Hey, all! It's KRISH-un yet again! Today I'm sick, which really, REALLY sucks. It's a stupid cold, which makes me even madder. If that's a word... oh well.

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The next day, Deidara came up to Akai, who was busy cleaning the kitchen, "You wanna be a shinobi, un?
Akai's eyes widened, "What prompted this question, Deidara-san?"

Deidara grinned, "Well, Sir said it was okay, and I kind of wanted to-!"

Akai cut him off, "HELLS YEAH!" She waved her arms in the air, "I've always wanted to be a shinobi!!" She stopped waving her arms, "But what's the catch?"

Deidara blinked with confusion, "Catch, un?"

Akai shrugged, "Yeah, a catch. Leader-sama wouldn't just let you train me for nothing. So what's the catch?"

Deidara bit his lip, "Well…un. You have to face off against him later, un. You have to last one minute, un, at the least."

Akai's already pale face paled even more. Last one minute against THE Akatsuki leader?! She'd rather he just killed her now. "And… if I don't?"

Deidara didn't meet her stare, "Uh… Let's just say you won't be going home. At all, un."

Akai paled even more, "Y-You mean he'd… KILL ME?!" Her voice rose up an octave, squeaking at the end of her sentence.

Deidara shook his head, "No. Something worse, un. You'll be his slave, un." He met her panicked stare, "His slave, un." He repeated, trying to make the idea stick in his head. "For him to do anything to, un."

Akai flinched, "Oh ! Let's get training then!"

Deidara nodded, "Everyone except for Hidan and Kakuzu have volunteered to help train you. I warn you now, Akai, that it won't be easy. We aren't the nicest sensei's."
Akai nodded, and he brought her outside into the forest surrounding the mountain.

Many hours later…

Akai fell on the ground, panting heavily. "S-shit, I-Itachi…." She whispered, "I think that definately took a few years off my life…" She stood up shaking, "But… I can do it!" She raised her newly acquired katana over her head, and attacked the raven-haired shinobi again.

Itachi blocked her attack, and thrust his sword at her in a direct attack.

She dodged, and actually landed a legal hit.

Itachi stumbled back, actually smiling. "Good job, Akai-san. You are officially done with your training."

Akai cheered, then her legs gave out under her. She lay on the ground, panting, unmoving.

Deidara and Tobi ran over to her, "Lady-sama!" Tobi yelled, "Lady-sama! Tobi wants to know if Lady-sama is okay, or if Konan has to heal Lady-sama!"

Deidara swatted him, "Be quiet, baka, un!"

Akai laughed, "Nah… I'm okay Tobi, thanks for asking." She made a face, "Well, I would be okay if I could get up…"

Deidara reached down, and scooped her up onto his back.

Akai blushed immediately, "D-Deidara-san?!"

Kisame smirked at her blush, "Oh ho, Akai-san. We so have things to talk about."

Akai stuck her tongue out at him, "Shuddup, Kisame."

The Sharkman laughed, "We're talking later though."

She sighed, "Fine." She suddenly slumped backwards.

Tobi spazzed, "LADY-SAMA?!" He started flailing his arms uselessly, "Lady-sama?!"

Deidara chuckled, "She's fine, Tobi, un. She's just tired, un."

Itachi stared at Akai with apathetic eyes, "She'd better wake up before Leader comes to get her. Or else, there won't even be a chance of her staying as as she is."

Deidara growled, "Shut UP, Itachi, un! She'll be fine, un! I mean, we trained her, un!" Once again, he was repeating himself, trying to reassure his own mind.

Itachi sighed, "Yes. But, none of us can last against Leader more than 10 minutes, at most. And that was Konan."

Konan made a face at him.

Deidara frowned, "That's only 'cos he went easy on Konan, un!" He turned, "I'm bringing her back to my room, un." Seeing the grin spread across Kisame and Konan's faces, he added, "So she can use my bed, un! God, you guys are such perverts, un!" With that, he stomped off back to the base.

Kisame chuckled, looking at Konan, "Damn. We got him good that time, ."

Konan grinned, "Deidara is such fun to mess with."

Kisame chuckled again, agreeing.

Tobi had followed Deidara, deciding that annoying his senpai (and possibly getting choked) was better than staying with the other missing-nins.

Deidara growled, "Damnit, Tobi, un! Leave me alone! I'm just bringing her back, un!"

"Butbutbutbutbut..! Tobi wants to make sure Deidara-senpai won't…" Tobi's one visible eye shifted back and forth, and he whispered conspiratorially, "Ravish Lady-sama!"

Deidara twitched, then exploded (figuratively, not literally), "WHAT THE HELL, TOBI, UN?! HAVE KISAME AND KONAN AFFECTED YOUR NON-EXISTANT BRAIN, UN?!"

Tobi shook his head quickly, then scampered off in the direction he'd come from.

Deidara sighed, and then continued on his way, wondering how Akai could have slept through all of his yelling.

When he reached his room in the base, He placed her down on the bed, sighing. "Wonder what Kisame was teasing you about, Akai, un." He pulled the covers down. Putting her under the sheets, he pulled a stray hair out of her face, "He's such a pervert, un." He stared at Akai's face a little longer than he should have, and found his face to be warming considerably, meaning one thing: He, Deidara, the famous missing nin, was blushing, of all things. 'Kuso… I couldn't really be… could I?!' He blinked, panicking considerably. He made himself get up, and left the room without a sound.

He silently made his way back to the people who annoyed him best, his comrades, with his face calming down with every step that took him farther away from the source of his confusion.

Hoped you all liked it!!! R + R, 'Kaythanks!!