Authors Note: Hi again! This is a slightly different chapter. Instead of Lily's point of View, it's Rose's! Sorry for the slow updating... This took a lot longer typing than I thought. The setting is from when Sasori and Lily leave to go find Emi and Itachi and will end sometime after breakfast. I wanted to change things up a bit! Uh... It's Tobi's turn to do the disclaimer!
Tobi: YAY!! Tobi's a good boy!
Me: Yes Tobi is a good boy, now do the disclaimer...
Tobi: Flicker-chan doesn't own any of the Naruto characters, but she does own Lily-chan, Rose-chan, and Emi-chan!
Me: Tobi's a good boy! -throws Tobi a cookie-
Tobi: Yay! Tobi's a good boy!! -somehow eats cookie with mask on-
Me: O-O How'd you do that?
I woke up that morning insanely early. What the hell was Lily doing? She was talking avidly about something to Sasori. Pein didn't seem to notice. A minute later they were gone. Where had they gone? Why was Lily asking Sasori, of all people, for help? Why was I still awake? What time was it? I turned to the window and glanced out. I groaned. It was sunrise. My groan must have caused Deidara to wake up.
"Why are you up so early yeah?" he asked. I shrugged.
"Lily woke me up with her chattering. She and Sasori are off somewhere," I muttered, yawning and decided I wouldn't fall back asleep. I crawled out of the bed and yawned again, stumbling to the showers. Suddenly I was pulled back.
"You're going to run into that wall, un" Deidara said. I glanced up. I was an inch away from the wall.
"Oh... Whoops..." I muttered, clearly out of it. I steadied myself and continued to the showers. I grabbed my towel off the rack and chose a stall.
"A little privacy?" I asked to Deidara, who was still at the door. Damn pervert...
"Oh... Sorry yeah," he said, going back to the dresser to get his brush. Quickly I stripped down and hopped in the shower and turned the water to cold. I liked cold showers. Woke you up more. Sure enough the freezing water woke me up right away. After I washed my body and hair I turned the water off and grabbed my towel. I toweled off and wrapped the towel around like a dress. I opened the shower door and froze upon noticing Deidara was just getting into the shower. A blush rose to my face. I made an eeping sound and forced my eyes shut. I heard the other shower door close. A moment later the water started and I opened my eyes. He was gone, thank god... I rushed to the dresser and quickly changed. I started looking for my brush. Gah! Where did I put it? Did I leave it in the bathroom? Nah... I couldn't have. There was Deidara's brush, you could tell from the blond hair in it. Where was my brush with brown hair and a few gold strands in it?
I searched by Lily's dresser, maybe she borrowed it. Nope. Her brush was there, but not mine. If I couldn't find it, Lily would let me use her brush. She always did. Stupid brush... It must be in the bathroom unless Pein took it hostage. He did that with my journal before. This summer camp was not normal. For example, I was looking through Lily's bag for something and came across this manga called Naruto. Yes. Naruto. Just like the blond haired hyperactive kid a cabin over. And it had this person called Sakura in it. With pink hair, exactly like the Sakura in this camp. There was also this Kakashi person, who looked a hell of a lot like the cook, Kakashi. It had all of the campers, plus Jiriaya, Tsundae, and Shizune. It even had the Aka... Akat... Akatsuki, that was it! S ranked criminals in a sort of cult like thing. And surprise surprise, Pein was the so called leader of this cult. And Deidara and Sasori were in it. Even though in the manga it said they were dead... Weird... Maybe when our parents signed up us for this camp, we disrupted the time stream in the Naruto world. But that still held one question. Where in hell was this camp? And where was my brush?
I decided to risk it and go look in the bathroom. That was a mistake. A very big mistake. Deidara just finished his shower. And was coming out of the shower stall. Thank god he had his towel on. But his hair was still sopping wet and the drops rolled down his body. Damn... He had a hot body... Really really hot... Ugh... Why was I thinking that? And what is that on his chest? A seal of some sort? I felt myself blushing and I started to stutter.
"S...sorry..." I said, trying to will myself to move. I couldn't. Deidara finally noticed me. I blushed even more. I did a quick scan of the bathroom. No brush. Pein probably stole it and required me to pay bail for it, again. My wallet was practically empty as is.
"Rose... Anyone there? un?" Deidara said for probably the fifth time while I was spacing out. I snapped out of my plotting to capture my brush back from Pein and noticed how close Deidara was. I blushed even more. At this rate I was going to faint if I blushed any harder.
"S..sorry... I was... thinking..." I stuttered a bit. Deidara looked kinda confused.
"You never stuttered before yeah," he said, unaware of how uncomfortable it was for me.
"I... uh... s...stutter when... I'm nervous or embarrassed..." I said. Deidara suddenly looked around and realized he was only wearing a towel. His eyes widened.
"Sorry! Here let me get dressed really fast un," he said, scooting around me. I just stood there, closing my eyes because the mirror in the bathroom showed part of the room where Deidara was getting dressed.
"Ok... You can turn around now, yeah..." Deidara said. I turned around and peeked through one eye. He was dressed, good. The blush slowly faded from my face.
"Deidara... Do you know where my brush went? I'm thinking Pein's holding it hostage again, but I want to make sure," I asked. Deidara shrugged and looked where Pein slept.
"It's not up there yeah," he said. I scowled. Where in hell was my brush? My hair was going to be a rats nest if I didn't comb it soon... Then I noticed the gleam in his eyes. That little bastard! He was the one who stole my brush! But what was he trying to get from stealing my brush?
"Oh well... I'll just use Lily's, she won't mind," I said, starting to walk to Lily and Sasori's side of the cabin. Suddenly I felt my wrist being grabbed.
"I don't think you should use her brush...un..." he said. Ok... Now I was confused.
"Why not?" I asked. He looked stumped. My mental smile grew.
"Because... It's not right for your hair type!" he said. Damn... He got me there...
"Then what kind of brush is right for my hair type?" I asked. Deidara went over to his bag and pulled out more brushes. My eye twitched. Just how obsessed with his hair was this guy? I walked over to him.
"Geez... You're really obsessed with your hair..." I muttered. Deidara rolled his eyes. I noticed his hair was still down, instead of his normal ponytail. He grabbed a brush and I thought he would hand it to me. But no... He started combing my hair.
"Deidara?" I asked.
"Hm?"
"Why are you combing my hair?"
"I believe the correct term is brushing un," My eye twitched.
"Ok then... Why are you brushing my hair?"
"Cause I want to, yeah" That was no help...
"Why?" That got him. HAHAHA!
"Cause I want to, un" Are you kidding me?
"That's not an answer..." Ok... I had to get him with that! Stupid men... They're so confusing. Instead of answering Deidara rolled his eyes. I felt one of his palm hands bite my neck. Ow...
"Ouch!" I hissed.
"Sorry... the mouths can't help themselves... yeah," he said. So now the hands had a mind of their own? Great. Just great.
"Then how do you keep them closed when rubbing shampoo in your hair?" I asked. Deidara opened his mouth to answer then closed it. HA! I finally got him!
"Because I told them too..." he muttered. My smile widened. Then it promptly fell. If he could control his palm mouths then... My eyes widened.
"PERVERT!" I accused, attempting to run away. Unfortunately for me, he pulled me back.
"You say I'm the pervert when your imagining those things..." he pointed out. Damn... He got me there. I blushed. He went back to combing my hair. Soon the brush stopped moving and was put off to the side somewhere. What was going... I felt arms wrap around my waist. What in hell? Was Deidara... I blushed at the thought.
"Tell me Rose... Have you ever had a boyfriend?" he asked. I shook my head. I was average looking, nothing special. So I never had a boyfriend. A few crushes, but nothing serious. That was really sad for a 17 year old. Maybe that's why I thought Deidara was nice when I met him... He looked like he actually cared. At first I tried to get away from his grasp, but he was too strong. He was warm. And comforting. And... I felt safe. A feeling I hadn't felt in a long time. The reason why my parents signed me up for this summer camp was because they knew their would be shinobi here. I would be protected. I didn't know why I needed to be protected. I just did. Stupid overprotective parents. I wasn't even paying attention to Deidara. Or my actions either... I focused my attention not on my parents, but to Deidara. I blushed when I realized what position I was in.
Deidara had his hands on the small of my back, pulling me closer to him. I was resting my head against his chest. My arms were down by my sides. And I was sitting in his lap. A S ranked criminals lap. Damn... I didn't know was that cool! Deidara's hands brushed against my neck. Was he going to... Yup he was... He tilted my head up and my blue-green eyes met his blue eyes. His eyes reminded me of the ocean. My face was probably pink by now, but I didn't care. Deidara was going to kiss me and I was going to love it. I could feel it.
The second our lips met was perfect. It was just me and him. Everything was forgotten after that. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he pulled me closer. I never knew his hair was so silky and soft. This was heaven.
Then it ended. Something hit me in the head and I turned. It was Pein, that bastard. The the item that hit me in the head was my brush. So he had taken it! I was getting angry.
"Sorry to break that up you love birds, but you woke me up when you took your showers, why are you..." but he was cut off by a lotion bottle hitting his head. Deidara stared at me. My jaw dropped, as did my arm. I did not just throw that at him did I? Oh shit. I did.
"What the hell was that for?" Pein growled, throwing something at my head again. I dodged. This guy was making me really angry. I grabbed the nearest thing, my deodorant, and chucked it at his head. He caught it and threw it back to me at inhuman speeds. It hit me in the head.
"Ow..." I muttered. Then I got angry.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!" I screeched, throwing whatever I could get my hands on at Pein. Big mistake. Half the items were dodged and the other half were caught and thrown right back at me. I dodged only a few then took refuge behind a few pillows. But then something hit me in the head. What? That was impossible! I rubbed my head and glanced behind me, where Pein was now. I glanced back to the first spot then back at him.
"Stupid ninjas..." I muttered. Pein grabbed the front of my shirt, pulling me up to his face.
"You didn't answer my question. Why were you throwing things at me?" he growled. Ok. His creepy orange eyes were even creepier up close.
"You... stole... my brush..." I whimpered. Yes. I whimpered. Pein's eye twitched.
"You did all of that just because I stole your brush?" he growled. I nodded hesitantly. I quickly evaluated my situation. Within a foot of a S ranked criminal who was the leader of a cult of S ranked criminals who hadn't lost a fight before. I was screwed. Big time. I clenched my jaw, waiting for a punch or maybe even a kick.
But it came much lower than my face. It was my stomach. I coughed, forcing the blood that was coming up back down. I glared at Pein. Damn that hurt like hell.
"What ever happened to 'it's rude to hit a girl'," I hissed, attempting to pry his hands off my shirt. Pein's eyes narrowed. Finally I pried his hands off my shirt. Damn. He punched hard. I clenched my jaw in a poor effort to stop the throbbing pain in my middle section. That had to be chakra laced... And it was probably messing up something in my body. Either that or causing a hell of a lot of pain. Probably both. Great. That meant a trip to Jiraiya... Self proclaimed Super pervert. Ugh... Maybe Shizune or Tsundae or even Sakura would help me. I decided to go to Sakura first. But first I needed to find some excuse to get out of this cabin.
"I'm going for a walk," I muttered with some difficulty. Damn that punch really hurt. I had almost forgotten about Deidara. I didn't blame him for not helping me, he was a member of the Akatsuki after all. And that was Pein for Jashin's sake! Whoa... Where did that Jashin come from? Great... Now I was picking up habits from an immortal freak. I left the cabin and walked over to cabin two, hoping Sakura was in. It was around 6 am so that left about an hour till breakfast. I knocked on the door. Sai opened the door and raised an eyebrow.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Sorry to bother you but is Sakura here right now?" I asked.
"No. She was called to Tsunade's office for something," he said. I nodded.
"Thanks anyway," I muttered as he closed the door in my face. Why would she be called into Tsunade's office? Well that was going to be my next stop anyway. I clutched my stomach as another wave of pain flooded through my body. Damn punch. Damn Pein. Damn summer camp.
On my way to Tsundae's office I ran into Jiraiya. Oh great. Just great. But maybe if I could convince him I was hurt, and that he couldn't fix it, he would take me to Tsunade. I grinned in my mind at the plot. Maybe Lily was right saying I was an evil genius.
"What are you doing out so early?" Jiraiya asked, faking small conversation. If he was a Sannin he should have been able to see I was injured by some weird chakra laced punch that caused pain and probably some other things that messed up my body. Too bad he was too much of a pervert to even think about anything about injuries. For once in my life I was happy I had a ridiculously small chest. Damn perverts.
"I was looking for Sakura, do you happen to know where she is?" I asked innocently. Jiraiya looked momentarily confused.
"I think she's with Tsunade and Shizune, why are you looking for her?" he asked. Good. All three medic nins were together. That made it a hell of a lot easier.
"Oh... I just needed her help with something," I said, trying to be crafty and hide that I was injured. I wanted to know why Jiraiya was walking about the grounds... He seemed pretty silent and stealthy when I ran into him... They probably don't know that I know they are ninjas. Frankly I was surprised that they didn't cheat and use chakra in the relay race.
"I'm sure I could help you too," Jiraiya flashed a grin. I mentally groaned. Do I seriously have to tell I know they're ninjas? I guess so. I suppressed a flinch as another wave of pain rocketed through my body. This was getting really bad. I decided to see if Jiraiya would confess.
"What could you do? Summon a toad that will just hop around me? Or maybe it's a battle toad that could injure me?" I asked, suppressing a grin at his expression. Oh I really struck something with that.
"How do you know?" he growled, a completely different Jiraiya from before.
"Manga. There's a series written about you... But... somethings different here. Some dead people are back from the dead. And Naruto and Friends are about half a year older, not much more mature, but older," I said. Might as well get the truth. I winced as another wave of pain came and went. They were getting closer together now. Apparently my wince didn't go unnoticed.
"I see... I still don't see why you were looking for Sakura," he said. I smiled.
"Do you happen to know anything about chakra laced punches?" I asked sweetly. Jiraiya raised an eyebrow.
"Blondie or Orange Hair?" he asked.
"Orange Haired. By the way, his eyes are really creepy," I commented. Jiraiya was lost in thought. Maybe he knew something about Lily and Sasori.
"By the way... Do you know why Lily and Sasori sneaked out at the crack of dawn to the forest?" I asked. Jiraiya shrugged.
"Something about her sister, Iwa ANBU, and needing to save her," he said. I rolled my eyes. Emi couldn't be back. But Lily usually didn't tell lies. I'd have to get the full story later. I clutched my stomach as yet another wave of pain hit me. Jiraiya noticed that.
"How much does that really hurt?" he asked. I thought for a moment.
"Like ten full powered Rasengans hit me at the same time. No... half could be Rasenshuriken's," I said. Jiraiya winced.
"I bet I could pursue Tsundae and Shizune to heal you. Can't help with Sakura though..." he said. I nodded and let him lead the way to Tsundae's office. Then I noticed something.
"Hey Jiraiya... Why is there spots of blood here and there?" I asked. He shrugged, apparently not knowing either. He reached for the door knob. I sweat dropped.
"Shouldn't you knock?" I said. Jiraiya sighed and knocked on the door. There was a moment of silence then an Enter was heard. Jiraiya open the door, walking in. I gazed around the room. There was Sasori and Lily, looking kinda beat up and breathless, and in another chair was... Was that Itachi Uchiha? Ok... And... Oh my gosh. It was Emi. Lily's sister was a shinobi? I didn't know that. I quickly came up with an excuse in my head. Emi found some sort of time warp thing that she fell through and ended up in the Naruto world. The time warp gave her chakra and a few basic jutsu's that academy kids learned. At least that's what I thought. It was surprising how smart I was when I wanted to be. The rest of Emi's story though, I couldn't say, I wasn't there.
"Rose? What are you doing here?" Lily asked, not knowing the pain I was experiencing. I grinned.
"Rose? Is that you? You've grown a bit," I heard Emi say. I grinned wider.
"Emi? You aren't dead?" I asked. She shook her head. I noticed she was sitting on Itachi's lap. Wow. So the Uchiha fell for Emi. That's surprising. But what I really needed right now was someone to heal me. Jiraiya was talking to Tsundae. I made a mental note to thank him later. Even if he was a pervert. I winced again as another wave of pain shot through me. This was getting to be too much to bear. Oh crap... The room was spinning. Not good, not good. Sakura seemed to notice my dazed look and ran over to help me.
"Thanks..." I muttered. She nodded.
"Rose... What's wrong?" Lily said, moving to come over to me. I saw Sasori grab her wrist and shoot her a look that seemed to say 'injury.' I don't know if he meant injury to me or Lily. But Lily sat down again scowling. The room had since stopped spinning so fast but I couldn't answer Lily. Another wave of pain ran through me. They were getting stronger. No... I was getting weaker. Damn punch. Damn summer camp. Damn Pein. Somehow he was so going to pay for this if I lived through it. Sakura noticed my winces and touched her fingers to my forehead. I felt something cool slip inside my head and race through my veins. It must have been healing chakra. I saw Sakura cringe when I felt the chakra come to my stomach area.
"Tsunade-sama..." she said. Tsundae came over with Shizune. They both repeated the same process Sakura did. I was getting dizzy from all the chakra being put into me.
"Shizune, go get Ino, we're going to need all the help we can get," Tsunade said. Shizune nodded and rushed out the door. Tsundae seemed to forget the others in the room.
"It's amazing you're even conscious. How bad does it hurt?" Sakura asked. I gave a small grin.
"Imagine Naruto using Rasenshruiken, Sasori using his poisons, and Jiraiya using his Rasengan," I said. Tsundae looked at me with some kind of look in her eyes.
"That orange haired bastard is so going down..." she muttered. I blinked, then shivered from her temper. I made a mental note not to get on her bad side. Oh great, the room was spinning again. No... Not spinning. Darkening. Ah shit. I'm falling unconscious. I winced as a wave of pain finally knocked me unconscious. I never felt the hands that caught me as I fell.
Authors Notes: That took way longer than expected to type... Well here it is, the latest chapter of Missing! And I've officially decided on the ending! Which I know is going to get a lot of flames... I can feel the flaming now. But there will be a sequel to this, probably called Find Me or something similar to that. Thanks for reading!