AN: Hi there! This is just a little fun story about the Akatsuki. I know they're an evil bunch but I like to think they have a fun side to them.

Warning: Some characters may be a bit OOC.

The Akatsuki meeting was drawing to a close. Several important details had been discussed and decisions made. The members were now getting restless, their attention wandering to the cleared dishes on the table and more importantly, that last stick of dango lying invitingly among its stripped brethren on the plate.

Everyone stared at the dango and then at each other in dead silence... until Tobi broke it with his usual childish and meaningless chatter. As usual, he was ignored until he reached out for that coveted snack.

Time seemed to go into slow motion as the others leapt to their feet and lunged forward, arms outstretched, only to land in a messy, struggling heap of bodies on the table. Yells of indignation could be heard over shouted curses.

"Get your foot out of my face, you jerk!"

"Get off of me, you idiot!"

"Your puppet is too heavy! I... cad brid..."

"It is my art!"

"Wait - where's that dango?"

As if that was the magic word, everyone halted their attempts at getting up and began looking around frantically. Their eyes hunted every corner of the room but to no avail.

Beneath a cloth covered table at the far side of the room, two people materialised. One of them was wearing a confused expression while the other gleefully held up the stick of dango.

"Tobi managed to get the dango for Deidara-senpai," Tobi said in a jubilant whisper.

Deidara was still recovering from the shock of being teleported without warning, and finding a spider nonchalantly crawling on his long blond hair.

"Urk!" He flicked it off, turned around to yell at Tobi and then paused in surprise.

"For me?" He asked blankly.

Tobi's head bobbed up and down.

"Yes. Please eat it before the others find us," he whispered.

Deidara eyed him suspiciously for a moment wondering if this was some kind of prank, but the lure of the dango proved too much to resist.

"Thanks!"

Taking the stick of dango, he began eating happily. Before he knew it, two of the balls were gone and only one remained. Just as he was about to eat it, he saw Tobi looking at him with his head tilted to one side.

Deidara hesitated before holding out the stick with an encouraging smile.

"Go on," he said, "I'm not really hungry."

Tobi gasped.

"Really?! Thank you, Deidara-senpai!"

"Quiet, you idiot! Are you trying to get us caught?"

"Sorry!"

"Hush! Just eat it already!"

"Okay."

Deidara watched curiously as Tobi put a hand over his mask, only to be dissappointed when the latter turned away at the last second, making sounds of pleasure as he chewed.

Suddenly, the tablecloth was whipped off and Deidara found himself looking straight into the face of Itachi Uchiha, crouching beside the table.

"Found them," Itachi called. The rest of the Akatsuki members stopped their squabbling and rushed over.

"Hey! What happened to the dango?"

"You idiot, they've obviously already eaten it."

"But I wanted that!"

Deidara looked at Tobi. Tobi looked back at Deidara.

"I... uh, just remembered we have a mission! Don't we, Tobi?" Deidara asked.

"We do?" Tobi asked. Then he nodded. "Oh yes, we do!"

"Wait a second!"

"What mission?"

"Hold on, Deidara-senpai!"

And with that cheery warning, Tobi teleported his partner and himself away.

THE END