A/N: Well, Chapter Three is here! And Our beloved duo is finally across the Sea! What's more, Lina and Gourry are finally in the fic! Sit back, and enjoy the ride!

Deidara Has a Brother?!

I dunno!

"Gourry..." A small girl whined, "I'm hungry~! How far to the next town?"

"Well," Her armoured traveling companion thought a moment, "we left...how many days ago?...So..." he began to count on his fingers, before scratching the back of his head, embarassed. "I dunno! I think we're lost."

A worrying growl comes from the little girl. It's downright intimidating, in fact. "Lost? Lost? We're only a few days out of Seyruun, and we're already lost? Where's Amelia? She has the map..." She looked around, searching for the black-haired little pest, entirely forgetting that they sent her off to buy food, when suddenly, two shapes seemed to materialize in front of them. Used to similar appearances, Lina's Flare Arrows were already heading towards their targets when she realized they weren't bounty hunters, and they hadn't done anythingthreatening. At all, which was rather unusual for her. After all, everyone seemed to think she was Lina, Enemy of All Living Things, or The Dragon Spooker, or some other insulting title, and they tended to either attack or flee on sight.

One dodged easily, vanishing into the bushes on the side of the road. The other wasn't quite so lucky.

"Ack-!" The black-clothed figure burst into flame. However, when the flames died down, just as quickly as ever, all that was left was a charred log.

"Lina! You can't just go attacking people like that!" The armoured swordsman exclaimed, "I mean, I think you killed him-!"

"If I killed him, wouldn't there be a body, Gourry?"

"Heh heh, yeah, I guess..."

"Sempai! Sempai! See? Tobi told you it was them!" A cheery voice rang out from the underbrush, and a black-clothed, slightly singed, masked man stepped from the bushes. The mask was bright orange, and his cloak, which was rather short, was embroidered with strange red clouds.

"Yeah, yeah, Tobi, we found them, un." A - man, maybe? - with familiar, long, blond hair jumped down from the treetops. He was dressed identically, but for the mask. Only one eye was visible, the other concealed by his hair.

"So, uh..." Gourry stepped forward, "Who are you, exactly?" He looked confused.

"Oo! Tobi is Tobi, Gourry-san!" The masked man shouted happily, ignorant of the inherent hilarity of that statement, "and this is Deidara-Sempai! Your brother!"

"Oh...Wait. M-my WHAT?!"

"Oh, please, in the name of whatever god may be listening, please, explain to him why it can't be true..." Deidara was begging, his sole visible eye brimming with tears. He clasped his ands before him, but one of the hands accidentally bit itself on the tongue, so he snatched them away again.

"Hmmm...I dunno..." The young girl, Lina, was looking closely at Deidara, examining his face at...uncomfortably close range. "You two are really similar...wait, are you wearing eyeliner?" Suddenly, there was a dull roar. Lina turned beet red. "Where's Amelia with the food? We sent her out hours ago!" She pouted cutely.

"Well...heheheh...funny story...I don't remember if he's my brother! I mean, I'm pretty sure I have one, and she does sorta look like me...so wouldn't it be my sister?" He shrugs as he talks, laughing nervously.

Lina clubbed him over the head with her fist before the nukenin had time to process his words. "Okay, idiot, first of all, he's a guy. Second, HOW DO YOU NOT REMEMBER?! I know you're an idiot, but shouldn't you sorta know these things?!" She seemed very, very angry at this further proof that Gourry was an idiot savant.

"Hey, Kakuzu, what the hell are you looking at?" A man, white hair slicked back and robe open down his chest, asked of his traveling companion, whose attention had been siezed by a couple sheets of paper.

"These wanted posters..."Kakuzu replied, not looking up, "This 'Lina Inverse' and 'Gourry Gabriev' are very lucrative marks. It says here, 500,000 of those gold coins for their capture, Hidan. Five hundred thousand." One could hear the...lust...in his voice.

"So? How much is that in ryo? Those Jashin-damned coins are confusing." Hidan asked, with an angry wave of his triple-scythe.

"Those gold coins are very pure. I would say...nearly six billion ryo. Each." The mask over his face, no, the entire front of his robe was soaked in drool. "Oh! And here's another, a known companion of theirs, 'Zelgadis Greywords'. For the same bounty!" Near-religious ecstasy etched his words.

"Jashin..." Hidan breathed, shocked, "They're worth more than any two Akatsuki put together! Any three, maybe! Each! There's one guy back home worth anything even remotely near that, and he's dangerous as hell! No-one even knows what Kiyomu Fukuda looks like! Damn! What did they do?!"

"Wanted for reducing multiple villages to smoking craters, the murder of Daymia the Violet, Suspected in the disappearance of Halcyform the White, assault, breaking and entering, suspected to be working towards the revival of Ruby-Eye Shabranigdu..." Kakuzu paused, "Caution is advised: Lina is a master Sorceress, and despite her appearance, may be as much as ninety years old. And on this other one, Caution is advised: Gourry is a Master Swordsman, and holds a mighty enchanted blade. Zelgadis is a master of Shamanistic magic, and is part demon. He is nearly invulnerable to most attacks."

"Whoever put up the bounty knows a damn lot about them..." The white haired man muttered, bitterly.

"I would class them at SS-rank. However...our abilities should prove effective against them. These are our targets. Tobi can wait."

A/N: There will be a change in the point of view for chapter four, so we might not see any of the Akatsuki next chapter. But we will be seeing Naruto and Zelgadis! Tune in next time, when Deidara complains, "Why are teenagers always so damn powerful, un?!"