Authoress Note: So sorry I'm late for the update people

Authoress Note: So sorry I'm late for the update people. I just finished my book project, and now Mrs. Davis is reloading my backpack with a fiction wheel; meaning another PROJECT AFTER OPEN HOUSE!! >.

Title: Ice Queen Diva

Maker: BlackRoseVirus

URL: it's on youtube: watch?vhk2n34SmarU

Dattebayo! – Normal

Dattebayo! – Flashback or Dream (in Italics)

Shannaro! – Inner Sakura

Dattebayo! – Pein/any member communicating

Dattebayo! – Sign Language

Definition

Chapter 7 – The Blossom Blooms Yet Again

"Quote of the Day"

"Haven't you seen the ruins of our world? And whenever she is raging, she takes a life away. Haven't you seen? Haven't you seen the ruins of our world?" – Ice Queen Diva by BlackRoseVirus

Recap:

A bird landed on the windowsill, surprisingly, looked at Sakura who started reaching towards to pet it. "If I die someday…" the bird flew away as soon as he saw the actions of her hand motions which made her unhappy and sorrowful. "Please, don't let Zetsu eat me, or let Hidan sacrifice me, or turn me into a human puppet." Sasori stopped his work and looked at her in interest. "I… If I were to die, I would let only one person to kill me."

A long silent crossed the room before it crossed over to another Akatsuki member's room, "Nani? Who is this person?" Sasori asked with a curiosity filled tone.

"I would let Pein-kun do it." Her emerald soft eyes seemed to soften even more if possible.

Sasori nodded and understood immediately why. He knew from the very beginning that they were more than friends, even if they denied it or not. Pein would always be there to protect her when she needs to be protected. Sasori's orange-headed leader would never always protect Sakura. Pein knew that Sakura would want to fight herself, and if she were in real danger, she would call for help or give a signal. If anything or anyone were to kill her, she would let Pein end her suffering and life.

End of Recap…

The puppeteer's thoughts pondered on of what the precious cherry blossom of Akatsuki has just told him. "I… If I were to die, I would let only one person to kill me. I would let Pein-kun do it." He finally made up his decision, 'She truly loves him that much…' Some of you people would wonder why Sasori was thinking so hard to tell that she really loves him. Though, he was thinking… He was thinking. If she really meant it; to him, it would be painful to let someone he loved end his happy life with that special someone. He pondered on this tough puzzle-like subject until he bumped into the Uchiha Clan murderer.

"Gomen nasai." They both apologized before the walked away. The redhead puppet snapped his head up and ran towards Itachi again. "Itachi-san. What do you know about Sakura? I know she has helped you kill your clan."

The onyx-eyed weasel stopped and took a seat on a bench outside of the training grounds. "Truthfully, I know not much of Sakura… Nande?" Sasori sighed and took a seat across another bench.

"You would be upset if someone you love kill you, right?" Sasori asked the weasel.

Itachi nodded, "Hai."

"This girl doesn't make much sense. She said, 'If I were to die, I would let one person kill me. I would let Pein-kun do it.'" He explained. You could obviously tell that Sasori and Itachi treated each other like friends, or you could say like brothers that often ignore each other, but talk when they have time. (A/N: I'm not making Itachi-san gay; no way in Hell am I ever going to make him gay! Ps: I have nothing against gay people, in fact, I have 2 friends who are in my neighbor.)

The weasel thought about this and it didn't make sense either. "Sasori-san, I just think that you are think too hard. She obviously loves him."

Sasori sighed, becoming impatient and frustrated, "I know, I know… I'm just wondering, how could those two become to close? I knew they were with each other since childhood, but the parents? The village? The organization? How did it all begin?" Itachi started thinking roughly as well. After leaving, Deidara was overhearing everything and decided to ask his new friend about this.

Sakura and Pein's Room

Knock, knock, knock! The cherry blossom just tried her best to ignore the rapping of the door. The more the seconds past, the louder the knocking seemed to increase. "Nande?!" Sakura's voice screeched as she closed her great book she was currently reading.

"It's me, Deidara!" the Akatsuki's goof was still knocking on the door while Pein next door in his office could hear and was getting irritated by the blonde. "Can I ask you something?"

Sakura sighed and opened the door, "Nani?"

Deidara sat himself on the large bed and looked around, "Ano, I kind of wanted to know more about your past." Sakura sat herself on the chair and faced him.

"What do you want to know?" she raised a pink eyebrow.

"How you and Pein met up." Deidara smiled; he was finally getting answers that his senpai couldn't find or solve. When in doubt, find an easier way to get out. Next door, Pein could hear everything and stopped. No one ever knew their past together and it was forbidden to tell as their own secret. 'Tobi, I need Deidara out of this room right now.' Sakura located the masked boy. The swirled masked boy came zooming in with bunches of questions. Pein sighed in relief and continued his work.

"Tobi wants to say hi to Sakura-sama! Tobi says hi! Tobi wants to know if Sakura-sama likes the color pink, blue, red, black, orange, green, yellow, white, gray, brown, or purple?" Deidara sighed and left the room with a smirking Sakura and a boy. "You do know that I cannot keep on doing this…" 'Tobi' took off his mask to reveal his true identity, Uchiha Madara. Pein and Sakura and Madara both knew the plan. In the future, when the Akatsuki begin to trust Tobi for being an idiot and clutz, they would let their guard down… Including Itachi. Then, Pein would assign Itachi and Tobi to be partners. During their spar, Tobi would catch Itachi off guard and steal his Sharingan… It worked out perfectly since Madara would kidnap the Kyuubi's host, Uzamaki Naruto and rule the world.

The cherry blossom looked out the window and sighed, "I know… It's just that he's annoying and I don't want to go into that subject. Besides, even if I did tell, Pein would be able to hear next door, ne Pein-kun?" she could hear and feel a smirk next door. Madara sighed.

"Tell me again, how did I end up with Akatsuki and in this mess…?" he smirked.

Sakura pondered and placed an index finger on her chin and spoke, "Well, it all started when you were born…" he chuckled.

"Well, hopefully I'll be able to capture the Jinchuuriki soon. That Deidara is more of a baka than I am when I'm pretending to be Tobi." The black haired man ran a hand through his hair.

"Don't say that… It's been so long since I've been back. I would hate to leave again. Demo, I have a feeling that Pein is going to send me off to Konohagakure…" She smirked as her hawk-like vision saw the folder Pein held in his hands in front of the doorway.

The Uchiha founder turned and bowed, "Pein-sama." With that, he turned back around and bid a farewell. As he slipped on the mask, his personality changed, "Tobi says ja ne Sakura-chan and Pein-sama!" He waved and skipped out of the room where Sakura and Pein stared into each other's eyes deeply. The orange-headed leader would never activate the Rinnegan in front of Sakura. Though, he would in a spar if it gets intense.

"Let me guess…" Sakura sighed and lay down on her bed. "You are sending me back to Konoha tomorrow morning with Itachi and Sasori?"

Pein smirked and sat down on the bed as well, "Of course. Gomen, since you are the only female, you need to go. I'm sending you to try to capture the Jinchuuriki by entering the Chuunin Exams. You said that he was in Team 7?" The cherry blossom nodded and started changing into her pajamas. She didn't mind and Pein didn't either. Hey, she was still wearing her underclothing. "Well, you will be Team 17 of Amegakure." Pein finished changing and slipped into bed next to Sakura. "It's such a simple task… You've been sending me so many origami letters saying how much stupider can he get?" The cherry blossom chuckled.

"Hai… I'll go tomorrow, first thing morning." She let out a slight yawn while Pein nuzzled the crook of her shoulder and neck while he also pulled her closer to him and held onto her tightly, as if he didn't want her to go away from him. "I'll never leave you…"

Pein mumbled while his face was still against her neck, "I know… If you do leave, I'll be there with you… No matter where you are, I'll be there for you… Even during one of my hardest time and your hardest time…" Sakura smiled. He was acing like a spoiled child. Hell, you could say that Sakura spoils him. The cold cherry blossom shivered and turned to face Pein's sleep figure and snuggled closer to him, absorbing his warmth. "I always wonder… What will become of us the day we die?" Pein whispered as they both fell into a dreamless sleep.

8:14 AM Akatsuki Head Quarter

The three were heading out towards Konohagakure. Everyone was saying good bye to their companions/partners. Well, Itachi just glanced at Kisame. The blue fish-like man waved a small farewell. Kisame respected him since Itachi would never really show off or have an anger issue like most Akatsuki when they are pissed. Sasori didn't even both saying good bye to Tobi or Deidara. They are just too annoying and he is glad he has a nice long mission with two usually quiet partners that he works well with. To the redhead, this was like a vacation he would get once in a lifetime. Sakura hugged Pein good bye while he exchanged with a quick peck on the cheek and a smirk.

"Sayonara!" Sakura waved a farewell as her teammates all started walking off…

Sakura glanced at Sasori for a moment and noticed that he didn't change. Since Konoha knows nothing about him and his appearance, he stayed out of his puppet. The cherry blossom then glanced at Itachi and noticed a few changes. He removed the birthmark lines and his eyes were a dark navy blue. Sakura changed her hair to the color of black and left everything else as it is. It was quite and usually the silence soothed her. Though, this silence was just bugging her to no end.

"Sasori-san," Sakura decided to ask. "Aren't some of the Sunagakure shinobi entering the Chuunin Exams?" the cherry blossom tilted her head. "I'm positive they will notice you immediately since they learned about the village's past… Including the one about the disappearance of one Kazekage and the other disappearance of Akasuna no Sasori." Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"Konoha is too off guard. So, that's why we are still using our first names, though changing the last to Kumikoshi." Sasori sighed. They were all wearing the Amegakure hetai-ate. Itachi was wearing his on his left arm; Sasori was wearing his on his right arm, while Sakura wore it on her neck.

Itachi didn't seem offended, instead, he even nodded his head and spoke, "Hai, I agree. If my little brother does notice that I killed his clan, I'll know what to do." The cherry blossom seemed satisfied and nodded, finally seeing the village gates opening. "Matte." Itachi stopped. "If Leader-sama (they call him that in public) says I'm the 'sensei,' who is the third teammate?"

"OI!! CHOTTO MATTE!!" A loud scream was heard as Sakura chuckled while Sasori started whispering loud colorful language under his breath. "I'm the third member! I forgot to read the mission descriptions, but I already did… So, I'm here!" the blonde haired boy smiled.

"Son-of-a-bitch." Sasori sputtered at Deidara. "You will just ruin the mission!"

Deidara just rolled his single eye since the other was hidden underneath his still blonde hair, "Puh-lease, I'm not that retarded Sasori-danna."

Sakura sighed, "Okay, no one will recognize you since they don't know you. Demo, you hid your mouths on your hands, and the Amegakure hetai-ate is tied to your waist. Good." They approached the gates and entered with their passports shown. "Itachi-sensei," the sly cherry blossom was using her innocent and weak voice. "Itachi-sensei…" she started pulling on his sleeve.

Since they were in public, Itachi had to pretend to act all nice, "Nani, Sakura-chan?"

Sakura's character was to act like a shy and weak little Genin she was, "M-Maybe y-you should f-find a place t-to s-stay…"

Itachi gave a fake smile that looked pretty convincing and nodded, "Hai, you three can look around. I'll send a bird telling you where I am. Sasori-san, make sure Deidara no baka doesn't get in any sort of trouble."

"Hey!" Deidara pouted. Sakura just noticed that Deidara is actually quite a great actor.

Sasori sighed, "Hai, hai… Deidara no baka." He smirked as they all walked off. As they were walking, they started whispering the plan.

"Hai, the rest of you need to get used to the surrounds of the village, so take a look around. If any of you find anything suspicious that has something to do with the Kyuubi, contact me immediately. I'll find the Jinchuuriki myself. If Itachi sends you a message, tell me." Sakura made the plan short, fast, and simple so Deidara could even understand.

"Hai." The two bickering brother-like partners then soon disappeared in a puff of smoke that soon followed the wind blowing south. At this, Sakura decided to walk around and find the Kyuubi. 'Let's see… Where could he be?' she pondered on this. Soon, her Inner Sakura bumped in, "Ichiraku's Ramen Stand obviously." 'Duh.' She rolled her emerald green eyes and started heading towards the ramen stand. The intelligent cherry blossom found Naruto at the ramen stand.

She took this her chance to act shy and innocent, "A-Ano…" she faked a blush. "M-May I-I s-sit h-h-here…?" she slightly whispered, just enough so Naruto could hear.

The blonde smiled and noticed her beauty and shyness, "Of course! My name is Uzamaki Naruto of Konohagakure!"

Sakura gave a small smile, "W-Watashiwa Kumikoshi Sakura o-of A-Amegakure…"

Naruto frowned at this, "Su goi… You must be so strong to be a shinobi from Amegakure! I'll promise you that Amegakure will be allies with Konohagakure when I'm Hokage of this village!" he gave her another ear to ear smile. She always hated that smile, it frightens her deeply to no ending road.

Sakura blushed, "A-Ano… You can't s-say that…" she ordered a small dish of dango. She loved dangos. They were the first things she ate while staying with Pein. It was always the first thing she ate whenever there was a celebration. "It w-was l-luck…"

"Well then, you're lucky!" he pointed his chopsticks at her and continued eating. "Ne, you should stop stuttering all the time." Sakura faked a blush and nodded; continuing to eat her dango.

"Naruto-san." A familiar voice came to Sakura's ear.

"Dobe." The cherry blossom nearly smirked at the tone of the voice.

Naruto finished his 17th bowl and stood up, "Ohayo minna! Ne, ne, Kumikoshi-san."

Sakura stood up; "Please call me S-Sakura…" she gave a respectful bow and was about to take her leave until Naruto held her back.

"Sakura-chan, stay here and hang with us!" he gave her a puppy pout that was kind of pathetic to her eyes. She gave a small yet curt nod. "YATTA!! Sakura-chan, this is Kakashi-sensei, or as we call him, the pervert. This is Sasuke, or as I call him, teme #1!"

Sasuke stared at Sakura that made her nervous, "Do I know you from anywhere?" he scanned her chakra and found it very weak. Little did he know, she was secretly storing them in her back-up chakra storage.

The cherry blossom looked down at her feet and blushed, "I-I c-c-came f-from A-Amegakure…"

"Weak." He turned around and left her in the dust with his teammates behind. "You're pathetic. Amegakure is that desperate to choose someone of the likes of you to represent you as a kunoichi? Pathetic."

Sakura started letting the water works out. Of course, they did seem real, "I-I'm n-n-not w-weak…"

Sasuke stopped and turned, "Look at you. You are like a stuttering puppy. You don't deserve the title of a kunoichi. Better yet, you don't deserve the chance of coming to the Chuunin Exams."

The cherry blossom was boiling inwardly. Oh how much she wanted to kick his scrawny little ass to the deepest depths of Hell. In Hell, she would shave off every inch of his skin cleanly and feed them to the dogs. The bones would be grinded into a puree and feed to the Devil. On the outside, were tears of anger instead of tears of sorrow, "I'll show you…" with that remark made, she left in a gust of wind without having to make hand seals.

To Be Continued

Authoress Note: Hi minna! I'm so sorry it took so long… So, I took the liberty of typing up 8 pages for you! Reviews: 121