Chapter 38

"Did you really, really have to strangle Tobi with your feet like that?" Kikuhana questioned Deidara as they walked.

"Hey, he had it coming, hmm." Deidara replied. Kiku rolled her eyes.

"You've already gotten yourself into as much trouble as it is, try not to… I don't know, act like you right now." She muttered.

"Act like me?" Deidara asked.

"You know what I mean," Kiku glared, making Deidara laugh.

I couldn't stand the awkwardness I felt now that I told Sasori about me and Itachi. Of course Sasori wasn't a gossip, so it's not like I thought he would run around screaming it from the rooftops.

"So how long has this been going on?" Sasori asked me.

"Months…" I answered. "Maybe close to a year…" I mumbled shyly under my breath.

"Wow," Sasori was smiling a little bit. "How did this start? Did he just walk up to you one day and ask you out or what?" Before I could have my chance to answer him I heard noises coming close to us. I jumped beside Sasori as my hand hovered over my weapons pouch. Once I saw a figure I threw a kunai straight at the person.

"Watch it! Hmm!" Deidara's voice came from behind the tree. I sighed.

"Sorry, sorry, I just panicked." I told him while scratching the back on my head.

"There's a shock, hmmm." Deidara replied with sarcasm. I gave him a look and then saw my sister appear. She fixed her eyes on Sasori.

"Oh good, you got your body back!" She smiled happily. "I'm gonna need to start working on fixing Deidara's arms." My sister said as she started pulling medical equipment out of her bag. Deidara sat down and leaned back against the trunk of a tree. Sasori and I sat down a little further back so we could watch Kikuhana work without disturbing her. Kikuhana took Deidara's cloak off and then started lifting his shirt.

"Hey, whoa, whoa, what do you think you're doing, hmm?" Deidara squirmed away from her.

"Taking your shirt off," Kiku said dryly.

"Why?" Deidara questioned.

"Because I can actually see where the damage on your shoulder is." Kiku said.

"Can't you just roll up the sleeve?" Deidara asked.

"Can't you shut up and let me work?"

"Deidara, why are you being so modest?" I asked. "You're definitely not a shy person." I added. He just stared at me for a moment before letting out a sigh.

"Fine, fine, do what you wish, hmm." Deidara said, giving up. Kikuhana pulled off his shirt to see what he was trying to hide.

We both stared at the thing on his chest.

"You have a tattoo?" I asked, wondering why he would try to hide that.

"It's not a tattoo, hmm." He said. "Just like how I have mouths on the palms of my hands, I have an extra large mouth on my chest, that's what this is." Deidara explained.

"Is it alive?" I asked as I poked it.

"Stop poking it!" Deidara commanded as he pushed my hand away with his foot. "And yes, it does move, I only keep it sewn shut because I never use it, hmm."

"How come?" Kiku asked.

"I just don't," Deidara answered back.

"Well you use the mouths on your hands," Kiku said.

"Can you just fix my arms, hmmm?" Deidara asked with irritation.

"Alright fine," Kikuhana said as she unzipped her bag. "Now, we can do this one of two ways. It can be fast and very painful, or very slow but painless. Because I don't wanna be stuck here all day, I'm going to do the fast and painful procedure. However, because I don't want you complaining the whole day, I choose to tranquilize you." Kikuhana said as she pulled out all the items and tools she needed.

"I don't need tranquilizers. I'm a ninja; I can handle the pain, hmm." Deidara told her. Kikuhana stared at him blankly and stuck him in the shoulder with a needle. Deidara let out a yelp of pain.

"Exactly. You'll feel that about 1000x more when I'm sewing your arm back on. Don't argue with me." Kiku said with her motherly instincts kicking in. She got a needle filled with a clear liquid, stuck it in Deidara's neck and pushed on the plunger. In a matter of seconds Deidara's eyes became heavy and he was knocked out cold.

"You should use that on him more often." Sasori said, causing me to chuckle. Kikuhana started working with Deidara's broken arm because it wouldn't have taken as much time as the detached arm. A few minutes of silence passed before Sasori spoke again.

"Well, since he's passed out, I guess I can finish telling you my story." Sasori told us. Both my sister and I paused and look at him.