17th chapter! It's surprising all the free time we have during class... Anyway, this chapter is... well... a little weird. I included two other Akatsuki members in the fic! Yep. And this chapter is in Naruto's point of view.

I won't repeat the disclaimer from now on. Promise.

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I stretch myself and sit up. Then I open my eyes. I am in a cylindrical-shaped cage. I get up and sigh. Nobody is in the room beside of me. I am starting to get used to it. The loneliness, the absence of Sasuke, the lack of ramen… Man this stinks! I'm gonna kill Itachi if he walks in! He's gonna take a Rasengan in the face for taking me away from my love! Shit… I'm starting to think like a girl… The door opens with squeaks of protest and in walks… the man I have learned is the head of this wolverine madness and he told me his name was Nerezza. I hate him. Because he is keeping me here against my will. He open the cage door and throws in a pink-haired girl. Great. Now I'm stuck in a cage with Sakura. If it had been Sasuke that had been thrown in here, I would probably complain about something else… and not as much as Sakura.

"How is our little kitsune?" asks Nerezza, smirking.

"You know exactly how I am. Your ugly guard dog that comes here every now and then to feed me and give me water tells you how I am." I reply dryly.

"I'm not talking about your physical health."

I frown.

"Your little lover is coming soon, don't worry. He is coming with Yuki."

"What do you want with us, anyway?"

"It is two missions mixed together." he starts, walking slowly to a wall.

"More like a mission given to you that you changed for your own advantage." I correct, rolling my eyes.

He stops and turns around to face me, a smirk on his lips. "They said you were an idiot, but it seems they were wrong. You're pretty clever, for a blond boy."

"Get on with it. What mission?"

He continues to pace in silence for a moment. Then he sighs. "I have to get rid of your team and yourself, and everybody who gets in my way, too. Killing people for others isn't really my type, so I figured I could get rid of you in another way."

"What way?"

He turns to me with a strange smirk. "You'll find out when the time comes. For now, I must take care of our guests."

He walks out of the room. I growl and punch one of the iron bars.

"Stop making so much noise, idiot." grunts Sakura while stirring slightly. She sat up and took her head in her hands. "Ow… my head… What happened?"

"You tell me. I didn't saw you for quite some time. You had been attacked, you turned into a werewolf and you ran away. Is this enough info?"

"Why are we here?"

"Bugs me."

"Idiot."

Hmmm… I could use this to my advantage. When she's angry, she goes on a short rampage. If I use that outburst of anger, she might just set us free.

"Bitch." I retort back.

"What did you call me?" she asks, her left eye twitching.

"You're a fat, cotton-candy-haired, stupid fucking bitch." I reply, sticking my tongue out.

She is fuming. I can almost see the steam coming out of her ears. I smirk.

"You're dead, Naruto!" she screams, literally raging.

Before she could pounce on me, the door opens again. A man walks in.

"Great, now we have the guard dog." I say, pouting.

"Now, now. Don't make that face, blond boy. You know I won't bite you." says the man with a smirk.

Suddenly, I can't feel any hostility coming from Sakura as she is busy looking our guard dog up and down with hungry eyes. I sweat drop. A bitch with a guard dog, I couldn't have thought of better nicknames for those two.

"And who might you be, handsome?" asks a practically drooling Sakura.

"The name's Deidara, un. What about you?" he responds with a smirk.

"I'm Sakura."

"Pleased to meet y…"

He is cut off by the door opening. A shark-like man walks in.

"What are you doing here, Kisame? Nerezza-sama said I was the one responsible for the prisoners, un." whines Deidara.

"I take shift. A new prisoner is coming and Nerezza-sama said that I should take over the watch. Sorry."

"Not fair, un!"

The guard dog walks out, storming. Now, instead of a half-time guard dog, we have a full time guard shark. I preferred the dog.

"Why can't Deidara stay?" asks Sakura.

"Because the boss said so." replies shortly the guard shark.

Sakura sit down, arms crossed. Near half an hour passes without anything happening. The room is silent beside of the constant humming of the guard that is actually… knitting? I can't believe my eyes. The guard shark has been knitting for twenty minutes!

"The sun will set in less than fifteen minutes. The boss said that your new cell-mate will arrive after sunset. Soon after." He stops knitting. "You hungry? Or maybe thirsty? It's rare for prisoners to be as quiet and calm as you. Usually they throw insults at me or things like that."

"Well… it's pretty rare to see a male guard knitting during work hours. Usually, men knit during free time, secretly at home." I say, taunting.

"I don't like to do nothing. When I am with Itachi, I don't knit. It's rare for me to not be with him, I take advantage of it. You need anything?"

"Yes." says Sakura. "I want a date with Deidara."

Kisame and I sweat drop. She's acting really kid-like, lately. I wonder what's gotten into her. Maybe a brainwash or something like that… A knock resonates on the door. The guard shark set down his work.

"Enter." he says.

A beast enters the room, carrying a KO'd Yuki on its back. Kisame takes Yuki from the back of the four-legged beast and carries her to the cage. He opens the door and I rush to take the wolverine hunter. I put her down while the guard shark closes the door again. That's when I realise that… she isn't breathing. And her body has bruises all over what I can see of her body, since she has clothes on. I start to panick.

"She's not breathing! Goddamn she's dead!" I scream, hysterical.

Sakura looks up to me. Seeing why I am panicking, she joins me and searches for Yuki's pulse. "She's not dead, usuratonkachi! She just isn't breathing! Hurry up and do CPR!"

My eyes widen. "Why me?"

"Because you're the nearest to her and she doesn't know me. If she wakes up, she'll be less startled than if I do it. Now hurry up!"

I gulp. I don't want to do this. I SO don't want to… but Yuki is my friend and I can't let her die. I lean down and shut tightly my eyes. Then I put my lips on hers. I sense Yuki tense up a bit and I look at her. She… She is breathing. And I didn't do anything. Her eyes open and settle on me with a quizzical look. Then she pushes me rapidly away.

"What are you doing, blond boy!" she asks, raging.

"Sorry, Yuki! It's just that you weren't breathing… and… well… I didn't want you to die. We need you."

She looks around, but I can see that she hasn't regained completely her senses yet.

"So… you okay, Yuki?" I ask.

"Yeah… Sort of…" she answers, glaring at Sakura.

"Oh! I introduce you to Sakura." I say, motioning to Sakura.

I see Yuki come to completely and I figure that she takes in consideration our captivity.

"Hiya." she says to Sakura.

"Hi." replies simply Sakura.

"You need anything, new prisoner?" asks the guard shark.

"No. I'm fine." answers Yuki.

"Where is Sasuke?" I ask.

She seems to think for a bit. "He stayed behind to take care of some family business with his older brother. I know nothing more." she says after a little moment.

"Oh…"

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End of the chapter. I must admit that I was giggling like mad when I wrote the part about Kisame knitting.

Itachi: (in awe) I didn't know Kisame knew how to knit!

Sasuke: (giggling) The bitch with the guard dog. That's a good one.

Naruto: (traumatised) Why did you make me kiss Yuki, you crazy writer?

Me: (evil smirk) Because you once said "If you ever see him smile of happiness, I swear I'll kiss Yuki!". I made him smile and I made you kiss. We're even.

Sasuke: (cracks his knuckles) Then welcome to rank three of my list of priorities to kill.

Me: (sweat drop) I forgot about that...

Yuki: I suggest we torture her before killing her.

Me: Even Yuki is against me! It's so unfair! Review, people. I want at least one review to put up the next chapter. But the more reviews I have, the happier I'll be. And you'll get a cookie for reviewing!