56. Giving It A Chance

"Are you ready to go Tila?" Itachi's raspy voice echoed in my head forcing me to open my sleepy eyes.

"Yeah, I think so" I mumbled before sitting up and slowly pushing the thin blanket off me. Itachi sat exactly where he'd been before I'd fallen asleep, for some reason, I took some comfort in knowing he was watching over me.

"Here, put my cloak on. You can get changed into your own clothes when we get back," Itachi took of his cloak and gently placed the enormous red and black fabric around me, the warmth replaced the blanket seeing as I was only wearing a nightgown underneath it. I returned his faint smile and stood up, legs feeling stronger as I bare my weight down onto them. As I looked down I saw the cloak drop all the way down and bunch on the floor.

"I think it's a little big Itachi" I gave a small giggle, looking up to him. He'd also noticed the dilemma.

"I'll hold it up while we walk" He suggested, I gave a small nod. Itachi held up the hem of my cloak as we made our way out of the Inn and into the bright sunny day. We walked slowly together down the street, Itachi still holding up the cloak so that I wouldn't trip over it and eventually we reached the same tall dark blue concrete building I had run away from the other day.

I felt my stomach drop slightly at the thought of not knowing what awaited me there. But, I gulped it down and continued to walk into the building and up the stairs with Itachi still following closely behind me.

Finally we made it to the top of the spiralling staircase and walked through the archway into the large lobby entrance area. I saw that there were two guys staring at me. One had short red hair and big illusive beige eyes and the other had long blonde hair although not quite as long as mine, his eyes shone a crystalline blue.

"Itachi, where did you find her? Un" The blonde asked in relief as he and his red headed companion came closer, their eyes both fixated worriedly on me. I felt a little nervous as their gaze pierced me.

Why are their eyes filled with such emotion?

"Tila wasn't far from here, not to worry, she's back now." Itachi coldly replied to the two from beside me.

"Tila, my name's Sasori." The red head spoke to me, his voice velvety and soothing in my ears.

"It's nice to meet you," I hesitantly replied, gaze meeting his. Beige. In that split second I felt my head thump causing me to wince. But, I held my composure. It didn't go unnoticed by the blonde who reached out his hand, placing it on my shoulder.

"Are you alright? Un" he asked me worriedly.

"I'm alright, I think my head still hurts a little from the other day" I explained shyly.

"My names Deidara, have you eaten anything Hm?" He asked, I shook my head.

What was happening to me? And why did everyone seem to know my name?

"Tila, Sasori and Deidara will show you around now. I have to meet Kisame to organise a few things," Itachi gave a small wave as he set off down the hall, leaving me standing in front of the two strangers.

"You still look pale, you need to eat Tila," Sasori said. I felt him gently grasp my wrist. Both he and Deidara lead me into the kitchen. As soon as we walked in I saw that crazy guy from before.

"Hey! It's you?" I exclaimed as I stopped in my tracks and pointed at Hidan in shock. He turned around from in front of the cupboard, half stuffing his face with some grapes, staring at me in astonishment. His mouth slightly dropped open and a grape fell down onto the floor.

"Fuck! You're back, thank Jashin!" He yelled, voice being slightly muffled with food before he managed to swallowed it down.

"I was so fucking worried Tila!" Hidan exclaimed as he walked closer. Sasori was still holding onto my wrist, watched Hidan as though very annoyed.

"Stay away from me crazy man!" I said loudly and tried to take a few steps backwards. Sasori's hand release my wrist and he took a step forward, blocking Hidan from approaching any closer.

"Hidan, you fool. You're the reason she ran away the other day" Sasori shot nastily at him. Deidara sighed and put his arm around my shoulder and sat me down at the table.

"These two might be at it for a while, I'll make you something yeah?" Deidara offered before going to the stove. I looked back at Hidan and Sasori who were now having a stare off, a wave of guilt washed over knowing I'd run away.

"Sheesh, it isn't my fucking fault alright? She legged it out the damn window!" Hidan yelled at Sasori. He wasn't wrong.

"Are you really that stupid as to leave her alone after such a traumatic event" Sasori spat back at Hidan. He wasn't wrong either...

I turned back around and put my head down on the table and tried my hardest to muffle out the argument. Eventually the yelling stopped, I lift my head back up. Both Sasori and Hidan were now sitting at the table too, seemingly have left it alone for now.

"Anyway, there's a fucking festival happening down in the village tomorrow night. Kakuzu told me to make sure Tila's ready when he gets back cause he want to take her out to buy her shit, or something" Hidan told Sasori.

"I see, sounds like a plan. When is Kakuzu getting back?" Sasori asked Hidan.

"He went off to cash in a local bounty with Konan, said we need the fucking money cause we're running low" Hidan explained. I averted my attention back to Deidara who was plating up two massive servings of chicken and salad.

"Here, you really need to get your strength back yeah?" Deidara gave me a small playful smirk as he set down the overfilled plate.

"I .. Ah, don't know if I can eat this much Deidara?" I confessed but Deidara just brushed me off as he sat down beside me.

"Sure you can! Hm."

I started to eat slowly and sure enough my appetite started to come back. I finished most of the plate before I felt completely full.

"Knew you could do it, un" Deidara teased as he sat back in his chair, probably feeling very full too.

"Deidara, Hidan and I need to have a word privately. Can you take Tila to get ready to go out with Kakuzu?" Sasori half asked-half demanded, Deidara nodded.

"Yeah, C'mon I'll show you your room un", Deidara beckoned. I stood up and waved to Hidan and Sasori who's beige eyes lingered on me for a moment. I followed Deidara back out into the hall. We walked up some stairs and down another hall until we reached a door, Deidara lead the way in and closed the door behind us.

"So, you're not going to run away again are you Til? Hm" Deidara asked as he took a seat on my bed. I broke into a small smile as I stood in the middle of the room

"I can't promise anything" I mumbled.

"I know you don't remember but, you had us really worried back there yeah.." Deidara confessed as he looked at me with those big blue eyes. I took a seat down beside him and looked around.

"Everyone keeps saying that, I want to remember but every time I try I just get a really sore ache in my head" I told Deidara who frowned a little.

"Maybe you just need to be reminded more, Hm" Deidara said, standingd up and swinging open the wardrobe to pull out a nice dress.

"Here, these are all your's Til" Deidara handed me a dress.

"This is really pretty, is it really mine?" I asked, feeling a little taken back as I stared at the black lace. Deidara nodded. So, I stood up and took a look at all the clothes that were hung up in the wardrobe before me.

"Can I wear this to go shopping?" I asked hesitantly as I pulled out some jeans and long sleeved black top. Deidara chuckled and raised a brow.

"You don't need you ask, all if these things are yours, yeah." Deidara said playfully, a little blush appear on my cheeks.

"Oh, yeah," I gave a small awkward laugh too.

"I'm going to get changed then," I told him, taking the clothes I'd picked out and headed for the bathroom. As soon as I walked in I noticed that the window I'd previously escaped from was bolted shut and I couldn't help but giggle to myself.

Maybe I wasn't thinking straight the other day. My thoughts turning optimist as I hopped in the shower. After I washed up and went back into the room, I saw that Deidara was laying down on the bed, playing with something white that looked like putty. As Deidara realised I'd walked back in he quickly sat up, eying me in surprise.

"You're still just as gorgeous as I remembered, un" He whispered, as though the words escaped his lips without meaning too.

"What?" I asked hurriedly, feeling extremely flustered but he quickly stood up and started pushing me out the door from behind.

"Never mind yeah? Let's just get you to Kakuzu or he'll have a fit." Deidara hastily led me back out and down to the lobby place. When we got there I saw a scary looking guy who's dark brown hair fell down to his shoulders - his buff tanned upper body was covered in stitches and I started to feel a little worried.

How ever did I get myself mixed up with this strange crowd?