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Chapter 14

Their lips met. But for barely a second. Within seconds the moment was wiped away by the sound of footsteps and a voice.

"Sasori-Danna" Sasori and Kirai quickly jolted away from each other blushing and turned to see Deidara standing in the doorway. Kirai assumed, and hoped, that he had only just come in and had seen nothing.

"I've found the beast yeah." He started to walk out and gestured for them to follow. Sasori paid for the drinks and the both ran after him. The sky was dark but still clouds covered the sky.

"Kuremi. You go out to find Zetsu-san yeah?" She nodded and ran to the outskirts of the village. The two of them watched her leave. The second she was out of sight Deidara suddenly turned around and slammed Sasori against the wall. Sasori stared uncaring but he was surprised at the man in front of him. Deidara glared at him with absolute fury in his eyes.
"So you did see didn't you?" Sasori said in his usual monotone voice. He was pushed further into the wall.

"Don't touch my sister fucker! Yeah?" Sasori smirked.

"I'm sorry, did you want to?" He grabbed the arm that held him up, in an instant he twisted it backwards causing Deidara to yelp in pain.

He moved closer to the blonde Akatsuki's ear as he was attempting not to make any noise through his pain.
"Listen. If I want to kiss her I will. If I want to fuck your gullible little sister I will, there's not much you can do about that." He twisted the arm again and another yelp came from Deidara.

"Besides, Hidan has done much worse to her... in fact so have you." He chuckled and began to walk away as Deidara attempted to get up.

"By the way." He said turning back. "She's a lot more naïve than I thought." Sasori's chuckle echoed through the city as he walked away to get Hiruko. The man he left behind was clenching his hands in anger. 'Damnit.

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Sasori walked away smugly. His smile soon faded though. 'Why the hell did I even put on that stupid front? I don't wanna fuck that scrawny little bitch, I was just trying to annoy Deidara... wasn't I?' His thoughts rattled around inside his head. Confusing thoughts tormented him relentlessly. Every now and again a thought would appear amidst the many that he would push back. 'Just... forget it, it doesn't matter. I was doing it to annoy Deidara and nothing else.' He sighed in relief. 'Even when he wasn't around?' Sasori stopped and shook it off, he saw Kirai in front of him, she was standing still and he ran after her.

"Kirai!" She turned round, as he got closer he saw a hint of fury was in her eyes.

"You done beating up my brother? Or did you come to chat me up again?" Sasori was taken back by her.

"I-um..."

"Oh just drop the act, I know you were just putting it on, I knew the whole time. let's get going." Sasori smirked.

"Then why did you kiss me too?"

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10 minutes earlier

Kirai blushed as she ran towards Zetsu thinking about the kiss that barely happened moments before. She went through it over and over and everytime she did something felt wrong. She slowed down and thought back. Almost all her memories of Sasori involved his lack of emotion, his plain way of speaking and the fact that he hardly ever spoke. It was then she went over the nights events. He had been talkative, he was nervous, he talked about personal things, and he seemed embarrassed. It didn't add up. 'Could he have just been drunk?' She thought for a second and realization dawned on her. 'No... he's a puppet he can't get drunk... it was an act! He put it on! That fucker! He lied!' She heard a short scream behind her and looked back, she couldn't see them any more. She turned back and thought. 'Pfft never mind if he was just faking it there's no point getting hung up on it. Why do I even care.' She struggled with her thoughts but was distracted by the footsteps behind her.

"Kirai!" She turned to see him. 'Ah there's the liar now' She glared at him with hate.

"You done beating up my brother? Or did you come to chat me up again?" There was venom in her voice.

"I-um..."

"Oh just drop the act, I know you were just putting it on, I knew the whole time. let's get going." Kirai lied to him. 'Better that then he thinks I'm a naïve little girl.'

"Then why did you kiss me too?" She almost blushed in an attempt to think of an answer but a smile soon replaced it.

"You're cute." She leaned forward flirtatiously. "Besides you can't blame me after I had a few drinks, which you gave me. I can't help feeling you were trying to take advantage of me." there was anger in the last sentence. She grabbed his collar and pulled him forward angrily.

"Don't try it again." She said sternly, pushed him off and walking away. Sasori looked away.
"As if I was trying to get you drunk." Kirai stopped, Sasori had meant to say that quietly but she heard it.

"And what's that supposed to mean?"

"I only did it because I knew Deidara was coming and I wanted to piss him off." He lied back to her. "He's really quite protective over you." Sasori chuckled.

"I would never kiss you." Kirai was taken a back. She gaped. And growled angrily.

"Agh! As if I would soberly kiss you! You have the personality of... of... a jelly fish with anger issues!" Sasori stared at her

"A jellyfish?"

"A jelly fish! And I bet with all that faking you did you lied about having a dick, your too much of a pussy to even deserve one!"

"And you're just a scrawny little useless weakling! You're useless to the Akatsuki!" They glared angrily at one another before Kirai couldn't take it and ran off. As she ran tears streamed down her face. 'What do I care what that jerk thinks!'

Sasori watched her run off and started walking in the same direction. 'Ugh. Why should I care if I upset that little bitch!' Deidara had seen the argument and soon caught up with Sasori. He could see the anger in Sasori's eyes but also a hint of something he had not seen before. So unfamiliar on Sasori he didn't know what it was. He ran off and Deidara followed.

The night was long. The capture of the Bijuu was difficult. It took Kirai to get into the building and lead her out by infesting one of her friends. Sasori, in Hiruko, and Deidara fought against it for a while. One by one the creature unleashed it tails to become more powerful. But before it could hit five tails Kirai trapped it in her clay. She struggled to keep it in the clay but Sasori knocked it out. The creature fell limp as Kirai lowered it down to the ground.

Deidara placed her on a clay bird and they left as quickly as possible as a lot of damage had been caused to the area.

Outside the village they had all gathered.

"I'm going to go ahead to the lair so we can get this thing as fast as possible yeah. The less people I have on the bird the faster it'll be." Deidara's voice was sullen, he was afraid of leaving Sasori with Kirai but at least Zetsu was there.
"We will scout ahead too." Deidara shot up at Zetsu's words. Sasori and Kirai did not seem to be listening.

"Well... you should bring Kirai with you! Or Sasori yeah!" Deidara became quite frantic to keep them away form eachother. Zetsu shook his head.

"We can't take Sasori and Kirai can't hold her breath long enough to get there in time."
"B-But..."
"We are wasting time. Just go." Deidara sighed in frustration and took off towards the lair, while Zetsu melted into the ground. Kirai watched them leave, she looked to Hiruko, the huge ugly thing next to her. She sighed in aggravation and walked ahead. Sasori followed after.

They walked in silence for a long time, both still angry from their fight. Kirai yawned, she hadn't slept in a while. She thought back and remembered it took Sasori and Deidara more than half a day to get to the village in the first place. She pushed her pride to the side.

"Sasori." Hiruko stopped and looked at her. It said nothing.

"It's really late. I haven't slept in a while." Hiruko turned back and continued walking.

"Sleep when you get back." Kirai growled at his statement.

"Some of us need to sleep, wood cock." The creature stopped. Sasori sighed inside the puppet, he couldn't be bothered to argue any more.

"Fine" The creatures voice growled. "But I don't know where you intend to sleep, we're too close to the village. There are no hotels, and we can't go back to that village." Kirai thought for a second. She sighed.

"Okay we'll keep walking... for a while. Once we're far away enough we'll stop." They both nodded and kept walking.

After 2 hours of walking Kirai felt herself falling asleep, she yawned. They had walked in silence for a long while. She threw her tiny bag against a tree.

"We're stopping here." The Hiruko stopped, they had moved away from a path so were not likely to be found.
"Are you going to be alright on the ground? It's quite cold." Kirai sat on the tree.

"Hmph. And how would you know? And why would you care." Sasori sighed again.
"Fine. Just shutup and sleep then." The creature stopped moving and Kirai rested her head against her bag, he was right it was freezing, but she wouldn't admit it now he'd said it. She shivered and attempted to sleep but found it almost impossible.
Sasori sat inside the Hiruko soundly. He looked through it's eyes to see Kirai, she was curled up shivering. 'Why do I care, she was the one who kepts starting fights.' But no matter how hard he tried he couldn't stop watching her.
'Ugh. God dammnit!'

Kirai couldn't stop shaking, her chattering drowned out all other sounds. She was looking at the grass when she felt herself lifted off of the ground. She could feel one hand underneath her legs and the other supporting her body.
"S-Sasori... What a-" She saw the red haired man staring down at her with his empty eyes.

"Shut-up." He carried her to Hiruko and climbed inside with Kirai in his arms. The top closed on them, it was warm inside. Sasori closed his eyes knowing she would feel better if he did. She looked up to him and started to fall asleep in his arms. She buried her head into his chest and noticed how surprisingly warm he was.

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Yes two chapters in one day. Don't be so optimistic.