I'm going to dedicate the chapter to iiMNOTOKAY. Maybe it'll help her feel better about her grandpa and so she can get out of depression mode. . . heh heh . . .hopefully it'll work. . .

BTW, I realized I never put a disclaimer on my story. So here it is!

Deidara, you may do the honors.

Deidara: Lili does not own Naruto, yeah! And she never will, yeah!

Lili: Shut up Deidara!

XOXOXOXOXO

Sakura twitched as she saw the Akatsuki on the floor, the murderous, the suicidal, the homicidal, genocidal ninjas being defeated by a bunch of clothes.

"You have got to be kidding me."

Ino smiled, having an idea. "Sakura, we need to buy bras."

Before Sakura blush, the Akatsuki were standing up, their clothes folded.

Tenten raised an eyebrow. "How did you guys do that?"

Sasori gave her a blank look. "Do what?"

Sakura pointed to the clothes they were holding. "How did you fold my clothes? While getting up?"

Deidara looked down.

He shrugged.

Hidan sighed. "Who gives a shit? Let's go buy Sakura some fucking bras, what size are you, by the way?"

Ino laughed. "We're not going to get her bras, you asshole."

"Uh, yes we are."

"No, we're not."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No times infinity!"

Everyone sweatdropped at Ino's childish actions.

Hinata sighed. "Ino only said that to get you to stand up."

"Fuck you."

Tenten turned to Itachi.

"I'm surprised Itachi got up. I thought the Uchiha clan was an honorable clan. Not a pervertic clan looking for a chance to fondle some lingerie."

Itachi turned away, feeling embarrassed.

Sakura laughed at the look on Itachi's face.

"So where are we going now, yeah?"

"We're going to take you back to the village so you can go back to Pain." Sakura began walking.

Deidara's eyes lit up. "Really,yeah?"

"No."

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Sakura was waiting on line to pay , while the others were exploring the make up counter.

"Next, please."

Sakura walked to the cashier and her eyes lit up at the sight of a familiar face. "Hey, Marie!"

"Hey!" she smiled.

Sakura put her credit card on the table.

"You're so lucky."

Sakura gave her a questioning look.

"I can't believe you know those guys. They're freakin HOT!" Marie was putting her clothes in a bag.

Sakura studied them. "You're right. They are. Didn't realize that."

Marie snorted. "How can you not notice them? I mean, don't you see how every girl in the mall is staring at them. And they really are hating you and your friends with them."

Sakura looked around. She was right. Every single girl was staring at the Akatsuki with hearts in their eyes. Everyone else was giving Sakura and her friends hateful looks.

"I can't believe there's a fan club . . .in the mall."

"Believe it!"

Sakura almost fell over. She sounded like Naruto. She missed him . . . a lot. She missed his happy attitude that she once found annoying. Hinata hadn't talked about Naruto once and she wasn't stuttering anymore! What was up with her? Sakura wondered if she--

"Well, here you go." Marie's voice snapped her out of her thoughts.

Sakura smiled and grabbed her bags. "See ya, Marie!"

"Bye! Next, please!"

Sakura walked to her group.

"Here." she handed Deidara her bag.

He stared at it. "What do you want me to do with it, yeah?"

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Uh, carry it."

"Why should I,yeah?"

"Your pictures."

He gave her a blank look. Sakura wondered how long it was going to realized what she meant.

5 . . .

4 . . .

3 . . .

2 . . .

1 . . .

"Oh,yeah! " he snatched her bags.

"Oh Kami, you are so slow."

XOXOXOXOXO

"I'm really regretting joining the Akatsuki." Sasori grumbled, when they got home.

"Aw, poor Sasori. Can't handle a bunch of girls and shopping." Tenten teased.

"I can handle it!"

"Then stop complaining."

He mumbled some things under his breath.

Tenten twitched. "Excuse me?"

"I didn't say anything." he looked up innocently.

"You stupid lying-"

"Stop fucking fighting god damn it!"

Sasori frowned. "I want to sleep."

"Go to sleep then." Sakura sighed and ran her hand through her hair

". . ."

Sakura looked up. "Sasori?"

He was sleeping.

"Damn, that was quick."

Itachi got up. "I'm going to watch T.V."

Sakura sighed.

"I'm following Sasori. I need some sleep."

Sakura stared at him. "Why? You don't look like your tired."

"Jashin told me to."

"Oh." Sakura had no idea he was being sarcastic.

"I was being--forget it." he left, shaking his head.

Deidara stood up. "I'm not tired! I'm not even close. Let's do something!"

Ino looked at her fingernails. "Hmm. I need a mani and pedi."

Hinata glanced at her nails. "Yeah, me too."

Deidara flinched. "I'm not doing my nails."

Tenten pointed to his nails. "But they're horrible. I'm going to do my nails."

"I'm not."

Everyone looked at Sakura.

"You're such an oddball." Ino rolled her eyes, teasing.

Sakura glared at Ino.

Ino cowered, prepared for a full blown Sakura rant.

(A/N: Get ready!)

"SO WHAT IF I'M AN ODDBALL?! I DON'T NEED TO BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE! I DON'T NEED TO FOLLOW THE CROWD! I LIKE TO STAND OUT! YOU GUYS JUST DO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT! WHAT IF EVERYONE WAS JUMPING OFF A CLIFF WOULD YOU DO IT?" Sakura screeched.

Just to piss her off, Tenten smiled. "How high is the cliff?"

"WHAT THE HELL? WHO CARES? WHY DON'T YOU GO MEASURE THE CLIFF? MEASURE THE DISTANCE AND THE RATE IN WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO FALL! ALL YOU GUYS ARE RETARDED. I DON'T NEED TO DO MY DAMN NAILS! MONKEYS DON'T DO WHAT OTER MONKEYS ARE DOING, SO WHY SHOULD WE?! ARE WE MONKEYS? I THINK NOT! MAYBE WE'RE DESCENDED FROM APES, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT! YOU ARE SO STUPID!" Sakura gasped, losing breath.

"I think I just went deaf." Deidara said, his voice trembling.

"Seriously."

"Well, are you finished cause I'm late for something." Ino sighed.

"Like what?"

"I need to get my nails done."

Sakura stood up and went to her room.

"Alright, Sakura I'm sorry! Geez, can't you take a joke--" Ino groaned in annoyance and stopped when she saw Sakura grinning.

"That's okay Ino! How about you repay me, hmm?"

Ino flinched. "Uh, I can't I need to get my nails done, remember?" She knew Sakura wanted something.

Sakura turned to Tenten and Hinata. "How about you?"

"I'm going with Ino!" Tenten smiled nervously.

"Me too. I'm sorry Sakura . . "

Sakura sighed, at least Hinata had the decency to say she was sorry. Unlike some people she knew. Oh well, maybe she could get some 'bonding time' with one of the guys. But which one was the question . .

Sakura's gaze landed on her target.

Deidara.

"Why don't you girls run along and have fun doing your nails, kay? Bye!" Sakura said, ushering them out the door. She handed them their coats. "I don't want you catching a cold!"

They sent her suspicious looks. Why was she being super sweet now? Poor Deidara, she was his problem now.

Hinata caught Deidara's eye and sent him a pitying look. Deidara was officially confused. He could've swore Sakura was angry like three seconds ago. Females these days. Unpredictable.

She slammed the door shut when they left and wiped a pretend sweat off her forehead.

"Sooooo, Deidara." Sakura folded her arms.

"Uh, yeah?"

She looked thoughtful. "How about we go . . ice skating."

Deidara wanted to say flat out NO. He didn't know how to ice skate and the idea of making himself look like an asshole in front of Sakura was not appealing to him. But he saw the eager look on Sakura's face, begging him to agree. A rather beautiful face . Her pink hair, beautiful jade eyes, lips that he just wanted to kiss. . .if you looked into her eyes to long, you would become hypnotized with their beauty, just like he was now. . . Okay. He sad to stop thinking like that. He had to answer Sakura's question.

"Sure, yeah!"

Sakura beamed "Yay! Now, before we go. You need to change out of that robe and put on some normal clothes on. I have no idea how no one in the mall said anything about what you were wearing. . ."

Deidara shrugged, he had no clue either.

Sakura ran up the stairs. "Follow me, Deidara."

Sakura made several sharp turns and opened a door. "Yeah. This is the room."

Deidara was confused and walked in. It looked like a guy previously lived her. He was suspicious.

Did Sakura have a . . .boyfriend? He had to know.

"Who lived here,yeah?" he asked, trying to sound indifferent.

Sakura opened a cabinet and threw some clothes on the bed. "A cousin of mine." she shrugged.

"Change into this." she pointed to the clothes on the bed and left the room, shutting the door.

She walked down the hallway, into her room. Ice skating in jeans was really not that comfortable.

She out on sweat pants and some really long socks. Last time she went ice skating with short socks and her ankles got really badly cut. It hurt her when she had to go on a mission for Tsunade for that week.

(A/N: That happened to me and that hurts like a bitch.)

She put her hair into a tight ponytail and walked out of her room and decided to talk to Itachi.

"Hey, Itachi!" Sakura said cheerfully.

He looked at her. "Hn."

Sakura frowned. Damn him and his emotionless self. He kind of reminded her of Sai. And speaking of Sai, she hadn't seen him in a month, still on that solo mission.

"So, what are you watching?" Sakura tried to start a conversation.

"Look at the T.V. See for yourself." he replied.

Stupid Itachi. She wished Deidara would hurry up. This was getting uncomfortable. No matter how hard Sakura tried Itachi wouldn't have a normal conversation. His answers were usually vague.

"Itachi?"

"What do you want?"

"Why are you so mean?" Sakura though that was a really childish question, but she had to know.

"You tell me, Sakura."

Sakura was pissed. "Why can't you give me a direct answer?"

"I don't know. When you are angry, I'm . . .amused by your actions." he smirked at her.

"Ha ha. Real funny." she spat. She was annoyed.

"I'm glad you see from my point of view." he changed the channel.

"Damn you, Itachi!" she pouted.

He chuckled.

Sakura heard descending footsteps and jumped up. "Finally! You were taking forever." she glared at Itachi, who gave her an innocent look.

"Well, I'm here now, yeah."

Sakura smiled and suddenly became serous. "Itachi."

"Hn."

"Make sure the house doesn't burn down, kay?"

Itachi looked thoughtful. "No."

"ITACHI!!"

"Ok, ok fine." He was amused.

Sakura glared at him and grabbed her coat. "Good. Deidara, there's a coat for you in the closet over there."

He put it on and Sakura linked her arms with his. "Bye, bye Itachi-kun!" purposely adding the suffix.

She giggled as she closed the door, leaving a stunned Itachi.

"What's so funny, yeah?" Deidara asked.

Sakura shook her head.

"How are we going to get there,yeah?" Deidara was curious.

Sakura gave him a weary smile. "Train."

"What's so bad about the train,yeah?"

"You'll see."

As they were walking, Sakura noticed the jealous looks she was getting. Those looks, if possible, were more hateful than the people in the mall. She met one girl's eyes and those eyes accused her of flaunting her boyfriend. First of all, Deidara wasn't even her boyfriend. Sakura hated girls who thought cute boys like Deidara were trophies and only wanted to show them off. Deidara was human being.

A rather cute human being, at that.

Sakura wasn't sure if he knew he was cute. He probably didn't. She never saw Deidara act conceited or use his looks to get what he wanted. Sakura felt a great rush of affection towards Deidara. She never experienced this feeling before, it kind of scared her.

What was this feeling?

XOXOXOXOXO

Holy shit! Sakura is starting to get feelings for Deidara! Yay! I hope this chapter cheered you up iiMNOTOKAY. Hopefully, it did. Anyways, Review please. You'll chocolate cookies. Mmm, chocolate. . .Peace dudes!