Me: Kill me for being so evil to you all! I was grounded for having a C+ in my AP English class. AP, for all those who don't know, means Advanced Placement! I am a math/physics person, not english/history. So I was grounded. In addition, I had CST, California Standardized Test. My last ones. I will be a senior in high school next year. Finally. I noticed that in the last chapter I forgot to mention Granny Chiyo. She was there, but as a backup, we'll say.

Hidan: Aren't you supposed to write a story instead of having a conversation?

Me: OMG! 0_0 Hidan made sense! Now before he kills me I will continue with my story! Oh, and I am going to go into the mind of certain Akatsuki characters, which will be OOC because we don't actually know what they are thinking. So there!

[Recap: Before we were out of hearing distance, we heard Naruto yell, "One day I will get you for this! He didn't deserve this!" Serenity gave a silent nod, letting tears fall from her eyes. Amazingly, it seemed that Deidara cared, since he tried to comfort her. At least she was getting some progress, unlike me.]

Chapter 14

X~Serenity POV~X

I think I might have fallen into depression. Yeah, I know. I don't seem like the type, but it can happen to anyone. Not even a discussion of the physics of the world cheered me up. I seemed to always retort with the fact that ninjas could almost defy gravity. They seemed to defy the fact that there is an approximate 10 downward acceleration acting upon all objects within earth's gravitation.

The other Akatsuki members seemed to leave me alone. Even Deidara. He sometimes is at my door, about to knock, but the jutsu Madara put on him is probably stopping him from talking to me.

Matt seems to be getting no real progress with Itachi, but you never know. Under that stoic exterior could be a really nice guy. I would like to think so.

Right now, I was in my room, trying to think happy thoughts. Eventually I would fly right? Wait, no, I don't have pixie dust. Damn. I guess I don't have faith or trust either. Guess I just made myself more depressed.

X~Deidara POV~X

Something must be wrong with me. I go to talk to her, but then I walk away. I don't even know why I want to go there in the first place. It's driving me crazy!

So here I am at the damn door, not able to knock. It feels like there is a force stopping my hand from moving. As I turn to, once again, walk away, Matthew puts a hand on my shoulder.

"Go in. I think you might make her feel better." Me? How could I do that? "In our world, she had a respect for you. She won't flat out say that she actually likes a person, no matter who it is, so she says she has respect. I hate to see her this way, so will you help her?" He looked at me with pleading eyes.

Of what felt like its own violation, my hand actually made it to knocking on the door. Matt smiled and walked away.

"Who is it?" came the reply from inside the room.

I took in a breathe. "It's me, hmm."

I heard scrambling and things falling over. The door was flung open, and Serenity stood at the door, flushed and breathless. "Come on in," she says, opening the door so I could make it in.

She shuts the door behind us, motioning me to sit o the bed. There was an awkward silence at first.

"Gay baby was born," Serenity said.

"What?"

"It's something my friend used to say. Every time there is an awkward silence, a gay baby is born. The longer the silence, the bigger the baby." She had such a nice smile, but it seemed sad.

"Do you miss them?" I ask.

"Who?" she asks, as if she doesn't know.

"Your friends."

"Well, I do miss them. However, it's summer. This means I don't have to go to school. That is, until about a month and a half." She seemed to be hiding something but she seemed to want to keep it hidden. I decided not to press her too much.

"So what is life like where you are from, hmm?"

She went into a long description of her life, what could be found. Many of the things she mentioned we actually had here. Like ramen and chocolate and dango. Many of the things that were from her world were from a country called Japan. She said that that is where the manga that had us in it originated.

"But that is the globe from my view. Everyone has his or her own opinion of what the world has to offer." She gave me a smile. I decided at the moment that I wanted to see it more.

"Why don't you come out and eat something? Now that I know a little more about you, I can see how beat up you are about the whole Gaara thing. Nevertheless, you said it yourself. He comes back to life. And that doesn't happen every day." I put my hands out, hoping she would take them. It made me feel more like the teen I was, rather than the adult I was trying to be.

She seemed hesitant at first, but she took them. I helped her up and led her to the kitchen, where some of the guys were playing a game of cards.

"She lives!" Kisame said, with a huge grin on his face.

"That's 1000 ryo, Zetsu," Kakuzu said. Zetsu grumbled, but complied.

"I'm sorry every one. I'm not used to this way of life. I just needed to talk to someone other than Matthew." She gave them all her smile.

Speaking of her cousin, he came running through the entryway to the kitchen. "Netty! I'm so glad you are out of that dark room." His grip on her lightened up and he kissed her on the top of the head. "No more depression. That's not your thing."

"Okay," she said. She went to the cupboard and got down something that was easy. "Deidara, come back to my room with me."

Does she realize how bad that sounded? The others seem to. "Sure, we can go back and talk." I put emphasis on the words for the perverted bastards in the room.

Once in her room, she asked me questions. "What was it like growing up? The only history we know of is Konan, Pein, and Itachi. And Sasori. But what about you? What were you like as a kid?" (A/N: His past is made up by me.)

X~Serenity POV~X

Deidara started with his house. How broken it was. His father was a rogue ninja. He raped his mother, getting her pregnant with him. He looked like him, so his mother would beat him for the sins his father committed. In addition, he had the mouths on his hands and chest.

Eventually, he picked up on some taijutsu, after running away. The tsuchikage took him later, seeing as he had real potential to being a ninja. He would always read the art books when he learned how to read.

When he entered the academy in Iwagakure, he would always get in trouble for blowing things up. Therefore, the tsuchikage decided to help him mix his love of art and explosions. Deidara was happy, until he started to feel restless. He wanted to do what he wanted, not what he was told.

Thus, he became a rogue ninja in which he would be paid for the jobs he chose to accept, while doing what he loved. In due course, the Akatsuki came and forced him to join. He seemed to want to rant and rave about "that damned Uchiha." He had the cutest facial expression.

When we were done, we just sat there, not knowing what to do. It was actually a nice quiet. I felt myself nodding off. I think Deidara saw me and helped me to bed.

"Good night, Serenity." Deidara pulled up the covers and left.

X~Deidara POV~X

I walked out of her room, closing the door quietly. "Are you really talking to her?" I looked over to the damned Uchiha.

"Yeah, so what? She is actually a very interesting person, hmm. And what about you and Matthew. I see the two of you together sometimes. Serenity hasn't noticed because she was locked in her room." I walked away from Itachi's cold eyes. If I didn't know any better, he was actually thinking of the words I spoke. About damn time.

Me: Again, soo sorry for a really late post. I wouldn't be surprised to see I didn't have any more people following this story. But that is my fault. So please review and not just favorite. I love the reviews. And please, more criticism that is constructive. I must be doing something wrong. Sorry this was short, but my mind was running on low. I could not sleep last night and my neck hurts. So to conclude my ranting, please review, my lovely duckies.