A.N: Oh yeah! Cute little chapter
disclaimer: I do not own Naruto but I do own a Super Smash Bros video game it's bad ass!
Chapter Thirty-One: A Good Day's Work Should End In A Brawl!
I'd pretty much had all the hostages with me now. It had been easy to find them buy tracking their chakra. It was a little difficult since there were a lot of different chakra patterns left by the gang but all I had to really do was find the biggest chakra grouping rather then the signatures themselves. Now I had a group of seventeen following me some came quietly but others gave resistance. But all followed me and all trusted me to a point.
I rounded a corner and found a fire escape. One continues spiral staircase that headed to the roof. Perfect. I nodded to the group behind me that the cost was clear and they flooded into the tiny area.
"On the roof there is a giant bird flying," I said to Roxanne who had become my consult and who would speak to the group on my behalf. She really would make a fine ninja and her strong will must make her an awesome attorney. "Flag it down and it will bring you to safety."
"A bird?" she questioned and I smiled at her.
"Just trust me," I said, "make sure everyone gets there safely and silently and if there are any guards don't worry the bird will take care of them. If he hasn't already done so."
"Um okay," she said looking to the rest of the group nodding before heading up the iron stairs first. Slowly the others followed her like baby ducks. I watched them for a few seconds before heading out of the small room and back to the main area. I already knew where the nearest stairwell to the second floor was.
I pulled a kunai for defense in case of a surprise attack. When I got to the top of the stairs something small and metal zoomed at me. Thinking it was a bullet I quickly defected it off my kunai, there where sparks but I bounced off and got stuck in the plaster ceiling. I looked up and saw that it was a five-cornered star and my brows pressed together as I looked to the direction that the shrunken had come from.
"Oh shit sorry Jenny!" Loren gasped as she stood up from tying a gang member's hands behind his back with chakra string. "I didn't know it was you!"
"I had my chakra flaring how could you not know it was me?" I asked only slightly disgruntled as I inspected the nasty crack in my knife from where the star had hit.
"I'm not good at figuring signatures jeez sorry," she defended "anyways did you find the hostages?"
"Yeah we found a fire escape and they are heading to the roof as we speak. "I lost my radio sorry for not calling."
"Oh okay," she said.
"Come in brat, Jen-chan is here and the hostages are heading to the roof so you can stop complaining that she hasn't called. Over." Sasori said getting to his feet and folding up his metal wings.
"What happened to your sweater Sasori?" I asked slightly amused.
"His wings ripped it apart," Loren giggled and I smirked.
"I see," I giggled and Sasori gave us a dull look before opening his mouth.
"Do you two have a compulsive giggle disease?" Sasori asked.
"Don't make fun of me that's a serious illness!" Loren yelled making the puppet blink. "Don't be such an asshole."
"It's true she really can't help herself!" I defended my friend's claim. Sasori looked at us for a moment as if thinking about a come back before giving up and turning around to leave. Loren and me gave a high five before following the red head out.
"Dude what the hell happened to your leg?" Loren yelled pointing out my blooded pant leg. Oh yeah I'd forgotten about that…
"Ok sweet un. I see the hostages," Deidara said steering the giant crane so it landed softly on the roof. The civilians scattered in fright but Maria was already off the bird trying to calm them down and heal the injured.
"The police are already here," Maria called to the blond "make a few birds to transport these people to the road."
Deidara nodded and began to mold clay while Loren's mom preformed some healing on the ex-hostages.
We got to the roof in a few minutes and the last of the civilians where being transported to the street where the police where taking them in. I had my arm slung over Loren's shoulder after she insisted to help me get up the stairs. Maria quickly came over to us ready to heal any sort of wounds.
"Sit down Jenny," she ordered and I did as I was told easing my body onto the rock-covered roof. She then knelt down next to me and put both hands over the bullet wound. Slowly the green glow of her chakra formed around her hands and into the raw flesh. I twitched from the chakra burning into my wound and slowly pulling the metal fragments still in my leg out of my body. "Alright that will do till we get back to your house," she said with a slight smile "it doesn't hurt right?"
"Nah I had nearly forgotten about it," I shrugged slowly getting to my feet. "Lets go before the police access the building," I said as we went over to the crane where Deidara was waiting his face looking a bit curious or worried I wasn't sure which. He helped me up onto the clay bird while the others jumped on.
"Dude you always get hurt hmm," he said with a half smile and I smiled at him and gave a quick kiss on the crooked lips. He was slightly surprised but I felt like I was glowing as Loren looked at me with a smile and a raised brow. I wiggled my pinky finger at her and she giggled.
"That was pretty sweet," I said as the bird finally began to level out it's flying and I didn't feel like barfing anymore. "Except you know the whole getting shot business."
"You're an injury magnet," Loren said "I mean you got the crap knocked out of you by Itachi your first day, you fell from the sky when you first used your dragon king jutsu, Hidan owned you, you where totally paper slashed by Konan, and now you've been shot in the leg."
"Yea and I'm sure you've never had a good reason to go to the hospital," I grumbled and she just smiled but didn't reply. I sighed pulling up my pant leg up to inspect my wound. It was bleeding again from the fragments having been pulled out but it didn't look major, most of it was healed but it still looked pretty nasty. Mom was going to freak out!
There was no point in talking anymore the wind was too strong. I could see that Sasori wasn't very comfortable flying on the clay bird. I noticed he would sit there unmoving and stiff with his maroon eyes shut tight like a doll's eyes. It was both creepy and cute. Sasori is weird. I smiled as Loren crawled over to the red head and sat down next to him. Her hair whipped around her face as she looked up at the unmoving puppet.
I looked away and over to the front of the crane to where Deidara stood directing the bird. He looked so natural standing there high above the ground and effortlessly just looking amazing. I wanted to be able to do that with him. Stand with him on the edge of the world and not be scared. Just the thought of it made it feel really, really cheesy. I slapped my forehead feeling really stupid with my diehard romantic thoughts.
I really shouldn't think too much about Deidara being a lover because he's not, I mean he didn't even ask me if I wanted to be his girlfriend. I hope I'm doing the right thing because I don't want to be the one to get hurt. Would Deidara ever hurt me? I didn't want to think about it.
When we got home it was nearly five o'clock. Loren's mom explained to my parents that my injuries weren't serious and she healed them quickly. I had to explain to my brother, yes Sasori is a puppet and that yeah I know Deidara looks better as a blonde. After all that mom made dinner for all of us while my family questioned us on how our little adventure went. I knew they must have been freaking out on the inside but outwardly they looked kind of calm.
Loren left soon after with Maria and me and the boys where just resting on the sofa. Sasori had used the medical jutsu to make him over back into a stereotypical normal human so his metal wings wouldn't rip up the seat. Now all we had to do was rest out muscles and pray to god we wouldn't be expelled for school.
I mean it's not like we did anything truly bad to get us kicked out of the Academy but there is a tiny chance Pein would get pissed and just dump us in the dumpster. As for Loren she had her mom to back her up when it came to maybe having to have a word with the Kazekage (a.k.a. Wind Tower Principle). So we where pretty okay I guess. You know whatever. I was way to tiered to care at the moment.
"Hey Deidara do you want to play Super Smash Brother's Brawl?" Kenny announced as he turned on his game council.
"Hmm sure why not?" Deidara shrugged taking the Wii-mote my brother gave him. "Did you unlock everyone hmm?"
"Almost," he replied, "I think I have pretty much everyone except Jiggly Puff."
"Oh that's okay she sucks anyways," Deidara shrugged as the opening to the game blasted out of the speakers.
"Turn that down!" my dad yelled from the bedroom and I rolled my eyes and put the volume down.
"Dude I so pick Samus," Deidara said coyly wiggling his brow "she's banging yeah."
"Oh the irony!" I cried and Sasori watched slightly interested.
"I'm Pit," Kenny called out.
"Pit sucks hmm," Deidara snorts, "he's a little fairy."
"Actually he's an angel," my brother corrects.
"That joke went right over your head didn't Ken?" Sasori asked with a slick smile. Apparently my brother still didn't get it.
"Kenny," I said and he looked at me "being called a fairy means your gay."
"Oh…" he blinks then glares at Deidara "I know he's gay and stuff but I still rock when I play him. You watch!"
"Oh have Link and Kirby play as the computer," I said them being my two personal favorites.
"Fine," Kenny sighed locking them in. They picked a level after a bit of argument but finally they agreed on the 'Final Destination' level which is pretty much just a flat platform that the characters fight on as you zoom through space. Pretty cool. Through out the whole virtual battle I was singing a horribly off key 'The Final Count Down' most likely missing a few lines and humming the stuff I didn't know.
In the end Kenny was right. He totally owns when it comes to fighting as Pit. He came in first while Link came in second Deidara was third and poor Kirby got his ass kicked in fourth. Annoying little angel or not Deidara had to eat his words as Kenny beat him five more times using Pit every time.
"This thing is rigged un," he finally announced giving up the losing battle "I'm so done and so ready for bed."
"Me too," I agreed getting to my feet "I have to take a shower I'm still in my bloody clothes."
"Me three," Sasori said but we looked over at him and rolled our eyes.
"Yeah because Sasori actually sleeps hmm," Deidara said sarcastically and the red head flipped him the bird. We all laughed.
I was nearly asleep when I felt Deidara crawling onto my bed. I rolled my eyes in the dark as he lay down next to me on top of the bed sheets. I rolled over so I could face him. I could see the shadows of his features and he was smiling softly.
"You need to stop getting hurt," he said in a soft tone "your dad was about to have a metal break down when he found out you'd been freaking shot hmm."
"Yeah I know," I said groggily shutting my eyes for a long time then opening them again.
"You worried me too for a second hmm," he said with a wary half smirk. I smiled back at him in a daze of heartthrob goop before my brain snapped back to the issues I'd been thinking about on the clay bird.
"So, like we're like boyfriend girlfriend now?" I asked and he blinked at me. "I mean like…um you know!"
"Yeah," he said as if it was obvious "sorry I didn't make a legal document for you stating 'yes, Jenny I like you and I want you to be my girlfriend.' Yeah."
"I just wanted to know," I said hiding half of my face under the covers. "I mean it's all to surreal. It's like oh my god you're Deidara, handsome funny charming and a little crazy, and I'm Jenny. Just plan old Jenny nothing special…so I was just a little worried."
"I don't kiss girls for no reason," he said "if I where that needy for a kiss I'd just use these babies un." He lifted his hand and it grinned at me. A creepy image of Deidara making out with himself came to mind.
"Are they good kissers?" I asked completely serious.
"There okay," he sighed "not as good as kissing another person but they do there job." I smiled wickedly as an extra dirty thought came to mind. Deidara's face distorted as he read my mind. "Don't even go there hmm! These hands where made for art, I wouldn't dishonor that fact for a little pleaser un," he defended. We stared at each other for a second before I started smiling again.
"Your such a liar!" I laughed and he pounced on me as I rolled over making him do an entire flip over me and onto the other side of the bed. His hair had become disheveled and we where both laughing at our own silliness.
"Go to bed!" I heard my dad yell from down stairs.
"Oops better get going before someone walks in," Deidara said sitting up.
"Aw," I sighed grabbing at his hair playfully. "You know we won't be able to do this when we are back at the Academy. Sasori would get pissed."
"Yeah I know hmm," he said beginning to slide off the bed and back to his mattress.
"Great now I'm going to have to meditate again I sighed turning on my night stand lamp. Deidara groaned as I safe locked those few memories.