Reunion

Chapter 1

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Disclaimer: I own nothing at all!

Okay, this is my first time writing angst, so please tell me if it's not angsty enough or something…. And remember, this isn't and will not turn into a yaoi; also, there may be a tiny bit of OOCness.

Anyways, on with the story!

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Sasori's POV

I was slightly worried about my partner, seeing as we had a mission in Iwa. I honestly don't know what leader sama was thinking; most rogue ninjas didn't want to go anywhere near the village they came from for any reason.

But I guess I shouldn't worry, he would be fine. That was confirmed as he continued to talk my ear off until it turned into one of our regular arguments about art again.

"I'm telling you danna un, art is fleeting!" he said.

"You're wrong brat, art is, and will forever be, eternal."

"It is fleeting un!"

"I'm older and therefore have more experience than you brat; art it eternal," I countered.

"Experience has nothing to do with it un! Art is fleeting, the beauty of a single moment."

"No, art is eternal, something that will last forever."

"Ugh, you'll never understand true art un."

"Whatever you say brat."

"Are we almost there un?" he asked, changing the subject.

"We'll be there in a few hours," I answered.

"What was the mission again un?" he asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Didn't you pay any attention when leader-sama was explaining the mission?"

"No un,"

"Stupid brat. We're supposed to be gathering information," I said. Honestly, did he have to be so difficult all the time?

"About what un?"

"About the village,"

"Well I could have told you that un," he said rolling his eyes.

"We need more than what you probably know brat."

"Whatever un."

In all honesty, Deidara didn't know much about Iwa considering he came from the place. All he knew was pretty much what everyone there knew; we needed information that almost no one knew.

"Brat, take of your Akatsuki cloak and headband, we're almost there," I said. The main ninja villages could recognize us by our cloaks unlike the smaller villages we usually went to.

"Ok un," he said, doing as I asked and putting the items in his pouch.

As we were about to enter the village, we were stopped by the border guards. Before they even had time to see who we were, I had quickly knocked them out and we continued on into the village. I didn't want to draw attention, but they might recognize Deidara considering he was from this place.

Ok, the best way to gather information would be to capture an ANBU, but now the question was how to do that.

"Deidara, do you know where the ANBU would be?" I asked.

"…." He was silent and seemed to be lost in thought.

"Deidara," I said a little louder but not loud enough to draw attention to us.

"Huh, oh, sorry danna un, I was just thinking. What did you want?"

"Do you know where the ANBU are?" I asked again.

"There are usually some patrolling around the village un," he said. I guess we might end up having to draw a little attention to ourselves to lure them out. Maybe Deidara could make some explosions or something outside the village.

"Make one of your birds and cause some explosions on the outskirts of the village to draw out the ANBU," I said.

"… Ok un," he said a bit hesitantly.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing un," he said, making one of his clay birds and jumping onto it. Something was definitely wrong, oh well, as long as it doesn't affect the mission I don't care. I followed behind his bird on the lookout for ANBU, making sure to stay far enough away not to get caught in any of his explosions.

Pretty soon about twenty ANBU came out and as much as I hated to admit it, I would probably need the brat's help fighting this many.

"Hey brat, come down!" I called, summoning five puppets. He jumped off of the bird and flung some already made bombs at the ANBU, knocking out about three of them. I then sent forward my puppets before the smoke cleared, taking out about another three. He sent forward another bomb but only succeeded in knocking off one of their masks. We were both slightly shocked to see that it was a woman.

Sending my puppets forward at them with poison coated blades, I was able to defeat three of them, but Deidara suddenly jumped in front of the one whose mask got blown off, taking the hit.

"Deidara, what are you doing!?" I shouted, running to my partner as he collapsed onto the ground.

I tried to attack the woman again but she just jumped out of the way and ran off. I picked Deidara up and ran into the nearby forest; I couldn't have anyone trying to attack us while I was giving him the antidote for the poison on the blade.

Setting him down, I grabbed the antidote and gave it to my blonde partner. I then sat back against a tree waiting for him to wake up; he would have a lot of questions to answer when he did.

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I glanced over at the brat, noting him beginning to stir.

"How do you feel brat," I asked.

"Terrible un," he groaned, sitting up and leaning against a nearby tree.

"Well you just got yourself poisoned stupid," I said glaring at him. He turned away from me, his eyes downcast.

"Why did you protect that ANBU Deidara?"

"…."

"Answer me brat,"

"…"

Ugh, this was getting nowhere, but how was I supposed to get him to speak? I guess I would have to actually try being nice.

"Please Deidara; you need to tell me why," I said in the nicest voice I could manage.

"I know her un…" he said, still not meeting my eyes.

"How do you know her?" I asked.

"…."

"Come on brat, just tell me."

"She… She was…." He trailed off, obviously not wanting to talk about it.

"Please Deidara."

"She was my younger sister un," he said almost too quietly for me to hear. So that explains why he protected her, but that didn't tell me what made it so hard for him to tell me this.

"Deidara, why was it so hard for you to tell me this?" I asked.

"Ever since I abandoned my village she's hated me, probably even before then un… People would always insult her for being related to me un," He said.

"Why would they do that?" I asked.

"It was because of my kekkei genkai, they would always call me a freak and try to hurt me un... At first it was just me, but they began trying to hurt her and insult her too… Ever since then she's hated me un," he said, his voice cracking a little at the end.

I had never really known much about Deidara's past, but I wasn't expecting this. I had never seen this side of him either, looking so sad and helpless; I was used to the energetic and annoying Deidara. And honestly, I didn't know what to say to him.

"Let's go finish the mission," I said getting up. He nodded and followed me out of the forest quietly.

We walked back to the spot where the ANBU were at to find some of the ones I had gotten still there. Walking up to the nearest one, I turned him over and shook him awake.

"Listen, if you give me some information I'll give you and your friends the antidote for the poison I used earlier," I said. What I didn't tell them was that the antidote would also make them forget everything that had happened.

"O-ok, what do you need to know?" he asked.

"Tell us some things about your village; some of its secrets."

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I had just finished giving the antidote to the last ANBU and turned around to see that Deidara had left the area while I was getting information. Sighing, I left the area and began to walk back through the forest, searching for his chakra signature.

Once I found it, I continued to follow it until I came to a clearing. I was about to walk in when I sensed another chakra presence there and quickly masked my own. Glancing out, I almost gasped at seeing the ANBU I now recognized as Deidara's sister.

Now that I saw her again, I was surprised that I hadn't noticed it earlier. She had the same long blonde hair and pale blue eyes as he did.

"Nishi, I'm so sorry for leaving you un," Deidara said. So his sister's name was Nishi…

"It's fine, I understand now," she said smiling.

"Did the villagers stop hurting you un?"

"Yes, they actually did after you left," she said. Suddenly her smile turned into a smirk as she made a signal and several ANBU came out of the trees, surrounding the two. How had I not noticed them?

"N-Nishi, what are you-"Deidara began but was cut off by her.

"This was just a trick Deidara, all I had to do was distract you."

"But-"

"I have never forgiven you, and still hate you to this day," she said, glaring at him.

"Come on guys, take this freak away," she said.

He just stood there, stunned, as the ANBU closed in on him. I knew I had to help him, he was too shocked to do anything himself.

I ran out of the trees and used one of my puppets to knock all of the ANBU, including Deidara's sister, over before grabbing his wrist and running away.

I knew he couldn't fight right now and I couldn't take on that many alone; our only choice left was to run.

We continued to run for the next few hours until I was positive we weren't being followed before slowing down to a walking pace. I glanced over at my partner to see that he looked even worse than before. What his sister said must have really hurt him.

"Hey Deidara, are you ok?" I asked even though I knew he wasn't.

"….."

"Come on brat, don't do that again."

"….."

I guess he wouldn't be talking to me. Maybe I just needed to give him some time to calm down a little. I wasn't human any more so I didn't know how to deal with situations like these; or whether or not he was going to be ok.

I guess all I could do for now was wait and see.

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So there it is, chapter 1!

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