Birthday Surprises - Chapter Four

March 28th, 5:57p.m.

Walking into the living room, Sakura sat down on the couch and the rest of Akatsuki sat around her. "So, umm, ..."

"I'll go first, yeah. Here." Deidara handed her a small box smaller than the palm of his hand. "Hope you like it."

"But you guys really shouldn't ha-" She began.

"You're not gunna finish that fucking sentence with' shouldn't have '. We did and we will, so fucking open it!" She laughed under her breath and opened the small package, delicatelywrapped. She tugged at the end of the ribbon and watched it come undone. She lifted the small lid off the box and pulled out a small clay bird with a tag around its ankle.

"Go ahead and read it, yeah. It not going to explode...I hope..."

"Shut up, Brat."

"You know what, yeah. Make me!" He lifted his hands and all three of his tongues stuck out at Sasori.

"Normally, I would. Now tell her it's not going to explode...or implode."

Sakura laughed at their actions and pulled the tag off and unfolded it. It read:

No matter what anyone says, it's not going to explode. On your command, it will lead you to somewhere...special. Lots of Love, ~Deidara.

She looked at him and he nodded, silently telling her she could.

"Ummm...birdy? You want to take me somewhere?" The small bird came to life, nodded, and twittered happily. "Ok, lead away!" she ended with a giggle. The bird took to the air and started flying away. Everybody stood and followed Sakura and the bird.

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Moments later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They arrived in a small clearing, filled with cherry blossom trees, peach blossom trees, and many other beautiful trees. To a far corner stood a magnificent waterfall, flowing into a small stream.

"Wow! It's beautiful! Thank you so much, DeiDei!" She gave him a hug that he could have sworn broke a rib or two.

"Your welcome. That bird should last awhile because it wasn't made of explosive clay. You can use it as a messager bird."

"Thank you so much! I love it!"

They all walked to the cherry tree, intertwining with a peach blossom tree, in the center of the clearing and formed a small circle shape. So absorbed in the scenery, Sakura jumped when Tobi dropped a rather large box in front of her. "W-wow Tobi-chan! This is.." she paused looking for the right word. "Huge! Wanna help me open it?" He nodded furiously and together, they tore open the paper and opened the box. They lifted the lid and Sakura gave Tobi and big hug. "I love it!"

So took out a life-sized bear out of the box and showed the other members. The stuffed bear was holding a heart that said Tobi loves you this much! 3 in bold white letters. "I love it!"

"You've already said that." Everyone sweat dropped.

"Did I? Or did you just imagine it?" Sakura replied, stroking an invisible beard. "Nope, I'm pretty sure I said it twice!"

...

"Tobi...what'd you give to Sakura?"

"Only some super yummy cake!"

"And what was in that cake?"

AN: Hope you guys don't hate me? I broke my finger and fractured another, so it was pretty hard to even hold a glass of water. Hahahaha...So here's chapter four! The couple poll is up, but not enough people have voted, so it's still my choice. But for everyone who has voted on a couple, I'll try to make a one-shot for that couple.

Thank you SakuraXAkatsuki, Sakura member of Akatsuki-love, Yuti-Chan, haloelizabeth, Akatsukifan1, SeverusHermione, DeidaraIsGod2010, Physcho Itachi, and wolf of secrets for reviewing!

wolfie-chan - That sounds really interesting! I'll start and attempt not to ruin your awesome idea, but I think it'll be a little longer than a one shot. I already had an idea similar to that, so it shouldn't be much of a problem, though if I can't, I'll try to get word to you. Sorry, but links didn't work. Try putting spaces or something in between them. Can't wait! And as always, thank you for sticking though with me and reviewing every chapter!

Physcho-san - Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it. Alot of people have voted for Deidara, but not enough. So far it's still just an AkatSaku, though I may change it to something else. Thank you for reviewing and I adore your screen name!

Thank you everybody for everything you've done so far in the making of this short story! If there's anything I can do to make it better, please alert me so I can do so! Remember how I said no flames? Well I'm changing that! Flame all you want. That way I know if people like this or not.

~Forever your's

ShelbyQueen25

PS - I'll still need some present ideas for the remaining people! Please give me a possibe idea! Thank you!