➷wherein Uzumaki Naruto would never trade Uzumaki Shira for anything else. To him, she was that constant in his life that he would never want to disappear.
("Acts1-33: Under Construction")
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"Where are you taking me -un?"
"Well, I don't plan on letting you go any time soon. If I did, you'll probably chase after us as soon as I set you free." Shira threw Deidara to the ground, causing the bomber to huff and glower at her. "Be good. I don't feel like killing you yet or have my team deal with you. Maybe if you behave, I'll let you go after I'm done with my business."
Snorting at her words, the blond did not say anything. What she said, she would do with no doubt so Deidara shut his mouth while glancing at her so called team. One of them was a redhead like the former Leaf nin, the other had hair as fair as snow, and the last one was a giant yet had soft eyes. It was an odd mishmash of a group but the bomber had already seen the weirdest organization.
"Shira-kun, do we really have to take this blonde bimbo with us?" Karin sighed in annoyance while shooting Deidara a dirty look.
"What did you say?!"
"Deidara's a man, Karin. At least, try not to call him a bimbo."
It took a second for that information to process and when it did, Karin gaped at the Akatsuki member. "This bimbo really is a guy?! I thought you were joking!" Shira rolled her eyes and plopped down on the ground, a sigh of relief escaping her lips. The distance she covered using her jutsu had been quite huge and taking four others with her, it took a large chunk of chakra out of her.
They had landed where she and Itachi usually met up but this time around, Itachi wanted to meet up in a place where few could disturb them and a place where they would not garner much attention. She was waiting for one of his crows to come find her and tell her the location. Team Hibana probably had to go on foot the rest of the way. After all, it'll probably take a few days to replenish the chakra she lost.
She refused to bother Karin about it, too.
"Yes," she answered blankly before looking at the only sane person on her team. "Jugo, could you collect some firewood?" The inn inside that small village would not be able to hide her rag-tag group of weirdos so she opted to stay in the forest just east of the village. "Sure."
"Shark boy—"“It's Suigetsu, dammit.”"— there's a river five miles northeast. Go get us something to eat."
Suigetsu let out a breath of disappointment. "Gotcha, Shira. It won't take me long but be careful of that stupid witch while Jugo and I ain't here, 'kay?" Before Karin could retort, Suigetsu already left, leaving the redhead shrieking in discontent.
"Karin, go and scout the perimeters."
"... hmph, fine, Shira-kun."
All of these were seen by Deidara who barely hid his amusement. Somehow, he did now imagine Shira leading a team of her own. From what he remembered, that former Leaf nin had always been alone with an aura that pushed anyone who tried to get close away.
