"Now that's everyone's here," began Tenten as she clasped together her hands. "What do you guys wanna do first?"
"How about makeovers?" suggested Sakura. Deidara nearly frowned at the idea but fought it off. He was suppose to be getting along with these people especially Tenten in order to please Gai. Hopefully these people knew what they were doing and wouldn't make him look like a clown.
"That's a great idea," smiled Deidara. Jade coughed violently but stopped when Sakura elbowed her. "Do you need some medicine, Jade? That cough sounds nasty."
'Or would you like a bomb to the face?' he glared at him inside of his mind. 'I can't help all of us can't sound entirely like a chick!'
"N-no, I-I'm fine!"
"I'll get started on your hair, Deidara," volunteered Sakura.
"And I'll do Jade's." said Tenten. As they started on each other's hair, Deidara wondered about what was going on back at their hotel room and if Tobi was pestering Gai about their dates and then embarrassing his partner. He better not saY anything too stupid.
Meanwhile Kakashi was searching the bingo book for Deidara when he bumped into Asuma. "Oh hey there, Asuma. Sorry about that."
"Reading the new Make Out Paradise book, huh?" asked the bearded man. "I heard it's suppose to be really good."
"Really?" Kakashi had no idea that the new book was already out. Jiriaya must have finished early. Before he could press on about the book, he suddenly remembered what he was doing before. Perhaps Asuma something about this Deidara person. If not, he'd happily ask someone else if not the hokage. He didn't want anything happening to Gai if this guy was a threat to him. "Actually I wasn't reading it. I didn't even know it was out."
"You're usually up to date on this sort of thing," he laughed. "First time I've seen you with a completely different book and looking so invested."
"I'm doing a little research on someone by the name of Deidara," admitted the gray haired man. "You wouldn't happen to know anything about this person would you?"
"Deidara...hm, yeah a bit. He's part of the akatsuki and his main and so far only attack method are using bombs," explained Asuma. He noticed Kakashi's eyes widened, his face turned pale, and his book dropped from his hands. "Kakashi? Are you alright?"
"Shit!" he exclaimed. "I just sent my team to follow that bastard and Gai...!"
"What?"
"We have to hurry over to that hotel room and save Gai!" He took off running. Asuma was confused about what was going on, but he followed him anyways.
"And done!" Sakura held up a mirror to show Deidara's face. Sakura had done a pretty good job with her make up and hair. She had braided back and put little flower pins in the braid. "How do you like it?"
"I love it!" beamed Deidara. 'It's not terrible at least. Better than the hairstyles Tobi tried to do. Girls should know how to do another girl's hair than a boy would. Last time Tobi tried out a popular female hairstyle, my hair ended up getting so tangled it took 3 hours to get it loose. I thought I would have to cut it shorter than it originally was. Tobi could learn a thing or two if he wasn't suck a gossip.'
"Now it's my turn!" The two switched places and Deidara reluctantly started on her hair.
'Damn it...uh this goes here? No, that's not right...' he frowned. 'What about a bun? Yeah that's a lot safer."
He quickly and neatly fashioned her hair into a bun, carefully inserting pins into her hair. Now what? He supposed it was okay. It was better than making her hair into a hot mess. "There all done! I don't really know how to do hair well."
"Don't worry, you did great. It looks like what a ballerina would have her hair." She turned to Tenten. "How did...oh gosh."
Tenten was staring in horror at her mirror at how Jade did her's. It look like a rat's nest that got invaded with by a bird. Deidara bit his lip as he tried not to snicker. At least he wasn't the only one who didn't know how to do hair. At least he knew how to do a bun.
"Oh you look so lovely," Deidara clapping his hands together. "Good job!"
'Is she serious?' Sakura's eye twitched. 'That looks terrible on her. Hm now that I think about it, I should have let Naruto do her hair. She wouldn't be so happy if it was her or rather him. Whatever Deidara is. We just have to hear an outburst."
"Yes...so lovely..." she said slowly. "Thank you Jade."
"Time for nails!" said Sakura.
"Right!" said Tenten. 'Surely Naruto won't paint my nails.'
Deidara knew how to paint nails since members of the Akatsuki painted theirs. He picked a nice blue color while Sakura picked red, Tenten picked green, and Naruto choose orange and blue. While doing their nails, Tenten began talking about her last mission. He found it rather boring hearing about it but as long as they all got along. Then something she said caught his ear. "...and then I heard that Sasuke was spotted in...hey, Deidara, are you okay?"
Deidara had let the nastiest look on his face at the mere mention of that asshole. That bastard was still alive? Damn it, he thought that explosion killed him! He was still living! That cocky Uchiha was still alive! Dammit! If he ever got his hands on that bastard, he was going to make sure he finished him off for good! He didn't even care if he had to take everybody around him to get his way, nine-tails and all. It wasn't until he received a poke to the cheek was when he realized he was being stared at.
"What?"
"Are you okay?" repeatedly Tenten. "Do you know him?"
"Yeah, he's a pompous little cretin!" He knew it was the wrong thing to say around Sakura and maybe even the blonde girl since he had been told by Gai about Kakashi's team. He didn't care though. He wasn't afraid of letting anyone know he hated Sasuke with a fiery passion.
"How'd you two meet?" asked Naruto.
'Shit what do I say?' he thought. "It doesn't matter. Can we just talk about something else? I don't want to put myself in a bad move tonight. This sleepover is suppose to be fun so let's talk about something fun, okay?"
Both Sakura and Jade gave her suspicious looks and wanted to press on about her relationship with Sasuke if it wasn't so dangerous to get her mad. "Okay well how did you and Gai meet?"
'Now that's something I can answer,' Deidara thought relieved. "He found me crying on the training grounds after my boyfriend beat me."
"Oh my gosh!" the brunette gasped. "That's so horrible."
"And then Gai came along and comforted me."
"How noble of him," smiled Sakura. "Gai's a really nice guy. It's a good thing the two of you met and you're not with that horrible man anymore."
"Yeah. He was a dirty cheater anyways." she frowned. "So uh do any of you have any boyfriends?"
"Oh no," said Sakura. "Though I do have someone in mind."
"Then go for it."
"It's kinda complicated. He's not in the village anymore."
"I see. Long distance relationship don't really work very well anyways. It's no fun not being able to see the other person." He turned to Tenten. "What about you, Tenten? You're so pretty! Surely you have the boys all over you, especially those cute guys you have on your team."
Tenten blushed. "T-thanks. I guess Neji's pretty cute, but I doubt he's interested."
"He'd be a fool not to be," said Deidara. "Maybe he's just too shy to walk up to you."
"I dunno," she sighed. As she began babbling on about how she would wish Neji would notice her, Deidara toned her out. He had no interest in their love lives. He was only making conversation to get their minds off him. While he was sitting to the girls drone on about unrequited crushes, he wondered how Tobi and Gai were doing.
"So then Deidara had a stomachache for three days!" laughed Tobi. He had just told a rather amusing story about how Deidara ate a ton of food and got sick. Gai never took Deidara for a heavy eater as he always ate as lightly as possible. Maybe she didn't want to seem like such a heavy eater because she might scare him away. She could never do that! He loved her for who she was and everybody had flaws. It wasn't enough to turn him off of her. This was the woman he wanted to be the mother of his children after all.
"Poor thing," He then sighed dreamily. "I bet she still look so amazing stuffing her face."
"You're a strange one Gai," said Tobi rubbing the back of his head. 'They say love is blind and it truly is. Gai really loves Deidara doesn't he? I kinda feel bad for him.'
"I've been told that a lot," he shrugged. "Does Deidara ever talk about marriage?"
"Ooh all the time! She just wishes you would just go and propose already."
"Really?" Before Gai could press onward, there was an urgent pounding at the door. "I wonder who that could be?"
"You go check it out," said Tobi. "Sounds scary."
Gai nodded while Tobi fled to the bathroom. The masked man figured it had to be Kakashi or some other ninja pounding at their door. Whoever it was, he wasn't sticking around to get caught. Indeed it was Kakashi and another ninja as well. It was Asuma from what he could recall and he was right.
"Oh it's you," said Gai. "What the heck do you want?"
"Gai, you're in trouble!" exclaimed his rival. "That woman is actually man that..."
"Stop with the idiocy!" Gai threw up his hands. "She's not a man damn it! I'll beat your ass right here."
"Hold on, what the hell's going on here?" piped up Asuma. He hadn't the slightest clue what was going on here. He wished Kakashi had explained at least something on at the way here.
"What's happening is that Kakashi's a piece of shit!" yelled Gai. "He's been harassing my girlfriend and soon to be wife for the longest time! He's also been calling her a man!"
"BECAUSE HE IS! YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER, YOU FOOL!" the gray haired man yelled. "Where is that bitch?"
"Who!?"
"Deidara, the guy in the Akatsuki!" Kakashi quickly explained. "He tried to blow me up once!"
"Whoa! How do you even know...?"
"Turn the book and see for yourself!" Kakashi handed the bearded man the book. "Gai, you better tell me where that thing is hiding or else!"
"You're dangerously close to getting your ass handed your to you!" threatened the taller male. "I'm tired of your bullshit and then to top it all off, you drag Asuma into this pitful mess!"
"The only thing pitiful here is you being so blinded by that bastard!"
"Is this the same guy you saw?" Asuma showed them the picture of the man. Kakashi nodded and turned to Gai.
"Well is this her or not?"
"Yes, but this is clearly a fake entry," Gai crossed his arms. "What idiot would use his or her own name when they're a criminal ninja?"
"Your idiot of a fake girlfriend that's who!" shouted Kakashi. Why wouldn't he believe him? He wouldn't lie to Gai of all people especially when it came to the Akatsuki.
"That's it!" Gai threw a punch at the man and missed. "Fight me like a man, Hatake!"
"I don't want to fight you, Gai!" said Kakashi. Gai ignored him and attempted to attack him once more. Kakashi jumped down from the ledge with the taller man right after him. Asuma ran after the two men, attempting to stop the fight. However this just made Gai pissed and go after him. The two made shadow clones of themselves and ducked behind a dumpster after getting away the mad man.
"That was close. How long until he finds us?" whispered Asuma.
"I dunno, but we need to find that Deidara guy." said Kakashi. "I had my team keeping an eye on him. Maybe one of them knows."
"Right. I hope they're not in any danger."
"Same here. Let's go to Naruto's place first. He should be our first priority." He nodded and the two went off to Naruto's place while disgusted as a couple. Hopefully Gai hadn't seen them and they were safe for now.
More later. There will also more of the sleepover in the next chapter.
