You and Me

Summary: It was suppose to be a mission to gather information about Orochimaru, the enemy of the kingdom, Konoha. He was supposed to sneak into the Kingdom of Sound. He was supposed to kill anyone that got in his way. He trained hard for this mission, but he wasn't trained to prevent himself from falling in love, especially when the girl is getting married to the enemy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. End of Story.

This is will be my first try at a DeidaraXSakura pairing. I've read multiple stories of this couple, and what can I say, I fell in love with this paring. I hope you guys will enjoy reading it as I will enjoy writing it.

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"Where are they?" A man with raven black hair and mysterious red eyes muttered to his younger brother.

"I don't know Itachi, we have to wait. Luckily I was able to wake up the dobe here before we got the King and Queen even madder." The man standing next to Itachi was his younger brother Sasuke.

"Shut up Sasuke-teme! I'm here aren't I?" A boy with spiky blond hair and blue eyes shouted.

"Silence!" The queen said as her eyes moved around the room, examining each person in the room. Her husband Jiraiya was preoccupied with his book, he had published. The Uchiha brothers, as they were known to be called, were waiting silently now for the rest of the members to come. Naruto Uzumaki, the King's god son, was supposedly the next heir to the throne, after Queen Tsunade and King Jiraiya.

"Who else is missing?" King Jiraiya asked as he too looked around. Shizune, the Queen's lady in waiting, quickly came to the queen and pulled out a scroll.

"The people that aren't here yet are Kakashi Hatake, Neji and Hinata Hyuga, Shikamaru Nara, Tenten, Ino Yamanaka, Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori Akasuna, and Deidara, Tsunade-sama" Shizune said as she closed the scroll.

"Do we really need that much people for this mission, Tsunade-baachan?" Naruto asked loudly. Everyone in the room winced as they slowly saw Tsunade glaring at Naruto, but knew nothing was going to really happen. The Queen had a soft spot for Naruto.

"Yes we do. This mission is crucial to the point we had to use almost all of our best men for this." Tsunade said as she moved her fingers through her bangs. "I'll explain it once the others come"

As if on cue, the remaining people finally showed up.

"What took you guys so long?" Tsunade asked, not amused people were late for this meeting.

"Sorry" Neji said as he and his cousin Hinata bowed before her. "Uncle decided to have an important clan meeting before our mission." Beside the Uchiha Clan, the Hyuga clan was one of the two noblest families in the kingdom.

"How troublesome, Tenten and I went to pick up Ino, knowing she'd be late." Shikamaru said. He was the strategist of the kingdom and always helped the Queen and King plan things. Tenten was the famous Weapon Mistress and Ino was the daughter of the head leader of the Yamanaka clan.

"Deidara…" Kisame and Sasori said as Deidara had glared at the two. Kisame hit Deidara on the head. Kisame, Sasori, and Deidara weren't originally from the Kingdom of Konoha. They were close friends of Itachi and decided to train them to be knights for the kingdom.

"Now that everyone is here, I can tell you guys what the mission is." Tsunade said as she cleared her throat and a serious face appeared.

"Probably most of you guys remember Orochimaru, a couple years ago. He had attacked his own kingdom and slaughtered many of the villagers and our best men. Kisame, Sasori, and Deidara weren't there, but you guys probably heard about it" Tsunade said.

"Yes we did. It was the most tragic thing to have happened in these lands." Sasori spoke up. "But what about him?"

"Well, thanks to some of our best spies, we have gathered enough information to know that he is the leader of the Kingdom of Sound, but he's supposedly stepping down the throne so his kingdom will have a younger, wicked king. But before he does, he might be planning another attack on us, so we must find out what he's planning and stop him." King Jiraiya spoke. "King Gaara from the Kingdom of Suna has already discovered his plans a couple months ago, but was able to send us information this month. He had sent two of his best men to disguise themselves as part of the Kingdom of Sound and is secretly sending him information."

"I will not let that happen again…" Tsunade said as she raised her hand to her eyes, ashamed.

"What exactly happened?" Deidara asked, interested. He knew the other two were wondering as well. They've been in the Kingdom of Konoha for four years now. Deidara being fifteen when he came, Sasori nineteen, and Kisame twenty eight. Itachi was only older than Deidara by a year.

"Seven years ago, Orochimaru wanted to be King, but the counsel didn't allow it and chose Tsunade as Queen. That drove him mad. Working alongside with Danzou, they planned an attack from inside the Kingdom, killing many innocent people. Naruto and the others don't remember what was really going on at the time because they were at least eight or seven years old." Itachi said. "I was the only one of the group old enough to understand. I had gotten the kids to safety, but…" Deidara's blue eyes flickered to Itachi's hand as he noticed it shaking,

"It wasn't your fault Itachi…" A voice said. Everyone looked to see Kakashi waltz in and put a hand on Itachi's shoulder.

"Hatake…" Itachi whispered. Tsunade felt tears forming as her noses begin to sting. Jiraiya grabbed her hand and rubbed it to soothe her.

"You didn't know-"Itachi had cut him off.

"If I had known, I would have gone back for her quicker a-"Itachi stopped himself as he tried to calm down from his outburst. Deidara, Kisame, and Sasori had never seen Itachi act like this before. What had happened seven years ago? Was it the reason why he never smiled? Looking around the room, they noticed no one was in a good mood anymore. Sasuke was glaring at the ground as Naruto was actually silent for once. The girls were silently crying.

"Her?" Sasori pressed on.

"She was the goddaughter of Queen Tsunade. Her mother died when she was really young. Before she died, the mother had entrusted her to the Queen. She was like a daughter to Queen Tsunade." Kakashi said. "She was with the kids at the park that day and had fallen asleep somewhere in the meadow and hadn't realized that there was an attack in the Kingdom. Itachi had led all the kids but her to safety, but soon realized that she wasn't with them. He left the kids to me as he went back to find her. But all he found was her favorite white ribbon soaked in a puddle of blood. She was supposedly killed. Itachi blamed himself since he was responsible for her. The Queen had trusted him to take care of her goddaughter. He never forgave himself since." Kakashi finished explaining as there was an air of awkwardness in the room.

"Your mission is to begin in an hour. Do what you must to prepare yourself then meet us at the gates." The Queen said as she stood up and walked out of the room. Slowly, one by one, everyone began to take their leave

Deidara was the last to leave the room as he looked around the room and saw a large painting of the King and Queen with a little boy and girl. The boy he assumed was Naruto Uzumaki, who was sitting on the King's shoulders. The girl on the other hand was being held by the Queen. The girl he believed was the goddaughter that was spoken. She was really pretty. She had the most mesmerizing green eyes and beautiful pink hair he had ever seen. If she was still alive today, she would have been the most beautiful girl in these lands.

"It would have been a pleasure to meet you…" Deidara said to himself as he looked at the picture one last time before setting off to get ready for his mission.

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"This place is so boring…" Temari muttered to herself as she stretched. She had just finished talking to her brother Kankuro and shared information to give to their younger brother, who was the King of Suna. They were on a mission to find out more about Orochimaru and who the new king was.

"Temari-chan!" A voice called out. Temari turned around to see Matsuri, one of the ladies in waiting for the princess who was being forced to be married to the new king.

"What is it?" Temari asked.

"It's your shift now…" Matsuri said with a smile.

"How is she?" Temari asked.

"The usual. Poor girl, I'd be like that too if my parents sold me to get married to a bastard" Matsuri commented as she took off. "See you later Temari-chan" Temari waved her hand as she headed to the Princess' area.

The Princess' area was isolated from everyone else. It was forbidden for men to enter the area at all, unless you were King Orochimaru, but he barely comes to the area. Temari was grateful for that. King Orochimaru was the creepiest man she had ever met. Everything about him crept her out to no end.

Temari knocked gently on the shoji door.

"Hello?" A soft voice answered.

"It's Temari, I'm coming in" Temari said as she took off her sandals and entered the room. Looking around, she saw the small tea table, with hot tea already set. Looking around, the Princess was neither in her room nor in the bathroom. Standing back in the large room, noticed the large shoji door was slightly opened.

"Princess…" Temari whispered as she saw the Princess near the edge of the floor looking at her reflection in the water. The Princess was slowly drawing a circle on top of the water as she tapped her finger a few times, creating little ripples.

"Good morning Temari-chan" The Princess greeted as she moved a few of her pink strands of hair from her face.

"Do you want me to fix your hair for you?" Temari asked.

"Thank you Temari-chan…" The Princess said. Temari looked at the Princess' face in hopes of seeing a smile, but her wish was not granted.

"I hate seeing you like this…" Temari began to say as she undid the Princess' braids. The Princess was no younger than sixteen years old. Doing research on the Princess, Temari had found out that she lived with a couple who found her seven years ago. A ninja had risked his life to insure the Princess' safety. He brought her to the couple as they promised to take care of her. A couple years later, the husband had died as the wife was growing ill. Orochimaru had offered a trade. Money that can help her buy the medicine she needs in trade for the Princess. The wife had agreed as Orochimaru arranged a marriage between the Princess and the new King. The Princess had forgotten about her past in the Kingdom of Konoha.

Temari finished putting the Princess' hair in a bun. Even though she was a spy, she truly cared for the Princess as if she was her younger sister. She knew the Princess felt the same way, but had a hard time showing it due to her depression.

"There" Temari said with a smile as she got up and bowed down to reach for a Sakura blossom that had fallen from its tree. Green eyes watched as her sister-like friend had clipped the flower to her hair.

"This flower really suits you Princess…" Temari fixed her bangs.

"Temari-chan!" The Princess said as she pouted. "What have I told you before?"

Temari laughed. "Sorry Sakura-chan. Cheer up okay? As long as I'm here, I won't let anything or that bastard you're getting married to do anything to you."

"I don't want to marry him" Sakura said. "I mean, why me of all people, I was just a commoner till now…"

"Say…" Temari said as she pounded her fist on top of her hand. "What if we run away?"

"Huh?" Sakura looked at Temari shocked.

"Run away from this place. My brother and I can help you" Temari grinned.

"B-But…Orochimaru-sama, he could do something to my mom!" Sakura said frightened.

"Oh yeah, that wouldn't be a good idea…how troublesome…" Temari said brushing her bangs away from her face.

"How troublesome? Why does that sound familiar…" Sakura whispered to herself.

"Did you say something?" Temari asked. Sakura shook her head.

"Let's have some tea" Sakura said as she got up. She grabbed the red rail close to her to help her balance. Temari stayed back as she caught another cherry blossom falling from the trees around them. Bring it close to her chest, she began to pray.

"Please, I hope someone will come and help Sakura-chan. I hope someone will come to make her smile and hopefully fall in love with her true love. Please come as soon as you can" Temari whispered her wish as she opened her hand. The flower in her hand was soon carried by the nice spring breeze.

"Temari-chan?" Sakura's voice brought Temari back to reality.

"I'm coming!"

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Deidara sighed deeply as he finally packed everything he needed to bring. He was still troubled by the new information he had learned about Itachi. Was this why Itachi always seemed distant and sad? Deidara's thoughts were interrupted by knocking.

He opened the door to see his best friend Sasori.

"What's taking you so long? You know I hate waiting" Sasori said. Deidara smiled nervously.

"Sorry Sasori, I was just thinking…" Deidara said.

"You're usually not the person to think a lot about something. What is it?" Sasori asked as Deidara and he began to head down to the gates.

"Hey, what are you implying?" Deidara said. "Anyways, I was just thinking about this morning"

"Don't think about it. That was all in the past. The girl's dead. There's nothing we can do" Sasori said.

"You know, sometimes I think you have no heart at all" Deidara commented.

"Whatever, the others are waiting for us" Sasori answered back.

The two finally arrived at the gates to see everyone there.

"Finally!" Naruto shouted. "Let's go!"

Queen Tsunade signaled the guards to lift up the gates. Once they did a cherry blossom flower came and flew pass Deidara. Deidara's eyes widened when he thought he heard a voice in the wind.

Please come as soon as you can…

"Did you hear that?" Deidara asked the group.

"Hear what?" Kisame asked.

"I just thought I heard a voice" Deidara said as he watched the cherry blossom fly away.

"Did we hit you too much in the head?" Kisame joked.

Deidara frowned as he shook his head. He had a feeling this mission wasn't going to be like their normal ones.

"Let the mission begin!" Naruto's loud voice was heard throughout the kingdom.

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How was that for my first Deidara/Sakura? I hope they weren't too out of character. I always wanted to write a story featuring this couple. Well today was black Friday, couldn't go shopping though. What's a girl to do? Write a new story of course! (Big smile). Hopefully you guys enjoyed this first chapter. Please review everyone. It will make me really happy. I hope that's not too much to ask. Thanks for reading

-Kumiko