AHHGHGHGH! JE REGRETTE! GOMEN NASAI! DEAR GOD I'M SO SORRY! It's been a while, I know. But several things in my life happened:

I have 7 projects going on right now.

I GOT ULTIMATE NINJA 3! It's an awesome game! I recommend it to all obsessive fans!

I broke up with current girlfriend… cries

And found a new one three days later! She's a foreign exchange student from France and can't speak English if her life depends on it! So I'm translating… Whoop-dee-doo. I don't think you're supposed to be a foreign exchange student if you don't speak the language of the place you're going to! Anyhow, she's GORGEOUS!... (Ten hours later) and did I mention beautiful to an unparalleled extent. Well, for a French chick anyways. She's half French, one quarter Irish, and a quarter German. I'm going to stop there.

Anyhow, I thank all of my precious reviewers. ONE PERSON ACTUALLY GUESSED IT RIGHT! GO theinfamoussyllable!!

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Anyone who reviewed will get put on the next queer list thingy. Even Anonymous reviewers.

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Enjoy,

I don't own Naruto, goddamn it!

Ave Dominus Ydwtk

Chapter 9

The Enemy of my Enemy is My Friend

The entire group whirled, weapons coming out. It was an Akatsuki.

"Don't worry. I'm here to make a trade." Said the Akatsuki.

"Who are you?" Sasuke said.

The Akatsuki member took off his hat do reveal a disfigured and burnt face, but piercing blue eyes and long blonde hair.

"Deidara?" said Sakura, astonished.

"Itachi turned on me. He tried to kill me using Ama…" Deidara clutched his heart and leaned on a tree.

"Amaterasu? Why?" Sasuke said.

"I was trying to leave. To leave it all behind. Akatsuki." Deidara panted.

"Why?"

"I'm sick of it, damn it!" the blonde snapped. "Look, I might not have enough time so shut the hell up and listen. Akatsuki is more formal than you might think. They recruit their spies, not actual members, from a ball. Yes, a ball. As in dance. People who want to work for them behind the shadows go there and simply act as if it were a ball. I am not sure how Pein-sama does it, but he picks out certain people and the rest that weren't picked just disappear. I can get you into that ball; you need an Akatsuki's backing to get in, but I'm only sending in two. It attracts less attention. That will get you inside the Akatsuki headquarters, and close enough to where your friend is staying."

"What about Itachi?" said Kakashi.

"He normally finds a couple of whores from the women in the ball, though Kisame swore that he saw a man once go with him." Deidara chuckled.

"What do you want out of this?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"A full pardon and a medic who can get me back to normal. It took everything I had to get away, and he still got me somehow. Not all the way, else I'd not be here."

"Sakura?" Kakashi asked. "Can you do it?"

"Maybe. I'd need Ino and Hinata to help, though." Sakura put a hand on her chin as if thinking. "Yeah, I should be able to."

Sasuke snarled. "I'm going to be there every second of it."

Sakura giggled. "M'kay."

"Once you've gotten me healed, I'll tell you all the specifics."

Sakura started barking out orders, suddenly in her element as a doctor, and the operation began.

It was early the next morning when Sasuke and Sakura left the tent that they put Deidara in.

"You okay?" Sasuke said.

"I'm just a little tired." Sakura yawned.

"It's not even light out. Let's get to bed." Sasuke said.

"Will you carry me there?" Sakura purred, sticking out her lower lip in that puppy-dog-begging-sort of way.

Sasuke smiled. "Of course."

Three days later...

"Hey guys?" said Ino as they were packing up camp. They had had to unpack it again after the operation with Deidara, who was still out, but was now strapped to Akamaru. "Where are Sasuke and Sakura?"

The entire camp stopped what they were doing. "Dunno." They said simultaneously.

"Not again."

The two were about a mile away from the camp, laying on the ground, kissing fiercely. Sakura lay on top of Sasuke, much to Sasuke's annoyance. They figured out something with their time-space jutsu that they took full advantage of. It seemed that whenever Sasuke was in the half-space dimension, he could bring Sakura to where he was, and he could immediately go to her. Also, they could talk to each other easily. The only problem was that Sakura was the only one that could bring him out of the dimension. So Sasuke could go half way around the world, and then could bring Sakura there in an instant. It was a nice way of getting away from Ino and the others.

"You know Sasuke-kun…" Sakura said, brushing the hair out of her face. "I think I might actually be looking forward to the Akatsuki Ball. You… me… dancing…"

"We still have to get the dobe out of there." Sasuke said, smiling. "Although…"

"No. No way in hell. Not while we're on a mission. Maybe after." Sakura hit him playfully on the head.

"Hn."

THWACK!

"Hey!" Sasuke snapped, rubbing his head.

"That's what you get." Sakura pouted, rolling off of him and getting up. "No more 'hn's, 'aa's, or anything like that from you mister."

"Fine then. One more kiss before we go back to camp?" He said, getting up and walking over to her.

"Nope." Sakura put out her hand. "Come on. We have to get back to camp."

"You can walk." Sasuke growled.

One would think that he wouldn't get so pissed off because of one lost kiss. I mean, I've deprived him of the sex he wants for what, three weeks? Sakura thought. She sighed. "Fine. One kiss."

Sasuke's lips were on hers before she could move an inch.

The rest of the group was waiting impatiently for the Sasuke and Sakura to come back. When they finally appeared, everyone did a 'praise the lord!' motion.

"What?" Said Sasuke.

"You two have been gone for three hours." Ino said. "We have a lot to do before we leave for Ame. We need to select two people to go in, and if it isn't me who's going, then teach them how to dance-"

"I know how to dance!" protested Kiba.

"Yeah, you mean by humping the floor." Ino scoffed. "I'm talking about ballroom dancing."

"I sort of can…" Sakura said. "And Sasuke-kun can memorize the moves with his Sharingan."

"Then it's decided." Sasuke said. "Sakura and I are going to that ball."

Suigetsu scoffed and stifled a laugh. "Yeah right. Like every member of the Akatsuki isn't going to recognize you, the virtual twin of Itachi and Sakura, who killed Sasori."

"Sasori and Deidara were the only two that saw me." Sakura defended.

"Your point?"

"We're going and that's final." Sasuke growled.

"Well you know what, Mr. I'm-all-high-and-mighty, I don't like your tone. If I hear the words 'that's final' out of your mouth again, and they truly will be." Suigetsu cracked his knuckles.

"Is that a threat?" Sasuke walked up to Suigetsu.

"Attention all Home Depot employees, testosterone spill: isle 4." Ino muttered.

"I'd say it is." Suigetsu cocked his head.

"If I hear a single threatening word out of your mouth that is not directed at an enemy, I will kill you." Sasuke turned on his heel and started walking.

"I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!" Suigetsu drew his cleaver and swung it at Sasuke. "YOU'RE DEAD, UCHIHA!"

Sasuke whirled faster than anyone could trace and blocked the attack with Kusanagi. Suigetsu jumped back and stuck his blade into the ground. He leapt up onto a tree, forming seals.

"SUITON: BAKU SUISHOUHA!" Suigetsu roared as he spat out a great torrent of water at the group.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!" Kakashi and Sasuke ejected fireballs to block the water enough for the others to jump away.

"This bastard is MINE!" Sasuke growled. Kakashi obliged and jumped away with the others.

Sasuke leapt on top of the wave and up to where Suigetsu was; the top of the waves. His body seemed to merge from the waist down, giving Sasuke a sort of disgusted feeling. Suigetsu disappeared into the water, causing Sasuke to stop and look around for his adversary.

Sasuke sensed the attack coming at the last second. He jumped up into the air and dodged Suigetsu's uppercut with Zabuza's sword.

Sasuke flourished kusanagi in the air and then tossed off his cloak and shirt. He let the cursed seal take over, and the wings erupted from his back. Sasuke held his sword ahead of him, pointing its tip at Suigetsu, and smirked.

Suigetsu manipulated the waves into an almost upside-down tornado with him at the top. He lunged at Sasuke, murder in his eyes.

Again, Sakura saw things in slow motion. She saw Sasuke smirk, his Sharingan swirl, and then his Kusanagi erupted with lightning. Suigetsu's momentum made him crash onto the blade, impaling himself. The heat from the electricity evaporated all of the water, leaving Suigetsu's body a dried husk as it fell to the ground.

A breeze blew through the clearing and the last remains of the man once known as Suigetsu became dust in the wind.

Sasuke really regretted doing that. Suigetsu would have been a valuable ally, but his pride got the best of him. Sasuke deactivated the cursed seal and fell to the ground. Sakura brought him his shirt and cloak, which he thanked her for and put on. "Juugo, would you please take Suigetsu's sword?"

Kakashi was the only one who noticed that there was something different about Sasuke when he said that. His speech was obvious; he said "please". His voice was low and actually asking, meaning that he was somewhat sad. Could Suigetsu have been a friend to Sasuke?

Juugo nodded and strapped the blade to his back.

Unbeknownst to all, Suigetsu was not dead. He faced three figures; he knew two of them very well, but his attention was on the third.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." He chuckled as the rain pelted his naked flesh.

Isn't this interesting. I know the fight was just plain random, but it needed to be done. If you noticed my subtle plot hints saying that Suigetsu was angry at Sasuke and if you noticed that he kept trying to anger him. Also, some of my plot hints are not so subtle. Like titles. "The betrayal." COME ON! HOW MORE FUCKING OBVIOUS DO YOU GET! Karin is a jealous bitch, but I'm telling you now that the betrayals will end.

I couldn't kill Deidara. He's my favorite member of the Akatsuki! Never doubt Deidara! He make you go BOOM!

I said a few chapters back that V.Black had figured out one of my plot hints. Well, that itself was a plot hint.

Anyhow, no new votes… Cries

Itachi: Bai tuo, anjing yi dian! (Stupid Inbred stack of meat in Chinese. I think)

Sasuke: If I'm inbred, then aren't you?

Tobi: Tobi honestly thinks that Itachi-san just got burned. OH WHAT! CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT THEN GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN! TOBI GOT HIS GROVE ON! dances

Everyone stares.

Madara: In no fucking way is that me.

Ydwtk: Agreed.

Deidara: Tobi, you stupid baka! Just because I quit the Akatsuki doesn't mean I won't kill you!

Tobi: Tobi does not like men!

Everyone sweatdrops

Ydwtk: I think that was the last of many aces I had up my sleeve.

Anyhow, please read and review! PLEASE! I'M DYING HERE! My fuel for writing is your reviews!

AND IN ANTICIPATION: I WANT YOU PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THE LEMON WILL COME IN 5 CHAPTERS OR LESS! ELSE I WILL PUT AN ENTIRE CHAPTER OF LEMONS FOR YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS UP!

Ave Dominus Ydwtk