Naiya had been sitting alone in Deidara and Sasori's room for hours waiting to see if Deidara was dead or not but every second that went by was like an eternity, a hellish moment on earth. She did nothing while waiting, she just sat on the bed and looked around the room at the mess that was lying around everywhere from Deidara's art. She couldn't stand being away from him any longer but the fact is that he could be dead and then she will have to be alone, away from him for the rest of her life. She grew tired of being in this room, everything in here reminded her of him since he had so many pieces of art sitting around some waiting to be finished, so she decided to get up and go somewhere else to wait. She walked throughout the Akatsuki base not paying attention to the others that were walking and laughing around her, she just walked past with her face glued to the ground trying not to show any tears while she was around the others, she decided to go outside where there was no one around to see her so she could be completely alone. Her hair lifted up from her sides as a heavy breeze filled the spring valley and the sun rays shone everywhere, but a depressing wind dulled the warmth of the solar glow chilling her cheeks and her heart.

Naiya walked across a large open grassy field until she reached a lone sakura tree that stood in front of a forest of evergreens and maples. She sat at the base of the large trunk and rested her head on it and closed her eyes. She did everything in her power to not think about Deidara but his voice kept on flowing through her mind. Not his normal voice, the voice that he used when he was talking to her and only her. Soft, sweet, gentle. He never spoke anything that would hurt her, he was always careful with his words around her.

Naiya had to stop and shake him out of her head, her heart sunk down and shattered as she was thinking of him and no matter what she did, she couldn't get him out of her mind and she had a weird feeling in her stomach, something that she had never felt before. It was like a knot was forming in her stomach and she lost what little apatite she had. She just couldn't get his face out of her head. She pictured his beautiful cobalt eyes that sparkled in the sunlight and was intensified from his perfectly sculpted smile that revealed his flawless white teeth. She imagined herself touching his soft skin running her fingers along his hidden cheekbone and his beautiful long lock of golden hair that rested overtop of his left eye hiding half of his handsome face. She just wanted to be held by him once again in his muscular arms but that day may not come. Naiya wanted to cry, but the thing is that she had already cried so much that her eyes were not producing any tears, they had dried out. If Deidara was dead, Naiya would let the Akatsuki take her Jinchuriki so that she would be killed and then she would be rid of these heart breaking feelings then she would no longer have to suffer.

Naiya opened her eyes and sighed as the wind blew the sakura pedals all around her. One floated down and landed on her folded hands. She picked it up and examined it closely but its beauty was not the same today as it was other days, it grew dull very quickly and she flicked it off of her finger and the pedal landed on the cold ground beside her. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the tree trunk again and before she knew it, she fell asleep. She wasn't asleep for too long, just about an hour but it didn't take long for her to start dreaming about Deidara, in fact, she could almost hear him calling her name.

"Naiya." Deidara said sweetly placing a hand on her folded fingers. Naiya opened her eyes, or so she thought. It appeared like Deidara was sitting right in front of her but he looked completely healed from his wounds, and he could move both arms. She looked at him with false hope in her eyes, she figured that she was dreaming but he just kept on smiling at her. If this was a dream, then she wouldn't be able to feel his hand on hers. To prove that this wasn't a dream, Deidara lifted his other hand up and he placed it on her cheek. Her eyes instantly widened and her face lit up when she felt his warm hand on her cold cheek. A smile came upon her.

"Deidei." She said as she jumped into his arms holding him tight. He squeezed her tight and put a hand behind her head to hold her close. Tears of joy instantly fell down from her eyes and onto his cloak, both of their hearts were beating to the same rhythm. Nothing was said between them, the silence was soothing, all they could ever want was to be in each other's arms so they enjoyed the long awaited moment. The wind began to pick up and blew both of their hair and loose clothing around like it was weightless. After a while, they broke apart and looked into each other's eyes. Deidara wiped her tears away with the back of his hand and then he held hers not being able to help his smile.

"Naiya, I have missed you so much. I can't tell you how much it hurt to be away from you, un. Don't ever leave me again."

"I missed... you too... Deidei... Thank you... for saving me." Naiya said softly and he just smiled and shook his head.

"You don't have to thank me. I couldn't handle not being with you. I missed not seeing your beautiful smile, it always makes me feel like everything is right in the world. I would give my life any day if I could just see your beautiful face for a single moment... Because... I..." Deidara stopped for a moment to swallow then he took a breath. Both of their hearts sped up as Deidara began to lean closer to her face. He slowed down when Naiya felt his breath on her lips and hers on his. Their scents were like sweet candy as their breath flowed into their noses. A hint of blush came upon Naiya's cheeks as she could feel Deidara's breath coming closer until she felt his warm thin lips being gently being pressed onto her pale lukewarm lips. Both of their eyes gradually closed as they continued to slowly kiss. Naiya lifted up both of her arms and folded them around the back of his neck and he used his hand to caress her cheek licking it slightly with the tongue on his hand to intensify their passionate kiss. It was a moment in heaven for each of them finally sharing a forever waited kiss and expressing their deep love for one another. Eventually they broke apart due to lack of air and they looked back into each other's eyes. Deidara smirked. "I love you, Naiya."

"I love you too, Deidei." Naiya finally said, she had been practicing those words and waiting what seemed to be like forever to hear them coming from her lovers lips and finally she could use that heart warming phrase. She smiled back at him.

"Be mine and promise me that you won't ever leave me again, hm." Deidara whispered. Naiya chuckled slightly when hearing those words.

"I promise." She whispered back. Deidara smiled and then pecked her forehead.

"Lets go back to the base then shall we, hm?" Deidara offered and Naiya nodded. He took her hand and helped her up onto her feet. Finally together as a couple they walked back to the base holding hands.

"Deidara... how is it that all your wounds are gone completely?" She asked successfully finding the right words and putting them in the right order.

"Surprisingly, Kakuzu is a good medical ninja and so is leader-sama. They used a jutsu that healed me almost completely, I was just told to take it easy for a couple of weeks, hm."

"That's good. I'm glad... you're alive." She said back to him, he smiled at her. As soon as they walked into the base, everyone's heads turned over to meet the eyes of the smiling couple and they noticed that they were finally holding hands. They couldn't help but smile.

"Welcome back, Deidara." Itachi said congratulating that he was healed and that he was finally brave enough to make the first move.

"Well how are you feeling Deidara?" Pein asked.

"Fantastic, thank you Kakuzu and leader-sama for saving my life, un." Deidara said and Pein nodded at him. "I guess I really owe you guys, hm?"

"You sure do, you know how expensive the equipment was that we used on you?" Kakuzu started and Deidara didn't take it seriously, in fact he didn't really pay attention. He was just happy to be alive and with his true love.

Later that same day, Naiya was in Deidara's room with him helping him clean it out. Since Orochimaru put that jutsu on Naiya, he couldn't make art anymore so he went through his clay and began to throw out dried up pieces that were too hard to work with. He had a whole garbage bag full and now he was about to throw his failed explosives away. He was weeding everything out starting with the useless stuff then he moved on to his masterpieces. Hiding in his closed he found a rose that he had made one time while he thought of Naiya and held it up to take a look at it. This sculpted clay was different from all of the others and was his only piece of art that was not meant to explode since he planned on giving it to her sometime. He looked over at her and seen she was too busy to notice the rose so he put it back so that he could give it to her some other time for an anniversary or something. Pein walked by the room with Sasori and they stopped when they seen Deidara and Naiya putting Deidara's clay masterpieces in the garbage.

"What are you two doing?" Sasori asked. Deidara looked up at his masters.

"Orochimaru placed a jutsu on Naiya. If I explode my clay, she will become blinded again and there will be no cure for her this time." Deidara's face sank to the ground as he threw another work of art in the garbage with disappointment.

"Oh really?" Pein said with a doubting tone in his voice, confused Deidara looked up at him.

"Why do you say that, hm?"

"Well because Orochimaru was a former Akatsuki member, I know most of his jutsu. Tell me, what hand signs combination did he use for the jutsu?" Pein asked.

"Tiger, Boar, Ox, Snake." Deidara said recalling the scene in his memory when Orochimaru placed that jutsu on Naiya. Pein raised an eyebrow and Sasori began chuckling. "What's so funny, un?"

"Clearly you have not studied those hand signs before." Pein laughed along too. "Those hand signs are well known for the substitution jutsu, and cannot use the same hand sign combination for another jutsu... In other words, Orochimaru was bluffing."

"What?" Deidara's voice raised.

"He must have done that so that he could fight you close combat which is more to his advantage unlike your long range tactics." Sasori said. Deidara was mad and embarrassed with himself but at the same time he had a sense of relief flushing over his face, he fell backwards on the floor and put his hands over his eyes and Naiya crawled over to him to see if he was okay.

"I am such an idiot, un." He said throwing his arms to the side. Naiya lied down too and rested her head on his chest making Deidara smile down at her. "Well now I have my art and more importantly, Naiya, yeah. Life couldn't get any better, hm." Pein rolled his eyes then he passed through but Sasori walked in his room and sat on the edge of his bed right above where Deidara was laying on the floor.

"Congratulations on getting the girl of your dreams." Sasori smirked and Deidara blushed back holding onto Naiya on the floor.

"Yeah it wasn't easy, hm. I only had to get myself half killed, un." Deidara joked but the he kissed Naiya on the top of her head. "But I'd do it again, yeah. Just for her."

The End