Oh gosh, sorry, so sorry for the terribly long wait for this chapter… you see, we had to get a new NEW computer and now all my files are someplace else… I started this chapter over and all and BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH!!! Finals are coming up too so… crap.
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Sasori carried a tray full of food up the stairs and to Hinata's room. Slowly he opened the door and smiled when she didn't notice him coming in. She was currently engrossed in a certain manga book called BLEACH (cough, by Tite Kubo), smiling at Ikkaku's Lucky dance. Sasori quietly placed the tray on the desk and sat down in the chair, just staring at her. Soon she finished the volume and closed, sighing contentedly.
"Hi." Sasori said. Hinata squeaked and turned around, tangling herself in her blanket. "S-S-Sasori! H-Hello!" she stuttered, turning red. "What a reaction. Weren't you expecting me to come here?" Sasori laughed a little. "W-Well…" Hinata calmed down a bit. "Forget about it." She murmured, lying face down on her pillow. "Breakfast is served."
Sasori put a tray in Hinata's lap. "Ah… Th-Thanks… B-But this wasn't really necessary! I can eat at the table with you guys!" Sasori shook his head. "A princess gets the royal treatment of breakfast in bed. That's that." He said, kissing her on the cheek. "Today you can just take a break." He added, walking out of the room. "If you need anything, call someone else."
Hmph! That guy! He makes me breakfast and then suddenly gives me the cold treatment of 'don't bother me!' in spite of her annoyance, she began eating. When she was done, she walked down to the kitchen with the tray to put it in the sink. "I'm taking a shower now." She told Sasori, who was sitting at the table. "Wanna take it with me?" he asked, smiling. "No." Hinata continued up the stairs and towards the bathroom.
When she came finished with her bath, she walked back to her room to change. But a sudden rush of a bad feeling came over her. It was no surprise that that surprise was Sasori, who was sitting at her desk. Hinata noticeably grimaced. "What? Aren't you gonna change?" he asked, smirking. "Not in front of you!" Hinata half-yelled. "Aw, why not?" Sasori laughed. "Why should I!?" Hinata quickly grabbed a pair of underwear, a bra, and a random shirt with shorts and stormed out of the room.
However, for some reason, Sasori already beat her to the bathroom. He was sitting on the counter, waiting for her. "Hi. Didn't expect to see you here." He waved. Hinata gave out an aggravated sigh before closing the door and walking back to her room. He couldn't possibly beat her back to her room without her hearing the door open.
"Oi… Hinata-chaan… is there anything I can do for you…?" Deidara was half-sleeping in her bed for some random reason. "Ah… D-Deidara-nii-san! U-Um… P-Please keep watch for Sasori while I change, okay?" Hinata said softly, trying not to wake the half-sleeping Deidara. "Haai…" he rolled to his side, facing the door. Hinata dropped her towel to the floor, quickly slipping on her underwear, shorts, her bra (somehow) and quickly snapping on her shirt. Heaving a long and heavy sigh, she rolled on her back and spread her arms onto the floor. "They're huge, Hinata-chan." Deidara commented. "EH!?" Hinata turned dark red. "Wh-What's huge!?" she asked. Did he see…?
"The posters on your door. They're huge." Deidara laughed a bit. "Why? What'd you think I said?" he asked. 'I thought you saw me changing… ahaha… Silly me, huh?" Hinata laughed awkwardly. "Oh, I saw you changing too." Deidara said calmly. "Wh-Wh-Wha-" Hinata stuttered. "But I wouldn't dare make a move on you naked unless you were officially mine, so don't worry."
There was a moment of awkward silence between them. "Deidara-nii-san…" Deidara made a small grunt to show that he was listening. "What were you doing in my room anyway?" Hinata by now had scooted to the edge of the bed, close to Deidara's face. "I wanted to say good morning, but you weren't there at the second, so I decided to keep your bed warm." Deidara grinned. "Hey, can I kiss you yet?" he asked. Hinata turned red. "M-Maybe next time." She said. "Aw… okay…" Deidara looked like a disappointed child for a moment.
Deidara and Hinata stared into each other's eyes for a long time. Without knowing, they were slowly inching closer to each other. It wasn't until their noses bumped into each other that they realized what they were doing. "Ah! I-I'm sorry! Um… Hey, it's almost time for… something!"Hinata backed away, waving her arms dismissively in the air. "Yeah, something's coming up, and we can't miss it! I'll go get ready for something right now." Deidara hopped off of Hinata's bed, his face turning dark red.
That was weird. Hinata thought, turning a light shade of pink.
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"It's been almost a month since Deidara left to kill that girl…" Konan said to Pein over a cup of coffee. "I know… maybe he's slacking off. I sent Sasori out to get him, but he hasn't come back either." He gulped down the rest of his drink and put it back on the table. "Well, how many missions did you give him to finish? Deidara, I mean." Konan asked. "I dunno… like 200? 250?" Pein said calmly. Konan only nodded.
"Maybe they fell in love." She said. Pein laughed. "Deidara and Sasori? An unlikely couple and I know for a fact that… Sasori isn't gay." Konan sighed. "I meant that Deidara and Sasori fell in love with a girl. Not each other." Pein's laughing stopped. "And I don't think Deidara's gay." She added. "Though, it'd be a problem if the girl they fall in love with were the girl Deidara was supposed to kill."
There was a moment of silence between them. "Yes it would be." Konan agreed.
"Hey, I have an idea: Let's go see if she's still alive, huh?" Pein said, grinning. "Hm." Konan nodded.
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Hinata's day was excruciatingly boring. The guys had taken care of laundry, cleaning, and cooking, leaving her with nothing to do. And that wasn't a usual exaggeration, either. Nothing to do, nothing to read, clean, cook, fix, get ready for… making the occasional trip to the bathroom was the most exciting thing to do.
Sighing, she closed the book she was reading for the sixth time and rolled onto her back. She stared at the ceiling for a while before someone knocked on the door. Neji walked in and sat on the chair at her desk. "Hey." He said. "How's it going?" he glanced at her before looking at how clean the desk was. She really had nothing to do, huh?
"Bored." Hinata sighed. "Why? You have tons of free time now." Neji asked. "Well, in my free time, I'd clean, cook, and do everything else that I'm not doing today. And in my free, free time, I'd like to spend it with you guys, but you're busy doing the things that I should be doing and blah, blah, blah." Hinata rolled around for lack of better words. Neji laughed. She hadn't heard him laugh in a while.
"Sorry. We just thought you needed a break from everything. Well, me and Sasori did. Deidara just wanted to see the look on your face." Hinata laughed this time. "Can I be back on duty tomorrow?" She asked. Neji ruffled her hair. "Why not? You cook better than Sasori anyway." Hinata giggled at the comment.
Neji got up and left the room again. "I just came to check up on you. See ya later." Hinata nodded. "Yeah…" And, she was bored again. And lonely. At times like these, she wished Sasori would just burst in and start bothering her, just for something to do.
Holding her breath, she waited for something huge to happen. But, no such luck, and she ended up just letting out the air in a long and desperate sigh. Another hour of boredom.
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Soon, dinner came, and after that, nothing different from what she was doing the whole day: sleeping.
Almost expectedly, Sasori snuck into her room, slowly and silently crawling into Hinata's bed and wrapping his arms around her. He frowned when he got no reaction. "I know you're awake." He whispered in her ear. "Hm." She muttered. "Aw… where's that cute reaction I always get from you?" His hands traveled up her shirt, but didn't touch anything.
Hinata turned around and hugged Sasori, taking him by surprise. "I was so bored today. Don't you ever think that I need a day off." She said, her face buried in his chest. Sasori only hugged her tighter. "Yeah, yeah." The two stayed like that for a while until Hinata fell asleep in his arms.
Deidara walked by and noticed immediately that Sasori was in bed with Hinata. Suspicious, he silently walked in glaring at the two, mostly at the red head. "What?" Sasori growled. "What're you doing here? Don't you have missions to take care of?" Deidara asked angrily. "Jealous much?" Sasori chuckled.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I am." Deidara tried pulling Sasori out of bed, but stopped when he heard a small whimpering sound. Hinata was reaching out towards Sasori, as if she were terribly scared or lonely. Sasori smirked. "Put me down, she wants me." Reluctantly, Deidara let him go back to Hinata.
"Tch." He backed out of the room, a disgusted feeling coming over him. "Fine." Extremely let down, he walked out of the house, off to finish the last of his missions, the very last one back in his room. At first he thought that killing her would be very difficult. But now his feelings of anger and frustration said otherwise.
When he came back, it was already close to six. He checked up on Sasori and Hinata and was semi-relieved that he didn't try anything. But now he was tired. He decided to just skip school today. When Neji asked why, Deidara didn't say anything and went back to his room. Hinata gave a worried look as she left out the door for school.
The second he heard the door close, Deidara let out a loud yell. Not only did he see Hinata break his heart, he had narrowed all of his assassination missions down to her. He was cursing himself for actually wanting to kill the love of his life.
No.
He's only become soft. Killing was his job, so what was he getting so worked up about?
Tonight. Tonight he'd finish his job and take him and Sasori back to Akatsuki. He's been here for almost a month now anyway. It was time to go back.
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All through school, Hinata was wondering why Deidara decided to skip today. She didn't pay attention at all, and when the teacher called on her, the silence drove the teacher to call on someone else. At lunch Sasori had to actually hold her hand so that she wouldn't bump into anyone. Today just wasn't her day, was it?
Finally, the time came for them to go home. Sasori whacked her head. "Ah!" Hinata fell forward, but Neji caught her. "Wh… Wha?" She rubbed her head. "What is up with you today?" Sasori asked, annoyed. "S… Sorry… I completely zoned out today…" Hinata answered, leaning on Neji for support. "I'll say. I had to hold your hand to the lunchroom so that you wouldn't hurt yourself!" Sasori yelled.
"I'm sorry… it's just that… Deidara-nii-san looked so… so sad this morning… do you know why?" Hinata asked. Maybe it was from last night… Sasori looked away for a second. "No idea." He lied. Hinata looked down. "Oh… Okay…"
When they got home, Hinata walked up to Deidara's room to check on him. He was sleeping, face down and an angry expression visible. Is he okay? She leaned close to him, trying to see if anything was wrong. Unfortunately, she didn't see anything. Turning back to the door, she felt something grab her arm. "Hinata." Deidara murmured. "Y-Yes?" Hinata turned slightly. "Can I see you tonight?" he asked, his face still in his pillow, but only one eye was showing. It was glaring at her. "Um… S-Sure." Hinata nodded. "Good."
Deidara let his hand slide down to her hand before it hung over the edge of his bed. "You can go…" he said. Hinata stared at him for a little bit before leaving. Something's definitely wrong… she thought.
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At dinner, Deidara didn't come down. Hinata was still extremely worried, so she decided to go and take his dinner up to him. She knocked on his door twice before letting herself in. "Deidara-nii-san… dinner is ready…" Deidara turned around. He was packing a bag full of his stuff. "Deidara-nii-san…?"
Shit… Deidara cursed himself for letting her see him pack. "Wh… Where are you going?" Hinata walked over to him, setting the food on the desk. "Nowhere…" Deidara muttered. "Then why are you packing your bags?" Deidara stayed silent. Hinata put a hand on his shoulder. "You're going back to Akatsuki?" she asked.
Deidara shoved her arm away, pushing her out of his room. "I'll talk to you tonight." He said, closing the door.
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"What? You're going to meet Deidara tonight?" Sasori asked. Hinata pulled him out of dinner and practically dragged him to her room. Nodding, Hinata paced back and forth across the room. "But just a few minutes ago, I saw him packing his bags. I think he's going back to Akatsuki, but I don't know for sure. I want to ask him, but I think he's mad at me, and I don't know why! What did I do to make him so mad?" Sasori took a moment to register the things she said in his mind.
"You chose me over him last night." He said. Hinata stopped. "Huh?" Sasori pushed Hinata onto the bed and wrapped his arms around her. "Okay. I snuck into your room last night, wrapped my arms around you like so," Sasori did as he said. "And you hugged me back." He made Hinata's arms go around him. "Then, when you fell asleep, Deidara pulled me away from you, you started wanting me back." Hinata turned red.
"And believe me, I was soo happy that you did. I mean, I've waited so long for you to actually hug me, haha…" Sasori laughed. "Um…" Hinata started. Sasori's laughing faded. "Hm?" Hinata moved her arms to her side. "I-I was just… cold… I wasn't choosing between you two… I wasn't used to the sudden coldness that you left, so I called for something warm."
Sasori hugged her tighter. "I don't care. To me, you wanted me. You can tell Deidara that you were cold, though." He said, kissing her head. "…Okay…" Hinata managed to roll out of his hug and get off the bed. "Thanks, Sasori." She smiled at him. "Yeah."
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Deidara told Hinata to wait until everyone was asleep before they went out. They walked in silence until they were almost at the park. Then, Deidara just stopped. Hinata looked at him, a worried expression on her face. "Deidara-nii-san?" she said.
Suddenly, he pinned her against a tree, his hands tightly gripping her shoulders. "Th-That… hurts." Hinata said, glancing up at him. "I'm mad." Deidara stared into her eyes. Hinata nodded. "I'm mad at you… and me. You because of last night, and… for turning me into a
softie." He let his hands run down her arms. "I'm mad at myself because… I love you. And because I'm hating you at the same time."
He leaned in closer to her. "And…" He kissed her, slipping his tongue in when she gasped. He let his tongue play with hers a little before parting for air. He kissed her again, reaching for a kunai from his jacket. He stopped kissing her. "For this." He stabbed Hinata once in the stomach, letting her fall to the ground.
"D-Deidara-nii-san…!" she placed a hand on her stomach, trying to stop the bleeding. Deidara began to walk away, but Hinata grabbed his arm. "W-Wai…" Gritting his teeth, Deidara shoved his arm away from her, breaking into a run away from her. Hinata's vision began to fade. She felt someone coming, but wasn't able to see who it was.
Deidara-nii-san… come back…
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Deidara (age 10) grinned as the last of the Mist Village Ninja fell to the ground dead. "That takes care of that… they should be ashamed, being beaten by an eight year old kid!" he laughed. Sasori stared at the ninja on the ground. "Are they going to be okay?" he asked. "Probably not. But that's not my problem now, huh?" Deidara began walking away. "Yuck. I got blood in my hair…"
Sasori quickly followed. "Then… you killed them?" he inquired, scared to turn around to look. "Basically." Deidara walked over beside a lake and began washing his hair. It wasn't a complicated process, just pouring water over your head and the blood was gone. "'When you're in Akatsuki, you shouldn't be afraid to kill.' That's what the rulebook said." Deidara quoted, looking back at Sasori. "I… I'm not afraid of killing!" he lied.
Deidara stared at him for a while, completely still. "You're lying." He stated. Sasori looked down. "It's okay, though. I was afraid of killing before. You'll get over it. No wait… you'll get used to it." Sasori didn't completely understand. "You'll get used to being scared of killing. Soon it won't bother you as much."
They sat there in silence for a while. Deidara got up. "Well, let's go explore the village, okay?" he smiled, helping Sasori to his feet. "Yeah…" the two began walking towards the town.
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"Hey, Kakuzu! Lookie here!" Hidan waved at Kakuzu from across the street, staring at a piece of jewelry through a window. "What?" Kakuzu glanced at the necklace Hidan was staring at. "Buy this for me!" he demanded. "Are you kidding me!? That thing costs a gazillion dollars!" Kakuzu protested, folding his arms across his chest.
Hidan glared at him. "But that's the only Jashin necklace I've seen anywhere! I must have it!" he yelled. "Ja-what?"Kakuzu asked. "JASHIN! He's the god of my religion!" Hidan broke the glass and grabbed the necklace. "Hey! You can't do that!" the store clerk yelled at them. "Great job, Hidan." Kakuzu said sarcastically, following Hidan as they ran away.
"Hey, it's your fault that you didn't buy it!" Hidan shouted, hiding in an alley to get away from the police. Amazingly, it worked. "Cool." Hidan wrapped the necklace around his neck, grinning. "Now I'm not allowed to take it off!" he said proudly. "That's disgusting." Kakuzu commented.
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"Konan! Look what I got you! Necklace!"
"Pein…"
"Hey, look! I got you a book on origami!"
"Pein."
"Oh! You'll love this, I got you a tea party set: Madeline deluxe set!"
"Pein!
"Look, I got you the latest Linkin Park CD!"
Pein kept throwing useless gifts into Konan's arms. "PEIN!!" Pein stopped suddenly, putting down the Plasma screen TV (Sony, Complete with speakers and remote control). "What? You want it in a bigger size?" Pein asked. Konan carefully set everything he gave her onto the ground. "No, I don't want it at all!" she said.
Grinning, Pein said, "Okay, I'll get you a computer instead!" He was about to run to the computer store when Konan grabbed him by the collar. "No, I have enough things to take home. Where are you getting all this, anyway?" she asked. "I steal it. Why?"
"Stealing's a crime." Konan said. "…So?" Pein laughed. "I'm just really happy that you like me, Konan! Can you blame me?" he asked. "I can't. The police can." Konan shrugged. "Oh well. That's what they teach us in school these days."
Pein smiled, about to go out to steal more gifts for Konan, but she stopped him again. "No. I can't carry any more." She said. "Now help me get all this crap back to the bus."
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Kisame had led Itachi back to his old house. It was completely empty, devoid of all furniture, and the windows were covered with cloth. He walked towards his room and was surprised to see it all the same.
"Wow. My parents suck." He said. He walked over to his bookshelf and picked out a Fullmetal Alchemist book. Opening it, he quickly scanned the pages and closed it. "Okay, I know what to do now." He pushed Itachi out of his house as he went back inside. He came back with a pack of matches.
"Kisame… What are you doing?" Itachi asked. "Trust me, I saw it in manga." Kisame lit the match and threw it into the house, watching it instantly catch on fire. "Ack!" Itachi backed
away. "Cool, right?" Kisame laughed. "…You're burning your own house down." Itachi said. Kisame nodded. "Uh huh."
"Just what kind of manga does this!?"
(Cough, that would be Fullmetal Alchemist, by Hiromu Arakawa)
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Zetsu watched his teammates scurry across the village from a nearby tree. And, from his observations, they were making a complete mess of everything. Deidara killed a whole squadron from the police, Pein stole from 20 different stores, Kisame and Itachi burned down a house, and Hidan and Kakuzu stole a necklace from a jewelry store. It was going to be interesting working with these guys… he thought.
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When everyone came back for lunch, Yukari yelled at Pein for getting so much stuff. Pein just answered, "But Yukari-sensei, the power of LOVE compels me!" that earned him a whack on the face.
When Yukari heard all the destruction Pein's team caused, they were forced to go back to the academy.
"So let me get this straight: Pein, you stole stuff from every store in The Mist Village, Itachi and Kisame burned down a house, Deidara and Sasori killed a bunch of police Ninja, Hidan stole a very valuable necklace from a jewelry store, and Zetsu didn't do anything." Yukari said. Pein's team nodded. Letting out an aggravated sigh, Yukari rubbed the place in between her eyes. "You're all suspended until further notice. Now get out of my sight!"
She whacked a meter stick on the wall, making everybody leave in an instant. "Honestly, those kids…" she sighed.
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Okay… lots happened and lots is going to happen… :D I'll be updating now, so look forward to that!