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Last time on"Akatsuki : Ringu":

Konan backed away when the girl reached her goal and proceeded to climb out of the screen, hands first with her drenched body slithering out. Konan's knees buckled when she hit the couch, causing her to sit down with the girl towering over her. She pointed a nailess finger at Konan, who prepared screamed as loud as she could for help but was easily muffled within a second when she was instantly killed by sight. The girl slowly made her way back to the sceen and climbed back in. She walked to her well and went down it again as the screen went blank . . .

Mission 2: Video Tapes

"Konan, I got the room ready," Sasori called out from his room, he went to the living room to find it completely soaked in water. "What the hell? Konan. . ." He looked over the couch to find Konan sitting in a fetal position, her head in her arms. "Are you alright?" He shifted his feet in the small puddles as he started to lift Konan up to wake her up. To his horror, she wore a distorted face with her eyes closed and mouth wide open as if screaming. He nearly dropped her as he fell backwards from surprise and hit his head on the coffee table, it knocked him out. Deidara entered the scene with the Police behind him.

"Sasori! Konan!"

.:(-.-):.
.:A Week Later:.

Shades of black was what everyone wore that day. . .except for the occasional white from the priest that came. Friends and co-workers were there, starting up conversations, crying, and mourning for the recent deaths of Konan and Pein a week ago. Their coffins were set up under a tent since it was raining, their picture posted on a stand was there for all to see, roses surrounded the two coffins that were ready to be lowered into the ground later on that evening. Zetsu provided the roses and reservations since he owned the cemetary. Fortunately, Kakazu was able to avoid getting a heartattack when he was told that Zetsu would be able to take care most of the expences and that he only had to pay little.

The two men sat at the front row looking up at the picture of the couple.

"They were about to get married," the white side of Zetsu commented.

"Yeah, Pein begged me to pay for it," added Kakazu,"damn bastard, he could've bankrupt me with the things he was asking for . . .but . . . he did live a good life."

Meanwhile, with Itachi and Kisame, they stood near the desk where Deidara sat, he was taking roll of the guests who arrived. The two missed most of the funeral cemermony but managed to get in before the burial. Kisame showed a blue rose to Deidara, while Itachi took a white one that laid out neatly in the basket.

"It was Konan's favorite, even though it's hard to find," explained Kisame, he read the expression on Deidara's face. Itachi signed his name on the roll book. "I wanted to give her a whole bouquet on her wedding . . ."

"We wanted to get here earlier but traffic's not being nice to us. Hidan and Orochimaru couldn't make it, Hidan'll be back tonight while Ororchimaru's going back tomarrow," Itachi said softly while taking an extra rose, he walked off to the coffins to place the flowers down. He took his seat away from Zetsu and Hidan and bowed his head, Kisame did the same.

Deidara gave a sigh, he thought,"I knew something was up with Konan . . . she wouldn't tell me, I thought Pein had to do with it but . . . he's dead too. Then there's the video tape I found . . . I can have Hidan check it out when he gets back . . . maybe the killer left it by accident . . ."

Tobi entered the scene, he looked at Deidara,"That's everyone, right?"

"Yeah, un . . . Hidan and Orochimaru aren't able to come. . ."

"Well, I'll bring Hidan later . . . do you know about this, Deidara-san, how they died?"

The artist shifted his eyes left to right then spoke low,"Uh-huh . . .When looked around Pein's apartment . . . I found a blank video tape in his VHS, yeah-"

"Blank? Maybe he was recording something-"

"Tobi, he bought Time Warner, he's got the abilty to record any show," Deidara said bluntly. "The chances of him using his VHS is very slim, plus, he was about to throw it out . . ."

Tobi shrugged,"Then I'm out of ideas." And with that done, he began to depart. "Got to meet Hidan at the airport, he's getting back from America . . ."

"Can you tell him to come over to my place, yeah?" Deidara called out, Tobi nodded over his shoulder.

.:(-.-):.
.:Three Hours Later:.

Deidara laid on his twin bed with his feet elevated by the bed frame, he was staring up at the multi-colored ceiling he painted. It was pretty retro, giving his room a bright atmosphere. A large bird cage near the window contained a blue and gold macaw, he kept her--Taka--outside for now to giver her free space from her cage. She was currently sleeping peacefully with her head tucked under her wing. Most apartments don't allow any pets but Deidara managed to convince land lord to keep Taka with him.

His hair was untied for the moment as his switched positions with his feet so the right was on top of the left. Against the wall, his old desk given to him from Itachi had piles of paper work from his job as the owner of a Fireworks Shop out of town. Every once in a while, he would get calls from clients asking for custom made fireworks for parties or large events. Among the piles of forms were counless sketches Deidara would doodle once in a while when he was bored or he was stressed out. Right now, he was in the middle of sketching his sleeping bird from a distance. He began shading in specific areas until Sasori opened his door.

There was a short scar on his head from the coffee table a week ago, he caught Deidara's attention,"Hidan's here . . ."

"Finally," Deidara huffed while sgetting up, he cracked his back before grabbing the video tape that sat on his night stand. He entered the living room while scratching his head to find Hidan sitting on the barstool that was positioned at the small bar.

"You better have a pretty good reason why I'm here in your Hellhole and not sleeping my bed," Hidan grunted,"I had a long, fucking flight . . ."

"Here." He handed the priest the blank tape. "Can you check this out-?"

"How 'bout you do it? You got a VHS, right?"

" . . .no, un."

" . . .fine, I'll do it . . .but for a fee-"

"You sound like Kakazu, yeah," Deidara laughed, Sasori smirked.

"Shut the fuck up, blondie. C'mon, let's get it over with so I can sleep."

.:(-.-):.

"So . . . what happened to Pein and Konan-chan?" Hidan asked as they entered his apartment/studio. His room was nearly cluttered with numerous recording equipment and monitors, along with audio recorders. Near the center of the room was a television screen with a sofa in front. Hidan guided Deidara and Sasori to a desk he normally sat at. One might wonder how a priest managed to get these highly expensive, state-of-the-art, high-tec equipment. Well, let's just say he had a hobby for film and somehow managed to win this stuff at a church auction. . . by accident.

"That's what we want to find out," replied Sasori, Deidara stared at him. He didn't remember invitng Sasori with him. "Konan was my friend too you know, it wouldn't kill me to check this out. Besides, I want to kill the bastard who ruined my couch. It's all soaked with water so I had it replaced."

"But weren't you there when she died?"

"I passed out on the scene."

"Hm, hm, hmmmm," Deidara sighed, disappointedly. "You could've saved her, yeah."

"She didn't make a single noise. . ."

Hidan rubbed the sleep that was forming in his eyes as he inserted the video tape.

"Maybe Pein was recording Sex and the City . . . look, I'll fix the video up, my VHS is acting weird. The numbers are all fucked up, I'll make a copy later," Hidan explained, he pointed out that the counter/timer wasn't operating correctly. Deidara nodded.

"Sure thing, un. . ."

"I'll stay," Sasori said, Hidan groaned.

"Suit yourself . . ."

Deidara navigated through the countless wires that were piled up at his feet to the door. He opened it then left for his own apartment.

.:(-.-):.
.:Next Day:.

The artist woke up, finding himself in an odd position with his head hanging over the side of his bed. 'This is going to leave a sore neck,' he thought while getting up.

"Ow, ow, ow," he winced, getting his neck to aline with his spine. He swung his feet over the bed and got up. He found Sasori sitting at their table eating his usual breakfast. The blank video tape sat there with a twin that had a "Copy" sticker on it. "Sasori-danna, you got any pain killers-I mean-tylenol, hm?"

"Here, why?" Sasori replied, he tossed a bottle of pills to him.

"I slept funny, un."

"Uh-huh, yeah, sure. Hidan finished making a copy of the video tape last night. We watched it, kind of creepy. Right after it, we both got a phone call at the same time."

Deidara poped open the pill despencer and took two pills, he asked,"What?"

"A girl, she said '7 days'. Hidan flipped out, he didn't really appretiate prank phone calls, made a copy of the tape, then told me to get the fuck out and give it to you."

"Aa, that's Hidan for you, yeah." Deidara looked at the clock--he had to brush his hair out of the way--and then got up. "Damn it, 10 o'clock, I'm thirty minutes late."

"Leaving already? You didn't even eat-"

"I'll stop at a Ramen Stand, un," he replied quickly. "Forgot, Orochimaru's waiting for me at the train station-"

"I thought it was Tobi's turn to pick him up."

"Not this time . . ."

.:(-.-):.

". . ."

". . . you were half an hour late, Deidara," Orochimaru growled while putting his luggage and suit case in the truck of Deidara's car.

"Yeah yeah, but in case you didn't know, Konan and Pein were just murdered lately," Deidara shot at him. "The funeral was yesterday, un."

As Deidara began driving out of the parking lot, Orochimaru stared at him,"Really?"

"Really."

"What happened then?"

Deidara shrugged,"No one knows but I think a video tape killed them."

"Video tape? Don't tell me it can sprout out arms and legs and handle a kitchen knife . . ."

"Ha, ha, very funny, hm." He reached behind him and handed Orochimaru the tape. "Hidan checked it out, he said it was nothing so I think I'll let you look at it, yeah."

.:(-.-):.
.:Fireworks Shop:.

Deidara sat at work, his feet on his desk with a mug of coffee in hand. He was reading an article that was about Pein and Konan, the reporters had gotten the information wrong. That pissed him off so bad, he tore the paper up into shreads and lit it on fire. The original video tape was on his desk, placed upright. He glared at it for a long time until the shop door opened.

"Sasori-dan-"

"You're bird's dead," Sasori frowned, he had a plastic bag at hand. Deidara jumped up from his chair, causing several documents to fly out, and ran over to Sasori. "I tried to pet her but she suddenly went insane!"

Carefully, Deidara opened the bag to find his bird covered in blood. He glraed at Sasori,"What the fuck did you do to her?!"

"Nothing . . . she just . . . dropped dead . . ."

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