Anime: Naruto
Pairing: ? X OC X Deidara
Summary: Deidara's life wasn't so simple back in the day either. A young girl was brought to Iwa at quite an early age and the Tsuchikage took her under his wing. While the two young ninja fight over their sensei's praise, life decides to take them both on very different pathways in life.
Author: Triggerspec
OC: Amae Seitekimoto
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters. I also cannot take credit for the similarities to the plot. All credit goes to Masashi Kishimoto.
Italics = the past

"You have lost."

Itachi stated blandly as they watched the blond willow in self pity. Amae was unsure of what happened, or what was happening but she couldn't stop the twisting in the pit of her stomach. 'How could Deidara-senpai lose?' The blond dropped to his knees and fists his hair. The three men began to walk passed the boy and out the door before the short one spoke.

"Now, let's go, I hate to keep people waiting."

They just froze and the blue one turned his head to see Amae standing beside the doorway, her palms covering the sounds from her breathing.

"You lost, you now have to join the Akatsuki." Itachi commanded.

Deidara heard a scream and his eyes opened wide as the large one walked in holding Amae by the throat.

"It looks like your girlfriend tried to come to your rescue."

He chuckled as he threw Amae to the ground roughly. Deidara on instinct, slid to catch her from hitting the ground.

"Amae..."

On reaction the girl slapped Deidara across the face as tears began to storm down her cheeks.

"Ya prick! Ya were jus' gonna leave without a word?"

She pushed herself up and took a step away from Deidara who was still in shock at what had just happened. The three just watched the lover's spat.

"Should we just chop her up, Itachi-san?"

"No."

Deidara stood up and his scowl came back to his face.

"It has nothing to do with you, un!"

"Nothing t'do with me? I have been following ya blindly fer years. Doing everythin' in my power to be strong enough fer ya, but what ya do has nothing t'do with me? Fuck you Deidara-senpai!"

The boy flinched back at the words she yelled at him.

"I held everything back because I knew ya would turn and do this shit! For years I stood back... ya, ya jackass!"

"What are you screaming about, baka?"

"I love ya! Are ya that fuckin' dense?"

Deidara's face fell and shadowed over. Amae just held her fists at her sides, tightly as sobs spilled out from clenched teeth. Those words were what Deidara had been waiting for. For two and a half years Deidara had been trying just to get ignored and rejected. 'Why is she doing this now?' The blond walked over and wrapped his arm's around the honeydew girl, forcing her to look up so he could do what he's been craving to do for so long. He grasped her neck and forced his lips onto hers. She tried to pull back at first, but gave in just as quickly. Seconds passed by, feeling like years to Deidara, but the years were cut short as Amae sharply inhaled. He opened his eyes in time to watch hers flutter shut. Her body went limp and Deidara could see a steel tail pull itself back.

"What the hell did you do?"

"This is pathetic, I'm sick of waiting, either you come with us now or I'll make sure the girl dies."

Deidara looked down at Amae with pain in his eyes. 'Why did you wait until now? Why do this to yourself?' A steel tail went toward the girl and Deidara noticed the purple liquid.

"Alright! I'll go. Just, just leave her out of this, un."

The three began to walk away and slowly behind, Deidara followed. The blue one looked back to see a look in the blond's eyes that he couldn't recall from before. A cold, angry look masked them.

"Hehe, don't worry kid, you're still young."

Deidara just turned his head in a huff, he will never forgive that Sharingan using bastard. 'One day, I'm going to kill you.' Were his thoughts before the four of them were gone.

Amae woke in a panic, only to find her surroundings completely different. She tried to sit up but her body was tied down to the bed. Her steel, fear-filled eyes looked around frantically only to meet the face of an orange masked man, once again.

"What the hell is goin' on? Where am I n' where is Deidara-senpai?"

"Why hello to you too," The man let out a chuckle at the enraged girl. "No use getting all upset, he's long gone."

"What do ya mean long gone? Who are those Akatsuki jerks, and what do they want with Deidara-senpai?"

The man stood up and looked down at the hysterical girl. She didn't seem like a Iwagakure ninja, even though it was clear it was the Iwa symbol scratched out on her gauntlets.

"You ask a lot of questions for someone being in your position."

Amae glared and snarled at the man, "I'm not afraid of ya, ya piece o' shit!"

She squirmed and tried to break free from what was restraining her. It was futile.

"Answer my questions!"

The masked man just shook his head and headed for the door, not paying much attention to the threat in the girl's tone. 'These kids just don't have any respect.'

"You won't be seeing Deidara-senpai anymore. Unless you become a problem, but that reunion would be very ugly. I suggest you move on, you're still young, it won't be hard. Maybe if you weren't so weak, Deidara-senpai would have stayed with you instead. Such a shame, it seems you really care about him."

Amae just laid still, staring at the ceiling. Blood pooled in her mouth as she bit down on her lip. 'Is that why Deidara-senpai left? To improve his art?'

"Hehehe, I shouldn't be saying so much. You'll never be enough to catch the Akatsuki's attention. You might as well just give up and become a nice little house wife. You don't have the strength or the hatred to become a great kuinochi. So long, Amae-chan."

The man shut the door and the restraints on Amae cut free. She instantly jumped up and ran to the door, but she froze as her hand grabbed the handle. "Maybe if you weren't so weak... You'll never be enough to catch the Akatsuki's attention..." She let out a holler of anger and slammed her fist on the door before collapsing on the floor.
The man stood at the end of the hallway, waiting to see what the girl does. The door didn't open and he heard the thunk of her angry fists.

"Maybe she's smarter than she looks?"

The man let out a dark laughter before his body shimmered away from thin air.

A/N: Sad chapter :( Yet, not the last :)