A Dragon's Rant: I'm happy to finaly post chapter 12 :D This one was a bit hard but nothing compared to the next chapter which will be the one everybody is looking forward to. I will do my best to get it up as soon as possible. Enjoy ^.^

After the meeting Deidara went back outside to think. He went over to the bench by the pond as he often did when he needed some time alone. The cherry tree's were in full bloom, a light breeze went through the trees sending thousands of tiny pink and white petals scattering into the air and on to the surface of the pond. The scene brought a smile to his face until a shadow appeared next to him. The blond moved over to make room on the bench for the newcomer. "Are you ok sempai?" The mask nin asked as he sat next to his blond partner. There was a sigh, "I'll be ok yea." Tobi knew the bomber was nervous about what tomorrow would bring. "Everything will be fine Deidara, " Madara spoke in his normal voice as he wrapped an arm around the blonds waist and pulled him close as the bomber rested his head on his shoulder. Deidara's feelings for the mask nin were starting to grow, it had been a month now since he lost Sasori but the love and care that Madara gave him helped him get through it and made him feel that he could move on. When he thought about it he remembered that he wanted to ask the masked nin something but forgot to. "Can I ask you something yea?" Madara looked at his blond partner, "sure, you can ask me anything" The bomber took in a deep breath, the smell of the cherry blossoms hung in the air. "Madara~sama why do you care for me so much? I know your the true leader and everything but we only really met four years ago yea." The dark haired male chuckled causing the blond to look up at him. "It's true we did only really meet four years ago but..." he trailed off remembering the past, "but I was still around even when others didn't see me like you." He look at the bomber who looked confused. Madara brought a hand up to caress the blonds cheek, "there were a few times you saw me though." The bomber tried hard to think back but nothing came to him making the masked nin chuckle, "Deidara when you first came here ten years ago, you were never really alone, you always had someone watching over you." The blond was in a bit of shock but even as he spoke he knew the answer. "Who?" Madara smiled behind his mask, "I was never far from you." A gentle breeze carried more petals and silence as the bomber hugged the mask nin. Madara return the embrace. "You cared for me for ten years yea," the bomber stated more then asked. "Yes and I will continue to do so. You have brought light into my world".

Hidan was in his and Kakuzu's shared room cleaning his three bladed scythe of blood from his most recent killing for Jashin. "Fucker is going to get it," the immortal was saying as Kakuzu went through some papers he managed to get a hold of, and sure enough the bounty on Sasuke Uchiha was very high. "Don't cut him up too badly Hidan, his head is worth more then I thought and I intend to cash him in." The immortal just scoffed "so what? Don't forget what he did to blondie." The money lover sighed, "yes I know, but with the money we will get from this kid is enough to get back all the money we lost due to Deidara's medical needs with still a crap load left over." The silver haired male looked at his partner, "holy shit you fucking said crap for the love of Jashin is he really worth that fucking much?" His partner just gave a nod as he went back to his papers, there were many papers on Kakuzu's desk some on Sasuke and others with a bounty on their heads while the rest were for budgeting their money for the next month and what they would need. "Fuck tomorrow is going to kick ass!" The immortal was in a really really good mood as he often was when he was about to kill someone for his god. Hidan went over to his closet and opened it to reveal all of his weapons. He had many painful looking ones that he used mostly for his rituals, so he stuck with his three bladed scythe and a spike and a few other smaller weapons when it came to actually fighting. He went over to his desk to sharpen them to fine points so they could enter the flesh with ease. As he did this, an evil grin was plastered on his face.

Itachi and Kisame were in their room also getting ready for the next day. Itachi sat in a chair by the window finishing his book while Kisame was getting ready to head out to the training grounds, though the shark nin was concerned for his partner. "Itachi are you going to be ok tomorrow?" The raven looked up from his book and in a dead tone replied, "yes I will, you don't need to worry." Kisame sighed as he left to go to do some training even though he didn't really need it, though it never hurt to do some. Itachi looked out the window. 'Sasuke how corrupted you have become,' he thought to himself. He had his mind set, if he had to and there was no other choice he knew what he would do. If it came right down to it he would kill Sasuke, he couldn't stand to see him live like that. He hoped that his little brother had more faith in himself, but seeing as he went to Orochimaru of all people and getting that snakes help was disgusting and the fact that they wanted Deidara and do god knows what to him disgusted the raven even more. With a sigh, he went back to his book. When Kisame arrived at the training grounds, he noticed he wasn't the only one that wanted to do some training. There in the middle of the grounds was Konan. "Hello Konan~sama," the shark nin greeted. The origami artist smiled and gave a small wave, "hello Kisame~san." She walked over to him, "come to do some training I see?" He gave her a grin, "yup, need to be on top for tomorrow." The bluenett gave a nod, "yes, seeing it won't be easy. Sasuke won't be alone, that's for sure." The shark nin gave a nod at this, "true but we won't be easy either." The bluenett smiled, "this is also true, have fun training Kisame~san." With that, the origami artist made her way back to the base while Kisame started training.

Pein sat in his office going over the plans again for the hundredth time. He wanted to make sure they were flawless seeing as they would be facing not only Sasuke but possibly Orochimaru and some of his followers. His main concern was Deidara, the blond was very good at hiding his pain and he questioned whether or not he was really recovered and well enough to fight. With a sigh, he knew the plans were perfect, but how they would be carried out was another story. There was a knock on his door. "Enter," came his reply. In walked Konan, "everyone is getting ready for tomorrow," she reported as she sat in front of his desk. The orange haired male gave a nod, "good, but how is Deidara handling it?" The bluenett placed her hands in her lap, "he is with Madara right now, I saw them together on my way in." Pein noticed that Konan's feelings towards the masked nin had lightened a little but she still didn't fully trust him with the blond. "Konan everything will be fine with those two." She sighed, "tomorrow will determine that." The orange haired male sighed, he knew the bluenett would more then likely never forgive Madara for sending the bomber on that solo mission and all for some stupid scroll that was very rare. "Konan we both know that Deidara was more then capable for that mission, no one would have known that Sasuke would show up." There was silence from the bluenett, but when she spoke, Pein almost didn't hear hear her. "I know." Pein got up and walked around to the front of his desk and placed a hand on the origami artist's shoulder, "you should go talk with him." Konan looked up at him, "but he is with Madara." The orange haired male shook his head, "no, I mean you should talk with Madara. I'm sure he knows how you feel and is waiting for you to say something." Konan sighed as she got up, "ok I will thanks Pein," and with that she left.

Madara and Deidara were still holding each other when Konan walked up to them. "Hi Konan yea," the blond greeted her with a smile. "Hello Deidara. Tobi." The masked nin waved, "hi Konan~sama!" he said in his Tobi voice. The bluenett smiled, "Deidara can I talk to Tobi for a moment?" The bomber looked puzzled but gave a nod as he got up, "sure, I'm getting a bit hungry anyways. Want anything?" The bluenett shook her head, "no thank you." The blond looked at Tobi, "I'm good sempai." The bomber shrugged and walked back to the base. The masked nin looked at the bluenett as she took in a deep breath, "Madara, I would like to apologize for how I have been acting towards you lately." The masked nin was taken back, he knew the origami artist had held him responsible for Deidara's injuries and what happened to just as much as she hated Sasuke for what he had done. He also knew that she never liked the way he would always watch over the bomber, even going as far as following him on solo missions just to make sure he would be safe. "It's alright Konan, I don't blame you for being mad at me. I should have gone to watch over him though I never thought Sasuke would be there." The bluenett gave a nod, "but still, I shouldn't have treated you like that and I'm sorry." Madara just sighed, "Konan I know how much Deidara looks to you as a mother and I know how much you care for him like one, I wouldn't expect any less from you." The bluenett was in shock at hearing this, but the Uchiha continued, "I will accept your apology if Deidara and I have your blessing." Madara knew he and the blond would be together whether Konan liked it or not but the Uchiha figured that by doing things this way, it would make things easier. The origami artist bowed, "yes, you both have my blessing Madara~sama," she looked up to see the bomber returning from his lunch. "Thank you Konan." She gave a small smile and left as the bomber came up to them, "what was that about yea?" The other male chuckled, "nothing, Konan just gave us her blessing is all," the masked nin said as he pulled the blond onto his lap. Deidara was taking things slowly, he knew how much the Uchiha loved him and his own feelings for the masked nin were growing but he was still unsure of how fast or slow to take things. So far the two mostly hugged or cuddled, every now and then Madara would kiss the bomber but it was always up to the blond on how far they took things and Madara was more then happy with it.

~mean while~

Sasuke was getting in a violent mood. Over the course of the month, he had destroyed three bedrooms and one training room. He was in such a temper that Kabuto hat to sedate him four times just to calm him down. "How iss he Kabuto?" the snake man asked the other male who was leaving the younger Uchihas room after he had to be sedated again. "He's out but seeing how he was acting up, he is not going to be happy when he wakes up." The snake man sighed. "Lord Orochimaru, maybe we should let him go tomorrow, I mean the sooner he gets this Deidara the sooner he will clam down and stop destroying things," the man with glasses was saying as him and the serpent walked down the halls of the hideout. "Maybe you're right, now that ssome of my subordinates are here, we can send them with Sassuke." There footsteps echoed through the halls as the came to a room. "True or we could go with him as well. I would like to see just how great this Deidara is." The snake man hissed, "NO! I refuse to be any where near that damn Itachi!" Orochimaru started to shake a little from the memory of going up against Itachi as they entered the room. It was a mapping room. They were going to map out and plain the attack. An hour later, Orochimaru went to get some rest while Kabuto went to check on Sasuke. He got to the Uchiha's door and knocked. Silence. He knocked again a bit louder, still nothing. It had been a little over an hour and the sedative should have worn off by now. Wondering what was going on, Kabuto opened the door getting ready just in case the Uchiha was going to attack him, but nothing, the room was silent and empty. Sasuke was no where to be found. It was then the gray haired male noticed that the bag that Sasuke packed weeks ago was gone.

I'm working on chapter 13 this is it what will happen? I have some ideas but if anyone has some of what should happen to Sasuke as far as injuries and what not let me know I would be more then happy to try and put it into the story :D input from my readers matters ^.^ also chapter 13 will be long and very very detailed. See you next chapter :)