"This- is-awesome!" Tobi screamed, cannon-balling into the pool.
After a quick tour of the resort, everyone headed to the pool, where it was supposed to be relaxing, but nothing really is with Tobi.
Zetsu once again fell asleep on a beach chair by the window, soaking up the sun. Kisame refused to surface in the water and Itachi was resting in the hot tub with the leader who was sitting across from him.
"Do you think it was right to pair Tobi with Deidara? The past few days, Deidara's only been happy watching people nearly drown in the ocean. Since Sasori's death (which randomly occurred when he stepped on a poorly placed mine on the way to the resort), Deidara hasn't been himself."
"I had no choice, Itachi. Things work better in pairs. Tobi will mature at some point, but I see what you mean. They may have argued or disagreed at times, but he and Sasori had more in common than either wanted to admit. Sasori's death hit him hard, and he's suffering through the loss."
The two men looked over to the pool, watching Deidara softly kick at the water. Tobi swam over, disrupting Deidara's quiet mood.
"Deidara-senpai, why won't you swim? The water's warm."
"I don't want to."
"Yeah right. I can see past your façade. Why won't you join me?"
"Because I can't swim!" Deidara quickly regretted what he had just said.
This caught everyone's attention.
"You can't swim? That's stupid, senpai. Why can't you?"
"Because I never learned to swim. No one ever taught me."
"I'm sure Kisame-san can help you. Hey Kisame-san!"
Tobi kicked Kisame in the face when he came close. Kisame surfaced and put Tobi in a choke hold.
"Why the hell would you do that!?"
"You have to help Deidara-senpai learn how to swim!"
Kisame was surprised.
"You don't know how to swim? It's easy."
"Will you help senpai, Kisame-san?"
"I guess so. Alright, Deidara. All you really have to do is maintain you buoyancy and kick outwards like this."
Kisame demonstrated, making the task look easy. He waded at the other end.
"Now you try."
Realizing he was now on his own, Deidara got nervous.
"Do I really have to do this?"
Kisame sighed heavily.
"Only if you want to learn to swim. You could stop now, but that would only prove how weak you are."
Deidara came to full attention and glared threateningly at Kisame.
"What did you say?"
"If you stop now, you'll be showing everyone how weak you really are!"
"That's it fish-face! I'm gonna pound you into sushi!"
Deidara quickly lunged forward, kicking at the water and cutting through the waves. At the other end, Deidara leaped up and punched Kisame in the jaw.
"Don't you dare insult me again, you jerk!"
Kisame smiled, his jaw feeling very sore.
"Deidara, look behind you."
"Huh?"
Deidara turned around to find that he had successfully crossed the pool.
"I think you can now officially swim," Kisame stated with a smirk.
"I knew you could do it, senpai!"
"Do you still need floaties?" mocked Hidan.
"Shut up!"
The leader smiled, a rare sight, as everyone began to converse with each other. Sighing, he lifted his hand out of the water to see that his fingers were very pruny. He got up and grabbed a nearby towel, getting out of the hot tub.
"Go back to your rooms, people. Tomorrow we will be sailing to the off-shore island."
With that, everyone dried off and made their way back to their rooms to sleep. Hopefully, the boat ride wouldn't end up a disaster, or the boat itself like the Titanic.
Did you like this chapter? Chapter 5 is very funny, I promise, so get ready.
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