Mashin: Yes, I am back after 2 hours of typing and printing and gluing and coloring and drawing and editing my Egypt project!

And just to say for my past chapters, I noticed mistakes in them, and I'm sorry for that. And the English translation didn't look as well as I expected. So if I put a non-English song up next time, I'm not putting the translation next to it. And this was supposed to be up around New Years, but I finished it waaaay earlier than I expected. So call it an early Christmas present. And now I write less, and dont' put as much emotion as usual...I don't know, I find it hard to put emotion in Naruto ones...Chapter 6 was apparently a success...

Naruto: And whom are you pairing Kagome-chan with now?

Mashin: Ummmm…. I know it's on here…. Deidara. Darn it, I write too many Inuyasha Naruto crossover fics!

Kagome: Yeah. And I'm stuck being your victim in every one.

Mashin: Oh yeah! Almost forgot! Next chapter, you get to meet the inner voice that helps me in all this! It's a he, and he'll be doing the chapter for me because I'm gonna be off in an event for laser tag. So ha!

Kuronue: Great, a male Mashin…Just what this world needs…

Mashin: All of 'ya, shut up! I gotta get typing before I get kicked off! And requests are now open!

Title:I'll be your Inspiration

Pairing: Deidara/Kagome, but it's one-sided. Not telling whom it is though.

Summary: There are a few signs of a plot, but basically, it's a story with little events sewed together to make 1 chapter.

Plot: Kagome draws something, Itachi criticizes it, and she pranks Itachi. The Akatsuki group is getting bored, so Deidara and Kagome go on a mission out of boredom. They're attack, little fluff happens, and they're back. Now we skip to New Years.

Song: None.

Notes: Not much, other than Enjoy! One note is that I tried rewriting this many times, but this was what always came into my mind, so I just tweaked it around a little, and here you go!

Ibiki: Mashin owns nothing. Though she wishes, she may never have. Can I have my hiate back now?

Mashin: Sure.

He could feel the nervousness coming off her in waves. Her eyes stared at the ground, while her two feet fidgeted under his gaze. Her legs were stiff, her back was on the wall, and her bangs covered her brown orbs called eyes. All in all, she was pretty cute when she was nervous. Not that he'd say that.

She was wearing a dark blue regular T-shirt and some black baggy cargo pants under her Akatsuki cloak, which was only buttoned (1) halfway.

"Kagome-chan?"

All he got was a continuous muttering and some swear words.

"He's so gonna kill me, he's so gonna kill me-"

"Kagome-chan? What's wrong, un?"

"He's gonna kill me, he's gonna kill me-"

"…Kagome-chan?"

Deidara was getting pissed. It was like talking to a wall. She may be cute and talented, but she could get really annoying with that muttering. But she was cute doing it. Wait, what was with the comments his mind's making? Did he finally take too many blows to the head?

"Itachi-san's gonna kill me, Itachi-san's gonna kill me…."

"Kagome-chan? Why would Itachi-san kill you, un?"

Stopping her ranting and looking up for a moment at Deidara, she lowered her head in a sign of defeat as –speak of the devil- Itachi walked by, glaring at Kagome. If it weren't for the fact that glares can't kill, and Itachi couldn't kill a fellow Akatsuki member, Kagome would be a puddle of death on the ground in front of Deidara's feet. Which was something he never wanted to see.

"…Kagome-chan?"

"Yes Deidara-kun?"

"Is Itachi's hair pink, un?"

After hearing Kagome's explanation of why Itachi's hair was pink, Deidara was speechless. Who knew that the sweet little girl they all knew was evil and demented inside?

"So let me get this straight, un."

"Okay."

"You were painting, un. And Itachi-san criticized it, un."

"That's right."

"So you dumped a bucked of pink paint on him and all his clothes, un. And then you put pepper spray in his pants, un."

"Uh-huh."

"So now he's plotting a way of revenge, and you're trying to ignore him, un. Am I right?"

"100 Deidara-kun."

Deidara looked at her. "You're demented, un."

"I know."

"So, Kagome-chan, un. Can I see exactly what Itachi-san criticized?"

Kagome's smile faded to show a slight frown, her face pure red as she resumed her fidgeting.

"I-I mean, you don't need to show me, un!"

He hated making girls feel bad. You could call it an instinct to keep girls happy. That's probably why he based his attacks on art. Because of his mother. But he wouldn't go into it, because he didn't need to.

Kagome's beet red face stared back at the ground again. "Umm…it's just because…. Itachi-san kinda destroyed it."

"Oh." Deidara's shoulder's drooped just a little bit. He had wanted to see what got Kagome so embarrassed so badly.

"Oi! Kagome-chan!"

Deidara and Kagome looked to their left to see Hidan holding up Itachi's pepper sprayed pants. "This Itachi's?!"

"Hidan-san! Where the hell'd you find those?"

"The laundry room! Now all my fucking clothes are pepper-sprayed!"

Deidara looked at Kagome. Kagome slapped her face.

"If you want something to kill, go kill Itachi-san for it."

Satisfied with the answer, Hidan left, but not before throwing the pepper-sprayed pants into Kakuzu's laundry.

…

"This place is mad, un."

"And you didn't figure this out when you first joined?"

It had been 2 days after the pink hair incident. Itachi's hair was slightly light red, and the pepper spray was all gone. Right now, Kagome and Deidara were sitting in Kagome's room, both of them focusing on their art. Right now, Deidara was making mini bird bombs while Kagome was sketching some random animals on her paper.

It was silent-except for the mini bombs blowing up in the air- but it was a comfortable silence. Well, until Itachi rushed in.

Gasping, Kagome rushed to his side to check out all the bloody wounds on him. "Itachi-san! What the hell happened to you?!"

"…. Hidan…. sacrifice…."

At that, Kagome stopped checking over his wounds-since not many of them were life threatening, and looked at Deidara. "Has Hidan-san ever used a fellow member as a sacrifice?"

Deidara shoved down the lump in his throat, and looked from Itachi to Kagome, and back to Itachi. For some reason, every time he saw Kagome near him, he felt jealousy and anger directed at Itachi, and had to hold himself back from attacking Itachi. It was weird. He had never experienced it before, and he didn't really like new things. "No Kagome-chan, un. He's never done that, un."

Kagome shrugged as she moved back to her bed, in her place beside Deidara. For some reason-again-, that seemed to calm him down. His heartbeat slowed down a little and his shoulders slouched. "I guess everyone here is bored. We haven't had a mission for god knows how long."

"True, un."

And with that, Kagome and Deidara left the room to ask for a mission, so they wouldn't turn as insane as everyone else. With the exception of Tobi.

"So you two want a mission?"

Kagome and Deidara nodded. They may have not noticed how close they were to each other, but the leader did. It was probably going to be entertaining if they turned into a couple.

" Fine. I want you two to find and gain more information about Orochimaru-teme. 2 weeks. That's all you guys get. Dismissed." The leader went back to reading papers and secretly doodling on them. Not that he'd admit that.

Nodding again, the duo left.

The door slammed shut as the leader was engulfed in darkness gain. Sighing, he stood up from his desk and looked out the only window, where the forest around the base could be seen.

"So Deidara, you fell in love after all."

It had been a week ever since they had left the base. A week, and they were running back, hoping to get there on time and get away from their tailers. Kagome was on Deidara's back, her face pale and her breathing heavy.

"Dammit, how did we not see the poison on the kunai, un?! I thought we were ninja, un!"

Moving Kagome around on his back so he could run faster, the kunai clench in her hands fell slowly to the ground, and by the time it had hit the ground, Kagome and Deidara were long gone, and thus did not see the explosion caused by the paper bomb on the kunai.

Sighing, Deidara snuck a glance at the girl on his aching back. "Even asleep, you help me out, un."

Kagome's smile on her face brightened a little as her body worked faster to get rid of the poison.

A twang of guilt and pain echoed in his heart. He should have watched out for her while she collected information. As he ran, he vigorously shook his head. Why was he thinking so highly of a female?

Maybe because this female was special.

It had already been a week and two days after the attack. Everyone at the base was worried, for they were the only two that never came late. They had scouted the area already, but found nothing. Everyone started to panic, if it weren't for Tobi and the leader.

However, Kagome and Deidara were oblivious to this all, for they were stuck in a cave, with Kagome resting on her coat while Deidara sat near the fire, half-asleep. His face was sleep-deprived, and he desperately wanted some sleep. But he couldn't, because who would protect Kagome if he fell asleep? Nobody, that's who, and they didn't have any protection at the mouth of the cave. Except for some bird bombs, but those wouldn't last long.

With newfound determination, his eyes widened one more time for a few minutes before they drooped again. His shoulders were slumped, and the fire slowly died out, along with his stamina. Pretty soon, he was asleep, the only sound the crackling of little fire embers and the crickets outside.

His dreams were filled with peace and calm. And the thoughts of a raven-haired girl sleeping on an Akatsuki cloak around 4 feet away from his sleeping figure.

Small, nimble hands were patting the ground, reaching for a lock of Deidara's hair, as the fingers combed through the rest of the mess you would call hair. Snuggling deeper into the warmth from the hands, Deidara noticed the giggle that followed every touch of the hands.

Slowly opening his eyes, he came face to face with Kagome, her giggling face and the smile on it the only things he could see. Mainly because she was right beside him and had crawled to him in the middle of the night.

"I see you're feeling fine, un."

"Managed to get the poison out last night and felt cold, so I snuggled up to you. And you look cute whenever someone pets your hair."

He didn't need to see his face to know his cheeks were burning red then; he could see it on Kagome's face as she giggled again.

"You know, for someone who just woke up, you're awfully cheery, un."

"That's my nature!"

Sighing, Deidara just clung onto her. "Let me sleep for 5 more minutes, un."

"Fine. 5 more minutes."

Nodding, Deidara's brain went to sleep mode, with Kagome still petting his locks of blond hair. He smiled, the last things repeating in his sleep.

If only it could be like this forever…
The next day, Deidara and Kagome found themselves bombarded by the other members of the Akatsuki, handing their information to the leader, and both of them asleep in Kagome's room, a spare bed for Deidara set up, but currently, Deidara and Kagome were sharing the same bed. It was winter and it was cold.

Opening the door by a crack, Itachi eyed the couple in there, giving them a faint smile before closing the door gently and shaking his head. His hand patted a piece of paper in his pocket.

It was New Years, and right now, Kagome and Deidara were sitting in a tree watching the moon outside. In Kagome's hand was a cup of hot chocolate, and right now, Deidara was making miniatures bombs to detonate outside the safety of the tree, so they exploded as soon as they left the shelter of the leaves and hit the snow falling down from the skies.

Sighing, Kagome leaned her head against Deidara's shoulder. "The sky looks pretty tonight."

"Yeah, un."

As the two sat in silence, the moon hid itself with a cloud as more snow fell. Deidara covered both of them with his large Akatsuki cloak as Kagome snuggled deeper into the offered warmth.

"Just wondering, what was the picture you drew that Itachi-san criticized, un?"

Kagome's face turned beet red as she took a sip of her hot chocolate, so it looked like the steam was hitting her face. She mumbled something Deidara didn't catch.

"I'm sorry, what, un?"

"…A picture of someone…. special to me…"

Looking at Kagome, he accepted the answer and tightened the cloak around them. And satisfied that he didn't question it, Kagome let out a sigh of relief and looked up at Deidara, a slight blush covering her cheeks.

Kagome had fallen in love.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the base, Itachi chuckled at the memory of the pink hair. Even now, his hair still had that reddish tone, but at least it was a dark red tone.

"If only you knew I was laughing at you Deidara…if only you knew what Kagome-chan was drawing."

And rolling around the piece of paper in his finger from the picture he had destroyed long ago, Itachi went into his room, intent on catching up on sleep.

The picture was the profile of a man with blond hair covering 1 eye, in an Akatsuki cloak making a clay bird.

Mashin: Well, that was absolutely terrible. I just randomly put in things, because I couldn't focus on 1 specific thing! That's horrible! Man, I will forever beat myself up at this….

Naruto: Well, it could be worse?

Mashin: True. And the voice is still coming back next chapter! Anyways, review! I love reviews, even if they are flames! Because then I could just use them for hot chocolate! Which is something I need right now!

Hiei: So who's up in your next chapter?

Mashin: Well, it's a Kagome and Edward Elric one! So stay tuned! God I sound like a T.V. episode….

NOTES:

The cloak's buttoned, I think. Most say zipper, but I saw the manga, and there's buttons on Itachi's cloak.

And just a reference, I'm using the Akatsuki BEFORE all the giant secrets come out, like Tobi's identity and such. It makes it harder for me to type, and there are some things I don't' know about, because I'm reading it as a manga, not anime. So there may be thing not there. And Deidara will say 'un' in this, instead of 'yeah'. It's faster for me to type.

Mashin: Review!