Uhm.. Here goes the 9th chapter:D

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-Hebi-

"Uhm.. Where's Sakura-chan?" Naruto said, looking around the group, scratching his head.

"Uhm... Why the hell are you here?" Sasuke, who was now sitting up, said

"I asked you first," Naruto said, crossing his arms across his chest.

"I really don't care," Sasuke said.

And now they were having their little glaring contest as always. Sai just sighed at their action while Karing was staring at Sai. Currently, Naruto, Sai, Lee, Ino, Tenten, Neji, and Shikamaru have found Hebi.

'Wow.. another hottie!!! Who looks like Sasuke-kun!!' Karin thought, blushing madly, her eyes on Sai.

"Where's Sakura." Sai said in a serious tone, glaring at Sasuke.

"Why should I tell you guys in the first place?" Sasuke said cooly. "I'm not a Konoha nin anymore, remember?"

"Because Sakura is a Konoha nin," Ino said, her hands on her hips, giving Sasuke an attitude.

"WHERE'S MY SAKURA-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ...and.. Lee was freaking out.

"SHE'S NOT FCKING YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!" Naruto was also freaking out... Beating Lee up.

"I'm getting fcking headaches..." Tenten said, massaging her head. "And you know why..?"

At this Naruto and Lee both turned their heads to Tenten.

"It's 'cause of you two!!!!!!" Tenten yelled, punching them both.

Juugo, Suigetsu, and Karin were just watching them with anime-sweatdrop while Sasuke ignored them.. He was used to this already..

"Aren't they.. ninjas?" Suigetsu said with his eyebrow raised.

"Sadly... yes.." Sasuke said, sighing.

"WE'RE OFF TOPICS!!!!!!!!!" Ino screamed.

"Oh yeah. Where is she?" Naruto asked again.

"Tell me why you're here first." Sasuke said.

"We're here to help you." Shikamaru finally said something.. :D

"We don't need help." Sasuke said coldly.

"It'll be better with us. As you know, we all have our own special abilities." Shikamaru said. "Though Chouji couldn't make it on this mission.."

"I said, we don't need help." Sasuke said.

"Come on, Sasuke. I know you miss me :D" Naruto said with puppy eyes.

"...Don't ever do that again.." Sasuke said, pushing Naruto's face away. Then he continued, "I already have a group with me."

"Well, maybe you could use some more members in your group." Shikamaru said, trying to convince Sasuke.

"It's easier to work with small amount of people." Sasuke said.

"We can always work separately." Shikamaru said, still not giving up. "A group doesn't always have to be together at a same place."

Sasuke was just getting annoyed now. He stared at Shikamaru. He sure was convincing. Konoha had a lot of talented ninjas after all. And they were all here with him; he knew he needed them.

"So yes?" Naruto said with sparkling eyes, while Sasuke looked at him with eyes that said, 'what the hell are you doing?'

"Fine," Sasuke said and walked away. This made the Konoha nins smile.

-Akatsuki-

"Here, Sakura-chan. Try this!" Tobi said, placing some chicken on Sakura's plate. "I, Tobi, cooked it."

Akatsuki was currently eating dinner. Sakura was sitting next to Tobi and Itachi. Next to Tobi was Deidara, glaring at TObi.

"Thanks, Tobi. For giving me, your partner, some food." Deidara said.

"No problem." Tobi said, not even looking at Deidara, which caused Deidara to growl.

"Quiet," The leader said. "So, Itachi. You wanted to talk about something?"

Everyone's attention was now on Itachi, who remained silent as usual during dinner. He took a glance at Sakura for a second and looked at the leader.

"I wanted to talk about Sakura," Itachi said. The leader's eyes went wide at this.

"What about her?" He said.

"Why is it that she has no emotions now?" Itachi asked.

"That was the only way we could make her join." The leader said, taking a sip of his green tea. Everybody was quiet at this subject.

"What do you mean?" Itachi said.

"In order to make Haruno Sakura join, we had to seal her demon, which mainly controlled her emotions. She wouldn't have joined us if she knew what she was doing, would she?" The leader said.

"So she's unable to use the power of her demon now?" Deidara asked.

"No. She could if we asked her to. But the demon wouldn't be getting out of control to wake her up from the seal. It's only the power she will be using, not the demon itself." The leader said.

"So there's no way she can have her old emotions back?" Itachi said.

"If you want her to leave us, we could always give it back to her," The leader said with an amused smile. "Is that what you want, Uchiha Itachi?"

"NO! Tobi doesn't want Sakura-chan to leave us!" Tobi said, hugging Sakura like a teddy bear.

Itachi was silent. After a few minutes, he left the kitchen without a word.

'Uchiha Itachi.. getting emotional over one girl.. It's not like him.' The leader thought, watching Itachi leave.

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