I don't know why it's hard to forget her. I don't even know her that well, un.

I remember the second time I saw her…she looked very happy when she saw me in one corner…making more clay animals, un…

-Flashback-

It was ten years ago. Deidara met a girl his age named Sachiko Akira.

Deidara was just in one corner playing with his play figurines when he heard a familiar voice calling out his name.

"Deidara-kun! Where are you?"

It was Akira.

"I'm here, un." Deidara replied.

Akira was so happy that she saw him again.

"I got rice cake just for you…I made them myself! Try it!" Deidara didn't hesitate and took a bite out of the rice cake Akira made. "Do you like it?"

"It's okay, un."

"Really?" Deidara nodded.

Akira gave out a sigh as she sat down beside him.

"What's wrong, un?" Deidara asked, putting his arm around her.

"It's my last day here today. I'll be leaving here early tomorrow. And I probably…won't see you again…"

"Don't worry. We'll see each other again probably!" Deidara replied with a smile on his face, "I guarantee it, un." Akira smiled.

"I hope so…" She said, "But…do you think we can meet again tomorrow?"

"I don't know. It depends, un."

"Where do you want to meet?"

"I don't know, un. How about just outside the inn you're staying in?"

"Okay…but…hey! How'd you know where I was staying in?"

"I followed you home. I was making sure that you went back safe and sound, un." Deidara said, blushing.

"Really? Aww, that's so nice of you, Deidara-kun. Hahaha." Deidara scratched his head, still blushing. "Oh yeah…it's best that I'd be going now…"

"Why, un?"

"My dad might be done with his meeting by now…and he'll be back soon in the inn. I'll be dead when he finds out I'm gone!"

"Oh, okay…so, see you tomorrow, un?" Akira nodded at him and ran off.

"See ya!"

"See you, un…"

Early the next morning, Akira got up from her bed and was careful enough not to awaken her dad from his slumber.

-0-

I hope he's there already, Akira thought.

"Deidara-kun!" She called out.

There was no answer.

"Deidara-kun!" She called out again.

No answer.

Akira was worried. Where was Deidara? Why isn't he showing up?

"Akira?"

Her face brightened up. It must be Deidara! He probably came late for some reason.

But when she turned around to see if it was Deidara, it wasn't him to her dismay. Instead, it was her father.

"Akira, my child, why are you standing here all alone?" Her father asked.

"It's nothing, dad. I just wanted to wake up early so we can go back home than expected." Akira replied, which wasn't true.


"Ahh…I see. Well, we're going already. I've finished packing up our things."

"Wh—what?!"

"Yes, yes. Now, come along!" Her father replied. Akira started crying. "Something wrong, child?"

"Nothing, dad. Just something in my eye." Akira replied as she carried one of the three luggages they brought to Iwagakure.

-0-

"Let's go, Akira." Her father said again

"Yes, dad." Akira replied. She took one last look of Iwagakure. She hoped to see Deidara among the crowd.

But he wasn't there. And so, the two departed.

But what Akira didn't know that Deidara saw her go. He too was sad about it.

"She doesn't know what I have to go through just trying to say good-bye, un." Deidara said to himself, as he covered his wounds with bandages.

-Flashback Ends-

"…Deidara-sempai?"

Deidara opened his eyes.

He knew that annoying voice.

"…Deidara-sempai?"

Oh crap, it's Tobi, Deidara thought. "TOBI. HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET IN HERE, UN?!?"

"It was simple, Deidara-sempai. I used my head! And I mean literally!" Deidara goes 'sweat drop' mode.

"Tobi, could you do me a favor, un?" He said with his eye twitching.

"Anything, Deidara-sempai, just say the word and I'll do it!"

"Okay…Tobi…I'm saying this in the nicest way as possible…GET THE FUCKIN' OUT OF THE ROOM, UN!!!"

"What did I do wrong?! Tobi's a good boy!" Deidara shot him a glare or two.

"OUT…now, Tobi, un."

"But—"

"BAKA!!! I SAID OUT, UN!!!"

BANG.

The door slammed closed right in front of Tobi's face.

Tobi was uncertain why his sempai was like that to him…again.

"Hmm…I wonder what's bugging Deidara-sempai...oh well, might as well talk with Itachi-sempai! Teehee!" Tobi said as he skipped towards Itachi's room.

-0-

If only she knew, un…

Deidara looked up at the ceiling once and gives out a sigh.

I wonder if she still has the clay animal I gave to her, un…

-0-

An unwanted guest in Akira's room was just playing with an odd figurine when Akira came in.

"KENJI!!!"

"Oh oh."

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF THAT FIGURINE AND GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!!"

"But—"

"OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT!!!" Akira exclaimed.

"Okay okay! Sheesh! Don't get all snappy about it…"

"Oh no! I hope that little twerp…didn't break it." Akira said as soon as her brother left her room. She rushed to the odd figurine, which was left on her bed. "Ahh…thank goodness! It's okay!"

Knock. Knock.

"Who is it?"

"Guess."

Akira knew that voice.

It was her twenty-two-year-old brother Seth.

"Everything alright, sis?" He asked her. Akira nodded.

"I have taken care it, don't worry." She replied with a grin.

"I see…okay…err…what's that thing you're holding? A clay figure?"

"Yeah. It was a gift from…a friend." Akira replied. A special friend, she said in her head.

"I see…" Seth said. "Well, I'll be going then…I'll be eating lunch with my friends."

"Sure sure. Go ahead. And, oh yeah, close the door please. Thanks."

When Seth left, Akira got up from her bed and placed the clay animal on her desk. Then, she took out her diary and started to write a new entry…

I wish to see him again…even a small glimpse of him…let me just see him again…