Its almost time. I can feel just feel it. Today is the day we will attack the Hidden Sand Village.
"Oí! Chiharu, yeah!" I heard Deidara called me. "It's time."
See?
-' A huh.' Kurai muttered sarcastically.
What?
-' You already knew that today was the day. They told you last week!'-
You're no fun... Oh well!
"Can I ride on the bird?" I ask, running up to him. I didn't feel like running all the way to the village, it was too far and the bird was faster.
"Yeah, let's just get going before Sasori starts complaining, hm." He answers, signaling me to hurry up with his hand.
"Yes sir!" I saluted mockingly and followed him outside.
As soon as we were out, he started molding a bird with his mouth hands. Within seconds he tossed the artwork on the ground and said "Katsu!" The work expanded into a huge bird.
"No matter how many times I've seen this, I still think that is so cool..." He chuckled, a smirk forming on his face.
"Get on," He jumped up and patted the spot behind him, " before I leave you behind, yeah." I jumped up and laid down, my legs hanging off the bird. "Ready?" He didn't look back to check.
"Yes!" He flew the bird up into the sky. I close my eyes. I love this feeling the most. The feeling of being in the air, soaring through the sky. The thrill of the possibility of falling to my death.
-'Crazy Child.'
But you love me.
-'Yeah, yeah.'-
"Chiharu, hm." Deidara called.
Who?
-'You!'- Kurai sighed.
Right...
"What?" I turn to look at the blonde.
"Why do you always lay down on my bird, yeah?" He turned around so that he was facing me.
"Its fun." I simply stated.
"What if you fall off?" He raised a brow.
"I might die." I wasn't scared of dying. It was just death. I wasn't scared of turning into nothing or turning into a ghost. I wasn't scared of going to hell. I do things, accepting whatever consequences that come with whatever I do.
"That doesn't bother you, yeah?" He looked at me weirdly. I would have expected him to know me better by now. To not expect what you would of normal shinobi.
"Meh." I shrug, deciding to change the subject. "Are we there yet?"
"We just left, hm!" He emphasized with his hands.
"You didn't answer my question." I look at him bored.
"No!" He yelled.
"No need to be so sassy, Deidara-chan!" I laugh. He hated when Hidan and I called him that.
"Respect your elders!" He scolded.
"Whatever, I'm gonna take a nap. Wake me up when we get there." I get comfortable and drift into sleep, ignoring whatever profanities he had yelled.
"-ru..."
"-haru..."
"Chiharu! WAKE UP, YEAH!" I jumped, banging my forehead against another's.
"Ow..." I look around what I could tell, we were about 3 miles away from the Hidden Sand's border. "G'morning." I yawn and jump off the clay bird I was previously laying on.
"Wait here an hour before heading in." Sasori ordered. "Stay here, Chiharu. I mean it." As they walked away, Deidara suddenly stopped.
"Oh, by the way, Leader said, 'Go nuts', hm." Deidara smirked running after Sasori, before I could say a word.
That guy is terrible, purposely putting me in this state. Couldn't he tell me later? That jerk, I'll make him pay later. I feel that need again. I want to kill right now...
I have to kill.
I want to feel the warm blood of another soul upon my skin. I want have the pleasure of seeing their horrified faces as I tear them apart. Yet, I want a good opponent. I want one with equal or superior skill. I want the thrill of possibly dying...
I need that thrill.
-' Calm down Ichigo. Take a deep breath'-
It wont help. I know it wont help.
-' Do it. Now.'- The demon ordered.
"Okay, okay." I took a deep breath. My anxiousness subsided, not by much, but it did.
Sorry about that...
-' Don't worry about it too much.'-
How much longer?
-' Fifthy-Eight minutes.'-
Fifty-Seven Fifty-Nine... Fifty-Seven Fifty-Eight...
"Three... Two... One!" As soon as the last number left my lips, I bolted towards the village, the feeling of having to kill had to wait and complete boredom could do that. Three miles soon turned to two. Two turned to one. One turned to 15 hundred meters. 15 hundred meters soon turned into 11 hundred. 11 hundred into 5 hundred. 5 hundred to tens. Tens to One. One to Zero. A couple dozen of guards appeared in my path. They appeared in my path but they were dead.
Sasori.
I ran towards the village. Deidara was on his bird, flying away from sand coming from a big ball of floating sand. Deidara flew faster, but not fast enough. The sand got a hold of his arm and crushed it.
"Serves him right, the jerk." I mutter. I suddenly had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. The villagers were cheering on their Kazekage, willing him not to loose. I hid as ninja from the village began to appear. That's when it happened, Deidara dropped a clay sculpture made out of C3 chakra.
That son of a bitch is gonna kill me along with the rest of the village!
I redied myself for the explosion, but it never came. I look up to see that the sand shielded the village from the deadly bomb. It looked like Deidara had counted on that because in the moment right after, he almost blew up the Kazekage. The sand had protected the leader, but knowing Deidara, he had a plan.
Boom!
There was an explosion inside the sand ball where the Kazekage was in. "Gaara!" A male'a voice echoed through the streets.
-'Let's head that way.'-
Yeah.
I stealthily headed towards the voice, knocking out whatever ninja saw me. The sand started to move away from the village, the sand shinobi's attacked Deidara with explosive arrows, and I was kind of hoping one would hit him. That's when I noticed the sand, along with the Kazekage, began dropping outside the village.
The missions over. How boring, I didn't get to kill anyone.
-'That's because you chose not to.'-
Whatever.
Deidara caught the redhead, and flew off. I should probably get going as well, before the shinobi sart to chase.. I ran through the streets, carefull not to be seen. I passed the dead guards once again, catching up with Deidara and Sasori, whom had just finished arguing.
"Did you have fun, yeah?" Deidara smirks.
"If almost getting blown up and not killing people is in your definition of fun then... No." I look at him dully.
"You didn't kill anyone?"
"No-"
Boom!
An explosion went off, "It looks like they fell for your trap, Sasori my man."
"Of course. Traps are made to be fallen into." Sasori answered from inside his puppet. I still didn't like that thing.
"I get it, hm." We walked silently, Sasori wasn't too fond of unecesary conversation. We continued on like this for the whole night and we didn't stop, even when morning came.
-' How boring.'-
You can say that again.
Sasori suddenly stops, Deidara and I after. "What's wrong?" I asked.
"I never thought someone would be following us." He answered.
"Hold it!" We all turn around, there was a guy around my age with purple paint on his face. "I found you..." He looks at the Kazekage. "You will return Gaara to me!"
-' Its that guy from earlier.'-
Really?
-'He's the one who yelled out Gaara's name'-
Oh yeah!
"Deidara, Chiharu... You go on ahead..." Sasori jumped forward. Purple face rolled out three scrolls simoultaneously.
"I'll show you... My puppet show!" He made hand signs. "Crow!" Poof. "Black Ant!" Poof. "Salamander!" Three puppets appear. "I'll say it again... You will give Gaara back to me!"
I'm over this.
I jump onto the bird. "Puppet Master Jutsu, huh?" Sasori mutters. Deidara grins and jumps on the bird as well.
"Then, were going ahead, hm." We start flying away.
"You're not going anywhere!" Purple face flings a puppet at us, but Sasori stops it with his own puppet's tail. "Wha-"
"I don't like waiting for people," Sasori took off his hat, "and I don't like making people wait. I'll finish this right away."
"Who'd have thought you could keep up with Crow's speed." Purple face answered.
"It looked like the fly was about to land, you see." Sasori said plainly.
"I remember now," Deidara spoke up," This jinchuriki guy had some siblings."
"Oh, I remember! One of them uses puppets right?" I ask.
"Yeah, it's probably this guy," Deidara nods. "I think his name was Kantaro... I mean Kanpachi, or something?"
"No, no that doesn't sound right..." I point out.
"It's Kankuro!" Purple face yells.
"See?" Kankuro tries flinging the puppet at us again. Sasori stops it once again.
"I'm telling you I'm your opponent." Sasori states. "And you two quit gawking and get out of here. You're in the way."
"You heard the man, Deidara. Let's go!" I urge.
"Right... We'll be going then, hm." I glanced back as we flew away.
"That guy is probably gonna die, huh?" I stare more than ask.
"Probably." The blonde answered.
"I kind of figured..."