Hi! This is Deideihime and I'm "uploading" one of my fanfics here for the first time. I really hope you'll like it. I'm a big fan of Deidara, so my first fanfic will be about him. Please note that I'm from Sweden, so if there are anything spelled wrong or so, just tell me, okay?

Thanks!

Enjoy!

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Coincidence

By DeiDeihime

"Nobody knows who I really am…"

A young boy, about ten years old, ran out in the forest. His blond hair flew behind him and his big eyes were filled with tears, and as he ran out in the night he sobbed quietly.

He didn't stop until he came to a big lake, filled with crystalclear, dark water.

The mountains surrounding the lake threw their shadows over the little boy, as he sat down at the shore.

He sat quiet for a couple of minutes, but then started crying again.

Suddenly, a strange sound caught the little boy's attention. Someone was there, hiding in the bushes behind him.

"Wh-who's there?" he called out in the darkness. But no one replied.

So, he turned around, trying to ignore that creepy feeling of being watched.

"A boy shouldn't cry"

The young boy turned around fast. A girl, a few years older than himself, stood behind him – smiling.

The boy turned his back towards the girl.

"Did you come here to mock me, Umi-chan?"

The girl, called Umi, reached out her tounge towards him.

"Whaddya think? Dei-kun, you always cry…! Why is it that you're always so sad? You should smile more…"

"Stop it, Umi-chan. I don't feel like chatting to you tonight. Please leave, un."

But Umi sat down beside him.

"Deidara-kun…"

"Mmm..?"

"It's not a good thing to be sad. A shinobi shouldn't show feelings, brother told me that. He's a real ninja, a good one!"

"Good one, un?"

"Daddy told me there are two types of ninjas. Evil ones and good ones. The evil ninjas kill and steal and burn down peoples houses.But the good ninjas pretect the village and defend us against the bad ninjas. I wanna be a good ninja when I grow up too. Just like brother."

She looked at Deidara. Looked at his long, yellow hair and smiled.

"Dei-kun, when you grow up, what kind of ninja do you wanna be?"

Deidara looked at her back. She had short, blueish hair and a yellow dress.

"I dunno, un…"

"I just wanna be a ninja. But not a usual shinobi, I wanna be a great ninja! I'm gonna be Tsuchikage!"

((Note. Tsuchikage: the leader of the Iwagakure.))

Deidara giggled. "You can't be Tsuchikage. You'll have to be greater than me then, un. And you are not."

"Are too!"

"Are not!"

"Then, let's have a fight. Me against you. The winner gets to be Tsuchikage! Earthshadow! But just for one day, okay Dei-kun?"

Deidara nodded. They both stood up, facing each other.

"It'll be a fight between you and my family too! Bloodline against bloodline!"

Deidara stared at her.

"Bloodline?"

"Yeah! You know. Your familys ability against mine!"

Deidara was very excited now. A fight against the girl he fanc… er… was neighbouring with!

"Okay! Here goes!"

Umi threw out her hands before her. A tiny lightningbolt appeared, and flew towards Deidara, who picked up some clay from the ground. He fed it to a tiny mouth on his palm, who spit it out – in the shape of a little egg.

Deidara threw the egg towards the bolt, and with a little explosion it was gone. Umi too.

The explosion had hit her in the face, and now she laid on the ground, crying.

"UMI-CHAN!"

Deidara ran towards her, only to see some deep scars in her face. One seemed to cross her right eye, wich she held closed.

"Uhuhuh..! My eye!! It huuuurts! Mommy! I want my mommy!"

Suddenly a lot of people came running towards them. Umi's mother and father, togheter with Deidaras family. And a lot of other shinobi together with the Tsuchikage.

"Deidara! What on earth happened here? We heard a loud explosion!"

Deidaras father ran towards him, and then he got his eyes on Umi.

"What the…" he ran over to her. Her parents were already there, and a medical-nin were examining her eye.

"It's a deep scar across it. We have to get to the hospital at once."

Deidaras father turned over to him again.

"DEIDARA! WHAT DID YOU DO TO UMI?"

Deidara could feel the tears coming.

"I… I didn't do anything, un! Umi-chan wanted to duel and then… then…" he sobbed. But then he realized that the tears never came. He hadn't done anything wrong! It was Umi's fault who wanted to duel against him.

Deidaras father looked down at him.

"I am very angry at you, Deidara. Umi might be hurt for life!! You didn't think of that, now did you?"

Deidara stared at him. What was this? Why were they mad at him? He hadn't done anything wrong! He would never harm Umi for life! What were they talking about!?

Then, suddenly, his father slapped him. He could feel the irontaste of blood in his mouth as he felled to the ground. Chocked, he couldn't say anything, but just stared at his father.

All the people had been watching. Even Tsuchikage! And now, they all turned their backs against him and walked away. Left him all alone in the darkness.

- Later on that night -

Deidara sat on the shore again. He refused to go home. Not that a single person had come to tell him to, but he didn't want to go home. This was the second fight he had had with his father today. And he wouldn't go back there again. If they wanted him back home, they'd have to drag him.

But as he sat there, on that rock, he realized that eh was the only one in his village that was different. Every other kid was normal, ordinary children who's greatest dream was to become Tsuchikage. Only he and Umi had even a family with a special bloodline. That had made him believe that maybe he and Umi could be great friends. But it seemed like Umi didn't want to.

Was it cause he had a second mouth in his palm? But, his dad got one too, and no one hated him.

So, why didn't he have any friends? Not a single person wanted to be near him. He felt like he didn't fit in this village.

Shinobi.

That was the only word that seemed to be inside these peoples minds. Ninjas. Shurikens, missions and headbands.

Was that the reason why he didn't fit in? Because he thought it was greater things in this world than being a shinobi?

"Nobody knows who I really am…" he whispered to himself.

It was true.

Suddenly, he heard a strange sound behind him, and he turned around, only to face a young boy, in his own age. He had no foreheadprotector, so Deidara couldn't tell where he was from. Oh, wait. There was a protector, he had it around his neck. It had the symbol of Suna – the sands – on it.

The boy had brilliant red hair and cold eyes. But he smiled towards Deidara.

"Hi! Who are you?"

Deidara didn't answer at once, he didn't' know this boy, maybe he was dangerous?

"Uhm… Deidara…un."

The boy smiled.

"I'm Sasori. Nice to meet you!"

"Yeah… nice, un."

Then, another shadow appeared. He had a black cloak with red clouds on it, and it was a shadow over his face so that you couln't see his eyes or mouth.

Sasori turned around and smiled towards the man.

"Hi, Leader! This is Deidara. Can't he come with us?"

The man didn't say anything. But then, he turned to deidara, talking slowly.

"What's your name, kid?"

"De-Deidara, un."

This is starting to get scary, un.

"Where are you from? Are you here from Iwa?"

"Un"

The man called "Leader" nodded.

"Very well, Sasori. Take him with you and we'll see what he can do."

Then the shadowman disappeared in a dark cloud of smoke.

Sasori turned to Deidara, and grabbed his hand.
"Come on, Deidara! Let's go!"

"Go… where?"

"You'll see."

Sasori started to drag Deidara into the forest. He was very strong for being a eleven-twelve years-old boy.

"But… but wait, un! I don't wanna go, un! I wanna stay here.. with mommy and daddy…" Deidara shouted. What was this? Kidnapping!?

Sasori turned around to face him again. But now his smile was gone.

"It didn't look like you wanted to stay before. You cried and said 'nobody knows who I really am'. So I thought I could save you. Me and leader got a mission in this village, and you can help us. We're gonna "take care" of a person who's very dangerous for our organi… er… us."

Deidara didn't know what to do.

Sasori was the first one ever that seemed to comfort him. Or did he? He was telling him to come with him. But, what would mom and dad say if he just followed a strange boy from the sands?

But, said a voice in Deidaras head, they wouldn't care, now would they? They only care about 'being a ninja' and your dad just slapped you.

It would be nice to get away from this village for a while. Maybe Sasori knew something of the only thing Deidara liked – art?

Deidara had a choice now. To go or to stay. To go with a person who might be his friend, or to stay in a village where everyone hated him.

"Okay. I'm coming, un."

Sasori smiled again.

"Great!"

"By the way, un. Who is it we're gonna take care of?"

Sasori grinned.

"A girl called Umi."

To be continued...

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