Rose: Look, I'm sorry it took so long but I had a stream of A-level exams to revise and get through, then we went back to begin our A2 stuff which is really hard. So I'm very sorry you had to wait but I want you to understand that...I HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF WRITING! Sorry to yell but having a go at me because I haven't updated for X number of days, weeks or months is not going to make me do it faster. Thank you.
Disclaimer: Nah, I really wish I did but unless I suddenly become the richest person in the world and bought the company I don't think it's gonna happen!
"P…Princess? I don't think we should be…AH!"
I nipped at Taji's neck and smirked when he moaned, with a bit of 'persuasion' I was able to convince him to lead me up to his room where he assumed we'd have hot, steamy sex…But now he was backing out!
"What if your husband finds out?"
"Who's gonna tell? Besides…He doesn't satisfy me"
"Well…" his hands moved from the wall I was pinned against and gripped my hips "okay!" he grinned and untied the bodice, letting it drop to the floor, I smiled and helped him shrug off his shirt, forcing down the urge to throw up when he stood semi-naked in-front of me…This was just too gross!
I placed my hands on his chest and pushed him backwards towards his bed, a great king size with red and black silk sheets, I shoved him down on it and smirked "ready?" a small movement in the corner of the room caught my Shinobi eye and I saw Tobi suspending himself on one of the wooden beams, I winked and he nodded,
I crawled towards Taji and traced his non existent muscles…Oh God!
I can't believe I'm saying this but…I WANT DEIDARA BACK!
"How'd you like to stay with me?" he asked, I raised my eyebrows,
"What?"
He shrugged "I'm just saying…After tonight the Akatsuki won't really be much of a problem…"
"What do you-"
He leaned forward and whispered in my ear "this party was a ploy…In a few minutes Pein will be dead" I smirked and pinned him down, my dress was pushed up to the joint of my hips to allow me to straddle him "and the rest of the Akatsuki will follow!" he grabbed the back of my head and pressed his lips to mine, I felt my stomach lurch but kept my sickening urges down and allowed his tongue to slip into my cavern, regretting the action immediately! When he pulled back I attempted to milk more information from him…
"How could one man single handily bring down a powerful organisation such as-"
"I've been plotting against them for years!" he gasped as I sucked on his ear lobe and dragged the zipper of my dress down my back, I saw Tobi shift to the beam above the bed, I smirked,
"And yet you failed to realise that they are some of the greatest ninja in the world!" I used the bed as leverage to flip away as three Kunai dropped down from above and sunk into the older mans arms,
Tobi leapt down and approached me, ignoring Taji's screams "is Pretty Flower okay?" he asked, gripping my arms, I smiled and nodded, leaning forwards I rested my head on his chest, urging him to hug me, he did as I silently asked, his tall lean form wrapping around my small shivering one,
"Where're Deidara and-"
"Tobi called them. They'll be here soon"
I nodded and closed my eyes, trying to block out Taji and his curses "could you zip up my dress? I asked, sniffing quietly, a few seconds later my dress tightened as Tobi did as I asked,
He tightened his grip on me and I buried my face into the crook of his neck before shivering again. Tobi rubbed my back and glanced at the door as it was thrown off it's hinges,
"Hey, un" Deidara greeted and looked around, the first thing he saw was Taji pinned to the bed screaming before his eyes rolled to Tobi and I and his face reddened "Tobi..." he growled. I pushed away from the masked man, who reluctantly allowed me to, and moved towards the blond one, Deidara slid his arms around my waist and pulled me flush against his form, rocking me gently "are you okay? Un"
I nodded against his shoulder "yeah…"
"He didn't do anything to you? Un"
"No…"
"Good, un" he whispered, hugging me tighter, I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around his waist in and attempt to get closer,
"I'm cold" I said quietly, Deidara responded by removing his cloak and draping it over my shoulders before holding me to his form once again, Tobi watched us, his head cocked to the side,
Apart from Taji's screams, there was complete silence in the room, Deidara would lean down to whisper in my ear or rub my back and Tobi fiddled with some of Taji's belongings, causing them to break. After about twenty minutes Pein strolled gracefully in and approached the bed with a grim look on his face, we moved so that we too were standing around the withering man, The Akatsuki leader looked at me first;
"Well?"
"He…He confessed" I started, pulling Deidara's cloak tighter around me in an attempt to feel safe "he said he'd been plotting against you for years and this party was a-"
"LIES!" Taji screamed, I flinched and the blond man embracing me kissed my temple "HOW DARE YOU SAY SUCH THINGS YOU FILTHY WHORE!"
Pein embedded another Kunai in the other man's stomach "your quarrel is with me. Not the Kunoichi"
"Hoe" Taji coughed, blood pouring from his mouth, his eyes glared at me before he moved them to the ginger haired man "you going to kill me Pein?"
"Not yet"
He laughed "you couldn't anyway…No proof"
"We have proof"
"Yeah…A slutty Kunoichi who cheated on her husband. Who's going to believe that?" he laughed before throwing up blood, he was unable to lean over the edge of the bed so it poured down his chin and cheeks onto his chest and the bed,
"Tobi" Pein motioned with his head for the masked man to come closer "show him what proof we have"
"Yes Sir" Tobi reached under his shirt and pulled out a small black box. A tape recorder. Taji's eyes widened in fear "shall Tobi play it?"
"Yes"
"How'd you like to stay with me?"
"What?"
"I'm just saying…After tonight the Akatsuki won't really be much of a problem"
"What do you-"
"This party was a ploy…In a few minutes Pein will be dead" there was a slight pause and the rustling of material "and the rest of the Akatsuki will follow"
"How could one man single handily bring down a powerful organisation such as-"
"I've been plotting against them for years!"
"Thank you Tobi" Pein moved his spiral like eyes towards the old man on the bed "just 'a slutty Kunoichi who cheated on her husband' you say?"
I glared at Pein for his choice of words but thought it would be wiser not to open my mouth, Deidara rocked me gently in his arms and continued to whisper soothing words in my ear to move my thoughts away from the harsh comments,
"Take him to one of our less…Sanitary cells" Pein ordered Tobi who saluted to him, and in a flash both Tobi and the captive were gone "Deidara"
The blond quickly stiffened his back but kept his hold on me "yeah? Un"
"I want to see both you and your Kunoichi tomorrow morning at ten. You know where I'll be" with that said Pein turned and left the room, Deidara and I followed him but when we exited into the hall he had disappeared, I fiddled with the bodice in my hands,
"What do you think he wants to see us for?"
Deidara thought for a moment "I don't know, un…If it was just me it wouldn't be a problem…But you as-well?" he stared at me, I opened my mouth to say something but a yawn cut me off, Deidara chuckled "you're tired, un. I'll carry you back"
"No, it's okay I'll walAHH!" the blond quickly scooped me into his arms "I hate you!" I stated he shook his head and kissed me cheek,
"Sure you do, un"
"Deidara"
"Hmmm?" I felt him roll over and drape an arm across my stomach,
"I can't sleep"
"What do you want me to do about it? Un"
"Tell me a story…" I shifted my body around to face him, he scowled,
"I'm not good with stories"
"Try" I lay my head on his shoulder and stared up at him, he sighed,
"Fine, un…What do you want to hear about?"
I thought for a moment "you!"
"What? Un"
I leaned over Deidara, using my arms as a cage "you" I repeated "you're always so secretive about yourself" my hair was falling down, shielding our faces from anyone who may happen to walk in,
He supported himself on his elbow and slipped a hand into my hair to bring my head closer to his, after a short, simple kiss he sat up properly and leaned against the headboard with me straddling his thighs "let's see, un…You know about my bloodline, the mouths?" I nodded "they can charge anything placed inside them, not just clay…" he winked at me "that's my special jutsu! My parents weren't Shinobi, un, they owned a clothing store and my dad used his mouths to charge the clothes he wove. Making them produce heat"
"That's really cool!" I gasped; Deidara flushed and scratched the back of his head,
"Yeah, un, I guess it kinda was. Anyway, no-one in my family had ever been a ninja but one day the Tsukikage came to our house and offered us money in exchange for me joining the Academy, un. Typically my parents refused but I overheard and jumped at the chance to become a Shinobi" I couldn't help but giggle because it sounded so adorable,
Deidara? Adorable? God I must be high!
"They weren't happy as they didn't have another son, only my little sister and she wasn't allowed to take over businesses"
"Why not?"
"Iwa law states that women can't own a business, unless they become Kunoichi there is very little else that they can do apart from get married"
"That doesn't seem very fair!" Deidara rested his hands on my hips and shrugged,
"Iwa wasn't, and still isn't, a very fair place, un. There're different rules for both men and women and quite often women come off worse…But back to the story, my parents practically ignored me after I started the Academy, my sister was due to be married soon and they would be left without an heir who could master their weaving technique"
"How old was your sister?"
"Ten, un"
"Ten!" I repeated "how old were you?"
"Twelve"
"But…Isn't ten a little young?"
"Like I said, un, if a girl doesn't become a ninja her only other option is marriage…My sister started her cycle early so she was to be married early, I didn't like her husband though. He was fifteen and a brute. My sister was kind and delicate, she used to love sitting down and letting me sculpt her…I was so sad to see her go"
Deidara suddenly looked quite downtrodden, I leaned forward to wrap my arms around his neck and kiss his cheek, he slipped his own around my waist and buried his face into my neck "what happened next?" I asked cautiously,
Still with his face buried he continued his story "she moved in with him and he promised me I could see her whenever I wanted, un. But every time I went over he always had some excuse to say no…A year went by and we got news that she was pregnant, he had to let us see her" his voice was cracking now and I could tell this was painful for him so I began to rock him in the same way he'd done to me before "when we saw her…It was horrible, she was pale and thin, she could barely move from the bed, un, she was covered in bruises, he'd been beating her!"
"What did you do?" I gasped; Deidara tightened his grip on me and sniffed,
"Nothing. I couldn't do anything, Iwa law states that a man is allowed to beat his wife and children if they wrong him" I couldn't help but flinch as I heard this "my sister…She was so weak that…That when the baby was born she…She couldn't even hold it. But the baby was weak as-well, and it died after only two hours" I kissed the blonds temple and rubbed the back of his neck "she was so close to death that my parents begged her husband to let them take her home but he refused and she…She died three weeks later"
"I'm sorry" I whispered, not just for his sister but for him in general, I'd made him tell this story to me and caused him this pain,
He shook his head "I was so angry. He didn't seem to care and even began looking for a new wife barely a month after her death"
"That's terrible!"
"That was when I learned that I could make anything charged with my Chakra explode, un, at first it was by accident, but then I discovered how to control it. By the time I was fourteen I already had my C1 clay mastered. And on the anniversary of my sister's death…I killed her husband. It felt so good to see him suffer, first I blew off his legs so he couldn't run, then his arms, and then I set off smaller bombs on his stomach and face. Eventually though I left and when I was long gone from his house. It blew up, un" I felt him grin against my skin, causing me to shiver,
He pulled his head away from me and stroked the side of my cheek, I closed my eyes and lay my hands on-top of his "then you became a Missing Nin?"
"No…I didn't become one until I was sixteen, un"
"Why?"
He shrugged "I don't know, un, I just couldn't stand to be there anymore…Too many bad memories" I nodded "by that time I had my C2 clay and I began to take jobs as a bomber for various people, I saw the art in it. How something that looks so plain and delicate could be so beautiful…Just like my sister. A year later I was recruited by the Akatsuki after being defeated by Itachi"
Unknown to my mind, my body had begun moving closer to the man in-front of me, I tilted his chin up and pressed my lips to his, he kissed back softly before burying his hand into my hair and wrapping the other around my waist,
"What was your sister's name?" I asked quietly as we pulled away, he locked eyes with me; his blond tresses hanging around his face made him look so different;
"Katsua" he whispered.
Rose: I felt this gave us a better look at Deidara's life and why he acts like he does and all that. Review please!