A/N: Omg! three chapters in three days? I'm on a roll! XD
Smack! Somebody slaps my face. Hard.
"OW," I say incredulously, immediately sitting up and rubing my aching face. "This is going to bruise…" All of a sudden someone dumps a bucket of water on me.
"I'm up! Geeze, did you not see me get up?" The blackness fades away and my vision comes to. I see I'm surrounded by six guys, too many of them familiar. I can feel the color drain from my face again.
"Oh, shit. Don't freaking pass out again," The silver haired douche says.
"You again…" I growl.
"Move away guys, she obviously doesn't like men crowding around her," A young women with blue hair commands. Unwillingly, the guys back off quickly and continue to mind their own business. She holds out her hand to help me up.
"T-thanks…"
"Don't mention it. A girl to these guys is like a fire to cavemen. They act like they never see one before."
"If they don't think you're a girl, they must have something wrong with them."
"Well, I'm pretty much the only girl they get to see. It's why they listen to me so well. I'm Konan."
"Nice to meet you, Konan. I'm Nene."
"Likewise. It's nice talking to another girl. The closest thing we have to another female is Deidara, over there. He's walking with Sasori." she points to the long haired blonde walking over to the river with his red headed friend.
"Ah, I see. Um…Who's the guy with anger issues? He really doesn't like me."
"Hidan? Oh he's like that to everybody. Major potty mouth and a dedicated Jashinist."
I nod with understanding, "I know the guy with the mask is Tobi, and the fish is Kisame. Who are the others?"
"The guy with the long black hair is Kakuzu. And the guy with the long black pony tail is Itachi. The plant is Zetsu, and the guy sitting in the shade is our leader, Pein."
"Big group you have here. Is this like, a really big squad or something?"
"Um… let's just call it an organization. All these people have incredible talents. By the way, you said you already knew a few of them?"
"Mhm, I ran into Deidara, Hidan, Sasori, and Tobi yesterday. They were looking for Hidan's arm."
"Yeah, we still didn't' find it. We're mainly looking for it because he had a ring that belongs to the organization. We all wear one. Hidan and Kakuzu had a little rumble the other day and Hidan ended up loosing his arm," Konan explains.
"Do you think you could still attach it after all this time?" I ask.
"Oh, yeah!" she says surly, "Hidan is immortal. He can have all limbs severed and he'd still be alive."
"W-wow! That's something," I say surprised.
That just makes me more afraid of him. Not only that, but all of these "specially talented people" are looking for the ring I took. "I need to make sure they don't find it."
"Wanna swim?" Konan asks.
"Sure…" I agree timidly.
Konan and I sit at the edge of the water dipping our legs in. I feel self conscious. All these guys are looking at my body and thinking, ugh, who's knows what!
"Why am I so afraid of men?" I ask myself. "I need to get over this. If they aren't as big perverts I think they are, I could actually have a crush on a few…Ino would love this."
Kisame comes up to us.
"So, Nena, I have a buddy, Itachi, and he's really lonely. He needs a friend. Why don't you go talk to him?"
I can feel my cheeks getting red. "Come on body! STOP. BLUSHING," I mentally yell at myself.
"Um… uh… he looks like he's thinking really hard. I-I don't want to disturb him."
"Hmm," Kisame says staring at me, "You really don't like men, do you."
I tense up and feel my whole face flush. I'm lost for words.
"It's okay. If you don't swing that way, I understand."
Suddenly it all gets quiet and people turn our way. That's it.
"No! I'm straight! I swear!" I can feel my head get hot.
"Sure you are," Hidan smirks.
I can't take it. I inhale deeply and plunge into the water. "I hate guys I hate guys I hate guys!" I come back up and walk to shore. Dripping wet I approach Itachi, who's sitting on a huge boulder away from the group. I take a deep breath and talk to the obscure figure.
"Hi. I'm Nene."
He looks at me.
"Um… you're friend Kisame said you wanted to talk," I say a little shakily. "Why did I do this?"
"Hm."
Hm? Is that all I get? What's with the guy! Now, I'm getting really upset.
"You know, I'm trying to start a conversation and you're not really helping," I say impatiently.
"Here," he holds out his towel, "You're soaked. Take it and tell Kisame to stop playing games."
Okay, now I'm angry.
I leave Itachi with him still offering me his towel and stomp back to Kisame. Everyone's watching and grinning except for Konan.
"You think you're funny? Itachi said to stop playing games."
"It's more of a joke," Kisame laughs along with the other guys.
I storm to my bag a few feet away and take out some sashimi I picked up on my way here. I walk back up to Kisame and pop a piece into my mouth.
"Mmm! Delicious! Nothing hits the spot like fresh fish," I snap.
"Ugh! How could you!" Kisame cries.
"It's just a joke," I say sweetly, eating another piece. "Want one?" I offer.
Kisame looks like he's going to puke and swims away to Itachi. Now the others are laughing at my little prank.
"Good one," Konan says, giving me a high five.
I laugh and jump in the shallow water, "Anyone want some?"
The guys swarm and snatch the container away out of my hands. They fight in the water over the last pieces while Konan and I watch the comedy.
"They're like children," I comment.
"Yep. I feel like a mom sometimes," Konan says.
"I can see why."
"Ew! Tobi stepped on something squishy!" Everybody stopped their fighting and glances at Tobi.
"Well, what is it, twerp," Sasori asks. Tobi dives into the water and holds up what he found.
" Yay! Tobi found Hidan-san's arm! It was in between two rocks! It's prune-y, but still intact."
At this point, I'm silently glare at the masked idiot. How dare he foil my revenge!
"Finally! Out of all you dumb asses Tobi finds my freaking arm!" Hidan booms. He grabs his arm out of Tobi's hands and holds it to the part where it's severed. He gained full motion of it. He wiggles his finger and bends his elbows and sighs as if he's stretching. He separates the two and his arm is lifeless again.
"Kakuzu, you bastard, you did this. Now fix it!" Hidan commands.
"How much are you going to pay me," Kakuzu asks.
"I don't give a shit, just sew it back on!"
Kakuzu ignores Hidan.
"Kakuzu, put Hidan's arm back on, please, " Pein orders from the shadows.
Kakuzu grumbles but stitches the unfortunate arm back onto Hidan's vulgar body. It has to be the weirdest way I've ever seen. Kakuzu literally sews his arm back together with thick creepy string that moves by it's self. I guess that's his talent…
"Well shit," Hidan spurts, inspecting his pruney arm.
"What it is now," Kakuzu says.
"My ring is gone!"
"Ha! Sucks for you!" Deidara laughs, "Guess it got dragged away, un."
"No, someone had to take it off," adds Sasori.
"What? How could he know? Does he knows it's me?" I wonder, a little panicked.
"And what makes you think that, un," the blond asks.
"Just look at your fingers."
We all look at our hands. Our wrinkly, swollen hands.
"The skin absorbs water, making the fingers expand. If the ring fits Hidan in the first place, a swollen finger wouldn't get a ring pulled off in a current like this."
He's on to me. "Okay Nene, just act cool. Just lie your way out."
"Everyone, let's regroup and figure out our next move," Pein says.
Everyone get's out of the water and forms a circle. Why no one asks me to leave, I don't know, and if I say I have to go, they'll immediately suspect me. I'm trapped.
"The Leaf isn't too far away. Someone from there could have taken it," Konan suggests.
"Our best bet is there, un," Deidara agrees.
"'Nene," says Pein, "You're from Konoha, aren't you?"
"Y-yep…" I say squeamishly.
"Are you trusted there?"
"Yes…"
"Are you familiar with the town?"
"Um… Yeah…"
"Then, you're going to help us find this ring. "
"How are you letting a commoner help us, leader-sama," Sasori asks irritated.
"Yeah, c'mon, she's not even a ninja," Zetsu says.
"Yes I-" I statr to say.
"I'm not a fan of this idea," Kisame says. Then everyone starts arguing.
"Guys, I am a ninja…" I try to say, but everyone's talking over me.
"Silence!" Pein shouts, "Nene is trying to speak."
"Thanks, uh… leader-sama…" I begin,
"Okay, first off, I am a ninja. I might only be a chunin, but I've been on plenty of A ranked missions with my sensei. I have respectable tai jutsu that I've been perfecting forever. I've worked hard to go where I am. I'm really not a pathetic as you guys are thinking; Really, I'm not hopeless!"
"Is that a good enough explanation for you?" Pein asks the group. Everyone still looks unwilling to believe me. Pein continues slowly, "We need her because we need trust. Why do we need a top of the class ninja to help us find a ring?" He asks.
No one says anything.
"That's what I thought. Now, the plan is to look like we're travelers passing through for a few days. Nene will tell the guards at the gate that she found us lost in the forest and we need a place to stay. After that, we search for the ring and find it as quickly as possible. Understand?"
Everyone nods in agreement.
What did I get myself into?
A/N: Hullo~ Hope you enjoyed this chapter, dialogue ftw! It's a little short, but I thought this was a good place to stop haha. Hope you like~ review and stuff please haha X) have a good one~
