Hello, I'm working hard on this story. Just you know, I keep getting Writer's block. I hate it. Hope this chapter meets what you're hoping for. Enjoy! Also, Sakura is a year younger than Sasuke, so while Sakura is seven, Sasuke is eight and this is the age where his brother massacres the clan. Also, please tell me if i make any mistakes, my laptop really hates me. Thank you.

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Sakura finished with her food. She had no idea boys could cooked. She usually sees her mom in the kitchen, while her dad was out somewhere doing who knows what! She walked out of the kitchen when she saw a plant-like human talking to Deidara. Her eyes widened a little and she got scared. She backed away slowly, but when she did, her feet tapped slightly and they stopped talking and turned to her. Deidara smiled at her

"Sakura, This is Zetsu, un." He said. The man named Zetsu was someone to be frightened about. Especially if you are just a seven year old girl. Zetsu grinned.

"Pleasure to meet you, Sakura." He said. The way he said it just scared her even more. He sounded like a snake.

"H-Hi…" Sakura whispered softly. Zetsu walked toward her, slowly.

"Are you scared of me? " He asked. She could only nod. They both laughed.

"Hime, Zetsu won't hurt you, yeah." Deidara said. Sakura nodded again and they laughed again. Zetsu then lifted Sakura twirled her around. She giggled. He then let her down.

"Now do you trust me?" He asked, his nice side showing this time.

"I guess so…Zetsu-nii" She said. He grinned at his new nickname. There was something that about this little girl, that was absolutely adorable and innocent that he just couldn't bring himself to hurt her.

"Sakura, I have to go now. I will see you soon though, okay?" He said. She frowned, she just met him. Not fair.

"Pinky swear?" She asked looking at him with hope in her eyes. He nodded.

"Pinky swear." He swore and then disappeared. She looked at Deidara and grinned.

"Do I get to meet anyone else?" She asked. He chuckled.

"You get to meet leader now, yeah." He said. She could only grin.

"Follow me." She nodded and let him carry her through the halls. They were soon in front of large doors. Deidara put her down and knocked on the door.

"Come in." A voice said from behind the doors. Deidara walked in.

"Just wait out here for a bit, I'll tell him you want to meet him." He said. She nodded and smiled. She couldn't wait to meet her new friend. Deidara closed the door behind him and she waited. Kisame came walking through the halls when he saw Sakura standing outside. He raised an eyebrow and walked toward her. She heard him and turned to see him and smiled. He smiled when he saw such a cute smile.

"Hey, squirt. What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I'm waiting for Deidara, he told me that "Leader" wants to see me." She said. He frowned.

'I hope he doesn't do anything to scare her…' He thought.

"Where were you going?" She asked.

"I was going to go to Konoha." He said. She put her head to her right side.

"Why?" She asked. He chuckled.

"To pick up our newest member, you might get to meet him in about a few days." He said.

"What's his name?" He grinned.

"Itachi Uchiha, but I heard he's really tough and strong." He said. She giggled.

"Deidara-nii said that he could kick anyone's butt." They both laughed. Soon, the door opened again. Sakura was pretty close to it, but didn't get hit. Deidara's head popped out.

"Sakura, You can come in now." He said, stepping to the side and giving her room to go inside. She smiled and walked inside. The door closed behind her. Deidara looked at Kisame.

"You ready to get him?" He asked. Kisame grinned his shakry grin.

"No, shit." He said. And they disappeared.

Sakura was pretty scared while she was in the room, there wasn't much light, the only light that shown was through the windows. She walked slowly to the man who was staring at his bookshelf, organizing it, maybe, his back turned to her. She coughed. And he immediately turned around. She gulped a little. His eyes, a ripple-like pattern around the pupil with a grayish-purple iris and sclera and she got scared, it felt like she was staring into eyes that were tainted by darkness, but she would know in the future, that that was true. She blinked and he was suddenly in front of her, she could now see his face clearly. His piercings on his face were one thing and his spiky orange hair was another. She couldn't talk. She was a little too frightened, but Deidara had promised her that everyone here was her friend, at least, that's what she remembers him saying. Or maybe he just "implied" it. He made a sudden movement with his hands and she flinched because she thought he was going to hit her. But no blow came, instead,

He was caressing her, as if he was her own father, who was proud of what she had done, whether it was mastering a transformation jutsu or getting to the top of her class. She opened her eyes and saw softness and warmth in his. She smiled and leaned into his touch.

"Hello, dear Sakura. Did I frighten you?" He asked. She shook her head.

"Good, Would you like to know something?" He asked. Her eyes sparkled. Being her seven year old self, she nodded with excitement. He smiled slightly.

"You belong with us Sakura-hime. No one will ever hurt you." He promised. She giggled. So happy that almost everyone here wants her.

"Promise?" She asked. He could only nod. She smiled. He pulled his hand away from her.

"You should go and meet your other friends." He said. She nodded and disappeared behind the closed doors. His slight smile was still there, the first time they all saw Sakura sleeping. Their hearts were filled with love, compassion, and a sense of innocence that all of them could never have. He could tell that they just fell in love with her while she was sleeping in Deidara's arms. He told them how her mother just yelled at her for no reason and how Sakura was crying outside of Konoha, where she wasn't suppose to be. He told also told them that he didn't know what to do with her, but he just couldn't find the way to just leave her there, especially when it was dark. Everyone knew, that they would bring her along too. If they were in that situation. But they were angered at how her own mother could do that to her own child. It's probably the equivalent of what the Akatsuki does with their victims, maybe... He sighed and went back to his bookshelf, organizing it, because someone, possibly Kisame had been in here without permission and had left the room disorganized.

She walked down the hallways to find a red-haired, very young looking man using puppets and showing beautiful grace and movement with them outside, sparring with another person. The other person covered his face with a mask, that only showed his emerald eyes, just like hers, but she thought hers was much prettier, but he looked like a puppet. She stared at them for a few moments, then realized there was another person sitting in the sidelines, cleaning what looked like it what a scythe, a huge one. Sakura's eyes widened at the size of that thing. The two people who were sparring stopped and turned toward her. She blinked at them, this was really getting old now. She didn't like feeling special all the time now. They walked toward her slowly. She smiled, the suddenly… everything turned black.

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OH! CLIFFY! HAHA! Can you guess what's going to happen next? Also, I gave you a glimpse of the possessiveness that is going to happen later in the story. Thank you for reading! Please review!

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