Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Akatsuki or any of the characters/concepts featured. All characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto.


Deidara sighed and continued to draw little birds and scorpions all over his notebook, completely oblivious to the hustle and bustle of the lunch hall around him. He didn't know why but he found himself daydreaming a lot lately; probably the lack of sleep. He didn't even notice his friends joining him at the table.

'Blondie! How's it goin'?'

Deidara continued to stare into space.

'Oi! You listening to me?'

'…What is it Hidan, hm?'

'You've been acting fucking weird lately- somethin' wrong?'

The blonde didn't appear to hear him, and just returned to staring into the distance. Kisame chuckled.

'Nothing's wrong, Hidan, and I know why; I saw him heading home from the Alpha district last night…'

'Yeah, the place is full of bastards, and?'

'Think about it, Hidan.'

The zealot paused for a moment and then something clicked in the back of his mind.

'Oh my Jashin! You were with an Alpha last night! Holy fucking shit!'

Well, Deidara heard that.

'Shut up, hm!' he hissed. 'I did no such thing, un!'

But his now glowing red cheeks said otherwise. Everyone around the table burst into laughter at his mortified expression.

'I actually had respect for you Blondie! And then you go and start dating a fucking Alpha!'

'I am not, hm!'

'Yay! Senpai has a girlfriend!' chirped Tobi. He clapped his hands and started to hum a wedding tune.

Deidara punched him.

'Tobi, you little shit! I don't want a girlfriend; you know I swing the other way, hm!'

'So you were with a guy?' asked Pein, his curiosity getting the better of him.

'N-no, un!'

'I'll take that as a yes.'

'I said no, hm!' yelled the blonde. He slammed a fist on the table, earning a few worried glances from the students around him. His friends were silent for a few moments. Then Hidan spoke.

'…Was he a good fuck?'

Deidara flushed red from head to toe. 'Shut the hell up, un! I'm sitting somewhere else, hm!'

The boy gathered his book and stormed away to find another table. Preferably one that wouldn't take the piss out of him. Tobi got up to follow him and promptly attached himself to the blonde's foot, only to be roughly kicked across the room as the boy flounced off.

'Oi! I didn't mean it Blondie; get your ass back here!'

'He's gone, Hidan.'

'…I know.'


'Evening, Itachi. Konan. Kakuzu. Zetsu.'

The four nodded at the redhead as he sat opposite them. They didn't speak. They never really talked much. In fact, after spending time with a certain blonde, Sasori found the harsh silence a little annoying. Hold on. Was he actually thinking about that guy? No. Of course not.

He shook his head and returned to the book in front of him. It was a book about woodwork, more specifically puppets and things of that nature. He had always been fascinated by them; they were his art.

'Sasori?'

The boy looked up through his eyelashes at the voice. Konan. She wore a stern expression but her golden eyes held a deep sadness and maybe…concern? He wasn't sure.

'What?'

'We have something very serious to tell you. Don't we?'

The other Alphas nodded, eyeing their friend warily. Sasori frowned and closed his book. When they all wanted to talk it was normally important.

'What is it?'

Konan shifted slightly and folded her arms over her chest. 'My mother told me that Chiyo told her that you brought an Omega boy home last night.'

Sasori stared at her blankly for a moment. 'I'm sorry, what?'

'My mother told me that Chiyo told her that you brought an Omega boy home last night.'

The scorpion continued to stare at her, totally not understanding what she was saying. Konan sighed heavily. 'You brought an Omega home last night!' she hissed across the table.

Sasori immediately went into defensive mode and turned his nose up at the thought. 'That's ludicrous; as if I would lower myself to that standard. You've finally gone mad, Konan.' he scoffed.

'The news came directly from Chiyo.' murmured Itachi. His expression was emotionless as always but his narrowed eye gave away his disappointment in his friend. 'That means it is the truth.'

'She's a senile old bitch. You have no proof.'

Kakuzu chuckled darkly. 'Actually, we do. I saw someone leaving your mansion last night and by the looks of their scruffy clothing, they didn't belong there. Explain that.'

Sasori laughed uneasily. 'Servants!'

'You lie.' stated Itachi.

'Stay out of it Uchiha!' hissed the redhead angrily. Then he mentally slapped himself.

Game over.

Sasori hardly ever lost his temper. He has been caught out. Shit.

The raven smirked, amused and the other Alphas grinned triumphantly. He leaned back casually and stared at the scorpion with deep onyx eyes. Konan was about to give Sasori a piece of her mind, when Itachi spoke again. 'Well, this could be a good thing…'

The other Alphas stared at him in shock. 'What do you mean 'good' thing?' asked Konan, appalled.

Itachi chuckled softly and turned to Sasori once more. 'You can use this Omega friend of yours.'

Sasori gave the boy a suspicious look. 'What do you mean?'

'I think you know what I mean.'

There was silence for a few minutes before Konan finally caught on to what the raven was saying. She gasped in horror. Her voice dropped to a whisper, 'Are you suggesting that he use this Omega to satisfy his…needs?'

Sasori twitched and his cheeks became dusted a light pink.

Itachi smirked. 'That is exactly what I'm saying. Well, that and perhaps you will be able to take a few other things, land and money perhaps. Then you can crush his little heart. Unless you're afraid of hurting the poor thing…' he mused.

Sasori narrowed his eyes; the raven was talking about Deidara as if he was some sort of mangy mutt that he had dragged off the street. Not that he cared. Did he? Oh, great, now he was starting to question himself.

'Of course not.' Retorted the Alpha.

'Good. I look forward to hearing how this goes-'

'Danna!'

All of the Alphas turned in the direction of the noise, except Sasori who just focused his gaze on the table in front of him, tracing the patterns in the wood. He flinched when he saw familiar blonde hair out of the corner of his eye.

'Danna, may I sit with you, hm? My friends are being mean to me and-'

'You think I will just let you sit here, brat?!' spat Sasori, 'Why I ought to-'

He paused when he noticed Itachi's smug smirk from across the table. He refused to be beaten by the weasel. Reluctantly, he swallowed his pride and put on the sweet smile that he previously reserved for the teachers.

'Of course you can.' he murmured through gritted teeth.

Deidara looked surprised for a moment. Not just because he had been accepted but also because of the absence of a demeaning nickname. But he wasn't about to complain; perhaps spending time with the Alpha the other night had worked to his advantage. Maybe he stood a chance of making his childhood friend remember him after all!

The blonde smiled and sat next to his partner. 'Thanks Danna, hm. Listen, I was thinking about the art project and I was wondering if you would…well…like to visit my place after school to finish it, hm.' murmured the sculptor, anxiously twiddling with his thumbs. He knew he was pushing it a bit but he was determined not to give up that easily, especially as his plan was beginning to work. That, and his other friends had taken the absolute piss out of him.

Sasori opened his mouth to refuse, when Itachi gave him a look from across the table urging him to accept the offer. In fact, all the Alphas had now got in on the little game and were smirking contentedly. The redhead gulped. '…I would love to.'

Itachi nodded, impressed at how far Sasori was willing to go.

The blonde smiled happily and began to talk enthusiastically to his Danna about this and that and whatever. Sasori blocked him out and spent the lunch shooting daggers at a certain Uchiha across the table.


'Now class, I would like you to complete this test, and I implore you to try your best; it will go towards defining your grade.'

Itachi watched as a thick wad of paper was dumped in front of him. He sneered in disgust. He shouldn't need to do this work; he was an Alpha. He already passed a great number of exams at his previous upper-class school. He was considered a prodigy. What he needed to know, he did know.

'Sorry I'm late, teach.'

'Whatever Kisame, just take your seat and get on with the work.'

The raven looked up to see a familiar blue figure swan carelessly into the room and sit next to him. Itachi watched in invisible dismay. It always confused him how that guy would always arrive late to his lessons; didn't he care about his grades?

The shark grinned as the test arrived in front of him. Itachi tore his gaze away and focused on the paper. Math was so easy it didn't even have to be a subject for him, and after only a few minutes he had already ploughed his way through half the questions. But what annoyed him greatly was the fact that the truant sitting next to him felt it was perfectly acceptable to copy from him. The blue Omega made no secret of leaning over and copying the Uchiha's answers, and by the end of the exam both of them had finished. No doubt with the exact same results.

Itachi seethed silently as the papers were collected in. He knew he shouldn't care about Kisame copying, after all it wouldn't help the shark in the long run, but he couldn't stand the thought of someone else taking credit for his genius.

Kisame on the other hand couldn't care less. He always copied from the boy next to him. Normally the only thing worse than an Alpha was a geeky Alpha, but when it came to lessons he made an exception. But maybe the shark should say thank you anyway, just to be on the safe side.

When the class was dismissed the two boys stood and began to pack away.

'Listen geek, cheers for letting me copy you. Again.' chuckled Kisame, being sure to knock Itachi's book off the table as he picked up his own.

The raven shot him a poisonous look. 'It will do you no good in the long run, Omega.'

'Nerd.'

'Philistine.'

'Moron.'

'Cretin.'

'…The fuck is a cretin?'

'I'm not explaining myself to you and you shouldn't use that language, jackass.'

Kisame sniggered, 'You know, for a nerd you're pretty feisty.'

Itachi's eyes widened and he made a move to side-step the shark, only to have his path blocked. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. 'Let me pass.'

'No. I was talking to you. So what's your name again, nerd?'

Itachi glowered at him and Kisame's grin faulted for a second. 'My name is Uchiha Itachi, if you must know, and don't you have anything better to do than annoy me. In fact, I think your village called; they're missing their idiot.'

Now, no one insulted Kisame. Unless of course you wanted a trip to the hospital. Yet for some reason, the shark didn't opt to beat the shit out of the Uchiha. Instead, he smirked.

'Uchiha Itachi, eh? Well, you know, I respect a guy who stands up to me. Even if he is a geek. Say, you want to hang out later or something?'

Itachi gave him a bored look. 'No. Like hell I would hang out with someone like you.'

Kisame raised his hands in fake surrender. 'Easy there, I was just asking! But if you ever change your mind, the offer stands. Later!'

He winked playfully at the Uchiha, before turning and exiting the room in the same casual fashion with which he had entered, leaving the raven momentarily stunned.


There's chapter 7! The sneaky little beginning of KisaIta in there for ya! ;)

Thank you for reading and I hope you liked it. Review if you would like me to continue. :)