Sakura's mouth stayed slightly agape and her nose crinkled in disgust as she stared at the blonde in front of her. She now regretted ever even walking into the restaurant; she knew it wouldn't have been a good idea. But when he said he was hungry and hadn't eaten since they had taken him in, he didn't eat the hospital food since he knew it was most likely disgusting, he asked if he could go to a place and get something to eat. She told him she wasn't spending any bit of money on him, but when his stomach growled loudly she felt a bit bad for the guy and decided to take him to a small restaurant to get him something to eat. Why was she always so nice? Sakura winced as he belched after taking a long swig of his green tea. How revolting! He quickly went back to shoveling the food into his mouth as quick as he could possibly get it in. Did Akatsuki even feed him, or even have manners for that matter?

"Salt, yeah."

The blonde spoke with his mouth full and didn't even bother to lift his face away from his plate. Sakura's head turned over towards the small, red ceramic salt shaker near her right elbow. She made a 'tch' sound as she turned back towards him, her eyes narrowed. He didn't even bother to say please let alone lift his face away from his plate to ask her. How rude!

"Humph!"

Deidara finally stopped in his eating and decided to look over at the pink haired girl, no salt shaker in her hand. What, was she deaf? He quickly slurped up the noodle that was hanging from his mouth and sat straight up in his chair, his long pointer finger directed at the salt shaker.

"Salt."

Sakura's eyes narrowed even more as she gave him a deadly glare. Obviously he wasn't getting the memo that she wanted to hear a please to give it to him. Deidara's visible blue hue rolled in his eye socket as he huffed and reached for the salt shaker. If he wanted things done, then he had to do them himself! But just as he was about to grab the item it was quickly snatched away by a hand. He held a look of shock as he followed the arm to see Sakura holding it at arm's length away from him still glaring daggers his way. Slowly he sat back in his chair and stared her down.

"If you want a polite word, you're not going to get it, yeah!"

The pink haired girl's glare never faltered and she didn't dare move. The tension in the room was thick as the two shinobi had a stare down. Deidara's blue hue glowered with amusement as he stared at the salt shaker in her hand, thinking of how to get it away from her. Then within an instant he had lunged across the table, his plate spilling on the floor and a yelp escaping the pink haired girl.

"Nooooo!"

"Give it to me dammit, yeah!"

"Stop! Deidara! Stop it! Sit back down! Nooo!"

Deidara tried to stretch to grab it, but she had a firm hand on his chest to keep him away. His feet pressed against the ground to try and push himself further towards the girl. Their bodies soon clashed as Deidara decided to wrap his arms around her torso and take her to the restaurant floor; the salt shaker flew from Sakura's grasp and skidded across the floor. Obviously Deidara had no use of it now since his food was past even being able to eat, but he wanted the salt shaker just to show that he could get it from her. Deidara finally got free from her and quickly scrambled across the floor to retrieve it, but Sakura had pounced on his back, slamming him chest first on the ground.

"Get off me, yeah!"

"You're acting like a child, Deidara!"

"Says you! You're the one on top of me!"

He growled as he tried to squirm away from under her, but he felt fingers brush against his scalp and then a fist clench. He yelped as the girl yanked on his long blonde hair, her other hand grabbing hold of his ponytail and yanking that too. He felt her push down on his head and his face was planted hard against the floor.

"You going to calm down now?"

"NO! You're lucky I don't have my clay or chakra, yeah!"

"You arrogant little sh-"

"Ah hem?"

Sakura and Deidara both stopped in what they were doing as a different voice interrupted their fight. Looking up they saw a tall man staring down at them with a rather angry look on his face. A small white name tag read MANAGER across it. Sakura quickly gave him her sweetest smile, but it didn't work as he crossed his arms across his chest in a displeased gesture. Stupid Deidara!

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They had both been thrown out of the restaurant after their little "incident". Of course none of it was her fault, or so she was telling herself. I mean really! Was it truly that hard to say please? Sakura's gaze turned over towards the blonde who was leaning against the railing of the bridge, staring back at her with a blank gaze. After they had been thrown out Sakura had stomped off towards the bridge her and her team used to always meet up at. She was yelling at him the whole way, telling him that she didn't care if he ran off and got killed anymore. One less burden off her shoulders. But he seemed to tag along behind her like a lost puppy, saying nothing as she raged on and on about how he was an abomination to this world and how she wanted him to jump off a bridge and land on a large pile of sharp and deadly rocks. 'Stupid males! They ruin everything!' Sakura grumbled to herself as the blonde kept his staring contest up. After what felt like hours had passed, Sakura finally pushed herself away from leaning against the opposite railing from Deidara and started to walk away once more. Deidara stared at her as she continued to walk with precise steps. What was it with females? They always thought they were the dominate race? Well think again! Who do you think it was that even brought the opposite sex into this word, that's right! MALES! Deidara rolled his visible blue hue as he pushed himself away from the railing and followed along behind her at a good distance. Why he was following her? Well he himself couldn't seem to answer that question. It just seemed like the right thing to do at the time, and when did Deidara ever do the "right" thing? He quickly shook the thought off as Sakura had stopped and was now talking to a male with pale lavender eyes and long, silky brown hair. Their voices were kept low enough that he couldn't hear, but he did seem to catch the word "Akatsuki" well enough. Obviously they had been talking about him. Hello! Right here! Imbeciles!

"Hmm?"

Sakura quickly whipped around at the sound of the throat clearing. Deidara was standing right behind her, his deadly glare focused on Neji. Did he hear what they were talking about? Oh well, what did it matter if he heard?

"I'll be going, Sakura."

"Leaving so soon, yeah?"

Deidara intervened just as Neji was about to turn around and walk away. Both the males held an equally bone chilling stare. Sakura bit her bottom lip. She really didn't want to break up a fight between the two of them; she already went through enough today. Thank god Neji wasn't one to start a fight. The Hyuuga prodigy turned and walked away at a brisk pace. Sakura exhaled the breath she didn't know she was holding in.

"Tch, wuss."

"Don't you dare talk to anyone, got it?!"

"And who are you to tell me what to do, yeah?"

Sakura seethed, quickly grabbing a fistful of Deidara's shirt and pulling him down to her level. His face quickly registered shock as he tried to pull away from her iron grip.

"I'm the person that will beat you senseless if you don't listen."

She growled out coldly towards him, releasing him and then side stepping around him. Anger management much? Deidara turned his head over his shoulder as the pink haired girl walked away from him. No wonder he stayed away from woman, they were completely insane!

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This place always gave off the feeling of death. It was always pitch black and smelt awfully rancid. Why they had to choose this place of all places confused him. His unobservable stare moved about the area. All he could see of the others were their eyes, other than that they looked like ominous floating ghosts. One set of deep crimson eyes seemed to catch his attention. The crimson hues stared off blankly at nothing in particular until they suddenly moved over towards his presence. To most the look of the piercing gaze would send a chill down one's spine, but he was used to these eyes, for he had them also. Tobi nodded his head towards the crimson hues before moving his gaze over towards the interesting grey ones. Leader, as he was known, had called all the Akatsuki members towards the secluded cave to seal yet another bijuu. Who had caught the monster was beyond Tobi's worries, right now he was wondering if Leader would notice his partner's absence. He didn't mean to leave Deidara, he had to keep up his "Tobi" act and that wasn't the easiest of things to do when you can practically kill someone by a look- no kidding aside. Maybe Leader would just forget they even had the blonde member?

"Tobi."

The voice sounded muffled, like it wasn't even there- truly it wasn't. Tobi's masked face turned directly towards the Leader's now questioning gaze.

"Where is Deidara?"

Of course they would notice a certain talkative, hot-headed blonde's absence. All of a sudden all eyes were on him. Tobi silently cleared his throat.

"Uhhh! Well you see, me and Senpai were on this mission and th-"

"I don't want to hear another story, Tobi, tell me where Deidara is."

"He was captured by Konohagakure's ANBU."

Hushed voices broke out in the cave. A loud, maniacal cursing broke from the white haired nin known as Hidan. Some of the others Akatsuki members looked at each other, but one set of eyes were glued to him. The once boring crimson stare now turned into a narrowed eyed glare. He already knew what was going through the other Uchiha's mind. 'How in the hell did they beat you two?' And Tobi was asking himself the same question.

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A/N: Sorry if this chapter seems a bit short. I've been stuck with writers block ever since my stupid English teacher decided to load me with essay after essay, oh and Emerson! -shakes fist madly- Anways, I'm hoping to get the next update up sometime this weekend or next week- hopefully!

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