A.N: I hope this chapter is better then the last one. I have such a hard time with this fic because it is so serious but I love writing a valital Deidara rather then the light hearted Deidara in Academy.

disclaimer: I do not own naruto it's characters or it's setting I just like twisting it's plot but I dont own naruto's plot eather.

Chapter Eight: Tension Runs High

The door snapped open making all three of us look over. It was Sasuke and his eyes blazed red and his jaw was clenched in unspoken anger. Naruto got up looking at his friend worriedly but Sasuke said nothing just looking around my living room franticly his head snapping every which way. Deidara soon glanced back to the TV were Jerry Springer was blabbering on about idiotic people.

"Sasuke," Naruto said "what's wrong?"

"Sakura," he snapped making Deidara suddenly look up with slight interest. "Where is Sakura?" Sasuke demanded stomping over to the chair were Deidara was sitting. He took the blonde's color of his shirt in his fist and pulled him to eye level. "Where is she you bastard! I know you know!"

"Let go of me," Deidara growled looking at the tip of Sasuke's nose rather then dead on into the spiraling red eyes.

"Sasuke w-what's going on?" I said touching his shoulder.

"What is this guy doing here anyway?!" Sasuke snapped at me making me step back and nearly trip on my own feet.

"Calm down!" Naruto barked taking Sasuke's arm and squeezing hard. The other man's breathing slowed and his eyes fuzzed out of the Sharingan and back to raven black pools. He loosened his grip on Deidara's shirt letting the blond slump back into the chair. "What happened to Sakura-Chan?" Naruto asked slowly and calmly as to not provoke the Uchiha's already explosive anger.

"She's not in the house," Sasuke said looking over at his friend "and…I saw Itachi's charka in my house!"

"Itachi kidnapped Sakura hmm?" Deidara sat up straight his blue eyes wide. I shot Deidara a warning glare and he slowly sat back but his eyes were glazed over and he gripped the arms of the chair till his knuckles turned white.

"Do you have any idea were they went?" Naruto asked still holding onto Sasuke's arm incase he lost control. In the past it may have been the other way around so it was rather ironic that the impulsive ninja was holding down the cool headed one. At the same time a half insane man was most likely doing his best not to jump up and go on a fiery and explosive rampage. This was a very dangerous situation that would need to be resolved quickly so as not to become deadly.

"We have to tell Tsunade-sama," I said and all three men looked at me. "Standing around and talking wont get Sakura back." Naruto nodded and let go of Sasuke's arm the two looked at each other for a moment before the Uchiha nodded as well.

"We'll have to bring this one back to his cell," Naruto said pulling his white and red fox mask over his face. I looked over at Deidara whose cheeks were now flush with frustration and his eyes narrow slits.

"How about he comes along?" I said quickly thinking up a good excuse of why he should come along. "He could probably find Itachi better then any of us."

"Um, okay but Baa-sama would have to agree," Naruto muttered from under his mask. Sasuke pulled his ANBU mask of a wolf over his face.

"Let's just go," he said getting back his cool.

"Yeah," I said and looking at Deidara "come on you said you wanted a mission right?"

"You are correct un," he said with a crooked smile that sent a cold shiver down my spine. I could tell Deidara would be out for Itachi's blood whether they had been in the same organization or not. Then again Deidara didn't seem very loyal to the Akatsuki to begin with. "I think I'll enjoy this…yeah," he hissed under his breath but I still heard him.

At the Hokage's tower Sasuke explained what he found that his home had been infiltrated and that Sakura had been kidnapped by Uchiha Itachi.

"Why would he take Sakura?" Naruto demanded.

"To bring me out into the open," Sasuke said "that's what I'm guessing."

"Hmm well I guess we better start a search party right away," Tsunade said getting to her feet "Hinata!"

"H-h yes Hokage-sama?" I snapped up.

"Find me Kakashi," she ordered "he's probably at his apartment."

"Ah yes," I said "of course Hokage-sama," I said before teleporting away.

"Alright well the party will consist of Kakashi, Sasuke, Hinata, and…" Tsunade looked at the two three men before her, Naruto's eyes blazed ready for a fight but Deidara's were gray with an unspoken passion. "Hmm well I guess this will be your first mission as a Leaf shinobi Deidara."

"What?" Naruto growled.

"Yes!" Deidara punched the air his emotions completely flipping. "I've been waiting for something like this un!"

"H-how could you do this Baa-sama?!" Naruto cried slapping his fists on Tsunade's desk making the sake bottles rattle.

"Well you're most likely being led to the Akatsuki and since you have the last tailed beast they need it would be a dumb idea to let you on this mission now wouldn't it?" Tsunade growled before her brown eyes flickered to Deidara. "As for him he has the necessary information to get into the Akatsuki hide out and get Sakura back."

"The thing is un," Deidara said calming down from his outburst "I don't think Itachi did this for the Akatsuki it's so…Un-Uchiha yeah."

"What is that suppose to mean?" Sasuke growled sure that that comment was supposed to be some sort of insult.

"What I mean is that Itachi doesn't do something like kidnapping unless it's to get a Jinchuuriki un," Deidara said looking at the ceiling "this was something he did off his spare time yeah. As always he's predictable and so very inartistic hmm."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Naruto yelled making Tsunade's head begin to throb painfully. "What does art have to do with finding Sakura?"

"Everything!" Deidara snapped "These are all the beginning steps before the explosion, Itachi lit the fuse and thus far it has been a very inartistic lighting, I mean he could have at lest done something cool like light your house on fire with his black fire jutsu thing. But no boring as always with that Uchiha Itachi hmm"

Everyone took a moment to give Deidara a clueless stare before turning back to the Hokage.

"My decision stands," she said though she gave Deidara a slightly worried look. "Sasuke I want you to get Deidara some proper ANBU garbs if he is to be one of us he must look the part.

"Oh and there's one other thing," Deidara said and flipped his palm upward. Tiredly the mouth opened and its long tongue and it lopped lazily onto his palm. "Tisk poor thing un," Deidara murmured putting the index and middle fingers of his other hand and searched around the opened mouth. "Ah ha," he said with a grin pulling out a silver ring with a sapphire jewel and the characters that wrote Azure Dragon on it. "This should help us find Itachi."

"Um okay," Naruto muttered slightly disgusted.

"Okay fine that's great but you guys need to get going!" Tsunade shouted finally losing her temper "Sasuke and Deidara get AMBU gear and Naruto stay here."

"Ah…" Sasuke muttered before glaring at the ex-Akatsuki. "Right away Hokage-sama…Come this way," he said leading Deidara to the door.

"Wonderful un," Deidara said with a crooked grin.

"Kakashi," I called knocking on the door of the older ninja's apartment. "…Kakashi!"

"He's not in there." I spun around so fast I nearly got whip lash. Standing there was the Copy Ninja with two big paper bags of groceries. "Hello Hinata-Chan you needed something of me?" he asked his visible eye crinkled with a smile.

"Um Y-yes Tsunade-sama is in need of you," I said taking one of the bags of food so Kakashi could open the door.

"What is it she will need?" he asked as I fallowed him in. His apartment was neat unlike most other male apartments I'd been in. The living room was big and connected with the kitchen and we put the groceries on the counter top.

"It's Sakura," I said and his eye widened with interest "she's been kidnapped and we have to hurry!"

"Kidnapped? Sakura? The same Sakura?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yes, come we have to go the Hokage is waiting for you," I said pulling him out the door.

"Wait my book!"

Deidara was amazed by the Leaf's AMBU they were very well organized and had sweet costumes to boot. Sasuke had gotten him a white leather vest a black tight cotton undershirt and the black pants that went to the ankle and had ordered him to try it on. It fit rather well but the pants were a bit baggy. However the blond did like how he looked, this suited him more then the big Akatsuki cloak, much sleeker he thought.

Looking approvingly at the mirror he wondered what Sakura would think when she saw him. He also wondered what was going on with Itachi. It was a tad odd that he would kidnap Sakura when he could have easily just provoked his younger brother to fallow him and then fight in a more private location.

He strapped on the arm guards and thought more deeply. Somehow that bastard knew. Somehow Itachi had found out about his affair with Sakura, so he stole the one thing that meant a damn thing to him other then his art. Itachi would pay for kidnapping his love.

"I'm going to kill your brother hmm," Deidara said stepping out of the bathroom.

"That's my job," Sasuke grumbled giving Deidara an animal mask. "I saw the painting you did in Sakura's apartment," he said as Deidara took the hawk mask that had swirls of red around the right eye but the left side of the mask seemed to have been cut away to fit the blonde's scope.

"Thank you hmm," he murmured looking at the mask.

"I kind of guessed by how skillfully it was painted that you put a lot of passion into it," Sasuke said.

"Painted what hmm?" Deidara blinked having forgotten what he was talking about for a moment.

"The mural," the other man said "and the way she would look at it made me know."

"What?" Deidara blinked again now completely confused.

"Come on we need to get our girl back," Sasuke said quickly turning away and walking down the hall. Reluctantly Deidara fallowed slipping the mask so it lay on the side of his head.

'Why is it that Uchiha seem to know everything?' Deidara wondered. But it didn't really matter what Sasuke knew, he was just an extra variable that the ex-Akatsuki would have to face if Sakura was ever to except him again, maybe not as a lover but the blond would be content if they were just friend. It didn't really matter to him what his relation with her would be he just wanted some sort of relationship. Any sort would do.

Itachi stood over the unconscious woman that was bound with charka draining rope. He was no fool to think he could just leave her with out being tied up. She was Tsunade's apprentice and pregnant or not she was dangerous. But just the perfect bait for both his runt of a brother and for Deidara too.

It was sad really what had happened to Deidara that month a year ago when he was out on reconnaissance. This woman was about as much a cold hearted snake as Orochimaru had been, pun intended. But the eldest Uchiha found that incredible attractive he wouldn't deny it, someone who could cheat on his clueless but rich brother then dump hard her lover for Sasuke's money was someone Itachi wanted to know better.

A weed that disguised herself as a cheery blossom. Someone who could spark his interest of all people. A woman that could wrap strong ninja men around her little pinky finger with only so much as a bat of the eye or just a breath was probably the most dangerous being alive.

Itachi was almost jealous.

A.N: Has this love triangle begun to take the form of a love square? Please Review!