Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Sadly. XD

Title: Star-Crossed

Summary: Haruno Sakura was in deep trouble. She was stuck in a web of lies and deception. How the hell was she supposed to get out of this? Now with a certain blonde haired Akatsuki chasing after her, things have gotten way more complicated than she could handle.

Status: A work in progress!

Pairing: Deidara x Sakura, future triangles (hehe XD)

Rating: Soon to be M 8D but for now T, I suppose

Just so you know this is like a type of flashback to before Deidara joined Akatsuki and before Team 7 got separated

Chapter 1: First Meeting

Haruno Sakura was starting to panic as she continued to leap from branch to branch scanning the surrounding forest for her teammates. She could feel tears brimming in her eyes. How could she have been so dumb so..so.. Naruto. It was a simple C-rank mission to the Hidden Stone Village to send a scroll. Team 7 was on their way there when suddenly during the dead of night a heavy torrential rain shook them from their sleep. Of course, all four of them were already soaked to the bone when they attempted to search for shelter. But how could she have been separated from them? Sure it was really difficult to see since the heavy rain was obstructing her view but that was no excuse. Sasuke-kun would be so disappointed with her since one of the few basic rules of shinobi was to stick together no matter what, especially in an unknown territory. Wandering around mindlessly was utterly stupid.

Her long pink hair was plastered to her neck and face as she continued leaping from branch to branch. Her chakra reserves were starting to dwindle, and she knew she was at risk of getting a very serious cold if she did no try to get out of the rain. Her speed started to slow as she started to stumble and slip on the branches. She was so concentrated on trying to keep her pink locks from getting in her view her right foot slipped. She tried in vain to regain control and grab the branch with her chakra-induced hands.

She was falling.

At the last minute, she managed to twist her body and land on her hands and feet. Luckily, she had enough chakra to cushion her fall. But she knew she could not go any further. She rest her back on a huge trunk panting heavily. She covered her body with her arms trying to warm herself as much as possible. How was a 12-year-old Genin supposed to survive on her own? The tears she was trying so hard to hold back started to fall freely. She lifted her head to look at the surroundings one last time. Would her team find her? Would Sasuke-kun miss her? How she wished Sasuke-kun would appear and save her. Of course, no matter how hard she tried to steal his attention, the cold Uchiha would only look away and say, "You are so annoying." She had been hurt, but she did not give up and still worshipped the ground he walked on. Imagine her joy when she was teamed up with him. Never mind the loud blonde who was also in her team.

Surprisingly, she was starting to miss the rambunctious blonde. His unruly blonde hair and wide grin. Naruto would always get in her nerves and on every chance he got he would get into a competitive battle with Sasuke-kun.

She sniffed. It was impossible to try to stay awake when her body was screaming at her to get some rest. Her eyes were slowly staring to close when she heard noises from a bush nearby. A shadow was walking towards her. The heavy rain and her drowsiness were stopping her from recognizing who was coming. But the little voice in her head was hoping it would be Sasuke-kun saving her life.

"Sa-Sasuke-kun?" She managed before the darkness clouded her vision. The last thing she remembered was blonde hair and blue eyes.

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He was planning on escaping Iwa sooner. But he knew if he left, the Tsuchikage would send his shinobi after him and he would have no choice but to turn back to that damned village. That village was just stopping his passion: art. He loved how his creations would blow up. Showing off the beauty of things that could disappear in a blink of an eye. How his clay would fly off in many different directions – maybe with blood and a couple of limbs flying too – showing off its beauty. But that damned village always looked down on his art. Calling him a monster and a kid that would bring nothing but trouble. It was not his fault he was born with a strange bloodline limit not that he minded it anyway. He just refrained from shaking hands with anyone.

Unconsciously, the mouths in his hand licked their lips. He increased his speed. Who knew where he was heading? All he knew was that he was out of that village and would be able to perfect his art. The heavy rain would be able to erase his tracks and scent but he still masked his chakra just in case. By the time the rain stopped, he would be miles away from Iwa. Being a missing-nin at the age of 14 did not bother him at all. Even way before he was contemplating on leaving the village, he already felt left out. Suspicious glares from villagers and the ANBU that would always keep an eye on him. He did not like being caged and ostracized. The heavy rain gave him a chance to escape and he took it.

Travelling by a clay bird would be risky, as he would be seen from afar. His clay bird would also turn to mush due to the rain so he chose to travel by foot. He scanned the surrounding forest, to make sure he was not being followed. He would consider the surrounding clear and safe when a he sensed a flicker of something from afar. His body immediately tensed taking a battle stance. He tried to sense for anymore chakra signatures but found only one. And it was dwindling fast. He knew it did not pose a threat and continued his journey. But he could feel the chakra dwindling and becoming faint. He scowled and blamed his conscience for being merciful and made his way to the faint chakra signature.

He expected to see a bleeding shinobi left to die after a serious battle, but instead he found a girl with ridiculous pink hair! He cautiously walked closer to her. Her pink locks were plastered to her face and neck. Her face was pale and she was shivering wildly. Now that he found her here. What was he supposed to do? Leave her? End her misery? The last thought made him smirk. How amazing would it be blow her up? But he knew the explosion would only cause unnecessary attention. And hence, lead to his recapture. Again.

"Sa-Sasuke-kun?"

He looked down at the girl. Who the hell was this Sasuke? He sighed inwardly and scooped her up bridal style. Her body was cold and lifeless from being drenched in rain and using up her chakra reserves. How the hell did she end up here? As he started to find nearby shelter, he noticed something shiny. He looked down to find a hitae-ate tied to her head.

"Konoha nin," he muttered under his breath as he entered a cave he found. The cave was suspicious looking and was not warm enough. He wanted to delve deeper into the cave but did not want to risk finding something he disliked like a 30 feet long poisonous snake or an oversized hungry bear. So he placed her near the entrance of the cave but not close enough for the rain to hit her.

"Now what?" He asked himself. He scratched his head and groaned when his fingers got tangled in his wet blonde mess. He undid his ponytail and retied it after repeated attempts. He took out his black cloak from his pack and covered the pink haired girl's body in a feeble attempt to keep her warm. He cursed himself for always skipping survival classes. With the help of a basic fire jutsu, he managed to create a fire that would last long enough to keep them both warm throughout the night without wood.

He rests his back on the cave walls right next to the unconscious girl. And planned that he would wake up and head out before the girl woke up. He thought about the places he would go and the things he would be able to blow up freely before darkness took him and he fell into a deep sleep.

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"SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto hollered. Kakashi, Sasuke and him were running rapidly, hoping to find a flash of pink and red somewhere nearby. They were forced to find better shelter when the rain started to get too heavy. Team 7 had been travelling and found a nearby village in Hidden Grass when they noticed that one of their members were missing. Naruto had adamantly wanted to immediately seek out the pink kunoichi but was stopped by the Copy nin.

"Its too dangerous Naruto. We wont be able to find anything in this rain," he explained calmly.

"But Kakashi-sensei, You could use your Sharingan! We need to find her!" he shouted.

Kakashi sighed and told Naruto with a stern voice, "Even with the Sharingan it would be too difficult to spot her in this rain. And she could be miles away. It would be too dangerous to seek her out now. Naruto, I trust my student and I know she would have found shelter and we'll find her in the morning when the rain stops."

Now it was morning, and there was no trace of Sakura anywhere. Even with the help of Pakkun it was difficult, as the rain had washed away her scent. Naruto was becoming more worried for the pink haired kunoichi. Was she okay? Did she find shelter? He knew that Sakura had aced most of the classes' subjects and knew that she would know what to do. She always had been the smart one.

"SAKURA-CHAN!" he hollered again this time hoping for a response. But there was none.

Suddenly, Kakashi stopped in his tracks. Naruto and Sasuke followed suite stopping at a nearby branch behind him. At the corner of his eye he could see Sasuke in a battle stance, a hand hovering over his kunai holster. His dark hair in a mess and onyx eyes scanning their surroundings for signs of approaching enemy nin. Suddenly a puff of white smoke appeared in front of Kakashi and a small brown dog appeared donning a blue vest and a Konoha hitai-ate. Naruto and Sasuke visibly relaxed.

"I found her," Pakkun stated.

"Where?" Naruto asked anxious to find the kunoichi.

"Calm down dobe," Sasuke said his voice cold glaring at the blonde with onyx eyes.

"How am I supposed to calm down? Sakura-chan could be in trouble!"

"She's northwest from here. She's not travelling at a fast pace; we could catch up to her. But, she is with someone else. I can't recognize the scent. She is in no danger though," Pakkun added ignoring the growing tension between the two youngsters behind his Master.

Kakashi nodded as the brown dog started off to lead them to the missing kunoichi. The three them headed towards the northwestern direction with their senses at high alert and their eyes scanning the area for signs of long pink hair.

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Sakura had woken up her neck sore from leaning against..against what? Her body tensed as her eyes fluttered open to take in her surroundings. She was in a cave. And she was alive! She felt another presence to her right and turned her head. She was face to face with a guy with long blonde hair that covered his left eye and tied up in a high ponytail.

She screamed on instinct and his eyes flew open revealing a pair of bright blue eyes. Before he could even register what had happened Sakura's fist connected with his jaw and his head flew back from the impact.

"What the fuck was that for?" he screamed rubbing his jaw with the back of his hand. Sakura visibly stilled, there were mouths on his hands. Mouths! Her inquisitive side would love to investigate and prod further on them but the adrenaline was already coursing through her veins and her eyes were wide. She noticed he was wearing a hitai-ate with the Earth Country insignia but what caught her attention was not the insignia but was the fact that it had been slashed.

She could feel the blood drain from her face as she registered the fact that she was in a cave with a missing-nin from the Earth Country.

"Is that how you thank someone who just saved your life? Yeah," he asked, his visible eye narrowed at her.

"What? Where am I?"

"In a cave. I thought you would figure that out by now, yeah. I found you and brought you here."

"You're not going to kill me?"

"I would have when you were unconscious but I chose not to. But if you want me to, I won't mind, yeah." His visible eye was looking at her with a sinister glint. He smirked.

Sakura narrowed her eyes at the male, feeling threatened. "Well, I'm not just going to sit back and let you." She added with a far more confident voice than she thought she could muster.

The blonde laughed and picked up his cloak that was abandoned on the floor. " Well, it would be a shame to blow you up. So, I'll let you live," he said nonchalantly as he started to pack his belongings and headed out of the cave.

"You're just going to leave me?" She asked incredulous. Her eyes widened. Wait did he just say blow me up?

He did not reply and continued to walk out of the cave as if he already forgotten about her presence. Sakura started to panic. She was left alone in the forest once, she was not about to let that happen twice. She turned around and grabbed the sleeve of his baggy dark-coloured shirt. Of course, she did not take into consideration that he was a missing-nin and would not hesitate to cut her arm off or blow her up.

She heard him sigh loudly after what seemed like an eternity.

"I'll send you to the nearest village, yeah. Just let go of my arm," he said exasperated and wriggling his sleeve free from her strong grasps.

Sakura smiled widely at him. She caught him raise his eyebrows in surprise and was he blushing? She giggled quietly not wanting to cause him to change his mind. They then started to walk away from the cave. Sakura was walking behind him and from her view she could see the he was a head taller than her. She could probably estimate that he was around her age give or take a couple of years.

"The nearest village isn't far from here but were not going to make it at this pace, yeah. Can you keep up?" he said, looking over his shoulder.

Sakura jumped at the sound of his voice and nodded meekly before he leaped up onto a branch. She followed him from branch to branch.

"Why do you keep saying that?" She asked her curious side had taken over her and she could not stand any minute longer in the heavy silence.

"Say what, yeah?" He answered with a surprisingly innocent look on his face.

"That. You keep saying 'yeah' on every sentence." Rolling her eyes.

"It's a habit." He said signalling the end of the conversation. But Sakura was not going to let it end like that.

"Why do you have mouths on your hands? Why are you running from the village? Why did you save me?" She added the last one in a whisper looking down.

"Why do you keep talking!" he said exasperated throwing his hands in the air and stopped on a branch.

"It's a bloodline limit, I was born with it. I hated my village, so I left. Anything else? Yeah." He said in one breath.

"What's your name?" She said looking at him.

"Err… Deidara," He answered. His visible eye showed a hint of surprise.

"I'm Sakura," She said smiling widely at him. His face flushed. He opened his mouth to say something when he stopped and she could see his body start to tense.

"Someone's coming," He said in a whisper a hand hovering over a small pouch. Sakura's eyes narrowed and tried to sense the presence. Due to her sensitivity to chakra she could easily recognize the chakra signature.

"My team mates! They've come searching for me!" She said excitedly.

He grunted in response and turned around to escape any type of confrontation with Konoha nin. Before he could get any farther, she quickly grabbed his right arm and placed a chaste kiss on his right cheek that was not covered from his blonde hair.

He looked absolutely priceless with a hand instinctively over his right cheek.

"Thank you, Deidara."

"See you soon, Sakura." He said before disappearing into the dense forest with a smile on his face.

"SAKURA-CHAN!" she heard Naruto's voice. She took one last look at where Deidara disappeared and started her way towards her team mates. Surely Sasuke-kun had been worried about her.

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