Evening slowly fell on us and covered the earth in a veil of darkness. Luna had recently lay down on the dry moss floor and seemed to have fallen asleep. Next to her, turned my back to the brown-haired woman, I lay and looked into the embers of the former fire. A few minutes ago Madara had set up his night camp across from us, so that Deidara had to take over the night watch. I yawned softly. I was tired but couldn't sleep. Since taking the food pill, I've been getting better by the minute. My feeling of hunger was gone and I was no longer thirsty either. In addition, the pain in my body faded until it was completely gone.

But the tiredness remained and I seriously wondered how Luna managed to sleep so peacefully. I envied her for that. The buzz of a zipper made me look at the blonde Nuke-nin, who put a hand in his clay pocket. I swallowed and looked at the millipede that was clutching me. His empty eye sockets glowed in the sparse glow of the embers. I swallowed and looked back at the fireplace. "Sleep, tomorrow we go on, huh!", Deidara's voice was soft and barely audible. His blue eyes shone in the barren light. The former Iwa-nin had made himself comfortable on the fallen tree trunk. One of his legs lay on the rough bark while he bent the other.

His mouth chewed the clay, smacking his lips, while the blonde continued to look at me. Suddenly and beyond my grasp, Deidara got up and walked towards me with quiet steps. My eyes widened and I started shaking. What is he up to? He noticed my fear and crouched a few inches away from me. I swallowed. "If I wanted to kill you, I would only need a finger sign, after all I didn't give you my art for fun, huh." His words were harsh, but reassured me immensely. He hadn't planned to send me across the Jordan now. Suddenly his unused hand grabbed my shoulder. With a strong grip, he pulled me to my feet. It was amazing that Deidara, with his rather smaller stature, could pull me up without being pulled down at least once.

"What ...", I had to interrupt as his still clay-chewing hand pressed on my mouth. "Be quiet and come with me without complaints, hm!", His voice was close to my ear. A chill sent a chill down my spine before I nodded tentatively. Slowly, as if to check whether I really kept my mouth shut, he removed his hand. A tongue came out of their mouth and released the damp clay. Deidara quickly made a little spider out of it, which he put in its place. A finger sign later, he had created a Nendo Bunshin, which he ordered to take care of the camp and, if necessary, to send the clay spider to him.The doppelganger nodded eagerly and placed himself next to the spider. I didn't know what Deidara was up to now. I looked briefly at Luna, who had turned around a few minutes ago and was now facing the fireplace, before my gaze wandered to Madara.

This was wrapped in a thin blanket, at the other end of the embers. I didn't know whether he was asleep or still awake, but I didn't want to leave him and Luna alone. Deidara had meanwhile grabbed my shoulder and pulled me deeper into the forest. The further I was pulled, the darker the surroundings became. The sky was obscured by thick trees. In the distance I heard an owl calling. Branches broke a few meters away and the rustling of leaves under my feet made me walk like coals. All of these noises were no stranger to me, but together and in the dark they gave me an uncomfortable tension in my stomach. Deidara stopped short. I did the same before I was pushed to the next tree.

I gasped painfully as my back hit the uneven bark. The blonde had his forearm pressed to my throat and seemed to be making the finger mark for his bombs. My breathing quickened and several times my body began to shake uncontrollably. "I want to know everything and try not to kid me, huh! After all, we still have your girlfriend, huh." I swallowed. What should I tell the former Iwa-nin? Deidara's arm squeezed harder. I couldn't make out the nuke-nin properly. I saw nothing except dark contours. I had no way of reading Deidara's face, whether he liked my answers or not. Was that his plan? Did he want to test mine and Luna's knowledge at the same time?

I nodded. "What do you want to hear?" I asked him in a tight voice. "Everything, first I want to know something about my past and if your answers are enough for me, we'll see, huh." His voice was approximately a foot away, which meant that he wanted to keep his distance. Maybe to get to safety in the event of its explosion? A cold sweat formed on my forehead. What should I tell him about his past? The blonde nuke-nin had never been my favorite character, so I knew little about him, actually only fragments. In my mind I rummaged through everything I knew about Deidara. Fragments from the manga and the anime were filtered and assigned to the individual characters.

I began uncertainly: "You were born in the country Tsuchi no Kuni. To be more precise, in the ninja village Iwagakure." I had to take a break. The excitement made it difficult for me to speak. "You have always been praised for your pottery skills, and you were once the student of Tsuchikagen before you went to the Bakuha Butai, the explosion unit. Then you stole the forbidden jutsu of your village and became a nuke-nin.You quickly became famous as a terrorist, and the Akatsuki started looking for you. When the organization found you, Itachi Uchiha competed against you. You lost and you swore vengeance. A few years later…. ", stuttering, I began to tell the part of his past, which I only knew vaguely, before slowly taking up courage. Suddenly I was interrupted." Enough, hm! You seem to know a lot about me, but that's nothing special, huh. Anyone who got hold of my files could know that, huh. Did Oonoki send you that senile old bastard, huh ?! "Deidara's voice got louder and louder. His forearm took my breath away.

I didn't know if he had listened to the end of my story or if he didn't seem to care what I said. Was he just trying to pin something on me so that he had a reason to get rid of me? I didn't understand. What would he get out of it? With all my strength I pressed myself against the shackle made of clay. I wanted to get away from the blonde Nuke-nin. Of course, he noticed my desperate attempts. Suddenly I was pulled from the tree before I felt a fist in my face. My nose cracked and began to pound painfully as I flew probably six feet before hitting the leafy ground. With my forehead on the floor, I tried to get up as quickly as possible, but was immediately pushed back by the former Iwa-nin.

"Well, if you don't want to answer, huh.", Deidara had pressed me with his foot on the floor. I could not move. I didn't want to die yet! Tears ran down my cheeks. With every sob I tasted the metallic taste of my blood. "Art is an explosion, huh. Katsu!" I opened my eyes. I felt the clay begin to vibrate before it burst. My skin started to burn from the heat. Fortunately, I didn't notice anything else. My head started spinning before I fell into profound unconsciousness.


Images of her family and home awakened Luna. The fire was already out. Confused, the brown-haired woman looked around and sat up. Her eyes darted through the darkness. With her legs she felt the ground, but nowhere could she see the dark-haired woman. "Trucy?" She whispered softly into the darkness. "Trucy!", Luna's throat tightened with every second that she didn't get an answer from her friend. Suddenly steps came towards her. The brown-haired woman didn't know where from. She was too confused by her situation. "Deidara-senpai, what's going on?", Madara's voice, let her eyes fixate on a certain spot.

At least she could tell where the Uchiha was. Suddenly a sharing eye flashed out of the darkness. From far away she heard an explosion. Luna winced."What is happening here?" She asked herself and carefully got up. Her legs were shaking as if they were about to give way. Footsteps came towards them. "Who is that?" Luna backed away, but relaxed when she felt Deidara's hand mouth on her bare upper arm. "Where's Trucy?" She asked the ivanin. "Luna, this Deidara is not who you think he is.", Suddenly she felt something cold and soft on her upper arm. Startled, the brown-haired tore away from it. Something heavy fell to the ground. Madaras Sharingan lit up and she could see that the black-haired man was facing her. Its outlines were difficult to make out. It seemed as if the Uchiha would have merged with the darkness.

"What happened?" The Sharingan walked towards the floor. Madara had fallen silent and put something in front of Luna's feet before he left. The clacking of matches and the sound of wood on wood calmed the brown-haired woman. "I'll be able to see something again soon," she thought. Sparks flew when a match was struck before the fireplace was lit again. Immediately her sleeping place was illuminated with a soft, red tone. Madara had got up and approached the brown-eyed woman. Luna, who was still a bit blinded by the sudden brightness, didn't notice her friend until much too late. Tears formed in her eyes. First one, then many more tears trickled onto the floor.

Her hands began to shake before her legs gave out under her. Trucy was lying next to a white figure. Her nose was swollen, blue, and bleeding. There were bloody burns on her body that snaked around her entire body. One sob after the other escaped the student, who covered her eyes with her hands. She didn't want to see that. She didn't want to be alone. Images of Trucy flooded her mind. More and more tears flowed down her face. Memories of their last hours together broke over Luna. "How am I supposed to do that?" She asked herself this question again and again. The past few hours had been a challenge for the city girl since they'd first arrived in the ninja world. It had overwhelmed the brown-haired woman and now? Now she was all alone.

She had lost a friend without really