A/N: Well, it's Wednesday again and you all know what that means….
GEN'S FAN FICTION TIME!
Well, after that evil cliff hanger I'm sure a lot of you were thinking about hunting me down and poking me with pitchforks until I wrote the next chapter, but no need.
I'm here and I'm on time.
Don't ya just love me?
And seriously, check out the word number! It just keeps on going!
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Sakura tried to scream but Deidara's lips were already pressed against hers again. His hands reached around her neck and squeezed as his hand mouths licked and bit her delicate flesh.
This was worse than a nightmare.
Tears fell from her face as she whimpered and sobbed against his lips.
"Shhh, shhh princess. I'm going to take good care of you, yeah."
The tears kept falling.
Sakura closed her eyes and wished she was somewhere else. Anywhere else.
"That's it, princess. Let it go, yeah."
Sasori sat on a tree limb looking out over the horizon. The sky lay filled with dark clouds heavy with rain, the light breeze was weaving playfully through his hair and the scent of the on-coming rain filled the air.
This was just what he needed. The fresh smells of nature to sooth to him and helped to cool his head.
Things were getting too intense inside. The rosette ninja was making him confused which was resulting in him acting irrationally.
He hated the fact that he had punched Deidara with enough force to cause him to cough up blood but the rash blonde deserved it. He should never have tried to grab the kunoichi in the first place. It was rude and Sasori was not one to stand for rude behavior.
It was a shame that Deidara was showing such distrust in him. He was planning to tell him about the human body. He just wanted to wait until he could control the sensations that came with it.
Still, Deidara would undoubtedly be pissed off at him for some time to come and Sasori knew that he would have to apologize if he had any chance of getting the clay artist to calm down enough not to do anything stupid.
This did not mean that they were friends but they were partners and would be relatively ineffective if they couldn't work together.
Lighting filled the sky and a roar of thunder signaled the start of a refreshing storm.
Sasori sighed as the clouds above him finally gave way to the pressure within them and opened up to pour another fresh dose of rain onto the ground below.
He rose from his perch, leapt to the ground as gracefully as a cat, and headed back inside.
"Strength through composure." He re-affirmed to himself as he opened the sealed door and stepped inside.
He couldn't let the others get to him and especially not the girl.
It was time to set things straight.
First, he would have to check on his captive and find a way to convince her to stay with him. Maybe a deal involving the kyuubi would suffice. He couldn't stop the extraction but maybe a word of farewell might placate her.
Then he would have to hunt down Deidara and attempt an apology. He knew he shouldn't have to apologize as it was the blonde's fault first but at least it would create a little bit of peace in the organization.
As he walked down the hallways, he could hear laughter coming from the common room but chose to ignore it for now. At least the others were enjoying themselves and not trying to sneak peeks at Sakura.
He turned into the corridor that had his room at the end and he saw that the door was open.
He must have left it open when he went to go get some air.
"Shit."
He ran into the room looked at the bed where he had left the unconscious girl.
The room was empty and so was his bed.
Sakura must have escaped.
"Just my fucking luck." He growled, spinning around and flew out into the corridor.
He had to track her down before she could find a way outside and contact the leaf village.
If she gave away their location, it could be a catastrophe.
How could he have been so stupid as to have let her escape? Leader was going to have his head on a spit if he found out.
Sasori ran through the hallways towards the common room. He needed to get the others to help him or else they would all be in danger.
The laughter grew louder as he approached the room and he could hear Deidara's voice whispering something to someone who was crying.
Someone with a distinctly female sob…
"Oh hell no…"
"Don't cry princess. It will all be over soon enough, yeah. Just lie back and take it."
Sakura couldn't help but cry. This wasn't how she wanted it to be. Not with some S-rank criminal. She wanted it to be with someone she cared for. Someone who cared for her.
She felt Deidara's weight shift as he tried to unzip her top.
Using all of her strength, she gave him a massive shove but it did little to move him.
"Settle petal. If you keep trying to push me off I might think you don't like me, yeah." He pushed his groin up against her leg, his arousal very evident.
Sakura kept her eyes shut and refuse to look at him, which only caused the sensations to escalate. She felt her stomach roil at the thought of what he was going to do and she dry heaved.
"Now come on princess, it can't be that bad can it? Acting like that hurts my feelings, yeah." He said with mock sincerity, "Maybe I should kiss you until you feel better."
She shut her eyes even tighter as she felt his mouth hover above her own.
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER RIGHT NOW!"
Sakura's eyes flew open as she turned her head towards the voice of her potential savior.
Never in a million years did she ever think she would be glad to see the red hair of the puppet master.
"I was wondering when you'd come looking for her, Sasori, yeah."
"I said get off her Deidara!"
"But I haven't even started to have my fun yet, yeah. Not to mention these two haven't had their goes either."
Sasori's eyes barely glanced at Kakuzu and Kisame, who were now standing either side of him with vicious grins on their faces.
Sakura could see that it wouldn't take too much for these three to take him down and they knew it.
"I'm going to tell you one last time, get off--"
"No, I'm going to tell you something 'partner', what the fuck is she to you anyway, yeah? Is she really worth all this stress? I mean honestly, yeah, look in her eyes."
"She's mine. Anything that is mine is worth it. Now get off her or I will kill you."
"Oh is that so, yeah?" Deidara smirked, pulling a small clay chunk out of his pocket.
Sakura's eyes widened as she watched him roll it in his hand until it formed a small moving snake. The snake quickly curled around Sakura's neck, its cold clay scales tickling the bruised flesh from Deidara earlier attacks. It circled around until it formed a solid clay collar.
"She isn't worth shit except for a good root and an entertaining death. You try to kill me and we'll skip right to her death, yeah."
Sasori's eyes hardened and his face became like wood again. Unreadable and unreachable.
"She's useless Sasori. She's just a scared little bitch, yeah. Look at her."
Sasori's eyes met with Sakura's and for a moment, she swore they could see right through her.
Sasori could see fear in Sakura's eyes and he felt another wave of emotion hit him, but this time it was something he hadn't felt before.
For the first time in his entire life, Sasori felt like the monster she had called him.
He had caused this situation. If it wasn't for him, she would never have had to know this type of fear.
And to think, a few minutes ago he was planning to take her in this same fashion.
A pang of guilt hit him square in the gut.
He was going to force himself upon her and create that same pitiful look in her eyes.
'Strength through composure' he reminded himself.
He had to save her. He had to prove he wasn't a monster.
"She's weak. Look at her shaking, yeah."
It was hardly what he would call shaking but there was a slight tremble in her nonetheless.
"She afraid to die. She's not strong enough to be of any use to you. Why can't you see that, yeah?"
It wasn't the fear of death he saw in her eyes. Sasori was sure that she had little fear of that.
Deidara underestimated her.
He could use that to his advantage.
"Sakura-san," he called out to her, "do you fear death?"
She shook her head in mute reply.
"Are you willing to come with me?"
He watched as indecision to reply flashed through her eyes. She hesitated before giving an almost imperceptible nod.
"Very well." He turned his head toward Kakuzu.
"Kakuzu, I have a business proposition for you."
"I'm listening."
"Help me restrain Deidara and in exchange I will give you full access to my database of Suna officials with bounties on their heads which includes their last known whereabouts."
"Is the information accurate?"
"Accurate and up to date."
"Very well. Deal."
"Kisame, my deal for you is, against Kakuzu and I, there would be little chance of survival, especially considering you do not have your sword with you. Therefore, stand down and I will even throw in a bottle of sake for you with my regards."
"I would have preferred a root, but hell, sake is fine with me. I can get a girl somewhere else."
"Excellent, so we are all agreed. Deidara, as I said before, get off her."
Deidara's face turned a strange shade of red as he listen to the others turn against him.
Betrayed for a couple of files and a bottle of sake. Next time he was going to pick better cohorts.
He felt the trembling kunoichi beneath him slowly stop shaking and almost become relaxed.
FUCK! Everything was falling apart. However, he still had one ace in the hole.
"What about my little piece of art right here?" His hand fondled the clay snake that lay around her neck. "What's to stop me from killing her right now, yeah?"
"She doesn't fear death but I'm sure that you still might. If you kill her, I'll kill you. Then I bring you back to life and kill you again. Then I'll bring her back to life and let her watch me kill you again. Then I might kill you just a few more times for the hell of it. I'm sure you would make a half decent puppet."
Deidara's face went even redder.
"Fucking try it, yeah."
"You're a poor loser Deidara. I apologize for hitting you earlier but this is no way to go about revenge. If you wish, we can pit our art against each other later but as for now, you have lost. Accept it and leave."
"Fine then, yeah." He gave Sakura a kiss on the cheek and whispered, "See you soon, princess, yeah."
He got up off the girl, broke the snake from off around her neck and stood next to the couch, shoving his hands into his pockets. He turned on his heels and started to walk away. When he reached the archway, he stopped and turned his head.
"You know, Sasori, you never did answer my question before, yeah. Who are you trying to fool?"
And with that, he walked out of the room.
Sakura stared at Sasori as he confirmed the deals he had made with the others, her jaw trying to override her body's ingrown skill to mask her emotions and drop wide open.
Sasori saved her?
This couldn't possibly be real. She must still be unconscious.
She pinched herself just to make sure.
It hurt. She was definitely wide awake.
Sasori walked towards her and took her arm, pulling her up off the couch.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
She nodded her head numbly.
"Good. Come with me."
She was so shocked by the hint of sincerity in his voice she actually followed him without question or resistance.
She couldn't keep track of how many turns they made or hallways they walked through but they eventually came to a small barricaded door with complex seals and locks upon it.
Sasori held his ring up to the door and said a few words that were to quiet for even her to hear and the seal broke and the door creaked open.
There was a dripping sound coming from deep inside
He led her inside the door and she felt her feet touch water. Her eyes adjusted to the dim light and she looked around to see where the puppet master had brought her.
It appeared to be a cavernous dungeon and a huge metal gate at the end of it.
"Are you going to lock me in there?" she asked.
"No. this dungeon is not for you. I brought you here so you would not have to stay in a cell. I brought you here so you could make a decision."
There was a seal upon the gate and she walked closer to examine it.
It was a seal that she had never seen before.
"It's a seal to keep the jinchuriki trapped inside this cage until the time of the extraction."
"You mean Naruto's in there?"
"Yes."
"You have to let me see him."
"This is part of the decision you have to make, Sakura-san. I will allow you to say farewell to you friend and in return, you can never leave."
Sakura's face went pale.
"I will never do anything to betray my village."
"I will not ask you to. All I will ask is that you stay with me."
"Why?"
Sasori remained silent.
It was clear he would not answer.
A chance to see Naruto only once.
Sakura had to play her hand now.
"I couldn't. Not for that offer."
"Then he will die and you will take his place in that cell."
"What if I was to give you another offer?"
"What type of offer?"
Sakura steadied her voice and spoke as confidently as she could.
"If you allow me to be present when you extract the demon and allow me to heal him during the process, I will stay."
Sasori shook his head. "It is impossible to keep him alive."
"I was the apprentice to the fifth hokage. I am the best medic nin in all of the shinobi countries. You know I have the ability."
Sasori looked at her questioning look. "It could kill you. Would you die for him?"
"I will not die."
Sasori searched her features, she could tell he trying to find any clue as to if she was lying or trying to trick him.
She knew he would find none.
"I believe you. However, what you ask is more than I am willing to give. You have to provide me with more incentive."
Here it came. The final card she had left.
"I will give you my very being, the last of my innocence, and I will give it willingly."
The constant dripping prevented an absolute silence.
The two ninja stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity.
She had offered everything to him and she could tell by his eyes that he understood what she was willing to sacrifice.
"Do you swear?"
"I swear on my ninja way, I will give you my life and the last of my freedom in exchange for Naruto's life and freedom."
"Very well. I accept."
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