Hey, everyone! It's KRISH-un! I had a snow day today, and I was thinking of updating earlier, but then I thought I'd keep you waiting. I'm sorry XD

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This chapter is for the people who wanted DeiAkai from the beginning. Just warnin' ya.

I'm really tired, so that's it for tonight. Enjoy!

Akai opened her eyes slowly, trying (and failing) to clear her bleary eyesight. As soon as her eyes focused, she looked around, trying to figure out where the HELL she was. The area around her was all white. She looked around, "Where the hell am I…?" She asked no one in particular, as there seemed to be no one around. Looking around once more, she came to a quick conclusion, "I'm dead. Cassie was wrong. I died. I'm in heaven. There is no way I'm anywhere else."

"You can't have died, un." A familiar, warm, and deep voice came from behind her. "If this was heaven, I wouldn't be here with you, un."

She spun around, "Dei-Deidara?!" She hugged him, "H-How?! W-Why?!" She burrowed her face into his chest.

Deidara turned red, "I-I don't know, un…" He hugged her back gently, "I-I don't even know how I got here, un."

She pulled away from him for a second, "I don't care how we got here… I just want to stay…" She hugged him again.

"Akai…" Deidara murmured. "Can…Can I…?"

She smiled, going up onto her toes to kiss him. This kiss was just as sweet as the last had been, though something was urgent in the way Deidara held her.

Akai pulled away, "Deidara-san…" She murmured, "What's wrong…?" Her arms had gone up around his neck, and her fingers had intertwined into his long hair, curling it around them.

Deidara sighed, his own fingers tracing her collarbone gently. "I don't want to go, Akai, un…" He whispered, "I'm stuck in a some place I don't know with the girl I lo-…" he stopped himself, then grinned at his near confession, "With the girl I love, so this must be heaven… And if it is, then I certainly don't belong here, un…" He kissed her again, his fingertips gently touching her cheeks.

Akai pulled away again, "Deidara-san, you have as much a right to heaven as anyone else does." She hugged him tightly, "Please…please, for my sake, don't think otherwise…"

Deidara sighed, hugging her again, "Tell me something, un… Did Tobi and your friend survive? If they did, then at least we did something, un."

Akai nodded, the side of her head pressed against his chest, trying to hear a heartbeat. There was none, to her horror. "Yeah… They survived. I told Cassie to go check on Sasuke…" She laughed harshly, "I wonder how she's doing?"

Deidara sighed, "That's good in some ways, un. If Tobi lives, the Akatsuki only loses two members, instead of one, un."

Akai jumped. Akatsuki! What would the Leader think if both she and Deidara went missing? "Poor Kisame…" She said, laughing slightly, at the thought of the Sharkman's face when he heard the news.

Deidara smiled, "He still has Tobi, so he'll be fine, un. After a while, un." He chuckled, "Aw, he'll hate me forever, un."

Akai kissed him again lightly, "No one could hate you, Deidara. Not even your danna could, I don't think."

Deidara sighed, "Nah, un. I think Danna could, un." He chuckled, "Unfortunately, un. He always found new ways to hate me, un."

Akai went to kiss him again, but found she couldn't. She couldn't move at all! Her eyes widened, "D-Deidara… I-I can't move…!"

Deidara was staring at her legs, "A-Akai…" He swallowed heavily, "Y-Your legs…They're disappearing, un!"

Akai eyes widened again, then, sighing, she smiled, "Looks like our time here is up, Deidara…" She smiled up at him as the last of her legs disappeared, "One more time for the road?"

Deidara nodded, ignoring the lump in his throat. He bent down, kissing her passionately. When he pulled away, half of her torso was gone. "Akai…" He murmured, pulling her close to him, "Don't leave me, please, un!"

Akai smiled sadly up at him, "I'm sorry Deidara-san…" Her neck started to disappear, then her chin. As the last of her forehead disappeared, she whispered, "I'll always be with you, Deidara-san… I love you…" Her voice faded away into nothing.

Deidara whimpered, "Akai… Akai, NO!" He crumpled over, not noticing that his own body had started to disappear, just as Akai's had.

With in minutes, the fearsome Deidara of the Akatsuki, former terrorist bomber-for-hire, feared nuke-nin, was no more, and the white area was empty again.

Well, there ya go! Hope you enjoyed! R R!