Hi! Yay fast update. :3
Not much to say this time. ...Enjoy? xD;;
"Shizune-san!" Deidara called into the small room, stealing a look at the ash-rose-eyed boy he was helping. Sasori had worn out of stamina quickly, and Deidara was sure he was starting to feel dizzy from blood loss. Therefore, he hadn't complained when Sasori had suddenly rested his head on Deidara's shoulder, panting slightly, eyes barely open.
"Yes? What's the mat–?" The dark-haired woman gasped as she saw the pair, quickly rushing to get some bandages and a washcloth. "Lay him down on the bed, Deidara-kun!"
"Un!" Deidara nodded, nudging Sasori lightly. "Sasori-san…just a bit more…a few more steps…"
"…I know, shit…I can tell where we are…" Sasori mumbled, allowing himself to be lead over to the snow-white bed.
"How did this happen?" Shizune asked as she hurried over, pressing a cold wet washcloth to Sasori's forehead.
Deidara looked at the other boy. "I…really don't like…saying…"
"Were you the cause of this?" Shizune asked, gently lying Sasori down before putting the whole washcloth on his forehead.
"…One third of the cause…un…"
"One third?" Shizune paused her actions to look at the boy. "How so?"
The newest student looked at Sasori for help. He saw that beneath the pain and lightheadedness, Sasori was challenging him, silver irises plainly asking out, "What're you gonna do?"
He sighed before returning his line of vision to the nurse. "Sasori-san and I got into a fight after school one day." When he saw Shizune nod in understanding, he continued. "I sprained his leg during that fight, and because of that, some people took advantage of it…Orochimaru was the one who gave him that scar he has on his leg…and then, today, in art class…Tayuya stomped down on it."
"Seems like you've been through hell and back, Sasori-kun," Shizune commented.
Sasori merely looked away, eyes narrowing.
"Did you two tell Tsunade-sama?"
"…No."
Shizune pursed her lips together in thought, finally moving her attention back to the injured male. When she began to take his pants off, Deidara looked away, a blush appearing on his cheeks.
"…Is this really necessary?" Sasori asked, faint redness dripping onto his face.
"How else am I supposed to stop the bleeding?" Shizune answered, pulling down the dirtied piece of clothing down to the teen's ankles. She suddenly chuckled. "I always knew you were a red kind of guy, Sasori-kun."
The blush on Sasori's face darkened. "Well what'd you expect them to be? Purple?"
She laughed softly, taking the other wet washcloth she had and starting to clean up the blood. "Are you feeling any better, by the way?"
"…I'm fine," Sasori muttered in response, before catching the doubtful look Deidara was sending him. "…My leg still hurts…"
"I would suppose so." Shizune sat straight up, the crimson liquid finally nowhere to be seen. Turning to Deidara, she beckoned him over. "Deidara-kun, I'm going to need your help for this next part."
"Wh-What?" The blond blinked, catching the surprised look on the other male's face. "For what?"
"I need you to hold down this end of the bandage so I can wrap it around his leg," Shizune explained, tenderly trying to set up the wounded leg, coaxing out a cry of discomfort and hurting from its owner. "Shh, Sasori-kun, it's okay."
Sasori merely ground his teeth together, fingers clutching onto the pale sheets, mouth opening and another sound of pain coming out as his leg was moved again. He tried to set his limb back down flat, inhaling when he couldn't.
"Sasori-kun, I'm going to need you to endure the pain just long enough for Deidara-kun and I to get your leg all wrapped up." The black-eyed woman tried to soothe the redhead, attempting once again. "We don't want your wound to start bleeding again, so please try to bear with us."
Ash-rose eyes were wide as the nurse slowly moved the leg, and with each time it was forced to move, the shorter boy let out a cry, each one getting louder and longer until he was yelling, eyes beginning to water.
"Sasori-san…" Deidara stared sympathetically as the other student's final yell died down to a cracked whine, panting heavily.
"Deidara-kun!"
"U-Un!" Deidara rushed to the nurse's side, holding the white strip against the injured leg as he was told, trying to ignore the deep breaths Sasori was taking and focus more on how Shizune was spiraling the bandages around the limb gracefully and quickly in a proficient way.
When she was finished, Shizune released a breath of relief, smiling slightly. "Thanks for your help, Deidara-kun. I really appreciate it." She directed her attention to the other boy after she had received a nod in response. "How're you feeling, Sasori-kun?"
"Fantastic," Sasori grumbled, glaring off to the side. "Can you pull my pants back up now? I feel ridiculous."
"Sasori-kun…you need to put your leg down if I'm going to–"
"What?" He stared at the nurse, body instinctively tensing. Deidara thought he had seen a glimmer of fear in the usually hard-hearted pools of silver. "No, wait, I can–!"
But Shizune had already started easing the appendage down.
Agony once again took over Sasori's body. He shut his eyes as he bit his bottom lip; small whimpers making it past his stubborn demeanor.
"Sasori-san!" Without thinking, Deidara placed a hand on the trembling wrist closest to him, eyes widening as the position was quickly reversed. Sasori had grabbed the other's wrist tightly, still shivering.
'He's a monster,' huh? You're wrong, Sakura… Deidara thought to himself, unable to pry his narrowed eyes from Sasori's closed ones and the expression of unbearable pain, the visible tears that were forming at the corners of the ash-rose eyes. He's human, just like us, no different than Itachi-san or even Naruto…he fears pain, he has his secrets, he has his pros and cons, and he has his strengths and weaknesses…it's just that he's not Itachi-san or Naruto…he's Sasori-san…
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"So I heard you got into a fight in art class," Tsunade said, resting her chin on her propped up hands.
"Yes, Principal Tsunade…"
"Why?"
"Tayuya…she hurt Sasori-san, un…"
"So you did it to avenge a fallen friend, hmm?" Tsunade sighed, setting down her arms. "I'm afraid, though, that you still were in a fight and injured someone. I'm not going to let you off the hook just because you're new. You've had plenty of time to grow accustomed to how this school works, so you have no excuse."
"I know."
"You will stay after school the day you come back from the weekend."
"Okay."
"For right now, you can clean up the blood our dear Sasori-kun tracked down the hallways from the classroom to the nurse's." An amused smile curved at Tsunade's lips. "Or have you forgotten about that one small detail?"
Deidara blinked, blushing slightly as he remembered. He smiled back sheepishly. "I'll do that, Principal Tsunade."
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"You have detention today, Deidara-kun?" Sakura asked in disbelief, staring at the blond from across the lunch table. "Because of him?"
"Because of Tayuya," Deidara lied, looking away.
"Tayuya?" Ino looked over at said girl, who was currently bragging to Orochimaru.
"Not because of Sasori?" Sakura blinked, surprise etched onto her face.
"Speaking of which, where is that bastard?" Ino growled, looking over at the Akatsuki table. "He's not where he's supposed to be, and he's never absent."
Deidara's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Hey, hey! Guys, you'll never believe this!" Naruto snickered as he ran over, plopping himself down in his seat with glee. "Word around the school is that Sasori's cooped up in Shizune-neechan's office!"
"What?!" Ino's blue eyes widened, mouth dropping open. "Seriously?!"
"Yeah!" Naruto nodded, grinning. "Broken leg or something…"
"Sprained," Deidara corrected.
"…!" Ino's head tilted, eyebrow rising. "H-How do you know that, Deidara-san?"
"He got into a fight with Sasori one day after school," Sakura explained, glancing at Deidara as he winced. "That's why he has those bandages and bruises; they're from Sasori. It's also how I got this–" She pointed to the small purple mark on her forehead. "Sasori elbowed me here when I tried to stop them."
"So that's the reason!" The Yamanaka turned to Deidara, disbelief printed all over her features. "'I fell down the stairs:' Deidara-san, a fight with Sasori can't be compared to falling down stairs!"
"I know, but–!" Deidara was interrupted by a loud crash coming from the kitchen. He looked over, seeing the whole Akatsuki table surrounding the area, minus Hidan and Sasori. Quickly, to his table's surprise, he jumped up and sprinted over to Kisame, asking, "What happened here, un?"
"Deidara!" Kisame exclaimed, eyes wide. He turned back to facing the kitchen, answering, "It's Hidan."
The blue-eyed boy looked where all the other members were looking. "…Sacrifice?"
"Probably." The blue-haired male sighed.
"Get back here, you fucking thing!" Hidan's voice radiated from the kitchen, the crashing of pot and pans accompanying him. "Let me just stick this fork through your head!"
"Hey, wait a minute! Hidan-kun! Don't make me call the principal down here!" Ayame's voice came next, as she was supposedly chasing after the boy.
"What is he going after?" Deidara asked, having to raise his voice as more loud noises erupted.
"A mouse."
"A what?"
"He saw it run into the kitchen…Kakuzu tried to stop him, but…" Kisame indicated the masked boy from before, who was being held back from charging into the room by Itachi.
Deidara resisted the urge to slap a hand to his forehead. "Kisame…I know I don't know him too well…but he…has mental problems."
"I know, Deidara," Kisame breathed out. "I know."
Another blue haired student caught the ice-eyed teen's eye.
"Konan-san!" he called as he made his way over to her, saying goodbye to Kisame.
Konan turned, face lighting up as she saw the blond. "Deidara-kun! Hi! What's up? And Konan is just fine."
"U-Un, Konan. Where's Pain, un?" Deidara asked, looking around for any trace of orange hair.
"Pain?" The blue-haired girl paused, head cocking. "He's not here at the moment. Why?"
"I have a message from Sasori-san–"
"Sasori?! You've seen him?" Konan's face suddenly turned serious. "Where is he? Pain's out looking for him right now!"
"Y-Yes, Sasori-san is in the nurse's right now–"
"Nurse?!" Konan held a hand to her mouth. "…He will not be happy about this…!"
"K-Konan, like I said, I have a message, un!" Deidara continued when he saw that he had her attention. "The one who hurt him was Tayuya. And he wanted to tell Pain something…er, Pain-san…but I'd rather quote him, because if I didn't, it'd sound really…" He waited until the other gave a nod. Taking a deep breath, he stated out, "'Gotta tell Pein to kill that fucking bitch.'"
"That's Sasori alright." Konan sighed before looking over at Orochimaru's table. "Tayuya of Orochimaru's group, huh? Didn't think she'd be a big threat…I was thinking maybe Kimimaro, or Kabuto…"
"She stomped down on his leg. Nurse Shizune said he'd be better off just laying down and not moving it for a while."
"Got you, you stupid heathen rodent!" Hidan grinned as he marched out of the kitchen triumphantly, the now dead mouse hanging from its tail from the boy's fist, the fork stuck through its stomach. "Jashin-sama! Are you ha–?!"
"Hidan, shut up." Kakuzu stormed over and punched the purple-eyed teen on the side of his head. "The mouse does not have some 'heathen, son of a bitch mouse God which it thinks is better than the great Jashin-sama' because it's a mouse. Now get your brain back to functioning and throw that thing out."
"Fuck you, Kakuzu! It was insulting me. Insulting me!" Hidan protested, grasping the handle of the fork and shoving the bleeding mouse in the masked student's face. "Eat it!"
"Where the hell did that come from?" Kakuzu snapped, slapping the animal away from his face. "I'm not eating some stupid mouse for your sick enjoyment."
A pout made its way onto Hidan's face. Suddenly, his expression gained a sly smirk. "Hey! Uchiha! Get your stupid brother over here! Hey! Itachi!"
"Did someone say Itachi?!" Sasuke yelled from across the room, leaping up from his chair and pointing at his sibling. "Itachi you're on steroids!"
Deidara held back a groan, distaste evident on his features.
"Mm? What's wrong, Deidara-kun?" Konan asked, prying her gaze from Hidan and his mouse, a curious look overwhelming the disgusted one she had.
"Try putting up with that every day," the blond grumbled, glaring at Sasuke as he argued with Hidan, insisting his brother was on drugs while Hidan was trying to get him to eat the mouse.
"The 'Itachi's on steroids' thing?" Konan chuckled. "I feel for you."
"No, you're on steroids you stupid idiot boy!" Hidan yelled, shaking the mouse in front of him. "Now eat this piece of heathen shit before I come over there and force it down your steroid-obsessed throat!"
"Itachi! You're on steroids! Admit it, you lying, drug-using bastard!" the younger Uchiha barked, ignoring Hidan.
"Deidara-kun, I think it'd be best if you went back to your table," Konan whispered, or tried to over the constant yelling. "Hidan might get a bit…violent if he doesn't get his way."
Nodding, Deidara quickly ran back over to his table and friends, who had bewildered expressions on their faces.
"Deidara-san…what were you doing?" Ino asked, eyes wide.
"Nothing, un…" Deidara replied, looking away. "Just…talking with a few friends."
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"Sasori-kun…"
The redhead's silver eyes opened, turning his head to look at the nurse. "Mm?"
"Deidara-kun came while you were asleep before he had to go to detention," Shizune informed. "He left you something."
Sasori blinked, looking at the table next to his bed as the woman left to tend to her supplies.
On the small table was a small ceramic statue of a golden eagle, its beak open menacingly, wings slightly spread to give it an intimidating look. Taped to its chest was a rectangular piece of paper.
Sasori reached out and took the paper off, head tilting as he read the note scribbled in neat handwriting.
Sasori-san,
Mom came home during the weekend with this statue. I still didn't know what you wanted (Since, you know, Mom has a lot of these things), but I remember you almost saying you wanted a golden eagle. I told Mom that you were put into Nurse Shizune's care because of an injury, and she immediately shoved the statue into my hands, saying, "Give this to him; he deserves it more than I do, you know?" I was kind of skeptical, but she pressured me to take it and give it to you. When my mom wants something, she usually gets it.
I've probably already bored you with my pointless little story, so I guess I'll try to finish this up as fast as I can. I'd put down something like "Get better soon," but you don't want my pity, so I'll just leave it out. The picture you wanted of that starling is on the back of this note, if you want to see it. I'm really hoping to see you up and running again soon, as much as that sounds untrue. In art, Tayuya was bragging about how she had defeated you and how Orochimaru had praised her greatly. Your group is worried about you; Konan told me Pein was looking for you (And yes, I passed on your message).
-Deidara
Sasori raised an eyebrow at the message before flipping it over, met with a dazzling cerulean bird with tints of green and purple, and piercing yellow eyes.
He turned back to the ceramic eagle, reaching out and lightly tracing the fine details of its form. A small smile curved at his lips, eyes softening.
"You stupid brat…"
Do not ask why Hidan wanted someone to eat the mouse. New ritual kinda thing...I think...
And you can thank Dark Kisuna for Hidan being in this chapter. :3 She was the one who gave me the idea of him finding a mouse/rat in the kitchen. Thank you again! He wouldn't be in the chapter without you. x3
～Arrina