Bre's POV
I walked into the base behind Hidan and could already hear Cass yelling from in front of us. Hidan looked over his shoulder at me before turning down the left hall. "I'll come get you after the whore makes lunch." I nodded and watched him walk into a room before heading forward towards Cass' voice. Moving around the greenery the voices got louder and I could now tell that she was yelling at Deidara, who was very obviously teasing her.
Smiling just slightly I walked up behind them and sat on the arm of the couch. "What's going on here?"
Deidara looked up at me and grinned. "Cass came back with Zetsu and-" Before he could even finish his sentence Cass had tackled him back onto the couch with her hands over his mouth.
"Shut up Deidara!" Her face was now bright red and I couldn't help but start laughing. "No Bre, it's not like that! Oh my god…" She sat up quickly and covered her face, groaning loudly. Deidara and I had started laughing harder and grinning.
"Oh come on Cass, what's the matter?" I teased, poking her in the side. She groaned again and threw herself onto her side dramatically.
Someone coughed behind me and I turned around to see Konan standing behind us, smiling softly. "If you don't mind, I need to borrow Cass for a while." Turning back I saw her perk up and look over the couch at Konan. "Pein has approved of your requests. Come with me."
"Oh, uh, alright. Cool." She quickly got up off of the couch, picking at her still wet clothes. "See ya Bre." She waved at me and followed behind Konan.
"What request?" Deidara asked at he watched them go. I shrugged and looked back at him. "I wonder if she'll be back by lunch, un."
"I hadn't even thought of that. What if she's not?"
"Then I guess we cook for ourselves… Man that sucks." He sighed heavily. "She's way better at cooking than anyone else here." I nodded and brushed my hair out of my eyes, looking back at the hall they left from.
"Hidan will be upset. Kakuzu already took her away before she could make breakfast."
"I don't want to be around for that, un."
"I have to…" Sighing I looked back at him. "We're training again after lunch."
"Have fun with that." I groaned and Deidara chuckled at me. "You should train with me tomorrow, I can bet I'm way better than that stupid ass." I snickered slightly and grinned.
"I'm not sure that's really up to me."
He shrugged and looked forward to a Tv I hadn't noticed was on.
Cass' POV
I followed behind Konan closely, careful not to fall behind and end up lost. These halls are a fucking maze. "So are you just showing me to our room?"
"No, first we're going to get you two some clothing. You'll be picking out Bre's as well seeing as she still has more training to do today." She replied, glancing over her shoulder at me. "You both seem to be the same size anyway."
"Yeah, pretty much."
She led me through a few more halls and up a flight a stairs before we finally ended up at a door. Taking out a set of keys she unlocked the door and walked into a room that looked like a very official office. Once through she relocked it and continued out of the room with me close behind. "While we're out you will not talk to anyone, are we understood?"
"Yes." I frowned ever so slightly at the order but didn't complain about it, it wasn't like it didn't make sense. No one here knew me and I wasn't exactly someone who could be trusted yet. She nodded and I kept behind her as she led me down and out of the building. A couple people looked our way but most kept their eyes down, as if they were intimidated by Konan. Moving just slightly faster I managed to get a glimpse of her face and understood why they would be. She was tall and her entire demeanor demanded respect.
Once outside I shivered from the cold rain that was still coming down hard on us. I get the impression that it always rains here. Konan took me to two shops, one with clothes and one with hygiene supplies. The whole time we were out I kept a close eye on the price of everything, not wanting to spend more money than I had to. I still had an unsteady association with Kakuzu seeing as he saw us as both a waste of space and more importantly, money. Once we were done I had two arms full of bags, seeing as I had to carry everything, and Konan led us back to the building where we came.
I hadn't realized how many stairs we had walked down until we were walking back up. The bags were heavy but I refused to let my exertion show. It felt like forever before we finally made it back inside the hideout. And then even longer before Konan took me to another door from where I could hear the living room. "This is your room. Feel free to move the things inside around. I had Tobi move some old furniture into it so you'll have beds to sleep on. There's also a shower off of the room for you to use. If you need anything else feel free to some and talk to me. You can usually find me in the medical room but if I'm not there just leave me a note."
I nodded and she gave me the tiniest of smiles before walking off. I carefully opened the door with the bags still digging into my arms and swung it open to reveal a rather spacious room with two beds on either end. Between them was a bookcase full of what looked like scrolls and thick books and on the opposite wall two dressers with a door off to left beside them. Walking in I set the bags one of the beds and went away to putting all the stuff away before heading into the bathroom with a full change of clothes to take a long needed shower.
Bre's POV
Cass has been gone a while now… I wonder if she's back yet. I sighed and looked at the tv that had been playing some show I still didn't understand. Beside me Deidara had been trying to explain it but it was no use and even he could tell it by now. My stomach growled and I frowned, too lazy to get up and get food. Maybe if I wait it out Hidan will forget about our training. But then again what if I end up having to train on an empty stomach. Grumbling I stood up off the couch.
"You going to get something to eat, un?" My stomach growled again and Deidara laughed, getting up as well. "I'll come with you."
"Alright I guess." I walked beside him to the kitchen only half listening as he started to ramble about something new. Before we could fully walk into the kitchen I got jumped on by someone slightly wet. I quickly grabbed Deidara's shoulder before I fell on my face and almost made him fall instead. "What the hell!?" I heard a very familiar giggle and turned to see a sparkly clean Cass with her usual dumb grin. "You took a shower!?"
"Yeah, I'll show you to our room later. We have some clothes to wear too, so that's awesome." She hopped off my back and scampered into the kitchen before I could even get upset. Sighing, for what felt like the thousandth time since we got here, I pinched the bridge of my nose and followed her in. Sitting beside Deidara I watched as she quickly pulled out thing after thing to make everyone lunch.
"Has she been cooking for everyone since we got here?"
"Yeah, pretty much, un." He scratched his head in thought, the mouth on his hand finally being fully visible to me. "I mean most of us anyway. Sasori doesn't eat and Pein and Konan don't usually come out to eat with us, though I have seen him sneak in here once while she was cooking."
"Huh… at least if we don't end up to be useful fighters you guys can always keep her around for chores." Not like I really have any uses…
Once the smell of food started to fill the kitchen people started to come in, the first being a very tired looking man with dark black hair. He rubbed his eyes and glared around the kitchen before sitting as far away from Deidara as possible. A minute later a man who could only be Kisame, because of his blue skin, walked in and sat beside him. The other guy must be Itachi then… A few more minutes passed and more men filed in. First Hidan, then a bouncy Tobi, and finally a pissed off Kakuzu who glared at me and Cass as soon as he walked in.
I scooted my chair over as the table quickly got full. "Kisame, could you get me some plates please?" I looked up at Cass when she finally spoke.
"Only for a kiss." A grin spread across Kisame's face as he stood and walked over to a cabinet, pulling out eight plates, and reaching down into a drawer to grab a handful chopsticks. As he walked back he leaned down by Cass, baring his cheek for a kiss. She laughed and grinned before kissing her fingers and gently shoving his face, making him laugh in return. "You spoil me."
"You wish."
"I think most of us do." Cass laughed again as he set out the plates and chopsticks for everyone. She followed behind him with a large steaming bowl, set it down, and went back for a platter full of something else. Kisame patted his empty seat and she sat down. Once she was seated the men practically attacked the food, making me jump in surprise.
Deidara passed me back a plate of food and I looked at him shocked. "Um, thank you."
"You gotta get your food fast or there won't be any Bre." Cass called to me, nearly having to shout to be heard over the arguing of the men around us.
"It's because you're such a good cook Cass-chan." Tobi chirped as he grabbed his plate and left, probably so no-one could watch him eat. Cass grinned and received a few muffled grunts of agreement. Kakuzu left behind Tobi, finally making room for everyone else at the table. Picking up the chopsticks I started to eat the food on my plate.