"Alright, were going to set up camp for the night." Yki heard Kakashi say.

"Oh, can't we go a few more miles?" Naruto whined.

"Stop complaining Naruto. Sasuke will still be on planet earth by the time we wake up." Sai said, already starting to get fed up with Naruto.

"Be quiet you emotionless freak! This is the closest we've gotten to finding Sasuke in months. I just don't want him to get away!" Naruto replied.

"Naruto, Sai! Stop arguing. Its been a while, were all tired and getting at each other's throats. Its best we all rest, it wont be any use if we finally get to Sasuke and were all out of chakra." Yki was used to having to settle arguments like this.

The two of them nodded. Once camp was set up, they ate.

"The three of you sleep. I'll keep look out in case enemy ninja are close by." Kakashi said. The three nodded and went to sleep, while Kakashi stayed awake, leaning on a nearby tree.

About a mile away, two dark figures sat on a tree branch. They were both wearing Akatsuki cloaks. One had long blonde hair and blue eyes, and was actually quite attractive. The other one was wearing an orange and black mask, with short spiky black hair. The blonde appeared to be looking ahead through an eye scope he was wearing on his face, that allowed him to see farther ahead than the naked human eye would. Imagine his surprise when he saw Naruto Uzumaki just a mile ahead, the exact tailed beast he had been assigned to capture.

"Well isn't it our lucky day, un! There's Naruto Uzumaki!"

"Um…where, Deidara-sempai?" Tobi didn't have an eye scope, so he couldn't see anything behind the forest trees.

"A mile, Tobi. But he's got teammates with him. Two appear to be asleep and one is keeping watch for people like us, un."

Back at the camp site, Kakashi kept closing his eyes, then popping back up, realizing he couldn't fall asleep. He noticed Yki walking over to him, and sitting down close to him.

"Why are you up, Yki? You should be getting your rest."

"Not tired, and I've got enough chakra. I'll pull through."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. And I'm also pretty on edge about Sasuke."

"Your still in love with him, aren't you?"

"I mean, I guess. Well…I might not be in love with him anymore but I still care for him. A lot. But, I'm sixteen. I'm sure I'll be "in love" with forty other guys by the time I die."

"Hmm."

"Whats so funny?"

"Its nothing, really."

"Tell me, Kakashi!"

Yki shoved him, and he grabbed onto her arm for support which ended in them being in an extremely odd position.

A mile away, Akatsuki member Deidara raised his eyebrows.

"Are they flirting or what?" Tobi wondered aloud.

"It would be weird if they were. She's a teenager and he's like, 30, un."

The two ninja watched as Yki's face turns bright red and she immediantly jumps off Kakashi. Kakashi apologizes, and the two go back to talking, sitting slightly farther away from one another than they were before. Suddenly, Deidara gets an idea.

"Lets kidnap the girl, un."

"Why would we do that, Deidara-sempai?"

"Well, right now we are outnumbered by those four ninja. And I don't have much clay or chakra left. And you, well your just as useless as you always are. We wouldn't put up a good fight against them at the moment. But if we take one of them, build up our strength and get a few more members, we will be able to capture Naruto and take his tailed beast, un."

"Good idea, sempai! But why the girl?"

"Well from the looks of it, both Kakashi and Naruto might like her, and would definetly come to her rescue, un."

"Perfect! We'll just wait until she falls asleep. But what'll we do about Kakashi?"

"Not sure, lets wait a little longer and see what happens."

Back at Naruto's team, Yki and Kakashi continued their conversation.

"Kakashi, you look really tired. Why don't you sleep while I stand guard?"

"Are you sure about that, Yki?"

"Yeah. There's only a few more hours until morning. You should get your rest. I'll be fine."

"Alright, if you insist." Kakashi said, and went to sleep, leaving Yki by herself.

"This is our chance, un!" Deidara whispered to his partner.

Slowly, the two began to make their way towards the girl. She was a bit farther away from her team mates, a few blocks distance, and she seemed to have her guard down. Once they were close enough, Deidara motioned for Tobi to sit still.

As Deidara watched her from his hiding spot, he couldn't help but think she was the most beautiful girl in the world. Her long, silky white hair had hints of red at the bottom, and her big, red eyes seemed so kind and welcoming. Her skin was smooth and flawless, and she had a gorgeous figure. Deidara quickly snapped out of these thoughts, he couldn't get distracted if he were to kidnap her.

Yki suddenly felt their presence. Her body stiffened, and Deidara knew she'd caught them.

She turned around. "Who's there?" She was trying to sound brave. How cute.

"Unfortunately for you, it's me, Girlie, un."

Yki saw an extremely sexy blonde man jump out of the bushes right by her. Wait, did she just call him sexy? And was that an Akatsuki cloak?

"That's the Akatsuki symbol. You're here for Naruto, aren't you?"

"Kind of. I will get Naruto, but not as directly as your expecting me to, un."

"What're you up to?"

Deidara laughed. "You." And suddenly he disappeared. The world was quiet for a moment, until Yki's eyes went wide.

"Behind me!" She said, and jumped, landing a few feet away.

Deidara frowned. His plan to simply knock her out from behind had failed. Was he going to have to fight her? Hopefully not, her team would probably hear that and come to her aid.

Yki kicked a tree so it purposely landed where Tobi was hiding, forcing him to come out as well.

"So there's two of you."

"Which means your outnumbered, un."

"Just means I'll have to try harder."

"I like your attitude. But your coming with me, sweetie, un."

Deidara made a bunch of clay birds, all of them filled with a sleeping antidote, and threw them at Yki. Yki jumps and lands on a tree branch, but accidentally inhaled a little bit. She does a few hand signs. "Vine Death Jutsu!" Suddenly, two monstrous vines arose from the ground and grab each of Tobi's legs.

"Go now or they'll keep squeezing him till' his legs are crushed."

Deidara only laughed. "Take a closer look at yourself, un."

Yki looked down, only to see her legs were wrapped around two clay snakes.

"When?"

"As soon as you jumped onto the branch. You were a bit out of it for a few seconds because of the sleeping potion. Now to finish this, un."

Both snakes opened their mouths and shot out more of the purple sleeping antidote. Yki felt it fill her as she lost consciousness. She fell off the tree and Deidara caught her. Her jutsu stopped, releasing Tobi's legs.

Deidara pulled out a few strands of his hair and ripped a tiny piece of his Akatsuki cloak, setting it on the ground. He wanted the other three ninja to know exactly who had been there. With that, he carried Yki onto his clay bird and motioned Tobi to climb on as well. And with that, they took off.

That morning, the three guys of Team 7 awoke and immediately noticed the disappearance of the female ninja. Scouting around for clues of her whereabouts, Kakashi was the first to spot it.

"Akatsuki member Deidara." He growled, remembering the man who had stolen Gaara.

"That tongue-hand freak has her? I'll slaughter him!" Naruto screamed.

"They probably took her so they could trade her with Naruto." Sai said, assessing the situation.

Naruto looked down, rolling his hand into a fist. "So it's my fault that they are going to hurt her?"

"They wont hurt her, Naruto." Kakashi said. "She's bait, they are just holding her hostage waiting for you to come save her."

"What are we going to do? We obviously cant have Naruto come, the Akatsuki will just take him." Sai mentioned.

"Well for the time being, we have to stop searching for Sasuke until Yki is recovered." Kakashi replied.

"So its settled. We'll head back to the villiage and form a team to go and retrieve Yki." Sai added.

"No! I'm coming! Its my fault they have her, I'm going to save her!" Naruto shouted.

Sai and Kakashi looked at each other, then sighed. "Fine, but we'll go back to the village anyway to get a fourth person. Maybe Shikamaru, Kiba or Neji?" Kakashi finally said.

Yki woke up, and as she stared at the sky she saw clouds. Lots of fluffy, white clouds. She wasn't sure where she was, but she felt like she was moving slightly. She realized she was lying against someone, sitting atop of something in the shape of a bird. It was soft and white. She opened her eyes more and saw someone else sitting across from her. He wore an orange and black mask with short spiky black hair. It was then she noticed that her hands and feet were bound tightly with clay. She tried to gently pull her feet apart, thinking it was just clay, but they were stuck. This was no ordinary clay, it was infused with chakra.

"So you've finally woken up, un." Yki jumped at hearing a voice. She turned to see the person she was resting on was the blonde she'd fought earlier.

"Where am I?"

"On a clay bird. In the sky. Un." He answered bluntly.

"No shit. UN." She said, mocking him. She heard the masked man behind her giggle.

"Shut up Girlie, un!"

"My name's not Girlie!"

"I don't care what your name is. You're my captive, so I'll call you what I want, un!"

"Not for much longer."

"Oh, really? And how do you expect to get more than two feet when your bound up like that?"

Yki was silent. Deidara sighed.

"Look. As long as you're a good captive, we'll get done with what we have to, and you'll be back in your village in no time, okay, un?"

"And what if I'm not a good captive?"

"Then I'll have to punish you, un." He said in a perverted tone.

"PERVERT!" She screamed, and shoved him. She would've slapped him if she could. After recovering from almost falling off, Deidara roughly grabbed Yki by her chin.

"Look. I was trying to make things easy for you. But if you want to make me mad, don't expect your friends to find you alive, un." He said before letting go of her and slightly pushing her into Tobi.

Yki completely turned away from Deidara and was now facing the masked man.

"You made Deidara-sempai angry. I thought I was the only one who had the guts to. He likes blowing people up."

"So his name's Deidara?"

"Yes! Deidara-sempai!"

"Hmm."

"So whats your name?"

"You first."

"Okay! I'm Tobi! And you are?"

"My name is Yki." She said it softly.