A/N: ermmm. Behold the eleventh chapter!

Deidara

"This village is so big. I curse him for making me spend the whole day out in the village.. Not fair. The door better be unlocked." Kikiru whined to herself as she walked the dark empty streets of Suna. That's when she first saw him, the weirdo on the bird. It had only been a glimpse but...

I'm probably just imagining things. Yeah, that's it! Imaging things. It was probably just a bird.. With a man on its back? I doubt it. And at this time? She glanced at her watch, it was 9:20 pm. Ohhh! Curse this village!... now I have the odd feeling I'm being followed…

(BTW: the "in front of the italic words when she's thinking is the Biju's thoughts. She can mentally communicate with it.)

"Child, you're scaring yourself. Just calm down. You probably did imagine it."

Oh shut up Hachi. You try staying calm when some freak riding a huge deformed bird is chasing you.

"Child. You're over-reacting."

Yeah, I know.. But this is why I hate being out. I hate people and I never know what to do or say..

"I don't blame you. No one here does. Just try to calm down. You're almost there."

Really?

"Ummm. Hey, you. Yeah. You." A voice called from up ahead. Kikiru stopped in her tracks. She looked up, orange eyes widened. It was the guy, (or was that a girl?) and the big bird thingy.

Orange eyes narrowed, she had no times to deal with humans.

She began to take a step forward and stopped when her eyes caught the faint reflection of light on thin wires that were stretched out across the court.

It was then that she realized what the. Thing was wearing. An Akatsuki cloak and his blonde hair was back in a ponytail. Orange eyes widened, Deidara, she hadn't actually expected to see him. She frowned; she had taken things for granted and trusted Temari when she said that all was safe. What a load of bull. She hadn't realized that she had said it aloud until the guy across from her replied.

"Wow, you know my name and everything. You're right; the whole safety thing is a load of bull, yeah?"

She gritted her teeth, all she wanted was to get home, and she didn't feel up for a fight. She hadn't had a battle for almost t.. Years now. She smiled slightly. "So, where's your partner, didn't he died?"

"Yeah, and then Ashi brought him back to life." Deidara replied.

Her eyes flickered back to the wires for a split second. That's when Deidara decided to make his attack.

Orange eyes widened as the bird hopped and leapt towards her. She took a step back, tripping on a wire and twirling away, eyes widening as a shower of kunai erupted from the ground, tearing her sleeve and roughly brushing against her skin.

Orange eyes flickered back to Deidara as he made a hand seal and whispered something. Her eyes went back to the bird-thingy and widened when she saw it start to explode. Both arms went up instinctively as a sort of shield she braced herself as the bird detonated.

"Damn, where did she go?" Deidara whispered furiously through gritted teeth. His eyes searched the village from high up on another bird. He frowned, sooner or later he would be spotted and that would be game over.

Heavy breathing filled an alleyway as liquid silver dripped to the ground. "Damnit. What the heck is that guy trying to do? Is he trying to kill me?" she asked herself as she gripped a single kunai that was sticking out of her right elbow, her eyes closed tight as she pulled it out.

A howl of pain followed.

"What was that?" Deidara asked himself, looking off towards the darker part of town. He smiled slightly, no duh. Of course she would e hiding somewhere dark.

"Hey stupid, where you going?" a voice called from behind.

He turned as a Kunai shot towards his face; luckily, the flapping wing of his bird caught it. He smiled at the girl.

"You're the stupid one coming out like that. You have no chance at beating me you silly gir-" he said stopping: her eyes were blood red.

"Enkou hinote no jutsu! (Halo of fire)" she yelled, making several complex hand signs. Within an instant, Deidara found himself engulfed in a ring of flames. He detonated his bird, sending him up above the ring of flames that blew up with the bird.

"Is that all you've got?" he yelled, pulling out more birds and making several seals.

The last thing she remembered was flying back, into a building wall. And drifting into unconsciousness.

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