So, I've gotten a brainblock with my SasuSaku fics at the moment, so it's time... To introduce this new fic: Scarlet Memories. It's a fanfic featuring my new oc, Yumiko, and Deidara.

Deidara-18
Yumiko-18
Sasori-21 (Even though he's 35?)
Itachi-27
Kisame-37
Pain-31
Konan- 31
Hidan-28
Kakuzu-34 (Even though he's 91!)
Black/White Zetzu- Unknown

Scarlet Memories

Chapter One: Escaping Pursuers and An Offer

"Find her already! The Mizukage wants her alive, though! She needs to pay!" A voice ordered.

The purple-haired target panted from her hiding spot in the bushes as another Kirigakure ANBU team rushed by. 'Geez. These guys are either very stupid or very strong. I mean, they managed to hurt me, but then they lost me when I used my substitute. But, they are not giving up!' When what seemed like the fourth team darted back, she took off and weaved her way through the trees before bumping into someone in front of her, which made her fall to the ground. "Ow... Don't tell me.." She grumbled.

"Deidara, we have a job. Let's go." A deep voice ordered, clearly angry.

"Relax, Sasori. It's not everyday I get ran into, heh." The other, more joking-sounding with a little grunt added, said. "So, any reason you were in a hurry, yeah?"

When she looked up, her body not only stiffened at the outstretched hand, but scurried into a tree. "Stay back! I-I have to go!" She stated, darting off, not noticing that she had dropped a small object.

"Yeah. Look at what you did, Sasori. She took off... Huh?" Deidara bent down to pick up the object, shocked to see it was a small sculpture out of clay. "Wow. She knows art!" He said, grinning.

"Let's go. I hate waiting!" Sasori replied, turning in the direction of Kirigakure before walking off. "Besides, she's a girl. She probably has no idea what art is, like you."

"Hey! I do know art!" Deidara shot back before following his partner. 'Whoever that girl is, she's amazing with clay, yeah.'

Three years of running, searching, fighting and hiding later, a young woman sighed from her spot in a tree as she decided to go have some fun with yet another village. She darted off, deep in her planning that she bumped into someone, again. "Fuck. I need to stop this!" She snarled at herself as she stood up and dusted herself off. "Watch where you're standing, idiot."

"Yeah, that's not my- Well, well, well. The mystery girl from three years ago." A familiar voice praised.

"Deidara, there are tons of women in this world, this one can't be the one you've been complaining of." Another calm voice replied. "Besides, you know we can't keep Sasori waiting. Him and Kisame are waiting for us."

"Come on, Itachi, I recognize that purple hair anywhere, yeah!" Deidara stated. "So, what's your name?"

The woman sighed and rolled her eyes. "Tsukino Yumiko. I should ask you the same thing." Yumiko stated.

"I'm Deidara and this-"

"I'm Uchiha Itachi and we're late. You know Kisame and Sasori won't stay still." Itachi informed.

"Hey! Yumiko, wanna tag along? We're about to go raise some ire and blow things up, yeah!" Deidara asked.

"Well, I was about to do the same..." Yumiko trailed off to silence. 'I need to find out if Kotone is in a village nearby and use these bumbling idiots to my advantage.' She wondered how much she would use to kill these guys. She used a pretty good amount to slay her clan, but these two were two members of the infamous Akatsuki, a organization that not only hunted Tailed Beasts, but had nine members of S-Ranked missing ninja. Following behind, but not close to either of them, she put her hands into her pockets and pulled out the scratched Kirigakure forehead protector that she kept to remind her of her place.

Deidara glanced at Itachi, confused before sliding over to whisper. "Say, Itachi, don't girls usually talk non-stop? Or something else, yeah?"

Itachi didn't open his eyes as he replied. "Not all girls talk, Deidara, unlike you. If she stays like this, I won't mind. In fact, I believe Sasori might want her as his partner instead of you." He added, adjusting the hat he often wore to help Kisame identify him.

"My man Sasori would never do that! We've been through so much, yeah." Deidara stated as two others appeared. "Speaking. Sorry we're late. Bumped into someone... Or she bumped into me, yeah."

Yumiko's head rose and she stuffed the protector into her pocket again. She saw the familiar red-head that was with Deidara three years ago. If she remembered, his name was Sasori. Though, she saw a blue shark-like man besides Sasori and, figuring he was Itachi's partner, guessed it was Kisame.

"Itachi, sorry you had to be with Deidara for this long. He often likes to keep people waiting, especially me." Sasori replied, his deep voice showing the annoyance.

"Hn. Let's just get to the job before we have to face the Leader's anger." Kisame stated, waving a hand to motion them to get moving. "Oh, the girl..." He stated, as if remembering she was there.

"I have my own reasons to destroying villages. Give me a few moments to scout out the prime areas." Yumiko scoffed and took off before the four even spoke up. Landing outside the targeted village, she schooled both her chakra and her features, using her bangs to hide the recognizable scar on her forehead above her eyebrow. Once she was prepared, she strolled in and walked up to the first person. "Excuse me. I was wondering if you've seen this girl." She dug in her cloak for a picture of Kotone and her when she was 9 and Kotone was 4. She pointed to the blue-haired 4 year old.

"I haven't seen anyone like that... Though, there are rumors a girl looking like that was in the Sand Village for a week before she left. Rumors say she was heading to either the Cloud Village or the Leaf Village... Can't recall which one." The elder woman hummed, as if thinking of a song.

Yumiko scoffed and continued to ask around, getting the same answer from everyone, which annoyed her to no end. She knew for a fact Kotone was not in the Leaf. She, herself, had visited the Leaf two years ago and didn't even see her there. After a few minutes, she not only scouted out areas, but grew sick of the answers. Returning, she stood and met the four guys' eyes. "There are weak areas in the south, west and northwest. The central location seems just right for an attack." She informed, watching the surprised looks rise in their faces.

"Yeah? Well, look at that! She's intelligent!" Deidara praised, earning a glare from not only Yumiko, but the other three. "Sorry, yeah. Let's go, then. Yumiko, since it's obvious you've destroyed a few things, yeah, you can join me and Sasori. Ignore his annoying features, though, yeah."

Yumiko rolled her eyes before following the two to be within striking distance. Landing on a high branch, she made the Tiger seal to summon mist that was common for those from Kirigakure. Once it was able to hide them, she darted to join them, finding Deidara based on the explosions. Using the Boar, Dog and Ram seals, she held out one hand to form the Water Release: Tearing Torrent jutsu. The jutsu slammed through two buildings, tearing them as easily as paper. Landing besides Deidara, she was quick to use her favorite jutsu: Raging Waves. The jutsu weaved between Deidara and Sasori's attacks, sweeping residents into a stream of water that lifted up before slamming into the ground. "Heh. Weak." She snorted, tossing her hair back after standing up.

Kisame and Itachi rejoined them, Kisame first to speak. "You're from Kirigakure, aren't you?" He asked, sounding glad.

"What if I am? I'm no longer a ninja from there." Yumiko stated, glaring at him.

"Come with us, yeah? Maybe Leader will see some potential in you, yeah?" Deidara stated, getting the three to think before grinning and nodding. "Follow us."

Yumiko shrugged and followed the four into a cave that closed behind them, causing her to be on guard. Her eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness and saw more dark figures ahead of them. As she got closer, she made out a female body and four other ones.

"Deidara? How did it go?" The female questioned.

"Easy as cake, yeah. Did you think that tiny place could survive me, Sasori, Itachi and Kisame combined, Konan?" Deidara questioned back, a grin evident.

The woman, Konan, rolled her eyes before glancing in Yumiko's direction. "You let an outsider find out about our hideout? Do you have any idea what that means?"

"Relax, Konan." One male from beside her said as he led them into a lit room. "I see she means no harm. Tell me, what is your name and purpose?"

Yumiko paused before pulling her bang back over her forehead before answering. "I am Tsukino Yumiko... My purpose is my own. I have no wish to tell anyone my purpose." She replied.

"Leader... Tsukino Yumiko is well-known to have slain her entire clan, similar to Itachi..." A plant-like man informed, having a black and white side. It appeared the white side had answered, because it was calm compared to the next words. "Delightful that it happened three years ago, eh?"

Konan's eyes widened slightly before her face went back to being expressionless. "Three years? Wasn't that when you two failed to capture the Three Tails, Deidara and Sasori?" She accused.

"Well, yeah... Didn't quite expect the Jinchuriki to be that strong.. Though, the last thing we saw before we were forced to retreat was it actually being released, yeah." Deidara explained.

Konan sighed and looked towards the orange-haired man, who was staring at Yumiko. "Pain..."

"I think the girl's talents might grow under us. Deidara. Sasori. She's yours to train with. Meanwhile, Hidan and Kakuzu will go retrieve the Two-Tails while Deidara and Sasori will go retrieve the Five-Tails. You two take her with, too. Konan, get her a cloak quick. Itachi, you and Kisame will go find the Four-Tails." Pain stated, Konan going into the other room only to return a few moments later with a cloak similar to the other ones. "What do you say, Yumiko? Join us in bringing about peace."

Yumiko shrugged and took the cloak, slipping it on and fixed it to show her neck before deciding to put her headband around her neck, following the two outside. 'One day, Kotone.. I'll find you and we'll be a family again. Even if I'm a rouge nin from the village, I swear, I will protect you.' She thought before feeling a weight in her cloak, digging through it to find a ring similar to Kisame's in the pocket inside the sleeve. "What am I supposed to do with this thing?" She asked, holding the ring up and inspecting it, figuring she could pawn it off for some money.

"That shows your one of us, yeah. All new Akatsuki members get one. I was the newest one until you, yeah." Deidara explained before a deep sigh came from his right. "Sasori, do you expect her to learn things by watching? She asked a question and I answered, heh. So, Yumi... Can I call you that?"

Yumiko's eyes widened as she was thrown into a memory of Kotone calling her that when she first started speaking sentences. She glared at Deidara. "No. If you must shorten my name, find some other name." She stated coldly.

Deidara and Sasori both looked shock at the glare before Deidara sighed. "Fine. Then I'll call you Yumiko. I must've hit a tender spot. But, anyway, I was going to say that it takes getting used to the Akatsuki, yeah. At first, I didn't want to be a part of them." Yumiko raised an eyebrow, showing slight interest, which Deidara took as a sign to continue. "I was in the Explosives Division of my former village. Man, the Kage there was ticked off, yeah."

Yumiko frowned and remembered back the day she killed her entire clan. Kotone and their cousins Nanako, Kengo and his sister Erina, Ryota, the triplets Chihiro, Yuki and Tomo, Mao and Yaiko, who is a few years older than Yumiko is now went on a trip for the Kirigakure Academy to the Leaf Academy in the Hidden Leaf Village for a week. She and Kioshi were helping out with the decorating when Kioshi, who was 14 at the time, tried to woo her. When she explained they were cousins and it'd be really wierd, he ran off and told her father she was trying to seduce him. 'Feh. As if I'd want to marry that bastard anyhow.' She steamed as she remembered enjoying using the very same maul he had given to her for her 10th birthday to smash his head in. Her parents were next, as they didn't believe the fact she wasn't interested in Kioshi. Her mother, Miho, had the smallest smile and said she forgave her for murdering the clan and, despite the fact she knew the truth, wouldn't live without her husband. As Yumiko used her Water Prison jutsu on them, she heard her father say he was proud that she finally mastered the jutsu he was trying to teach her with his last breath.

Deidara stared in shock at how much anger was radiating from their partner, glancing at Sasori, who was also in awe. "Yumiko? Something wrong? I'm sorry, yeah? I didn't mean to get you angry, yeah." He darted to the other side of Sasori, who tilted his head.

Yumiko blinked and shook her head. "I was just thinking. Nothing to do with you. It was a common mistake." She explained as they arrived in a place with a rocky mountain range surrounding a village she recognized as Iwagakure. She barely heard running water with how busy it was.

"Welcome home, eh, Deidara?" Sasori taunted.

"Yeah. Looks like they fixed what I blew up. Man. That took a lot of clay to do!" Deidara scoffed, his personality quickly turning serious.

"You mean... You lived here?" Yumiko asked.

"Yeah. For all the good it did. They didn't appreciate my art. That and I may have stolen the kinjutsu of the place." He said, already digging into his two pouches. "Time to wake the Jinchūriki up, yeah."

Yumiko raised an eyebrow and blinked. "Do you know exactly wh-" She was about to ask when Deidara already had taken off on a clay bird. "Does he do this often?"

"Take off? Yeah. And leaves me waiting in the process." Sasori commented. "Let's at least wait for him at the entrance."

Vola! Chapter one is done~ And it appears that there is something amuck somewhere!

Deidara: Why is Yumiko so cold? 3

Me: Cause. I've had so many oc's be happy-pappy. I wanna dabble in the dark side!

Deidara: o.o; Are you Darth Vader?

Me: Nope.

Yumiko *Poofs in*: Skittles only owns me while Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto and all the characters.

Deidara *shudder*: I need warmth!

Me *gives Deidara blanket*

Yumiko *Glares before scooping Deidara into arms and holding him like a baby*

Me: o.o;