Deidara set in the dim light of dawn sketching the still sleeping kunoichi. True sketching was not his preferred art form, but last night he had completed a masterpiece and wanted something to remember it by. The kunoichi had played her part well, but she had not been able to hide the sadness in her eyes, and he relished it.
He could still recall the exact moment that he had finally broken. He had made her call his name, and as she did, she snapped. She had still given a flawless performance, but all life had left her eyes. Fitting that she had finally shown him the beauty that Sasori had found in his puppets. He smiled as he recalled the look on her face, or lack thereof, afterwards.
She had looked at him with those dull green eyes and seemed to be waiting on him to end it all, but he had not. He had decided not to grant her that grace. Actually, he had decided he kind of liked her. There could be far worse things than keeping her around for a while. Given time he was certain they would even overcome their rocky beginning.
He was going to honor her request to warn the Uchiha, but he was not going to hand her over to Pein. He knew damn well that she was still in the beautiful little shell and seeing Itachi's inevitable demise would be priceless. He might wind up taking her life after that, but not until she begged for it.
"Shit!" He suddenly jumped to his feet so fast that his sketch pad and pencil fell to the ground.
The kunoichi had awoken and stared at him with those dead eyes but made no other move.
"Get up." Deidara quickly tossed her his Akatsuki cloak.
She obediently put it on but made no other move.
"Damn it bitch, Itachi and Kisame are in the area I felt their chakra." He told her as he grabbed her arm to pull her off the bed. "I don't think they have sensed us yet, but we have got to get the hell out of here."
Deidara was surprised when the girl turned her unnerving gaze on him and gave him one final act of defiance. It took only a second for her to again pool enough chakra to the surface to give the hand touching her another nasty burn. He spared only a second to watch her fall to the ground in agony. He was left with no choice but to leave her. That stunt had the Akatsuki partners racing straight for them and he had to get out of their reach.
"Have it your way." He hissed before he raced to the roof and mounted one of his birds soaring to heights where no one could touch him. "We could have made beautiful art."
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Shades of Grey
AventuraNaruto is about to be banished from the Leaf when Sakura decides to take matters into her own hands. She takes his place and discovers that life is not as black and white as she had once believed. (Currently editing)
