"There ya go, acting tougher than you really are. Just stop it and rest." Rix glared at Sasori.
"Why don't you back off and shut up?" Rix growls. Sasori went over to her and pushed her shoulders down so that she was laying down again. When her back hit the bed she coughed up more blood. Sasori jerked his hands back and stepped back.
"I'm didn't mean to-" Rix chuckles.
"Just shut up already, I'm fine." She said in an amused voice but she does lie back down and drift into sleep. Sasori sits back down with his fellow Akatsuki and they talk for awhile until they hear Rix's constant shifting. This time Deidara walks over to her side. A thin layer of sweat covered her face.
Deidara put his hand to her forehead but quickly pulled his hand away. "What's up, Deidara?" Deidara motioned for them to come over to her.
"Is it just me or is she burning, un?" Sasori put the back of his hand on her cheek and nodded.
"It might be because of the old poison, it's weak and the fever will pass." Deidara nodded in understanding but Hidan still looked at her with sad, magenta eyes. Every hour they would have to induce coughing fits to rid Rix's lungs of any fluids.
"You can go back into your room tomorrow but you still have to stay in bed for a week. Any sign of a relapse and you'll be stuck in here again." Sasori said while checking her pulse.
"Finally." Deidara, Sasori and Hidan stayed with her the whole time. Sasori? Sure. Deidara? She can understand. Hidan? No idea whatsoever… "Hn, I'm extremely bored."
"Well, try to fucking dodge things and maybe you wouldn't be bored right now." Hidan shot.
"Well, why don't you shut up?"
"Well, what if I don't want to?"
"Well, what if I make you?"
"I'd like to see it."
"I'd like to do it!" Rix swiftly threw a kunai right where Hidan's legs were parted while sitting in the chair. Hidan's face grew pale.
"Where do you keep getting those, un?" Deidara asked sternly. Rix shrugged and gave a smirk.
"I'm good like that?" Deidara held out a hand and Rix placed three kunai in it. Deidara shot her a dirty look and she threw the blanket off of her and unclasped a holster from her ankle. Deidara smirked as it landed in his hand.
"Thank you, un." Deidara, coming to know Rix over the few days, sighed. "Any more, un?"
"Well, only senbon but what harm can those do?" They all gave her priceless looks. "Oh…right…" She unclasped another holster from her other ankle and reluctantly gave it to Deidara. "I wanna be sacrificing somebody right now…"
Rix and Hidan sighed in unison. "Tell be about it."
"Wait a minute…" Sasori started.
"Sacrificing, un?" Deidara finished. Rix nodded and pulled her rosary out.
"Jashinism, my friend." Rix sighed again. "So-frickin'-bored!" She pounded her fists down on the bed between every word. Her face lit up and she looked back up to the men in the room. "Does anybody have paper and a pencil?" All three Akatsuki shook their heads. "Damn." Hagane…could you come out here and let me pet you? I'm bored~! Hagane walked out of her body and lied down next to her. The other three in the room just looked at them in complete confusion, amazement, and a slight pinch of fear of the huge animal that just came out of her body. They froze in their place like in the method of 'If I don't move, maybe it won't see me.'
"Don't stare." Hagane growled out and the men shrank back.
"I-it can talk, un?" Hagane sighed.
"How would you like it if I referred to you as an 'it'?" Hagane snarled
"I'm sorry, un?" Hagane nodded.
"It's alright, Deidara-kun." Rix, completely oblivious to the whole 'it' situation, started to rest her top-half on Hagane and twirl his silver hair between her fingers. The boys, still confused , amazed, and scared watched her lovingly begin to stroke his head.
"So, guys, what's up? What happened to your voices?" She looked over to them. "Oh. Heh, this is Hagane, he's the one who gave me the whole steel plated ability thing in training." Deidara couldn't resist but wonder how she can cuddle with a frickin' huge tiger.
"I have to ask: is he soft, un?" Rix smiled.
"Yeah." She turned her attention to the purring animal beside her. "Can they pet you?" Hagane nodded and Hidan was the first to literally jump up and run over to them. He hesitantly put his hand on Hagane's neck and slowly slid his hand down.
"I actually can say I did this without getting my hand bit off or being fucking mauled." Hagane chuckled.
"Would you like for me to maul you?" Hagane opened his blue eyes to meet fuchsia. Hidan took his hand away quickly and shook his head vigorously. "I was kidding." Hidan laughed a little and continued to pet Hagane. Eventually Deidara walked over to them and pets his back.
"Oh! Hagane! Could you tell us a story?" Rix asked like a small child. Hagane opened his eyes a thought a little.
"Actually, I have one that might interest you, Sasori-kun." Sasori scoffed at the 'kun' added to his name.
"I do not enjoy a childish story time." Hagane sighed.
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