Hey everyone! Sorry…I started this chapter a little late. You know…I usually don't write very long fanfiction because I get bored with them easily….though so far I'm not bored with this one ^-^ yay! Well I'll try my best to make this fanfiction awesome. ANYHOW I don't own Naruto or any characters used in the story….:( but…. ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

Getting into the village was easy…finding information on the tailed beast…well that takes a little more effort. Not too many people are willing to cooperate with the akatsuki. When they see the red cloud on their cloak, they usually head in the different direction. But this time, Deidara had a pretty good plan on getting the information they needed…or so he said he did. He didn't even bother explaining it to Tobi; he would just get in the way. So far all that he had done on previous missions was run away from anything dangerous.

"Tobi…wait here, un. I should be back in an hour…half an hour at the least."

Tobi frowned, though Deidara couldn't see it. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to finish the mission, un" Deidara said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Tobi thought for a minute before he responded. "What about me? What am I supposed to do?" Tobi tilted his head to the side as he said this.

"I don't know...keep watch. Just don't do anything stupid while I'm gone, un." And with that Deidara headed into the village.

Tobi stood there for a moment, watching Deidara as he disappeared into the night. He looked around for a moment before he turned and walked over to a patch of grass. As he sat down he noticed it was getting a bit colder outside…though he didn't mind, the cloak was pretty warm. He stared off into the distance, thinking about nothing in particular...pretty much just zoning out.

Quite a lot of time had passed and Tobi had failed to notice until the familiar feeling of the ground shaking from an explosion, and several minutes later the sound of Deidara yelling at him seemed to wake him from his thoughts. He looked up to see Deidara standing in front of him. The first thing he noticed was the few drops of blood trickling down his face around his eyes.

"Sempai, you're bleeding!" He said as he stood up immediately.

"Never mind that, un. We need to hurry up and get out of the village."

"Why?" asked Tobi as he and Deidara begun to leave, taking a different path than the one they used when they entered.

"Because I want to get back to the hideout, and let's just say I'm not the most favorite person in this village, un. "

"Oh, did you get any information?"

"Sorta…it didn't go exactly as planned, un."

They both had arrived at the hideout the next afternoon. Deidara calmly walked in as Tobi didn't even bother to slow down. As soon as his foot made contact with the hard wood floor, he slipped. The floor had just been mopped several minutes before they arrived. He fell backwards and hit his head hard on the floor, causing him to black out. The last thing he saw was Itachi watching him as he sat at the table in the middle of the room.

Darkness. That was all that could be seen. There was no sound for what seemed like several minutes, but soon a familiar voice could be heard. It was Deidara's.

"True art is and explosion, un. It doesn't last forever, but for the few seconds it does…it's amazing. The explosion when it's set off is many different colors of orange, yellow, and red all blended together into one powerful blast. It can wipe out an entire village so easily. It's amazing, un. You might not understand now, but soon you're going to be a part of it, un. Then you'll understand." Each word he said echoed into the dark emptiness.

Suddenly in the shadows, a figure appeared. He walked closer and closer until you could see exactly who it was. Deidara sempai… On his face you could see the smirk begin to form as he reached down slowly and took something out. Whatever it was departed from his hand and flew nearer. When it came into focus, it was a small clay bird. The thought took several seconds to sink in, and he quickly looked up in time to see Deidara mouth one word, Katsu. Just one word. Just one small, yet powerful word.

Light flooded into the darkness and just as it was about to reach him, it all just stopped.

"Tobi…wake up, un!"

Tobi's eyes shot open. The first thing he saw was Deidara standing over him. He quickly sat up and looked upward at him.

"I told you, he was fine…" Said Itachi, as he continued to sit there, expressionlessly taking a sip of something in a blue glass.

Deidara looked over at him quickly then back to Tobi, who was now standing. He stood there for several moments then finally decided to speak.

"Sempai…" began Tobi in a quiet voice. "Why do you want me dead? You never gave me answer to my question…"

Deidara stood there for a moment, trying to figure out what he was talking about. He couldn't quite remember any conversations they had before the mission. When the explosion had thrown him against the tree, he hit his head hard. Any memory of what had happened earlier that day was either gone or really foggy. He was completely silent for a moment or two, and was going to ask about what the heck he was talking about. He opened his mouth to ask, but no words came out…he didn't know why either.

Tobi looked down towards the ground and spoke in a cheerless tone. "Never mind sempai."

He turned and begun to walk towards the next room, but stopped to speak, not even bothering to turn around. "I'll be in my room." He then continued to head for the stairs.

Upstairs in his room, he sat on his bed looking at the ground. The reason he doesn't want to answer is clear. It wasn't an accident. He wants me dead. What did I do wrong? Why does he hate me?

Tobi sighed and looked up from the ground. He looked over at the picture that still lay on the bed. He reached for it but without warning an excruciating pain shot through his head. He cried out in agony and attempted to stand up.

"W-what's going on?!"

He stood up too fast causing the pain to worsen and he fell back down to his bed. It grew worse and worse, each second seemed like a much more severe torture. Just as he though it as going to get even worse, it stopped. It was so sudden. Just like that it had stopped.

He was light headed and didn't even dare move or stand up. He couldn't remember anything like that ever happening before. He couldn't figure out what had caused it until he remembered earlier when he fell and hit his head. Ah, so that's what caused it…

Feeling relieved, he glanced over at his clock and realized what time it was. Not only was it usually when he had dinner, he was also rather hungry. Standing up, he headed out of his room and down the hall. He was thankful to notice the feeling was completely gone. It was almost as if nothing had ever happened.

As he reached the kitchen, he saw some of the other akatsuki members already sitting at the table eating whatever they had found in the fridge. He walked passed them to see if there was anything edible left. Of course there wasn't much, just some yogurt, a weird looking green thing, a bowl of rice, and some milk. We really need to go shopping…thought Tobi as he reached for the milk. He took it out of the fridge, set it down and went to go find a cup. A few seconds later he found a clean one and poured himself a glass.

He leaned against the counter with his mask turned just enough to see his mouth. He raised the glass and begun to drink. Suddenly there was a slight throbbing in his head. He ignored it and continued to drink, but before he could finish, it grew worse….much, much worse. It was happening again. Like earlier each second grew more painful than the last…he closed his eyes and hoped that it would go away before it got completely unbearable. It didn't. The pain increased dramatically in just several seconds, forcing his grip to tighten. The glass cup shattered in his hand, causing everyone in the room to turn and look at him. He didn't notice the strange looks they all gave him. In fact he didn't even notice how much his hand hurt or the pieces broken glass that stuck out from the palm of his hand.

By now a couple more people entered the room, including Deidara, to see what the crash was about. No one said anything. They just stared, unsure about what was going on.

It hurt much more than before, but thankfully, it didn't last as long. As the pain subsided, he opened his eyes and saw everyone looking at him. Deidara was the first to speak.

"What happened, un?"

Tobi looked away, not answering. He looked down and saw his hand. It wasn't that bad, just a few small pieces of glass pierced through the skin. He looked up at everyone who was watching him.

"I think I just need to get some sleep."

He cleaned the broken glass off the ground and headed back upstairs, took a shower, bandaged his hand, and went to his room to go to bed. As he lay there in the dark, he couldn't help but feel that there was something wrong. There was a very strange feeling in his mind, something wasn't right but he didn't know what. Trying to forget about it, he fell asleep.

Yay! Chapter three is now done! :D sorry it is a little shorter than usual…I couldn't figure out what should happen…then my friend helped me come up with an idea! Well anyhow this chapter is also a little late…sorry if you think I forgot! I didn't! Don't worry. Hope you liked it!