The way to your heart Ch.12
(Warning! Contains Yaoi! Don't like don't read can't be any more simple than that…..ok…..well….BYE!)
Things were already in full swing upon arrival at Konoha's main hospital. Apparently the police weren't the only one who had been injured in the shoot out. There were at least 5 ambulances pulled up to the emergency drop off zone, doctors and nurses were scattered trying to tend to those who's condition was life threatening. Sasori and Deidara pulled up to an empty space, not caring that it was a tow away zone, they were the Akatsuki police and the tow people knew not to mess with their cars. (HAHA! Police perks XD) The people on the side walk parted like the red sea as the pair ran through, desperate to find their injured friends.
"Sasori! Deidara! Over here!" Both police officers turned their heads only to find Kisame waving his arms high over his head signaling them both over.
"Kisame, un, what's happened where's Itachi?" Deidara asked as soon as they were close enough.
"Hey guys." Came a weak voice from a gurney beside them.
"Itachi, oh my god." Deidara whispered unable to tear his visible eye away. Itachi was laying there, his head wrapped in a large gaze that had an ever growing blood stain spreading through the once white material. His left arm was sporting a deep gash at least 2 inches long and no telling how deep it was, it had yet to be covered up with bandage so it was exposed for the entire world to see. But that wasn't what was the most frightening, his entire chest was covered in bullet wounds, Kisame was using both his hands to keep pressure on a large blanket that was being used to stop the bleeding. Itachi tried to keep pressure on the wounds himself but every time he tried to lift his arms he would suddenly flinch in pain and Kisame would snap at him for moving telling him he needed to try and relax until a doctor could get to him.
"Itachi please relax, I need you to try and hold the doctors will be coming for you soon." Kisame tried to say but it looked like any second he might break down and start crying. No one could blame him, after all the person he loved most in this world was lying before him covered in their own blood and barely able to stay conscious.
"Why haven't any doctor come to get him?" Deidara said disbelief clear in his voice as he looked around for someone who could help.
"They tired but Itachi insisted that they take Pein first, he's a lot worse off, I tried to get them to take Itachi to but all focus was on Pein, he was unconscious before ambulance came, he's….he's already lost so much blood, it's hard to say if he'll make it." That did it, silent tears started to flow down Kisame's cheeks at the thought of losing one of his best friends in such a horrible way.
"Kisame…" Itachi whispered.
"What is it?" Kisame immediately began to apply more pressure to the wounds in his lover's chest.
Itachi smiled, although you could tell that just that simply gesture caused him great pain. "You shouldn't cry, you're far too handsome for such an act…" Itachi's speech abruptly cut off his eyes growing wide, seconds later he went into a violent coughing fit, a large amount of blood poor from his mouth dripping onto his shirt while a few drops managed to splatter themselves to Kisames cheek.
"ITACHI!" Kisame cried. "Can we get some help over here?" But everyone was too busy helping those still being unloaded form the ambulances. Deidara couldn't take it anymore, here was one of his team mates, his comrade, his friend drying right before his eyes and no one was coming to help. Something inside the blonde seemed to snap he ran forward grabbing the first medic that he could find.
"Hey we need help now!" The blonde ordered.
"Sorry sir, but whatever help you require will have to wait there are many other people who needed medical attention, and-"
"Screw them, I've got a guy over here that's going to be dead within the hour if he's not taken into surgery NOW!" The man must've seen the fire in the blonde police officers eyes because he nodded seeming to take on the blonde's strong determination.
"Alright, where is he?" The medic asked.
"Over here, un." And with that they took off running determined to get to Itachi before it was too late.
"Shit." The medic said, his eyes growing huge at the sight before him. Itachi was officially out cold, the blood that was one his mouth had been wiped away but some still remained as Kisame seemed to press as hard as he could on the still bleeding wound, trying to keep it under control without hurting the other man. Kisame was really strong, too much pressure and he could risk breaking some bones.
"Alright, we're going to take him into surgery right now, NURSE!" He called, immediately two women ran up, one with short pink hair, the other long and blonde. "I want you to clear a room now, this patient is in critical condition, I want him prepped and ready for work in 2 minutes flat understood?"
"Yes Sir!" They answered, although when they tried to push Itachi's bed inside the crowd was too thick and they were unable to move it.
"Hey get out of the way." The doctor called. Suddenly a familiar roar broke the night sky. People jumped out of the way as Hidan's motorcycle came thundering up the sidewalk.
He pulled up beside the group and lifted the mask off his helmet, allowing the others to see his deep purple eyes. "Well what are you guys waiting for, I'll get these guys out of the way and you get Itachi some help."
Deidara nodded "Right! Kisame we're going to be moving fast but I needed to you to continue applying pressure, understood?" Deidara said jumping into an open ambulance to get fresh blankets, for the one on Itachi's chest was now thoroughly soaked through with the bright crimson liquid.
"Of course." Kisame grabbed the blanket swiftly switching it out with the new one.
"Hidan go now, un!" Deidara ordered.
Second later the loud roar of the bike was almost defining as it tore through the crowd, although he was careful to move the people without hitting them, he was a cop after all he was supposed to serve and protect, not run them over with his bike, things were already enough of a mess as it was. Deidara, along with Kisame, Sasori, the doctor, and the two nurses they were able to push Itachi bed fast enough to make it to the surgery room in record time. Startled cries of terror could be heard while people jumped out of the way as Hidan's bike sped by.
"Now this is what I call a police escort." The nurse with the pink hair said, already inserting an IV into Itachi's arm. Hidan parked his bike just outside a large set of double door, knowing he couldn't get through unless someone pushed them open before hand.
"This is far enough, I'll take your friend and we'll being operating immediately." The doctor said, pressing a couple number on a keypad on the wall seconds later the door swung open revealing a longer stretch of hall way, no doubt leading to the surgical rooms.
As the officers tried to push the bed through the doctor stepped in their way, allowing for his nurses to push the bed through. "I'm sorry but you're not allowed beyond this point, if you'll all please gather in the waiting room, you'll be informed of your friends status in due time." And with that the door closed, suddenly everything was deathly quiet, it was ere that such a silence was possible.
"Come on guys let's go." Sasori said, already having turned and walking towards the waiting room at the end of the hallway.
"Ok Danna." Deidara said following close behind him, a tired smile on his face.
"Um excuse me officer?" A nurse said, walking up to Hidan who still straddled his bike.
"Yeah? Can I help you?" He asked.
"You're going to have to you removed your bike from the building."
"Oh! Right sorry, I'll do that right now." Hidan revved his engines, fully ready to drive off, but the nurse stepped in front of his path, hurriedly removing the key from the ignition before Hidan could protest. At once everything was strangely quite once again.
"You can't drive that out of here, there are sleeping patience in these halls, I'm sorry but you'll have to push your bike out physically." Her face was apologetic but her eyes said 'bother my patience and I'll gouge out your eyes out with a spork.'
"Yes ma'am." Hidan said reading the message in her eyes loud and clear.
"I'm going to see where Pein and Zetsu are, un." Deidara walked down the hall, looking for the nurses' station.
Shortly after the blonde left Kisame immediately turned to Sasori. "So did you tell him?" He tried to sound excited but his words came out exhausted, and still slightly shaken. It was so clear that he was trying to move to a happier conversation, but little did he know that was nothing 'happy' about it.
"No." Sasori said, he sat in one of the chairs that rested in the hallway, his features blank and hopeless as he slumped forward, resting his elbows on his knees as he interlaced his finger together.
"NO! Sasori I thought you were going to tell him, last I saw you were running down the hallway at the station ready to confess you're love, what the hell happened?" The shark said taking a seat beside the redhead.
"I tried but things just….didn't work out." Sasori mumbled, it was clear that he wanted to drop the subject but Kisame wasn't about to let that happen, his love was critically injured with a large chance that he may not survive, he wasn't about to let Sasori lose his one chance at happiness just because things didn't 'work out.'
"Sasori that's a load of bull, tell me what the hell happened right now." Sasori was taken aback, he wasn't used to Kisame talking like this, although he did have good reason for his behavior to be a little…OOC.
"I'm sorry Kisame, but if you don't mind I'd really rather not talk about it right now." Sasori's words came out low and sorrowful, but when he looked up to look the shark in the face his eyes were mean and hateful as tears slowly made their way to the edges.
"…Sasori what-" Kisame tried to sooth the redhead but a loud yelp halted all speech. "That sounds like Deidara." Sasori immediately jumped to his feet, already taking off in the direction of the nurses' station. When they arrived they saw a distraught Tobi clinging onto Deidara both had fallen to the floor.
Does this kid have to knock Deidara down every time he sees him? Never the less Sasori went over to investigate.
"Deidara what's going on here?" Kisame asked.
"Tobi somehow found out about Zetsu, un." Deidara answered, standing and then pulling the shorter boy to his feet.
"What? How did he find out about Zetsu, we don't even know for sure that it was him." Sasori stepped in.
"Zetsu and Tobi were supposed to go out tonight but Zetsu got a last minute call from work, he offered to skip it and stay with me but I told him to just go and get it over with that way Zetsu could met Tobi later, but then Tobi got a call from someone, they said that Zetsu had been hurt and told Tobi exactly where to find him. At first Tobi was a little unsure but when I got here I saw Deidara sempai and knew that something had in fact happened." The raven haired boys speech was so rushed that he was left gasping for breathe the second he finally stopped.
"Tobi do you know who called you, un?" Deidara said, a little uneasy about the fact that someone had called his best friend and told him exactly where to come.
"It was me." Hidan said walking up to the group.
"You called Tobi, un?" Deidara asked confused.
"Yeah, I thought it was a good idea. I figured that since he's going out with Zetsu he should at least know that his boyfriends been hurt."
"Hidan that's very thoughtful, un." Deidara smiled.
"And it's also stupid, we don't even know for sure that it was Zetsu in that cruiser, you could be getting him all upset for nothing." Sasori stepped in.
"Oh it's Zetsu alright." Came a new voice.
"Konan? Are you alright?" Deidara yelled, her eyes were red and puffy, although her makeup was still perfect. Must be waterproof, smart girl. But another sign that she was upset was that her hair was out of it's usually bun, it lay softly over her shoulders in gently waves. "Konan can you please tell me what happened, un?" Deidara put both his hands on the police chief's shoulders, his eyes showing nothing but concern for his friend. "Chief Konan can you please answer me?"
Without warning she flung her arms around Deidara, burying her face in his chest as she let her cries ring out through the halls. Deidara understood, he wrapped his arms around the seemingly frail woman hugging her tight as she continued to weep.
After a few more minutes her sobs became light hiccups finally composing herself long enough to be lead to the sitting room, anyone who dared stare received a strong glare from either Deidara or any of the other Akatsuki members.
They were all silent, hours passed and no words were spoken, at some point Sasori decided to walk up to the front desk trying to get some information but judging by the news he returned with he may as well have never even gone.
"You should really try to get some sleep, un." Deidara said after the 7th time Konan's eyes close only for her to shake her head as she struggled to stay awake.
"I can't fall asleep, it's my men that are hurt I have to be ready to help them no matter what." Deidara was about to argue but he knew Konan well enough to know that once she set her mind to something it was near impossible to get her to change. Beside he knew she probably had about 20 minutes max before she crashed.
(14 minutes later)
Konan's head was leaning heavily on Deidara's shoulders as she breathed deeply, although even in sleep it seemed she couldn't become completely peaceful. The blonde studied the woman as she slept hoping for the sake of her and the rest of Konoha that Pein made it through alive. He thought about the day he and Pein had gone to the jewelry store, he knew without a doubt that Konan would've said yes. Even when the strong female was in 'business mode' you could tell just by the way she looked at him that Konan loved Pein deeply. Deidara ran a hand over her blue hair, it was just so strange seeing her without her white rose, just like Konan herself it was just something that was a part of the Akatsuki. Even if it kills me I'll protect her, I'll protect all of them no one's taking my family away, no one.
"Excuse me is one of you Chief Kami?" It was the same doctor from before, his scrubs were covered in blood and Deidara would've taken that as a bad sign except his face looks tired and worn but at the same time happy and relieved.
"Konan, un." Deidara whispered lightly shaking the woman awake. Immediately she sat up, her eyes blinking rapidly as she turned her head from side to side.
"What's going on?" She asked.
"Konan this doctors here wishes to speak with you, un."
"What? Alright." She stood, walking over the man smoothing her skirt as she went. "Is this about Pein?" Her features were calm and collected but her voice just slightly shook.
"Yes ma'am, I'm please to inform you that he's going to make a complete recovery, along with the other two they're all going to be just fine."
"HELL YEAH!" Hidan cheered as he punched the air.
"Tobi is so happy!"
Sasori smiled.
Kisame's features were completely blank as he walked over to the doctor. "Excuse me but are the patients up for visitors?"
"All except Itachi Uchiha, he's still out of it from surgery and won't be able to handle any visitors until tomorrow, but as for the others they're both awake and recovering nicely although you can't stay long they're going to need their rest if they're to get out of here any time soon."
"Where are they now?" Konan asked.
"They've been put under armed guard in one of our private suits, while the Uchiha is going to remain in one of the monitoring rooms for the night, he's not completely stable and we want to keep a close watch on him should anything go wrong."
Kisame's face paled. "What do you mean 'go wrong?'?"
"It's nothing to worry about as I said before he's lost a lot of blood and isn't 100% stable, it's nothing to worry about his body's just been through a huge trauma and needs to be looked after, the surgery went flawlessly thankfully all the bullets went all the way through and none of them hit anything vital so all we had to do was stitch him up." The doctor said proudly.
"So may we please see them now?" Konan pressed impatience clear in her voice.
"Of course right this way." The doctor lead them down a long stretch of hallway and then into an elevator where they went 5 floors up. The doors opened to a quiet but nice looking hallway, the only sound being the small TV set at the nurses' station reserved specifically for this floor only. They continued to follow the doctor passing a series of rooms until they reached the only door in the hallway with 2 police officers standing guard outside.
"Gentlemen." The doctor said. Nodding the 2 police stood aside eyeing the Akatsuki police warily.
It would be abundantly clear to anyone who walked throw that doorway that this way the type of room reserved only for the rich and powerful. It had a large sectional couch pushed into the back left corner of the room along with massive shades that had been pulled shut over what could only be very large windows that no doubt must've had a spectacular view of the city considering how high up they were. Hung up on the right wall was a large flat screen TV that would make any sports fan drool simply by looking at a picture of it. But the most attention catching things in the room were the 2 beds, each of which was hooked up to several little beeping monitors, both reading a soft and steady heart beat.
"Hey guys how ya doin'?" Zetsu asked, Deidara's eyes widened, normally when he saw the man he stood tall and sure but now seeing him there in that hospital bed, wires attached all over he couldn't help but think how battered but still full of authority he appeared.
"Hey Zetsu." Deidara smiled.
"What no hi for me, I feel hurt." All eyes turned to the second bed.
"Sweet Jashin Pein! What the hell did they do to you?" Hidan bellowed voicing what was most likely on everyone else's mind….well without the 'Jashin' part.
Pein grinned sheepishly. "Does it really look that bad?" Apparently while he'd been unconscious the doctors had removed all his facial piercings. It was true that he now looked more normal but it wasn't right, it wasn't…Pein.
"Damn man I haven't seen you without your piercings in….actually I don't think I've ever seen you without them." Kisame said.
"What do you think Konan? How long has it been since you saw Pein cushion without his bling?" Hidan chuckled, he hadn't noticed how she was slowly walking over to his bed, Peins eyes following her the whole way. The room was quiet as she took the hand that lay beside him, careful not to disturb the large IV and various other wires that were attached to him.
"You had me worried there." She smiled.
"I could say the same about you, just how much sleep have you gotten?" Pein said pointing out the light shadows beneath her eyes.
Konan chuckled. "Little to none." Pein smiled.
"Deidara could you come here please?" Pein tried to lift his free hand to motion the blonde over but all the tubes and wires made even that small a feet difficult.
"What do you need, un?" Pein only looked at Deidara, sending him a message that he wanted the blonde to come closer. When Deidara was close enough Pein whispered something into his ear.
Deidara's eyes were wide. "Really, un?" Pein simply nodded, smiling the blonde walked over the chair where Pein's jacket lay and began to dig around in one of the pockets.
Konan stared at her subordinate curiously. "What's he doing?"
Pein gave her hand a light squeeze. "You'll see in a minute." When Deidara returned his hands were cupped together indicating that he now held something. He bent for one moment to speak to Pein in a hushed whisper, Pein nodded and open his hand as Deidara brushed his against Pein's open palm. When he pulled away Pein's hand was now closed refusing to show what mysterious item lay inside.
"Ok everyone needs to leave…except Zetsu (duh)." Pein ordered.
"What why the hell should we?" Hidan asked.
"Because I need to speak to Konan privately." Pein answered.
"Hey Pein do you mind if Tobi stays?" Zetsu asked.
"…Sure." Pein had seen the hyper boy in action but he hope that he would control himself seeing as he was in a hospital. Besides he knew he must've been worried about Zetsu, the least he could do what let them be together.
"Thanks Pein!" Tobi chirped quickly walking over to Zetsu's bed.
Hidan started to protest but before he could so much as utter one syllable he was being ushered out the door by a grinning Deidara.
"You heard the man, un, move! You to Sasori Danna." Deidara grabbed the redhead's arm all but dragging him out the door while the others followed. The second the door closed Deidara moved to stand right next to the door.
"What the hell's going on-"
"SHHH! Be quiet I wanna hear this." Deidara shushed sticking his ear against the door his face practically beaming.
"Deidara tell me what's going o-"
"SHHHH!" This time it was Hidan who shushed the redhead.
"Quit shushing me-"
"SHHHHHHHH!"
T.T
"Zetsu would you mind closing your curtain?" Pein asked, he knew that the others were listening but he still liked the (some what) privacy.
"Sure thing." Zetsu pressed one of the buttons on the small remote next to his bed, seconds later a large curtain started sliding itself around green haired mans bed until he and Tobi were no longer in sight. (Giving them some privacy of their own *kukuku*)
Konan's stomach twisted as she stared at her beloved boyfriend. He's not!...Is he?
"Konan I'm going to make this short and sweet what I have here in my hand is something that I've known was meant to be yours since the moment I saw it."
Yes.
"To be completely honest you just don't look right without it but I'm going to fix that."
Yes.
"Konan will you…."
Yes! Yes! YES!
"…Put your hair up into a bun."
"Yes...wait what?"
"I asked you to put your hair up into a bun."
"Why?"
"You'll see in a minute." Pein smiled.
"O-Okay." Konan bundled her hair up and into her signature bun looking at Pein the whole time with a confused look on her face.
"Ready?" Pein asked.
"For what?"
"This." Pein slowly started to open his hand.
This is it! Konan knew without any doubt that she loved Pein and way beyond willing to spend the rest of her life with him.
Pein's hand opened the rest of way but instead of a ring, in it lay a large white silk rose.
"Pein what is this?" Konan asked both amazed and disappointed.
"Ever since you lost your rose you just haven't looked right, don't get me wrong you're still as beautiful as ever but it just wasn't a complete beauty."
Konan felt her eyes fill up with tears, weather it was because of the long lost return of her rose or and sheer disappointment of not being proposed to she did not know but she did know that she loved Pein, even if he was a complete idiot sometimes. Seriously who acted like they were about to ask someone's hand in marriage and then do something totally different….Pein.
"Konan are you crying?"
"Um…yeah I guess I am." She said wiping her eyes with a tissue from the box on the bedside table.
"Why don't you like it?"
"Of course I do, I-I guess I'm just happy my hair just hasn't looked right since I lost it." She smiled taking the rose in her hands. "It's a little heavier than my last one."
Pein smirked. "That's because there's more to this rose than just its petals look in the middle and show me what you find."
A blue eyebrow rose but she did as ask, she parted the petals and reached inside. Unexpectedly she fingers came in contact with something cold and smooth. When she pulled her hand out her eyes became as wide a saucers.
"Pein…it's beautiful." Konan said holding up the blue rose ring.
"Although we both know it's not as beautiful as you." Pein smiled he started to lift one of his hands unaware that his IV had become tangled forcing him to wince as his skin was painfully pulled.
"Pein don't move!" Konan said as she forced his hand back down, immediately setting to untangling all the wires.
Pein sighed. "This is not how I pictured this moment."
"I could say the same thing…..there all done." Konan smiled showing that the detangling of the wires was complete.
"That's good." Pein slowly began to once again lift his hand, reaching for Konan's.
"Don't do that are you trying to hurt yourself?" She said pushing his hand back down.
"Konan I love you."
O/O
"I've loved you since the day we first met back at the academy. Of course back then you wanted absolutely nothing to do with me so the first time I tried to make a move you ended up kicking my butt while we were training." Both police officers smiled at the memory.
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(YAY! Flash back time!)
When: Pein and Konan's 7th week at the police academy.
Where: The academy training room.
Setting: ….Just picture a large gym like room with a bunch of young future police officers working out. (Use your imagination!)
"Hey Konan that guy is staring at you again." Sasori said taking another drink from his water bottle. He and Konan were currently sitting on a stack of bleacher taking a short break from training as they watched the other hoping to discover some new moves they could use in the future.
"What the hell is his problem, it seems like every time I'm in the same room as the guy he's always looking at me." Konan frowned.
"Did you do anything that might've caused this?"
"No! I've never even talked to him and with good reason he gives me the creeps, I mean what's with all those piercing is he trying to look like a silver torch?"
"Tsk, you're one to talk." Sasori said gesturing to the woman's blue hair with a large white rose pinned into it and bottom lip piercing.
"Don't start with me puppet boy."
"You wanna go bru-"
"Don't say it!" Konan snapped covering the redhead's mouth with her hand.
Sasori eyes crinkled showing that he was smiling, he nodded his head. Konan raised one eyebrow but released her friend.
"Brunette."
"You're going down!" She growled once again reaching for the redhead.
"That's guys staring at you again." Sasori quickly pointed out.
"Ok that is it." She snarled standing and starting to make her way down the bleachers.
"Whoa, careful girl you don't want to do anything stupid." Sasori cautioned following behind the woman. He looked at Konan's target seeing that for once he'd turned his head the other way talking with a man who had really long black hair and seriously pale skin.
"I'm not going to do anything I'm just going to talk to this guy and see just what exactly is so interesting about me that causes him to stare all the time."
"Yeah sure, the last time you said you were just going to 'talk' to someone you ended up giving them a scar on their face that looked like gills, and it really doesn't help the fact that the guy had blue skin, seriously he looked like a freaking shark." Sasori laughed…until he saw the murderous look on Konan's face. "Hey promise me you'll take it easy on this guy."
"I promise nothing." They were less than 10 feet from the pierced man, and she was closing in.
"Hey you, just what the hell is your problem?" Konan said.
The man turned around surprise written all over his face, (as if he'd have room with all those piercings). "Are you talking to me?"
"Yeah I'm talking to you and I want to know why it is you're always staring at me." Konan frowned.
"Oh…you noticed." He gave a light chuckled scratching the back of his head giving the pair a nice look at his bicep.
"Hell yeah I noticed and do us all a favor and put your arm down I'm not here to check out your muscles."
"I-I wasn't-"
"And another thing just why is it that you're always looking at me? Do I amuse you? The girl with the freaky blue hair is just something to stare at. Well I'll tell you right now buddy you're no breath of fresh air yourself."
"Is she always like this?" The man with the pale skin asked Sasori.
"Truthfully? No not always but she does have a rather short temper and does tend to beat the crap out of anyone that so much as looks at her wrong. And I'll tell you I'm surprised your friend there has lasted as long as he has."
"You're girlfriend sure has a lot of spunk."
"She's not my girlfriend, and it's probably thanks to her that I never will she has officially made me terrified of women and not just those with blue hair."
"Hmmm…." The pale man eyed the redhead out of the corner of his eye. "I'm Orochimaru." He said sticking out his hand.
Sasori looked at the hand a moment before he took it. "Sasori."
"Nice to meet you." Orochimaru smiled.
"…I guess." Sasori said turning his attention back to the pierced pair.
"Look I really didn't mean to offend you." Pein said taking a step back looking around at the all the people that were starting to stare.
"Well you may not have meant it but you did, I'm not a zoo, I'm not here for your entertainment I'm here to become an officer of the law so I can put jackasses like you behind bars."
"Whoa, hey there's no need for name calling." Pein said frowning.
"And there's no need to be staring at me all the time!"
"God would you just get over it, so I was looking at you, you should be grateful that I even acknowledge your existence."
Konan blinked. "What's that supposed to mean?" She growled.
"Take a look around up until this moment no one's ever thought twice about you, you may stand out in a crowd but that doesn't mean that people give a damn." (Ouch)
Konan was officially pissed, she walked right up to Pein and took the front of his sweat shirt in her fist. "Take. That. Back."
Pein could only smirk. "Make. Me." That did it, in the next second Konan had the man's head in a choke hold.
"Are you sure she's not always like this?" Orochimaru whispered to the seemingly bored redhead.
"…Yep." (Not)
"Wanna make a bet." Now he had the redhead's interest.
"What were you thinking?" Sasori asked.
A devilish look came into Orochimaru's eyes. "Name your price."
"Alright if Konan wins then….you and I spare, it's been a while since I've had a good fight I could always fight Konan but I like having all my limbs intact and besides you look like you know a few moves."
"That I do *kukuku* now if Pein wins you must…..go out on a date with me."
Sasori was most definitely surprised but he was also intrigued. "Deal." They shook hands.
*(Now back to our fight ^^)*
"Alright if you want a fight…." Pein was quick to escape her choke hold, he swiftly hooked one of her arms and twisted it behind her back. She lashed out swinging her leg behind her body knocking Pein's feet out from under him causing them both to fall backward with her on top. Pein was quick to recover he flipped them over so he was straddling the woman pinning both her hand above her head. "…A fight you'll get."
Konan delivered an unexpected kick to the man's back sending him to the floor courtesy of her getting her leg free only to have it come shooting down and landing heel first into Peins' lower back, she smiled when she heard a satisfying grunt of pain.
"Bring it on." She whispered in his ear.
"Ho ho ho, look whose flirting." Pein smirked. (What's with a Santa impression?)
O.O
O/O
T/T
*Urge to kill rising*
Pein jumped up almost skipping backward so as to put some distant between him and Konan. She charged forward swinging her leg into the air hoping to land a powerful kick to the man's head but he dodged catching her leg while it was still in mid air and twisting it harshly forcing her body to fly up and spin in the air. She landed on her back only something wasn't right Pein could see that….he'd knock the breathe right out of her. Pein looked horror struck as he watched her struggle to breathe.
"Hey are you ok?"
But before he could bend down to help her she recovered, kicking her leg out forcing Peins legs out from under him causing him to crash to the floor right next to Konan but they weren't don't they jumped to their feet taking up a fighting stance not 5ft from each other.
The crowd that had started to gather was really getting excited, sounds of cheering could be heard everywhere.
"Come on Pein show blue hair whose boss!"
"Go Konan! Don't let that guy beat you!" Konan was surprised to hear people cheering for her.
"Aren't you going to cheer your friend on?" Orochimaru asked.
"I don't cheer." Sasori said flatly.
"Awe why not, I think you'd look cute playing cheerleader." Orochimaru said leaning closer.
"I suggest you back up or else it'll be you and me over there next."
Orochimaru took another look at the strange position the pair had gotten themselves into. "Is that a promise?"
"Don't make me kill you." The snake man took this as his time to shut up but he couldn't help but notice how the redheads face had gotten just a little pink back there upon realization as to what Orochimaru meant.
*(Once again we resume our fight) *
The pair teetered for a second both clearly getting tired but they didn't quite, one right after another they landed harsh blows on the other some missing and some hitting their target right on their intended location.
"Why don't you just give up?" Pein huffed.
"Because giving up is not something I'm capable of!" She hollered, dodging another one of Peins' blows.
"I guess you really don't know the meaning of the words 'give up.'" Pein smiled.
Konan smiled right back. "You got that right."
"But still…." Before she could blink Pein had her pinned down. Her straddled her waist and Konan found herself unable to moveshe couldn't help but stare at the man. His eyes they're…incredible.
"Hey yooouuu wwwhhhhooo, anybody home?" Pein said waving a hand in front of Konan's face. "Hey sorry if I hit you to hard." Pein apologized worry in his eyes.
"Umm no I'm fine…would you mind getting off of me?"
"Does this mean you're giving up?" Pein smiled.
Konan only frowned, Pein seeing that she was serious got up, the second he was on his feet Konan let one of her legs go, making it snap forward sending the guys feet flying out from under him as he crashed to the ground landing with a loud 'huff'.
They stayed like that, just trying to catch their breath, neither one really minding that their fight seemed to have come to a draw.
"Looks like *huff* this fight *huff* *huff* is a tie." Pein smiled. (Didn't I just say that?)
"*huff* Yeah." Konan smiled right back.
"Hey Konan you alright?" Sasori asked looming over her, his hand extended.
"Yeah." She smiled accepting the hand.
"That was a damn good fight." Orochimaru said practically beaming as he helped Pein to his feet.
"Thanks but I have to admit there were a few moments there when I was sure she had me beat." Pein joked acting as if it had been nothing more than a little scrimmage.
"Hey Konan look around everyone's cheering for you." Sasori stated, and sure enough almost the entire gym was full of people who had gathered to watch their fight each one of them had looks of amazement upon their faces. It was no secret that Konan and Pein were skilled fighters but to see them in action against each other was something you most certainly wouldn't want to miss.
"We'll be going now." Sasori said taking Konan's wrist and starting to lead her away from the large group of people, he wasn't exactly a fan of crowds.
"Wait, Konan I was wondering if I could talk to you?" Pein said stopping the woman before she could leave.
"What about?"
"I wanted to apologize for staring at you all the time, it was rude."
"…It's no problem really, I'm different, I'm sure you can understand that." She smiled pointing to his many piercings.
"And I don't look at you because you're different, I look at you're because you're…different."
"You do realize that you just contradicted yourself?"
"No not really, what I meant was I don't 'stare' at you because you're some side show attraction. I 'admire' you because you're different than all these other polished wannabe-police G.I. Joe action figure Barbie's."
"Ahem."
"You heard me Orochimaru."
Sasori chuckled at the frown the snake like man gave Pein, he really didn't care one way or the other what the pierced man thought of him. He was only there to become someone who had the power to take down those who abused their freedom.
"And there was one other thing I wanted to say to you, I was wondering if maybe you'd like to…practice with me sometime?" It took all of his control not to turn beat read right there. What the hell am I thinking? I basically just asked her out she'll never say yes.
"Sure why not." Ok technically she didn't say yes but still HELL YEAH!
"Awesome, I mean good." Pein smiled.
"I look forward to wiping the floor with your face again."
"How about tonight?" Whoa where the hell did that come from? "We could go to the gym and spar a little bit, then maybe after we could grab a bite to eat?"
"…I'd like that, met me here at 7 we can go then." Konan winked before turning her back and walking away. Sasori soon followed but not before giving a small smile directed towards Orochimaru.
Said snake man whistled. "Damn."
"You said it." Pein sighed still staring at the door she had exited through even though she was no longer in sight.
"Did you see that tight little ass?"
"Yea-HEY! Don't talk about her like that!" Pein said.
"'Her?' Dude I was talking about her friend the one with the red hair."
"Sasori?"
"Fuck yeah man, damn I can't wait to 'wrestle' around with him." Orochimaru said a predator's gleam in his snake like eyes.
"I really wish you hadn't told me that." Pein sighed slinging his gym bag over his shoulder as he prepared to leave.
"Tsk, whatever man but it turns out that this was a good day for the both of us. A nice pair of legs for you and a smooth tight ass for me, life is good."
Pein stopped and look his friend right in the eyes "Orochimaru I'm only going to tell you this one more time. Don't refer to her as anything so vulgar and inappropriate, and if you plan on having anything Sasori then I highly suggest you clean up the language because I doubt he'll like hearing it either."
"Sure sure, no problem." Orochimaru said waving it off.
Pein frowned but said no more he needed to head home and get cleaned up, he had a date tonight.
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"You know I kind of expected you to go a little easier on me but instead you gave me a bruise on my leg that didn't even start to fad until 4 days later." Pein joked.
"Sorry I don't go easy on anyone, you're not exception."
"Believe me I know." The face Pein made caused Konan to burst out laughing, Pein soon joined in.
"I love you." They both said at the same time. A quiet almost peaceful air came into the room, Pein took Konan's hand in his bringing it closer to his face.
"Konan Kami…will you marry me?"
"…Yes." Their lips met, but it wasn't long before the door flew open and an excited Deidara had them both wrapped up in a back breaking hug.
"Congratulations!" He cheered.
The newly engaged couple laughed at his silliness.
"Ouch!" Pein yelped.
"Sorry!"
"It's ok." Pein smiled.
"Hey Tobi, un!" Deidara called walking over to Zetsu's still hidden bed, pulling back the curtain…
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(Moments before)
The second the curtain was closed there was a slight awkward silence between them, they weren't exactly sure enough in their relationship to know what to do.
"Are you alright?" Tobi began.
"Yeah, I'm going to be just fine." Zetsu smiled. And the awkward silence continued. At one point Zetsu patted a space beside him on the bed for Tobi to sit, but even after the boy was seated the silence only seemed to get worse. Tobi studied the green haired man, fortunately Zetsu's skin was covered only a few minor cuts and bruises showing that his injures weren't to major if anything he'd be in the hospital 3 or 4 days at most, unlike what he'd seen of Pein that man was definitely going to be here a while. Zetsu caught Tobi's eye causing the young boy to blush and look away, lowering his gaze to his hands that rested quietly in his lap.
"Zetsu." Tobi whispered.
"Yes?"
"I-I was just wondering, how badly were you hurt?"
"I was shot 3 times." Zetsu said getting straight to the point.
"…"
"Each one got me in either the stomach or the chest, thankfully they all missed anything vital and passed right through….I was very lucky."
"B-But if you were shot so many time how are you able to talk much less move, you should be in a considerable about of pain right now." Tobi said in disbelief.
Zetsu chuckled at the boy's dumbfounded expression. "The reason I'm not moaning in pain right now is because the hospital has me on so many drugs I can barely move, much less feel pain I'm almost high. In fact…" Zetsu took Tobi's hand. "…I can barely feel your hand, I can sense a slight pressure but that's only because I know it's there." Tobi's face turned bright red, he couldn't help but notice just how close he and Zetsu were right now and he had a strong almost overwhelming desire to get closer.
"Does this happen a lot?" Tobi asked his voice low.
"…Yeah, it does, it's just one of those things that come with being a cop especially with the type of work I do."
"…Oh."
"If you don't want to see me anymore I'll understand." Zetsu said suddenly.
Tobi's head snapped up. "What?"
"It's fine really I understand, my line of work is dangerous and everyday there's a risk that I could get hurt just like what happened today."
"Zetsu…I'm sorry."
"It's ok really it's true that I've enjoyed these past few weeks with you but if you'd rather-" A pair of lips crashing down his own silenced any further forms of defeat. Zetsu was quick to wrap his arms around the smaller boy's waist pulling him as close as possible. Their kiss started out slow, at first just seeming to test how far the other was willing to go before they started moving faster, harder, almost desperate as they clung to each other. All their fears from that night had just seemed to come out at once, now they were finally able to relax knowing that it was all over and they were together and safe.
Eventually their need for air became to be too much, they broke off gasping but still kept their arms wrapped tightly around the other fearing that if they let go the other might disappear.
All was quiet until a small choked sob broke the air. "Tobi are you alright?" Zetsu asked taking Tobi's face in his hand trying to get the boy to look at him.
"I-I'm fine…really." Tobi said, he tried to keep his voice strong but another strong shudder ran through his body ruining any chances of that.
"Tobi we both know that that's not true, please look at me." Doing as he was asked Tobi lifted his head so that Zetsu could see the deep red that now rimmed his eyes along with the silent tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Zetsu I-I'm so sorry." Tobi whispered.
"Sorry? For what?"
"When you called you offered to skip the call you'd gotten and just go ahead and meet me for our date but I told you to go, get it done and meet me later and now you're in the hospital…it's all my fault. Deidara sempai is always telling me what a hyperactive personality I have, but as crazy and nuts as I am I never speak up, he's always saying what a strange combination that is. I'm so sorry I wish I had spoken up, told you I wanted you to stay but I didn't and now you're hurt…" another round of tear silenced the Uchiha as he buried his face in Zetsu's chest trying desperately to hold back his sobs.
"Ha ha ha!" Tobi could feel Zetsu's body shake as an almost wild fit of laughter over took him.
"Is Zetsu making fun of Tobi?" The raven haired boy asked nearly heartbroken.
"Ha ha! No…of course not! Ha ha!"
"Then why is Zetsu laughing?" Tobi demanded.
"B-Because you have it completely wrong, you didn't nearly kill me, you actually saved 2 lives."
"…Tobi is confused."
"Tobi what do you know about the call I responded to?"
"Only that it started out as a report about a minor disturbance but then it turned out into a large shoot out."
"Exactly, you see when I pulled up the heavy fire was already underway. Pein and Itachi were pinned down on the side of their car unable to move and there was no other back up in sight and to top it all off nearly a dozen other people were shooting at them. I couldn't see much but it looked like Itachi was trying to reach the police radio to phone for help and Pein was lying on the ground unconscious. I tried to get out in order to return fire but just then it seemed like every one of them turned their attention on me. It's true that I got hit but it gave Itachi the opportunity of phone in for help.
"Zetsu you don't mean…"
"Yes Tobi, if you hadn't told me to go then Pein and Itachi would be dead."
"…"
"Feel better now?"
Tobi could only nod his eyes wide as he thought over what he'd just been told.
"Hey Tobi."
"Yes Zetsu?"
"What would you like to do now?" Zetsu asked a suggestive look on his face.
No words were spoken as Tobi all but threw himself at the green haired man still being careful of his injuries. Their lips met in an almost desperate passion, Tobi swung one of his legs over Zetsu's body so that he now straddled the man tangling his fingers in his short green hair. Zetsu had just started to slip his hand up the smaller boy's shirt when at that moment the beds curtains opened and Deidara stuck his head in only to pull out less than a second later.
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"Deidara why is your face all red?" Kisame asked.
"…Ummmm, I'd rather not say." The others stared at him curiously but didn't ask for more the look on the blondes face told them everything they needed to know.
Hidan chuckled. "So it seems that Zetsu has finally found someone who's as crazily mental as he is…strangely I feel happy for him."
"As you should, un." Deidara said, his face having calmed down enough to go from bright red to a light pink. "To be honest, un, I had no idea that Tobi had it in him, sure as hell surprised me."
"Ahem…sorry about that sempai." Tobi said walking over.
"Woo! Go Zetsu!" Hidan cheered.
"Shut up Hidan." Zetsu's words were dark but his face had a strong smile that he was clearly having trouble suppressing.
"Okay now that all the personal stuff is out of the way there is something I need to tell you all. Tobi I'm sorry but would you mind leaving the room for a few minutes?" Pein asked.
"Sure no problem." Tobi left but not without one last longing look at Zetsu who couldn't help but stare back. (Awe! XD) Once the door was close all eyes were on Pein. An aura of deep concentration filled the air.
"Ok for starters we have reason to believe that this shooting was not accidental, that it was meant for Akatsuki officers to show up and be killed."
Everyone was shocked. "Who would plan something like that, un?" Deidara asked. But the others seemed to have a pretty good idea.
"Could it have been Orochimaru?" Konan asked apparently neither her nor Pein had noticed that their hands were still wrapped together Konan's ring shining proudly in the florescent lights.
"I want to say yes but this just doesn't seem like his type of thing, if he wanted to kill us he'd do it in a way that was quick and quiet with all of us at once. Not take on 3 of us in a large noisy shoot out, he's always been about stealth even before he joined the Akatsuki."
"Then who-"
"Excuse me but there's a message that I was sent to deliver right away." A doctor exclaimed bursting in through the door.
"What is it?" Konan asked standing up and walking over to the man.
"Apparently Itachi Uchiha has woken up, he has an important message for you."
"Itachi's wake?" Kisame asked.
Konan ignored him. "Do you know what this message is?"
"Yes ma'am I do it's this." The man reached into his lab coast seeming to be pulling something out. In an instant everyone was on the defense Kisame, Sasori, Itachi, and Deidara each moved some drawing their guns others prepared to draw and ready to shoot if necessary. Konan had moved to stand in front of Pein her own gun out and ready to fire.
"Whoa! Whoa! Don't shoot!" The man yelled throwing his hands in the air.
"Open your hands!" Konan ordered. Doing as told the doctor opened his hands and out fluttered a single piece of folded up paper.
"Oh….sorry about that, although you can't really blame us for being a little defensive, un." Deidara smiled nervously going over to calm down the frightened man and retrieve the paper.
"DEIDARA DON'T MOVE!" Sasori yelled grabbing the blonde by the back of his shirt and pulling him backwards so fast he almost fell.
POP POP POP
The man fired 3 shots thankfully none of them hitting their intended targets and turned around fleeing the room his white coat flying out behind him like a large cape Kisame, Hidan, and Sasori quickly chasing after him.
"WHAT THE HELLS GOING ON?" Deidara yelled stunned.
"Deidara come here!" Konan ordered grabbing the boy and pulling him over towards the door. They took up defensive positions, guns drawn and slowly looked around the corner. Deidara gasped at the sight before him. There on the floor were the 2 officers who had been standing guard not 10 minutes ago. Each with a deep gash in their necks indicating that their throats that been slashed. Their eyes were blank, their mouth opened in a silence 'O' of horror. Apparently they hadn't seen their attacker coming…or maybe they had. Their guns were drawn still clutched tightly in their hands fingers slipped into the trigger position.
Deidara and Konan both looked deeper into the hallway, it was completely deserted. That was not a good thing.
"Konan where's Tobi?"