Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, or any of the characters contained in it in any way, shape, or form. Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter 7 (A Kunoichi Never Lets her Guard Down)

Saturday. I have been grazed with a break. A day with no Deidara at all. No feeding him or being seduced by him. No weird words that'll play with my mind. I'm happy for this break. So happy I went grocery shopping and bought all the crap I never eat because it's expensive and it'll make me too fat. I'm an impulsive eater, so once I start it's very hard for me to stop. Which is why I don't eat too often, but when I do, I stuff my face. Probably not the healthiest eating lifestyle, but it works for me.

I walk outside, happy to have so many bags in my arms for once. I enter home and put the things away all too quickly. When I glance at the clock, barely any time has passed. It was still about nine in the morning. I give a frustrated sigh as I begin thinking of things to do. Naruto was back from all the missions I hear, but I think he went out to Ichiraku's with Sakura and Shikamaru. Naruto is always with someone now. He's all popular, the big hot-shot. I don't hang out with him as much anymore, since the big crowds get on my nerves after a while.

I wander around outside, thinking of a place to go. I suppose I should go training. Knowing Deidara, I will need it.

"Good morning Naita."

I look all around me, but don't see the owner of the voice. A few people go out of their way to ignore my eyes. I think I'm losing it.

"Up here, un."

I curse underneath my breath and bite my lip. I look up to meet blue eyes and a smirk. Of course he'd be here too.

"What're you doing up there Deidara?" We both stare at each other, Deidara looking more and more amused by the second.

Deidara leaned out of the apartment window, a nice one too. The apartment complex was well-known for families and couples there. Sasori sat on the balcony, looking boredly at me out of the corner of his eye.

"We got out early, for good behavior."

"What?!" My mouth nearly drops to the floor.

Deidara laughs, "Too bad, I was enjoying you role playing as my nurse."

The edge of my eye twitches and my hand clenches into a fist.

"Deeeeidaaaaraaaa!" I growl, taking full force through the door and up the stairs. I find where he is in no time.

We chase each other in the hallway for a good few minutes before I catch him and clock him good on the head.

"So . . . How did this happen?" I ask Sasori as we all sit at a kotatsu, Sasori on the opposite side of me and Deidara.

"To put it so you can get it: they somehow went through Itachi's mind and found all the information they wanted."

"So they just let everyone go?!"

"No, Itachi's still being interrogated, the village is real pissed at him." Deidara says in a playful, happy tone. I wonder why that makes him so pleased . . .

"We just got moved into another cell. This time no one feels pain and no one guards us all the time." Sasori begins to play with a puppet, but seems uninterested in the small doll.

Sasori wore a metal bracelet around his arm. I've seen those before. It was some sort on tracking device with a needle on the inside to detect chakura and a pulse in case it's picked. Deidara had one too, and his black gloves still.

"So I'm assuming you two won't be making any art anytime soon?"

Both the Akatsuki members stop moving. It's as if their breath hitched. The aura in the room is heavy and choking. No one speaks for minutes on end. I half expect someone to go off and yell at me.

"Well, I should get going." I stand up with my hands behind my head.

"You're in charge of us you know." Sasori's sentence stops me in front of the door.

"Tsunada's orders, un."

So they're taking jabs at me now? I sigh.

"What? What do you want?" I ask sharply, not hiding any irritation in my voice.

"Some food would be nice. I can't get near the stove and Deidara is useless in the kitchen."

I do a low growl and start heading into the kitchen.

"You seem confident that I won't poison you."

"It's for Deidara, I don't need food."

I glare in Deidara's direction, I've gotten better at doing this in return for his smirks I think.

*"Arigato Kankoshi-chan."

I'm tempted to throw a knife at him but instead I continue cooking. The things I do for this man! It's not even like he's my husband!

"You two would be cute together."

I throw a knife at Sasori, it lands square in between his eyes. It leaves a crack in its place. Sasori calmly pulled out the knife, not really caring about the crack. I guess he can get himself an extra puppet somehow. I didn't really care either way.

"You really think so, yeah? I was just enjoying the kinkiness . . . "

I hit Deidara with a pot.

Honestly, why do I have to keep babysitting these two . . .?

*I was trying to say, "Thank you nurse-chan," in this sentence. I'm not sure how accurate my attempt at Japanese is here.

Ah, this chapter was short, but I was aiming for something a bit more casual and not so serious business-like (if you can call it that). I'm hoping to work into the romance part of this storyline since there doesn't seem to be much yet.