Document Opened: 05/13/2009, 05:37am.

Authors Note: This is an AU version of the normal time-line. Genre(s): Hurt/Comfort, fluff, hopefully a little splash of humor. ///////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////

Another round of thunder made the small form shake and huddle closer to his Danna, who for the life of him could not understand why the boy seemed to hate thunderstorms when he based his art around explosions.

"Brat, why do you hate this kind of weather so much when your explosions make the same noise." He refrained from using the word racket. All the while he had put his free right hand on the boys head. His other hand was currently holding a book and he glanced away from it and down to the child he brought back to the Akatsuki barely a year ago.

"It's different then my 'splosions, un." He said quietly while making sure he was as close to his Danna as possible. Both of his small arms were wrapped around the older puppet artist and he was half sitting, half laying against Sasori. The puppet masters hand on his head did make him feel a little better though. But it was way after nine at night, close enough to ten and like the child he was, he fought sleep despite how tired he felt.

He simply did not like sleeping in this weather. So whenever his eyes started to fall shut another round of thunder would help him shoot back awake for a little longer. "How exactly is it different?" To him they were the same. Bright, loud and sometimes annoying. Granted he did understand that the young Iwa nin was very powerful but the thought of something like explosions being art was not something he was pleased with.

"I make my 'splosions with my creations and it's different, un." He wasn't quite sure how to explain it. And partly he was too tired to put much more thought into it.

"Is it because you can control your creations and therefore control your explosions?" A small smile of amusement showed itself on his face as the boys visible blue eye was almost all the way shut. Of course another burst of thunder came and startled the boy back somewhat awake. "No, that's silly Danna, un." He sleepily muttered out barely remembering Sasori's question before he almost dozed off.

The red head in question rolled his eyes at the answer he was given. He decided it was best to change the subject. "You know it was a night like this when I found you and another like this when we arrived back." He had a lot of explaining to do to Pein regarding the child. It was just a big help that he was as strong as he was with his explosions.

"I 'member, un." A habit of the childs, when he was tired he tended to cut some of his words down when speaking. "Dad made me go away since he couldn't take how I looked, un." The thought made him sad. "Then I thought you were gonna kill me, un." Back then the stormy night had the skies pitch black and the only illumination was that of the lightning.

He was four at the time and the only thing he could see clearly on his Danna that night was his earthen eyes. Of course he had been wandering around for a little while prior to that and had been drenched and nearly freezing from the pouring rain. The fear that he felt combined with how cold he was overwhelmed his young body and he blacked out.

After that one thing led to another now he was here. "Are you happy here, brat?" He had known by fact that the everyone else took to the kid in less then a month after he brought him there, even himself since he unintentionally had taken up the role of a parent so to speak.

"Of course, un!" He looked up at his Danna. "When I first came here Konan gave me cookies and Hidan is teaching me some new words and 'Kuzu said next week he'd show me the life lesson of the value of a ryo, un." He took a moment to get some air and then continued. "'Tachi said I was getting better at stealth and Kisame's gonna show me a trick he can do where water comes out of his mouth, un."

Sasori was listening but what caught his attention was HIdan teaching him words. That couldn't be good if it was what he was thinking. "Zetsu's showing me all kinds of plants and Tobi...well he's just crazy, un." Then again the masked ninja did come up with some rather interesting games. "Even Pein said in a couple of years I might be able to start some simple missions, un." He seemed rather proud of this since he did not want to be a useless burden to them and especially Sasori.

"You do realize that it thundered at least three times while you were talking right?" The child seemed almost surprised by this. "I didn't notice it, un." But for some reason he felt a little bit better though.

It was a couple of minutes of after ten. "Look, there's nothing to be afraid of. You should know by now that if anyone or anything tried to hurt you I would kill it with a slow and painful death." He meant it. He also happened to know that the others would do the same thing.

"Thank you Danna, un." He said sleepily. Even with the weather going on outside he knew he would probably be sleeping soon but continued to fight it. Sasori wrapped his right arm around the small form. "Go to sleep, brat." He spoke in calm tone but: it was clear that it was more or less a command.

Soon enough his eyes closed. "Love you 'Sori, un." He mumbled out before his breathing evened out and he finally fell asleep. "You too Deidara." He said quietly before returning to his book, the storm still raging on outside. ///////\\\\//////\\\\\////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////\\\\\\\\\\///////\\\\\\\//////////\\\\\

Authors Note: Yep. Here's another one for the collection. Somehow backstory slipped it's way in there.o_o. Don't ask. Later people.:3.

Finished: 05/14/2009, 12:05am.