Chapter 2
"Stop, Deidara! Calm down right now." Pein growled, his voice strained. The look on his face expressed that he was not in the mood for horse-play.
"Why do I get in trouble, un? It's my birthday!" I complained, partially instinctively. When you have three mouths it's hard to keep them all shut. Well, four mouths to be exact. But the look Pein gave me next was enough to shut all four of my mouths. Temporarily.
"You will listen to me, whether it's your birthday or not. Now, Tobi has plans for your birthday that he says you will enjoy. We all worked hard to set this up, so you will be appreciative." Pein growled the last part and death dripped off of his words. My response was a gulp under his heavy stare, and I was reminded of the one time he got angry at an informant. Shivers ran down my spine as I remembered why no one used the blender anymore.
"Yes sir." I squeaked. He didn't say another word, instead stepping aside and letting Tobi bounce into the place where he had been looming over me.
"Sempai! I have the best day ever planned for you!" Before I could say 'what' Tobi immediately began blabbering off again. "Follow me! This is your first surprise, Sempai!" He grabbed my still-traumatized left hand like a steel trap and began dragging me out of the room. I narrowed my eyes with distrust as the rest of the Akatsuki began trailing after us. I deftly noted that we were heading towards the training room. What kind of surprise could Tobi have set up in there? He slammed the door open to present a huge volleyball court. Confusion ran through me, but before I could question Tobi's sanity the little brat spoke again.
"Surprise! Aren't you happy, Sempai!? Tobi saw how much you watched volleyball, and set up a volleyball court just for you!" Tobi jumped to hug me and I held out my arm to block him. Volleyball? Okay, sure. I watched volleyball. A lot. But I didn't watch it for the game, I didn't even really know how the game went. All I knew was spandex! Speaking of which, maybe Konan would be wearing some spandex. I turned around to search through the group behind me for Konan, but Tobi hadgrabbed me again. He yanked me backwards and I stumbled before I ungracefully caught myself. Once more, Hidan was laughing.
"Did you see that clumsy- $$ f***er fall?" He laughed some more, and elbowed Kisame who was laughing at me too. That was it. If I had some clay there would be a birthday bang in my honor.
"Sempais! Hurry! It's Deidara-Sempai's birthday volleyball game!" Tobi let go of me, thankfully, and attacked the rest of them, herding them onto the volleyball court.
"Hn." Itachi's eyes were narrowed and hatred burned through me. Worthless Uchiha.
"I know what you mean." Kisame said back to Itachi. "But at least none of the guys are wearing spandex." I raised an eyebrow at that; what were the talking about? I silently wished I spoke the language of 'hn', but only Kisame could understand it. It was futile. Suddenly, I was whirled around by Tobi. He had a firm grip that I couldn't wrench off of my shoulders, no matter how hard I tried to peel his fingers off of me.
"Let's pick teams!" He shouted in a shrill squeal that made me wince. This was going to be a long day.