Hinata suddenly leapt from her spot curled up in the sitting room next to Sasuke. He studied her fleeting back as she answered the pecking on the window. He was a bit surprised to see a clay bird place a scroll wrapped in fabric in her hand before poofing into nothing more than a clay ornament. She unwrapped it broke the seal and opened it skimming. He regarded her with slight interest before turning back to his book. His senses were bombarded as she came barreling toward him, he only had enough time to drop the book and stable her before she actually collided with him. She poured excitement and she fidgeted in her spot beside him holding up the scroll.
He read it careful finding the reason she was excited. It was her leader's reply. Detailing that she would take him to present him as a member.
He gave her a small smile as he finished allowing her to enjoy her moment. He was then distracted by a glimmer from the hand holding up the scroll. Itachi's ring. He let his face get too serious and she noticed fallowing his eyes. She too became serious setting the scroll aside and fiddling with the ring.
"Y-You can wear it soon." She mumbled in thought as she rubbed it back and forth on her finger. He almost felt bad for wanting to wear it himself. It would be a small connection with his brother, to stand in his place, hopefully, make up for a little of the burden he had carried all those years. Then he looked at her cherish it and he felt it would be stealing her bond, the bond he never had.
A smile spread across her face, as she pulled it off. "H-He'd be so proud of you." She held it out to him.
He took it looking it over, he knew it would be wrong to put it on if he was going to join this organization he might as well respect it in a sense. He had seen his brother were it, as he was being strangled. It was not a good memory, but in the new light that he saw his brother and the comfort Hinata offered, he tried not to think about it with bitterness.
He thrusted it little too hard back into her hand earning him a one her looks of heartbreak.
"Can't wear it yet can I?"He smirked trying to pass it off knowing either way she would still attempt to make him feel better, she would not talk directly about the subject anymore.
She nodded sadly then glanced to the scroll and the fabric it had been in cased in and started to giggle. He didn't like when she did that, the sudden burst of laughter without him making a joke only happened a few times before but it always meant the following would in some way be embarrassing or uncomfortable for him. "I-It looks like I get to blindfold an Uchiha this time." She covered her mouth to stiff the further giggles as his eye twitched.
"I do not think this is the least bit necessary." He growled as she placed the special chakra blindfold on him.
"A-At least I wasn't asked to carry you." She murmured, he was sure that was a story he would like to hear.
"This makes me vulnerable to attack." He grumbled further swatting at her hands as she attempted to smooth the fabric more.
"I-I will be on constant alert we haven't to go too far on foot it will mostly be on top of the clay bird." She tried to soothe his worries, but he already hated the damn bird they were sitting on. She seemed to have full trust in it, but he knew for a fact that it's creator like to make flashy explosions .
"This thing is a death trap." He further complained. He would not say outright that this was hurting his pride, but it definitely was.
"I-I trust Deidara-san's creations they have saved me and others many times and they are very stable." She placed a hand on his knee as comfort as it started to move. He gripped onto the clay as much as he could, he had been thrown into the air and flown plenty of times, but he would never trust a clay bird while blindfolded.
He hated this with every fiber of his being. Hinata tried to further calm him by sitting close making herself available to grip though he would not, he had pride and he would be damn well stubborn if he pleased.
The trip was not as long as it felt to him as they landed and he was guided down my her. She took his elbow gently. Great now she had to lead him like he was truly blind. He let out a heavy sigh of irritation.
He then felt her tense, he was suddenly aware that this inconvenience her as well and he attempted to calm down as he felt an irritation come to the center of his forehead. He had a hard time expressing his usual level of angst to her. She didn't really deserve it, she went out of her way to convince him constantly, she had a calming air to her that made his angst and hate melt making him really consider all of his pent up emotions. Lastly any time he even thought about getting mad at her for something he could feel his brother's disappointment. He refused to disappoint his brother by upsetting her.
He was intelligent he could understand how she had made everyone melt in her hand. There was no ill intentions, no goal she gained by going out of her way. She was just pure, she was an escape from the darkness in their lives. He felt selfish enjoying her company in place of his brother. He wanted to be selfish, he hadn't trusted anyone in years. He never got close, never slept soundly, never ate first. She was so domestic he felt like he was safe to sleep, eat, and stay in her company. She didn't even judge him for his emotional shortcomings.
Of course, he would never tell her any of this as he was sure the many of the other Akatsuki hadn't.
She guided him with a firm gentle grip to keep him from stumbling as she led him the rest of the way. She gave quite commentary of raised areas and how far they were until they came to a building she let him into then finally took the damn blindfold off. The first thing his eyes focused on was her gentle apologetic smile as she led him down the hall and were greeted by a woman with blue hair who simply nodded opening the door for him.
The discussion between the two men was short and contained a lot of glaring. The leader made it clear to him that he was trusting him and was placing him with Hinata for good reason. She had very important work to do for him. They spoke of his connection the Leaf and whether or not it would conflict with their goals. Sasuke couldn't answer effectively, but that didn't seem to change the mind of the leader. The had just finished talking when a loud commotion could be heard. Pein stood giving a confused glare to the door as Sasuke went to open it.
No one in the hall the commotion must have been coming from outside the build, the yelling was only getting louder. He looked back at his new leader who calmly stood up and followed him toward the sound of fighting. He didn't seem too concerned that it was an attack so Sasuke would have to assume this was something that happened a lot.
They found the source of the yelling at the back door upon opening he was greeted by an odd scene. Hinata was currently sitting next to a kneeling Hidan with blood dripping from her cut lip. The preparations around her told him that this fight was consensual not something that just broke out. Hinata was no longer wearing her robe it had been neatly folded and put to the side along with the sweater she was wearing underneath it when they left. She had tossed her short hair up in a messy ponytail and her patch was nowhere to be scene.
The man was yelling about pain and cursing at her but was making no move to get away from her as she lightly touched the arms he was holding closely to his stomach.
"I-If you don't let me heal them the damage will become permanent." She said softly, you could barely hear her with all the constant yelling of curses. Sasuke turned his head to the third party watching them. The creepy looking man was highly amused at the scene.
"Hinata may I ask what is going on?" Pein spoke from beside him stepping forward toward her. Sasuke was sure he saw all the signs of what was really going on but then again the bastard really like asking questions he already knew the answers too.
Hinata looked up and bowed low instantly. "L-Leader-sama! I apologize, it was only a spar."
"This bitch plays dirty." Hidan moaned. Hinata turned her attention back to him and managed to pry and arm out and start healing it when she was done he readily offered the other one as his features went from pain to relief. "Why aren't we using that for assassinations and torture?" Hidan said passively stretching his now painless arms out.
"She is too valuable to risk on such missions." Pein answered Hinata gave him a thankful look. Hidan would not appreciate her reasoning. He liked death too much. Her leader offered her a hand up which she took with a quiet thank you and a tinge of redness to her cheeks. "You should heal yourself too." He mentioned.
She blinked remembering the desperate head butt that had resulted in her lip splitting. She nodded her face reddening slightly more as she raised her hand to the spot till the skin had knitted back together.
"I assume that was a small demonstration of your research, you are able to control it now?" Pein asked vaguely she glanced over to Sasuke who was studying Hidan and Kakuzu like he too would have to fight them.
"T-to a point yes." She pointedly asked with her eyes about Sasuke. Pein gave a single nod and smile spread across her face.
She moved over to Sasuke breaking his attention from his surroundings and pulled Itachi's ring off her finger holding it up to him. His face strained seriously as he took it placing it on his own his thank you was almost a whisper.
They both looked at the ring, not for the true purpose of the small item but the meaning it held to the two of them. The moment didn't last long as Pein set a hand on her shoulder to get her attention.
"I would like to speak to you before you leave. I assume you will be going back to your home and your research so I would like to touch some bases on what I would like from you." She nodded following him giving a glance back to Sasuke as he continued his examination of the ring.
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