Not Just Orochimaru Anymore
CAUTION: IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO THE AKATSUKI IS I SUGGEST YOU DO A LITTLE RESEARCH OR YOU MIGHT BE A BIT CONFUSED. OTHERWISE, READ ON.
Someone stood in the shadows behind us. I took my hand off the door handle and took a few steps. "Sasuke?" I asked, putting it out there.
The figure laughed. "Nice guess, but no, un."
"Orochimaru?" Naruto put out.
"Ha!" went the figure. "Now that's just funny un! No way Orochimaru would come all this way, un!"
"Then who are you?" Sakura pushed the conversation.
"Why don't I show you, un?" suggested the figure, stepping out of the shadows.
I gulped. There was no way! "Deidara?!" I shouted.
Naruto grit his teeth. The last person he wanted to see was an Akatsuki member. His fist tightened. "What's a low life like you doing here?" he asked under his breath.
"We're assisting Orochimaru in taking over the place, un," Deidara answered, a smug smile on his face.
We all jolted back. None of us expected to hear this. "You see," Deidara continued, "When word spread of Orochimaru's plans, the Leader got interested and made a deal with him, un…"
"What deal"- Deidara raised up his hand to silence Sakura. The mouth on his palm was squiggling. I squinted at it. There was some reason it was doing that, but I couldn't think of it. "Let me finish, un!" he scolded.
"They made a deal to split the land in half once we gain control and that we couldn't interfere with one another's ruling tactics, but Orochimaru also had known about out goal to obtain the tailed beasts, un," his gaze went to Naruto who quickly looked down. "He said if we had all the tailed beasts, it would be easier to rule this world, but we would have to use them between each other and not split them, un. At least to avoid conflict over getting the strongest ones," his gaze was still focused on Naruto.
Deidara sighed from his long speech, "Anyhow, I was sent here to see what you were up to and report back to the Leader, un."
"Why are you not reporting back to Orochimaru?" I asked.
Deidara laughed again. He raised his pointer finger to his mouth. "Let's keep that as a secret, un," he opened his hand, a little clay bird sat where the mouth was. We froze in place. "See this, un?" Deidara asked, pushing his hand closer to us. He smiled when we flinched back. "This may look like an ordinary bomb, but it's really a transportation bomb, un!"
My eyes narrowed. "You see un," Deidara went on, "I put a tag on my works of art to where the bomb will take its victims, un. For example," Deidara grabbed Lee's arm and pulled him away from the rest of us. "The tag on this bomb says Konoha, un," he dropped the bomb in front of Lee. A cloud of smoke burst out. When it cleared, Lee wasn't there anymore. We stared in astonishment.
"Amazing what art can do isn't it, un?" Deidara asked, pulling out another bomb. I looked at it; there wasn't a tag on this one. "I suggest you run from this one, un," Deidara said smugly as he dropped the bomb. We dashed out the door just in time for the bomb to explode. The roof had blown off by the time we were heading to the truck.
Flames flared out the windows. We got back to the apartment 12:00 at night, so we were all very exhausted. "Thank God it's Friday!" I yelled, slumping onto the couch. Patches of soot from the explosion were on our clothes. As soon as I had hit the couch however, I had fallen asleep.
Meanwhile…A puff of smoke appeared in the room the Akatsuki were meeting. Deidara brushed off any specks of soot of his uniform, and sat down in the last open chair. "You have news for me Deidara?" the Leader asked.
"Yes, un. They made a trip to the FBI building last night un. I don't know why yet though un."
The Leader shifted his position in the chair. "FBI huh? Normally, I would inform Orochimaru of this, but that would interfere with our own plans," the Leader looked in Zetsu's direction. "If we're to get any further information, we'll need someone who can blend in."
"I'll leave as soon as possible," Zetsu answered.
"Perfect," said a satisfied Leader.
"Everything is going smoothly isn't it, un?" Deidara said, with a smug smile.
"Indeed," answered the Leader.