The last thing she really needed right now was Kawauso bothering her. Kawauso seemed to know this, as he was bothering her right now.
Arashi finished her lunch in less than a minute, gnawing on the plate as Kawauso went about with his questions.
"So, how's Hidan?" "Have you spoken to Deidara lately?" "I'm hungry." "… Are you going to share some of that?" "Aw come on, please?"
The conversation ended with Arashi knocking her otter partner unconscious with the plate. Kakuzu heard the crash and ran to the kitchen to see Arashi, of course, strangling Kawauso.
But that wasn't important. What was important was that THE PLATE WAS BROKEN.
"ARASHI!" He yelled and began to gather the plate pieces.
"It wasn't me it was Kawauso. I swear!" protested Arashi. "Huh what?" Kawauso blinked his eyes open. "And uh. Now he's using the whole innocent thing on you. Don't listen to him."
"We're running low on money, Arashi. We can't afford losing anything," Kakuzu informed her.
Kawauso began to protest, "We're not low on money-"
"YES WE ARE." The miser yelled.
Arashi decided now was a good time to flee. She dragged her otter partner back to their room and slammed the door shut.
Kakuzu rushed back to his room and counted all his money, making sure that every last bill was there.
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"Oh come on, Arashi. It'll be fun," Kawauso pleaded.
Arashi kept her attention on the herbs she was organizing. "I'm not hitting on anyone."
"You already had a guy hit on you."
Arashi's eye twitched. "I'd rather not be reminded of that."
Kawauso smirked, "You'd make a great slut."
Arashi proceeded to crush some of the medicinal leaves, pretending they were Kawauso's head. Kawauso noticed the Arashi's tenseness. He decided it was best not to push her any further.
"… Well uh… I'm going to spar with Kisame now." The otter cautiously stepped towards the door before dashing out of the infirmary.
Arashi sighed and dumped paste into a bowl. She was mixing it when a bird entered through the window. Arashi had decided to leave it open on warm days such as this one in case of emergencies. She had habits of rushing to animals' needs.
"Yo, 'Rashi."
"Didn't I tell you not to call me that?" Arashi snapped.
"Whatever." The bird, a cardinal, flapped over and landed on her shoulder. "Whatcha doin'?"
Birds; some of the nosiest animals to exist. Squirrels are the number one. "Okay, what do you want?"
"I wanna know who that guy was." Oh great. "What guy?" Arashi hissed.
"The one in the forest." Arashi slammed her head against the desk. "You're free to leave now." She muttered through gritted teeth.
The red bird cocked its head but flew out the window. Arashi walked over to shut it and stared down at the squirrel that was climbing up. The rodent waved. Arashi glared and slammed the door shut.
"I have to go see Konan," she muttered.
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Konan was giving herself a manicure when Arashi knocked on the door and rushed inside of her room. "KONAN."
"Did you kill Hidan?" The female Akatsuki asked.
"Thought I did. Wish I did. Didn't. But that's not why I'm here." Arashi sat next to Konan.
"Don't tell me. You're being hit on," she said plainly.
"Yes! How'd you guess?"
"It happens. Then they found out about me and Pein and well. They decided to avoid me."
"So when are they going to stop?" Arashi asked hopefully.
"Never!"
"WHAT?"
Konan finished her manicure and turned to Arashi, "Who are they anyway? It can't be that bad."
"Hidan and Deidara."
"HOLY SHIT. You poor thing."
"I know."
The two sole female members hugged each other and cried. At this moment Pein walked in.
"Konan I-"He paused to stare at the ladies. "… Never mind."
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After she had regained herself, Arashi decided to spar. She needed a good battle after all, not to mention blow some steam off. And she also needed to make sure Kawauso wasn't getting himself killed.
Arashi noticed how quiet the base was. No breaking objects, no screams or yells. This probably means they're killing each other somewhere else. Only a few were out on missions, so Arashi decided to head for the exit.
The wind was still as Arashi left the base. No one outside. Well it wasn't like she'd been there long enough to actually know every square inch of the base. But she did notice a path that led around the mountain.
Nothing better to do, so why not explore a little? Arashi began walking down the path.
And moments later Kawauso was flung in her face. She caught the blue otter and glared at him.
"Shit. Kisame, couldn't you have thrown in a different direction!?" He scuttled off her.
The shark man grinned to show all of his pointy teeth. "Yeah, sorry about that."
Arashi grabbed on to Kawauso's scruff before he could run away.
"Hold it, bitch. It's my freaking turn, seriously." Oh god no. Hidan grinned at her.
Arashi took one look at that perverted look on his face and decided that he needed more skydiving lessons. She pushed him off the side of the mountain. There was a crash several seconds later.
"… Uh… I… gotta go… somewhere." Kawauso inched away. Kisame quickly followed him. That left Arashi alone.
"Was that really necessary, hmm?"
Never mind.
Arashi turned to glare at Deidara, "Yes, actually, it was."
He raised a brow, "What, do you have anger issues or something, hmm?" Clenching her fists, she said nothing. "Well we never did finish that fight, hmm."
"So?" she asked. "So I figured we finish it, hmm."
Arashi shrugged, "Well I can't kill Hidan, so I guess I'll go for you instead." Deidara sweatdropped, "I assume the morning didn't go well."
"Oh you have no idea," Arashi crouched on all fours and charged at Deidara. He grinned and sidestepped as she ran past. Arashi already saw this coming. Chakra collected at the top of her head and formed sharp deer antlers. They sliced Deidara's side as she passed him.
Deidara cringed for a second, but a grin was quickly on his face. Arashi looked down. Damn it. Two tiny clay birds flapped into her face and exploded.
Deidara grinned at the puff of smoke that Arashi had disappeared in, "Serves you right, hmm."
And then the smoke cleared. A light blue light with neon green stripes scattered across its body. Electricity leaped off of its neon green mane. Its yellow eyes glared at his single blue one. The Akatsuki bandanna was wrapped around its right leg.
Arashi. Deidara inwardly groaned. His clay birds lay at the lion's feet, deactivated. Arashi snarled, showing gigantic lion fangs. "Oh, man, asshole. I am so gonna freaking kill you."
Deidara quickly began absorb the clay through his palm mouths. Arashi lunged at him. He quickly jumped in the air to avoid the attack. In midair, he shaped the clay into grasshopper like creatures. He was about to toss them when an electric jolt shook his body.
Arashi's neon mane was aglow with electricity, and said electricity was engulfing Deidara. The electricity stopped short, absorbing back into her mane. Deidara fell limply to the ground.
Grinning excitedly, Arashi sparked up her mane and charged at the Iwa nin. She rammed into him before he could hit the ground. It was at this moment she realized what she was doing.
"Shit!" She stopped her electric flow quickly before any more damage could be done. Deidara landed a few feet away on his back. Arashi transformed back to her human form and ran to Deidara's side.
"Oh crap. Are you okay? I didn't mean to. I shouldn't have used that transformation. I … uh tend to get caught up in battle." While she was rambling, Deidara sat up in a sitting position while combing his hair back to its original place. Electricity and Deidara never got along. It messed up his long, silky, and beautiful hair.
"Can you walk?" Arashi asked while crinkling her nose from the burnt smell that lingered in the air. She brushed his arm, and she accidently shocked him with a bigger than average burst of electricity. Deidara winced, "I'm fine, hmm." He stood up to prove his point.
Arashi shook her body free of excess electricity and stood up as well. "Sorry about that." Deidara grunted and held his injured side, "I guess you won then, hmm." Arashi stared at the wounded side, "Here, let me help you with that." She placed a hand in the wound and pumped her fiery chakra, stopping the bleeding and closing up the wound. Arashi pulled her hands away. Deidara nodded his thanks. She pretended the slight blush on his face wasn't there.
A low whistle came from the edge of the cliff. The two Akatsuki turned to see Hidan in all his glory smirking at them. He waved. Arashi pushed him off the cliff…again.
"… Uh… Dinner is… soon…ish, hmm. Well I gotta go!"
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Arashi wasn't in the greatest of moods when she entered her shared room. Kawauso was polishing his battleaxe on the foot of the bed.
He glanced at her, "Uh, hi." Arashi mumbled her greeting and slumped on to the bed. Kawauso wrinkled his nose at the stench of smoke. "Don't tell me. You turned into the lion, didn't you?"
"Mhm."
"And you went all out on?"
"Deidara."
"Right. So is he still alive."
Arashi turned to stare at the ceiling. "Yeah, I stopped just in time…. Ugh. We really need to redecorate."
"Eh. Sasori and Deidara are artists. Go and steal some of their paint or something." Kawauso suggested. Arashi glared at him. "Fine. Borrow it."
"Whatever. Let's just go and get something to eat."
Kawauso set down his battleaxe and followed his partner out the door. They were one of the firsts to make it. Tobi was hyperventilating, and Zetsu was debating whether or not to eat him.
Kisame invited Kawauso to sit next to him. As he scuttled over, Arashi rolled her eyes and sat down. Whatever. She didn't need him. She had Ko-
Konan and Pein arrived and sat next to each other… closer that usually.
-nan… Well, that was fine! She could survive on her own. She didn't need Konan or Kawauso or-
Hidan sat to her left. Okay, maybe she needed Konan just a little.
Deidara sat to her right. Okay, maybe she desperately needed Kawauso too. Arashi dared to peek at Hidan at the corner of her eye. He was smirking at her.
Arashi slammed her head on the table. The other members shot her a glance, noticed who she was sitting with, and smirked to themselves. Deidara raised an eyebrow.
Arashi continued to slam her head on the table until the food had arrived. She reluctantly raised her head that was unscathed.
"Wow, you have a hard head, hmm." Deidara pointed out. Hidan chuckled, "I noticed."
'Don't punch them, Arashi. 'She thought to herself. It was getting harder to not punch them every passing minute, however. Arashi settled to stuff herself with the ramen that was in front of her.
Arashi lifted the bowl and shoved her face into it, slurping the soup up rapidly. Kawauso, not surprisingly, did the same.
Arashi finished her food before the otter. She scowled at him as he spun the bowl on the tip of his nose and tossed it into the air. Arashi leaped across the table and caught the half full bowl before Kawauso could catch it. Ten seconds later, they were fighting over it.
"I take it you did this every day?" Kakuzu asked.
Arashi and Kawauso paused fighting. "How'd you guess?" They said in unison.
"… Well I'm done." Kisame said.
"Me too, hmm."
"I'm out of here."
The members filed out of the kitchen.
"IT'S CALLED SURVIVAL YOU IDIOTS!" Arashi called after them.
"Yeah, how did you expect us to survive? By sharing?" Kawauso added.
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"Thanks for helping me out there, Kawauso," Arashi said. She and Kawauso were in their room.
Kawauso yawned, "Yeah, no prob. I knew the men here would be all over you."
"You supported it."
"And?"
Arashi grunted as there was a knock on the door. She stood up from the bed and walked over to answer it. It had better not be Hidan or Deidara or she'll-
"Arashi, you have a mission," Pein informed her.
"Mission?" Arashi and Kawauso asked in unison.
"… What. You didn't that you would just sit around her for the rest of your life, right?" The leader asked.
"Actually I did," Arashi answered.
Pein raised a brow at this, "Well, hurry and come to my office, I'll give you the details."
Arashi followed him into the hall, Kawauso tailing behind. Pein stopped him, "Not you, only Arashi."
The otter blinked, "Why, aren't we partners?"
"No, you're not even a real member. Arashi is. You came with the package."
"… Then who is her partner?"
"I've decided to stick her onto a two man team for extra help."
Arashi's eye twitched. She waved to Kawauso and followed Pein to his office.
`Oh god. Please don't put me on one of their teams.' Arashi silently pleaded to himself.
They entered his office.
And of course, Hidan and Kakuzu were waiting for them.
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Yeah it sucked. BUT THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE BETTER. Because Arashi's last transformation, my favorite, will be revealed! So don't kill me! ... No really. Please. I like living.