How exactly will Deidara react to Sakura's little plan...? I liked writing this chapter :) Oh, before I forget, Sakura used to date Sasuke. Just so you know.

Chapter four: Angry Deidara and the First Shower

Deidara moaned. Sunlight stroke his skin and he felt warm and very comfortable. Something heavy lay on top of him and he grinned as he concluded that it was a woman. He patted himself on the back inwardly. Great job, Deidara, he thought, still smirking. You got yourself one again, hmm. When he realized that they were both still wearing clothes the memories jumped back into his head and his eyes flew open.

Sakura lay on his chest, her face buried in the space between his head and shoulders and breathing slow and steady. He felt her body pressed against his chest and then he wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him. He didn't exactly know why he did it, but at the moment it felt like the only right thing to do and he enjoyed the feeling of her chest against his.

"mm…" Sakura groaned and then she suddenly started to kiss his neck. Deidara froze and then tugged her shirt lightly. "…Sakura…"

She giggled and then licked a small part of skin on his neck, making Deidara close his eyes and swallow hard. He had no idea why, but he liked it. No, he enjoyed it so much that it was nearly too much for him to handle, but he knew that he had to stop her. If he didn't, she would probably think that he had taken advantage of her or something. Besides, he didn't want this unwelcome feelings at all. She was his enemy. So he patted her back hard. "Sakura… wake up, would you, hmm?"

That "hmm" did the trick as Sakura froze completely.

Shit. This isn't Sasuke.

He grinned sourly as he heard her thinking. "No, I'm not that Uchiha brat."

This is…

"Deidara, hmm."

She yelled and then jumped up in the air but she was stuck to Deidara and so she fell back on his chest, slamming the air out of his lungs. "OOOF!" Deidara coughed and then got up, planting Sakura on her feet. Her entire body shook like a feather in the wind and she looked at her feet.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to, I… I…" Why did I kiss him? Why did I kiss him? How could I've been so stupid…?! And… why does it feel so good… NO!! Stop thinking like this!!!

Deidara withstood the urge to laugh out loud. "I would like to brush my teeth, hmm." He said, tugging their chained arms. "And my abs still hurt. Could you heal them, please?"

Sakura looked up at him and raised an eyebrow. Please? Since when does he act so polite- OOH! She smacked a hand in front of her mouth and tried to step back. Omigod, his h- no, DON'T think about it…!

Deidara frowned. "My what?"

Then he realized that Sakura was laughing. She was laughing out loud, her shoulders and upper body shaking so hard that he felt the shakes through the chains. "OMIGOD!! I totally FORGOT!!"

Suddenly a chilly breeze tickled the skin in his neck and he felt goose bumps appear. He frowned. That's weird… why is my neck so cold? And he rubbed his neck, suspecting to feel his long blonde hair covering his neck.

But he felt nothing. No hair. He froze and then ran of to the bathroom, pulling Sakura behind him while she kept laughing and crying of humor. He opened the door to the bathroom and ran inside, searching for a mirror and when he found one he ran up to it and looked in it.

Nearly all his hair was gone. It had been cut and was now short. Both of his eyes were now visible and they stared at him with a shocked expression. He ran a hand through his now extremely short hair and then gave Sakura a death glare.

"You're so dead," he hissed, grabbing her collar and pulling her up in the air. "Don't think I'll hold back just because I'll hurt myself too, hmm. You ruined my HAIR for god's sake! Your DEAD!" He raised his fist in the air and Sakura's eyes widened. He was going to hit her full on. She tried to cover her face when he was just about to stump her full in the face, when there was a very loud knock on the door.

Deidara froze and then looked up at the door. Sakura stared at him with a shocked and scared expression. She shouldn't act like this. He was still an S-class criminal and he was still an Akatsuki member, and thus he was still dangerous and very lethal. She had even heard things about his special jutsu: suicide by explosion. So he wasn't afraid of pain nor was he afraid of dying.

"We'll have to get that," Sakura muttered while Deidara still hold her collar tightly. He gave her a quick glare. "No we don't. We can act like we're still sleeping, hmm." And he dropped her to the floor. She caught herself with one hand in time and then got to her feet again. Again someone knocked on the door and Sakura bit her lip. "We have to get it, Deidara," she said, turning to him. But when she faced him a fist connected with her skull hard, sending her in the floor with Deidara toppling over her.

"Auch! What was that good for!!" Sakura yelled, trying to get up. Her cheek burnt of the punch and she pushed him off her and they both got up. "That was for shaving me nearly bold," Deidara grunted, holding his cheek as well, "And for kissing me this morning for god's sake!"

Sakura groaned. "Oh get a life, like you've never been kissed by a girl." Deidara smacked his forehead with his free hand. "Oh just shut up please, hmm. I just don't like it when girls kiss me and then act that I'm someone else. Like… hmm… I don't know, that Uchiha moron maybe?"

Sakura grunted of anger. "Stop talking about Sasuke-kun like that, you idiot."

Another loud knock on the door didn't even interrupt their slowly raising conversation and Deidara smirked at the pink haired girl. "So you like that Uchiha brat? Interesting, hmm. Can't wait to tell Itachi-san. I'd like to see how he reacts."

"You," Sakura hissed darkly, "Are never, ever going back to the Akatsuki. Never. Because I will kill you the moment we get separated. Believe me."

Again Deidara laughed at her. "Yeah, right. And how are you going to kill me, hmm? By kissing me to death?"

"Stop talking about that, okay!" Sakura yelled in frustration. "It happened, so it happened, okay? It's not like I enjoyed it or anything," she moved her free hand around aimlessly. "But we're kind of stuck with each other for the time being. So I would suggest that we stop talking to each other and just… just… just stop irritating each other. Hm? How does that sound?"

Deidara smirked. "No talking? And what about your irritating thoughts interrupting my head, hmm?" He shook his head. "Well… just because you kissed me this morning…"

Sakura's lip twitched.

"…I'll do as you ask for once, hmm. I wont talk to you anymore. Only with one condition, though."

"What?"

he grinned. "…that you'll kiss me again. Tonight, hmm."

Sakura hissed and threw a book to his head. He dodged it in time. "NO deal, you pervert! I'm not STUPID!"

He shrugged. "Then I'll keep talking, hmm. Imagine us walking through the streets of this shitty city, and meeting a couple of friends of yours, hmm. And then I start talking about you licking my neck this morning…"

Sakura roared in anger. "Okay, OKAY! I'll do it!!" She turned around to face the door in pure frustration and withstood the urge to grab a kunai and just plant it in his chest and watch him die. She sighed and then looked around to face Deidara, who leaned back against the wall as far as he could without hurting their wrists. "Then I'll stop talking from now on, hmm. Have a nice day and pretend like I'm not around."

"Thank. You." Then she suddenly remembered the knocking on the door. She glanced at Deidara but he just shrugged and smirked at her. Silently cursing him, she went to the door and was just about to open it when he tugged her arm.

"What?" She asked, slightly annoyed. He shook his head and then made a brushing movement with his finger over his teeth. Sakura sighed. "Oh yeah. Brushing your teeth."

"You don't have a toothbrush, do you?" She asked, sounding tired. He didn't react and she sighed deeply. "Don't think that you can lend mine. Use your finger if you want to brush your teeth. There's the toothpaste." And she pointed to the white tube standing on the sink.

He nodded and took the tube, and then he pressed out some of the toothpaste on his finger. After that he started brushing his teeth. Sakura was forced to watch it all. She followed the fluid movement of his hands, the brightness of his teeth, and the somewhat pinkish color of his tongue which moved around behind his teeth. She couldn't help feeling slightly excited.

While he was still brushing, Sakura got her own toothbrush and started brushing her own teeth. Most of the time she forgot to brush them, a bad habit, but now she didn't have anything else to do so she might as well try it out for once. The toothpaste was fresh and a delight for her warm and dry mouth. She finished brushing earlier than Deidara and quickly drank some water to wash away the remaining bits of toothpaste.

She put the glass down on the sink and then Deidara took it, filled it with water and drank it fully. Sakura watched it all, one eyebrow slightly raised. Didn't he care about the fact that she had just been drinking from that same glass? From exact the same spot, too, she saw as she looked closer.

When he noticed her glaring he winked at her and put the glass down. Then Sakura and he made their way outside the bathroom to the front door. After opening it, they realized that, whoever had tried to "wake" them, had walked away again and that there was no one. Sakura gave Deidara a quick glare. He just smirked and placed a finger of his free hand on his lips.

Oh yea. No talking.

He rolled his eyes as an answer and Sakura sighed. "Let's go to the Hokage, shall we?" she said, more to herself than to Deidara. "I want to know how long we've been sleeping. Oh, and before I forget…" she turned around to face him and then suddenly leaned in. "You need to get that cloak off. People might attack you."

Deidara scowled at her and stubbornly didn't do as she asked. She sighed and then started to unbutton the cloak herself. Deidara yelped of surprise and jumped back, tugging Sakura behind him.

"What are you doing?" Sakura exclaimed, rubbing her chained wrist. He gave her a death glare and wrapped his cloak firmly around his shoulders. Sakura raised an eyebrow and then decided to play this dirty. "Does your torso look so bad that you don't want anyone to see it?" she asked, teasing him. He got highly red but held his lips firmly on each other. Sakura shrugged.

"You do realize that if they attack you, they'll attack me too, don't you?" she asked, her voice sounding tired and annoyed. "Just put it off, okay? I've got some spare clothes if you want to hide your torso or something. Your new haircut will make it more difficult for people to recognize you, but that cloak says enough."

Deidara broke and sighed, nodding his head. He started unbuttoning his cloak but before he opened it he gave Sakura a long intense glare. She felt a drop of sweat running down her neck and she shifted a bit on the spot. What's about this staring…? She thought, feeling slightly uncomfortable.

Then he opened the cloak and threw it on the floor. Sakura's jaw dropped as she saw what he had probably been trying to hide. There was a large scar like thing on the upper left part of his torso, and the scar was stitched together by dirty looking black ropes. Some tattoos next to it made it rather spooky and she gasped at him. "What the hell is that?"

He rolled his eyes and then crossed his arms in front of his chest, hiding the disgusting thing for her. Sakura shook her head and then tugged him behind her until they stood in the bedroom again. She went to the dresser and then found a shirt from Sasuke that he had left here a few months ago. She looked it over and when she found no Uchiha symbol, she handed it over to Deidara, who took it gratefully and then put it on.

"Let's go to the Hokage then, okay?" Sakura said weakly, and they started walking outside. She locked the door behind her and then they stopped walking. Or, better said, Sakura stopped walking and thus was Deidara forced to stop as well. He gave her a puzzled look.

"We… well, you know…" Sakura bit her bottom lip. What will people say if they see me together with this freak? What will remain of my reputation? And what will Sasuke think…!

She noticed how Deidara clenched his fist and her eyes twitched for a second. He then sighed and pulled her behind him.

When they reached the Hokage building, Sakura was extremely happy to be out of the crowd and out of the burning sun. Looking at the panting and sweating Deidara next to her, he didn't enjoy the sun at all. Sakura knocked on the door weakly and got an immediate answer.

"Come in."

So she opened the door and they both stepped inside, happy for the refreshing airconditioning inside the office. Tsunade stood in front of her windows and was looking outside, but when they entered she turned around, looking at them both.

Of course the first thing that hit her was Deidara's new haircut and Sakura saw the corners of Tsunade's mouth tug upwards. The next thing was the silence of them both.

"Sakura, Deidara, I had suspected you to get here earlier," Tsunade said cheerfully, getting two chairs for them. "I had sent Naruto to fetch you an hour ago."

Sakura smiled weakly. "Well, um, we, we were still sleeping, I think. We didn't hear anyone knock on the door…" She swallowed. She hated lying. Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "Anyway. The fact that you and Deidara were unprotected for the last twenty four hours was a large mistake and it wont happen again. I talked it over with some of my subordinates and it seemed better to us to get you in a room in the Hokage building. With camera protection and ANBU guards standing in front of the room, of course. Next to that," She looked at Deidara now. "We'll begin your interrogation. Stuck to my apprentice or not, you are still a member of the Akatsuki, and we need your information."

Deidara rolled his eyes and then Sakura found the difficulty. "Um, Tsunade-sama," she began, fumbling with her hair. "Will you interrogate him today?"

Tsunade nodded. "I planned it around four o clock in the afternoon since it is nearly half past twelve by now."

Sakura bit her bottom lip. "Well, um, Tsunade-sama, there's something about… uh, today… You see…" she looked at Deidara. "Deidara cant talk today… he's, eh…" she sighed. "He can't talk today."

"Why cant he not? I do not see the reason," Tsunade said, sounding annoyed. "We need to interrogate him as soon as possible, Sakura. You know that. Is it because of his new haircut or something?"

Deidara's body twitched and Sakura shook her head fanatically. "No! No, it's not about that… it's just that I… well…"

"Just spit it out will you!"

Sakura closed her eyes firmly. "I got into some dare thingy with him. I dared him not to talk the entire day because he was annoying me to hell this morning, and he's quite stubborn so I don't think he'll talk."

Tsunade sniffed and smacked her desk, more from frustration than anger this time. Sakura shifted on the spot. "But I think that camera surveillance would be quite a good solution," she said, thinking about last night. "how does the room look like?"

Tsunade walked past them and fetched a key from her pocket. "See for yourselves," she said as she opened a door that Sakura hadn't seen before. She peeked inside and felt relieved when she saw two beds, standing close to each other, but still TWO beds. Also there was a small kitchen and a door to where probably the bathroom was.

"The cameras are installed in every room, except for the bathroom," Tsunade said, pointing them out. "And as I said before, there will be at least two ANBU members standing on guard in front of this door. Feel free to take a look inside." She handed over the key to Sakura. "Just remember that you wont be able to get out the room in the night. My office is locked in the evenings and you only have the key for that door. Further there are no limitations. At least not for you, Sakura."

She leaned in closer to Sakura. "We've taken precautions for his explosions," she whispered, keeping her voice so low that Deidara couldn't hear it. Sakura immediately forced herself not to think about it. "So you can start interrogating him, okay? He won't be able to blow things up. Just try it out, dare or not. Oh and one more thing," she said, her voice raising as she got up again. "We're looking for a solution to these chains, but it could take us quite long. Also I could send Naruto over here." She winked at Sakura. "I bet you have some undone business with him."

Sakura smirked but shook her head. "No, let him be. He'll come to this apartment within a day or two eventually anyway."

Tsunade smirked back. "What you wish."

And then she left the room, leaving Sakura and Deidara behind. Sakura felt his puzzled gaze stinging in her back but refused to look at him. Instead of that, she plastered a fake smile on her lips and went inside the small apartment, tugging Deidara behind her. "Wow, this apartment is quite large," She said cheerfully, checking it out. "And so bright. Do you see those windows? They're huge!!"

They were huge. Three large windows reached from the floor to the ceiling, sending in sunlight and brighten the room. The room was fully furnished with elegant but modern furniture and the kitchen was nice even though it was small in compensation with the living room. The bedroom was large and full of light, and the two beds that Sakura had seen before felt very soft and comfortable. Next to that, the room had two large dressers and an enormous mirror. The bathroom was nearly as large as the living room and Sakura felt delighted when she saw a bath tub, surrounded by black cloth, just as the shower and the toilet. So at least she could bathe, shower and go to the toilet quite private.

Deidara seemed to have noticed as well but, of course, didn't say a thing. Sakura looked at him. "I'm going to shower," she said firmly walking towards the shower. "You can go after me."

Deidara scowled at her and Sakura grinned back. "oh don't worry, I'll leave some hot water for you," And she stepped inside the shower cabin. She was about to close the door behind her when she realized that they were still stuck to each other. So she looked for a solution.

There was none. She cursed silently. How could they've been so stupid!! They make the shower completely dark but forget that I have to keep this irritating chain somewhere…!

She looked at Deidara who was smirking full on. What is he laughing at, she thought irritated. He can forget showering together with me…

She felt her cheeks flush when that thought occurred to her, and, to her surprise, she saw his cheeks flush red as well. A chilly feeling wrapped itself around her upper body as a mental image was slowly forming inside of her head. She banned it out before it could take complete shape but the damage had already been done.

"Look, I want to shower, and I need some new clothes," Sakura explained. "So I'll get some clothes from the dresser in the bedroom and then…" she glared at him. "You'll have to close your eyes."

He raised an eyebrow.

"Don't think that I like it, relying on you," Sakura hissed frowning. "But I want to shower because I stink. So do you, by the way." And she sniffed as he got closer. "You know what, I'll get a towel… wait a second…" and she searched through the bathroom, searching for a nice small towel. When she found one she stepped in front of Deidara.

He gave her a puzzled look when she leaned in very close, and her nose nearly touched his chin. She felt the heat radiating off his body and then forced her free hand with the towel upwards, until she had gotten behind his head. His eyes widened when she touched his hair lightly but she didn't notice it. She tugged her chained hand up as well and then wrapped the towel around his head, in front of his eyes. He yelped of surprise and tried to grab the towel but Sakura held on firmly.

She knotted it behind his head so that he couldn't see and then chained his only remaining free hand to his trousers with a piece of rope she had found in her backpack and he growled at her. She smirked. "So. Like that. Now if you will wait?"

She walked to the bedroom with Deidara stumbling behind her and withstood the urge to laugh when he bumped against a wall and cursed lightly. "Did I just hear you talk?" she asked, resulting in an angry howl. She giggled and then opened her dresser. It was filled with nice clothes and she quickly picked a pair. After that they made their way to the bathroom again. She saw that Deidara was trying to get his hand free but, to her satisfaction, he wasn't successful.

And now came the rather hard part. She had to shower. He couldn't see her, she was positive. But still, the fact that he was so close to her… She shivered and looked at him. He growled at her and she felt her eye twitch.

"I'll be ready within a second," she said, opening the shower door and stepping inside. She tugged him behind her half but kept him far away from the shower head as she slowly started to undress. But then there was a large problem. She couldn't put off her shirt as long as she was attached to him. How would she solve this??

She looked at the muddy shirt and then decided that she would throw it away after this eventually, so she took a kunai and then ripped the fabric apart. The ripping sound made Deidara freeze and his blindfolded head looked at her, head slightly tilted. "It's not what you think," Sakura snapped at him while she kicked off her boots and unzipped her skirt.

She had decided to get this over with as quick as possible and was now completely nude, standing in the shower cabin, just a feet away from Deidara, who was blindfolded but still very much a man. For a moment she wondered if he could maybe see beneath the towel but she concluded that he couldn't and then she started the water.

It was hot and burnt her skin so she turned down the temperature a bit so that the water had a comfortable temperature. She heard Deidara growl again as his sleeve was getting wet, but she decided not to pay any attention to it.

It's hard enough already to stand inches away from him without wearing anything, she thought and she shivered, even when the water started to get very hot again. And after this I'll have to let him shower as well…

Suddenly unwanted images floated through her mind. She couldn't help but imagine how it would be like if Deidara stood next to her in the shower, wearing nothing but a small towel, soaping her in and caressing the skin on her back lightly…

She woke up from her unwanted daydream when she suddenly felt no pressure on the chains anymore. She had merely a second left to see that Deidara was racing up to her, screaming, and then he bumped against her fully, smacking them both against the shower wall.

I don't own Naruto. Hope to see you at the next chappie.