Departure

Release (Part 2)

Deidara's POV

I sat in the bed next to her as she looked at her newly bandaged injuries. Then she looked at me.

"Three things."

"Hm?"

"One, what happened when I was out? Two, why did you carry me? Three, what did Ranaku mean by 'you have a big day'?" I blinked and inhaled.

"One, nothing really. You were out and we patched up your injuries. You lost 2 quarts of blood because of them, but strangely, your body can produce blood quicker than the average human. Hidan tried to 'help' remove your clothes but he was knocked out by yours truly. Two, why do you hate me? What's wrong with that? And three, leader-sama wants to talk to you again, hm." Whew that was a mouthful. She stared at me with a look of skeptical-ness.

"Who said that I hated you?" She asked. I smiled, figuring I'd tease her to lighten the mood. But I figured it might bite me in the butt considering her brute strength and what she is capable of doing.

"Oh, so you like me, Hm?" I laughed. Her cheeks blushed with anger.

"No! I don't even know you-"

"Let me stop you there, hm." I said as I stood up.

"My name's Deidara, I work with bombs, my partner is a puppet-loving red-head who thinks art is eternal but truly art is an explosion. My other partner is a dango-loving dumbass that is always happy which annoys me. He always says 'dei-dei-sempai!' Or 'sempai!!" In a high-pithed voice which makes me wanna kill him. I tend to have a short-temper and I like to do aerial stunts." I looked up at her to see her reaction. It was priceless! She was in utter shock! I never really knew I could talk that fast and I could get that kind of reaction.

"Now you know me, yeah." I smirked. She shrugged her shoulders. I stood up from my bed and sat down right next to her on the side if her bed and held out my hand.

"Nice to meet you, Hm!" I said. She was about to reach for my hand when suddenly the mouth opened up and licked her fingers. She sat there with a blank face while I fell off the bed, dying of laughter.

"L-lesson #1: never shake my hand, yeah!" I said between snickers. She wipes the slobber on her bed sheet. I quickly jumped up and held my hand next to her cheek.

"It likes you, Hm!" I cheered. She then grabbed my wrist and flung me 2 beds over where she was.

"Is that what you do to newbies?" She asked while stepping out of her bed. I opened my eyes only to see her in a white over-sized sweatshirt that one side hung off one of her shoulders and black short shorts. Obviously Ranaku's old pajamas. Her legs really looked beat up with all the dried blood and bite scars.

"Nope! I give the traditional bow and 'welcome to the team' thing. For you..." I said as I got on one knee and reached for her right hand.