"Shizune!" Tsunade yelled.

"Y-Yes lady Tsunade!!" Shizune replied shaking a little.

"Go find Sakura! I'm pretty sure that she is still at the training grounds with Naruto!"

"Y-yes! I'm on it!" Shizune said running out the door, she ran out of the building and headed for the training grounds out in the forest. Sakura and Naruto were there talking and Kakashi was sitting in a tree reading his book.

"Sakura!!!" a voice called, Sakura looked over and saw Shizune.

"Oh, hey Shizune!" Sakura said smiling, Shizune was panting.

"Lady Tsunade…Would like to see you…she has… a mission for you…" Shizune said trying to catch her breathe. Sakura nodded and then turned to Naruto.

"I have to go, see ya soon!" Sakura said as she was running quickly to Tsunade's office.

"Wait for me Sakura!" Shizune yelled, and the she started running after Sakura. Sakura was running though town.

"Hey Sakura!" Ino called,

"Hey Ino! I can't talk right now! Tsunade wants to see me!" Sakura replied.

"Okay! See ya later!!" Ino said with a smile, Sakura knocked on Tsunade's door.

"You may enter." Tsunade said Sakura opened the door; she poked her head in and then entered the room. Everything was silent until Shizune broke the silence by running through the door. She was breathing heavily and then she sat down in a chair.

"F-Finally h-here!" Shizune said, Sakura turned away from Shizune and then back to Tsunade.

"Sakura, I have a mission for you, it's and A ranked mission…" Tsunade started.

"So what's the mission?" Sakura asked curiously, Tsunade sighed.

"You are being sent to spy on the Akatsuki, you must go alone because if there is more then one of you then you will be noticed easily…You must be careful, you know about the Akatsuki don't you?" Tsunade asked staring at Sakura. Sakura nodded.

"Yes, I do. They're a group of nine nasty S rank criminals." Sakura said.

"Very good, you'll need to gather up your supplies, and make sure you have plenty of weapons just in case you get into a battle, make sure you have some spare clothes and food and water." Tsunade said, "And once you're done packing come back here there is one more thing you must know." Sakura nodded and then ran out the door to her house; she went to her room and gathered all of her stuff. Her spare clothes, a lot of weapons, food, and water. She ran out the door back to Tsunade's office. She opened the door and walked in. Tsunade saw her and stood up, she walked over to Sakura.

"So what was it that you wanted to tell me?" Sakura asked, Tsunade grabbed Sakura's hand and placed something in it. Sakura looked down at the object.

"This is a communicator, if things get bad enough where you need someone's help then just press this button right here." Tsunade pointed to a small button the communicator. "And if you do call, then I will know because I also have a little box that will tell me. And then I'll get some ninja's and hand them this screen. And then once they leave the village the should be able to track you." It was silent for a couple of moments.

"And one more thing, if this communicator breaks then I will get an emergency call, and then I will send more ninja's to go search by the spot where your communicator last had signal." Tsunade said, Sakura nodded, "Now you may go say some last minute good byes. But i expect you out of the village in 15 minutes." Sakura ran out the door, she first saw Hinata, Ino, and Tenten hanging out by the flower shop.

"Hey where are you going?" Hinata asked.

"I'm going on a mission!! So I'm making a few good byes!!" Sakura said as she hugged them and then she ran off. Next she saw Lee; he saw her and then smiled and waved. She waved back.

"Sakura where are you going?" Lee asked curiously.

"I'm going on a mission and I'm saying good bye to a few people!!" Sakura said still smiling.

"Well good luck on your mission!" Lee said as they gave each other a hug and then Sakura ran off. She saw a few more people that she said good bye to, and then she ran off to the training grounds, she only had 5 minutes until she had to leave. She saw Naruto sittin on a tree stump, he looked up and saw her running, he smiled and then jumped off the stump.

"Naruto, I'm leaving for a mission, so i wanted to say good bye, I've only got 5 minutes until I have to leave." Sakura said, Naruto's smile turned to a frown.

"So what's your mission?" Naruto asked staring at Sakura, Sakura sighed.

"I have to spy on the Akatsuki..." Sakura got cut off by Naruto. "What?! Is anyone going with you?!" He asked urgently, Sakura shook her head no.

"You can't go alone!" Naruto said, Sakura made a fist.

"You think I can't handle myself?!" Sakura shouted causing Naruto to step back. "I'm strong enoguh to take care of myself! You don't have to worry about me so much! I'm not weak!" Sakura turned and started walking angrily away from Naruto. And then Sakura arrived at the gate. The guard walked up to her.

"Shall i tell lady Tsunade that you're leaving now?" the guard asked.

"Yes please." Sakura said as she walked past the guard, she was now out of the village. A tear ran down Sakura's cheek as she thought about what happened between her and Naruto, she wiped the tear away and focused on her mission. She started running towards the Akatsuki base.

She was about 45 feet away from the Akatsuki base when she hid behind a tree, and peerd over the tree to see if anyone was there. Nobody in sight, she went a little closer to the base when she quickly hid herself because she heard a rustle in the bushes, she threw a shuriken at the bush. Nothing happned, the bush didn't move. And then something scared her, there was a whisper behind her, it said, "What are you doing, un?" Sakura slowly turned her head to look behind her, her eyes widened and her face had the look of pure horror on it. Sakura jumped backwards but lost her balance and fell back. The person had blonde hair, it was up in a pont tail with a thick lair of bangs hanging over that took up half of his face. He reminded her of Ino. The person stepped closer and Sakura went backwards, she scrambled to her feet.

"W-Who are you?" Sakura asked shaking.

"I am Deidara." Deidara said as he walked a little closer, Sakura walked backwards and hit a tree. 'Come on! pull it together Sakura!' Sakura thought, she kicked the ground causing it to shadder, Deidara jumped to the side, Sakura started to run the opposite direction. And then a figure appeared in front of her, she looked up and saw Itachi Uchiha staring down at her. He lifted his hand and then knocked Sakura out. Sakura fell to the ground.

"Deidara, take her and lock her in a room and watch her." Itachi said calmly.

"Fine, un." Deidara said as he walked over to Sakura, Itachi disappeared. Deidara swung Sakura over his shoulder and walked to the base. He opened the door and walked in.

"Hey Deidara, who's that?" Kisame asked and then everyone stared.

"I don't know her name but she was outside heading toward base, and judging by her head band she's from Konoha." Deidara said as he left the room. He walked to a different room and then set Sakura on the ground.

'What? What happened? Where am I?' Sakura thought as she woke up, she sat up and saw that Deidara was staring at her.

"So you're finally awake, un?" Deidara asked. Sakura gave him an angry look. "Hey why are you looking at me like that?" deidara asked tilting his head little, Sakura kept the same face and stayed silent.

"Um, are you okay, un?" Deidara asked.

"Shut your trap!" Sakura shouted angrily.

"Don't talk to me like that, un!" Deidara shouted turning his head back to it's normal position.

"You're not the boss of me!" Sakura yelled, this made Deidara get angry and impatient. He reached into his bag and got some clay, he created a clay spider. He threw it at Sakura once it got close enough he made it explode. "Katsu!" after all the smoke cleared up Deidara tried to see if he got her. He didn't, she moved out of the way just in time, now there was a hole in the wall. 'Yes! He fell for it!' Sakura thought as she ran through the big hole in the wall.

"Dang it I gotta catch her!" Deidara mumbled to himself. Sakura was running down the long hall way, Deidara was about 15 feet behind her. She was running down the hallway when she saw a big room where more Akatsuki members were sitting, she punched the ground making it crumble and then it hit another wall and that wall had a big hole in it. Sakura quickly ran across the gap that was between her and the hole in the wall. The Akatsuki saw her run by and then they saw Deidara.

"Deidara how'd she get out of that room?" Sasori asked.

"I accidently made a hole in the wall and she got out! Help me catch her, un!" Deidara said quickly and then he ran through the hole in the wall and the rest of the Akatsuki were right behind him. Sakura looked back and saw all of the Akatsuki members running after her. She was coming to a dead end, Sakura raised her fist and punched the wall. The wall shaddered, she jumped and landed on the ground and started running. And then a big swird came right in front of her, it was sharo and looked kinda like gills and it was wrapped in white clothe stuff. This caused Sakura to slow down and then trip. She landed flat on her face, she tried to get to her feet but someone grabbed the back of her shirt. Sakura started kicking and screaming, "LET ME GO DARN IT!"

"No cando, un." Deidara said lifting Sakura up.

"AND WHY EXACTLY NOT?!" Sakura screamed still kicking, luckily she kept that communicator in her glove, she took it out and pressed the button alot.

"Hey what's that, un?" Deidara asked, taking the communicator from Sakura and holding Sakura with one arm by his side. He looked at it and then threw it at the ground, it broken into millions of tiny pieces. Sakura didn't show any reaction to this, she just smiled.

"What are you smiling at, un?' Deidara asked looking at sakura. She looked up at him.

"None of your business jerk face!" Sakura shouted angrily, Deidara was getting really ticked off with her yelling at him. He disappeared and reappeared in a different room. He threw her at a wall, she fell to the ground and quickly stood up. "What the freak was that all about?!" Sakura yelled making a fist.

"Shut up! And quit yelling at me! You'll be sorry, un!" Deidara yelled, Sakura leaned against the wall and sighed. "Sorry..." Sakura said looking down.

***

Mean while at Konoha

Naruto, Kakashi, and Sakura's friends, Ino, Tenten, Hinata, and Rock Lee were there. And even Neji, Shikamaru, and Choji were there. "Where is she?!" Naruto yelled, Tsunade stood up and handed him the screen.

"We got alot of calls for help and then the comunnicator got smashed. So we think that she's in trouble and the Akatsuki might have found her." Tsunade said staring at Naruto. "You need to go to the spot where her communicator last had signal, search around there and if you find her bring her back."

"Of course we'll bring her back!" Naruto yelled as he ran out the door, the others followed. They ran out of the village.

***

At the Akatsuki base

"Deidara! Get Sakura move her to a different location! Some of the leaf village brats are coming to get her!" Kisame said when he slammed the door open, Deidara stood up. "Well you heard what he said, lets get going, un." Deidara said looking at Sakura, Sakura didn't look at him.

"No, I'm staying here, I'm going back to my village." Sakura said still not looking at Deidara. "Fine then I'll make you come, un." Deidara said as he walked over to Sakura, he hit her in her presure point. She fell over, Deidara picked her up and swung her over his shoulder. He ran out the door to see sasori waiting for him.

"What took ya so long?" Sasori asked. "The little brat wouldn't come so i had to knock her out, un." Deidara said, and then Sasori ran out the door and Deidara followed him. "So where are we taking her, un?" Deidara asked looking at Sasori. "We're taking her to a cave, and once we get there you need to tie her up so she can't escape." Sasori said still looking foward. Deidara nodded, Sasori went faster Deidara did the same. And then they made it to a cave, Deidara went in with Sakura and Sasori stayed outside to watch to see if anyone comes. Deidara tied sakura up and then set her down by the wall of the cave far away from the exit and then he sat down.

***

With Naruto and the others

"We're getting close!" Naruto yelled back to the other ninja. "Yes, but knowing the Akatsuki they probably knew we were coming and moved Sakura to a different location!" Kakashi replied, Naruto sighed, "Well lets hope not!" 'If they do anything to hurt you Sakura I'll never forgive myself, and I'll hunt down and destroy the person who hurt you!' Naruto thought. 'Sakura, Please be okay. Even though we're rivals you're still my beest friend, and if I ever see you again I'll be sure to tell you hat.' Ino thought. Neji caught up with Hinata he was jumping right beside her.

"It'll be alright Hinata, we will find Sakura." Neji said to her, Hinata nodded, but she still had a really worried look on her face. Lee was jumping abotu two branches away from Tenten. "Sakura..." He whispered, Tenten looked over and saw Lee's said expession. She jumped right next to the branch next to Lee. "Lee? Are you going to be alright?" Tentne asked looking at Lee, "I don't know. I really hope we find her, I wouldlike to see her at least one more time." Lee said looking down still the same sad expression on his face. Tentne smiled but you could still tell that she was sad too. "It's okay Lee, I'm worried too. But we will find her, we won't give up until we find her. Deal?" Tenten asked. Lee gave her a little smile. "Deal." He said.

"Ya think she'll be alright?" Choji asked. Shikamaru looked foward. "Yea, she should be alright, she can handle herself perfectly. But still we need to find her quick she may be strong but she can't take the Akatsuki on all by herself." Shikamaru said, Choji looked at Shikamaru. "Yea, well let's keep our eyes peeled, like Kakashi said they mught've moved her to a different location." Choji said. Shikamaru nodded.

***

With Sakura

"What? Where the heck am I?" Sakura whispered to herself, she tried to stand up but her ankles and knees were tied together and her wrists were tied together behind her back. 'What the...I'm tied up? What the heck happened? Oh that's right, I heard that some ninjas' from my village were coming to get me. I refused to go with deidara, he walked over to me and then it all went black.' Sakura looked around when she realized that she was in a cave, the cave dimly lit with a lantern that sat on the ground. Next to the lantern she saw Deidara looking at her. "Where the heck am I?! Why am I tied up?! And why can't I go back with my village?!" Sakura shouted angrily. "We're in a cave. You're tied up so you can't escape. And you can't go back with your village because we're waiting for the nine tailed fox kid to come and try to save. It would break his heart to see you die right in front of him, un." Deidara said with a grin, Sakura's eyes widened. "W-What are you gonna do to me?" Sakura asked shaking. Deidara laughed. "Just kidding, un." Sakura sighed. 'Naruto, please hurry and come help me!' Sakura thought. "How far are we from your base thing?" Sakura asked curiously. "Why would you wanna know that, un?" Deidara asked staring at Sakura. "No reason." Sakura lied. 'Oh yea! If he tells us, and if we're close enough we might be able to scream and someone may here us, Cha!' Inner Sakura said. 'Shut up! You'll ruin it!' Sakura thought. 'He can't here me!' Inner Sakura said. 'Oh right. Sorry.' Sakura thought. 'It's okay.' Inner Sakura said.

"Are you gonna tell me?' Sakura asked staring at Deidara.

Deidara was thinking. "We're about two miles away from the base, un." Deidara said, Sakura smiled. "What are you smiling at, un?" Deidara asked, Sakura took a deep breath, and then she screamed as loud as she could. Deidara was immediately over to Sakura he put his hand over her mouth and stopped the screaming, he put tape over her mouth so she couldn't talk anymore.

***

With Naruto and the others

Sakura's scream echoed off through the forest, Naruto and the others heard her.

"Did you guys hear that?!" Naruto asked looking back at the others, the nodded and then they went to the direction where they heard Sakura's scream come from. The Akatsuki knew that they were going in the direction of the cave and they headed to the cave, they made it there before Naruto and the others did because they wer closer to the cave.

"They're coming this way, they heard her scream." Itachi said to Sasori, Sasori nodded and the Akatsuki hid themselves. Naruto and the others made it to the cave where Sakura was, they were walking toward the cave when the Akatsuki came out of hiding and went in front of the cave entrance.

"What have you guys done with Sakura?!" Naruto yelled, Sakura heard him. She cut a big hole in the tape with her teeth. "NARUTO!!" Sakura screamed Deudara went over to Sakura punched her stomach to stop her from yelling and then he put more tape over her mouth. "Sakura?! Sakura are you alright?! Give her back! NOW!" Naruto yelled angrily. Deidara came out of the cave holding Sakura, Sakura's eyes were half open. "SAKURA!" Naruto sceamed, Sakura didn't move, but she was crying. "GIVE HER BACK!" Naruto yelled, he ran at Deidara. Itachi came in front of Deidara, he blocked Naruto's pynch, he could tell that Naruto wasn't yet strong enough to get Sakura back. He shoved Naruto backwards. "You're not strong enough to get her back yet. Train more, get stronger, we will meet again, and don't worry...your percious Sakura will still be alive." Itachi said and then all of the Akatsuki disappeared, and they took Sakura with them.

"Sakura no!" Naruto yelled as he scrambled to his feet. He ran to the spot where sakura once was. "It's no use Naruto... She's gone." Kakashi said sadly.

'Sakura, I guess I'll have to wait to tell you how much i enjoy being your friend, I hope you'll still enjoy being my friend too.' Ino thought. As they were leaving Hinata started crying, Neji gave her a hug. "It's okay Hinata, you heard what Itachi said, we'll see her sooner or later, and she'll still be alive...don't worry." Neji said trying to comfort Hinata. "Still... it won't be the same... without her at the village. And... who knows what they'll do to her... while they're waiting for Naruto and... us to get stronger..." Hinata said still sobbing. Neji couldn't think of anything to say to her, she had a point. Who knows what would happen. "still, just stay calm, we'll see her again, she can handle herself, she'll be fine." Neji Reassured her. Hinata nodded and wiped away her tears, but she was still sad. Tenten was traveling next to Lee again, when she noticed that a tear slid down his cheek. "Lee? Are you gonna be alright? I know that you're upset that they took her again, but so are the rest of us." Tenten said looking at Lee. "Yea, but you have no idea how much Sakura meant to me." Lee said sadly. "How do you think Naruto feels? He's been on the same team as her, he's known her for half of his life, he's had a crush on her longer then you have. And then she just got taken away from him. And before Sakura left the village him and her had a little argument, he didn;t even get to say sorry to her for not believing that she could take care of herself." Tenten said, Lee's eyes widened a little. She had a point, Naruto has known her longer, and had a crush on her longer and has been on the same team as her. And now besides Kakashi, there's no squad 7 left in the village. Sasuke left to go train with Orochimaru, and then Sakura was taken away by force. "I guess your right. Lets hoep that she'll be alright until we see her next." Lee said, Tentne nodded and then they both looked ahead.

"It really sucks that sakura was taken away." Choji said. "yea i know. I wonder how Naruto is feeling right now. We better not ask him, he'd get mad at us mentioning Sakura to him." Shikamaru said, Choji nodded. "right."