One more to go for today. I don't own Naruto.
Chapter three: The conclusion
It was dusty in the Hokage office. Large piles of paper piled up at the Hokage desk, hiding the person behind it. The bin next to the desk was filled with broken pencils and pieces of molded paper, and some pieces of a broken saké bottle. The smell of saké overwhelmed the ANBU member inside slightly and he had to focus on the Hokage to be sure that he didn't faint.
Looking at Tsunade's red cheeks, she was pretty damn drunk, and the several empty saké bottles on the floor confirmed that. The ANBU member wondered how she could've gotten so drunk as it was still only four o clock in the morning. He decided not to ask about it but did clean his throat as she seemed to have forgotten him.
"Oh… Oh yeah, you're still here too," Tsunade muttered from behind the piles of paper, and she got up, revealing herself to the ANBU member. "Uh… what were you, um, going to tell me?" She hiccupped and giggled. "Sorry…!"
The ANBU member wiggled his toes uncomfortable. "We've found Haruno Sakura in the forest, Hokage-sama. She's together with the Akatsuki member Deidara. She's out of danger."
Tsunade nodded and sat down again. A little silence followed and then Tsunade wiped all the paper off her desk, sending it flying in all kind of directions. "Ahh… That's better. Now I can see you. So…" she folded her hands together. "You say you've found Sakura. That's good… very good. And Deidara was knocked out?"
The ANBU member nodded and then immediately shook his head. "Um, I mean, he's not knocked out, but… well…" Tsunade gave him a puzzled look. He sighed. "He's kind of uh… well… attached… to Sakura-san, Hokage-sama."
Tsunade's right eye twitched. "how do you mean, attached?" she asked, her voice raising slightly. "Explain!"
"Well, I only saw them for a few seconds, but…"
"You saw what?? Be a bit more specific please!"
The ANBU member shrugged. "They looked like chains, Hokage-sama. More like glass chains, to be exact. And the weird thing was… well…" he gulped. "The chain seemed to have melted onto their skin, Hokage-sama. I… I don't know how it can be… but Sakura-san said something about Deidara killing himself too if he tried to kill her… so…"
He stopped talking as the Hokage didn't answer. She looked in front her, staring at the ANBU member however she didn't actually see him. "Did you just say… glass chains?" she asked, her voice trembling. The ANBU member nodded slowly.
Immediately Tsunade opened her desk and searched through the mess inside, throwing out all kinds of things but clearly not finding what she had been looking for. "DAMN IT!!" She smacked her fist hard on her desk, leaving a hole behind in the wooden surface. The ANBU member took back a step or five. Then there was a loud knock on the door and the ANBU member quickly opened the door, happy for an excuse to look away from the angry Hokage, and revealed Sakura.
Her skin was pale and muddy, and there were several dried up blood traces on her chin although there were no visible wounds. Behind her stood a larger person with blonde hair and a bloodstained black cloak around his shoulders. Both wore a set of glass chains that had melted itself into their skin, connecting them to each other.
"Ohiyo, Tsunade-sama," Sakura said and she bowed. Deidara rolled his eyes and didn't do anything so Sakura couldn't make a full bow. She glared at him and he glared back until he suddenly shouted: "You bow! I wont bow, hmm!"
Tsunade cleared her throat and the two of them looked up. "Sorry, Hokage-sama… But these chains have a lot of side effects that we didn't know of," Sakura muttered while Deidara looked around, searching for some chairs to sit on.
"yes, about those chains," Tsunade whispered while Deidara reached out for a chair but couldn't reach it. "I thought that I had warned you about those. Why did you use them?"
Sakura shrugged and was then pulled sideways by Deidara when he tried to grasp the chair. "Deidara! You egocentric…"
"…idiot. I know. You're predictable, hmm."
Sakura roared in anger. "It's so unfair! Just because you can read my thoughts doesn't mean that you can just complete every sentence – Tsunade-sama?"
Tsunade's jaw had dropped on her desk as she stared at the two. Deidara meanwhile got his chair and sat down comfortably, forcing Sakura to bow down half. "He can read your thoughts?" Tsunade gasped, looking from Sakura to Deidara and back. "Is that because of the chains?"
Sakura nodded and then muttered a faint curse to Deidara while nearly breaking her arm trying to grab a chair herself too. When she sat down Tsunade shook her head. "I want to know everything," She said. "Like, is it sure that he'll kill himself if he tries to kill you?"
Again Sakura nodded fiercely. "Absolutely. I found that out after checking both our Chakra runway system and our nerve system and-"
Deidara sighed. "Why do you have to talk so difficult about something as easy as this, hmm?" and he took out a kunai and stabbed his left hand lightly. Sakura yelped out of surprise and pain and kicked Deidara under the chair. Blood ran down her left hand, just as Deidara's, even though there was no visible wound. Also she rubbed her right leg at exactly the same spot as where she had kicked Deidara.
The Hokage gasped. "So it is true," she said softly, shaking her head. "Unbelievable. Why the hell did you use them?"
Sakura's cheeks flushed. "I forgot," she muttered faintly, receiving some teasing smirks from Deidara. "I found out about them too late… But, Tsunade-sama… Naruto had these chains. Why did you give them to him? You know what kind of idiot he is."
Deidara sniffed. "Is that the way we Akatsuki members should speak about each other? Do you call that "Caretaking" or something, hmm?" he shook his head. "Really. Saying something about me without looking at yourself first."
"Would you please shut up," Sakura hissed, giving him a fierce death glare. He rolled his eyes but didn't react.
"I didn't give Naruto the chains," Tsunade said. "he took them out of the desk. I don't know why but you can be sure that he'll tell me…" she snapped her knuckles. "Coz he will suffer if he doesn't."
Deidara swallowed hard and Sakura saw a drop of sweat running down his face. She raised an eyebrow and then started talking about what she had discovered about the chains to the Hokage. From time to time Deidara added something to the conversation, but that were mostly just annoying comments on Sakura's words or phrases. When they were finished it was about eight o clock in the morning, and both Sakura and Deidara were exhausted.
They had come to a conclusion. Since they seemed to be stuck to each other, they saw no other way than to keep Deidara in Konoha together with Sakura. Next to that, they would continue searching for a way to unlock the chains as there were no keys for them. Even Naruto didn't have them.
When they left the office, Naruto had just been invited inside and they soon heard the roaring voice of a very angry Tsunade. Deidara swallowed again. Sakura glared at him.
I wonder what troubles him, she thought. He seems so tensed about something. Not that I care or something… she sniffed. I would never care about a idiot like him.
"Thank you."
No thanks. Anyway… Could you at least TRY not reading my thoughts, please?
Deidara shrugged. "I tried, hmm. Not possible."
"Right." Hell he didn't.
"I DID," he snapped at her while they walked up to Sakura's apartment. "Do you think that I really enjoy hearing all your perverted thoughts, hmm?"
Sakura blushed of anger. "I do NOT think anything perverted!!" she snapped back, stubbornly not looking at him. "If there's anyone here thinking something gross then it's you."
He sniffed. "Right. Is this your apartment?"
They stood in front of Sakura's front door and Sakura nodded. "Yup. That's it." she searched through her small backpack and quickly found her keys. When she inserted them into the lock though, she suddenly froze.
She only had ONE bed. And a VERY small sofa. And NO carpet to lie on.
That means… she looked at him, horrified. We'll have to share my bed.
For a flash second she thought she saw his cheeks flush but a second later he shrugged, sighing. "As long as you don't try anything…" he said teasingly and he smirked at her.
Sakura rolled her eyes and opened the door to her apartment, still very uncomfortable with the idea. Her bed was small so they would probably have to lie on top of each other if they both wanted a blanket to lie beneath. Next to that her entire apartment had a wooden floor except for the bathroom, so sleeping on the floor was not an option. And her small sofa was just large enough for one person.
Deidara seemed unaffected by the awkwardness of the situation and walked straight inside, opening a door closest to the front door. It was the bathroom so he tried the other one, pulling Sakura behind him like a doll.
"AH! A BED!" he yelled as he had found the bedroom and he nearly ran inside. Sakura shrieked of fear. "NO! Deidara! Stop! We don't …"
but it was too late. He fell on his back on the bed and pulled Sakura on top of him. She saw everything in slow motion as she fell on his chest and their noses touched each other lightly. "…fit."
After that they looked at each other for quite the while. She pulled her chained arm hard. But Deidara didn't let her go. She gave him an angry look. "What are you doing?" she snapped at him, frowning. Deidara grinned. "Sleeping," he said slowly and then he closed his eyes.
Sakura roared out of anger as she was unable to move, again. She hated this. She hated lying on top of this S-class criminal, on his muscular and warm chest, feeling his well formed body beneath her, wondering how he would look like without the large Akatsuki cloak…
Her eyes and Deidara's flew open and again they looked at each other. Sakura blushed fanatically. Why… why did she think that? What had gotten to her!? He gave her a puzzled look. Sakura closed her eyes and then tried not to think of Deidara. She heard him sigh and soon his breath became steady and low, indicating that he was asleep.
She could now finally let her head rest on his chest and she felt her tensed muscles sigh of pleasure. But then there were the irritating thoughts again. He's so warm… her free hand stroke his upper arm without her knowing it herself completely. And so muscular… and quite handsome, too. She shifted a bit and felt his chest going up and down with his still steady breath. Suddenly a plan formed inside of her head and she chuckled.
She grasped for a scissors in her backpack and sighted of relief when she could reach it quite easily. Then she looked at his long blonde hair and smiled again. He wouldn't like it, she was sure, but it was just too unfair that he could read her thoughts and she couldn't read his…
Sorry that's so short!!! Next will be longer :) Please R&R