Sakura paced by the side of the glinting lake looking at herself in the water, small ripples created by a gentle breeze blurred her image slightly so she sighed and gave up. She stripped down and got in the water. It was cool and refreshing against her bare pale skin and it relaxed her slightly. She looked into the water; she could see some small fish bravely swimming around her legs while tadpoles gazed at them admiringly from a distance. She sighed again and thought about how these little fish have such simple peaceful lives. Their lifespan was short and within that short amount of time, they found their soul mate and had a family of their own and eventually they died and floated to the bed of the lake. She was so jealous of these fish, she hadn't even had her first kiss yet! She thought she should be grateful, but she still couldn't help feeling it, sometimes life just wasn't fair. She thought back to the day before and tears welled up in her eyes. How could Naruto, of all people, go along with the assassination of Sasuke Uchiha? Sakura just couldn't understand how they could all go along with it! It just wasn't right, he was their friend and they'd been searching for him all this time and Naruto had just decided now that 'it is for the best'! How could he have such a sudden change of heart, she didn't still love him, she got over that a long time ago, it was just a silly girls crush after all. She sighed and peered at her reflection again, she had changed so much.
"Sakura, you have to see everyone elses point of view, if Sasuke really had wanted to come back now, don't you think he would have done so already?"
Her innerself seemed extremely calm, and seemed to be trying to comfort her which was unusual, but she wasn't going to complain about it.
"I guess,"
She had to agree, but she just couldn't imagine Sasuke having to be murdered,
"If anyone should be murdered, it should be Itachi for making him go down this road,"
After she'd finished washing herself and hair with the little bottle of shampoo and shower gel she'd found on the dressing table of the shack she got out wrapped a towel round herself (Also from the shack) and started the short walk back.
By now Deidara was pacing, why he didn't know. He still couldn't shake Sakura from his mind. He kept thinking about how they would have to separate soon, but for some reason, he didn't want to, did she feel the same way? He hoped she did, it wasn't like he could go back to Konoha with her, and he would get taken in by the Anbu and interrogated and eventually killed. He didn't want to take her back to the Akatsuki, he didn't want to go back himself, but that was the only option he had right now. Maybe he could make Pein take her on as their medical nin, he didn't know, all he knew is he didn't want to leave her so soon. The thing was, he didn't know if he generally had feelings for her, or if he was so sexually frustrated for not being with a girl for so long.
"What the fuck do you mean 'been with a girl for so long' your still a virgin you bellend,"
"Shut up, un. I didn't mean it like that, I just meant, ughh, never mind."
He decided not to retaliate to his innerself, he didn't want to be in an even worse mood when Sakura came in.
Right on cue she burst through the door, and walked straight into Deidara. The sudden impact made her squeal and jump with surprise… Causing the towel too fall from around her slender body. Deidara couldn't help himself, he stared at her while she quickly yanked up the towel from the floor blushing 10 shades of red and scurrying off to the room. Deidara stared after her blushing furiously before looking down at his hands and started to fiddle with his fingers. He looked up at Tobi and was relived he was entertaining himself with his cards.
"Good,"
He thought,
"At least he didn't see her,"
He didn't know why he was so bothered but he felt sort of protective towards her. They were both still blushing furiously when Sakura walked out of the room, now fully clothed, and avoiding Deidara's gaze.
"Ummm,"
Deidara chuckled nervously while scratching the back of his head,
"I'm err, really sorry about that, un,"
Sakura looked up at him, her emerald orbs still full of embarrassment and smiled at him weakly.
"It's… It's okay, it wasn't your fault,"
She managed, her throat was extremely dry and hoarse, she glanced over at Tobi, Deidara noticed.
"It's okay, un. He didn't see,"
Sakura sighed, at least she still had a little dignity. If Deidara ever mentioned it, she could just deny it, especially if Tobi hadn't seen her … Right?
