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"This is it, yeah." Deidara said as he lifted himself up from the ground "This cave is the one we're looking for."
"How can you be so sure?" I asked as I walked over to the wall he was looking at not to long ago "I mean it looks like any other normal wall to me."
"This wall here is different, it was made by chakra, yeah." He said like it was the easiest thing in the world "To the people who weren't trained to know the different between a man-made structure and a natural one. They want no one to know the difference."
"Well how do you know?" I asked as he pointed to the spot where it comes up from the ground
"See how it seems like it was dragged up?" He showed me the slight indents in the wall that were straight up and down "A normal wall won't have these almost perfect lines, yeah."
"Oh I see."
"And see how at the bottom there is a pile of just dirt that here, yeah."
"Couldn't that be like… I don't know… natural? I mean nature has a lot of dirt."
He gave me a look "This is to much dirt and it is concreted instead of loose."
"Oh." I said as he rolled his eyes "Now what?"
"We go in. Duh." He stood up as he started making hand signs
"What are you doing?" I asked
"Opening the structure, yeah." He said as he finished his last sign and placed his hand against the wall. Slowly yet surely the wall slide back into the ground. It took a few minutes, but soon enough there was a tunnel.
"Told you, yeah." He said with a smile on his face as we walked past the wall. As soon as we started walking down the tunnel, the wall slowly put itself back in place. Leaving us in total darkness.
"Well what are we going to do about this?" I asked
"I don't know… hold on." Deidara said as I heard him messing with his scope "Hold onto me and I will lead us."
"Alright, well where are you?" I asked as he grabbed my arm "Alright now lets go."
"I didn't grab you yet…" He said awkwardly
"You have to be kidding me…" I put chakra into my hand so a blueish green light filled the area "Then who the hell…"
I looked at my arm where this very pale and boney hand grabbed it. I traveled up the arm and looked at the face of a very pale old man.
"Hello." He said as torches everywhere lit up in flames. Never have I ever screamed so loud before.
"What the hell!" I yelled as I pulled my arm from his hand as fast as I can and punched him in the face
Next thing I know Deidara is pinning him against the wall with a blade up to his throat "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you here and now old man." Deidara hissed shaking the old man a little
"I can see that was not the best way to approach you two." The old man said holding his hands up in defense "I just wanted to see who finally opened the door
"What do you mean?" I asked walking up next to Deidara "And what are you even doing here?"
"Well I am the keeper of this cave. I come here once a day to check to see if anything has changed. And right as I was about to leave, you two walked in."
"How do we know if you're telling the truth, yeah?" Deidara tightened his hold on the old man a little
"The thing is, you don't know if you can trust me." He stated "But I am telling the truth. Besides, there is no way I can stand a chance at this age."
"Deidara let him down." I said as he gave me a stern look "His body has really old and worn chakra levels."
"And I would have attacked you two in the dark when I had the chance." The old man said with a smile on his face
"Thats not helping your case Old Man, yeah." Deidara said glaring at him
"Deidara…" I spoke softly as I put a hand on his arm "Trust me on this one. He cannot do anything with his charka levels like that."
Deidara gave a long sigh after he looked into my eyes "Fine." he dropped the old man
"Now as I ask again," I began as he stood up "What are you even doing here?"
"Like I said before, I am in charge of watching over this cave." he dusted himself off "I just so happened to be leaving but you two walked in before I got the chance to leave."
"Why not just hide and leave?" I asked
"I was curious on who finally entered the cave." then he got serious "And why you entered."
"Akatsuki business, yeah." Deidara spoke as he walked in front of me "We are here for a scroll."
"Why do you need it?" the old man asked
"None of your concern, yeah."
"We need it so we can control the ten tails before someone worse gets their hands on it. And we have the box and want to know what was inside it and why it was so important to that person." I spoke quickly. I could feel the look Deidara was giving me, but I didn't care at the moment. There is something about that old man that just makes me trust him.
"You are a very honest girl compared to your partner." The old man said looking me up and down, studying me
"He just has trust issues." I gave a small smile as I looked at Deidara from the corner of my eye "He is very honest though."
"With you, I hope." The old man whispered as he turned around "Follow me if you please."
"Where is he taking us, yeah?" Deidara asked as he was close behind me as we followed the old man
"I don't know." I said as I looked over my shoulder to glance at him "But I can feel he is very trusting."
"Probably only because of you, yeah." Deidara mumbled
"It doesn't hurt being nice every once in a while." I said
"Its more painful to get stabbed in the back." He whispered as we approached a door "And you thought I didn't know what I was doing before."
"I had the slightest of doubts." I gave a smile "Don't act like you didn't get a little worried either."
"I had total trust in myself, yeah." He said as the old man opened the door
"Right this way." The old man said as we kept our mouths shut and crossed the hall into a giant room. In the middle of the room was a black stone stand holding a very old looking scroll "If what you are telling me is true then you can take it."
"If not, yeah?" Deidara asked
"Then you cannot even touch it." he nodded his head "I hope you have good intentions girl."
"I do, sir." I said as I started walking up to the scroll "Protecting my loved ones from him is my intentions." I stopped at arms reach from the scroll. I stayed silent, looking at the scroll and studying everything about it. Slowly I reached my hand out to grab the scroll. I slowly placed my hand onto it and wrapped my fingers around it. I lifted it out of its holder and brought it back to my body. "How can such an old scroll have such power?"
"How can such a smart girl as a stupid question?" the old man asked as I turned around and walked back to them "You have got what you needed."
"What about you?" I asked
"I pray that I made the right choice in who I let have the scroll." he said as we started walking back to entrance "Now you be careful with that girl. That scroll will bring a lot of people after you."
I only gave a nod as Deidara and I walked out of the cave, leaving the old man behind forever.
Did you like it? I hope so. I wrote it when I was very tired and sick. So don't judge.
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