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demon

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Akatsuki

I am blinded by the utter darkness. I want to reach out for Sasori, but I'm afraid he'll pull away from me. I don't like the dark at all- I can't see what I'm attacking or defending against. I prefer having some amount of light.

The voices I heard have finally died off, but I can hear breathing near me. There are other people in the cave, and from my guess, they're surrounding me, and maybe Sasori too. I wonder if they can tell the darkness is getting to me- that I'm about to go insane because I can't see my hand in front of my face.

Someone clears their throat, then declares, "Someone turn the lights on. I want to get a good look at the captive." The lights come on and I can see I'm surrounded by nine people- eight men and one woman- and Sasori has stepped behind me. "Sasori, tell us how you got back so quickly."

The speaker seems to be their leader. He has bright orange hair and his face is decorated with piercings. I wonder if these people realize I don't like it when people stare at me. I tend to lose my control when people annnoy me, when they stare at me, or when I'm in the dark.

"Well, we flew in a small metal thing called a plane to a place called an airport." Sasori explains. "That flight could've gotten us killed, as she flew the plane for the first time ever. Then we got on a larger plane and flew halfway across the country. We walked from there."

Did he have to include that the first flight was suicidal? Someone laughs, and says, "Poor Danna. That must've scared the living crap outta you un!" The voice and laugh belong to a guy- I think- with long blonde hair in a half ponytail and some of it falling across the left side of his face.

"Shut up Deidara." Sasori replies, not even looking at the blonde.

The blonde falls silent. Then the leader says, "So you got here quicker by flying? Seems that's the better way to go."

"It's faster, but it's quite dangerous, especially when the pilot is refrencing a $10 book because they're flying for the first time."

"Book? So that's how she learned?"

"Yes, and that's what made it even more suicidal."

"I see. Does anyone else have other questions?" None of the others said a word. "Then let's move on to testing her abilities."

I was led out back to training grounds. There was a cobbled section- probably the main part- and a little stream further out. Then there was the woods that extended far beyond my range of sight. There were also random rocks along the stream bed that would make perfect weapons.

"For your test, you will be fighting........................" The orange haired man pauses. "Deidara."

Said blonde steps out into the cobbled area and says, "You're dead meat un."

I take off my laptop bag and set it down. "We'll see about that." I reply, moving into the cobbled area as well.

He reaches into a pouch around his waist that I hadn't noticed before. Then I see a tiny bird in his hand. He does a couple weird things with his hands and the bird triples in size. He jumps up onto the bird as it takes off.

So maybe I am dead meat. Sadly, I'm not some wimpy girl who gives up when the going gets tough. Nope, I'm really stubborn when it comes to giving up. I could be half dead and I would still try to fight. If I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down swingin'.

Staying true to my nature, I mentally snapped one of the giant trees in two. Then I started swinging it at the bird without actually touching it. I couldn't see it from where I was, but Deidara was actually freaking out. And the others were shocked that I could move such a large object. Guess they don't know about the time I used a semi to kill a guy, even if I was having one of my "agitation attacks".

Finally, Deidara attacks by throwing a bunch of white bugs at me. Of course, I fling them right back at him. If he thought those would scare me, he's dead wrong. I don't particularly like bugs, but I don't hate them. Bugs will be bugs.

Then a couple smaller birds come flying at me. I direct them back at him, but they explode long before they can reach him. So his little creations blow up, eh? That's just dandy- he gets to play offense, I get to play defense. Or at least until I get him down on the ground.

He must be pissed by now. Who wouldn't be if someone keeps thwarting your attacks without any obvious motion? Oh, like hell he's pissed, he's bringing his bird back down to the ground. That's good, that means I can fling those stream-side rocks at him. And that's just what I do.

He storms over to me and grabs me by the shirt collar, lifting me into the air. "What the hell un?!" He shouts.

"What do you mean? This is a fight, not an argument." I reply, totally calm.

"You could at least let yourself get hit un!"

I bust up laughing. "What, are you crazy?! Hell no! I'm not that stupid!" I manage between laughs. He growls and puts me down. "You're such a blonde!"

He punches me in the face. "BITCH!"

I punch downward towards the place where the sun don't shine. "SON of a bitch." I then turn on my heel and walk over and snatch my laptop bag up.

"He's not unconscious yet." The leader says, as if he was talking to an idiot.

"He won't be moving any time soon though." I reply, not looking at the leader.

"We didn't see all that much."

"So? I could care less how little you saw. You don't need to know anything about what I can do."

"We do if you want to be in the Akatsuki."

"Who said I even WANTED to be in this Akatsuki or whatever? I could honestly care less!"

"Then why did you come here?"

"Beacause I was sick of the people back home giving me shit about my powers. I wanted an escape, and coming here was it."

"So you have no intention of joining the Akatsuki?"

"Absolutely not."

"Then you will be disposed of." The others head in, with someone helping Deidara. "Sasori, get rid of her."

"Yes sir." Sasori says, then he turns to face me.

"Lemme guess, you gotta kill me now because I know too much about you guys."

"Yes." His face is expressionless, something I'm not used to. "I'll make it quick and painless though."

"There's no such thing as a painless death. One always suffers sometime before they die."

"Would it make you feel better if you died in my embrace?"

"Not really. I wouldn't want to die in the embrace of someone who lied to make me feel better, or whatever your stupid reason was."

His eyes flicker with anger. "I wasn't lying!" He nearly shouts.

"Then why don't you seem to care about me?! Why are so content with obeying your leader?!" I feel tears well up in my eyes, but hold them back.

"I-" He stops and bites his lower lip. "I'm sorry. I didn't realize you felt like this."

"How could you not realize?!"

"I-I don't know. I'm sorry. Really, I am."

He comes over to hug me, but I move out of the way. "You're such a two-faced jerk." Then I take off into the woods.

He doesn't bother to follow me, just stands there, as if he's a frozen statue.

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