It was morning and Ayame was up walking into the kitchen. "-yawn- What time is it? All well, I'm already up so I should make everyone some breakfast this time instead of Tobi!" She walked into the kitchen and saw Kakuzu sitting at the table.

"Good morning Ayame."

"Oh, good morning Kakuzu!" walking to the fridge to get the egg cartridge and a pan along the way towards the stove.

"I'm sorry about what my stupid partner did."

"Ah, it's ok... really!" breaking eggs into a large bowl and mixing it up.

"No it's not!" He stood up when he said this. It startled Ayame and she dropped an egg in the mix, now trying to get it out. "It's not ok, we were all worried about you. Hidan gets... rough with people sometimes and we didn't want you to get hurt as well."

"Well, nothing happened. So it's ok. Can we just drop the topic already?" getting milk from the fridge and pouring some in the mix.

"... fine... I guess it's no use arguing in the morning." he watched Ayame cooking "Why do you put milk in your eggs?"

"To make them more light and fluffy~" pouring some into the pan and mixing it around so it would make scrambled eggs. "What, you don't like milk?"

"It's not that, I just never saw Tobi do it that way."

"Well lots of people do it differently. See which one is better after you try mine~" She heard someone in the hallways.

"Tobi smells something good! Senpai let's go see what it is!"

"Let go of me Tobi! I can walk on my own, un!"

"But Senpai is going really slow! We won't be the first ones for the delicious food and everyone will eat it all by the time we get there! So Senpai needs to move!!" Tobi pulled him faster making Deidara get dragged into the kitchen. Ayame and Kakuzu just looked at them.

"Deidara, get off the floor, you're in my way. You have a bed to lay on, so go use it. You look stupid like that."

"Danna, Tobi dragged me in here like this. So it's not my fault, un."

"Whatever. So are you gonna get out of my way, or not?"

"If Tobi let's gO-!" Sasori stepped on Deidara's stomach and walked over to the table to sit down. "D-Danna... why.... did you do that... un?"

"You were making me wait for you to move." Ayame went over to Deidara.

"Ah! Deidara, are you ok?" helping him up.

"Yeah, I'm fine... why wouldn't I be, un?"

"Well for one, you're still holding your stomach like your in pain."

"Uhh... I'm just gonna go sit down a bit, un." he went to sit at the table as well with Tobi. Ayame went back to the stove.

"What the fuck Kakuzu?! Why didn't you wake me the hell up this morning? I fucking overslept!" Barging into the kitchen angrily.

"Hidan, it's not my job to wake you up every morning. Why don't you get yourself an alarm clock so you can wake up on your own... and not have me waste my time with you." Hidan sat next to Kakuzu.

"I don't need a fucking alarm clock!" Hidan and Kakuzu were arguing while everyone else was talking to each other. Ayame was still cooking.

"Hmm, Ayame making breakfast instead of Tobi? Well, this is something new to experience." Pein came in with Konan behind him and sat at the table.

"Something smalls different about Tobi's cooking... did he mess up on the ingredients again?" Itachi came in a little after and looked at Ayame. "Oh, Tobi's not making breakfast today?"

"Nope, I got up really early so I decided to make breakfast for you all~" Itachi noticed the eggs in a bowl and made an annoyed face slightly.

"Nmm.... I guess.... I could try your eggs, just this once." He finally went to the table as well, leaving a space for Ayame. But this time on the other side was Deidara.

"Ok! Breakfast is ready!" she placed a bowl filled with light, fluffy, scrambled eggs on each end of the table. Also, she placed toast and bacon on each end as well. Finally she put a special plate of eggs mainly of meat with bacon strips, on the counter. "Zetsu! I made special breakfast for you!..... I don't know where you are, but it's on the counter if you want it..."

"It's ok Ayame! Zetsu knows it's there, so he'll get it when he's ready, un. Now come and eat already before they're all gone!" Everyone was digging into the eggs she made. Deidara already had her cooking so he loved it. Ayame sat down in her seat next to Deidara and Itachi.

She looked at Itachi's plate. It had a little piece of egg still, with Itachi staring at it like it was going to attack. "Uhh... Itachi? You're.... not gonna eat it?"

Itachi glanced at her and back to the piece of egg. "I don't really like eggs, I never did."

"Oh, well I'm sorry! But, these are different! I make them differently, so you might like these kind!"

"Yeah, Itachi, she's right. These eggs are damn good! What the hell did you put in them?!"

"I put milk into them. It makes them light and fluffy. Also, it lessens the egg taste so people who don't like eggs would like them!~" she smiled at that. Itachi looked at her and back to the eggs again. He picked up his fork and everyone stopped eating to watch. Itachi ate it and opened his eyes. "Well? How is it Itachi?"

Itachi looked at Ayame ".... it's..... good....." everyone was speechless for a second.

"Wow, Ayame-senpai! You made Itachi-senpai like eggs, you're amazing!" Tobi jumped up yelling.

"Umm... thank you?" everyone finished breakfast and Ayame went to see if Zetsu got his breakfast. She found the plate empty with a note:

Ayame,

It was good.

~Zetsu

"Never even saw him come..." when everything was cleaned and put away they all got dressed. Afterwards, coming back to the living room. Pein came down the stairs with Konan as well.

"Ayame, I have chosen your new partner."

"What? W-well, who is it?" I wonder if it's Deidara....

"Due to Kisame's abstinence because of his mission, Ayame, your partner will be Itachi."

"Eh?! Wait, Leader-sama! Why can't Ayame be my partner?! She's my sister after all, un!"

"That is true Deidara, but... you are already partnered with Sasori. Everyone is partnered up with someone for a reason. For example, Hidan and Kakuzu, you two are partnered up cause you can deal with each other" they both snorted "and you both are immortal or have lots of lives. Zetsu isn't partnered with anybody cause he'll eat his partner. For you and Sasori, Deidara, you two have an interest in art, but different views. You can deal with each other at times, work well together in battle and both of you are long range attackers."

"But what about Tobi, un? And what's with you and Konan?"

"Me and Konan is none of your business. Let's just say we were childhood friends. As for Tobi..." he thought about it for a minute "He shall be partnered with you and Sasori, Deidara. He seems to like you anyway, and you both get along well."

"No we do not, un!" getting angry from his words "oh wait then... why are Ayame and Itachi paired up?"

"They are both long range attackers, but Itachi can fight close combat battles as well. So we need to even it out. You have a close combat battler in your group to even it out as well."

"Hmph..." he walked over to Itachi "I don't like you being partnered up with Ayame, un. But if the Leader says so, I can't complain. So you better not hurt her, got it, un? .... or I'll kill you."

"Heh, let's see you try and kill me Deidara." A tension line was seen between the two.

"Damn, there's a fight between two girlie guys. So does that make it a cat fight or a dog fight?" Hidan laughed. (Very good question XD)

He got two stares sending daggers at him for an answer.

"Well, Itachi.... Ayame" they both looked at the leader. "You have a mission to assassinate someone, or actually two people. And it may be someone you know Ayame." she had a questioning look. She didn't know anyone other than Deidara. "That's why Deidara will be going along, as well, with you too Iwagakure."

Deidara twitched a little. "Leader-sama... who are we to assassinate, un?" he had an idea of who it would be.

"Since Ayame is now a part of the Akatsuki as well, we don't need trouble in the future, if they find out about her... but to answer your question, the ones you are to assassinate are your parents." Ayame's eyes widened in shock.

"Yeah, I thought so, un. I had a feeling it wouldn't be long until this day came." Ayame was still shocked from the news of her never-seen parents.

"D-Deidara...." Deidara looked at Ayame with sympathy. He was walking towards then he stopped. "h- HOW COULD YOU?!" now it was Deidara's turn to be shocked.

"W-what, un?"

"How could you kill our parents?! And why have I never been able to see them?! Much less talk about them! You always kept me locked up at that house, away from the village! Why don't you ever tell me anything, Deidara?! It's my own life, I should be able to know about what happened and why I lived at that house!!" she lowered her head, tears trying to escape her eyes and clenching her fists.

"A-Ayame, un..." he was about to hug her but she slapped him away.

"You're horrible Deidara..." she ran to her room, not raising her head and slammed the door.

Deidara just looked where she ran off to. "Deidara, forget about her. She needs to calm down herself... without you. Go get ready for the trip. You will leave later today." Deidara looked at the floor, sad and in thought.

".....Deidara.... tell me what happened." Sasori came next to him and they left to go to Deidara's room.

Everyone else left to do whatever they needed to do. Itachi stood still for a second then left, stopping in front of Ayame's room. He opened it and slowly came in, closing the door behind him. He found Ayame on her bed sitting up with her knees to her chest and her head in her legs.

He walked over to the bed and sat on the edge next to her. "Tell me... what is it like to hate your brother?"

Ayame had raised her head a little to see who it was "w-what?"

"Just answer the question."

"Well.. It hurts for one... to hate your brother who you've been looking up to as a role model ever since I was born. He was the only one I ever saw, talked to, or just did anything with! He was the only person in my life... and it.... hurts to hate him..." she rested her head on her arms, which were folded on her legs.

"Then... why are you hating your brother? If it hurts you that much, don't you want to stop feeling like that?" Ayame thought about this for a moment.

"I guess... I just overreacted this time... but, I have never seen my parents. He hasn't even talked about them before, he never explained to me why I was all alone in a house, not even in the village or with mom and dad! He's.... never said anything.... I need answers, I can't just live without knowing what happened when I was born!"

"Maybe Deidara is waiting for the right moment to tell you... but tight now isn't that time, I know that. So you better get ready for the trip. We'll be leaving soon later today." He started getting up and heading towards the door.

"Itachi." he stopped "thanks.... I feel a little better now that you've talked with me."

"No problem, like I said before, if you need any advise just ask me." he closed the door behind him leaving Ayame in the room.

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-With Sasori and Deidara-

"Alright Deidara, tell me everything that you don't want to tell your sister."

"Why should I? It has nothing to do with you, un. This is just between me and my sister! A family thing, un!"

"Can you really call yourselves a family if you're arguing about how it all started?! You need to learn to accept help, Deidara. You're just a selfish child still."

Deidara was silent for a while. "Fine, just... don't tell Ayame or anyone else about this, ok?"

"Alright." Sasori sat down

"Well, it started when she was born...."

-Flashback-

"Oh honey, isn't she beautiful?" the mother asked while holding her new born baby.

"Yeah, she's so cute all curled up like that. We may finally have a normal child." the father commented while standing next to her mother's hospital bed.

"Deidara, come here and see your new baby sister."

The 3 year old blonde came from behind his father and peeked at the new born child and smiled. "She's so cute, un! What's her name?" He was starting to get excited about having a friend to play with and talk to.

"Ayame, her name is Ayame." Then the child moved and was waking up, uncurling her body to stretch, she opened her tiny hand... then everything went wrong.

"Wait... honey... what's that.... on her hands?" the mother asked in fear.

"How can that be?! She's exactly like Deidara with the mouths on the hands! I thought we finally had a normal child! Get her out of my site, I don't want her now!" the father yelled at no one in particular while headed to the window.

"Omg! I can't hold it anymore! Deidara, take her and dump her in the trash or somewhere no one can find her, somewhere she can die!" At this time Deidara took the baby girl from his mother's arms and left the hospital.

Deidara now at a big trash bin, looked at the baby. She was cute and he didn't want to just kill his first (and probably only) baby sister just because of some imperfection on her hands. So with his mind set on protecting his sister, he left the village to find a home to take care of her on his own. He'll go and feed her and spend time with her, making sure no one knew that there was another freak of nature in the village. He was going to protect the one person that can be his friend, and only family member he has left, that loves him.

-End Flashback-

".... our parents was very abusive to me, un. I didn't want that to happen to her as well... cause I know, they'll just kill her on the spot. They just used me. I was..... only trying to protect... the sister that I wanted to be with, the sister.... that made my life happier, un....." tears escaped his eyes and Sasori only watched for a moment.

Sasori got up and walked over to Deidara... and slapped him across the face. Deidara was shocked, but that made him stop crying. "Stop with the sad things at the end.... it's not a goodbye to her, is it? You look pathetic crying like that."

".... Danna...."

"This isn't the Deidara I know. The Deidara I know is strong, and will never cry! Or... have you become soft?" Deidara looked away a little. ".... Get up. Get up and be a man, Deidara. It's not the end of the world. You had a little fight, so what? You two will probably make up and you'll be yourselves again. But that won't happen if you be like this all the time!"

"....."

Sasori just stared at Deidara then walked to the door in a hurry but stopped before leaving. "You really are pathetic Deidara. You need to grow up sooner or later. And if I was you... I'd choose now, cause the future will bring even tougher decisions." He closed the door behind him leaving Deidara in the room alone.

".... thanks .... Danna.... I really needed you to cheer me up...." saying it to himself. He laid down on his bed, deep in thought. As well as the room next to him, Ayame was doing the same.

Both laying on the bed, deep in thought. The time for the mission... was drawing near.

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Phew~ I had to write that in the car coming back from Pennsy (from now on that's how I say Pennsylvania... just shortened XD) But that took me awhile T~T..... I can't wait when Ayame finally gets to meet her parents!! =D Review please~ owo