I'M SOOOO SOORRRYYY! I have been impudent! The update is so fucking late and not to mention, it's also fucking short… I'm so sorry! My parents say I use the computer way too much so they wouldn't let me use it… gahhh! Anyways, thank you to everyone reading this now! You guys are awesome and I will try to get another chapter out soon! I hope…

"Finally! I thought you guys died or something!" Alex exclaimed, flailing her arms in the air. Bec rolled her eyes at Alex before turning her gaze back toward the assembling 'crowd' of crazy killing machines. Felix was counting the number of Akatsuki members present as best as she could but with Hidan trying to pull Tobi off of him, Itachi wandering through the hedges in the car park and Sasori dashing to and fro various decorative stone statues whilst muttering various 'critiques to himself, she wasn't getting much progress.

All of a sudden, she realized that amidst all the hustle and bustle, a certain blonde bomber was missing.

"Where's Deidar-"

BOOOOOOMMMM

Just as she uttered those words, a cloud of smoke and dust and shrapnel just exploded out of a portion of the mall. The most surprising ingredient in that concoction was red and a sticky. Blood. Following the explosion, various screams rang out as that 'stuff' fell all over the sidewalk.

Alex and Felix clung to each other screaming loudly. Bec's face paled as she muttered a 'shit' to herself. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, collecting herself. She dashed toward the source of the explosion.

Deidara

Hahaha! Now these people were among the luckiest people around, to be able to witness my art first hand. And to those who actually got hurt by my art? They must be going through pure bliss! I laughed a self-indulgent laugh as I stood on top of the clay bird I had made earlier on. After detonating this, I shall call it a day.

Bec

My mind immediately started analyzing the scene before me.

To my left the rubble had fallen on top of a middle aged and balding man. To my right, a young woman was trying her best to remove the rubble that sat itself on a little boy's waist. And in front of me, there were a few unrecognizable bodies that were seared quite thoroughly and had chunks missing. My brain started prioritizing what I to do.

I rushed toward the flames that was engulfing the top of the pile of rubble and grabbed Deidara's arm pulling him in the direction of the car park, which hopefully hadn't caught fire yet. I ignored the pleas of the people around me. They were unimportant.

I wrapped my other scarf around Deidara's head, making sure that his face couldn't be seen. I had my first scarf around my own face. We couldn't afford to get caught. These people caught in this explosion would just be collateral damage. They didn't matter.

By now, deidara was squirming and struggling against my grip. I couldn't afford to have him run away now so I pressed a pressure point at the back of his neck. The she-male immediately went limp. Whether or not I had accidentally killed him would be a decision that I couldn't afford to make on scene. The lady who'd been on my left grabbed my free arm in desperation.

"Please. Cough cough. Help my son! He's trapped in the rubble! Please..." her voice trailed off as a fit of coughing attacked her. At this rate, I would die in this hell hole without even being close to the flames. The smoke was beginning to fill my lungs. I hurriedly shook off her arm and glared at her before continuing on my way. She gasped and fell toward the floor. Oh well.

No one

Ironically, the chaos inside the mall had allowed the chaos outside calm down. Felix, even in her scared-out-of-her-pants mode was still capable of screaming each of the Akatsuki members' names, ushering them into the cars. Alex on the other hand, vented her fear on Hidan, screaming profanities at him. Bec arrived calm as ever before loading the limp Deidara onto Sasori's lap. They were going to have a hard time getting back.

Alex

My phone rang as Felix drove us toward home. I picked it up and nearly dropped it onto the seat. I put it on loud speaker in case I really dropped it while I was on the phone.

"Is everyone okay?" Alex spoke through the phone, business like as always.

I nearly nodded to the phone but Felix, shaken as she was muttered a soft but audible 'yes' to Alex. Alex clearly sighed in relief.

"What… What do we do now?" I mumbled, still trembling.

"We leave. Clear and simple. We have to get the hell out of here. Chris, the guy I asked to fix the gaping hole in our roof is coming over to fix it tonight and I believe he'll finish very quickly. After that, we sell that house and we leave."

"But… But… The house was… It was a gift from my parents." Felix stuttered.

"No choice. We're fugitives now. If we don't leave. And in the off chance that everyone saw me and deidara, we are screwed. If we leave now we can get somewhere further where people won't know who we are. That is our best bet as it goes. We'll talk more when we're back." Alex hanged up and left us in silence. With all the Akatsuki members staring at my weird rock looking thing.

No one

Minutes later, everyone pulled into the garage of the house, soon to be ex-home. Alex collapsed onto the front yard and started to tear up.

"I am not fucking cry…crying all right?" Alex batted away Hidan's hand and wiped her eyes with her sleeve.

Felix opened the door, the bell keychain hanging from her keys shaking violently. As Felix entered the house fresh tears began to leak out of her eyes. Itachi stepped forward and placed a hand onto her shoulder. But Deidara's 'art' had reminded her of what Deidara was. What they all were. The betrayed and just plain sad look on her face made him pull his hand away from her and glance toward the ground.

Bec ushered the boys into the house and dragged all the bags of clothes into the house without a word.

Felix

I wiped away my tear and picked up the bag of clothes for Kisame. I walked past Pain and knocked on Kisame's door.

"Yeah?" Kisame shouted from inside his room.

"I have your… your clothes." I muttered, tears still overflowing. Kisame opened the door, grinning. But his smile slipped off his face when he saw my tears. He, in his birthday suit plus towel, bent down and wiped my eye with his shirt. His eyes softened and he muttered to me in a brotherly sort of manner.

"You know, you can just let it all go. You don't have to act tough in front of me." Kisame smiled a smile that truly seemed genuine. Even while I knew who he was, I accepted his offer and began to really cry my eyes out.

"Wahhhhh…"

Bec

Staring at Alex and Felix crying, I realized that there was going to be a lot of trouble we were going to have to get through.

Hehe… Bec's personality is kinda like a curveball right? And looks like Itachi has some competition~ And from his best bud no less!

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