Chapter Four: Bathing and Free-balling it.
"This is ridiculous!" I snarled to myself, glaring down at the ring turned bracelet latched onto my burned wrist. How dare he try and bend me to his will! Not happening! I'll destroy this ring soon.
"But first things first." I glanced down at the red liquid that didn't seem to want to dry.
I was currently sitting on the counter in Hidan's bathroom waiting for the water to heat up. To entertain myself I drew some nice little pictures on his mirror, using my claws and some of the blood clinging to my fur of course.
Soon it became warm and foggy, signalling it was time to finally get this damn blood off of my precious fur. Satisfied with my wonderful drawing of myself as queen of the world I stretched my cramped muscles. With a giant leap I soared over the toilet and into the streaming water of the shower, almost landing on an evil looking rubber duck.
After about ten minutes of me rolling, rubbing, and shaking, it became blatantly obvious that the blood was not coming out. I jumped onto the side of the tub and glared at the cascading water.
"Blasted!" I growled angrily, flicking water off of my ear and onto Hidan's floor.
Sighing loudly I began doing a series of intricate paw signs faster than the eye could see. If the blood wouldn't come out of fur maybe it would come off of skin. Hopefully, because this technique drained most of my catra, ahem. Chakra.
A flash of blinding light seared my eyes while my body grew into my human form. I blinked back tears and stood to look in the mirror, making sure I didn't have cat ears or something. Though I doubt I would, seeing as my techniques are always flawless.
Dusty pink hair fell to around my waist, dripping bloody water onto his floor. Serves him right! My eyes where the same as when I was in cat form, slitted pupils and everything. I twirled once, checking for anything out of the ordinary for a normal human girl. Good.
Overall I was as beautiful as a human as I was as anything else. All pale skin and nice curves. I grinned haughtily at my reflection, showing my sharp canines.
With everything in order I turned my attention back to cleaning the blood from my body. I shivered slightly without my fur and raced for the comfort of the heated shower.
The blood came off in a matter of seconds now that it had nothing to stain. Leaving the warmth of the bathroom was out of the question though so I found a way to entertain myself.
Soon I had Hidan's body soap, toothpaste, shampoo, and conditioner sprayed all over everything in the bathroom. I left a clear path for me when I left. Then I grabbed all of his toilet paper and played a game of catch with myself. When the water began to cool down I plugged the drain and left it running.
Laughing maniacally I walked into his bedroom, shutting the door to the bathroom with a loud slam. I looked around suspiciously for any signs of red on the polished stone floor. Satisfied that I wasn't going to have a repeat of earlier I sauntered over to his bed.
Goosebumps had appeared on my skin from the cold air and the fact that I was still soaking wet. So I did what anybody as awesome as me would do. I jumped into his now cleaned bed, dried myself using his sheets, threw those on his floor, and gathered his blanket to snuggle into. All the while breathing in his strangely pleasant scent.
"So warm and comfy." I sighed happily, listening for approaching footsteps. There were none. Burrowing deeper into the warmth I curled up into a ball and closed my eyes.
After a good thirty minutes of trying to take a cat nap I gave up and pushed the blanket onto the floor as well. I then proceeded to stretch extensively before taking a good look around.
Hidan's room really was super plain. His bed was king sized and placed in the middle of the room opposite of the main door. A bookshelf sat lonely in the far left corner and another door leading to the bathroom was to the right of the bed.
I grinned when I saw water leaking from the crack under the door. Soon it would reach everything in his room. Deciding I'd rather not get my feet wet again I jumped from the bed and made my way to the door leading into the hallway.
One test of the knob and I found it was locked. No matter. I phased through the door with no trouble at all and looked both ways down the hall. Shaking my head at how dumb they were for not even posting guards I began my search for the kitchen. I was quite ravenous.
The delightful scent of cooking meat caught my attention and I followed my nose to the source. It was still cold, the polished stone freezing my poor bare feet as I walked. Shivering slightly I was happy to find my destination after only a few turns.
It was placed very strangely. You literally walk down the hallway and bam, there's an open spot to your left where the wall disappears. The room was a giant rectangle, the kitchen placed in the back where I could see the walking lollipop cooking something. A huge table sat in the spot right before the open ended kitchen.
Almost drooling I silently skirted the table and came to stand right behind the strange humming vermin as he fried something. Whatever it was, he better have made me some.
"What are you making Lollipop?" I asked leaning over his shoulder and inhaling deeply. A bunch of ingredients sat off to the right side on the granite counter.
He whirled around in surprise, almost elbowing me right in the boob. The pan he was cooking with almost fell off of the stove and onto my foot. If it wasn't for his quick reflexes and my ability to leap a great distance we'd be eating fried big toe for dinner.
"Watch it you clumsy oaf!" I hissed from my crouched position on the table.
His one visible eye regarded me in suspicion before recognition hit him. "Fluffball?"
I gave him my best unimpressed look. "I was never informed that my name had changed." With a hop I landed silently on my feet and came to stand next to him once more. This time giving him a little distance in case he decided to drop the pan again.
With an excited squeal he tackled me in a hug, almost making me topple over. "Tobi is a good boy! Why are you human now?"
Pushing him away I proceeded to dust myself off. "Well, I had to take a shower and was in need of opposable thumbs. Therefore I was required to change into my human form. Now what are you cooking?"
"Dumpl-" He stopped mid sentence to look me up and down, his one eye widened and he turned quickly back to his concoction. Hmm, what a weird creature.
Rolling my eyes at his lack of an attention span I made myself comfortable on one of the ten wooden chairs surrounding the giant table. It was warmer in here, most likely because he was cooking. Still sleepy from earlier I placed my head on the cold wood of the table and began dozing off.
"Help me put everything away and I'll give you some of Sempai's portion." Lollipop called happily, jolting me from my nap.
I turned to see him cleaning up. With a giant yawn and an even bigger stretch I quickly set to work. In a matter of seconds we had everything organized and three plates of steaming food looking absolutely delicious sitting on the table.
"Who's this Sempai of yours?" I asked out of curiosity before taking a dainty bite and almost dying from taste overload. Damn vermin knew how to cook!
Lollipop sat fidgeting in his seat, his beautiful creation untouched. When I asked my question he somehow gave me a surprised look through his mask. It was unnerving. "You don't know?"
If I wasn't so busy stuffing my face he'd learn the true meaning of sarcasm. Instead I gave a small nod, my mouth to full to talk, and carried my plate to the sink and began washing it. Next came the dishes he used to cook with.
He better appreciate this because it'll never happen again. Demons such as myself do not do dishes. Ever.
He blinked a few times and laughed. "It's Deidara Sempai of course!" His laugh was kind of cute. As in baby animal cute.
"What about me, un?" Came a very sexy voice that made me blink. Damn these random hot guys! It's like a reverse harem in this place!
I turned from cleaning and zeroed in on his face. Crystal blue eyes and golden blonde hair. The crazy bomb guy that had mouths on his hands. He kind of looked like a girl, but only slightly. Hmm weird.
He was wearing the same cloak everyone else wore. If I wasn't mistaken his partner had been the puppet master Sasori. So why was Tobi calling him Sempai? My eyes widened in shock. Could they be partners, as in romantic partners? Made sense.
Lollipop jumped from his seat and raced towards the poor guy. A loud thud echoed throughout the room and hall as Deidara sidestepped, making Lollipop run face first into the wall of the hallway.
"Tobi!" He growled, his back towards me. "What have I told you about doing that!"
I snorted in amusement and sat at the table, leaning back in the chair and putting my feet up. Blondie still hadn't noticed me yet. Some S-class criminal he is.
"Tobi is sorry!" Came the muffled reply. Why he still had his face smashed against the wall was beyond me.
Deidara sighed loudly. "Quit making out with the wall already. I'm hungry." To prove that statement his stomach growled.
Almost immediately Tobi was up and racing towards me. "Tobi wanted to introduce you to Fluffb-"
"Nadeshiko." I inturrpted.
He didn't miss a beat and was soon standing over me hopping from foot to foot. "Shiko-chan! She's our new member! But she's actually a ca-"
"Quit babbling." I ground out and covered my ears against his vocal onslaught. Even in human form my hearing was as sharp as ever.
"Who-" Deidara began before he caught sight of me and his eyes bugged out. Blood exploded from his nose and he fell on his back. Then he was back on his feet facing away from me again.
A raised a brow and looked at Lollipop questioningly. "What's his problem?"
He shook his head and shrugged. "Sempai, your food is going to freeze if you don't eat it soon."
"I can't." Blondie said tensely, refusing to turn around.
"Why?" He sounded almost hurt. The poor little creature. I snatched a dumpling from one of there untouched plates and popped it in my mouth. I'll eat them if they won't.
All of a sudden Deidara turned around and glared at him, pointing a finger directly at me. His face was beat red and he had tissues in his nose. When did he put those there? "Maybe because there is a nude woman sitting at the table!"
I looked down at my human body lacking clothing then back at Blondie and shrugged. "So?"