Tada! I got another chapter up! And it hasn't been six months yet! I'm so proud of myself! I'll try to keep these going a bit more frequently.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.


"I'm so excited that we're on our first mission, Deidara-sempai!" Tobi was chattering along as they walked leisurely down the path. Deidara was more than just annoyed at Paine's proposition.

"Before you go to Konoha, I require that you and Tobi go on team missions to at least set up a dynamic. Konoha's the greatest of the Shinobi Nations, the Kyuubi the strongest Bijuu. I don't want to send you in to a suicide mission."

But really, Tobi was really starting to irk the blonde in ways he never would've imagined.

"I'm glad that Deidara-sempai's my partner: even if both of your arms are only attached by strings, you're still a strong shinobi!"

"… Keep pushing my buttons, Tobi, hm," Deidara growled, partially to himself, "See what happens."

"What was that, sempai?"

"Just shut up, Tobi. We're almost there. This is a routine mission; follow my lead, and don't get in my way, hm."

"Ne, Danna," Deidara said, sounding bored out of his mind, "Do you always travel around in Hiruko, hm?"

"Yes," his partner answered curtly.

"Is it really necessary? You're moving slow, hm. Don't we have something to do?"

"Shut up brat. I've never had a problem with Hiruko before, and if you know what's best for you, you won't either."

Deidara rolled his eyes, "Well then I'm going ahead, hm," With that; he took off at an easy sprint. He absolutely hated moving slow. The feeling of the wind flowing through his long hair was exhilarating. Not to mention that his art was instantaneous and fast; so he wanted to be as instantaneous as he could. Sasori reminded him of his grandfather, but it irked him how his partner didn't look older than 16. He was younger than him for god's sake! He shouldn't be acting all high and mighty around someone older than him!

"Idiot! Wait!"

Pointedly, he ignored Sasori. I don't think so, Danna, he thought, pumping more chakra to his legs. The leader had given them each a scroll and Deidara, being the genius ninja that he was, had very carefully looked over the procedures. They were looking for a mafia leader and eliminating him. Something over borrowed money. Whatever the back story, the mission was simple enough. And Deidara knew how to take precautions. He was a free lance bomber before Akatsuki so very nicely forced him into joining, so he also knew how to watch his own back and trust no one. Just so long as Sasori didn't get in his way, he'd be fine.

Maybe this will prove that I shouldn't be taken lightly, he thought as he slowed. Up ahead of him through the trees and undergrowth was a house. It was the location of their target.

There were guards here and there, but it wouldn't be too much of an issue. Not with his C-1 mini-bombs. They wouldn't even know what hit them…

"You brat!"

Deidara, at this point, wasn't even surprised. Leave it to Sasori to ruin everything, as usual. He was surprised by the fact that Sasori had ditched Hiruko.

"I see you lost your patience with your hunkering piece of crap, hm," Deidara muttered quietly.

"I'm losing my patience with you," the red-head hissed furiously in response.

"Deidara-semapi!"

The shinobi in question couldn't help but smack his forehead in frustration. Tobi was running toward him, screaming something incoherent as a bunch of ANBU chased him. Why did he even expect anything from this failure of a ninja?

"TOBI!" he roared, hopping on his clay bird and taking to the skies, "Get out of my way, you useless idiot, hm!"

At least Tobi was smart enough to realize what that entailed. Deidara thanked the heavens that he wasn't like this when he first started out. If that was the case, he would've saved everyone the trouble and gone ahead and hung himself.

"Now look at what you did, you little brat!" Sasori snarled as they sprinted through the halls, "If you had listened to me when I told you to let me handle it, we wouldn't have gotten caught! What possessed you to use a bomb to kill him!?"

"It's my fault!? Well if you had just stayed behind in your stupid puppet, I would've taken care of all this myself, hm!"

They burst out into a main hall which was, unfortunately, filled with rogue ninja. Deidara heard Sasori curse under his breath, but didn't pay him any heed. Instead, he leapt up into the rafters, leaping from one to the next as he expertly avoided stray kunai. This was too easy, not to mention fun. Though he didn't exactly have all night to kill everyone off.

There was a blur to his right, and he didn't even have time to blink as a ninja flew at him, kunai poised. Deftly, he pulled out a small chunk of clay, jumping over the man. He flipped in the air, working the clay into the shape of a small bird. The moment he landed, he let the bird loose, sending it straight towards his assailant. The man didn't even have time to blink before the bird careened in to his face, where it promptly exploded.

Laughing, Deidara continued his trek across. He was having the time of his life. Maybe Akatsuki wasn't a complete waste of time…

"You are such an idiot!" Sasori's voice came to his ears.

He rolled his eyes. Okay, maybe it was a waste of time after all…

"Pay attention, brat!"

"I am, hm!" Deidara snapped in reply, "I'm doing the smart thing and getting out before I'm caught in the explosion!"

"What's that supposed to mean? You brat, don't tell me."

Deidara flashed a grin, "We've got about 30 seconds before this place blows."

"… You IDIOT!"

He couldn't stop laughing, even as they jumped through a window, and not a moment too soon. The instant they had landed and started sprinting down the hill, the building exploded in a mass of fire.

"Oh thank you! Thank you thank you thank you sempai! If you hadn't taken of those ANBU…"

"I know, Tobi, hm.If you hadn't made your presence known like that, you wouldn't have needed my help, hm! Keep this up, and you won't be so lucky next time!"

"Hai, Deidara-sempai!"

That earned Tobi a smack upside the head. "Ow! Sempai, what was that for?!"

"You're not taking this seriously at all, hm! I hope you get killed off in a mission or something!"

"Don't be mad. I bet you're just mad over your arms, still!"

Deidara grabbed his team mate in a headlock, threatening the worst death possible.

Ah, yes, Paine really was sadistic. In any event, Deidara knew, this was going to take much longer than he would've liked.


A/N: Well, here's the newest chapter. It took me a little longer than I wanted because I was stuck at one specific part in this, but I finally got what I wanted. Anyway, I hope you liked it! I'll try and update soon.