Arashi snuggled into Deidara's arms. "Ever gotten that far with Hidan, hmm?" he asked, smiling. She blushed slightly. "No, I never thought it would get that… intense." She locked her eyes with his. "You know I can't have sex with you, right? Imagine if you knocked me up and I got pregnant. What would happen then?" She noted the light pink that spread across his face when she said this. "Nothing to worry about, hmm. I can control myself… though…" he pulled her closer to him, "I can't say the same for Hidan, hmm." Arashi elbowed Deidara in the gut. "Shut up." He chuckled and planted a light kiss on her cheek. "Whatever, hmm. Go to sleep." Arashi turned and watched the flickering flames of the fire. It had been a long day, and she was exhausted. Her eyelids drooped shut as Deidara started stroking her head gently. "I love you, hmm," he whispered into her ear. She smiled, too tired to speak.
The next minute: "Hey… Hey, Arashi wake up." It was Kawauso. Groaning, she forced her eyelids to pull back. "What? Kawauso, go to sleep!" Arashi ordered. "Look, I'd love to see you lovebirds make out some more" she blushed at this. He'd been watching! Pervert. "But we gotta go, now." He Fenikkusu glanced at the blonde next to her. His lips were parted slightly as he breathed, and his arm was wrapped protectively around her. She melted at the sight. "…But he said he'd come with us…"
Kawauso shook his head, "Arashi, this is our problem. You, me, Iji, and Heads. Let's not get anyone involved in this that shouldn't." She didn't protest. It hurt, but he was right. Careful not to wake him, she slipped out of his grasp. The otter had already packed up their stuff, and was waiting impatiently to depart. She kissed Deidara's soft lips and crept towards the forest. "Shouldn't we leave a note?" she asked. "He'll know. Let's hope he doesn't follow us." She nodded solemnly at Kawauso and left the campsite.
When the where far enough, they started leaping tree from tree. Not a word was spoken between either of them. They paused at a small stream for a drink and continued. "Are we close?" Kawauso asked. "We should be entering the Fire Country soon. Closer than we were before." Arashi had said this rather coldly, although she didn't mean it. She was angry at stupid Tanran for ruining her life. Couldn't he find some other power source? What, does he want a woman to suck the life out so he can… Oh god. Drop the subject. Arashi shook her head to erase the mental images.
There was a flash of blonde, but only for a split second. Arashi groaned, "Kawauso, he followed us." The otter sighed and stopped. "Deidara, we know you're here, come… out?" She felt her entire body freeze up. "Agh! What happened?" Kawauso began shaking from the strain of trying to move his body. Arashi looked down to see a black shadow stretching towards the trees. A young man with a brown hair pulled in a ponytail stepped out of the trees. Next to him was the blonde Arashi must have seen earlier. Except she looked nothing like Deidara… She… Arashi chuckled. Her partner looked up at her irritably, "What's so funny?" She smiled down at him, "I mistook that girl as Deidara. I thought he was a girl… again!" The otter couldn't help but grin. A final shinobi, one that needed to lose some weight, landed next to his teammates. "Woah." Kawauso stared at the fat man. "Kawauso, be nice." Arashi hissed.
She looked at her captors and flashed them a toothy smile. "Um, hi! We have to go somewhere really important, so can you… let us go? Please?" The shinobi with a ponytail raised and eyebrow. "Don't make me laugh. We know you two are wanted criminals. We're not going to let you off that easily." Arashi frowned at this. They all appeared to be Leaf Ninja. The blonde took out a book and flipped through a few pages. She held up their wanted posters, hers and Kawauso's. "… Sweet! We're wanted criminals!" Kawauso cheered. "That's always been my dream!" Arashi rolled her eyes, "I thought your dream was to get a girlfriend. Did you already give up?" The otter frowned, "… No…"
"Enough, Choji, help me tie these two up. Ino, contact the others. I guess we'll have to cancel our mission." The ponytail and the fat guy started to bind Arashi and Kawauso with rope. The blonde, Ino, started speaking into her radio. "Ouch! Hey, go easy on the paws!" Kawauso snapped at Choji. He glared at the otter and tied the rope tighter, earning a yelp from Kawauso. "Hey, can you tell your friend to go easy on him?" Arashi said the shadow user. He ignored her and finished tying her binds. "They'll be here soon, Shikamaru!" Ino called. "Shikamaru, huh? Nice name," complimented Arashi. Once again, she was ignored. "Let's start heading back now," Shikamaru ordered.
As they were dragged along, Arashi tried to pry some small talk out of them. "So… Konoha huh? Never been there. Is it nice?" No answer. "… I heard that the Leaf Village has a good dango store! Can I have some? … Please?" She frowned and shut her mouth. A few minutes later, there was a rustling sound. The group froze as four figures appeared in front of them. One had long purplish hair and extremely pale eyes, the other covered his face completely with his clothing, you couldn't even see his eyes. The final member had spiky brown hair and red fang like markings on his cheek. Beside him was… "Oh my god, a doggy!" It was huge, and white in color. It barked and pinned her to the ground, licking her face. She giggled, "Hey, doggy. What's your name?" the canine barked a couple of times. "Akamaru, huh?"
The rest of the ninja stared at the scene. "Agh! Akamaru, she's the enemy! Get back here before she hurts you!" The spiky brunette ordered. Arashi got to her feet, "Relax, I won't hurt him. He's too adorable." Kawauso rolled his eyes and the spiky haired ninja called Akamaru back. "Whatever, let's head back now." The rest of the walk was in silence. Two gigantic gates came into view, behind them a large village that was perhaps one of the biggest Arashi and Kawauso have ever seen. "Woah," Kawauso said. They entered the gates, and two men appeared next to them. One of the men had spiked black hair with a bandage over his nose. The other had brown hair that covered his right eye. "Who are these people?" The bandaged one asked. "Two Akatsuki members," Shikamaru explained and showed them their wanted poster in the book.
"Hi!" Arashi chirped. The brown haired man glared at her, "Bring her to the Hokage's office." The six Leaf Ninja nodded and the Akatsuki members were pushed towards a large red building. "Hey! I smell dango! Can I have some, please?" Shikamaru lost it there, "Will you shut the hell up!?" She whimpered for effect and silenced herself.
Moments later, they were inside the red building and being pushed/dragged up numerous stairways. They arrived at a door, and Shikamaru knocked twice. "Come in!" a feminine voice ordered. Inside there was a blonde woman with enormous tits, a brunette holding a… "Piggy!" Arashi cried. Kawauso was trying very hard to hold back a nosebleed from looking the blonde. Next to the blonde woman was a pink haired female. "… Woah. That's something you don't see everyday." Arashi murmured. The pinky glared at her. "Enough of that," tit-woman ordered. Arashi stared at her, "Hey… Hey wait! I know you! Er. Tsunade! One of the three Sannin." Shikamaru chuckled, "Well, well. You actually know something."
She ignored him. "Yeah, I've met Orochimaru before." The room instantly became silent. "… Tell us," Tsunade demanded. "Well, he was a perverted old man. And he wanted my body." Arashi shivered, "How messed up is that? Anyway, the last I saw of him was a while back. We kicked his ass." The Hokage was immediately interested. "Do you know anything about Uchiha Sasuke?" Kawauso cocked his head to one side. "Sasuke? You mean, Saucegay?" Pinky blinked, "… Who?"
"That's what we call him," Arashi explained. "Itachi gets all pissed when we call him that, but we don't care. Well, I know that this Saucegay is an asshole and needs to die." She flashed everyone a smile. They stared. Tsunade sighed, "Very well. Now. Anything about Akatsuki you want to tell us?" The Fenikkusu nodded, "Yep! They're an evil organization of S-ranked criminals who are mostly guys except they wear nail polish and have rings! And get this, none of them are gay!" The pink head looked very irritated by now.
"… Take them to their cells," the Hokage ordered. Kawauso's mouth dropped open. "Cells? Wait! We're not criminals!" he protested as they were dragged away. "I'm a Fenikkusu! You follow the Will of Fire! You can't put me in jail!" Arashi screeched as they were hauled out of the Hokage's office and onto the streets. "Come on guys, seriously! I really have to go somewhere," she pleaded. Her words were ignored and they were dragged to the jail.
The guards moved out of the group's way as they were taken down, down and into a cramped private cell. With their hands still bound, the Akatsuki were tossed inside and slammed again the wall. Kawauso groaned, "Ow…" The Leaf Ninja's footsteps echoed in the dark corridor as they disappeared. "Great, now they're gonna kill us," Kawauso moaned. "Oh hush!" Arashi snapped, "I got this covered, remember the weasel's an escape artist." Kawauso grinned, "Right! This'll be easy!" Seconds later, Arashi was still her human self. "… Well?" Kawauso asked. She sighed, "Transformation lock."
"Oh, joy." Kawauso snorted. Arashi frowned and curled into a ball. "We're so screwed. Okay, when someone comes in, look as adorable and as innocent as possible." Soon enough, footsteps approached. The cell door opened, and a bald man with twin scars on his face. "Now then, are you two the Akatsuki?" Kawauso blinked his soft golden eyes at the man. "Y-yes… Don't hurt us, please." The scarred shinobi chuckled. "Nice try, you don't know how much of that I get." Three more figures appeared behind the cell. "Now then, let's start slow. Tell us everything you know about the Akatsuki."
Arashi stared into his eyes, "No." He smiled at her, "And why is that?" Arashi returned his smile. "Listen up; I want everyone to know this. To you, The Akatsuki is heartless psychotic criminals, and should be killed. But to me and Kawauso, they're more than that. They're family to us, our teammates. Like you, even criminals don't put their comrades in danger."
The shinobi laughed at her little speech. "Very well, I'll tell everyone what you said. But… that's not gonna get out of jail." He smirked, and the other ninja moved closer to the captive Akatsuki.
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They were tossed roughly into the cells after the interrogation. "Oh man, ouch," Kawauso groaned. "You didn't have to be so rough!" Arashi hollered after the ninja team. "Urgh. These cuts hurt. Come here, Kawauso, I'll heal you." She was silent as she healed her partner and, afterwards, herself. Footsteps echoed through the walls as more Leaf shinobi arrived.
"Dinner," someone said and slipped a bowl of… paste into the cell. "Ew. What the hell is this shit?" Kawauso demanded. "Food. Eat it." The otter stuck his tongue out in disgust as he inhaled the scent. "I'll pass." Meanwhile, Arashi was shoving her face with the paste. "Mm! This stuff is good," she complimented between mouthfuls. The ninja chuckled, "You two are freaks."
Kawauso flashed him a fake smile, "Thanks, we know." He glared at Kawauso and began to leave, "I hope you two are killed soon, I don't want to have to deal with you any longer." The footsteps faded away. "Geez, why is everyone so mean?" the blue animal hissed. Arashi finished the rest of her paste, "Doesn't matter, we're getting out of here."
"Oh really. And how is that?" Arashi smirked at her partner, "Haven't you heard tiny footsteps?" Kawauso nodded. "And what does that mean?" He thought this over for a second, "… Mice?" The kunoichi nodded, "Give me your food, I'll try and lure one here." They set the paste out and scooted away from it, waiting. Soon enough, there were tiny footsteps and a low squeaking sound. A rat squeezed through the bars, cautiously sniffed the air, and began eating the paste.
"Hey little guy, you look hungry," Arashi cooed. The rodent glanced up at her with beady eyes. The Fenikkusu gently stroked the tiny head with her finger. "And scared too. Don't worry, I can fix that. Come here." It hesitated before climbing on her lap. "Good boy, now hold still. I won't hurt you. It'll feel weird, just stay calm…" She placed one finger on its head and began channeling chakra.
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"Hey, Ibiki."
"Hm?"
"What do you think of the criminals?" an interrogation ninja asked. Ibiki scratched his chin, "Huh. I'd say they're weird. That girl, always smiling. And the otter's kinda abnormal as well. What can you expect from the Akatsuki?"
And at that moment, Akatsuki worked its magic. The sun was slowly rising as a new day approached. The interrogation team was making its way to they jail. And from the doors burst Arashi and Kawauso riding a… large sewer rat. Its eyes were black and beady as ever, and it was the size of Akamaru. It looked like a normal rat, except it was freaking huge. And it was foaming at the mouth.
"What the-"Ibiki started. Arashi beamed at him. "Truly, I am sorry about this… Sorta." The rat opened its foaming jaws and sprayed tiny purple needles at the shinobi. They flopped to the ground, paralyzed. "Bye guys! Thanks for the food." Kawauso called as the giant rodent bounded over them. "Onward, Peppy!" Arashi commanded. The rodent squealed, reared on its hind legs, and raced out of Konoha's gates.
"Freedom!" Kawauso cheered as the forest rushed by. Peppy grinned up at Arashi happily. "This is great, now he doesn't have to worry. He'll be safe from predators, and I increased his life span." Kawauso rolled his eyes, "You should have given him better powers." She snorted, "It would have taken too long. It was more like a pity transformation. I wanted to make this guy's life better." She pet his massive forehead as Peppy slowed down to a trot.
"How long are we gonna keep him?" Kawauso questioned, lying on his back to watch sunlight melt across the sky. "I figure we can rest a little bit, and then release him. You don't mind, right?" Peppy squeaked his answer.
Hours passed, and the sun rose steadily in the sky. Birds sang from the tree tops. "Well, this is where we get off." Kawauso sighed, "Aw come on!" She pulled her partner off the rat. "Well, Peppy. Good luck raising a family. Don't know how that'll work…" Peppy squeaked happily and nuzzled Arashi, then Kawauso and bounded away.
The kunoichi smiled as she watched him go. "Come on, we're almost there." Kawauso huffed and followed her. "I hear a river nearby. We can stop for a drink." Kawauso grinned, "Finally! Last time I went swimming, we got mauled!"
They made their way towards the river. But as the duo knelt down to get a drink, they noticed two figures nearby. One was a blonde that wore orange and black clothing and a Konoha headband. The other was an old man clad in robes with, obviously, white hair. They both appeared to be eating by the side of the river. The blonde noticed her first.
"Ah! Akatsuki!" he declared, pointing. Apparently their faces were pretty well known by now. The old man was already on his feet. Arashi sweatdropped, "Woah, woah. Don't mind us! We're just getting a drink and…" Kawauso interrupted her. "Hey… That kid's Uzumaki Naruto! The nine-tailed fox demon!" Arashi stared at the otter, "… Really. Okay then… Hi!" Naruto glared at her, "What do you want?"
Arashi smiled at him, "Actually, we were just about to get moving so…. AGH! KAWAUSO!" The old man's hair had lengthened and was now curled around Kawauso. "Agh! Put me down!" he flailed around. "I'll get the other one!" Naruto called. "What? No, no! We're not doing anything- OW!" She was punched in the cheek.
Rubbing her injury she shot a glare at the jinchuriki. "Why'd you do that? Hasn't anyone ever told you never to hit a girl!?" Naruto bared his teeth at her, "You're in Akatsuki. I know you're after me you… You freak!" Again with the 'freak.' Arashi growled dangerously, "You're one to talk. We didn't even do anything and you two are mauling us. I don't think you even have the right to call me a freak! You have a god forsaken demon inside you! We're on the same page."
Apparently those words hurt. And made him extremely angry. Arashi watched as his blue eyes slowly morphed into red. "… Uh… I didn't mean it in a bad way… Think of it as… Unique?" Naruto slowly began to advance on her. "Naruto! Go easy on her!" the old man called. "Whatever, Pervy Sage." Pervy Sage? She would have laughed if she wasn't going to be ripped to shreds.
Still she tried to reason with him. "Okay, look, I'm sorry. I just really need to go somewhere. It's urgent and-"Naruto made a hand sign, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" A clone appeared next to him. Without taking his eyes off of her, the clone began rapidly spinning his hands around his open palm. "… Seriously, what happened to chivalry?"
"Chivalry is dead!" Kawauso called from the old man's hair grasp. The clone disappeared in a puff of smoke, and Naruto began charging after her with a spinning ball of blue chakra in his right hand. "Rasengan!" he howled and hit her with the jutsu. Next thing she knew, Arashi had flown back and knocked over a tree. Her shoulder was bleeding badly. "Ow…" she groaned and began to pump her chakra into her wound.
Naruto appeared in front of her, glaring with those red eyes. Arashi stared back at him, a hint of nervousness in her own brown eyes. Naruto grabbed her by the collar. "Don't you ever compare yourself to me. We're nothing alike!" he hissed and started shaking her. "W-wait! We have to have something in com-"Naruto threw her, and she collided into another tree. On her injured arm too, she hadn't finished healing it yet. Arashi yelped and clutched her bleeding limb.
Her wing tattoo glowed black- an unusual color for her. Fear. "P-please don't hurt me. I really have to go somewhere." Naruto snarled, "Shut the hell up!" He punched her again in her injured shoulder. Arashi squeaked and bit her lip. The jinchuriki wiped the blood off of his knuckled and tossed her in the other direction. Arashi flew through the air and skidded across the ground to a stop. There was a shadow over her, and a sharp pain in her stomach before she blacked out.
She immediately felt cool water against her cheek. "Arashi, you okay?" Kawauso called. She was floating on his water form's back. They were swimming swiftly down the river. Nausea hit her immediately. "No…" she moaned, coughing slightly. The liquid otter frowned, "Don't worry, I got you." He focused attention back on the river. Arashi felt even queasier as the scenery rushed by her. Kawauso glanced back to see his partner becoming extremely pale, "You're not going to throw up on me, right."
The kunoichi managed a weak smile and clung onto the otter's neck. He groaned suddenly, "Dammit, they're following us?" A kunai passed through his liquefied body and plopped into the water. He shot the old man that threw it a glare, but then Naruto was behind them along with a clone. Within seconds, he had another chakra ball in his hands.
The spinning ball shredded Kawauso's form, and Arashi fell into the water. The Fenikkusu was immediately washed away by the waves, Kawauso returning to his normal form. Arashi didn't have the energy to create chakra gills, and she couldn't move. Shit, I'm going to drown! Something yanked her out of the water. Arashi sputtered and felt herself slowing rising.
More dizziness. She groaned as she was grabbed into a warm embrace. "Are you okay, hmm?" Arashi coughed into his shoulder. "Take it easy," he said softly. "K-Kawauso…" His hand rubbed up and down her back, comforting her. "He's fine." She started groaning again. "What's wrong, hmm?" She held her injured shoulder, "It's… nothing." His hand grasped her arm, "Here, let me see that." He examined it with his cerulean eyes, "Oh, shit. Hold still I'll…"
"Shh," she commanded and brought her head closer to his chest. "But, Arashi…" Deidara started. "Be quiet… I'm tired and I'll heal my self," she pressed her ear over the center of his chest. His heart thumped anxiously against his skin. Arashi smiled slightly and Deidara wrapped his arms around her body and held her close, chin resting on her head. Eventually, he settled down and his pulse slowed to a rhythmic pace. Chakra slowly began to patch her wounds together.
"I wanna go home," Arashi finally whispered. Deidara chuckled, "We are going home, hmm. I talked to Iji, he and Kashira are already going after Sagegami and Tenshinhige. You have nothing to worry about, hmm." The tongue on his hand tickled her cheek as he stroked it. Arashi giggled slightly and kissed Deidara's chest lightly.
"Go to sleep, hmm. You're exhausted," Deidara commanded. Arashi yawned slightly, and Deidara smiled and kissed her cheek, "See?" Arashi groaned and shut her eyes, "Whatever…" and snuggled into his chest. Deidara glanced back to see Kawauso sleeping peacefully a few feet away. Sighing, he refocused his attention to flying. The sun was slowly making its descent over the horizon. They should be at the base by nightfall at least. He glanced down to observe Arashi sleeping peacefully against his chest. Deidara stroked her head a couple of times, kissed her forehead, and returned his focus onto flying.
"… Deidara?" he looked downwards and saw Arashi starting tiredly at him. "Yeah?"
"…Thanks."
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Just as he had predicted, the world was wrapped in night's blanket by the time Deidara's sculpture landed. Kawauso had already woken up, and was beside Deidara who carried the sleeping Arashi in his arms. "Hopefully everyone's sleeping, hmm." Deidara whispered and stepped silently and cautiously towards the base door. He opened it with only the slightest creaking sound.
"ARASHI!"
"Oh god," Deidara hissed. Hidan tackled Deidara to the ground and pried Arashi out of his arms. She awoke immediately, "Hidan?" she groggily asked. The Jashinist had his arms wrapped around her. "Thank Jashin you're back! What the hell happened to you?" he angrily pointed at Deidara, "You did this, bastard!" Arashi sighed tiredly, "No, Hidan… Konoha… Shinobi." Hidan kissed her forehead, "Don't worry, I'll sacrifice those assholes." He carried her bridal style into the base, "You're sleeping with me."
Deidara growled beside him, "Uh, no you're not, hmm. Arashi's sleeping with me." He pulled on her arm. Kawauso ran off, not wanting to get in the middle of this. "She's sleeping with me, dumbass," Hidan stated. "No me, "Deidara shot back. "Look… Can you two think of something… that doesn't involve me being abused?" Arashi pleaded. Deidara loosened his grip on her arm. "…Fine, hmm…"
Arashi ended up sleeping in her own room. With Deidara and Hidan on either side of her. This obviously wasn't a good idea. It was barely a two person bed. Kawauso, on the other had, was enjoying this. "Can I come up there and make in a foursome?" he taunted. Arashi groaned, "I'm just trying to sleep." She snuggled into Hidan's chest, earning a disapproving grunt from Deidara. Hidan chuckled, "She likes me more."
Deidara childishly stuck his tongue out at his rival. "I've gotten to first base, hmm." Hidan gasped, and Deidara pulled the now sleeping Arashi closer to him. He grinned. Hidan's eye twitched, "Bastard." Deidara grinned, "And I do believe that she fell for me first, hmm."
Hidan was shaking with anger, "I despise you," he muttered and crossed his arms over his chest. "I bet you don't even kiss well, hmm," Deidara said. Hidan tore Arashi away from Deidara and punched the artist in the gut. He gasped and clutched his stomach as Hidan turned his back to the blonde and cuddled Arashi. Deidara coughed and shifted his position as well. "Ugh, we need to sort this out someway, hmm."
"Agreed, we need sleeping arrangements," Hidan said and planted a light kiss on Arashi's neck. Deidara narrowed his eyes, "I got an idea. How about you leave, hmm?" Hidan yawned, "You know what, just go to sleep, dumbass." Deidara shut his cerulean eyes. Truth be told, he was tired- no, exhausted. He glanced over to see Kawauso slumbering on his pillow. Who knows what Hidan might do if he fell asleep now.
So as the night dragged on, Deidara lie awake the whole time, while Hidan fell asleep with Arashi cradled in his arms. So it ended up with Deidara getting absolutely no sleep. As morning lazily came, Deidara dragged himself to the kitchen for breakfast. Hidan and Arashi were still asleep, as well as Kawauso.
A few hours after Deidara left, Arashi awoke. She sat up and yawned, realizing that one of her boyfriends was missing. Kawauso had left as well. Shrugging, Arashi shook Hidan awake. "Wuh?" he groaned and turned on his side, "Nng, five more… minutes." Irritated, Arashi pushed him out of bed, smiling at the satisfying 'thud'. "Come on, I'm starving!" The masochist groaned and reluctantly got on his feet.
After shoving food down her throat, Arashi made her way back to her room, smiling at the Akatsuki faces that she had come to miss. Then she saw Deidara stumbling through the living room. He had purple bags under his eyes, and looked half awake. "Uh… Dei?" The artist blinked at her voice, "Wuh huh?" She blinked and approached him, "You look exhausted, maybe you should-"
He fell into her arms, snoring lightly. Arashi rolled her eyes. Nothing like being home.