CHAPTER 13: I WANT HER

"Why does he always have to win?" Sasuke asked out loud. "Why does he always get what he wants?" he said turning and pacing.

Orochimaru, Kabuto, and Jokurai just looked at the said missing-nin who was pacing up and down the room that they were currently occupied in.

"Who are you talking about Sasuke-Kun?" Kabuto asked, completely oblivious to the whole situation that they were in.

Orochimaru looked at Kabuto and rolled his eyes.

Why did I ever make him my second in command? How can he be as oblivious to such simple things as this? How can he even be smart?

Jokurai just sat back, sighed, and slapped his head on his forehead, while shaking his head from left to right.

Why did grampy ever make him second in charge? Why did he even make me have to call this idiot my uncle? He is a dummy.

Sasuke stopped his pacing from left to right and looked at the medic-nin like he was an idiot. His fists clenched as if he wanted to punch something, or better yet, someone.

Orochimaru, seeing this, urged Jokurai to go and calm his "Daddy" down. That's exactly what he did. With his small body, he jumped of the couch and walked next to his "daddy." He put his hand in his larger one.

"Daddy, it's okay," Jokurai reassured. "We will get Mommy-Saku and she will stay here forever and ever and ever and ever," Jokurai said, closing his mouth, seeing his dad smile at him. Sasuke bent down and picked him up.

"Thanks, Jokurai, that is exactly what I needed to hear," Sasuke said, sitting down in a rocking chair with Jokurai laying down on him.

"I love you, daddy," Jokurai said in a whisper closing his eyes in drowsiness. Orochimaru looked at him with a smile on his face. It's been so long since he saw Jokurai smile like that.

"I love you too, Jokurai-Kun, I love you, too," Sasuke repeated, feeling the little boy's chest rise up and down in a way to indicate sleep.

Sasuke rocked back and forth in a manner of putting the little boy to sleep. He looked at him and smiled. This was the first time either Kabuto or Orochimaru saw him smile. A true smile.

Sasuke looked at Jokurai and thought of how life would be soon. How everything would be alright. How everything would be different when they got…

Future:

"Mommy-Saku-Chan," a little boyish voice called. It was Jokurai and he came running from around the corner with another pot over his head. He hit the side of the island in the middle of their massive kitchen.

"Oh, Jokurai-Kun, you silly boy, how did this happen again?" Sakura asked in her motherly voice. She gracefully took the pan off of his small head and put it down on the island.

Jokurai looked at her with a sweet smile. "Thank you, Mommy Saku-Chan," Jokurai said as he hugged her leg.

Sakura picked him up and smiled. "Your welcome, honey," Sakura said as she heard a knock the door open.

"I'll check who it is, Lady Sakura-Sama," a Sound maid said as she rushed to the direction of the front door.

Sakura waited to see what the maid would say when she got to the door.

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No sweet voice came.

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"Good evening, Otokage," Sakura said when she felt someone breathing on the back of her neck. The person's hand went down to Sakura's waist.

"You know I don't like when you call me that Sa-Ku-Ra-Chan," the figure said pronouncing every syllable in her name quietly. He began to nip at her neck. She moaned.

"Sasuke-Kun, our son is here," Sakura said as she indicated toward Jokurai who was sitting down playing with a few pots and pans. Sasuke left her and went to pick Jokurai up.

"I love you, Sasuke-Kun," Sakura said.

"I love you, too."

"Don't anyone love Jokurai-Kun anymore," Jokurai said looking hurt.

"We do," Sakura and Sasuke said at the same time.

TenTen, Ino, and Hinata watching together as sever sound nin fell to the ground with a loud thump. The boys were winning.

With another loud thump, another nin was sent on the pile of others. "That should be the last of them," Naruto called out to the others.

"Yeah, that was sure some work we had to do," Shikamaru said lazily. "What a drag, but I think Sakura-Chan would do the same to save us." The others nodded.

"Still, I wonder what they wanted," Naruto said looking at pile of ninja all stacked up together. They wore gray and white clothing unlike any ninja you could have seen. They were not even heard of.

"So do I," Hinata said just getting to the others. Ino and TenTen had followed, too. Hinata stopped, standing next to Naruto.

He smiled at her. "Don't worry, Hinata-Chan, we will get Sakura-Chan back…she is my best friend, too," Naruto assured her.

"Yes, I-I know Naruto-Kun," Hinata stuttered out. Her eyes opened in shock, feeling an arm wrap around her waist. "Naruto-Kun?"

"If we stick together there is nothing that we cannot do," Naruto said looking at the sky with his normal sheepish grin.

"Yeah," Hinata said quietly looking down. Truth was she was blushing, but didn't want to shot it. "We'll get her back."

"So, Miss Haruno is not here with you?" A deep voice asked. On the other side of the seven Abnu members stood a mad in gray and white.

"Who are you and how do you know Sakura-Chan?" Ino asked ready to get up and fight for Sakura.

"Pardon me, I should have introduced myself first," the figure said again. "My name is not important, but just know this. I am the leader of the Mystery-Nin that you had just defeated," he said as he bowed.

Sai raised an eyebrow. "Is that supposed to amaze us or something?" Sai asked with his face emotionless.

"It is, Sai," the man said looking at him with a sadistic smile graced on his face.

Neji was the first one to note what he had just said. "How do you know his name?" Neji questioned, looking at him skeptically.

"I know all of your names," he said. "You are Neji, Sai, Naruto, Shikamaru, TenTen, Ino, and…Hinata-Chan," he said, emphasizing Hinata's name.

Naruto took a fighting stance in front of Hinata, as if to guard her. "How do you now Hinata-Chan better than us?" Naruto asked, growling underneath his chest.

"Stay down, Naruto-Kun," Neji said. Naruto kept on growling, though. "That's an order," he said more sternly.

"Are you going to answer my question now?" the man asked not showing his face. His voice sounded like it was disguised.

"I'm sorry, I forgot," Shikamaru said lazily.

"Miss Haruno is not with you?" he asked looking at all seven of them searching for the said girl.

"Know she is not," TenTen said boldly.

"We can take a message if you would like," Ino said sarcastically.

The man just stared at her. His eyes were boring into hers. He finally closed them and chuckled.

"So, she is not with you," he stated not asked.

"No, what was your first clue?" Ino said adding venom in her voice.

"She is with the Akatsuki. Your mind just gave me that answer," the man said looking at Ino before he poofed away.

"He-he read my mind," Ino began shakily. "He used my own trick against me and did it without breaking a sweat."

"Why did he want Sakura-Chan?" Neji said out loud. He felt a droplet of rain. "Come on guys; let's keep on heading to Suna."

They all began running.

Sakura-Chan, Neji thought. Where are you?

"Itachi-Kun," Sakura panted out, looking at the ceiling while Itachi continued his job. "Please," Sakura begged, not knowing what she wanted. She just rambled out random words.

Itachi continued by kissing her everywhere he could find. Up and down, in her hair or her chest, it didn't matter to him right now. Nothing did.

Sakura arched up into him with a loud moan. "What are you doing?" Sakura moaned out.

Itachi stopped and sat up, looking at Sakura who was still sitting on the bed catching her breath. He went to her ear and whispered:

"I was thanking you…for starting to heal my eyes," Itachi said slowly. Sakura looked at him and turned her face away.

"I have to continue anyway so don't start thanking me yet," Sakura warned him. "I am not as good as Tsunade-Shishou."

Itachi picked her up. "We will continue after our 'Son' comes and gets us," Itachi said indicating toward the door.

Sakura didn't sense anything. In a few moments Hokurai knocked on the door. "Mommy, Deidara wants to show you something. Daddy, Kisame is getting drunk and Sasori needs your help to make him snap out of it," Hokurai called as the door opened and his so-called parents stepped out.

"Thank you, Hokurai-Kun, that was very kind," Sakura said quietly, picking up her son.

"Mommy, I'm going to go with Daddy," Hokurai said as he climbed on top of her head and jumped onto his dad. "Bye-bye."

Sakura waved back at her son happily and walked off the opposite way down the hall. For some reason, she had a feeling she was not in Sound anymore.

Maybe we are just right outside of it? Sakura mused to herself. I don't think any place in Sound would be this Grand. It's beautiful! Almost as big as the mansion at ho-

Sakura stopped that thought thinking of the word that she was about to use. How could she call that place home? Sure it is beautiful, but she wasn't in the Akatsuki yet. She was hoping to find a way out of it.

Sakura was pulled in by her right arm into a big room, almost as big as Itachi's. She was about to punch the person who pulled her in, until she saw his face.

"Deidara-Kun!" Sakura laughed out, giggling in his chest as he held her close. When she stopped giggling she looked up at him. "Well?" Sakura said trying to sound serious, but failing utterly.

Deidara looked at her. She was beautiful when she smiled. She was beautiful when she laughed. She was beautiful all the time.

"Sakura-Chan, look what I made, yeah," Deidara said as he showed her a clay figure of herself. Sakura looked at it with awe. She stepped forward as he held it out for her to see.

"Can I touch it?" Sakura asked looking at the clay figure. Her eyes shown happiness as it was a glossy emerald.

"Of course you can. It is yours for the keeping, you know, yeah," Deidara said watching with a grin as she came to touch it. Sakura held it in her two hands and looked at it. She put it down on the table next to her and held her head down.

"Sakura-Chan," Deidara called looking at Sakura. He grew closer to her when she really started to tremble. He embraced her with a hug as she rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry if you don't like it Sakura-Chan, yeah," Deidara said quietly, putting his hand behind her head as he hushed her. What he felt next on his shoulder surprised him.

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Tears.

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Sakura-Chan's Teardrops.

He picked up her face and looked at her eyes. When he looked at the he could see sadness that was shown in both. His hand touched her face beginning to caress it.

"I-I love it Deidara," Sakura said quietly, almost inaudible. "It's so beautiful and the first gift someone gave to me when it wasn't a holiday to give gifts," Sakura said, breaking down into sobs. She brought her arms up and hugged him. Deidara hugged her tighter.

"Deidara-Kun, can you tell me what child life was like?" Sakura asked in between sobs. "I would tell you mine, but I didn't have a real good one." Deidara lead her to the bed and sat down with her on his lap.

"Sure, Sakura-Chan, yeah," Deidara said as he kissed her forehead. "Let me tell you mine wasn't that good either."

Sakura looked up at him and smiled. "I'd rather hear yours than think of mine right now," Sakura almost giggled out. Deidara looked at her. He loved to see her happy. He wanted to make her happy for his whole life.

"As you know I was born in the village of Stone," Deidara said indicating toward his headband that was crossed out. "I had a mother and a father, but no siblings. I was always picked on when I was a boy, though. People didn't believe I was a boy, but a girl."

Flashback:

"Look at Deidara-Kun-I mean DeDe-Chan," a boy called out pointing at Deidara. Deidara backed away trying to run as he left where the boy and others were.

"Mommy, people called me a girl again," a young Deidara said as he went up to his mother. The next thing that his mother did was take a wooden spoon and smack him in the face.

"You are a pathetic excuse-sob-for a –sob-son-sob."

End of Flashback.

Deidara could not go on. He kept on thinking of what his mother had done. His mother wasn't the one who was sobbing. It was him right now, thinking of that time. Sakura was held him. What she did next surprised.

"Deidara?" Sakura called out.

He turned his head to her. As soon as he did that, he felt lips on his. He opened his eyes to see Sakura closing her eyes and kissing him. She pulled away when she heard Hokurai calling her.

"You may think no one loves you," Sakura began. "But look at your teammates. Kisame loves you. Sasori loves. Hokurai loves you. Itachi, in his some what twisted way. And…I love you," Sakura said as she stood up and left the room.

Deidara sat their in shock. She loves me. Was all he thought as a smile graced his face.

"What do you mean you didn't get Sakura-Chan back!" an enraged Kazekage asked the seven ABNU members in front of him.

"I knew we should have went to a restaurant first and the come to see him and tell him the bad news," Naruto whispered to Sai. Sai, for once, agreed with Naruto and nodded his head.

"We would have gotten her if you would have just come to Konoha and help us with this one mission," Neji said calmly, ignoring the leader of Suna in front of him.

Smug Hyuga, Gaara thought as he glared at him. How could he not be worried about Sakura? She had stayed with him for awhile. She was like family and not just siblings. Like a wife. He wanted her to be his, but he never asked. Now he might not even get the chance to.

"Fine," Gaara said quietly. Neji smirked and lifted his eyebrow.

"What did you say? I'm sorry I didn't hear you quite right?" Neji said to make him annoyed.

"I will help you get Haruno Sakura back," Gaara said as he walked out of the room. Neji smirked and turned back to his team.

"Come on, let's go get something to eat," he said as he walked past them and out the door. They all stood there in shock. Seeing this Neji mumbled something. "Ramen."

With that, Naruto went running out the door as the others followed the blonde idiot who was chanting: "I love ramen, I love ramen!"

When they finally got there Naruto was the first to order. After they ordered, they all looked at Naruto chanting still.

"Would you give it a rest," Sai said, looking at his idiot of a teammate. "We all know you like ramen, we just don't care much."

Naruto stopped chanting and looked at him, his eyes shooting daggers. "HOW. CAN'T. YOU. LIKE. RAMEN!?!?" Naruto screamed out. It was a good thing Neji was in the middle of them because they would surely kill each other.

"N-Neji-Kun," Hinata called. Neji looked at her to show that he was listening. "W-where do you think the A-akatsuki are heading?" Hinata asked, just as their drinks came.

"Aw man, no ramen yet," Naruto complained, earning a bonk on the head from Sai and Neji.

"They would probably be going to the same place we are going," Neji answered looking at his drink, which was water.

"Where would that be, Neji-Kun?" TenTen asked, looking amazedly at Neji.

"The Crimson Teardrops Fountain," Sai answered for Neji. Neji nodded at him and looked back at his team.

"So, if we go there we will find Sakura-Chan along with the greatest members of the Akatsuki?" Ino questioned.

"Correct," Neji answered.

"Well why don't we just do it now?" Shikamaru asked, for once paying attention the whole thing.

"We need three more teammates," Neji answered coolly.

"Well, you have them now," said a feminine voice. Everyone turned around to see Temari, Gaara, and Kankaro.

"Let's do this gang," Kankaro said with confidence.

Sasuke had woken up a few hours later. Jokurai sat on his lap still, but was now awake. He put his hand on Sasuke's face.

"Come on, Daddy," Jokurai said smacking his face over and over again. "We found a way to get Mommy Saku," with this said Sasuke jumped holding Jokurai.

"What is he talking about?" asked Sasuke to Orochimaru, who had just come out of the hallway. Orochimaru smiled his evil smile.

"We believe that the Akatsuki members are going to a ball here in Sound for some information," Orochimaru started. "Because I am the Otokage we are special guests as are they. We will go and hopefully see Sakura-Chan."

"And what if the don't bring her, Orochimaru-Sama?" Kabuto asked who was sitting on the chair looking at them intently.

Orochimaru looked at him. For awhile no one said a thing. Finally, Orochimaru broke the silence.

"If they don't bring her," Orochimaru hissed out. "We will follow them home and kidnap Sakura from them."

"Yay, we are getting Mommy Saku," Jokurai cheered. Then he stopped. "Does Jokurai get to go to the ball, too?" he asked in a cute voice.

"Of course you do," Sasuke said. Jokurai smiled and looked at his granddad. Orochimaru shook his head.

"Yay! Jokurai go get his suit on!" Jokurai said as he rushed out of Sasuke's lap, hugged his grampy, and ran to his room.

"It's hard for me to say this, but you really are a good grandfather," Sasuke said emotionless.

"Thank you," Orochimaru replied. "I try."

All three men left to go get their suits on.

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In a few minutes, they all came down in their suits.

Sasuke, who came first, was wearing a black suit. Jokurai came down and sat in his lap. Next came Orochimaru and Kabuto them, too, wearing black suits.

"Let's go," Orochimaru said as they all walked out of the house.

"Sakura-Chan, I'm coming," Sasuke barely letting anyone else hear him.

Deidara, Sasori, Kisame, Hokurai, and Itachi, were sitting downstairs of their second mansion near Sound. They were all in their suits and waiting for Sakura to come down.

"How long does it take for a Kunoichi as small as you to get dresses?" Kisame asked, then getting a devious smirk placed on his face. "You know, if you need help tying your dress I could help you."

BAM!!

Deidara snickered. A high heeled shoe went straight for Kisame's face and hit him, too.

"HaHaHa, very funny, Kitty," Kisame called. As soon as he said that name another shoe went straight his way.

"Shouldn't you have learned not to mess with Sakura-Chan, yet, yeah?" Deidara asked, looking at Kisame who had a shoe print on his face.

"Maybe you should stop, Kisame," Sasori said.

"All you keep on getting are shoe prints and hurt," Itachi said.

"It's ok, Uncle Kissy," Hokurai said as he tried to make him feel better.

"I'm ready!" Sakura called as she stepped down the stairs. She was wearing a black dress with red flowers on the straps. Her belly was exposed due to a whole that was made so you could see from under her chest to under her belly button.

"I guess it was worth the wait," Kisame said as he passed her her shoes. "You can share the first dance with me."

"Hn," Sakura replied. "I would if I could, but I have to sing some songs and I am singing the first one."

"So you are opening it, Sakura-Chan," Sasori stated.

Sakura nodded.

"You'll do great, Sakura-Chan," Deidara cheered on.

"Arigauto," Sakura said as they opened the door to walk on one of Deidara's giant clay bird so that they could fly there.

"Sakura-Chan, is that fan on the back of your dress the Seshmadea, yeah?" Deidara asked.

"Yep, I always carry it."

"You are always prepared," Kisame said.

When they got on the bird Sakura sat at the back while the others sat in the front. She was thinking of what she was going to do to get away from here. Deidara and Kisame were arguing about who could drink the most sake, while Sasori just watched and sigh.

Even I know Kisame would win, Sakura thought letting a little smile appear on her face. She looked at the moon.

"You look good tonight," a voice said. Sakura didn't need to turn around to know who that was.

"Arigauto, Itachi-Kun," Sakura said.

"May I sit?" he asked, looking at the moon as they flew over the night time Sound.

"Yes."

Silence.

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"Itachi-Kun, have you ever wondered what it would be like to be simple?" Sakura asked.

Itachi raised an eyebrow as if saying he did not understand her question.

"You know," Sakura smiled. "To not have a care in the world."

"I often wonder that," he said slowly.

"Your eyes…do they hurt?" Sakura asked. He shook his head. She didn't really care that he said no.

"Lay down so I can heal them," Sakura said. Itachi smirked, but didn't move.

"Please lay down," Sakura begged as she rolled her eyes. I guess him being an Uchiha means he does not have to do what others tell him.

Itachi lay down and closed his eyes. Sakura began doing her work. When she was done they were about to land. She put her lips to his ear.

"Thank you for my gift for starting to heal your eyes," Sakura whispered in his ear. Deidara looked at them and glared. Itachi, seeing this, smirked. She got up and walked off the bird with Deidara holding his hand out to her.

When Itachi was down he went forward and looked at her as he passed by. He smirked.

Hn.

This will be fun,

Deidara-San.

I will get what I want.

I want her.

Well here is that Chapter. I am so happy that this is going so well. You can look for the next one around this time nest week. What will happen when Sasuke sees her there? Will he even notice her?

So…many of you want Hokurai and Jokurai dead. Let's take a poll. If you want Jokurai and Hokurai dead tell me. If you don't want them dead just tell me that, too.

Oh yeah, I need for songs for the next chappie.