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Chapter One...

She was running, hard, fast, and using a significant amount of chakra to do so. She could feel them getting closer. She could not let them get her.

"Damn she's fast, un." commented the blonde haired one who was known as Deidara.

"Leader-sama wants her so stop chatting and get her." The red head known as Sasori hissed at his blonde partner, Deidare.

She hasn't changed since the last time I've seen her. The Sasori thought to himself.

"I'm too fucking tired to keep running un. I am ending this now!" The Deidara said.

With that Deidara took out a piece of clay and let the mouths on his hands do the work as he infused chakra into the clay that would ultamately lead to an explosion. Sasori rolled his eyes and slowly started slowing down and moving to the left, away from his bomb expert of a partner.

Deidara then stopped running and cocked his arm back. Using some chakra to make it go farther he threw the bomb infused clay so that it would land somewhere in front of the young kunoichi.

BOOM!

Sakura was blown away by the bomb and was slammed into the nearest tree. She started coughing and opned her eyes only to see debri and smoke everywhere. She was almost certain she saw two shadows come at her but felt a sudden prick in her left shoulder. She looked down at a small needle sticking out, then it hit her. Sakura's head whipped up so fast causing a minor headache but nothing that her amazing medical skills can't fix. She was focused on the red head glowering down at her.

"You...you're alive!" Sakura said "How..."

Sakura wasn't able to finish her sentence when the effect of the poison assisted needle knocked her out.

"She recognized you un?" Deidara asked surprised as he bent down to tie the pink haired girls hands and feet.

"I guess so. Let's take her back to the base as fast as we can. I'm sure Leader-sama is waiting." Sasori said.

With that Deidara created his giant bird, grabbed Sakura and leaped onto it, Sasori not far behind him.

"Where is she?!" Tsunade yelled

Naruto flinched and the newly welcomed back member Sasuke just rolled his eyes.

"She was supposed to be back yesterday! It was a simple mission to Amegakure to heal some of their ANBU and she hasn't returned!?"

"Wait..." Sasuke said, "You sent her to Rain...alone?"

"I know what you're getting at Sasuke but there have been no sightings of the Akatsuki for weeks. Besides has surpassed me with her training and could very well handle herself." Tsunade said

Tsunade stood up and went to the window. She could feel Sasuke glaring daggers in her back but she knew he was upset that she would send Sakura alone.

"You two are dismissed until I hear from her or I don't" Tsunade said as she continued looking out the window over her beloved village.

She heard the door shut and could hear the banter between them as they walked down the hallway.

Just then, a small piece of paper fluttered threw the window and landed on Tsuande's desk. Tsunade grabbed the paper quickly and opened. Her heart skipped a beat when she read what it wrote;

We have her.

Was all it said. Tsunade knew exactly who sent the note. Their chakra was all over the note, purposely. Tsuande covered her mouth and sat down on her chair in a big heap. What am I going to do! Tsunade thought to herself

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