Stupid Geniuses Ch 17
Gonna try not to drabble with Author's Notes, I don't have anything interesting to say XD BUT! I do need you guys to start voting on a pairing. I'll put a poll up on my page. VOTE!
Third Person POV
"Status report," Tsunade says as the five ANBU stand in front of her at attention. Panda steps forward and bows to the Hokage before stepping back.
"We got the girl, as ordered, Hokage-sama. She was pretty heavily protected by the Akatsuki. We assumed she was dangerous as a precaution and rendered her unconscious before putting her in the capable hands of our best interrogation squad."
"Has she woken up yet?" Tsunade steeples her fingers and rests her chin in the space between her thumbs and index fingers.
"Negative."
"What is the team going to try and get from her? She could just be a decoy." She says into her hand, looking thoughtful.
"Or she could know everything, we won't have any idea until we pick her brain," Fox says softly, bowing after she finishes talking.
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The fire is warm, cozy almost. The men surrounding it are silent, each engulfed in his own thoughts.
"What are we going to do?" Kisame breaks the silence, his eyes sliding over to his partner, their unofficial leader.
"We need her back." Itachi says prodding the fire gently. "We need a medic."
"Why don't we get someone else?" Hidan yawns, his hands behind his head. He squints one eye at Itachi, the other closed. "That bitch is not worth it at all," Tobi gasps, standing up and slapping a hand over his mouth dramatically.
"Hidan-san! That is not nice! Kumori-chan is a very important part the team and Tobi knows Hidan-san likes Kumori-chan!" Hidan turns dark red and Kisame gets a slightly demented smirk on his face.
"You LIKE Kumori-chan~?" He asks sing-songily. "Like her-like her?"
"No! Shut the hell up!" Hidan says flushing even more. He stomps off and Kisame jumps up, gleefully following him with taunts.
"This is the worst rescue mission ever…un," Deidara sighs, settling down against a tree.
"Here's what we're going to do," Itachi says hushing his voice dramatically.
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"Ibiki," The bald, creepily scarred man turns and looks at to his replacement. "Switch."
"Ah. Pretty easy shift. The girl's still out cold and Tsunade wants us to wait to wake her up," He says, turning to the glassed-in viewing tank the girl the ANBU had brought back was placed in. Takai Kenshori smiles a little and nods, taking a seat at the table with a book of sudoku and a cup of strong tea.
"See ya," Kenshori says and Ibiki waves carelessly. Kenshori, a very tall ANBU with glasses and black corkscrew curls coming off of his head, the longer ones almost hitting his shoulders, settles into the less-than-comfortable chair and sighs. He absently scratches his forehead, lifting the Leaf Village hitai-ate in the process. Wonder why they've put this girl in the intensive unit. He thinks, writing a seven in the puzzle he'd started earlier. She doesn't look like she's ever fought. But maybe that's her goal. He shrugs and fills out another couple of squares.
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"That doesn't seem like a very good plan," Kakuzu says looking doubtful.
"It will work," Itachi says with a cold calculation to his tone. "This is the safest option we have,"
"Trust him," Kisame says, coming back from his taunting of Hidan. "Itachi-san knows what he's doing," Kakuzu sighs and rolls his eyes back.
"If one of us gets killed on this mission, that'll show the shinobi after us that we are as weak as they want us to be." He says in one of his more gentle growls.
"Like it or not, Kumori-chan is one of us, un," Deidara speaks up for the first time in a while. Every eye goes to him. "She's a necessary part of our group, and we all care for her, yeah. We have got to get her back, safe and sound, un,"
"BUT HIDAN CARES THE MOST!" Kisame pipes up gleefully, ruining the dramatic mood.
"SHUT UP OR I'LL FUCKIN' CASTRATE YOU!"