[Sakura]

My brain was pounding against my head. There was a rhythmic pulsing that emitted a gradual pain that peaked in between the pulses. I couldn't sense any physical wounds on my body, but I felt like I'd just been thrown around as I found it slightly difficult to breathe and my chakra levels were very low. I attempted to open my eyes. It felt like a task and a half as my eyelids felt 10 times heavier than usual.

I could feel that I was outdoors. There were raindrops falling harshly onto my skin. There were small pebbles that were moving. Pebbles moving?

I blinked a few times before feeling my body wake up a bit. I'm being held by someone. Who am I being held by? I turned my head to the right, my hair being weighed down by the rain just hanging, and saw long, and wet, blonde hair. I am utterly confused.

"I-Ino?" I called out instinctively. I heard a deep chuckle and panic set in my heart. I remember now. I was knocked out by someone…the last thing I saw before falling unconscious was Itachi. I tried to push myself away from Deidara although my efforts were futile.

"I wouldn't struggle if I were you. You'll be wasting your efforts." Deidara responded. I used my hands to push my arms against his back to turn over my shoulder and look at where we were heading.

"What the hell do you want with me?" I questioned as I took in the scenery. I don't recognise where we are. There were a few trees scattered around a muddy field. Deidara was walking on a pebble filled path which seemed to go off into the distance.

"Just be quiet, and don't try anything stupid." He demanded while abruptly shaking his right shoulder so I'd flop back over his shoulder.

I had to bite my tongue so I didn't respond to him.

What kind of situation have I got myself into? I brought my elbows to Deidara's back and rested my head on my hands so that my head wouldn't be moving so much. I concentrated on the pebbles in hope that I would find some form of unique pebble that is associated to a certain land, but after five solid minutes of looking, nothing particularly stood out…I hope that Tsunade catches onto the fact I haven't returned to the village yet as something to be highly concerned about…I am very punctual and I hope she has taken that habbit into account.

But even if she does catch onto the fact that I've not returned…no one, even in their wildest dreams, would ever think that the Akatsuki would have anything to do with my disappearance. I was suddenly aware of my wet hair that was slapping me in the face every now and then. I carefully raised my head and picked out a few strands of hair before dropping it on the ground. I followed the pink strands as they seemed to slowly float towards the pebbles.

Suddenly, just before the strands had landed on the ground, a huge blue hand had snatched them from the air. I looked up to see Itachi and Kisame were walking behind Deidara. I gave them a blank face as Kisame put the strands of hair at the top of his weapon…Which I found odd.

"You're not smart, and we're not stupid." Kisame muttered. I glared at him. I wanted to reply to him but I'd no doubt be told to shut up again. I decided that I'd examine the two members while I was restrained from moving. Kisame had a mean look on his face. His eyes were quite intimidating. He wore a stern expression. His skin was unusually blue…Nothing about him seemed normal. He had a huge spikey sword resting on his shoulder.

I gave up trying to examine him as I moved onto Itachi. His eyes were closed…yet he was walking perfectly fine. He was significantly shorter than Kisame but Itachi is taller than I am. The hat he was wearing protected him from the rain. His face was so smooth and had no faults to it. His long black hair was gracefully floating behind him. I furrowed my eyebrows and sharpened my focus. Itachi, he is the reason that Sasuke is the way he is now. Because he murdered his entire clan, he left Sasuke alive for no other reason than to suffer with Itachi's actions.

"If looks could kill." Kisame chuckled while softly elbowing Itachi.

Itachi opened his deep red eyes and they instantly locked with mine. His expression remained in its stoic state. My glare only deepened.

Suddenly, an explosive kunai had raced past my head and exploded once it reached Itachi and Kisame, blowing Deidara forwards, causing him to let go of me. I instantly stood up and jumped back before looking over my shoulder.

I could see Kakashi, Naruto and Sai standing there. Naruto was wearing his usual smile. I smiled back at him before looking back at the Akatsuki members. Deidara seemed to be knocked out, I'm assuming from the force of the explosion and the impact his head must have hit the pebbles at.

Before I could examine the field further Itachi suddenly appeared at my side. He was heading in the direction of Naruto. Everything seemed to have slowed down dramatically, I turned around and noticed that Itachi pulled out a kunai. Kakashi and Sai didn't seem to have noticed Itachi running towards them. Naruto's eyes however showed that he was scared.

"Naruto!" I shouted. I tried my hardest to get out my own kunai but things were still running in slow time. Itachi had stabbed Naruto easily…directly in his heart. I stood in shock for a few moments before I noticed that something was a bit off…Sai's expression turned into an extremely unfamiliar frightened form. I slightly narrowed my eyes before repelling my chakra in hopes to disrupt the genjutsu I was in.

Not to my surprise, I snapped back into reality. I was still being held by Deidara and I was looking directly at Itachi, I could feel that my expression had softened for a short while.

"You'll have to do better than that, Uchiha." I spat. Itachi merely scoffed before closing his eyes again.

"I understand that you're a medic ninja." Deidara said. I decided to ignore him as I returned to resting my head on my hands. "Once we get to our last checkpoint, you will heal us." I audibly laughed.

"I'd rather die than aid the Akatsuki." I stated as I felt Deidara's grip tighten slightly.

"If you don't do what we say, we will kill one of your precious team mates…What was his name again…Short black hair, uses a pathetic attempt of what he calls 'art' to attack…." Deidara continued. I raised my head slightly and turned to look at the back of his head.

"Sai…" I muttered to myself.

"Oh, that's right, Sai."

"You're bluffing. Sai isn't here. You can't hurt him." I stated with an unsure smirk before returning to my original position.

"You wish. We actually encountered him earlier on. It was quite heart-breakingly hilarious to see his expression I must say. When he found out that he couldn't save you when we attached your body with an explosive tag. I knocked him out and forced a pound of clay into his body. I can kill him by exploding that clay, whenever I want to. But I guess that's for you to believe." Deidara continued. "In fact, I think your friends bloody nose dripped onto your arm."

I hesitantly looked over to my left arm and didn't see a thing. I turned to my right and saw a small amount of blood on my arm that was mixed with rain which travelled down it, but I also noticed that my top was stained with blood too.

"Where is he?" I growled through gritted teeth, subconsciously digging my nails into Deidara's back.

He simply chuckled, which irritated me greatly.

"You have my word that he's safe and alive." He eventually responded.

"Your word doesn't mean anything to me." I retorted, propping my body up again to look ahead of Deidara.

"Then that's a shame. I guess Sai's death will be on your head." He said while raising his left arm up. He formed his hand into a sign.

"Fine! I'll do what do say, just put your hand down." I rushed, Deidara kept his hand in place. "Please." I involuntarily blurted out. Deidara chuckled darkly before retuning his hand and arm to his side.

"Good. And just remember that I hold Sai's life in my hand the next time you want to object to doing anything." He stated while heading to a small opening in a wall that was in my sights. I sighed again before returning to my original position.

How the hell am I going to get myself out of this?

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