Deidara cracked open his eyes as he slowly regained consciousness. The blond bomber found himself hanging upsides down from the ceiling, suspended by puppet strings. His face was slightly swollen from multiple ruler whacks.

Rin was hanging besides him in a similar condition.

"WHY THE HELL DID YOU HANG ME UP TOO!" The dark haired shortie shouted as he squirmed in the strong bonds.

Sasori sighed as he stood casually in front of the two. " Well, I tied Deidara up because he deserved it." The red haired teen said matter-of-factly.

" And his art is shitty." He also added, smirking at the ticked off expression Deidara got. " And I tied you up because you're stupid."

The answer only made both Deidara and Rin burst with more anger. Their bodies squirmed wildly in the restrains, trying to get to the red hair.

" What do you mean shitty, -un?" Deidara growled as he attempted to reach clay that was in his right pocket. " I'm gonna make you explode!" He threatened.

" GO BALD SASORI!" Rin screamed as she also struggled. " Go fricking bald!"

She was furious at the red hair. So far he had been completely useless in teaching her anything! All he did was read boring crap and then whack her when she fell asleep.

Sasori just gave another heavy sigh at the two captives' comments before lifting his very damaged ruler. At this rate, he would have to buy a brand new one before the week ended.

An evil glint appeared in the red haired teen's eyes.

" What did you both say? He asked with a creepy smile as he tilted his head to the side.

Rin and Deidara immediately clammed their mouths shut, eyes widening as Sasori approached them again with deliberate footsteps.

They began squirming again, but for a different reason: To escape from the wrath of the maniac puppet freak's ruler.

However, just before Sasori could whack them senseless again the base door banged open loudly.

*SLAM*

" WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT, EMO?" screamed a familiar voice.

Sasori lowered he raised arm, a look of annoyance plastered on his face from being interrupted.

Then he turned away from the still struggling teens, much to their relief, and walked over to his door.

He cracked open the door just wide enough to poke his head through.

" Oi Hidan." The red hair grumbled. " Keep it down."

Hidan was standing at the open front door. He turned his own head with a scowl as he heard the emotionless voice.

" Sasori."The grey haired teen said as he gestured to the door. " Did you invite the emo?"

Sasori raised an eyebrow. " What emo?" He asked.

At that moment, another red haired teen with a distinct love kanji tattooed on his forehead appeared in the front door.

"Me." The teen said in a cold voice as glared at Hidan with dark, sunken eyes. " My name is Sabaku no Gaara," the teen stated as he turned his chilling gaze to Sasori. " I'm looking for my friend, Rin."

Sasori's eyes narrowed at the fact that Gaara knew Rin was at the base with him.

The puppet master kept his face blank, but his mind filled with a thousand questions.

He had heard of Sabaku no Gaara before. Apparently the majority of the student body feared the teen for some reason.

How was the shortie friends with him?

Sasori opened his mouth to tell Gaara to leave, but the loudmouth, Hidan, beat him to it.

Hidan's booming laughter filled the large living room. " HAHA, that's golden." The grey haired teen sneered. "Why the fuck would the shortie be here anyway, emo?"

Then the smile fell off the Hidan's face as he grabbed Gaara by the collar. He brought his face right up to the pale kid's own.

" Now get lost." He growled menacingly.

Gaara didn't flinch a bit at the Akatsuki member's words. It's not that he underestimated the Jashin obsessed teen, but right now he was ticked off. He had spent the past hour standing in front of the base entrance, trying to get in.

Their security was top notch, filled with firewalls and encrypted code. Even he couldn't hack into the system. Being beaten at his own game really made him frustrated. Common sense didn't seem to matter anymore.

The pale teen pulled back his fist and then rammed it straight into Hidan's jaw.

Hidan fell back in surprise, letting out a string of curses. But it was only a second before he recovered from the shock, a new flame of anger burning in his eyes.

No way in hell was he losing to another person! He still needed to get back at Rin.

Hidan lunged forward, swiftly pulling out his scythe as he moved towards the unmoving emo.

He had the full intent of decapitating the annoying emo. Jashin would be pleased with the sacrifice.

"ART IS FLEETING!" Interrupted a familiar voice as Hidan charged.

*BANG*

At that moment, several things occurred.

Sasori was thrown forward suddenly by an immense explosion as a blinding light filled the entire living room.

Hidan's scythe descended down on Gaara, but instead came in contact with the hard floor, as the emo was pushed away by a certain shortie.

And Hidan, himself, was thrown back by another array of explosions sent by the deranged blond bomber.

Gaara groaned on the ground as he felt a small weight on top of him. He pried open one sea foam eye to find Rin's face directly in front of him.

Gaara froze for a second at the closeness, holding his breath as he stared at Rin. The shortie really did look like a girl, especially the long eyelashes and smooth skin.

The hacker shook his head clear. The lack of sleep is really making me lose it. He told himself as he tried to focus on the situation at hand.

Rin was currently unconscious, his back smoking from the explosion. He had taken the blunt of the force.

The red haired emo freaked out on the inside for a moment. He didn't know what to do with injured people. Usually he was the one injuring them.

Before Gaara could finish freaking out to find a solution, Rin was suddenly lifted from him by a hand that had a mouth tattooed on its palm. Gaara was too shocked by the sight to react.

A similar hand also lifted him up and threw him over a shoulder of a blonde haired teen.

" What are you doing?" Gaara asked in a questioning voice as Deidara sprinted out off the base at full speed.

" Rin and I made a deal, -un" Deidara huffed to the strange emo kid as he raced down the street. "He helped me get out of a mess, so I'm returning the favor."

Gaara didn't know whether to trust this blond bomber or not, but Rin was unconscious right now, so he would just have to allow it until the shortie regained consciousness.

Deidara groaned at how hard it was to carry two teens. The emo weighed quite a lot, but the shortie was surprisingly light. Was the guy just skin and bones or something?

Deidara glanced over at Rin, checking on the kid. He was still knocked out from the explosion.

Jumping in front to protect the emo had been a very stupid move. Brave some may argue, but mainly really stupid.

Either way, the shortie had helped free him from Sasori's bonds when the puppet freak was distracted, so he owed him.

Deidara made another turn down the road before deeming it safe to slow down. He glanced back to make sure Hidan and the Puppet freak weren't following before walking into a somewhat busy cafe.

If those two did follow them, they would never think to look in this kind of store.

Deidara set the emo down on one of the plush seats before turning his attention to the still knocked out Rin.

" Oi Shortie..." Deidara called as he prodded the black haired kid's cheek. " You still alive...?"

Rin just fell to the side, her face now propped up by the wall alone, her body completely motionless.

Deidara's eyes grew wider as he started shaking Rin's shoulder. " Hey, this isn't funny, -un." The bomber said. " I swear my explosion wasn't strong enough to kill....Hey wake up."

Gaara sat up straighter on the other side. The blondie seemed a bit stressed out now. Was Rin alright?

There was a long moment of complete silence.

Then Rin let out a huge snore that shook the entire table. Both Deidara and Gaara sweat dropped at the force to shocked to move.

The shortie just shifted a little before snoring some more, letting out a few grumbles as he slept. " Go....bald... fricking ...Sasori.." The kid mumbled as his eyebrow furrowed in frustration.

Deidara and Gaara both let out sighs of relief at the fact that Rin was okay.

But Gaara was still slightly disturbed that the shortie wanted Sasori bald.

The hacker had made one strange friend indeed.

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Hidan spit out the white dust that had gotten into his mouth as he slowly got up from the rubble. The living room was a complete mess. Parts of the roof had fallen off, the walls were stained with white and the furniture was in pieces.

Hidan whipped around as a figure slowly got up to his left. Sasori shook off the white particles that covered him before looking around at the wreckage.

That stupid blondie just had to use a bomb. And to make matters worse, Deidara, Rin, and Gaara had all disappeared too.

Hidan let out another string of curses. He had been so close to killing that annoying emo, when another person had gotten in his way.

The smoke and light had made it hard to make out the person, but Hidan swore that the culprit had ruffled black hair and midnight eyes.

It didn't take a genius to figure out who it was. The only question was, why the fuck was Rin Sasaki at their base?

Before Hidan could turn to ask Sasori, another chilling voice entered the room.

" Hidan...Sasori...what happened?" it asked.

Hidan felt his blood run cold as he turned to see Pein walk into the totally trashed room. The leader's purple eyes seemed to glare straight into Hidan's soul. The fearless Jashin teen was actually trembling at the sight.

Hidan took a step back as he tried to find words to explain the situation, but looking at Pein, he knew that he was basically dead.

" If I survive this, I'm gonna fucking kill that shortie. " Hidan swore quietly as Pein towered over him. " You better pray I don't survive, Rin."

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