A/N: Next chapter up, chapter 3! Yeah! I know that this is a ItaSasu story but if anyone is okay with ItaDei, then you might like this. It's only them sweet talking each other and if you ask me, after what Sasori put Deidara through he needs a friend right now who cares. I hope that this story is going okay. Sasuke will come in soon, just hold on a little longer. Also, if there is anything you don't like about this story, please tell me. Lately I feel like my writing is a little too detailed and boring. Tell me what's wrong so that I can improve, kay?

I do NOT OWN the Naruto characters or the story. If I did, Itachi would be alive and he would Amaterasu Madara's ass. However, despite my desire to kill the guy, he won't be a bad guy in this story since I do feel sorry for him. Besides that, please enjoy!

Ch. 3: Small Talk

Before the Social Room's event…

"The mission is completed. The target has been terminated," Itachi reports, standing in the office of his leader. He's sitting down at the desk before Itachi and a woman is standing beside him with the same blank expression Itachi holds.

"Very good," he compliments. "I expect no less from one of my best hunters. Where is Kisame, or did you play solo this time?"

"The target was not even worth Kisame's time. He only came for in case of an ambush. However, since there was none, he was kind enough to travel with me without complaint. I gave him permission to rest while I report to you."

"Even when you don't look it, you are too kind and yet so ruthless at the same time. Also, you may find your methods of extermination as shameful and disgraceful but I must admit that I am curious as to what act you pulled this time. Last time, I believe, you played the part as an emotional drunk. You're acting skills are superb."

"I will give you a written report tomorrow. I am weary of traveling and I am in need of a bath. I reek of vampire."

He not only thinks of his methods as dishonorable, but it's so revolting that he does not wish to speak about it or even boast about in public. Especially not in front of a couple where the man is interested on how he lured his victim into bed.

The Leader appears to understand and he seems quite amused with Itachi's behavior. "Of course. Can't have you smelling like a vampire, now can we? After all, it's been twenty years since you were one. It'll be your anniversary soon and I hear that the serum is starting to no longer affect you after long periods of time. Your intake is almost daily. Sasori has to use some extreme stuff to try and curtail that desire to feed, I've heard."

"I am fine, Leader. You don't need to worry about me. I believe in Sasori's abilities to create a better and stronger serum. Now if you'll excuse me."

"But do you wish to be done with that serum once and for all?"

This catches Itachi's attention before he turned around to leave. The woman, Konan look at Leader with cautious blue eyes, giving off a silent warning for being absolutely sure he wants to say this to Itachi. He probably saw her glance but is choosing to ignore it.

"Zetsu found out something very interesting. Something that I am surprise you did not know about, unless it was concealed until after you left your home, Uchiha Itachi."

"I'm not used to this, un."

"I am. I have to be."

In Deidara's room with the doors locked and the lights off, there are two beds. One bed is at one corner of the room, sheets straightened and 'clean' and just waiting patiently for someone to come in and sleep on it. That's the bed Deidara and Sasori would use. But across from it is another bed with slightly messy sheets and two bodies lying on it and only a counter with a clock and a lamp standing between the two beds up against the wall. That's the clean bed and both Deidara and Itachi are laying there after a hot and heavy make-out session. But before Deidara went too far with his harden erection ready to explode, Itachi stopped him and reminded him of why they were here in the first place. So he did, painfully, and now worn out and needed to rest, Deidara holds Itachi with his arms wrapped around his shoulders and head and Itachi's arms wrapped around his torso while burying his face in the blonde's chest.

Letting out a sigh before he asks, Deidara plays with Itachi's now loose hair. "Are you always the uke when you have to play 'fuck me up' or do you have seme moments?"

With no hesitation and a straight face, the human/vampire answers, "Mostly uke. Hardly seme."

Deidara's sky blue eyes look down at the fragile man in his arms and take a moment to examine him. "I guess how you look now, uke suits you, un. You're way too skinny and slender to play the part of the seme."

"Don't let appearances fool you. Things aren't always what they seem."

"But I never see you eat! It's almost as if you're trying to starve yourself. Trying to punish yourself for something that happened, un."

Itachi didn't say anything for a while. He only laid there with Deidara's arms around him and his cold eyes became icier with a thought that pass in his head. "Don't make ludicrous assumptions about me, Deidara," he says, his voice having a small hint of venom in them. Then it dies off. "I'm just never comfortable eating in front of people. But I'll be sure that you're present next time."

"You probably only take small portions of food, un." Itachi looks up at him with a raise brow and Deidara lets out another sigh. From Itachi's look, it's almost like he's asking 'you want to know or what'. "It's alright anyway. If you're uncomfortable then don't push yourself."

For Itachi, this is a stretch. Sure with the events that happened in the social room, he can understand that Deidara is pushing himself to be on friendly terms with him. Especially since he's using him to give Sasori a small bit of his own medicine without completely being unfaithful to him. But the blond hunter is always claiming that he would kill him one day or he won't regret if he accidently blows Itachi up with the rest of the vampires into millions of tiny pieces. He's been like that since Itachi embarrassed his bombs, that he calls art, while trying to get new members for this organization shortly after they lost one. But that is a different story. At the moment, Itachi can only conclude that Deidara is depressed after letting his furry out on pleasuring himself with Itachi.

"Does Sasori do a better job than me or are you the uke?" Itachi asks.

Quickly, Deidara answers, "First off, really none any of your business. And second, we rotate."

"I thought it wasn't my business."

"It's not!"

But you just told him. Man, he's really depressed. He's not thinking straight.

Itachi's hand that was once press against Deidara's back rises up to his face and his finger lightly starts making circles at the corner of his cheeks. A light flush of pink appears on Deidara's face from the contact. "I'm sorry if I made you upset, Deidara."

He understood what he meant. He actually means 'I'm sorry I had announce the fact that your lover/partner was cheating on you again with two other guys'. He let out a sigh figuring this out before he spoke. "Don't be. If you hadn't announced that to everyone, I would never have found out that Sasori cheated on me, again." Deidara leans down to Itachi's forehead and gives him a small kiss; a small thank you present. "Now that I think about it, you wanna know something, un? You can be so mean sometimes, Itachi. You only play around with everyone who wants you in bed first and then you stop right when it gets to the good part."

"As if I would ever screw with a vampire," he says calmly.

"It's not only them. It's us too, un! You know that Hidan wants to get in your pants and you've been Kisame for a really long time."

"Should I mention that Sasori asked me a few times too?"

"Don't! But what I'm trying to get is, why not just give in already? You can't keep your virginity forever, un."

One has to wonder on how weird it feels to be the only virgin on a partially sex crazy organization group. But yet again, Itachi doesn't feel anything so he doesn't feel any awkwardness for being touched so many times in so many places but never actually being 'touched' before.

"Call me old fashion. Or call me a suckhead. But the one rule that I will always respect, the one that actually makes me feel good about myself is, as a vampire, you only mate once. Only one person can make you happy, one person who makes you feel complete, and one person who will love you with all of their being and no one else. There can be no one else. I did found someone that I love very deeply, but…" He pause. A memory flash in his mind. A memory of a young man, possibly fifteen or sixteen with short, curly black hair and far off onyx black eyes looking so similar to his own and yet so different. He sees that person smiling with that goofy grin of his and waving at him in greeting. When Itachi spoke again, his voice became deep with hidden feelings of sorrow and hurt. "That person was murdered, brutally. Once you've chosen a mate, you're mates for eternity. You can have no one else. No one can replace them." Deidara could have imagined it but he was sure that when Itachi told him the last part, his arms sort of tightened around him.

So the great, emotionless Itachi of the vampire hunting organization, Akatsuki has a soft spot for someone in the past. Someone who lowers him to the point of wanting to be comforted like a small, frightened child begging for comfort at the painful memory of that person. It sort of made Deidara feel a bit special. This was as close as getting any emotions from the love doll as anyone was going to get and he's an eye witness.

Getting the invisible message, Deidara tightens his arms around the slender male and comments, "You are old fashion. You keep using terms like 'mate' and 'eternity'; it makes you sound older than you actually are." He's trying to break the ice that's starting to grow in the room. Inside, it made Itachi relieved. He wanted to change topic from the painful memories in his head.

"Technically, I am twice your age since born vampires take a longer time maturing. I unfortunately still have that effect even after being turned into a human."

But being reminded about vampires brought another topic up.

"Hey, I was just curious. If your serum just doesn't work anymore, what'll happen to you? Will you become a vampire again?"

The relief was short lived but it was worth it, in it's own way. "From what Sasori told me, no," Itachi answers. "I will only die like a starved vampire without blood. The only way I can return back into a vampire is if another vampire bites me. But I refuse to let that happen. Otherwise, I can never become a human again. The formula only works once."

So then Itachi will die? Somehow the idea of Itachi being dead – the strong and ruthless hunter and yet a doll with hidden emotions buried deep inside of him – it actually filled Deidara with dread and it made him cling onto him a little tighter. When Itachi felt this sudden squeeze, he didn't miss on how desperate and pleading it feels. If Itachi really was starving himself, his bones would have crushed from the lack of nutrition and the force of the blonde's arms.

This was when things started to get a little personal.

"Itachi, even though I act like I completely despise you at times, I actually really like you. Not the same way as I love Sasori but you're different from everyone else here. You have dignity, you have pride, you have honor, and you're devoted to the one you love, even after death. No one else here seems to have that."

"You do."

Deidara had to laugh at that bit. "Heh. Yeah sure. When Sasori goes to settle his needs with someone else and then comes back to me apologizing, I welcome him back with open arms, and apparently open legs."

"But I'm not the only teaser of this group. The only person you give yourself to is Sasori. You only play with me. Or is it because I'm the doll that can be easily played with but never broken?"

"I don't think you're a doll."

Emotions didn't appear on Itachi's face but his finger did twitch when he heard that. He looks back up at Deidara and the blonde tells him, "But I do think you are broken. You just don't want any repairs." Then there was a short pause.

"Are you sure about this?"

"By Zetsu's report, yes. I'm assigning you this mission because I have a feeling that you would be upset if I assigned it to anyone else without you knowing. However, this mission is a little too big for you."

"Right now, you're mad at Sasori, correct?" Itachi asks after a while.

Well this was weird. Where was this coming from all of a sudden?

"Obviously?"

"And you would like a break between the two of you, right?"

This just went from weird to weirder.

"Where are you getting at?" Deidara asks, getting a rather uneasy feeling of why Itachi is asking him all these things.

He answers, "Leader assigned me a new mission tomorrow and he said that I can choose someone besides Kisame to accompany me, if I wish. Naturally, I would take him but I'm having second thoughts."

"And you're asking me?" the surprised blonde asks, almost yelling it out. "Wouldn't someone like Hidan or Kakuzu be better?"

"Hidan tried to rape me again and Kakuzu wouldn't take the mission unless there is money involved." Then like before, his voice became ice cold and as sharp as a blade. "This mission is nothing more than the entire annihilation of the vampires."

'The entire annihilation of the vampires?' Deidara thinks, his eyes wide with surprise. Then a dreary thought passes through his mind. 'But wouldn't that mean…'

"Wow. That's a big job, even for you," he comments, his voice sounding a little weary.

"Will you take my offer or not?"

'Well someone is staring to sound impatient.' "Well since you asked, sure and I do need to get away from Sasori for a bit. But…"

"But what?"

"If this is the entire annihilation of the vampires, wouldn't that mean that you would die too?"

Then there became another pause. But only a very short one compared to the last one, and the shortness of this pause is what made Deidara want to rethink his decision and this mission.

"Yes. I will die with the rest of the vermin. But it is a fate I am willing to accept."

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