When we arrived, there were a lot of people...but one half of the beach was empty. I led everyone over to that empty area. Of course, we got stares from the others beach guests, but none of them seemed to recognize them at all. The teens must have been some of those preppy brats who think n00bs like us could only like manga.

A sigh of relief passed my lips as I set out the towels and stuff. Sasori immediately sat underneath one of the umbrellas, not caring that he may or may not look like a girl.

Almost instantly, Deidara threw off his cloak and tossed it beside Sasori's towel. "Ahhh, it's hot, yeah..." He looked up at the sky with a hand shading his eye. I couldn't help but look at his body. If I had no self-control, I'd be drooling.

"Hey, Dei." I tapped his shoulder. "If anyone asks about the mouth on your chest, tell them it's a tattoo, okay?" I whispered. He blinked and then wrapped an arm around my shoulders.

"Sure, yeah. As soon as those clothes come off." He teased, nuzzling against my cheek. I rolled my eyes and pushed him off. Katie, Ally, and Mackenzie had already pulled off their clothes and laid them folded in a pile. But they weren't going anywhere until they saw the bodies of the men. Kisame had already flung himself into the water to hide most of his body.

Pein removed his cloak first. Followed by Hidan and Tobi, who still kept his mask on, and finally Itachi. Macky fainted, Ally's eyes bugged out of her head, and Katie whooped, running to Hidan's side and literally rubbing her hands all over his chest. I nervously turned to the other visitors.

Every teenage girl was staring at them with Goo-Goo eyes. Obviously, the girls who were eyeing Hidan definitely felt jealous of Katie all over him. And even more jealous when he decided to pick her up and run out into the water, tripping over something in the water and landing face first. When he resurfaced, the grin on his face made all those girls squeal.

Itachi looked down at the fainted Mackenzie and quickly reached down to throw her over his broad shoulder and walking calmly into the water until he was waist deep before he threw her into the water. She resurfaced quickly, whining and frowning at him. The girls who had been looking at Itachi looked angry as well.

"Come on, Pein!!" Ally called to the man with many piercings. Pein rubbed the back of his head, kind of 'shy' about being nearly naked in front of everyone and he quickly walked into the water with the rest of them. Tobi jumped in like it was a pool and ended up hurting himself on the shallow bottom, getting laughs from all my friends. Deidara looked at me and I waved to him, signaling I'd be there in a minute. He nodded and joined the rest of them.

Everyone on the beach took more interest in watching the men swimming around in the water than swimming themselves. I walked up to Sasori and smiled. "Sorry Sasori...I'd like you to join us. If anyone comes up to you, please please, don't tell them you're a puppet, okay?" I begged him.

He blinked. "Whatever..." He muttered, crossing his arms. I smiled more and then turned to go into the water. I heard some of the girls talking.

"My god, look at that one! He's absolutely gorgeous!"

"But he's got scars on his face!"

"So?!"

"What about that one, you guys?! The one with the white hair?"

"He has WHITE HAIR! He MUST be old!"

"He doesn't look old!"

"The one with all those piercings looks kind of scary..."

"Yeah, you're right."

"Why's that one wearing a mask?"

"Is he so ugly, he can't show his face? Poor thing."

"That guy looks like a shark with all that paint. It's freaky!"

"OH WOW!!! Look at him! He's good-looking for such long hair!"

"Wow, he's so beautiful, he could pass off for a girl! Are they all foreign?"

I turned to Deidara, knowing it was him they were talking about last. My eyes widened. He had pulled his hair out of it's ponytail and was now dripping with water around his face as he smiled. This was so unlike Deidara...he looked like he was having FUN. Deidara was always serious! So this was such a rare moment...and I'd forgotten my camera!!!

I ran into the water along with everyone else. The sea water was unusually warm. I giggled a bit and splashed at Macky, who frowned and then tackled glomped me into the water. We both came up, coughing like idiots.

"Remember, this is salt-water, Macky!" I stuck my tongue out disgustedly. She pat my shoulder.

"Don't worry silly. Hey! What do they think they're doing?!" I turned to see that all the teenage girls had come over and started talking to Itachi, Deidara, and Pein. They couldn't talk to Hidan because Katie was beating them off with handfuls of sand and shells. Ally was simply warning them with death glares. On shore, Sasori was trying to make a few other girls bug off.

"Looks like they are talking. So what?" I raised an eyebrow. "Ohhhh, you're jealous?" I smirked. She blushed.

"Well, yeah." She glared at the girls flirting with Itachi and I felt a little pang of that jealousy at seeing Deidara being so friendly with them.

"Let's go over there then. Katie and Ally have themselves handled." I grabbed her arm and dragged her over to them. The girls shot death glares. I shot them right back. "Hi there. May I ask what you're doing?"

"We're talking to Itachi and Deidara. What does it look like?" The snooty leader asked. Itachi and Deidara both turned to look at Mackenzie and I.

"It looks to me like you are trying to take my friend's man." I crossed my arms. Itachi blinked. I looked at him as a sign to go along with it. The girl laughed along with her horde of friends.

"Her? Are you serious? She doesn't even compare to us! Neither do you honey, so move along. They're too good for you." I growled at these words. My fists clenched under the water as I prepared to knock this girl's fucking teeth out. Macky beat me to it, though she used words instead of fists.

"HEY! YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DON'T KNOW JACK SHIT YOU FUCKING SKANK SO GO AND FUCK OFF YOU LITTLE CUNT MUNCH!!!!" My eyes widened at Mackenzie's brutality with words and Itachi and Deidara were almost blown back by them. The stupid girl's face flushed and she angrily glared at Mackenzie, about to jump her but I stood in the way. Every eye on the beach was on us.

"Hey bitch...walk away now. They're too good for you." I grinned. She raised her fist but then turned to Deidara and Itachi, her eyes 'watery'. Her friends copied her.

"Itachi, Deidara, did you hear what they just said?" The girl whined, pitifully, grabbing onto his arm. Macky's eye twitched as well as mine. "She just called me names!" Itachi rubbed his head and slowly turned away.

"This isn't my problem..." He started to swim back to Pein and Hidan but one girl grabbed his arm.

"Don't leave yet, Itachi. Please?" He turned around, giving her the most menacing glare a man could have and she quickly let go, afraid.

"I don't like girls....especially not ones like you..." He swam away, giving Mackenzie a look as he left, not like the one he'd just given the girl, but a gentler one. Mackenzie blushed and quickly swam after him, looking back at me as I nodded my head.

"Whatever...well, Deidara. Would you please hang out with us? You're better than they are." The bitch clung to Deidara's arm. For a moment, he wasn't backing away. I sighed and turned around, ready to swim off. As soon as I started to move, I felt two strong arms around my waist and he turned me back to face them again.

"Sorry, un. But...this is what I bought, yeah." He pointed at me. "And she belongs to me. So even if you think she's lower than I am, it doesn't matter, h'm. She's higher than you are." He smiled at the girls, who were looking shocked and lowered his mouth to my ear.

"Uhm...Dei..." My face was flushed once again. His words had touched me so.

"Go ahead, Tess. Tell them I am your Master so they will go away, yeah." He whispered to me. I lifted my head, feeling so thrilled, I would have screamed it to the sky at this point.

"He's MY Master! Now shoo!!! BYE BYE!!!" I laughed, waving at her. With a grunt, the girls turned, signaling her friends to follow as they went back to the other side of the beach. I turned to look at Deidara. "Why'd you do that...?"

"What, un? Protect you? You are mine, aren't you, h'm?" He asked, tilting his head with a smirk. I shook my own head.

"Not that...never mind...let's go..." My mood was very much enlightened now. I couldn't have been happier at the moment. I went over to play with the rest of them who had managed to get rid of the other girls, getting scared shitless at Kisame who jumped out at me and Tobi had started playing in the sand on the shore.

Katie laughed, splashing me with water and we ended up having a huge fight about it. Splash wars ahoy! I enjoyed myself so much I didn't mind when Deidara had grabbed me from behind and clung me to his chest tightly, using me as a shield from the water.

This was fun...and I could slightly feel that connection to the group. They were murderous people...but they were some of the funnest people to hang with. Only one problem.

I didn't know how long until they'd end up magically disappearing from my life..