My monitor just came in the mail so my dad's going to try to fix my laptop why I'm not updating like normal.
When I woke up the next morning I got up and ran around the mansion in endurance training. All the Akatsuki members looked at me as though I were insane but I didn't care. I need to be free and running... it helps me to think. Once I finished circling the mansion three times I began doing push ups and sit ups. Sasori helped me out a bit by holding down my feet or counting how much I did.
"Thank you for your help." I told him with a nod. He smiled softly and nodded back.
"You seem different." He told me with a strange look. The man then got up and left me all alone.
"What have you been doing?" Pein asked suddenly behind me. I glanced over at him and then bowed. "You can answer me. When I told you that all you can tell me is thank you... I was mad. To think that you kept it up for three years..." He sighed and forced me to look up at him.
"I... have been training. I'm too weak and pitiful. I need to become stronger." I informed him.
"You are as I want you to be." Pein said with finality in his tone. I glared at him then.
"I'm not who I want to be!" I hissed back with a fierce expression. Instantly I was on the ground seeing stars. My cheek burned with a flame I've never known.
"Don't cross the line any farther." Pein growled and turned to go. I stood up and rubbed my cheek with a soft smirk on my lips.
"I'll do as I please." I replied and left him going to my room. When I entered I smiled when I saw Deidara waiting for me looking out my window sill at the grey ground below.
"What have you been up to today, un? Everyone's been talking about your weird behavior, yeah." He said with a soft smile. I ran up to the boy and hugged him tight.
"I'm trying to become strong enough to be free." I informed him then turned to go to the bathroom to shower. Deidara looked at me with a slightly bitter but happy look. It was obvious he had something to say so I dawdled by the bathroom door waiting for what he would say.
"Maybe you shouldn't leave... just let me go... and then I can find some strong people to help me take down Pein." he said swiftly with a frantic expression. I walked over to him and put a delicate finger to his lips. Then I simply shook my head.
"I'll take care of him. He's my demon to bear and I will bear him with all my strength. Since I'm so pathetically weak I must train to become stronger." I informed him and left for the shower. Deidara watched me with an emotionless expression and then left as I closed the door.
When I got out of the shower and headed into my room the beautiful and kind Konan was waiting within. "Sakura..." She whispered handing me a white rose.
"Yes Konan?" I asked with a blank face as I put on one of my many dresses.
"Do you love Deidara?" Konan asked with a pained expression as she bit her lip.
"Of course I do! He's my teacher and he's so kind to me." I told her with a smile. She looked at me with horror filled eyes and then quickly turned away.
"Then protect him the best you can or he won't survive the week." Konan said with her back to me as she left the room.
I stared after her in silence realizing why she had come. Konan would only tell me such advice if she knew something. From the sound of it... Deidara's in danger. I'm surprised Pein hasn't tried to kill him yet.