A/N- Where am I going with this again? -_-
"As I wanted to say, this is my partner, Kisame Hoshigaki. I will be going to my room now, please excuse me, Unmei-san." Itachi left Unmei. Just like that. Unmei started mentally cursing Itachi for putting her in an awkward situation. She wouldn't be surprised if he knew who she was the whole time and only waited so she would meet Kisame before leaving.
That sneaky weasel. Unmei slapped herself for thinking up bad puns. Somewhere in the recesses of Unmei's mind a drum was going ba-dum-tss in order to annoy Unmei further.
"You don't have to hit yourself; I promise I'm not a dream." Kisame smirked at Unmei. Unmei didn't even know people could smirk but there he was defying Unmei's logic.
"Hello, Hoshigaki-san, how have you been?" Unmei smiled politely. She imagined this would irk Kisame to a point that he wouldn't defy lip-logic and mentally did a victory dance. Unmei could've sworn she saw Kisame's one eye twitch a little.
"Doing well since you've betrayed me, thanks. I've gone and joined a couple of criminals. Killed some people. The organisation might or might not have plans to take over the ninja world, you know, nothing too major. How about you?" Kisame stated bluntly. It was Unmei's turn to twitch. She knew Kisame as an aggressive person, sure, but that was when they were playing ninja, not when they were actually playing with ninjas' lives.
"Well, since you up and left me without bothering to hear my side of the story I've also been well thanks. I've left my clan and become a rogue ninja that randomly assassinates people in order to keep living in shitty hotels before I have to leave and kill some other bastard just because it would be good training for my abilities. Abilities which I had to discover on my own since you weren't there. Abilities I didn't even know I had but you didn't stay to hear that, did you?" Unmei stated coldly. She didn't feel like being ridiculed by someone who didn't know the full story.
"What are you talking about? You knew about your powers, how else could you have used them that day?" Kisame questioned Unmei.
"They were awakened that day, that's how." Unmei answered.
"That's not what I was told." Kisame said. He seemed extremely confused since his face was contorted in a strange way.
"I don't even care what you were told right now. You chose the person that told you over me. You chose to leave me when I needed you most. You couldn't stay with me because you thought I betrayed you, but I trusted you more than anyone in the whole world and you didn't even know me enough to think for a second that I didn't betray you. To me, it doesn't seem like I was the one that betrayed you. Not that it matters now anyways, right? If you truly cared you would have at least came to see me to find out if I was dead or not, but you were so hurt by something you had no proof of that we're only meeting now, eight years later, and it isn't even because you wanted to see me." Unmei shut her door in Kisame's face and went into her bathroom to wash her face. If Unmei hadn't been busy with Itachi's string she would have sensed Kisame and left immediately.
Being so close to Kisame made emotions come rushing back to Unmei. She fed off of Kisame's energy by accident and now she was feeling again. She regretted ever being close to him because feelings from eight years ago were rushing back to her. She needed Kisame if she wanted her emotions to get better but Unmei feared he would be the very reason she would enjoy not having any emotions in the first place.
Unmei decided to take a bath so that she could calm down. It was hard for Unmei to imagine that someone who had killed so many people without much thought could be so overwhelmed by emotions.
"You saw him, huh?" Ghost appeared in front of Unmei.
"Yes." Unmei said with a strained voice.
"Poor dear, you're feeling the heartache all over again, aren't you?" Ghost asked as Unmei turned on the warm water. Unmei didn't bother to answer Ghost with anything but a simple nod.
"I'm sorry Unmei; it won't always be like this. I promise it'll be better, trust me, dead people know." Ghost rubbed Unmei's back soothingly out of habit. Even though Unmei couldn't feel Ghost's hand, she could feel her warm and motherly presence so she appreciated the comforting gesture. Ghost could possibly be the most sadistic teddy bear Unmei has ever met.
"All he had to do was stay." Unmei managed to say even though she felt like she had a massive lump in her throat. Ghost looked at Unmei with saddened eyes.
"Fate has a twisted way of letting everything fall into place, dear. If he had stayed maybe you would have missed out on something else important, or maybe he wouldn't have grown to really love you. If he stayed the both of you would only be mourning. That wouldn't have helped the relationship any." Ghost tried to comfort Unmei.
"I didn't need a relationship, Ghost. I needed Kisame." Unmei said.
"I know dear." Ghost replied. Unmei closed the tap.
"I'd like to bathe alone Ghost, would you mind?" Unmei asked Ghost.
"Enjoy your bath dear." Ghost smiled at Unmei one last time before vanishing. Unmei undressed herself and tested the water before climbing in to the tub.
Unmei hardly had time for herself to just think so she decided to take advantage of her time alone in the bathroom and close her eyes, relaxed.
Unmei figured that she would eventually have to face Kisame without feeling as if her heart would rip into a million pieces, but she wouldn't be able to do that today. She sunk further into the water. If my parents were here they'd help me through this. What can I do mom?
Unmei thought of any answer her parents would give her but only thought of one. Be patient and listen, every action has a valid reason. Unmei wasn't sure who would say that to her, but she imagined it would be a combination of her mom, Emiko and Ghost.
All I have to do is wait. I shouldn't be so irrational. I should listen. Unmei chanted to herself.
Unmei dressed herself in the nightgown Konan gave her before putting on her own black coat over it. Unmei wasn't raised to look exposed and any revealing clothes left Unmei feeling uncomfortable. Unmei planned on going back to sleep when there was a knock on her door so Unmei stood up from her bed to answer it.
"I am sorry to bother you, Unmei-san, but I would like to get your size fitting for the organization's cloak you are required to wear when on missions." A red-headed man with deep brown eyes looked at Unmei.
"Hello, I apologize for not knowing who you are, but may I please know you name?" Unmei smiled politely. The man seemed a bit older than her even though his face was quite young.
"My name is Sasori; I am the puppet master of the organisation." Sasori stated bluntly.
"Nice to meet you, if I may ask, why am I being fitted for a cloak when I'm not an official member yet?" Unmei asked Sasori, he seemed to be someone with answers.
"Because it would take a while to get ready and by the time it is your initiation would take place." Sasori answered.
"Oh, of course, please come inside." Unmei told Sasori. She would have liked to go to sleep but she didn't mind being bothered for a while, as long as it wasn't Kisame or a certain weasel Unmei decided to put in her mental 'asshole' list. Unmei got out of the way so that Sasori could enter her room.
"You're going to have to take off the coat; it's going to be too bulky to take correct measurements." Sasori told Unmei which made her a little nervous but she complied none the less, Unmei felt grateful that she chose to wear her bra.
"Don't worry about feeling exposed around me, I promise I'm not interested in you." Sasori stated bluntly as he ordered her to lift up her arms so he could measure her. Unmei would have felt hurt by his statement if it didn't relieve her nervousness. Unmei decided to take a peek at Sasori's string only to be shocked to find that he doesn't have one on his finger. With a little bit more concentration Unmei found that he actually did have a string on him, but it was coming directly from his chest. His fingers must not be real if the string attached itself to the closest thing that is part of the real Sasori.
"I am sorry to be blunt, but why isn't your body real?" Unmei asked Sasori, who looked at her mildly shocked. He continued measuring her waist before answering.
"I turned myself into a puppet." Sasori stated simply. Unmei accepted his answer and looked further at his string only to find out another surprising fact.
"Do you love someone in this building?" Unmei asked Sasori.
"I doubt I love anyone, but there is someone here that would sadden me if they were to die." Sasori answered. He seemed very neutral about Unmei's questioning.
"Is his name Deidara?" Unmei asked Sasori her final question.
"Yes it is. I see you've decided to use your abilities on me." Sasori answered Unmei.
"I apologise, it's a bad habit of mine." Unmei answered guiltily.
"That's alright. I was interested to see how it works. Your clan fascinated me a while back but they're quite secretive. I wanted to know how to turn people into puppets without chakra stings but they assured me that cannot be done with fate." Sasori stated. He looked focussed on her body as he talked.
"It can, actually, but it's a mutation so only a little amount of people would be able to do it. A good amount of the clan isn't aware of that though." Unmei told Sasori truthfully.
"I see. Are you one of those people?" Sasori asked Unmei.
"Yes I am." Unmei answered. Sasori looked up at her before removing his measuring tape from her body.
"I would enjoy seeing you in battle, maybe I can sometime? I'm finished measuring you." Sasori seemed at ease with Unmei and she briefly wondered if someone had briefed the members about her.
"I don't see why not. Thank you for measuring me Sasori-san." Unmei smiled at Sasori. Her emotions were calmed down a bit so she could actually feel happy.
"Goodnight Unmei-san." Sasori said as he stood in the doorway.
"Goodnight." Unmei replied before closing the door after Sasori. Unmei went back to her bed and got beneath the sheets once more. Unmei didn't think she was that tired but the moment her head landed on the pillow she was asleep.