Wow I took wayy too long this time! Sorry for the wait, I got into a few new manga while I was typing out this chapter so I got lazy and stopped. Anyways, here's chapter three!!
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Words That You Might Not Know!;

Yukata – A kimono made for summer. It is much thinner than a kimono to stay cool :3
Konban – Good Evening
Kyou – It can mean several things in Kanji but the way it's written is different from the others. It means evil or bad Luck, which is one of the things you would get on a fortune in Japan.
Taiko Performance – This is performed at festivals in Japan. They're very loud and a lot of people gather around to watch the men perform on their drums and dance around for a period of time
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DISCLAIMER: me did not create Naruto. Kishi-sensei did.

Deidara

I hope she likes it, un.

It had been a while since Deidara had sent Sakura to her room to try on whatever he'd brought her that day and he was starting to doubt what he called his 'artistic fashion sense'

"no presents for Tobi, Deidara-senpai?" Tobi muttered in-between scoffing of yet another syrup soaked pancake

"As a matter of fact Tobi, yes. Here-" the blond said, handing his partner a brown paper bag
"As you might have already known, tonight the Sakura Festival is on and I thought we deserved a break, un" Deidara looked onto Tobi with disgust, as the Uchiha's eating manners was not the most pleasant to look at.

Tobi did not notice this, or at least if he did he did not care. Once he swallowed the pancake that had been chewed to the extreme, his mouth turned into a lopsided grin as he tried to lick the syrup off his chin while smiling at the same time.

"And what's that cocky grin about? You look like a complete dickhead, un."

"Tobi received a present from Dei-senpai and Dei-senpai received a girlfriend from-"

Deidara interrupted the end of Tobi's sentence by standing up, so quick in fact, the chair had knocked itself back and had fallen hard onto the floor, leaving the artist in mixed emotion, staring at his now choking partner.

"What the fuck do you mean girlfriend? Sakura is anything but, un!"

Tobi had gotten such a scare when Deidara jumped up that he had accidentally swollen an entire pancake, which led him to choke on the sticky hot golden syrup that trickled the inside of his throat. Teasing him with but a few gaps of air.

He tried coughing it up and down. Neither mattered to Tobi as long as it would un-wedge from his throat, however Deidara did care. He needed to know why this idiotic man would say such a thing about the kidnapped kunoichi.

"I suppose it can't be helped, un" Deidara sighed, right before pounding Tobi hard in the stomach, which caused the soggy piece of pancake to fly up and land on a table far from them. The pancake rolled on it's side before finally dropping flat on it's face, causing the old couple who sat at the very table to stare at it completely astonished. Tobi however, sat upright in his chair, gasping for breath.

"Ew, un!" Deidara broke the silence and sat back down, flicking his fringe to the side and pouting.

"I did not mean Sakura senpai!" Tobi said after finally re-gaining his breath. He got up from the table holding onto his brown paper bag and smirked at the anger that was about to rise from Deidara.

"A bit paranoid are we?"

Deidara's face scrunched up, and right as he was about to yell at his partner, he was interrupted.

"A girl came up to me the other day, such a pretty face. She asked if my young blonde friend had a date for the Sakura Festival on Friday night, we took it from there so I guess you'll be busy tonight senpai!" Tobi winked and laughed at the gawping face of Deidara.

Tobi walked off while putting his mask back on, leaving the astonished blond with the overly expensive bill.

Kakashi

No answer yet again today? Something's not right...

Kakashi had arrived back in Konoha a few days ago and he found it strange that he had not gotten a call through from the purple scroll, so he decided to take things into his own hands as Tsunade believed that Sakura was just 'taking her time'

I'll use Pakkun and the rest of the dogs...

They must have gotten to her before she got to them, Sakura would have activated the scroll by now so I could cover distance

He soon reached Konoha's gates and summoned his 7 dogs. The scent of Sakura's fresh cherry blossom perfume lingered in their noses and they sped out of the village in hope of finding her, hoping so dearly that she was not in the clutches of the Akatsuki.

Deidara

It was time for the festival to begin and Deidara felt the sweet pang of nerves circulate his body. Why? He did not know for certain. It was sure though, that his 'date' had nothing to do with it. If anything, he was used to idiotic whores coming up to him. Always expecting passion and money. This girl was sure to be no different however pretty and innocent Tobi had described her.

What does he know about beauty anyways, un.

It was strange, whenever he would think about Sakura wearing his gift, the nerves would jolt at him. But that's when he'd get confused and ask himself why would he even care what she thought. She was the mission, nothing more.

"She's taking forever, un."

Tobi nodded,

"Think she's escaped?"

"No, she wouldn't, un."

"Well, Dei-senpai you should go meet your date at the festival before she thinks you stood her up!"

Not giving Deidara much chance to argue back, Tobi eagerly shoved him out of the bath house and shut the sliding door after him, patiently waiting for Sakura on his own.

Like I care, un.

None the less, he got up and walked into the distance. Towards the bright lights, laughter and aroma of well cooked food that beckoned from the festival.

When he arrived a few minutes later, he could not find anyone that fit under Tobi's description but out of nowhere, a sweet girly voice called out his name from deep inside the scuttling crowd. Deidara only first saw a hand shoot up,

She must be short if that's how high her arm goes. It's barely past that crouched old man's head, un.

But then, his mouth dropped open when he saw the girl running towards him. Long golden blonde locks of hair bouncing up and down as she ran and the red lipstick on her lips shined as they passed different spots of light.

Deidara could notice everything Tobi had described to be perfection.

She bowed gracefully, the loose curls elegantly dropping down to the same position as her face.
"Konban Deidara-san! I'm Sakicho. I Trust Tobi told you about me?" The blonde said, blushing and looking down.

Her hair was golden like sunshine and had countless loose curls that emphasized her innocence. Her lips were bright red, which looked amazing on her pale complexion and her eyes matched the shines of sapphires – much like the yukata her body had been wrapped in. She had a golden butterfly ribbon that closed off the yukata and the same gold had been used to decorate the outline of cherry blossoms all over the garment.

She really was a sight for sore eyes. No man would be wanting to forget such a face soon.

As gorgeous as she is, there's no way she could appreciate art too, un.

"Sakicho-Chan, may I ask you a question, un?"

Deidara's eyes locked onto hers and his cocky smirk widened when she nodded a yes.

"Do you appreciate art, un?" he asked daringly.

For a second, Sakicho's face pouted in confusion but it seemed, after reading the question again, she smiled and opened the matching sapphire blue purse she held in her left hand. She took out a small white clay dove and left it lying on her right hand as she pushed it forward to show her date.

"I think art is... art is wonderful" she stuttered, obviously embarrassed by the clay dove she'd created.

"You can have this Deidara-san" She said quietly, while taking his hands and resting the clay dove in them.

Sakicho jumped back after one of the tongues accidentally licked her palms.

"Oh, apologies for the hands" Deidara said, almost blushing.

She nodded and held onto one of his hands, leaving the clay dove in the other. Deidara gently put the clay dove into the side of his yukata, smiled and whispered into the girl's ear,

"Let's go, un"

She blushed and smiled as they both walked in through the gates of the festival, hand in hand.

Sakura

Shit, shit, shit. I'm late as hell.

Sakura, after trying on the extremely expensive yukata her captor had bought her that day, she decided to try and look her best for the night festival. She eventually lost track of time. She only realised the time when Tobi pounded three knocks on her door and told her to hurry up. She could hear his footsteps lightly stomping back down the stairs and into the main room.

Clutching the bottom of the pink yukata so she wouldn't fall, she hurriedly made her way down the stairs to find only Tobi waiting for her. Deidara was nowhere to be seen.

Tobi looks so handsome tonight, without his mask and in a yukata.

Tobi was obviously not used to not wearing his mask, as he did no effort to hide his emotions which caused Sakura to snort in laughter at his obvious gawping.

"Sakura-Chan...you look... you look-"

"Let's go Tobi" she said, tugging his arm, which caused Tobi to follow Sakura in the direction of the festival.

Fireworks crashed in the dark sky and Sakura smiled to herself

I want to have fun tonight, no matter what.

Kakashi

Sakura Festival?

The silver haired nin had been walking through numerous towns to try and find his former student but so far he had no luck. The posters of the Sakura Festival had catched his eye though and he was now reading for directions.

Are the Akatsuki dumb enough to take her there of all places though?

Looking at the time, he decided to go anyways. What harm could it do, right?

Tobi

If only dei-senpai could see her now...

Tobi was fidgeting with his hands as he walked beside Sakura. None of them said a word but there was no awkwardness between them, only the cool twilight breeze. The Uchiha felt his stomach fly when the fireworks crashed in the sky.

"Would Deidara consider this art, Tobi-san?"

Tobi's hands dropped to his side and he looked up to see Sakura staring into the exploding abyss of light up above. Her head turned to face his and she said smiling,

"Well, they explode don't they? I'm sure he's loving the sky right now"

10 minutes later, they both arrived at the gate. Tobi's arm linked to Sakura's so that she wouldn't escape or get lost in the sea of people. They spent about 20 searching for Deidara, which seemed impossible to find. Sometimes their eyes would trick them, as they would catch a glimpse of a blond ponytail floating past

"Sakura-chan, let's draw our fortunes!"

As Tobi and Sakura drew out their fortunes at a nearby stall, a Taiko performance began, which excited Tobi all the more. The Uchiha tugged on Sakura's arm and began running into the direction of the loud drums. The cherry-blossom's fortune lay on the floor which read, Kyou.

They got right to the front of the crowd (which was no picnic) and stood in awe at the dozen of men who jumped over their drums and began to pound them again in an organised pattern. Some women danced around them holding onto red paper lanterns which had silk ribbons tied onto them. They all looked so elegant. Some children ran around outside of the circle, holding onto miniature lanterns of their own and awkwardly holding hands with a girl who blushed to no extent.

The thing Tobi noticed the most though, was Sakura's smile. He'd never, ever seen her smile like that before, which was expected being a captive and all. She watched the Taiko performance in a daze, not half noticing some of the men who gave her a luscious look.

Her head was tilted to the side slightly and her mouth was an open smile. It was adorable to Tobi the way she would blink and then quickly look at everything in split seconds to make sure she did not miss anything.

A few minutes later and it fell silent. The performers all held cherry blossoms in their hands and while one group threw them out into the crowd, the other threw them out into the darkened sky while standing on top of their drums. It looked simply amazing.

Pink snow

Tobi and Sakura giggled as the pink petals landed on their noses and their heads.

"Look Sakura-chan, I'm you!" Tobi said after noticing the gathered petals on top of his head.

Sakura pouted and said,

"That's not very nice Tobi-san!" But she ended up smiling anyways.

The performers thanked the clapping crowd and began drumming again as carriages decorated in lantern lights and people dressed up in silky robes danced the streets.

"The parade is starting Sakura-chan!!" Tobi said, even more excited then ever. As he was about to grab Sakura's arm again to pull her into the direction of the flamboyant parade, he felt a tug on his arm and when he looked at Sakura, her eyes nodded in the direction opposite to her.

Dei-senpai!

Tobi (and what seemed like Sakura too) was shocked to see the blonde date wrapped around Deidara's arm, chattering away ditzily and joking around with hand gestures. Tobi knew all too well that his senpai was not a fan of ditzy and endless impressions and jokes irritated him to the bone, but what was most shocking was that Deidara was smiling.

"Oh, that's why he didn't come to greet me..." Sakura said quietly. Not that Tobi heard over the loud drumming of the Taiko performance.

Without thinking, they both ran unto his direction and stopped right in front of their faces, Tobi panting loudly.

"How unfit can you be, un" Deidara said, smirking as he looked down on the Uchiha.

"He's been running around quite a bit Deidara-kun" The cherry blossom's eyes fixated on Deidara's and the blond looked lost as he locked onto hers.

"Dei-senpai! We've finally found you!" Tobi said after getting his breath back.

Sakicho snorted into laughter,
"DEI!? DEI-SENPAI!?" she roared out, hitting Deidara in the side as she leaned on her knees, crying in laughter.

Tobi and Sakura's heads tilted to the side and un-knowingly they both said the same thing

She's a little nuts...

Deidara's eyes gave off a sarcastic yet hurtful glare into the sky as he ignored everything around him. He realised though, that no matter how much he tried to, he could still see the dash of pink in the corner of his eye and he knew her shining emerald eyes were trying to meet his.

"katsu" Deidara whispered softly as he looked at the fireworks that exploded in the sky.

"I knew you'd like them a lot! Are they like art to you Deidara-kun?" Sakura asked smiling

The blond got lost in her eyes again and when he opened his mouth to answer, he couldn't.
instead, he fell to the floor with a thud. Blood escaping from the crack in his forehead. He lay motionless on the floor and Tobi could only hear the screams of everyone around them. Everything became a blur and soon enough, Sakura collapsed too.

Is this genjutsu? Everything is really slow and blurry...Shit!!

No matter how many times he'd release the 'genjutsu' it wouldn't go away.

Then if it isn't genjutsu, what is it?

Black smoke filled the air heavily and Tobi felt something smash against the back of his head, which lead him to collapse too.

Kakashi

I'm always so fucking late!!

Kakashi mentally screamed at himself as he watched thousands of citizens run out of the murky fog filled festival.

He jumped from ceiling to ceiling, avoiding the sleeping gas below. He failed to find any glimpse of pink at all. The gas had erased the odour of the festival so now the dogs were no use. They would not be able to track her scent. One by one they disappeared into a puff of smoke until only one remained.

"Pakkun, it's no use. I can't find her. I'll summon you later after the fog has risen"

The brown dog nodded and vanished too, leaving Kakashi to search on his own.

"Sakura! Sakura!" the copy-nin yelled out hoping for a reply...

Sakura

Is that Kakashi calling my name or is it only a fragment of my imagination?

As Sakura began to stir, she could faintly hear the familiar voice of her former sensei yell out for her in the distance and as she lifted her head and tried to yell out for him, her voice crackled and she fell back down to the ground, coughing.

It was one of the voices she wanted to hear the most and it hurt her that it grew more silent by each second. His voice finally disappeared, which left Sakura lying on the floor to stare at the face of Uchiha Tobi, who was still knocked out.

My body...it feels like stone. What the hell happened?

Although not being able to move her body, her eyes left the sight of Tobi and searched the area. The sun was starting to come back up but the lights of the festival still flickered on and off. The place looked pretty deserted. Only a few people were collapsed on the floor like Sakura and Tobi. What troubled the kunoichi the most about this was that Deidara and the insane blonde that clung to his arm before the incident, were nowhere to be seen.

A clay dove lay in the middle of the crimson pool which Deidara's head had spilt earlier.
It's wing had broken off and a massive crack lay in the middle of the dove's forehead

Sakura smiled and thought to herself

I'm sure Deidara-kun would think of it as art none the less...

And as she closed her eyes, her lung gave into the poisonous black fog that still hung around her head and she fell asleep.

big sigh of relief geeze that took a lot out of me to finish!

I hope you like this one! I'm sorry if i made it too long?

The next chapter will probably be a while because i'm stuck between two decisions on what to do

Have no fear though! I'll be back!!

R+R please :3

i'm not asking for an extra ten this time :O