Babysitting Tenshi

Tenshi - Means Angel in Japanese
Takes place the morning after Akatsuki at the Club

Sakura woke up in an unfamiliar bed and felt the warmth of Itachi's Akatsuki cloak fall off of her. She looked around frantically, only to find that he wasn't in the room with her. Then she looked under the cloak and sighed heavily when she saw her panties were still on.

Whew! What a relief, thought Inner Sakura.

But her thoughts were soon interrupted by heavy footsteps outside of the door. The pink-haired woman quickly wrapped Itachi's cloak around her and poked her head outside the door to see a disgruntled Kisame. He stopped short upon seeing her and sighed.
"Morning Saku," he greeted her gloomily.
"Hi Kisame-san!" she began and saw that he was in full Akatsuki uniform, save for the hat," Early mission, huh?"
He rubbed his hands over his face roughly and answered," Leader wants me to report to him immediately, hell knows why."
She nodded tiredly and raked her fingers through her pastel hair.
"Kisame-san, what exactly happened last night?"
A light pink tinge colored his blue skin and he scratched the back of his head uncomfortably. Sakura's eyes widened.
"But my panties were still on!"
He laughed and said," No, no. It wasn't anything like that, Saku. But after you sat in my lap Itachi-san got kind of mad and took you home…" His voice trailed off and he shrugged.
"Hehe, sorry Kisame-san! By the way, where is-"
"He's in the kitchen."
She nodded and stepped out of the bedroom. Kisame strode down the hall and turned around when he reached the corner," Hey Saku, will you wake up Deidara-san for me?"

And after she nodded her head he added a word of thanks and left.

--

Sakura sleepily walked into the large kitchen and spotted Itachi at the counter with his back facing her. She crossed the tile floor and stood on tip-toe to peer over his shoulder curiously… only to see him mixing up a certain drink. She immediately sank back down to her normal height. He glanced at her over his shoulder and smirked slightly.
"Want some?"
She quickly shook her head and he turned back around to take a long sip.
"Kisame-san told me you took me home last night, I-um… thank you," She told him. He gave a small 'Hn' in reply. Sakura unconsciously pulled his cloak tighter around her body.

"Well, Kisame-san asked me to wake up Deidara-san and I might as well do it now. You know how he can sleep," said Sakura. Itachi turned around to lean on the counter and nodded. She gave him a quick smile and knew that Sharingan eyes were watching her go.

--

"Deidara-san! Time to get up!" Sakura said cheerfully. He mumbled something incoherently and threw his pillow over his head.
"Oh Deidara-san…" He suddenly bolted upright, but ended up tangling himself in the sheets and rolling off the bed. She laughed and he gave a muffled 'Damn' before he stood up and looked at her confusedly.
"Saku? Where's Kisame-san? He usually wakes me up-" He began, but was interrupted by Sakura who said," He went to see Leader earlier."
"Oh," he said. Abruptly, his stomach growled loudly. He smiled, and scratched the back of his head. Sakura laughed," No worries! I'll cook breakfast and try to satisfy that never-ending hunger of yours."
Deidara made a vomiting motion at the mention of her cooking. Sakura gave him a disapproving look.

"Deidara no baka!"

--

After several futile attempts to create something edible, Sakura was still trying to clear smoke from the vicinity when Sasori swept into the dining room and announced that he had successfully prepared omelets for them all.
Deidara managed to clear his entire plate in two swallows and leaned back in his chair contentedly.
"Ahh, Danna saves breakfast again-"
Abruptly, every head in the room turned toward the doorway when they heard heavy footsteps and a deep sigh. Kisame unstrapped Samehada and leaned the giant sword against the doorframe. Nobody spoke until Sakura gave a girlish squeal of joy. Deidara snorted.

"I thought Leader had a knew whore… yeah."

--

"Everyone, this is Tenshi."
Kisame held out the fluffy, white dog to Sakura, who eagerly jumped up and took the animal into her arms. She snuggled it to her chest lovingly while Kisame walked over to her empty seat beside Itachi and hungrily dug into her forgotten breakfast.
"This dog is your mission?" Sasori asked disbelievingly.
"Our mission, actually," answered the shark-man between bites of food.
"What are we supposed to do with it… yeah?" asked Deidara curiously.
Kisame gulped down the last bit of the omelet and propped his feet on the table.
"Well Deidara-san, you were actually right for once," from across the room the blonde stuck his tongue out and Kisame laughed before continuing," when he said that Leader had a new whore. That's her dog and Leader thought it was getting in the way of… whatever he was doing. Ahem, anyways, the woman didn't want him to throw it out so he sent it to us for the time being."
"Oh Kisame-san, it's so cute!" Sakura said happily.

The shark-man shrugged.

--

"Tenshi, what a pretty name!" Sakura told the dog. She barked and wagged her tail playfully in response, which only made Sakura squeal again. The pink-haired woman gently slid her fingers over the silky red ribbon around the dog's neck.

Ino…

But her attention was quickly drawn back to the animal sitting on her lap when a loud grumble erupted from her stomach. The little dog looked at her expectantly. "Oh! You must be hungry. Let me whip something up for you," she said. From her place on the living room floor, she heard Deidara say behind her," Leader wouldn't like it very much if you killed it… yeah."
Deidara laughed as Sakura scooped Tenshi into her arms and smiled.
"Then I guess I'll just have to go to town and get some dog food."
He stopped laughing and held his hands in front of him defensively.
"I was just joking, Saku, honest!" But she had already put the dog into his arms and was crossing the living room.
"B-But Saku-"
"Oh, come on Deidara-san. I'll be back in no time! Just… try not to kill her, alright?"
He was about to protest, only to see the door was already shut.

--

Deidara walked into the kitchen gloomily, carrying their current mission.
"Saku left… yeah."
"Where did she go?" Itachi asked.
Everybody turned to him curiously. Deidara held out Tenshi.
"She went to go get it some food and she said we have to watch it… yeah. Does anyone know what to do?"
Nobody spoke.

Sasori looked doubtful.
Kisame looked annoyed.
Itachi looked impassive.
Deidara looked scared.
Zetsu looked… hungry?

--

The town was easy to find since she had just been there last night. And after a few moments of searching, she found a fair-sized general store. Sakura walked in and scanned the numerous aisles quickly. Once she spotted some dog food, she grabbed a small bag and made her way to the front of the store to pay for it.

I wonder how the guys are holding out, Sakura thought amusedly.

--

"Dammit… yeah! Kisame-san, it bit me!" Deidara yelled, clutching his bleeding nose. In hopes of entertaining the dog, the blonde had decided to use a small clay bird. Unfortunately, it had caused the opposite effect. Kisame laughed at him and said," I told you not to-ARGH!" He jumped up from his seat on the couch and threw off his cloak.

"It just pissed on me!" exclaimed the shark-man furiously, and it Deidara's turn to laugh. Kisame grumbled and grabbed Samehada from where it was leaning on the wall and swung at the frightened dog, who fled towards the kitchen and ran into Zetsu. The plant-like Akatsuki member leaned down and licked his lips hungrily. Deidara quickly made a clay bird and sent it flying towards Zetsu.
"No Zetsu! Don't eat it… yeah!"

Boom!

The little dog went flying straight into Sasori's hands. Kisame swung at the little dog right as the puppet master caught it.
"Kisame-san… whoa! Watch where you swing that thing!" yelled Sasori who had just dodged the large sword that was now stuck in the doorframe. He set the dog down, and it ran across the living room. Kisame pulled it out quickly and narrowed his eyes.
"Sorry, Sasori-san. Now, where did it go?"
Then he turned around and spotted Deidara running in circles around the couch.
"Aha! Hold it down, Deidara-san!"
The blonde dove for the dog and missed. Sasori sighed and disappeared into the kitchen while Kisame chased it into a corner.
"Hell yeah! I got it!"
Kisame held the little dog up in the air triumphantly and Deidara stood up, rubbing his head.
"Great, now we have to clean up all that piss on the floor… yeah."
Kisame thought for a moment.
"Hehe… go get me some rope, will you?"

--

Sakura leapt through the trees quietly, the small bag of food clutched tightly in her hand.

That dog better be in one piece when I get back! She thought anxiously.

After a few more minutes of traveling in silence, she finally saw the large building looming ahead of her, faintly masked by tall trees. With just a few more chakra-infused leaps, she was standing at the main door. Sakura opened it quietly and to her horror, she heard a loud commotion coming from the living room. The kunoichi cut through the dining room and gave a loud gasp when she saw the scene before her.

There were several muffled, triumphant shouts from Deidara, who was holding his bleeding nose. Kisame stood in the center of the room and was holding a… stick? No, judging from the missing piece of doorframe to her right, it was definitely not a stick. Her gaze quickly shifted downward and she saw four white legs tied to the bottom of the piece of doorframe Kisame was holding and Sakura suddenly realized that Tenshi was brutally being used to mop up her own urine on the floor.
Deidara saw her first, and immediately stopped egging Kisame on.
"Ahaha, hey Saku… yeah."
She dropped the bag of dog food she had been holding and snatched the large piece of doorframe from the shark-man.

"For the love of god, you tied the hoe's dog to a piece of the wall?!"

--

Sakura immediately untied the dog.
"Kisame-san! How could you-"
'Poof'.
Everyone turned to look at Itachi and everything got quiet. Tenshi leaped out of Sakura's arms and ran to him, and the Uchiha picked the little dog up. Deidara snorted.
"Tenshi, hmph. Angel my ass… yeah."

(A/N): I apologize a MILLION times for not updating in like... a year. I am SO sorry. But thanks for the reviews, Love em! And I promise next time, more ItaSaku action. Promise! So I hoped you liked this one and keep the reviews coming!