Chapter 9: He like, She like Discussion

"Has anyone seen Konan or Ino?"Pein asked, walking into the kitchen, where saw everyone but those two girls.

"Nope. Why?"Kisame asked looking up from his goldfish crackers.

(The snack that smiles back. Goldfish! lol)

"No reason...I just haven't seen them for a while."He answered, confused.

*Slam of Door*

All members looked up to see a wet child, wet Konan, and a soaking dog.

"Thanks for the rain, Pein."Konan growled. She hated getting wet and Pein knew that. She couldn't use her techniques in the rain, her paper got constrained when wet or coated with something liquidy.

"I didn't know you were outside. And who's the kid?"Pein asked, looking confusedly at the soaking wet child.

"Duh! It's me Ino!! Don't you see the cloak!?"Ino asked, waving her hands abover her head.

"That's Ino? Don't you think she's a bit young for you, Deidara?"Sasori snickered. Deidara turned red when just about everyone turned to him and Sasori.

"Thank goodness the cloak shrunk when you did."Konan said. Yup Ino's robe and clothes that she was wearing shrunk when she turned younger.

"Hai, but all my other stuff is too big now."Ino grumbled, crossing her arms. The typical stubborn Ino way.

"It's only till tomorrow, Ino."Silence said.

"So What happened anyway?"Pein asked.

"This stupid necklace is actually a demon surpresser. It turns me into a child and surpresses my chakra until I get it blessed by a priestess."Ino grumbled,"Stupid lady and stupid necklace."

'Aww...my plan didn't work...There's always Plan B!'Tobi thought evilly while his face stayed the normal happy Tobi way.

"That's too bad! Ino-chan!"Tobi yelled.

Itachi looked at Tobi suspiciously. He still was suspicious of him, since heard What he said.

"Gosh everyone's all taller than me!! Curse this body!!"Ino said, and Hidan snickered.

"So if it turns you into a child in a day, how long you got till it surpresses you chakra forever?"Pein asked.

"3 weeks and how did you know it'd be forever?"Ino asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Your dog got those books from me. I knew I seen that necklace before."Pein answered with a smug smile on his face.

Ino uncrossed her arms and wandered to the other side into the kitchen.

(remember half and half is kitchen and lving room?)

She looked around and realized she would need some help on this task...finding herself something to eat...

She hung her head and turned around.

"Can someome help me?"Ino asked, a teardrop forming at the edge of her eyelash. Ino hated feeling this way..so helpless. It reminded her of the way she felt when the man from her past had his way with her cousin. After a few moments. She couldn't contain the sadness and in the refuge of the kitchen island, sobbing quietly.

Deidara got up to help her and was surprised when he turned his head, looked toward the ground and saw the younger Ino crying. Her knees brought up to her face. He bent down and stroked her hair.

"What's wrong, un?"He asked, his voice soothing and soft.

Ino looked up, wiped her tears and said,"I'm hungry." Just to mask the hurt in her eyes, but the lie didn't sound real for her voice had cracked.

"Well let's get you something .."Deidara smiled, and Ino smiled back. Ino didn't know why, but Deidara made her happy. Made her feel like she could open herself up again. Ino even allowed him to pick her up and onto the high stool. She watched him made her something to eat.

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"What the hell is going?"Hidan asked, as all the akatsuki members watched Deidara bend down, say something, and then pick Ino up and set her on the stool.

"I don't know..."Kisame asked, dumbstruck as well. Deidara usually didn't help very often, and he didn't like new members since he didn't like Tobi.

"He likes her."Itachi's rich, deep voice said. All eyes turned to him, since he had rarely something to say. He usually kept to himself and didn't say much. And when he did, it wasn't alot. He usually said small stuff to Kisame but that was it.

"And how in the hell do you know this!?"Hidan asked, angry. He felt Ino was the perfect match for him and he didn't want the artist to steal her away from him.

"I notice things, like the way he looked at her when she first arrived. When he didn't kick her out of his room when Tobi opened the door when he was wearing only a towel. You should notice these things too."Itachi said.

All mouths dropped open, this was like the longest sentence or Whatever Itachi had ever said together.

"You are right Itachi. He told me about her earlier..."Sasori spoke up, from his seat between Kisame and Deidara's empty seat.

"Well I think she looks better with me."Hidan said, stubbornly crossing his arms.

"Why?"Pein asked.

"She talks back to you, is snarky, is hot, has talent, and did I mention she was hawt!"Hidan listed. Kakuzu rolled his eyes and said.

"No she looks better with Deidara, no one is the perfect match for you. You'd probably kill her anyway, will your evil rituals."Kakuzu retorted. Kisame nodded in agreement.

"Shut the fuck up Kakuzu. Nobody asked you're opinion!"Hidan shouted, causing Deidara and Ino to look up from the kitchen.

"Well now the question is..does she like him back."Itachi and Konan said at the same time.

Itachi glanced at Tobi and saw him flinch for a second before going back into Tobi mode. He narrowed his eyes at him for a second before going back to looking at the spectacle everyone was watching. Which was Deidara and Ino in the kitchen.

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"Arigato."Ino said softly to Deidara, who sat across the kitchen island watching her eat.

"Anytime. Need anything, just ask, yeah."He smiled. Ino gave a small smiled before jumping down off the stool. She slumped on the way to her room. The dreaded day was coming up too fast. Her feet dragged as she sleepily trudged to her room as I said earlier.

'Curse this child like sleepiness!'Ino thought as she layed down on her bed and was sleep instantly.

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"Let's see, What will I do in Plan B?"Tobi wondered aloud. It was after midnight and everyone was sleep. He made sure of that.

"I might have to go so far and kill her. Shouldn't be too bad.."Tobi muttered..."but I must think of the next plan before I resort to killing her..."