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It was Midori.
Deidara didn't dare move. He was afraid it was his father again. He lay on the floor, his eyes shut tight, hardly daring to breathe.
"Deidara!" Midori screamed. She set the brown bag she had been carrying on the bloodied counter and rushed over to him.
Deidara felt her hand on his shoulder. His eyes shot open and he flinched. He sat straight up and backed away before standing up and running away into the hall, leaving Midori in the kitchen.
He was halfway down the hall when he stopped. Deidara was afraid, possibly even more than that time...
Flashback
"Seiryu, you and that brat come back over here!!" Nagato's voice roared.
"Come on, Dei, come on!!" said a woman. She had long, blonde hair held up in a ponytail, her long bangs held back by a small butterfly clip. She had stunning blue eyes and a pale, but pretty face.
"Hai, kaasan," said a little boy. He had short blonde hair gelled into little spikes. His azure eyes, not unlike his mother's were wide with fear. He looked to be about four or five years old.
"DEIDARA!"
At the mention of his name, Deidara tried to walk away from his mom and towards the voice. He was stopped when Seiryu had gripped his arm and pulled him back. "Lie, Dei-kun. We need to go back! And go somewhere safe...you understand, right?"
"Hn," Deidara nodded.
They ran towards the front door. Before Seiryu could even touch it, though, it burst open.
There stood Nagato, his messy blonde hair over his blue eyes, a different, darker blue than his wife and son's. They were filled with rage.
Seiryu stood up and walked to her husband's side. "No...Nagato please...not in front of De-"
With a dull thud, Nagato's fist collided with Seiryu's cheek. She crashed into the wall and sank to the floor, her hands over her bleeding mouth.
"WHERE WERE YOU!! YOU WERE WITH HIM, WEREN'T YOU?! YEAH, YOU WERE DON'T LIE TO ME, STUPID BITCH!! I'M NOT FUCKIN' STUPID!!"
"I wasn't! I swear!! I just took Dei out for a walk-"
Another fist struck her face. Tears glistened in her eyes but she blinked them away.
"Stop it! Tousan! You're hurting her, hm! I won't...I won't let you!" Deidara screamed. He ran forward and used his tiny fists to try and punch every inch of his father he could reach.
To Seiryu's horror, Nagato's foot struck Deidara in the stomach before he could even figure out what was happening. Deidara's mouth opened wide but no sound came out, his eyes widened and he sank to the floor, his hands hugging his stomach.
Seiryu's face flushed a dull red.
"No! Hurt me all you want...but my son...You-you dare hit my son! Sick bastard!"
She ran forward.
There was a sound like a whip and Seiryu screamed and fell to the floor, landing on her back. Nagato stood in front of her, a gun in his hand, pointed at her. He smirked and lowered the weapon.
Deidara mustered all his strength and scrambled to his feet. He ran to him mom, who was drenched in dark blood. She hugged him tightly, staining his clothes with warm blood but he didn't care.
"Kaasan...kaasan..."
Her eyes found his and she smiled weakly. "Dei-kun...I'm sorry. I w-won't get to s-see you grow up i-into a big boy...promise m-me you'll be...be good. Okay? Don't...don't w-worry...you'll be a-alright..."
Deidara blinked tears away and swallowed. He nodded.
"Aishiteru...Dei-kun..."
"Aishiteru, kaasan!"
And then...something like a light in her eyes seemed to slowly fade so that now her eyes were fixed on Deidara's face. Seiryu's arms slid off Deidara's back and fell with a thud to the floor. Deidara gasped and couldn't hold the tears back any longer.
"Kaasan!"
But she didn't call back. Deidara stared into her still open eyes, hoping she would blink. But it was no use...her eyes stared without seeing.
She was dead.
Nagato laughed contently. "Stupid bitch..."
End Flashback
Deidara gave a gasp and was suddenly aware that he was crying. He walked up the stairs and into the bathroom, hardly aware of doing so. He cleaned his face and stood in front of the sink, staring at his pale reflection in the cracked mirror.
Deidara looked around. He saw something shiny.
His father's pocket knife. He often left it at home.
Deidara picked it up and opened it. He ran the blade over his wrist and smiled slightly as he felt a thin stream of blood trickle down his arm.
He needed this...so much.
Midori's POV
He just ran away and left me standing in a pool of his blood. What the hell was going on??
I decided to clean up the blood. Once I was done, I knew I hat to go and look for the kid. Nagato had told me Deidara wasn't right in the head...I could tell. But that didn't stop the feeling that I had to help him...be a mother to him. He needed it.
I knew that much.
I went around the house looking for him. Nagato wasn't around, he was probably late home from work. I went up the stairs and heard a weird noise coming from the bathroom.
I pressed my ear to the door and heard someone crying. Deidara crying.
The door was probably locked. It grabbed the doorknob and turned it. To my surprise it wasn't locked. I pushed open the door.
Deidara was sitting on the floor, his back to the door. He was hiding something, I knew he was.
"Deidara? You ok?" I asked.
He nodded quickly and sniffed.
Deidara dropped something, I could tell because it made a loud sound as it hit the floor. I looked down and noticed the floor was bloodstained. Fear flooded me.
I stepped forward and noticed Deidara winced. Was he afraid of me?
"Uh...are you ok?"
I walked all the way around so that I was standing in front of him. I gasped.
His wrist was red with blood, there were numerous cuts on his wrist. He backed away and kept his eyes on me, as though afraid I might hurt him. He looked guilty, as though he was ashamed of what he had done.
"Wh-I...Deidara, what...why...? Are you ok?"
I was spechless. Deidara was not right in the head, Nagato was right. Just what the hell was going on in this kid's head?
Deidara shook his head and swallowed.
"Give me your arm...so I can bandage it...Ok?"
He gave me a challenging look, as though not sure he could trust me. He finally stretched out his injured arm out to me.
I grabbed some bandages and a rag from the medicine cabinet. I wet the rag and crouched down in front of Deidara. After cleaning the wounds, (I counted more than 10) I bandaged his arm and then put everything away.
"A-arigato..."
It was barely more than a whisper but I heard it. I looked over at the blonde and gave him a kind smile. "Doitashimashite."
I looked at his face clearly for the first time. He was fairly handsome, with his bright eyes and golden hair. If only it was shorter. Much shorter. And why were there dark shadows around his eyes...as if he didn't sleep enough. He also had the slightly weak look of someone who didn't eat enough.
"You...might want to change your shirt..." I said after a few minutes of awkward silence.
It was true, his white Linkin Park shirt was red with blood. I wondered if it would come out. And...what the hell was Linkin Park?
He looked at me a few seconds before standing up and leaving the room.
I stood there and watched him go, wondering just what had happened to him. What had gone wrong in his life to make him like this? Just how sick in the head was he?
I walked out of the room and walked past Deidara's room on the way to the stairs.
He was crying again...
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WHOA! Talk about emo chapter! TT Sorry...this chapter is a mix of my own feelings...things I've imagined, and all applied to Deidara's situation to make a mega-emo chapter in which I've totally depressed myself and have a sudden tendency to grab a tub of ice cream and watch TV. So, R&R plz and tell me how you liked it...or hated it. I really hope it's the first one! Until the next chapter...sayonara!