I Do Not Own Naruto

Chapter 21

"Sakura," a voice hissed in her ear. Her nose twitched as she grumbled and tightened her hold on her pillow. It was just an illusion, she was dreaming. Yep, dreaming.

"Sakura, get up!" the voice demanded irritated, she sighed and cracked an eye open to see the Uchiha, his visible eye was a black with a beautiful red star design shining brightly in it. Sakura groaned but sat up immediately when she realized her pillow had been his thigh, how embarrassing!

"They're here," he murmured, she snatched up the binoculars and saw what Sasuke was seeing. Two cloaked beings with straw hats were approaching the unsuspecting city of Suna! Her fury boiled then at the sight of those two.

"Who is it?"

"Sasori and Diedara," he murmured softly as he stood. She just stood beside him and frowned at their height difference, how come men got to be tall and she was stuck with being short!? Sakura wondered before she looked back into the binoculars.

"How can you tell?" she asked, both men were cloaked in the traditional black Akatsuki cloaks displaying red clouds. One of them were slim and slightly tall, the other…well the other reminded her of a turtle but she wouldn't dare to ever equate an Akatsuki member with the adorable turtles of the world. It would be an insult to turtles.

"Their chakra," he replied, she looked at his glowing eye then. "Let's go," he grabbed her then and ran. She stumbled but caught herself to keep up with him. They quickly made their way down the plateau to the shifting desert ground. Sasuke ran into the rocks, she knew what her companion was looking for, the ideal fighting grounds, and more than likely she'd be his bait. Sakura internally groaned at the thought.

Sasori was not expecting anything, he would admit it. Despite his unease he was certain nothing truly wrong would be going wrong with this mission. After all one of their biggest problems was probably dead, and he was glad for that. Uchiha Sasuke, despite what Uchiha Itachi had claimed, was becoming a true threat to their plans and the goals of the Akatsuki. He had managed to tear down most of their spy ring and outside organization and recently he had become a real threat to the original ten Akatsuki members as his attacks became bolder and more determined. Sasori was certain that at the very least Uchiha Sasuke was critically wounded after Deidara's artwork.

But that was a part of the reason he didn't think he saw it coming.

"AHHHH!" he looked up at the shout as a small woman came flying out nowhere in the middle of the night. He leapt back but not before her fist slammed into the earth, the ground beneath him and Deidara. He was fast to find a stable perch only to be looking at a pinkette who's emerald eyes gleamed with hatred and a feriosity he hadn't seen before Sasuke's pink companion.

"Impossible!" Deidara growled, Sasori just looked over the small woman.

"If you're going to kill me at least do it right the first time, else you've only pissed me off!" she growled as she looked up at him through her pink bangs. He would've smiled then if it were possible. Sasuke had gone and found himself a hellcat for a partner, he had to admit he approved greatly of this one.

"Good advice, we won't let you live much longer!" he hissed as he released his stinger on the girl. She flipped through the air to avoid it, landed before him and smiled tauntingly. He sent it flying for her, she caught it, he tried to pull it from her grasp.

"This looks breakable," she informed him then she pulled, it shattered into a million pieces when she yanked it away from him and threw it into the rocks, he growled. He did not like her, but he had to admire her strength. Deidara attacked her then, she caught his attack and countered with one of her own by slamming his partner in the face.

"If you want Gaara you have to go through me," she snapped coldly. Then she ran. Deidara growled as he sat up, Sasori landed beside his blonde companion.

"I'm going to kill that little bitch!" Deidara growled and then he tore after the pinkette. Sasori protested but he wanted the girl dead too as he raced after his partner. The thing he couldn't figure out was how she was still alive. They chased her through the rocks and something about this felt wrong. She turned midair, he saw the lightning then and came crashing onto the ground as the rock behind him collapsed. Looking around he realized what had happened, he and Deidara had trapped themselves.

The Uchiha who had trapped them landed beside his pink companion in the moonlight, Sasori growled he didn't like this.

They never saw her coming, Sasuke had seen to that before he sent her out to them. He waited patiently while he waited for his lure to come rushing back to him. He had heard the earth shatter, he now opened his eyes to Sakura who was running as fast as she could to him but now so fast that she ditched their prey. Sure enough, he had to smirk, for there, right behind her was their prey. He summoned the lightning and trapped them in the ideal canyon valley he had chosen for their fight. Sakura leapt up onto one of her perches and smiled down at them. He landed beside his companion to look at Deidara's gaping face.

"How many fucking times do I have to kill the same Uchiha!?" Deidara spat out in frustration.

"Well, well, Sasuke it appears I get to meet you and your companion again," Sasori's monotone voice sounded smug then.

"So she is an Uchiha whore, not that surprise, you Uchiha's have strange tastes," Deidara shrugged. Sasuke frowned at what Deidara was implying. He heard Sakura growl and crack her knuckles at his taunting. Sasuke just looked at her.

"Sasori, is mine," she informed him.

"Deidara is mine," he assured her. They leapt off the rocks at their perspective targets. He drew his katana as he rushed Deidara.

Another update and probably not the last of the night...

I'm thinking I'll update something else tonight because I love my new computer, it's so shiny and it works and it doesn't devour anything! I love it!

That's all for now folks!

Enjoy Healing Pain! =)