In this story, Sasori's height is revealed to be roughly the same as Hidan's and Deidara's. It just makes things easier.
The next morning, Deidara awoke to the sound of his alarm ringing as per normal. He rose out of bed, pushing the button down to cut off the sound. Slipping the sheets off, he sighed as he made his way to the bathroom for his usual morning routine. In the mirror, he ran his fingers through his hair and hooked it through his hair band, tying it tightly into his standard ponytail. Satisfied with the temporary fix, he washed and brushed up, exiting the bathroom while wiping his fac. A knock sounded, and Deidara padded across the room to open the door.
"Let's go, the flight leaves in 3 hours and we have to be at the airport within 30 minutes." Hidan said, jerking his thumb In the direction of the door. Itachi walked over, all dressed and ready, munching on a piece of toast. Deidara nodded, heading back into his room to change. They had a custom for their band appearances. Itachi would wear black and red, Deidara would wear black and yellow, Hidan would have black and silver, and Tobi black and orange. He'd already roughly picked out what he was going to wear today, so he proceeded to his reading chair, where he'd carelessly thrown his outfit for the flight over.
A black shirt with yellow line circles in different thickness, and black detached sleeves in case the plane was cold, which it probably was. Black jeans with a yellow imprint of their band name on his ass pocket, with a couple of chains on a leather belt. He had on 2 thick bangles and boots too, and a black strap around his neck, with a dangling topaz on it and thin silver chains looping around the strap. That was about it for him. After putting it all on, he looked at his room for the last time, sighing as he grabbed his instrument case and luggage, heading out of the room.
In the living room, Tobi was reclining on the couch, unusually serious. Deidara narrowed his eyes at the 4 of them gathered. "What's going on, un??" he asked Konan, and she gestured at Tobi. "You know how Tobi gets impatient if the plans are hanged even slightly." She said, and Itachi sighed. "We're sending our stuff over to the airport first while we meet the other band at a café there. The flight's delayed half an hour." He informed, and Deidara rolled his eyes at Tobi. "I think you're over reacting, un, just a little." He laughed, and Tobi rolled his eyes, glaring at a glass of ice in his hand.
Soon, the van arrived, and they loaded their instruments and luggage into it. Konan called a cab, which arrived soon after that. Deidara observed what the other 2 were wearing, having taken in what Itachi had on in the living room. Hidan had on a black sleeveless high collared top, with a white silverish undershirt to stretch to his wrists for the plane ride. It was rare that Hidan would wear a double layered shirt since he was pretty sensitive to the elements being an albino, but since the plane was bound to be cold…
Hidan also had on a pair of black baggy jeans and 2 belts, which he crossed over. One was silver, and the one on top was black with a silver version of their band emblem on it. A loose strap had hung from his jeans too, and various accessories had been put on, including a leather bangle he'd gotten from Deidara as a Christmas present last hear. For his shoes, simple converse high tops with silver laces had sufficed. Hidan ran a hand through his hair and sat down, waiting for their ride.
Deidara switched his focus on Tobi. The boy had on a pair of thin lense black rimmed orange glasses, and an orange scarf around his neck. Deidara didn't know if he had anything around his neck. Under his scarf, Tobi had on a long sleeves black shirt with many zips crossing each other, all lined with orange. None of them could open, obviously. It was all for show. For his bottoms, he had on a pair of plain black jeans, and his had on orange Converse high tops splashed with logos. Deidara considered for a moment before coming to the conclusion that the reason why they were all able to look so… err… good, together, was probably because most of the stuff they had were tailored to their style, and respective color codes.
Tobi was just calming down from his pissed off-ness, and he sighed, staring blankly at the sky as a black Limousine rolled up their driveway. "Holy shit. There's a fancy cab." Deidara said, as he grabbed his carry on. Tobi grinned in his usual goofy way and twirled his drumsticks in the air, which he refused to put in his luggage. Hidan grabbed one as it fell out of rhythm, and hit Tobi on his back with it. "Watch it, doofus." He commented, sliding in the cab with his own Kipling carry on. Itachi switched on his Ipod and slid in after him. Itachi and Hidan faced the front of the car, while Deidara, Konan and Tobi faced them, sitting on a comfortable black sofa. Deidara leaned against the window. This was the last of Japan he'd see for awhile. Itachi patted his shoulder as he felt uncomfortably like tearing up. Deidara was extremely prone to tears right now.
"We'll be well taken care of by the recording studio people." Itachi assured all of them, his sight straying from Deidara to the rest. "This limo should prove it well enough." Giving them one of his rare smiles, he said sincerely, "I'm sure we're going to be just fine. The company's willing to dish the dough out because we're an asset to them." He said, and Tobi nodded enthusiastically. "Of course!" Hidan smirked, and Konan smiled. Deidara grinned at Itachi.
"Thanks, un."
As they neared the airport, Deidara and Itachi were in a discussion about the second verse of their newest song, and Hidan and Tobi were annoying the hell out of each other. Konan was trying t stop them from DESTROYING the car. Thankfully, they reached before much damage could be done to the mainframe of the vehicle. Although the driver never did figure out how one of his leather seats had a hole in the covers. Although Konan lied and said it was already there extremely convincingly, Hidan had actually stabbed the thing with a butter knife he'd found in the utensil box on top of the mini freezer in a fit of anger.
"I hope we're not late." Itachi said, pulling on his thin leather gloves. Deidara put his hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, un. We're not." He said, and they proceeded some to the departure hall, where they and the other band had agreed to meet to wait for the flight together. Immediately, a band of girls nearby shrieked. One of them started yelling for Japan. "O. M. F. G. IT'S THEM!!! SAKURA!! SAKUURAA!!!! IT'S THEM, IT'S THEM!!"
"OH MY GOD, IT'S AKAKU!! THAT HOT BOY BAND!!!" some girl in a pink frilly skirt yelled. Itachi shivered. It pained him to see one of his band fans looked like THAT.
Tobi shot one of the girls a smile as he asked as pleasantly as he could, "Will you please allow me to pass?" of course, it was ignored as another one shouted, "I heard they're going away on a tour with Tsukisa!!!"
"I know, I KNOW!!!!! O. M. G, it's so SAAAD!!!" Deidara yanked his sleeve away from one of the fan girls. "STOP IT, UN!! I like this shirt!!" this just made the fan girls want to tear if off him even more.
"AKAKU!!! DON'T LEAVE US!!! Stay in Japan!! You'll have us!!"Hidan sighed as Itachi grabbed his turtleneck collar. "That's why we want to leave." He muttered, running. Konan rolled her eyes as Deidara shouted, "BREAK FOR THE GLASS DOORS, UN!! They're got security there!!!" he yelled, and Itachi nodded. "Deidara's right, run!!" he shouted over the screams, and he threw Hidan through the doors, and Konan dashed through them after him. Tobi hightailed in, collapsing on top of Hidan, who had begun praying to his God for that to NEVER happen again. Konan dragged both of them off carpeted floor and rolled her eyes, yelling for Deidara and Itachi to get a move n so that they could check in together.
"I AM WORKING ON IT, UN!!" Deidara yelled in reply, and Itachi pushed a girl off him carefully, but firmly. He glared at the bevy of girls in general. Clearing his throat, he pronounced, "Please allow us to pass. We will be late for our meeting with the Tsukisa band members." He said firmly, and then he sighed. All was quiet for a second, then one of the fan girls squealed at in insanely high pitched tone. "OH, MY GOD!! Ino, don't you think he looked so cute when he's troubled by something??! How can someone look so sexy just by SIGHING??! Right, RIGHT, Ino?!?!" she yelled, and the girl who was presumably named Ino stopped drooling over Deidara for a second and nodded absently. "Uh, yeah, yeah. Sure."
Itachi growled and held Deidara's arm firmly. Deidara winced and went along with Itachi, who tried his best to pull them through the glass doors. However, Itachi's hand slipped as the fan girls pulled him back out, and Deidara yelled as Itachi let go of him. He tried to turn around to push his way backwards into the departure hall, but this only resulted in him twisting his ankle slightly. He let out a howl of pain.
"OW, UN!! LET ME GO ALREADY!!!"
"What's that racket." Kisame commented, shutting his right eyes as he grinned, leaning his head on his fist as usual. Kakuzu looked out at the planes with disinterest. "It seems the other band is experiencing a fandom problem." Zetsu said, craning his neck to look. Attention aroused, Sasori turned to look at the scene. All the members from the band seemed to be through the doors, and they were trying to pull one more of them inside. Kakuzu watched as Sasori stood up. "What are you going to do?" he asked simply, and Sasori walked over to the scene.
Kisame smirked as he sipped his coffee. "Wait and see, then."
Heading over the the four who were through the gates, he glanced at them for a second. Hidan moved backwards to avoid bumping into the guy. They were about the same height. "Move aside." He instructed, and they did. Deidara was backing as far as he could into the departure hall, and abruptly, Sasori grabbed him from behind, wrapping his arms around his waist and pulling him into the departure hall. Deidara yelped as his ankle dragged on the floor, falling in between Sasori's lags, facing the glass doors. Immediately, the door was closed by a group of security guards, who gave them the thumbs up sign. Sasori nodded his thanks, and then turned his attention to Deidara.
"Thanks, un." He muttered, and Sasori turned him around to face him. "Are you hurt?" he asked emotionlessly, and Deidara turned to look at his band mates. "Well… I think my ankle's a little twisted, un…" he scratched the back of his head. Konan kneeled down on Deidara's other side, concerned. Sasori nodded. "Ok, we'll get this treated before we leave." He said, and Hidan echoed, "We?"
Kisame walked over. "We're Tsukisa. I'm Kisame, and he's Sasori. Come over to the café and you'll meet the rest." He invited, and then he looked at Itachi for awhile. At first, Itachi was compelled to look away, but slowly, he felt himself gaining confidence, staring the taller guy down. After a minute of looking at each other, Kisame turned on his heel and muttered, "Excellent eyes."
"You must be Pein san." Konan greeted a freaky looking guy with a jewelry shop on his face. The guy nodded. "Pein will do, Konan. After all, we've known each other in the past." Hidan cut in, "Can I get some ice cream?" Itachi rolled his eyes while he scanned the menu. "You and your ice cream fetish, Hidan. Honestly, you should get some proper food. Like fish. Which is what I'm having." He ended, ordering something. Hidan rolled his eyes and ordered a double scoop vanilla with melted chocolate and whipped cream on the side. Konan just ordered a drink, some fizzy soda… something.
"Deidara?" Itachi asked, concerned as Tobi made his order of a chocolate brownie. Deidara shook his head, smiling with a pained expression. "I'm good, un. I don't need anything." "No way. You need something sweet or you'll go into shock." Sasori said firmly. They stared at him, and Deidara sighed after a minute. "Ok, un. A chocolate frappe then." He smiled apologetically at the waitress, and she walked away, blushing.
"Ok then… we should probably begin with the introductions…" Itachi cleared his throat, looking at Konan, who was staring at Kakuzu and Zetsu, one of them reading a newspaper and the other scanning what seemed to be a score sheet, tapping out the rhythm with his shoe. "Oh. Right." he said, and Deidara shifted. Hidan looked over his shoulder, bored, and finally, Tobi was smiling at everyone who walked past them. Itachi sighed.
"Our manager Konan…" he said, and Konan smiled. "Please to meet you." She added. "Please take care of our band!" she smiled again, and Itachi moved on. "That's Deidara, our electric and acoustic guitarist…" Deidara lifted his hands and smiled an awkward smile. "… Hidan, who's our pianist and keyboardist…" Hidan looked at the other band members and grinned. "Hey."
Gesturing to Tobi, Itachi continued, "Tobi, our drummer…" Tobi did a peace sign, "Great to be working with a professional group!" he said, and Itachi put his hands in his lap and said, "And I'm Itachi, vocalist and bass guitarist. Please take care of me." He said, bowing slightly. Kisame raised his eyebrows. He was polite, too. This guys had come from the Uchiha's, though. No wonder. "Well, I'm Kisame. Vocalist and electric guitarist." He said, grinning. He jerked his thumb over at Kakuzu, "That's Kakuzu, he's our bass and acoustic guitarist, that's Zetsu, he's on the drums," he turned to Pein, "Pein's our manager, and Sasori, who saved the blonde gir… kid, is on the piano and keyboards." He finished, as Sasori and Deidara glared at him.
Both Itachi and Kisame thought the same thing. 'I smell a relationship brewing already.'
Sasori looked at the waitress, who had arrived with everyone's orders. "Thank you." He offered as she sat down the various dishes and drinks. She smiled and walked away. He made for the coffee and handed Deidara his Chocolate frappe. It was too far for him to reach. Tobi scooped some of the vanilla ice cream that came with the brownie, eating it along with the deliciously rich chocolate. Deidara sipped the chocolate and smiled. It was good. "The flight's going to leave in about an hour, we're just going to hang out here for a while more, then we're going to go to the gate when they start calling, yeah?" Pein said, drinking his coffee and reading what seemed to be their flight details.
"Sasori, un." Deidara said softly, and Sasori glanced at him for a second. "Yes?" he whispered.
"This sounds weird, un, but thanks, for saving me from a bunch of rabid fan girls, un." He smiled, and Sasori smiled a small, subtle smile back. "You're welcome." He replied. Deidara happily finished his drink and Itachi asked, "Your ankle, Deidara?" Deidara nodded and smiled. "It's a lot better, thanks, un." He said, and Itachi nodded. "Good." Turning to Konan, he asked, "Can we please be informed on the transport of the tour?" In return, Konan nodded. "What does it matter?" Hidan asked. Then he flinched as Kakuzu smooshed a napkin in his face.
"OWW! What the bogging hell…" "Will you please wipe your mouth. That looks positively nauseating." Kakuzu replied coldly with a smirk, going back to reading his papers. Hidan stood up and flipped him off. "Jerk!!" he said, and he was pulled down to his chair by Itachi. "Settle down, Hidan. And it does matter, because Tobi gets carsick sometimes, you get sun-burnt easily, and Deidara is partial to taking trains. I'm not crazy about air travel either, but we have no choice." He said, and Hidan nodded. "Right. Ok." He said, and Kakuzu rolled his eyes. This albino kid was pretty dense.
Sasori browsed his tour booklet as Konan started. "Well, bus rides are only for towns less than or about a day apart… most of it will be stationary because we only have about 5 destinations in which we'll perform a few gigs in various venues. We'll either sleep in a hotel, or on the trailers." Pein took over, "And if we're staying on trailers, we've decided to allow one member from each team share a trailer together. So Kisame and Itachi will have to be together to write a joint song, which Konan will talk to you about later, and Zetsu, you and Tobi share a trailer."
Itachi nodded, and Kisame grinned. Tobi saluted. "No arguments here!!" Zetsu grunted in response.
"Hidan, Kakuzu, you guys to one, and Sasori and Deidara, you guys to one." Konan was about to continue, but Hidan interrupted, "HANG ON JUST ONE DAMNED MINUTE!! I am not sharing a trailer with this guy. I can hardly believe I'm still sitting next to him right now!!" he yelled, and Kakuzu flipped the page of his papers. "I don't care." He said blatantly, and Konan looked at Sasori and Deidara. Deidara blinked. "Un… I'm… fine with that, un." He said, after shooting Hidan a look. "But… what about Hi-chan??" Konan rolled her eyes. "We're putting them together because they need to learn to get along. When they do, we'll see. Sasori?" she asked, and Sasori nodded. "I'm fine with Deidara." He replied, and Konan clapped.
"Yosh. Hidan, Kakuzu, we're counting on you not to kill each other." She said, and Hidan yelled, "Why didn't you just put me with someone else, then?!!" Pein rolled his eyes and spoke to Kakuzu in hushed tones. "Kakuzu, this one is hot tempered. You don't have the highest tolerance out of all of us, but you know how do deal with situations quickly and effectively… I'm leaving this kid to you." He sighed, and Kakuzu nodded, slightly annoyed. Konan blatantly ignored Hidan's protests and continued, "The trailers will have hired drivers, and there's a door which separates your space from his. So don't worry, you guys will have your own space."
Deidara smiled at Sasori and Hidan glared at Kakuzu. "Privacy's the least of my worries." He muttered, finishing off his ice cream.
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