All These Things I Hate: Deidara Love Story

Chapter 5

Deidara stared at me. "Give me a break, Akemi. How do you not know?"

I shrug. "I...I don't know. We just never got along. I don't remember why, I just know that we never had a fondness for each other. Why do you hate me?" I counter.

Deidara grabs the rock and hops on his bird. "We have to go," he says, flipping the subject.

"You didn't answer my question," I say.

"Just come on, Akemi. I'll tell you when we return to the base."

"Why couldn't I have done the same?" I ask, glaring at him.

He shrugs. "Because I wanted to know. Now come on, let's go."

I huff and climb on back of his bird, sitting in my spot by the bird's tail. Why did he suddenly want to know why I hated him?

"So...what are we going to do when we return to the base?" Deidara asks, making small talk.

"I'm going to sleep. I got no sleep last night."

"Oh...okay."

"What's with your tone?" I demand.

"What tone?" He asks, playing dumb.

I frown. "Your tone! You act so pitiful! And I have no idea!" Suddenly the bird makes a nosedive and I stumble, losing my balance and falling backwards, still on the bird.

"You know you can hold on to me, right?" he says softly, still watching the skies.

I come up behind him and reluctantly put my arms around his chest, holding onto him. I dropped my question, deciding to wait till we got to the base to drill him.

When we finally arrived on solid ground, in front of Pein and Konan, I got off and smiled. "Guess who found the object?" I stick my tongue out in Pein's face and Deidara takes out the rock, handing it to Konan.

"Very well, I shall summon the others."

I look around and see Itachi sitting against a tree, reading a book. I walk up to him and smile. "You gave up?"

"Hidan is uncooperative and intolerable. I don't understand how he and Kakuzu accomplish anything," he says monotonously.

"Well Kakuzu knocks him around a bit and can threaten to not sew him back together," I offer.

"Ah, that's what it is," he says. He sighs, "so, you two found the object?"

"Yes. Deidara and I figured the riddle out," I say eagerly.

"Kudos," he says, "it is a shame that Pein was able to trick you though."

"Trick me? How so?"

"He told us all that the winners can return to the base. In all actuality, you two will be the only ones at the base; therefore, you two will see each other and probably spend time together anyway. I think he should've allowed the winners to choose a place to go for a day. Then you would've been able to stay away from each other." He watches me analytically. "If you even want to get away from him."

"Yes! I do! What...what makes you think I don't?" I ask, offended.

Itachi stares at me. "Well your reaction clarifies everything," he says.

I frown. "Nuh uh! I didn't even react!"

"You stuttered. But don't fret; I'm not going to tell anyone." Suddenly Itachi freezes. He looks down at his feet and lets out a shriek. There was a small spider on his foot. He flicks it off and breathes a sigh of relief.

My eyes widen, and I try to hold back a laugh at his reaction at the tiny arachnid. It gets to be too much to take in and I burst out laughing. "Itachi! You should've seen your face!" I laugh, tears almost coming to my eyes.

Itachi frowns. "That was not funny," he states simply.

I laugh harder. "Yes! It was!" I say in between chuckles.

"Whoa, Itachi, what'd you do to make her laugh so hard?" Asked Kisame.

Itachi glared but didn't answer. "Oh he screamed cuz a spider was on him," I answer after I calmed down a little.

Kisame chuckled. "Really? The almighty Uchiha is afraid of spiders?"

"No, it just surprised me, that's all."

Kisame raises an eyebrow and finds another spider a little larger than the last one. He holds it towards Itachi and Itachi pales.

"Get that thing away from me, Kisame."

"What? Did I just surprise you with it? Touch it," Kisame insists.

Itachi glares harder with his Sharingan eyes. "If you don't get that thing away from me, count on spending 72 hours in hell," he threatens.

Kisame chuckles knowingly. "Oh alright. I won't scare you with it anymore." He puts the spider down, and I watch it, making sure it didn't come near me.

"Attention! We have winners!" Pein announces, "Akemi and Deidara have won!"

"What was the object?" Asked Sasori.

"It was a rock."

Everyone stared at Pein, incredulous. I chuckled inwardly and waited for someone to speak.

"A fucking rock? Are you SHITTING me?" Hidan curses, fuming.

"We spent 2 hours searching for a rock? An item that is present all over the damn forest?" Sasori added.

"How'd they find it? I'll bet they cheated!" Kakuzu inserted.

"It had surging levels of chakra. Now, Akemi and Deidara, you two may pack up your things and leave. The rest of you get ready for lunch. Dismissed."

I smile and hurry back to the tent to get things ready. Deidara followed and soon we were off to the base.