At first, she was going to scream and give him a giant hug. And then she realized what he had done to her.

"W-What?! HIDAN! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?" He was shirtless, and Arashi's cloak was missing. He was still wearing pants at least, but he could have very easily put them back on after… Ugh.

Hidan stared at her, "Woah, woah. I did not do anything. Seriously, Arashi. Would I really do something like that?"

Arashi stared back. Hidan smiled nervously and rubbed the back of his head, "Yeah, I probably would. But that's not the point. I mean, I'm alive, right?"

"… Wait. This isn't a dream? YOU'RE ALIVE!?" Hidan rolled his eyes, "Uh, yeah. It's not like I'm- oof!" The next instant, Hidan was on the ground with Arashi on top of him. The sheets wrapped around Arashi's entire body while draping around Hidan's pants as well.

And at that moment, what better time for Tobi to drop in? The masked ninja stared at the scene for a moment. Arashi stopped hugging Hidan just long enough to turn to face Tobi. And then he left the room.

"LEADER-SAN! Hidan and Arashi are naked!" Tobi called and fled the room. "Agh! Tobi, no!" Arashi cried after him she dropped the sheet and got off of Hidan. "No wait," the Jashinist protested, "Make it seem like nothing happened!"

"WELL HOW DO I DO THAT?"

Meanwhile… "Tobi swears, Deidara-sempai! They "did it" as Kawauso-kun says. Tobi is a good boy and doesn't lie!" Deidara sighed, "Tobi. We've already been through all of this, hmm."

"Actually it was Kakuzu last time," Kisame pointed out. The stitched miser shot the shark man a glare. Tobi, with the entire Akatsuki in tow, ripped the door to Hidan's room open to find Arashi and Hidan… Coloring on separate papers.

Kawauso stared at the scene, then snatched both papers and examined them. "I see, drawing each other naked, eh? … Wait… Arashi, why did you draw a sun… with a happy face?" Arashi shrugged, "I feel happy." Kawauso blinked at the next picture. "Hidan… You drew… A unicorn."

"A unicorn sacrificing people to Jashin!" Hidan clarified. Kisame snatched the picture from Kawauso and stared at it. His face grew pale (would that make his skin a lighter blue?), "Uh… Can unicorns even become Jashinists?"

Hidan shrugged, "As long as they're not pink or something stupid like that." Kakuzu ripped the papers from Kisame's hands and ripped them up. "Now, can we all leave? I'm doing taxes."

The rest of the Akatsuki filed out of the room, leaving Hidan and Arashi alone. Hidan sighed, "Thank Jashin that shit's over." Arashi grabbed Hidan's arm and pulled him onto the bed, "Now then. Mind telling me what happened?"

Hidan blinked, "Well uh. Jashin got mad at me because I wasn't using you correctly and all that shitty stuff." Arashi looked away from Hidan. "Using me? What do you mean?" Realizing that she was hurt, Hidan pulled Arashi closer to him. "I'm supposed to use you to kill more people. But seriously, I'll never do anything so f-cking stupid." Arashi grinned at Hidan, "Go on."

"Well, when Jashin got mad, he started ripping me apart from the inside out. Torturing the shit out of me, basically. When I refused to use you "correctly", he temporarily took away my immortality."

Arashi rested her head on his shoulder. "Is that when your necklace broke?" Hidan nodded and continued, "So then basically, I started dying from the wounds he gave me. So then he asked me what love is."

(WHAT IS LOVE? BABY DON'T HURT ME. DON'T HURT ME. NO MORE. Yes, that was needed.)

Arashi blinked, "Why?" Hidan shrugged, "Jashin doesn't really have any emotions besides the shitty mean ones. So when I told him about love, he gave me back my immortality and ordered me to go find you. He said he wasn't going to bother me until I do something stupid."

Arashi smirked, "Which would most likely be very soon." Hidan glared at her, but Arashi just smiled and embraced Hidan in another rib-crushing hug. The Jashinist sighed, "Are you going to let go of me anytime soon?" Several cracks were heard as Arashi gripped him tighter.

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"Arashi. I have to pee. Let go."

"No."

"I don't think I can hold it any f-cking longer! Seriously, get off of me!"

Arashi sighed and released Hidan, who dashed into the restroom. Moments later, Hidan exited the room to find Arashi clinging onto him once again. He groaned, "Arashi, you're heavy. Let the hell go." The Fenikkusu growled dangerously, "Did you just call me fat?" Hidan blinked, "Uh… no? No! Of course not… You can cling to me all day. Seriously, it won't bother me or anything." Arashi grinned, "Glad you see it my way."

Hidan grumbled to himself and made his way to Sasori's room. Without knocking, of course, he opened the door and waddled inside (It's hard to walk with Arashi clinging onto you).

Sasori was working on his puppets. He angrily glared at Hidan when he burst into his room. "What the hell do you want?" The masochist ignored him and grabbed a crowbar off of Sasori's desk. With that, he left the room and slammed the door shut.

Once in the hallway, Hidan shoved the crowbar between himself and Arashi and attempted to pry her off of him. Instantly, the crowbar was snatched out of his hands. Arashi knocked Hidan to the ground, holding the crowbar above her head.

Hidan sweatdropped. Arashi's face stretched into a sadistic grin. "Uh. Arashi, we don't have to get violent or anything! Put the crowbar down…please." Hidan shakily got to his feet. The crowbar fell to the ground as Arashi pounced on Hidan. She wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. Hidan sighed as Arashi snuggled into his chest.

"Do you have any idea how f-cking stupid I look?" Hidan growled as he walked to the kitchen. Arashi giggled, "You always look stupid."

He rolled his eyes at this. "Well can you at least let go so I can f-cking have lunch?" Arashi dropped off of Hidan, landing on the floor. "Lunch? How long have I been out?" The silver haired man shrugged, "Dunno. You slept through breakfast, and I had to miss it so I could watch you. You should be grateful, bitch."

Arashi caught Hidan in another hug, "Aw, that's so sweet!"

"I'm going to be eating soon," Hidan reminded her, and she let go. "You hungry?" he added. She shook her head. "You should probably go see Deidara. He hasn't really seen you lately," he suggested.

Meanwhile, Deidara was in his room, putting the final touches on a sculpture he was creating. And then Arashi burst into his room and tackled him to the floor. The sculpture, which was explosive, toppled out of the artist's hands.

"Agh! Don't let that fall, hmm!" Deidara cried. Arashi screamed and reached for the artwork. It slipped from her fingertips and flew across the room. Deidara was on his feet in an instant and caught the sculpture in his arms. However, Arashi was going after said sculpture. She crashed into him and the sculpture went flying. Arashi made a dive for it at the same time Deidara did.

The next second, Arashi grabbed the clay structure and Deidara grabbed it at the same time. He just so happened to be on top of Arashi. A blush crept to both of their faces. Arashi giggled, "How many awkward moments are I going to have in one day?" Deidara laughed as well and placed the sculpture on his desk.

He helped Arashi to her feet and locked their lips. He pulled her closer and buried his face in her brown hair. "I'm sorry, hmm." Arashi glanced up at him, "Why? For what?" Deidara sighed, "If I had stayed, you probably wouldn't have come back freezing, hmm." Arashi rolled her eyes, "Dei, I punched you. I scare a lot of people off, trust me."

For some reason, he couldn't object to that.

After the Hidan incident, everything calmed down and the Akatsuki moved on. There were, of course, occasional awkward moments, numerous people scarred for life, and many "accidents".

But in the weeks that followed, Deidara and Hidan began competing over Arashi. Again. The base has exploded more often that normal and Kakuzu has given the Akatsuki several lectures about the organization's money. And as usual, no one paid attention to Kakuzu.

And when Deidara and Hidan weren't fighting with each other, they'd take out there anger on some innocent bystander a.k.a Tobi. Poor Tobi was constantly being blown up by Deidara or maimed by Hidan. Or both at the same time. And that left Arashi to clean up the mess before Zetsu decided to eat Tobi.

Kisame and Itachi had just returned from their latest mission. "Whew, glad that's over. Aren't you Itachi-san?" Kisame said as he leaned against the wall outside his room. "Hn" was Itachi's reply. "… Are you even tired?" The Uchiha answered: "Hn." Kisame was beginning to get irritated, "Is that a yes or a no?" And Itachi answered: "Hn." Kisame grabbed his sword, "Dammit, Itachi! Can't you say anything and WHY IS ARASHI CRAWLING ON THE CEILING?"

The brunette looked down at them as she skittered past, her chakra claws gripping the ceiling. "Hi Kisame, hi Itachi. Bye." With that, she crawled down the hallway. And moments later…

"ARASHI. Where the hell are you, dammit?" Hidan called. He glanced around the hallway and caught sight of Kisame and Itachi. "Kisame! Do you know where the f-ck Arashi is?" The shark man stared at Hidan. "… No?"

Hidan cursed quite a few times under his breath and ran in the other direction. Itachi opened the door to his room and stepped inside. Kisame stared after the Uchiha. "Geez, what a creep."

Arashi opened the door to Konan's room and scurried inside. The door slammed behind her. The origami artist looked up to see Arashi locking the door and plopping herself down next to Konan. "KONAN. Deidara and Hidan are insane!" Konan chuckled, "Like I don't already know that."

Arashi groaned. "I don't get it. Why the hell do they like me!? I'm not pretty or anything!" Konan looked at her friend with a serious expression. "Don't say that." Arashi returned the glance, "I'm serious, Konan. I don't wear makeup or anything. I have fangs for god's sake!"

"Well, it doesn't matter what's on the inside-"Arashi interrupted Konan, "Please do not start with that corny shit." She frowned as Konan rolled her eyes. "I guess I'll go to my room and lock the door then."

She opened the door, looked both ways, and made a dash down the hallway. Arashi twisted the doorknob to her room and slipped inside. The door locked and slammed behind her as she jumped onto the bed.

Kawauso didn't bother to look at her; he was too busy examining a scrap of paper. "Arashi… When did you get this?" The otter held the paper up. It was the letter from Iji. Arashi mentally slapped herself and sat on the bed.

"Kawauso… Tenshinhige and Sagegami are coming after the Akatsuki," Arashi told him. The otter stared at her for a moment, "WHAT?!" Instantly, Arashi covered his way to big of a mouth. "Shh! Not so loud!" she hissed, "I told Iji, we're supposed to meet him at the forest." Kawauso mumbled something, and she removed her hand so he could speak. "Why didn't you tell Leader!? This concerns him too." Kawauso whispered.

Arashi narrowed his eyes, "There's no need. Iji and I have this covered." Kawauso dashed for the door. "It concerns the entire organization too. I'm gonna tell Sir Leader." Arashi's eyes widened, "Kawauso! Don't!" Too late, he had already left.

"Dammit! Get the hell back here you stupid otter!" She raced out into the hallway, only to be tackled by a blur or orange and black. Tobi. "Arashi-chan! Deidara-sempai and Hidan were mean to Tobi!"

Arashi growled in frustration. "Yeah, yeah. That's great Tobi." She attempted to squirm out of his embrace. "How is it a good thing?" The masked ninja questioned. Arashi's growls intensified- she was starting to worry. "Never mind! Just get the hell off of me!"

"But Arashi-"She pushed Tobi to the ground and ran down the hallway. The doors flew past her as Pein's office came closer and closer into view. Arashi flung herself into the room and onto the ground. Kawauso and Pein were already in the room.

The worst part was Pein was glaring. Good things do not happen when Pein is glaring.

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"What!?" "You can't be serious, hmm!"

The entire Akatsuki were gathered once again in the living room for another meeting. Except they were actually paying attention this time.

"Don't think of it as… leaving," Pein said, "Think of it as… Being out of circulation. … For awhile."

"And just how long is 'awhile'?" demanded Hidan. Pein scratched his head, "Uh…" Kawauso was behind Kisame, cowering in fear. Arashi had to be restrained by several chains so that she wouldn't maul her partner.

"Well, that doesn't matter," Leader continued, "Arashi's existence here in Akatsuki is a threat to everyone. We are sending her away until it's safe for her to come back. That is final. Arashi is to remove her Akatsuki ring and cloak, just to be safe." Konan shot Pein a glare as the crowd grew silent.

Arashi got Deidara to release her from the chains that held her down and spoke up. "It's okay, really. We'll leave now, without a huge commotion and come back once it's safe for all of us."

Kawauso nodded his agreement.

And twenty minutes later they were all packed up and Arashi was dragging him out of the doors. "YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME, YOU HEAR!" Kawauso shouted. His claws were latching onto the floor as Arashi pulled harder on his tail. "I'll have my revenge!"

"Didn't I see without a huge commotion!?" Arashi screeched at the otter. "Nonsense! I will stand my ground if I damn well feel like-"Arashi pulled him free of the floor and ran out the door.

The organization stared after them. "… I'm bored," Kisame stated. "Tobi is too." "Meh."

Arashi continued to drag Kawauso down the mountain trail until at last, they reached the bottom. She threw him to the ground and crossed her arms. "You done?" The otter nodded.

Arashi sighed and adjusted her pack. "Well, looks like we're on the road again." Her partner nodded and followed the kunoichi as she began walking. "Well, we do have to go to the forest anyway."

"… Where is the forest again?" Arashi rolled her eyes and groaned. "For the last, it's in the Fire Country! How dumb are you?" He chuckled, "Pretty dumb, actually." Pft. Like she didn't know that.

"Whatever," Arashi mumbled as she transformed to her phoenix form. "Get on." The otter gulped before clambering onto her back. The large bird sighed. "Kawauso, are you ever going to get over flying."

But before he could answer, they were off with the wind with the Akatsuki base to their backs. Kawauso gradually calmed down long enough to glance at Arashi. She wore a gloomy expression. "Hey, don't be so sad. I mean you got me right."

"That's what's making me sad." Arashi retorted with a smirk. Kawauso sighed and lay on his back. It was silent aside from the wind whistling in the air. "I think we need to land," Kawauso said, "I think I see a village in the horizon." Arashi said nothing, but landed anyway.

As her feathers melted into flesh, she began walking. "Hurry up. The Fire Country's a long way from here." Kawauso ran to catch up with his partner, "Oh come on! Can't we get a bite to eat first?" His stomach gurgled, and Arashi couldn't refuse after that. Arashi grinned at the otter and got down on all fours. "Who ever wins this race gets to eat the most."

"What? Arashi I can't beat y-"He stopped as Arashi took off. "Hey, get back here! Cheater!" Kawauso sighed and raced after her. "Hey! Wait up!" A figure observed this display in the distance, a twisted smile on his face. "My, my. This is going to be a lot easier than we thought." He cackled and disappeared with a puff of smoke.

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"Aw come on. Can't you share a little?" Kawauso pleaded. Arashi smiled at him and sucked a ramen noodle that was dangling from her mouth. "Nope. Should've eaten more slowly." Arashi went back to shoving her face in the bowl. Kawauso sighed as the waitress placed the bill on the table. "HOLY SHIT!" Kawauso screamed. "How much did you eat?" Arashi finished her ramen and grinned. "You're paying." She fled the restaurant. "Hey, hey! Wait!" Kawauso sighed and set the money on the table, chasing after Arashi.

"Come on, let's get out of here," Arashi said to the otter. Kawauso sighed. "Are we getting closer?" The Fenikkusu shrugged. "The sooner we get out of here, the sooner we get to the forest. So pick up the pace." The otter mumbled something and walked faster. Soon enough, they were out of the bustling village and into the silent woods.

Kawauso inhaled the sweet forest air. "Hey… Do you hear that?" Arashi paused and listened. Trickling water… "A river!" Kawauso burst into a wide grin. "Finally, I get to cool off!" He raced in the direction of the liquid. Seconds later, there was a splash. Sighing, Arashi followed after her partner. Kawauso was splashing happily in the water. He dove into the river and returned with a silver fish flapping around in his jaws. "Hey, I got a snack!" Arashi growled, "Put that back or I'll-"

Thunk

A sword, lit up by electricity, embedded itself in the tree next to Arashi. She was instantly alert and jumped away from the tree, just in time to see it explode. "Oh no, SHIT!" Kawauso hissed. "Quick, underwater!" Arashi commanded and leaped into the river. Bubbles rose to the surface as her chakra took the shape of a tail that wrapped around the lower half of her body. Her neck fizzled with energy and took the shape of gills. Finally, she grew webbing between her fingers and swam off. Kawauso was right behind her. "Ha! I'd like to see them catch us now!" the otter exclaimed. "Kawauso! Behind you!" Arashi yelled. He barely ducked out of the way of a large hand composed of mist. The mist hand grabbed empty water and retracted back to its owner. Its owner being none other than Sagegami.

"How in the world…?" Arashi hissed. Her answer was clear. Sagegami had a mask supplying oxygen over his mouth. Tenshinhige swam next to his partner. "Heh. Finally, we have you alone. Now we don't have to worry about those Akatsuki punks." The kunoichi narrowed her eyes. "We're in no mood to fight," Arashi growled. "What? You kidding me? I wanna kick his ass right now!" Kawauso protested. She glared at him. Tenshinhige chuckled, "Well we're in the mood. Tough luck." A couple of hand signs, and ice began to encase his body. Soon he was wearing icy armor with multiple spikes jutting from the sides. Sagegami moved behind Tenshinhige as he curled into a ball and grew in size. He was big enough that the entire river was blocked by a big, spiky ice ball. "… Swim." Arashi ordered.

The two fled as fast as their bodies would allow them. The ice ball rolled forward slowly, but as Sagegami's mist hands provided it strength, the speed picked up. Faster and faster it went, until it was a blur and hurtling towards Arashi and Kawauso. Arashi glanced backwards to see the ball coming closer. "Quick, down this tunnel!" She swam downwards and entered a tunnel underneath the water, Kawauso close behind. The ball, however, did not stop rolling. It hurled down the tunnel and rolled closer and closer. "We're not gonna make it!" Kawauso cried. "I know that!" the medical ninja hissed. There was a dead end ahead, but it appeared that there was also another tunnel to the left as well as the right. "Quickly!" She kicked faster and rushed through the water. Kawauso controlled the water currents so that he was propelled forward. They were almost to the second tunnel when ice shards pinned them to the wall.

"Oh god no." Arashi whispered. The ice ball was only yards away from them. Arashi and Kawauso struggled to free themselves, but to no avail. They were trapped as well as doomed. The ice ball skidded to a stop and waited, as if to enjoy the moment. Arashi glared at it for that moment, just to get it in. There was a screech, and the ice ball was hurtling towards them again, to finish them off for good. Kawauso and Arashi braced themselves for a surge of pain. It never came. Instead, there was a huge explosion. The ice ball broke into shards, and Tenshinhige fell to the ground. Sagegami was blown backwards. Arashi and Kawauso were whisked away by something that came from the right tunnel.

And of course it was Deidara riding on a clay shark. "Deidara! You idiot you can't breathe!" Arashi screeched him rather than being grateful and snuggling him. Deidara glanced at her and smirked. He held her in one of his arms, close to his chest. Kawauso was clinging onto Deidara's back. There was light filtering up ahead. Good, at least Deidara wouldn't drown. "Hey… Deidara." Arashi started. Deidara looked down at her again. "Th-"

Two mist hands seized the three. The clay shark exploded in a puff of smoke. Sagegami cackled, "As if we would let you off that easily." Arashi snarled at her enemy. Deidara was next to her in the fist that held her captive. Kawauso was in the other fist, and Tenshinhige appeared to be floating nearby Sagegami, obviously worn out. Arashi could imagine the malicious grin on Sagegami's face. The mist-fists tightened their grip on the trio. Arashi cringed and inhaled. Luckily she had her gills, or she couldn't breathe… Breathe… Shit! Arashi stole a glance at Deidara. He appeared to be in pain, and he obviously needed air. This is bad. She squirmed around some more, but Sagegami just laughed again. The grip became even tighter and electricity surged through the mist, shocking the Akatsuki that they held.

Arashi winced. Dammit… She heard a gurgle and turned to see Deidara gulping in water. "Deidara, don't!" she cried. "Alright, that's it!" Her skin turned into fur, blue fur to be precise. She grew a green main and transformed into a lion. TAKE THIS YOU ASSHOLES! She couldn't speak since she was unable to breath. Electricity sparked and then ripped through the mist-fist. It electrocuted Sagegami, and he released the jutsu out of shock. Tenshinhige was also hit by the surge and flopped to the ground. Arashi quickly grabbed Deidara, who was unconscious and swam towards the light. Arashi and Kawauso surfaced, and the medic immediately put Deidara on the shore. "He's not breathing," Arashi told Kawauso.

She put both hands on his chest and pressed downwards. She repeated the motion several times until Deidara finally coughed up water. Arashi sighed as Deidara rid himself of any water that was in his lungs. He opened his eyes and smiled at her. "Hey there." Arashi punched him in the stomach. "You freaking idiot! Why the hell did you do that!? You could have drowned." The artist snorted and sat up, "I just saved your life. Be grateful, hmm." Arashi snarled at him and clenched her fists. "Hate to break the love fest, but we happen to have two guys trying to kill us about a few meters away," Kawauso reminded them. Deidara unzipped his clay pouch and stuck his hand inside of it. "Taken care of, hmm."

Within seconds, a clay bird formed in front of their eyes. Without hesitation, the three of them hopped on and were gliding through the air before Tenshinhige and Sagegami emerged from the water. Arashi sighed as the river drifted away from sight. "Did Hidan come too?" Deidara chuckled, "He had a mission, hmm. I was supposed to contact him when I found you but…" An evil grin spread onto his face. "… You're an asshole," Arashi stated. His grin grew even wider, "I know." Kawauso glanced down at the ground beneath them. He gulped and said, "Wait, where are you taking us?"

"Home, hmm" the artist replied. "What!? Deidara, we can't go home! We have to head for the Fire Country. Tenshinhige and Sagegami are still out there!" Deidara snorted and turned his creation around. "Then we'll go to the Fire Country then go home, hmm." Arashi sighed, "Okay fine, fine." Deidara gave her another one of his famous grins and returned his attention to flying. It was quiet for what seemed to be the longest time. The sun began to drip downwards and paint the sky with a sunset. Kawauso had fallen asleep on Arashi's lap, and the kunoichi was stroking his head absentmindedly. She had thought he was cute when she first found him. Man, was she wrong. He was nice to have around. Arashi glanced at Deidara, who happened to be staring at her, and their eyes met for a second. They both blushed at the same time and averted their eyes.

The bird began to descend and landed in a quiet forest. "We should rest here for the night." Arashi nodded in agreement and set Kawauso down. Arashi gathered stray twigs and started a fire. She was interrupted by a gurgling growl. Alarmed, Arashi looked up to find Deidara blushing. "Eheh. I haven't eaten in a while, hmm." She grinned at this, "Well our supplies got soaked, hang on, and I'll get us something to eat. I'm kinda starving too." She whistled, and within seconds, a couple birds fluttered in her direction. "Hey guys, could you get us a few berries and stuff?"

They nodded and were gone in a flash. Minutes later, they returned with fruits and nuts in their talons. The fowl placed the food in her outstretched hands. She gave most of the edibles to Deidara, and set some next to the sleeping Kawauso. She shoved the rest in her face. How lady like. Deidara ate slowly, watching her every mood. Arashi glanced up and glared at him. "Will you quit staring at me? It's starting to creep me out!" Deidara plopped the last berry into his mouth without averting his eyes. She growled irritably and shifted her gaze away from her boyfriend. The next second that Arashi glanced up, the sculptor was right beside her, staring at her intently with his cerulean eyes. She felt her face grow hot as he licked berry juice from his lips with his tiny pink tongue. Oh god, was he turning her on? … Mm, yep. He was.

The next instant, he locked lips with her. However, this kiss was different from the countless others she had gotten. More intense. She pulled him closer and shut her brown eyes. And then she felt his tongue poke her lips, pleading her for entrance. She didn't know why, but she let him in. They were using tongue! ... Nice. After explored her mouth, they released for air. "Deidara…" Arashi panted. The artist made sure Kawauso was still sleeping, and pressed his lips on her neck. She hissed his name, and he stopped. Hm, that actually felt good. "Just don't give me a hickey." Deidara smiled and returned his lips to her neck, prying a soft moan out of her. She pulled the collar of his cloak and brought him into another kiss, causing them to both fall to the ground.

Kawauso suppressed giggles as he watched this. Maybe if he was lucky, they'd get to second base by morning. … Or third. Third would be awesome.