The team followed Kyle as he quickly ran through the hallways.

"Where is the rendezvous point?" Kyle asked.

"About a mile from the front of the cave." Shikamaru answered.

Kyle turned a corner, and Kisame grabbed him around the neck.

"Leaving, little traitor?" Kisame asked, tossing Kyle down the hall. "Itachi, kill the other two!"

Itachi looked directly into the Akatsuki's eyes, and Kisame growled.

"Traitor." Kisame said.

Everyone in the hallway heard a sound not unlike a waterfall, and turned to Kyle. Blood ran along his forehead down to his cheek, and he was surrounded by water.

"This is the first time I used this jutsu in a long time," Kyle said. "The first jutsu I ever learned." Then, the water shot forward, blowing Kisame away. "Let's go." Kyle commanded, and the others followed.

"Is Kisame dead?" Sasuke asked.

"No." Kyle said, bumping into Aneko, who had heard his jutsu. Immediately, she hugged him, crying.

"Why'd you run off?" Aneko asked.

'Why is she so emotional around Kyle?' Sasuke wondered.

"It was a bad decision," Kyle admitted when, suddenly, an explosion rocked the cave, just like before.

"Who is that?" Aneko asked.

"Deidara." Kyle said, and stood. "You four, get out of here."

"What are you going to do?" Itachi asked.

"Something stupid, reckless, and dangerous." Kyle said, and disappeared.

In the main room of the cave, Deidara was attempting to kill whatever ninja he saw while the rest of the Akatsuki evacuated. Deidara knew that they all were almost gone, and was going to leave, when he saw Kyle.

"Kyle!" Deidara said. "Hurry and leave-un!"

"That's not happening, Deidara." Kyle said. "Come with me."

Deidara frowned. "What do you mean-un?"

"We need your information, Deidara." Kyle said.

"You think I would betray the Akatsuki, yeah? You're wrong-un!" Deidara said, tossing an explosive at Kyle. Kyle used some sand he had in a small patch to cover it, getting rid of the explosion. "A sand jutsu, hm? You've been keeping some of your talents hidden-un."

"It's my habit." Kyle shrugged, moving closer to Deidara.

"C'mon Kyle-un." Deidara said. "Think of what could be gained for you if you work with the Akatsuki...yeah."

"I don't want anything to do with the Akatsuki." Kyle said. "Honestly, the only thing I liked about the Akatsuki was really the people. Don't you want to come to Konoha, make some friends and become a normal ninja?"

Deidara threw explosives at Kyle, who was knocked back by the explosion.

"That may have worked on Sasuke, but that won't work on me-un." Deidara said, and then ran at Kyle, grabbing him around the waist. Kyle tried forcing him off, but couldn't.

"What the hell are you doing?" Kyle shouted, putting his hands around Deidara's hips to get him off. Then, when his hand went into Deidara, he understood. Kyle put his left hand on Deidara's lower back, finding holes where Deidara used clay against him.

"If you had your eye-patch off," Deidara said, his face losing all of its color, "you would've seen that this was my clay clone jutsu-un. The explosive clay was from this clone, so you know it's going to explode...yeah. And, now that you're going to die, I just have to tell you that I hate the sharingan-un."

"Damn." Kyle said. "To think I thought of you as a friend. I'm going to flip you off from heaven."

"Never forget, Kyle. Art is an...EXPLOSION!" Deidara said, and exploded. But a moment before he exploded, Haku cut off Kyle's left arm from the elbow down and pulled him away from the explosion, saving his life. Kyle screamed in pain, but forced himself to use his healing-nin abilities to stop the bleeding. Haku grabbed him by the shoulders and pushed him out of the cave, to the other ninja.

"What happened to Kyle?" Hinata asked.

"I cut his arm off. Full explanation later." Haku said, knowing the cave was collapsing. "Are there any other ninja in the cave?"

"No." Hinata said, using the byakugan.

"Good." Haku sighed. "The mission's over. Kyle's back."

"Get me to the others." Kyle said. He fixed his jacket so that he wore it like Itachi did, his hand hanging out of it like Itachi's had. Then, he put his headband in his pocket, a reminder of what had happened.