Thank you to all who reviewed and for the wonderful ideas; I have certainly taken them into account, but you'll just have to see what I have in store, he he. I have to say, I'm enjoying this and I know the stories a little odd. The explanation of what the heck this 'ready' thing is will come soon, I think. The suspense he he, well, not. But any who… heh heh. Also, thank you for the correction of danna and donno. By the way, I understand Itachi's a little OOC, but there is always a reason for my actions in my writing.

Chapter Three - More of a Friend than an Enemy

It was a little while before Hikari got out of the bathtub and dried her hair and silky ashen skin. As she exited the bathroom, Sasori had found his way to Itachi's room and was listening to Deidara's explanation of what had happened. 'Do they care?' Hikari asked herself, putting on some new clothes similar to the last ones. She looked at Sasori and Deidara a few times finding herself uncomfortable around them because of their gender.

"Hey! Kari-chan! You coming now?" Sasori asked, smiling and gesturing for me to follow no matter what my answer would have been.

The young girl followed, smiling a little now. Deidara held her close to him whilst they walked down the corridors to their room.

"So, you ok now, Kari-chan?" Deidara eventually asked, leading into their room with Sasori.

She turned to face him, "Y-yes, arigatou." (Is that how you spell it, XD?)

Their room was larger than Itachi's with two double-sized beds and highly decorated bed polls. Hikari looked around for a while seeing that it was a lot to take in and then realising Sasori had been trying to talk to her.

"G-gomen," she apologised.

The redhead smirked, "It's ok, Kari-chan. Anyway, you'll be staying here until Leader-sama hears about what Itachi did to you. It's unlike him, very unlike him. He's been acting kind of strange recently…" he then stopped looking over at the blonde who was searching through their mini-fridge, "hey, Dei-chan, what you looking for?" he asked, pouting when the blonde teased him about his lack of trust.

"Just…" he paused, "this!" at that second he pulled out a well-packed box of sushi and rice, finding some chopsticks.

"What you going to do with that?" Sasori asked, confused.

A sly smile rose on the other Akatsuki's face and then he opened it and began to it, "What you do with food, Sasori-donno."

The red haired ninja showed a look of disgust then turned back to the girl at his side, "Let's play truth or dare. I need a good laugh."

Deidara's eyes widened as much as Hikari's did and both soon realised they wouldn't be getting out of the game unless they dropped dead. Sasori sat down with his legs crossed waiting for the other two to follow and soon they did.

"Very well, Dei-chan, truth or dare?" the redhead asked.

Deidara thought over this for some time, "Dare."

"Hmm. Ok then. Let us do your hair," Sasori's smirk was unbelievable and Hikari laughed so much she nearly suffocated, not being able to stop.

"W-what? My beautiful hair? Sasori-donno! That's mean!"

"You'll get your chance to inflict humility on us, now take your hair down-" Sasori was rudely interrupted by a knock at the door and their fun was signalled over.

"Damn. Leader-sama must want you…" Deidara sarcastically retorted, hanging onto his blonde locks for dear life.

It so happened that Leader-sama wanted both of them immediately and so Hikari was left alone in the room where the fun never did rise above asking the dare.

-AAA-

"Itachi! You have violated what I said for you to not do! This is unacceptable. The girl is precious, she is not a toy to be played with and broken at your mercy!" Leader-sama's voice was strict and even Sasori and Deidara winced when he hit the almighty Uchiha down to the floor.

The raven-haired ninja stared up at him with red Sharingan eyes, a trickle of blood running slightly from his mouth, "Hn. She's so easy to control though…" he muttered, but to his unluckiness Leader-sama heard and kicked him in the chest, making Itachi cough up a bit of crimson fluid.

"She may be easy to control, but hell if you hurt her again…I'll kill you," he finished.

'Then I'll have to hurt her again and she what he actually does…' Itachi thought, not thinking anything of the threat his boss had just given him.

Sasori and Deidara were staring in horror and Kisame and Zetsu had just returned from a mission to see all of it, as well… The Uchiha was officially not acting right. That threat wasn't directed to him, but something else.

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I know, short, but I just wanted to get across what the heck happens now, XD. Not that I did a good job or it, may rewrite. Please review, as well!

-Shizukage (Mai)