Hiya, fanfiction fans! Well, this is my latest and hopefully greatest new story, Shut Me Up.

It's a Deidara x Sakura fic, so if you don't like the pairing, I suggest you don't read. You really won't change my opinions if you leave a review saying "worst couple ever" or something. But encouraging reviews are alright with me, hehe.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto... things would be muchhh different. Mwahaha. Yeah, I'd be afriad too.


Shut Me Up. Chapter One.

Note: In Sakura's point of view.

Oh, god. It was starting already. I can't swallow... doesn't that mean I'm going to drop dead in a few minutes? Not that I'd mind. I'd rather be dead than be in this situation.

Kicking bad-guy bootie? Piece of cake. Going to a meet-and-greet for foreign affairs? Not really my thing. It wasn't really the fact that I hated foreign people, it was more because I was missing my show because of it. And Tsunade had pretty much told me last minute about it. No, not a day before, but an hour. An hour!

I sighed. There was really no point in complaining about it now. What was done was done.

I put on my best fake smile for an elderly couple passing by me.

"Damn foreigners." I cursed under my breath.

What was that? More people filing in. I took a quick glance over to Tsunade, who gave me a threatening stare in response, as if to say "Yeah, you better smile or else." And I did not want to know what the 'or else' ment.

I hastily poked and pulled my light green kimono here and there, making sure not to cause damage to it. Hinata said it was gorgeous and looked killer on me. Not like it really mattered at the moment; most of the guests could have passed as senior citizens. Except for that one guy with no hair, but he looked... well, let's just say he didn't have the best looks in the world.

A younger man waltzed into the room. Putting on a happy face yet once again, I quickly walked up to him, making sure that Tsunade saw I was doing my job.

"Hello, and welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay here, and if you have any questions ask me withough hesitation, I'll be glad to answer."

'But you better not ask...' I thought to myself.

The man nodded and smiled in reply. Eh, he wasn't too bad. My eyes lazily followed his path towards a group of middle-age men.

My stomach groaned, so I walked over to the snack table. Boy was I glad to see a familiar face.

"Temari! It's so good to see you." I said, grinning wildly at my friend. She looked just about as bored as I had a few moments ago.

"Sakura, nice to see you, too! I must have missed you when I came in, I was greeted by the Fifth, which was a pleasant surprise. Nice crowd, right?" Temari smirked at her sarcasm. I smiled.

"Tell me about it. Most of these people look old enough to be my parents..." A wave of sorrow hit me suddenly, and I bit my lip in order to keep my emotions in tact. It wouldn't look very professional to start bawling in the middle of a fancy gathering.

"Hey, I heard there were gunna be a group of young, hot foreigners. If you ask me, that's worth the bordome." Temari now wore a very fox-like grin, somewhat resembling Naruto. It didn't quite fit her, what could I say? It looked best on Naruto.

I chuckled. Yeah, chuckled. I didn't even know I was capable of chucking.

"Hopefully." I began. "That would be nice. Very nice. Keep your fingers crossed."

Temari and I were interrupted from a loud voice coming from just outside the door.

"Tobi, shut the hell up!" The voice boomed. My eyebrows raised in response.

"But Tobi's a good boy!" A second voice replied.

"STOP TALKING IN THIRD PERSON, DAMMIT!" A third voice roared. Third person? This would surely turn out to be an interesting group.

Most of the guests were now staring at the closed wooden door, waiting for the loud party to enter to room. I winced at the sound of someone being forcively pushed into a brick wall. Ouch.

"What was that for?!" The second voice, apparently Tobi, whined. I heard a rather noisy sigh erupting from behind the wall.

"Just shut up for one second, un. You're giving me a headache." The first voice spoke calmly, quite different from the first tone he used. Temari and I looked at each other with the same exact expression. What the hell was going on?

It sounded like there were more than just three, more 'yeahs' and even a 'fuck yeah' were heard following the man's statement. I jogged my memory for a group of random people. I knew I just wasn't thinking of something... It was on the tip of my tongue.

"Who are they..." I said more to myself than to Temari, although she replied anyway.

"Beats me. They'll probably come in in a few seconds, anyway."

Right on cue, the door opened, revealing many black cloaked shinobi. Akatsuki. How could I have forgotten Akatsuki?

I immediately recognized the blonde man standing by a rather peculiar creature wearing a mask. Though the boy may had looked odd, the blonde grabbed my attention. I had seen him before.

"Why are the Akatsuki here?!" Temari snarled. I had forgotten that they had kidnapped Gaara, and killed him. Long story short, Chiyo sacrificed her life for him with a really cool healing technique, one that I honestly wouldn't want to use ever. It took all of your chakra and life, and put it into the dead person, transferring your life into his or hers. Very scary, very heartwarming, and so very brave of Chiyo.

"Tsunade and their leader made a temperary agreement, it was for catching Orochimaru and getting Sasuke back or something. They share information on him with us, and we offer them protection? It was something along those lines. I can't remember all of the minor details, Tsunade only gave me a brief overview. All I know is that someone's keeping a sharp eye on them" Oh, if I only knew what was in store for me...

Temari looked rather sour, though I couldn't blame her.

"Yeah, I wonder why they're here, though... This whole meeting is meant for the strengthening of international bonds. Why would we need to strengthen bonds with them?" I asked, once again more to myself then to Temari.

"Hmm..." Temari replied. "I'm going to find Gaara, I'll meet up with you later." Temari said, and left me alone next to the snack table.

My eyes were glued to the Akatsuki. The one with the mask sounded exactly like the one who was speaking in third person, so he must be Tobi. It is strange to why he's wearing that mask... it doesn't look very cultural, so it can't really be a tribal thing or something. The group approached Tsunade, who greeted them with a polite smile.

"Tobi is pleased to meet you!" Tobi screeched happily. I rolled my eyes. Yeah, they were terrifying for sure...

Tsunade continued talking to the group, looking as if she was explaining something. Hm... Odd.

Out of nowhere, someone wrapped their arm tightly arond my neck. Which was rather stupid of whoever it was, I was strong, after all. I flipped my attacker over my head in one swift movement, and sighed.

Naruto.

"Sakura, oww! What's your problem?" Naruto whined, scratching the back of his head while getting up.

"Hey, it's your own fault for trying to kill me." I replied, regaining my composer. That baka. "Why are you here, anyway?" I was excited to see my old friend, Naruto had been gone for awhile.

"Ah, I came back early from a mission and heard you were here. I haven't seen you in a while, so I figured what the hell." Naruto explained, and I nodded my head.

"Yeah, that last mission of yours was pretty long. More than a week or so? But I'm glad your back." I said, smiling my second genuine smile of the evening.

All of a sudden, Naruto stiffened up.

"Why are they here?" He asked, obviously referring to the group of S-class criminals in the middle of the room.

"Remember, Naruto, we made a deal with them. Tsunade's not that stupid, she wouldn't just let the Akatsuki waltz into our country and have their way with you. They're going to be supervised by someone every minute of every day they're in here. Though, I feel pretty bad for whoever that person is..." I said, chucking. Again, with the chuckling.

He continued complaining, and I luckily looked over by Tsunade, who was motioning me to come over by her and the Akatsuki. Damn her.

I tried my best to look happy while walking over. I honestly did. I swear, my face must have looked like I was constipated, but I tried.

"Sakura, you are quite familiar with the Akatsuki. They'll be joining us for a little bit so we can help each other hunt down Orochimaru..." Tsunade began. I looked at the Akatsuki members. The one that looked rediculously similar to Sasuke, aka Itachi, stood grimly in the middle of them. A blue-skinned member stood with his razor-sharp teeth showing, probably trying to look threatening or something. He looked exactly like the Akatsuki member Tenten had described to me (A/N: If you haven't seen Naruto Shippuden, then you wouldn't know that team Gai had fought with Kisame... long story.), who was named Kisame. The blonde was staring daggers at me.

And that was when it hit me.

No wonder why he had looked so familiar! He was partners with Sasori, the infamous puppet master. He was the one who blew himself up when we were retrieving Gaara! Or well, he must have blown up a clone of himself.

Deidara. I had killed Deidara's partner.

I smiled politely at the group, though now feeling terrible.

Though it wasn't really my fault. It was either kill or be killed. It was a life or death situation, I wasn't going to die!

"Now, Sakura, I'll introduce you... It's pretty important you know their names..." Tsunade said, and I nodded in agreement. "This is Tobi," she said, motioning to the boy wearing the mask. Ha! I was right. "Deidara," I smiled rather apologetically, though his face stayed pretty much emotionless. "Itachi, Kisame and Hidan." She finished, pointing out the last three members. "The rest are still, well, where ever they are..." Tsunade concluded, smiling at me.

"It's very nice to meet all of you." I said, while each member's eyes bored into my face.

"It's nice to meet you too, Sakura! And we're all very grateful that you're letting us live with you for awhile!" Tobi boomed, bouncing with each word. My smile faded. Living? With me?

WHAT?!

I looked at Tsunade. She smiled innocently at me. That's one problem with this lovely village. We all play innocent too damn much!

"Yes, Sakura. Well, as you know, the Akatsuki were going to have to live somewhere... so I thought it would be best if they just stayed with you. You're house is big enough, and I will personally pay for any of their expenses. Plus, you're one of the top ten kunoichi, so you're perfect for the job!" Tsunade claimed. Perfect for the job? Yeah right, she just wanted me to keep my eyes on them!

Somehow I knew I didn't exactly remember to agreeing to this...


Well, I'm certainly glad to have started this story! I've been wanting to do a Deidara/Sakura fic for awhile now, so I'm happy to have gotten it off my chest!

I really hope you have enjoyed the first chapter, and I'm sorry if it bored you to tears. There will be some accidental romance in the next chapter, and everyone will move into Sakura's house. It's bound to get interesting. And Deidara and Sakura will start getting more friendly ! Yays !

And if you're wondering why Hidan is randomly there, it'll all be explained in the next chapter. Well, explained to some degree. And if not in the next chapter... then the chapter after that. It WILL make sense! Eventually...

Also, if you're wondering about the random title, it just happens to be a title of a song that's completely stuck in my head. But there's really no relation to the story.

Reviews make me happy xD

-iiMNOTOKAY