Kagome looked around the living room, her nose wrinkled slightly. Apparently half the base had decided to take an...art day. Sasori and Pein were making their respective puppets, Konan was playing with her paper, and Deidara seemed to be molding...clay?
She peered over the blond's shoulder curiously, and blinked when he held out a small bird for her to see. She grinned, and moved to touch it, but he moved his hand away quickly.
"I'll make you something that doesn't have C4, yeah," he said quietly, and she looked at him sharply.
"You're making volatile explosives in the base?" she whispered, her eyes wide.
"It only explodes at my command, yeah," he said, grinning at her as she watched his hands 'chewing' clay with rapt attention.
"So it was true about the mouths..." she whispered, and he shrugged.
"It was one of the forbidden techniques I stole from my village before I left. What's your favorite animal?" he asked, and she smiled at him.
"Take a guess?"
Kagome stared at the small clay turtle that was held out to her, and grinned, carefully taking the figure from his long fingers.
"You were wrong, but this is really damned cute. Thank you," leaning forward to press a kiss to his cheek, she vanished in a shadow, leaving behind a blushing blond, two amused males, and one frustrated female.