--- (The rest of the story is in KAT'S (MY) view, starting here)
Chapter 7: It's Better to Have Loved and Lost
Pein walked into my room with Tobi trailing behind. Where's Deidara? I asked in my head. Pein looked me over. He formed a hand sign and a sharp pain burned through me.
"AHHHHH!" I screamed as the pain grew worse. Finally, the pain calmed down and I was able to speak.
"Pein, why?" I whispered.
"Deidara told me everything, about you and how you feel for me." Pein answered. "Now all I need is your side."
"Pein-sempai…" I stiffened and sat up. "Have you ever felt that you couldn't live without something? I felt I couldn't without you and you didn't seem to show any interest in me so I began to train as hard as I could. I soon realized fighting skills weren't enough so I studied hard and barely got any sleep. I've never wanted to be with some one that bad. And still, you don't show interest in me." Tears fell from my eyes.
"You're wrong."
"Huh?" I looked up at Pein who was looking down at me.
"You're wrong." Pein repeated. "I do have interest in you. More than you know." He stood up and left the room.
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Shortly after, I heard that Deidara and Tobi, who'd been out on a mission at that time, had met up with Sasuke.
"You have to let me go!" I yelled. "Deidara needs me!"
"No, you can't go." Pein held the back of my cloak as I tried to go out the door. "Deidara will be fine."
No he won't! You know how he is around the Uchihas! Please let me go!!!" I squirmed and wiggled trying harder and harder to get free from Pein's grasp.
That night I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned worrying about my Dei Dei-kun and if he would be okay. When I did fall asleep, I dreamt of Sasuke and Deidara fighting.
Deidara collided with the ground after being punched hard by Sasuke.
"What? How…" He sat up in disbelief. "How did you disarm my C4 bombs? You couldn't possibly… you knew?" Sasuke snickered, and explained.
"So you had figured it out. Then that technique you used… Now I see." Sasuke snickered again, explaining his hypothesis.
"But how, how did you know the exact location of the mines?!"
"I already told you. My eyes see chakra in colors." Sasuke stood up and stepped closer to Deidara. Deidara struggled to stand and fell hard back to the ground.
"I'll ask again, where is Itachi?" Sasuke asked. Deidara forced two clay snakes from the mouths in his hands which wrapped themselves around Sasuke's legs. Sasuke ran electricity through himself, disarming the bombs once more. He then fell to his knees from exhaustion. Deidara threatened Sasuke about still having his explosives and Sasuke just stayed silent.
"Come on, aren't you at least a little scared? You're about to be come my greatest masterpiece!" Sasuke again stayed silent. Deidara then burst out in anger;
"THAT'S WHAT ANNOYS ME ABOUT YOU THE MOST!! BOTH OF YOU UCHIHA BOYS!! YOU THINK YOU'RE JUST SO COOL! AND THOSE EYES, THOSE EYES MAKE ME SICK! ALWAYS JUDGING ME AND MY ART!! YOU HAVE NO APPRECIATION OF A TRUE MASTER AND THE BEAUTY OF MY WORK… AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO KILL YOU!!"
"I couldn't care less what you want. Where's Itachi?" Sasuke asked again. Then the worst happened; Deidara ripped off his shirt and tore out the stitches that sealed the mouth on his chest.
"Behold- my ultimate art!! I shall detonate myself! Never before has an explosion like this been seen! One that will scar the very earth itself and receive rave news from all my critics! For my death--I SHALL BECOME ART!!! And when I do Sasuke, you will finally die! Now are you afraid?! Cower in awe, recoil in despair, cry your heart out because my art- IS AN EXPLOSION!!"I woke up in a cold sweat and screamed.
Pein burst into my room. "What's going on?!" he asked. "What happened?" I felt tears fall from my eyes and I knew that the dream was no dream. I'd had a vision. Pein stood over me.
"What happened? Tell me." I sucked in air and tried to explain.
"I-I-I saw it."
"Saw what? What did you see?"
"D-d-d-d-" My voice was too shaky and my throat was sore. "Death!" I finally managed to shout through my endless sobbing.
"Death?! Who's death?" Pein put his arm around me. I pulled out of it and stood up walking towards the window-like wall.
"Deidara… my love, he died. I saw it in a vision. My clan has them only when some one they love is in danger. I can't belie-" my sobs broke my voice in mid sentence. Then next thing I knew I was being embraced. Pein's strong arms surrounded me in warmth and comfort.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Pein held me close to him and I felt hope. I felt warmth, hope and the beginning of a new life chapter.
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Pein had given us the order to mourn in silence and I was doing a good job, until Pein walked in my room closing the door behind him.
"How are you doing?" he asked.
"Horrible." I answered. Pein sat next to me on my bed.
"Kat, you still don't know what happened." Pein sighed. "Deidara fought Sasuke with all he had and he used up most of his chakra. In a last attempt to destroy Sasuke, Deidara detonated himself."
"I knew something like this was going to happen." I sobbed. "I told him he'd kill himself one day. I hate Sasuke, I hate him. He doesn't deserve to live." I continued to sob. Pein put his arm around me and pulled me closer.
"Deidara was too hasty in his decisions. He never thought things through very easily and Sasuke is a tough shinobi. You have the right to hate him and I understand your pain." Pein rested his head on mine as I snuggled in closer to his chest.
We sat there for hours as I sobbed and sobbed. Pein comforted me as well as he could, hugging me tightly and whispering reassuring words in my ear. My sobs stopped short; I'd realized something.
"Pein?" I asked. "I can't breathe."
"Oh! Sorry." Pein loosened his arms around me. "Ahem. Aaaanyway," He was cut off by Hidan whining about something.
"Dammit Itachi, hold the f*** still. How the hell did this happen to you in the first F***ING place? Hold still DAMMIT!"
Itachi burst through my door with a squid attached to his face. Hidan followed just behind him trying to get that thing off Itachi's face.
"I can't see! I can't see! Ahhhhhhh!" Itachi screamed running around the room.
"You couldn't see in the first place Itachi." I laughed at the scene in front of me. "Itachi, calm down and get out of my room." Itachi franticly ran towards the door missing it, falling to the floor, and finally leaving afterwards. Hidan stood there wide eyed and open mouthed at Pein and me. Hidan winked at us and left with a smirk on his face. I stared after the religion obsessed boy and the blind Itachi who was always running into something.
