Chapter 3: Replacement Problems

Was Pein actually serious about having these two kounchis becoming an Akatsuki member? After only observing these girls for fifteen minutes, Deidara concluded that these girls were NOT Akatsuki material. They were acting like mere children. Among other things, they were like Kisame; they were freaks of nature. And he didn't want to hear another sob story about how the world treated them like animals (well, if they haven't noticed yet, they were, partially, animals), let alone two sob stories; especially, from two crazed women. He sighed in annoyance as he watched the women head in the other direction; which was not part of their plan of the Akatsuki's mission. "Tobi, change of plans," he began, looking beside him to see Tobi still watching the girls running away and he was chuckling. "Deidara-sempia, can you believe that Leader-sama actually wants those two idiots in the Akatsuki?" Although he was slightly mad that Tobi was not paying-attention to him, again, he smirked at his comment. "Well, he let you in didn't he, hmm?" he said standing from their post in a tree, high above the ground, and taking off after the kounchis.

Tobi, not even noticing that Deidara had left him or insulted him either, was still chuckling, re-enacting the scene the kounchis made earlier in his head. Then he realized what Deidara said about him and turned his head to defend himself from embarrassment. "Hey! That wasn't very nice, Deidara-!" He stopped in-mid sentence.

Where did he go? He looked up, down, left, right, behind him, and it wasn't until he looked ahead of himself that he saw Deidara and the two kounchis turning into specks in the distance…and he was left behind. He sprung immediately from his spot, trying to catch up with Deidara, "Hey, Deidara-sempia! Wait for me!" he called after him.

Deidara ignored Tobi's idiotic pled to slow down, not when there was an important mission as this one. Actually, on any mission they had together, Deidara almost, always left Tobi behind and tried to ignore him. It was quite embarrassing to have "him" on any mission that involved himself, too. Those days were the worst days of his life. He probably lost track of how many times he had tried to kill Tobi but no matter how many times he'd blow him up, he was still kicking and ready-to-go. Hopefully, when these two kounchis become Akatsuki members, he wouldn't have to deal with Tobi being his partner any longer. He smirked to himself. Now that he thought about it, that one girl with the cat ears was pretty good-looking. He wouldn't mind her being his partner a few times…might even be fun. As for the other girl…ehh, she was okay. She seemed too innocent for his taste. And hey, if they got along when she becomes an Akatsuki member, he might consider her as a sister most likely. One thing was for sure, both of them were really short; they barely came up to his shoulders. And they'd looked so young that he thought they were only young teenagers, not two young-adult women.

He chuckled a bit. It was funny. Before this mission began, he thought their new comrades were going to be some grumpy, old-bag ladies like Konan. Leader-sama never did give out the full information on these two kounchis, only that they were powerful and they were kounchis. He was stunned when he saw those two kounchis come up the road. Although their behaviors were strange, he was determined to not let an opportunity to get rid of Tobi as partner slip from his hands.

"So what are we going to do now, Deidara-sempia?"

Deidara looked back, seeing that Tobi finally caught up with him and was trailing behind him. He grinned sinisterly to Tobi.

""We" aren't doing anything. You are."

Tobi gulped at Deidara's smile, he knew he wasn't going to like this.