Document Opened: 03/07/2009, 09:27pm.

Authors Note:

This is such a fun story to write.:3.

Neko Deidara should not be so fun to write and like I mentioned last time. There is some plot development and starting hints of Saso x Dei.=D.

Disclaimer: I don't own the snack that smiles back or Poke'mon. That would be awesome.^^. Before I put the finishing time at the bottom I feel the need to let you know that the parts are in this order.

explanations. and Deidara are left alone and get into an art fight. of Sasori being nice and somewhat comforting to our favorite neko while he's having a nightmare. goldfish crack. 5. Tiny amount of information revealed for some fighting next time. I rate this chapter so-so. :p.

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"Stop laughing and start explaining." Pein glared at Hidan and Kisame: who had gotten a kick out of the little event that had just taken place while Konan walked over to the once again confused Neko.

"Thats not what we hunt Deidara." She said in a tone that sounded like she was talking to a child who didn't know any better. "But you hunt for food and this is food, nyan." He said in a matter of fact tone. He really did not like to kill birds for his meal but survival came first.

"We f*cking go and suck peoples blood." The way Hidan looked when saying so made him a little nervous. "How can you live on just blood, nyan?" He had always heard that their version of hunting was called preying.

"Look kid, we still eat normal food but to sustain our vampire forms we need blood. And what you got ain't food." Kisame air quoted the food part. "He's f*cking right, raw fish and shit is not food." Hidan eyed the neko. "You're confusing, nyan." He blinked. "If that's not food then what is, nyan?" He couldn't think of anything better than the times he was able to catch fresh fish. A treat since he had been on the run all of his life and when it came down to it he had to eat whatever he caught.

"Didn't Hidan show you where we keep the food?" Konan glared at Hidan from the corner of his eye. "Yep, both him and Kisame showed me where a stream was and the fish there are really good, nyan." He stated that rather happily.

Sasori was really growing impatient at the waiting and the circles the others were running around in with the blond neko. A little disturbed by the fact that his new partner actually ate raw creatures.

"Again, thats not f*cking food!" Hidan threw his arms the air for emphasis. Sasori had had enough and marched up to the teen.

Seeing the look on Sasori's face made his ears go flat and his tail go down, he looked angry. "Look brat, we don't eat things like that." He gestured to the squirming bird in the blonds hands. "After we're done getting blood and we get back then you can try normal food." He was not about to have his partner eat anything that disgusting near him, despite having made most of his puppets from people. The thought of this creature ripping things like still living birds and fish apart was more than a disturbing thought.

"Can I keep this in case your version of food is bad, nyan" He doubted the older one would let him but he had never eaten human food before. "If you don't like it then those two will get you another fish." He pointed to Hidan and Kisame.

"Okay, I don't really like having to eat birds anyway. They're pretty, nyan." He loved watching them fly about and listening to them sing. He had been deemed odd for it, even having a special thing he could do with his clay so he could fly too, as impressive as it was, it never mattered to the other neko's who thought he was simply crazy for such things. He looked down at the bird in his hand and released it back into the sky, watching as it took refuge in a nearby tree.

"Why the f*ck us?!" Hidan fumed at the red head who was walking back with his new partner happily behind him. "You should have known better then to pull something like that to begin with."

"Enough. Lets get going before sunrise comes." Pein looked over his group and they got back in line, partly wondering if the red head had done his job for him by setting up the two if the neko really didn't like their food. 'It's an appropriate enough punishment' he mused while they began walking again.

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It had been around a twenty minute walk into the city and the group kept themselves concealed in the shadows and kept silent, something that was making Deidara a little uneasy. They seemed to be looking for something. 'Oh, right. People, nyan.' He was a little surprised at how easy he had forgotten. Then again his mind had been on food and wondering what theirs tasted like and if the two would actually get him a fish if he did not like whatever they were going to give him.

Another minute or so of walking and he sensed someone nearby. Since they were keeping silent he thought it best not speak his discovery out loud without permission so he reached out and gently tugged on Sasori's cloak sleeve. The red head looked at him with a blank expression. "What?" He said quietly and watched as the neko pointed in a direction that was to the right of their location. "What are you pointing at?" 'Like I'm supposed to know what that means...' Watching the neko look thoughtful for a second he replied. "There's a human over that way, nyan." He quirked an eyebrow at his new partner. "Are you sure." "Of course, nyan." A certain unease settling over him, he was used to feeling whenever there was a human nearby since it never meant anything good.

Noting the two had stopped, the rest of them had turned to look at the blond and the red head. "Whats going on now?" Pein noted the neko looking around with unease. "There's a human down that way, un." His ears were falling flat and his tail swished about nervously. "Are you certain of that." 'How many times are they going to ask me that, nyan?' "Positive, nyan." His visible eye started to dart about in various directions, he did not want to have missed any. But so far it was only the one. "Permission to investigate and regroup." Sasori locked eyes with his leader who looked thoughtful for a moment. "Fine, it may be better if we split up and regroup here in half an hour. That is final."

Sasori looked at Deidara who was looking at him with a wide blue eye. "Come on brat. Lets see if you're right." He started walking off in the direction that he had pointed out earlier and reluctantly the neko followed.

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He was by no means a weakling nor a coward. But humans naturally made him uneasy: he chalked it up to his past with them and the fact that they were generally cruel beings.

Still, he did not want to screw up so he kept a straight and forced his ears up and his tail was still moving about. The trail had led them into a park and it was not to far in that they spotted a shadow of a man stumbling about, upon closer inspection it appeared he had a brown bottle with him.

"Go wait by that tree near the bench and this will only be a moment." He pointed to a plump round tree that had a bench and a lamplight near it. He nodded at Sasori and did as he was told not wanting to cause problems for the vampire.

Quietly he crept behind the tree as Sasori stayed where he was making sure the teen was in hiding. At the sound of a twig breaking the stumbling man looked around nervously. "Wha-s that? Who's there?" He asked with a little slur in his voice and after a few seconds he shrugged and kept going.

After reaching the light Sasori stepped into sight and freaked out the drunken man. "Been awhile since I've had a drink." He smiled evilly as the man staggered back a little. "Who in the hell are you?!" Not answering Sasori grabbed him by the throat causing the man to drop his whiskey bottle and look on in horror as the red head opened his mouth to reveal his fangs.

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Deidara was cautiously watching from behind the tree and looked on with some morbid curiosity as Sasori revealed his fangs and slowly pierced the mans flesh, the man struggling in Sasori's grasp but to no avail. Even from his distance he could see a little blood run down the wound Sasori had caused the man who was moving less and less. Soon the guy stopped moving all together and Sasori slowly removed his fangs from the drunken mans neck and without a second thought he released his hold on the man and he fell unconsciously to the ground with an audible thud and Deidara watched with with his visible eye

wide as Sasori casually walked over to him with a little blood running down the corner of his mouth. He almost seemed pleased but the teen couldn't be sure.

"Nice work brat, you're more useful than I thought." Actually pleased with his new partner who had saved him almost a half hour of work. Deidara could not even bring himself to look at Sasori at the moment, not with the image of him with his fangs stuck in the guys throat and the intoxicated man squirming for his own life stuck in his mind. He kept looking at the ground and was waiting for Sasori to lead the way back but was almost taken aback when he felt a gentle hand rest on his head between his ears and looked up at Sasori who was only looking on ahead to the path that would lead them back to the other Akatsuki members. "Let's go." After that he removed his hand from the nekos head and started walking off. And as that happened while he watched Sasori for a moment before running to catch up to the older male he realized one thing. The each lived how they did in order to survive.

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Pein thought he saw something wrong with Sasori and Deidara since when he and Konan arrived the pair looked angry at one another. "What happened here?" He asked as the two stepped more into sight. The two merely pointed at each other and said in unison. "He doesn't know what true art is!" Of course Dei had his little 'nyan' at the end of his sentence and Pein: despite his calm demeanor had a mental twitch. 'Just my luck.' He thought annoyed, what were the odds an explosion loving neko would be an artist as well.

They glared kunai at each other before turning around and for a reason he did not know yet Konan was hiding smiling at the two. "You two can sort out the matter once we get back." He turned to Sasori. "Was there a human?" He asked and Sasori replied. "Thats the only smart thing the brat said all night." Pein just took it as a yes. "I'll show you my art right now, nyan!" He practically hissed at the red head. "Just try it brat, I'll kill you before you can even blink."

"Like you could, nyan!" He stuck his tongue out at Sasori: who rolled his eyes at the immaturity. Pein was grateful as the others showed up and Sasori and Deidara opted for not speaking to each other for the time being.

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After getting back Konan offered to make the young neko something to eat but he just thanked her and opted for going to his room, more hurt than he would have liked to have been by some of what Sasori said during their argument.

He couldn't help but wonder if maybe the red head was right, not about art but about what he had said in venom at him. "Stupid cat, you'll probably end up cursing us like yourself." "Tch, what would a wild animal like you know about true beauty and art." The memory of their fight replayed over and over in his mind. He curled up on the bed and silent tears came down his face. Some of his own being killed was his fault and because of the strange things he enjoyed and mouths he was born with, he had been deemed an outsider by his own kind. Even despite the fact they were a dying race. The only two people that ever truly loved him were gone and he had the front row seat to witness it. At least he was positive that he killed the man that had done it. Saddened, he fell into a fitful sleep.

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A couple of hours later around midnight Sasori was sitting at his work bench unable to actually get anything done. The vampire had been wondering if he had gone too far in his and the nekos little dispute. 'Maybe I could have handled it better..' He wondered but the thought of something as distasteful as an explosion being called art sparked something in him and he had spouted some nasty things at the young blond. How hurt the new member looked almost made him feel guilty. He had only really meant to put down his art, not the teen himself. 'He probably hates me now anyway.' Now he was beginning to wonder why he cared so much. A nagging feeling came over him and snorting he decided to go apologize to the neko for some of what he had said. He would stick by his art until he died.

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Despite his room being right beside Deidara's it was not until he reached the blonds door did he hear it. Very faint whimpering noises coming from his room. Raising an eyebrow he knocked at the door and got no reply and only heard more noise. Trying the doorknob he was a little surprised to find it unlocked so he went in.

As soon as he opened the door the first thing he saw on the bed was his new partner curled into a tight ball shaking slightly and whimpering in his sleep. His tail was around him tightly and his ears lay flat on his head. Gently closing the door behind him he walked over to the sleeping form. On closer inspection he could see a little sweat on his face and tear stains as well. The image did nothing to help alleviate his guilt.

Kneeling down he gently nudged the young ones shoulder but to no avail. He tried harder but that did not work either, now he knew that he could not just simply leave him in the messed up state he was in so he did the one thing his parents had done for him when he used to get nightmares.

He sat down on the bed where his back was against the wall and reaching over he slipped his arms underneath the nekos and carefully pulled him over to where he was sitting, just enough to where the blonds head was resting on his left leg. That done and the teen only stirring slightly, he pulled up the blonds blanket to where it was up to the boys shoulders and did the one thing he hated almost above all. Waiting.

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He wasn't sure what it was but for some reason he felt warm and safe. Blearily he cracked an eye open and was aware of someone behind him and the fact he was on someones leg, it took him a moment to register who it was. Confused he looked up and confirmed it was Sasori who appeared to be asleep with his head leaning against the wall. 'I thought he hated me, nyan.' He did not wish to disturb the red head and took a moment to get a better look at him, his face still held a young look to it but it was toned and gave the appearance of someone in his late teens to early twenties, he had already seen the vampires earthen eyes and at first glance his shaggy red hair almost seemed out of place for someone who walked around with such a calm demeanor. 'He is good looking, nyan.' He could admit that and carefully pushed himself up with his right arm and quickly gave the red head a little lick on the cheek to thank him and froze when Sasori shifted a little and groaned. He gently laid back down and slowly drifted back off to sleep, still very confused as to why Sasori was there to begin with, unaware that the red head had been awake the entire time.

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The next morning when awoke he was a little disappointed to have found himself alone. 'Was last night a dream, nyan?' He wondered but most thoughts were cut short when his stomach rumbled rather loudly and he realized that he had only eaten that fish in the past two days. It was daylight so maybe he could go and catch another fish. He yawned and stretched before leaving his room.

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Once outside of his room he quietly walked down the hall and was slowly lost in thought when he accidentally bumped into someone. "Sorry nyan!" He said looking to see Sasori who only looked at him with a bored look. "About last night.." "It's okay, nyan." He smiled at the red head. "However I still stand by my art. That will never change." "I like you, nyan." Sasori eyed him quizzically, people did not just like him out of nowhere, he did not exactly have a sunshine personality. "Why?" "Because you're different, you're not mean like others I've known and you like art too. Even if we disagree, nyan."

Deidara was odd by Sasori's standards since last night after only being left alone for less then fifteen minutes they had been ready to rip each others throats out, he had actually felt bad about some of what he said and allowed the neko to get close to him. Now he was telling him he was nice. "Oh, I'm going out for food. Do you want to come, nyan?" He looked at Sasori with a big blue eye. "Didn't we have this discussion last night, while you're here you eat normal food. The idiots can still catch your fish if you don't like it." He motioned for the neko to follow.

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The two were alone in he kitchen for the moment and he was at an utter loss as to what to give the blond for his first taste of human food. He needed the neko to like it since he was not going to have him eating raw things around him.

He was in luck since both Hidan and Kisame came in with something. "Good, we finally f*cking found you!" He and Kisame came up with what the teen should have since no one hated what they had in the box. "You were looking for me, nyan?" He eyed the two wondering why. Something caught his attention, it smelled good. "Since we ain't catching no f*cking fish we have the one thing that everybody loves!" Hidan stated happily, besides for what he and Kisame had planned they needed the new members help. "Try it, you'll like it." Kisame sat the box down in front of the neko and opened to reveal what they had known and as pizza, the blond however had never seen it before. "It smells good but what is it, nyan?" He looked between the two for an answer. "It's pizza, the round stuff is f*cking pepperoni and the white stuff is cheese." "Just try it already." Kisame stated and the blond picked up a piece and sniffed it curiously before taking a small bite at the triangular slice of food. He perked up at the taste of this new found edible. "It's really good, nyan." He was more than happy to suck down the piece of food.

"Since he likes it: you two are off the hook. For now." He added he last part with an evil smirk.

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That had been almost a week ago, he was slowly adjusting to life with the vampires and rather liked it. He had gone out hunting with them and every night they would reach a designated meeting spot in town and split up into pairs. Pein was with Konan, Itachi with Kisame, Zetsu and Tobi, Hidan and Kakuzu and then he was with Sasori. What bothered him a little was when he was informed of hunters that would sometimes come after them since they were strong and had a high price on their heads. Dead or alive. Of course they had known that people would come after him as well but those thoughts aside it was noon and he was hungry, going into the kitchen he was met with Tobi. "Tobi has something for Deidara!" He said happily. "What is it, nyan?" He asked curiously. while watching the masked vampire reach into the cabinet for something. "Here it is! Tobi thinks you will like since they are both cheese flavored and fish shaped!" He turned and shoved a small carton of cheese cracker snacks at him. He saw on the box, a cracker designed like a fish wearing sunglasses. "The snack that smiles back, nyan?" Before hand his food did not generally smile at him. "It's just a design, try it!" Sometimes they brought him different food just to see what his first opinion of it would be. Not that he minded. He opened the carton and carefully picked up a fish and eyed it for a moment before popping it in his mouth. "Thats good, nyan." He ate another one while his ears were up and his tail swished about in delight. "Yay! Tobi knew you would like it." "Thanks, nyan." He ate on more the snack unaware of what was about to happen. Tobi had to go and see Zetsu so he decided to finish the snack in his room.

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Now Kisame had a pet goldfish that out of uncertainty he refused to tell the new neko about, especially after that little display days ago. Today he had put his golden fish in a special bag filled with water so he could clean the bowl. He mistakenly set the bag on his bed and walked out of his room with his door open.

He carried the glass bowl a little down the hall and into the bathroom to clean it.

A few minutes later as he was coming out of the bathroom with his fishes home nice and clean he saw Deidara walk by awfully pleased and licking his fingers. His eyes widened and refrained from his temper at the moment. 'Keep cool. It might not even be what you think.' Taking a breath he darted off back to his room and the bag with his fish was gone. "I'll kill him!" He stated angrily and went to find the neko.

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"Hey!" Deidara turned around to see Kisame charging at him angrily. His visible eye was wide and his ears went flat once again. "Did you eat my goldfish?!" The blond gulped. "T-Tobi said it was mine, nyan." He said nervously. "And you believed him?!" "I-I'm sorry, I'll find you another one, nyan." His eye was wide and he felt a small surge of fear running through him at the ferocity of the much taller blue haired male. "Was it good!" He was ready to throttle the neko. "Cheesy, nyan.." He said quietly and shaking. "Wait...cheesy.." He had a feeling he just made a very bad mistake.

"Kisame, Is this what you were looking for?" Itachi and Sasori had come into the room and Itachi had his goldfish in one hand and both of them were eying him. "But..what happened?" "I was walking by and your pets bag had sprung a leak. I took it to the kitchen to change it." Itachi walked up to his partner and handed the dumbstruck vampire his beloved pet back. It was his turn to feel very small since he had been so quick to assume that the teen cowering in front of him had eaten his pet. He sheepishly glanced at Sasori and Itachi, both of them waiting for him to apologize to the new member. "Aw jeez." He rubbed the back of his head with his free hand and looked down at the blond. "I am really, really sorry about that. It's just that you admitted to eating goldfish and Goldeen was missing..." Damn, he'd have to make it up to the runt. He looked puzzled at Kisame. "You thought I ate your fish, nyan?" "Sort of." He replied with Itachi and Sasori still watching.

The neko's ears went up, his tail swished about amused and he smiled before replying. "Tobi gave me some kind cheesy fish cracker and besides, real goldfish taste bad, nyan." The last time he had one it hadn't settled well with him and he never cared to try another.

"So are you still mad at me, nyan?" He asked with an innocent expression. "I was only mad because I thought you ate my Goldeen. We're good runt." He grinned back still a little sheepishly since he did not like the looks he knew he was getting from Sasori and Itachi.

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Meanwhile at the other end of the city a group of people had gotten together. While there were more members the head of that group had only supplied ten of his hunters for the meeting.

"We will set a trap and strike tomorrow night. You may do what you will with the vampires, but I get the blond neko." A muscled up man who was a neko himself stepped into light and saw the hunters nod in agreement. his face remained in a stern look but he smirked inwardly as he had known that the teen would survive the last massacre he had ordered to the camp where he knew the blond was hiding out. 'I'll finally get my revenge for what you've done.' He thought and went to work with the humans he had momentarily allied himself with. If he wanted the blond then he would need help getting the others out of the way first.

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Authors Note:

The goldfish thing was funnier when I first plotted it.x_x.

I'll try and make a nice chunky chapter for the next installment but I doubt it will be anywhere as long as this one.;^^;.

Next time: Dei's art in action and some plot is finally revealed for more than a cheap ending to this chapter.:3.

I know I was too lazy to name Kisame's pet anything else other than the Poke'mon. ;-_-;.

I had to go and edit out a few of Dei's 'Uns' and replace them with 'Nyan'. Lesson: Never write when you're so tired you can fall asleep while .

Finished: 03/09/2009, 03:57am.