A/N: My new word is going to be coolies. I swear. And I didn't notice it before, but lately I've been saying really abnormal things, like 'holy schnauzer in a Christmas tree.' I'm not even Christian! Wow. I know, how about 'holy Madara in a menorah.' Damn, I think we lost our menorah in the move. . . Damn.
/Tell him-/ Madara started for the fifth time that hour.
'Madara, if you want to tell him something, tell him yourself.' Tobi snapped. 'Just don't kill him.' There was a pause, and it occurred to Tobi to warn Deidara, but then Madara made his appearance.
"We've been walking for four hours. Let's take a break," Madara said. Deidara whirled around, and as he stared at Madara, he seemed to ponder if it was Tobi or not. Finally, though, he sighed.
"Who said I wanted to talk to you, hmm?" he demanded.
"I wanted to talk to you," Madara replied. Deidara rolled his eye.
"Uh-huh. Always about what you want, right?"
"Uh-"
"See? You backed yourself into a corner. What did you want to tell me?"
"I just wanted to know if you truly wanted it to be over before it even began,"
"Me? Who decided it was my fault? Who was the one who decided to start caressing Itachi? I took that as a sign you wanted it over. I mean, who could expect a person like you to stay with a person like me, I mean, we hadn't even barely touched each other. Best to cut it off before it got attached," Deidara crossed his arms over his chest. "That's what you want, right?" Madara looked shamefully at the ground.
"I guess, with your past, it would be hard for me to ever simply allude to how I feel,"
"If you tell me what you want, I swear I'll smack you," Deidara threatened. Madara still continued his scrutiny of the ground. "Madara, you don't get it, do you? I don't need to hear you need me. I could care less. I want to know you want to know how I feel. Can I know that?" Madara looked up. Why did things have to be so complicated?
"Deidara, why don't you tell me what you want," Madara suggested. Deidara sighed.
"You didn't come up with that on your own, did you?"
"But I went along with it, didn't I?"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that, once the concept was introduced to me, I didn't reject it," Madara sighed in exasperation. "Deidara, what I'm trying to say is, if only I could come up with it on my own, I would vocalize my thoughts," Deidara blinked. What was Madara trying to say?
"Would it make you happy if I gave you the time to learn?" Deidara asked slowly. Madara nodded, still not looking up. "Madara, did anyone ever tell you to play nice with the other kids?" Deidara asked mockingly. Madara shook his head. Deidara chuckled, stepping closer to Madara and leaning his head on the taller man's shoulder. "Me neither,"
"Seems we have a lot in common," Madara muttered, tentatively placing his hands high on Deidara's waist. Deidara smiled to himself.
"Do you see yourself particularly vulnerable?"
"Breath a word of this to anyone else and I will kill you," Madara replied, placing his hand on Deidara's lower back. 'How on earth did he slip past my guard? When did he get my faith?' Deidara wondered as he didn't pull away from Madara's touch. Madara sensed no hesitation from Deidara, and slowly let his hands slide down to cup Deidara's ass, squeezing lightly. Deidara let his forehead fall onto Madara's chest, grasping his shoulders tightly. Growling, Madara clashed their mouths together, tongues battling, lips mashing, teeth nipping. With a wet, popping sound their mouths parted, and Madara's descended on Deidara's neck while Deidara's emitted the most delicious sounds. Madara left a very satisfying, red hickey, and was about to mark Deidara again, when a disturbance caught their attention and made them stop.
"What was that?" breathed Deidara. They slunk towards the sources of the noises, Madara keeping a hand on Deidara's shoulder. Peeking through the foliage, they saw a silver haired figure bending over a pile of sticks. As they watched, he stood and they caught a glimpse of his face. Deidara gasped angrily. "That's him!" he whispered. "That's-" Madara sensed what was coming next, and grabbed Deidara around the waist before the artist could leap into action.
"Calm down," Madara whispered hoarsely. "Calm down! Get a hold of yourself!"
"That's him!" wailed Deidara. "He's the one who raped me! I swear-" Deidara grabbed Madara's arm in a vice like grip. "Believe me," he whispered. "I killed every single one of those men, except one. I got a picture of him as he ran off, and I swear, that is him, right there," Madara saw the desperation in Deidara's eyes, and glanced over his shoulder at the man. And then suddenly, something very, very strange happened.
As soon as Madara's grip loosened, Deidara wrenched free and ran at the man. In an instant, two things happened. The first, was that the man turned and made to protect himself, the second was that, Tobi got there first.
Kakashi didn't exactly know what had just happened, but he was able to deduce from the lack of pain and a person between him and his blond attacker he had been saved from the person attacking him. "T-Tobi?" Deidara asked, eye wide. Kakashi was about ready to ask the same question. "Tobi, what the hell are you doing?" Deidara demanded.
"Sempai, I can't let you hurt him," Tobi said, voice quivering.
"And why not, yeah?" Deidara challenged.
"I- I don't know," Tobi gasped. "I just-" Tobi glanced back at Kakashi, and Kakashi suddenly decided that fate was a total bitch.
"Obito?" he asked. Tobi blinked.
"I'm Tobi," Tobi said. Kakashi shook his head.
"No, you're Obito," he said.
/I have a headache from all of this! Just let Deidara beat the shit out of this guy!/
'I can't do that.'
/Why the hell not?/
'I- I don't know. I just feel- this man-'
/Tobi, aren't we supposed to be helping Deidara? Do you want to kill him?/
'I can't-' Tobi turned his back to Deidara, looking into Kakashi's eye.
" Who are you?"
"Kakashi, Hatake Kakashi, don't you know me? You have to know me!" Tobi shook his head.
"That's not familiar," Tobi said slowly. "I've never heard it before, but. . ." Tobi shook his head. "I'm sure I've never heard it in the sense it reminds me of, but you. . ."
"The fucker cut off my arm!" Deidara shrieked. "You bastard, how can you live?" Deidara attempted to push past Tobi, but Tobi pushed him roughly to the side.
/You bastard. If I could take over I would./ Madara growled. /Get him up and kill that Kakashi bastard!/ Tobi returned to find Deidara struggling to his feet, looking pissed off. Tobi gulped.
"Deidara-" Tobi started, but Deidara gave him a silencing look.
"Shut it, Tobi," Deidara snapped. He then turned his withering glare to Kakashi. "You," he glared. "You-"
"Deidara, just- please, stay quiet for a moment!" Deidara glared at Tobi.
"Why should I, un?" he demanded.
"Because I think he knows who I was," Tobi said. Kakashi thought this time might be opportune moment to sneak off, but Deidara was a little more observant than he had first guessed, and was soon on top of him, pinning him to the ground. Growling, Deidara clubbed Kakashi over the head with his fists, and for Kakashi, everything went black.
Deidara poked at the fire, sending a glare that made the fire look icy in Tobi's direction. "Why, exactly, did you stop me from taking my revenge?" he asked curtly. Tobi sighed.
"Deidara, I- I feel as if I know him, and-"
'I love him.' Tobi suddenly realized.
/WHAT THE HELL?!/
'It's not my fault! It's whoever I was!'
"Tobi!" Deidara yelled. "Don't ignore me! Just tell me why the fuck you won't let me kill him!" Tobi sighed.
"Please calm down, Sempai. Please?" Tobi couldn't help it, with his last plea he felt the dams break and the tears flow down his face. Deidara sighed in frustration.
"You don't care enough about me, un?" he asked. "You'd rather not have human life ended no matter what he did, hmm?"
"Deidara, please! Just listen to me!" Deidara took deep breaths, attempting to remain calm.
"Right, Tobi. Why don't you want to kill him?"
"I think I might know him," Tobi said. "I- I feel a certain way about him, even though I've never seen him," Deidara sighed.
"So talk to him," Deidara said moodily. "When he wakes up, talk to him, un,"
"Sempai? Are you all right?" Deidara nodded.
"Yah, un. I'd like to hear what he has to say for himself," Deidara looked off to the side awkwardly. "And, I mean, if you want to. . ." Tobi gulped.
"If it's all right with you Sempai," he said. Then, Kakashi groaned and opened his eyes. They both looked over, then exchanged a glance. This was it.
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