Me: Sorry for the late update, I got a new comp :D And the better news is that I know what couple to make now *evil grin*.
Inner self: Here's Cherry Dreamer!
Cherry Dreamer part 4
"Ugh." Sakura yawned. "Can't believe I'm still awake." Sakura rolled on her side on the Akatsuki bed.
"You were only kidnapped and bleeding to death." She shot back to herself.
She softly sighed and looked over at the small alarm clock on the side of the bed.
"Four thirty in the morning."
Sakura groaned and rubbed her neck, noticing the ribbon was still there. She slowly stepped out of bed and looked around the dark room. The only light was underneath the door, the other Akatsuki was probably awake as well.
"What are they doing up at this time in the morning?" Sakura wondered as she opened her door.
She spotted Itachi sitting down with Deidara and Hidan. But Madara wasn't there with them along with Sasori. Carefully, she took her first step out the door.
"Morning Sakura!" Hidan yelled, waving at her. "How was your sleep?"
"It seems your head is healed." Itachi ignored Hidan. "Madara and Sasori are on a mission."
"I see," she faintly muttered. "Do you guys have a shower I can use?"
The three Akatsuki noticed that she was still wearing her stained dress and her hair was drench with blood.
"It's by the kitchen, hn." Deidara was the first to answer. "Oh yeah, Madara wanted me to give you these."
He tossed her a light brown bag filled with clothes.
"Thanks." She yawned, heading to the shower.
She shut the door behind her, making a soft thudding sound.
"Interesting." Hidan picked up a book from the coffee table. "She will be a fine part of the group."
"Yeah!" Deidara happily answered. "We still need two people to replace Konan and Pein."
"Keep it quiet." Itachi stared at the both of them. "We can't tell Sakura what is happening yet."
"Oh yeah…" Deidara silenced down.
Sakura washed out the blood in her hair and her body cautiously. She has to find a way out of here before Naruto and Sasuke came to save her.
"How sad," She leaned back to the wall of the shower, "I am depending on those two to save me? No way!"
She eagerly punched the cement shower wall.
"Ouch." She quickly pulled back her fist. "I forgot that I was still wearing the charka draining necklace."
She traced her fingers over the Uchiha symbol. Out of the three Uchihas, Madara was the more opened minded one for sure. Itachi and Sasuke keep their thoughts to themselves and acted all cool around fan girls.
"Thank god I'm not like that." She thought to herself. "Ever since I changed, I have gotten more powerful and useful. Now I'm not weak or dead weight as Sasuke would call me."
She turned off the shower and wrapped herself in a black towel hanging to the left of the shower. She opened the bag Deidara gave her and quickly realized that these were her battling clothes.
"They broke into my apartment." She said through her teeth, turning her hands into fists.
"Hey Sakura, hn!" Deidara knocked at the bathroom door. "Madara and Sasori will be here shortly, so hurry up."
Sakura softly sighed and tossed on her clothes. She wiped the mirror and brushed back her short hair. Ever since she cut it she liked it. Not only she looks better with it, she can fight more easily now without her hair getting in the way.
"Surprised that my hair looks this well from what happened last night." She looked away from the mirror. "But at this moment I don't care."
She tossed her towel on the counter and walked out of the bathroom. Itachi and Hidan looked up at her from their usual spot on the couch.
Sakura cocked her eyebrow as she walked near them. "Where's Deidara?"
"Who knows." Hidan rolled his eyes. "We're not his babysitters."
"Why would you care?" Itachi questioned, looking up at Sakura.
"I don't," she folded her arms across her chest, "it's just quiet without him here."
"Miss him?" A voice behind Sakura cooed.
"Welcome back Sasori." Hidan smiled at him. "How was the mission?"
"It went well." He joined Itachi and Hidan on the dark couch.
"Forget this; I'm heading back to my room."
She turned around and ran into someone.
"You should watch it." Madara pushed Sakura back lightly.
"Uh sorry," Sakura avoided Madara's tense stare at her, "I was just heading back to my room."
"Nonsense!" Madara laughed, turning her back around to the other Akatsuki members. "I mean you are one of us now."
"No I am not!" Sakura moved away from him. "I will get out of here."
"I wouldn't be so sure." Sasori smirked at Sakura. "While on our mission, Madara and I ran into two ANBU kids. One of them was the kyuubi and the other was another Uchiha."
"Naruto and Sasuke." Sakura gasped, moving closer to her room. "What did you do to them?!"
"Nothing. Yet." Madara grinned wickedly at her. "We used your dress to lead them off in another direction."
"What?!" Sakura screamed, walking up to Madara. "That dress happened to be important to me."
Madara gazed down at her. "The Akatsuki doesn't carry anything important around here. And if we do, we either lose it or it dies off anyways."
"You are all monsters." She sneered. "All you care about is yourselves. You guys don't know the meaning of love or friends."
"That's enough!" Madara slammed his fist into a wall, one inch away from Sakura's head.
She didn't flinch and a smile spread across her face.
"What's so funny?" Madara demanded, turning his hand back into a fist.
"You remind me of Sasuke." She quietly answered, her eyes narrowing down at him. "But something is different about you."
Madara laughed, making the other Akatsuki somewhat nervous.
"We only have one thing in common now." He backed away from her to Itachi. "We want power, all Uchihas do."
"Which reminds me," Sakura jumped over the debris from the wall, "since you ran into Naruto and Sasuke, why didn't you kill them off? And aren't you after Naruto for his tailed beast?"
"I want to kill him at the perfect time." Madara folded his arms. "And as for the Kyuubi brat, we are no longer after the tailed beasts; we are after something much powerful."
Sakura looked anxiously at Madara. There was something stronger than the Kyuubi and the other beasts?
"That can't be." Sakura said, walking back near her bedroom door. "Tsunade told me that the strongest beings in the world are the tailed beasts. She also told me that you can control them."
"The last part is true." Madara answered tonelessly. "But as for the first part, there is something powerful enough to defeat the tailed beasts like your blonde headed friend."
"Well what is it?"
"Hey guys!" Deidara broke in, holding some bags of food. "Back from the store and…"
Deidara's eyes quickly noticed the hole in the wall.
"What happened in here? Hn."
"Nothing." Itachi sat up. "In fact, I must be leaving. I need to continue my research."
"I'll join you." Hidan jumped up. "I don't like where this is heading."
The two Akatsuki members disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"I'll be in my room creating more puppets." Sasori stretched out his arms. "Have fun Sakura chan."
Sasori silently went to his room and shut the door behind him.
"I'll just put these away." Deidara mumbled, heading into the kitchen.
"Well?" Sakura sat down on the opposite side of Madara. "Are you going to answer my question?"
Me: EEK, cliffhanger. I'll update soon, I have a three day weekend coming up. YAY!