Ah, gomen! Sorry it took so long guys! My vacation was cut short by Irene… it was depressing. But then I had school, and I should have worked on this sooner, but I was so busy with school and my sister's personal emergency that resulted in her moving in with us... but that's no excuse. POLL RESULTS! Hidan and Deidara are tied! So, how am I gonna choose who wins in the end?... I HAVE NO CLUE! We shall just have to see how this plays out, ne?
Disclaimer: This lazy teme doesn't own Naruto. Or Camelot. You shall understand the latter later.
I decided it would be easiest to give the other Akatsuki their invitations at lunch, but again, I was freaking out. I finally managed to calm myself by reminding me that I managed to talk to Pein and invite him without a problem… But I haven't even spoken with that girl yet, and Kakuzu is scary…
I finally steeled my nerves and walked over to their tables once I was out of the line.
"KAI-CHAN!" Tobi greeted me as he nearly knocked me over with yet another glomp.
"Tobi, you baka! Get off her, yeah!" Deidara came over and pried Tobi off of me, then grinned somewhat sheepishly at me. "Sorry, yeah. You'll get used to him eventually." I chuckled and looked at the rest of the group, noting that Hidan was not there yet.
"Gomen, I hope I'm not interrupting anything important. I just needed to finish something." I looked around, double checking my mental list. I already invited Kisame and Itachi, Pein and Zetsu, Deidara and Sasori, and Hidan. Therefore, I needed to issue an invitation to Kakuzu, Tobi (that would be fun), and the girl. I looked at the latter first. "Uh, I don't believe we've met before. I am Mitarashi Kai." I smiled at her, waiting for a response. She really was pretty, with dark blue hair pulled into a bun with a white origami rose, sapphire blue eyes, dark eyeshadow and liner, and a centered labret piercing.
"I am Konan. It's a pleasure to meet you, Kai." She smiled softly.
"Great to meet you too!" I grinned. "Alrighty then, on to business! I need to finish inviting you guys to my party Friday! See, I already invited most of you, but I didn't get to invite Kakuzu, Konan or Tobi yet! So, now I have! You are all now officially invited!"
"TOBI IS INVITE TO PRETTY KAI-CHAN'S PARTY?"
"Yes Tobi, you are invited." I giggled.
"Mitarashi-chan…" Pein started.
"Ah, please just call me Kai. We're friends now, right?" Well, that was presumptuous of me. I mentally slapped myself.
"Alright, Kai it is then. I don't know about the rest of us, but you never told us where your house is or what time the party is."
"Ah, that's right! I was so excited to invite everyone, I forgot the details!" I laughed sheepishly and rubbed the back of my neck. A few of the Akatsuki sweatdropped. I gave them the details and told them about the pool.
"A pool, huh? You forgot to mention that when you invited me." An already familiar voice said from behind me. I turned around and ended up nose to nose with Hidan. I blushed crimson, and he chuckled. "I'm even more excited now."
"Sh-shut up, Hidan!" I stuttered.
"Oi, Hidan, leave her alone, yeah!" Deidara walked over to us and pushed Hidan back a little. Hidan glared at him, and if looks could kill, Deidara would've been six feet under. I shrank back, and they both noticed. The glare immediately disappeared.
"Ah, that's it! I'm gonna go eat now!"I said, attempting to break up the tension. I waved, then headed back to my table to give the details to everyone there.
"Also, Naruto, could you pass the details onto Sasuke? I forgot to tell him too."
"You invited him? And he said yes?"He asked (yelled) Incredulously.
"Yeah, I was sort of surprised too."
In gym, I relaxed because I didn't have to worry about inviting anyone that period. Ino and TenTen were already debating what they would wear to the party when I finally walked into the locker room. When I walked out, Deidara winked at came towards me.
"Jeez, I'm not quite sure if I prefer this, or the tutu, hm." Once again, I found myself fiery red. What was it with these boys?
"Ah... I personally prefer the tutu." I said.
"I guess you're right, yeah. The tutu is more you somehow."
"Hey gorgeous!" Kiba called, walking over and wrapping an arm around my shoulders. I looked at him frantically, trying to guess his game. He stared at Deidara, daring him to say anything.
Deidara never backs down from a dare, apparently. "We were talking, yeah. It's rude to interrupt, kid."
"Kid? I'm only a year younger than you, baka!" Kiba fumed. Obviously, this was going to get worse before it got better. "Besides, she'd rather talk to me than a fag like you anyday." The hurt on Deidara's face struck me to the core. That was totally uncalled for, and I could sense his feeling of betrayal that I hadn't stopped Kiba from saying it. Now I was pissed. I turned towards Kiba and slapped him, hard, in the face, then shoved him away from me.
"How dare you?" I shouted, my face heating, this time in anger. "Who do you think you are? What makes you think I would rather talk to you, when you go and make stupid comments like that? Deidara is a great guy, and I can't believe you would call him that when he obviously isn't! What did he do to deserve that?"
At this point, everyone was staring. I was making a scene, but at that point, I didn't care. Kiba was staring at me shocked, and angry red mark glaring from the side of his face. He stammered, "I-I uh... didn't mean to... uh, upset you...a-and I'm sorry?" The apology was more of a question than an answer, and I didn't miss the fact that he was only including me in that. It was obvious to me that he was sorry that I got mad at him, not that he made me mad, or that he hurt Deidara.
"Don't freaking apologize to me, I'm not the one you need to apologize to! He's the one you humiliated!" Deidara was looking at me, a bizarre look on his face, like he couldn't believe I actually was standing up for him. Kiba looked at him, and mumbled a quick apology before walking away. I turned to Deidara and he blushed at the concern written on my face. "Are you okay, Dei-kun?"
"It isn't like he hit me, yeah." He muttered.
"It was still rude and unacceptable." I said emphatically. "No one deserves that crap." I hugged him, and didn't let go until Gai-sensei walked in and commented on the youthfulness of our embrace.
History went by as slow as yesterday. Study Hall was once again spent in insanity, sans dogfood. At the end of the period, when we were given time to talk (probably because Anko was in a good mood), I was surrounded by four teenage boys. Hidan snuck up behind me and poked me in the ribs, earning an "eep!" from me.
"That sh*t is never going to get old!" He laughed and I glared, slapping at his arm.
"Meanie butt!" I stuck out my tongue and pouted as Hidan, Deidara, Naruto and Kisame laughed hysterically.
"You know, you really shouldn't make f*cking cute faces like that." Hidan whispered lowly into my ear.
"Why?"
"Because..." He continued in that seductive way that had my pulse racing and face blushing, "It makes me want to f*cking..." He hesitated, and I sat with baited breath, waiting to hear how he finished that statement.
"Poke you again!" He said louder, and followed through with it. I jumped and "eep"ed again, and slapped at him as he easily held me at arms length.
"Nofairnofair no faaaiiir!" I whined, and they all just laughed. I noticed, however, that it took Deidara a moment longer to do so, and his chuckle only seemed halfhearted.
In choir, I inquired about the drama club. Temari told me that they had one, and that this year, the musical they were doing was "Camelot." I was excited, I always wanted to play Guinevere. The name was so... foreign, and I love the way it sounded. The ending was tragic, but inspiring. I asked her when the auditions were. I had two weeks to perfect "The Lusty Month of May," and "What do the Simple Folk Do?", as well as the scene in which Pellinore enters the show for the first time. I loved her character, too. She was witty and sarcastic, and wise and conflicted all at once. I couldn't wait. She told me to pick up the sheet music in Jiraiya-sensei's office. Oh boy.
When I told her about the party, she was ecstatic. "Of course we'll come! Right Kankuro? Don't you dare say no!" She threatened.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll be there! I wouldn't say no to the chance to party!"
"Great!" I gave them the details, and by the time I was done, Temari was bouncing in her seat. Oh yeah, this was gonna be one fun party.