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I just heard Deidara's English voice! I don't know about you but it rocks! It's AXEL'S voice!


"Perverted, idiotic, sexist, big mouthed-" I grumbled as I buttered some toast, and lay some cereal and fruit on a tray, shivering slightly in my night gown,

"What's wrong with you?"

I jumped and spun around to see Itachi Uchiha standing in the doorway, I rested my hand on my heart "please don't do that!"

"You didn't answer my question?" he strolled closer and plucked the apple I was holding from my grasp,

"Hey! Give that…Oh forget it. I'm not in the mood" I turned my back on the older man and continued to fix breakfast for Deidara; despite what everyone back in Konoha said about Itachi being a cold blooded killer, I found him to be a good listener and giver of advice,

"Period?" well, most of the time he is. I flushed red at Itachi's comment and turned back to face him, arms crossed,

"Why is it every time I'm upset you people always think it's because of my period?"

"Is it?" the Uchiha took a bite of the apple he'd stolen from me,

"No! Just Deidara being an idiot"

"As per usual" Itachi stated "is that why you're up so early?"

"He's hungry" I said shortly "and since he's decided I'm his nurse because he got into a fight yesterday, I have to get him his damn breakfast! Jerk" I breathed as an afterthought "and that was before the kids comment!"

"Kids?"

"Oh yes" I mocked enthusiasm "he discreetly dropped the hint that he would like kids. But enough about me, why're you up this early?"

"Training"

"At six?"

"Yes" I raised my eyebrows and grinned inwardly,

This'll teach him!

"Want some coffee?"

"Don't you have to take Deidara his breakfast?" like Itachi cared about him, everyone knew they despised each other, something about Itachi beating Deidara in a fight once,

I smiled up at the dark haired man "he's a big boy, he can wait!"

Itachi chuckled "black, no sugar"


"Hello small person!" Kisame ruffled my hair, I slapped his hand away "where's everyone's favourite explosives expert?"

"Lying in bed wondering where his breakfast has been for the past hour" I said, anger radiating off me in waves,

"Uh oh…distressed female currently on her period in the kitchen! I'll warn the others" the blue skinned man grinned and made a hasty escape,

"HEY!" I yelled after him "you come back here you…Oh who am I kidding? He ain't coming back" Itachi shook his head lightly and rested his cup on the table,

"I'm behind on my training. Thank you for the coffee, I will see you later"

I grinned and picked up the breakfast tray I'd prepared earlier "see ya"

As I carefully strolled back to Deidara's room, trying (and failing) not to spill the milk, I saw Tobi exiting it, a pile of clothes in his arms "good morning Tobi" I greeted,

"Good morning Deidara's Petal!" he chirped "does Deidara's Petal want Tobi to open the door for her?" I chuckled,

"Would you?"

"Of course Tobi would"

I raised my eyebrows as Tobi struggled to open the door and keep the clothes in his arms "just drop them Tobi, they're dirty anyway" Tobi looked from the clothes to me before dumping them on the ground and opening the bedroom door, bowing as he did so, I shook my head, giggling "you're crazy"

Tobi waved frantically at me before picking up the clothes and sprinting away, I entered the room to the sound of snoring; glancing behind the door I saw Deidara sprawled out across the double bed in his shirt and underwear, the covers kicked to the floor.

I sighed and dumped the tray of food on the chest of drawers before sitting on the bed next to the blond, I reached my hand out and jabbed him on the shoulder, just above the chest-mouth "Deidara?" he groaned and rolled onto his stomach, his eyes snapped open and he jumped up clutching the bandaged area, eyes squeezed shut and teeth clenched,

"Ow!" I raised my eyebrows,

"Are you okay?" he nodded "is your chakra back?"

"What? Oh…Yeah" he pressed his palm to the wound on his stomach, I watched his hands glow green as the area healed itself,

"I have breakfast!" I chirped happily, Deidara glared at me,

"You went for that over an hour ago! Un"

"I know. Consider it payback for waking me up before the sun was" I picked up the tray again, Deidara leaned against the headboard, healing his arm, I lay his breakfast across his lap, he moved his glowing hand to his mouth and eyes,

"What happened to your scope?" I asked as he picked up his, now cold, toast,

"Lost it during the fight. I'll find it later, un"

I sighed and rolled my eyes, reaching over I stole a cherry from the bowl, Deidara growled "what? I'm hungry too ya know" I dropped the small berry in my mouth and chewed for a bit before spitting the stone into my palm,

"You had a whole hour to get your breakfast, un, what took you so long to me mine?"

I shrugged "met up with Itachi, got talking…Blah, blah, blah" the older mans eyes narrowed when I mentioned Itachi's name, he mumbled something under his breath, I smirked when I heard the words 'Itachi, bastard, my muse and stay away'

Serves you right!

"From now on you don't leave this room before seven, un" Deidara bit into an orange, I leaned over and flicked his nose, grabbing another cherry as I did so,

"Aw. Why's that? I thought I was your nurse" Deidara simply grunted, and mumbled something about "weird people wondering around" I sighed and stood up, walking towards the chest of drawers to find something to wear,

Deidara picked the tray up and placed it beside him before standing up and strolling over to me; he rested his chin on my shoulder and breathed in "you smell like mint, un"

"Uh…Thanks" I said, still rummaging through the drawers, I felt a tug at my hair and the next thing I knew it was loose, curling slightly because of the amount of time it'd remained in the braid, Deidara ran his fingers through the tresses and kissed my neck,

"I like it better down, un" he stated, I pulled out a lilac coloured, knee length sundress before quickly walking towards the bathroom to change. Eagar to get away from Deidara's touch as it sent shivers down my spine…And I wasn't sure if it was good or bad!


I sighed and closed my eyes, leaning against the trunk of the great oak. Deidara was next to me, sketchbook in hand and for once it wasn't me his artistic flair was focused on. We were in the 'backyard' of the Akatsuki hideout, the entire place was covered in flowers and trees courtesy of Zetsu, the man had a gift and he liked to flaunt it!

There was also a small pond with lily-pads floating across its glassy surface, Tobi had mentioned he'd seen some frogs, and he was currently holding a jar whilst crouching down, tapping the water with a biscuit he was holding in his fingers chanting "here froggy, froggy. Tobi won't hurt you, he just wants a nice froggy to play with" I glanced at Deidara's sketch, and smiled, he was drawing the scene in-front of him,

A frog leapt out of the water and landed on a lily-pad, Tobi yelled in delight and dived forwards, Deidara and I watched in shock as the masked man emerged from the water, crawled onto the bank and crossed his arms, sulking like a child. Deidara burst out laughing; he dropped his sketchbook and fell over clutching his sides, I even saw the sparkle of tears,

"Tobi!" he cried "you're brilliant, un, I take back every bad thing I ever said about you!"

I climbed to my feet and approached the now dripping man, he looked up when I sat down next to him, "me and my friends used to catch frogs all the time when we were kids" I stated "first of all, you'll need a bigger jar, better yet. A bucket" Tobi nodded and quickly ran off, he returned a few minutes later, a silver bucket in his arms,

"Now what does Tobi do?"

"Wait until one of them comes up for air, then gently stroke the underside of its chin, it might take a while but it should crawl onto your hand"

Tobi resumed his previous position, head almost level with the water and his butt high in air, I shook my head but I was smiling, I glanced back at Deidara who'd stopped laughing when I'd started helping the man, he was sitting cross-legged, resting his chin on his hand and watching us with an amused expression, I waved at him, his eyes widened and he glanced around before blinking and jerkily waving back,

"Oh, oh!" I turned back to Tobi "a froggy, a froggy…Uh…What does Tobi do again?"

"Stroke it under its chin" Tobi dipped his hands into the pond water and rubbed the frog lightly "keep your palm flat" I instructed, Tobi did as I told him, after a few minutes the frog cautiously crawled onto his hand, he lifted it up and curled his fingers around the creature "not so tight Tobi, you'll hurt it" I lay my hands over Tobi's gloved ones and loosened his fingers slightly,

"But…The froggy will hop away if Tobi does not hold it tightly!" I picked up the bucket Tobi had brought earlier; dipping it in the pond I filled it by about an inch and held it out to him,

"Put the frog in here, it'll be safe and then you can play with it" Tobi hugged the frog to his chest before carefully placing it in the bucket, he pulled another biscuit from his pocket and jabbed the frog with it,

"Is froggy hungry?" he asked,

"I take back what I took back about you Tobi, un" the two of us glanced up to see Deidara standing over us with his arms crossed "frogs don't eat chocolate biscuits, un, they eat slugs, worms, snails and insects"

"But where is Tobi going to get those?" Tobi whined,

"Try digging in the dirt, un"

"Deidara's Petal must look after Tobi's froggy while he goes and gets it something to eat!" Tobi thrust the bucket into my arms before jumping to his feet and sprinting off,

"Tobi I don't think that's such a good idea!" I shouted, but he was already out of earshot "Zetsu won't be happy when he finds his flower beds ruined"

"I know, un" Deidara grinned and sat down in the space Tobi had previously occupied, I gaped at him,

"Deidara! He'll be killed!"

"Zetsu won't kill him, un. Just…Maim him a little" I shook my head at the blond,

"Deidara" I sighed, minutes passed and then…

"Tobi I will murder you. How dare you do that do my garden!"

"You were saying?" I sighed,

"Tobi just wanted to get food for his froggy! TOBI IS A GOOD BOY" we looked up to see Zetsu stalking Tobi across the garden,

"I can't watch" I quickly covered my eyes with my hands,

"I can, un" Deidara chuckled,

"Deidara's Petal, please help Tobi!" I moved my hands away from my face just in time to see Tobi take cover behind me, he wrapped his arms around my waist and buried his mask covered face between my shoulder blades,

"Tobi get the fuck away from her! Un"

"Now Zetsu!" I raised hands in defence as Zetsu reached us "if you want to blame someone then you can blame me" Zetsu snarled and I took it as a sign to continue "I helped him catch the frog. If I hadn't of done that then he wouldn't have gone looking for something in which to feed it. I'm really, really sorry. I'll replant every flower he pulled up. I promise!" Zetsu growled, his golden eyes narrowing,

"And Tobi will help!" Tobi peeked over my shoulder nervously,

"Fine" he sighed, teeth still clenched "Tobi. You're very lucky I'm in a good mood today. I'll see the two of you tomorrow" with that said, the Grass Nin turned and stalked off…Probably to find something, or someone, to eat.

"Is Tobi's froggy okay?" Tobi asked, crawling round to face Deidara and I,

"Yeah it's fine, see" I handed the bucket to him, he took it and squealed,

"Tobi got some worms for you froggy!" from out of his pocket he pulled a great handful of the slimy creatures, I shuddered "does Deidara's Petal want to feed froggy?" he held out the worms to me, I backed away slightly, careful not to fall into the pond,

"No thanks Tobi" I shook my head "it's your frog…You feed it" he nodded his head frantically and dumped them all in the bucket,

"Tobi, if you do that the frog will get fat and then you'll have to dig up more worms, un" Deidara sighed,

"Oh…Tobi doesn't want a fat froggy" Tobi reached around the bucket, picking up as many of the worms as he could "will Deidara's Petal hold these please?" before I could protest Tobi had, literally, chucked the worms into my lap, I screamed in shock and fell back, Deidara leapt forwards to try and grab me but missed, he and Tobi watched as I broke through the surface of the water, it wasn't very deep, only just reaching my waist as I emerged,

My sundress was sticking to me like a second skin, my hair was lank and coated in mud and one of my slippers was missing, Deidara quickly held out his hand to me, I took it, and coughed as he pulled me up from the water,

"Petal are you okay? Un" he took off his cloak and draped it over my shoulders and wrapped his arms around me in an attempt to warm me up,

"I'm fine" I coughed, pushing away from him "I just want to go have a nice, long, bath!" I stalked away from the two men, sliding open the door to the kitchen I met with the faces of many, currently poker playing, Akatsuki,

"What the hell happened to you?" Kisame was the first to speak when the initial shock had worn off,

"I fell in the pond" I stated shortly, pulling Deidara's cloak tighter around me and strolling towards his room,

"Hey, uh…You're dripping water everywhere!"

"I'LL CLEAN IT UP LATER!"

"She's on her period" Kakuzu stated "Kisame told me this morning"

As I reached Deidara's room an explosion shook the base.


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