Disclaimer: Gwen is Narufan0001's. Plot is mine, but Naruto isn't mine.
Chapter 20: All That's Left
"I gotta say, this village's design is pretty artistic. Means it's really worth destroying."
~Deidara~
Gwen stared blankly at the village before her. And then, red hot rage overpowered her.
"Those motherfucking bastards! I'm gonna fucking kill them!" she snarled as she lunged towards the gates, intent on leveling the whole village.
"Is that her brother?" Utakata murmured as he forlornly stared at the severed head that was hung on the gates, eyes sightless now forever.
Fuu shook her head, helping the brunette restrain the other girl. "I'm not entirely sure who he was, but he helped get us out when we fled the village."
The brunette boy frowned, thankful that they were far enough away that the guards didn't notice the commotion. "Gwen, you need to calm down."
"I will not fucking calm down!" the girl snarled. "Aniki may or may not be in there, and-"
"I will check," Fuu stated as she open up the large container on her back, which then sent a strange glitter flying through the air, so unnoticeable that had she not seen Fuu open the container, Gwen wouldn't have believed that it was there.
Fuu sat down in a meditative pose, the other two copying her as they waited. Minutes later, the orange dust came back, and under Fuu's guidance, was deposited back into the container.
"He is not there," the mint haired girl stated as she stood up, brushing off her white clothing.
All the anger left Gwen as her shoulders slumped. "I don't know what to do," she whispered, tears streaming down her face as her shoulders violently shook.
Both the Jinchuurikis exchanged glances as the brunette girl cried. Neither had really dealt with something like this before, so they had no clue how to help their new friend.
Tentatively, Fuu reached out and placed a hand on Gwen's shoulders. Soon, her sobs quieted and she turned towards them, her eyes still puffy and red from the tears.
"We need to go. We can't be caught here," Gwen said as she wiped her eyes.
"Agreed," Utakata stated as he turned and silently walked farther and farther from the village.
"Too late," said a voice right beside Gwen's ear. They all turned around, only to see an ANBU member from Taki behind them.
One of them won't be enough to stop two Jinchuurikis…
Just as Gwen thought that, Utakata pulled out his pipe from the green container and blew out multicolored bubbles.
What the hell?!
Gwen face palmed as the ANBU operative stared at him in unaltered bewilderment. He wasn't expecting such an immature move from a Jinchuuriki.
"Run," Utakata calmly stated as he turned and fled, a blue and orange blur to civilian eyes. But Gwen and Fuu were no civilians, and kept up easily enough, considering he was several years older than them. Gwen suspected that he was going slowly for their sakes.
When Gwen glanced behind her, she noticed that the bubbles had converged on him and were now filled with a dark substance that appeared to be ink. It soundlessly popped, leaving not even a single trace behind.
Well, now I know whose bad side I never want to get on…
"Where are we going?" Fuu asked as they ran miles more into the darkening night.
Utakata paused, causing the two girls to falter and almost fall off the tree that they had been running on.
"I don't know," he finally answered, frowning.
"What are our options, then?" Gwen asked as she sat, her legs crossed, on the large branch. Fuu copied her, while Utakata choose to pace as he thought it over.
"We could try to hide in one of the Hidden Villages, but if it went south, it would be an unsalvageable disaster… I'd say a tiny village on the edge of one of the hidden ninja ones, and then just keep traveling from place to place after that…" the boy trailed off, still thinking.
"We could also just live in one of the forests, off the land," Fuu suggested.
"I think we should use Fuu's idea, but still be near a village if need something that we can't get out of the land or make ourselves, like kunai or clothing," Gwen added.
"I can make clothes for us," Utakata admitted, blushing when the girls stared at him.
"Can you teach me?" Gwen asked cheerfully.
"Um, sure," stated the boy, looking slightly flustered.
When both looked at Fuu, the girl mumbled something and shook her head. When they still stared at her, she shook her head more viscously than before, and audibly stated, "I don't wanna…"
Gwen pouted, but didn't try to force her tomboyish friend into anything. If she doesn't want to, then she doesn't want to.
"Okay, so is that the plan?" Utakata asked after a moment.
The girls both nodded, and then stood up.
"Where to first?" Gwen asked, smiling sadly as she thought of her brother. He would have fit perfectly with my friends…
"I'd say near Konoha since it's the friendliest of the villages," Utakata stated, smiling when the girls nodded.
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Gwen as she sadly smiled at her friends. My only friends, at the moment. Aniki is who-knows-where, ANBU-senpai, whose actual name I never even knew, is dead, so they're all that's left.
What about those people from my dream? I wonder who they are…
Gwen shook herself from her thoughts as the two Jinchuurikis began to jump from the limbs of the trees to other limbs. Time to go!
Question: Who's your favorite Akatsuki member?
My answer: Itachi, though I think Kisame's the most adorable and Sasori's cool, too.
