I peered down at the busy road below, then back up, keeping my iron-grip on the telephone wire.
"W-why am I doin-ng this a-a-again?" I barely stuttered out the words as I looked at the person responsible. You see, I was currently 30 feet off the ground on a wire, which apparently would help me train.
"Because you need to learn to abandon fear. That means your fear of heights as well." I squinted and made a soft sigh.
"AKA, you like seeing me scared and in the palm of your hand?"
"Sure, we can put it like that." Groaning, I looked back down, and tried not to fall out of nervousness.
"And. . . . . you do realize I could die, right?" He looked surprised for a moment, then shrugged carelessly.
"That's why Pain is down there. If you fall and die, he will throw your mangled body into the outer path, then bring you back to life. So, nothing to worry about, see? Just 20 more feet and you're done." He walked gracefully along the wire, while I inched along, knowing I could seriously die, and have my body chewed up and spit out by that creepy thing.
"When you die, I'm hoping you go to hell."
"I love you too. Now come on already! I want to get down and eat!" A growl escaped my throat as I kept up the pace.
We ate Onigiri and salmon for dinner, Deidara had been out all day trying to pick up a chibi chick.
"Maybe you should cut you ha-" Madara got interrupted for the third time.
"NO, HNN. My gorgeous hair stays, hnn!"
"I'm just saying you might pick up women. I still remember the time that guy groped you thinking you were a "delicious blond babe." So pardon me." He finished his food and brought out his plate. Turning to the blond-mess, I patted his shoulder.
"Well, in any case, you need to look manlier. We should put on some Old Spice, my brother has some in the bathroom." With that, I picked him up and we went to the cupboard, earnestly checking it's contents.
"Ohh, I wanna try that, hnn!"
"Deidara. . . . that's woman's perfume. My mother's perfume. You haven't been using it, have you?" I sweat drop dribbled down his forehead as he shook his head. Making another sigh, I picked out some AXE, and showed it to him. Looking doubtful for a few moments, he eventually gave a nod of approval. I shook it up and sprayed both of us for effect. Then I realized Madara was watching us.
"Dude. . . . that's creepy. You could let us know you were there." He glared and walked away slowly. I didn't know what he was getting at this time, so I tried to guess.
"What, you want some AXE too?" He looked back, hunched, and kept walking.
Now I felt abused.
"Hey, what's wrong?" I placed Deidara on the floor and walked after him. He walked faster until we were far away from Deidara, out of sight and earshot. I stared intently down at him, and when he looked up he still looked pissed.
"You're spending too much time with Deidara. I was the first chibi here, so you need to spend more time with me." I blinked, trying to understand what he was saying, then it hit me. He was jealous.
"Awww, Mada-kun is jealous of his senpaaii~" I laughed, but the stoic expression on Madara's face didn't soften for a moment. Damn, it must have taken a lot of self control to pull that off! Sitting there, a few silent but not awkward moments passed before another sound was uttered.
"Yes. I am. So spend more time with me!" I kept the smile on my face, and picked him up.
"Fine, fine, I get it. What did you have in mind?" I saw him grin as he jumped away, went to the computer, and started typing with his chibified feet, since they were little bigger than fingers. I strode over and watched him do the typing frenzy, when the search screen came up.
"HAUNTED WISCONSIN: Vampire Valley!
There's a place in the valley near Henderson, MN, called Vampire Valley.
I've talked to people who've gone there at night and the first thing they say is "lock your car door".
The story goes that around midnight you can drive down to the valley and park in the middle of the road. Within a couple of minutes, you'll hear screaming and suddenly "things" will start banging on the windows of the car - the scary thing is that you can't see them. The screaming eventually dies down and the banging stops while shadows retreat away from the car...
Not many are really sure of the story behind the screaming and window-banging and for those of you who were brave enough to go out there, more power to you.
-Cloud2001"
I stared at the screen, determining several factors before making a final decision.
"Well. . . . if we can get a ride, fine." No sooner than I had said that, Madara was dialing something on the phone. I peeked over his shoulder at the number. It was A's number. I groaned, not wanting to see her at this time of night. Madara heard it, and turned around with this terribly sad-almost whimpering face, bottom lip quivering and all. I couldn't help myself. I couldn't say no to that face and the little demon knew it. Someone picked up.
"Hey Itachi-saaan~" He said in his best Tobi voice. "May Tobi speak to A chan?" I heard a faint voice, then the sound of the phone being jumbled around.
"Uh-huh, Tobi picked out a cool spot to go sight-seeing! It's called V-Valley, and Tobi heard there's cool things to see there! We figured since we needed a ride, you might like to see it too! Uh-huh, uh-huh, Tobi will tell her! Buh-bye!" My eyes twitched at how suddenly his demeanor could change. Something told me he had planned this out in advance too. I really have to control him. . . . well, that's what the responsible side of my brain told me. The other side life would never be as fun if I had him on a leash all the time. Unable to decide, I let it slip.
"She'll be here in a few minutes she said. Would you please write out the directions?" Glaring at him, I begrudgingly did so.
Like he said, A was banging at the door in what must have been four minutes tops. Deidara had "gone to sleep", or more like drugged if I was correct, which I usually am. I wrote a note telling him where we had gone if he woke up and walked out the door, grabbing a few apples since I was still starving. Being almost 17 and still having growth spurts has to be against the laws of nature in some way.
Driving out, I didn't have the gall to tell A where we were really going. She was terrified of vampires, and if I told her now we might get into a car wreck. Madara had curled up on the car seat and was sleeping. I was dozing off myself until I heard a familiar voice prodding me awake.
"Miss Chelsea, where now?" It was Itachi, asking for directions. I quickly woke up, and read the next turn.
"Where are we going anyways Chels?" Hesitating, I answered fearing the worst.
"Vampire valley." To my shock, she flipped around her head for a moment, hearts in her eyes.
"OMG RLLY?" She made a sickening fangirl squeal and sped up.
"Um. . . do you know what's going on?"
"Yeah! I heard the legends! So. . . . so gonna be outside the car when the things come?" I flinched. No, not really. I didn't wanna be night-creature food.
"Uh. . . . well. . . . ."
"Great! Itachi will do it too while me and Madara stay in the safety of the car!" Cursing my inability to respond quickly, I simply nodded. This was probably some kind of trick anyways. Like, teenage boys coming up and hitting the car. Even though I wasn't a ninja anymore, I could still go ape-shit on most people and have the advantage of sheer brutality and ferociousness.
We arrived at the spot in about 15 more minutes. Holding my breath, I looked at the clock. 11:57 p.m. Poking Madara, I woke him up.
"Hey, we're here you little monster." A protested immediately.
"DON'T YOU CALL MY MADA A MONSTER!" Itachi finally intervened, trying to make some peace.
"It's a pet name, please calm down A." With that, the red-hot fangirl rush slowed down. Madara had woken up, apparently both amused and horrified at A calling him hers. I looked at him and explained the situation. He nodded, agreed, and watched keenly as we went out into the night.
"So, if I get eaten alive, make sure A doesn't hug Madara to death. Please?" Itachi narrowed his eyes in a confused expression before answering.
"He pretty much controls you, yet you still administer so much care for him. . . . why is this?"
"It looks that way, but trust me Itachi san, there is some love coming back. A few days ago I was being picked on, improbable but it was still happening, and Madara immediately defended me. It may seem like an awkward relationship, but he does care." With that, he seemed to understand and looked out into the darkness. We waited for a few more minutes before Itachi spotted something in the distance. A dark figure made it's way closer, followed by three others. They were hissing and making a creepy laughing noise. I felt myself getting pissed off. Itachi gave a nod, and we both jumped them. I grabbed one by the cuff of the neck and gave him a nice fist-bash to the temple, making a satisfying crunching noise while Itachi grabbed another, shoving him to the ground and pinning him with kunai. The two other figures made a runs for it.
We let them get away, and uncloaked the two we had caught. Of course, two teenage boys. I had bashed the skull of a blond one, he had a huge bruise and it was swelling up like mad. He definitely had a concussion, and probably moderate to severe brain damage. The other one looked on in horror of his friend, and made a pathetic noise, then begged for mercy.
"P-please, we were only joking! Don't kill me!" I snuffed, and called 911.
"Tell anyone it was us and we'll be back for you and your bastard friends. Got it?" I made the dirtiest look I could and aimed it at him, he nodded and we got into the car and headed off.
"Ok, next time I'm deciding where to go "sight-seeing." We had barely gone a mile before A had been kissing my ass for busting up that vampire.
"A, it was just a twisted teenager. Vampires don't exist!" Groaning, I lay my head down on the seat. It'd be at least an hour and a half before we got home, and I needed some sleep. As we drove off, a tall, dark man stood in the middle of the road, watching us depart into the cool spring night.
DUN DUN DUUUUUUN!