Centaurus Campfire, Sunday Evening

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Deciding to give the place a chance, squirrel spying and all, Temari started up a fire and sighed. This was much more like home.

Maybe an angry letter home wasn't necessary.

Yet.

[[Open as a campfire should be. Or else there's just smoke everywhere and it's a bad thing all around.]]

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[stucklikadope.livejournal.com]

Humming to herself, Giselle trailed through the cabins, barely watching where she was going. She had a new dress on instead of the big white dress she arrived in. Hopefully those curtains in the Common Room weren't going to be missed.

She saw the blonde girl sitting by the fire and waved happily. "Oh, hello! Are you enjoying the evening?"

[mouthy-ninja.livejournal.com]

Deidara was checking out the cabins, since they were going to be living in them and all now. They were...well, yeah, much more like home.

Walking over to the campfire, he stopped short when he saw the other blond there. And smirked.

"This could be an interesting trip...mm."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Temari nodded her head toward the girl, giving her a small grunt for greeting She wondered vaguely if she'd seen that dress somewhere before.

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Temari stood quickly, reaching for... the fan that wasn't there.

"Akatsuki," She growled.

[mouthy-ninja.livejournal.com]

"That is what we are," Deidara replied. "What are you doing here? Isn't he lonely without you?"

[stucklikadope.livejournal.com]

Giselle took that for an invitation and took a seat on a log, spreading her skirts out carefully. "Isn't this nice?" she asked. "I do love the adorable little cottages."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"How's that partner of yours?" Temari asked, hand still behind her back and wishing she hadn't allowed them to disarm her. "Failure like you, huh?"

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"Cabins," Temari corrected, eying her for all the cheerfulness. "They called them cabins."

[mouthy-ninja.livejournal.com]

"We still accomplished our mission," the other ninja pointed out. "Master Sasori was a brilliant artist...but his views on art were skewed. Mm." Deidara sat down across the circle from Temari.

[stucklikadope.livejournal.com]

"Oh, do they?" she asked, tilting her head, her fingers steepling under her cheek. "I will have to remember that. They just look so much like cottages. I almost expected Grumpy and his brothers to be living in one!" She smiled happily at Temari. "I'm Giselle, by the way."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"Accomplished so you ran away like a bitch," Temari sneered. "Couldn't take a brat like Naruto, huh?"

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"Temari." There might have even been a slightly confused attempt at a smile in response. "Who's Grumpy?"

[mouthy-ninja.livejournal.com]

"It was easy enough to deal with Gaara," Deidara shrugged. "It simply wasn't the right time for the Kyuubi jinchuuriki."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Temari snorted. "So running away with your tail between your legs was just a tactical maneuver?"

[stucklikadope.livejournal.com]

"Grumpy's the oldest brother of a family of dwarves," she said earnestly. "I heard they were very hospitable. Much like the people at this castle!"

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Castle?

Temari looked up toward where the dorms ought to be. "There's a castle here?"

[stucklikadope.livejournal.com]

"Well, Lee said it was a school," Giselle told her, eyes wide. "But it looks so much like a castle that I think it has to be one."

[mouthy-ninja.livejournal.com]

"I'm not stupid," Deidara said, shrugging again. "It's better to run when you can't fight."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"It's not very well fortified for one," Temari told her dryly. "And I haven't seen any guards yet."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"Not stupid, just weak."

[mouthy-ninja.livejournal.com]

"So if you were unable to use any techniques, and were facing both the Kyuubi jinchuuriki and Kakashi...you would stay?" Deidara chuckled. "You are stupid, then."

[stucklikadope.livejournal.com]

"Fortified?" she asked blankly.

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't have been dumb enough to get into the situation to begin with, She sneered. "A traitor and a moron. Nice combination."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"For attack?" Was the girl dense?

[mouthy-ninja.livejournal.com]

"You would have fled prior, then. Or ignored orders." Deidara smirked right back at her. "Excellent qualities in a shinobi."