She was back in the cell. The dampness seemed to seep into her very soul. All she did was lay there, staring at the door. Itachi had come back once, placing a tray of food in front of her and leaving once more. She eyed the plate. Some sort of mush was in the center and a roll of bread sat on the side. She wasn't going to touch it. Could be poisoned, or Kami knows what else. She heard Hidan come back around at one point.

"Why the hell do I have to do this again?"

"Because, Leader said there needs to be a chakra seal outside the door since she has no restraints anymore, hmm."

"What the fuck? Why doesn't he do it then? I'm wasting perfectly good sacrifices to please his ass!"

"Just do it!"

It was Deidara. Hidan grumbled as he once again started his ritual to paint the seal across the door which creaked open. A blond head of hair peaked in. Sakura looked at him wearily. She didn't have the fight in her anymore to try and lash out. He was daring enough to actually sneak the rest of the way in. His sky blue eye scanned her body on the floor. The girl was curled up into a ball, her food untouched. Deidara sensed she just wanted to die here. What a waste of a perfectly beautiful girl. He took notice that she was staring at him. Albeit her eyes looked tired and a glassy film could be seen, but nonetheless, the viridian color of her iris caught his attention. Oddly enough it matched perfectly with the color of her hair, contemplating each other in a lovely mixture of colors. He bent down to get a better look at this masterpiece of a girl. Her eyes widened slightly and she quickly shot up into a sitting position.

"Whoa! Touchy aren't we?"

Sakura just stared at him. He had a crooked smile upon his lips. What was he in here for? She watched that bright blue orb scan her. She felt naked under his gaze and wanted to punch him. Probably a bad idea with Hidan right outside. One Akatsuki member was bad enough, but two was even worse.

"Deidara, what the hell are you doing? Get your ass out here, I'm done!"

Hidan yelled from the other side of the door. Deidara stood, giving the girl on last glance over.

"He won't kill you, hmm. They just want something from you."

The blonde gave her another smirk before leaving, the sound of both men's footsteps retreating down the hall. What did that mean? Sakura thought back to the liquid she had been injected with. If it wasn't some sort of poison then what was it? She had gotten her answer soon enough. After about a couple more hours Sakura was squirming on the floor, clutching her stomach. She hadn't eaten any of the food so why did she feel so sick? She was covered in a thin layer of her own sweat. Her body was trying to fight off whatever was in her body. Suddenly the door opened and Itachi and Kisame walked in.

"Well it looks like your serum is working, Itachi!"

Kisame chuckled deeply and Itachi stared down at the tortured girl.

"Get her."

Kisame just nodded and picked the girl up, slinging her across his shoulder. She definitely felt like she was going to hurl as she bounced against the hard back of the shark man. They made a turn into the room she had last been in. He plopped her down into a chair and tied rope around her torso.

"Hnn."

Sakura groaned out, her head lulling back and forth as she tried to settle her poor stomach. That man with the orange hair came out once more. She finally guessed he was the one they called Leader. What a stupid name, she thought.

"She's showing some of the side effects from the serum. Will this affect the outcome?"

He asked, turning towards the Uchiha.

"I do not know."

Leader just huffed, not liking the sound of that answer. He took hold of the girls chin and forced her to look at him. Her eyes were half lidded and she looked as if she was going to pass out at any second.

"Tell me, what is your name?"

"S-Sakura…Haruno."

Well that was a good sign. It looked like the serum was working after all, even with the side effects.

"Good, where do you live?"

"Village…Leaf…"

She started to lull again, her head swinging forward. Leader's eyes narrowed, he had spoken too soon. His fingers tapped her cheek, trying to snap her back to reality. Another groaned rumbled in her throat.

"What is the name of the current Hokage?"

Sakura just kept groaning. She quickly whipped her head out of his hands. She didn't feel good, couldn't they notice that? The man in front of her just kept talking, but his words were so muffled she couldn't make sense of them. Again he tapped on her cheek and she let out a growl.

"We aren't going to get anywhere with her like that, hmm."

Deidara watched as the girl's facial color went from pale, to a sickly green, and back to pale.

"You're right…put some more serum in her."

"What? Why would you do that, hmm?"

"Because, it's a drug, and like any drug, you need to have your body get used to it. Currently her body is trying to reject the drug. We need to give her daily doses so that her body instead will become addicted and we will achieve our desired outcome."

Deidara wondered what this was going to do to the girl. He had heard of over dosing and that could be a likely case here. Well oh well. If she was going to go out like that, it would probably be with a bang! He wanted to see how this worked out.

Kisame brought forth another syringe. This time, Sakura didn't try and act out. She was in too much of a daze to even try.

"Now take her back to her cell. Inform me of her condition within another three hours."

Itachi nodded and Kisame picked her up, carrying her on his shoulder and back towards the cell. Somewhere in between, Sakura had passed out.

The sound of the dripping from the water sounded odd. Sakura had woken up about thirty minutes ago and now she was oddly fascinated by the sound of the water dripping. As the droplet connected with the puddle of water upon the floor, the sound vibrated outwards, almost like an echo repeating itself over and over. She listened to the water drip in this fascinating way. So enchanted until she heard the door creak open, the sound also vibrating in the strange way.

"Has it been three hours?"

"Yes."

Sakura could make out the sounds of both Itachi and Deidara's voices, but they somehow mixed together, making a strange sound of effects. Both the men stared down at her and she peered up at them.

"Something doesn't seem right about her, hmm."

"I can see that."

Deidara stooped down, trying to investigate the state that the girl was in. Her breathing was shallow and her eyes half lidded once more. The color of her eyes seemed dull and faded. He reached out towards her. When his hand made contact Sakura cried out in pain. It felt like needles, hundreds of needles pricking at her skin. Quickly Deidara retracted his hand away.

"It's another side effect, she must be hallucinating."

Itachi explained this to the younger Akatsuki as he watched the girl beneath him curl up into a ball and whine. Deidara watched her with fascination.

"That's quite the serum you picked up, Itachi."

"Hnn."

The Uchiha leaned down, bringing out another syringe. They were to keep injecting her every three hours until the side effects were no more. Itachi took hold of her arm and she whimpered, her tired and sad eyes now looking at him in pain.

"Please don't…"

She croaked out the words. This was torture beyond her wildest dreams. No matter how much serum they put in her, she still would not crack, but the side effects were slowly killing her. She shivered as the needle dug into her skin once more.

"Let's go."

Itachi watched as the girl curled back into a ball, somehow thinking this would protect her. Deidara sat there on his haunches for a few more seconds, studying her before he got up and left. He was supposed to be a mass murderer. Killing anything and feeling no sympathy. However, this girl he witnessed somehow pulled at his heart strings. He could hear her whimpers as he walked down the hall, his chest tightening the whole way.