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Chapter 52

Note: When leader is calm it means he is planning something.

~Laura's POV

My heart stops right here and now… please tell me that was a Tobi cosplayer… for all that is good in this world; please say it was a crazy stalker Tobi cosplayer.

"What, hmm?" I hear Deidara say as Kakashi, Anko, Shino and Mei quickly look to the Akatsuki members; Deidara seems to be staring at us with a serious look on his face. "That can't be them, yeah," he says which makes me sigh a little in relief, thank you new appearances! But sadly… Kisame had to ruin it for me.

"I think it is them, remember how… Laura… wanted some badge maker or something?" Kisame says as I hug my badge maker closer to my chest, damn it! Damn Kisame and his good memory!

Kahlan murmurs something under her breath as Mei and Anko pick Kahlan and I up, Mei holding me up as I cling onto her and start to bury my face into her shoulder, I don't wanna go back with them… Pein will be super mad at me.

"Don't worry," Mei says while jumping upwards, I look down as she does that and I see five members of the Akatsuki, Deidara, Tobi, Kisame, Itachi and Kakuzu… oh no… the Konoha ninjas are outnumbered.

I whine a little as I hear an explosion and see Deidara throwing some little spiders at Kakashi who lightening blades them which makes them useless.

I look to the other building opposite Mei and me to see Anko carrying Kahlan with no problem at all. Kahlan is watching the battle with wide eyes and I cover my mouth at Tobi pretending to get hurt when he isn't getting hurt at all, it's all going straight through him.

"Kahlan-chan! Laura-chan!" Tobi yells childishly while waving wildly to us, I stick my tongue out at him while closing my eyes, you suck Mr. Orange mask! He seems to stop waving as I do that and I look to Mei as she settles me down with a pout.

"Don't worry I'll be right back," she says with a smile before giving me a peck on the forehead before jumping off of the building and spraying some lava towards Kisame who jumps out of the way and glares at her, she glares back and starts using more lava and steam style Jutsu.

I watch with my chin in my palm, no doubt this battle was going to take long and I have to wait, I look across the building again and see Kahlan also watching the battle going on.

I look back down to the battle and notices something; there are two Deidara's, one fighting with Kakashi and the other is hiding running up the building where the Konoha ninjas cannot see.

Panic rushes over my body and I open my mouth to yell the clone or real Deidara to them only to have a hand clamped over my mouth, making what I was going to say into a little high whine. I tremble in surprise and glance slowly to the left and notice a new Akatsuki member… or leader… standing right behind me, his eyes shadowed with rage as my trembling gets worse and I clench my eyes closed.

I feel a small pressure the back of my neck, feel my mind go blank and my sight blacking out after I opened them, falling backwards as everything starts to slow down in front of me. Shino seems to have notice Pein and has yelled to the others as they glance away from their battle, yelling something to me.

I turn my head as my sight slowly starts to black out on the bottom and the top of my sight. Kahlan starts to yell my name loudly only to have a hand clamped over her mouth as well. My vision disappears with Sasori behind her; he doesn't seem to care at all right there.

I soon wake with someone shaking my shoulders lightly, I whine softly while using my hand to cover my eyes, my head hurts a looooot.

"Laura wake up," I hear someone say as I try to remember the voice; it is stern and commanding… what happened last?

"Nuu… I'm tired," I whine softly before slowly sitting up, my head is pounding and it really hurts, "owie, my head really hurts," I whine a little more before holding my face in my palms, my head feels like… like… I have another hangover; the first one was no fun.

"Laura. Wake. Up," the voice says as something finally clicks in my brain… that voice belongs to Pein, the person who most likely knocked me out before… and seeing as I am with him… means that the Akatsuki were able to kidnap us.

I slowly open my eyes while taking my face out of my hands, I look up slowly and see Pein in his… god like… glory as he is crossing his arms over his chest, a stern look on his face.

I gulp softly while backing away only to have my back hit something, I glance behind me and see a wall, using it; I stand up shakily as my legs feel like jelly. "W-What happened?" I ask softly while getting the feeling back into my legs, looking round I see a blank gray room with a large bed, closet and window, I know that view, it's the backyard of Kahlan's grandpa's house. I've only met her grandpa once, he was super nice and didn't seem to mind that I didn't believe in any god, he simply smiled and nodded his head. He was… a saint.

"We defeated the Konoha ninjas, for now, and brought you both back here," he says calmly while keeping his arms crossed. His gaze doesn't look away from mine as his ripple rinnegan stares at my green blue ones.

"…" I can't say anything right now as many questions spin through my head. Why didn't you kill me? Why did you bring us back? How does keeping us alive benefit you?

I blink softly before looking down to the floor, I need to loosen up, it really doesn't matter WHAT is going to happen seeing as it IS going to happen, so we might as well try to have fun.

"Anything to say for your escape?" Pein asks, giving me a scary glare as I look away from his eyes and to the wall to my right. I nod my head slowly as tears start to fill in my eyes.

"Yeah… I escaped to get the Konoha ninjas to save Kahlan," I say softly, just in case there are ninjas listening in from outside the room, they are sneaky like that. "I don't want you guys hurting her," I say raising my voice a little while looking back to him, his glare has softened a little but it seems he is keeping it in place, "I… I don't want my friend getting hurt… never… ever…" I say while leaning back against the wall, tears streaming down my face as I rub them away, almost like a cat with my right hand, I seem to be trembling a little but look to Pein as he turns his back to me, staring out the window, not meeting my gaze.

"Out," he says as I try to lean to the left to see his expression. "Get. Out." He says while stressing out the words as I nod slowly before quickly walking out of the room. I sigh in relief while walking down the narrow hallway till I get to the living room, Konan, Itachi, Kakuzu, Hidan and Kisame seem to be in there, sitting down in silence which is kinder creepy, seeing as Hidan is in the same room as Kakuzu.

"Konan!" I yell happily while running towards her and glomping her in her seat, she looks at me in utter surprise as I hug her like I haven't hugged her in years. I bury my face into her shoulder while murmuring into it, "I missed you, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," I whine and murmur into her shoulder as I feel a hand rub my back, calming me softly.

"It's okay," she whispers softly, just loud enough for me to hear. I slowly pull my head out of her shoulder as tears start to fill in my eyes. I rub the tears away as I hiccup a little.

"What the fuck happened to your fucking hair?!" Hidan yells, finally making some noise while staring at me, I turn in Konan's lap to see him and smile softly.

"I dyed it bluish black," I say with the smile as he is giving me some epic 'what the heck' look while Kakuzu calmly nods his head.

"You have the same hair color as Itachi's brother," Kisame grins shark like while showing off his very sharp teeth. I stare with awe before grinning.

"Really? I didn't think I did I just chose a cool color," I say with a grin as Kisame chuckles and Itachi seems to be staring at me with a slightly stern gaze. I look to Itachi and smile happily which makes him lose the gaze and turn his head away, placing his chin in his palm.

I reach up and untie the little pigtails in my hair as it just reaches my shoulders, a little fluffy from probably running on roofs knowing the Akatsuki.

I smile happily as I feel Konan playing with my hair and sigh softly, this feels really nice and I can see her putting one half of my hair into a plaits. I hold still for a few minutes with my eyes closed, feeling each half of my hair being made into plaits and look to them both as Konan finishes. They look super cute and are loose so they don't look like they were pulled tightly.

Kisame chuckles as I grin and he whispers to Itachi about something that has 'female version' in it which results in Itachi giving Kisame a small smirk which makes me confused, wonder what's that about.

"Konan?"

"Yes?"

"Where is Kahlan?" I ask softly while looking to her, Konan gives me a sweet smile as I hear the patter of feet walking down the stairs.

"I put her in her room, when everyone got back, but she should be waking up about now," she says as I nod my head happily, thank you Jashin and God that Kahlan is safe, I really didn't want her getting hurt anymore, thank you Lord that she is alright.

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