Semi-unedited chapter. You've been warned!
Olivia swung open the door to their room, a bit surprised that Kamryn was still letting the smaller girl drag her about. Kamryn, however, was still too busy giggling to herself and coming up with fresh new ways to tease her young friend. Once in, Olivia let go of Kamryns arm and slammed the door. The slam brought Kamryn back to reality with one last giggle, and she observed as Olivia buried her hands in her hair.
"What was I thinking?" Olivia scrunched up her face, then cast her eyes to Kamryn, "He could have killed us!"
Kamryn just smiled, "I think if he wanted to, he would have…" She then crossed her arms over her chest and her gaze shifted from smiling, to that of a frustrated mother. "But, what the heck were you thinking doing that? Its no joke he could have hurt you, there is no point risking your life for me." She gave Olivia a stern look, and accompanied her mom-ish habit with a slight foot tap.
Olivia pouted, exactly as you would expect a child being scolded would, "But…" She started, her bottom lip quivering a little as she spoke. Quickly, Kamryn uncrossed her arms and took the few steps between herself and Olivia, embracing her in a hug.
"Its alright," She laughed, "We're both fine!"
Hidan propped himself up on his elbows, still a bit dazed by what just happened. He really hadn't expected it at all. He let out a sigh, glad the Uchiha had not seen it, but was relieved a little too soon. As soon as he blinked, Tobi was crouched down beside him, gloved finger poking him gently on the cheek.
"Tobi is very concerned as to why Hidan is so red in the face on the floor, is Hidan sick?!" Tobi over-exaggeratedly bounced about beside Hidan, who just let out a string of curses. He pushed himself up off the floor, speaking as he did so.
"Those damned girls are already getting on my last nerve." He mumbled to himself, ignoring Tobi who followed behind with a thousand questions.
Olivia and Kamryn had been sitting quietly in their room, perusing the many books on the shelves, and just staring out at the never ending rain at times. It had been a few hours of peace amits the reality of their situation. But of course, it couldn't last long.
A small knock was heard at the door and Kamryn let out a sigh and buried her face into the book in her hands. Olivia, reluctantly stood from her bed and made her way over to the door, cracking it open slightly to see who it was.
To her surprise, Konan stood, with a small smile on her face. Olivia quickly opened the door up, greeting the woman, "Oh man am I glad to see you!" She smiled, her happy tone catching Kamryn by surprise. Kamryn put her book down, a small smile also coming unto her face.
Konan made her way in, a chuckle escaping her lips, "I heard you met some of the other members. Didn't go so well?" She questioned, moving to sit in the wooden chair close to Olivia's bed.
"No," Olivia sighed, "These guys are..." She trailed off as she sat back down.
"Strange." Kamryn finished for her, letting out a small laugh, and sitting up on her bed.
The girls briefly told Konan of their eventful few hours, who laughed a little, but also swore she would have a talk with a few of the members.
"Now, onto business..." Konan frowned, "Our leader, Nagato, wishes to speak with you girls, I wont go into detail, but he has a mission for you two."
Both of the girls had questioning looks on their faces, but Kamryn was the first to speak up. "Mission?"
"Yes." Konan said, not really answering her question. She stood, and gestured for the girls to follow, which they did. Both shot each other a look, and quietly said their concerns to one another as they went down the hall.
They made their way down, down further than even the cells where they were held. The air became thick with humidity and very still, almost suffocating feeling. Until finally, they approached a large, thick, metal door. Konan did a few hand signs, much more complex than the ones she did at their door, and the door slowly, and loudly, creaked open.
Inside was something horrific, unlike anything the girls had ever seen in real life. A man, covered by shadow, was hooked to a very large, very scary, looking machine. His bones were visibly poking at the surface of his skin, and his dark red hair hung over his ringed eyes. A small smile creeped up on his face as the door opened, and in a frail voice, he welcomed the girls inside.
The girls left the room will chills still running down their spines, and a lump in their throats. This man had just told them his plan for them to help them capture another person. It required them to go undercover and befriend the 'kyuubi' and lead the Akatsuki to this person.
Other than that though... he seemed nice enough, promising to help them figure out their situation if they complied. But they could not shake the feeling that this sickly man could do horrible things to them.
Konan spoke up just as they exited, "You girls go on up, I'm going to speak with Nagato on my own." The girls complied, not really wanting to speak after the situation they were just in.
Once up to the ground level, and out of the dank underground, they both let out huge sighs and relaxed.
"I..." Olivia spoke, "I don't know what that was... Was that man really alive?"
Kamryn shuddered, "I don't know..."
The girls gave each other another stiff look before they were shocked out of their tense state with a booming, familiar voice.
"Seems you girls meet Leader!" Kisame gave his usual toothy grin to the girls, moving and draping an arm over both of their shoulder, and steering them towards the living room.
Both girls gave a nog, Olivia's much more tense than Kamryn, who seemed a little at ease around the hulking blue man.
"I-is he always like that?" Kamryn asked, looking up at Kisame as he stepped away, before plopping down on the long couch.
Kisame shrugged, "Not sure what your talking about really." He absent mindedly picked under his fingernails. "Anyways, a few of the other members are coming in pretty soon, so I figured you guys should meet them." He gestured to the other side of the couch. "I don't bite," He gave a toothy grin.
Olivia gulped, while Kamryn just laughed, making Kisame's expression become rather cheerful.
But, both of the girls sat, Kamryn closer to Kisame, while the smaller of the two hid behind her friend.
"So," Kamryn started, "What is it exactly you all do?" The blonde seemed to relax a bit more, and went straight to casual conversation, to Olivia's surprise.
Kisame let out a laugh, "Darling, I don't think you want to know," he gave yet another toothy grin. "But, I guess I'll tell you, anyways." He shrugged, "We work for the man downstairs and basically capture, kill, or interrogate whoever he wants us to."
"Kill?" Olivia squeaked from behind Kamryn, earning a laugh from Kisame. A chill went down Kamryn's spine, but she tried her best to keep her cool.
Kisame shrugged again, "Well, if the job calls for it." He absentmindedly scratched at his head, "Oh, right. Konan mentioned something about you not being from here or something... This stuff not normal where you're from?"
Kamryn shrugged, "No, not where were from, but I guess in some places near by."
Olivia could not believe that Kamryn was just having idle conversation with this hulking shark man over murder. She spaced out a bit as Kamryn and Kisame conversed a little more.
Both girls were startled as the door opened and the howling wind entered the living room, two more soaking, cloaked men entered the room, bickering back and forth.
"Nah, Sasori, my art is the real deal, nobody likes those creepy ass puppets you work with."
"I don't care if no one likes my puppets, they, we, are true art."
The fussing duo shrugged off their soaking cloaks and hung them by the door, only stopping their bickering as they noticed the three pairs of eyes on them.
"Who are you?" The one refered to as Sasori spoke up first.
Kisame answered for the girls, "Kamryn and Olivia, they're our new... recruits... or something like that." Kisame gestured to the two girls and then shrugged, "Konan said to be nice to them." He warned.
Kamryn smiled and gave a little wave to the two, Sasori just stared, while the other, the blonde, awkwardly waved back.
Olivia sat still, her eyes locked on the blonde for a moment, before she nudged her friend and whispered, "His hair."
Kamryn's eyes lit up as she took in the beautiful locks of the blonde. "Oh my." She breathed out, eyes wide with awe, mimicking Olivia's stare.
This strange behavior earned the two some very weird looks from the three men in the room, especially the one who seemed to be their focal point, who fidgeted in place as their eye bore holes into his head. "D-do I have something in my hair?" He quickly ran a hand through his long golden locks, and the girls eyes sparkled as his flowed through his fingers and cascaded back over his shoulders.
"Its so beautiful." Olivia sighed out, her shoulders releasing the tenseness they once held as she relaxed.
The blonde looked very taken back by this, as a small blush creeped unto his face. Sasori however let out a small laugh and patted his partner on the back, before exiting the room.
Kisame face palmed as a smile creeped onto the blonde man's face.
"You mean it?!" He grinned excitedly, "Everyone around here just makes fun of all the pride I put into my hair." He stroked his hair as he spoke, stars appearing in his eyes.
Both of the girls nodded, still star struck, and the blonde made his way over to sit in-between the girls.
"I guess you could touch it," He grinned again, "…if your hands are clean."
Olivia audibly squealed as she reached out a nervous hand to touch the silky blonde hair, holding back the urge to rub her face on it. While Kamryn, more refined, stroked his hair with love, admiring the beauty.
"You have to tell me how you get it like this." Kamryn grinned back to the blonde.
The blonde looked proud, and Kisame sat in the background in awe at how the girls fawned over the other man.
"Of course!" His voice was very chipper, "Oh! My name is Deidara, by the way."
After discussing the various hair products that Deidara used, Konan interrupted by clearing her throat, a bit amused by Deidara and Kamryn's chatting, and Olivia who had started to put small braids into the silky locks.
"I think it's about time for dinner, don't you think so girls." Konan grinned, the girls both blushing, Olivia more so than Kamryn.
"Yup!" Kisame spoke up for the first time in forever, he had silently been watching, fascinated by what was going on before him.
After a quick dinner of grilled fish, the girls went onto their room to rest. They slept well after a full, and eventful day.
Later that night, Kisame stopped by Deidara's room to ask what shampoo he used.
A/n: Mayo: Hope you all enjoyed! We will be having a special event chapter coming up soon!
I'd like to also thank everyone for the lovely reviews, favorites, and follows! I'm soooo sorry it takes me so long to push out a chapter!