Hey, all. It's KRISH-un again! I'm a horrible mood, and the worst thing is that I HAVE NO DAMN CLUE WHY! (Sighs) It bothers me.

Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, favorited, and alerted this story! This n00b is shocked! I never knew this was so liked. And, DaydreamerMagby (Damn I hope I got that right) You are forgiven. She never knew.

On a lighter note, I have several fics in the works (in my mind). Several are for the anime Hellsing, so if you've ever heard of it, or seen it, or read it, be on the lookout.

Alright, that's all for now. See you guys on Thursday!

A few hours later, Deidara knocked on the door of his room. "Akai-san… You need to get up, un. Leader-sama says it's time, un."

The door opened from the inside. Akai stood there, fully dressed. She smiled a small smile, "I know Deidara-san. I'm just finishing up." She tugged on one of her weird gloves, which only covered her three middle fingers, leaving her thumb and pinky exposed. Her outfit had changed a lot since she had arrived at Akatsuki. It now consisted of a tight light purple short-sleeved shirt, and black training pants. It was a definite switch from the normal clothes she had arrived in.

Deidara bit his lip (all three of them), "You still sure you wanna do this, un?"

She grinned, "It's not like I have a choice. If I don't, he gets to kick me out, and believe me, I wouldn't last a minute outside of here."

Deidara snorted, "Yeah, like I'm going to believe that, un. Now, come on, un. He doesn't like to be kept waiting, un."

Akai swallowed the lump of fear that miraculously appeared in her throat, "Okay…" She followed him down a path through the cave that she had only been on once before. She knew that she shouldn't be nervous, that all her energy should be devoted to preparing herself, but she couldn't. The thought of Sir Leader was too much for her normal emotions.

Deidara knocked on the door. "Sir? I've brought her, un."

The Leader's voice came out just as eerily as it had the first time, "Good, Deidara. Bring her out into the forest. You know where. Hurry."

Deidara bowed to the closed door, which was strange. He turned to her, his face calm, "Come, un."

She raised her eyebrows but followed him out of the cave, and down into the surrounding forest.

They arrived at a large clearing that looked like it had seen a lot of action. There were burn marks everywhere, and there were large craters in the ground.

Akai's eyebrows were now dangerously close to her hairline. She smirked, looking at Deidara, "Explosions, un?"

He stuck his tongue out at her, finally breaking the calm mask he had had since they had left the Leader's room, "Shuddup, un."

The Leader's voice came out of nowhere, "Deidara, leave."

"But sir-!" Deidara started to protest but was cut off.

"YOU CANNOT REMAIN NEUTRAL, DEIDARA! LEAVE!" The Leader's voice was overpowering, and Akai felt herself sink lower to the ground, wishing it would swallow her up.

Deidara sighed, "Fine. I'll come back later to collect her then." He disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

The Leader appeared out of nowhere. His gray and black eyes bored into Akai's. "He is fond of you, ." (SPOILER FOR LEADER'S EYE COLOR!)

Her left eyebrow practically disappeared, "Uh, what?!"

The leader sighed, shaking his flame-orange head. "Deidara. Is. In. Love. With. You. How hard is that to understand?!"

She snorted, "I don't believe you. So, are we just going to stand here all day, or am I actually going to join up?"

The Leader's expression didn't change. "Are you that eager to die?! No mere member of Akatsuki here has lasted more than 50 seconds against me! You will be gone in 10 seconds!"

She snorted again, "Yeah, okay. Can we get started?"

The Leader nodded, and disappeared.

"Shit…" Akai whispered, looking around frantically.

Pein appeared above her, slamming her down to the ground. He began whispering a jutsu, but Akai's fist connected with his face. He jumped off of her.

She stood up, "That's street fighting, not shinobi fighting. Man, I thought you were better than th-!" Pein had disappeared before she had finished her sentence.

He appeared behind her, finishing his jutsu. A shock coursed through Akai's body.

She fell forward, her eyes wide and her mouth open. She collapsed onto the ground in a heap, twitching ever so slightly.

The leader scoffed, "That was twelve seconds, . Are you done already?" He silently studied her body for movement.

She struggled to her feet, smirking. "I have to last a minute, right?" She looked around slowly, trying to stall time. She also needed to think of a particular jutsu she had seen in Naruto once.

Remembering it, she completed the hand signs, and disappeared underground.

Pein raised an eyebrow, what was she doing?

Akai dug deep underground, and then stopped, beginning to count seconds. After thirty seconds, she began to dig back to the surface. She blasted out of the ground, aiming a kick at Pein's face.

Pein caught her foot, and twisted it, causing her to flip in the air. She hit the ground hard, not moving.

Pein walked over to her, muttering then same jutsu. 'If I can knock her unconscious now…' He thought, 'Then, she has to leave, and Deidara will belong only to the Akatsuki again!' He placed his hands to her back, sending a more powerful version of the previous jutsu through her.

Akai screamed, then fell limp, steaming slightly.

Pein watched her with apathetic eyes, 'Hm. Guess I over did it a little. Oh well.'

Akai wasn't moving at all. Not even twitching. The back of her shirt was almost in shreds, and there were large burns on her back itself.

Pein sighed, and turned to leave. He would leave her there for Deidara to collect later, if somebody else didn't find her first.

A shaky voice came from behind his back, "H-Hey… Who s-said you could leave yet?! I've won, haven't I?!"

Akai was standing up, wobbling slightly. She was only standing on one leg, the one he hadn't twisted.

Pein turned, and mentally cursed. "Yes." He said softly, "Yes, you win. I'll call Deidara to come and get you." He closed his eyes, in deep concentration, then opened them again, "He's coming. Stay here." With that said, he disappeared.

Akai sighed with relief. "I win…" She muttered happily. She fell backwards. As she fell, she faintly heard Deidara yell, "Akai!" And come running over. She smiled weakly at him and passed out.

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