Chapter Ten

--FlashBack--

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No, un."

"Are we there yet?"

"No, Tobi. We are not there yet!" Sasori shouted pissed off at the boy. Tobi frowned and Veronica glarred at the red head in the puppet. She quickly patted the boy on the back.

"It's okay Tobi-chan. We'll be there soon." She said grinning. Tobi nodded, and was one again hyper and started sining 'Almost there! We're almost there!' Sasori just sighed. Tobi was getting really irritated, even to Veronica. "Sasori-kun, how are we going to kidnap the Kazekage?" Veronica asked not quite sure. She knew they had done it once, but would they be able to do it again?

"And here I thought you knew everything Veronica." Sasori said teasing the girl. She crossed her arms and turned away. Tobi and Deidara chuckled at her. "Deidara's gonna do it." He explained, causing Veronica to look back at him. "He'll use his little birdies and fly into the village while we distract the army outside." Veronica 'o'ed. Deidara mummbled something about 'Sasori-danna disowning his art'. Veronica only laughed at her 'brother'.

"Can I join Dei-niisan?" Veronica asked smiling. Sasori thought about it for a moment, and then Tobi spoke up in his usual happy tone of voice.

"Oh! Can I join Sasori-san?!" Tobi shouted to the puppet man. The hidden red head sighed. If he said no, Tobi would wine. If he said yes, Tobi would get in the way.

"Uhg." Sasori moaned getting a headake. Why had Leader assigned Tobi and Veronica with him and Deidara? "Fine," Veronica and Tobi cheered. "But you, " He pointed his puppet scorpian tail at Tobi. "You stay out of my way, and be quite." Tobi cutely nodded, and shut his mouth.

--EndFlashback--

Veronica was riding with Deidara ontop of one of his clay birds. Inside he birds mouth laid the unconcious Gaara. Veronica had one leg around the sides of the bird's neck. Her arms were holding onto the neck as well. She rested her head on the back of the neck, and starred at Gaara's face. He looked so hurt, and Veronica couldn't stand it. She didn't want to be the one to kill Gaara, or be in on it.

--Flashback--

"You're coming with me!" Deidara shouted throwing a couple spider bombs at Gaara, who protected himself in the sand. Deidara chuckled. "Think your sand can save you, Kazekage-sama?" Gaara glarred at the blonde. Deidara put his right hand into his clay pocket, allowing it to eat more clay than usual. He was going to make a really huge bomb, and Veronica knew it. Gaara glanced down at all his villagers and then at Deidara and Veronica.

"Do whatever you want to me, but don't touch my villagers." Gaara said protectively. Veronica 'aw'ed silently to herself, and she starred into Gaara's eyes. He was a brave man. Not caring about himself, and worrying about his villagers.

Deidara made a few handsigns before throwing a small bomb. He did a few more, and then it grew like ten times its size. "If this bomb drops, Suna will be destoryed." He sadi smirking. Veronica frowned. How could he do it? Would he really... He didn't act like that before. He was so innocent. Gaara didn't move. "Okay." Deidara shrugged and dropped the bomb. Of course, Gaara went after it. He used his sand as a shield. His sand created a coffin around the bomb until it exploded. When it did, Gaara felt as if his power had been sucked out of him. He began falling to the ground until Deidara's clay bird caught him in it's house. Loud shouts of 'Gaara-sama' could be heard from the villagers as their leader was taken away.

--EndFlashback--

Was being mean part of the job? Deidara had acted so different then. Meaner than he ever had been at the base. He was always nice. He acted as if he wouldn't hurt a fly, yet...

"Deidara-chan! Veroinca-chan!" Tobi's voice disrupted Veronica from thinking, anf caused her to look forward. There she saw the puppet Sasori, and Tobi waving widely at them.

"Good to see you have the One-Tailed, Deidara." Sasori said smirking under his mask.

"Of course I got it Sasori-danna." Deidara crossed his arms and pouted. Then he looked over to Veronica. "Imouto?" Deidara asked sweetly. He could tell the girl was sad. Some kind of sixth sence he got from being her older brother. "What's wrong?" Veronica faked a smile, and told him that nothing was wrong. He went along with it. If she wasn't ready to tell, she could say it later.

"Alright. Let's head back to the base." Sasori said turning around to walk the other way. "Veronica, you can walk or fly." Veronica ended up choosing to walk. She couldn't stand to see Gaara like that, though she didn't tell the others.

"Let's go!" Tobi shouted pointing forward. Sasori began walking, and Deidara's bird took flight. The blonde watched his 'sister' walk. Tobi was infront of her skipping the whole way. Veronica still looked upset, and Deidara knew it.

A/N: Blah... short, I know. If I had gone on, Naruto's team would've had to of met up with the four of them, and Naruto's team is still with Violet... soo... I had to cut it. :) But next chapter will be longer! I hope... :\
Lot's Of Love,
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