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-Chapter One-The Past-

-Age Nine-

A large fire, a methodical slaughter of over 40 people ranging for children to their grandparents and one orphan were all that was talked about in Iwagakure over the course of three months just after Deidara's ninth birthday. During one night around midnight, systematically a whole clan was killed. Some believed it was because of their kekkei genkai, others thought they had gotten in trouble with another village…Konoha was the suspicion. Some of the villagers welcomed this outrage, that clan wasn't exactly liked.

The Kotone's kept to themselves, the thing was they couldn't go many places anymore. At one time they were seen as the perfect spies, the perfect shinobi but before their murder a lot hated them. Their kekkei genkai was the reason and anyone in the clan was easily pointed out by their sunny yellow eyes and on their left palm was a yellow swallow. Their power was one like no other, they didn't have to lift a finger, their minds did all the work.

Their main power was to read the thoughts of others but each and everyone had other skills that used their mind. Their powers got them into trouble; people believed they were spying on them, refused to have them in their houses, near their children, really anywhere in sight. The shinobi of Iwagakure never wanted to see the sunny yellow eyes of a Kotone ever again.

The massacre of these people left one person though, a nine year old girl could Suki. Suki was the worst of them all in everyone's eyes. She was different than the rest of her clan, her mind was structured differently. They believed it was the next step in their kekkei genkai, the village believed it was wrong and they had done it on purpose somehow. They wanted Suki dead.

Now she was walking around, being man handled and without a home. That suited everyone just fine, their children stayed away from her and she was left to starve alone. No one cared for the girl and no one let their thoughts stray to her because they knew she could hear and if she really wanted she could kill them if she just focused her mind on it.

Deidara waited at home for his mother, he lived just with her. His father had left his mother when he had found out she was pregnant and the village hated the small, blonde haired male. They believed he was the reason his father, a highly respected ANBU member dishonoured the village and left. He was the reason though, his father after his birth had seen his hands, Deidara was an amazement to doctors. The mouths on his hands had been believed to be a deformity but now he knew what he could do with them. His clay sculptures had been a mistake at first but now he was learning to control what he made and even infuse them with chakra so they could walk. It made Deidara happy to see his creations come to life.

The village hated Deidara and his mother seemed the only one who would go near him, talk to him and well she loved him and she was the only one who would ever give him that bond as no one else would even try and be friendly. They would push and shove the boy, spit at him and shout curses. He was a nuisance in the eyes of the villagers.

When his mother came home though his eyes were wide.

Deidara's mother was a beautiful woman with long blonde hair and crystal blue eyes, her body was slim and she was an average height. But her face was perfect, her eyes were large and expressive, her nose was perfectly proportioned and her lips were plump and a perfect shade of red. A light tan crossed over her features and a few strands of her hair would fall into her face which she would on occasion push away with her fingers.

What made Deidara stare was the young girl who was holding onto his mother's left hand. This young girl was extremely familiar to Deidara; she was all anyone talked about and when he would tell his mother about her she would always look at him with pity. He realised that this girl was just like him, hated and pushed away, this girl could and would want to connect with him, and she would want to be his friend.

Her eyes were a perfect sunny yellow and he could see the tattoo of the yellow swallow on her left palm which was like an odd birth mark for her clan, her complexion was a perfect milky white and looking up at Deidara she had a large smile on her face. He noticed the bruises and cuts littered across her body which he knew were from the villagers but yet at the sight of him she smiled wide. He felt himself blush as he realised she could hear his thoughts, his thoughts of hope for friendship with the young girl.

"Deidara this is Suki, she's going to be staying with us. I know you will make her feel at home." His mother's voice cut through the air and he nodded and walked over to the girl holding out his hand, begging in his mind that she would take it and that's exactly what she did. The same smile across her face and her eyes filled with hope, she wanted friendship just as much as he did.

-Age Twelve-

Damn freak should die, they both should! That mother of his just takes in that rat off the street and says she should be a shinobi and thinks that she can fit in. That idiot Deidara sticking up for her, we'll teach him a lesson. We should smash his face in for it.

A slow grin spread over the young boys face as the thoughts passed through his mind, he stared down at Deidara who had been knocked to the floor, his bag of clay in the boy's fist.

"You and that freak should just die!" The bitter words leaked from the boy's mouth in streams, it wasn't the first time someone had insulted him and his mother, not the first time someone had insulted Suki but every time they did Deidara felt he should act. Teach them to shut up.

"How about we cut your pretty ponytail off? Slash up your face a bit?" Another boy added. They were older than Deidara and much stronger. They were at least half a foot taller and four years older and Deidara was alone without his clay and without a weapon.

That's when it started; suddenly the leader fell over his hands to his temple screaming. Deidara recognised this and he looked up and that's when he noticed Suki walking over her eyes concentrating on the young boy, her finger pointing. She wasn't quite strong enough to use her powers on all of the gang at the same time but it gave Deidara a chance to grab his clay and run which he did, grabbing Suki on the way.

"Suki you idiot un! You could have gotten yourself killed!" Deidara scolded as soon as they got far away and close to their house.

"They were going to hurt you Deidara! I could hear it from across the training grounds! I wasn't going to let them hurt you." That's when she threw her arms around him and began to sob; Deidara understood what it was like for her. He knew that she had to put up with thoughts about her and those she cared about her all the time and they weren't the nicest things in the world. A lot of the time Suki would hear about things that she shouldn't know: plans to kill people, top secrets missions and even affairs. Hearing about Deidara always set alarm bells off in her mind and she would protect him even if it cost her life and he would do the same.

Suki was feared now a lot by others in the village and if anyone wanted to go after her they would go after Deidara instead. It pained Suki to know that anything they would do to Deidara was really meant for her, it hurt her to know she was causing her friend pain.

Deidara wrapped his arms around the girl and patted her back not wanting her to continue sobbing. It hurt him to see her that way and alls he could do was comfort her. His mother would have a fit when she saw the state they were both in. Deidara had received several cuts before Suki had turned up and dirt was apparent on his clothes and Suki's face was red from the tears that were flowing down her cheeks.

"Lets go home un." Suki nodded to Deidara's suggestion and followed him towards their home whilst she brushed the tears from her cheeks. "It's going to be ok un." Suki nodded wanting to believe them as they began to walk up the gravel path up to the red brick house which they called their home. Looking at it they instantly knew something was wrong and Suki searched for the thoughts of Deidara's mother. She stopped in her tracks when she noticed they were gone.

"Deidara stay back." She commanded holding her arm in front of him to stop him walking any closer, this made Deidara stare at the house in disbelief. He knew something was definitely wrong now and he wanted to run into the house.

"What's happening?" His voice quivered and was strained, knowing that something was probably happening to his mother. Suki ignored his question though, not sure how to tell him and walked up to the window and looked through. The sight made her scream and fall backwards into the flowerbed she had managed to avoid standing on. Deidara jumped and ran to the window and his cyan orbs widened at the sight of his mothers body and her blood all over the walls and floors.

He had never felt so wrong in his life…it was never going to be alright.

-Age Fourteen-

"How's the new family un?" Deidara asked bitterly, it was the third family Suki had been taken in by over the last year where as Deidara had few people showing interest in wanting to look after him. No he was always staying with one of Iwagakure's ANBU members on order of the Tsuchikage. There was nothing more he hated than the ANBU who would shout at him and force him to train until he felt his body was truly broken.

"Fine I guess, they keep asking me to do tricks. Levitate stuff and that, they even made me make the dog stand on two legs and clap its paws." Suki's eyes narrowed at the memory of her new family, they thought of her as some kind of freak. A circus performer who would do whatever they told her to do and it made her sick. Deidara threw another kunai at the target in front of him and it hit the centre ring, the target splitting at the force that was used. Deidara would never get used to people treating Suki like that, she wasn't a freak and she wasn't a piece of entertainment.

He joined her on the grass and watched as she began to levitate flowers with her mind, expertly picking off each of the petals without even touching it. No families had wanted Deidara for the trouble he caused, it was mainly because of protecting Suki that the trouble was caused but families didn't like that. They didn't like the idea of their kids being beaten up by the blonde boy.

"You're getting better un." Deidara pointed out as she forced the stem of the flower into a sharp point which flew threw a tree leaving a small round hole all the way through the trunk.

"I've been practising; the anger doesn't help if I'm honest." Suki couldn't control things as easily when she was angry, she could kill things much easier but to have control over objects and others mind was hard and Suki had been practising keeping perfectly calm. "Are you okay with that family of yours Deidara, you always seem so upset." Suki drew her finger across his cheek, lifting his bangs away from his eye letting the cyan orb behind them see the light properly and a small smile fell onto her lips as she watched him.

"It doesn't matter does it? I'll get out of there in a few months after I do something stupid or blow something up. In a couple years we can live on our own un." Suki smiled at that idea, living on her own seemed like heaven. Even if she didn't have much money to get by on she would be happy being allowed to live her life the way she wanted. Deidara and her had agreed that as soon as they both had turned sixteen they would move out of their current homes and live together. They only wished to live together as it was easier with rent and bills but they would be happy to be able to spend time together. Now people refused to leave them alone together, scared of what they would do.

"Is it bad that I look forward to it so much?" Deidara shook his head and began to pull a piece of clay from his bag and created a small bird which flew around in front of them.

"No, you just want to be free just like me un." Suki nodded watching the bird as her blonde bangs began to fall into her eyes making her swat them away. Suddenly the bird exploded into blue and red sparks making Suki smile wider and watch them disappear from the perfect night sky.

"Beautiful," She sighed at the sight of the bird disappearing as she peered down the hill they sat on down towards the village. She didn't look long though knowing she would have to go home soon. Deidara smiled and made another sculpture, lifting it up on his palm Suki could see the bird and she picked it on her hands carefully the way Deidara had taught her. At no point did either of them want her losing her hand in an explosion.

Throwing the clay sculpture up it took flight and began to flap its wing heading towards the line of the trees around them. Before it got close Deidara made it explode into green sparks making Suki gasp, she hadn't seen that before and she shot a smile at Deidara.

"Are you coming over for my birthday next week?" Suki asked hopefully, she wanted him to be there. Deidara didn't like the family Suki was living with because of their son who was eighteen and had hurt them both in their childhood.

"Of course, can't leave you with that lot alone un." Suki nearly squealed and she practically jumped Deidara, sending him to the ground in a hug. Nuzzling her face into his neck, her blonde hair tickled him making him swat at her for a second before he finally returned the bone crushing hug.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you Deidara!" The girl chanted as she squeezed him harder making him chuckle.

"Anything for you Suki."

-Age Sixteen-

"Happy birthday Deidara!" Suki sung looking at the older boy with large eyes. She thrust a package forward, the blue paper wrapped perfectly around the box like object and a small silver bow stuck to the top.

Deidara wasn't having a party; the two were sitting in a training field alone sitting in the grass. Suki had her blonde hair tied up into a ponytail; her bangs falling into her eyes slightly which she would mess with often with her fingers. Currently she was wearing a blue dress and a small silver necklace which Deidara had given to her for her thirteenth birthday; it was a small dragonfly, its wing made out of a blue crystal. It was her most treasured possession and she never went anywhere without it. Her sunny yellow orbs looked at him with hope and she held her arms behind her back whilst Deidara pulled at the paper with some difficulty thanks to the large quantity of sticky tape.

"You had to wrap it so tight un!" Deidara screamed quite frustrated making the young woman giggle as she took the box back and with a quick hand movement the paper opened itself.

"I had been practising wrapping presents for ages! You know how bloody hard it is to get right!" Suki complained annoyed with Deidara's lack of praise for her wrapping skills. In her hands was now a small blue velvet box and Suki thrust out her hand asking him to take it.

"It doesn't matter about the wrapping un." Deidara sighed and took the box letting his fingers run over the velvet surface as he looked up at Suki who nodded for him to open it. With a tug at the lid the box opened and inside was a small gold link chain bracelet. Picking it up in his fingers he noticed the panel on it was engraved. Across the precious metal was their initials on one side a small swallow and the other an owl rather like the clay ones Deidara created. The birds were only minute but Deidara could tell what they were he placed it around his wrist and fixed it in place and quickly pulled Suki in for a hug.

"You like it?" The girl asked hopefully and Deidara nodded, pulling herself out of the hug she grinned and pulled out another package from her pocket. "Then you won't want this specially made clay I bought as well then?" Deidara smirked as she tossed him the packet and he looked at the yellow clay inside, it was different than the normal clay he used, it was definitely highly explosive and he looked at her sceptically.

"Why did you get me this un?"

"I know about the bombings Deidara and well that stuffs expensive. I'm not upset, I forgive you but next time you decide to become a bomber for hire just tell me ok. I trust you Deidara and it hurts that you wouldn't confide in me." Deidara sighed and pulled her into another hug.

"You know I'm only in it for the money un. Well ok I like to see things explode too." Suki laughed slightly and wiped her eyes noticing that she had started to cry.

"I don't need to know why, just tell me next time ok?"

"I promise un."

"Good, I don't want to lose you without you saying so."