I would have had this chapter up sooner but I've been ill one week and flooded the next

anyway its done now and it's a nice long one just for you enjoy!

She walked out into the clearing to face Miliko "So you think that you can beat me?" he said in a cocky voice

"I'm not sure but I'm going to try" she answered. She jumped into the air, throwing many shuriken and kunai as she went, Miliko did the same. As she dodged all the weapons she rebounded off a tree as did Miliko, both with kunai in their hands they flew towards each other. But Miliko was faster than Kusabana and so was the first to strike.

However as the blade of his kunai touched Kusabana's skin, she disappeared, Miliko suddenly realised that he had been tricked "A shadow clone!" he said as he turned around to see the real Kusabana with many more weapons in both hands.

She threw the weapons at Miliko and as he had no time to move they were all successful hits and managed to pin him to a nearby tree. Kusabana landed safely on the ground and walked up to the struggling Miliko. "Now you will see how much I have improved" she stated as she preformed a number of hand signs and closed her eyes.

Deidara watched in amazement as Kusabana's hands began to glow blue and her pupils disappeared. "Blue flame-jutsu!" she shouted as two balls of blue flame appeared at her fingertips. She ran towards Miliko getting ready to strike as she went, Deidara noticed that Miliko was smiling and immediately knew that Kusabana was in danger. "Kusabana lookout hn!" he yelled, but it was too late, as she raised her hand to hit him he quickly made many handsigns with his only free hand and shouted "Reflection-jutsu!"

Kusabana felt pain surge through her body he eyes widened as she coughed up blood. She looked down to see that a giant wound had appeared on her stomach; she writhed in pain and collapsed to the ground. "You underestimated me Kusabana; you see I developed this jutsu just recently. It allows me to reflect the opponents attack back at them leaving me unharmed." He explained as he pulled a senbon needle out of his left arm.

"And now you will die for underestimating me" he threatened as he held a kunai to her throat. Kusabana flinched at the cold metal touching her neck, she was about to give in when something caught her eye. Perched on a rock a couple of centimetres away from where she was knelt was a small bird; however this wasn't any ordinary bird, this bird was made of clay. Kusabana was already exhausted and in pain, she hoped Deidara knew what he was doing because she would not be able to stay conscious for much longer.

Deidara made the handsign he needed to make the clay bird explode; he knew there was no way around Kusabana being injured but he still wasn't that happy about doing it.

Kusabana was thrown into the air, along with Miliko by the power of the explosion, causing her even more pain. She could stand it anymore as she plummeted back to the ground everything around her went dark.

Deidara had to act fast; he jumped out of the tree and caught Kusabana just before she hit the ground. He lent her against a tree and noticed that she was already unconscious. He scanned the area trying to find Miliko but he was nowhere to be seen, but just to be on the safe side he decided to go a little further away from the battle ground.

He stopped about 800m away from where Kusabana and Miliko had battled and lent Kusabana against another tree. He stood up and preformed a number of handsigns and closed his eyes. As he opened them everything around him was dark and there was only one other person with him.

"What's the situation Deidara?" the Leader asked

"Not good Leader-san" he answered

"Kusabana-chan is injured hn. We need backup, where are Kisame and Itachi?"

"I received Tobi's message requesting back up so I sent him to find them. He has made it to them and they are on their way, so just stay hidden and out of trouble till then"

"How long will it take them to get here?" Deidara questioned

"A couple of hours" was the only answer he got before the Leader sent him back to reality.

He knelt down to check on Kusabana, the injury she had was quite bad and if it wasn't treated soon, it could be fatal. He noticed a drop of blood on her lips; he used one of his fingers to clean it off. He looked at her peaceful face and sighed, he had never really noticed just how beautiful she was until now. "I hope you can hold out a couple more hours Kusabana-chan" he said to her motionless body as he lent against a tree and drifted to sleep.

Kusabana opened her eyes; she could see that she was still in the forest but not in the same place that she battled Miliko. She looked down to see that she was covered with an Akatsuki cloak; she then turned to her left and noticed that a few meters away Deidara was lent against another tree. She smiled something that was very rare to see coming from Kusabana, knowing that at least one person in the Akatsuki cared for her.

All of a sudden, she felt an excruciating pain surge through her body making her cry out in pain. She held her stomach as the pain continued to get worse and worse.

The scream had woken Deidara he turned to see Kusabana struggling to stay conscious. He rushed across to where she lay "What's wrong Kusabana-chan?!" he asked urgently

"What do you think?!" She yelled back at him. He tried to restrain her so that he could help her, however she did not want to cooperate. He pushed he down onto the floor and straddled her "Stay still Kusabana-chan" he said as he stopped her struggling. "I have very basic medical skills" he put both his hands on her wound and began the jutsu. Although, since Deidara was not trained properly in medical jutsu it didn't take too long for him to get tired. He didn't have enough chakra to carry on, he tried to move off of Kusabana but he just didn't have the energy. So he ended up collapsing on top of her.

Kusabana regained consciousness; the pain had gone however, something heavy was weighing her down. She opened her eyes and blushed. Deidara had landed in such a way that meant his face was so close that there lips were almost touching. Kusabana quickly pushed him off of her and laid him down next to her. She was completely exhausted; she knew that it was dangerous and potentially fatal for her to go to sleep with no lookout to guard her. However she just couldn't manage to keep her eyes open. So she laid back and drifted off into a deep sleep

Yes I know Deidara probably can't do medical jutsus but I'm sure you'll get over it

R&R people!!