Author's notes: So everyone seemed pretty pleased with the last chapter. I apologize once again for any grammer mistakes. I do not haev microsoft word or spellcheck so I try my best to spell everything correctly ! I'm sorry once again, and in advance in case I spell more wrong, which I probably will ! Please enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 16
Akatsuki No More
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Kisame stopped running as he appraoched a cave. He was far enough from the Akatsuki base now. He entered the cave and set Konan down. She still had the cloak draped around her. He looked down at her as she shook beneathe the cloak. He bent down and sighed. "I'll be back." he said standing as he exited the cave and soon dissapeared. He knew she would be safe there. There was no one around and he doubted any enemies could find her. He ran as fast as he could back to the hideout. His hand clutched into a fist the whole way there. How could Pein have done this, how could their own leader turn on them. And for what? What was he gaining by doing this, and what could've pissed him off so much that would've driven him to do this. And where did that other guy come from. He wore the Akatsuki clothing yet Kisame had never seen him before.
All these questions and more ran through his head at lightening speed. He continued towards the hideout in hopes that the others were okay.
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Deidara was slammed against the wall as he fell to the ground. He could taste the metallic crimson liquid in his mouth as some of it dripped out. He looked up at the man who had a pony-tail similar to his, except he had orange hair instead of blonde and those concentric circles in his eyes. He also noticed that the man had a certain number of piercings on his face, much like Pein. Deidara had noticed that this men bared a striking resemblence to Pein himself.
The man walked over to Deidara and repeatedly kicked him as Deidara spit up more blood. It was hard having no arms to fight with. He felt a few ribs break as he spit up more blood. He looked around his room and smirked. He bit into the floor taking a large bite of it. He began chewing on it as the man looked at him strangely. Deidara finally spit out what was in his mouth as a small clay model of a spider lay on the floor. It then began crawling up the mans leg. "Kai." Deidara said with a smirk as the clay spider exploded on the mans leg. The man's leg blew off and blood dripped al over the floor. The man cursed as he bean making hand seals. Animals suddenly appeared as they all started attacking Deidara. There was nothing Deidara could do but lay there and be forced to be eaten alive.
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Zetsu continuously teleported around his room, appearing and dissapearing attacking his two attackers. Until one of them grew smart and grabbed him from the back. The other reached his hand forward to choke Zetsu, but the leaves surrouding him clamped down on the mans arm nearly cutting it off. He screamed in pain and pulled it back. The other man drove kunai's into his back as Zetsu cringed in pain. While one of the men were holding Zetzu the other man kicked him to the wall and pinned him against it by using kunai's and sticking it into Zetsu's actual skin so that he could no longer teleport away. Finally, the lager man took out his sword and ran it through Zetsu's neck. Blood seeped out as Zetsu tried outstretching his arm but it fell to his side. The two men smirked and dissapeared.
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Kisame jumped through the waterfall and entered the mansion. He ran down the hall towards Zetsu's room. Once opening the door and looking at the scene in front of him he approached Zetsu and felt for his pulse. He pulled back his hand and clutched it tightly . He soon exited the room and ran down the hallway. He opened a door and saw Deidara laying on the floor being attacked while one of the men watched. The bandages from Kisame's sword fell off as Kisame charged forwards and ran his sword straight through the mans chest.
Holding him up in the air Kisame yelled as he swung his sword and the mans body flew off hitting the wall. Kisame then approached him and brought his sword down hard shaving off the man's face just to be sure. He then walked over to Deidara. As he killed the other man, the animals all dissapeared. Kisame knelt beside Deidara. "Deidara!" he said turning him over. Deidara coughted up blood as he looked at Kisame. "Kis..ame." he said in between coughs. " How's.. Zetsu and.. Konan..." he asked. Kisame's head lowered as he shook his head. "I'm sorry, Zetsu's gone, but Konan is safe.." he said. "I see.." Deidara said. "It's okay, I'm going to get you out of here and we're going to find you some help." Kisame said reaching down to pick him up. "Nono wait." Deidara said as Kisame stopped. "It's useless. I'm done for...my entire room is made of explosive clay. Enough to blow this whole mansion up and those basterds inside." he said. "Deidara no I can-" "Kisame, it's okay. This is my time. Let me at least go out the artistic way." Deidara said with a smirk. Kisame nodded as he slowly stood and walked away. "Take care." he said as he soon dissapeared.
Deidara smirked as he watched Kisame dissapear. He looked around his room one final time. A smirk appeared on his face as he took one last deep breath. He closed his eyes. "Kai." he said as his whole room exploded then causing the entire mansion to explode.
Kisame stood atop a tree a few meters away as he watched the cliff erupt and rocks were thrown everywhere. He sighed as he fastened his samehada to his back and jumped, dissapearing.
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Kisame appeared at the entrance of the cave. He entered the cave and saw Konan laying against the wall right where he left her. He appraoched her and looked down at her. She was shivering and staring at the outside of the cave. Kisame sighed as he placed his samehada on the ground and sat against the opposite wall. He just sat and watched her.
Several minutes passed. "What happened to the others?" Konan said weakly as Kisame lifted his head a bit. He let out a sigh and looked out the cave as well. "They're gone." he said. Konan continued looking out the cave as she sighed, her head dropping a bit. "Why.." she said quietly. Kisame looked over at her. "Why did he do that, why did Pein do that?" she asked still not moving. Kisame shook his head as he looked down at the ground. "I Don't know.. I really don't know." he said with a sigh.
More silence struck them as they just sat there like that for a few hours. Night fell upon them and Konan drifted off to sleep. Kisame remained awake. He had managed to get a fire started to keep them warm. Thunder roared through the sky as rain began pouring down. He could feel the cool air enter the cave as he glanced over at Konan who was shivering. He threw more sticks into the fire trying to make it bigger. He was going to stay up all night, he had to, to make sure nothing happend to her.
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Morning came and light entered the cave. Kisame looked over at Konan as she began to stirr. Her eyes opened and she stretched. She then looked over at Kisame. She sighed pulling up the cloak more remembering the previous day. The sad look appeared on her face again. Kisame didn't say anything. He rose to his feet and exited the cave. He soon returned with a hollowed out rock filed with water. He handed it to Konana as she began to drink it. Kisame walked back over to the opposite wall and sat down.
"What are we going to do now?" Konan asked looking at Kisame. Kisame looked up at her as she spoke. "Well," he started. " It'd be best if we found a nearby town where we could get supplies and find somewher to stay for a while, keep low. Pein isn't dead, and he'll be coming after us for sure." Kisame said standing up straight. Konan nodded as she rose to her feet and held the cloak around her tighter.
They exited the cave and jumped into the air dissapearing. The ran throgh the tree's Konan kept a hand on the cloak so that it would not come off. A few hours later they arrived at a small trading town. But it had a place to stay. They walked through the streets as people looked at them and ran in fear. The approached a bed and breafast as they walked in. The teller looked at them scared. "Two rooms please." Kisame said with a smile showing his razor sharp teeth. The teller grabbed two keys and shakily gave them to him. Kisame dropped a few coins on the counter as they walked up the stairs.
They arrived at their rooms. Kisame opened Konan's door as she entered her room and nodded thankfully taking the keys from him. Once the door was shut he entered his room and layed down on his bed resting his samehada to the side. He then freshened up and left the building searching around town for some clothes and food.
Konan took off the cloak and walked into the bathroom in her undergarments. She turned on the tap in the tub and stood there. Several minute's later the tub was filled to her satisfaction. She took off the remainder of her clothes and got in the tub. She closed her eyes and rested her head against it. She sighed as she thought about what had happend the day before. She opened her eyes and lifted her arms out of the water. Of course getting wet rendered her useless from using any jutsu's but she was okay with that right now, besides, she didn't think she'd be fighting anyone, any time soon.
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Author's notes: AHHH. deidara fans PLEASE DONT KILL ME ! ii had to kill them off. just too many peole to keep track off ! SORRY ! and forgive em for the short chapter and how long it took me to update ! ill be updating the next one soon ! we wont be hearing from kisame and konan for a while. im going to focus on sakura and itachi for a bit. i think this was kind of a crappy chapter, but it was a filler. SORRY GUYSS !