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The Legacy of Akasuna no Sasori

It was roughly around midnight and Kazami Suki was laying in the grass of the Akatsuki garden under a tree, looking up at the stars, lost in thought. So Pein is my father... Well, that would explain why he didn't kill me and let me join Akatsuki. But... I wonder where my mother is...

"Suki-chan? What are you doing out here this late, un?"

The spaced out kunoichi looked up as Deidara walked over and lay down next to her, she quickly decided not to tell him that Pein was her father. "Just thinking about things."

"You never came back after you ran out on me in Konan's room, un."

"I came straight here, to think about things."

The blonde put his arm around her. "I hope you're not rethinking... us."

Suki laughed and planted a quick kiss on his cheek. "Of course not. I'm totally happy about... us."

A slight blush spread across Deidara's face as he held her closer to him. "I'm glad."

"...Deidara-kun?"

"Hmm?"

"I... don't want the rest of the Akatsuki to know about... us."

"That's fine, un." Suki smiled. "Now let's get back inside, un."

"Okay."

The two slowly got to their feet and walked towards the base together. Once they arrived back at Deidara and Tobi's apartment, the latter greeted them with a hug and his very loud, annoying voice. "Sempai, you found Suki-chan! Tobi has to admit that he was a little worried, but now you're back!" The hyper ninja hugged them each one more time.

"Tobi, stop touching me, un."

Tobi quickly let go of Deidara. "Sorry, Sempai."

While Suki was laughing at the two partners, she was also getting ready to sleep on the couch for the rest of the night. "Suki, what are you doing, un?"

"Uh, getting ready to go to sleep?"

"You can't sleep on the couch, un!"

"Uh, why not?"

"Because you just had surgery: he winked at her, "It'd be better if you slept in a bed, un."

"Oh! I get it!"

"Suki can sleep in Tobi's bed!"

Deidara sweat dropped. "Actually, Tobi, my bed is bigger, un."

"Hmmm, true."

"So it's settled, then; Suki's sleeping in my room, un."

The person that they were discussing smiled and gathered her stuff off the couch. "Okay." As she followed her boyfriend into his room, she realized that she had never been in his room before. This should be interesting...

"Welcome to my room, un."

Deidara's room was very messy, but in an organized way. His clay sculptures were spread across his floor, birds in one corner, bugs in another corner, and those worm-like things in another. All across his walls were burn marks, most likely from him detonating one of his C-1 sculptures. He did indeed had a bigger bed than Tobi, where Tobi had a bed made for one person, Deidara had a bed that could fit at least two people. Right next to his bed was a small dresser with a lamp and a picture on top of it. From where Suki was standing she couldn't see who the picture was of, so she walked closer to the bedside table and was about to pick up the picture.

"No! Don't touch that, un!" Deidara quickly raced over and grabbed his picture. "Don't touch that." he repeated, his voice a whisper this time.

Suki frowned slightly. "Why not? Who's it a picture of? You and an old girlfriend?"

"No. It's... no one, un."

Suki's slight frown deepened, she had never seen Deidara look so... sad. Her tone softened, "Deidara-kun? Who is it?"

The blonde turned to face away from Suki. "I-I told you, it's n-no one, un." His voice sounded cracked, like he was trying not to cry.

Suki stepped over and lightly touched Deidara's arm. "Deidara?" She got a firmer grip on his arm and spun him around to face her, tears were streaming down his face. "What's wrong? Who's the picture of?" When the blonde didn't say anything she gently took the picture from his hand and looked at it. Beneath the protective glass cover were two people, Deidara and someone with red, unruly hair. The two seemed to be arguing, but Suki could see in their eyes that they were friends. Her eyes lingered on the redhead; he was very attractive and, even though Deidara was clearly yelling at him about something, his facial expression remained indifferent. Her eyes moved down to his hand and she noticed a purple ring on his left thumb. :Deidara... was this your old partner? Before Tobi-kun?"

The upset artist nodded.

"I think his name was-"

"His name was Akasuna no Sasori, un," Deidara sat down on his bed as more tears started to come. "a-and he was my D-Danna."

Suki sat down on the bed next to him and put an arm around his shoulders. "I'm sorry," she whispered as she gave him a kiss on the lips. "What happened to him?"

"That bitch H-Haruno Sakura killed him, stabbed him right through his human heart, un."

Suki wiped a descending tear off from under Deidara's eye. "And what was he like?"

The blonde took his picture back and placed it on his bedside table, facing him. "He was impatient and always calling me a brat, un."

"Then why would you consider him your Danna?"

"Because he was an artist, un. His art was the puppets that he created out of humans, they were strong and could even use the deceased person's jutsu, he even turned himself into a puppet eventually. However, he and I would always argue over the true meaning of art, un. As you know, I believe that art is a fleeting beauty. He, however, would always argue that there was no point if it disappeared in a moment. No, he would say that true art is everlasting, un." Suki stayed silent, remembering that those were almost her exact words that day in the garden. So instead of speaking she decided to give Deidara a hug, knowing that he needed one. Once she had let go of him Deidara layed down, followed by Suki. "You would've liked him, un."

"I'm sure I would've, considering that you liked him so much."

Deidara wrapped his arms around Suki's waist and brought her closer to him. "Good night, Suki-chan."

She closed her eyes, enjoying the warmth of Deidara's arms around her. "You don't have to call me chan, you know. Good night, Deidara."

"Good night, Suki." was the last thing that he whispered into her ear before closing his own eyes and drifting off to sleep.

Sasori-danna would've really liked you, Suki. I just know that he would, un.

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A/N: Gosh! I hate this chapter!! It's so sappy!! IhateitIhateitIhateit!! sigh Well, I hope y'all liked it.