Well, nothing else to do today other than laundry and post new chapters lol

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~Kyvena

Chapter 2: Taken

Sakura sulked back towards the cave only to find Deidara and his clothing gone as well. Sakura began swearing until she was knocked unconscious. Sakura was then thrown over a large man's shoulder, "Good job Deidara. Though you only had to blow yourself up to get the job done." Deidara got an annoyed look on his face, "Man shut up Kisame, hm!" The two began walking towards the opposite direction of the cave.

A few hours later Sakura came to, only to feel her wrists bound behind her back tightly and her ankles also bound tightly. She began to panic whenever the man carrying her spoke, "Well Deidara, it looks like Blossom here has finally woken up." Sakura knew that voice but couldn't remember his name. Deidara grinned, "I wouldn't struggle too much Sakura. Your arms and legs are bound by my detonating clay." Sakura scowled, "You asshole! I fucking nurtured you back to health and you repay me by kidnapping me!?"

Deidara chuckled, "It was all part of the plan. Though it was nice of you to scrub my hair for me, it's so soft now." Kisame rolled his eyes, "One of these days I'm going to cut that stupid hair." Deidara scowled, "Oh no you won't, hm!" Sakura rolled her eyes, "Let me go!" Kisame chuckled, "No can do Blossom." Kisame then adjusted Sakura, making her yelp. The sun was starting to set and Kisame stopped, "We should make camp now." Deidara nodded, "Okay, hm."

Kisame tossed Sakura to the ground, the impact not being very gentle either. During her fall to the ground her cheek was deeply cut by a rock making her flinch in pain. Sakura whimpered softly and Kisame kicked her side, "Be quiet!" Sakura began coughing harshly and curled up in a ball. Her arms hurt and her ankles were sore but she did not want to get kicked again so she quieted down. Kisame gathered some firewood and Deidara lit it. Sakura laid there curled up in a ball, softly sobbing until she heard her stomach growl.

Deidara laid back, his stomach nice and full, "Kisame, you feed her. I had to go through blowing myself up." Kisame rolled his eyes, "Fine." He stood and stalked towards Sakura, picking her up by her hair. Deidara's eyes widened whenever he saw the blood coming down Sakura's cheek and her swollen eyes from crying. Deidara sighed, "Put her down Kisame, I'll feed her…" Kisame scowled, "Which one do you want Deidara!?" He threw Sakura back down to the ground, her hair coming out of its ponytail.

Deidara walked over to Sakura and Kisame scoffed, "I'm going to bed." Deidara gently picked up Sakura and she instantly flinched, "Sakura… I'm not going to hurt you, yeah…" Sakura shook and dropped her head, tears falling from her eyes to Deidara's arm. Deidara picked up the bowl of soup he had made for her, "It's not great but its food…" Sakura lifted her sorrow filled eyes, "Why… I saved your life…" Deidara shook his head and held a spoon full of soup up to her lips, which she gladly ate, "It was orders from our leader, hm." Sakura began sobbing and Deidara set the soup down before wrapping his arms around her, "I'm sorry Sakura…" Deidara stroked her hair lightly, "Common now, you need to keep your strength up, yeah."

After the soup was finished off Deidara stitched up Sakura's cut that she had gotten on her cheek and wiped her face off. By the time Deidara was finished wiping her face off, she was fast asleep in his arms. Deidara chuckled softly and took his cloak off, covering both Sakura and himself up. Sakura then snuggled her head into Deidara's chest, making him smile as he leaned against a tree and fell asleep.

The next morning Kisame was up before Sakura and Deidara. Whenever he saw the two snuggled up to each other he snorted and stormed over to Deidara and Sakura, roughly grabbed her hair and threw her from Deidara. Deidara shot awake and saw Sakura on the ground coughing, the air was knocked from her lungs whenever Kisame came up and kicked her swiftly in the rib cage. Sakura was sure one of her ribs had cracked under the pressure from the blow. Kisame scowled at Deidara, "Stay away from the target from now on Blondie."

Kisame threw Sakura back over his shoulder and groaned in pain whenever the cracked rib made contact with Kisame's broad shoulder. After about three hours of enduring the pain she became light headed and fainted. Kisame scoffed, "Finally she shut up. And we are almost there too." Upon arriving at the Akatsuki tower the Leader walked out, "Good, you have received Sakura Haruno." Kisame scowled, "Yeah and she's a huge pain in the ass too." Kisame threw Sakura to the ground, shocking her awake and making her cough up some blood.

Leader looked up, "I told you not to be rough on her Kisame." Kisame rolled his eyes and folded his arms, "Do I look like the soft type to you?" Leader scowled, "Leave now both of you." Sakura lay there not wanting to move at all until she was picked up lightly by a pair of strong arms. Leader looked at this woman, her beauty surpassed Konan's by miles. He sighed, "Sakura Haruno, we have brought you here because we are in need of a medic. You are by far the most talented medic I have ever seen and are well known throughout the lands. My name is Pein, but you shall refer to me as Leader." Sakura could only nod.

Pein noticed her arms and ankles bound by Deidara's detonating clay and sighed, "Deidara come back now." Deidara reappeared, "Yes Leader?" Pein motioned to the bindings and Deidara chuckled nervously, "My bad, yeah." He quickly took the bindings off only to see deep black and blue bruises covering her delicate skin, making him flinch. Pein shook his head, "Deidara, take her to the infirmary." Deidara nodded and took Sakura from him before vanishing.

Once at the infirmary Deidara laid Sakura's tiny body down and she quickly began healing the cracked rib. Once that was done she moved to her cheek and healed that, then her ankles and wrists. Deidara sat there watching in awe, "That is so cool, yeah." Sakura smiled, "Thank you." Pein then walked through the doors, "I knew you would make a quick recovery, but yet I'm still impressed." Sakura smiled, "I'm not used to having so many compliments."

Konan then walked through the doors with a stack of files, "Sakura, I do not need to tell you the importance that you never show anyone these files correct?" Sakura nodded, fully knowing they were Akatsuki member bio's and charts, "Doctor-Patient confidentiality." This made Pein chuckle, "Good, then we are on the same page. Now, your office is right over there." Sakura looked to where Pein pointed and nodded, "No point in sitting here resting, I have work to do I suppose." Pein nodded, "Then we shall leave you to it."