Chapter Six

Amegakure; Sada, Deidara, and Sasori

I slowly opened my eyes, blinking tiredly. I glanced up through my bangs, my red eyes meeting the blue one of Deidara. He chuckled softly and kissed my forehead lovingly, rubbing my back.

"Ohayou love." he greeted, I felt a smile come to my lips.

"Ohayou." I whispered, pushing myself to sit up.

I pushed my hair away from my face and looked around the area we were in, I didn't really recognize it so I guessed that it must've been somewhere in Amegakure. We were gliding through the air, not moving at a very fast pace. I looked towards the front of the bird, Sasori looked as though he was still sleeping. That was all the better for Deidara and myself, now we would manage to have some time to ourselves. I hadn't been able to talk to him one on one for a long while, all our conversations had been were short little things, mainly concerning how much we missed each other and whatnot. Now though, I would be able to talk to him every day. My heart was skipping at the thought of getting to see him every day of the week, for as long as I wanted even. I wouldn't only have a few hours with him or a few minutes, I could spend the whole day with him if I wanted. I felt a small smile tug at my lips at the thought, my smile widening when Deidara's hand cupped my cheek. I stared deeply into his eye, my breath felt caught in my throat as he stared back into my eyes.

"Dei?" I whispered, I watched a small smile come to his lips.

"Sada, gomenasai. I didn't mean for you get dragged into this life hm." he apologized, I nodded sadly.

"As long as I can be with you, I'll manage to survive." I whispered, he chuckled quietly and lightly pressed his lips against my forehead.

I blushed a light shade of pink at the contact, looking up at him through my lashes. He smiled softly at me, stroking my cheek with his thumb. I leaned my cheek into his touch, happy to have him here with me. What was ruining my happiness though, were the two thoughts swimming through my head. Gaara, he was dead…and I'd never see him again. I wouldn't even manage to avenge him, not since the Akatsuki were stronger than me by a good amount. I couldn't even avenge the person that I'd called my best friend, I was a pathetic excuse for a shinobi. The other thought, was of that night. I remembered it so clearly, even though I didn't want to. The night that I'd lost the only other best friend I had in the world, the night I realized that he was going towards darkness and evil, the night I'd realized it was up to me to save him.

"Orochimaru-sama also wished for us to speak with you." Sakon told me with a smirk.

I narrowed my eyes angrily, not liking that Orochimaru was still trying to get me to join him. I wanted nothing to do with the bastard, he'd tortured me for years of my life and there was no possible way I was going back to him willingly. Nothing would ever make me go back to Orochimaru, unless it was to kill him.

"He wants you to come back with us as well." he finished."Tell Orochimaru he can go fuck himself." I hissed."We were positive you would accept." Kidoumaru said with a chuckle."And why is that?" I spat, clenching one of my fists in the attempt to keep all my anger deep within me."Because your precious Uchiha Sasuke is coming with us." Tayuya laughed.

My heart seemed to stop in my chest, my head went blank, I didn't even think I could breathe properly. No, there was no way that she was telling the truth. I wouldn't ever doubt Sasuke, I knew he would never go to someone like Orochimaru to gain power. It wasn't the way he was, Sasuke may have acted cold and emotionless but on the inside, he was gentle and kind."You're lying!" I shouted, shaking my head. "Sasuke would never...he wouldn't betray the village like that.""Why don't you ask him yourself?" Jiroubou suggested, shrugging nonchalantly to himself.

I looked behind me and blinked dumbly, staring right into Sasuke's onyx eyes, he really had come. There was no way he was going with them, he'd just come to kick their asses out of our village just like I had…right?"What are you doing here?" he asked, he didn't sound pleased in the least.

I stared at him and searched his eyes, trying to find the truth. I was hoping, praying, that he really wasn't planning on doing this. My eyes widened in shock, he really had come to abandon the village. Why would he do this to me, why would he leave me like this…he hadn't even planned to say goodbye."Nande Sasuke-kun?" I asked quietly. "Why would you do this?"

"I need power to defeat Itachi." he replied in a monotone, avoiding eye contact with me."This isn't the way to get it, this isn't the right way to gain power Sasuke." I said softly, almost stuttering over my own words. "If you stay here…please don't go.""I have to." he said coldly, still avoiding my eyes. "This is the only way.""No, it's not." I argued. "Please don't go...stay here."

He finally looked up and his onyx eyes met my red ones, he lightly touched my cheek."I would've stayed here with you forever." Sasuke admitted, sounding sad. "Demo…I can't.""Nande?" I asked, feeling hysterical. "Nande-""Because I can't have you." he shouted, interrupting me. "I love you Sada...but you don't love me.""Of course I love you." I told him, feeling extremely confused. "You're my best friend.""Is that all I can ever be?" he yelled angrily, moving his hand away from my face. "A friend? Why can't I be more to you?"

I looked down, feeling ashamed that I'd never seen the way he looked at me and held my arms to my chest. I hated how much I'd just hurt him, why hadn't I been able to see it? How was I blind to my best friend's feelings?"Please...don't leave me." I pleaded.

He looked back over his shoulder at me and even though his eyes held hatred, I could still tell that he cared about me.

"I didn't know...I-"

"Don't even try that." he interrupted, sounding more cold than I'd ever heard him sound. "I know about him."

My head shot up in surprise and he smirked to himself, more than likely knowing he'd just pushed me into a corner. I felt tears begin rolling down my cheeks and looked down at the ground when he continued.

"That blonde that came with my brother and the blue man, you love him. Just by the way you were looking at him, I could tell. Naruto told me about the boyfriend you had when I was away training, and I knew instantly that it was him. Deidara wasn't it?""Sasuke...I don't care what you say, you can't leave." I stated, looking up through my bangs at him. "I won't let you, I'll fight you if I have to."

His eyes softened for a moment at my words, he didn't look like he liked the idea of fighting against me. I didn't care though, if that was the only way to keep him in the village, then so be it.

"I don't want to fight you." Sasuke said in a monotone."I don't care what you want, I'll fight you if you even try to leave this village." I said, still crying. "If I have to...I will."

Sasuke stood there, motionless for a minute, he was more than likely stunned by my words. After a few long seconds worth of staring at each other, he finally walked back over to me. I stood there, crying softly to myself and he took my face in his hands, wiping my tears away with his thumb.

"Please…don't go." I begged."Do you love me?" he asked so only I could hear.

My voice was caught in my throat, I couldn't get myself to speak. I loved him as a friend, and nothing more. If I just said yes then he wouldn't leave, but I couldn't make myself lie to him. He was referring to the way I felt towards Deidara...I couldn't lie to him...I just couldn't. I shook my head and could see sadness fill his eyes. Yet...even though I had said that...he kissed me. I could feel my head go blank when his lips collided with mine, how could I have been so blind to my feelings? I…I did love Sasuke…and what made it worse was it was the exact same way I felt towards Deidara. I didn't think I'd ever manage to love someone as much as I loved Deidara, but I did. I knew I loved Deidara more than I loved Sasuke…but I still loved him. This wasn't good, how could this have happened without my noticing? How had I managed to fall in love with two people? He pulled out of the kiss and whispered

"I'll wait for you."

I shook my head of the memory, almost crying to myself. That was the day I'd lost Sasuke, the day that I'd realized that I was the only person that could bring him back to Konohagakure. Sure Naruto had sworn to bring Sasuke back, but I knew there was no way that Naruto would be able to convince Sasuke. I was the closest person to Sasuke, the only person that was able to save him. Maybe with being in the Akatsuki, I'd manage to gain information about Orochimaru's whereabouts and such. Then, I'd be even closer to Sasuke. I'd be closer to bringing Sasuke back to Konohagakure, I'd be closer to rescuing him from his awful fate. I lowered my head, sighing softly to myself.

'Sasuke.'

I looked up when I felt fingers run through my hair, my eyes meeting Deidara's. He smiled at me, trying to assure me that everything was going to be alright. He didn't know what I was thinking about, I knew he didn't have the slightest clue, but it still felt incredibly good to have someone that was ready to support me no matter what.

"Deidara." I whispered, he cocked his head to the side a bit. "I love you."

His smile widened and he pressed his lips against mine, gently kissing me.

"I love you too hm." he told me, moving his lips against mine.

I smiled into the kiss and slipped one of my arms around his neck, my other hand cupping his cheek. His arm went around my body, holding me close to him as though he never wanted to let me go. I didn't want him too either, I wanted him to hold me forever and never let me go. I loved Deidara more than anything in the world, I knew he was one of the only people in the world that understood and cared for me. He…and Sasuke. I felt him pull out of the kiss and placed my head against his shoulder, forcing myself to hold in all the negative emotions. I couldn't cry again, it just felt like I couldn't make myself, as though all my tears had just dried up. I sighed quietly to myself and Deidara kissed the top of my head, saying softly

"We've made it to Amegakure, I have to wake Sasori no danna up now hm."

"Okay." I whispered sullenly, keeping my arms tightly wrapped around him. "Just…don't let me go."

"I'll never let you go love." he promised, kissing my forehead.

I felt him shift slightly and nuzzled my face against his shoulder, trying to calm myself down. Now that we'd made it into Amegakure, I'd have to meet their leader when we entered their headquarters. It greatly terrified me, the thought of meeting the leader of a criminal organization, not to mention they were all S-Ranked Criminals. They were extremely powerful and if this man was in charge of a group made up of the most dangerous criminals in the world, he had to be far more powerful than they to control all of them. I felt him softly stroke my hair once before moving his hand to my left shoulder, saying loudly

"Sasori no danna, we're in Amegakure hm."

A low groan came from Sasori, I would've giggled had I not been their hostage. I moved part of my face out of Deidara's cloak and glanced over my shoulder at the red head, watching him lazily run a hand through his disheveled hair after he'd sat up. He looked over at the two of us, a small smirk crept onto his face.

"You two seem to be getting along rather well." he mused, sounding teasing.

I felt my cheeks go warm and moved my face back into Deidara's cloak, blushing darkly in embarrassment. I heard Deidara mumble something under his breath at Sasori's remark, it sounded something like "mind your own business." I completely agreed with it too, it wasn't any of Sasori's business why we were getting along so well.

"What was that Deidara?" Sasori taunted, I heard Deidara groan in annoyance.

"Well, I'm the one that had to keep her ass seated here hm. While you were sleeping, she tried to jump off the fucking bird hm." he lied, I heard Sasori growl softly in annoyance.

Well, it was a good excuse to use as his reason for holding onto me like he was but now, I was the one that was going to get into trouble. This sure was dandy on so many different levels, I was practically giddy with excitement…not. I moved my head, looking at Sasori over my shoulder and watched his grey eyes narrow at me. Yeah, I was fucked.

"I thought I told you that you weren't to try anything." he growled, I narrowed my eyes darkly at him.

"I never said I would cooperate with you people." I retorted, glaring at the puppet master. "I'd rather die than work for your organization, you murdered my Kazekage."

"Tch." Sasori grumbled, not sounding very amused. "Listen little girl, the decision to drag you along was not ours. If I would've had my way, I would've knocked you unconscious and transformed your body into a puppet."

I felt myself shrink back into the safety of Deidara's cloak at his words, he'd turn me into a puppet? What the hell was this guy? I could feel Deidara's arm tighten around my shoulders at Sasori's words, I knew he was extremely pissed off by the threat. Although I had no clue what the red head was talking about, I had a feeling Deidara did. He knew Sasori far better than I, so he must've known exactly what he was talking about.

"You would've made a very beautiful puppet." Sasori continued, not seeming as though he noticed Deidara's anger. "Especially with that unique ability you posses, phasing through solid objects. I've never heard of such a technique, it would've been quite the valuable one to add to my collection."

"N-nani." I whispered, feeling slightly shocked.

"It seems as though our leader has found your ability fascinating though, therefore, we're not aloud to harm you under his orders. You're lucky, little girl." Sasori said, paying no mind to my shocked state.

I felt Deidara pull me slightly closer to him as the bird inclined downward, I tightened my grip around his torso as the bird spiraled down before making a swift landing. Sasori scoffed quietly to himself and hopped off the bird, seeming as though he enjoyed being back on solid ground. Deidara pulled me to my feet, trying to appear as though he was forcing me and we hopped off the bird together. The bird disappeared in a puff of smoke and I looked around the area, feeling slightly fascinated. I'd never been inside Amegakure before, it was much different than I'd ever imagined. The many buildings stood at towering stories, looking as though they were miles high. The design of the village was quite different than what I was used to, I'd never laid eyes on a place like this in my whole life. I blinked curiously when a light rain began falling from the heavens, looking up towards the sky. The clouds hadn't looked like they were going to produce rain, so I didn't understand why it had started raining. Sasori began walking off in some direction, Deidara and I followed behind him slowly.

The blonde didn't say anything to me as we walked together, more than likely not wanting Sasori to hear our conversation. He seemed to be very wary of the red head's presence, I supposed it was all the better for our relationship. We couldn't let anyone find out about it, I knew it would be especially difficult now that we would be living together in the Akatsuki headquarters. I had a feeling I would be watched at all times by someone since I was a prisoner, Sasori would more than likely mention my reluctance to serve them to their leader. My life was going to be so much more difficult. I blinked, wondering when we'd began walking in a building, feeling extremely confused. I wasn't paying too much attention to my surroundings again, just great.

Deidara and I followed Sasori down the hallway of the building silently, we went around a corner after a few seconds worth of walking. We walked a little further down the hallway until the red head stopped infront of a door, lightly knocking on it when Deidara and I stopped some distance close to him.

"Come in Sasori, Deidara." a cold voice instructed, I felt my body shiver at the words.

It was exactly the same voice from the cave, the cold and emotionless voice. I could feel my body shaking slightly in terror, Deidara lightly rubbed my shoulder to calm me as Sasori opened the door. We followed Sasori inside the room, the door shut on its own accord once we'd made it inside. I stared at the man sitting behind the desk, he was completely covered by the shadows. I couldn't make out his appearance at all, all I could really tell was that he had spiky hair and the coldest eyes I'd ever seen. I watched Sasori and Deidara give a small bow towards the leader, I swallowed nervously, I'd never seen a man so intimidating. Once the pair had moved out of their bows, the Akatsuki leader said

"Konnichiwa little girl, welcome to Akatsuki."

I shivered again, my words caught in my throat. I could feel the heavy air around me, it felt as though it was crushing me. It was so hard to breathe, it didn't feel as though any oxygen was managing to get to my lungs. This man's chakra, it was so powerful and had such a cold aura to it, it felt as though I was drowning in it. I swallowed again, trying to get the lump out of the throat, with no such success.

"Do you know why you've been brought here?" the man questioned, I nodded a little.

I heard a quiet chuckle come from the man, a dark laugh. He seemed to be entertained by the fact that I was terrified out of my wits, it showed how cold of a man he truly was. I stared at him, waiting for him to say something else.

"Your name?" he inquired, I shivered again. "Don't make me ask you again, little girl."

"S-Sada." I choked, trying to hide the fear that was running through my veins.

"Village?" he continued, I bit my lower lip.

Even if I did lie, I knew he would manage to see through it. He was that calculating and observant of a person, I guessed he could even tell the difference in the pitch of someone's voice when they were lying. No matter how bad of an idea it was, I knew I had to tell him my home village. If I didn't, things might've been much worse for me.

"K-Kuraigakure." I said quietly, I felt Deidara shift next to me.

I knew that he was worried what would happen now, not many people knew where I was originally from. Only a good handful of people, barely anyone knew of my home village. I had a feeling though, a strong feeling, that this man would know exactly where I was talking about.

"Kuraigakure." he repeated, I nodded a little. "How very interesting, I've never had the privilege of meeting a shinobi of Kuraigakure. If I'm correct in my assumption, your techniques are darkness style."

"Hai." I mumbled, hating the situation I'd gotten myself into.

We stood there for a few minutes, their leader didn't say anything as the minutes ticked by. He seemed deep in thought, thinking over the few things I'd told him about myself more than likely. Sasori was giving me an interested look, I guessed he knew of my village as well. I stood there silently, trying to force more air into my lungs and the man finally said

"I find your abilities to be fascinating, they will come of great use to our organization. You will join us willingly, do you understand?"

"No." I said, forcing my voice to be louder. "I won't join you."

Their leader chuckled softly to himself, seeming amused with my defiance. I knew Deidara was worried, I didn't have to look at him to know. I could just feel his aura and I could feel how terrified he was for me. I wouldn't do this though, even though I wanted to be with Deidara and find more out about Orochimaru, I couldn't let myself betray those that I cared about. Temari and Kankuro, I wouldn't betray Sunagakure just to save my own skin. I should've been thinking about Konohagakure rather than Sunagakure, since they'd been the ones to rescue me from Orochimaru about three years ago but I wasn't. They'd shunned me, Suna had accepted both me and my techniques. Sunagakure was more my home than anywhere, it was the only place that I actually belonged. I wouldn't betray them, I would never betray my friends.

"You won't join Akatsuki." he mused, sounding as though he was taunting me. "According to the headband your wearing, you are a shinobi of Sunagakure."

I nodded a little, wondering why he'd brought that of all things up.

"Hai, they're more my home than anywhere." I said honestly, my voice had lowered slightly in volume.

"Very well." he said, I blinked dumbly. "If you do not join Akatsuki willingly, then I will send the Akatsuki to destroy Sunagakure and kill all those who inhabit it."

I felt my stomach drop at the words, no. Not my friends, not my village. They'd already taken our Kazekage from us, now they were threatening to destroy the entire village and it's people. This was…there was no way that he could get away with something like that, no one was strong enough to destroy an entire village.

"Don't doubt the strength of the Akatsuki." he warned, sounding dangerous. "All our members are of an S-Ranked status, when put together, we are the most destructive force this world has ever seen. The village will be destroyed, all because of your failure to cooperate with us. Now, I'll ask you one more time, will you join Akatsuki?"

I hung my head, my eyes locking on the floor. He'd backed me into a corner, a corner that I knew I would never be able to escape from. I'd rather him kill me than destroy the village I loved with all my being, he was using that love against me now. I wouldn't be able to win in a fight against him or any of his members, Suna wouldn't stand a chance against people of this power. I finally managed to swallow the lump in my throat, feeling hopelessly defeated. I looked up from the floor, meeting the gaze of the Akatsuki leader. I parted my lips and felt a few tears roll down my cheeks, saying the words that damned me.

"I will serve."

Now, there was no escape.

Author's Note: Thanks for reading guys and I hope you like it, just as much as I liked writing it. Review please :)

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Eva