Bokun certainly wasn't prepared for the reaction Deidara gave.
He barely had time to defend himself as Deidara appeared so rapidly at so many different points, like he was at them all at the same time. But before he could shake this fact off and continue with finishing Angel off, Deidara had grabbed several bombs from his pouch, throwing them at several specific points, some of which were to get him away from Angel, and others to injure him seriously, hopefully even fatally.
Sasori took a step back as they went off, smoke erupting from them all and covering the scene, stopping him from seeing the effects of his efforts. He wasn't entirely sure what Deidara's aim was with his attacking. He could have been getting Bokun away from Angel so he could take care of her, something shown by the tears in his eyes, but at the same time he was glaring and scowling at Bokun so furiously he could have been wanting to harm Bokun, with that being his only aim as he threw his bombs.
But as the smoke cleared, it was clear that he had been meaning to do both.
And for the moment, it seemed he had succeeded.
Deidara was crouching over Angel's body, checking her pulse. But he couldn't see Bokun. Letting Deidara deal with her injuries for the moment, he searched a little, trying to see any sign of him, but he seemed to have disappeared. No doubt for a long while. Now they were taking her, there was no point in coming back. Then a sudden call of his name jolted him out of his thoughts, and he rushed back to Deidara, seeing him peel off his Akatsuki cloak and wrapping it around her body, pressing it against the entry and exit wound to stop the bleeding, picking her up at the same time.
"We have to get her out of here, Sasori-danna. We need to get her to the hideout. Any hideout. She's bleeding badly." He spluttered, wiping away his tears impatiently.
Sasori moved forward and folded her wings so it would be easier for him to pick her up, and moved with him as he ran for the hole in the wall he'd created accidentally with his bombs and sprinted through the surrounding forest, finding the town and knowing the right direction to go in. Sasori wouldn't have protested to getting Angel to a place where she would be able to be healed, not to mention the reaction it would get off Deidara, but he still wasn't quite up to date with all this information, and felt slightly out of the loop, and as such questioned,
"Deidara, what is going on? Why did you make us go back? What is it that you know that made you stop?"
Deidara didn't look over at Sasori as he continued running the only thing that changed his gaze being Angel, just checking up to see if she was okay. But after a few seconds of waiting for Deidara to check once more, Sasori called his name once more, and Deidara looked up, flicking to him and back momentarily, and replied,
"I can't...It's hard..."
But Sasori shook his head and glared firmly over at him, stating simply,
"I don't need full, every single thing details, Deidara. All I need is a few words to understand why we're taking her and why it's important to the mission."
Nodding at that statement, Deidara responded in three words what summed up why he was so concerned about this, and why he was saying she was important:
"She's the rune, un."
Blinking in complete surprise, it was enough to shut Sasori up for the rest of the journey, not comprehending any meanings of that. He was worried; in a hurry to get Angel somewhere safe with medical equipment. He could have blurted something out that wasn't what he truly meant; something that didn't entirely make sense, but had the same kind of ideas that he did mean to say. Maybe he meant that Angel had the rune, in some form of bracelet or necklace. She had a headband that dangled a gem on her forehead; she had worn it the first time he'd seen her. Thinking about the memory, it didn't seem like it was in the shape of the rune, but it could have been, considering the distance between them both.
Then there was the other meaning.
That she was the rune.
But he couldn't have meant that. Looking through all the books it didn't seem as if a human was an answer to the riddles. Nothing pointed towards that. And Leader had said it was in...solid form. But a human was solid form. And they were riddles. The whole point was that you had to figure out what they were talking about because they had hidden meanings. Several lines could have meant a human...Bokun had been certain the rune was in the mansion...he had even stated himself that she was something to do with the rune. Now that he considered it, a lot of things made sense when saying Angel was the rune.
But she couldn't be.
Could she?
Glancing over at her, he took a deep breath and let it go, concentrating on the path ahead. He wanted Angel to live, so he'd help out. He could ask about what the hell he had been talking about later. He just had to hope she'd be alive at that point.
As the hideout materialized on the horizon, Deidara sped up instantly, bursting through the doors, but at the same time doing so carefully so as not to hurt Angel. Hearing the noise, Kisame leaned out of the corridor, seeing Deidara blood-drenched and with an unconscious bleeding girl in his arms. Narrowing his eyes in surprise and concern, he called Itachi and they both came into the corridor as Deidara sped past them and down the corridor, Hidan and Kakuzu joining them at the door. Turning to Sasori who followed on behind, they quickly went to ask him what was going on, only to be ignored a second time as Sasori headed on after Deidara.
Now everyone was heading to see what was going on. As Deidara arrived at his room, Leader appeared out of nowhere and stepped forward, asking him what the hell he was doing with a girl in his arms, considering he had asked them to collect a rune and not a person. Deidara didn't bother to respond, Leader just wasting his time, and blurting out as an excuse,
"I don't have time to explain," he rushed into the room and placed her on the bed.
The moment Sasori arrived Leader turned to him for an explanation, not looking happy with Deidara's dismissive attitude, and as such stopped him from entering, not allowing anyone to move before he heard what was going on.
"I think you can understand what I want, Sasori. I never mentioned other humans in the bargain." He said by way of greeting, and without even noticing, Sasori acted in the same way Deidara had been, and responded,
"She's important to the mission, Leader-sama. I know it sounds strange, but Deidara has reason to be concerned. We need her."
Narrowing his eyes at his statement, Leader thought it all over, not gathering how they could need her, and if they did, how Deidara and Sasori had come across her on a mission that had nothing to do with things like this, but if Sasori thought it necessary, then she had to be important. So nodded simply, he said determinedly.
"Alright then. If she's important to us alive, then lets help her stay that way."
