Deidara stepped nervously out of his shining blue car, eyes on the building ahead of him as the door swung shut behind him, and he locked it, the keys flashing in the sunlight.

It was time to meet with the producers and other actors. Deidara had been waiting for this for a while...because of Sasori Akasuna.

Deidara walked swiftly across the burning hot parking lot, ponytail sticking to his neck as he wiped at his brow. Why was it so hot? It was June, granted, but still.

Deidara was almost there when a blue blur knocked him off his feet and sent him crashing to the ground.

"DEIDARA! OH MY GOD, YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALL!" a voice screamed in his ear, and Deidara, who couldn't see the speaker as he was pinned to the ground, sighed and rolled his eyes. Another stalker, then. Wasn't it always?

The voice, a girl's, high and lilting, continued it's jabber. "I mean, I know you still looked like you had before from your movies, but it's amazing....you look just like before!"

Deidara twisted around on the cold concrete, and quickly pushed the woman away, moving away and getting to his feet before looking her over.

Shoulder length blue hair, unusual color, even for here, in movie central. Gray eyes, a paper flower fixed in messy blue locks. The blonde tried to remember if he'd ever seen this woman, straining at his poor memory.

"Konan, un?" The name slipped out before he was even sure if that was it. It just seemed...right...like it fit with her, somehow.

But she gasped and spun around in delight. "So you DO remember me! Pein will be so happy!" she crowed.

Deidara's eyebrows knitted together. Pein...Pein...he doubled up, tangling fingers in his hair as he squeezed his eyes shut.

"DEIDATA, DON'T BLOW UP THE TOILETS! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MAD KAKUZU WILL BE WHEN HE GETS BACK?!" an auburn haired man yelled, pointing at the smoking remains of their bathroom.

"I'm SORRY, un!" Deidara grinned, trying to look like he meant it, but failing miserably.

The man glared at him. "Just wait until I tell puppet boy."

"Hey! Don't call danna that!" the blonde protested angrily, narrowing azure eyes at the other man.

"He's a puppet, there's no reason not to. Now go hide in the corner before I find him."

A cool hand was placed on his neck as he tugged at messy golden hair. "Deidara? Are you alright? You still don't get those headaches anymore, right?"

Deidara forced himself to stand and smile, shaking blonde hair from his face. "No, un. But Konan...how can't I remember not seeing you around lately?"

Konan cocked her head, gray eyes flashing, even in the shadow of the building, a slow smile splitting her pale face. "Because, Deidara. You haven't met me in this world, at least not until today."

Today was the day.

Itachi Uchiha was visiting today, and Kisame was being banished to counter duty. But the shop was closed...did it really matter if he ran the register or not? When he asked his dad that, his father had told him he had to be there, "in case of emergency."

Like what, some gamer beating all the levels on their DS and needing a new one?

Kisame leaned against the wall as he heard the door slowly open, and then his father was rushing by him and to the clear glass door, smiling and bowing in welcome as he walked out of Kisame's sight, greeting the visitors that the shark could not yet see.

"Kisame, this is Mr Uchiha and the young Mr Uchiha," he called, leading the men behind him as he walked up to the counter. "Mr Uchiha, this is my son, Kisame. Can you stay with him while I talk to your father?"

Itachi Uchiha was young, younger than he had looked in the picture of him in that magazine. His build leaned towards anorexic, eyes large and blank. Thin lips, curled into a delicate frown.

Kisame felt himself grow nervous as the young Uchiha nodded once and then moved behind the counter, telling Kisame's father without words that they could leave. He made no motions towards that he had noticed Kisame, and so the shark was left, trying to think of what to say as the two older men went off.

This was decidedly awkward.

Author's Comments: Yay, it's done...

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I'm going to go eat now.