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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
- Anne Frank
The fireworks went up and Storm, and Deidara, was staring in awe at all the colors and bright lights that lit up the sky one minute then was gone the next. Storm's view was blocked by deep brown eyes and lush red hair. All she could do was star in to Sasori's brown captivating eyes as her heart beat grew faster. Soon their lips were locked together again in a(n) innocent kiss; her eyes automatically closing.
When Storm looked over at Deidara and Emerald she saw the same thing was happening to her. Only more intense and scary like, seriously it looked like they were eating each other.
Storm mad a muffled giggling sound at the thought only to bust out laughing when Sasori pulled away to look at her. "Nothing, nothing" she repeated over and over again as she tried to regain air into her lungs.
It has been over a week sense that night; now, on a bright Monday morning, sits two girls talking or more so giggling about the week ahead.
"You have got to be kidding me." A blonde giggled, holding a hand to her mouth covering it so no one could see her laugh.
"No, I'm serious." The red head sounded hurt that the blonde would doubt her, but had a smirk on her face no less. She has her head resting in her hand, having her elbow propped up on the desk.
The blue eyed girl started with an "I can't believe you actually-" Both girls stopped talking when a grinning blonde teen with an annoyed looking red head walked into the room.
"Would you shut up already," the red head growled, his hands stuffed into his dark blue jeans pocket, then he mumbled "Stupid brat."
The blue eyed girl stood up and waved her arm high in the air getting their attention, her lips tugging into a huge grin on her face; the red head girl just rolled her eyes and looked out the window, not bothering to pay attention to her surroundings.
The brown eyed teen walked over to the cheering blonde "Aren't you just a bundle of energy?" his voice was soaked in sarcasm as he rolled his at her.
"You know it!" She did a peace sign and smiled.
"Brat," Sasori mumbled "What are you doing?" He looked over her shoulder and on her desk where a notebook laid, a few words wrote on it and a pencil discarded lazily on top of it. Only a few words are on it, Secrets of the pros cons but no betrayal is worthy.
Storm quickly threw herself on it "Oh it's nothing, nothing at all." Her laugh was nervous, but it soon died down and her eyes were on focused as she stared into nothing.
"Hey get out of lala land would ya." Sasori snapped his figures in her face and she smiled before closing her notebook, tucking her pencil in her ear and sitting down.
"Hey what's with the stoic face un?" Deidara asked waving his hand in Emeralds face.
"your so annoying sometimes," she sighed and shifted her eyes so she could see him better "What are you doing?"
Deidara was playing with her twirling her hair around his index figure. "Nothing. un" he grinned.
"I think you and Storm are related." She deadpan with a sigh.
"That's not an insult!" Storm cried out pouting lightly.
This of course caused the group to laugh. Only to be silenced by an ill-tempered teacher causing the whole class to sit in their desk and do work.
By the end of the day the two girls were talking and giggling (mainly... okay only Storm) together and walking to the edge of the school.
"So then it's a go right?" Storm finally asked the red head beside her.
"Yes, let's go to your place." It was a statement not a suggestion.
A black Ford Truck pulled up beside them as the two girls walked on the sided walk in the direction of Storm's house. "Need a liiiiiiffftt Ssstorm?" came a slithering voice as the window rolled down to reveal Kabuto leaning back so they could see Orochimaru in the driver seat. He was looking his cousin up and down.
"No thanks," Storm smiled sweetly and suppressing a shudder that wanted to erupt threw her being "I need the exercise." Was her excuse to denying him..
"Are sssssure? I promise you some fun." The pale teen's tongue flickered out like a snake, officially freaking Storm out.
"Don't worry you want be left out Emerald," Kabuto leaned out the window and looked at the red head winking his almost black eyes at her.
"Sorry I'm not a fan of henchmen or snakes." Came Emerald's snarky reply "I already have a real man." Emerald then turned on her heels and started walking again. Storm shrugged and followed.
In one swift movement Kabuto jumped through the window and took Emerald's arm and jerked her to a stop "I can give you more then he ever could."
"That may be true," Emerald's voice was cold, for she knew his grades and knowledge and knew he could secure a better finical future for her, "But Deidara can give me love and happiness and I don't need anything other than. For our love is ever lasting and there for is true art in itself." Emerald pulled her arm and tried to get free, but to a vile Kabuto was stronger.
"Let go our I'll beat your face in, un" Storm's voice was no longer passive but aggressive and strong as she glared at the offending hand, as if to burn it with her mind.
"Come on Sssstorm don't be like that." Orochimaru was now out of the car and forcefully took a hold of Storm's arms so she could not move; she squirmed and tried to break free, never faltering or giving up on her attempts.
"Let go or I'll turn you into an art that is felting hmmm!" She yelled, tho her vocabulary tick made it less menacing.
"Come on I'm better than that red head." His tongue flickered over her ear "I know more about you."
Storm allowed the shudder to rip through her body almost violently as her breath hitched in her throat. Memories of when she was younger and did not understand game flooding back, of her and Emerald and what Kabuto and Orochimaru would do to them. Suddenly she started to thrash around more violently not noticing that a group was walking toward them.
"Let me go or I'll blow you up somehow un!" She growled out in frustration.
She hated herself for being so weak, for allowing to do whatever they please, of being passive and being taken advantage of. No more would this happen, Emerald would not be hurt. She will save both of them; she would do a fleeting thing called helping and saving.
Quickly Storm brought her foot down on the snake causing him to loosen his grip, allowing her to take her elbow into his stomach.
Orochimaru fell to the ground for a few seconds then stood up again as if nothing happened. Storm did not notice him stand back up for she was facing Kabuto, "Let her go." She growled as if she were a raging wolf with its hackles raised read for a fight.
When Kabuto did not move she took his hand pulled back away from Emerald, who moved away once released, Storm pushed Kabuto's hand into his arm 'causing him to go to his knee in pain.
Then suddenly Storm was pulled back her left arm being pulled behind her right shoulder in a choking fashion, an arm tightly coiled around her waist preventing any movement. "You have gotten better at fighting haven't you?" Questioned the snake in a low voice beside her ear.
"I hate you." She explained then turned to Emerald who was still free "Don't be a moron un, Get out of here!"
Emerald was taken aback by the proclamation, but as Kabuto closed in on her she looked around and finally saw the group of people that were standing not even five feet away. "Took you long enough." She said with sarcasm and took off to them.
"Let the bitch go," Came an obnoxious voice that could only belong to an albino.
"No why ssshould I?" Orochimaru question not bothering to turn around "I did catch her."
Storm was no longer mad and the small bit of fear that laid in her stomach was gone. No now she was just annoyed "Hey I'll beat you up!" She started to thrash around kicking her legs about. Just trying to kick something, anything that could loosen the grip around her.
Orochimaru pulled Storm's left arm tighter so she could no longer breathe and yell about, also swiftly locking his leg around one of hers, leaving her balance off and unstable.
"Let the brat go." Came a clam voice that brought reassurance to the blonde girl that was being held captive.
"I know more about your own girlfriend then you do." The snake informed as he turned to look at the group of men and two women. "I deserve her more."
"That's not for you to decide," Sasori's voce was still calm but anger could be seen in his glowing brown eyes.
"Did you know she has a sssoft sssspot right behind her ear," he bit behind her ear. Storm's eyes widened has she bit the bottom of her lip and her body went limp. "Being her cousin allowed me to come over and spend the night. Her being young and not understanding made it easy." He hissed to the others who glared at him.
"Don't worry Emerald was fun to mess with as well." Kabuto informed as he pushed his glass up his noise.
Deidara pulled Emerald behind him in a protective manner. "Let her go un and you want have to get hurt."
Orochimaru let a laugh tear threw his body from deep inside his stomach vibrating out of his throat. "When I have her like this you can't hurt me without hurting her." The fact made a few of the group cinch; Sasori stepped forward but the pale man tightened his grip on the blonde. She yelled out in pain as he clawed her side. It was short and held back but it caused Sasori to stop in his tracks.
"Shit!" Hidan yelled.
"Thanks for that." Emerald said with sarcasm as she put A figure in her to get the ringing to stop.
"You know," the snake obsesses man said bring everyone's attention back to him. "She has really sensitive skin." He started to pull up her blue shirt showing her stomach to the rest revealing a scar that stretched across her abdomen, "I remember giving it to you." He said as he trailed the scar causing her stomach to flex.
"I remember to," she growled and started struggling again "Will you pansy's stop standing around like morons and HELP me already! I don't care if I get hurt I just want out of his grip got it?" Storm demanded.
"Like to sssee them try." Orochimaru laughed.
Suddenly Storm was on her stomach with a heavy body on top of her; then it was gone and she was in the arms of…someone…either way it was warm. People were talking to her but she couldn't hear them, the only thing she noticed was a pain in her head. She moved her head around, everything blended together as if on super speed but yet in slow motion at the same time. She saw Orochimaru sitting across from her. He looked absolutely defeated and pitiful.
"Orochimaru," She murmured loud enough for him to hear her. "Happiness is fleeting, so hold on to fast when it comes your way." She smiled but soon everything turned black and calmed. Her body went limp into Sasori's chest.
It's funny but the darkness didn't scare her. It was dark but not black; some was there, and it wasn't cold or depressing. She felt relaxed and didn't want to leave but the light and warmth called to her and like everything. She fallowed the fleeting feeling.
Sasori took Storm to his house that was about a ten minute walk from the school. He laid her gently in his bed and moved her bangs from her forehead to reveal a bloody bump from where she hit the ground.
Tobi had jumped on Orochimaru from behind to make him let go. It worked, but the hadn't expected Storm to be hurt in the proses. It was unnerving to see her so still. So different from her loud personality that kept you awake.
Sasori has been sitting beside her for an hour now and she still hasn't waken up. When she did all she saw was a depressed looking Sasori and she couldn't take it.
"Tell your fuzzy friend to pay you." Came her quite voice as she stared at him through groggy eyes.
"What?" Sasori asked looking at her with a small smile.
"I don't like to see people sad unless it's caused by my art un." She informed him and poked his nose.
She sat up and Sasori stood pushing her back into the bed "You have to rest brat." He informed her.
"no." Was the simple reply.
"Yes."
"only if you lay with me!" She pouted at him.
Sasori only let a small smile show as he laid next to her in the bed. "There." He told her.
Storm used him as a pillow and he rested his hand on her head. A soothing thing that always calmed her. She didn't know why but she was scared, she couldn't remember what happened after meeting the ground and she didn't know where she was. All she knew was Sasori was beside her so there was nothing to fear but fear itself.
Emerald was walking at a brisk pace back and forth across Deidara's bed room. Deidara only laughed at the action.
"Calm down un. I'm sure she is fine." Deidara reassured his girlfriend.
"You don't know that." The red haired girl's voice was even but her actions held worry.
"Sit down and rest for a while. A nap would do you good yeah." The blonde boy stood and dragged the brown eyed girl to the bed and laid down with her still wrapped in his arms.
"What if that snake did something to her?" Emerald pressed trying to get up again.
Deidara pulled her back down and kissed her temple "She is okay un." He smirked at her "But you're not."
"Wait what?" confusion showed on her face as she looked into the deep blue pools of Deidara's eyes.
"Stress will cause you to die fast and that is no good un." Deidara shifted so he was on top of her "Plus you would be no fun dead." He grinned that cocky grin that made Emerald want to smake him but instead she smiled lightly, then smaked him.
"You are a moron," She informed him before kissing him briefly on the mouth. "Brat."
"Thanks un." Deidara kissed her back full of love and fleeting heat. The best thing about a kiss, Is it can speak for you. No words are needed, no form of communication is there except the touch of a brief moment that leads to new ones, everlasting in the mind; never to be forgotten by any. One innocent kiss can say more than a picture or any person could speak; for it can say the emotions that do not have words to describe them.
The two stayed like that, linked together threw a kiss, until the day's events got to them and they both fell asleep in each other's arms. Happily warm in a fleeting moment of happiness with the internal feeling, or memory, of the way they feel right now in the other's presence.
So some shit happened and then everything went back to normal. That's how life is, the world keeps moving, it doesn't slow down or speed up; things happen then life moves on. Someday everything will stop but that is the future and if constantly look at the future then we will forget to live or don't do anything. We must invest in tomorrow but still live in today.
Storm laid on the bed that was slowly coming familiar to her along with the red head beside her; his chest raise and falling in steady shallow way that indicates his sleep. Tho not deep enough to where he want notice she is awake.
"Thank you," she mumbled and moved the back of her hand across his cheek in a soft manner and placed a soft kiss to his forehead like a mother would to her child. "For everything." She breathe out, not wanting to wake the sleeping teen.
"You have to stop mumbling and speak up so I can hear you." A growl escaped the teen's tin lips.
Storm looked down at him and laughed light, a smile gracing her lips "But then you would hear," she pointed out "And where would the fun be in that?" another giggle escaped her throat.
"The point is I would know what you are saying brat." To anyone else Sasori would look mad but Storm could see past his mask of anger and into the deep brown eyes that held compassion.
"Don't worry about it!" she declared while kissing him.
"Whatever." Sasori mumbled still in a drunken state from his sleep.
"Thanks for caring tho." Storm said simply as sky blue looked into chocolate brown.
"I'll always care." Came a simple grunt.
"I know." Storm leaned over and kissed him one last time before snuggling up to him, head on chest and his arm around her waist in a limp but affectionate manner, and they fell asleep once again.
Happiness is art, it is fleeting but the memory is eternal and when thought about it can bring a smile to your face. So remember, hold fast, and never let go or forget for art is always in your heart. But remember it is always better to share it with someone. Not always a lover but a friend or stranger. Think of the good that a smile, or wave, or simple recognizing someone can do to make them feel the fleeting moment of confusion and happiness.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
- Anne Frank
Thanks for reading, and that is the end of a Girl Next Door, which I now realize had nothing to do with a girl next door…oh well. So I got bored and lost interest in this story so I'm ending it earlier. Plus I just can't think of anything else to do with these. I hope you all have a blessed day filled with sun shine and smiles. And remember and act on the quote of today's chapter.