Chapter 10: Thank you, my dearest fans, for liking the story enough to be patient through my lazy months of not writing!!! I wuv cha!!

"Me...?" The male smiled, "I am the one who you seek. I am Pein!" He announced, his arrogance clear. "Oh, don't be so cocky sweetie." The girl spoke, "Anyway, I'm Konan. Me and Pein are gonna get married someday!" she wrapped her arms around one of his and nuzzled him. She smiled, and he turned as red as his hair, "Woman, please!" he shrugged her off, "I'm a player! I can't settle down!". She teared up. "B-but... But we're going to be together forever!" She hissed at him. She scared him into agreement quickly.

"Uh... Hello..." Dei spoke, "This is Tobi, and I'm Deidara...". "Yep, yep, yep! Tobi, at your service, Leader-sama!!" he shouted, jumping up happily. "Ooh, I like his moxie." Konan said, skipping over to Tobi and cuddling up to him, "So, um... Got a girlfriend?". Tobi turned a deep red under him mask, "Well... Uhh..." he didn't know what to say, but before he could find the words, Pein sent him flying across the land where he stood. On the way, he was sent through a tree. "Mine!" He shouted, grabbing Konan by the waist, jealousy showing in his action and expression. "Yay!" she chimed, hugging him, "I feel loved!" (I got this from me and my friends :D).

"Eh... Okay, un." Deidara began, "Let's meet the others..." He got up and began to head toward where everyone had been waiting, the three others following. "Guess who we found!" Tobi sang. "What the-?!" Hidan said, shocked. "Where the fuck have you all been?!", "What do you mean, un?" Deidara questioned. "What do you mean what do I mean?" Hidan argued. "What??" Tobi was confused. "Shut up!" Hidan shouted, "You all didn't know that you two have been gone since, like, December?!". "But me and Tobi were just behind the tree..." Deidara was lost, "Oh, un, and that's Pein and Konan." he mentioned. "Hey." Peain and Konan said blandly. "Hey. But ANYWAY!!" He yelled, then got interrupted by Kakuzu, "SHUT UP!!!", "NO!!!" Hidan shouted back. "Um... Tobi has an idea..." He raised his hand, nervousness making his voice shake. "WHAT?!" Kakuzu and Hidan both shouted. "Um... Tobi thinks that the author of this story went bye-bye for a long time. So, she didn't write..." He chose his words carefully. "Mm..." Kakuzu thought, "I suppose..." Hidan spoke.

"Well... That was nice, eh?" Pein announced, making sure to get everyone's attention, "But if we're done having a quagmire, I need to make an announcement. As you all should know by now, I am Pein, and I shall be your leader of yes, the Akatsuki. But you can only get in if you show me your skills. If I don't think your good enough, your not in. Now, everyone will fight everyone. It will be like musical chairs in a way. Everyone will fight, anything and everything legal. When I say stop, you stop. Everyone will stand, and the first person to fall will not be in. Clear?" His voice rang through the forest in which they stood. Everyone stared at him, determination deep in their eyes. "Clear." Everyone answered. "Good... Now..." He raised his arm, "Go!" He shouted, letting his arm drop. As he and Konan jumped up to safety in the tree tops, everyone began to go after each other. As blood and fire, explosions and hits rang through the trees, hours passed before Pein said "Stop".

Panting and bleed, everyone stood strongly, looking around to see who the first to fall will be. "Gah..." Tobi whimpered, then with a thud, he fell. "Well Tobi, good show, but you need to leave. Now." Pein commanded. Tobi's eyes behind his mask wandered up to him, "Fine..." He said, struggling to get up, then running off. "Tobi!" Deidara shouted. But he was already gone, disappeared into the orange glow of the setting sun.