CHAPTER 5

I opened my eyes and looked around me. My face felt sticky as if I cried, - What the, hey! I've cried last night! I tried to remember what happened,"I was cryimg and then Sasori comforted me." I thought. "Where's he?"I got out of the bed and looked at the mirror. I looked like a corpse. I'm pale and I had eye bags, and my hair is a mess! I grabbed a comb and brushed my hair. My hair is straight, black and shiny but just plain. It's just below my shoulders. I looked at it again. "Oh! I need to wash my face!"I put up my hair in a messy bun using a cloth. God, my acne is starting again. And every time I have it, it always leave scars!! SHIT! I'm so unfortunate. After I washed my face, whew, I'm done. I looked fresh and everything. I fixed my hair into a pony tail. I've never tied my hair since I got here. I looked at the mirror. Gosh! I'm becoming obese , no fat or more like just chubby. I tried smiling and posing infront of the mirror. Guess, I'm not that ugly at all, in fact I look cute.

I'm smiling and making cute poses when suddenly Sasori came in. "Nadia-" I looked at him still smiling, I don't really mind him at all. "Oh, danna," I trailed off. "Uhm, Najia, we're going out." Hey, it's my day-off. "Where?" I asked innocently. " We're picking pineapples" I raised an eyebrow. " We're picking what?" Sasori just rolled his eyes and sighed. " Be ready. We won't be training today." Yeah, because it's my day-off, remember?" I huffed. " I don't remember such thing." Oh the bastard. "Sasori- danna!" I whined. "Fine, we're picking pineapples." He stayed sitting on his bed. I went to the bathroom with all I need. After 10 minutes, I came out fully clothed. "Uh, Sasori-danna, I,m done." I just received a "Hn'. I followed him. He also brought his puppet Hiruko. He went inside, '"Najia, climb on Hiruko." Oh, great. "hai".

I know I'm not talking so to prevent boredom, I brought my ipod. It played 'Teardrops on my Guitar'. I think it's not bad to sing along. I know that danna was listening inside, and I don't care at all. After the song ended, I looked at the trees around me. I got bored again. "Uh, Sasori- danna?" I knocked Hiruko.

" Sasori – danna?"

"What"

" Is it okay to talk with you?"

" What is it?"

"Why are you inside Hiruko?"

" I need to hide my face to the enemies"

"Ah"

"Uh, how old are you? Maybe 18?"

" No, more like 40"

" Nice talking danna, WHAT? You can't be! You looked just like a year older than me."

He chuckled. "I'm half human and half puppet. Or should I say, a living puppet."

" You're a puppet? COOL!"

"Hn"

" Najia, why are you sad?"

"Huh? Oh nothing. I'm just making myself sad. There's no reason to be sad at all."

"Why?"

" It's my trip"

" Your trip? You're lying. I read your notebook."

"Yeah, whatever…Um, last night..?"

" What about it"

" Danna"

"What?"" Thank you. I feel much better now"

"Hn"

We reached a pineapple field. "Wow! Pineapples!" I exclaimed. "Najia, do you like pineapples?" he asked. "Oh yes. Especially during summer." I said. " Pick anything you want" he gace me a shovel. " but I don't know how." He sighed and got the shovel and kneeled down to pick the nearest pineapple. "Uh, Sasori-danna, could you please pick that one?" I asked. He obediently followed. " oh, and that one." He went to where I pointed at. An evil smile crept to my face. " And that one. Oh, no that, that one. Yes, that one. That and that!" I ordered. Sensing my trick, , Sasori stood up and gave the shovel to me. " Are you fooling me?" he asked in a deadly voice. Oops. "Huh? No ! You have mistaken!" I laughed nervously. "Your turn". I went farther to the field where bright yellow fruits can be seen. I shoved the tool to the ground and got the pineapple. I'm so proud of myself and I showed it to him. " Sasori-danna, look!" I smiled while holding it up high. Sasori looked at me amused. " Good", he muttered while looking away. " Was he hiding…? He just blushed." I thought. "The bastard", I smirked, "what a homo".

After picking, I went to him while he sliced the pineapples. I told him that I don't know how to get these fruits ready so he did it by himself. We were sitting under a tree, I'm eating while he was cleaning his puppets. I looked at him, his look is fixed on me. "Danna, is there something wrong?" I asked. Nothing, I just remembered someone in you." I grew curious. "Who was it?" he sighed. "Nothing. It's none of your business." He's annoyed. "Okay" I went on eating. I laughed a little, "Pineapples are the best!" He looked at me again. "You do love pineapples huh?" I grinned sheepishly, "Hn".

It was already afternoon. "Let's go back" Sasori said as he stood up. He was about to enter Hiruko when I stopped him. I hugged him from the back. "Thank you danna, I'm so happy today." I said as I released him. "Hn". I climbed at the puppet and we began walking home.

SASORI"S POV

"She's still on my back. I've never seen her act like that before. She must have been so happy. I remember, she refused to talk, but now, she's so talkative." I thought. The hug she gave really surprised me. I could sense her happiness. I think I blushed a bit. Good thing she didn't see. When she asked about who I remembered in her, I almost told her. Yokomo, she looked like Yokomo. She has long black hair and fairer skin than Najia. But Najia is, I think, more cuter. What? Did I say cute? There's no way that brat is going to be cute!

BACK TO NAJIA'S POV

The trip really tired me up. But it was fun! I talked with Sasori, laughed and ate pineapples! I even brought some home. I think I found a new friend in him. Maybe I should befriend the others as well. Wait! What about my escape plan? Yes, I'll plan it carefully ( inserts evil laugh ). "First, I need to train hard so I can be a good shinobi, second, I need to gain their trust and third, ha ha ha! Escape!" and that was inside my evil mind.

We were already near the akatsuki base when something moved from the bushes. I took notice of this and I'm afraid coz it's already dark. "Sasori –danna, what's that?" I knocked on the puppet. Hiruko's tail appeared ready to strike. Just then a small rabbit jumped out of the bush made me scream like a little girly, "Aaah!" I quickly covered my mouth with my two hands. I heard the bastard laughed. "Oh, it was just a cute little rabbit after all." He said mockingly. "Hmp!" I glanced way, looking embarrassed.

We went inside and entered the underground tunnel. We walked until we got to the living room. All of the members were watching TV. "Sasori-danna, Najia- chan, where have you been, un!" Deidara pouted like a child. "Hi, Dei-chan, we came from a walk." I said with a grin. Sasori just looked at me. "Dei-chan? Just from a walk? You came back this late?" Deidara asked. "Yeah", I rolled my eyes. And Tobi suddenly hugged me, again. "Tobi is glad you're back!" I'm not surprised at his behavior anymore. I hugged him back. "Oh, Tobi-chan, you're so nice." I said smiling. They looked at me and sweat-dropped. Tobi let me sit beside him and Deidara. "Tobi, I'm bored let's play." I said. "Sure! Tobi will be glad! Tobi exclaimed as he jumped from the sofa. " Tobi, un! You retard." Deidara muttered. All the members had gone off the kitchen, so it's just the 3 of us here. "Tobi, let's play hide-and-seek!", I squealed. "Ok, when I count 10, you should be hiding ok?" Tobi answered,"OK!" I positioned myself in the sofa near Deidara. I closed my eyes and counted up to 10. "One, two, three.."

"Nine..Ten!" I opened my eyes and found Deidara laughing. "Gee, what's his problem?" I thought. I looked beside me and I saw Tobi hiding his head in a frying pan. "What the.." I just stared while Deidara howled in laughter. Deidara stopped laughing. "It's hopeless, un" he said. "Why don't you make art with me?" he offered. "Hey, that sounds fun, sure!' I cried. I followed him to his room while Tobi played with his frying pan. Inside his room are paintings, sculptures of animals made with clay and paintins hung on the wall. "Amazing", I blurted out. "You like what you see?" he smirked. "Yeah!" I cried."What do you want to do?" he asked. "I want to draw and paint!" I said happily. He handed me pencil, pastel, paints, paint brushes and a sketch pad. 'Now make art" he said. "Yes sir!"

I thought of a flower vase with lots of, of course, flowers in it. First, I used pencil to draw, I shaded it from dark to light. Just like charcoal drawing. Diedara was amazed. "Hey, you're good". Another page, I painted a flower on top of a rock. I did well on the color combinations. "Very well, you're an artist!" he exclaimed. "Really?" I asked. "Now, I'll give you this." He formed something out of clay from his palm. It looked like a bird. "Kawaii! Thank you!" I smiled. I was sitting on a chair, admiring his work. He knelled down and said, "You know, art is a bang, it never lasts." I was surprised. "Really? Well for me, art is anything that requires human skills, anything that is non-scientific and non-technical. Something from imagination that can be connected to reality. As in, anything that you may find beautiful and satisfying." Deidara just smiled at me. He's so cute! "You know, you're the only one who liked my art." He said sadly. "Hey, fireworks are pretty and useful!" I cheered him up. "Right un!" He's now happy. I left his room and went to our room so I can sleep.

When I came in the bedroom, Sasori was there waiting for me. He looked so pissed off.