Aiko ran. She ran as fast as her feet could take her. She was no comparison to her brother but her brother didn't carry sand on his back either. They set up camp already so they could rest but Sasuke had gone off in the woods. Two mysterious men had appeared and took Shinya away. Aiko and Hideo tried to stop them but no matter what they did, the men were able to deflect everything they threw.
"Sasuke-sensei!" Aiko yelled when she finally spotted him.
"Hn? Aiko, what do you want?" Sasuke grunted turning around to see his student.
"They took Shinya!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. She was pissed! She and Hideo couldn't save him…
Sasuke flinched and his face scrunched up in anger, "Who?"
"Deidara and Kisame of the Akatsuki. They just came, knocked Shinya out and took him… We tried everything to get him back but nothing worked!"
Sasuke clenched his fists. "Where's Hideo?"
"Watching the camp while I find you…"
"Let's go!" Sasuke nodded as they jumped back into the trees toward the camp.
"Hideo!" Sasuke sneered as they reached the camp.
"Sensei! They went that way!" Hideo pointed in the direction of the river.
Sasuke gave a slight nod. "You two stay here. The last thing we need is another being taken. If anyone comes, you know what to do."
"Hai!" The two ANBU nodded.
Sasuke disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Aiko and Hideo were fuming… "How could we let this happen, Hideo-kun?"
"It's not our fault. Kisame has been dead for years… We wouldn't have 'killed' him anyway and there was no way Deidara would let Shinya go…"
"Wait until Ino-san finds out…"
Hideo visibly flinched at the thought of the older blonde rampaging the village. It would be the beginning of the fifth shinobi world war.
"She'd have Sasuke and Deidara's head on a platter…"
Aiko nodded. There was a long comfortable silence and Aiko began to play with her sand.
"Is now really the time to play with your sand, Aiko-chan?"
"At least it's out." Aiko shrugged molding an animal that looked strangely like Shukaku.
"Hideo! Aiko! Battle stances now!" Sasuke yelled from not so far away.
They both jumped up and were ready to perform hand signs with their kunai in tow. Sasuke soon came into the clearing with Shinya on his back, knocked out cold.
Deidara appeared soon after, alone.
"Give him back, Uchiha!" Deidara ordered.
Sasuke scowled, "No!" He side glanced at his former students and they understood.
Aiko pushed her hand slightly and sand rushed at Deidara, pinning him to the tree. Hideo held a kunai to his throat.
Deidara smirked, "You can't kill me, yeah!"
"And why not?" Hideo sneered.
"He will never forgive you, un!" Deidara nodded towards Shinya.
Sasuke watched the older man calculatingly.
"Why didn't you just go to Konoha? They would have arranged a visit of some sort."
"Because his- It's none of your business!" Deidara yelled becoming flushed.
Aiko smirked knowingly, "You haven't seen Ino-san in how long? Boy, I'm sure she's pissed about that! You know, since she risked everything to be with you." She was mocking Deidara but what she said was true.
Ino waited for years for Deidara to come around but he never did. If he was, it was to watch Shinya but never see her.
"Shut up, you little brat! You have no idea what you're talking about, yeah!"
Hideo pressed the kunai to his throat; Deidara hit a nerve.
"Watch who you're talking to." Hideo's voice was much more threatening than his words.
"If you want to see Shinya-chan, you have to come to the village with us. We don't know how Ino-san will react but if you lo- care for either of them, you'll come with us." Aiko proposed.
She glanced back at Sasuke for approval and he furrowed his eyebrows in agreement.
Deidara sighed. "Fine! But I will not go to prison!"
Aiko's sand covered Deidara's hands. "We can't have you blowing us up…"
Deidara stared into her emerald eyes for a long time and realized who she was.
"You're the Kazekage's daughter, yeah!"
Aiko gave no reply.
"You know we killed him once… Not because we didn't like him or anything but he had Shukaku so we extracted him from him and killed him."
Aiko ignored him. Hideo, who was walking beside her, gave Aiko a semi-concerned look.
"You mother helped save him, you know, hm? She killed my best friend too, Sasori-danna, un…"
"Would you shut up? We're almost to the village." Sasuke spat annoyed.
Deidara visibly shuttered, he was so close to his love… It had been so long that he forgot what it was like to be so close to the love of his life… He braced himself for her reaction. When it came down to it, Pain had nothing on an angry Ino Yamanaka.