Chapter 2: Training

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Another day, another dollar. Atleast that's Kakuzu's motto. Deidara and Hidan on the other hand were actually training to try and find the nine-tailed fox demon. Well...I don't know if you would call it training, but at least they were doing something.

"Hey blondie! I reeeally don't wanna be here." Hidan groaned, scratching the back of his head in annoyance. "Well, neither do I. But we're almost done with our mission. Just one more jinchūriki and then it's over with." Deidara began to remove his Akatsuki robe, leaving him in his plain mesh top, black bottoms, and of course his sandals. It was silent for a while before Deidara could even start stretching, Hidan suddenly appeared behind him, his breath tickling the back of his neck. Deidara let out a sharp gasp and a shiver as he began to listen to what Hidan said. "Then let's skip class and go to recess, no one's gonna know, right? Let's have a little fun." He said and ended it with a wink, his Triple-Bladed Scyth in hand. He raised it up and allowed the tip of it to touch his neck. Deidara was covered in sweat and gulped down his choked-up saliva. He tried to play it cool and decided to stall, after all, this was probably Hidan's way of training, so he didn't take it too seriously. "You're acting..." Deidara started. "Don't say it." "You're acting..." "Don't say it!" "Idiotic. But hey, fine. You wanna play? Let's play." Deidara swiftly turned around and jumped backwards, standing much farther away from Hidan, now facing him and pulled out 3 kunai, tossing it at high speed, ripping his right arm sleeve. Hidan quickly retaliated, charging towards Deidara and attempted to slash him with his scyth, missing by inches. "F***..." Hidan said under his breath. Deidara leaped to the side, wiping his face from sweat, realizing that he'd probably be rotting with Jashin, wherever he was located, if he wasn't so nimble. "Don't be so scared, Deidara. It's only a kitchen knife we're playing with here." Hidan mocked him, spinning his scyth in his hand clockwise before standing it firm on the ground, smirking at Deidara. "What is up with you?" Deidara demanded.

Before he could get a response, they both heard Pein faintly call out from the roof of their hideout. "Hey! What's going on down there?!" Deidara and Hidan both looked up at Pein confused on why he was on their roof, but mostly because he came out of nowhere. Deidara saw his opportunity, as Hidan was vulnerable, still looking up at Pein. He charged at him in a rapid zig-zag motion, trying to confuse him, which ended up, to his suprise, actually working. He landed a hard kick to his left side, sending Hidan flying and slamming against a rocky wall, debris and dust was everywhere. Hidan groaned, his robe now covered in cuts and tears. Before things could get any worse, Pein leaped from the rooftop and landed on his 2 feet below, standing in between Deidara and Hidan. "Hey, hey, hey! What's going on here?!" Pein looked back and forth at them for answers. He should've listened to Deidara the other night when he said he didn't work well with Hidan. Oh well.

Poof!

Suddenly, a cloud of smoke appeared and disappeared shortly after to reveal that it was Konan who was bruised against that rocky wall instead of Hidan! Her shadow clone jutsu exposed, leaving the two men in shock. Deidara knew there was something up with "Hidan" though, he knew Hidan was annoying, but not crazy. "Baby! Why were you disguised at Hidan? What happened?" Pein rushed over to her aid, kneeling down next to her. "Oh sweetie-pie, it's all Deidara's fault! He tried to kill me!" She looked over at Deidara in disgust, then back at Pein with lust. "I did what now?! Back that s*** up!" Fanning himself in shock, as if she just wasn't disguised has Hidan, as if Deidara knew that was Konan all this time. "Don't listen to him, Pein. I just politely asked him where you were and he started flirting with me, honest." "You were just a guy! And besides, you were the one who attacked me! If you weren't a lady right now I'd-" "That's enough." Pein got up and looked at Deidara hard, Konan getting up as well, dusting off the dirt from her robe. "Surely you believe me, right cookie?" She began make circular motions on Pein's chest, trying to win him over the best she could. She knew didn't have to try hard, after all, she knew that Pein loved her. He smiled at Konan before turning back to Deidara in disgust. "You sick b*stard." "Why me?!" Poor Deidara. "Oh my God, no one ever listens to me! She was all up in my space, yeah! And I don't roll like that!" "C'mon lovely, let's leave this psycho alone." Pein stated and leaned in to kiss Konan's forehead. She giggled before happily agreeing, both leaving to go inside, Deidara left standing there in awe. "Wow..my boss is blinded my love and Konan is officially a bimbo. Great." Deidara picked up his Akatsuki robe nearby before heading inside as well, too. It was getting pretty late anyways.

Later that night, back at the Akatsuki hideout, it was about that time again. Football night! Yeah, the biggest and baddest group of all time is enjoying their day off watching football. It's a tradition, an Akatsuki tradition that is.

"Hey guys! The football game is on!" Tobi called out, giggling after. His friends responded all by letting out a loud cheer, all simultaneously rushing towards the living room, all trying their best to fit on their one long couch. Konan and Sasori were the only two who were seen walking to the living room, not as excited as the others. Since they both shared a hatred of football, they decided to sit next to each other. What's better than hating something alone? Hating something with a friend. "I hate football..." Sasori stated to Konan, as if she didn't already know. "Me too! It's just a bunch of greasy men, greasier than the food, running around punching and kicking each other for a football!" 'Ah, she so gets me.' Sasori thought. "Yeah, I know right?" He laughed out loud.

"Move your big, thick, colossal head, Kakuzu!" Pein angrily said, as he had no other choice but to stand on his knees behind the couch. "You know what? How about you open a can of whoop-a** and shut the f*** up?" "Excuse me?" "You heard me!" Kakuzu turned around in the chair to look at him, ready to knock his lights out. Pein was about to do the same until he remembered this was family night and to keep his cool. "As your boss I order you too..." "You know what? Why don't you..." "The f***?" "Yes, I'm Sasuke's brother you sleezebag!" It was a crazy night at the Akatsuki household. All this bickering and fighting is what made them the best of friends, basically family. All of them talking at once, waiting for the game to finally start. I guess finding Naruto Uzumaki can wait until another day...right now, it was football time.

(A/N: Please review! Would mean a lot!)