Hey everyone, greyeyes here. Here's the next chapter. Sorry it's short. I didn't realize it was so short until I uploaded it. Oops ^ ^" Anyway, thanks again to Shadow and Jojo for the reviews. Shadows randomness and Jojo's kind reviews always put a smile on my face.
~Sasori's POV~
I stopped in the doorway, holding back my laughter at the scene in front of me. Aki was sitting in Deidara's room covering everything he owned, bed included, in Christmas wrapping paper.
"Aki, what are you doing?" I laughed.
"What? I can't give my brother a nice present and help spread the Christmas joy?" she responded with mock hurt.
"Pass me the tape."
Twenty minutes and a wrapping paper covered room later, we were sitting downstairs watching a movie. Well, I was watching a movie while Aki continued to poke her brother with a ruler. I shook my head and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her closer. She looked up at me and smiled before throwing the ruler at Dei. It smacked him in the face and he jolted awake. "Wow. It worked." she laughed. He looked around, slightly confused before remembering what had happened.
"Ugh. Shidonii. What is she thinking yeah?"
"Who knows." Aki said, "There's a lot of things I suppose."
It'll be okay, Deidara." I assured him. "I have somewhere to go though." I told them, standing up. Aki looked up at me, confused. "It's a secret. Don't worry, I'll be back soon." I grabbed my coat and bounded up the steps, leaving the house. With tomorrow being Christmas Eve I needed to find Aki the perfect Christmas present. I stopped in front of a jewelry store. 'Perfect.' I thought, hearing the bell ding as I walked through the door.
~Aki's POV~
"You'll catch a cold out here un." Deidara said, coming up behind me and draping a blanket over my shoulders. I was sitting up on the rooftop, thinking over everything that had happened. I smiled my thank you at him. He smiled back and sat down next to me. "Everything okay yeah?" He asked. I gave him a look that could kill. Did he seriously just ask me that? "Right. Stupid question un. Let's try not to think about it though. I mean tomorrow's Christmas Eve yeah. And you have Sasori back, and we'll be celebrating with my family and-" I held up my hand to stop his sentence.
"I won't be celebrating Christmas here Dei. I'm leaving tonight." This was what I had been thinking about all this time. Everything that had been going on, the solution to stopping this and to helping Shidonii was clear to me.
"What yeah? Aki what are you talking about? You can't leave again un!"
"Shh! If you're smart you'll come with me." I replied, glaring at him for his outburst.
"Why would I do that un?"
"I don't buy the story that Shidonii didn't mean to help me." I explained, I had filled Deidara in on the story just a little while ago. "After thinking about it, no one just drops an open knife without realizing what they're doing. Konan seemed really shocked when Shidonii came in as well. Which means Shidonii wasn't supposed to know I was there. They were trying to separate you and I. My guess is they want Shidonii to do something involving us and separating us would make things easier for her. The fact that Shidonii helped me, means that she has a plan of her own, but I'm not waiting to see what that is."
"Aki, maybe it's better if we just let her go ahead with what she has planned un."
"No." I said, shaking my head. "Whatever she has planned, I don't like running the risk of her taking too long with it. That gives them too much of an advantage to figure it out." He sighed, chuckling.
"Alright un. What do you have in mind?"
"They want us gone. So let's make them believe that we're gone, you and I are taking a Christmas vacation. Come on, we need to have a talk with mom and dad."
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I gently brushed the hair from Sasori's face and sighed. He was fast asleep. I was furious at myself for what I was about to do to him but not as furious as I knew he would be when he found out. This was going to hurt him until he found out the truth, and then he'd probably never speak to me again for not letting him in on it. But we couldn't risk him trying to stop it, or ruining it in any way. I pulled my backpack out from under the bed and laid his Christmas present on the bed next to him. I had gathered pictures of both of us together and created a scrapbook for him. It wasn't much, but I knew he'd love it.
"Ready?" Deidara asked from the doorway. I nodded, following him out of the house. We made our way over to the cars and threw our bags into my trunk. "Are you sure you'll be okay driving un?"
"Dei, it's not that far. I'll be fine." He walked over to his own car as I got into the drivers seat of my own. We drove a couple of miles to a nearby lake and stopped the cars.
"Why do we have to use my car un?" He asked, pouting.
"Because my car is more expensive, and after the accident your car never worked the same either." He nodded his understanding and got into the drivers seat of my car.
"You already called Itachi un? He knows we're coming?"
"Yeah. Everything's taken care of." I grabbed some of mine and Dei's clothes out of my backpack and shoved them into the drivers side and passengers side of his car. I found a large rock and walked over to the drivers side of Deidara's car. I leaned in and took off the emergency brake, putting the car in drive I put the rock on the gas pedal and watched as the car drove itself into the lake. I pulled out my old cell phone and dialed 911. When the operator answered I threw the phone into the lake. With no answer they were sure to send someone out to look into it. I hopped into the passenger side of my car as Deidara was smacking his face against my steering wheel. I laughed, patting him on the shoulder. "That car needed to die anyway."
"Let's just go un." he muttered, pulling away as we made our way to Itachi's. "I'm worried yeah. This is going to really upset Sasori and possibly Shidonii. They're going to think we're dead un."
"That's the point Dei. Even if they think we're dead the important thing is that the Anbu think we're dead. Hopefully Sasori or Shidonii will figure it out. And even if they don't at least they'll be surprised when we come back."
"Maybe I should just text Sasori un.."
"No. No texts. There's too much of a risk of them finding it." Deidara nodded as we drove in the dark. We passed an ambulance on it's way to the lake and I felt my heart drop. Some Christmas this was.