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Chapter 5

Sakura woke the next morning, finding a note on the table.

'We'll be busy most of the day. Breakfast is in the oven. Diedera has set a spider on you, and if we're done before you, we'll find you.

Itachi'

Sakura smiled and went to the oven, pulling out a bowl of rice, a bowl of fruit salad and a hard boiled egg. She looked over the care, the delicate way the food was plated and shook her head.

Itachi made breakfast.

She ate quickly before getting her cloths, happy that she'd thought to do laundry after dinner the night before.

She could have sworn that she was hearing voices, but didn't think too much about it.

With those two around, who knew what was happening?

She changed in her bedroom, feeling the warmth of the sun against her skin before headed out.

She looked around, finding Diedera's spider and lifted it, laying it on her headband. "If you stay still, people will think you're just a little decoration." She spoke to it, unsure if it could understand her.

It was about five when she was done, headed to the store to get more food.

"I was wondering when you'd come around! I just met your friends!" The man behind the fruit stand spoke. Sakura looked up with a smile.

"Oh! They didn't misbehave, did they?" Sakura found she was always worried they'd do something out of the ordinary in public that would give them away.

"Actually, that Sasuke guy fixed a problem I was having with the stand! I had this one board that would never seem to stay put." Sakura stared, surprised. "Oh!" She stated, earning a laugh from the man.

She wandered through the door that evening, walking to the kitchen and started putting the food away.

She laughed when she realized they had tried to do some shopping, but they hadn't gotten much, and most of the things in there were odd. She lifted a deep red citrus fruit and frowned, turning it over in her hand. She smelled it, surprised to hear a voice from behind her. "It's a blood orange."

She turned, feeling her heart nearly leap out of her chest. "Diedera!"

He looked at her confused for a second. "You don't need to creep around here like that! Damned ninjas..." She put her hand over her chest, trying to calm her heart.

"Sakura, you lost my spider." She looked at him and reached up, pulling the spider from the top of her head. "It's right here." She handed it over and Diedera looked at it, confused. "Sakura, this isn't mine." She looked at it and frowned as it lifted from Diedera's hand, trying to walk away.

His hand opened, a tongue reaching out and grabbed it, sucking it in. Sakura stepped back, feeling a little ill at the sight. "Where did you get that?"

"Itachi said you were sending a spider with me, it was following me."

"My spider ended out getting closed in the front door. It didn't make it out of the house." Sakura frowned, thinking. "If it wasn't you, then who..."

Her eyes widened as Diedera looked down at his hand, spitting the thing back out.

"Diedera, can you tell what it's made out of?" Diedera's hand spat the thing onto the counter and Sakura caught it before it escaped.

"Some sort of liquid. Ink?"

Sakura ran into the other room, Diedera on her tail as she grabbed a piece of paper, laying the thing on it.

It was one of Sai's creatures. It had been so long, she didn't even think about it.

The letters slowly formed on the paper as the spider split to pieces.

'We miss you. Naruto's at the end of his nerve, he's asked Tsunade to look into getting the case for you overturned so you can come back soon. He's really worried about how you took the news the other day. You haven't done anything stupid, have you? Remember, there's others.

Sakura, we all love you greatly. Please remember that.

We're talking about taking two weeks off and going to visit you. We're waiting for you to okay it, but Tsunade's said she thinks it's a great idea.

Please stay safe.

Sai'

"The news the other day?" She frowned, shaking her head. "Sai's insane." She rolled her eyes and turned, wondering.

She paused, feeling Diedera's eyes shoot over to her at the abruptness of it, but she didn't move again for a while.

There had been something... by her bed in the middle of the night. She didn't remember it, she couldn't say what kind of animal it had been, but she remembered it dissolving.

She took off towards her bedroom, noticing Itachi in the hall.

He followed her to her bedroom door, his eyes looking around. "What's wrong?"

"I got a note. It was asking how I took the news the other day, but I don't remember. I was asleep. It's got to be here somewhere..." She flipped through the papers on the desk, on the bedside table, before Itachi leaned down, looking. His arm reached out under her bed as he handed her the paper.

She took it in her hand but faltered. She looked at Itachi and stared, eyes wide.

He was surprised to see when she took the paper and raised her fingers to her eyes.

"Ninpou, Choujuu Giga." The letters gathered, forming into a rat and Sakura laid the thing down, putting it into one of her drawers in the dresser.

"I don't think I can handle it right now. Maybe tomorrow." She turned, surprising Itachi as she went back to the kitchen.

She got the groceries put away and was thinking about what to make for dinner when Diedera came in. "Sweety, you just had a hard day at work. Go ahead and sit down, let me cook, yeah." Sakura looked over at him and nodded, suddenly feeling drained.

She stepped back to the door and just watched as he went through, finding what she'd bought and smiled. "This is nice. I think I know what to do, yeah..." His smile was so playful, so energetic.

She smiled, thinking of Naruto, the playful smiles he had. Before she could think, a small sound escaped her and her hand flew up, covering her mouth. She turned quickly to leave the room, Diedera there in a moment.

His arms snaked around her shoulders, his breath in her ear was so disturbingly comforting.

"It's hard, yeah, but Sakura-chan, you still have us. I know I may not be this Naruto, Itachi isn't his brother, but at least you're not alone." She nodded, unable to speak through the sudden lump in her throat. She felt the tears that seemed to appear from nowhere seep down her cheeks and her hands crashed over her eyes.

An awkward sob escaped her as she lowered to the floor, Diedera's arms around her the whole time.

It was a moment later that she regained herself, tearing at her eyes with her hands, trying to get rid of the tears. "I'm sorry, Diedera. That was... a bit much."

"Sakura-chan, it's alright. I'm here for you, yeah." Sakura turned to him, smiling and nodding.

Before she stood she looked forwards, seeing Itachi in the hall looking at them.

His eyes were wide, he'd only been there for the last few moments and took the whole thing out of context.

"Diedera..."

"Wait! Itachi-"

"So, she's a cute girl! You think I'm not gonna try?" Diedera grinned at Itachi, who's eyes narrowed at him. "I told you before... Don't touch her!" It was the first time Sakura heard him really raise his voice. Sakura stood and looked at Itachi who suddenly froze.

"I apologize! It was my fault, Diedera was helping me." Itachi looked at the redness in her eyes, realizing she'd been crying. His lip pursed and he turned, the look on his face confused.

"Ah, so that's it." Diedera grinned as he stood up. He waved off what was happening and turned to her, waving her in. "Come on, yeah. It helps if you talk about it." Sakura nodded, watching as Itachi retreated to the living room.

She sat at on the counter, watching as Diedera cooked. "What was that out there? It's not like you."

"I guess getting the letter from Sai was a little more than I'd expected today. I keep forgetting how much I miss everyone. Naruto and his continuous flirting, He really loves me, it keeps surprising me how much. He's so goofy." She smiled at the thoughts of him.

"Sasuke's so dark. He tries so hard to make me think he doesn't care, but I know he does. I just wonder if it'll keep him in check till I get back." She frowned and Diedera looked over at her surprised. "What does that mean?"

"He's in a hurry to revive the clan. If I'm banished for five or ten years what are the chances he'll wait for me? I've loved him since I was just a baby. It's kind of sad, now that I look back at it. He was trying to kill me and I still loved him." Her smile was gone. Diedera looked at her with wide eyes.

"You really do love him, don't you?"

"I do, but I think I'm starting to fall out of the random fangirl thing. At first it was that he was dark, he was powerful and honestly, he was so cute. Now the dark and quiet thing has gotten old. His strength isn't really very important to me anymore, but he cares about me. He didn't before, or if he did he was hiding it. Either way, I'm hopeful that this ends soon so I can go back to him."

"I kind of hope you get stuck out here longer." Diedera looked at her, his eyes shining. "I've kinda grown attached to you, yeah."

Sakura smiled at him, shaking her head. "That's what made me cry just a bit ago. You remind me of Naruto so much! You remind me of Naruto more than Itachi reminds me of Sasuke! With them it's really only the eyes. I look into his eyes and I see the sharingan I've been looking at since I was twelve. There really seems to be no similarities beyond that." She looked over towards the kitchen door.

"What do you think of this Naruto guy?" Sakura laughed a little at the cheap attempt at flirting. "He's a sweet heart. He's wonderful and romantic, and can't take anything seriously unless one of his friends are in trouble. He's a great person and some day he'll be a great Hokage." She smiled and Diedera stared.

"I remind you of someone who will make a great Kage?! That's crazy, yeah!" He laughed and Sakura followed suit.

She heard the hiss and looked down, seeing blood splatter across the counter. "Oh! Are you alright?!"

"Yeah, I think." Diedera's eyes were serious, narrowed at his hand and Sakura took a look. He'd cut across his palm quite deep, hitting the bone by his index finger. "Hold on, I'll kill the pain then take care of it." He nodded.

She clasped her hands over his, pushing the chakra into him and was surprised to hear him gasp, his free hand clasping to the counter behind him. His heart beat was pounding, his jugular visible in his neck, and he was panting for breath, his eyes clenching closed after a moment. She set to work as his body returned to normal, his breathing and pulse back to normal after a few minutes.

She finished the work, his hand back to normal, save the mouth in his palm that seemed to be biting it's lip.

"I'm finished."

She looked up into his eyes, startled at the look he gave her, His face was dead serious, his eyes dark, determined, through it all he looked startled, though. Startled and longing...

Sakura froze as he reached forwards, his hand grasping her neck and she just sat still, surprised by his action. She could tell by looking in his eyes that he was fighting his instincts.

"Diedera? What's happened?"

He stood, his hand on his head, looking dizzy and angry. "Sakura-chan, please don't do that again. I can't handle it." Before she could ask he was gone.