A/N: Yo! Next chapter, here we come!

Chapter 12

Things Fall Apart

The two criminals left the village the following day and passed the woods.

"Danna, may I have another kiss, un?" Deidara cried, looking down at the small hunchbacked man at his right.

Inside Hiruko, Sasori felt so glad hearing this very first time Deidara had asked him for a kiss. However, he tried to sound cool and pretended as if nothing was heard.

"Sasori-danna?" Deidrara asked. "I am waiting for my kiss. Please give me even only a fleeting one and I could be the happiest person on earth, un."

Deidara kept nagging all the way, making Sasori give in. "All right, Deidara!" he shouted in an angry-yet-happy manner as he went out of his marionette.

Both men were blushing at the point when they stood right in front of each other, noticing their huge height gap. "Hmm…" Deidara raised a blonde brow. "I guess I need to help you in kissing so I will just have a little tilt, okay?"

Sasori's face turned so red as if it was an exploding bomb. He never wanted to feel so small and people to treat him like a little boy. 'Hmph! This is a fifteen year-old body, Deidara. What do you expect?!' He thought, making a grumpy expression.

"I'll tilt, Danna."

Just then, the Iwa ninja felt a sudden kiss on his lips and was so surprised. 'I didn't know Sasori-danna could reach my height, un.'

Sasori wrapped his hands around Deidara's neck, pulling it downwards. By that, Deidara knew Sasori was in the tips of his toes, holding so tight to avoid being outbalanced.

Sasori pulled away, "So, are you happy, Dei Dei?"

"Of course, Sasori-danna. I love you so much, un." he said, smiling.

Sasori blushed, "I love you, too."

While walking, Deidara suddenly felt a tinge of heat in abdomen. He knew his mechanisms were malfunctioning again.

"Sasori-danna, I have to pee first, un." he said, running as fast as he could. "Just don't follow me, un!"

"Make it quick, Dei Dei." Sasori said, back inside Hiruko.

Deidara had finally gone into a far enough place where no one could see him. He unfastened his cloak, and then opened the little screws in his chest. There he saw some smoke…

Kill the puppet, Deidara

Find him, crash him.

Do not let your feelings gobble you up

If you do not stop feeling love,

I shall kill you then.

He remembered he had a mission to accomplish. His determination to find the puppet arouse, thinking that he would surely die if he fails or if he learns to feel. Thus, the chance of dying never lessened since Sasori was still in his mind, and he simply couldn't stop loving his danna.

His mind was still confused while he started cleaning the metals in his body.

15 minutes later…

Sasori grew impatient as before and could no longer wait for Deidara. He followed the blonde's way and tracks to trace where he could find him.

He unexpectedly sensed the presence of the robot as he smelled a bit of scent of metal and acid. This was the moment he was waiting for—to know who exactly is the one who plans to destroy him—and he should kill him in order to save himself. He followed the scent, forgetting about his fetch for Deidara.

Finally, the puppet found the thing he was looking for.

The robot was a few meters away, and the only thing left to do was for Sasori to peek. He silently went out of Hiruko. He peeked, seeing a number of wires scattered on the ground. There were plies and screws. And there was Deidara, busy installing a piece of metal wore in his body. He was not wearing tops that allowed Sasori to see his full metal body and the hole in his abdomen with lots of wires.

Sasori bit his lip. 'This is not true! This is not true!' he kept on saying to himself and opposing what the truth is. What his wooden eyes have seen.

Meanwhile, in the Akatsuki base…

"Leder-sama," Kakuzu handed Pain a scroll. "this was given to me secretly be a servant of Fuji Kenshin.

He said we all need to read it."

"A letter in a very formal theme…" Pain stated, opening the scroll in both of his hands. "Gather all the members but Sasori and Deidara."

"Hai!" Kakuzu swiftly disappeared within thick clouds.

After a few minutes…

"This is a letter." Pain smiled. "A very important letter, I suppose." Pain read the letter aloud so that everyone could hear. It read:

Akatsuki,

I am certain that you will not decline my little favor. Let us get straight to the point. I want to marry the beautiful Deidara and you should give her to me in exchange for wealth. Tell me how much money you need; I can give it to you. If ever you agree, the wedding will be later in the evening at my mansion. Meet one of my servants in the Shinju River later, at noon. I will be expecting for your representative's presence.

Fuji Kenshin

The members were both confused and excited. Pain was sitting on the chair while the others were gathered around him. He leaned against the back rest as he started pondering, "If we take the deal, we will lose Deidara, but will gain wealth."

Everyone was silent.

Suddenly, Konan opened her lips and began speaking, "I remember Sasori-san's diary which revealed his true feelings. What if—"

"What if we accept the deal to see how Sasori-san will react?" Tobi interrupted.

"Thanks for your astounding suggestion, Tobi." Konan scoffed.

"That is a great idea, right Leader-sama? I told you, Tobi is a good boy!" he said, munching a big pack of potato chips.

Hidan laughed, "That fucking man thinks Deidara is a girl?!" he couldn't help laughing so loud that he almost had a hard time breathing. After some time, he managed to control it, "He's such a fucking jerk. He's a pig."

"What could be more stupid than a very rich man who surely had a good education being fooled by Deidara's looks? I wish Sasori-san is here to tell us." Kisame grinned.

"To whom do you guys vote for to be Deidara's partner? Sasori-san or that idiot?" Zetsu asked.

"I fucking vote for Sasori-san." Hidan grinned.

"Me either." Kakuzu said.

"Tobi wants to be the priest!" He contemplated, crossing his arms while placing his fingers under his chin, "For… Deidara-sempai and Sasori-san's wedding!"

"Hn."

"I agree with you, Itachi-san." Kisame blushed.

"Sasori-san for me." Zesu said. "Hey, I prefer the stupid guy rather than that shorty redhead!" "Oh shut up! Just go with the flow!" "You remember this day."

"You all look so immature. You'd better stop it," Pain informed.

Kisame glared at Pain, "Leader-sama, you need to vote—now."

Pain smirked, "All right, I vote for Sasori-san. What about you, Konan?"

The blue-haired lady made a troubled face, feeling so conscious, seeing all the men staring at her like maniacs. "Ughh… Isn't it so odd when you see both guys kissing and embracing each other?"

Hidan replied, "But they are both men so you have no fucking choice."

Konan sighed in despair, "All right… I vote for Sasori-san." 'I'd rather choose him than to be abused by these maniacs.'

"Okay then. Kakuzu, you will be the one who will meet with them later."

Sasori leaned motionless; his eyes couldn't blink, even his words shrunk into his throat. As he saw Deidara's body, his confusion arouse rapidly.

The wind stopped, allowing the blonde to sense the presence of the puppet he has been finding for a century.

He looked behind, finding his danna staring at him. "Sasori-danna?" The blonde was wordless. He bit his lip as he turned around to let Sasori see his whole metal body.

A/N: I hope you read the next chapters… *evil grin*