Three hours, another three hours and she wondered what side effect would take over this time. She had been returned back to her damp cell and this time with an Akatsuki member to guard her door. She knew Hidan was on duty this time. She could hear him curse at nothing, quiet, then curse loudly again.

"You're turn is up, Hidan. I'll take over from here, hmm."

"Fucking finally, thank Jashin! I have better things to do than babysit!"

She could hear as Hidan cursed a few more times, thanking whatever God it was he praised. Her new guard cracked the door open and poked his head inside. Sakura almost felt sympathetic for him for a second. He had a frown on his lips and two pieces of tissue stuck up his nostrils.

"You have any side effects yet, hmm?

He asked in a grumpy tone, obviously pissed about his nose.

"No, not yet."

Silence fell upon the two and Sakura squirmed. Maybe she did feel bad for him. After all, he was the only one here that was somewhat nice to her. He didn't poke her with needles, he didn't look down upon her like she was some useless life form, and he didn't try to have sex with her the moment she woke up in this ghastly place. He was alright, she guessed.

"I'm sorry."

Deidara looked at her with a confused look, his mouth slightly hanging open.

"Wait, what?"

"I said I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"Your nose."

He stared at her for a long second and Sakura finally got a good glimpse of him. His hair was neatly pulled back into a ponytail, a large portion of his bangs covering his left eye. That blue hue that was strikingly bright was staring at her. It was almost like she could sense a form or sadness there, just almost. He was quite handsome, she had to admit. What had been his purpose for joining Akatsuki? Sure enough he could have done better. Sakura started to wonder about his past, what had led him here. His form leaned against the doorframe.

"Guards usually aren't supposed to be in the cell with their prisoners, you know."

"Heh, I'm not scared of you. For one, there is a chakra seal on this door, preventing you from using any of it, hmm. And two, I think I could easily take you. Even with a hand tied behind my back."

He gave her another one of his famous crooked smiles and she frowned at his arrogance. Lifting herself up off the ground she walked towards where he was. Her chains clanked across the floor with her movement. As she approached, Deidara gave her a questioning look, his hand twitched next to the beige bag near his hip. Sakura's cuffs pulled against her wrists and even with the bandages on she felt a dull pain shoot up her arm. However, she didn't let that ruin her striking emotion. Daring him with a smirk, she placed a hand on her hip.

"Please, you may be Akatsuki, but you're no Itachi."

This made the blonde fume, his face growing red.

"Take that back!"

"Nope."

Suddenly he moved with lightning fast reflexes. Sakura didn't even have enough time to place her hands in front of her as a form of protection. Deidara had her pinned back against the wall, her wrists pinned to her sides as he glared her down. The smirk was wiped from her lips. She was defenseless against him, how could she be so stupid to provoke an Akatsuki member? His bright blue hue was now dark, full of anger.

"Take. It. Back."

He hissed out between clenched teeth, pressing against her wrists. It hurt, the metal digging through her bandages and the fresh blood seeping through.

"Make me!"

What the hell was she doing? Oh Kami! Why couldn't she just shut up? An evil smirk took over upon his lips, a chuckle erupting from his chest.

"Don't test me, hmm."

"What are you going to do? You can't kill me, you said so yourself!"

Deidara's smirk faltered, but renewed as he shook his head.

"Foolish little girl, hmm. You think you are so strong."

"I am strong! It's pathetic that you guys have to keep a chakra seal up. That just proves that you fear my strength."

Deidara growled at her, his body now pressing against hers, trying to dominate over her.

"You know nothing about true strength, hmm."

Sakura opened her mouth for a rebuttal when his lips slammed against hers. The kiss startled her and she just froze in place. What the hell? First they were fighting, and now he was kissing her? She could feel his lips roughly press against hers, his dominant side coming forth. She let out a growl and pushed him off of her. He stumbled slightly.

"What the hell was that for?"

He just smirked, that stupid, god awful, sexy smirk! Sakura started to fume and started to approach him. He caught her hand as she brought it forwards, ready to strike him. Possibly even give him another broken nose.

"Explain, now!"

"I don't need to explain myself, hmm."

They scrambled against each other for a second, hands slapping at each other trying to leave a mark. Deidara started to laugh. Not evil, like before, but a deep down sweet laugh.

"What are you doing?"

"Laughing at you, you look completely ridiculous, hmm."

"What? Damn you!"

She swatted at him again and he caught her hand with ease. Again he leaned in, placing his lips upon hers once more.

"Mmmmm!"

She muttered against his lips. His arms quickly enveloped her torso, trapping her arms to her side. She squirmed in his arms, but it was no use. He deepened the kiss, tongue pressing against her lips. Sakura wasn't compliant though, she wasn't about to fall for his little trick and she sealed her lips tightly. A small laugh escaped his lips.

"I guess you're right kunoichi. You really are strong, hmm."

What did he mean? He was testing her? Slowly his arms let go of her and he backed away. That smirk never left his lips as he turned, giving her a wink and then disappearing out the door.

Sakura had no side effects this time around. She was happy to know that, but her mind was still mulling over the actions between her and Deidara. He was a strange man. The door creaked open, Itachi and Kisame making their way into the room. She stared at both of them.

"It doesn't look like she's having anymore side effects."

Kisame's beady eyes squinted as he watched her. Take a picture, it'll last longer, she almost wanted to blurt out. Provoking Deidara was one thing, provoking Itachi and Kisame was just asking to be killed.

"Grab her."

Kisame smirked again, approaching her. She squirmed away from him and he grabbed her leg.

"Where you going, little fish? I won't bite…hard."

He laughed. His laugh wasn't as…sweet as Deidara's. His was booming and deep, sending a bad feeling through her body. She didn't put up any more of a fight as he slung her over his shoulder once more. What a bother this was. She could walk on her own…

"What's the status, Itachi?"

The Leader's voice could be heard as they made their way into the giant room again. Once again she was plopped down into the chair a rope placed around her torso.

"No side effects this time."

"Good, her body is accepting the serum. Give her another so we can get this started."

Shit! They were going to put more in her?

"Oh! Can Tobi do it, Leader-sama?"

A new voice asked enthusiastically. That didn't sound like a thing an Akatsuki member should be asking. Turning to her side she noticed another man besides Deidara, who was looking frustrated. This man was a little bit taller than Deidara and had an orange mask with a hole in the right side of the mask. Deidara shot him a dark look and the male shied away from the blonde.

"Shut up, hmm!"

"I'm sorry, sempai!"

Well that was…disturbing? A needle was placed into the crook of her arm as she was focused on the others beside her. She turned to see Itachi extract the needle, the liquid seeping into her body.

"Keep her here this time. We'll wait the three hours. Hopefully we will actually get somewhere."

The members sat around her and just stared. It was kind of weird, being watched by them like a hawk. She fidgeted in her chair. A couple minutes passed before the new male spoke up.

"Hey sempai."

"What do you want, Tobi?"

"Isn't that the same girl who killed Sasori-sama?"

"What? You don't know what you are talking about, shut up, hmm."

Sakura's heart sped up. Oh shit!

"He's right you know. This little fish took out the powerful Sasori. Who would have guessed?"

"What? No, that's impossible!"

"Stop trying to deny the truth, Deidara. It's not good for you."

Sakura wanted to kill Kisame right now. Could he have possibly made things any worse for her?

"Yeah yeah! I remember hearing about her. What a strong girl!"

Tobi yelped as he felt a hand smack him from behind his head.

"I'm sorry sempai!"

"Just shut up already, hmm!"

Deidara fumed, his body was tense now and he glared darkly at Sakura. She could feel the tension in the room growing. Deidara must have been close to Sasori if he was this upset about it. She took a glance at him and he shook with anger. Quickly standing he stalked out of the room.

"Great, you just pissed him off, nice going Tobi."

Hidan remarked seemingly bored.

"Aww, but Tobi apologized to sempai."

"Am I late?"

A voice questioned and footsteps could be heard as another new person came into the room. She looked to the side as he passed, taking Deidara's empty seat. Sakura felt a chill run down her back at this new man's appearance. He had a white hood like thing on, covering up a large part of his face, but the most striking part of him were his eyes. Red where there should be white and a piercing green.

"Welcome to the party, Kakuzu. Please, make yourself at home."

Hidan sarcastically remarked, making a wide and open motion with his hand and scythe like the whole room was his house and he was welcoming Kakuzu with open arms. He received a glare in return. Nothing was said after that. The only noises that filled the silence were that of Hidan's fingernails scratching against the surface of his scythe and Kisame biting his nails. Sakura's head started to spin filled with a feeling of lightness.

"I think it's starting to kick in."

Leader interrupted the silence as he approached Sakura. Everything went quiet.

"Tell me, what is the name of the current Hokage?"

"Tsunade-sama."

"Good, now who are your teammates?"

Sakura shook her head, trying to rid her mind of this foggy feeling. Her vision started to blur and she squinted, trying to make out the black blob in front of her.

"What?"

"Just answer the question."

"Umm…Kakashi-sensei, Naruto Uzamaki, and Sai."

The words seemed to just pour out from her mouth and she couldn't seem to stop them. A part of her mind was screaming at her, telling her to shut up, but another part was so diluted with the serum that the answers came to her lips once she heard the question. The Leader smirked in triumph.

"Perfect, where was your friend Naruto heading?"

"We were on a mission to retrieve a scroll from the Hidden Village of Sand."

"I see, what was contained in the scroll?

Oh no! She couldn't let this information out! She just couldn't! It would jeopardize their whole mission and even worse, she'd put both Naruto and her whole team at risk. The words started to form on her lips and she silently cursed herself in her mind. Quick! Do something to stop them from coming out! Quickly she bit down on her tongue. The pain was so excruciating, but it was the only thing she could think of doing to not let the information out. Her own blood started to fill in her mouth and she coughed, blood sputtering from her lips and soon spilling down her chin. There was so much blood.

"Dammit! Quick, stop the bleeding!"

The Leader growled out, clearly angered by her action. She had done it! The information was still safe and it would take a while for her tongue to heal for them to get any information out of her again. Perfect!

Hands grasped her bloody chin and made her look up. All she could see were the blood red eyes of Itachi. The black markings of his Sharingan started to spin and next thing she knew, she was unconscious.