Chapter 13
An Old Friend
That evening, when Miugi and Sasory got home, Miugi was totally frazzled. She didn't know whether or not to be terrified or overjoyed. The gang she had hated for so long, but suddenly wished would come back had suddenly revealed them selves as still being out there. So, that night, we decided to just relax and hang out. So that's what we did. We just sat around and talked. I talked Danna, Miugi talked about her recluse brothers, Sasory talked about his promotion, and Mergo talked about how awesome he thought I was when I defeated the members of the Nepoli Gang. So we just spent the night, talking just like must families do… I think…
The next day, while Sasory and Miugi were at work, and I was teaching Mergo, there was a knock at the door. I looked at the door. That was odd. Nobody ever came at this hour. I answered the door and looked up. There, looking down at me was Kakuzu.
I felt my heart do a leap of joy. But before I could say a word, Kakuzu's arms were already rapped around me in a tight hug.
"Deidara! Look at you! You've gotten so big!" I looked up at him. It was true, I had grown a little, but he had grown quite a bit. He had to be almost eight feet tall! "So," he asked, "are you going to invite me in?"
"Y-yeah, of course, un… C-come in, u-un." I was still in shock. Kakuzu had to duck his head to get through the doorway. When he was inside, he looked around.
"Nice place," he said. Then he noticed Mergo, who was staring up at him shocked by his great height. "Hello there," Kakuzu said to Mergo.
"You're so big…" Mergo said. Kakuzu smiled. His smile was stitched up and awkward looking, but it was still kind. Mergo smiled back up to him. His tooth was still missing. "Uncle?" Mergo asked, turning to me. "Who is this man?"
"He's…" I started "an old friend of mine, un…" I turned to Kakuzu, "a very old friend, un." I laughed. Kakuzu snorted. He didn't much appreciate being called old, even if he was 137 years old. Then, I hugged him. God I'd missed him. I'd missed all of them, but he's the one who came to me…
That evening, when Sasory and Miugi got home I introduced them to Kakuzu. They to were shocked by his great height. But they were happy to know that one of my old friends was still alive. They seemed to like him, but I noticed that Miugi was acting weird around him. I wonder if she knew…