A/N:

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Yeah, I'm actually bothering with Author's notes.

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By the way. I'll put a translation here too, cuz there's some Japanese in here.

Arigatō … Thank you

Sayonara … Bye

Hai … Yes or Yeah

Shimai … Sister

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And another OC appears in this chapter. ^-^ You'll find out who she likes later on in the story… And I'm telling you, this is gonna be a full-fledged story. O-o I really enjoy writing FL, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I write it. ;D

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Hope you enjoy the 16th Chapter!

~Renai~

Chapter 16!: The Juichuri's Seal!

Deidara

The moment I knew I was caught in Madara-Sama's genjutsu, my vision went black, and for a moment, I wondered if I was blind. Then the shades of dark purple loomed up in front of me, and I managed to work out a large room. I was standing at the far end of it, water up to my ankles. I pondered about what the water was doing there, and then started to trudge through it to the other side, where, just as Madara said, there were two big iron-like gates, towering above my head. The gates were edged open around a meter, and in front of them, a girl was knelt down, her hands limp at her sides, and she was completely oblivious to my presence. I approached her cautiously, her figure beginning to show through the fog that suddenly aroused the area. My breathing started to get ragged as I neared her, and I stopped walking altogether when I stood around two meters behind her.

'Yuki-Chan…' I whispered, it sounded slightly like a question too. The girl's head turned slowly, and her dark, bleak and scared eyes looked at mine, and uncontrollably, my hand shot to my mouth. She looked awful! Her hair was ragged, and her face was pale. Her eyes full of fear and her bottom lip trembling as if she was going to cry.

My heart pounded heavily in my chest. Was this the same girl I fell in love with?

I looked down at her frail figure. Her shirt was thrown at her knees, her fishnet top underneath was torn open, and her trousers were ripped.

'What did… I do…?' She whispered, her voice full of fright. 'Did I… hurt… anyone?'

I was too shocked to speak. A tear rolled down my cheek, and I fell to my knees. My hand gripped around the piece of paper saying "seal" that Madara gave me, and I shuffled towards Yuki.

'I did…' She murmured inaudibly. 'Didn't I…?'

'Not any of Konoha…' I replied, and put an arm around her. She looked up at me slightly clueless.

'I hurt you…?'

'No…' I feared to look in her eyes. 'You only hurt the Sainan, the thirteen tails.' She let out a yelp of sadness and ducked her head. I looked at her in empathy, then looked at the seal in my hand.

'Yuki Chan…' I murmured, and put the slip of paper flat on my palm. 'You need to get the Juichuri back in that cage, un.'

'I…' She said, a tear rolled down her face. 'I can't.' I blinked at her in confusion.

'Why?'

'I… Need its power.' She replied, and I felt her tense.

'You don't need the Juichuri's power, not when you have us, un.' I said, tightening my grip on her shoulders.

'"Us"?' She echoed innocently, and looked up at me. 'What do you mean by, "us"?'

'I mean by the Akatsuki, Konoha and Suna.' She looked at me in silence. 'You don't remember any of that?' She shook her head slowly.

'Argh… This is what that beast has done to you.' I hissed, and pulled my arm away from her, and then put my head in my hands. 'The Akatsuki; There's Myself, Pain, Konan, Kisame, Zetsu, Tobi-.'

'His name is Madara. Not Tobi…' She whispered, looking blankly at the water we were knelt in. I smiled at her softly. 'He's my father…'

'Yeah, that's right…' I looked at her. 'Do you remember me?' She looked at me, and studied my face.

'I…' She trailed off and ducked her head down again. 'I'm sorry, I just…'

'It's fine.' I said, standing up and walking forward. 'It's not… your fault, un...' I gritted my teeth through the tears that ran down my face. 'It's my fault…'

'How is it your fault..?' She asked, standing at my side.

'I had to go and fall into a stupid 5 year long coma, un, and if I hadn't done that, then none of this would have happened! You wouldn't have to forget everything! I wouldn't have to be here! And your stupid father wouldn't have had to show his true identity to the whole of Konoha!' I yelled.

'Deidara, My father is not stupid!' Yuki said. I froze.

'What did you say?'

'I said "my father is not-".'

'No, no. Before that.'

'I said "Deidara"…' My eyes widened. 'Uhh… That's your name, Dei…' I turned to her suddenly and hugged her.

'Wha-?'

'You didn't forget me!'

'H- How could I?' She said, slightly alarmed. I furrowed my brow.

'You mean you forgot you forgot, un?' I looked at her confused face and started laughing. She raised an eyebrow.

'I don't get it, Dei-Sama.' She said slowly.

'Never mind.' I looked at her suddenly seriously. 'You need to get that Juichuri in the cage, un.' Her face turned bleak.

'Why?' She asked, and I gave her a lopsided smile.

'Because we need you back at home.' I murmured. 'I need you…'

'You hate me.' She said, and looked away. I looked up at her in shock.

'Why do you think that, un?'

'Because when I left the Akatsuki, you went to hug me.' She said, and I could hear she was going to break down. 'But then when I came back to you, and you were crying you looked at me really confused-like. And then earlier, when you returned, you seemed happy at first, then you were like, really angry at me after you told the others about Hinote's Kekkai Genkai.' Tears were running down her face now, and she put her hand over her eyes. I put my arms around her, and pull her close to me.

'I'm sorry, I just…' I thought for the right words. 'I just thought that maybe… You were the one who hated me.' She nuzzled her face into my chest, and put her arms around my waist.

'Never.' She murmured. 'I could never, ever, find it in my soul to hate you…'

'No…' I looked over her shoulder. 'But I think that part of your soul could…' She turned her face, and we both stared up at the face of the Juichuri, who was lying on its stomach, and staring at us with its claws out, and its teeth bared.

'So… You've come to rescue your little friend..?' It hissed at me.

'Yeah.' I said, still holding Yuki. 'And I'm not gonna fail.' The Juichuri gave a low, melodramatic chuckle.

'You think so, boy…?' It growled. I flinched at his tone.

'No…' I murmured, and looked up at its large face, and gave it a grin. 'I know so.' I looked down at Yuki. 'Listen to me. You can control this thing.'

'I- I can't…' She whispered, huddling into my chest. 'I'm… I'm scared…'

'Don't be.' I said, hugging her. 'I'm here. I won't let it hurt you.' She looked up at me, and the corner of her mouth twitched up into a small smile.

'I'll try…' She murmured, and I kissed her forehead.

'Arigatō…' I whispered, and she closed her eyes in, what I guessed, concentration. The Juichuri gave a slight growl.

'Why are you doing this Sempai?' It asked, and its eyes looked down hungrily at Yuki.

'Sempai?' I asked, smirking, hoping it would become distracted.

'Yes… Sempai…' It hissed. 'It is what I call her. What do you call her?'

'Oh.' I said, and gave a triumphant smile. 'I call her Danna.' I felt her stiffen from in my arms. 'She's my Danna. Not your "Sempai".' Yuki looked up at me again.

'And why… Do you call her such a ridiculous name?' The Juichuri hissed, and I noticed it was slowly fading.

'…Because she's special…' I murmured. 'And…Because I love her…' The Juichuri gave one last hiss, and then vanished. The gates on my left suddenly slammed shut, and I pulled away from Yuki.

'Deidara-Sama?' She asked. I looked at her innocent blue eyes.

'There's only one last thing to do.' I said, and ran towards the gate, focusing my chakra to my feet. I ran up the gate, and saw the Juichuri's large purple eyes appear.

'You… Fool…' It growled. 'You think you can stop me?' Fear suddenly filled me to the brim. I ignored the question, and thumped the seal in between the gates as a large paw came out from the bars. I did a back flip off of the gates as its claws attempted to trap me. I thought it was going to be able to grate the seal off, but the seal lay there, unscathed and the way I had left it.

I landed with a thud beside Yuki, who huddled against me. I looked down at her and put my arm around her shoulders.

'It's over…' I murmured, and hugged her to my torso.

'Are we going to leave this… this dreadful place…?' She whispered. I looked at her and nodded.

'Like I said; this is over.' I repeated, and took a last glance at the Juichuri who bared it's fangs in a grin.

'Oh no, boy…' It hissed as the room faded to black. 'This has barely begun…'

Deidara

The dark room of the Juichuri's slowly, but eventually turned into the hill of Konoha. Madara's hand clasped onto my shoulder, and he smiled.

'You did it…' He murmured. I widened my eyes and looked to my side, where Yuki was huddled against, her face pressed into my rib cage. I smiled at her, then looked back at Madara.

'I said I would, didn't I?' He laughed.

'You sure did…' He moved round, and held Yuki's hand, then bent down to her height.

'Yuki-Chan…' He murmured. 'My daughter, you are back.' She turned her face to look at him then threw her arms around his neck.

'Dad!' She yelled like a child. I smiled, and pulled my arm away from her. Pain and Sasuke walked over to us, and Pain patted my shoulder.

'Nice one, Deidara.' He murmured. 'I am clueless to how I had doubted you before.' I gave him a shy smile.

'Uhh…' Sasuke said, nervously. 'Arigatō, I guess.' He said and held a hand out. I smiled, and took it.

'Any time' I said, and let go of him. His had fell limp to his side, and he walked over to Yuki.

'Shimai!' He exclaimed when she looked at him. 'Never do that to me, Shimai!'

'Ah!' Yuki said, and hugged him. 'Gomen ne, Nee-san!' He returned her hug, and thumped the back of her head.

'You're too precious to me, Shimai.' He murmured.

'Yuki-Chan!' A female voice called. I turned to see an auburn haired girl sprinting towards us.

'Oh no…' Yuki said to her. 'You didn't see did you?'

'No, no!' The Auburn haired girl said hugging her after Sasuke let go. 'It was Gaara, he told me through the sand.'

'Ah.' Yuki murmured. 'Sorry for the worry. How did you get here so quickly?'

'Quickly…?' She murmured, looking at Yuki in a confused manner. 'I did get here in one and a half days, I guess.'

'Whoa. One and a half?' I blurted. Her dancing blue eyes looked into mine.

'Yeah…' She looked at Yuki then me again. 'Is it really such a surprise?'

'You mean we took…' Yuki started

'…Thirty-eight hours…' I finished. Pain gave a nervous laugh.

'Yeah…' He grinned. I rubbed the back of my head.

'Oh, Man. Sorry…' I said, and smiled bashfully. 'It felt like 38 seconds to me.'

'Oh…' The Auburn murmured. 'Ah! I'm Toshiko by the way.' She held her hand out.

'Huh? Toshiko Akasuna?' I asked, raising an eyebrow.

'Yeah… That's me… Then How come you-?'

'Sasori…' I murmured, and looked at my feet.

'My brother…? Is… Is alive?' She asked cluelessly.

'Aye...' I said, and saw Yuki look at me from the corner of my eye.

'Why do you act sad upon him?' Pain asked. 'He's alive. You should be happy, Deidara-kun.'

'No.' I said. 'Why should I be?' I looked up at Pain darkly.

'Hmm…?' Pain urged.

'Why should I be happy about it … When that faggot raped me?' Toshiko gasped, and Pain froze. Yuki stepped across and hugged me.

'You didn't tell me of this, Deidara-Sama.' She murmured as I turned and hugged her back.

'I was too afraid.' I whispered into her hair. She lifted her head up so our noses touched.

'Don't be.' She said softly, and her lips met mine. I was suddenly lost, and felt aroused again. It had been so long since I had kissed her properly. When she pulled away, I hugged her to my chest.

'Thank you…' I whispered into her ear.

'For what?' She asked.

'For being there for me.' I replied harmoniously.

'You saved my life.' She said, pulling away so much so she could look me in the eyes with a deceiving smirk. 'I think I'm the one who should be thanking you.' I grinned at her.

'I guess you're right.' She thumped my side and I smirked in return.

'Look.' She said. 'Let's go back home.'

'Sure.' I nodded, and we walked home arm in arm.

Yuki

I opened the door to my flat, and myself and Deidara both walked inside. I looked at the two beds that were parallel to each other and I remembered something.

-flashback-

Mikoto was stood to the side talking to Kakashi. I looked away from them, and at the lump of messy blonde hair under the quilt of the bed furthest from us. I slowly made my way towards it, and sat on the edge near Deidara's head. Hidan Stood beside Pain, who I didn't notice until I head his deep voice project a cough. I stared at Deidara's pale and inanimate face. His breathing was shallow, and a few seconds separated his breath. I couldn't help but worry about him.

Kakashi appeared at my side and put a hand on my shoulder.

'I won't lie to you.' He murmured, and patted my shoulder. 'But… The chances of him surviving this are slim. Don't be surprised if… Well… Yeah…' I nodded and rubbed my nose. My cheeks were hot and wet. I was so lost in my own little world, that I hadn't even noticed I was crying. Kakashi smiled as I reached out and took Deidara's cold hand.

'You had a thing for him, didn't you?' He murmured and knelt down beside me.

'Well… I guess…' I replied quietly, not taking my eyes off Deidara. 'But I was never too sure how he felt… And I wasn't there when he needed me the most… He must… Hate me…'

Kakashi shook his head. 'I was here when he was slightly conscious; he said he wanted you by him…' Kakashi folded his arms. 'Heh. You two would have made a lovely couple.'

I froze, then smiled whilst blushing at Kakashi's comment.

'Yeah… Maybe…' I whispered. 'But… I guess it won't happen, will it.' It wasn't a question, but Itachi strained himself to answer.

'Don't doubt… him…' He said quietly. 'He's hard to… get rid of…' I looked around to him.

'Itachi…' I smiled slightly. 'You know him better than I do…' I stood up, and moved to Itachi's side, and played with his fringe. 'But you were a lot more intelligent…' I acted on instinct, and as a farewell, I leant over his face, and kissed him forehead lightly, in a friendly way, of course. After all, we were family. 'Don't go, Ita.'

Itachi's face became more and more blank, and he said nothing. I put my hand over his chest, and felt a heartbeat. If he was going to die, then he was going to die feeling my touch. He stiffly moved his hand up, and rested it on mine.

'I'll be waiting for you… Yuki…' He murmured whilst grinning. His cheeky, bad-ass grin.

'I've always loved you as a big bro, Itachi.' I smiled. His face enlightened for a moment.

'You have no idea…' He coughed. 'How good… it is to hear you say that…' he smiled, and for a moment, he looked like his normal self. 'And If I wasn't… Related to you… I'd be that guy… that would chase you around the world… just for your heart.' I blushed and bit my lip. He held the eye contact, and then he gave one last kid-ish grin, before his eyes closed, and the weight that covered my hand went loose, and his hand fell limp to his side. I stood staring at his motionless face, and in my head, was the times he tried to kill me, then that changed, as we became more as friends. I ducked my head down, and let the tears that were welling in my eyes fall.

'Yuki.' Pain murmured from the side of the room. 'You should be the one who takes his headband.' He silently moved towards me. 'You were family.' I looked at him through my hair, and half-smiled. Pain was a good guy, really. Konan emerged from around the corner, and her hand shot up to her mouth.

'Is he –?' She gasped, and Pain gave her a slow, sad nod.

-End of Flashback-

'Itachi…' I whispered, looking at the scramble of quilt that my older brother had left behind. I held my hand to my heart and bowed my head. I felt someone's arms go around me, and I looked up slightly expecting Deidara to nuzzle into my neck, but Pain was stood beside me, and his arms were around my shoulders. I blinked at him, and glanced over at Deidara, who had a sympathetic look on his face. Pain pulled away, and held my hands.

'I understand what you are going through, Shimai.' He murmured.

'Shi…Mai…' I whispered as a question.

'Itachi told me to take care of as if you were my own sister.' He explained. 'He knew I could handle you.' I gave him a side lopped smile.

'Arigatō…' I whispered, and bumped my forehead on his chest. 'Like Itachi… I see you as… Family…' I felt Pain smile.

'That's good to know…' He said. 'And Deidara's here for you too.'

'Hai…'

Deidara walked towards me and Pain. Pain let go of my hands, and I felt my fingers brush over metal. A Hidden Leaf headband was placed across my palms, the leaf with a line through it. My eyes widened slightly, and a tear made a "plink" sound on the metal. I held the headband close to my chest, and looked up at Pain. He smiled at me, and I went up onto my tip-toes and kissed him on the cheek.

When I leaned away from him, his eyes were closed, and I wondered if he was mourning for Itachi in silence.

'Again, Pain-Sama…' I murmured, and his eyes opened. They reflected my sadness and a hint of fear. 'Arigatō…' Pain gave a last nod, before putting a hand on my shoulder.

'Sayonara.' He smiled sadly, then turned and walked out the room.

'S… sayonara….' I whispered, and turned away from the door, to face Deidara, who was now sitting cross-legged on my nee-san's deathbed, tears running down my cheeks.