Alright… here's chapter 11 and please be kind enough to give a review. You might like this… oh and just a few more chapters and I'll probably finish this. Don't complain. Just enjoy the story.\

Title: Dreams and Nightmares

"Sakura…" A voice ran through Sakura's head over and over. "Sakura…" Then an image of Itachi in his cloak with his Sharingan on floated in front of her. He reached out his hand towards her. "Itachi…" Sakura muttered. Then suddenly, when Sakura blinked her eyes, she saw a beaten up Itachi with blood emitting from the corner of his mouth and at some parts in his body, kunai wounds and a sword was sticking out of his side (A/N: just like what happened to her when she fought Sasori, but that never happened in this story). And his cloak was off so she could really see bad bruises through his fish-net shirt. Sakura gasped and she tried to reach but it seemed that she was slowly going farther from him. Then she saw a tear fall down his eye, "I missed you…" Itachi said to her, smiling a kind and this-is-my-sacrifice-for-you smile, his voice so far away. "Itachi… I… I love you! Don't leave me, please! Don't!" Sakura shouted, crying now and trying to run towards him but she still was going farther and farther away. "I love you too…" she heard Itachi say before light filled her vision.

Sakura sat up straight and saw daylight fill her room. 'It's just a dream…' She told herself. And when she looked around, she saw that Deidara was just at the door, staring at her with what seemed like a look of confusion. Sakura said, "Tell me what I mumbled?"

"You muttered the Uchiha's name, that's all." Deidara said, suddenly with a look of amusement on his face, "I think you're in love with him… aren't you?"

"Oh, shut up. I'm not and I don't care about him." Sakura said, getting up the bed and into the kitchen. Deidara right behind her, saying, "Then why do you dream about him. And I don't think it was just a dream… I think it was rather a very sad one. Do you miss him? Ha ha ha."

'I'm finally seeing the fun side of Deidara-senpai.' Sakura thought as she gargled, 'I wonder what he's up to.'

Then she noticed that Deidara turned serious, he said, "Okay, fun's over. Sakura-chan… didn't you know that Akatsuki are just supposed to be Akatsuki? I mean… you're not supposed to fall for anyone in the group, especially you!"

"Huh? Why especially me?" Sakura asked, sitting down on the table, "What's wrong with falling for someone in the group? Doesn't that just make it better because you guys can protect each other for that?"

"We do protect each other, but not like… a couple, even though we are both the same gender… Ah, never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway…" He said airily as he put plates on the table.

"Then answer my question—why especially me?" Sakura said straightly, putting more exaggeration on the word. Then Deidara answered with a shrug. But Sakura knows he's just keeping something, he knows something that he wouldn't tell her. Then she repeated her question, "Why eees-pe-shaa-lliieee me???"

"Uh…" Deidara muttered as he thought for an excuse hit him, "Because you're just a newbie, that's why." But Sakura still doesn't believe him and decided to question him at times he'd least expect it. 'I still don't think that's the real reason.' Then they started to eat. After that, Deidara gave her some time to get dressed and warm up.

Then they continued their training till the next week just as Team 7 continued to find Sakura.

One very late night, Sakura was in her bedroom, turning over and over as she slept. She saw a different dream this time:

In front of Sakura was yet another Sakura, but this one had dark make-up now which made her seem more evil—the black lipstick, eyeliner, and very pale skin. This other Sakura also had her hair painted in black color, making her face look paler. But both girls wore the same and complete Akatsuki costume. But this one had violet eyes that glowed as brightly, but evilly, as Sakura's.

"W-who are you? And what do you want?" Sakura said strongly. But the girl in front of her merely laughed and said, "Don't you recognize your own reflection, Sakura-chan? I am just here to tell you that you are so weak. How will you ever impress Itachi and have him to go back to you… I mean, us… if you're too feeble and pathetic-looking?"

"Who says I wanna impress Itachi?!" Sakura shouted at the smiling person in front of her. "And who says I'm weak?"

"I do…" the girl said tauntingly, "Oh… then I guess you don't only want to impress Itachi but get revenge on Sasuke too, right?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about your plan to destroy Naruto and break Sasuke's heart. And your plan to cut all your ties with anyone from Konoha! Does that sound familiar?" The evil Sakura said as she slowly circled the real Sakura who remained quiet and bowed her head down.

This made the evil Sakura laugh more, "You know you want to do that… you were planning it the other night. By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet, haven't I?"

"I don't need to know who you are and I don't care." Sakura said harshly. But the evil Sakura didn't seem to hear her.

"I am your future self, Haruno Sakura. You will become what you see before you now. You will live to see Sasuke die before you first-handedly and live to see Naruto suffer as well. You will see the light and hopes leave their eyes and let them suffer miserably. You will make them beg before you but you will not listen. Then you will hold them prisoners. You will attack their beloved home and let them see it fade away and turn to ruins. You will kill little innocent boys and girls in front of them. You will let them hear piercing screams of pain. You will pleasure it and they will bear it. And when you are finally contented with them, you will finish them. You will also finish the current Hokage… but in a graceful, quiet way. Let's be grateful for once… she's the one who gotten you here in the first place. Then you will become famous. Who knows… you might even outrank the Akatsuki. Many villages will try to capture you and stop you. But you will get them out of your way for good. And, in case you'd become bored since you won't have anyone to have fun with, you will go and kill the Akatsuki."

Then little by little, as Sakura listened, her eyes became a dark green then into a dark blue then into a shade of violet just like the ones in the evil Sakura's eyes. The evil Sakura grinned evilly and so did Sakura with a look of pure contempt on her face. "There… all you need now is your hair colored and your nails too, and then your make-up. Then you're ready to take your revenge. Hehehe…"

"No! Stop! Don't! Arrggghhh!!! Get off me!!" Sakura shouted as she realized that the evil Sakura was just using her. Making her evil like… her. Then she opened her eyes and saw a familiar pair of light green eyes and smelled the scent of a masculine person on top of her, pinning her hands down onto the bed. Sakura let out a scream when she realized the situation she was in, blushing.

Minutes later, she and Deidara were talking softly in the kitchen. "So… you were saying that… I was dreaming?" Sakura asked after Deidara explained everything. The two were having a little milk over the kitchen at 2 am. "And I was thrashing all around and shouting?" 'Talk about awkward and humiliating situations,' she thought.

"Yeah. You were too strong too, even though you were asleep. Then I couldn't control you so I had no choice. I tried shouting your name…" 'Even insults,' "But you really were…"

"Yeah, yeah, I guess it was just that nightmare." Sakura said slowly, "It was horrible. She was horrible, I mean… I was horrible."

"What do you mean?" Deidara asked softly, "I mean… do you wanna talk about it?"

Sakura nodded. Then she explained what she dreamt about. After that, a long silence sat through them. Then Sakura spoke again, "Uh… I guess you'd better go back to bed. I'm gonna try going back as well…"

After Sakura had gone into her sheets again, she forced herself to think happy thought so the conversation in her head would stop repeating itself. But nothing could come to her, not that she knows that it would be the end of happy moments except evilly crazy ones. She let out a soft sigh before she had gone into a snooze.

MEANWHILE… Naruto and Sasuke and Sai were on their own now. Kakashi had to go back to Konoha a few days ago and left Sasuke as their temporary leader. Naruto had obviously argued with him about this but Kakashi really didn't have the time since Tsunade sent the messenger bird on short notice and demanding that he come back to Konoha immediately.

And now, they've just received another scroll from a messenger bird, saying that if they don't find Sakura within 3 days more, they've got to go back to Konoha for important missions. At the crack of dawn, Sasuke decided to lead the team out of damn forests and into open plains.

They were just traveling through another mile with an endless horizon when Sai spotted a small cottage, "Look," he said, "Let's see what's in here."

They knocked and knocked but no one answered. Then Naruto went inside and looked around, Sai and Sasuke behind him. "Hello?" he said, "Anyone home?"

"Apparently, the people who were here had just left…" Sai said, crouching over the floor and examining it. Sasuke was inspecting around with his Sharingan for traps when Naruto went back into the living room from another room, excitedly shouting, "I think Sakura's been here!"

Sasuke went back to the den immediately and saw that Naruto was holding up a pair of black gloves Sakura always brought with her. Sasuke held them in his hands and was filled with rage. 'Itachi… he did something to Sakura. I really won't forgive him!' He thought.

MEANWHILE… 2 days later, Sakura was almost complete with her training and was ready for becoming an Akatsuki. But Deidara had to tell her to do her hair and nails before becoming an Akatsuki. "What's the point of Akatsuki wearing black nail polish anyway?" Sakura muttered as she polished her own nails in her room, her hair wrapped in cellophane, "I mean… most of Akatsuki are even men. I just don't get it."

"I bet you're ready to wash your hair now," Deidara said as he looked at her through the open door. "Are you?"

"Mm-hmm… Just a minute, I've also got to dry these so take 4 more. Thanks." Sakura said, not even looking up, as she talked to him. "Oh… and do I really need to put up with fish net shirts only under my Akatsuki cloak?"

"Yeah. That's what most of us has to wear. Unless you're a genius or the leader, you can wear anything under the cloak." Deidara explained for what looked like the 3rd time. "And you'll also need to wear make-up." This gave Sakura the creeps, 'I'll really have to look like that person in my dream…kinda like that.'

"Aww… do I have to, Deidara-senpai?" Sakura said, staring at Deidara with big, cute puppy eyes, expecting him to tell her she didn't really have to. But Deidara was persistent. He had volunteered to do her hair and he did. But he's expecting her to do everything else on her own now.

And besides that, he knows that the others who were tracking Sakura are coming for her and they're coming in fast. And who knows, maybe even in less than a day, they'd already be here. He just hoped Sakura was ready by then.

End. You like it? I guess so… Anyway, pls. do feel free to give a review. Thanks^.^