Strength and Immortality Disclaimer: I don't own naruto. Ok you guys I plan on making this one at least 15 chapters long. I just hope you guys can bare with me till then. But your sweeties so I know you will. On to chap 4 'thinking' "speaking" Chapter 4: Escape and betrayal

Sakura raced from oak tree to oak tree in hopes that she would soon find the dock and a boat. The pink-headed woman hated this country every house was reinforced with steal not to mention there were loud construction sites everywhere. There wasn't many forest and the ones that was there were dense with hardly any trees. A sudden jolt of pain in her abdomen caused the woman almost to fall out of the tall tree she was in. Knee length pastel pink hair cascaded around the woman like a cotton candy blanket. Images of a dimly lit musty room and her laying naked on a gurney filled her head.

Sakura hadn't even taken the time to heal her self since her ordeal. 'Now is a good a time as any' she thought. Sea foam eyes closed in concentration while she scanned her inner body to asses the total damage. It seemed that the had replaced the organ the took with what appeared to be that of a large snake. ' No this can't be the only one capable of summoning a snake that size would be Orochimaru, but how he 's dead'. It was true Akatsuki had assinated the two a long time ago. Sakura had watched as the life seeped away from her long ago love she didn't even bat an eyelash for he had become a monster far worse then the snake sanin.

Sakura's thoughts were interrupted by a blur of something black and red that wised by her head. She froze " They couldn't have found me" her thoughts halted ounce again for what now stood before her took her breath away. There was Deidara in all his glory standing before her with a very bad look of concern plastered on his face. Strong arms pulled the girl into a bone-crushing embrace. The man started shaking in her arms.

"Don't you ever do that to me again …yeah"

he pulled her away from him a little to look at her face a single finger stroked her cheek then pushed a stray hair behind her ear.

" I thought I lost you …yeah" sea foam met crystal blue then the unexpected happened he captured her lips with his. Sakura knew she had been secretly wanting this but she never thought it would happen. His hand slid across her cheek and found rest in her hair as he leaned to deepen the kiss, but the he heard a cry and found Sakura hunched over wincing in pain. O k now he was really concerned.

" Sakura what the hell happened to you?"

Sea foam eyes looked up at the man kneeling before her and answered through clenched teeth.

" We need to get to headquarters now. The other group Is plotting to take us down soon.. leader needs to be informed."

Shaky fingers reached into her pocket to pull out the other teams mission scroll. A lone blue eye widened as it read the scroll. Without another word Dei took some clay out of his pocket molded a bird. After the little clay bird came to life in his hand he sent it away with the scroll to the others. The mission had been compromised and they needed to go to base imediatley.

The inn in mist:

Kisame and Sasori sat a small round table in their room drinking sake both exchanging worried glances at the other. In their two years of knowing the woman she had never pulled a stunt like this. Itachi was the first to break the silence.

" Sakura is a very capable kunoichi I do not think she would come to harm."

. The words that came out of his mouth left the two stunned. They knew that he was just as concerned as they if any one touched her the Uchiha would rip them apart for sure. Sharingan eyes narrowed at a figure of a clay bird that had pirched itself on the window sill. The shark like man stood from his seat glaring at what had caught his friends attention 'this was worse then they thought' . Kisame gingerly took the scroll from the bird and opened it slowly. Blue fingers clenched around the parchment about ripping it to shreds.

"We have to report to headquarters a.s.a.p"

Somewhere in the village of stone

Madara leader of the Akatsuki in Stone stood in his garden at the base starring at a patch of Dahlia's when he heard two people call out frantically to him. 'sigh couldn,t this have waited till later. Madara walked down a long hall way to see Deidara and Sakura propped against a wall. From the looks of them they had traveled nonstop.

" Why are you here you have a mission?" madara asked his voice laced with irritation.

Sakura was panting so hard she could barley speak after several minutes she finally stared him in the eyes with determination and spoke.

"Akatsuki in Steal are coming …they want a war"

I know your going to kill to much suspense right. Please forgive me I had to . the next couple of chapters will be fillers. You know Sakura needs time to heal and the rest need to formulate a plan to battle the other team. Thank you guys so much for reading till next time. Oh and to chaos blossom and animefreakazoid thanx for the reviews you guys are great. I just hope I will continue to meet your standards