A/N Well, I think this chapter is really short,too. ^^; I don't mean to make them so short, I guess my handwriting is bigger than I thought. xD

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto/Naruto Shippuuden. If I did, It would be about Gaara and Deidara wouldn't have died.

Chapter 2: The club…?

Lunch-time, my favorite time to make new friends! Ino thought excitedly. She was almost skipping with joy. "Ugh…" Deidara groaned following behind her. "Pssst!" Deidara stopped then turned around. "Psssssst!" He heard it again. "Err-Ino, I'll be right back un." He walked the other way. "Huh? Oh, whatever." Ino continued on her way. Deidara walked until he heard the whisper, "Pssst! Over here!" He looked into classroom. There in the doorway was a boy with a strange orange mask covering his face. "Hi! Come in, come in." orange face motioned. Deidara sneaked into the room-and orange face closed and locked the door.

The room was filled with desks, but looked unused as a classroom. "What the heck?" Deidara questioned the boy. "Oi! Tobi is at your service." He bowed. "Uhm-what?" Deidara took a step back. "Tobi, that's not how you introduce yourself." A girl with dark blue hair and eyes to match appeared from seemingly nowhere. 'My name is Konan. Pleased to meet you, Deidara. Our leader isn't here today, but after talking to him about you he accepted our offer for you joining us." Deidara stared at her. "Join you guys in what un?" She shook her head. "Didn't you read the sign next to the door? We are the Art club. We like to call ourselves the Akatsuki." He pondered that for a moment. "What kinda art un?" She smiled. "Any kind really. Writing, sketching, paper meche, musical art-" she then held out a paper rose. "origami is my specialty." Tobi jumped out in front of Konan. "And Tobi's specialty is making masks! And recruiting new club members!" Konan rolled her eyes. "We can read your shirt. 'Art is a bang!'…? I've never heard that before."

"I designed the shirt myself. Plus, it's my uhm-catchphrase un. But my specialty is making clay sculptures." Deidara stated proudly. "Are there any other club members un?" He questioned, crossing his arms. "Sasori, who makes puppets. He's running a little late today, but he should be here any moment." Konan replied. "Hmmm….so just four un?" Tobi patted Deidara on the head. "Five if you join us, Deidara-sama!" Deidara-sama? What is wrong with this guy? Deidara sat down in a desk and banged his head on the desk. "EHH?" Konan and Tobi exclaimed.

Just then there was a barrage of knocks on the door, what Deidara expected to be was their code. Tobi ran over to the door, unlocked it, and let a redheaded boy enter. Deidara looked up at him. The boy had shaggy red hair and dark brown eyes. He-like everyone else in the room wore skinny jeans and a pair of converse. Deidara noticed that the three official members standing in front of him all wore black hoodies with red clouds randomly placed all around. Konan wore a dark purple v-necked tee with a darker purple undershirt poking out to cover her cleavage. Tobi wore a bright neon orange t-shirt that matched his mask, and Sasori wore a rusty red t-shirt that had a picture of a scorpion on it. "Is this him?" Sasori asked in a tone that showed he really could care less. Tobi bounced up and down. "Yep! It's Deidara-sama!" Konan shook her head again. "Why are you calling him that?" she asked. "Ehh? Uhmm…It seems to fit him." He replied, scratching his head.

Sasori walked up to Deidara and offered his hand. "Nice to meet you, Deidara." They shook hands. I think I'm gonna like this guy.He smiled. "Nice to meet you, too un." Sasori grabbed a matching hoodies out from his bag and handed it to Deidara. "Here. Now you are an official member." He said in the same uninterested tone. "Thanks un." Deidara pulled it on, now feeling glad he came to this new school. "Tobi is happy you are joining! Now Tobi isn't the newest member!" Tobi gave him an unexpected hug. "Augh!" He tried to pull away, but the boy was surprisingly strong. I don't like this one. Deidara grunted. Konan watched while hiding a smirk. He's cute.Her eyes sparkled. Sasori watched from the sidelines, then opened his bag and pulled out a puppet in the making. He sat in a desk and started his work. "Tobi, let go of me un!" Deidara moaned.

Sorry again that it so short! (Although it is longer than the last chapter!) I'll definitely make the next one longer, I promise. :) Thanks for reading! Please review!