A.N: Boring little chapter to like 3 and 5 together but whatever. It's done so read it and review to me because I love what you wonderful readers have to say.

disclaimer: The names of these fictional charactors have been changed to protect there idenity. Veiwer discretion is advised. Oh and I don't own Naruto okay? Don't sew me for the love of Jashin-sama!!!

Chapter Four: Starting New

"Wake up dobe," said a calm voice as Sasuke shook Naruto's shoulder. The blond grumbled and rolled over in his sleeping bag. Sasuke sighed before getting to his feet and harshly kicking Naruto in the side.

"Ah! Ow!" the sleepy ninja growled sitting up and squinted at his raven haired friend. "What?"

"Time to go," he replied before going over to help Sai pack the rest of his artist tools he had left on the ground the night before.

"Oh," Naruto blinked getting out of his sleeping mat and beginning to roll it up. He felt his joints crack with the movments but he was in to much in a rush to start morning stretches. Oh no he had to see Hinata soon or he'd spontaneously combust.

Three and a half weeks in the reconstruction of the Sound Country was his lest favorite mission to date! He knew it was just a way to keep him and Sasuke out of the Rain Country so the Akatsuki wouldn't get the nine-tailed fox and the last loyal Uchiha wouldn't potentially get himself killed. That was only common sense. For now he would do as granny Tsunade ordered for Sakura's and Hinata's sakes.

Deidara sat up his visible eye half open and a large frown on his face. He was normally a morning person but he felt horrible. His shoulders ached from being restrained and his mouth palms felt numb from the cut of charka to them. He missed his cot in the Akatsuki lair; it wasn't like a king size feather bed, but it was a hell of a lot better then sleeping on a grass mat. He'd be sure to complain annoyingly to Hinata when she would come to take him out for breakfast.

As he thought about Hinata he couldn't help but compare her to Sakura. Her hair was longer for starters and a deep blue black much unlike Sakura's short pink tinted hair. The Pearl had large milky white eyes that he had mistaken for blindness when really she could see everything with them eyes. How fascinating, he thought staring pointlessly at the grey walls of his cell…How very…artistic.

He shook his hair out, pulling out knots painfully with his fingers. He sat there for a while fingering the lens of his scope which he had forgotten to take off the night before. There was no mirror in the cell so he didn't even bother attempting to pull his hair up into his trademark ponytail. He remembered having his hair lose like this when he stayed with Sakura then quickly banished the wonderful and painful thoughts.

He looked up quickly whipping his nose as the lock clicked open.

I smiled pushing the door closed with my foot. In my arms was change of clothing I had stolen from Neji, Deidara was slim so I figured they'd be able to fit.

"Morning Deidara-kun," I said cheerily in a very upbeat mood today.

"Ah hmm," he greeted rubbing his right eye with finger. "What do you have there Pearl un?"

"My name's not-," I stopped mid sentence and shrugged "just some clean clothes for you." I said giving him the waist length dark blue kimono and charcoal pants that hit at the ankle. He took the clothing and tilted his head bangs falling over the rest of his face. We stood awkwardly staring at each other for a painfully long moment before he spoke.

"I do believe you should step out unless of course you want to watch me change yeah?" he said with a sly smile.

"Oh no, no um s-sorry," I exclaimed my face turning the color of a tomato as I quickly left the cell and waited outside. I could nearly hear his cruel chuckling.

After about ten minutes of waiting I walked back in the color in my face was thankfully gone. He was fully dressed and leaning on the wall nearest to the door. Surprisingly the clothes fit a tad bit to big with the sleeves of the kimono going over his hands halfway and the V-neck nearly slipped off his thin shoulders. That's when I realized how very small Deidara was, he couldn't have been any taller six feet tall yet he always seemed to be a bigger entity then he really was, perhaps it was just his cockiness that made him seem mightier. Whatever the reason this new realization made me snort.

"What hmm?" he asked slightly annoyed.

"Um…nothing lets go," I said turning away to open the door better. Deidara fallowed clearly happy to leave the 'inartistic' cell and perhaps the jail all together, he didn't seem like the kind of person who could stand to live in a cage all his life. He had even said himself he'd rather die then spend the rest of his life in the walls of the Hidden Leaf. Perhaps I'd find him a small studio if the council allows him to live a normal civilian life after the destruction of the Akatsuki of course. "What do you want to eat?" I asked once we were out on the street.

"I'm not hungry hmm," he said quickly "I'd rather train."

"You can't," I said "your wrists are bound with charka sucking bracelets."

"Tell me something I don't know Pearl dear," he stated sarcastically. "I'd like to work on my hand to hand combat; I really suck at it but usually don't need it since my art always wins and all un."

"Right," I said nearly rolling my eyes. "Well the thing is I'm not sure if you're even allowed on the training grounds."

"Ask un," he said looking at me.

"Not now," I snapped "Jeez you're bothersome!"

"Oh and by the way I'd like a better bed," he said with a grin "my back is killing me yeah!"

"This isn't a hotel! You're in jail it's not meant to be comfortable, especially for someone like you." I snapped getting annoyed with his whining. What did I look like a babysitter?

"Someone like me, care to explain Pearl," he asked with a wide smile and I just glared at him.

"Yes, like you, psychopaths and murderers who don't have any self preservation or preservation of innocent people." I snap but he just smiled at me even wider then before.

"See that's what's wrong with the Hidden Villages hmm" he said making me raise a brow. "You guys think much to narrow mindedly, yeah. Everything is too physical and nothing is left to the imagination, the law is the law and one may not question it…Once along time ago I would have liked the idea of being Kage but art changed my views. Regulations did not allow my freedom to show others outside of Iwa my art so I thought to myself 'well that's not right is it hmm?' Everyone should be able to witness the beauty of a fleeting moment, am I right hmm?" He paused as if waiting for me to answer.

"Deidara your missing the point," I said about to recite the part of the law book concerning ninja and the hold there nation has on them.

"Forget it you won't let yourself understand hmm!" he snapped glaring daggers at me. His eye I could see the frustration in that one visible eye and I nearly sank back into myself like a calm. "Right, well I guess I'll go for some of that ramen again yeah," he stated cutting his gaze from me.

"S-sure…"

After he finished eating we headed to my office in the Hokage Tower so I could fill out a few of his papers. While I did that he explored my cluttered work area after a few moments I looked up and began watching him poke around amusedly. I knew there wouldn't be anything top secret he could accidentally find, I mostly did paper work from D-rank missions. So what if he read a few files on how a bunch of Genin failed to clean out some gutters?

I looked back down to the sheet in front of me writing out how my first day with Deidara was and if he gave any important information on the Akatsuki. Of course there was not much I could write that wasn't already known. I sighed, surly there was something I could give Tsunade so she knew I was doing my job…

"Hinata-Chan?" he asked his back to me, making me look up, it was the first time he'd called me by my name.

"Yes?" I asked hoping it would be important information.

"Have you ever had sex hmm?" he asked tilting his head a little but I still couldn't see his eyes.

I blushed read at the question "What?"

"Is that a 'what, of course not!' or a 'what, yes but I don't think that's any of your business' yeah?" he turned to me a small smile on his face. His all knowing gaze just made me get redder.

"I-I have," I murmured.

"What was that little Pearl?" he asked cuffing his ear with his hand.

"I said yes I have," I said more strongly but my cheeks were still bright as flash lights.

"Ah good then we have one thing in common un," he mused before going back to rummage through a few old Window's 95 text books.

"Why do you need to know?" I questioned more then a bit annoyed at him for asking such a personal question and even more angry with myself for actually answering him!

"Just making a list yeah," he shrugged.

"Of what?" I snapped pressing my brows together.

He paused and looked over his shoulder at me. "I need to know if I can trust you with some… 'information.' So I'm making a list of things that I like about you hmm."

"Oh…" I said before going on. "M-may I hear your list?"

"Hmm Sure Pearl," he head smiling and walking over to my desk. I put the papers I'd been working on in a folder as he pulled out a chair next to me. I watched as he seated himself; I sat to his left so his profile was hidden by a mask of straight gold hair. His hair had been washed and now it shown lovely even in the dim light of my office.