(REWRITE OF CHAPTER TWO)

Knock. Knock.

Leader-sama glanced up from his desk, wondering faintly who that could be. No one came to his workroom unless it was an emergency dealing with anyone in the Akatsuki. Glancing sideways to a blue haired Kunoichi sitting in the desk over, he silently asked for who it was.

The amber eyed woman nodded and closed her eyes. Not a moment later, they reopened. "It's Deidara."

He raised an eyebrow. Just what would Deidara want to see him for? Seeing how he was going to find out, he turned back towards the door. "Enter."

There was a short pause before the doorknob began to turn, then open. In stepped a boy no older than fourteen. He had long blonde hair that reached to his lower back that was done up in the very low ponytail. His bangs had been pushed to his left side of the face, effectively covering the entire side. His headband was done tied around his forehead, keeping the hair tucked behind his ear. Only a single cerulean eye could be seen.

The boy had on dark green robe top (That reached down to his lower thigh) with white linning. Under the robe was a black sleeves V-neck shirt with mesh armor and fish net. His pants were dark green as well, but had been tied around the ankle part just inches before it ended. Normally there would be a pouch on each hip, but there weren't none.

Pein watched him enter. It was clear he was nervous despite the confident look that was pasted to his face. "Whatever your reasoning is for coming here better be good." He growled, putting on his pokerface.

Truth be told, the pierced man had a soft spot for the youngest member. His spunky attitude made the base interesting and seemed to brighten the dreary halls of the Akatsuki.

Before his arrival, the term 'all work and no play' was a constant tradition there. They all did their missions, exchanged little to no words amongst each other, then retired in their rooms for the rest of the time, waiting to recieve another mission. Their partners were the only ones they had any social contact too. When the bomber had first arrived, that quickly changed.

He was loud, rude, almost bi-polar, and yet, many were drawn to him. He most certainly ruined the stereo-typing of average super villians that was for sure. And over the weeks and months, Pein had began to see his associates in many different terms. Kisame, the one he had thought to be the strong silent one, had turned out to be the humorous and carefree person. He always wore a trademark grin. Itachi began to speak more, which surprised him, and even Kakuzu's usual cold and rigid attitude slowly began to mold into a more relaxed form.

The final one was Sasori. He had changed the most from among the Akatsuki. With Orochimaru, he had been always silent, always cold. Pein had suspected it was the doing of Orochimaru that had made him that way, but never confirmed it. He never talked about the ex-Akatsuki member since he left. Deidara had been wise enough to keep his mouth shut and not ask about the sannin. The first week had past since the blonde had become the puppet's partner and the leader wasn't too surprised to see the pyro following the red head around like a duckling and it's mama. Though they shared completely different viewpoints on art (Which sometimes led to an all out fight between the two), they understood one another to a certain degree.

Over the weeks that followed, Sasori began to emerge from the cold shell he had buried himself into and now talked almost as much as Kisame.

Yes, Deidara had unknowingly managed to convert the Akatsuki from a cold ruthless organization to a family.

Staring at the blonde now, he waited for an answer.

Deidara clenched his fists, wondering whether to explain the entire situation from scratch, but quickly went against it. "About a year ago when I was first given the invitation to join the Akatsuki, you believed that I was heading towards my next client to recieve my next mercenary mission." He began, his confidence growing with each word. Too earn ryo, he had to travel the nations, taking clients who wanted him to blow up their enemies' bases or create a flash show to scare them or something along those line. The price was often good and within six months, he had had enough to buy a large patch of land in the middle of know-where that would last them a very long time.

Pein nodded slightly, curiousity growing with every by passing second. "Carry on."

"That wasn't what I was doing, hmm." He said, watching the eyes sharpen. "Back in Iwagakure I have a relative; a little sister."

"I wasn't informed of you having any living relatives." The leader growled, obviously not pleased to hear of this. Mainly because he in which did not know. Deidara had one of the most rarest kekkei genkai's he had ever come across. And learning now he had sister who most likely had the Explosion Release surprised him.

Deidara shrugged. "I didn't want any Anbu or rogue's threatening her, so she went under the radar when I first defected. While she stayed hidden, I left her to go earn some Ryo, un." He explained to the briefest of terms. "I was returning back to her when you stopped me."

"Simply telling us, we would have let you go, give her the money, and return back." Konan spoke, for the first time since the blonde had entered.

Deidara scoffed. "Like I'd really go and tell you that I had a sister. You probably would have held her captive or something to ensure my loyalty, yeah." He had originally thought they would kill her with little to no hesitation, so he kept his mouth shut.

"You're not leaving this organization, you lost that freedom when you lost to Itachi." Pein stated. Deidara bit back a retort of 'Like I really had a chance!' and shook his head. "I ask if she may be aloud into the organization. Whether she become a ninja or a simple maid, I could care less, hmm." He knew very well Pein wouldn't turn his request down without second thought. He knew very well the rariety of his bloodline trait and knew for a fact his sister had it as well.

"Explain."

"Uhhh...what?"

He growled at him. "Your sister."

"Ahhh, well, she should be about ten now..." He wasn't quite sure what exactly to tell him about his sister. "Her name's Kikuko but she preffers Kiku-chan...un."

"Is she a ninja?" Konan pressed, seeing irritation growing on Pein's face. Deidara cupped his chin. "I don't think she would go to the academy. Kiku-chan likes to isolate herself from others so she would probably be doing an independant study, hmm."

"Do you know whether she has any connections?" In other words, was she a spy or possible threat to them. He shook his head. "She doesn't like crowds and could really care less if Iwagakure burned to the ground, yeah." He admitted with a small shrug.

Just like him, Kiku had a grude against her birth village.

Pein sighed, leaning back in his chair. A ten year old with no possible ninja experiance didn't apease him. There was no chance she would become a maid seeing how they didn't need one. Most members just made a clone and sent them off to clean up. It was much simpler than having an actual human do it.

Training her may take time, but they still had a long ways to go before they would start collecting the bijuu, so shifting her training from member to member should make her strong in just a couple of years.

And to top things off, she could have the Explosion Release.

"Where does she resign?"

Deidara perked at the question, happy to have gotten him interested. "On the outskirts of the village, we had a place out near the mountains-"

"Very well, go and fetch her." He said, cutting him off. "Sasori will be accompanying you there and back. Three weeks is your set time limit."

"Hai, un!"

"Dismissed."

Closing the door behind him, Deidara couldn't help but grin. 'Just you wait Kiku-chan, Nii-san's finally coming!'

As the blonde went to his room to pack, Leader-sama called Sasori in to fill him on the mission at hand.

-Four Day Skip-

"Where are we going exactly brat?" Sasori growled, trugding along side his blonde partner. He didn't seem the slightest bit bothered with his cold growls, his hands were clenched and a there was a prep in each step he took, like he was fighting the urge to break off into a sprint.

He wasn't sure whether he was wary or excited.

They were currently on the outskirts of the Hidden Rock village, traveling along the outer area of the wall incircling the village. The sky was pitch black, the mountains forbidding the moon to shine it's bright light down. It provided good cover for the two Akatsuki as they went on.

Not like they were really making an effort to hide themselves.

Sasori could have cared less if the entire Anbu black ops unit attacked them, it would've given him something to do then walk. The past four days had been nothing but walking and he was itching to use his puppets.

"Kiku-chan lives out of the village, just a bit beyond the wall." Deidara said, scanning the wall. "We ingraved a little design so we know where to find each other, hmm. Its a little thing we did when we first started living out beyond the wall." As orphans, they traveled around the forest a lot, constantly changing their make-shift homes and finding safer, more durable places to live. before he had left to collect ryo, they carved a picture into the wall, so whenever he came back, he'd know where to go. Each carving signafied which way he would turn and travel.

It was a code only he and his sister knew.

He came to a halt, his hand sliding against an indention of what it looked to be a tree with five apples ontop. "Okay now turn fifty degrees..." He murmured, turning slightly to the left. "And walk twenty footsteps..."

Sasori raised an eyebrow, but said nothing as he followed him into the forest beyond. A tree rested infront of them, with another drawing carved out. Deidara traced the pattern of the bird design, counting the feathers in his head. Then he turn to the left and started to walk again. Each carving lead them deeper into the forest. Some led to caves that had a large X's on the walls, signafying she had moved on due to some reason.

"Where are you going now?" Sasori growled, his patience running thin. Two hours of following carvings was getting old.

"I already told you," He muttered. "I'm trying to find her current location, she likes to move around alot guessing from the last four caves, yeah."

"Obviously."

Deidara suddenly grinned. "I think I've found her." Breaking into a sprint, he leaped over a fallen tree and coming in after him, Sasori stopped, staring at the large rock shelter.

There were four boulders in total, two seeping into the ground while the third tilted ontop. The forth on acted as the floor. It was a natural rock shelter, a rather big one at that.

From one side to the other, it had to have been the length of a trailer and height of a two story house.

Peeking inside, he could faintly make out what it looked to be a hammok and a few dishes. Rock shelves ran along the two boulders, what was on them, he could not see, it was too dark and they were to high up.

From a far off distance, he could hear the sounds of a rushing waterfall. 'Hmm, well she seems adapted to living out in the wilderness.' He thought, adding it to the mental check-list. Leader-sama had ordered him to collect entail on Deidara's sister to see if she would last long in the Akatsuki.

"Heeeellooooo~" Deidara called, walking in, heads tossed casually over his head. "Anyone hoooome?" His lack of caution and concern made the puppet want to whack him aside the head. The brat didn't even know if enemy nin was hiding in here.

Pop! Pop!

Small explosions blew by their feet, followed by an inhuman snarl. Sasori jumped and lashed out his scorion tail, preparing for battle, but Deidara simply laughed. "Nice pop rocks, but its gonna take some real explosions to scare your older brother, hmm!"

There was a brief silence before a low growl responded. "Code."

Deidara cleared his throat before speaking, his voice bouncing off the rocky walls.

"Thunder and lightening are joined by fate, as two siblings are bonded by blood. One is as courageous and strong as thunder while the other is quick and fierce like lightening. Neither can exist without another. Like ying and yang, they're one. They never show their true power until the clouds begin to cry, then they race to protect the sky they most love!"

A darkened figure leaped from the shelves above and tackled the blonde to the ground. "Nii-san I can't believe it's really you, cho!"

Deidara laughed and hugged her back, ignoring the pain in his lower back. "My have you grown, last time I could withstand a tackle, you didn't get fat did you, yeah?"

The figure punched his arm. "Don't turn a compliment into a negative comment Nii-san!" Sasori cleared his throat, getting both their attentions. "You wouldn't happen to know how to get some light into here would you?"

She stared, then turned to her brother. "Who's the ugly creature?"

It took all self-control not to burst out laughing, he shook, taking a few moments to calm down before speaking. "That's my partner, Sasori."

"Ewww, no offense, but you can do waaaay better than that big brother."

The lid popped open and Sasori got out to prove her wrong.

"You do know its practically pitch black, so I can't see you." She said deadpinned, climbing off her brother and strolling into the shelter. "but no worries, I have fire!" Lighting a match, she tossed down on the firewood and dried leaves she collected and it immediately caught fire. And like magic, every lit up, revealing the appearance of Kikuko.

She looked alot younger than ten, weighing between the ages of eight and nine with milky white skin and smoldering dark blue eyes and small wide pink ovals directly under her eyes.

Her clothes consisted of a dark blue knee length sleeveless kimono with a white sash and lining. She had on tight dark grey shorts with white bandages wrapping around her ankles to her calves. She had black combat boots and bracelets on both wrists: consisting of green, blue, and red with many designs. Her hair was much lighter than Deidara's, pooling down to her middle back and was untamed, curling in various areas.

"Nevermind Nii-san, he's a keeper, cho!" She declared, giving him a thumbs up. "I don't mind having a circle as a brother, just as long as he gets all the pretty boys."

His eyebrow twitched. "We are not a couple, we're partners, partners. Nothing else."

Kikuko rolled her eyes, turning back to her brother, not believing it for a moment. "I didn't expect getting ryo would take so long," She huffed, hands on her hips. "but I guess you're here, that's all that matters I guess. Now we can move out to the country and live life like farmers, cho!"

Deidara sighed, shaking his head. "Somethings have happened these past two years Imouto..." Deciding to take a seat, he began explaining.