Chapter 11


Deidara removed his elbow from Gaara’s shoulder and shoved both of his hands in his pockets. Gaara felt his hair being ruffled and looked up to see Kisame smiling at him. Gaara weakly smiled back at him. He felt as though he was the youngest out of four brothers. He looked forward and fully smiled.


“So… where exactly are we going?” Gaara asked, looking around the streets that were unknown to him. Kisame looked at Gaara again and simply stated that they were going to his shop. Gaara nodded and silence took over. They were walking for another five minutes before they finally stopped at a small building with a wooden board over the door saying ‘Kisame’s Katanas’


Gaara looked at it with a small glint of doubt in his eyes. It looked dodgy and the sign looked like it might fall off. Itachi noticed this and smirked. He placed a hand on Gaara’s back and pushed him in gently. Once in, Gaara saw two walls covered in swords and knives and daggers. The wall behind the counter was plain and just showed a picture of an old man


Itachi walked behind the counter and leant on the desk. Apparently there was a seat behind the counter. Kisame went straight to the back room. Deidara started looking at all the knives and daggers. He smiled whilst placing a hand on his chin. Gaara just looked around for a while before being poked in the shoulder.


He turned around to see Deidara grinning and holding a dagger. Deidara stretched his arm out and pointed the dagger to Gaara, handle first.


“This is for you, un.” He said and smiled even more. Gaara smiled back, though not as big and said thanks.


“So, why did you decide to make me your friend?” Gaara asked, putting the dagger in his pocket and leaning against a wall.


“The symbol on your forehead, it shows that you’re a member of the kanjis. That means you know Kakashi-sensei. He’s a friend of ours, and a friend of his is a friend of ours.” Itachi said. He stood up and walked to the door. He looked out the window next to the door and sighed “We can’t let a friend stay out where it is dangerous.”


Gaara looked at Itachi and scowled. “Dangerous?” he asked “why is it dangerous?”


Kisame came out of the storage room and crossed his arms. “Because there are rumours going around that the black eagles are planning something. Something big. It’s not safe to go out alone anymore.”


Deidara was still smiling but his voice was serious. “It’s been said that one of the heads of the black eagles group was murdered by his own son, a traitor who joined one of the smaller yet better groups. I can’t remember his name but he sounds like one hell of a guy! Un!”


Gaara smiled lightly and chuckled. Deidara just joined in and went back to look at some more swords.


A sound of a small bell rang quietly throughout the shop and a small slam was heard. Gaara looked over to the door to see three people walk into the room. The first was a man that was relatively tall and had dark hair. He had painted half of his face white and half of it black, but he had white eye shadow on the black part and black on the white. He wore a black sleeveless vest and fading black jeans


The next person was just a little taller than the last and had dark orange hair. He had three piercings which went through his nose and ended with silver blocks. He had three small golden earrings on the lower half of his ears, three multicoloured diamonds on the top half and a bar that went from the bottom to the top. He also had two spikes pierced into his lower lip, making it look like he had fangs


He wore a baggy white top that he had written ‘butsuriteki moushiyou’ on in what seemed to be rusted nail heads. He also had a black gauntlet on and baggy white trousers.


The last person was the tallest. He had white hair which went down to his shoulders, brushed and gelled backwards his face showed evident boredom and tiredness. He wore a no shirt, a ragged old looking dark blue jacket and bright blue jeans.


The man with white hair looked at Gaara and raised a lazy eyebrow.


“Yo, K, who’s the dude?” he asked in a bored tone.


Kisame shot him a questioning look “Is that a superiority question?”


The mans face deadpanned. “No, I meant the kid.” He said, moving his head in Gaara’s


“Oh, that’s… umm… well actually, I don’t know his name.” Kisame scratched the back of his head while everyone else in the room except Gaara sweatdropped.  


“You didn’t ask him?” The first man asked


Deidara put a finger on his chin and looked up slightly. “Well, now that I think about it, it probably would’ve been a good idea… un”


“It’s called common courtesy!” The second shouted at him.


“Meh, it slipped our minds, so what?” Itachi said whilst shrugging.


“So, what’s your name, dude?” Asked the painted man.


“Hn, my names Gaara.”


“Hey, he makes a cool sound, un!” Deidara said happily.


“Gaara… nice to finally meet you.” The white haired man smiled and placed his hand in front of Gaara, signalling for him to shake it. “My name is Hidan and that’s Zetsu and Pein” he said, pointing to the man with heavy make up on when he said Zetsu and to the redhead when he said Pein.


“What do you mean ‘finally’?” Asked Itachi.


“Didn’t you know? This is the kid who killed and shattered the skull of Dawn”


“Hn, I still have the scar where a shard of it lodged into my hand…” Gaara mumbled


Itachi looked at him “Awesome…”


“You killed Dawn, Un?” Deidara asked “No. Fucking. WAY. UN!”


wow, that cut off rather abruptly didn’t it? Oh well, the chapter itself is exactly 1000 words long and that’s what I was aiming for