Bookworm: Happy Veteran's day! Xp
The moment he saw Kiku, his lips twitched upwards to a smirk. She bristled at his expression. "What, cho?!" She snapped, wincing as she did so, the poison from yesterday was still kicking strong...
"So wha'da do to piss Danna off, hmm?" He mused, tilting his head over to the silent puppet. "Must've been something serious if he used Hazuki on you." Before she could even ask, he simple. "Been there." Explained everything.
Behind him, Tobi scratched the back of his head. "Why did Sasori posion Kiku-chan?" The smaller blonde laughed weakly. "I don't really wanna talk about it..." Deidara nodded in understanding, knowing the look in her eyes: If I speak of it, he will kill me.
"So where were you yesterday any how, Nii-san?" Kiku asked, eager to change the subject. He shrugged casually. "Being a kid, hmm."
"Nanni?"
Sasori raised an eyebrow at him. "What do you mean." There was no confusion in his voice, it was rather demanding...
"Eh, ran into a kunoichi, well, she crashed into me and tried getting a free meal off me." 'And almost succeeded.' He added inwardly. Tobi leaned in. "Was the lady pretty?"
Kiku-chan gasped. "No...Nii-san, I forbide you to eva see the kunoichi lady again! My brother isn't going to start dating until I say so, cho!" She declared, fire buring in her eyes.
Deidara scoffed, clonking her on the head. "Not like that baka, yeah." He pitied the poor child she would have, poor thing was going to die lonely...that is if he allowed her to date any boys...He blinked inwardly, realizing how hypocritical he sounded.
Sasori sighed. "I could care less about your love life, we're on the mission. I take it you've already been informed?"
Tobi nodded enthusiastically. "Tobi knows 'cos Tobi's a good boy!" As to where Deidara nodded, not knowing a jack about the mission. He hardly even glanced at the scroll in all honestly. He had been so pumped up about getting his first REAL mission in a long time, he kinda forgot...But he did know that they were searching and possibily killing someone.
Eh, he'd figure it out later (Don't you just love his thought process?).
The puppeteer nodded. "We'll split up into one man teams, the sooner we find our target, the sooner we can get back to Amegakure." And with that, all disappeared in a blink of an eye. All except Tobi who crossed his arms in a pout. "They didn't even warn Tobi!" He whined, before poofing out.
-With Sasori-
Sasori crouched on the top of the roof, scanning the barely active village. There wasn't much life in the early morning. Most were either asleep or preparing for another day. His lazy eyes landed on the forest that stretched on the outer limits of the town. From the distance he was, he saw a small orange dot. 'Tobi's searching the forest, Kiku's no doubt in the lower half of town, and Deidara's...'
He frowned, 'Somewhere.' The puppet made a mental note to attach a tracking device on his former partner. That brat had a nasty habbit of disappearing without a trace. Unless it was a serious mission, Deidara would stay on task and in sight, 'Foolish.' He scoffed, leaping off the roof and into the empty street. Unlike him, Sasori took ALL missions seriously.
He hoped the brat would be on his guard. It was his first time out of the base since Kakuzu and Hidan found him in Rice country.
It pegged him that Leader-sama gave him this mission. He didn't doubt the Brat's abilities, even if it was his pathetic art, but why assign him to a mission that was already taken care of?
Kiyote couldn't have left the village already, so this was a game of cat and mouse. Two cats and a baby mouse.
The kunoichi was barely a jounin, Kiku would completely destroy her. Heaving a sigh, Sasori broke off into a sprint.
Sometimes he wondered if his leader had a few loose bolts. He knew about Orochimaru being a threat to Deidara, but surely his ex-partner wouldn't try to kidnap him? Sasori scoffed, realising that would be EXACTLY what Orochimaru would try to do; Make sure the sick lamb was far away from the heard before swooping in and snatching him.
He made another mental note to ask Leader-sama to give Deidara training. Because he knew that Orochimaru would make his move soon.
'Now, if I were a rogue kunoichi, were would I hide?'
-With Deidara-
Deidara yawned as he walked the dimly populated streets, his hands in his pockets (No, not his clay pouches). He glanced around, having no appearant idea who he was looking for. The possibility of already spotting the target didn't strike a cord with the blonde.
The longer it took to find their target, the longer he got to stay out of the base. Because chances were, he wasn't going to be getting many missions after this. Annoying the hell out of Konan wasn't going to be a tactic he was going to soley rely on.
He came to a halt. Infront of him stood a small food stand. Ducking under the rows of flags, he entered. Inside were seven stools with a large counter stretching infront of all. The sweet smells of eggs and bacon made his mouth water.
A pair of chopsticks suddenly hit him in the forehead. "Sup Pretty Boy!" Sitting in the stool on the far edge was Kiyo. She grinned at him as he stood a seat beside him.
"A simple 'hey, how are you?' would've worked." He grumbled, rubbing his forehead. Kiyo waved a hand dismissingly at him. "But you're an S-ranked criminal, surely you saw that one coming a mile away?"
"I'm a human, I don't have super-reflexes, hmm." He answered, skimming the food menu plastered on the wall beyond them.
"I don't think 'human' suits your breed. I mean common, hand mouths? That isn't normal." He sighed, propping out an elbow. "I got these as a result of a kinjutsu, so lay off."
"Ouch, touchie much. Didn't get enough beauty sleep Pretty boy?" She mocked.
It took him less than a moment to kick the back of the stool she was sitting on, causing the leg to snap and her fall down. He grinned to himself, ignoring the hurl of insults that came his way. 'Ah, the ham cheese omelette looks good...'
"Done yet?" He asked, once Kiyo was out of breath. She gave him the finger before repositioning herself on another stool. The cook behind the counter sweat dropped at the broken stool, but said nothing of the sort as he smiled twitchingly at the two teens. "May I take your order?"
"Ham cheese omelette, un."
Kiyo squinted her eyes at the menu above. "Uhh...the breakfast special with extra bacon please."
"I'll have your orders in a bit."
"Geez, took you long enough." The blonde muttered, fiddeling with a pair of chopsticks. Kiyo snorted. "He suddenly came onto me! I didn't have the time-"
"You were here before me for kami knows how long." Deidara pointed out bluntly, making her turn red. She crossed her arm, smoke seeping out her ears. "Not my fault."
"Of course it isn't, un."
"You can shut up!"
"You're louder than me."
"You're a real wise as, you know that?!"
"Yeah~"
"I'm gonna break your pretty boy face!"
He smirked, leaning in. "Try it, hmm."
Kiyo went bright red and hid her face in her hands before implanting her face into the counter. 'Damn that girly bastard!' She fumed inwardly, as Deidara furrowed his eyes in confusion.
Meanwhile, the cook was silently observing with amused plastered all over that knowing smile. 'Ah, young love~' He cooed, turning the sizzling bacon with a pair of tongs. "Hey lovebirds," He called, seeing the female's face grow even redder. "would you two like rice as a side?"
"Hai, un." The male responded, "Kiyo-chan?"
Kiyo jerked her head up. "Yes! Lots of rice with butter!" The cook chuckled. "Alrighty then." Placing the rest of the food on the plate, he gently lifted them and made his way over to the two. "Rice'll be done in a jiffy." And with that, he turned and went back to the rice cooker.
"Itadakimasu (un)!" Both said in union, snapping their chopsticks before cheerfully digging in. "Nyaaah this is so goood!" She gushed, holding her cheek as hearts danced around. "So happy I choose this place to eat!"
"Che, females." He scoffed, taking another bite of his omelette. Kiyo flicked a piece of bacon in his hair. "Hey!"
She watched him scornfully as the blonde parted his hair to get the piece out. "So I'm the female eh?"
His ears went red. "Baaaah."
She stifled a giggle before taking another bite. "So what's it like being an S-ranked criminal? Do you really have Anbu after you twenty-four-seven? What about that bingo book thing?"
For the rest of the meal, they chatted back and forth about whatever came to mind. It ranged from ninja techniques to their favorite type of color.
"Blue? Are you serious? Green is where its at!" She declared, slamming her fist down on the table. Deidara snorted. "Green? That's the color of shit! Blue is the color of the sky, the ocean! A peaceful color with no flaws, hmm! Unlike green."
"Green is not the color of shit!"
"Uh, have you seen shit lately? It's green."
"No its brown!"
"Can you two please stop talking about human waste." The cook asked, his face scrunched up in disgust. "You just scared one of my customers away."
Both bowed their heads in apoligy, but underneath they were laughing in silence. "So Pretty boy, what are you and your mentally unstable partner doing here in the land of crows?"
He shrugged, pushing the empty plate aside. "I donno, hunting some person-"
He didn't get to finish as a pair of hands grabbed both their collars and slingshoted them out of the stand. Deidara saw a paperbomb whiz by and he grabbed it before shooting it back to the assailant. Landing on the ground, he pulled a kunai out. Facing his attacker, he stood up. "Kiku-chan?"
The blonde before him took an offensive position. "Kiyota Hataya, you are hereby under official arrest by the ruler of Amegakure! If you refuse I will not hesitate to kill you,cho!"
"Over my fucking dead body!" Kiyota roared, weaving hand signs as she charged. Kiku scoffed before charging.
Suddenly both were put into a headlock. Two Deidara's did a leg-sweep, dropping both on their stomachs. The blonde sat on top of them, still holding both in a headlock. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE, HMM?!" The Deidara clone demanded, currently on top of his little sister.
"Let me go!" She yelled, wriggling under his weight in a failed attempt to get free. Kiyota was just as presistant as his sister. "LET ME THE FUCK UP!"
"Not until someone tells me what the hell is going on, yeah!" A third voice growled. A few feet away stood an angry Deidara, he shot his sister a glare. Kiku pointed an accusing finger at him. "What are you doing eating with our target?!" She demanded, making his tilt his head.
"Nanni?"
A loud sigh all three Deidaras turn. A red head walked towards them, arms crossed, eyes glazed with irritation. "You really need to take missions more seriously Brat or this wouldn't be happening." Deidara facepalmed. "Shit."
Kiyo was their target. 'Baka baka baka baka!' He scolded himself as he shook his head. Sasori sighed. "Ms. Hataya, you can come back to Amegakure and face the consequences of your actions, or be killed immediatly."
"Che, like I'd go back to that hell hole!" She grounded out, unable to escape his clone's pin down. The puppet shrugged, pulling out a kunai with purple liquid dripping off the tip. "Fair enough."
"And Pretty boy," Kiyo whispered, looking genuinely hurt. "Thanks for pretending to be my friend." All three clones flinched, before Sasori could stab her, Deidara punched him, sending him into a wall. Ignoring Kiku's 'WHAT THE FUCK?!' scream, he jerked Kiyota by the collar and pressed her pressure point, effectively knocking her out cold.
He slung her over his shoulder, ordering the free clone to go and check on Danna. He wasn't surprised that it dispursed the moment it got to the shattered wall. Sasori stalked out, towards him, kunai still drawn.
Oh shit.
He frantically flapped his free hand on her backed up. "Danna I know this looks bad but I'm on your side-"
"This was a paralizer." The puppet growled, causing him to sweatdrop. "Oh, no kidding?" He mused, "Hey, clone me, get off of Kiku-chan, hmm."
The moment the clone complied, Kiku snapped its neck. Feeling pain throb in his neck, he furrowed his eyebrows at her. "So where's Tobi, yeah?" He asked, missing the deadly aura's transmitting off the two nin.
TBC...
