Chapter 1

Ino had to make a choice. She could stay in Konoha where the people treated her like useless trash and attempt to get along with them, or she could go to the Akatsuki. She decided she didn't want to be lonely anymore, and maybe the Akatsuki would be good for her, so she left for their hideout.

"Looks like we have a visitor," Pain said to all the Akatsuki.

"Hmph, this looks interesting. Why would a leaf ninja come here of her own free will, and alone at that, yeah?" Deidara said, interested in the blonde-haired girl that wore too much purple, one color he never liked.

"So, should someone let her in? Otherwise, she might try and break down the door," Kisame said.

"Hmph, even if she did, she wouldn't be able to find us for a while in these long ** corridors," Hidan retorted.

"..." Itachi was quiet, not wanting to get into this.

"Deidara, why don't you welcome the guest? See what she wants, she might be useful," Pain explained, getting up and leaving.

"What, why me? Why do I have to do this? I doubt I'll even get along with her," Deidara whined, but still obeyed the leader, and went to open the door for the sad blonde-haired girl.

"I want to be here. I decided to go to you guys and be stronger," Ino explained in deep breaths when Deidara opened the door. He let her in as he was told.

"Whatever, Blondie. I don't care, but before it's decided, you must go to leader. Hmph," Deidara said, walking off fast.

"Hey, who are you calling Blondie? Don't call me names, bomb freak of nature! Hey, wait for me," Ino said, running after him until they stopped at a door. He opened it to find the leader waiting for the two of them. The two argued the whole way there, and when they got in the room, they continued not so quietly. They did not notice that Pain was annoyed by this.

"Explain yourself and why you are here. What do you want?" Pain demanded, cutting off their argument.

"I've had some problems in Konoha with my so-called friends, and decided to come here for a fresh start, although it's not starting too well. I wanted to become one of you or at least be here to help," Ino explained giving a glare to Deidara.

"We don't need this purple garbed annoyance here, Pain," Deidara argued, displeased at this and gave Ino a glare back. They kept glaring until Pain spoke again in his angry voice.

"That's it, I'm tired of this already. It's obviously going to be a while until there is peace," Pain said, doing hand signs for an unknown jutsu.

"Hey, what was that?" Ino asked.

"A jutsu that..." Pain started to explain, but couldn't finish because Deidara was about to leave. He headed for the door, but before he could get any farther, he was thrown backwards with some scratches from an unknown object he couldn't see.

"What? I just went to the door, what happened?" Deidara said angrily, trying to leave a second time, but to his surprise he got back fired right beside Ino again.

"It's a jutsu, and like I was saying, since you two can't seem to be together for a few seconds without arguing, I put a jutsu that only I know that makes you two stay together. If you go too far from the other person then you will be hit and brought back to the other immediately. It is very useful. I've been meaning to try it out but never got to. It helps, but it can cause some problems later. By the way, the jutsu will be released once I think you two have spent time together and can tolerate each other," Pain explained, smirking from the torture and laughs there will be.

"What? Why is this our punishment? I don't want to be stuck with HER!" Deidara pointed angrily.

"Hmph, well you will just have to learn. Oh, and since your rooms are far apart you two will have to be in the same room since all the other rooms are taken or even further apart," Pain laughed, shooing them out.

"I also don't want to be stuck with HIM, leader!" Ino argued back, pointing her finger, but was too close and poked his face.

"What are you doing, you idiot," Deidara yelled, pushing her finger away. They both walked together with Ino walking faster, just wanting to get to their room. They got there, but realized there was only one bed.

"What the hell is this? How are we going to sleep tonight!" Ino yelled, running as fast as she could along with Deidara doing the same thing. It was a race for whoever got there first would get to sleep there. They got there at the same time so they had to both sleep on the one tiny bed.

The two both laid in bed at the same time giving up, but no one, except her old friends, knew that Ino moved and muttered a lot in her sleep. That night there was a loud thud on the floor.

"Damn, why do I have to be the one to fall!" Deidara muttered on the floor, but knew it would happen again if he went back up, so this time he decided to fall asleep on the hard, cold floorboard. They would figure out a way to work this out tomorrow, that is if they didn't argue all day.

A/N: Hey first revised chapter of Stuck Together, now that I've finished with part one of A Different Kind of Guy I'm working on this.

-Hinacrush-