Tobi trailed quietly behind Sasori. A bright eye peaked out of the lone hole in his mask but he kept his silence. The sky was dark as it always was in the Rain Village. Rain spattered in the mud around them, splashing droplets of brown dirt onto the hem of their cloaks. Pulling the cloak further over his head, Sasori groaned. "Even though sand gets into the puppets' joints I still prefer the desert." Tobi bounded up a few steps so he was walking next to Sasori, "Tobi loves the rain." Sasori jerked his arm up to Tobi's neck. A knife protruded from his wrist and glinted dangerously in the rain. "Cut the crap Madara." Tobi's entire demeanor changed in that split instant. He raised one gloved hand and pushed Sasori's blade away dismissively. "Don't use my name." The blade slid back into Sasori's wrist. "I will use your name any way I please, Madara." Sasori pointed an accusing finger, "Even if it is to send you back to rotting in your grave." The Tobi persona was entirely gone now and Madara chuckled. Pushing the mask off his face and onto the top of his head, he turned his face upwards into the rain. "You have no idea how much I hate that mask." Sasori rolled his eyes. "Save it. We have to find a way to pacify Orochimaru now." Madara ran a hand over his face, closing his eyes and sighing. "I thought we arranged for him to get what he wanted." "We did. But Itachi was determined to get Kasai back. So we got our end of the bargain and he didn't get his." Rivulets of rain ran down Madara's face. "We should kill him already. He is going to know that I'm not Obito." Shaking his head slightly Sasori disagreed with Madara. "We can't kill him until we have someone else capable of capturing the remaining demons."
Silence fell over the two as they walked between the tall metal buildings. Sasori led the way down a back alley flooded with water that had bits of trash floating in it. The water sloshed around their ankles flowing faster by them as the alley sloped downward. Towering steel buildings rose on either side blocking out most all of the light as they descended. The alleyway ended in a circular pavilion. Water rushed over the edge of the concrete and into a raging whirlpool below. A tangled mass of gutters hung from the roofs and emptied torrents of rainwater into the whirlpool. Madara reached up and pulled the orange mask back down over his face. The clanging of the metal grating under their feet was drowned out by the roar of the water. Sasori stepped over a piece of metal pipe and around a gaping hole in the metal grating. A set of steps rose out of the walkway and wound around the edge of the buildings around the pavilion. Twisted pieces of rusted metal protruded from the steel wall. Sasori gripped a piece and pulled himself up so he could step into a large cavity in the wall. Madara copied his actions and swung himself up and into the opening.
Just inside the crevice was an ominous looking door completely hidden from view from the outside and still nearly invisible against the shadowy grey gloom. Casting a warning glance at Madara, Sasori deftly drew a sign on the door and it swung open with a low creak. A trickle of water ran slowly down the corridor the door opened into. Orochimaru emerged at the end of the corridor and paced towards Sasori and Madara. "Sasori. Obito." They both nodded to greet Orochimaru and Sasori allowed the door to swing shut behind him. "Do you have an explanation for the reason that you didn't fill your end of the bargain?" Orochimaru hissed. "Itachi. It's hard to control people who are not aware of our partnership." Sasori's voice was level, revealing nothing. "Pein gave the order for him to bring back Kasai, and we were unable to prevent him stopping your clones from reaching Kasai." He paused, "We did warn you that you needed to have Kasai somewhere she couldn't be tracked to."
A long tongue flicked past Orochimaru's lips as his eyes narrowed. "You got your end of the bargain. I want mine. If I don't have Kasai within two weeks, our agreement is over." He turned on his heel and stalked away angrily. Arms crossed, Sasori watched Orochimaru fade into blackness. His eyes flashed as he turned back around and back through the door. Madara followed him, "You're just going to leave it at that?" A quick motion of the red-head's hand silenced Madara. "There is nothing we can do. We need the remaining demons and Orochimaru is the quickest way to them. However, I'm not sure if we should allow Orochimaru to have Kasai. Itachi seems to think that she could be a formidable opponent." They stepped back out into the rain and ducked under a gutter pipe that lay haphazardly above the opening in the wall.. "We should find out for ourselves." Sasori looked up at the sky for a moment, "Maybe, I'll persuade Pein to allow Itachi to release her from the chakra hold." Adjusting the mask over his face Madara grunted. "We should do it soon then. We still have much to do to get everyone else on board with our plan as it is. She is just another part." Sasori glared, "So are you, so shut up and get back to the base. Tell Deidara to keep Kasai under close watch." Madara dipped his head and in a swirl of black mist disappeared.
-Took me long enough, eh? Well here it is, hope you enjoy it! Thanks for reading, etc. ^_^-
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