Sorry for the wait.. I had some trouble typing this out since I didn't want my parents to read any of it. Finally I got my chance to finish. Anyways, with that aside, ladies and gentleman, I'd like to welcome Gaara. :)

I don't own Naruto.

Keira was the first to awaken out of the four. She stretched, pulling her phone from her pocket. She had gotten a text message moments before she woke up. She sighed, seeing it was from Crysta.

I know you're awake. :I

Keira rolled her eyes, smirking as she replied.

I'm sorry, Keira is busy being asleep right now, please leave another message after the beep.

It took Crysta a few minutes before she replied back again.

I'm such a freaking rebel, I leave my messages before the beep..

Keira pocketed her phone, not even bothering to reply."Who're you texting?"A certain puppet asked. Keira had forgotten that Sasori never even slept due to the fact he was a puppet."Eh, it was just Crysta being her usual self."Keira stated."You mean a crazy psycho.."Sasori deadpanned in reply. Keira chuckled."Yeah, sorta. I bet everyone at the base is either awake since they're used to waking up 'cause of Deidara's explosions. Or they're taking their chance and sleeping in."She stated. Sasori nodded, smirking a bit.

A yawn came from Deidara before he awakened as well. Keira hugged him."Morning sexy bomber."She stated, earning a tired chuckle from said blonde. Sasori rolled his eyes at the two, seeing that Alexa was waking as well."Eat something so we can leave, Brats."Sasori stated.

As soon as they were ready, they continued through Suna. Since Sasori knew the desert of his home village well, he knew they were nearing the village. It still would've taken most of the day, but they were still kinda close.

"We should be in Suna later today."Sasori stated. Alexa cheered, excited to get to see Suna. Keira managed to keep her fangirl in check, as she was excited as well.

Keira's POV

I was glad this was gonna be over soon. I hated this heat. A lot. Soon we were gonna get Gaara, extract Shukaku, fight Pinky and Chiyo, then go home. But hey, it's gonna be a hell of a ride 'till we get to that point."So, you gonna beat the shit out of Sakura, or follow the shitty ass plan?"I joked at Sasori. He rolled his eyes, but smirked."As much as I would like to, as you said, 'beat the shit out of Sakura', we need to follow the plan so I'm still around to argue with Deidara about his shit he calls art."Sasori replied with his usual monotone. Deidara glared at him. I scoffed.

"Yeah, your wooden corpses are art." Deidara kissed my cheek, blowing a raspberry at Sasori, causing him to roll his eyes at Deidara's amazing ability at being mature."Suck on that, Danna, hm!" I snickered, muttering under my breath, "He would want to, wouldn't he?" I laughed and ran ahead as Sasori pulled out a kunai in warning. Although Alexa was pissed slightly at me as well, she was more calm than Sasori, and managed to convince him to not kill me.

Annoying the shit out of him is more amusing than you'd expect..

Sasori sighed."I cannot wait to get back to the base, and away from you Brats."He deadpanned. Alexa giggled. I placed my hands on my hips."But we're more behaved than Hidan, Bryanna, Tobi, Crysta, Megan, shall I go on?"I stated. Sasori glared, Deidara holding back laughter."Don't be cocky, Brat."Sasori warned. Deidara laughed, unable to hold it back any longer."Why is it that everyone we know suffers from insanity, yeah!"He laughed. I gave him a look.

"Deidara, I love you, but none of us suffer from insanity. We all enjoy every minute of it."I stated as a matter of factly. Sasori rolled his eyes."It annoys me, most of the time Leader-sama, sometimes Itachi, on very rare occasions, Hidan, and sometimes it even annoys yourself. And you say we all enjoy it?"Sasori stated. I shrugged."I don't give a shit."I stated, Deidara laughing more. I looked over at Alexa, who was giggling. I pointed at her."Your girlfriend finds this amusing too!"I accused.

Sasori shrugged, Alexa kissing his cheek.

The bitches.. They're against me, aren't they? They'll regret that. They always do.

"So, when should we get to Suna, Danna?"Alexa wondered."Probably later today. If we stay focused, soon."Sasori replied, emphasizing 'focused', and glancing at me and Deidara while doing so. We both stuck our tongues out at him. Yes, I know I can seem like a serious person at times, but I have my moments. Though, my moments tend to appear more often..

We went through the desert pretty much uneventfully, but we did have some fun on the way.

Sasori got pissed at me and Deidara for delaying our travel. I tackled him in the sand and we wrestled around for a bit. We had to stop again when we finished our little wrestling match since we both got sand in our shoes afterwards. I don't care how pissed Sasori got, I wasn't walking in the desert with damn sand in my shoes the whole way.

Half the time I played music from my phone. I mainly played House of Wolves, some Vocaloid songs, Drop the Bombshell by Powerman 5000, and I'm Back by Dope. Hey, they're awesome songs. And yes, I also like Vocaloid. Deal with it, bitches.

I chased Alexa around for maybe ten minutes before getting tired from the heat. I was chasing her for aiming for Deidara, but ended up throwing sand at me. I got pretty pissed at her, me remaining pissed most of the travel to Suna. Deidara managed to fix my pissy mood eventually. But even so, Sasori got mad at me for chasing Alexa and 'wasting more time'. I chased in the direction we were already going, so he was only mad for chasing Alexa.

Jealous fucking puppet..

That all resulted in me and Sasori arguing. The argument was mainly us throwing sarcastic comments, and insults at each other. Alexa pointed out how we were very much alike. And guess what? In unison, we both said "No we're not". Causing us to facepalm in unison. We only do this because it's Alexa's fault. Though, if I tell Sasori that, he might get pissy with me. So don't tell him I said that. He already pretty much hates me enough, he doesn't need to hate me anymore..

And finally, we reached our destination. Suna. Alexa lost her cool and fangirl spazzed over it's awesome-ness. I managed to keep my inner fangirl down, but on the inside, I was spazzing like hell. It was fucking awesome in person. Sasori had summoned Hiruko earlier, much to Alexa's displeasure. Believe me, she loved Sasori's puppets, she just didn't like when Sasori hid his 'smexy-ness', as she said. We stopped at the trench-like entrance when we were greeted like Yura. He bowed like the mind-controlled dumbass he is.

"I see you remember me, Yura."Sasori said from inside Hiruko."Of course, Lord Sasori."Yura replied. Deidara crossed his arms."It wouldn't be much of a jutsu if he didn't remember, now would it, hm?"He stated. I snickered. As Yura led us through the entrance, Alexa clung to Sasori, disturbed by the blood and corpses everywhere. I licked my lips."Dead corpses, blood, the smell of rotting flesh..this is heaven. Well, for me, Zetsu, Crysta, Bryanna, and Hidan, of course."I stated. Deidara facepalmed, chuckling. Sasori sighed and Alexa gave me a disturbed look."That's disgusting, Keira!"She stated. I shrugged, smirking.

After going through the heaven for weirdos and probably even psychopaths, Deidara finished his clay bird. He enlarged it, helping me on it after getting on himself."Alexa, as much as I don't want you to, you have to go with them."Sasori stated. Alexa crossed her arms stubbornly."Fine.."She sighed, letting me help her up."What do you think of my art, Sasori no Danna, hm?"Deidara boasted."Just hurry up and don't keep me waiting. And if anything happens to Alexa, you'll be my next puppet, Deidara."Sasori warned, pointing his tail at us."Bye Danna!"Alexa called as the wings of the clay bird spread, taking flight.

I kept a grip on Deidara, looking at the scenery below us."Wow..this is amazing.."I stated. The beauty of Suna kept Alexa busy from her seperation from Sasori. Deidara nodded in agreement."It's beauty is worth destroying, un."He stated in unison with me, only him adding 'un'. He then activated his eye scope."No, we have to follow the plan, Keira, Deidara."Alexa scolded. Deidara rolled his eyes."Let the artist dream, Lexi."I stated, causing Deidara to smirk as he scoured the area.

"One..two..only three guards? How disappointing, hm."Deidara huffed, creating some clay spiders."Yes, it's been my dream to watch a person's face explode!"I squeeled, getting more disturbed looks from Alexa. Deidara chuckled, kissing my cheek."Be patient, Keira, un."He said. I sighed, continuing to admire the scenery. I then looked up, seeing Alexa throwing up over the side of the bird. Me and Deidara snickered."Feeling sick, Alexa?"I asked. When she finishing vomiting, she glared up at me. I looked down and burst out laughing. I just watched her vomit fall to the ground, directly hitting someone who was standing right underneath.

Sucks for them.

Deidara caught on what I just saw and laughed as well. Even Alexa started giggling a little. Alexa had always got motion sickness, especially on boats. I'd never think she would get sick on one of Deidara's clay birds."Sasori is gonna be so proud!"I laughed."N-no, you don't need to tell Danna anything!"Alexa said. I continued snickering a bit, along with Deidara.

Like I said, we don't suffer from insanity. We enjoy every minute of it.

Deidara waited for the sun to go down, finally tossing his clay spiders down, performing a hand sign and bringing them to life. I grinned, watching the spiders land next to each guard."Hmph. They aren't weird, they're perfect, hm. Right, Keira?"Deidara said, looking down at them through his badass eye scope. I nodded, kissing Deidara."They're amazing."I told him, us both watching the guards' face explode."Now, that was amazing."I stated, causing Deidara to chuckle. Alexa sighed, rolling her eyes. Sasori was starting to rub off on her..

Though, Alexa's inner Sasori vanished as Deidara's clay bird down where Gaara was now standing. He studied us for a few seconds.

Damn, did he looked shocked.

"I-impossible..the Akatsuki were taken out three years ago."Gaara stated. Alexa dashed over, hugging Gaara, adding to his shock. I lost my cool too and starting hugging the shit out of him as well, causing Deidara to sigh in jealousy. After releasing him, I rubbed the back of my neck."Heh, sorry 'bout that Gaara.. You're just so cute in person.."I stated nervously. His eyes widened."How do you know my name? And how are the Akatsuki back?"He questioned. I sighed, smirking a bit.

Crysta and Bryanna are gonna be so jealous when I tell them I hugged Gaara.

"Well, Gaara, the Akatsuki are an organization full of S-ranked criminals. Never underestimate 'em."I stated. He narrowed his eyes. I held my hands up in defense."Wh-what Keira meant was that the Akatsuki are stronger than you think."Alexa said."That still doesn't explain how you know who I am."Gaara stated. I sighed."You see..we're from a special clan that allows us to see someone's past just by concentrating on them. The Ukato clan's ability."I explained.

Yeah..Autumn, Dawn, and Crysta explained to everyone the whole 'Ukato clan' situation after returning from Konoha. We all agreed with it and decided to roll with it.

Gaara nodded, though still looking at us with untrusting looks."Why would you two be with the Akatsuki, though? Wouldn't they be using you for your Kekkei Genkei?"Gaara asked. This time Alexa spoke up."The Akatsuki may seem heartless, but they're not what you think. They may be S-ranked criminals, but they are human. They aren't 'using us', we're just part of their family."Alexa explained, smiling. All Gaara, me, and even Deidara gawked. I then realized where Alexa was going with this.

"Well, she has a point, Gaara. We're all human. Including you. After seeing your past, I saw what you've been through. You're not a monster, you're just as human as the rest of the people in this world. You were human enough to let me and her hug the shit out of you, despite the fact that there was a risk of your sand mauling our faces off. And that's why we're here. We don't want to cause trouble, we wanna extract that demon that you've had inside of you your whole life. So if you come with us without a fight, everything will be okay, I promise."I then explained. Gaara stared before shutting his eyes in thought. He eventually replied.

"But still, how could I trust the Akatsuki so easily without recieving ridicule from everyone I've known?"

"Listen, Gaara. Me, her, and six others that the Akatsuki accepted into their family saw what's supposed to happen to your village, and it's not good. You have some choices. The first, which I advise you to choose, is come with us without any trouble, get the beast extracted, then get revived by Lady Chiyo, who might be reluctant to do so."I explained to him in reply. He raised an invisible brow."What if I don't go with you willingly?"Gaara asked."Then the future will fold out as it was supposed to, and Deidara here will cause major damage to your village. Believe me, he looks kinda weird, but he's stronger than you think."Alexa lied to convince Gaara."Hey, hm!"Deidara exclaimed as he was called weird. I glared at Alexa as well.

Gaara looked down, me knowing he didn't want any damage done to his village.

Hey, if we need to lie to convince him, then we'll lie. Bite us.

"Even so, you said Lady Chiyo wouldn't be willing to, as you said, 'revive me'."He stated."Exactly, that's why you and Deidara will play out a fake fight. He will 'knock you out', then 'capture you', so Lady Chiyo will be convinced. And don't worry, Deidara won't hurt you, and your village will be fine, I cross my heart. If you're hurt, or your village is damaged, someone will be getting severely punished."I promised.

Gaara sighed, shutting his eyes again."You have this very planned out."He stated. We nodded."Yep. We had to plan this out so no one would get hurt."Alexa stated. Gaara then looked at us. I held my hand out to him."Will you come with us then, Gaara?" He thought for a few moments before nodding, shaking my hand briefly. I smiled and Alexa cheered."Thank you, Gaara. You're a real sweetheart."I stated, causing him to smirk a bit. I looked back at Dei, who had his arms crossed, probably jealous as fuck."Don't be jelly, Dei, you're still the sexiest."I stated, running over and hugging my bomber. He couldn't find back a smirk, kissing me."I know, hm. And I'll always love you for knowing that."He stated.

Alexa rolled her eyes."Listen, Gaara, Deidara has to bring us back down to the village entrance where Sasori Danna awaits. When Dei comes back up here, you two'll play out your fake fight, 'kay?"She told him. Gaara nodded."Just..don't actually hurt each other, please.."I stated before Deidara's clay bird took flight once again. Once reaching the entrance, Alexa ran over and glomped Hiruko."Everything is going according to plan, Danna!"Alexa chirped happily."The Brat and Jinchuuriki are faking their fight?"Sasori questioned. We all nodded."Good."

"And later, I want to hug and kiss your adorable puppet face!"Alexa then added. Sasori sighed from inside his puppet."And you roll your eyes and me and Deidara.."I muttered. Speaking of Dei, he took off into the air again towards Gaara. Soon their 'fight' started, starting my anxiety. I knew everything would be fine, but I can still worry. Sue me.

Sasori and Alexa noticed this."He's going to be fine, Brat. Deidara should know what he's doing, anyways."Sasori stated, causing Alexa to giggle and me to glare at the last part. I continued watching the 'fight', sighing with relief after where Deidara was supposed to lose his arm went by. With all his limbs still intact. Since we all had this planned out, the fight was just all fun and games and awesome shit to sit back and watch. But to the villagers, and whoever else is watching, it was a fight to the fucking death.

Then..

"KATSU!"

We watched in awe as Gaara put a beach over Suna, protecting it from Deidara's bomb. After moving all the sand aside, Deidara set off a bomb near Gaara, making it seem like it was directly at him, then 'kidnapping' him. After bringing Gaara down at the entrance with us, he re-opened his once shut eyes."See? Told ya' you'd be fine."I said to him, smiling. Sasori came over to us."Now, Sasori is gonna knock you out, quickly and painlessly, since you have to be unconscious for the extraction."Alexa said. I nodded."And after you wake up, you'll be surrounded by your loved ones."

"Before he does that, may I ask you names?"Gaara asked. Me and Alexa smiled."I'm Alexa."

"And I'm Keira. If you remember that, you'll be awesomer than you already are. And Gaara, can you do us a favor and leave a sand trail behind us?" He raised an invisible brow, but nodded. Sasori then quickly knocked him out."Now, let's get going, un!"Deidara said, sounding excited. I snickered."Excited?"I questioned."Maybe a little, hm."Deidara replied, smirking a bit and helping me and Alexa onto his bird. He then climbed up as well, it starting to glide a few feet above the ground so we wouldn't leave any footprints behind.

"Let's go, Brats, and get this whole thing over with."Sasori stated as we started our second trip through the desert. Alexa giggled."He's excited to fight Chiyo and Pinky."She stated. Sasori didn't respond. I guessed Sasori was either rolling his eyes, smirking, or both from inside Hiruko. But I couldn't blame Deidara or Sasori. I was excited too.

Chapter 18 done! And still a shit load to go.. I basically have the story itself planned out, and I have a feeling it might drag on for a while.. But hey, that's a good thing. The longer the story, the better.

Answer:It's a tie between the Kyuubi and the Shukaku. And I mean the Bijuu, not it's Jinchuuriki. Yes, I love Gaara after the Akatsuki, but not so much Naruto.

QftC:Favorite thing about Sasori? If you don't like Sasori (go get turned into a puppet), why not?

Well peeps, hope you're still enjoying the story. I'm trying not to make the chapters too short, but hey, at least I'm getting the chapters up. And I have officialy made a DeviantArt account. Go to my profile and there'll be a link. Anyways, I will always love your reviews. They make me feel appreciated!