AN: Yup...Still don't own Naruto.

Deidara shot up, his eyes wide with fear as he looked around the room, whimpering softly, being woken up from another nightmare. Sasori had gone out again, promising to be back before the next night.

Unfortunately, Deidara felt as if he couldn't wait that long. He always felt so insecure about being alone in this place, even if he was getting to know everyone around here little by little.

He sat up as he allowed himself to calm down, closing his eyes, imagining a perfect world, where nothing could go wrong- a trick Sasori had taught him. Sure, it didn't help completely, but just enough to calm him down. He stared out the nearest window, noticing rain pattering softly against the glass. He felt a small, black furry animal jump its' way up onto his bed, purring quietly as it crawled onto his lap. He blinked, looking down at it.

The kitten only purred, mewing softly up at him. He picked it up, sighing softly as his eyes lowered, hugging it close to his body, staring intently out the window, almost praying that Sasori would walk up.

But he had no such luck. Instead, he heard a faint rumble of thunder pass by as the rain began to pound down harder, lightning slowly illuminating the night sky in front of his eyes.

He hated it. He wanted Sasori and he wanted him now. He shivered slightly as the thunder grew worse, and he curled up under the blankets, his kitten curled up tightly against his chest, the soft purring emitting from her throat calming him ever so slightly, but not quite enough. He ran a shaky hand over the kittens head, trying to occupy himself to keep his mind off of the storm outside.

It was working, until a loud crash of thunder rolled across the sky again, lightning flashing so brightly, it made the sun look weak.

And then everything went dark, as the power fizzled out.

He whimpered as his small body trembled slightly under the blankets, tears welling in his eyes. He could hear the shouts of the others echoing through the opening in his door.

"For the love of Jashin-Sama…" Came the irritated reply from Hidan. "How the fuck am I supposed to finish up this shit if the powers out?" He growled. Of course, Deidara had learned that it was nearly impossible for Hidan to speak a sentence without swearing.

"You going to get the kid?" Kisame asked, feeling around for a candle, glancing over in Itachi's general direction.

"Why the hell would I? He's probably sleeping anyways. Besides, if he's desperate enough, he'll come out here by himself…" Itachi rolled his eyes, "I'm not his damned babysitter, I already told you that."

Deidara whimpered again, sniffling, tears rolling down his cheeks. He was scared for sure now. The utter silence was to much for him, normally he could hear the faint hum of the ceiling fan, but now there was nothing, and with the surprise rumbles of thunder, he was a nervous wreck. He hoped that someone would come in and get him, he didn't care who, or what, he just wanted someone.

"Itachi-San…" Tobi's voice echoed from the other side of the room, "I think- Ah!" He screeched, tripping over something, ending up slamming his foot straight into the kitchen table, biting his lip to keep himself from cursing, stupid dark. Stupid power outage. Tobi was a good boy, and it had to stay that way. He attempted to talk again, once the pain retracted from his foot, "I think you should go get Deidara…"

Itachi's only reply was silence, which said it all, really.

Tobi sighed, shaking his head. And they talked about him being a moron. Pfft, takes one to know one. "Itachi-san…" He tried again.

"Tobi." Itachi replied back in the same tone, sarcasm dripping in his voice.

Tobi huffed, crossing his arms against his chest. "Fine…I'll do it then." He mumbled, walking slowly into the boys room, being careful not to trip on anything on the way there. "Heeeey…" He said quietly, smiling down at the trembling boy, reaching down to pick him up.

Unfortunately, lighting lit up the room for a split second, causing Tobi's figure to cast a frightening shadow. Deidara's eyes widened, staring up at the figure that was looming over him- A tall, dark, masked man, with what at the moment looked like sharp claws.

Ahh, the wonders of childrens imaginations.

Deidara squeaked, letting out the loudest scream he had ever managed in his life, followed by Tobi, who just happened to scream because Deidara out of all things had scared him as well. Deidara hid himself under the sheets, curling up tightly, as if it would hide him from any pursuing danger.

"Calm down..Calm down, you can do this Tobi, you can do this…" He mumbled to himself, his heart racing. He didn't think a boy Deidara's age could scream that loud. He regained his composure quickly, taking a better approach this time. He quietly sat down, speaking gently to the boy, "Deidaaraaaa.." He cooed happily, grinning behind his mask.

He curled up tighter, his eyes clenched shut, a small whimper escaping his lips, before slowly relaxing as he heard a voice. It sounded so familiar…

"Come here kid." Came the bubbly reply from Tobi, slowly pulling the covers down off of the boy, scooping him into his arms. "Tobi's got you now!" He laughed happily, wiping away a few tears that had fell down the boys cheeks.

The boy relaxed when he realized that the scary masked monster that he thought was trying to kill him was none other than the utterly childish man- Tobi himself. He sighed as he finally calmed down, resting himself against the other mans shoulder, gripping at the front of his Akatsuki cloak. He closed his eyes as he attempted to fall back asleep, only to find that he was very much awake.

Tobi took this as an opportunity to spend some time with the boy- lights or no lights. "Hmm…" He thought out loud as he balanced the boy in one arm, pushing the door back open with the other, walking back out to where all the others were gathered. He looked around the room, spotting many lit candles. "Aha! I've got it!" Tobi said with a snap of his fingers, yanking one of the candles, sitting down on the middle of the floor, setting Deidara beside him. "Watch!" He exclaimed excitedly, holding his hand over the flame- high enough so he didn't burn himself, arranging his fingers in an odd way, letting it cast a shadow- in what seemed like a shape of a dog on the ceiling.

Deidara seemed to be amused, almost too amused. His eyes widened innocently, staring up at Tobi- all fears lost, "How did you do that, un!" He said, bouncing slightly as he examined Tobi's fingers. He attempted to arrange them in the same way, looking a bit confused.

Tobi laughed, taking the boys hand, "Here, like this-…" He started as he separated a few, working them around. "There…Now hold your hand over the light-..Oh! No, be careful.." He said as he lifted the boys hand up a little farther, making sure he didn't burn himself from the flames heat. The blonde giggled happily as Tobi created another shadow- a bunny. They played out small scenes with the shadow animals, giggling and laughing together. They switched rolls- Tobi being the dog and Deidara being the bunny. Tobi would zoom his hand across the flame, before playfully attacking Deidara, "I'm gunna getch'ya!" He said as he pinned the boy down, tickling him.

The blonde was laughing uncontrollably, "Tobi! S-Stop un!" Came the squeaky reply from the boy, rolling around, trying to break free from the other mans ticklish grasp. Eventually, Tobi had given in an allowed the boy to breathe, laughing himself, poking the boys nose, grinning childishly. "Now tell me Deidara, Who's the better babysitter?"

The boys grin widened, "You are!" Tobi laughed, nodding, "Hey, Itachi-san! Guess what!" Tobi shouted out, grinning happily.

Itachi rolled his eyes from his place in the dark corner, gathered with the others, "What, Tobi." He replied, unenthusiastically.

"I'm a better babysitter than yooooou!" He said in a singsong voice as he pulled his mask up slightly- sticking his tongue out at him, followed by Deidara, in whom did the same, right along with him.

Itachi twitched.

It really shouldn't have bothered him as much as it did, but…

He hated being compared to Tobi, he really did.

Haha, words can't explain how much fun this chapter was to write. Read and review, please!