Reunion

Sasori's POV

I had already been traveling for a day but still had about another two to go. Iwa wasn't that close to the Akatsuki base (we had to keep the base far enough away from all of the hidden villages) .It will take me at least another four or five days before I'll be back with Deidara's sister. And that was another problem; how am I supposed to get her to cooperate when I get there? Or even find her without being recognized now that the ANBU there know what I look like.

I guess I'll have to be in Hiruko during my time there. And if she doesn't cooperate, which she probably won't, I'll have to find a way to not draw attention.

Then of course the problem of getting her to the base, and it will also take longer to get back since I'll need to take breaks for her. I also need a way to stop her from running off.

There were so many things I had to think about that could jeopardize this mission; but I guess it'll be worth it once it's over.

I'm almost to Iwa now; I guess I should get into Hiruko. Taking the puppet out of its storage scroll, I got inside and continued down the path that led to the village. OK, the first thing I have to worry about is getting inside without seeming suspicious. I noticed two guards standing at the gate. I need to look like a traveler or I might seem too suspicious. But I couldn't make up too many lies; telling them a lot of information could also make them suspicious of me.

"What do you need here?" one of the guards asked as I walked up.

"Just some supplies, I'm a traveler," I answered.

"Ok, you can go in," he said, letting me past. I wonder how the hidden villages do so well with security this bad. I glanced around the village, scanning the old-looking rock buildings for any sign of ANBU. I noticed a few every now and then in several different places. So security was probably better inside the village… This will definitely make things a little more difficult; then again, I didn't expect it to be all that easy in the first place.

But before I do anything though, I'll need to look around the village a bit more and find out where she lives. After that I just need to lure her to the outskirts of the village where there'll be less ANBU around and capture her there.

The plan was fairly simple and I could complete it by the end of the day if everything went right. But since when did an S-class criminal have that kind of good luck?

Pein's POV

Things were beginning to get a little out of control with Deidara. I knew Sasori had already left to fix the problem, but it wouldn't hurt to do something extra. I am the leader after all, just ordering him to stop moping around should fix it. Then I could tell Konan she could stop force feeding him like I had ordered her to do earlier.

Getting up from my desk, I left the room and walked down the hallway. As I passed the living room I noticed all of the other members gathered there, I wonder why. I'll just ask them after I deal with Deidara.

Going up to his door, I walked in and saw him nowhere in sight and all the lights were off. Scanning the room, I finally noticed him buried under the covers on his bed.

"Deidara, you need to stop this moping around," I said, turning on the lights.

"I'm not moping un," he obviously lied, pushing the pile of covers off of himself.

"Then why do you refuse to come out?"

"Because I don't feel like it un." Was he trying to get on my nerves? Lying to my face and then having attitude.

"As your leader I order you to stop this behavior at once!"

"No un." And now he was even disobeying me! He's going to get it now..

"Why are you so upset about your sister? You did leave her didn't you!?"

"Shut up un!"

"Show some respect!" I shouted back, using my rinnegan to squash him into his bed, slightly breaking it at the same time. Oh well, now I just had to order Kakuzu to pay for a new one.

I glared at him as he sat up, also glaring at me.

"Now stop this attitude of yours and just forget about your stupid sister!" I shouted at him. Why wasn't he listening? I'm the leader!

"I said shut up un!" He yelled again, this time trying to throw a pillow at me.

"I said to show respect!" I shouted, sending the pillow back at him with much more force and knocking him off of the bed with my rinnegan.

I glared at him as he got back up but didn't expect what happened next. He suddenly let out an ear piercing scream before bursting into tears. Why was he acting like this? He's an S-class shinobi; besides, I didn't hit him that hard.

"Stop crying!" I shouted, hoping he might actually listen this time. But instead he only began to cry louder. Now I didn't know what to do. Ordering people around usually worked for me, but when that didn't work, I wasn't sure what to do. Maybe I should just leave and wait for Sasori; that was probably the best option for now.

With one last glance back at him I left the room. As I walked back down the hallway I stopped at the living room entrance.

"Why are you all staring at me?" I asked all of the members in the room.

"What did you do to him?" Kisame asked. They had heard all of that? Then again, how could they not, I could hear him crying even out here.

"None of your business," I said, turning and walking down the hallway and into my office before they could question me any further.

"What happened?" Konan asked as I walked in.

"Nothing."

"Pein," she said. I guess I would have to tell her.

"Fine, I tried ordering him to stop moping around…"

"And?"

"And maybe I used my rinnegan on him a few times…"

"Pein!" You can't do that to him when he's upset like this!" she yelled at me.

"Well, he-"

"Not to mention he's only like half of your age! He's just a kid Pein!"

"Hey, I'm not that old!" I said, only receiving a glare from her.

"Do you know how to fix it?" I asked her.

"I think Sasori's plan is the best option; we should just wait for him so we don't make things any worse," she said glaring again before opening the door, about to leave.

"Wait, where are you going?" I asked.

"Just to explain to the other member what happened."

"Konan, do you really-"

"Yes," she said, walking out of the door and closing it behind her. I will definitely need to do something about this later; I can't seem like a bad leader. But for now I should just probably stay in here until Sasori gets back.

Sasori's POV

I was hoping that I wouldn't have to talk to anyone, but I hadn't found his sister yet by just looking around the village. I guess I would have to ask someone if they knew… What was her name again? Oh yeah, Nishi.

"Excuse me," I said stopping someone walking past me.

"Do you know a girl named Nishi?"

"Yeah, I know Nishi, why?"

"I'm looking for her, can you tell me where she lives?

"Why? What do you want with her?"

"I'm a family friend; I just need to give her a message."

"Okay, well just walk down this street a ways then take a left. She lives in the house at the end of the road on the right," he explained.

"Thank you," I said walking off. As I walked, I felt him staring at me until I rounded the corner. I then glanced around, taking note of all the surrounding ANBU. There were about ten or so in this area. I would have to be careful not to attract suspicion when taking her to the village outskirts.

I looked over at the building the man said was Nishi's house. It didn't really differ much from all of the other buildings in Iwa; old and dusty looking. I knocked on the door and waited until she opened it.

"Hello, can I help you?" she asked smiling.

"I'm taking you to see your brother," I said truthfully.

"What!? Why!? I don't want to see that freak!" she screamed. I noticed several of the ANBU glancing over at us.

"Listen, just come with me and explain on the way," I said, in an attempt to calm her down as I began to walk down the road.

"I'm not following you!" she shouted but began to walk after me anyways.

"What do you have against seeing him?"

"Because he left me!" she shouted as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Well, he's a mess, so I need you to settle things with him."

"I have no reason to care about him! What has he ever done for me?"
"Shouldn't the fact that he's your brother be enough?"

She crossed her arms, her face turning red as she glared at me silently.

"Well fine, I'll come," she sighed. So I guess she did care for him, if only a little. After a while of silence she began to speak again.

"Thank you," I said, hoping that was all she was going to say.

"But still, why is he so upset over me? I mean, he did leave me here alone!" She began to rant again.

"I don't know, why don't you ask him when we get there."
"Well-" she was about to speak again but was cut off as I grabbed her and slung her over my shoulder.

"Hey what are you doing!?" she screamed in my ear.

We had reached the village wall by now and surprisingly hadn't run into any more ANBU yet. Now all we had to do was cross the wall and start heading back to the base.

"Just go with it," I told her.

I jumped onto the wall and glanced around. Seeing no Iwa nin I jumped down to the other side.

As I began to walk I sensed several ANBU begin to surround me. From counting the chakras, I knew I would be fighting about six of them. I can deal with this, but I'll also have to make sure that Deidara's sister doesn't get hurt.

I turned around and blocked several kunai that were thrown at me as the ANBU jumped out of the nearby trees. I use my free hand to pull out a couple of puppet scrolls and attach chakra strings to them. Shooting out a volley of poison senbon, I was able to take out two of the ANBU but the others dodged them. One of them threw a kunai at me which I easily dodged but had to quickly jump away to avoid being blown up by the explosion tag that was attached to it. Maybe I could try and get away without having to fight anymore if I pretended I was going to kill Nishi. It could work, but of course I couldn't actually go through with it; I just needed to make them think I would.

"Stop, if you don't let me go I will kill her," I said, holding a kunai to her throat. They all stopped and stared.

"Tch, we don't care," one said running at me with his katana. Throwing my kunai at him I jumped back. Wow, these Iwa nin really were cold-blooded. While the rest were distracted, I sent my puppets at them successfully taking out three more; now there were only two left.

I grabbed a flash bomb and, closing my eyes so I wouldn't also be blinded by it, threw it at the ANBU. Then, before they could react, I sent another volley of poison senbon at them, finally taking out the last two.

I sighed before turning and beginning the journey back to the base.

"Hey aren't you going to let me down yet!?" she screamed in my ear, causing me to cringe slightly.

"Just wait a little bit longer," I said, trying to be patient with her.

"Now?" she asked again a minute later, thankfully not screaming this time.

"No."

"Now?"

No."

Now?"

"I'll tell you when, just be quiet," I growled, struggling not to lose my temper. I walked for another hour before setting her down; it had gotten dark so we couldn't travel any further. Besides, we were far enough away now,

"Why did you have to carry me?" she asked.

"So it looked like I was capturing you. Otherwise you'd be labeled as a rogue ninja," I explained

She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

I waited until she sat down against a tree before sending out chakra strings, tying her to the tree.

"Hey! What are you doing!?" she screamed. Honestly, how could one person scream so much, and so loudly?
"Making sure you don't escape," I answered, sitting down against the tree.

"Why would I escape!? I said I was coming with you!" she screeched.

"I don't trust you," I said closing my eyes to go to sleep. But she continued to rant and scream at me. And just when I had finally managed to tune her out she screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Why did you scream?" I growled.

"You looked like you were asleep," she said, smirking. I groaned before closing my eyes and trying yet again to fall asleep. This is going to be a long night….