Yes, it took me a while to update but it won't happen again. endeavour, I also noticed that most of the stories take part in Konoha, I chose a different village so I wouldn't have to change the story and add another team just for my character and make her best friends with Naruto or something like that. And to answer your question, I watch Bleach. Not my favorite anime, but I like it. Thank you very much for reviewing with your opinion, I hope you'll like this chapter and the next ones too. ^^


Several days have passed since the encounter of the two teams, and they both safely arrived to their destination. Unfortunately, one of them could not bring their mission to an end, more specifically, the ninja that Deidara and Sasori were supposed to interrogate was found dead in his own house. Amaya's team successfully delivered Mizukage's message to Gaara of the Sand but ended up caught in an ambush on their way back. They didn't get any time to rest after delivering the message, because they needed to send the Kazekage's answer back to their village immediately. Due to them being exhausted after such a long trip and the attackers having the advantage of numbers, the tree teenagers lost. The enemies, who they figured out to be robbers from a nearby village, stole the food and water they bought from Sunagakure, the Village Hidden by Sand. Meaning, Amaya, Aki and Minori were left unconscious on the ground, lying in their own blood. But they only remained like that for a few hours, seeing as two ninjas were approaching.

Deidara's P.O.V.

Damn, how was the leader going to yell at us for failing. Well, it technically wasn't our fault since it wasn't us that killed the man in the first place. And even if we tried to find someone else to tell us about the jutsu that our leaded was interested in, we couldn't. From what Master Sasori explained, the man was supposed to tell us about a forbidden jutsu that would swap light for darkness and thus make everyone live in a world of pain. Honestly, I always wondered why would he want us to live in pain. Pain wasn't art, unless referring to the scars that it leaves. We were walking back to the base, since I'd already used up most of my chakra, when we noticed three figures lying in a puddle of blood. Two were facing each other, and from what they seemed they were unconscious. They looked like two young boys to me, while the other was thinner and more delicate, it definitely was a girl. She looked helpless on her back, most parts of her body being covered in wounds and scars.

"Look, seems like someone mistook this place for a graveyard, un," I commented in my cool style. But then, I realized. "Wait… Aren't these the ninjas we met while we were headed to Kirigakure?"

"Indeed, they're the same brats," Master Sasori answered coldly.

I kneeled at the girl's side, brushing the strands of hair from her face. She was even more beautiful from that distance. Suddenly, I surprised even myself as I slipped one arm behind her legs and put the other one on her back and picked her up.

"What are you doing?" Asked Master Sasori. I wished I could tell him that not even myself knew what was I was doing.

"I'm taking her to the base, un. She's injured, we can't leave her like this."

"What are you talking about? It's none of our business, put her down and let's keep moving."

"I can't, un. Take those two to the nearest village while I head back with her. I guess she'll be yelling about them when she wakes up, so we can at least make sure they'll be safe, un." As I said that, I started walking to the hideout while holding the girl tightly at my chest. I could feel her heartbeat through our clothes, it was a feeling I've never felt before.

Sasori's P.O.V.

I mentally kicked Deidara in the face with a chair, which in reality would translate as: I sighed. There were times in which I honestly couldn't understand his way of thinking, and that was one of them. Even so, I obliged and carried the two young boys to Tanigakure, the Village Hidden by Valleys. All I did was leave their bodies near the main gate, where somebody would most likely find them. After that, I headed back to the Akatsuki hideout where I would successfully kick my partner's face with a chair.

Normal P.O.V.

It was in the evening when Deidara got back 'home' and as soon as he entered their base, he headed straight to his room, placing the girl in his arms carefully on his bed. He sighed and exited the room in order to look for Kakuzu. But before doing that, he made sure to check how much money he had. He knew that the old ninja would definitely ask for money if he wanted him to treat the injured girl.

"Kakuzu!" Deidara exclaimed as he entered his room. As expected, he was sitting on a chair, counting money and calculating how much went spent for ridiculous things like cleaning or buying Hidan new clothes after they ended up ripped and or completely covered in blood.

"Can't you see that I'm busy?" The masked man answered in his usual, low voice.

"I'll add to that money you have if you come to my room and help me, un," Deidara explained, hoping that Kakuzu would listen. Fortunately, he got up and walked silently to the blonde's room, where he was surprised to find an injured girl on his bed. But he didn't bother asking him any questions, considering there was money at cost, money that he needed. Sitting at her side, the ninja started to take care of her wounds.

Suddenly, the door was kicked open and a rather tall man with medium-length silver hair that was slicked back and purple eyes came in.

"Deidara-chan, I told you to stop closing the door if you don't want me to think that you're-" He stopped in the middle of the sentence when he took notice of what his own partner was doing. "What the hell, Kakuzu! Who's that chick and why are you touching her?!"

"I asked him to treat her injuries, un," Deidara explained.

"Well, who is she?" Hidan asked once again, taking a better look at her body.

"Just a girl me and Master Sasori met during our mission. I brought her here because I think she's a work of art, un. I couldn't leave her unconscious on the ground where anybody could find her and hurt here even more."

"I don't know about you, but I see two works of art here, Deidara-chan." Hidan rarely used honorifics when speaking, but he had the habit to call Deidara 'Deidara-chan' as a form of sarcasm.

"What do you mean?"

"Boobs, Deidara-chan, boobs," The silver-haired man exclaimed.

"Oh."

"Well, she'll be perfectly fine after she gets some rest. Now, my money," Kakuzu asked, getting up from Deidara's bed.

The blonde slid a hand in his pocket and took out all the money he had there. He was smart enough to hide his other savings in the room so Kakuzu wouldn't get suspicious.

"Is that all you've got?" The greedy man asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, un," Deidara answered quickly, showing him his empty pockets.

Kakuzu took the money and left, walking straight back to his own room.

"So..." Hidan broke the silence, "What's her damn name?"

"I don't know, un. She never got the chance to tell me," Deidara explained.

"I see. Well then, let's wake her and find out!" Hidan yelled and rushed at the blonde's bed, picking the girl up by her clothes and starting to shake her. "Hey! Tell us your name, girl! Your name!"

"What are you doing!?" Deidara shouted and ran to take the man away from the hurt ninja. "She needs rest, not... You!"

"Oh, my Jashin, that was an insult, wasn't it! How dare you insult me, Deidara-chan, I'll rip that proud hair off your scalp and strangle you with it!"

"Shut up, un. And stop calling me that way, I'm a man!"

"Yeah, sure. And I'm a princess waiting for Jashin to find me a goddamn prince to marry and have thirty babies."

"Well, I won't argue about that..."

"What!"

Amaya's P.O.V.

The first thing that anybody feels is darkness. We suffer, we want to cry, scream, do something but we can't get ourselves out of such a situation as life without getting hurt. Even though we can't help getting hurt, during our lives we can find people able to make the pain go away, even if just for a little while. That was the way I felt towards my two best friends, Aki and Minori. And since I felt that way, I swore to myself that I would always protect them at any costs, no matter what happens to myself. But when I can't keep that promise, even more darkness engulfs me and I slowly start to drift away… from light.

Even though I remembered passing out on the cold, bloody ground, I was feeling rather comfortable. I couldn't feel any of my friends near me but I did hear someone. It sounded like two persons were arguing right next to me. I knew that I fell unconscious feeling a lot of pain and aches, but suddenly all of that was gone. I felt something unsettling within me as I didn't know what happened to me or my friends. I tried to move, grab onto the world in which the persons next to me were arguing and wake up. All I could do was grab onto something and hopefully pull myself together like that.

Hidan's P.O.V.

I was arguing with Deidara-chan about how I wasn't a lost fairy princess when he stopped in the midst of explaining to me another argument to prove that I was. I followed his face as he looked down to his coat, when I frowned at the sight of his shitty smile, making him look like he just saw a pony with a pink bow on its tail jumping around on a grassy field. Then, my eyes followed his and I noticed that the sleeping chick reached out and grabbed his coat. I was disappointed, for some reason.

'Why in the world would she grab him and not me!? I'm the sexiest man alive, I'm the... I'm the guardian of all babes and I...' I suddenly stopped my sentence and posed sexily in my head before facepalming myself the same way. 'Why am I thinking this way, goddammit!?'

"She's waking up, un!" I heard Deidara-chan's voice as I snapped out of my sexy thoughts.

"Even in her sleep she obviously has bad tastes, I could say."

"Oh, shut up," he ended and took a seat next to her, right where Kakuzu was sitting when I showed up. Much to my utter disgust and disbelief, he gently (gently I say!) took hold of her hand while gently caressing her cheek. "Hey... How do you feel? Are you alright?" I couldn't believe my eyes. He was a criminal. We were criminals, for Jashin's sake!

The girl somewhat parted her lips as if she was in a desperate need of air, but then it took her a few blinks to open her blue eyes. She was surprisingly even more beautiful with her eyes open. And I surprised myself by thinking that way. I normally would never call a chick beautiful, but sexy. Meaning she had a hot body, not beautiful like I would ever want her to have my damn babies.

"Y-You... Why are you here..? Where is here?" She asked, snapping me out of my absolutely serious and important thoughts.

"I brought you here, un. You were lying in your own blood, and you were covered in wounds. You shouldn't push yourself too much."

"M-My..."

"Your friends, yes. My partner made sure they're safe, you don't need to worry."

"If you're good enough to speak, you should give us your damn name," I added.

"You never got the chance to tell me, un. I'm Deidara and the rude guy over there is Hidan. You don't have to talk to him though."

"Hey!"

"Amaya..."

"Amaya... I like it," Deidara-chan commented, making me sick.

"Why did you bring me here?" Ugh, I hated curious women.

"I have my own reasons, un. I'll let you sleep in my bed and I'll go for the couch until you get better."

Something about that chick wasn't right. She looked tired and obviously confused and fed up so once she got some decent sleep she'd probably yell at all of us and try to look tough with one of those kunais that ninjas were so proud of. I sighed and decided to leave them be. Not that it was my problem. 'But it could be...' I added to myself as I left and went to my own, comfortable and slightly blood-covered room.

I heard Deidara leave his room as well, most likely to let the girl rest for a while. Then, Sasori showed up, shooting a glare out of nowhere. It wasn't aimed at me, but the barbie doll standing behind me. 'I hope he isn't going to tell the Leader about this and then we'd have to discuss and...' But then, I noticed that smartass Leader coming in. 'This is going to be a long night...'