Summary: Aoi Tsugari is an eighteen year old ninja from the Hidden Rock village. When an failed assasination attempt on the Tsuchikage has her running from the village. But when the Akatsuki, a well known group of rougue ninjas, wants her to join them, she agrees. With this new life, can she find peace, a new home, and perhaps a romance? Itachi x OC or Deidara x OC

AN : Hey guys, I decided to re-post this, but I changed it a bit. Well, not the chapters I had posted before, but what I had planned to happen has changed. There is going to be a poll up on my profile, and you can vote whether you want Aoi to fall in love with Itachi, or Deidara. By the way, there will be a slight lemon in chapter five. Not really a lemon but... well, you'll see!

Chapter one.

"Who are you?" I asked, my voice ringing out into the darkness of the forest. They stayed silent, just standing there staring at me. One was a blonde, with a ponytail. The other had short black hair, with an orange mask over his face. Strangely, there was only one eyehole.
"I said, who are you?" I repeated. I bent into my fighting stance, reaching to my side to grasp at my katana that was in it's sheath.
"Deidara-senpai, are you going to answer her?" The one named 'Deidara', looked at the other one with a look of agitation on his face.
"Shut up Tobi."
"H-hai.." Tobi stuttered, then looked down at the ground.
"Deidara, eh? I think I've heard the name before." I grinned. I pulled the blade slowly from the sheath. "Are you going to fight me, or what? Isn't that what you're here for?" My name was Aoi Kasumi. A highly skilled Jounin from the Hidden Rock village. A few days ago I attempted an assasination of the Tsuchikage, but I'd failed when his guards saw me, so I had to flee. I've been wandering away from the Earth Country for a few days, not quite knowing where I was going to go.
I glanced at Deidara's headband, and gasped. The symbol on it was definitely hidden rock, but there was a broad line slashed across it.
'Hidden rock, eh?' I thought to myself.
"No... we're not here to fight you. We're here by command from the Akatsuki leader, Pain. He wants you to join the Akatsuki." Deidara stood still, his hands in his cloak. I could tell he was up to something.
"Why does your leader want me? I'm not a very good ninja..." Actually, I was. And I knew it. The whole village used to praise me, until I started bailing out on missions.. never showing up for anything.. They started to wonder what was happening.. until I tried to kill our leader. Then they realized I betrayed them. The people of the Hidden Rock now put a bounty on my head. They wanted me dead, all because I tried to kill their precious Kage.
"He has heard about you. He had often spoken of going to retrive you, long before you tried to kill the Kage of Hidden Rock." Deidara made a face. "But instead of Pain-sama going himself, he made me go. And he made me bring this idiot along with me!" Deidara grumbled, pointing his finger at the still sulking Tobi. At this outburst, Tobi looked up.
"Deidara-senpai, stop being so mean!" He wailed.
"I can see what you mean..." I snickered. Then I stopped smiling, and hoped my face looked serious. "Fine, I'll make you a deal.. We fight. If I win, you have to go back to... wherever you go, without me. If you win, I will come with you back to your leader without any complaints." Deidara smiled widely. "I was hopeing you would say that..." He said. Then he pulled his hand back through the sleeve of his arm, and opened his hand. From his palm he produced five little figurines in the shape of a spider.
'Clay...' I thought in my head. 'What is he going to do with little figurines'
"Heh... I hope you're ready for my art." Deidara chuckled. He then threw the little clay figures at me, and made a sign with his hands. "Katsu!" He shouted. The small clay things exploded, sending me flying backwards. I hit a tree, gasping as pain shot through my body. I furrowed my eyesbrows as I ignored the pain and stood up. I swayed a few times, before regaining my balance.
"What was that?" I said to myself. I pulled my katana completely out of it's sheath, and held it out in front of me. "That was the art of my exploding clay. Like it?" Deidara chuckled to himself. I laughed. "Who would like any art like that? It's worthless..." Deidara's face become angry as I finished my sentance.
"I'll kill you if you say that again." He growled. I smirked.
"Alright then... Your art is worthless. What are you going to do about it?" "This." He said simply. Deidara pulled his arm into his cloak, then pulled it back out. Like before, from his palm came slay figureines, but this time they were in the shape of a bird. They were bigger this time.
"Bigger they are, bigger the explosion..." I thought. I took a few steps back, waiting for him to attack.
"You'll like these ones Aoi... Katsu!" Deidara yelled, throwing them at me before they exploded. This time, I was ready. Just before the force of the blow hit me, I jumped out of the way into a tree. I looked around wildly, hoping to spot him before he could attack. Suddenly, something hit me in the back of the head. My vision blurred, and I fell from the tree. Just before I hit the round, someone caught me in mid and then laid me gently down.
"You need to pay attention more..." He muttered under his breath. That was the last thing I heard before everything went black...