Fairy Tale

I think I forgot to write this in the first chapter…

I don't own Naruto. But if you do, then please give me Akatsuki, Team 8, and Shikamaru.

Chapter 2

"Konan?" Hinata looked at Konan, who was staring out the window. "Hey, do you know that guy?" Konan asked, nodding to the blonde guy outside the gate. Hinata peered down at the guy. She shook her head no. "But, I finished the invitations! Look!" Konan glanced at the invitations then stared blankly out the window, ignoring the man outside. "That's nice." Her mind was still occupied remembering what Dein looked like then and what he looked like now. Hinata huffed. "Well, I guess I'll go turn these in now." She said, walking out of the room.

Dein… Dein… Somehow, that name doesn't seem right…

Konan heard a car door open and close. She remembered then that today was this meeting of kingdoms that took place once a year. Her father was probably going to attend. Probably another advertisement for the Christmas Ball –To find her a prince that she probably would never like.

-:-

When Hinata entered Hiashi's office, she noticed that the blonde guy she and Konan saw outside was there. "Ah, Hinata. Perfect timing. Are you finished with those invitations?" Hiashi asked. Hinata nodded, blushing when the blonde looked at her. He's really good looking… She thought, placing the invitations on his desk.

"Hinata, since you finished your part of the Christmas Ball early, why don't you show Deidara here around?" Hiashi told her. Hinata nodded, glancing at Deidara, who just grinned. "Then, afterward, you two can work on the decorations for the Christmas Ball." Hiashi said. "Putting me to work already, huh?" Deidara laughed. Hiashi gave him a small chuckle. Deidara-san has a nice laugh… Hinata thought, blushing.

When the laughter stopped, Hinata spoke up and said, "Well, it's a big castle. Better show you around now!" She said, smiling. "Alrighty!" Deidara said. "Gotta change into uniform first, I think." He added. Hinata nodded and led him to a nearby bathroom to change.

Hinata waited patiently out of the bathroom beside Hiashi's office. The door opened and Deidara walked out wearing a fresh new uniform. She gasped. He looked so handsome in the suit. He noticed Hinata staring at him and smiled. "Well? How does it look?" he asked. Hinata was silent, her face dark red. "Hm?" Deidara said.

"I-It looks… r-really great on you, Deidara-san…" Hinata started fidgeting under his soft gaze. "Thanks, uh… what was your name again?" Deidara asked. "Uh… H-Hinata Hyuga. Just call me Hinata." She said, extending out a hand. "I'll go and show you around now, alright?" she smiled. Deidara happily took the hand and squeezed it gently. "Yup!" The two walked down the hall, Deidara automatically telling her about himself. She only nodded and smiled.

-:-

"Another fight, huh?" A boy with a ponytail asked Pein. They were sitting across from each other in the car. "I won!" Pein huffed, rubbing the sore spot on his cheek.

"I heard that you met a girl. Was she cute?" Another boy asked. He had long hair that went down to the middle of his back. Pein turned red. "Sh-She was just some girl I met, alright?" he said. The one with long hair laughed. "Oi, Dein. Methinks Pein found a girl!" He whispered to the boy with a ponytail. The two laughed.

"You all suck!" Pein shouted. "Yeah, yeah." Dein said, tossing him a small suit. "What's this!?" Pein asked. "We're heading for a party. Hurry up and change, we're almost there." Dein told him.

Pein hated almost all of his brothers. Dein, for example. He was too cocky. He was popular with the girls of his age, and he was only what, 11? And Kein, who was 12 years old. He was more obsessed with looks than his own mother. Plus, he's flamboyant. Constantly, constantly, he'd wave his hair in all their disgusted faces, just to show off how soft his hair was. In fact, he was annoying Dein with it right now.

"Dein, your hair is long! You should take better care of it! Here, I'll let you use my special shampoo and conditioner, just for the sake of your poor hair!" Kein shoved bottles of shampoo and conditioner in Dein's arms. He just let them drop to the floor. "I could care less about this stuff." He muttered, staring blankly out the window. Kein gasped dramatically. "I'm insulted!" Dein only nodded.

Pein had another brother, Gein, who was 13 years old. He could tell why they decided to call him 'Gein.' They said that when he was born, the first thing he did was eat. And his first words were 'Seconds, please'. And when the world chose to introduce cookies to him, he ate them whenever he could. But, he was kind natured, so everyone in his class liked him.

Sein, 19 years old, has the most outrageous peircings Pein has ever seen. He was the exact opposite of what his name sounded. Sein was insane. He'd randomly poke people with a fork he keeps in his pocket, he hides his wallet in a wad of cash, heck, he does everything opposite of normal. Why they didn't lock him up yet was beyond all of them. He's nice to Pein, though. He pokes him with the less sharp spoon. But when he's in a bad mood, he pokes Pein with a spork.

And Zein, 20 years old, is probably the most sensible one out of all of us. He's usually the one who keeps Sein in line. He's the only one Sein doesn't poke. He's the only one Sein listens to. Maybe it's because of the huge age difference between those two from the rest of their brothers? It was a 5 year difference. Well, Zein was a great guy to talk to for advice.

Pein sighed. Well, he wasn't that much different from them, was he? He was the trouble child of the family- besides Sein. Often, he'd run out of the castle only to return all bruised and beaten. And when he'd healed up, he'd be out starting fights again. But he liked it that way, and he was sure that the lives his older brothers lived were fine with them as well. No one could change that.

"Hey, we're here." Dein said, opening the door to the car. Everyone stepped out of the car and started walking towards the castle.

Kein snorted. "Shorty." He muttered to Dein. "Shut up, Kein." He growled.

Pein also took pride in the fact that he was taller than his older brother, Dein.

"Oi, Pein! Are you listening!?" Someone waved a hand in front of Pein's face. "Huh?" Pein snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the person in front of him. "Dude, what happened? You just zoned out." The person said. "Oh. Xemnas. What're you doing here?" Pein asked, rubbing his eyes.

"There is a meeting! We're late!" Xemnas yelled. "Meeting? What meeting!?" Pein asked, standing up. Xemnas let out an annoyed sigh. "It's the annual secret meeting of Kingdoms today! Your group and I are gonna sneak in and see what's happening around town!" He explained. "Oh. I remember why I ran away now. To go back and wonder what's going on with my family's life." Pein said sarcastically. Xemnas sighed again. "Well, you're the group's leader, so you have to come." He said; and that was that.

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"It's always so boring here, man! Why do we have to go every year?" Hidan groaned. "Xemnas' idea." Pein said. Hidan gave Xemnas a short glare. "It's not like anything changes over the years." He muttered. "The Christmas Ball is something relatively new." Sasori pointed out. "Really now?" Hidan asked, enthusiasm lacking.

Little did the other kings know at the meeting, Pein and Xemnas had a secret room built for their use only. It was actually very annoying to Pein, but he owed Xemnas a favor… and this was it.

No one really listened to anything except for Xemnas. Pein was only half listening. But when he heard an oddly familiar voice, he snapped to attention. "Wait a sec…" he walked up to the watch window and looked towards the podium where a peinfully (XDD) familiar person was speaking.

"I would like the King of this village to know that the Kingdom of the North will be attending the First-annual Christmas Ball." A young man with a long ponytail said into the microphone. Pein squinted to see the person better, and realized that he had peircings across his cheeks and on his jaw line. He growled. "Stupid- Agh, copy-cat!" he muttered to himself. He jumped down to the ground and plopped down on the floor, grumbling to himself.

Xemnas peeked out the window as well. "You know that guy? The short one with peircings?" Pein had an anger mark on his head. "He- and all the people he's sitting with- are my brothers. And they all copied me and got a huge amount of peircings! The bastards!" He said. "Wow. They're all… very different." Xemnas commented. Suddenly, a fork was thrown through the window. "ACK!!"

Pein caught the fork mid-air. "Well, they found us." He said calmly, while the others started panicking. He sighed, throwing the fork back out with equal strength and aim. "Guys," was all Pein had to say to get his friends to calm down. They all stopped to look at him. "Get ready to fight my brothers."

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Dein stood up in his chair. "Excuse me, head leader, but my brothers and I must leave." He said. "Of course, Dein-sama." The person at the podium bowed, and Dein bowed back. Dein, Kein, Gein, Sein, and Zein exited the council room silently as the meeting of kingdoms continued. "I have something to give our long-lost brother." Dein said.

He led his brothers to a small trap door in the corner of an unused hallway. He kicked it open, and immediately he was met with a wooden sword heading right for him. "Hey, Dein." Pein's attack was blocked by Dein's arm. "What are you doing here, huh?" he smirked. "Heh. I should ask you the same thing." Pein responded, withdrawing his sword. Dein took out a piece of neatly folded paper. "I came to give you something." He said.

-:-

Konan blinked awake. She had been sleeping a lot lately. Maybe walking around the castle would do something.

Putting on a pair of jeans and a loose shirt, Konan walked out of her room and out into the busy halls of the castle – her home. It wasn't long until she saw Neji running around in a brown sack and a horse tail sticking out his butt.

"Konan-sama! Help me, please!!" Neji shouted, hiding behind her. He muttered an apology, but Konan ignored it. "Neji! Where are you!? I need to put on your make up so we can rehearse!!" Little Hanabi came running down the hall, wearing a princess costume. She spotted Konan down the hall and immediately ran to hug her. "Konan-sama! Have you seen Neji?" She asked. Fortunately, she didn't see Neji behind the princess.

Konan pretended to think hard. "Hmm… Ah, no I haven't." Hanabi had a disappointed look on her face. "Hey, why don't you keep looking, and I'll tell you if I see him, alright?" She smiled at Hanabi, who brightened up with a smile herself. "Alright!" She ran down the hall, yelling out Neji's name and her reason for doing so, roars of laughter in her wake.

Neji walked up in front of Konan and bowed. "You've saved my life." He said jokingly. "Anytime, Neji." She watched him humorously as he tried to find another place to hide. Though, when he reached the end of the hall, Hanabi rammed into him and they both were sent crashing to the floor.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!"

Just then, Hinata and Deidara were walking down the hall, holding hands. "Ah! I haven't introduced you to Konan yet, have I?" Hinata asked, pulling his arm towards Konan. "Well, Hi!" Konan smiled. "Yo." Deidara grinned. "Who's he, Hinata?" Konan asked. "This is Deidara-kun, a new person working here at the castle!" Hinata looked very happy. "You two going out?" Konan teased, enjoying the looks on both their faces. They both burst into a stutter of 'no's and 'impossible's and nervous laughter.

Everything was silent for a while. "W-Well, Deidara-kun and I have a job to do after this, so… See ya until then!" Hinata took Deidara's hand and led him to who-knows-where. Konan walked over to where Neji was. "Neji, I'm gonna go to town, alright?" She said. Neji just gave her a lazy nod. "Be… careful… Konan-sama…" he muttered. Konan waved and left the castle.

-:-

Dein was about to hand Pein the folded piece of paper, when suddenly a fork ripped through it. Both of them turned to see Sein throwing forks at random again. "No! Bad Sein!" Zein scolded. "AAAGHH!! Stupid, Stupid, Sein!!" Pein yelled. He knew that the piece of paper was an invitation to the Christmas Ball. An invitation was his ticket into the whole thing!

Xemnas came and patted Pein on the shoulder. Dein shrugged haughtily. "Oh, well that's just too bad. Guess you're never going to that party." He said, snapping his fingers. On cue, all Pein's brothers left the room, leaving the shredded invitation on the ground. There was a moment of silence, then a loud scream of anger.

"DDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!"

Suddenly, alarms sounded, and all the windows and exits were going to be sealed. "Oh, shit! Pein, we gotta get outta here!" Xemnas and the others ran for the door, but Pein stayed behind. He stared at the torn up invitation. "Maybe we could tape it up?" But before he could even pick it up, Xemnas grabbed him by the collar and pulled him out the door. "Run!"

The guards were chasing them like there was no tomorrow. "Let none of them escape!" The head guard ordered. Xemnas glanced at Pein. "Division A or B?" he asked. "A." Pein muttered, yelling it over the footsteps. Immediately, everyone separated and disappeared in the halls.

"Hey! Where'd they go?" One of the officers asked. "Crap! I told you not to let them escape! Now look!" The head chief started scolding his team while Pein and the others made it out. Tobi slipped and fell, ruining the whole 'stealthy escape' plan.

"Tobi! You idiot!" Pein cursed under his breath. The cops in the building started chasing them out. They all managed to take the whole chase down the streets. "TOBI!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!" Pein shouted. "I'm sorry!" Tobi shouted back.

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Konan whistled a happy tune as she walked down the street. She heard a commotion down the lane, but passed it off as a simple robbery or something. It wasn't until someone crashed into her and knocked her down to the ground that she realized that it wasn't.

"Outta the way!!" A familiar voice yelled. "You watch it!" Konan retorted.

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Pein looked down at the person he crashed into. "Konan!" he shouted. "Uh… you!" Konan said. She never really caught his name. "Agh…" Pein was thinking about what to do. If he left her here, the police would accidentally trample her. If he took her with him… they'd have his head for kidnapping.

"Pein! Just take her with us! Hurry up, they're coming!" Xemnas shouted at the two. "What!?" Konan yelled in protest. "They're too far. We'll have to… alright." Pein quickly got up, taking Konan's arm and pulling her up. If the cops were running straight this way, they wouldn't notice little things on the side. Aw, but they'd totally notice his bright auburn hair! Crap!

Ignoring Konan's constant protests, Pein slammed her against the wall and held his face right in front of hers, making it look like they were making out. The cops stopped at first glance of his auburn hair, but when they saw the girl with him, they passed it off as young love. Just as Pein had planned. He waited until all the cops were gone then got off of Konan.

Konan punched him in the stomach. "What the hell was that!?" She asked angrily. She aimed more punches at him, but Pein just kept dodging them. "Hey, what else was I supposed to do?" Pein grabbed both of her wrists. "You have some real guts to start putting the moves on me when we just met for the SECOND TIME!" she shook off his grip on her wrists. Is she even listening to me? "SECOND TIME!? We knew each other looooong before that!" Pein yelled at her.

Konan stared at him; well, more like glared, same outcome. "What are you talking about?" she asked, giving him strange looks. "What's your name?" she added.

But the police found them again. "Hey! There they are!" one of them yelled. "Oh crap. We gotta go." Pein grabbed her arm and started running. "'We'!?" Konan said, running away with him anyway. "God, you're so slow!" Pein picked her up and carried her bridal style while still running. "HEY!! PUT ME DOWN!!" she shrieked.

Pein could almost hear the reports of a kidnapping.

-:-

When they all arrived home, Pein threw Konan on the couch. "You're heavy!" he yelled. "It's your fault you carried me!" Konan yelled back. "It's your fault for being in the way!" Pein argued. "It's your fault for causing trouble at that meeting!" And it went on like that until Itachi told them both to stop.

"Blaming each other won't get the princess home, nor will it get the police off our ass." Itachi said. Pein and Konan glared at each other. "I can't believe I liked you as a kid!" he blurted out, almost turning red with anger. "What are you talking about! I never knew you before!" Konan shrieked. "Are girls always this bitchy!?" Pein asked. "Agh!! Just take me home!!" The two huffed and faced away from each other.

"P-Princess… san… There's a huge risk that the police are outside still looking for us. We can't get you home until at least tomorrow." Sasori said, trying to ease the tension in the room. Why the HELL did he think that would help? "MORNING!? I can't stay in the same house as HIM until morning!" Konan yelled, pointing a finger at Pein. "Well neither can I!" he yelled.

Xemnas sighed. It was so noisy, so late at night. Something had to be done about this. "Alright, as punishment for giving me a headache, both of you will sleep in the same room until you kiss and make up. Hidan, make sure they do so, I'm going to bed. Good night." Xemnas yelled over Pein and Konan's voices.

"…WHAT!?"

-:-

Neji ran down the hall looking for Hinata. When he saw her, he grabbed her shoulders. "Have you seen Konan-sama!?" he asked. "No, why? What's wrong?" Hinata asked. "She's not home yet! She left the castle a few hours ago, but it's getting dark!" Neji said, close to panicking. "Hey, isn't it the dad's job to worry about Konan?" Deidara asked. Neji glared at him. "…sama?"

Neji sighed, letting go of Hinata. "Have you told him about the relationship between the King and Konan-sama?" he asked. "Why? What's up between them?" Deidara asked. "Well, they almost hate each other. Now that she's almost of marrying age, it's becoming harder because the King wants her to get married to a prince." Deidara listened carefully. "And?"

"Well, Konan doesn't want to get married, and she wants to fall in love for real, or so she told me." Neji said. Deidara nodded. "Alright. Well, I hope she does come home soon. Me and Hinata have lots of work to do, so… see ya." He took Hinata's hand and led her away to the art room. Hinata waved back to Neji, who just ran down the hall and down the stairs. Then he tripped and fell.

I wonder where Konan is… Hinata thought. She absent mindedly followed Deidara to the art room, his warm hand the only thing guiding her. It wasn't until the warmth in her hand was gone that she noticed they were in the art room already. "You alright?" she heard Deidara ask. But she couldn't really talk. Perhaps she lost her words to her thoughts, and now she couldn't speak. Or maybe it was because Deidara's face was so close to hers it should be counted as making out.

Deidara leaned his forehead against hers. "You don't have a fever…" No wait, it was the fact that Deidara was too close for comfort. "Eep…" Hinata squeaked, feeling faint. Everything was turning dark for her, seeing only Deidara's surprised and worried look.

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When Hinata came to, she noticed that it smelled like paint. "Deidara…kun?" she got into sitting position and looked for Deidara in the room. He was on the ground, painting a banner that read 'Welcome To The Christmas Ball'. He looked over to her and smiled. "Good morning!" he said, getting back to his painting.

Hinata crawled over tot him, looking over the banner. "That's great… I wish I could've helped." She said apologetically. "S'alright. I've gotten a lot done while you were asleep. Though there were a few things I wanted work on with you, so I saved those for later. I hope that's alright." Hinata blushed. "I-It's fine…" She took the list and read over it. A bunch of it was crossed out; probably the ones Deidara already completed.

"W-was I asleep that long?" she asked. "Yes. I thought you were dead!" Deidara said jokingly. But Hinata didn't get it. "R-Really!? I'm sorry! I won't faint again! I-I-I promi-" Deidara placed a finger on her lips. "I was joking." He laughed. Hinata sighed in relief.

"Well, it's getting kinda late. Why don't we call it a day, hm?" Deidara placed the paintbrush oh the floor. "I think I'll start working on one of the things on the list." Hinata said. "Huh?" Deidara looked at her. "I…I feel like I haven't done my share of the work. So… if it's alright…" She saw Deidara shake his head. "Hinata, I wanted to work on those with you. And, obviously you fainted because you were sick. You should get some rest, okay?" he said. "B-But…" Hinata started feeling faint again.

Deidara yawned. "I can carry you to your room, if you're still tired." He said, taking his vest from the floor. "I'm a little sleepy myself."

"N-No… I can't possibly… do… that…" Before she slipped into unconsciousness, she was picked up bridal style. "Ah! D-Deidara-kun! P-Please put me down!" But he didn't. "Hey, Hinata?" he said. "Huh?" Hinata stopped to listen. "I know I only met you a few hours ago, but… I can already tell that we're going to be best friends. Do you feel the same?" he asked, walking down the halls to Hinata's room.

This time, Hinata felt that she was going to faint from his natural charm. So she just rested her head on his chest, making him blush. "I feel that already." She whispered, falling asleep. He smiled. She's cute even when she sleeps.

-:-

Okay, Pein Dein Kein Gein Sein and Zein. That's all their names. They were taken off masamunerevolution's profile on deviantART. …yeah. And I'm afraid I'm having quite a problem writing for Childhood Memories 2. Anyone care to help? Thanks, much appreciated.

And I've come to realize that the ending for this story has become so clear, the beginning's a little off. And the middle shall be worse. Oh well, try to understand it all as we go along.