Sorry for taking so long to update, I've been reading more than I have been writing lately.
I've got to say… Despite not particularly liking yaoi etc, I find that those stories have the funniest stuff plot lines – I read a story before where Kakashi was portrayed in the most fucked up way… It was bad (as in horrifyingly shocking) to the point where I was doing double takes and literally retching at the stuff he was saying… It was fucking hilarious. XD
Needless to say I am scarred for life and this authors note is too long.
Enjoy!


Arrangements had been made between the Kazekage, Deidara, Kisame, Lee and Sai.
Surprisingly, Gaara had agreed instantly to the strange allied shinobi forces and was debating whether or not to send Temari and Kankuro along as well.
He would never willingly put his siblings in direct danger but from what he had heard, Tobi wasn't ACTUALLY that dangerous, just really fucking annoying.
Not to mention destructive and difficult to catch, he had immediately felt unwarranted sympathy for Deidara when the blond had told him just how many years Tobi had been following the Akatsuki around.
The answer? Too many…
Lee had been taken down to one of his minions (Gaara secretly liked calling his underlings 'minions') offices to have the necessary documents and acceptance of the situation scrolls drawn up to send to Tsunade.
The Kazekage had chosen the green clad ninja for two reasons:

One, he was probably the one Gaara trusted to get the work done (being the over excited perfectionist that he is)
Two, Lee was likely the only one that his staff wouldn't be scared stiff of (not to mention he didn't trust the Akatsuki out of his sight and the fact that they weren't even supposed to BE there in the first place)

So while they sat waiting for Lee, Kankuro and Temari to return, the remaining four shinobi sat in Gaaras partially destroyed office and had a very awkward tea party.
Lee had only been gone 15 minutes and already Kisame was looking for ways to escape the room without being attacked by Sunagakure ninja.
Barely a word had been said, the only classifiable conversation coming from Sai… Which meant it could hardly be classified as conversation at all, rather a few well timed 'unintentional' insults.
Honestly, Kisame was sure no one could be THAT thick.
In all likeliness, Sai just enjoyed being able to say what he wanted without getting in too much trouble.
Speak of the devil, Kisame thought as Sai cleared his throat,

"So, Gaara-sama. You should see Deidaras art. It is quite lovely."

No one in the room seemed particularly taken with this idea.
Gaara, not really liking anything about the blonde, didn't want to be put in a situation where compliments were obligatory.
Kisame was in a fairly bad mood after finding out that the Kazekage didn't actually like sharks and the idea of explosions gave him a headache.
Deidara himself looked apprehensive and suspicious, believing Sais praise to be too good to be true, and in all likely hood nothing more than sarcasm.
None the less, at the pale artists glares (which he learned from Yamato) Deidara twitched slightly and sighed, deciding a small butterfly or two wouldn't hurt.
He reached into his clay pouch and pulled out a few pieces of red, blue and yellow clay.
Kisame watched with furrowed brows as he began molding them together.

"Colored clay?"

Deidara looked up at the tall man and nodded, scratching the back of his neck sheepishly as his other palm chewed and molded the clay.

"Yeah… Hidan bought it for me. He said that if I was going to make fireworks they might as well be colorful, un. I haven't tried them out yet so this is a good opportunity, yeah?"

Kisame raised an eyebrow.
That was probably the nicest thing he had ever heard of Hidan doing, even if it was in sarcasm.
Maybe he isn't a lost cause after all…
Gaara sat back in his chair lazily as Deidara finished his work, not particularly caring for the artists explosions so long as they don't further ruin his office.
His eyes followed the small colorful butterfly as it gracefully soared above them, flying into an area where it was fairly away from anything that could break.
Thank god...
Forming a two fingered hand sign, Deidara unenthusiastically cried, "Katsu-"

BANG!

Gaara blinked.
It would seem that Hidans 'present' wasn't as innocent as he had first made out…
The Kazekage glanced around his office, the likes of which now resembled a rainbow.
A giant... drippy rainbow...
It would seem that the explosion blew liquid color outwards, spraying the majority of the room.
More mess, Gaara sighed...
He glanced back to Deidara, who sat frozen in his chair in shock, his fist still poised in his hand sign.
His blonde hair now fell in place with spatters and blots of purple and green and Gaara doubted his own hair looked much different.
Inwardly he was disappointed.
At least the black ink had made him look kind of bad ass, even if it was slightly emo.
Sai hadn't faired much better. The pale boy had tilted his entire head upwards to watch the explosion, the result being his face painted blue.
Kisame seemed to be relatively unscathed, although he was smirking at Sai with glee.
Having someone else with blue skin around had to be uplifting.
Gaara threw his head back and sighed.

"There is a bathroom through that door, see if you can get the paint off."

Deidara nodded shakily, bowing and apologizing as he left, followed closely by Sai.
Gaaras eyes followed them until the door closed before he turned back to look at a thoughtful Kisame.
Tilting his head slightly, the blue man murmured,

"You know.. You hair doesn't look so bad with black and purple streaks."

Gaara gave Kisame as close as he could to a smile.
That was reassuring at least.
At least it wasn't botchy like Deidaras, and he couldn't feel wetness on his skin which meant he wasn't blue like Sai.
He breathed deeply, life could go on then.
A few minutes of silence passed before Sai and Deidara reentered the room.
Deidaras hair, despite being dripping wet was still a vibrant green.
It was obvious he had scrubbed it very hard to try and remove it.
Sais skin was no longer bright blue, although it hadn't come out completely, now giving him a kind of washed out tinge.
All in all, his skin tone was similar to Kisames.
Surprisingly, the ink artist didn't seemed too displeased about his situation, reentering the room with a smile that looked fairly genuine.

"Everyone was always telling me I needed some color in my face."

Gaara smirked uncharacteristically before he could help it.
He might have been a bit socially robotic but Sai was just a plain old nutcase when it came to understanding human behaviour.
Clearly, figures of speech and old sayings were useless against him.
Gaara opened his mouth to voice his opinion on Sais wonderful new look when the office door opened and a strangled shriek followed.
Everyone glanced over to find a horrified Temari frozen in place.
Behind her, Kankuro and Lee looked equally dumbstruck at the state of the room.

"HOLY FUCK! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?"

Everyone present blinked in response.
How were they supposed to tell Temari that due to unforeseen circumstances, Deidaras art had painted the room in pretty colors?
Kisame reasoned in his head that they should probably tell her something soon considering that the feisty woman had pulled out her battle fan and had opened it the whole way, three moons now showing.

"IT LOOKS LIKE A CLOWN EXPLODED IN HERE!"

There was silence for all of six seconds before a blob of green paint dripped from the roof and splattered across Temaris battle fan, adding another circular blob and a thick line.
The blonde woman shrieked in horror at the damage but wouldn't dare touch it, lest she smear the paint further.
Eyes wide with excitement, Sai pointed at the fan with a very real, very amused smile.

"It looks like a penis."

Temari gaped at him for insulting her most prized possession.
The way the paint had fallen… It really did look like a penis.
Kisame and Deidara simultaneously smacked the blue faced boy across the back of the head while Kankuro raised his hands in front of his face defensively, preparing for the inevitable onslaught.
A tense silence filled the air, no one daring to move lest Temari unleash her anger upon the unsuspecting victim.
It was a loud bark of sudden laughter that shocked everyone present, some even jumping in fright.
All eyes turned to the Kazekage who at this moment, had fallen to the ground in hysterics, laughing for the first time in years.


So here we are.
I felt the need to punish Sai – him being a bastard and all.
But I kinda felt that I had insulted Kisame enough, so I let him off scotch free this time haha.
Again, I apologise for updating so late, I've just gone back to work and I have the most ridiculous hours…
Not to mention the smarmy bitch that wont lay off trying to fire me – lol idc
Anyway, leave your rates, reviews, complaints and blah blah blah… You know how it goes…
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