It's been awhile, sorry I kept you guys waiting! Just been pretty busy at the moment...

But I hope that the chapter's okay...after reading through it, i didn't think it was so good, but tell me what you guys think.

Sasori: I think it sucks.

Swissgal16: Cut me some slack T_T

Sasori: ...why?

Swissgal16: I'm NOT in the mood!

Sasori: I guess all women really do overreact.

Sakura: What was that, Sasori?

Sasori: It's a fact.

Sakura: *clenches her teeth*

Sai: Can't we all just get along...?

Everyone: NO!

Sai: T_T

Chapter 10: What did you say..?

"Orochimaru." Sasori said, working on a new puppet by his desk.

Sakura simply blinked and looked up from the bed, putting down her book. "What?"

Sasori then put all his tools down and got up from his chair, sitting on the bed with a serious look on his face.

"Orochimaru's reviving justu. Pain uncovered it among the rubble which used to be Orochimaru's lair- well, that is, after the Uchiha had killed him of course.

The Akatsuki was simply investigating and they came across all of Orochimaru's scrolls, which had valuable justus written down on them.

Pain was desperate at the time, seeing as there was only a small number of Akatsuki members left, so he revived us."

Sakura simply stared, repeating everything that he had just said in her mind.

"So Orochimaru's justu was what helped revive Sasori and the others…?" she thought, secretly pleased that she had gained information.

Sasori then gave her an odd look and smirked, moving closer to her. She was too deep in thought to notice this but then grunted when she felt his arms encircling her waist and pulling her closer towards him.

"Was that a good enough answer? Afterall, we did have a deal didn't we..? he said, chuckling when he saw her face turn slightly red.

She then thought back to the fight that they had before, out in the rain. The last part was unexpected, but it made her feel uneasy when she realized that things would get complicated if she and Sasori got any closer. Thinking about this again, she turned her head away from him, feeling ashamed for lying and using him to gain information.

He gave her a curious look and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

She didn't say anything, making him frown slightly.

She just stared at the ceiling, not sure about what to say.

"Should I tell him the truth..?" she thought, sighing a bit.

Sasori continued to give her confused looks while thinking, "Great…I did something, didn't I? Or was it something I said?"

He shook his head then, leaning forward and kissing her softly on the cheek. She then turned back to look at him, slightly surprised, along with red cheeks flaring.

She then cooled herself down, thinking, "You know what…forget the damn mission! This guy may be an S-class criminal, but he's also a gentleman! And the most decent guy I've met…"

"Sasori?" she then asked, looking him straight in the eye.

"Yes?" he asked, still holding onto her.

Meanwhile…

"What kind of shit is this?" Hidan shouted in frustration as he flicked over all the channels on the television. All the other Akatsuki members except Deidara, Sai and Tobi were just lazily seated on the couches in the living room. "Fuck this…there's nothing on." Hidan groaned.

But just when they were about to give up on finding something to watch on television, Deidara, Sai and Tobi suddenly appeared.

"Fear no more, yeah!" Deidara shouted, throwing his fist in the air.

He then pulled out what seemed to be a video camera, and then plugged it into the television.

"My new and IMPROVED spy-cam will definitely record everything that Sasori no danna and Sakura are doing, without them sensing it's presence!" he said proudly.

Pain then sighed, resting his chin on his hand as he said, "Deidara, why is it that you are so obsessed with filming them when they're in their room?"

Deidara then blinked, saying, "It's fun, yeah! They're always doing interesting stuff in there…" he finished while grinning.

He then grabbed the remote from Hidan and turned on the television.

Back in Sasori's room…

"I need to tell you something…"

He arched an eyebrow at this and urged her to carry on.

"The truth is…I'm actually-"

He then cut in, saying, "Hold that thought."

She gave him a puzzled look, and watched as he pulled something out of his pocket. It was a small blue velvet box. Sakura stared at it curiously as he looked back at her, saying,

"Sai said that you liked things like this…so…here." He finished, looking slightly embarassed as he opened it, revealing a silver ring with a small red ruby in it.

Sakura's eyes widened completely, staring at the ring in his hands.

"W-what's that for?" she uttered, still surprised.

He rolled his eyes at her and took her hand, placing it on her ring finger while saying, "You, obviously."

She looked at it in awe, not understanding why he had given it to her.

"Why..?" she asked.

"Because…well-I just thought you might like it. That's all." He muttered, turning away from her.

"I can take it back if you don't like it…"

She blinked and then smiled, saying, "It's beautiful Sasori, I love it! Thank you." She then leaned forward and kissed him softly on the lips, making him widen his eyes.

She then moved back, smiling at him. He returned the smile and then held her in his arms, letting her rest her head underneath his chin.

"So what were you going to tell me before?" he asked curiously.

She flinched at his question, saying, "Oh, I-erm…" she then took a breath and answered properly, "I wanted to tell you that the truth is, I actually…" she then looked to the side to see one of Deidara's spy birds watching them from above.

"I love you." She blurted out.

Back in the living room…

Everyone's mouths were gaping. They had all resorted to sitting right infront of the television, not believing anything that they were seeing.

"I told you that they did interesting stuff in that room, yeah!" Deidara shouted.

Sai was completely shocked, after hearing what she had just said to Sasori on the screen. He suddenly had the urge to jump off a cliff.

"Shit." He whispered to himself.

"What did you say..?" Sasori asked with slightly widened eyes, not sure if he heard her correctly.

"Shit, shit, shit! Why did I just say that? That damn spy bird was filming us, I couldn't tell him that I was secretly under cover and planning on using the Akatsuki for capturing Sasuke, otherwise the entire organization would find out!" she thought, beginning to panic.

"I-I'm just going to go have a bath!" she suddenly blurted out.

She then jumped out of the bed, running to the bathroom while slamming the door behind her.

Sasori didn't know how to react.

She had just told him that she loved him…a sentence that he hadn't heard in years.

"Don't give up Sasori no danna! Go after her! Love always prevails!" Tobi shouted at the screen, hugging it while making the others pissed off.

"Move it Tobi! I can't miss this!" Pain suddenly shouted.

Everyone stared at their leader with puzzled faces after his unexpected outburst. He then folded his arms and spat,

"I'm you leader. I can do and say whatever I want. So stop staring at me like that!"

Konan patted his shoulder, trying to calm him down.

Itachi was meanwhile still sitting on one of the sofas, deep in thought.

"It was obvious that she wasn't about to confess her love for him…she must have spotted the spy-cam, making her panic before she could think clearly. But was she actually willing to tell Sasori her secret…? Strange girl..." He thought.

"Sakura..!" Sasori called out to her, knocking on the bathroom door.

"I'm having a bath!" she shouted back.

"Ugh, sure you are." He said sarcastically, managing to open the door, but was only greeted with a pink soap being thrown into his face.

"PERVERT!" she shouted, grabbing a towel and covering her body while stomping towards him.

"Honestly, it's not POSSIBLE to change out of one's clothes to quickly!" he thought, stomping towards her as well.

They then stopped infront of eachother, giving eachother a stern look.

"What did I tell you about knocking?"

"Like before, how the hell can you change so quickly!"

"What do you mean..!"

"That's off topic, now tell me why you've been acting to strange!"

"I've not been acting strange, it's YOU who's been acting strange!"

"Me! There you go, overreacting again! Do all women act like this?"

"Only the one's who happen to have a sense of dignity!"

"What does dignity have to do with this situation?"
"Just get out and let me have some damn privacy, Sasori!"

"I just want to talk to you, that's all!"

"Talk? There's nothing to talk about!"

At that moment, Sasori grabbed her by the shoulders and asked in a whispered tone, "Then why did you say that you loved me?"

She then turned red again, looking away and saying, "I-I-I just…"

She then gave out a frustrated groan and said softly, "I-it just sort of came out."

He blinked and loosened his grip on her shoulders, not sure about what to say now.

"Now confess your love Sasori no danna!" Deidara and Tobi shouted in unison, earning some disapproving looks from the others.

It was silent now.

An awkward type of silence that made them both want to crawl under a rock…

"Just sort of came out, eh?" Sasori then muttered, turning away as he walked back towards the door. Sakura wanted to call him and make him come back…but she was frozen on the spot. She then looked down, staring at the ring he had given her before.

"I really do love it…" she then said, making him pause for a moment as he touched the door knob.

"And the truth is…I think that I've fallen for you." She uttered, slightly nervous, but being honest at the same time. He then looked over his shoulder, looking confused again.

She walked up to him, tightening the towel that was still around her body and making him turn to look at her.

She then stood on her toes, leaning towards him and saying,

"I…love you, Akasuna no Sasori."

The confusion then left his face. He smirked instead, holding mischief in his eyes as he leaned forward as well, holding her close to him.

Everyone cheered as the couple kissed passionately on the television screen.

Deidara wiped an invisible tear drop off of his face and said, "My Danna…is finally going to get laid! I'm so proud of him…"

Sai gave him a puzzled look and asked, "Since when were they going to…?"

"Isn't it obvious! Geez, Sai…sometimes you act weird…yeah." Deidara answered, shaking his head.

"Damn…this is better than TV!" Hidan shouted, grinning the entire time.

"Your towel's slipping off, Sakura." Sasori said after breaking the kiss. She screeched and pulled it back up, giving him a glare as he chuckled slightly.

"I'll leave you to bathe in privacy now." He then said, leaving the room while closing the door. Sakura then sighed, turning on the taps and having a nice long bath.

Once she was done, she dried herself off and put on her pyjamas, drying off her hair.

She then heard a fluttering sound, looking up to see Deidara's spy-cam still there. She then screamed, "DEIDARA! YOU PERVERT! When I'm out of this bathroom, I'm going to kick your-"

She then cut herself off, shivering when she felt a breeze. She looked to the left to see that the bathroom window was wide open.

"That's weird…I never opened the window before." She said to herself, reaching for the window's handle.

But after closing it, she then suddenly gasped when she felt someone's hand cover her mouth.

"Scream and I'll kill you without hesitation."

She widened her eyes, recognizing the man's voice.

"I-it can't be…Sasuke?"