Hey guys! I'm done with CAPTS and all set to give you another chapter! Yay!

Deidara: YAY!

okay, well anyway, Hopefully you enjoy this chapter! And for now, the font style of this story won't change yet. I might change it next chapter. When I type the chapters, it helps having it in bold so I can actually see what I'm writing….

Deidara: Wait! YOU'RE BLIND, YEAH?! LIKE ITACHI!?!

.no…my eyes just suck…at seeing things…ANYWAY here is the next chapter!

CHAPTER SEVEN!

Sasuke watched Naruto sped up to their table. Although his face remained stoic as ever, his midnight black orbs held a hidden anxiety.

"Guys Guys Guys!" Naruto shouted, waving his arms frantically as he stopped before the men. They all looked at him.

"O.o"

"You won't BELIEVE what I just heard….BELIEVE IT!" He said excitedly as he plopped himself on a blue bench seat next to Sasuke.

"Well are you gunna tell us or keep waving your arms around like an idiot!" Sasuke snapped. Shikamaru sighed.

"Troublesome…"

"OH LIKE SITTING THERE LOOKING CONSTIPATED ALL THE TIME IS ANY BETTER, TEME!"

"SHUT UP!"

"SURE, MR. DETENTION DUCK! YOU CAN'T ADMIT THAT YOU WANT ME, CAN YOU?! BELIEVE IT!"

It grew awkwardly quiet at their table. Sasuke was red, from anger.

"..YOU DEADLAST!!! STOP HAVING A.D.D AND TELL US WHAT THE FUCK SAKURA SAID!!!"

Naruto pouted and sat still (AMAZING!).

"Teme….ANYWAY SAKURA-CHAN!—" Naruto leaned in on the table, signaling the others to lean in too, as he began to loudly whisper.

"Sakura-chan is with Akatsuki!" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, Choji burped, Kiba's eyes widened and Sasuke…..

"WHAT?!"

Everyone turned to the normally composed boy. His eyes were REALLY wide, but his expression was down right furious.

"That's what I said. Believe It!"

"That little pink thing? With AKATSUKI?! Dude! One of them nearly drowned me in the boy's bathroom this morning! No way is she safe with them!" Kiba stated.

Sasuke got up from the table and walked toward the center of the cafeteria, throwing his napkin away in the bin. Of course, he could have went to the closer garbage bin, but Sasuke needed to see if what Naruto claimed was true.

Sasuke glanced over at the Akatsuki's table. There, laughing and smiling was the pink haired girl. She was sitting between these other two guys. The one with the blonde hair was talking to her directly, with a wide grin on his face, and showing her some clay thing. The other had flaming red hair, and was resting his head on his palm, watching the two with a tiniest smile on his face. The shark dude was ruffling the blonde's hair and that began an argument. Though, he could not hear a word they were saying.

He seemed frozen there, standing in the middle of the cafeteria. For some reason, just watching her with them was making his blood boil. He clenched and unclenched his fists, and his eyes darted to a familiar figure not too far seated from Sakura.

"Itachi…" He uttered darkly. He growled as he caught his elder brother take a peak at the cotton candy haired teen.

But, before he could do anything else, the bell rang, and lunch was over. People walked past him, giving him weird looks as he remained planted on the spot. He could care less though.

His attention was focused on Sakura, as she got up and grabbed her stuff. The blonde slung an arm around her shoulders, the two smiling like buddies. Or more….

"Dammit!" Sasuke cursed and he spun on his heel to get his almost forgotten backpack. He snatched it, earning a slightly confused glance from Naruto, and stormed out of the cafeteria. With Sakura hanging out with those guys, he could tell his chance at getting Sakura to fall for him were slowly decreasing.

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Sakura felt odd, as if she was being watched. She turned to see Sasuke standing there, in the middle of the cafeteria…no wait, he turned around…and was walking away.

She watched him as he lifted his backpack and rather heatedly left the room. She frowned. She felt concerned, and she didn't really know why….

ITS BECAUSE YOU LIKE HIM, STUPID!

Oh no….Sakura squeezed her eyes shut and forced the voice of her inner away before she could say anything else.

"Sakura-chan, what are you doing, yeah?" Sakura blinked, opening her eyes and looked over at Deidara who was staring back with amusement.

"Nothing!" Deidara shrugged and they continued on their way to art.

Deidara let go of Sakura and pranced ahead as they neared the art room.

"What an idiot…" Sasori commented wearily as he walked beside Sakura. Sakura laughed nervously, these two certainly were an interesting pair.

"SA-KU-RA-CHAAAAAAAAAAN! JOIN MEEEEE, YEAH!" Deidara shouted to her as he stopped.

"uhhh…"

"Deidara, we're already here….there's no need for Sakura to 'skip' like a pansy…" Sasori said. Deidara shot him a glare.

"Sasori-danna! You're mean! Why are you always so negative to me, yeah? Take that stick out of your ass!"

Sasori smacked Deidara upside the head and walked inside the art room. Deidara rubbed his aching head and grumbled.

"Deidara! Are you okay?"

"Yea, Sakura-chan…ANYWAY let's go to ART YEAH!" He said excitedly, and grabbed her hand while rushing into the room. Deidara dragged her to the back table, where Sasori was painting a wooden object. Sakura sat down in the middle of the two and watched with interest as Sasori continued to work.

"Ano…Sasori, what are you doing?" She asked, curiously. Sasori glanced at her from the corner of his eye and then focused them back at his task at hand.

"Putting the final touches on my puppet…" He said monotonously. Deidara snorted.

"Pfft! You and your puppets! Why don't you save your energy, and purchase some Barbies instead, yeah?"

Sasori stopped what he was doing, and sent Deidara a death glare. Deidara smirked and Sakura? Well, she just sweat dropped.

"Oh that's right, you don't NEED to purchase them…You already HAVE a whole set hidden under your bed, yeah!" Deidara exclaimed. Sasori's aura turned dark and the bloodlust coming from it was palpable. Sakura cowered in her chair.

"Deidara…" Sasori muttered, his red bangs hiding his eyes, masked in shadow.

Deidara kept his smug expression as he waited for any other reaction his danna might throw at him. Unfortunately, he didn't expect something to ACTUALLY be thrown at him.

Deidara cried out as he fell off his stool and landed with a hard THUD on the ground. The culprit behind Deidara's fall? A Geometry book. A very HARD and HEAVY Geometry book.

"DANNAAAAAAA! That was mean, yeah!" He whined as he got up, rubbing his injured head. Sasori snorted and went back to work.

"Are you okay, Deidara?" Sakura asked, slightly leaning towards him. He nodded and then looked around.

"Hmmm…" Getting up, the blonde went towards the closet and got out a huge wad of clay. He grinned, and walked back to their table.

Sakura watched silently as Deidara began to take a piece and mold the clay into a certain form. It took five minutes until Deidara came out with a small clay bird.

Sakura gasped as she noticed how fine the details were on the bird.

"Wow, Deidara! You really are an artist when it comes to sculpture! I could never make anything as good as that." Sakura commented.

Sasori subtly watched Deidara hand it to Sakura, as she took a closer look at it. Then, she gave it back to Deidara. Wait for it…Sasori thought in his head, as he caught the mischievous flash in Deidara's blue eye.

"It's a real work of Art!" Sakura complimented. She looked down at her attempt at sculpting clay, and sweat dropped. The form of what was suppose to be a cat, turned out more like…a hunk of clay.

"Ah, but this isn't REAL art, Sakura-chan…" Deidara said, holding up the clay figure in one hand, and pointed a finger with his other. Sakura gave him a confused look.

"THIS is ART, yeah!" Deidara exclaimed, drawing his arm back, and hurling the clay bird into the nearest wall. The clay shattered upon impact with the wall, some of the undried clay left a smug in the wall. The classroom got really quiet, everyone's attention either on the wall, or at Deidara himself, who smiled happily, with his hands clasped together.

"Art is a bang, yeah!" He said excitedly. Sasori sighed.

"Fool. That isn't art, that's destroying art." Sasori said. He put down his puppet and looked up at a freaked out looking Sakura and a slightly angered blonde.

"Fine art is something wonderful, and long lasting." Sasori explained, holding up his finished puppet as an example. Sakura observed the puppet with amazement.

"NO! Art is transient! Departing quickly, fleeting, yeah!" Deidara snapped.

"That's because you're an idiot." Sasori pointed out, while Deidara fumed. Then he looked over at Sakura.

"How about you? What do you think is art?" They both asked. Sakura grew nervous at the sudden tension and pressure that was directed at her. She fumbled with her fingers.

"Well…uh, I think, art can be….both! Like, how there are firework displays that can be considered art, because of how breathtaking it can be…and then how there are magnificent paintings….art is both fleeting and long lasting, depending on the type of artwork it is…" Sakura explained.

It was quiet for a moment, but then Deidara started to calm down and considered her opinion.

"I guess…" He said huffily, he glanced at Sasori. "BUT I still think art is fleeting, yeah!"

Sasori didn't pay attention to him though. Instead he picked up his puppet and began to double check for any errors.

"At least there is someone here that has intellect." Sasori murmured. Sakura raised an eyebrow, while Deidara glared.

"Is that an insult, yeah?"

"no…it was a statement."

The two began bickering again, back and forth throwing insults while Sakura watched. She smiled slightly. They fight like Naruto and Sasuke…

Oooooooooooooooh! Thinking about Sasuke-kun are we?

NO! I was just comparing Deidara to Naruto and Sasori to Sasuke…

Sure. So what, now you like Sasori?

NO!! Not everything I do is about liking people!

Whatever, like I care. Anyway, we REALLY need to work on a plan to get Sasuke-kun to be ours!

I don't want him, you can have him.

Uh, that wouldn't be a problem if we WERE'NT THE SAME PERSON! BE SERIOUS!

I am serious…why would I want him anyway? That bastard has too big of an ego. Ino pig can have him…they would make the perfect egotistical couple.

NO NO NO NO NO! We CAN'T let Ino pig win! She's a whore, to have Sasuke hers is what she WANTS!

So?

Sooooooo, we need to win over Sasuke's heart and then shove it in Ino pigs face! Who about it? Wouldn't it be something to finally show Ino she can't have everything she wants?

I've 'known' her for two days. Sure, she's sickening, and is a major bitch, but you make it sound like we've known her forever!

That doesn't matter! All I know is we NEED to get Sasuke! He's uber hot, and sexy, and his hair is sooo—

SO MUCH LIKE A BIRDS ASS!

AHEM I MEANT SOFT LOOKING! LOOK! I AM JUST SAYING IT WOULD BE AMUSING TO SEE INO PIG SUFFER! CHA!

Hm……It would, wouldn't it…..BUT I am not doing it…

WHAT?! NO! YOU CAN'T! I…I'll…BOTHER YOU FOREVER IF YOU CONTINUED TO IGNORE HIM AND STUFF!!

GOD YOU'RE SO DAMN IMMATURE! ….hmmm, I know. I'll make a deal with you. I will start acting less cold towards Sasuke and keep an open mind around him. If he wins my vote as an exceptable guy, then you win. I will let you bother me anytime you want, and go along with your little crazy idea about me and Sasuke. If not, I will win, and you will have to shut yourself in the back of my head in silence FOREVER! Deal?

Inner Sakura sat down and pondered this for a moment.

But if I win, you DEFINITELY have to steal Sasuke's heart, right?

yes…

THEN DEAL, CHA! I WILL DEFINITELY WIN THIS! SASUKE WON'T LET ME DOWN!

Don't get your hopes too high…..

Sakura was pulled back to reality when the bell rang and the three got up form their seats.

"Now it's gym, yeah! Ugg I hate gym though…." Deidara pouted.

"Quit whining, lets go" Sasori said. Sakura followed them to the gymnasium.

When they arrived they separated to go into their own locker rooms. Sakura entered and looked around quickly. She spotted Tenten, and with a smile, walked over to her.

"Hey, Sakura!" Tenten greeted as she pulled a white shirt over her head. Sakura waved and opened her locker, not too far from Tenten's position and quickly changed clothes. Both exited and went into the gym area.

"Well well well, look who we have here…" Both girls turned and saw Sasuke, arms crossed in front of him, smirking at Sakura. Neji stood beside him, looking uninterested.

"I think that just ruined my day." Sakura said aloud to Tenten. Tenten stifled a laugh as she saw Sasuke's smirk turn to a scowl.

"That's too bad….But I guess I should be slightly pleased. It means out earlier encounter didn't bother you as much as you made it seem."

Sakura frowned. What a bastard.

"No no, THAT ruined my year." She shot back. She looked over at Neji and smiled.

"So, how's life, Hyuuga man?" She asked. Neji gave her an odd look, probably from how she referred to him as 'hyuuga man'.

"Ok…." He said. He looked over at Tenten, whose face had a tinge of pink to it, and her brown eyes seemed to be looking at everything but him. He shrugged it off though.

"Well, that's good. We are gunna go now, SEE YA!" With that Sakura took Tenten's arm and rushed away from the two boys. Neji watched them go away before turning to the Uchiha.

"She really doesn't like you…." He stated. Sasuke sighed and glanced at him.

"I know…But she won't be resisting for long, I'll snatch her for sure…." He smirked at this before walking towards the teacher's table to check in for attendance. Neji remained where he was for a second, looking back at the girl Sasuke's mind was so set on.

"Hmmm…this ought to be interesting…"

"Tenten, you're face is all red!" Sakura said with a chuckled.

"Oh no! I hope Neji didn't notice! He'd probably think of me a loser!" She cried, hiding her face behind her hands. Sakura chuckled some more.

"Even if he did, I bet he thought you looked cute!" Tenten's blush grew several shades redder. She whimpered.

"SAKURA-CHAN! SAKURA-CHAN!" Tenten stopped her mopping.

"Is that Naruto?" Tenten asked curiously, turning around. Sakura sighed and glanced at an approaching Deidara, who was dragging a reluctant Sasori behind him.

"SAKURA-CHAAAAAAAN!" He shouted gleefully, and then came to a stop by the two girls. He looked down at Tenten and waved slightly before giving his full attention back to Sakura.

"Hi, Deidara…Sasori…" Sasori grumbled, then ripped his arm away from the blonde next to him.

"Did you check in yet, yeah? Who do you have for Gym, do you know?"

"Uhm…I think I have…Gai-sensei…" Sakura said. Deidara pouted.

"Awr! We have Anko-sensei……she's a MAJOR bitch, yeah…."

"Oh……" Sakura looked at the two Akatsuki's gym clothes. They both were matching, in a black tee shirt that had an Akatsuki cloud in the back, and a pair of really baggy red shorts that came to the knees. Both had black sneakers, and red laces.

"Nice uniform…" She commented. Deidara smiled broadly and spun around.

"I know, yeah! We need to get you one, too. Kakuzu managed to buy them somewhere, he never told us though….but it must have been cheap, so I don't think it would be a problem for him to get another, yeah! Just run the price he gives you through us, before you pay him, yeah. He might try to rip you off."

Sakura nodded. Tenten observed the two quietly, she looked rather pale, too. Probably because Sasori was staring at her. While Sakura could tell he was just trying to figure out if he knew her from somewhere, Tenten probably thought he was going to break her neck. Yes, Sasori sure looked intimidating and rather scary to someone who didn't know him.

"Well I guess I should go check in now. See ya later, right?"

"Yupe! Remember to call me so I know where your house is…unless, you want me to drive you home, yeah?" His blue eye held hope in them as he silently pleaded for her to agree.

"That's alright! I live close to the school, and I like walking home. Thanks for the offer though! Bye!" Sakura and Tenten walked towards the teacher's table as Deidara slumped his shoulders.

"What a shame.." Sasori commented, only to be thrown a glare. He smirked, clearly amused.

Meanwhile, Sasuke fumed from his position on the wall. He was leaned against it, next to Neji and Kiba, watching intently as Deidara and Sakura talked. Why did Sakura have to be around guys like them? AND WHY WERE THEY GOOD LOOKING?! Even he, a straight guy knew when someone was hot.

"Damn them…" He growled. He sighed in relief though, when she walked away and the blonde looked rejected. This made him happy.

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"OKAY YOUTHFUL YOUNG ONES! Its time to put your fountain of bursting youth and energy to the test! Two miles around the track, pronto!" Gai-sensei did his trademark pose in front of his students, while Anko walked away with her own class to the tennis court.

"YES GAI-SENSEI! I SHALL DO A MILE WITH ALL MY YOUTHFUL HEART! IF I CAN'T DO TWO MILE GIVING IT MY ALL, THEN I SHALL DO FOUR MILES!"

"That's the spirit, Lee! Now get going! RUN WITH THE WIND AND SUFFER! But don't mess up that wonderful hair."

"GAI-SENSEI! YOU GIVE ME STRENGTH!"

"LEE!"

"GAI-SENSEI!"

"LEE!!"

The whole entire class looked about to either puke or implode from the corny, rather disturbing scene before them. The two were hugging, with a beach sunset back drop around them.

"NOW! TWO MILES MY YOUTHFUL STUDENTS"

Everyone groaned and trudged slowly to the track side. The only one pumped into doing this was Lee, who was already going around the track, with Gai-sensei at his side.

"Geez, they are BOTH utterly insane!" Sakura cried as she started jogging at a comfortable pace beside Tenten. Tenten nodded.

Lee caught up with the two girls and ran next to Sakura, on his second mile.

"SAKURA-SAN! PLEASE CONSIDER MY REQUEST! I WILL ALWAYS PROTECT YOU! I WILL MAKE YOU PROUD IF YOU BE MY GIRLFRIEND!"

"O.o….no Lee….just…no…"

"THEN I SHALL PROVE TO YOU MY WORTHINESS! I WILL COMPLETE FIVE MORE MILES FOR IN YOUR HONOR!" With that Lee sped off, a determined look crossing his freaky round eyes.

Sakura groaned.

"Why me? Why! He is sweet and all and I wouldn't mind being his friend….but he is so set on making me his girlfriend! It's embarrassing!" Sakura whined to Tenten. Tenten chuckled.

"Are you sure you're not embarrassed from his immense hotness?" Sakura whipped her head to see Sasuke now jogging beside her.

"NO YOU COCKATOO!" She picked up her pace, trying to get rid of him. Tenten looked over to see Neji beside her and immediately went red.

"How far have you gotten?" He asked casually. She collected her wits before answering.

"Halfway through the second."

"Same here." The two smiled…or smirked in Neji's chase, and started chatting as they ran. With the other two….

"GO AWAY!"

"MAKE ME!"

Sakura pushed her legs to go faster, despite their protests. She felt like they were on fire.

"JUST GIVE UP ALREADY!" She screamed at Sasuke, who seemed to effortlessly catch up with her each time.

"NOPE! YOU GIVE UP! ADMIT IT, YOU WANT ME!"

Sakura snorted, disgusted.

"LIKE I'D EVER!"

"DENIAL!"

"SHUT UP!"

"SO YOU ADMIT IT?"

"NO NO NO!"

They kept up this kind of shouting back and forth until Sakura found herself done and collapsed on the grass near the track. She laid on her back, completely exhausted.

Sasuke kneeled next to her and then loomed over her. A smirk still sprawled across his face.

"You look tired…" He commented.

"I'm clearly out of shape." She said, not bothering to look his way.

"Hmmm…you look pretty fit to me…" He said. Sakura turned red at the comment.

"You perverted wise ass, leave me alone!" She snapped. She was too tired to move, though.

"Ouch Sakura, that hurts!" He feigned a pained expression as he loomed over her, forcing her to look up at him.

"What do you want?" Sakura spat.

"You…" He said, leaning closer and closer to her. She tried to remain cool and unaffected, but the blush that appeared on her face betrayed her. She started to grow nervous, and tried crawling away.

"Hmmm…why are you resisting?" He asked, lifting his face to give her some space. She stared up at him wide eyed.

Because…if I don't, then there is no need for you too keep pursuing me, I will become like all of them. I don't want to be like your other pathetic fan girls. I won't fall for looks, if someone wants me, they need to prove it.

She didn't reply right away. At least, didn't answer him aloud. And I barely even know you….Maybe with time…maybe I can find a real reason to like you…but not now. Your just trying to get me because I am getting to your ego, and you aren't satisfied with my rejection.

She narrowed her eyes at him and finally opened her mouth.

"Because I can." With that she shoved him off of her and stood up.

He seemed a little taken aback. Ouch, another hit to hit ego. Sasuke clenched his teeth.

"That isn't a real answer or reason!" He said. She looked at him.

"Really, well then tell me why you are so persistant in getting me to like you? What is YOUR reason, hmm? You barely even know me!"

Sasuke sat in the grass, a blank look on his face. He couldn't respond…he didn't know how to.

"I….don't know…" He said finally. She put her hands on her hips.

"Well, it could be because you can't take it that there IS a girl out there that doesn't like you for once. OR it could be because you are a jerk that only likes a girl for her looks." She said.

"Either way, I could care less, because no matter what your motive is, I won't submit to your stupid self!" With that she spun on her heel, and made a bee line for Tenten and Neji. Sasuke sat there on the grass, watching her retreat.

Maybe a little of both…but, your wrong about one thing Sakura…I DO know you…..You just don't remember…

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Wow, that took forever to write! But hopefully you enjoyed it! I liked writing this chapter, it was fun! Especially the part with Gai-sensei and Lee, ahh..gotta love them. Well I know Gaara wasn't in here, or in this story much, but he will come up soon! He just doesn't have a major role in this story...Oh, and for Sasusaku74, I got the cloak online..from Hong Kong…but its awesome! I've worn it twice for Anime club. We get 'points' for cosplaying, and so far I've been itachi and dei-dei-chan! Well anyway, THANK YOU ALL REVIEWERS! YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWESOME!

Deidara: I only got a small ball of white clay, yeah….

Because last chapter had two reviews…

Deidara: I know but..TT.TT I can't DO anything with a small ball of playdoh! PEOPLE! PLEASE! REVIEW A LOT YEAH! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!

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Deidara: I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER IF YOU DO, YEAH! AND THEN, I WILL EVEN BUG ICHA ICHA UNTIL HER HAIR STANDS ON END FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER!! JUST REVIEW A LOT OKAY YEAH?!

Well that's correct…I will post the next chapter quicker than usual depending on the amount of reviews….OH! I wanted to know if you guys think it would be better if this story somehow connected with the original story line of Naruto! I thought itd make it a bit more interesting...

Deidara: O.o but in the original Naruto, Akatsuki are murderers…..and were bad, yeah…..and the characters and stuff in this story...the roles are all different yeah! IT'S TOO DIFFERENT!! Uggg, oh well. Not important, what is important is getting you to REVIEW YEAH! REVIEWWWWWWWW!!!!