So sorry this has taken me longer to update than usual.
This is a fairly short chapter as I have done it quickly to appease you for a while so that I have time to work on everything else as well.
Enjoy anyway!


The ink hadn't come out.
Not properly anyway.
It had stained the Kazekages forehead with the ugly black mark and had even dyed some of his hair.
The cut on his forehead had contracted some ink into it and had started to scab over; the result making it stand out much more than it would have without the dark liquid.
Safe to say, Gaara was feeling very vulnerable at the moment.
It had taken himself and Temari nearly an hour to tidy up his office, and even then it was still filthy.
Kankuro had been unable to help because every time he looked at his brother, he burst into hysterical laughter.
Gaara sighed, something he wasn't prone to doing usually but the situation called for it.
How could such a horrible man shame him in such a way?
Despicable.
A shattering and a crash sounded behind him and broke him out of his murderous thoughts.
Hoping that Tobi had come back so he could kill him very violently, Gaara whirled around.
The large windows had been smashed inwards and picking themselves up amongst the shattered glass were two people who looked vaguely familiar.
The shorter one with blonde hair groaned and got to his feet, dusting his clothes before facing the Kazekage.
Mouth open in horror and furious that Deidara had the audacity to waltz into his office after effectively killing him, Gaara pointed in recognition and uncharacteristically screeched,

"ITS YOU!"

Deidara jumped, obviously not expecting the usually placid Kazekage to make such a show.
Everyone else in the room seemed to think the same and watched Gaara uncertainly.
Picking himself up from the rubble, a green clad man cried with delight at finding his old rival and rushed over to hug him.
Gaara didn't move to return the embrace, instead glaring over Lees shoulder at Deidara who was nervously twiddling his thumbs and glancing around the room.
Lee let go after a moment and did a 'nice guy' pose, his raised thumbs up less than a centimeter from Gaaras face.

"Gaara-san-sama! We are here to talk to you about the allied shinobi forces that Tsunade told you about!"

Everyone present winced at his loud voice and Deidara rolled his eyes.
He sounded a little bit TOO much like Tobi for his liking…
Gaara stiffened at what Lee was implying.
Surely Tsunade hadn't made an alliance with the Akatsuki of all people…
His train of thought was broken when the only untouched window behind him was shattered and the group was showered with broken glass.

"For fucks sake, stop breaking my fucking windows..."

Kankuro, the only one who had heard his brother, raised an eyebrow in surprise at the language Gaaras muttered under his breath..
Looking very disgruntled as he wiped away splinters, a large blue man stood got to his feet next to Sai who as per usual, was smiling freakishly.
Little did the room know, Kisames ego had taken a massive blow earlier that night.
Not only had he been classed as ugly, stupid and porn loving with small genitals, Team One had had to go through a huge list of clues before they actually guessed who it was that Sai would be escorting to see the Kazekage.
Among the list of clues, he had now been deemed:
Hairy (He wasn't sure what part of him Sai was referring to)
Pathetic
Scaly (He didn't even HAVE scales…)
Fat
Slimy
Annoying
And his personal favourite; useless.

This had put him in a very bad mood indeed.
It brightened considerably however, when he looked at Gaara or more specifically, his forehead.
Kankuro took a sharp intake of breath and fought as hard as he could not to laugh.
Kisame walked towards the Kazekage with a slight bounce in his step, his gigantic form hovering over Gaara in what usually would have been a frightening experience.
Instead, he held out his hand in greeting which Gaara took cautiously.
Chuckling and rubbing the back of his neck, Kisame grinned,

"I like sharks too. Wanna be friends?"

Gaara scowled at the mention of the cut on his head, the shape of which was kanji for 'shark'
Not bothering to reply to the tall Akatsuki before him, the redhead turned back to look at Lee and Deidara, the latter of which was trying to strangle the Hidden leaf shinobi with one of the curtains that had broken from its holdings.

"Why has the Akatsuki made an alliance with the Hokage?"

Looking up from the choke hold he now had Lee in, Deidara grinned merrily in a way that he knew would piss the Kazekage off.

"Oh it's not just us, Orochimaru and the other Sound ninja are in on it too, yeah."

Kankuro and Temari looked at the four new arrivals in disbelief.
Despite how much they wanted to strangle almost every occupant in the room, the two sand siblings resisted, recognizing this meeting as one of diplomacy despite the awkward social situation.
Gaara sighed and rubbed his temples, noting that he seemed to be sighing a lot that day.
Resting a hand on his hip and his hand brushed over his forehead, he was unaware that he was further spreading the ink across his face.
Finally, Gaara looked up at them all and motioned for them to sit, an order they obeyed after finding chairs from the adjoining rooms.
Seating himself behind the splintered desk, the Kazekage ignored its defeated form and instead gazed at the four shinobi in front of him in silence.
Deidara was the first to break the stiff quiet.

"So…"

All eyes turned to him.

"…What happened to your room?"

Gaara growled at him and ignored the comment, glad at least that no one had properly questioned his new 'tattoo' as of yet.
He repeated his own previous question instead, slightly irritated that he had to ask twice.

"Could someone please explain why an allegiance has been formed between two villages and an organization that supposedly hate each other?"

Shared scowls descended upon the four shinobi before him and they glanced at each other, not wanting to be the one to speak.
Finally Deidara growled and caved in.
Ignoring the sighs of relief his team mates made, the blonde proceeded to explain their situations with Tobi.


"So as you see, we need as many people as possible to help get this guy, yeah?"

Gaara stared at Deidara silently, prompting the blond to hesitate in his speech.
They really needed to get as many ninja together as they were able and the Kazekage would prove a brilliant and useful ally.
(unlike Kisame)
Gaaras silence however, was unnerving and he didn't seem like he wanted to make a decision anytime soon, maybe because he was involved, Deidara thought.
The blonde cleared his throat, hoping to elicit a response from the phlegmatic Kazekage.
When he received none, Deidara panicked slightly and began,

"It would really help us if you-"

"I'm in."

Deidara froze mid sentence and watched the Kazekage with wide, surprised eyes.
The red head sat behind his desk, his arms crossed with conviction.
Across the room, Temari shuffled awkwardly and with a hint of annoyance, said,

"Gaara, this is the Akatsuki we are talking about. They killed you! Not only that bu-"

"Quiet. If the Hokage trusts them then I will trust them. I have my own reasons for this."

Kisame raised an eyebrow and opened his mouth to ask what his reasons were when Gaara sent him a threatening glare, daring the sharkman to say something.
Sai smiled in what could almost be evil incarnate and smoothly replied,

"Is it because Tobi has a bigger penis than you?"

Gaara blinked.
Deidara closed his eyes and turned his head away, hissing in frustration at the embarrassing comment the pale boy had made.
When the Kazekage failed to reply, Sais smile widened and he wrapped an arm around Kisames shoulder in a brotherly fashion,

"Don't worry Kazekage-sama. Your penis cant be as small as Kisames."

Deidara choked, although this time it was partially in laughter.
He didn't want to know how Sai knew this…
Lee narrowed his eyes curiously at the two men.
Kisame looked like he wanted to curl up and die.
Curiosity caught up with him and he tilted his head,

"Are Sai-kun and Kisame-san in a homosexual relationship?"

This time Deidaras laughter couldn't be stemmed and he let out a gasping sob of amusement as his face turned red.
Gaara sighed again, then sighed in annoyance when he realized he was sighing.
What a weird day…


For the record, Kisame is none of the things I wrote, seriously, got to be one of the coolest characters ever.
Again, sorry its taking me so long to update – busy weekend/week/etc
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