A/N: Yeah...updates really are coming out fast aren't they?
Anyhow, a very much appreciated thanks to all those who review :D You make me want to keep writing ^v^
OK. This chapter was more like a buffer chapter- so I apologize if it's not as good hmm...
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Warning: Language, slight violence, OOC (of course!)
Itachi groggily rubbed his eyes, nose twitching at the sweet scent wafting through the air.
It was the morning of the Chuunin Exams and for some odd reason he just wasn't as excited as he was when he took it ten years ago.
He lifted his face from his pillow and glanced beside him, noticing the spot where Deidara always obnoxiously laid, was empty. Where did the idiot get off to now?
As if on cue, the sound of a shuriken came slicing through the air.
Itachi stared at the weapon lodged where his head was not more than a second ago, and then glared at the doorway. "Dei-da-ra…" he dangerously ground out. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
Deidara grinned, waving a wooden spoon at him. "Waking you up hmm. We have to be at the Konoha Academy or something in about thirty minutes hmm and I have no idea where I'm going. On top of that we have to get Shisui-kun!"
Itachi groaned and stuffed his face back into his pillow. "No…I don't want to see his face."
Deidara kicked him in the back. "Oh well un! Now take a shower and hurry up!"
The thirteen year old raven cast him a sore look, rolling out of bed. "Why, for Kami's sake, are you so excited?"
"Because I want to see how different your exams are from mine hmm!" Deidara firmly exclaimed before turning on his heel and walking back to the kitchen he had been making breakfast in. Today he had changed his style, all in excitement for the Chuunin Exams. He'd stolen a pair of Itachi's grey pants a hair-tie just for kicks, wearing his fishnet top with a black vest overtop. As much as he wanted to jack one of Itachi's shirts as well, he just didn't have the appearance of an Uchiha.
Itachi stumbled into the kitchen several minutes later, looking fresh as always. He dressed in the complete opposite attire of the blonde, black pants and a grey vest with the Uchiha crest. He looked like an Anbu and was pretty darn proud of it. Now all those newbie Genins will know who's boss when I appear.
"I made pancakes un," Deidara cheerfully said as they both sat down, sliding a plate to the Uchiha.
"What are you, my wife?" Itachi muttered.
Deidara snatched the plate back, a scowl on his face. "Nevermind you teme. I'll eat them all by myself hmm."
"Go ahead." Itachi pretended to not enviously eye the plate of food, his stomach growling. "Then you can become the cow you've always wanted to be."
"I'm not a cow un!"
"Sure. That's what they all say."
"Itachi."
"Fine!" Itachi rolled his eyes. "Give me the pancakes so we can pick up stupid Shisui and get going to these Exams!"
"Gee, I'm hurt," a voice said from beside him.
Itachi jumped. "Holy-!"
Shisui took a pancake off his plate and nodded to Deidara. "Thanks Dei-kun."
Itachi twitched and took the pancake away from him. "What are you doing in my- no. How the hell did you get in here?"
Shisui smiled. "I have no idea."
"…"
"…"
Itachi turned back to the table with a disgusted sigh. I know I should be used to this…but for some reason I just can't help but be freaked by the idiots surrounding me.
Deidara bounced to his feet a moment later. "OK un! Let's get going!"
Itachi's mouth dropped open. "But I didn't get a chance to eat-"
"Man am I full," Shisui said, patting his stomach. "Good idea Dei-kun. We might as well get to the exam room early."
Itachi gaped. "Hold on a minute-"
Deidara, who was halfway out the kitchen, turned back with a smirk. "Hurry up Ita-kun or we just might leave you~"
Itachi's fists clenched. Little. Brat.
When they got to the Academy, the place was jam-packed with hundreds of other shinobi's, some from Iwagakure who Deidara wasted no time in pointing out.
"Hey un! It's Jimmy hmm!"
"Oh hmm! What's Milly doing all the way out here un?"
"Lily too un? Oh haayy!"
Shisui smiled slightly and sweatdropped at the loud and energetic blonde bomber while Itachi's brow constantly twitched.
A kunoichi who passed the odd group of three stared at Itachi. "Careful there. Your brow might fall off."
"Shut up!" Itachi roared at her.
"Don't you shout at me!" she yelled before socking him in the face and stomping away.
Shisui cringed. "I get the feeling that happens a lot," he said mostly to himself.
Deidara finally calmed down long enough to grab his two temporary teammates by the arms, dragging them inside the building to where a long line of shinobi stood, waiting to get tiny white tablets.
Itachi yanked himself away from the Iwa nin, a black eye already forming. "Don't touch me ever again."
Deidara poked him just for fun.
"Deidara!" Itachi snapped.
"What? Just having some fun hmm."
"I'll show you some fun you little monster-"
"You're the monster, not me you giant ogre-"
Shisui pulled the squabbling teens apart before it could escalate into something bigger. "Save it for later guys."
Deidara harrumphed, glaring at Itachi from the corner of his visible eye. "So what's the line for anyway un?"
"What line?" Itachi dryly said.
"The one we're standing in," Deidara smartly answered .
Shisui's eyes lit up in recognition, quickly speaking to stop yet another argument. "Oh the line? It's so we can get our seat assignments for the first part of the exam."
"Hah?" Deidara cocked his head in confusion. "What for?"
Itachi cruelly smirked. "Hn. You didn't know the first part was a written exam?"
Deidara stomped on his foot. "You never said anything un!"
"Ouch! Why you-"
"Stop, stop, stop," Shisui exasperatedly said. "I get the feeling I'll be watching over you guys like a parent for these Exams."
Deidara and Itachi simultaneously shuddered. "Waughh…"
"Now!" Shisui slung his arm around both their necks. "Let's get our seats then! Dei-kun, my favorite cousin, do your best not to fail, okay?"
Itachi growled under his breath. "Whatever." As long as I'm not sitting anywhere near these two fools, I'll be fine.
Deidara suddenly smirked, as if he could read his thoughts. "Who knows…Itachi."
"Kindly shut up, Dei-da-ra."
"Hmph."
"Hn."
"Enough chit-chat kiddies," Shisui said with a laugh. "The real fun starts here!"
Deidara determinedly nodded his head. "Right hmm. Konohagakure Chuunin Exams- give me your best un!"
Itachi gave them bored looks. "Should I say something heroic too?"
The two whacked him over the head.
"Alright- next contenders, come up and get your cards!" a bandaged shinobi called from behind a plastic desk where all the white tablets with numbers on them were.
Itachi randomly chose a card, practically leaping at the table and scaring the life out of the bandaged shinobi, all the while praying he was far, far away from his two idiotic teammates.
Please Kami-sama…Please spare me!
A/N: The end. Sike! ;P Just the end of the chapter!
Next one's already out!
