Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Neither do you, unless you are Masashi Kishimoto.


Sakura awoke to a violent knocking on the door. Sakura was not a morning person. That was widely known. Do not mess with Haruno anytime before noon.

Ahhh! Why do I hurt? Oh, yeah… I'm a fricken hostage! Those stupid Akatsuki! Wait, where's Deidara? Inner Sakura ranted as she looked into an empty bed. That's just great! She said sarcastically. At least I have some time to think this all over. Let's hope that they don't come in her anytime soon.

Then she heard muted footsteps coming in her direction.

Well that was short-lived. Why won't they leave me alone! The door is chakra-locked! I won't be going anywhere, anytime soon. I'm not that important… to them anyway. Wait, they wanted me to give them information on Naruto. That's not going to happen. Naruto is my best friend, although brainless, he's very loyal. I would rather die than give information out about Naruto's weaknesses. Speaking of weak, I still don't have any chakra! How? I rested! Wait! It's that sword that shark-man has. I've heard or it. Samehadi? Something like that. Grrr! They are relentless monsters.

In the middle of an internal fit, she didn't even notice the shark-man walk in. "Sleep well, Princess?" he mocked with a toothed grin. Man, he really was a shark with a human's body, mentally too! Kisame was the type of guy to laugh at anything. I mean anything, especially when it was perverted. He also held grudges like there was no tomorrow.

"What do you want, fish-face?" she breathed through gritted teeth. The last thing she heard was a mad laugh, and then she was, once again, knocked unconscious.

Once she woke up, it wasn't as peaceful as it was before. She was in a run down motel with cockroaches and rats scurrying around the floor. She didn't know where she was, she just remembered that she was held captive. Calling every ounce of energy, she stood up from the dirty floor. Apparently, her kidnappers were gone so she decided to try to escape.

She studied every detail of the room. Remembering that the Akatsuki were not liked in most villages, they would not stay very long in the same place. That means that this was her only chance to escape this easily.

The room had a small, dirty window and rotting floorboards. There was a bed in the corner, so she knew one of the slept in there during the night. Of course they wouldn't leave her alone during the night, and she wondered why they left her alone now.

Not wanting to waste any time thinking, she immediately ran towards the window. She tried to push it open, but it wouldn't budge. Being Tsunade's student, she could use super-strength.

Forcing chakra to her hands, she could hear a creak before the window shot open, very loudly. Knowing that she probably attracted a lot of attention, she jumped up onto the ledge and ducked her head under the cracked glass. She looked outside and saw an all-too familiar hat and cloak.

There stood Kisame, apparently on guard. But, where were the others? She knew they had to be near. As if they were reading her thoughts, Itachi walked into the open next to Kisame.

She closed the window quickly to avoid being caught trying to escape. Bad idea. It made a thump louder than before, which caught the eyes of both men.

On impulse, she ran towards the door, trying to get away. The door was locked too, but she just used a little chakra and "Snap!" Right off the hinges. She didn't know whether to turn right or left, but she turned left since their footsteps seemed louder to the right. Sprinting down the hallway, there was another fork. She turned right and headed downstairs toward the first floor.

Seeing darkness, she used her keen ninja sensed to guide her through the hall. Thinking that she was free, since she heard no more footsteps or voices, she took the nearest door.

Before she reached it, thick arms grabbed her and pulled her back. She looked back and saw a young blonde looking at her.

"Where do you think you're going, yeah?" he smirked.

"Let me go!" Sakura screeched and struggled. She slipped out form him when she kicked him in a sensitive area. As he grunted, she sprinted out the door and down the road. She thought she was on the road to freedom. Felling abruptly tired, she went into a dark alley and hid.

Now that I got away, what do I do? I don't know where I am and I am low on chakra again! Inner Sakura yelled harshly.

As she went down the road, she still could not recognize where she was. She never traveled to the village before.

Her freedom was short lived, because the next thing that she knew, she was once again pinned against a hard wall. Opening her eyes from the sudden pain in her back, she saw a flash of black and crimson. Itachi's emotionless face was the last thing that she wanted to see this morning. She scratched at his wrists holding her back. His grip only seemed to tighten the more she did.

She also tried to kick him until her attempts went futile when he pressed his leg so that she couldn't move at all. From behind Itachi, she could see Deidara and Kisame run towards her direction. Deciding that she was not in the best position for a fight, she went limp in his arms. He released some tension on her, but did not release her completely.

Finally, when the two other men reached her, she was released from Itachi's killer grip.

"You were supposed to guard her," came Itachi's smooth voice. He was looking at Deidara, and Deidara suddenly became full of fury. He scoffed and just turned around after competing Itachi in a glare contest, but unfortunately, losing.

They got back into the two-story motel, and the man with the strange orange mask walked in with bags. Sakura was, once again, alone in the room.

After about half an hour, the door slammed open and Kisame walked in with a tray. He slid it to her, grinned scarily at her, and left the same way that he came. She examined her food and found a glass of water and an apple.

Well, at least it's healthy, Inner Sakura said, and it doesn't look like crap.

After devouring the apple in like three bites and gulping down the water, she looked out the window again. For some reason, watching the sun rise and the wind blow always calmed Sakura.

Hours seemed to pass until she noticed that they were still in the same place. What could they be doing in this town? She wanted to get the information so she started jumping hard. She was planning on making a lot of noise to attract their attention, since the door was now locked from the outside. Fortunately, her plan worked and Deidara poked slammed the door open.

"What the hell are you doing, yeah?" he spat as if she just kicked a puppy. "Where are we and why?" Sakura said, ignoring his question. He just glared at her.

"Why do you care?" he finally breathed. Sakura was about to knock him out, and put him in a crappy motel in the middle of nowhere and see how he likes it.

"WHAT? IF YOU WON'T LET ME GO, YOU AT LEAST NEED TO TELL ME WHERE WE ARE!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, fury overtaking her. Deidara winced at the high screech emitted from Sakura.

"Gees, kid. Calm down, we don't want to attract attention, yeah," Deidara whispered, obviously annoyed. Sakura still stood there, trembling with rage.

"Well, I got to go, yeah," he said as he was about to close the door. Before it closed, Sakura yelled, "Wait! You haven't answered my question yet?" But it was too late. He already left. I hate Akatsuki! They are so…. Ugh! Inner Sakura ranted.

It didn't last long though since Itachi walked in seconds after Deidara left. She snarled, not wanting to see his face for at least a month. She turned her head away from him to show her disgust, but he just looked at her in amusement.

"We are leaving now, kunoichi," he said smoothly. She snorted. "I am not traveling with you, Itachi," she spat with venom when she pronounced his name. He still glared at her and she glared back into his crimson eyes. What seemed like hours staring into those eyes, the door flew open and three men walked in.

"We're ready, yeah," Deidara growled. Sakura immediately looked in their direction to avoid having to look any longer at Itachi. Deidara looked at Sakura, and she immediately tensed.

"I'm not going," she said low, but meaning every word. She was like a stubborn child. Kisame chuckled randomly -he does that a lot- and Itachi's voice silenced him.

"Deidara, take her."

Deidara just snorted and grabbed Sakura tightly from behind. She started to struggle, but he kept his grip firm.

"Stop struggling or I'll knock you out," he whispered and he grinned crazily. He then flipped her into bridal style to be more comfortable. They flew out the door thanks to chakra-infused speed and she held onto the closest thing, which happened to be Deidara's cloak.

Wind hit Sakura's face like a thousand knives in one place. To shield her from the pain, she hid her head near his chest. Warm, muscular, gorgeous chest. He looks a lot better from when I healed him. God, his face is beautiful, and those eyes: sparkling blue like swimming in the ocean. Inner Sakura drooled. No stop thinking about that. He might notice. Unfortunately, he did notice, which made him grin harder.

Putting those thoughts out of her head, she watched intently at where they were going. She looked for distinct landmark which she could remember to guide her back to the village and hopefully back home. But there was nothing except... trees. Lots of them. Too many of them. Wow, there's so many trees. They're everywhere. She had no clue on Earth where they were.

Deidara was in the front of the squad, probably because he could use his scope to map out the area better than the rest of them. Itachi was at the back to cover up their tracks. The orange- masked man -who she learned the name was Tobi- and Kisame were in the middle.

She must have been mouthing the word 'trees' because he looked down at her, smirked and said, "We're traveling through the land of Forest, yeah."

She had to think a second about that. Forest? Wait! That's right next to Fire Country. It's connected by a river. If only I could find that river, maybe I could escape. This country is known for it's criminals, though. No wonder that's where were going. But we have an alliance with this, so they could send a message to Tsunade-shishou for me.

A small, hopeful smile crept onto Sakura's lips. Having a good feeling of what she was thinking, Deidara snorted. "You're not going anywhere soon, yeah." She immediately looked up at him and frowned.

"Why are we going through here?"

"A group of ninjas thought that it would be funny if they spread some rumors about Akatsuki, yeah. They need to learn their lesson," he said said with a violent flare in his eyes. "They'll learn what true art is," he finished. Sakura knew exactly what he was thinking. Something about a 'boom' and 'explosions' and all that crap.

Soon she could see the border of a small village. The group lowered to a jog and then a walk when they hit the ground. He set her down, and she had to get used to her legs, since they had fallen asleep. They walked into the village. She was planning to escape in the town, but they surrounded her at all sides.

Then a large building came into view and they stopped and looked at it.

"It is here," Itachi rolled off his tongue. They continued inside wondering what they would find inside.


Sry for mistakes. I know there are a lot but this is my first story so spare me. Please review. I'll try to update soon, but i have sports, school, and other activities. ~Bowmangirl123