I thought playing LA Noire might help me think of something to write, but all it did was turn my seven days into three T_T XD

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"Tobi?,"

'Oh hell no,' The voice said as Madara realized he recognized the voice and all the rage that sat still in his body started to simmer.

"Sempai?," He asked looking back to see the dripping wet features of the blond standing behind him.

Murphy's law has strapped itself to Madara's back apparently.

Deidara looked equally surprised,"Tobi," he blinked, "What are you doing here?,"

"Me? ," Madara stressed,"What are you doing here?,"

"I was looking for you!," They answered together.

Their eyes were glued on each other as everything went silent. The older ninja looked at the younger with distain (Spell check is bitch!), hatred and hurt, while the younger stared at the elder in confusion.

Finally Deidara broke the awkward air with a heavy sigh, "Let's sit down and I'll explain everything, yeah," he said calmly.

"Sit...Down," Madara growled through his teeth as his jaw locked tightly. His bretah became ragged as he tried to hold in his fury.

But it was no use, his vision went red and when it cleared he had Deidara pinned against a tree by his thin neck.

"I should kill you for all you've put me through," the Uchiha said.

He felt the blonds fragile windpipe constrict as he clenched his hand, his nails cut through the fabric of his gloves and into the tanned skin.

The blond clawed at his hand, wet croaking sounds escaped his throat. He was trying to breath, but he couldn't. He was to talk, but he couldn't.

Madara pressed harder, waiting for the boy in his hands to go limp.

To just die.

"Tobi," Deidara finally worked out.

The elders eyes widened, coming back to his senses and his anger fueled high.

'Snap out of it!,' The voice screamed.

Madara blinked and in that second the scene returned to normal, there was no blood, no body, no wheezing.

Deidara was staring up at him, perfectly fine.

Madara hadn't laid a finger on the Iwa, It was nothing but a hallucination, an incredibly vivid hallucination.

"Did you hear me Tobi? yeah,"

"Yeah, sit down," Madara slowly sat. Deidara did the same.

'Kami man, what the hell was that?,'

Honestly, Madara had no idea. He knew he had a temper but that was pushing his usual boundary, he was turning into Deidara, the one not willing to apologize or listen to his partner.

Not the one sitting next to him now.

"Where to start? hmm," Deidara asked him self sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head.

"How about the beginning," The Uchiha stated simply.

"Oh, right, yeah,"

They talked for a while, in that time Deidara explained everything, well, everything that happened on his end. While Madara on the other hand sat completely quiet. Astonished that he hadn't actually killed the blond in the time he'd been talking.

Believe him he did. Half of him did at least, the other half was still trying to make sense of everything.

So it wasn't really a talk but more like a very long story with a few unspoken death threats and the occasional comment from the only person listening, who just so happened to be an Uchiha, just so happened to have a very unique sharingan and just so happened to be boiling in his skin.

Both metaphorically and literally as he felt his fever return.

After about an hour, Deidara's story was finished. The two criminal ninja sat in silence for a while, Madara's blank gaze sayin he was trying to let the information sink in.

Sinking.

Thinking.

...Nope, it still did not make sense.

Madara shook his head, he was just going to make it easy on himself and save himself the thinking,"So you weren't captured by ANBU?," he asked bluntly.

"No, yeah, no!," Deidara quickly corrected himself.

Madara would have sweated if the heat coming off his body wouldn't have turned the drop into a tiny cloud that hovered just above his head.

"But, why did you run away? why didn't you just go to the village?," he asked.

"I figured there would be ANBU there too," Deidara shrugged nonchalantly.

The tiny cloud sweated in Madara's stead.

"So you just ran off without telling me, for the second time and i ended up compromising the mission and my plans because you're a selfish asshole that can't write a note or use his ring!," Madara yelled as he stood up. Trying to use his height as to his advantage to threaten the blond.

Deidara scoffed in disbelief, he wasn't selfish, yeah he was an asshole even he admitted that, but he was hardly selfish, "I lost my ring, even if I hadn't I wasn't worr-," the Uchiha raised a hand,"Shut up," he said so seriously the younger ninja had no choice but to close his mouth,"You may not have been worried about me but I sure as hell worried about you!,"

Deidara shook his head slightly,"Tobi-,"

"I've walked around in the rain for days!,"

"To-,"

"I can barely see strait!,"

'You destroyed a perfectly good mask,'

"I destroyed a perfectly good mask," Madara waved his arms,"And for what? For a snotty little kid that didn't even care enough about his own partner to spend the time, writing a simple note,"

Deidara looked down.

"Did you know that there's this little voice in my head that nagged and nagged me, telling me I was worried?," Madara pointed to his head.

'I'm not just a voice remember ,I am your conscience,'

"My conscience...Kept telling me, I was worried," he paused, "Oooohh,"

The voice hummed in an 'You finally get it' tone.

"Tobi, I'm sorry," Deidara said, sincerity in his voice,"I really am,"

"Hush Deidara, I don't want to hear it, I'm already pissed off enough if you say the wrong thing Kami knows what I will do so, hush," Madara huffed, turning away,"I'll go inside and grab the bandages and stuff I left here last time, you stay here," He said noticing the terrorist start to stand,"I'm sure you're arm is hurting,"

Deidara nodded.

'If it's any consolation wearing our mask like this gave us a nice sunkissed look,' The voice said as they approached the house.

Does sunburned mean sunkissed?

"Hn,"

Skippy!

"Let me see!," Madara yelled as he tried to pry Deidara's hands off the old bandages on his arm.

"NO!," Deidara yelled back, struggling to pull his arm under himself as he crouched over.

"Damn it you brat let me see!," The Uchiha tried to trip the blond but Deidara just collapsed over onto his arm, hiding his arm completely. Madara almost, almost gave up. But he was too ticked off to just let it go, he worked hard to find Deidara and damnit if an infection was going to make him feel even worse about himself.

Travel to ends of the earth and back, release and raid a prison putting his own safety on the line only to come back to a run down old hobble and have Deidara waiting for him. .

He was going to fuck that infection UP. (He's turned into Eminem)

He.

Was.

Going.

To.

WIN.

"NO!," the bomber cried as he felt Madara grip his hair with one hand and the upper part of his good arm with the other to hoist Deidara to his feet,"And I'm not a brat!,"

Madara hoisted him over onto his shoulder,"You're acting like one," he said, feeling the blond pound on his back with his good hand closed into a fist.

Yes -Madara 'Hn'd'- this was much better.

"Am not!," Deidara retorted.

"Yes you are, You're acting completely out of sorts," The Uchiha said calmly.

What was wrong with Deidara, he really was acting strangely. Madara seriously doubted this sudden personality change had anything to do with Dei actually feeling bad for making the raven worry.

He was just freaking out for some unknown reason.

'I don't care why he's acting like this all I know is that I want it to stop,' Finally something the Uchiha and his conscience agreed on.

Madara knew that he should take that as a bad omen or something.

Deidara suddenly froze, his entire body going rigid.

"What happened did you hit your head or something?," They were standing close to a tree and the Iwa's face was just a couple feet away.

hmm, could the personality change be from brain damage? maybe he fell out of a tree or something.

"No, yeah,"

Kami, mood swings much.

"Please put me down, hmm,"

Madara slowly set Deidara back down on his feet

"..." The blond fell into a sitting position, a surprised expression on his face.

"You okay?,"

Deidara slowly nodded.

Oh great what was wrong now.

'He finally got it,' The voice said with a slight chuckle.

"Got what?,"

'Dark eyes, fair skin, black hair, horrible temper, that HN thing,'

"..." Madara didn't get it at first.

'He figured out you're an Uchiha dumbass,'

Ooooh.

Uh oh.

The elder crouched in front of Deidara, laying his arms on across his legs.

Deidara stared,"So...You're an Uchiha, huh?,"

'I told you,'

Should he say yes? He didn't seem upset, which was surprising. Or should he say no and just play off his looks? ...

*sigh*

"Yeah," Madara looked away.

The voice laughed mockingly, 'Haha, here it comes,'

The blond snapped his fingers,"I knew it, yeah,"

'Huh?,'

Madara blinked,"What?,"

"I don't know why but I always thought there was something more to you," Deidara explained with a calm shrug,"The thought of you being an Uchiha went through my mind, it was after the first time you got hit by my art, yeah,"

"So you're not mad?," Madara asked slowly.

Deidara shook his head,"I am still curious about the mask though, hmm," he said with a smile.

'I don't like this,' Yet another thing Madara and the voice agreed on. Wow two in one day, hell must be pretty frosty by now.

"We should go," Madara said, trying to rid himself of the awkward feeling he got seeing Dei actually happy for once, it just didn't seem natural for him to laugh or smile when he wasn't inflicting pain on someone,"This place was targeted once, I know another place not far from here," The Uchiha reached out a hand to Deidara as he stood, "It's at the base of Rikudo falls,"

"If you thinks it's best," Deidara said simply.

It was going to take a while for Madara to get used to that.

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"Ugh," Deidara scrunched his nose in distaste as he and the elder approached the shack.

Madara chuckled,"I know, it's pretty crappy," falling back behind his partner who approached the door.

"It's a little better than the place we just left, yeah," The top hinge on the door creaked loudly before jamming after the door was pushed halfway open, "But only barely," Deidara grumbled.

The two entered the house with the Uchiha leading the way to the bedroom he had bunked down in last time, the blond grunted, irritated at the single bed.

"Are there any other rooms in the house? hmm," He asked raising an eyebrow.

Madara held back a sigh. He knew it wasn't the biggest bed in the shinobi nations but there was still plenty of stretching room, one of them might hit the other in the face by accident if they stretched outwards but as long as they stayed laying strait it would be fine.

"Dunno, all I did last time I was here was sleep,"

"I think I'll go check out the rest of the house, hmm," Deidara said slowly.

Madara nodded and watched the bomber leave, he sat on the bed and lazily looked up at the ceiling.

Oddly enough there wasn't any leaks, given the holes in the roof that you could see outside the house. It wasn't like he was complaining though, he was still beyond pissed at Deidara (he had no idea how long he would be like that) and he seemed to feel worse now than before Deidara found him.

It was an odd thing.

'Maybe Dei's making you sick,' The voice said.

Yes and maybe goats can climb trees.

Madara sat there for a few minutes before Deidara walked back into the room with a disgruntled look on his face and his hands on his hips,"There aren't any more bedrooms, couldn't even find a futon, yeah,"

"Guess we'll have to share," The Uchiha said as lied back in the bed with his arms folded under his head, he looked over at Deidara, "Unless you want to sleep on the floor," he said suggestively.

"Why can't you sleep on the floor?~!," Deidara yelled.

Ah, so he wasn't completely different.

"Because you owe me,"

"Fine, we'll share, yeah,"

And the new Dei is back. Madara snorted, closing his eyes. he listened to the Iwa walk around the room for a bit, hmm walking, it was more like shuffling. Very slow shuffling.

Very slow shuffling that sounded like it was becoming quieter and quieter. Madara's eye brows furrowed, suddenly the bed dipped near his head.

"OW!,"

Madara's eyes snapped open at the sound of the yelp.

Deidara grinned sheepishly down at him, half sitting on the bed, "Hit my arm, hmm," he said swinging his legs up

Madara shook his head while the voice hummed a melody to try and block out the creepy feeling.

The blond laid on his back, "The day after tomorrow we should head to Kusa, yeah," he rolled over onto his side.

Madara nodded, that was a good plan, it would give the ANBU more reason to leave if they didn't show their faces a for bit.

Soon Deidara was out like a light and Madara was left to stare at the ceiling alone.

He listened to rain and Deidara deep breathing, willing himself to fall asleep.

Honestly, he didn't want to sleep, he was worried that if he did he'd wake up and this whole experience would repeat itself. Just an endless cycle of Searching and feeling more and more like crap each day.

But he needed to rest, he knew it.

"Hey," Madara thought.

'What?,' The voice yawned.

There was something plaguing the Uchiha, something besides the usual,"I've been wondering...Do you have a name?," Yeah it was random but he was curious.

'I am just a figment of your imagination, so no, you can name me if you want though,'

"How about TaiTai?,"

The voice went quiet before laughing madly, 'You know it's those naming skills that make me glad you forced out all memories of your kids,' His laughter died down,'Night fruit pie,'

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In Konoha, prisoners lined the streets, hid within every crevice, and every ally. They circled the small group of villagers, who had huddled together.

The escape`e's that weren't looking for people were having their fun destroying parts of the village with Lava, wind and lightning Jutsu's. They were doing even more damage than Orochimaru had years before, that was saying a lot.

The villagers that had manage to avoid being caught were racing toward the downed wall, trying to climb over the debris and large piles of stone.

"What are you doing?~!," Tsunade screamed from the top of an apartment building next to them,"Where is your pride as leaf villagers?~!,"

"We killed it," Tsunade turned to see Yoshi standing behind her with his hands in shoved in the pockets of his prison rags and a sinister smirk on his face.

"Yoshi," The Hokage growled.

The blue haired man lifted his hands, placing them a foot apart,"Show me the will of fire Tsunade," the space between his hands sparked with lightning.

TBC

Yay Dei-Dei's back! :D and Madara's got a thousand years of blood lust. I know what you're thinking, what it is already over? the answer is, Not by a long shot. If anything this is just a bump in the plot, there will be more chapters! Now, I just have to think of what happens next, which means there might not be a chapter next week, don't hold me to that though XD

Mada: Her planning skills suck.

Says the guy who can't follow his own master plan.