Wrecked Door

Disclaimer: All the characters belong to Kishimoto!

Chapter #3

Kaiko-chan

This may have been a mistake.

Sakura Haruno was currently in a mental argument with that tiny little voice inside her head that chose to surface at the most inopportune time, such as the current one. The voice inside her head kept telling her that everything would work out, but her heart was telling her something completely different.

It was because of that… man that she was now in this mental debate. He stood just inside the other room with a look on his face that told her that he was not going to make it easy on her.

She should not have brought him here; she knew that in the very pit of her core. That little voice, though, kept nagging that it was too late to do something about it.

"SAKURA-CHAN! COME ON! IT'S KINDA COLD IN HERE!"

Naruto voice only made her already panicking state worse. Biting her lip, the pink-haired girl laid her eyes on the small table next to her bed. For a brief instant, her emerald eyes seemed to glow differently. A wide grin decorated her phantasmagoric features as she stared at the small wooden box.

"Just a moment!" Sakura shouted, receiving a loud groan in response.

Quickly, she practically threw herself towards the wooden box. She picked it up and held it to her chest. Turning around, Sakura stared at the other room with a mischievous look plastered on her tired face. Slowly, she walked towards the door, wrenching it open.

Despite the thick darkness of the room, her bright green eyes immediately spotted the blond-haired man. It was easy to see the murder look he was giving her.

Sighing, Sakura walked towards the bed and stared at the chakra ropes that were biding his body with a mix of satisfaction and pride. She placed the wooden box next to bed table and then pulled a small chair in order to sit close to him.

Her heart was beating strongly against her chest. For a moment, she wondered if he could hear it. Struggling to keep her face free of any emotions, she reached her arm towards the pink sock stuck in his mouth.

"Fuckin' bitch!" the blond-haired man exclaimed. His eyes became like slits as he glared at her.

Used to his foul language, Sakura simply ignored him while she stretched her arm towards the wooden box.

"You think you're getting away with this?" Deidara asked as he glared at the medic-nin. Even though his whole body was still sore, thanks to the pink-haired girl healing and some weird looking pills he was feeling a lot better.

Deidara's eye twitched violently when he realized that she was still ignoring him.

Sakura tried her best not to punch Deidara. His useless struggle against her chakra ropes was annoying her. She needed to hurry for she did not know how much longer she could keep Naruto and the others outside. Licking her dry lips, she finally opened the wooden box.

His eyes shot wide open when he studied the box contents.

"Listen really carefully," whispered Sakura locking her emerald eyes with his panicking ones, "if you give away your identity for one second… or if you try to make a move against me or any of my friends… I will make sure to cut your whole body back to pieces and then heal them just enough to keep you conscious while proceeding to cut you some more,"

Deidara nodded slowly. It was not as if he was stupid enough to try something against a group of leaf ninja in his condition. Yet, her plan to hide his identity did not please him at all. More importantly, why was she hiding him from her friends? Did she not plan to hand him over?

"So what is going to be? Red or light pink lipstick?" The pink-haired girl asked as she waved the lipsticks in front of his horrified face.

"I prefer purple…"

Sakura lips parted in surprise.

"Do you happen to have purple?"

"Purple?" Sakura blinked and slowly directed her stupefied gaze to the small box, "No… no purple,"

"Damn…"

"It doesn't matter," Sakura managed to say as she leaned the light pink lipstick on his soft lips, "Purple lipstick is a big no,"

Deidara arched an eyebrow, "Purple is beautiful, un,"

Sakura blinked one more time. She could not actually believe that she was putting her makeup on him. An S-criminal nin… that happened to like purple.

The blond-haired man watched somewhat amused at her bewildered expression. He stood still as she applied the makeup on him. This was an excellent opportunity to find a way of escape. Grinning as she applied more eyeliner, he was already planning the most painful way to kill the little pink-haired bitch.

He could not believe his luck! After he was done with the woman, he would simply kill the Kyuubi container freak. Then he would head back towards the headquarters and then he could finally proceed with his main goal.

Kill the Uchiha son of a bitch.

"There," Sakura leaned back on her chair and admired her work. He really did look like a girl. Smiling at her masterpiece, she placed a finger on her chin when she finally realized that there was still something off, "Aha,"

"Aha?" Deidara asked narrowing his eyes as the pink-haired girl stood up and leaned on him. He watched powerlessly as her hands reached his ponytail, "No way! Not my hair!"

Sakura smiled victoriously as she pulled the ponytail holder away.

"There!" She exclaimed happily clasping her hands together in a very girlish manner, "I'm definitely the best,"

"You are dead meat, yeah," Deidara muttered darkly as she made the chakra ropes disappear.

Sakura expression sobered up. She glared at Deidara as he struggled to sit on the bed. She doubted that he could do any harm in his condition. Yet, she worried whenever she started to wonder what she was going to do when he was fully healthy.

A dark thought crossed her mind.

She did not have to heal him completely.

"SAKURA-CHAN!"

Groaning and cursing her luck, Sakura quickly turned her back on the Akatsuki member to open the door.

The silence of the room was deafening.

Deidara pressed his lips together as he stared at the three men walking inside. He fought his murdering instincts controlling the urge to blow up the whole house. His eyes stared at the silver-haired ninja whose dark eye seemed stuck on him.

"Did we come in a bad time?" Kakashi asked as he slowly gazed away from the very ugly blonde woman towards his ex-apprentice.

"N-no!" Sakura chimed in, hiding her trembling hands behind her back. She spotted Naruto blue eyes staring at Deidara's fake breasts. Maybe she did exaggerate on the size.

"Who is your friend?" Kakashi asked in a soft tired voice.

"Yeah! Who are you?" Naruto questioned with a wide grin on his whiskered features, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki!"

Sakura could feel her heart stop. They haven't planned anything! No background story… nothing! Oh Kami… they were going to find out. What were they going to do once they found out she healed the enemy?

"I'm Kaiko Tanaika," Deidara spoke out, forcing a smooth pleasant voice. He shot a curious look at the distressed pink-haired girl.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Kaiko-san," said Kakashi with a polite tone, "I see that you…" Kakashi paused, his dark eye landing on the burnt marks on Deidara's neck, "are wounded,"

Deidara nodded and forced a smile on his features.

"Shouldn't you be in the hospital?" Naruto asked, his blue eyes also scanning Deidara's skin.

Sai, who had been in silence during the entire time narrowed his eyes in suspicious. He stared at the blonde-haired woman big-sized breasts and noticed that something was off. Pressing his finger into the matter Sai glanced towards Sakura's breasts.

Sakura's breasts were not that big, yet they seemed coordinated… on the other hand… the strange blonde-haired woman breasts… one seemed to be bigger than the other, but that wasn't what caught his attention. The fact that one breast seemed to be in a lower place than the other was highly disconcerting.

"Well…" Sakura started, "Tainaka-san…"

Crap. Crap. Crap.

Tainaka-san what? Sakura could feel her throat become dry. Her whole body was becoming sweaty. She had never been very good at lying.

Deidara wanted to slap the medic-nin. She was ruining it. There was no way that he would allow them to figure his identity… looking like that.

"Well…" Deidara waved his hand in mid-air in a girly fashion, "The thing is… I am scared of hospitals,"

Sakura wondered if she was stuck inside a nightmare.

"You see…" Deidara started with a croaky voice, "my entire family has perished within hospital walls…" he then locked his eyes with Naruto, "It's like a curse! I'm afraid… that I too… will… die,"

Sakura bloodstream froze at the blatant lie. However, she felt relieved when Naruto jumped forward and pulled Deidara for a hug.

"Kaiko-chan!!"

Kakashi placed himself next to Sakura and patted her shoulder, "I'm glad that you haven't been all by yourself,"

Sakura nodded shortly. Guilt was consuming her whole being. She wanted to tell them, really. But she did not want to look at Naruto's accusing eyes. Nor she did want to hear Kakashi wise words.

It was okay… she kept telling herself over and over.

"Hai.." Sakura replied quietly as Deidara tried to break free from Naruto's embrace.

Oh… how she wanted a hole to hide. Not only had she healed an enemy as she was completely lying.

"We have to go see Tsunade-sama," Sai spoke for the very first time. His dark eyes never leaving the suspicious blonde-haired woman, Tainaka-san.

"Oh yeah!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly, then turned to look at his pink-haired girl friend, "Sakura-chan… we have awesome news!" Naruto grinned at Sakura, his blue eyes sparkling with excitement, "We heard Sasuke-teme was heading towards the lightening country,"

Sakura lips parted not expecting that at all.

Deidara stopped dead on his spot. His greenish-sea eyes widened at the piece of information.

"I'm going to kill him, yeah,"

"I'm going to kill that Uchiha freak-show,"

Deidara's voice echoed inside her head. She forced a smile on her features. Naruto looked so excited and hopeful. She didn't want him to get another heartbreak.

"Lightening country…" Sakura whispered, feeling somewhat ill.

"Yeah! We are going to ask baa-chan if we're all allowed to go after him!" Naruto replied as he walked towards the door.

"Lightening country?" Deidara asked in a very surprised tone, and then he grinned cunningly shocking the pink-haired girl, "Perhaps… I could go too…" he added in a shy tone.

Sakura eyes bulged. She couldn't believe it! The bastard was completely turning the table around. She was no longer in control and he seemed to have realized it.

"It might get dangerous…" Kakashi interrupted not feeling completely comfortable with the idea.

"Oh! I promise I will not be any burden, really! I just want to visit my only left family, my sweet cousin…" a sad look took over Deidara's face and Sakura had to gather all her strengths not to run over him and fulfill the threat she had made earlier.

Naruto blue eyes immediately filled with compassion, "Of course you can come Kaiko-chan!"

Kakashi watched as Sai and Naruto walked in front of him, both boys insulting and glaring at each other. Somehow they reminded him of early times, when a certain Uchiha was still part of team seven. Yet, his thoughts were still floating back towards the strange woman.

Sakura looked like she had not slept for days and for some odd reason; she looked highly uncomfortable and rather eager to get rid of them. Something was certainly bothering but he just could not really figure it out. That of course, left him in a rather bad mood.

That Tainaka-san didn't really look just like a normal woman. He couldn't be sure but there was a time when they were just about to leave that he could have sworn that he could feel some chakra coming from her.

Moreover, it was not just any chakra… it was an awful familiar chakra.

"You are not going anywhere!" Sakura hissed angrily as she glared at the ridiculous looking man.

Deidara snorted and walked towards the nearest chair. He was starting to feel rather dizzy due to the major effort of simply standing up. Mentally cursing his luck, he still managed to offer her a wide grin.

"Face it, un" Deidara started as he brusquely closed his eyes, "you are in deep trouble… I don't really know why you bothered to heal me but… I know one thing. Healing an enemy will get the ANBU on your ass and not even the Hokage can stop it. I know you are her apprentice and all… but what example will she provide if she allows her apprentice get away with it while many others were severely punished?"

Sakura gulped audibly at his words. Damn him.

"So why did you do it?"

His question caught the pink-haired girl off guard.

"Good question…" she whispered, feeling rather angry with herself.

"Anyway… Kaiko-chan," he added with a mocking tone, "Is going to Lightening country either you like it or not… once I get there you can get rid of me, and you can go back to your perfect life and no one needs to know that you healed an S-criminal,"

Sakura clenched her fists and opened her mouth to say something but then a loud sound was heard and both Sakura and Deidara watched in time as a silver-haired jounin clone dissipated in a mass of clouds.

"Fuck, yeah,"