Senko: Hello everyone! I'm so uberly sorry about the late update! I was undergoing a major writer's block because I couldn't decide how I wanted Deidara and Sakura's relationship to be like. However, after coming across a great fanfic written in first person POV, I concluded how I would write the story! Hey, quality is better than quantity, right? ;D
Important: The "first" chapter of this story will now be the introduction, meaning that this chapter is the actual beginning.
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Chapter 1
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The lights flickered on and restored color to the dark bedroom. Naruto exhaled deeply at the sight of Sakura's room. Everything was organized and had its place, unlike his home where things were scattered about everywhere.
It was just like how he remembered it to be.
Hinata stood behind him, twirling her index fingers to display her nervousness. She followed behind Naruto and entered the room. She could feel a rush of sadness wash over her as her body placed itself inside the cold bedroom. Sakura's scent was still there although the place lacked her authentic warmth and love.
It had been a few years since Sakura's disappearance. To say it happened so quickly and out of the blue would be a lie – the signs were there. It was simply that no one had expected for her to up and leave like that.
Rumors had it that her generous and cheerful self was a disguise and that she had originally planned to betray the Leaf. The most believable one, though, was that her feelings for the Uchiha survivor were so strong that she had to leave and chase after him.
According to Ino, it began when Sakura met someone when she was fifteen. The so-called someone was a blond man with blue eyes. She had never thought that such a humorous, innocent and caring guy would turn out to be a monster, cruel and evil.
He was an anohadult and had barely moved into Kogakure. He knew ninja basics and his goal was to become an artist. In his spare time, he often made sculptures out of clay. She said he was like Naruto, funny yet caring, but he was slightly more mature. Ever since he came into Sakura's life, things had gotten from odd to odder and perhaps he had something to do with Sakura's disappearance. But chances that that was true were slim; she believed that Sasuke was the cause of Sakura's departure.
Ino remembered when she was assigned on a mission with Sakura and a few others to the Sound Country. Suddenly, the man appeared out of nowhere but he left soon. After discovering that Orochimaru had successfully taken over Sasuke, Sakura underwent depression. When they returned, the man was nowhere to be seen and Sakura spoke not a word of him ever. A few weeks later he returned but left again. That was when Sasuke was brought back to the Leaf (for some strange reason Orochimaru had been killed and Sasuke was the suspected murderer) but was locked up for interrogation. Sakura visited him everyday but left in tears. A week later, she disappeared.
So here Naruto and Hinata were, five years after Sakura's absence, investigating her abandoned room under Tsunade's order. Apparently, the missing-nin Deidara was rumored to have been seen with a pink-haired girl. Tsunade wanted them to check Sakura's place for any possible clue that might confirm this rumor. If they found anything proving this report positive, then Tsunade would send someone to track them down. Sakura's mother, a fragile and gentle woman, had left them to watch after and examine the house while she went out to purchase some groceries.
"There's nothing here," said Naruto, peeking under the bed. "Clean as always, that's our Sakura."
"Yes, always organized," Hinata commented, pulling open a drawer from the table beside the bed.
Naruto flopped down on the bed, indulging himself in the faint fragrance of Sakura. "This is pointless. Sakura-chan's a nice and smart girl – she would never walk off with a criminal. Don't you so, Hinata-chan?"
"Yes, she-" Hinata stopped abruptly.
Curious at her sudden pause, Naruto sat up on Sakura's bed. "Something wrong?"
Hinata lifted up in her hands what seemed to be an emerald ring to Naruto. "N-Naruto-kun…maybe she did walk off with a criminal…" She turned and faced him, handing him the accessory. "I…I learned that Akatsuki members wear black c-cloaks with red cloud patterns a-and…they each have rings of their own with…signs in the middle."
Naruto narrowed his eyes, examining the jade ring. "That can't be true…how do you know if it's Akatsuki's? Maybe…maybe Sakura-chan bought it and it just looks like it."
Hinata casted her pearl eyes to the side. "N-no…I'm very sure of it." Her eyes shifted back to the open drawer and lied upon what looked to be the corner of a book. She reached towards the object and pulled it out, revealing a light pink notebook with the words "Fighting Spirit" written on the middle of the cover.
"Fighting…spirit?" Naruto read.
"Sakura's diary," Hinata said. "Maybe we can find our answers here."
With that, Hinata opened the book, embarking on a journey to the past with Naruto.
October 13
So bored.
So Ino-pig told me to get a diary because apparently I "have too much negativity bottled up inside." Also, I should "keep track of events" because I "have such bad memory." Whatever. I do not have bad memory. I just wanted to try out this diary thing that every girl my age seems to have.
Anyway, it was a beautiful day outside, but unfortunately I was stuck here at the hospital again, not that I minded too much. It was Autumn, and there was a gentle breeze blowing this way and that. The clouds blocked the sky, though, so it seemed just a tad gloomy. But I thought it was a nice break from the scorching summer.
"Sakura-san!" a voice chirped.
I looked up from my desk to see Konohamaru grinning before me, bearing much resemblance to Naruto. I narrowed my eyes, frustrated. "Konohamaru! What are you doing here?"
He bristled and folded his arms. "Sakura-san, let's play!"
I sighed. He had been bothering me a lot lately since his other two friends were grounded. "I have work to do, and keep your voice down; this is a hospital and the patients need to rest peacefully."
He pouted. "But I'm bored."
"Do I care?" I growled. "Now go! We'll play later!"
"You're mean!" he shouted, his boisterous voice echoing through the once quiet halls. Suddenly, he brought his hands together and formed the seals of an all too familiar jutsu. "Oiroke no jutsu!"
POOF!
Emerging from the fog was a nude woman, her private parts thankfully covered by the mist. I could hear the other medic-nins scream in shock and I could have sworn I saw an unconscious patient awaken only to faint again at the sight of the naked female Konohamaru.
"KO-NO-HA-MA-RUUUU!"
Konohamaru dashed off and I chased after him in fury, completely oblivious that I had fallen directly into his trap. I was unaware that we had already been miles away from the hospital. He rounded a corner and I copied him until –
WHAM!
I fell on all four. Squinting my eyes for a second before greeting the world again, I saw an attractive guy's face in front of mine. He looked to be an adult and had blond hair and cerulean eyes that glittered beautifully in the light. He wore a black t-shirt with a dark blue stripe in the middle outlined with a white stripe and a red cloud emblem in the center of the stripes. He had on faded jeans ripped a bit on the knee of one of the legs, giving him a rebel appearance. His dumbfounded expression made him more adorable than ever. It took me a couple of seconds later to realize that I had been rudely staring at him. Quickly, I got up off of him and straightened out my clothes. "S-Sorry, sir!"
"Ow…that hurt," he said, getting up as well. He chuckled. "Well, it's alright, yeah. It wasn't intentional."
I flashed him a smile. "Did you see where a short and extremely annoying boy ran off to?"
"Yeah, he went that way," he said, pointing behind him. "Is he your son, yeah?"
…
"M-My child!" I screamed. "He is not my child! What the hell gave you that crazy idea!"
A woman passing by covered her child's ears, pushing him gently away from us. I could hear her mutter, "Young couple's quarrels nowadays are filled with such hatred and foul language."
I turned and glared at her. "We are not a couple!"
Looking around, I realized that I was causing a scene in the middle of the street and nearly everyone's eyes were fixed on me. For a moment we stood there as the center of attention until he took my hand and lead me away from the crowd. "Come on, honey. We'll discuss this issue at home."
It was good thing we were away form the bustling road, so I was free to break from his hold. I glared intensely. "What was that for!"
"Sorry, sorry," he said, grinning. "So what's your name, yeah?"
I folded my arms and turned my head to the side, "Why should I tell you?"
"Well, I'm kind of new here," he said.
Immediately I smiled and all my anger from before seemed to have faded away. He didn't know any better, so I shouldn't be mad. "Oh! You're new?"
"Yeah," he confirmed. "I just moved in recently, yeah."
"I'm Sakura!" I beamed. "Haruno, Sakura!"
"Sakura," he repeated. "That's a nice name."
"What about you?" I asked. "It's rude to not tell your name after I just told you mine."
"I don't have a last name like you. I refused to take on the family name ever since my father left my mother and I, yeah," he said with a weak smile.
"It's okay. Just your first name is fine," I told him.
He looked at me with a childish grin before answering:
"Deidara, yeah."
Senko: So, yes. This story has slightly changed – now it is told from Sakura's point of view.
I'm sorry that it is short and I'm even more sorry to inform you that chapters will not be updated too quickly. I have two reasons. The first is that although I have this entire story planned out I still have to decide on how I want Sakura and Dei's relationship to be like. How will I make them begin to develop feelings? After that question is answered, I will be able to connect it to the planned chapters. The second is that I just moved and barely got internet. However, it seems that the internet can only connect to the computer in my idiot brother's room. They're working on fixing it, but yeah. My idiot brother is an uber computer freak and he's always hoggin the computer -.- so yeah.
If makes you readers feel any better, I have the entire story for "The Devil's Embrace" and "The Other Uchiha" written out! I just get kind of lazy to type o.O;;
Thank you very much for reading my story and please keep supporting ) your support means a ton to me. AND! If you want to, please answer the question in the above paragraph. Even though your idea might not be used, it will be of great help to me.