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Since the scenes in this chapter correspond with scenes from anime. To be more precise sealing the One-Tail Jinchuuriki. I have decided to use the original dialogues (only direct speech), partly copied from English dubbing and partly from English subtitles, and then completed them with my own plot. Enjoy. ;)

This time it was Itachi who was left waiting in the Akatsuki hideout. Despite the fact that he could bear the strain of fear for his lover with more elegance than Deidara, it didn't really change the fact that a few dreadful dreams managed to creep into his sleep during the night. Images of Deidara never coming back were simply too vivid to keep even the coolest man calm and he found himself gradually losing patience with every other nightmare.
It was several long days before he got sent on a mission, which could finally distract his unsteady thoughts. But it only pissed him off, because it meant that he probably wouldn't be able to welcome Deidara properly the moment he stepped across the threshold of the building.
He and Kisame had been traveling through the forestlands and despite Itachi being normally a silent companion, now even the shark started to be concerned about his unusually mute state. Itachi decided to neglect all of Kisame's intrusive questions and after a few annoying days, his partner finally stopped asking.
And then, at last, the message about sealing the One-Tail finally reached them. Itachi felt small sparkle of relief warmth in his chest. So he had made it. Although he didn't doubt Deidara's abilities, he was unsure about that hot-heated head of his. He knew very well that he had a temper and tendency to act carelessly during a combat. Which was not necessarily stupid, because he was always a good tactician but sometimes reckless.

All of their projections appeared in front of the statue. Except Deidara and Sasori, who had already been present and each member took one finger to stand on.
Itachi tried to peek in the artist's direction but he knew that Kisame was watching him closely, still trying to figure out what was wrong with him. He had no intentions to reveal his affection towards Deidara completely, since it would only brought unneeded trouble and unstoppable yapping from that blue monster, not mentioning the other members. Itachi liked Kisame, on some level, but there were times when he wished to cut out that mocking tongue of his once and for all.
"It will now take three days and nights. Stay aware of your physical selves... Zetsu, have your physical body stand guard outside. Use the one with the greatest range. Understood?" Pein's orders echoed through the cave.
It was hard to say which half of his body answered, but Zetsu clearly got the command when saying. "I know."
"Three days? Shouldn't we give it more time since Orochimaru is no longer here?" Kisame's snarling was obviously a joke on Itachi's account, considering their past misunderstanding about whose body is whose but Itachi decided to ignore it, as always.
Pein grew impatient. "If that's how you feel, then start working on it already."
Itachi himself wanted to get this over with as quick as possible, so he hastily agreed with the Leader and let out a calm: "That's right." Hopefully, he'll later have the chance to get a sight of the blond's state later.
"Fair enough." Kisame settled and prepared his hands in a hand sign.
"Let's do it. Un."
The raven felt a fain twitch of joy when Deidara finally spoke. He could almost see that evil smirk on his angelic face and instantly noticed another sparkle of relief tickle his chest. At least from his tone seemed, his lover was quite alright.
The sealing process started right after Pein's words and the huge mouth of the statue opened. Blue light, coming out in a shape of dragons, devoured the unconsciousness Kazekage and everything was illuminated by an intense white flash.
It took several long hours before the essence of the tailed beast finally started leaking out of Gaara's body in a form of red streams. Everybody were quiet, focusing on the process. Itachi left his eyes closed in order to maintain cautiousness. If he had kept looking around, he would probably be too distracted by Deidara's silent presence. He grew suspicious that something wasn't right, because the blond was still mute and that was rather unusual state for him. He actually expected Deidara to start praise himself for the great job he did, but nothing like that happened and it disturbed him greatly.

Every other minute dragged itself into an eternity. A whole night passed, then Zetsu finally broke the stiff silence. "Our location has been discovered. The enemy approaches."
"Which enemy is that?" Deidara reacted first.
Zetsu continued without even acknowledging the blond's question. "And they seem to be fairly powerful. One of them is called Might Guy."
Itachi had no idea how Zetsu knew that name, but he listened closely to their conversation, because he was sure that he would be expected to speak up soon.
"Who's that?" Pein's question wasn't asked directly, but Itachi realized that he was the only one able to answer it properly.
"An elite leaf shinobi, a master of taijutsu. Don't take him lightly." Yes, Deidara, that was meant for you. Itachi just hoped that the sealing would be completed before the leaf ninjas figured out how to get through the barrier. Deidara and Sasori were the only ones with physical bodies here and they had a long journey in their feet.
No. Itachi didn't liked the idea of his lover fighting again at all.
Kisame immediately recognized the name of a man who managed to give him a nice kick few years back. "Aah, that strange beast again."
"We'll use that jutsu against him." Although the Leader didn't specify, everybody knew.
Hidan immediately started babbling and demanded to be sent after the powerful opponent. But Kisame's abilities seemed more suited for that task, so Pein decided to let the shark go after their mighty foe instead.
The short silence was once again interrupted by Zetsu's foul voice. "More intruders."
"You didn't cover your tracks very well, did you Deidara?" Pein targeted his unpleased look towards the artist.
"Well…as I said, the jinchuuriki host proved to be more powerful than we thought. Un."
That was a sentence which disturbed Itachi greatly and he felt a shiver of unease rolling down his spine. The way Deidara wavered in his normally confident speech pattern didn't sound right at all.
And of course Sasori couldn't miss an opportunity to mock the younger man. "You're a bumbler and a fool. Your methods are too crude for any sort of secret operation."
However hateful that might sound, Itachi already knew that this was only the puppet master's style of showing an interest in his companion. If he didn't respect Deidara, he would probably already have killed him, or simply ignored him.
"Crude? Hmpf. Call me crazy, but I remember your traps being pretty excessive too, my friend." And of course the blond devil wasn't far behind. Itachi enjoyed how his lover formed a rather peculiar friendship with his partner in crime.
"Why you!"
The wrathful growl was promptly interrupted by Pein. "Stop bickering amongst yourselves. Focus on the jutsu." Then their leader looked around in a need of another diversion. "Now then, who to send this time."
"Me! This time it must be me!" Hidan didn't know when to shut up.
But Zetsu presented a different idea. "This time leaf shinobi should go."
Itachi didn't like that thought much, but at least he could also check out the strength of their opponents and then consider if after finishing the sealing, he wouldn't have to rush for Deidara's aid. Although Deidara would probably hate him for it, he couldn't help it. And despite still lacking the opportunity to see his lover's state, he started to have a bad feeling about this.
"Very well. It's decided then."

Deidara curiously peaked in Itachi's direction. Did the raven already noticed his missing arm? He didn't seem to be looking his way at all. Was it good sign or a bad one? He actually caught himself being curious about his lover's reaction. Somewhere deep inside he wanted for Itachi to be concerned about him, to soothe him when he comes back. Yet, he would never admit that even to himself.
The artist knew that Kakuzu would simply stitch his torn off limb back, but it would surely take few weeks before he'll be able to move it again properly. He didn't have the healing abilities of Hidan. But would Itachi be moved a little when the information reached him? Would he even care?
He remembered all the warnings Itachi gave him the night before he left the hideout. But was it because the raven held actual feelings for him, or because he simply wanted him for sex? Deidara has never been loved, nor had he fallen in love with someone before, so all those thoughts were completely new to him.
But when he looked at the stoic face, eyelids firmly shut, not particularly interested in anything else but combat his temporary body was in, he somehow couldn't imagine that the cold and arrogant man was actually able to care for someone. Or could he? Wasn't it all just his own pride and prejudice? Maybe fear even? Fear of rejection? Did that mean that he cared for Itachi as well? Damn feelings! Messing with his head. He should ask Itachi. Or rather not? Why the hell couldn't he just make up his mind? Not like the endless flood of questions would going to help him with anything.
Deidara listened faintly as Pein announced the outside fights finished and praised Itachi and Kisame for job well done. He smirked when Sasori spoke up, unpleased that their leader forgot about his part of contribution. Then silence claimed the cave all over again and he decided to stay put and not cause any more trouble. But when he heard Itachi's voice, he couldn't help himself and sneaked another peak towards his lover's angle. The raven was just giving the received information about the enemy to Pein and Deidara couldn't be less interested in what he was saying, but his gentle voice made his spine tingle nevertheless.

Many hours passed before Pein finally announced entering the final stage of the sealing and Itachi felt his patience grow thin. With every other hour it was harder to focus on the jutsu and not look Deidara's way. He certainly didn't appreciate the silence coming from the stone finger where his lover stood. He was quiet for too long and it was starting to be highly suspicious.
"What should we do about those annoying flies?" Kisame's question caught his attention. Of course, Kakashi Hatake. Itachi wasn't very happy with the presence of the copy ninja too close to Deidara, who had a hard fight and long sealing behind him, nor was he thrilled about Naruto Uzumaki being too close because he was somehow sure that Deidara wouldn't let the opportunity to catch another Jinchuuriki slip though his fingers just like that. What he did enjoy, on the other hand, was the image of Deidara's raging face. If his proud lover knew how much Itachi was concerned about his well-being, he would probably consider it patronizing or something similarly foolish. And he was always so adorable when angry.
"They're getting closer." Zetsu's whisper made him focus back on the conversation.
"Not a problem. We've delayed them enough." Despite the approaching danger, Pein seemed calm. "And we also have a back-up plan." Why wouldn't he, he wasn't the one forced to fight the opponents.
"Meaning the two of us will have to finish them off. Un." It looked like Deidara was ecstatic as ever for the image of another battle. Yet, Itachi wasn't.
"Let's hurry and get this done, Deidara. We have some guests on the way and we've got to make sure we're ready for them." At least Sasori still managed to keep his head cool.
"That's right we need to prepare a warm welcome! Un." That enthusiastic fool. Just don't do anything stupid!
The raven felt his skin itch, only few hours and it would be done and then…then he would be forced to wait again. With the irritating stone in his stomach, full of fear of losing one of the only two people he cared about in this world.
"It is complete."
Sasori spoke up and with one word expressed everybody's thoughts. "Finally."
"So in the end it did take three full days and nights." Deidara said.
Although for some of us it was more like years. Itachi couldn't stop the slight impatient frown, he just wanted to get this over with and have Deidara in his arms, safe and sound.
A fierce bang echoed in the cave when something strong hit the huge stone forming a barrier between the inside and outside world.
"Hm, it's getting noisy out there." Pein turned towards the exit and everybody else followed his example.
"It seems that they have made it here." Kisame pointed out the obvious.
"But which group? Was it the one Kisame was holding up, or is it…?"
Don't even think about it, Deidara! Itachi might seem calm, but his blood was boiling. Of course he was thinking about it, the idea of catching another Jinchuuriki was just too tempting to pass. Especially for someone who above else desired recognition.
Although it seemed that the situation couldn't get any worse, Zetsu somehow managed to bring even more trouble to Itachi's mind. "It's both of them."
"There is one more Jinchuuriki here, right?" The voice of Sasori's puppet was teasing and it took few seconds before Itachi realized that the comment was aimed on him. "Oh, don't be jealous now, Itachi."
He wasn't. He couldn't care less about another Jinchuuriki standing right behind the barrier, because all he wanted was to be finally out of here so he could complete the mission and head back to the Akatsuki hideout. Where Deidara would hopefully be waiting for him.
Hidan seemed to share Itachi's impatience and along with Kakuzu promptly disappeared, soon followed by Zetsu.
"What about the intruders?" Pein demanded.
But Kisame wasn't concerned about the enemy standing right behind the door. "I wouldn't lose too much sleep over them. We don't even know if they can get in here."
Unlike Itachi. "Don't underestimate them." Deidara.
He somehow wanted to warn his lover, to let him know that he cares, that the only thing he wanted is to have him in his arms again, but it would be too suspicious if he suggested such a thing. "You should know better, Kisame." So he settled with teasing his partner.
"Well, they do have good strength going for them, I give them that." That could be enough, maybe Deidara will now reconsider all the reckless plans he might have had.
"Sasori! Deidara! Take care of our new friends outside." The sarcasm couldn't be heard as Pein strictly set his orders.
"I had a feeling you'd say that. Un."
Itachi almost rolled his eyes. That excited tone of his. Deidara, you will never learn! This was going to be another long day before the artist would come back. Itachi almost started calculating how long it would take him to scoot all the way towards the cavern to help his careless lover.
"But I want the Jinchuuriki alive!" The leader once again repeated the command he gave many times before.
And that was soon followed by very irritated Understood from Sasori.
"Well, I suppose we'll be leaving too." Kisame threw his spying glance over to Itachi who never betrayed his serene features and the whole time managed to stare only in front of him or nowhere with eyelids shut. Leaving the shark's contemplations about his relationship with Deidara unconfirmed and paying the price of having no idea how much damaged state his lover was in.
"Itachi." Right before disappearing they were stopped by Sasori. "This Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, what is he like?"
What is he like? The raven wavered. He had no intention of saying anything which could make Deidara want to chase after that stupid kid over the edge of the world. But Pein grew restless.
"He's the one who bursts in and barks first." So Itachi gave as less information as he could.
"What do you mean?" Which was of course met with an unsatisfied growl from Sasori.
"Could you be a little more specific?" And a wave of annoyance from Deidara.
But all Itachi could be was ready to be away from that claustrophobic place. He didn't want to share a single stare with that blond devil, let alone a whole sentence. Because three days of maintaining control were too long even for him and if he was to just glance towards his lover's direction, he could lose it as quickly as a bull loses its cool when placed in front of a red flag. So he simply disappeared, without a word.

Anything above a few hours would be too much to bare and waiting till the next day before the mission has finally been accomplished, was just too long. To hell with Kisame, to hell with everybody. He simply wanted to go back and wrap his arms around his lover at last. Kiss his golden hair and never let go. He would cherish the moment and wouldn't allow anyone to part him from that stubborn wonder for at least several days. Not even if Deidara himself would get annoyed by his constant presence. But his lover is surely waiting for him. He must be!
His steps were urgent and he wasn't in the slightest interested in Kisame's interrogative pursuits. It was more than highly unusual for Itachi to act impatiently and when he almost smashed down the massive double door, he already knew that the shark will never leave this be. But let his blue head full of pointy teeth explode from speculating over Itachi's weir actions. The raven had just one goal, one place he wanted to reach – Deidara's room.
"Hey man!" His hasty pace was stopped by Hidan, walking through the main hall. "Have you heard? Ha!"
Itachi grew restless. "No. What?" His oddly impolite tone was met with ignorance and instead of an answer, Hidan burst out in a throaty laugh. "I see…" The raven uttered as calmly as he managed and passed the priest, swiftly hurrying towards the residential quarter.
"Wait! You have to hear this! It's fucking hilarious! That dickhead Deidara…" another laughing seizure. But the name made Itachi stop.
"What about him?" He turned around and tried to ignore Kisame's spying look measuring him with interested gaze.
"That useless piece of shit not just let the leaf brat escape, but he also got his other fucking hand torn off!" The white haired man had to bend in waist under the unstoppable trembles of amusement.
Other hand?
Torn off?
Hidan probably expected to squeeze at least a chuckle from his standoffish face, but Itachi didn't find anything hilarious about the image of Deidara without hands or any other limbs for that matter.
"Well isn't he a nifty one." Kisame couldn't hold a teasing comment and with his small black eyes anticipated Itachi's reaction. But the raven haired man just stood there, trying to grasp what was Hidan actually trying to tell him.
Forcing his body to calm down, the deadly onyx gaze fell upon the priest fainting from laughter. "Hidan, tell me. Where is Deidara now?" Itachi asked with the most lethal tone.
The priest finally stopped and returned Itachi's vicious stare. "In his fucking room, where else he could be? Probably mourning over that dead moron Sasori." His amused grin was replaced by a dumb look as he was hopelessly trying to understand Itachi's plain question. But the raven had no intention of explaining himself. He promptly turned around and more hastily than ever before continued his pace towards his initial goal.
It took him mere seconds before he stormed in his lover's room. Not really bothering with knocking or any other polite manner. "Deidara! You reckless idiot! What have you done?" He fired out. Maybe a little louder than usual, because the blond man jumped on his bed and pierced him with horrified blue stare.
Itachi waited, with the handle still seized in his fingers, he studied every single twitch in his lover's face. But Deidara was just sitting there, on the bed with hands poorly sewn by Kakuzu's thick black thread. For a while, he was unable to grasp what he could possibly do to deserve this wrathful stance. But then his face lightened up for a while and right after that a shadow of a deep frown devoured his angelic features.
"Yeah. I know. I know. I let the Jinchuuriki escape. But it wasn't all my fault…un. And why are you so interested, anyway. Not like it's any of your business!" His voice was stubbornly deep. He was obviously trying to defend himself from the scary onyx gaze and his heavenly blue eyes drifted away from Itachi's figure.
Itachi couldn't believe his ears. "I couldn't care less about the Jinchuuriki! You little fool! I meant your hands, what have you done to yourself?" He closed the door behind him and with few long steps towered himself above the blond devil.
"Well…heh, it was the best strategy I could come up with." Deidara started to explain. "And the other one…Hmpf. That was just unfortunate." The tone of his voice was clumsy. He obviously didn't know how to react to Itachi's sudden intrusion of his privacy.
The raven's face melted and his whisper was full of pain. "Deidara…" He suddenly wished for nothing else but embrace that little man sadly crouching on the edge of the huge mattress.
"But don't you dare take pity on me! I don't need that shit! Not from you!" Deidara promptly fired up on his feet, forcing his electric eyes full of newly gain sparkles burn against Itachi's dark gaze. "And why are you so angry about that? Hm?" His frown grew from irritated to somber.
"If you really have to ask that question, you're even more thickheaded than I thought." Itachi was no longer trying to remain calm. He let his face be drowned with hurt when his sight strolled down to those loosely hanging limbs.
"Yeah, maybe!" Deidara admitted quietly. His brain was boiling as he was trying to figure out the thoughts of the man opposite. He hated the look Itachi was giving him. Did he feel sorry for him? That was unacceptable! No one should feel sorry for him! Not now! Not ever! "Well okay! My hands are screwed. But Kakuzu already stitched them back… it'll take few weeks before they'll be working again, but they'll be fine, so if you're concerned about that thing, you'll just have to wait!" He snapped when he could no longer bare the tingling sensation from his lover's affectionate eyes. The warmth of his onyx glance was giving him goose-bumps and since he didn't wear a shirt it was starting to be obvious as well. He had no intention to let Itachi know how big impact a single look had on his body.
Those dark eyes slightly widened with surprise. "How can you…" Itachi gently gasped. Was he really trying to chase him away? After all that? How else he could possibly show him that he actually cares? Was the blond miracle really this oblivious to everything Itachi said or did?
"Easy! Now leave me alone. I'm really not in the mood. Un." He spit and tilted his face away. If his hands could move, he would probably fold them on his chest and finished that childish stance.
But Itachi wasn't going to simply walk away, that was never his intention. Just like he promised to himself before he marched through the main door. He would not leave Deidara's side. Not even if the little fool started yelling and screaming on him to get lost. It wasn't like he could push him out with his lifeless hands.
"I'm sorry about your friend." Itachi said softly. There was nothing more he could do, but he knew that this was just the thing that his lover needed to hear, something that he could hardly expect from any other Akatsuki member.
Deidara rolled his eyes with fake annoyance and for a moment Itachi resisted the urge to slap his rude face. But he knew that what the blond needed, was simply more time. He had to adjust to show weakness in front of other people. Especially people who he had hated for such a long time.
The blond's lips tensed before he squeezed the sentence through his teeth. "He wasn't… hmpf." Then his muscles gave up and his head fell down, propping itself on Itachi's chest. "Whatever." The resigned sigh was full of desperation and Itachi wavered for a while, considering if he shouldn't just devour that rattling form in a warm hug.
But then he decided to give his lover a little more space. "Deidara, let me help you." He gently asked for permission and waited for the reaction.
The smaller man rose his head and snuggled closer, placing his chin on Itachi's shoulder, then buried his face into his neck. The raven hesitantly wrapped his arms around the naked torso and tenderly embraced his lover.
Deidara let out a defeated whisper. "Fine."
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