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Chapter 38: Getting away

Hina had gotten back to the cave in less time than healthy for her and the little baby. She kept soothing the seemingly afraid kid inside her stomach. She knew she would reach Zetsu before he showed up, as she had asked him to keep doing. And she was right. Not ten minutes later, Zetsu appeared in the cave.

"How is the battle going?" Hina asked.

"Ah, you're back! How are you feeling, my big friend," Zetsu said happily.

Hina rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. But Konan is dead. I just found out. I don't know how though, and it really bugs me. Something tells me she didn't die peacefully," Hina said slowly.

Zetsu nodded. "I didn't know she was dead," he said.

Hina nodded slightly. "It will come as a shock to all the members of the Akatsuki," she said slowly, "But back to my question?"

"They're all still fine, but Chieko has been removed from battle as she was the most sought out target for the enemies," Zetsu said.

Hina understood that.

"That would be all," Zetsu said, "But shall I now forget that you have been in Amegakure?"

"Yes," Hina said with a small smile.

Zetsu nodded and then he left. Hina waited thirty minutes and then she too disappeared. She was going to battle.

Deidara ripped an arm from one of the enemies. He looked at the woman who had tried to kill him with a kunai.

"You think I'm that simple to kill, hm?" he asked and then he took the kunai and stabbed her.

"I'm not you, yeah," he said and let go of the dead body.

He then dodged another attack from another woman.

"Seriously," he said and vanished and showed up on the other side of the girl, stabbing her to death as well.

"Women, hm," he said and turned.

And his victory smile vanished in an instant; Ami was standing there.

"Well, you're not a normal woman," Deidara said quickly.

Ami walked towards him with threatening steps.

"Sorry," he said quickly and backed away, getting ready for a punch.

But then Ami stopped. She stopped dead. She looked at a spot behind Deidara, who turned immediately.

"Hina!" Ami shrieked and ran over to her friend, Deidara right behind her.

Hina smiled at them. "I'm glad you're okay," she said.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here?" Ami exclaimed.

"Shh," Hina said quickly.

Ami bit her lip.

"I need to tell you something. You and Chieko," Hina said, and Ami sighed.

She knew Hina wouldn't have come out of the cave unless it was extremely important. Ami nodded and took Hina's arm, and Deidara took the other.

"You know, just because I'm pregnant, doesn't mean I won't be able to take care of myself," Hina said through gritted teeth.

"You came out of the cave, and therefore I get to decide that," Ami said calmly, and Hina sighed.

"Fine," the latter said.

The three reached the place Chieko was with no disruptions or problems whatsoever. Chieko seemed to halfway choke when she saw Hina there. She jumped up and helped the girl to sit down.

"Look! I'm pregnant, not immobile!" Hina snapped.

Chieko raised her eyebrows and looked at Deidara and Ami. Ami smiled innocently and Chieko sighed.

"What did you need to tell us?" Ami asked Hina, who looked up at the two girls with sadness in her eyes.

"What is it?" Chieko asked immediately.

The two girls didn't know what to think at the sad look in Hina's eyes, and they immediately looked at her stomach.

"The baby-?"

"The baby is fine," Hina said calmly, "But Konan's dead."

Chieko and Ami both looked thunderstruck. Sasori, who had been sitting calmly by the entrance looked behind himself and Deidara even looked shocked.

"But… how?" Chieko asked, tears filling her eyes.

"Madara killed her," Hina said slowly.

Ami choked on something. Deidara laid an arm around her shoulders and turned her into his embrace. Ami immediately started shaking, grabbing Deidara's coat. Hina looked at the image in front of her, and she couldn't help but feeling a tingle of jealousy towards them. The fact that they still had each other made Hina as happy as it made her sad. She couldn't bare to look at them without thinking of Itachi and how he would've held around her.

But Chieko seemed to understand this. Ami would too, if she paid attention, but Hina couldn't blame her at all for that. Hina wouldn't have paid attention if she had lost Deidara and was the one pregnant with his child, learning that Konan was dead and that Hina still had Itachi to comfort her. But Hina felt guilty as well when she thought about it.

"What do we do?" Chieko asked, and Hina was happy to look away from the still hugging couple.

"That's up to you, but I'm not gonna stay behind in the Akatsuki. I'm leaving to another place where I can be safe. I cannot live in an organization where the people in it turn on and kill each other," Hina said.

"So you're out?" Ami asked, turning to Hina.

"Definitely," Hina said.

"I'm with you," Chieko said.

"Me too," Ami said.

"Well, if my girl is going, I guess so am I," Deidara said.

Sasori had very silently sneaked up on them and said from the side of Chieko: "Me too."

Hina smiled to them. "You really should consider the fact that Madara might kill us. I'm pretty sure he has Nagato's Rinnegan," she said.

"We know. We guessed that when you said Konan was dead," Chieko said.

"No, we didn't," Ami said silently and Hina couldn't help but chuckle.

"Well, if you're sure," she said and all four of them nodded.

Hina smiled. "Well then. Any idea of where we could go?" she asked.

They all went rather silent.

"I do," a known voice said.

Hina turned and saw Kisame standing in the opening. She smiled to him.

"But you look up to Madara," she said grimly.

"But I don't care about him," Kisame said calmly and walked towards Hina, who smiled.

"True," she said, jumped up and ran over to him and gave him a hug.

"Ah, Lu! You're breaking my back!" he exclaimed.

"I am not that heavy!" Hina yelled at him after she let him go.

"Good old Lu," Kisame said.

"And neither am I OLD!" Hina exclaimed.

"Fine, fine," Kisame said and turned to the others. "Hormones," he said, and Hina punched him while the others laughed.

"So where to?" Ami asked who also trusted Kisame.

"A place Itachi found very dear to him," Kisame said with a grin.

Hina blinked.

"He didn't really trust me, no, but he took me to that place when we had to hide. It's beautiful," Kisame said.

They all looked at each other and in one moment, they were all gone.

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