The next day past, and Deidara was no where to be found at school except Sasori who was required to accompany Emiko at the play as a final project to do before Sasori leaves and maybe Emiko too.

At the end of the play, Sasori and Emiko bowed then left to go to their seats. Sasori then asked, "Emiko, have you made your decision?"

"Um…." she said, not so sure as Mrs. Haru got up to make an announcement.

"Everyone, four weeks from now is the school's dance. And where our final performance of the play shall be set," Mrs. Haru said.

Sasori then looked at Emiko. "Well, your roommates seem nice but…" said Emiko, cutting off to think. If I say no then Sasori goes, she thought. But then that makes me a….

"How about you decide at the dance four weeks from now?" suggested Sasori. "It is vital we know the answer because you're a gifted ninja and we would like for you to be apart of our team."

"Okay, at the dance," said Emiko. "And besides, we still need to do the play."

"Yeah," said Sasori.

Flashback

At the Akatsuki cave, Pain and the others were talking to Emiko.

"Emiko, we have been searching for you and we would like you to join us," said Pain.

"Join this organization? Why?" asked Emiko.

"Because we've seen your skills and heard of your clan's ability," said Konan.

"Uh…thanks," said Emiko. She blushed at everyone's good comments.

"Yes, join us so you won't be alone in the world," said Sasori.

"Let me think about it," said Emiko.

"You have as long as you want," said Pain.

"But we would appreciate it if it's not so long," taunted Kakazu.

"Okay…," said Emiko.

End of flashback.

At the Genjutsu class with Ms. Wakako, a dark green haired lady that her hair was long up to the waist and it had curls. She wore the ninja academy clothes like most of the teachers, her eyes were bright purple. She was giving a lecture when Umeki spoke to Mitsu.

"You know the dance of the academy is in four weeks," said Umeki.

"Yeah, I know," said Mitsu as she sighed.

"Looks like we're going there alone," said Umeki.

"It looks like it," said Mitsu as they both got scared.

"Girls! Please, dears, pay attention in class. It's not like you to go off day dreaming," said Ms. Wakako.

"Yes, ma'am," said the two girls in a sad tone.

Four weeks past by, it was night and Umeki and Mitsu decided to go to the dance together. Umeki was wearing a white dress that was not too short not too long and it had small straps with black pants underneath and a shirt that was long sleeves. Mitsu, on the other hand, wore a pink dress that was long and it had one strap to the shoulder. They stood next to the table where people sat to watch the play. They saw Emiko narrating the play.

Mitsu then turned around to leave, "Mitsu, where are you going?" asked Umeki.

"Outside to get some cool breeze," said Mitsu.

"You're still sad, aren't you?" asked Umeki in a concern way.

"Yeah, I am. I wish Deidara was here," said Mitsu. "He knew a way to make me smile even though I known him for such a little while."

"Well, if it makes you feel better, I'll stay here and watch the play. I'll tell you how it goes," said Umeki, "Since you probably don't want to see the love story."

"Yeah," said Mitsu. "I better do it quick. They'll start the dance soon."

"Don't you want to leave when they start dancing?"

"Nah, I want to see the whole thing."

"Wishing that special person would come, huh?" said Umeki.

"No… just want to see what kind of dresses the other girls are wearing," said Mitsu.

"Oh," said Umeki in a confused way as Mitsu left outside.

Outside, Mitsu stood with the wind blowing gently when all of the sudden, she heard a flapping sound, like a pair of wings!

"Huh?" she said as she looked up to see Deidara on the clay bird.

"Hey, there, Mitsu, you're looking pretty tonight," smiled Deidara.

"Deidara? What are you…." said Mitsu as Deidara placed his finger on his lips to signal her to shush

"I'm here to dance with my lady," he said.

"But I thought you couldn't be seen?" said Mitsu.

"They'll figure out on their own. I'm still not caught yet, so let us just silently ignore them."

Mitsu then smiled, "I'm glad you came back."

"Me too," said Deidara as Umeki then peered out the door to see Mitsu and Deidara talking. She then backed away and hit to someone, Itachi.

"Itachi?" she said, blushing.

"The play is almost over, would you like to dance?" he asked kindly.

"I…..I guess so," she said, taking his hand as he led her to the dance floor.

Deidara then jumped down from his bird and walked up to Mitsu, showing his hand. "The dance is about to start, shall we get started?" he asked.

"Sure," said Mitsu, grabbing his hand as the dance soon started. Mitsu remained a little sad. "You know, it's going to be a bummer if you're not around."

"Oh, don't worry, I'll send you mail. I'll find a way to stay in contact with you even if I don't stay here at the school," said Deidara, continuing to dance as he stopped for a while. "But I do plan on finishing high school to graduate," he said as Mitsu laughed.

Behind the stage, Emiko was sighing for relief when Sasori came. "Did you make up your mind?" he asked.

"Yeah," said Emiko. "I did."

"Then what is it?" he asked/

"I decided that I'm not going with you," said Emiko.

Sasori got shocked, "Why?" he asked.

"I'm not going with you as another one of the Akatsukis, but as a friend," she said.

Sasori's shocked look turned into a smile.

"Welcome to your new family," he said.

"Thanks," she smiled.

A week later at the Akatsuki cave, everyone was doing their routines.

Itachi was mediating, (Finally not flipping his hair!)

Zetsu, again, was spying on people.

Kisame was eating fish.

Konan was brushing her hair.

Sasori was building more puppets.

Deidara was writing a letter.

Hidan was arm wrestling with Kakazu.

And then Pain came in to make his new announcements. "Everyone, I know it took long to find this future Akatsuki member, but we finally done it," said Pain.

Kakazu rolled his eyes, "It also took a week later for that new member to officially join us," he said.

"We know," said Pain. "Everyone, please, welcome our new member, Emiko."

Emiko came in wearing an Akatsuki robe, "Thanks," said Emiko.

Everyone clapped, but then Deidara got up. "Whoops! I gotta go now, I'm mailing to Mitsu today. I'm asking how she is doing," said Deidara as he left in a hurry, trying to catch a bird to mail his letter.

Pain turned to everyone. "As we all know, though, Deidara and Sasori didn't passed, due to the Kakazu and Hidan's presence, at the school and later being found out that we were apart of the Akatsukis. I had Konan to graduate Deidara and Sasori out from the school and get their degrees in bachelors," Pain said. Everyone then clapped.

Emiko then sat down next to Sasori. "So what are you doing?" she asked.

"Building puppets," he answered.

"I wanna try," said Emiko, giving him a hand in building the puppets.

"Sure," he said.

Outside, Deidara caught a bird and tied the letter on to it, so it can fly to Mitsu who later graduated from her school after that school year and went back to her home town where Deidara once came from. (Don't worry, she told him where she'd be.)