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Chapter Two:

Ino awoke, but she didn't open her eyes. She felt herself laying on something hard, but.. It was moving, and quickly at that. She felt the wind blowing through her untied hair.

"I see you're awake, un." A boy said. She recognised this voice, the voice of her captor. She heard the voice coming from behind her.

Ino opened her eyes, only to see a dark sky. She sat up quickly, and around her, was nothing but wind. The only thing holding up her and her captor, was a large bird, that looked as though it was made of clay. Ino paniced, and stood up quickly, nearly falling off. "Shit!"

The boy grabbed her around the waist before she fell. "You should be more careful, a fall like that could kill even the greatest of shinobi. Yeah."

Ino's heart raced. She was completely terrified. She was just saved, from an Akatsuki member. In between death. He could easily drop her, but, if he was going too, why had he saved her? To gain her trust? She felt him pulling her back onto the large clay bird. "Who exactly are you?"

"I am Deidara, yeah." He said simply, looking at her. "And you are Ino, of the Yamanaka Clan. Am I right?"

Ino nodded. "Why did you take me away from my home? I was doing something important!"

"You call crying important? Uchiha is going to die soon anyways. Don't cry over him, un." Deidara stated.

Ino shook her head in disbelief. "You were following me! But, how? Why?"

The boy smirked. He was interested in this girl. She was roudy, and annoying a few days ago, but now, she seemed somewhat calm, and slightly afraid. "You are a shinobi, correct?" After a small nod from Ino, he continued. "Than you are familar with being able to hide your chakra level. Well, we in the Akatsuki, can reach a level where not even the Hyuugas could see us, un. And we captured you, to fullfil our plan. We cannot tell you what it is though, because that would ruin the fun. Yeah."

Ino just stared at him. "But why me? What makes me so special?" Ino had doubted herself for so long, she could not see why the Akatsuki would want her.

"I cannot tell you that, yeah."

"Can you at least tell me, what the hell are we riding on?" Ino asked, she was still unsure if the thing was stable enough. It looked like it would break at any second.

"This is my art, un." Deidara smiled.

Ino examined it closely. Deidara's smile grew. He loved it when people admired his art. "You could have done better, Deidara." Ino smirked. She knew he wouldn't kill her, if she was needed. Shikamaru taught her to take advantage of any situation, and this is what she planned to do. She wanted to see if he was stupid enough to let any of the plans slip out.

Deidara's smile vanished, and was quickly replaced with an angry frown. "What are you talking about? It's perfect, yeah!"

Ino shook her head. "No.. There is no texture on the feathers what-so-ever, and look at the head, it's so smooth! It should at least have some feathers showing where the head ends, and where the neck begins. If you were truely an artist, you would have seen it."

Deidara just glared at her. Sure, she was pretty, but wow, was she annoying. "You have no right! You are no artist, you are just a flower girl!"

"Floral Arranging is art! It may not be this kind of art, but its still art! My art, is not meaningless, like some stupid clay statue. Mine gives off beauty!" Ino shouted. She hates being called 'just some flower girl' She had to protect her honor! Or at least, what was left of it.

Deidara just stared at the girl. He was not only interested, now he was roused. She had the guts to stand up to an Akatsuki member, when she could easily die."You're either brave, or stupid to be standing up to me, yeah. I'll take it as bravery, and I will respect that."

Ino's words were suddenly caught in her throat. Respect is just as good as honor, right? Once her words came back to her, she smiled slightly. Maybe this guy wasn't so bad after all. Suddenly, Deidara grabbed her wrists, and tied them together, than he placed a blindfold over her eyes.

"Sorry Ino, but I cannot let you see where we are going from now on, yeah." He said calmly.

Ino felt the bird tip, and she nearly fell off, until Deidaras arms came to her rescue, and wraped around her waist again. Ino smiled slightly. "Thanks.."

"You still should be more careful, yeah." He pulled her closer to him. "The skies are a dangerous place."

Ino nodded, to prove she heard him, and closed her eyes. It wouldn't make any difference if she had them open or closed, except for the overwhelming feeling of tiredness, that had swept her away, into a deep sleep.

Deidara knew this, because suddenly, the girl fell onto his chest. He smiled to himself. "It's to bad you're going to hate me, after we kill your Father, un."


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