Disclaimer: oh rub it in my face. I don't own Naruto.
I forgot to mention in the previous chapter that the characters will be OOC. I can't help it. Sorry.
Sasori is alive in my story.
When Sakura woke up, she noticed that she was no longer in the woods. She was now on a soft comfortable bed. Surveying the room, Sakura saw that there was a door in the wall in front of her. She figured it must lead to the bathroom. Her room had one window and a set of drawers in the far right corner. Sakura wondered how and why she was in this room. Soon, everything came back to her; the fake mission, the betrayal, the fight, and Itachi and Kisame. Sakura tried to get up, but found that she didn't have the strength to.
"Damn. That stupid shark must've drained my chakra," Sakura thought. No sooner had she said that, the 'stupid shark' came in.
"Kunouchi, you're awake," he stated.
"Yes, thank you for pointing that out," Sakura said with sarcasm dripping from her words.
Kisame glared at her. Sakura glared back. The two stayed that way for awhile, before Kisame moved to set something down. Sakura looked at what he had held and saw a tray of food.
"It's your dinner," Kisame said.
Sakura looked at the food and asked, "Did you cook that?'
"Yes," he replied.
"Is it…edible?" she asked.
"Of course it is!" he exclaimed.
Sakura carefully leaned over to try it. There was a bowl of rice, some pieces of chicken, something that looked like grass, and a cup of water. She pierced a piece of chicken with a fork and put it in her mouth. After she swallowed it, she immediately found her strength and rushed….to the bathroom in her room.
Dumping the contents in her stomach, she slowly walked out, clutching her stomach.
"Uuughh. That tasted horrible," she said.
"Hmph!" Kisame huffed. With his head held high, he walked out of her room.
Sakura staggered to her bed and laid down, closing her eyes. In a few moments, she was asleep.
When Sakura woke again, it was six in the morning. She realized that she had more than half of her chakra back. She slowly sat up.
Sakura was about to get up and shower when the door suddenly opened. The person that walked in was Uchiha, Itachi.
He looked at her, and then looked at the tray on her nightstand.
"Why haven't you eaten?" he asked.
"Kisame cooked it," she replied.
"Hn."
There was a moment of awkward silence before Sakura decided to break it. She hated silence, although, she did crave it when Naruto was around. Just the thought of Naruto made her want to cry. How could he? How could they? They knew it was an assassination mission, her being the one who would die. Why didn't they tell her? Did they truly believe she would betray them? Betray them like Sasuke had?
The scroll had mentioned something about her knowing the older Uchiha. How can that be possible?
Remembering that the older Uchiha was in her room, she asked, "Um, do you need something, Itachi-san?"
Itachi regarded her for a second before he said, "Breakfast is in half an hour."
With that, he walked out of the door. Sakura thought it was weird for him to come and tell her that. He was, after all, the murderous Uchiha, Itachi.
Sakura shrugged. "Maybe no one was up yet. It's only six in the morning," she thought.
She shrugged it off and continued on her way to the shower.
While she was showering, Sakura wondered what she would do now. She could either stay and find out why she's here and possibly get herself killed, or she could go back to Konoha and get killed for sure. She wondered why she was here in Akatsuki in the first place. It can't be to lure Naruto. They have Sasuke for that. Sasuke would be after his brother, and Naruto would be after Sasuke. Tsunade had figured this out a few months ago. Sakura also wondered why she was allowed such freedom in Akatsuki. She could simply jump out the window in her room and escape. Another thing was that a part of Sakura wanted revenge. Konoha had betrayed her. Her friends had betrayed her. Why should she go crawling back to them?
Twenty minutes later, Sakura emerged from the bathroom in a towel. She opened a drawer and found a black t-shirt and a pair of black pants. Grabbing it, she went back into the bathroom to change.
When she finished, she looked at her reflection and saw that her hair was getting long again. It reached below her shoulders now.
She went back out and saw Itachi coming in.
"Kunouchi, come," he said.
He turned and walked down the hallway and into what Sakura thought was the dining room. There, she saw the blond, Deidera, the shark who can't cook to save his life, Kisame, and the red head, Sasori.
"SASORI?! Didn't he die?" Sakura wondered.
"Didn't you die?" Sakura asked, while pointing a finger at the red head.
The red head sweat dropped before he looked at her and said, "The sword missed by a few millimeters."
"Hey Pinky. Aren't you supposed to be screaming bloody murder and trying to escape?" Kisame asked.
A vein appeared on Sakura's head when she heard his awful nickname. "Yes, I am supposed to, but I won't bother to try. There's four of you and one of me. Oh, and my name is Sakura, not Pinky, Fish face," Sakura retorted.
"Don't call me that!"
"Then don't call me Pinky," she said. During the exchange, Itachi had taken a seat by Sasori.
"Kunouchi," he called out.
Sakura turned to look at him. "Yes?" she asked.
"You will stay here, at Akatsuki," he stated.
"What? Why?" Sakura asked. She didn't want to stay here.
Itachi's eyes narrowed a bit and he glared at her. Sakura glared back, not willing to back down.
Noticing the tension in the room, Deidera decided to talk.
"Kunouchi, can you cook? I'm starving, yeah," he said.
Sakura looked away from Itachi to stare at Deidera.
"No. Why would I cook for you? You're a criminal, and what do you mean I'm staying?" Sakura looked back to Itachi when she asked her question.
"Kunouchi, you will stay as Akatsuki's medic," he replied.
"What if I don't want to?" Sakura asked.
"You don't have a choice," he said, "and while you're here, you will be expected to where the Akatsuki cloak.
Sakura grimaced. She didn't want to be their medic, but she didn't have many places to go, and she didn't want to wear the cloak! Sakura thought about going to Sand, but knew she couldn't. Sand was Konoha's ally, which meant that they could've known about what Tsunade was going to do. Sound was out of the question completely. She would not go crawling back to Sasuke asking him to save her. She could damn well take care of herself! If she did somehow manage to escape, Akatsuki would no doubt come after her, and so would ANBU when they found out she was still alive. It seemed that staying with the Akatsuki was her best choice.
With a dejected sigh, Sakura nodded. She would stay and become their medic.
"Welcome to Akatsuki, Sakura-san," Sasori said.
"Yeah! Now, let's eat, yeah!" Deidera exclaimed.
"Pinky! Cook something!" Kisame said.
A vein appeared on Sakura's head. She wanted to just hit both Kisame and Deidera.
This chapter didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted, but I think its okay. What do you think?
MerrY ChRiStMaS
