Reunion

Sasori's POV

"Come on Deidara, put some more effort into your moves!" I shouted, blocking a kick he threw at me.

"I am danna un," he said, trying to hit me with a punch.

"You're not brat, how do you expect to improve if you don't try?" I said, trying to motivate him at least a little.

"Whatever un," he mumbled, throwing a kick to my face with even less effort than his other attempts. I was trying to get his mind off of what happened but this didn't seem to be working.

"Fine brat, let's take a break," I said, sitting down. He also sat down but just stared at the ground glumly.

"Why aren't you trying as hard as usual brat?" I asked. I knew it was because of his sister, but I wanted to hear him say it. It might make him feel better.
"…."

"Deidara!"

"…" Well that was just great; he went back to giving me the silent treatment again.

"Danna un," he suddenly spoke up.

"What is it?" I tried asking as nicely as I could.

"I can't stop thinking about her un…"

I just didn't say anything, I knew what he was going through was hard but I honestly didn't know what to tell the kid. I had never been good with situations like these, even when I was human.

"Come on; let's go back to the base. We've done enough training for today," I said, getting up and beginning to walk back.

"Ok un," he mumbled, following after me. I wanted to help him. It had been a week already and I had tried training with him every day to try and keep his mid off of his sister, but it didn't seem to be working. I've also had to drag him out of bed for pretty much every meal.

Deidara's POV

I knew Sasori-no-danna was only trying to help, but I just couldn't seem to keep my sister off of my mind. To tell the truth, I didn't even know the particular event that made Nishi hate me. She used to like me at one time, but that was when we were really young.

Flashback

"Oh, so you're that freak's sister!?" an ANBU with a wolf mask jeered.

"Shut up, he's not a freak!" a five-year-old Nishi shouted back.

"Watch your mouth brat," he growled.

"Then quit saying those things about my brother,"

"I can say what I want," he sneered.

"Shut up!"

"I thought I told you to watch your mouth," he growled, running at her. The ANBU raised his hand, ready to hit her, but was stopped.

"Leave my sister alone un!" Deidara shouted, throwing the ANBU's hand away.

"Stupid freak," he grumbled, knocking Deidara out of the way.

"Deidara!" Nishi said, running over to him.

"Tch, you two aren't even worth my time," he said, walking off.

Flashback end

Back then she didn't hate me like she does now. I sighed lightly, causing Sasori-no-danna to briefly glance back at me. Yeah, things were so much simpler back then…

"Brat, are you seriously going to do this again?" I heard Sasori danna asking. Yeah, I had refused to get out of bed again; but until we got another mission I really had no need to.

"Are you going to make me drag you out again brat?" he asked stepping closer. I grabbed some clay I had with me and made a small bomb. As he was almost there I threw them out at him and detonated it.

"Stupid brat!" I heard Sasori danna shout. I then glanced out from under the covers to see him stomp out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Maybe I should try to get a little sleep now that danna would probably stop bugging me for a while.

I was just about to fall asleep when I suddenly felt something dumped all over me. I quickly threw the covers off to see Sasori danna smirking and holding a bowl.

"You wouldn't come out and eat so I brought the food to you," he explained. What is wrong with him? I glared at him hatefully and got out of bed. I was about to walk away when he grabbed my wrist and began to pull me down the hallway.

"Come on brat, you need to eat," he said as we entered the kitchen. What didn't he understand about me not being hungry? Just as I was about to speak Kisame walked into the room.

"What happened to you?" he asked.

"Sasori dumped food on me," I grumbled. He then walked out of the room, barely stifling laughter. Oh great, I probably look so stupid right now… This was one of the reasons I chose not to leave my room. I didn't want to talk or really even see anyone at the moment.

Getting up, I quickly left the room before Sasori could stop me and went back to my room. I set up land mines around my bed. I didn't want to be dragged out again.

Sasori's POV

Why did the brat have to make things so difficult, I was only trying to help him. At that moment, leader sama walked in, interrupting my thoughts.

"Ah, Sasori, listen, I know I said I would let you not go on missions until things were worked out, but, I need you to do this," he said.

"Do what?" I asked. Great, now I would have to drag him out of bed again and then make him cooperate on a mission.

"I just need you two to go to the nearby village to get some supplies for the base," he explained.

"Ok, I'll go get Deidara," I said getting up and leaving. Oh well, at least it was an excuse to get him outside… I walked into the room to see that he was back in bed again.

"Brat get up! We have a mission," I said.

"No un," he grumbled from under the covers. I began to walk closer to drag him out but quickly jumped back as I was almost exploded by a bomb. I was about to shout at him but calmed myself; where would screaming at the brat get me? Sighing I tried again, this time making it past the landmines he had set.

"Come on brat, you can't just ignore missions," I said, trying to get him to cooperate. He just groaned, causing me to sigh.

"I can't believe your making me do this again brat…" I mumbled, grabbing his wrist and dragging him out of bed.

"Pick up your landmines," I said and watched as he did so.

"Now come on brat."

"I don't want to un," he whined. I sighed for what felt like the millionth time and began to drag him through the base. Once we got out the door I expected him to get up and stop acting like this; he didn't. I continued to drag him down the road towards the village.

He better not make me drag him through the village when we get there too.

"Come on brat, just get up already. You're going to have to come anyway so you might as well not be so difficult," I said, trying to reason with him again

"Fine un," he said, finally standing up. We continued to walk at a slightly faster pace now that I didn't have to drag him.

"What's the mission un?" he asked after a while.

"We're going to the nearby village to get some supplies for the base," I explained. He was silent the whole rest of the way until we got to the village.

"Okay brat, I'm going to get the supplies. Go and do what you want, just don't cause any trouble and stay in the village. We'll meet back here in an hour" I told him as we entered the village.

"Ok un."

Leaving the blonde, I walked through the village until I found the store where we always got our supplies. According to Kakuzu, everything here is half the price of normal stores. But the same thing goes for the quality.

Walking inside, I began to gather the supplies we needed.

As I reached the area where Deidara and I were supposed to meet, I was surprised to see him standing there waiting. Well that's strange; the brat's usually never on time…

"Hmm, you're here on time brat. What did you do?" I asked.

"Nothing un." So that's why, he's just been standing there this whole time.

"Okay brat, let's go."
I needed to do something about his depression soon; things obviously weren't getting better by just waiting and trying to keep his mind off of what happened. Maybe I could try to resolve the matter. But the only way to do that would be to let him see his sister.

It probably wasn't a good idea to bring Deidara back to Iwa, so the only option left would be to bring her here. It could work, but first I would need to convince leader Pein to let me go find her. And even then, it was pretty unlikely that she would cooperate. So there was a very slim chance that this would work and a large one that it will just end up making things worse. But I guess it's the only plan I have as of now.

My train of thought was broken as I realized we had reached the base. Doing the hand signs, Deidara and I walked in. He went back to the room while I put the supplies away.

Okay, now I need to go ask leader sama if I can go to Iwa, but that would mean telling him what happened. I guess I'm going to have to tell him if I want to get this issue resolved.

I walked down the hall to his room and knocked on the door.

"Come in," he said.

"What is it Sasori?" he asked once I was in.

"I need to go back to Iwa for something."

"What for?" he asked, looking slightly surprised. Sighing, I gave him a brief description of what happened and my plan to fix it.

"So you want to get his sister so they can resolve things?" he asked.

"Yes sir."

"Okay, just leave sometime today when you're ready. This problem needs to be solved as soon as possible," he said, gesturing for me to leave.

"Yes sir," I said, leaving the room to get ready. Now all I had to do was find his sister and bring her back here. Easier said than done…. I began packing up several puppet scrolls and weapons.

"Danna, what are you packing for?" I heard Deidara ask.

"I'm going on a solo mission," I answered. I didn't want to tell him that I was going to find his sister, and had asked leader sama and the other members not to tell him either. He might try and argue or want to come along; and that would just make things more difficult.

"Okay un," he said, going back under the covers of his bed. Once I was finished packing I got up and left the base. Finally, I might actually make some progress by doing this. I just have to hope that nothing goes wrong.