Chapter 13
Sunagakure
Gaara remained quiet for the next hour. There was a certain fear that Deidara had impaled on him ever since they first fought that the blonde wanted to finish him off. How could everyone else feel so relaxed whilst travelling with a murderer? He felt so betrayed. Everybody seemed to be ignoring him too; especially Itachi. The raven was chatting away to Temari and laughing with her. At least they seemed happier. Moments later, he felt a presence behind him. It was Deidara. He flinched away from the blonde.
"What's the matter un?"
"You know perfectly well what's the matter with me. I don't trust you at all. After everything you put Itachi through and after everything you put me through, it's a surprise that you can still have the guts to approach us."
"Gaara, I assure you that you can trust me, un! I promise!"
"Once this bird stops, I'm getting off and walking it to Suna. Don't speak to me."
"There is an Akatsuki member following us, un! You get off this bird then you're as good as dead!"
"Why didn't you say anything? Don't you think it's important to let everybody know when there's danger?"
"They already know!"
"Good! Now go away!"
Deidara sighed in defeat and went back to Konan, Temari and Itachi.
Gaara was fuming with the blonde, now more than ever. He hated him with a passion.
As night fell, nobody spoke to the fifteen-year old. Not a soul. He felt completely lonely. Soon, Deidara stopped the bird so everyone could rest once he'd confirmed the Akatsuki member had disappeared. Gaara got off the bird and waited until everybody was asleep, before running off into the forest. He wanted to leave; being in Deidara's presence was just too much to handle. As he ran, he felt somebody grab his arm firmly and pull him back.
"Where are you going, Gaara?" Asked Itachi, turning him round.
"U-Um... I-"
"I know you're trying to run away. Don't deny it."
He exhaled slowly. "I hate that prick Deidara! I can't stand him! He makes me sick!"
"Well, running away will get you killed again! Do you think your family can go through with that if anything should happen to you? You're all they've got! The Akatsuki are powerful and you'll die!"
"I know that, but Deidara isn't making me feel any better since he is an Akatsuki member himself!"
"He isn't anymore! Don't you remember?"
"It doesn't mean we can trust him! What if it's all part of Pein's plan? How can you be sure he won't cause us harm?"
"Because I know him a lot better than you, Gaara."
"He almost killed me, Itachi! How can you expect me to trust him?"
"And you have to trust him! If he was bad, don't you think he would've killed us by now?"
"Well I apologize for caring!"
"Don't start acting like that again, Gaara!"
"Acting like what?"
"You know fucking well what!"
Gaara glared and proceeded to leave.
"Where the fuck are you going?"
"That bastard is bad news! Why are you all so blind to see that?"
Itachi leapt at his back and pinned him to the ground.
"What the fuck?"
"Shut up and listen to me. Deidara won't hurt you again, I assure you. He wouldn't dare with all of us there. I am a stronger fighter than him and so is Konan. Do you really think he's got the guts to attack with such powerful ninja around him?"
Gaara growled. "Alright. Now get off. You're hurting me."
Itachi got up and let Gaara go, but lead him back to where everybody else was to make sure he wouldn't run away again.
Once back, everybody was still unstirred. Both boys sat together and fell asleep leaning against a tree.
Kisame stepped out of the shadows, gazing menacingly at his five victims who slept on without even an inclination of their fate. The shark-nin stepped towards two boys in particular and transformed himself into a water clone of the eldest, Itachi. Despite it being very accurate, the water clone still had a lot of room for improvement, and there was plenty of time to perfect it. "Excellent." He whispered under his breath, changing back to his normal self and stalking off into the early morning. Itachi awoke moments later. There was an oddity about the morning air; it didn't seem right. As he looked around, he caught a familiar and haunting scent drifting around the area.
Kisame
Immediately, he shook Gaara awake.
"Huh?" Was the teen's reply as he opened his eyes.
"Gaara, get up. We need to leave."
The younger teen nodded and stood, waking his sister.
"What's going on?" Asked Temari.
"I don't know, Itachi seems to be freaked out by something."
Already, Deidara had made a clay bird and was sitting atop it. "Itachi, what's wrong, un?"
"Kisame... he's been here! I can smell him!"
Deidara paled. "A-Are you sure, un?"
"You had better believe him." Said Gaara, scrambling onto the bird next to Itachi.
Temari then got on. Konan followed. "He's close. I can feel his chakra. We must hurry before he starts attacking!"
After a few minutes of flying, the bird began to slow down and drop a little.
"Deidara, we need to hurry!" Yelled Konan.
"My chakra... I can't move..." The blonde collapsed.
Konan gasped. "No!"
The bird plummeted and it hit the forest floor with great force. Konan winced in pain as she crashed to the earth. Luckily, the clay bird cushioned her fall a little. She was bruised, winded and lucky to be alive. Deidara was motionless on the floor; a pool of blood had surrounded him. Temari got up, bleeding heavily from various wounds on her face and body. She clambered away from the bird and helped Konan up. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." She then rushed over to Deidara and checked his vitals.
She sighed.
"I-Is he dead?" Asked Temari fearfully.
She nodded.
"Where's Itachi and Gaara?"
"I-I don't know!"
They were nowhere to be seen.
Konan suddenly paled and walked over to the wrecked bird. "Help me lift this up!" Both girls managed to pick it up and saw both boys underneath it. Itachi was unconscious and Gaara was awake. Temari pulled them to safety and checked Itachi's vitals, then once confirming he was alright, went over to Gaara. He was leaning against a tree, breathing shallow.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah."
"We have to get out of here as fast as possible. We'll be home soon, don't worry."
He nodded and forced himself up, wincing in pain.
"Shit! Kisame! I can sense his chakra!" Whispered Konan sharply.
"What? How far away is he?" Questioned Temari.
"Guess who's back!" Growled a menacing voice.
The trio turned. Kisame stood just metres away from them with Samehada slung lazily over his shoulder. "That was a nasty fall you had, wasn't it? What a shame about Deidara." He chuckled.
"What do you want from us?" Demanded Konan.
"You know perfectly well what I want. I want you, Konan. And I certainly want my little Itachi."
Temari growled. "You're going back empty-handed, friend!"
Kisame chuckled. "Is that so? What are you going to do about it?" He asked, hurling himself at the pair. Konan fell back since she was weak from the fall. It was now up to Temari and Gaara. Temari pulled out her fan and blew the man back, then mixed the air with chakra, making it slice him open all over. He didn't seem fazed and advanced on her, using a waterball, launched it at her. She blocked it with her fan, but a second one came in behind her. Unfortunately, she didn't dodge it time and it smashed into her body, forcing the girl to her knees. Kisame then struck her across the face, knocking her unconscious.
"You hurt my sister, you fucking bastard!" Growled Gaara, punching Kisame across the face. The man turned and kicked him in the leg, then slamming him into a tree. Gaara hissed in pain and tried to get up, but was kicked again by Kisame.
Konan growled and got up as the man then turned and advanced on Itachi. "Don't you touch them!" She threatened.
Kisame chuckled and caressed the raven's face. "My pretty. We'll be fucking soon; don't you worry."
She charged at him, sending him tumbling to the floor; but he pulled her down with him. He grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her behind her back, then grounded her into the floor. She screamed in pain and felt as if somebody was crushing her lungs. Despite it all, her free arm found its way into his weapon pouch and pulled out a kunai. Brandishing the weapon, she plunged it into Kisame's rough flesh. The man only got angrier and pushed her harder into the floor. She couldn't do anything. He kicked her, stamped on her and any other violent thing you could imagine. After mere seconds, she was bleeding, bruised and broken. Agony rippled through her weakened body and she was terrified.
Suddenly, the weight shifted off of her as Kisame was thrown to the floor. Temari smashed her heavy iron fan onto his body repeatedly and then opened it, swinging the weapon in his direction. A strong gust of wind threw him across the forest floor. Konan got up. "Thanks, I owe you."
"Hey, no problem."
Kisame had recovered impossibly quick and was charging toward them.
"Temari! Fetch your brother! We need to get out of here!"
The blonde nodded and rushed over to him, but Kisame kicked her down and began trying to take off her clothes.
"Leave her alone, you bastard!" Gaara growled, dragging the pervert down. Kisame fell and smirked on seeing the teen. "You'll be a better fuck, now won't you? Or maybe we should have a three way?"
"Over my dead body!" He bit him hard.
"Ow! You little shit, that hurts!" Kisame kicked him hard in the stomach, making the teen let go and fall onto his back.
Temari growled. "Don't you dare hurt him!" She hissed, landing a painful blow to Kisame's jaw. Gaara then got up and rushed over to Konan, followed by Temari.
The bluenette was holding Itachi's unconscious form protectively.
"Are you both okay?" Asked Gaara.
"Take Itachi. I'm too weak to carry him."
"What happened to you? Did Kisame do this?" He asked worriedly, taking Itachi from her arms and placing him in his own.
"Y-Yeah." She suddenly gasped in pain.
"Where are you hurt?"
"Everywhere."
He went to heal her, but she grabbed his wrist. "No, Gaara. We don't have enough time left. Kisame will come after us any second now!"
"Konan-"
"Let's go." She stood with difficulty and rushed deeper into the forest. Gaara and Temari followed. Soon, Kisame was chasing after them, full speed. The trio couldn't run so fast since they were quite badly injured from the battle. Gaara turned and blasted Kisame with his sand, giving them more time to get away. He wouldn't be able to perform any more attacks now since his chakra was so low; But at least it gave them all more of a chance to escape. As night fell, Kisame seemed to have given up and almost every trace of him had disappeared. This meant they could all slow down and relax a little.
"Gaara?" Called Temari
"Hm?"
"Would you like me to carry Itachi for a bit? You look exhausted."
"Please." He handed the unconscious raven over to his sister. "When will we be back home?"
"Very soon. In an hour I would say."
"Um, I didn't have time to ask earlier, but where's Deidara?"
"He's dead. The fall killed him."
"Hn."
"I guess you don't really care anyway since you never liked him."
"I do care. I just didn't get along with him because of what he did to Itachi and me."
"Yeah. I suppose doing that was completely unforgivable. But I still think you should've given him a chance. He was a really nice guy if you got to know him."
Gaara glared at her. "Got a crush, Temari?"
She hit him on the back of the head for that comment. "Certainly not! Why would I have a crush on somebody who hurt you?"
"You're very unpredictable sometimes, sis. How should I know?"
"Do you want me to knock you into next week?"
"Wow. A sister that can make me time-travel. That is something you don't see every day, isn't it?"
"Gaara." Her tone sounded menacing now.
He decided to shut up. Temari plus bad mood equals blood. A little while later, there was some visible sand on the ground which thickened as time wore on. Furthermore, the trees had thinned out and the forest floor was now replaced completely with sand, indicating that they were now in Suna.
"We've made it." Said Temari, smiling in relief.
Hey guys. Sorry it took so long to update TT^TT I've been suffering with Writer's Block and have had lots on request on DeviantART and stuff, so yeah. The updates will now be coming a lot quicker. I'm so sorry for the long wait.
-Hugglez you all-
Gaara: DEIDARA'S DEAD! WOOT!
Me: -smacks him- Don't be mean!
Gaara: He almost killed me!
Me: Yeah but he's funny with Tobi
Gaara: Who the fuck-
Tobi: TOBI'S A GOOD BOY
Gaara: Oh lord ¬_¬