Sasori nodded and laid down close to fire while Deidara laid on the other side. The stars were really pretty that night. He wished he had started noticing them when he was a child.

A/N: Skipping to the destination (because I don't need to get into details about them packing their stuff and running on trees -crawling on the ground for Sasori-)

"It's there, un." Deidara was about to step forward when Sakura swung her arm about blocking his path.

"No, Deidara wait. It could be dangerous." She whispered to the blonde and pulled on her black gloves.

Sasori studied the base and frowned. "This isn't right. It's a secret base but I don't see any ninjas or guards."

Deidara looked at Sasori and then averted his gaze to the base focusing his scope.

"Shit ... move." The puppeteer ordered quickly and they jumped out of the bushes and into a clearing in front of the base just in time before multiple kunai hit the bushed area and explosive tags were set off. The three covered their faces from the flying pieces of wood and got into a defensive stance.

Deidara cursed and moved his blonde lock away scanning the area with his eye scope. "We're surrounded danna ... Sakura, un."

The red head revealed his hidden tail dripping with poison. "Sakura, force them out."

"Right." The konoichi raised her fist in the air. "Hell yeah!" She said and pounded her fist in the ground breaking the earth and knocking down most of the surrounding trees. The enemy ninja jumped out clearly surprised by her strength and made to attack.

"Sasori danna we have to get out of here, un! There's way too many, un!"

Sasori removing the black scarf covering Hiruko's mouth and opened the compartment letting out a seemingly endless amount of needles dart from the deadly area taking down ninja one by one while he used his tail to fight the others off behind him. "How many?!" He shouted back and growled when a katana barely missed his back. Wait, how did they know about his weak spot? Perhaps it was just a cheap shot. These were obviously experienced ninja which was a very bad thing. It would take a little more than child's play to get rid of them all.

"Uh ..." Deidara swung around and round housed some of the ninja pouring around him as his mouthed palms worked at making bombs. "Like ... an army of more than a few hundred, un!" He said and threw his birds in the air and towards the men farther away setting off the bombs.

Sakura delivered all the punches and kicks she could muster but it only worsened her fatigue. They were definitely taking them out but it didn't seem like enough. There were just too many to deal with and it was only three of them.

Sasori and Deidara weren't doing any better. Slowly but surely more and more ninja were coming and their chakra was depleting.

Deidara knew the situation was getting worse. He had to think of a plan and fast. An idea formed in his mind in less than a few minutes. "Danna!"

"What?!" Sasori grunted as he fought another ninja off his back.

"You and Sakura ... cover me while ... I make my C bomb! If I manage to do it then ... we'll be out!"

Sasori struggled to find to the pink haired Akatsuki member but failed. He felt himself being overtaken by the sheer force and grew light headed as a mist filled the air. The last thing he heard was Sakura and seeing Deidara collapse on the ground.

TBC

And once again I cut it off leaving you on a cliffhanger. Sorry lol. It's habit. Plus, I like leaving cliffhangers. It keeps everyone interested!