In Tsunade's office Kakashi stood there, his eye bored and his posture rigid. Only half of him was listening to what Tsunade said, the other half was thinking about how hard Tsunade worked him.

'I want you to make a full report on how each village is, starting from the rain and working clockwise. Tell me if you see thing to do with Orochimaru or anything suspicious,' Tsunade said. Kakashi leapt out of her office and stopped for a drink. After half and hour and stretched,

In the hosptial

There were many brightly coloured paper cranes hanging around. Hinata and Kiba looked around in awe so Gaara told them that there was a festival that celebrated him. The cranes represented a new, pure beginning and today was the day when he became Kazekage.

Kiba flashed a wide smile.

'Can we go?' he grinned at Gaara.

Gaara told him they could do as they wished. Then a nurse came to tend to them. She bought the trio into her examination to look at their injures. She told them that none of them had anything too serious. She performed some medical ninjutsu and wrapped them in bandanges. She said that they would be fine if they didn't move around too much.

When they walked outside Kiba was ecstatic.

'Now we can go to the festival!' he jumped up and headed off the other two to the balloons and large sounds.

In the festival…

'Well, Hinata how's the festival?' Kiba shouted over the extremely loud crackers

'G...Good,' Hinata whispered, Kiba couldn't hear because the sound was just too loud but he understood. Hinata and Gaara both walked side by side and talked as a pair of good friends would, Temari and Kankaru were also with them. Gaara smiled a lot for himself, which Kankaru noticed and knew why. They walked along the cheerful streets and admired all the view.

Unknown to them…

Itachi's eyes narrowed

'How many times have you failed against a few Chunin? You don't deserve to live since you run away when things get bad. At least Kisame stood there and tried to defeat them. Fail again and we'll all disown you.'

'I've been trying; it's very annoying, fighting a Jinchuuriki, a Byakagun and a boy with good senses. You can't hide in anyway.' Deidara responded.

'This time, though I will win for sure, yeah' he thought.

His image then disappeared and so did all the others.

Deidara watched over the 'weakest' of the five shinobi, Hinata. He waited patiently.

Back to the festival…

'Um... I'll be off to see the famous statues' she said as she spotted a Byakagun that had become a Kazekage.

Deidara spied wherever she walked and saw his chance. He then performed a genjutsu which made her walk straight out of the festival. It also increased the pace she walked by 17 times and would send her off in different directions.

After a few minutes of walking she realized that a genjutsu had been performed on her she was miles away from the festival. When Deidara saw she had seen through what was happening he chuckled.

'She going to die out there anyway, why waste explosives?' he thought.

He then dispelled the genjutsu so she wouldn't know the exit if she was stuck in it again. He then took off to the cave again.

Hinata gasped at she looked at her surroundings, there was nothing, only some bare soil. Hinata's first instinct was to use her Byakagun to try to find her way back, which she did. She looked around and saw nothing, then, using all her concentration she then extended it as far as it could go, which was 50 metres.

She was disappointed as her Byakagun gave her no sign of civilization.

After a few hours…

Kiba realized something was wrong as Hinata's scent was too faint and she had been away for too long. He hurriedly told Gaara what he thought and asked for help. Gaara agreed.

'Hinata!' called out Kiba. Akamaru's well trained nose sensed that Hinata was close by. They had been walking for days, following the faint scent of Hinata. Hinata was too tired to call out so she sat there. When Kiba found her lying helplessly, he rushed over to her. He carried her, bridal pose, to the hospital.

In Deidara's crystal ball…

Deidara looked at Hinata sleeping peaceful in the hospital bed. He was horrified as he thought he would be seeing a half-dead girl in a desert. He kicked the table so it overturned.

'HOW DID THAT GIRL SURVIVE?' Deidara was in rage but being the type of person he was, he sat and thought of a plan. He knew that she wasn't well so he could take advantage of that

'Alright one last time I'll try, if I don't succeed I'll create the greatest explosion, yeah.' He thought.

At night…

Deidara was angry. 'This is time I will kill the shinobis even if it costs my life.' he thought. Deidara ran to the cabin in henge-form so he wouldn't be recognized. When he reached it he took off his Akatsuki clothes and placed his grey shirt with the red and white symbol on. For just once he wanted to fight as his blood-line limit and not as an Akatsuki.

He harshly rapped the door of Hinata's and Kiba's cabin and waited. Kiba, half-asleep, dawdled to the door and pulled it open. As he didn't see the familiar black and red of an Akatsuki he let his guard down and invited Deidara in. It wasn't until he heard the lick of the two mouths on the palm of Deidara' hand that he was aware that it was actually Deidara.

'HINATA WAKE UP AND RUN! DEIDARA'S HERE!' Kiba warned

(Hinata was already in the cabin as she had gotten faster through her training) Kiba frantically began to wake up Akamaru and told him to get ready to fight.

Kiba launched forward and with his gatsuuga he directly hit Deidara. Poof! However it was a substitute 'Damn that guy,' Kiba muttered. Deidara chuckled evilly. Deidara did a few hand seals and soon Kiba was in a genjutsu similar to the one Kakashi was in (when Itachi made him feel seventy-two hours of pain and started stabbing him with knives).

'You don't know who I really am; I am … part of the branch family of the sharingan, yeah,' Deidara's image then faded. Kiba stumbled around and then saw many horrible things happening to Akamaru and started to scream with despair. In Kiba's mind it had lasted for 48 hours. He saw images of all his family abandoning him due to him being weak and his classmates being killed off, one by one. Kiba dropped down in despair.

Hinata peeked out from the door and Deidara saw her.

'Hah, she's not getting away from me anymore, yeah,' he sent out a #21 explosive.

'Even if it misses by 15 centimetres she will be in great pain,'

Hinata didn't know that he had sent an explosive as she was too scared to utter a word, therefore not able to use Byakagun. By the time she saw the explosive it was too late. It had hit her chest. Hinata's hand went up to her throat and she began to cough out streams of blood.

'You're finished,' Deidara edged forward and dispelled a genjutsu.

A hand went up to her eyes. Kakashi was there! He was standing behind he and covering up her eyes. His Sharingan eye was open and he was too using his different Mangekyou Sharingan.

'A Mangekyou sharingan against a normal Sharingan, with do you think has the advantage?' Kakashi stated. Deidara was disgruntled. He began to unleash a series of Taijutsu attacks on Kakashi which he easily dodged. Kakashi then placed an attack on Deidara, one that would freeze him until the user decides to let him go. Kakashi slipped off his ring and dropped it in front of Hinata,

'This is a reward,' he told her.

She nodded, understanding.

Her face was now puzzled 'Why are you here?' she asked.

'I was on a mission for Tsunade and I was passing by and heard Kiba's voice calling so I decided to check in,' Kakashi replied and laughed.

Kakashi's stomach then grumbled. Hinata looked at his stomach and Kakashi laughed good-naturedly.

'Seems it's meal-time for me,' Kakashi told them. Kakashi then looked at the time and his hair stood.

'I'm so…so…so late,' he whispered.

He turned back to Hinata and saluted.

'Well, I'll be off with Deidara,' Kakashi flew out the window.

Hinata went to Kiba and laid him on his bed then put a cool cloth on his forehead. She sat beside him,patiently.

The next morning in the Akatsuki cave…

The Akatsuki realized that Deidara had not been back. Itachi image appeared

'Sasori, how long has it been since Deidara was here?'

'About a day,' Tobi replied.

Itachi was angered 'That Deidara has either been playing too much or has died,'

'He's actually with Kakashi, I saw him fly by, frozen.' Tobi replied.

'Damn, I'm going to kill that Hyuuga and Inuzuka.' Itachi left and in the background there was a soft croaking.