Magi: Hello my beautiful semes! X3 I have come to thee bearing another chapter! /(*O*)/ Oh! So I've been busy watching Inazuma but I managed to get this done. It IS short...so I apologize...but to make up for it, I will upload chapter 10 either today or tomorrow! :D

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Enjoy.

It Takes Two to Tango

Chapter 9

The four young ones had decided to kill time at the mall before heading to the party. Deidara had immediately dragged Sasori into all the stores he could find while Fei and Itachi just sat out on a bench in front of the chosen store.

Fei could only watch in amusement as Sasori was dragged into the changing rooms with a pile of bright colored clothes in his arms. Then he looked over at Itachi who looked bored, he frowned, and in a moment of craziness decided to poke Itachi.

Poke.

The whole world seemed to freeze at the unimaginable thing Fei had just done. Itachi's body stiffened and he slowly turned his eyes to meet with Fei's, disbelief abundant in them. Fei gave a lopsided smile and sweat dropped.

"Uhhhhh….." Fei blushed and turned his head away from meeting Itachi's eyes.

Minutes passed and everything had already gone back to normal, when Fei glanced over at Itachi. The Uchiha had gone back to staring over the second floor glass railing of the mall, watching the people go by. Fei giggled and then both of them were dragged over to another store by Deidara.

Once again, they took a seat on one of the mall's metal benches and let time go by. Fei looked at Deidara who was stacking hats onto Sasori's head and giggled, this time catching Itachi's attention.

Itachi turned and looked at him curiously, Fei blushed and turned away, and then another silence followed.

And that's how it went for about two hours; Fei's shy glancing, Deidara's hyperness, Sasori's unwillingness, and Itachi's boredom. Finally, Sasori decided it was enough, and dragged them all out of there. They stood in the parking lot, surrounding the cars they'd come in.

"So I guess I'll ride with Sasori-danna and Fei gets the Uchiha!" Deidara said and grabbed Sasori by the arm.

Sasori looked at them with pleading eyes but Fei only waved while Itachi looked on in slight amusement. They watched as Sasori sped away and were left in silence. Fei fumbled with his fingers.

What is wrong with me? Why am I so awkward around him…I mean…we've been around each other before…. Fei thought as the silence stretched on.

Then his subconscious answered him. Well of course you've been around him before! But only as classmates! You're not in school right now, so deal with it!

Fei bit his lip and glanced at Itachi, he was also fidgeting with his keys. Fei found amusement in the fumbling, most Uchihas didn't seem the fumbling type, but then Itachi turned to him and he meeped and turned away. Itachi's eyes roved about Fei and then back out to where Sasori's car had disappeared.

"We should go." Itachi said. Fei nodded in silent agreement and went to the passenger side of the car. He got in and rolled down the window.

"Oh! Do you mind if I have it down?" Fei turned to Itachi. Itachi shook his head no and then started the car.

Then they also sped away in the direction in which Sasori had gone.

Though the fall air was crisp, Fei enjoyed the window being down. His sweater kept him warm and Itachi didn't seem to mind, so he enjoyed it very much. He watched as the scenery blurred by, the only sound that was heard was the soft music coming from the radio. Fei rested his head on the sill of the window and sighed contentedly…and so he drifted off…

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"What we are going to do is simple…" Her voice sounded throughout the empty room. "An Omnipotence like the Toriano family can't be defeated by force alone. And even if you strategize a good attack, they will grow again, like weeds."

His golden eyes followed her as she walked to the French window of the empty room. She took the handle and pulled, a creak emitting from the rusted hinges of the window. The window creaked open, letting in the afternoon gust, the dying rays of the sun filtering into the dusty room.

They both looked out of the window and to the garden in which they had played in many times. Its green grass and looming bushes no longer brought them joy. Sonorha turned to Fei, and for a moment he saw their mother. Fei clenched his jaw and looked away but Sonorha didn't seem to notice.

"You can't beat the Toriano family down because it has roots everywhere….so what do we do? We dig it up from there."

"What exactly do you mean?"

Sonorha smirked uncharacteristically. "We are going to erase the Toriano family.

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Fei's eyelids twitched a he felt a small pressure on them. He ignored it but then more of the slight pressure hit them. His eyes flickered open and he slowly raised his head. Drops of liquid met his face.

"Ah!" Fei rushed to close the window on the falling rain. He looked over at Itachi. "S-sorry…I dozed off." He said quietly, to which Itachi simply nodded and turned the heater on.

Fei snuggled into the seat and was stuck looking at the scenery through the window.

He heaved a sigh of boredom, it had only been about fifteen minutes since they had gotten on the road and he was already bored.

"Ne, Itachi?" Fei said while still looking out the window. "Why is this place so far away?"

Itachi switched lanes and then said, "Akatsuki parties can get wild at times….after paying so many damage fees to the city, the leader decided a place out here would be in his best interest."

Fei mulled over the information and turned to Itachi. "What do you mean wild?" He asked curiously.

A ghost of a grin appeared on Itachi's face. "You'll see."

Somewhere

"What is the meaning of this you fool?" … said as he threw the file at his subordinates face.

"My apologies ….-sama. We did what we could but it seems we lost him." Kein said, with his head bowed respectively.

…. growled and in a fit of rage threw all the stuff off his desk. A book flew to Kein's head and hit him on the temple, Kein did nothing but push his glasses up his nose, a trickle of blood going down his face. ….. panted in rage, his nails digging into the wooden desk he had been sitting at.

And then he started to laugh. Even scarier than his scream, the laugh was spasmic and contained a high amount of deranged craziness. ….. looked at Kein, with burning golden eyes. "Very well. We have lost him. So…..who do we call when we have lost something?" … said with a smirk.

Kein's eyes widened. "T-Them, Sir? B-but.."

"No buts! Get me Madara on the phone!"

"Holy….."

"Damn…."

The two friends stood next to each other in front of the immense building.

"It's a friggin castle!" Deidara said.

"Well if it's a castle, then you must be princesses." A person said, walking towards them.

He was tall, had no shirt, and very muscular. His platinum colored hair was slicked back to reveal scarlet eyes (contact lenses probably). He walked towards them in a very sexy manner, making Fei blush as he winked at him.

"Welcome, to the Akatsuki Manor."

Magi: So that's it! :P Not much here...just a look at Fei and Itachi's out of school relationship! Next chapter will be soon! Look forward to it!

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Dear Mirette,

I'm glad you like this story. :P Though I don't really know why but I'm glad I have readers! :D About the Toriano Family...well...I wouldn't say it's like the Uchiha clan...but you'll find out more about it later! :) Good luck with your finals! I hope you do well!

And about Fei...shoot...can't tell you anythign without spoiling :P Sorry! But soon, very soon you will see Fei's true side! XD I won't say anything about Tobi either cuz he is also important to the for the party...you'll see in the next chapter...Hidan is a key to the relationship development...so I can't say much about him either! So basically none of your doubts were answered! XD hahaha..._ just means you'll have to read the next chapter!

-Magi