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Disclaimer: Refer to chapter one if you don't remember what I wrote for disclaiming.
I rose from my sleep at a knock on my door. Getting out of my bed and walking over to the door, I seethed at the cold contacting my bare feet.
I opened it, seeing a small child that looked scared. I then became puzzled. "What's wrong, child?" I asked. The boy looked up at me with salty pools of tears threatening to spill over in his eyes. I crouched down to his level, sitting on my knees.
"M-m-my parents. I-I don't know wh-wh-where they are," he bawled, crying and stuttering.
"What's your name?" I questioned.
He rubbed tears from his eyes and sniffled. "Kiro."
Standing up, I had a smile spread across my face. "Well Kiro, until we find your parents, shall we go on a mission together?" I knew it would be dangerous for him, but if I kept him hidden, there should be no danger to him. There was an untrained chakra flowing through him, so he shouldn't be detected. Besides, he would be good company on this probably boring and bland mission, especially during travel.
And I couldn't just tell him to go away.
"R-really?" he asked, his bright brown eyes widening with delight. I nodded and he then hugged me. As soon as we parted, I noticed his clothes. He had a once white and torn shirt with numerous stains, and dirty shorts. I motioned for him to come inside. Then, I noticed the time.
My mission started at seven, and it was six. That may seem like a long time to you, but for me, to change and eat and get Kiro situated, that would take a bit longer.
I rummaged around my closet, surprisingly, finding old clothing of Deidara's in there. A black shirt, a pair of shinobi sandals when he graduated the Iwagakure academy, and a pair of black shinobi pants. Deidara graduated pretty young, so I prayed they would fit.
"Kiro," I called. He came walking. I handed him the clothing. "Try these on and on the way out, I'll buy you new ones, okay?"
He nodded eagerly, running to the other room and changing. I took the opportunity and changed as well.
A black peice of cloth loosely tied around my neck, a dark gray v-neck shirt with netting on the sleeves, making it technically a long-sleeved shirt, standard black shinobi pants, and dark blue shinobi sandals. I reassembled my items, and found more ointments and bandages, having a feeling that Kiro would get hurt a lot.
I found my head band and tied it proudly around my forehead, fixing my hair the way I had been fixing it the last year. Then, Kiro burst into the room with the clothing I had given him. They fit perfectly.
He ran to me and I picked him up. He laughed, and for a moment, my vision replaced his brown hair and eyes do Deidara's blond hair and blue eyes. All the more reason to bring my brother back.
Putting the utility belt with a few bags of the clay around my waste, I noticed Kiro was staring at my hands. He was looking at the mouths.
For a moment, I thought that he was going to scream or freak out, but then he surprised me.
He laughed.
"Miss, your hands have mouths!" he pointed out, giggling. I nodded. "How did that happen?"
"About a year ago, the Tsuchikage passed down something the village had to me," I said, trying my best to simplify that Iwagakure passed the kinjutsu down to me, not quite knowing how to explain what a kinjutsu is to a six year-old boy.
"What can you do with them?" he asked. I laughed, the mouth on my right hand closing so I could ruffle his hair.
"I'll show you that later," I told him. I then picked up my bag. It was pretty light weight, so I looked to Kiro. "Kiro, can you carry this on your back while I carry you, and when you walk, I'll carry it?"
He looked at it then nodded eagerly. Then his stomach growled, followed by mine.
"My tummy says we should eat first!"
I collected my wallet and headed out, my backpack strapped to my shoulders. We walked, my hand wrapping around his small one.
We found a ramen shop after I did some quick shopping for food pills. I had safely placed the bag in my backpack, knowing I would need them for when I confronted my brother.
After we walked in, I suddenly got another visual of my brother.
Flashback
"Dei! Dei!" I called, running over to my brother as I always had when I found or accomplished something. He turned to me.
"What is it, un?" he asked.
"I earned some money while doing chores for an elderly couple! Can we go eat some ramen?"
"No, un," he declined. I gave him the lip. "You know I don't care much for rame- hey, what are you doing, un?"
I had grabbed his arm and was dragging him to the ramen stand. Once we got there, he sat on the stool, a sour look on his face.
The owner looked at us, then took our order.
"What would you two kids want?" he asked cheerfully. Deidara groaned.
"Not hungry," he said. He was lying. He dropped the un at the end.
"In that case," I said smugly, "I'll take two bowls of bakudan, please."
As we waited for our order, I heard Dei's stomach growl. Then our order came. "Two bowls of bakudan," he said before returning to his noodles. I nudged one of the bowls in Deidara's direction.
"No, un," Deidara announced firmly. My face became serious.
"Eat. It." A frightened look came over his features, and he got a pair of chop sticks and began slurping them. I ate mine too, but then...
"This is the greatest food I've ever had, un!"
I giggled, and then mocked him about how he said he didn't like ramen.
We both ordered and waited.
"Miss?" he began. I looked at him. "I never got what your name was."
"My name is Raiya," I said kindly. He nodded, smiling.
Our ramen came and we both devoured it quickly. Once we were done, I payed and we left. Once we hit the main gate, I gave Kiro the backpack and he, in turn, was lifted on my back. One of my arms hooked around each of his legs, his arms wrapping around my neck.
"Kiro, you can't, no matter what, let go of me," I told him firmly.
"Right!" he confirmed, his arms tensing. I jumped into the trees, leaping off of each branch to gain momentum and speed.
"Hey you!" a rough and angry voice called. I looked at them. It was a group of Leaf nin. I stopped, looking at them skeptically. The one who had called me out was a male with spiky blond hair and ice blue eyes. He had a Leaf headband tied firmly around his forehead, the ends of the long fabric hanging behind him. Orange and black clothing.
"Calm down, Naruto," the other male ordered. He had a dark gray mask covering his mouth and nose, the Leaf headband covering his left eye. He had silver hair spiked to the left side, a green vest, dark blue long-sleeved shirt, and dark blue pants. He had black eyes.
"Excuse me, do I know you people?" I asked, puzzled.
"Don't play dumb!" the blond- Naruto, as the other man addressed him as- shouted. My confusion extended. I looked to the only female of the group. She had pink hair with emerald eyes, dark pink shirt and pink apron-like skirt with shorts underneath.
"I honestly have no idea what you're talking about," I told him, getting annoyed.
"You're with Akatsuki!" he growled. His blue hues became red and fox-like. I sensed a frightening chakra from him.
"I'm not affiliated with the Akatsuki!" I shouted. Naruto wasn't listening. I crouched, letting Kiro go. I then turned to him. "Listen, Kiro. I need you to hide somewhere as soon as you get on the ground."
He nodded. I then grabbed him and jumped, landing on the forest floor. He then ran into the bushes. Naruto then appeared behind me.
"Rrrgh...!"
"Listen, I'm not with Akatsuki," I tried to reason. I didn't want to fight without a reason, and I also didn't want to waste my clay. He made a hand sign.
"Shadow Clone jutsu!" he shouted. Two clones of him appeared in a puff of smoke. One ran towards me, most likely a distraction.
I threw a kunai at him, and he popped. In the smoke, I saw a blue ball. Was that...?
"Rasengan!" Naruto declared, running at me. I performed hand signs and substituted just in time before the Rasengan hit me.
I quickly moved to the safety of behind a tree. Though, it didn't last long.
The blond came from the trees and pinned me to the ground with his hand. I felt uncomfortable, especially because he has pinning me by my chest.
"Naruto, you idiot!" the female's voice shouted. She appeared beside him and punched him in the cheek. Ouch. "That's a girl!"
Naruto flew off of me and I got up. The girl looked embarrassed.
"Thank you," I said.
"Oh it's okay!" she told me. "Anyways, I'm Sakura."
"I'm Raiya," I replied. Then I noticed her headband. "Though we are from enemy villages."
"You pose no threat to us, so we won't attack," the silver haired one let me know.
"Oh, Kakashi-sensei."
"I apologize for Naruto's behavior. He's been chased after by the Akatsuki, and you look like one of their members-" Kakashi began.
"Deidara, I know."
"How...?"
"I'm his sister."
"No way, you're that rotten bastard's sister?" Naruto's voice questioned. I looked at him, and Kiro surfaced from the brush. He came running.
"Yes. I have a mission to bring him back to the village," I informed them. Kiro stood by my leg, gripping the fabric as if for dear life.
"Heh, so there you are," someone mused behind me. Instinctively, I put Kiro in front of me.
"So, we finally meet again," I said, looking over my shoulder. "Dei."
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