Time? What was the time? A groan rumbled in the blonde's chest and it echoed in the small room. The small bed creaked under his weight as he shifted in his bed and reached over the side to grab an object that was upon the floor. Thin fingers wrapped around the cool metal of the watch as he picked it up and brought it up to his face. His eyes squinted and he brushed away stray strands of hair. The small hand on the clock pointed to 6 and the long hand pointed to 27. It was 6:27 in the morning, why the hell was he awake at this time?

CRASH!

The bed creaked once more under his weight as he quickly lifted himself off the bed and looped towards the door. He felt around in the dark until his knuckles brushed against the cold handle of the door. Grasping it in his hand he gave it a twist and the door plied free of the door frame and revealed a brightly lit hall way. His eyes narrowed to try and fend off the unwanted light, but soon his pupils dilated and became used to the bright light, making it possible to look around and find the source of the noise.

CRASH!

The sound came from his right and there was also muttered voices coming from that way. Who the hell?

"Agh!"

A flash of black and orange sprinted past him in a blur. Tobi?

"Get back here you little twit! I'll fucking kill you! You'll be my next sacrifice!"

Another flash of black went past, but this time a long red streak was trailing behind. Tobi did something to piss off Hidan, nothing out of the ordinary. A low sigh passed through his thin lips as his fingers ran through his long tangled blonde hair. Another day in Akatsuki, another day in hell.

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"Sakura-chan!"

The loud voice blaring in her right ear brought the young kunoichi out of her revere. Her eyes fluttered to try and make sense of reality and where she was. Turning her head to the voice she saw the blonde hair and light blue hues of her exuberant friend and team mate, Naruto. He gave her his trade mark fox like smile before speaking once more.

"You ok, you were spacing out again. Something wrong, Sakura-chan?"

The male asked her in his concerned voice. His smile fading slowly. Lately she had been found staring off at nothing, and drifting into day dreams. She was even caught doing it earlier this morning while checking out a patient. The young girl shook her head and short pink tresses fluttered with her movement.

"No, I'm fine Naruto. I've just been...thinking."

Thinking? Yeah right! More like dreaming, hoping, praying that he would return. It had been almost 3 years since he had left, since he left her on that bench in the park, and since he had broken her heart. Every day was a gamble. A gamble she would take to get him back. A soft sigh passed through her lips and then they curved at the sides to give her friend a warm smile. He smiled back in return.

"Well you better finish your ramen. It's getting cold."

Naruto pointed his chop sticks at the untouched bowl of ramen sitting in front of the girl. Her emerald orbs moved to look at the noodles sitting in the bowl. Truly she had lost her appetite long ago, but she decided to take a few bites, just so Naruto would know that she was at least eating something. Besides, she was going to need all the energy she could get for the mission her and Team Kakashi were to begin tomorrow. Naruto slurped whatever was left in his bowl and set it down upon the counter.

"Ah! Another bowl, please!"

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What was he babbling about now? Words seemed to always pour from his mouth, but Deidara never really understood what it was he was talking about. The blonde's visible eye twitched in annoyance as he stared at the masked male in front of him.

"Yeah! So he tried to take credit for the kill, but everyone knows that it was me who actually killed the man and brought him back for a bounty. Kakuzu was pretty mad when..."

Again with the nonstop chatter?! Once the other seemed like he was about to stop talking, he would suddenly bring up another idiotic subject and continue to wear the blonde's patience down to nothing. Would leader ban him from Akatsuki if he just "accidentally" killed Tobi? Bah! The little twit wasn't worth his time anyways!

"Shut up Tobi, yeah!"

The blonde finally blurted out, having enough of Tobi's constant ranting. The masked male seemed to cease his talking once the blonde spoke forth.

"Now give me that scroll. I need to look it over once more, yeah."

Deidara's hand was palm side up in front of Tobi, his fingers moving slightly in a gesture of impatience for the scroll. The masked male perked up and quickly dug in the pack by his side, soon bringing forth a green scroll and placing it into the blonde's awaiting hand.

Within the scroll held the profile of the bounty they needed to capture. It seemed Akatsuki was running low on money lately, and Pein was sending out member's who had already caught their bijuu to grab a few bounties to put a little cash in the Akatsuki's pockets. Their bounty was a young boy by the name of Takeo. He was in his late twenties and was a highly ranked ANBU captain of the Leaf Village, Konohagakure. The bounty was quite a bit, but nothing compared to some other shinobi in the village. It was a grab and go sort of mission and Deidara was told if he saw the kyuubi to forget the bounty and change course to the capture of the kyuubi.

A devious smirk graced his lips as he rolled the scroll up and placed it within the confines of his cloak. He would be sure to try and find the kyuubi. Capturing the kyuubi would only go to show that he was much stronger than the oh-so-cool Uchiha. Itachi had tried how many times to capture the boy? And failed at each attempt. This was Deidara's time to shine.

"Let's go Tobi. Konoha is only a few miles from here, yeah."

The masked nin jumped up from his spot on the ground, grabbing the pack and placing it around his waist where it was secure. With a small chuckle from the blonde and a frenzy of billowing cloaks, the two Akatsuki members' were off. Destination: the nine tailed fox.

A/N: Sorry this chapter is a bit short. Don't worry it will get longer. R&R please!

Oh and I do not own Naruto.