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Hello people ! Sorry I took so long ! I'm just not really eager to continue. But I will. I wonder what'll happen in this chapter… Hmmmm…

Diclaimer: If I owned naruto , It'd be all DeixSaku and TemaxShika.

Chapter 9

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2 Day's later.

Deidara's POV

He opened his eyes." Ugh….."He grunted and stood up , it had been much harder to find food the past day's , he was starving ! He did find some clay in the cave , he had collected enough for one Bird. He needed two though…he couldn't leave Sakura here alone !

He sighed, where was she anyway ? He turned around en walked out of the cave, he left his cloak , it was of no use here. It was getting really warm in the swamp now. But It also rained a lot. And that had been great for a few day's …but all the food began to rot after so much water and walking was almost impossible, It was more like swimming.

'Hmm…I guess she's looking around in the swamp ,Un.' He said to himself. 'I hope she finds a way out this time.' He stood there for a few minutes , not sure what to do….. Finding food ? Nah…he'd been doing that yesterday , and all he found was a bird….and it flew away !

Maybe he should go look for an exit . Or he could just climb up the rock ( wherein the cave was located ) and look around for an exit or something that could help them escaping.

'Hey…' Deidara turned around , he hadn't noticed Sakura coming this way. 'Oh ! There you are ! I was wondering where you went.' Sakura didn't answer… She sat next to him and looked over the swamp.

They were quiet for a long time…..'Dei….' Sakura said quietly. Deidara turned his head to look at her ' Yes ?' He answered , Sakura looked him in the eyes and said ' We'll never get out of this swamp, will we….?' Deidara was surprised. 'Well , I …. I dunno ! Why do you ask me ,Un ?' Sakura looked away 'I was just wondering.. What if we can't find a way out ? What If no one will come looking for us ? What if we'll never see our friends again?……' Deidara looked at her , he saw tears on her cheek.

'Please….Don't cry…. I'm here right ? Un.' Deidara said. He expected her to scream something like : You're not my friend You're my enemy ! But to his surprise , she began crying out loud and she hugged him.

After a few minutes they were still hugging , but Sakura had stopped crying. 'You know Dei…..I'm really glad I'm not alone in this mess……' She looked at him and she smiled. He looked at her. ' I'm sure we'll get out ! And if we won't , we'll die together. Un ! '

'Haha ! I'll keep you to that promise !'Sakura laughed. They climbed down the big rock. Deidara blushed a bit. 'Hey Sakura….. could you give me your headband ?' Sakura looked at him surprised. 'Why ? It's broken remember.' She answered. Deidara looked away. ' Yea I know …but ….I want to carry something of you with me…..Un…'

Sakura Laughed 'Okay silly ! Here you go!' And she threw him the broken headband.

'Thanks Pinky ,Un'

Sakura walked away , but stopped and turned around. ' Hey , if you got something from me , I want something from you too !' She Said to him.

Deidara Laughed and took off his headband 'Here ya go, un. Take good care of it.' Sakura smiled. 'Thanks…So…..Who's gonna get food today ? And who will look for an exit ?'

Deidara shrugged 'It doesn't matter that much…but I'll go look for an Exit. I did the food yesterday.' Sakura sighed 'It's so boring to go look for food ! It's not like I'll find anything…..Oh well. Bye Deidei !!' She called ,and she ran into the forest.

Deidara grinned. She would be so surprised ! If he found enough clay , they'd be out of here in no way ! He would show her what real art was ! Un !

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General POV

With the Konoha's

'We're here' Neij stated. They stood before a big green wall of plants. But it was a Genjutsu , and a strong one ! 'We will have to unite our powers to break this genjutsu !' Kakashi said.

'YES !! WITH THE POWER OF YOUTH !!' Gai and lee called out. ' Hey you two !' Tenten warned them ,'There might be some Akatsuki around so stop yelling and help breaking this genjutsu!'

They all concentrated , but the genjutsu didn't break. 'Wha- What's this ?? Why isn't the technique working ?!' Lee called out. Neij stepped closer. 'Hmmm……I've never seen such a genjutsu…it's not the work of a Konoha ninja …..More like a Hidden Rock ninja ! We'll have to use another technique if we want to break this genjutsu !'

Kakashi sighed. ' Well then…It seems I have no choice.' He grabbed his headband , preparing to show his Sharingan. ' Step back! I'll copy this jutsu and find a way to break it.'

They all waited ….'Okay……I got it ! It's such a simple jutsu…I never would've expected something so simple ….. The one who made this must be short on chakra…' Kakashi made a few seals and broke the jutsu.

Suddenly , a trap activated. Kunai's and shuriken flew around. They all dodged them just on time , and they ran back for a bit , expecting more traps to activate. But the swamp was silent again , and only the sound of the mud consuming the kunai's could be heard.

'We should be more careful !!' Kakashi said , 'If there are more traps , we should try to discover them and disable them !' Naruto turned to him 'No ! We should hurry ! Sakura-chan might be in trouble !!' Neij turned around and said ' I think we should go with Kakashi's plan. We can't save Sakura if we can't even take care of ourselves !'

'But That akatsuki will be weakened too ( if he's still alive ) !! We could let the ANBU take care of the traps and than we can keep on searching !!' Naruto said.

Kakashi looked in the direction of the big rock.

'We'll do neither ! I changed my plan ! Half of us will spend the whole day on disableing the traps , and the other half will set up camp and look for food ! Does everyone agree? Than that's settled ! Gai's team will disable the traps , Naruto and me will take care of the Food and the camp! And the ANBU , please scout the area ! There might be an akatsuki around !'

'Wait ! Kakashi sensei ? Can I please go with the ANBU ? Maybe ….Maybe We'll find Sakura !!' Naruto said. Kakashi looked at him. 'Okay ! But I'll be coming too! Three of the ANBU will take care of the shelter and food in our place !'

'Dismissed !!'

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General POV

With Kakashi , Naruto and two ANBU.

Everything looked the same in this swamp. 'I wonder if I'll ever find the way back! Naruto said.' Kakashi turned around , 'Don't worry ! I left a chakra trial!'

After a few hours , they found an old camp. Or at least , that's what they thought. There were tracks of an old fireplace and a piece of clothing hanging in a tree. And ANBU grabbed it and showed it to Kakashi ' It's black……. It might be from an akatsuki cloak !' Kakashi grabbed it. ' Don't tell Naruto…he might go Kyuubi….' And without waiting for an anwer he turned around and called: 'We're moving on !!'

The ground was very muddy and there weren't much trees , so they were moving rather slow. Naruto wasn't paying attention to where he was going and he stepped into an ENORMOUS pool of mud, he instantly sunk in.

'WHOA !!' He yelled. The others turned around. 'Naruto ! Don't move too much !! We'll get you out !!' He grabbed a thick branch from a tree and stuck it out to Naruto. After a lot of work , they managed to pull naruto out of the mud pool.

'Well than , now we can move on.' Kakashi stated. And he prepared to go. ' No ! Wait !' One of the ANBU called 'What's that ?' He pointed to something lying in the mud. Kakashi walked back and looked at the 'thing'. 'It's a sandal… A black one.'

He turned around to face the others. 'We have reasons to assume that this belonged to and Akatsuki. He must've had company , since It's impossible to get out of this mud pool alone .And that tree over there has a few broken branches , maybe someone climbed in to save the one who fell into the pool ! '

'Well than ! What are we waiting for !?Sakura-chan might be in danger !!' And Naruto ran off. Soon followed by the others.

Naruto was wondering how Sakura was doing , if only that Akatsuki hadn't showed up !! Than they'd be in Konoha , training , Trying to find Sasuke……

'Don't worry Sakura-chan ! I'll save you !' He muttered.

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Hidan's POV

'AAHW MAN !!I think I just stepped into a huge pile of poo ! Why of all places a Swamp ?! ' Hidan complained. He hated this place! It was stinky , it was muddy , it was ugly and the bugs ! The kept biting him !! ' Shut up you !You've been complaining since we left the hideout! Stop whining ! It won't help!' Kakuzu was in a bad mood. Hidan figured he also didn't like swamps.

'So…. Where should we go look first ?' He asked trying to break the silence. Kakuzu was just about to answer when he tripped on a rock and fell into a crater. He manged to land on his feet and he looked around.

'Well….I suggest we should begin here .' Kakuzu said.

'That's a big crater, probably Dei's work! Hmm….' Hidan walked around for a bit , trying to make it look like he was helping.

Kakuzu jumped into a nearby tree en looked out over the swamp. 'The trap was set 20 km north from here….. And according to the craters….. Hmm…..' He walked a little further. Suddenly he stopped by a weird looking rock. He ran back a little and threw a kunai at the 'rock'.

A explosion lighted the area. And blew Hidan backwards. ' HEY !! Could you warn me the next time ?!' He yelled. Kakuzu grinned. 'Sorreh ! Heheh!'

'It seems that there are more bombs placed ahead ! That must mean that the battle ended with that last big crater…' Kakuzu turned around. 'That must mean ….hmm……Okay !' And he ran off .

'Hey !! Care tellin' me where we're goin'?!' Hidan yelled. Kakuzu didn't answer. Hidan rolled his eyes.'Idiot.' He muttered. Kakuzu Never answered any of his questions! He wondered why …..

They moved fast and soon they could sense Chakra in the air. ' Konoha Ninja.' Kakuzu stated. 'They're setting up camp. But there is also a group moving towards that big rock over there…' Kakuzu sat still for a while.

He watched the group setting up camp. 'ANBU…..And a few chuunin , jounin….. Hmmmm'

He closed his eyes and performed a jutsu. 'The group moving to the rock has two ANBU , a Jounin and a …genin ?' Kakuzu muttered.

'So ….wich will we follow?' Hidan asked. Kakuzu didn't answer. He was so ignorant ! Why couldn't he just answer such simple questions ?! 'Just ans- Hey!!' Kakuzu had already set off.

'Ugh!! For Jashin-sama's sake !!' Hidan muttered.

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Deidara's POV

Oh man …look at yourself… You're trying to dig a hole in a swamp to find clay ? That doesn't make any sense !! Why am I doing this anyway ? Sakura is my enemy …She's not supposed to mean anything to me !!

' Ouch!!' He pulled back his hand . A rock….he couldn't dig any further here. Hmm….Maybe if he moved closer to the old camp , he would find a place with clay…

Now that he thought of it …..On one of his "find the exit of the swamp" mission , he had seen some kind of crater ….. Maybe from a volcano ….And maybe he could find clay there !

And he began walking there , it was a weird climate here …one day chilly , the other day warm…. He had taken his cloak with him , he didn't know why , but he felt so much safer when he was wearing it …

What would've happened when Sakura hadn't been here together with me ?… I would've been dead. And what would've happened if Sakura had been here all alone ?…She was the one saving him all the time… But If he found clay , He'd be the one to save her , to fly out of this swamp with her and live happily ever after ……

He wasn't ashamed of those thought anymore …'Sakura…I wish that I would've met you as another person….. Not as a S-rated criminal …..But just ….. as me …' He bit on his lip.

'WHY ?! WHY GODAMNIT!!' He screamed . He was SO angry !! Why did it have to go like this !! If they got out of here He'd never see Sakura ever again ! He'd be forced to continue killing and living with those FREAKS !!

'NO!!' He screamed , He'd rather die than a life like that again !!

'Did you hear that ?' Deidara turned around. What was that ?! People ?

Quietly he hid his chakra and he crawled towards the voices. 'I thought I heard something…' Please …don't come looking …DON'T Come looking … 'I'm gonna take a look !'

Shit ! He quickly turned around and began Running. He heard yelling behind him , and soon he could sense Chakra's coming close.

He had to hide somewhere ! Damn this swamp ! There was no place to hide! He jumped into a few bushes , right against a wall of plants. Shit ! Where was his kunai ?!

'I heard something in those bushes !!' He heard a voice say 'No ! Don't attack ! Maybe It's Sakura-chan !' Oh no …That voice was too familiar ! The kyuubi boy ! Shit ….HE was in trouble now !!

'Whoever you are ! Come out with your hands raised and give us your weapons !' That was the Copy-Ninja . Shit ! But he wasn't going to give up without trying!

What should I do now ?! In his weakened situation he couldn't handle them ! Shit…He'd have to run for it. He looked around , plants to his left …Plants at his back… And Konoha Ninja in front of him….

Well ...he didn't have any choice did he ? He quietly grabbed a rock and threw it in a few bushes a few meter away form him. 'What was that ?' He heard a voice say. I can't believe They're falling for that old trick ! Deidara though just before he took a run.

'Hey !! Somebody's running away there !!' And soon he was followed by Naruto , Kakashi and the ANBU. He ran for the 'SP'(Safe Place ) , Sakura and him had though that up together , when there was something like ….a bear ..or enemy ninja's , They'd hide in there.

It was the best place to hide in this swamp. It was a hole , dug in the ground. That hadn't been very hard . But the swamp was very muddy , and so they'd collected stones all day, to lay into the 'SP', so it won't be full of mud when they needed it .

Damn…if he only had enough clay to make a clone! Hmm….Maybe if… He quickly ran to a few bushes and performed a Jutsu. Just enough chakra ! And he wouldn't even have to use the SP if his plan worked !

'There ! In those bushes ! I think I saw someone there !!' He heard a voice calling out. 'I just hope they'll fall for it….'He mumbled.

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Naruto's POV

Naruto sighed , they'd been searching around for an hour already , and no sign of Sakura… But they would find her ! Wait a sec… What was that ?! He swore he had seen something moving behind those bushes…

No….That must've been his imagination…..No ! There was the noise of something moving in the bushes. 'Hey !' HE called after the others , 'Did you hear that ? I heard something ! ….I'm gonna take a look !' The others didn't answer , They walked back to where Naruto was pointing.

But suddenly they heard rustling in a few bushes a little further away. Kakashi immediately grabbed a kunai and prepared to attack.

'No! Don't attack !! Maybe it's Sakura-chan !!'Naruto called out. Kakashi lowered his Kunai ,and after a short hesitation he called: 'Whoever you are ! Come out with your hands raised and give us your weapons !' But no one answered him.

Suddenly they all heard a noise nearby. All turned to the noise , but they saw nothing. 'Hey !! Somebody's running away there !!'One of the ANBU called out. And he pointed in a direction where all could hear the noise of someone trying to run in a swamp.

'Damn !! He , or she , is getting away !' Naruto called , and he ran after the noise .He could vaguely see a person running in front of him.

But suddenly ….'Hey !! Where'd he go ?' Naruto stopped for a moment , and looked around. There ! In those bushes !! He prepared to attack but then…He suddenly heard a voice , a weak and small voice…

'Na…..Naru..to?…Is that you?..' Sakura ! No way !! SAKURA !! 'Sakura-chan !!' Naruto called out , he quickly jumped into the bushes , to find Sakura there , she was skinny and she looked very ill.

'Oh no !! Kakashi !! Sakura-chan is here and she doesn't look too well!! Come over here quickly !Sakura-chan ! What happened ?' Deidara couldn't help but smile , this was just too easy.

'Naruto….I'm so glad you finally found me !!…..The last few day's have been awful….I'm lucky I found some food…..Do you have some ??' Naruto backed off a bit , Sakura had changed so much , he almost didn't recognize her !

'Well…uh …yeah , I guess you must be hungry.' Naruto answered. And he grabbed his bag to get some Ramen. 'Here you go.' Sakura snatched the ramen out of his hands and began eating like she hadn't seen food in weeks !

'Whew…..I feel a lot better now…..I'm just going to take a rest…..I haven't been able to sleep with that akatsuki maniac around…..' She yawned and lied down. The others just looked at her .

'Kakashi-sensei…What will we do now ?' Naruto asked. Kakashi didn't answer, Naruto guessed that he was thinking.

'We should go back to Konoha to make sure Sakura's fine , and then we will come back for the akatsuki and-…..Wait….' Kakashi walked to the spot where Naruto had found Sakura. He searched around the bushes for a bit , the other soon joined him , after making sure Sakura was safe.

'Shit !! Just Like I though ! Don't let him escape !!' Kakashi suddenly turned around and ran to the place where they left Sakura. 'Wha ?! Naruto called out. 'Where'd Sakura-chan go !!'

'That wasn't Sakura Naruto , That was Deidara !!' Naruto gasped. 'WHAT ?!THAT WAS DEIDARA?? Oh When I get him , I'm gonna rip him apart !!' Naruto growled. He saw something lying on the ground…

'It's….It's Sakura's headband…….How did he get it ?….. Kakashi Sensei ! What if ….What if …..' Naruto picked up the headband…..And he felt tears burning behind his eyes…

'Naruto….I got some more bad news ….I cannot locate Deidara or his chakra…He seems to have vanished…' Kakashi said. 'We will do some last scouting around this place to see if Sakura is somewhere here …' The ANBU nodded and began scouting the area

'Naruto….Will you come too ?'Kakashi asked.

'No……I wanna be alone for a moment…' Was the answer.

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Well…I was planning on writing more ,but I'll do that later , I hope you guy's won't kill me for not uploading anything in …what…two months ?? Oh well I'm not too pleased with the ending , but I wanted to get it over with !

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Enjoy!!