Disclaimer: No more how hard I wish, I will never own Naruto or any of the characters. Only Kai and my little OC village.
Chapter 3: Playing Catchup with the News
Kakuzu was growing irritably tired of his partner. All the man ever did was bitch and complain. Oh and not to mention go on and on about his God, Jashin. Sometimes he wished that when he did things like strangle the Jashinist, or dismember the Jashinist that the man would actually die, but unfortunately, he was too faithful.
"How much fucking longer before we get to this damn temple!?" The silver haired man yelled from behind him. Once again Kakuzu ignored him. He'd been ignoring him all day. He couldn't figure out why the hell his parents didn't teach him when to shut the hell up.
"Hey Kakuzu! Don't ignore me you ignorant ass! I know you hear me! Kakuzu! Kakuzu."
"Shut up Hidan!" Kakuzu yelled finally cracking. "You've asked me the same question a million times! We are almost there! Shut the hell up and if you open your mouth again I'm gonna sew it shut!"
Hidan stopped in his tracks and looked at Kakuzu. He was offended. All he had done was ask a simple question. Kakuzu was always such a tight ass. He held his tongue, he decided it wasn't worth pissing Kakuzu off again because he probably would sew his mouth shut and then nobody would be happy. Well at least Hidan wouldn't.
The walk to the temple seemed to drag on and on in the unbearable silence. Hidan's mind began to wander. What would he do when he returned to the hideout? Hm, he would go find Kai and sleep with her again. She was the perfect distraction. Thinking about her long, soft hair. The smell of her skin. The feel of her round breast cupped in his hands. Her-
"Hidan, we're here." Kakuzu said pulling him from his fantasies. A large temple sat ahead of them. The people were already on alert. Running around scrambling and scurrying. Hidan could feel the adrenaline rushing through his veins as he watched all the sacrifices running for their lives and trying to protect their precious leader or whatever. He didn't care. He only cared for the blood, the pain, and the sweet release it gave him.
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"Mmm Deidara." I moaned. I could feel the vibrations of his throat against my neck. Our slick skin meshed together as he thrusted inside of me at a quick steady pace. His damp blonde locks tied between my fingers. There was something these Akatsuki. Sex with them was like hours of delicious pain. Pain that you didn't want to give up. Pain that they were glad to give you. They were just so good at what they did. Everything they did.
"Ah Dei!" I remember the first time I'd ever gotten involved with Deidara. It was a pure spur of the moment. Nothing like my first with Hidan and Kakuzu had basically pinned me in a corner and lured me into bed with them. Deidara and I were the same age. Nineteen. So naturally at first I was drawn to him-not as much as Itachi- but still. He and I were on a mission together. Sasori had stayed behind by Pein's orders and the blonde haired man had shown me his explosive clay. Somewhere in between blowing up small cities and empty land fields, I'd realized a few things about Deidara.
One, he was really attractive. Two, he was funny in a psychotic type way. And three, aside from his psychotic explosive nature, his personality was really quite caring and charming to be around. After discovering that, we both discovered that hidden caves in the forests were a Godsend and that it was very possible to have sex until neither of you could move.
I felt Deidara's lips crash down on me in a heated kiss. One of his hands slid under me and stayed itself on the small of my back, my hips bucked against him begging for my release. My hands moved down to his arms. Digging my nails into pale skin. We were in sync now with our thrusts and we were in sync when we came undone with one another.
Deidara rested on top of me for another minute before rolling over onto his back. I took this moment of quiet as an opportunity to catch my breath. Not long after I hugged the sheets to my chest, rolled over, and began playing with Dei's hair.
"I'm really glad Kakuzu sewed your arms back in." I said quietly. "Well," I added, "your arm and another arm."
"No kidding, hn." He smirked. "He's gonna have to sew Hidan's head back on by the time they get back from their mission."
"Deidara," I couldn't help the small tug at the corners of my lips, "don't say that about Hidan. He'll be fine. He's not as wreck less as you think." That was a lie. I knew it was a lie, but I felt like it needed to be said.
"Oh Kai." The blue eyed man said rolling over to snuggle against me. "Don't defend that dick. Hn, Hidan, he's such an asshole, yeah." I wonder what he say if he knew Hidan and I are been together only mere days before we were.
"Why do you hate him so much? I thought you liked Hidan."
"I like Hidan about as much as I like Tobi. That idiot, yeah." I guess asking him that was a stupid question. From the very day Hidan was introduced into Akatsuki, Deidara didn't seem to like him. Maybe that was because he saw the spark of interest in Hidan's eyes when he saw me. Maybe it's because he figured Kakuzu would find some kind of delight in sexually "torturing" me with his new partner. I guess I could understand Deidara's jealousy, I technically belonged to him first. Then Kakuzu decided he was horny and stole me away and then Hidan came into the picture and between the possessiveness of those two Deidara and I barely ever got a moment to ourselves.
So it was only natural for him to pounce on me the minute those two had left. Aside from Deidara's hatred of those two he also hated many others but mainly Itachi. He hated Kisame, Zetsu, and especially Tobi when they did things like compliment me or hug me. He hated Itachi most of all. He already had a prior disliking for the older Uchiha when he lost his fight against him, but he hates even more now because he's well aware of my feelings for him.
"Deidara. I have to go. I need to shower and I'm starving." I told him. Deidara proceeded to groan. "No." He said.
"Dei. Please let go of me." I said sweetly.
"Fine." Deidara's grip around my body slipped away only to be replaced by his knees against my sides as he straddled me. "If I have to let you go," he purred into my ear and he planted kisses along my jawline, "let it be after we roll around one more time." Before I could even protest I felt him push him into me. And with it all my will crumbled.
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Naruto was having a bit of trouble focusing on his training today. He couldn't shake the weird memories from his talk with that Akatsuki woman. He didn't even know her name and yet everything she said was stuck in his head.
'Is she really like me? Could we share the same past?' He questioned. It was the fifteenth time today that he'd asked himself this question.
"Naruto!" His head snapped up. "You look…distracted. Maybe you should take a break." Kakashi Sensei suggested.
"No!" Naruto exclaimed. "I can't give up! Not yet Sensei! I know I can do it, I just-"
"Naruto. I think it's time for you to call it quits for today. I have some bad news for you." The words 'bad news' made all of Naruto's focus center on the white haired man then. He'd had his share of bad news in his lifetime and he always knew that bad news meant terrible news. Possibly, catastrophic news.
"What happened?" He asked quietly.
Kakashi stared at his student and he felt remorseful for him. He hated to be the bearer of bad news especially since it was so common for Naruto.
It was with a hung head and a heavy sigh that he continued to tell him the somber news. "Asuma…is dead."
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The funeral was like many of the other funerals Naruto had been to. Sad, filled with crying people, rainy, dark clouds, and overly depressing. Naruto felt like this was all just some big sick joke. How could it even be possible? He was just speaking to Asuma a few days ago. The man was giving him tips on how to control his wind nature.
Now he was buried six feet under. Alone. Cold. Without his cigarette. The blonde boy looked to his left and down the line he could see the long blonde haired girl weeping softly over the loss of her Sensei. Next to her was the brown haired shinobi. Choji, he wasn't even eating. If there was anyone who was taking it harder than anyone else, it was Shikamaru. He wasn't here, but Naruto knew. He could the heartache in the pit of his soul. He felt bad for his comrade. Shikamaru had a special bond with the deceased man. Asuma was like his second father, or maybe an uncle.
Regardless of the bond they had, they were close. When the funeral was over Naruto retreated to his apartment where he lay in his bed. Sadness has swept over him and it was all consuming. He couldn't think of anything else to do. But weep. Stare blankly ahead. Weep. And finally sleep.
His sleep wasn't peaceful. He was too angry. "It was Akatsuki." He remembered hearing those words. Asuma was killed by Akatsuki. The Akatsuki woman that had visited him just nights before the murder. Had it all been a lie? What had she really done to him? Was she apart of this? He needed answers. But how? He didn't even know her name. He couldn't tell anyone he just sat there with her and talked to her. What was he to do? Damn life could be hard sometimes.
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The rain was coming down harder as usual and running through it had no longer been an option. Settling in a cave to camp for the night, my teammates and I are sitting on our sleeping bags making quiet conversation. I couldn't really focus on the topic at hand then. I was worried more about being angry at the rain for pouring down as hard as it was. It was stopping us from our mission and that was something I could not tolerate. At least not for this mission. This one was way too important and the rain was sure to wash away any traces we had. This was impossibly imperfect timing.
"Ayame?" I heard Norio, one of my teammates say. My eyes glanced over at the light blue haired boy. I could see the concern for me in his eyes. His kind beautiful eyes.
"I'm fine Norio." I lied. I was not fine. I was getting more and more anxious as the time passed by. I wouldn't be able to sleep under these conditions and if I didn't sleep, I knew tomorrow would never come fast enough.
"Liar," another voice sneered. That voice belonged to my other and far my annoying teammate, Yoshi. "You been moping all day Ayame, get a grip." Yoshi and I never got along. Didn't get a long as kids, not in the academy, and especially not when we were assigned to the same team. I'm quite sure that we probably hated each other as fetuses too.
"Leave her alone Yoshi. This is a very stressful mission for Ayame. She has a lot riding on it." My sensei, Takami said. She was a nice, yet lethal woman. Her smile was always kind and she always watched out for me and defended me against Yoshi. She knew the kind of demon the black, scraggly haired, red eyed boy truly was. The mission that I had been assigned was indeed very stressful.
I had been sent out in search of my older sister, Kai Miashi, who was wanted for murdering our Kikage. I was sent out on this because despite the fact that I love my sister to death and would do anything to protect her, I also have to protect the rest of my clan from being slaughtered. I was given the ultimatum of bringing in my sister to be put to death, or not bringing her in which would prove that the entire clan was guilty by association –for plotting to overthrow the new Kikage, take over the village, and cause mass war between the six great nations- and we would all be cuffed in chakra chains and killed out one by one. It was a painful decision, but also an easy one.
I refused to let my clan fall because two of us had a bad day. I knew, the moment I saw her, the moment I got my chance I had to take it. I had to kill her. And every time I thought about it, it always brought new tears to my eyes. I knew that's what I had to do, but I also knew that she was my best friend, my family, my blood. I remember when we were younger and Kai and I would always play tag and I could never run. I would always be chasing after her and either one of two things would happen. It would be time for dinner and papa or mama would call us in to eat, or I would get so close before my legs gave out and I gave up. Kai was so much faster than me. Why could I never catch her? I worked hard and I trained my legs everyday so that I could become faster, but no matter what I could never catch up to her. I was tasked with the utterly impossible.
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Sasuke had no idea what was going or when this little infatuation between Karin and Suigetsu had begun, but one he did know, was that he didn't like it. It was annoying. It was foreign to him. Not that he cared that Karin had apparently moved on, but with Suigetsu of all people? He liked it better when they were always fighting. That was so much more tolerable than them constantly making googly eyes at each other and cooing about how 'in love' with each other they were.
He could feel Jugo's comfortability levels going down as well. Every now and then he would give Sasuke a side way glance and Sasuke would glance back only to see Jugo's normally calm face composed with worry and confusion. Sasuke merely told him to ignore the two and keep going but Jugo couldn't ignore it. It was hard to ignore it. When Suigetsu would start a sentence off with 'I really like when you' and then whisper in her ear, and she would giggle, the other two's stomachs would flip and flop all about. Or when he would start off a sentence with 'we should do' and then whisper in her ear, and she would giggle, Sasuke's eyes would roll almost all the way to the back of his head and Jugo would lurch forward and try his hardest to keep his lunch down.
Eventually they all agreed to stop for a break and this was even more mortifying than anything else that had happened. The redhead and the mist nin were cuddled up together against a tree. Their fingers intertwined and their eyes locked solely on each other. It was almost like they were in a whole other world. Once again, Suigetsu leaned into Karin's ear and whispered sweet nothings between gently kissed her earlobe. Sasuke watched as her cheeks tinted a slight pink and she placed a gentle hand on his shoulder and said 'Oh Suigetsu.' What Sasuke misunderstood was that Karin's hand was not gentle and her 'oh Suigetsu' was actually 'ugh Suigetsu.' But he was entirely too blinded by his disgust of their romance.
'What the hell does she see in Suigetsu? He's lazy, he's weird, and he's annoying.' The rogue ninja thought. 'Hmph, they won't last long. She'll be crawling all over me again in no time.' Wait, what? What the hell was wrong with him? Was he actually experiencing a mild jealously over this fact? Was Sasuke Uchiha seething on the inside over a mere woman? And a woman like Karin at that. No. He decided he wasn't seething, he was merely experiencing delusions from the sickness of the situation that was over coming him.
"Hey Sasuke!" Oh gosh, now they were speaking to him. "Ya know, all this time I thought Karin was just this annoying little red haired bitch, but she's actually pretty hot. Well, when she's not talking. I gotta tell you, you missed out, and I'm quite glad that I gave this whole thing a chance."
Missed out? No. Sasuke Uchiha, never misses out on anything.
"Hn, whatever." He snorted turning his head away from the two of them. "Suigetsu, Jugo, Karin, we're leaving. We've stopped for long enough."
Jugo nodded and quickly jumped to his feet to follow behind Sasuke as he began disappearing through the trees.
Suigetsu was preparing to take off after the other two members of Hebi when he heard Karin calling him back.
"Just a few things Suigetsu." She started. "One, don't ever, ever kiss me again. Two, Sasuke doesn't seem jealous, he just seems…like Sasuke. This isn't working!" She exclaimed.
"Oh c'mon Karin, did you not see his facial expression like oh I don't know, all day!? He's dying inside! Maybe not as much as Jugo, but slowly and surely he's being killed by our affection." Suigetsu laughed. "It's ripping him apart!" Karin rolled her eyes at the boy, he truly was ridiculous. Nothing he ever did make sense. Not even this plan. She wasn't convinced and Sasuke didn't seem convinced either. He actually seemed…mad. She heard the way he'd said her name when he told them all to leave. 'Karin.' He'd said. It was full of malice and venom. It was like he was angry with her for trying to fool him and in such an undignifying way. Yes, she'd made her decision she was giving up. She'd just have to find another way to make Sasuke love her.
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Author's Note: Things in the story are going to move particularly fast and with very little filler chapters, but I will try to get as much emotion in there so you can still get a sense of how the characters are feeling.