Chapter Seven

Kairi's POV

"Kairi Kairi Kairi!! Leader wants us to go to Konoha to try and get information from the nine-tails!!" Tobi runs shouting towards me. "Oooh! This means I get to wear my uniform, right!!!" I say happily. Tobi nodded his masked head and started making plans as I went to tell Joy-chan.

"Hey, Joy-chan! I'm going to be going back to Konoha for a while to spy on Naruto."

Crouching her usual corner by the dungeons, she looked up from her book of sketches, clutching it up to her chest to stop onlookers from seeing it. "R-really?" she asked me. "When are you leaving?"

"I dunno to tell the truth. Hey, guess what! This means I'll be able to see my old friends again!" I said cheerfully, but instantly regretting it afterwards as my cousin broke down into tears. I forgot that mentioning having friends usually made her depressed, as she thinks she has none. "Oh, I'm sorry Joy-chan, I didn't mean it like that… Hey, maybe you could come with us!" I said to her, trying to cheer her up. Besides, it'd be fun for her to come along with me to the place we grew up.

"Heh, sorry… I didn't mean to make you awkward…" she said, wiping her eyes on her sleeves. "But I don't think Pein would consent to me coming along…"

"Bah, screw him." I said smiling, and she laughed feebly.

Just then Tobi came running and Joy-chan quickly stopped laughing, going back to sketching in the book. "Hey, Kairi! Deidara is coming along with us! Leader says that he wants someone mature to go with us too or something like that!" the immature Akatsuki member told me and a sighed, while Joy-chan softly smiled. "Wow, was that a smile Joy-chan?" Tobi asked curiously, tilting his masked head on one side. My cousin quickly wiped it off her head, but it was too late as Tobi had started skipping around in circles saying in a sing-song voice "Joy-chan smiled! Joy-chan smiled! Joy-chan smiled!"

Whacking him on the head to shut him up, I continued to say "Joy-chan will be coming too. It'll be all four of us." And he started cheering again, being the little weirdo he is. And suddenly a cloud of dust with a huge recognisable sound engulfed him as he fell unconscious on the floor and Joy-chan and I looked towards the doorway where a tall girly-guy stood with his hand outstretched. "His annoying voice was giving me a headache" he said stiffly and I laughed, and Joy-chan gave another weak smile. This must be a big day for her.

Tobi started to recover from the explosion as Deidara continued to talk. "Come on you guys, we're leaving today. Get your uniforms on."

Joy-chan and I left the dungeons together, closely followed by Deidara and a very dazed Tobi who was trying to stay balanced stumbling after us.

After about just an hour we were free to leave to my old village.

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! These uniforms are just so freaking awesome!!" I was shouting, admiring the black cloak with red clouds I was wearing. Deidara rolled his eyes at me and exited the Akatsuki base with Joy-chan and Tobi as I ran to catch up with them.

A few days later we finally got there, with only a small disturbance from some stupid Chuunin who thought they could face four of the Akatsuki, (and might I add one of them was me) who we dealt with in minimal time.

For some reason when we got there however no one attacked us. Not Kakashi, Tsunade, or anyone really. It may have been night time but that was still kinda weird…

"I think we should split up and search until we find the Fox Demon." Deidara announced, looking around at the almost deserted village entrance.

"Hey, this is MY task to find Naruto, what are you doing telling me what to do?" I said to him angrily, getting interrupted by Tobi muttering 'Umm, isn't it Kairi's and Tobi's task…' but getting a punch in the face from me.

"Don't you remember why I'm even on this mission?" Deidara said annoyingly. "Pein wants me to come along because I'm the mature one, remember?!' I rolled my eyes. "Yeah sure. You blow up people. How is that mature?"

"Shut it, brat."

"Now you're just quoting Sasori." I grinned. Not only would I be able to see the others, I'd have an actual and plausible excuse to beat up Sai. Which, by the way, I've wanted to do for a while. Oh, and Naruto would totally freak like he did with Sasuke. I think. If he didn't, he dies, because why is there a Sasuke fan club and not a Kairi? It's not because we're Uchiha's, maybe it's because I'm too impulsive. Wait a minute. Why do I care….?

"Danna….? I'm not quoting Danna," Deidara was still on the subject of Sasori. Judging by how much he dotes on his darling Danna, I'd say they were in love, or something. Deidara, the Akatsuki sex slave, and Sasori, the Akatsuki sex toy. Wait…..why do I care again?

I looked up the others had already left, shit. Well, except for Tobi looking down at me like some basketball-headed vision. Double Shit. "Umm, do you have a reason for being two centimetres above my face?" I asked him, stepping backwards and readying my fist. "We have to go find Kyuubi monster guy!!" he said shrilly, taking my wrist and leading me in through the Konoha gates.

"Naruto's not a monster unless he's on a ramen low." I said, punching him in the face (again) to make him let go of me. "Ahh, Tobi is sowwy!" he whined at me, using his arms to protect his head, which, by the way, was barely visible. I ignored him however as I saw Goldilocks and Joy-chan behind a house somewhere looking into each other's eyes. 'Haha, moment ruining time'I said to myself as I snuck up behind Deidara and suddenly screamed "GIRLY GUY" as I jumped up behind him giving him a huge fright, and then running out of there with Joy-chan before he could fight back.

"C'mon Joy-chan, let's go back to the Uchiha District!!" I said excitedly to her, while she looked back at Deidara then started running along with me.

"K-Kairi, why are we suddenly going back….?" Joy-chan asked me nervously; maybe she was scared of what she would find. "Don't worry, don't worry! It's not like it's been destroyed or anything. Most of the furniture and decorations and stuff are gone, but the district's still there. Mainly because me and Sasuke made them promise not to get rid of it."

"Y-yeah….but the last time I was there, everyone was dead, I nearly died, it's….I just don't want to go…..I see that place in my nightmares!"

"All the better reason to go! It might help you get over it, stupid!" I yelled back, why I was yelling whilst she was whispering I didn't know. "The revival of our clan…" Joy-chan whispered; but I must have misheard her, was she planning future events with Deidara…? No. Über Creepy. I will NOT accept Deidara as my cousin-in-law. Wait. That would mean Deidara was cousins (in-law) with Itachi, too. Mwuhahahaha-*chokes*.