form a long sword shape, an invisible long sword mind you, and swung it towards Pein. Leaping and twisting Pein dodged almost completely, the wind blade had cut off part of his cloak completely, it fluttered to the ground.
Mentally Ari was dancing; she had managed to hit the famed leader of the Akatsuki, her joy did not last long as a flurry of Kunai were sent hurtling toward her, doing her best to dodge Ari swooped, dodging the brute of the attack.
Leaping across the treetops Pein raced toward Ari, Kunai in hand, Ari withdrew her Katana and met Pein's kunai, the screech of metal on metal rang out across the sky, both pushing their weapons towards the other in an effort to overpower each other. Pein being far stronger muscularly overpowered Ari, kunai grazing her skin as it continued its downwards arc.
Before Ari had time to think about what she was doing Ari had raised her hands and forced Chakra to them, but what was strange was the Chakra wasn't her normal Chakra it was burning her chakra points, exploding through her fragile chakra 'veins'. Pressure intensified around Pein, his eyes widening as he felt it, just before the pressure forced his through the treetops and slammed him into the ground.
Moments later Ari fainted
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Deidara sat beside Ari's bed in the infirmary; he had come back to the Akatsuki base from a simple mission with Sasori and what does he find? Tobi comes screaming down the hall that Ari-Chan was unconscious and in the infirmary after a fight with Pein. So naturally as her friend he had rushed down to see her, albeit a bit franticly, and had come to visit her each day since he had returned.
Lost in thought he failed to see Ari open her eyes groggily, blink a few times.
"Deidara?" she rasped,
Swivelling around to see the now awake Ari, Deidara grinned
"Ari-Chan! You're awake" he said, smiling like a maniac, which in essence he is.
Ari groaned as she sat up, bruises littered her body, and that was just the visible areas, she hated to think what could be found underneath the blankets.
"How long was I un-conscious?" Ari asked,
Deidara sighed before replying
"Three days"
"Damn, remind me not to piss leader-sama off… Ever" she groaned
Deidara grinned, and then began to laugh, soon after Ari began to laugh with him. The sound filling the room, brightening the gloomy kind of look it possessed.
Shinra Tensei- Almighty push
Kaze no Yaiba- Blade of wind
Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu- Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Chidori- One Thousand Birds technique