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The small bar was mostly empty, only two parties took up tables. There was also a lone girl at the bar. She seemed disconnected and uninterested, swirling around a clear liquid in her glass. The two tables kept to themselves, feeling the tension rolling off of the girl. Besides it wasn't their place to anger a shinobi. The civilians in this town were were not very fond of them. Especially if she was the one that suddenly appeared a few months ago.

Her legs were crossed at the knees, the top one swinging slightly. A pair of black pants were tucked into knee high shinobi sandals with a small heel. The stark white circular cape was pushed back, showing off the steel blue tank top and the sword resting on her right hip.

In a quick motion she downed her shot and poured another. The girl drank the new shot as the bar's door creaked open. Her eyes flicked over, observing the newcomers. She stiffened momentarily before tossing her brunette braid back over her shoulder and pouring another drink.

Deidara and Tobi locked eyes on the girl. That was their target. The blonde nodded to the older man, motioning for him to stay behind him. They walked slowly towards the bar, cautious.

The young barkeep looked between them and the girl from the other side of the bar, hazel orbs calculating. With a shrug, he let them be. As long as they didn't destroy the building he wasn't interested in getting between them.

"Leader-sama would like to talk to you, un." Deidara spoke lowly, pulling a seat next to the brunette girl.

She picked up her glass slowly, spinning the contents.

"It's about time." She mumbled. "I was wondering how long it was going to take him."

The blonde looked amazed, staring at the girl's profile. "Why would you want to join this hell, yeah?"

The girl was bringing up the glass to her mouth when Deidara spoke. She paused, pressing the cold glass softly to her mouth.

A small smirk appeared crept along her pink lips and she glanced towards him. "At least this will be my choice and I wasn't forced to join by being defeated by a simple genjutsu." She chuckled and sipped the clear drink.

Deidara stood up, beyond pissed now. He snarled and knocked the glass out of her hands. Tobi had stayed back as asked but slowly crept closer unknown to the two.

"You bitch." He leaned over the brunette, grasping tightly at her throat. "You will regret that, yeah."

The girl chuckled and raised a hand. Deidara removed his hand slowly, much to his confusion. He glanced down, seeing the thick blue lines connecting her fingers to his.

"Don't ever do that again." A sadistic smile swept across her face. "Or I will gladly cut off your hands." She paused, twitching a finger. Without him doing so, his mouth tongue popped out. She hummed, admiring them. "Maybe I'll just cut out this, ne?"

Deidara paled slightly, pulling his hand back, free from her chakara. "Understood." He was sure she was kidding but did not want to risk it. The young girl had some brutally grisly rumors floating around.

"Good! I'm glad we understand each other!" She turned towards the bartender and waved him over, a brilliant smile on her face. She pulled out a few bills and handed them over when he got close. "I think this will be enough?"

He gave the girl a small nod and she capped the bottle before storing it swiftly in a scroll.

"Deidara-senpei! Can we leave now?" Tobi had popped up close to the duo, almost uncomfortably close. He could feel that something was gong to happen and wanted to defuse the tensions before anything did start.

The brunette glanced over to the masked man with a knowing look on her face. Deidara was too focused on his hands to really pay attention to their exchange. Worried that his art would be taken away from him if he stepped out of line around the girl.

"Ah! Hello you old prick! How have you been lately?" She could have sworn she saw a flash of red when Tobi looked her way. She smirked, sliding off her stool. "Now, now. Keep your anger in check, ne?"

The girl patted his shoulder as she walked by, shrugging the white cloth forward to cover herself. They watched as she walked towards the door, a single black cloud with red boarder was placed on the back of the short cloak.

"Come along you two. I have business to conduct with your leader. I would hate to keep him waiting."


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