When Darkness Falls Ch 17

Deidara and Sasori too had spent the entire night at Sasori's house in the living room talking, kissing and just getting to know one another. Now it was mid afternoon and Deidara was waking up on the couch. He had a blanket over him and a pillow under his head so he assumed Sasori had done that.

He stood up to stretch and then look for the red head. It wasn't hard as the red head brought him a plate of breakfast. It consisted of eggs, bacon, toast, orange juice and a small glass of milk. Sasori smiled at the confused look on Deidara's face. "I went to the store this morning. I wanted to make you breakfast but you were sound asleep.

I hope you don't mind breakfast for lunch." Sasori said a little sheepishly. Deidara smiled a wide smile and shook his head. "No, un. It's perfect and it smells delicious." He sat down and took the plate and began eating the food and his eyes went wide as he savored the taste of everything.

"Where did you learn to cook, un?" He asked as he began to eat a little faster. Sasori watched in mild shock. He knew humans had to eat human food but he had been a vampire for so long he couldn't remember what it even tasted like. He was just as surprised at how good Deidara thought it was.

"I haven't actually cooked in a very long time. I just watched a show on how to do it." He said with a smile. Deidara laughed and nodded. "Well it worked out perfect, un. I can't get enough of how good it tastes." Deidara said as he finished off the bacon. Sasori smiled pleased with himself.

Tobi made his way down the stairs with Zetsu in front of him. They stopped on the bottom of the steps and Zetsu turned to take Tobi into his arms. They kissed softly as Zetsu pulled Tobi to his level. Tobi laid his head on Zetsu's shoulder. He hoped that things would work out for the two of them.

Zetsu led Tobi into the living room to see Sasori and Deidara sitting together on the couch. Tobi was about to panic when Zetsu put his hand on Tobi's chest and calmed him just by a touch. Sasori stood as if he had been caught red handed. Deidara too stood up and then eyed Tobi a little suspiciously.

"Deidara, what are you doing here?" Tobi asked.

"I could ask you the same thing, un. I think it is plain to see what we are doing here and as long as we are all on the same side here then I don't see any problem with it." Deidara said. Tobi smiled and nodded relaxing tenfold. Zetsu nodded to Sasori as well in understanding. Sasori nodded back and Zetsu led Tobi to the door.

He and Tobi stepped through the door out into the sunlight. Tobi closed his eyes as he basked in the warmth. Zetsu scowled a little at the sun but when he seen Tobi and his euphoric look he couldn't help but to love the sunshine for how it made his lover feel. Tobi opened his eyes and smiled shyly as Zetsu watched him.

Konan and Pein said goodbye at Konan's front door. Pein had been a long time without blood and Konan admired his strength. He assured her he was fine but she knew she needed to let him go so he could eat and not push his luck. He kissed her and headed out of the yard through the gate and down the street.

She watched him go and slowly she went back into her house and headed for the shower. She was still reeling from the turn of events that she had taken with Pein. She was regretting it less and less every second that she thought about him. She began singing a random song as she turned on the water to take her shower.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Four hours later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Itachi, Sasuke, Hidan Deidara, Konan and Tobi all sat in front of Madara. He was pissed to say the least. They had blown off a meeting and now they sat before him with looks of smugness, boredom, resent, uncertainty, sorrow, and defiance. He could only imagine slightly what had happened.

They had fallen for the enemy. It was as plain as day. He knew this mission would be complicated but he had never imagined that it would be this kind of complicated. He couldn't really blame them. These vampires were smart and they possessed certain abilities. He had no doubt that they had used them on the Akatsuki.

He looked at the Akatsuki and could tell things were about to get hostile. "I don't even have to ask what has happened. I can see how all of you are feeling. You are all wearing your hearts on your sleeves. It will be impossible for you to take down your intended targets now. Therefore you will be relieved of that responsibility.

The Akatsuki gasped as they looked from him to each other. "What do you mean? We are free to be with them and we don't have to kill them?" Konan asked hopefully. Madara closed his eyes and shook his head. "No, it means that I will have to call in a favor to some of my friends whom I trained with for this position.

They will be the ones to kill them. You will all be relieved of your Akatsuki title and measures will be taken to alter your memories of this organization. Furthermore, you will be separated all around the world for safety measures." Madara said thickly. Everyone gasped again as the reality of the moment set in.

Konan jumped to her feet and fled the room followed by Deidara. Itachi and Sasuke stood slowly and Hidan and Tobi followed suit. They left the room and exited the organizations hidden door. Madara thought about calling in the guards to stop them but he figured he would give them this moment to say their goodbyes.

He sat down at his desk and began making a list of names to contact to do the duty of the Akatsuki's unfinished business. He swallowed the lump of guilt he was getting at taking away the Akatsuki's lover's, title, memories and Identities. This job really sucked sometimes and this was one of those times.