Six hours had passed since Akatsuki squadron one had set off for their first mission together. Sasori had to push Deidara some of the way but after throwing him in a river he was more awake…and angry…don't forget angry.

They had currently slowed down some and walked. Everything was quiet…until Tobi spotted the dango shack.

"OOH OOH SEMPAI'S! SEMPAI'S!

"What what?" Anko asked

Tobi jumped and pointed ahead to a small shack "IT'S DANGO CAN WE GO? CAN WE CAN WE CAN!"

"Tobi," Sasori cut in "We have to get to Amagakure as soon as possible so-"

Anko silenced him "We all need a break. Just a few skewers and then we're off okay."

"HURRAY!" Tobi cheered. He sped off to the dango stand, leaveing the others in a whirlpool of dust. Anko smiled "Crazy loon."

"Whoa! behold the sun!" They situated themselves on benches outside of the restraunt, Anko and Tobi on one, Deidara and Sasori on the other. Tobi ordered dango for four, three teas, and some strong coffee for Deidara who was still exhausted and cranky.

"SO..." Tobi complied, he leaned in to Anko "Is this concidered a date?"

Anko chuckled "No Tobi."

"Aw." he exclaimed dissapointedly. He turned to Deidara who was at his right "Sooooo...how are you and Anko getting along?"

Deidara glared at him with tired eyes "I don't know fine I guess..." he attempted to lay his head down on the table but someone put down a large plate of dango infront of him and another in front of Tobi. Deidara grimaced and slip his over to Sasori who didn't touch it.

"Yeah!" Tobi exclaimed "Looks good."

Anko licked her lips and picked up one of the skewers "Let's find out how good these babies are." she was about to bite inot one when she noticed that Tobi was about to remove his mask so that he could eat. She had never seen his face before and curiosity was getting the better of her. Tobi slowly slipped it off...

He turned away from the group and Anko hear munching sounds "MMmmmmm so good! Alwsome sause!" he turned back around, mask on and dango stick clean "Not to sweet not to salty just perfection."

Anko frowned and finished her own dango, foul now that she didn't know what Tobi looked like. Curiosity dissatisfied.

Tobi noticed something behind them and tapped on Deidara because it concerned him. "Hey Deidara, doesn't that look like a piece of yours?"

Deidara looked at what Tobi was pointing at. There was a tiny sculptor which looked like a monkey with a candle in its mouth, it was white and...honestly it would look like something Deidara would make.

"Wow," Tobi said "Do you think that your art is..." he looked around to be sure no one was listening "Plagerized?"

"...."

"...."

"Deidara?"

"....Tobi..." there was murder in Deidara's voice.

Anko, who had been watching the scene, was suddenly yanked from her bench and dragged into the enterance way of the restaurant. "Hey what-" Sasori covered her mouth "Just stay quiet and stay away from them." he ordered.

Deidara was shaking violently, his teeth were chattering from rage. He stood slowly "Tobi..." he turned his murderous eyes to the orange masked man "I'm..." he shot up "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

Tobi squealed and ran away with inhuman speed. Deidara yelled and sped after him, he was wide awake now.

Anko used her arm to cover her eyes from the derbre that was spewing everywhere. She coughed "What is he going to do?" she yelled to Sasori. "Kill him.

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Elsewhere

Tobi peaked out from behind the tree was in. He sighedd in releif when he didn't see Tobi anywhere.

"TOBI!"

Deidara was flying on a clay dragon, using his machanical eye to track Tobi down. He found him and made smaller explosives to kill him with. "YOU'RE DEAD NOW LITTLE MAN!"

Tobi screamed and ran for his life "Sempai wait!" a bird exploded beside him "AWWWWWAWWW AWWWW!"

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After paying for the intense damage [Kakuza going to be pissed!] that Tobi and Deidara had caused, Sasori suggested that she stay put while he tried to relocate Deidara and Tobi.

"No way." she rejected "I'm suppose to be the leader of this team so I go after them too."

"Anko-"

"Forget it, I'm going to go after our idiot partners."

"Anko hold on for one second."

Anko haulted and gave him her attention. "What?" 'Kabuto maybe?'

"Look," he whispered "I didn't want to mention this in front of Tobi and Deidara but," he paused while some people past by them "A former lacky of mine is in this village right now. One that works for Orochimaru"

Anko gasped "Where?"

"I saw him watching us when Deidara went off on Tobi. That's part of the reason why I made you hide."

Anko straitened up "What do yoou want me to do?"

Sasori looked down for a moment to think "If I'm seen, our cover could be blown. But maybe you might be able distract him until I can get Deidara and Tobi back here."

Anko nodded but then said "I will fight him if I have to. I'm not the pathetic mess I was a few days ago."

"I never thought you were. You have to much of your Sensai in you."

A knot twisted in Anko's stomach. "I'm nothing like him."

"You have his will to survive, that's enought of him that I've seen from you." He lowered his kasa further on his head and drug off "Be careful."

Anko watched the puppet man get further down the not so crowded streets. She smiled slightly 'I think I've formed a bond with him thanks to Orochimaru, great.' she chuckled and put together a plan. As she thought, a clothing storecame into veiw. She smirked evilly and went in to pay the clerks a visit...

20 minutes later

Anko amerged with...a very interesting style. She wore black boots that came up past her ankles, black pants that were tucked in her boots, a white chest plate over and sleeveless black shirt and her Akatsuki cloak hadhad been turned into a hooded cape and the sleeves into a scarf. Other than running a comb through it and putting it in a neater ponytail, her hair was the same.

She took the paper seal out of her pocket. 'If you do come intact with Orochimaru, put this over your curse seal.'

No Orochimaru yet....but better safe than sorry. She pulled down some of her cape and covered her seal with the paper. It felt like a giant bandaid with healing chakra pumping through it. It made the muscles in her neck and back loosen up which helped her relax to and extent.

She pulled out her new mask and stared down at it. It was the last piece of her disguise, the piece that would make her become a massacare. Pulling the hood over her face, she slipped the masked over it and let her cloak rap around her body with ease. She walked into the street, a few people glanced at her but none paid her much mind.......except the figure in the shadows who had been following her.

He had seen her face before she had even arrived in the town, but she had been with three Akatsuki members; it would had been unwise to attack while they were with her. But now that she was separated by the group...

He licked his lips as he set off after her.

Sasori shifted through the woods silently, listening out for every little movement. The area was completely silent. There were no birds or ny other source of life around....except Deidara and Tobi a few yards onward.

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"SEMPAI WAIT A SECOND!" Tobi screamed as he dodged Deidar's miniture clay bombs.

"Stand still!" he shouted down at him as a response.

"I still think your sculptors are okay!"

"They're perfect you idiot!"

"Awww!"

Sasori sighed out in annoyance ''Deidara if you kill him I'm going to help Anko beat the Hell out of you.'

"Where are you?" Deidara shouted down when he lost track of Tobi. He zoomed in on the area; trees....a bit of rustleing....pale guy in cloak....no TObi yet....what, who the Hell is that? Deidara zoomed in closer and discovered that the person was staring directly at him. He gasped "Oh no." he turned around and flew to find Sasori. 'Tobi hang on.' Hopefully he woldn't do anything stupid.

"Sempai?" TObi called out curious as to why bombs hadn't been thrown at him in a while. He crawled out from under the bush he was hiding under and looked around, evantully his innocent eyes hit someone unreconizable. "Deidara?" he called to the being. When the person didn't move, Tobi laughed and walked towards him. "It's okay Deidara, Tobi fogives youo-"

A sharp kunai came in contact with Tobi's gut. He let out a horase scream and crawl backwards. He pulled the kunait out and stared up at the person "Deidara why-"

He stopped when the person came in closer and removed his hood. Tobi's eye widedned "HOLY SHIZNIT IT'S CRAZY SNAKE MAN!"

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"Hmm?" Sasori mumbled when Deidara landed in front of him. "Deidara where's Tobi?" he asked sternly.

"Somewhere safe I hope. Listen-"

"You have got to stop letting Tobi's nonsence get to you Deidara, If the Leader-"

"Shut up and listen to me!" Deidara commanded

Sasori's eyes widend. Something big must be up for Deidara to go off like that on him. "What is it? Oh no, did you kill Tobi."

"No no no, it's not that at all. Orochimaru is in the woods, He was alone but he-"

"What!" Sasori exclaimed "Did he see you?"

Deidara nodded solemly "Yes, there was no time for me to conceal myself."

Sasori growled. Deidara was so careless at times. "Does he know where Tobi is?"

"I don't think he does yet but he will figure it out soon, you know Tobi." that remark relaxed the two for a moment.

"Listen, I'll go after Tobi, you go back to the town and find Anko, I have a feeling that Orochimaru might have already found out about her."

Anko tried to keep herself in control but the feeling of that mans eyes on her made her feel more than akward. He had been following her for more that ten minutes, Sasori's omen was correct. She had to find a way to lose him or catch him to see what the Hell he wanted.

Thinking quickly, Anko made a sharp turn and wond up in an alley. She hid behind a dumpster and waited. After the person didn't show up, Anko thought that maybe it was a mis understanding. She got up and peaked out, other that a few people chatting in the streets, there was no one.

She gasped when something grabbed her arms and twisted them behind her back. Before she could breath, her mask was torn off and her hood was pulled down. "Do not move." spoke a raspy yet familiar voice. Anko gimaced and calmed down so that she wouldn't have her arms torn out of there sockets. "What do you want." she growled. She could feel her curse seal bulging under the paper seal. It didn't hurt but the chakra was trying to leak out.

The person chuckled and to Anko's disust muzzled the crook of her neck. "I just wanted to see how you were adjusting to the life of a Akatsuki. Since you're on your first mission with them, I suppose very well."

"Leave them out of this."

He laughed "But they brought themselves into this darling. Besides, I think Sasuke would like a word with a particular member about Karin's death."

Anko gasped. Karin was dead? Kisame.....he had mention somethime or another about blowing up one of Orochimaru's bases but...she had been so sick that she hadn't taken him seriously.

She gulped "Sorry to hear that."

He twisted her arms more, causing Anko to whimper in pain, she refused to scream though. "Don't mock me Anko, if it weren't for you, none of this would hae never happened."

"You're to blame as well you know." she held back a yell when he threw her into the wall.

"None of that matters now. You're going to help me take down the Akatsuki members with you and then-"

"Fat fucking chance." Anko spat, smirking throught the Pain.

He grabbed her hair and turned her around. He pressed against her; Anko felt a kunai being circled around her abdominal "Do you want to die."

Anko opened her mouth to answer but the words she wanted to speak didn't come out. Anko was not afraid to die, but she didn't want to die be his hands.

"Not today. Alright I think I know where they're heading."

He smirked and released her with the gentleness she had earned. "Lead the way then."

Anko glared at him, stopped to retreive her mask and leading him......into a trap.

Tobi, still bleeding, couldn't use his speed to get away from Orochimaru, or crazy snake man as Tobi kept refering him as.

Orochimaru seemed to be playing with him. he would summon snakes to scare him and everytime Tobi would try to hide he would throw a kunai so that is went slightly past his head, causing him to scream. It was fun but he senced a second presentce heading in his direction. It was time to end this fun fest.

He summoned an anaconda to wrap around the shreiking Tobi's legs and slowly suffocate him. He laughted as he struggled "You were a sorry excuse for Akatsuki anyway-"

"Orochimaru!"

Tobi, still entangled in serphents shouted out "Sasori san you're here to save me!"

Orochmaru turned, Sasori was indeed creeping towards them. He smirked "It's been a while Sasori." he jeered.

"Not intirely." Sasori responded. "But I highly doubt you came to the outskirts of Amagakure for a reunion." He glanced down at the pleaing Tobi "Release him."

Orochimaru did so, causing Tobi to jump up and run behind Sasori. "Tobi," he whispered "Go find Deidara, he's heading back to the town to find Anko, make sure they're both okay."

Tobi saluted "Yes sir." He stared at Orochimaru and shuddered. "Beat his ass." then he dissapeared.

Now that there was one less distraction, Sasori could concinrate on the new objected "What is it that you seek?"

Orochimaru's featured changed to that of pure insainity "Everything." Black snakes shot out of the ground and flew towards Sasori. But he was just as quick, his posionious Scorpion tail acted as a shield ane prevented the snakes from biting him. "Too slow."

The snakes recoiled back into Orochimaru's sleeve "Not bad." he amitted "Still, it want be enougth to get me to leave."

Sasori's eyes narrowed "Have at it then."

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"Where the Hell could she be!" Deidara grumbled as he searched for something that looked like Anko from the skies. "I swear if that crazy bitch got kidnapped again....never mind, there she is." he zoomed in on her and apparently someone else. "Great job Anko," he sighed "You've been alone less than an hour and yet you've managed to get kidnapped. Guess I'll have to rescue you."

He landed his clay dragon in the trees and pulled his kapa over his eyes for a better disguise. He swiftly headed into the direction that he had seen Anko in.

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Anko's eyes widened, just ahead of her she could see Deidara skiming through the streets towards her. She couldn't let the man behind her see him but she couldn't run because he still had a kunai pressed to her back. She had to be quick. "Don't even think about it" the man said darkly.

One. Two. Three.

She twisted the mans hand and flew off to Deidara. She didn't think nor look back, all that mattered was catching up to the bombist and getting the hell out of range. She grabbed Deidara the second they came in contact with each other and pulled him to God knows where.

"Glad you're here." he panted

"Eh."

He glanced back around, the person who had been trailing Anko was no where in sight. "I think we lost him." he said "Do you have any idea who it was."

Anko laughed "Hell yeah, I'll never forget that man. Orochimaru will never leave me alone."

Deidara haulted.

Anko stopped also "What are you doing?"

He was staring at her oddly "Orochimaru? You said Orochimaru was chasing you."

"Yes."

Deidara shook his head "You are a loon. Orochimaru was in the woods less the twenty minutes ago trying to kill Tobi."

"Your the loon!" she accused "That was Orochimaru that was taking me out."

"Well it must have been a doppleganger!"

They eyed each other dangerously "No, the one in the forest was a doppleganger."

"You're wrong."

"Do we have to fight about this!"

"Bring it on."

Anko had her kunai out while Deidara was making a bomb. They were comepletely absorbed in each others eyes [or in Deidara's case, eye], each others blood thirsty battleing eye[s.] Anko noticed right then that his were just like Itachi's. This caused her to hestitate and put her thoughts together.

She put her weapon down "Blowing and cutting each other up isn't going to slove anything." she said "Let's just go make sure that Sasori found Tobi so that we can all get together and decide what to do."

Deidara glared at her but put away his bomb. "Fine."

They walked slowly out of the almost empty town, aware a cautious that the man they had confussed as Orochimaru was following them.

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As Sasori and Orochimaru 2 fought, Sasori noticed that there was something different with his fighting style. He was applieing more chakra to his limbs than he usually would. This style was vaguly familiar. Oh no.

When Orochimaru was right infront of him, Sasori clawed at his face, getting skin under his finger nails.

Orochimaru jumped back, grabbing hold to his now bloody cheek. Sasori had already seen what he needed. "Where is Orochimaru?"

I am a total screw up

CLIFFY

This is it for Cure Me: Pt 2 for a while, I've been thinking about changing the title, what do you think? Any suggestions?

The official theme song for this fic is "What happened to us" by Hoobastank. It's dedicated to Anko and Itachi/Kabuto/Orochimaru. You'll see why in later chapters if God shall allow it of course.

Happy summer.