I said it was on Hiatus but then I finally got an idea! So this story shall go on, updates won't be as fast as they used to be but I assure you the will continue on! I hope my old readers will come back, losing readers would suck in all honesty. Well anyway I'm going to begin the story! The start is Sakura's dream so pay attention! ENJOY! ~ MelloMusic
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Patience
Meeting
(Sakura's POV!)
It was dark and cold. That's all that explained where I was. I was chilled down to the bone and it felt as if I had been plunged into icy water.
Yet, there was something peaceful about the coldness in this land. It was almost as if it was trying to protect me, for it had already surrounded me and got me into its grasp.
I breathed in and choked. Fire. Extreme heat. It was just so sudden and the burst shocked me from head to toe. But it also led to sight. A flame burst in front of me and I looked at it in question, realizing it was growing slowly lighting up the area around it.
Soon the darkness around me dissipated, and I could see my surroundings clearer.
I was standing in front of a campfire, the heat and seemingly beautiful look drawing me in. I stepped closer and the fire hissed dangerously. My eyes widened and I stopped, peering at the source of flickering heat questionably.
Moving my eyes from the fire I looked around, seeing I was in a field, one that stretched on and on for what seemed like miles. And somewhere out in the field I could see a lake, in which I couldn't tell was large or small.
The fire hissed again and I looked back at it, narrowing my eyes.
It was beckoning to me once more.
As I started to go over to the fire, the heat became suddenly intense. I shrieked as the flame began to crawl over my arms and up my legs, engulfing me in terrible and unimaginable pain. I looked around for something to douse the fire, for I knew simply rolling on the ground would just set the grass on fire.
I turned, seeing the lake closer than ever, so close in fact, my foot slipped into the icy surface. I wasn't in the water all the way yet, but it was already started to send chills up and down my spine.
Hand like figures shot out of the water, their transparent fingers wrapping around my leg and pulling me in, while the flames of the fire tried to grab at me. Before I was fully under I heard someone scream my name in despair, "Sakura!"
I stiffened as I was pulled into the icy depths once more. Th-that voice! It sounded so familiar and the way it basically cried out to me.
"N-NARUTO!"
The water muffled my voice and someone appeared next to me, hidden in darkness so I couldn't see him or her that well except for a slight outline.
"Shhh", they hissed in the water so clearly it seemed surreal. "Now tell me-" A new type of cold began to form around me, so cold it hurt and began to freeze my skin and I let out a scream of pain before they could finish.
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I felt someone shake me harshly and I jumped up pulling back a fist and smashing it into the person's head in defense. There was a loud crash as the person fell to the ground and I leaned over the side of the couch I was sleeping on, to see Deidara laying on the ground holding his nose.
"Ow that was painful, yeah", he groaned. I let a smirk spread across me face and I sat up on the couch looking around.
"Good it looks like I got payback", I snapped. "It seems-" Before I could say anything else there was a searing pain on my cheek and I fell to my side, laying on the couch a burning feeling where I was struck. Sasori was leaning over me a scowl on his face hand still raised from striking me. Deidara seeing the situation was getting bad, decided to slide back and sit down on one of the beds to watch from a relatively "safe" distance.
"You're our captive", he growled. "Try anything and we'll result to injuring you beyond your healing abilities. Now sit up."
I did as told and crossed my arms, narrowing my eyes distastefully. When I could use my chakra correctly and was stronger I would kill him, and I wouldn't hesitate. I opened my mouth and hissed out one word, "what?"
"Well then since you seem to be listening now we must start with our first order of business", he said calmly. "How did you turn me into a human?" My eyes didn't change from my glare and I raised a hand waving it carelessly.
"Why should I tell you?" I growled.
His next actions were too fast to see, so I was sitting there wide eyed at the unexpected movement. He grabbed my arms and was suddenly dangerously close to my own face, his eyes narrowed and glaring coldly.
"I want my answer"; he basically spat at me. "And I want it now."
He slipped a syringe from the right sleeve of his cloak filled with an almost transparent substance. He moved back so his face wasn't so close anymore, but he was still holding my arms and my legs felt strangely limp.
With his advantage he flipped over my arm and the needlepoint scratched down my arm and to the main vein. I felt the cold tip press against my skin and my eyes widened even more.
Why I couldn't react at all I didn't know, but it seemed that now I couldn't even move, for he had let go of my arms and they just hung limply at my side before he had even begun to press the needle through the skin.
He was just about to use the poison; at least that's what I guessed it was; when Deidara grabbed his arm and yanked it back, pulling the needle away.
"Sasori-no-danna don't do it she'll eventually talk, yeah", he said nodding to his redhead partner. Sasori grunted and stood up.
"Shut up Deidara or I'll have to figure you've gone soft", he growled. The blond merely glared at him.
"I'm not the one who hesitated when about to use that needle", he snapped. With that Sasori just stared at him and then burst out laughing like a mad man leaving Deidara looking at him bewildered. "What's so funny, yeah?"
Sasori smiled and held up the syringe pressing the end so the liquid inside trickled down the needle. He stuck his friend in the arm and injected it, making Deidara fall to the ground.
"Danna, what is that", he yelled from his spot on the floor. Sasori merely rolled his eyes at him.
"You should be able to tell, it's not poison or anything, it's something I made up to loosen the muscles and clear it of paralysis. So the poison I used on Pinky over there, before she passed out did as said. Results are as so, Pinky can you move your arms or legs?"
I looked at him baffled. He was using that to help me? Why? I replied as followed, "no I can not."
Sasori came back over again and stuck the needle where he had stopped earlier on my wrist and injected the substance. For a second, I had believed it was a lie because my limbs felt frozen. But then my finger twitched and I felt my whole body tingle as if it had just been asleep.
Then I flexed both my arms and rolled my feet in a circle. He wasn't lying. He had been trying to scare an answer out of me earlier by an inaudible threat that actually would help me, I concluded.
"Now that Pinky here can move, lets get out of this hotel and get the Jinchuuriki."
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I followed along between the two Akatsuki members, Sasori ahead Deidara behind. They had once more transformed into the ninja in which they had fought and were walking towards the Takekage's tower. I couldn't help but wonder why the Akatsuki were even trying to get the Jinchuuriki, I knew that they wanted the Bijuu but what I wanted to know was why they wanted them. It all seemed pointless in my eyes. To gain power was one of my theories but it seemed that they already had enough of that. Each member was extremely powerful; at least that's what I had gathered.
Another thing I wondered was, were all the Akatsuki members powerful at all? Maybe that's why they needed the Bijuu, to create the ultimate weapon and use it to overthrow nations. It was confusing indeed and it seemed you couldn't always just look at something and know everything about it. Such as the saying, you can't judge a book by its cover.
I was so into my thoughts I hadn't realized we had stopped and I skidded to a quick halt, nearly crashing into Sasori in the process.
"Stay out here with Pinky", Sasori said, turning and shoving me harshly towards the blond. Deidara narrowed his eyes and looked at his companion confused.
"You're not getting the Jinchuuriki yourself", he snapped. "I'm going to help. It won't be pleasant getting a new partner, yeah."
Sasori scowled and then looked at me. Before I could react he had appeared in front of me, the breath knocked out as his fist connected with my stomach. As I fell there was a prick in my arm and I cursed in my head, he had poisoned me again! My knees buckled and I fell to the ground, my eyes sliding closed in a forced sleep.
(Sasori's POV)
I let the girl drop and then turned to my partner, "there, that should help." Deidara nodded to me and then looked at Sakura.
"You know you really should just knock her out, all that poison could kill her, yeah", he said, blinking slowly and then turning to look back at me. I sighed, running a hand through my hair.
"It's harmless, natural it won't do anything", I replied gesturing to her with one hand. "Now pick her up and we can get going."
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I walked through the Takekage's tower, Deidara following behind with Sakura over his shoulder. It was strange, we had transformed back to normal and there was not even a slight disturbance in the tower. No guards, anything.
I looked down on of the halls to see and open door, the only one I had actually seen open since we entered. I turned my corner and made my way towards the room.
As I neared it, everything started to feel chakra pulsing from the room in such great amounts I almost didn't want to keep going, and yet I did. Closing in on the room I stepped in front of the door to see a boy sitting on a window seat, eyes radiating a strange red.
"Ah Akatsuki", the boy said, turning to look at Deidara and I, "I knew I felt some strange chakra the other day."
BUM BUM BUM! YAY! So they meet the Jinchuuriki! Woot. So yeah I thought I did fairly well on this chapter. The dream might be a bit confusing, but if you know what it is, you can tell me in your review or drop me a message or you could simply just wait and see if you were correct. Thanks and REVIEW!
