I'm back with Chapter Four! I'm sorry for the long wait, I won't do that to you guys anymore.
Don't mind my Typo's.. I tend to have many of them.. -.-'
Anyways.. Deidara!
Deidara: What the hell do you want, Un?
Endless.Nonsence: Deidara, One: Be nice, you don't want our readers to turn against you, do you?! And two: Now is your que.
Deidara: I'm not going to say it again.. Yeah.
Endless.Nonsence: If you don't I could get sued, thrown in jail, and end up not being able to write more, ending up that nobody will be able to see how this story ends..
Deidara: Well So-rry. She does not own Naruto, but she does own this story, and the theme of it, yeah.
Chapter Four
Three days after Ino was introduced to the group in the kitchen, her and Deidara were sitting on his bed. Ino had not seen daylight in over four days, and she was getting irritated. She still had no idea why she was there, or why she hadn't looked for a way out yet. She had a slight feeling that she didn't want to leave, because of the blonde Shinobi beside her. She smiled at him, even though they sat in silence, doing absolutely nothing, they were never bored. Ino had always wondered why.
Deidara loved the time he had spent with the kunoichi. He had always wondered why she had never thought of him as a criminal, and why she had thought of him as a friend. Deidaras mind usually wandered, wondering what would happen if they turned out to be more than friends. He saw Ino smiling at him, which brought an instant smile to his face. He didn't know why he was so attracted to her, or why she stuck around. But, he didn't mind it.
"Deidara.." Ino spoke quietly, still smiling. She had a trace of happiness in her voice, but it was mostly covered by a hint of pleading. "Can we go for a walk.. Outside?" She looked into his eyes hopefully.
Deidara sighed, and looked at the ground. If she ran away, the mission would be over, and he would be kicked out of the Akatsuki, or killed, but the worst part of her running away would be.. She would have run away from him. On the other hand, maybe she didn't want to run, and she simply wanted to see the sky.. "Alright, we can go for a short walk, un."
What happened next, surprised Deidara. Ino had moved closer to him, and pulled him into a tight hug. "Thank you Deidara! Thank you so much!"
"Anything for you, Ino.. Yeah." Deidara smiled, and stood up, Ino following this movement. "We will go to a place I go to a lot, I think you will like it, un."
Ino nodded. "Anything to see the sun again.."
Deidara grabbed the girl's hand, and the two suddenly appeared in a small clearing of a forest, the sound of rushing water coming from behind them, proving to Ino that there was a flowing river nearby. She looked up, and squinted her eyes as she saw the sun, and the beautiful blue sky was flooded with large, white clouds. Ino smiled at the thought of being able to be out on a beautiful day like this, but her smile turned to a frown. She had never been away from home this long, unless she was on a mission. She kind of was on a mission.. Someone else's mission. But, what was bothering Ino most was.. What happens to her when the mission was over?
"Ino, are you alright? Un." Deidara asked, looking at her.
Ino nodded, and forced a smile. "I just wish I could go home for just a few minutes.. I want to see my father, and my team.. I bet they are all worried sick.."
Deidara sighed, and looked at the sky. "Ino, we aren't supposed to go back, in case you run, yeah." He heard Ino sigh, and Deidara shook his head. "Fine.. I will allow you to go back to Konoha, under my supervision. You will be allowed to see your team, but I will not allow you to see your father, yeah."
At these words, Ino flung her arms around Deidara, and hugged him tightly. "Thank you so much Deidara! You're the greatest!"
"Ino.. The only problem is, I cannot be seen in Konoha, and you cannot be taken out of my sight, yeah." He looked into Ino's eyes, and saw disappointment glaze over them. Deidara felt a swelling feeling coming from his chest, and sighed. "But.. If you really want to go.. I guess I could take you, but I have to stay hidden, yeah."
Ino smiled, but the glazed look in her eyes didn't fade. She soon heard a splashing sound, coming from the river behind her, and than she heard footsteps. "Deidara, someone is here!"
Deidara grinned, and placed his hand inside the small pouch of clay. He soon felt the tongue reach out, and take a small amount of clay, but Deidara waited to pour the chakra into it, he had to see who it was. His eyes flickered towards the blonde, who was completely unarmed. Deidara held out his arm, and grabbed Ino, pulling her behind him. "Stay behind me, un. It's safer.."
The footsteps grew steadily louder, and suddenly, Ino sensed a familiar chakra. It was that of a shadow user, and her first thought rang of her team-mate, until she realized this chakra was much too strong to be Shikamaru's. "Deidara, be careful.. Watch the shadows carefully.."
"Ino, I know what I'm doing.. Yeah." Deidara had a focused tone in his voice. His left hand reached up and pulled his hair aside, revealing a grey tracker scope over his left eye. There was only one button along the side, and there was a small scroll underneath it. Deidara pressed the button, and it made a quiet click. "One.." Deidara saw an outline of two Shinobi, but that wasn't good enough. He had to know who they were. Click. "Two.." Deidara counted. He could now make out certain details about the two Shinobi. They had black hair, pulled up into a ponytail, and had pure black eyes. They had a family resemblance that he could see, and he distinctly knew it was a father and son. Click. "Three." Deidara was determined to see their Ninja Headbands. He glanced at the shorter boy, the one he presumed to be the son, and saw it on his arm. Bingo. He was from Konoha. "Ino, hide.. These two are Konoha Shinobi, I can see them coming through the trees, un."
"Two? I know who it is!" Ino grinned to herself. She knew it was Shikamaru, but she also knew his chakra wasn't that strong. This would explain why she sensed a stronger presence. The Nara family's chakra moulds together when they are all together, giving enemies the feeling of one great enemy, instead of a bunch of them. Ino knew that Shikamaru's father, Shikato, was with him.
Ino watched as a shadow crept out of the trees, and Ino knew they had seen Deidara, and wanted to contain him. "This isn't good, Deidara, move!" She quickly pushed Deidara out of the way, just as the shadow connected with her feet. As soon as it did, Her feet were forced to move forward, as Shikamaru walked out of the bushes. His chunin vest covered most of his chest, as his fishnet shirt was sticking out near the bottom. He released the jutsu, and stared at Ino. She smiled at him, because for the first time in his life, he looked completely stunned, and at a loss for words. She decided to speak first. "Hey."
"I-Ino? What are you doing here? Who the hell is he? Are you okay?" There three questions flew out of Shikamaru's mouth so quickly, it sounded like a jumble. Ino had never seen him this confused.
Ino grinned, and hugged him tightly. "I missed you so much.." She wanted to avoid questions, because she didn't have the answers to give.
Deidara soon walked over to Ino, and glared at Shikamaru. He recognised him as Ino's team-mate. Why hadn't he realized it before? The hair was a complete give-away.
Ino looked around. "I know it's not only you that is here Shikamaru, where is your Dad? I need to talk to him.."
Shikamaru pointed behind him. "In the bushes. Ino.. Tell me what's going on.. Your Dad told Chouji and I that you were just sick.. That's why you have been missing training." Ino looked into his eyes, and saw a look of concern. "We asked to visit you, but he said he couldn't allow it.. Why would he lie to us?"
Ino looked at the ground, she was unable to answer. She didn't know what to say. Ino was contemplating telling him the whole story, but that would result in nothing.
Deidara looked to the spot where Shikamaru was pointing, and pressed the button one last time, and it returned to normal sight. "Shikato Nara, please step out of the trees, yeah."
Deidara watched, as a tall man, also wearing a chunin vest, walked out of the bushes. He had the same hairstyle as his son, but his eyes seemed angry. "Who are you?" He growled at the blonde Shinobi in front of him.
Deidara looked down at his clouded cloak, and grinned. "Isn't it obvious? I'm an Akatsuki member, un. Doesn't your village show you a black book of criminals or something? Yeah." Deidara was amazed. Nobody knew him!
Shikamaru turned to Deidara, and glared at him. "Why are you with Ino?"
Ino looked at her feet. "Because he kidnapped me." Her voice was quiet. Ino was amazed that Shikamaru had heard her. She didn't want to tell him this, but she had too. "Mr. Nara, please don't tell my father about this.. I don't want him to worry more than he already does.."
Shikato stared at Ino, completely stunned. Ino was practically begging him not to do anything about this. His best friend's child was in the arms of an Akatsuki member, he had to do something about this. "I have to tell someone about this, Ino."
"No, you don't. It is my concern.." Ino was getting slightly angry. She did want to go home, but she didn't want to leave Deidara.
A breeze blew passed the four Shinobi, and Ino shivered. It's not that she was cold, she just had a bad feeling about something. She didn't know what it was yet, but she knew that it couldn't be anything good. She pushed the stray hairs out of her face, and looked at Shikamaru. "Please, Shikamaru.. If you care.. Let me handle this on my own."
Shikamaru simply stared at his team-mate in silence. He was considering allowing her to do it, but them he realised, she might not come home. "Ino.. Please.. Just come home with us.. And we won't have to take you by force."
Deidara grabbed his arm tightly, and didn't let go. "I will not allow you to take her.. Un."
Ino watched as Shikamaru struggled to get out of his grasp, mostly because Deidara was cutting off the circulation in his arm. Shikato grabbed Ino, and flipped her over his shoulder. Deidara heard her scream, and shout for him to put her down. Deidara turned his head towards the eldest Nara, and glared at him, his hand now pouring an immense amount of chakra into it. He had to get her back, even if it meant killing these two. "Put her down, before I force you to, yeah."
Shadows soon twisted up Deidaras legs, wrapping around his arms, and holding him in place. "Leave my father out of this. He is just trying to bring his best friends daughter home."
Deidara snapped his head to face Shikamaru, and shot him one of the evilest looks he could muster at the moment. "She s home, with me!" The mouth on his hand opened, and spit out the small amount of clay. Deidara gave it a light squeeze, and three tiny spiders were formed. "Now, put her down! Yeah!" He dropped two of the spiders, and they slowly crawled towards Shikato.
Shikato saw these two crawling towards him, and he jumped behind his son. "What the hell are those?" He stared at them, and put a tighter hold on the squirming Ino. "Stop squirming! It will put me under the impression that you do not want to go home!"
Deidara glared at Shikato. He had never been more insulted in his life. 'What are those?" Pfft! They're art of course! But, this guy obviously wouldn't know decent art if it came up, and exploded on his ass.
Ino didn't cease, at these words, she squirmed more. It's not like she didn't want to go home, she just hated being the damsel in distress. "Look Mr. Nara, if you are still holding me like this, you don't know me at all.." She eyed his Kunai pouch, and reached down to grab one. She successfully took one in her hand, and she held it to the back of his neck. "Put me down.. I am old enough to take care of myself.. I do not need a babysitter!"
Shikamaru released the jutsu, and placed a calm hand over Ino's, and pulled the Kunai away from his father's neck, and pushing Ino to the ground. "Calm down.. There is no need to kill someone Ino.."
"I don't plan on killing anyone.. But if you don't get out of here, those little spiders will explode, and we will all be hurt. I suggest you leave.. I will be back to see you in a few days. Promise." She added the last word, because of the serious look on Shikamaru's face. She pulled him into a quick hug, than stashed the Kunai in her pouch for an emergency.
"Good bye Ino, take good care of yourself.." Shikato said, taking a good look at the two spiders on the forest floor. They simply looked like little clay balls, with eight strips of paper sticking out of the side.
Shikamaru just hung his head in defeat. He couldn't stand to just walk away, when he was so close to bringing her home. Ino placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, and forced a smile onto he face. Shikamaru knew it was a fake smile. Ino was a horrible liar, and even worse when trying to convince someone about something. but he smiled back anyways, and slowly walked away. Ino saw a small clay spider latched to the middle of the back of Shikato's vest, and she quickly snatched it off.
This encounter reminded Ino of an important question she needed to ask Deidara. She turned to him, and he had a disappointed look in his eyes. "What's wrong?" She took a step towards him, and he looked into her eyes.
"Ino, they want to take you away from me. Yeah." Deidara answered quietly. He quickly grabbed her arm, and the two appeared back in Deidaras room. "The rest of the Akatsuki will think we have been in here the whole time, un."
Ino looked around the dark room. Nothing had changed, except more and more of Ino's clothing were scattered around the room, littering the floor. "Deidara.. Why am I really here?"
Deidaras heart skipped a beat. He had been dreading this question. The first thought that came into his head was.. "Because I love you, yeah." It was all so sudden, Deidara couldn't stop himself. He truly did love the girl, but he couldn't tell her about the mission, he would get in more trouble in he did.
Ino stared at the blonde Shinobi in front of her. She did not know if she should scream, or jump for joy. Her heart was pounding, and the boy turned to look into her eyes. His eyes were bright, and full of passion. Ino knew instantly that Deidara wasn't lying. She felt as if she couldn't breathe, as if her heart had swelled up three times it's size, and blocked off her vocal cords. She finally found her words, and managed to squeak them out. "Y-you love me?"
Deidara nodded. "I know it may sound sudden, but I have never been more sure of anything in my life." He took a step towards Ino, and got steadily closer. "I'm sorry I took you away from your home, but.. this is the only way I could be with you.. I had to take you away from the pain that the Uchiha boy but you through. I don't want you to cry anymore, un." His lips curled into a slight smile, and took one last tiny step towards Ino, so that the two blondes were no more than six inches apart.
"That is.. The sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me.." She felt a small blush creep over her cheeks.
Deidaras heart skipped a beat. This girl was doing that to her a lot lately.. He leaned in towards her. "I'm so happy you are here, yeah."
Ino knew his intentions, and yet, she couldn't stop herself from following his movements. Her heart was beating faster in her chest, she was surprised it didn't explode. Deidara was the only guy to make her feel this way. She felt her hands start to shake slightly. She didn't know why, so she tried to stop it them from shaking.
Their lips were centimetres apart, where there was a loud knock on the door. "Deidara, get your ass out of there right now!" Itachi's voice rang.
Deidara let out what sounded like a growl come from the back of his throat. He pulled away from Ino, and turned towards the door. "What the hell do you want, Uchiha?"
"I just thought I would check on you two.. You have been in there for a very long time." Itachi called through the door, a great amount of amusement was plastered all over the tone of his voice.
Deidara rolled his eyes, and said sarcastically "I was just about to kill her, un."
"Deidara that isn't funny. If you kiss her, you both could end up worse off than killed." Itachi said.
Deidara stared at the open door, with wide eyes. "H-how do you know? How did you-" He stopped dead, and turned to Ino, who was staring at the door completely confused.
"The sharingan is a beautiful thing to have, Deidara. It is amazing, the things you could see." Can his answer.
"Ino.. You should go to bed.. We have a big day tomorrow." Deidara said, turning towards her. He heard footsteps walking away from the room, and they were obviously Itachi's. Deidara saw Ino giving him the I-will-if-you-will look. "Fine, un." Deidara grinned, and pushed Ino onto the bed playfully, and laid down beside her. "But if you want me to sleep, I am sleeping on my own bed, yeah."
Ino raised an eyebrow, and rolled against the wall, away from him. "Deidara, no way!"
"I will only be sleeping, yeah." He still had the playful grin on his face, and he rolled towards her, pressing her against the wall as he rested his head on her arm. "You know you want to, yeah."
"You know, Deidara, you are too smug for your own good. I'm serious! Get off!" She laughed, and playfully pushed him off of her arm.
"Fine, I will go sleep on the couch, yeah." He faked a hurt voice, but Ino laughed, because it rang with amusement. He stood up slowly, and grinned at her, while walking towards the door. "I will call on you tomorrow morning, yeah." He opened the door slowly, and took a few steps into the hallway, letting the door swing closed. He walked slowly down the hall, his footsteps echoing throughout the cavern, and down the hallway. Deidara had always detested living in a cave, because of how everything echoed. He shrugged it off, and vanished into thin air, appearing back on the couch. Deidara snuggled himself into the back of the couch, and closed his eyes, thinking of how the mission will go tomorrow.
Well? What'd ya'll think? Worth the wait?
I'm sorry if it wasn't.. The mission will go on in the next chapter, I already started writing it, so it should be up before you know it!
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