Stupid Geniuses Ch 15

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The next morning I wake up to find myself self wedged between Kisame's chest and Tobi's rear. Tobi's face is firmly planted into my butt. I think it's fair now.

I yawn and instantly Tobi and Kisame are upright as if an alarm had gone off in their ears.

"What?" I ask, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. "I just yawned…"

"There's someone coming,"

"Plural, un," Deidara says, his hand mouth already starting to chew on some clay. I frown, focusing hard.

"I can't feel their chakra signature."

"That's why we're worried. Even civilians have chakra signatures," Itachi says, his eyes dark. The Sharingan is swirling inside of it; I can see that he's none too happy.

We all tense up as the presence gets closer. Kisame has a firm grip on Samehada, Itachi's stance is stiff, Deidara already is making some bird bombs, and even Tobi looks like he's nervous. A twig snaps from the direction behind us and we all jump, except Itachi. But I think he flinched.

We all feel the presence coming closer. I feel my breath hitching as Itachi takes a step in front of me, between me and the thing coming towards us.

"Huh?" I squeak out, not used to him being so…human.

"If things go wrong," He says so quietly that I'm not sure I'm hearing him right. "Stay behind me." Nodding, I slink back so that he totally stands in front of me. One hand is behind him, as if to keep me at bay.

It's almost on top of us now…

AND IT COMES AT US!

"That was disappointing, yeah," Deidara says with a slight deadpan.

"Missed you too, ya pussy," Hidan sneers.

Indeed, it was pretty disappointing, though Itachi is still in front of me. Hidan came out of the brush, not looking too happy.

"Here's your cat," Kakuzu says tossing a snarling white bundle at me over Itachi's head. I reach up and catch Byakko, who's…small again.

"Great," I say tossing her onto the ground as she viciously attacks my ankles. This gets me to shriek and start climbing Itachi like a tree. He stands stiffly, but turns his gaze to Byakko. She freezes and is twitching on the ground within a couple seconds. "WHAT DID YOU DO?!" I shriek picking up the cat, which is barely conscious enough to growl at me.

"She needs to learn some manners," He says aloofly, not even looking at me as he walks over to Kakuzu, the both of them having their head bent in conversation almost instantly. I sigh, tilting my head up to the sun.

It feels really good, I have to admit. I found the only little ray of sun in the entire forest.

Little happinesses here, people.

I don't have a house, a job, a steady means of income, or woman things.

I live with a bunch of men.

I DESERVE this little ray of sunshine, dammit.

"Heads up, Kumori-chan yeah!"

BOOM!

I squeal and duck, covering the back of my neck. Deidara cackles happily and Tobi claps, fussing over how amazing that bomb was. The trees sway and I can't see much sun anymore.

So much for my little ray of sunshine…

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Third Person POV

Tsunade isn't a happy woman when she's at work. Who would be? Being Hokage isn't as easy at it sounds. There's just so much damn paperwork…

"Shizune, I'm taking a break." The blond says with one hand raised as she leaves Shizune squawking about how she shouldn't be taking a break since she just got back from one.

She really doesn't care.

It's a pretty day in Konoha, thankfully. The sun is shining and birds are flying around in the mid-spring breeze. It's really a perfect day.

"HEY GRANDMA!" Tsunade's eye twitches a little and her shoulders slump. There goes her perfect walk…

"What is it, Naruto?" She asks turning around slowly.

"I need a mission," He says crossing his arms and squinting at her.

"Why?" She asks sounding tired.

"Those Akatsuki bastards kidnapped Hinata-chan!" Naruto says punching the air dramatically. "They need to be punished!"

"I've already got a team of ANBU trailing them, Naruto," He falters a little but pouts and crosses his arms again.

"I want to help out. That girl with them has to be in danger of some sorts!" He tries again triumphantly.

"That's why we have the ANBU going after her," Tsunade doesn't stop walking. There she spies the ramen shop. Ooo… some ramen would taste really good right now…

"Grand-maaaaaaa," Naruto whines, making the older woman's eye twitch in irritation.

"Shut up and I'll treat," She says.

Naruto shuts up fast.

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"Everyone clear with the plan?" The fox faced ANBU asks to the other four in her group. Monkey, Cat, Wolf, and Panda all nod. "Repeat it back,"

"We attack one at a time, each taking one as many members as possible, and we get the girl with as little harm done to her as possible."

"Alright, we attack when they come past our location,"

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Kumori's POV

I stretch my arms out and yawn, tears forming at the corners of my eyes from the strength of my yawn. Then promptly sneeze.

Someone must be talkin' about you… Inner Kumori says and I doink myself on the side of the head a couple of times.

Shut up, you. I think lazily, yawning again. "Are we gonna bunk for the night soon?" I feel a sharp yank right around my navel and make this really stupid-sounding "urk!" noise.

"Shut the fuck up," Kakuzu hisses darkly into my ear and I clamp my mouth and eyes shut quickly.

Inner Kumori is having a free day, running in circles screaming.

Cracking one eye open slowly, I see that Kakuzu's taken me into a pricker bush. Wow. That's smart. He shoots me a dark look as his tentacles slither around my body, getting a better grip on me. I can't help but feel like a mouse I once saw a snake eating at the zoo. It strangled the helpless thing and then ate it. Oh so slowly. That was Ryuu's idea of a "good field trip." His babysitting skills aren't exactly "good."

Ryuu… Tears almost form in my eyes but I force them down.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME DAMMIT!

Kakuzu's tentacles tighten slightly and I slide my eyes sneakily over to the corners of my eye sockets. There's a muscle in his jaw and it's twitching a little. He's really tensed. Hmm… That's not normal for him…

I almost scream when I see Byakko jump down and start snarling at the masked ninja people. One takes a bite to the neck and another stabs Byakko and she starts bleeding. I put a hand over my mouth and watch in mute horror as she goes down hard. Kakuzu's tentacles tighten around me and he turns to me.

"Stay silent," He warns with a death glare in my direction. I stiffly nod, not wanting to upset the scary man.