Chapter 5
I blinked and looked around. I was lying in a bed with a blanket over me. My arm pulsed with pain and I started wriggling in the bed. There was a grunt besides me and I saw the person look up. Inside the chair was the most hellish looking Deidara you could imagine and I laughed a bit when I saw his cloak bloody still. He looked up just as I lit up my hand to heal my arm.
"What happened?" I asked curiously looking at him
"You blacked out "he started before yawning "after I fixed the bone," he finished, and I nodded and swung my legs over the side of the bed. I noticed I wasn't in my normal clothes any more. I was in a long red kimono with a black and white obi. I screamed slightly then looked at him bright red.
"D-did y-you c-change m-me," I asked stuttering
"Yeh, had too, you were all bloody," he replied, I turned bright red and stood up
"Can we go outside," I asked blushing furiously and turning away
"Fine," replied Deidara flatly standing up and walking over to the door and out. I followed slowly behind slowly unwrapping the bandages still wrapped around my arm. I saw there was yet another star scar on my other arm. I sighed angrily and rubbed it hoping it would go away.
"Oi where are you going?" said Sasori hobbling over
"Out," said Deidara "After Itachi's stunt last night, she wants to go out in the garden," said Deidara simply putting his hand over the door knob as chakra seeped into the lock, unlocking it. I observed it carefully but it soon became apparent to me that only Akatsuki members could open it. I blinked as the days light came seeping into the musty old building. I coughed slightly and stepped out and looked around the garden. For a S ranked hide out they had a pretty good garden, then again I suppose Zetsu didn't let it fall into disrepair because I saw him tending to the trees in the far corner before melting into it. I smiled and walked around a bit. It was a fair size with longish grass, blood red flowers were growing around near the front of the house. Looking back clearly at the house it was wooden with broken shutters built into the cliff. No wonder it wasn't cold in there or there was windows, it's built into a cliff……duh... I shook my head smiling slightly. My arm was still tender from the break, I didn't have enough chakra to fully heal it but there was no way I was gonna tell Deidara, his bandaging was terrible, I was surprised I didn't get a fever from an infection, then again, who said criminals were good at anything apart from being bad. I sat down against a wall while Deidara disappeared into the house, obviously I felt the presence of Zetsu but I knew he wasn't paying attention, the man cared more for the plants then a healer girl.
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"Oi Shikamaru someone's coming out," said Naruto loudly, Shikamaru shuffled over and saw Deidara and another figure clad in a red kimono come out cautiously. Naruto and Neji gasped as they saw Amaya come out supporting a bandaged arm and smiling coming into the garden. They saw her walking around and sit down under the tree they were in.
"What do we do?" asked Naruto
"Neji?" asked Shikamaru
"There isn't anyone in the perimeter, all members minus two are inside the house," he explained
"I know your there," said a vice below them
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I felt three familiar presences above me and I smiled to myself.
"I know your there," I called softly to them as I watched Zetsu at the far end lie down on the ground and the fly trap close over his head.
"How did you know?" said Naruto sadly
"I know enough, I wasn't born yesterday," I called again stumbling upwards "What do you want? This is the first time I managed to persuade Deidara to take me out and your disturbing me," I said angrily "But I won't tell,"
"We're here to take me home," said Shikamaru. Are they saying they care about me?...I don't know about this, it'll be the same when we get back though, I'll just run…..I always do…….its just……me……
"I can't go," I replied turning before I cried in front of them
"Ino, Kiba and Sasuke are back at a camp not far away," explained Neji seriously, I gasped softly to myself and a single tear did come out
"I told you I can't go, I'll runaway again if you keep me there," I said quietly
"But everyone wants you back, we want you back," sad Naruto persuasively pointing to Neji, Shikamaru and himself
"I want to be free," I replied "Konoha has walls, this place doesn't," I explained softly "Sure it's inhabitants are rude, loudmouthed bunch of guys but I like it here, I made friends here faster then in any other place," I added turning to look at them so they could see my tear stained face. In the back ground I heard a soft pattering then a drop of water on my face. I held out my palm and saw the rain drip onto my hand.
"You'll be classified as a missing nin!" cried Naruto desperately
"Say hey to Hisoka for me," I said smiling "Don't classify me as that just yet I'll be back. Soon," I said before turning and walking away, I started sniffing and looked up to see Deidara in the doorway looking impassive.
"I thought they were familiar," he said quietly
"I told them to leave," I said sadly and sniffed "Happy?" I asked before I felt him take my arm and lead me back in. Into a place that was far from happy.
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Naruto watched in disbelief at what was happening.
"What do we tell Kiba?" asked Neji seriously
"The truth," said Shikamaru "It hurts the most but it's the truth, it's never meant to be nice," he said sadly, they watched as she spoke to the blond Akatsuki member, he nodded and slowly and gently took her arm and lead her inside. She seems at home here……I suppose he's an Earth Nin like her……they were always known for not liking closed spaces…..I'm sorry Kiba……thought Shikamaru turning to jump off and back to Konoha.