Keahi was just sitting in her room, thinking. What was going on between Itachi and Deidara? And it seemed like she was caught in the middle. Did Deidara like her? But then how did he find out about her and Itachi?

Keahi heard people running outside her room and frantic whispering. She opened her door and saw Akatsuki members run by. Where was everyone going?

She grabbed the first Akatsuki member that she could, which was Hidan.

"What's going on?" She asked.

"Some Leaf Village ninja are here. Probably to rescue you." He smirked. "I can't wait to kill them."

She smacked him. "You will do no such thing!" She then ran to where all of the other Akatsuki members were running.

They were going outside and stopping after the exit. They were all crowding around. Keahi couldn't see anything over them and pushed her way through the crowd. When she got to the front, she saw Saya and Neji standing a couple of yards away.

"Saya!" Keahi shrieked.

"Keahi!" Saya shrieked back.

Keahi almost ran over to her but Pain grabbed the collar of her shirt, stopping her in her tracks.

"You can't have Keahi, so leave!" Pain said. "The Leaf Village can't have her!"

"I don't care what the Leaf Village wants!" Saya said. "I'm her best friend and I'm here to take her home! I want her to come back so that we can go on missions together like we used to! I want her to come home!"

"She knows valuable information about the Akatsuki and you want me to let her go with you? Not going to happen." Pain said.

"Don't hurt them. They're my friends." Keahi said. Pain let go of her collar and held her arm.

"I will handle this. Stay out of this if you want to live." He harshly whispered into her ear.

"She won't tell anyone anything! I'll make sure of it! Just let her come home!" Saya pleaded.

"No deal." Pain said.

"Saya! Just run! I'll be fine but you won't! They'll kill you and Neji! Save yourselves and don't worry about me!" Keahi yelled. Pain held her arm tighter.

"No! Not without you!" Saya cried.

"I say we just kill them and get it over with." Hidan said.

"No! You will do no such thing! They are my friends!" Keahi said.

"I thought I told you to stay out of this!" Pain yelled and he slapped Keahi. Keahi fell to the ground, caressing her cheek.

Everyone was silent. Some of them had grown fond of Keahi, but they didn't want to disobey Pain.

"Ahh! Just forget this!" Hidan yelled and ran towards Saya and Neji. Neji activated his Byakugan and Saya drew her sword. Hidan was almost to them but he stopped.

"I wouldn't go against Keahi's wishes. Besides, what good would come out of killing them?" Sasori said. He had his chakra strings connected to Hidan.

"Saya! Please just run! They'll kill you!" Keahi screamed.

"No!" Saya said back. Neji grabbed her arm.

"Not only are we outnumbered, but we are also outmatched. It wouldn't be wise to try and fight them for Keahi. Keahi's smart, she'll be fine on her own." He said.

Saya put her sword back. "I guess you're right." Then they left.

Itachi helped Keahi off of the ground. "You okay?"

"I'll live." She said, brushing dirt off of her clothes.

Then they all went inside to continue what they were doing before.

Transition Time!

When Saya and Neji finally stopped in the woods somewhere, Saya started to cry.

"I know you're sad and angry that we didn't save her, but we couldn't even if we tried. Keahi couldn't hold all of them off." Neji said. He held Saya as she sobbed into his chest.

"She's my best friend and I couldn't save her because I wasn't good enough!" Saya said.

"Don't start saying stuff like that. You are very strong. We could have taken a couple of them."

Saya looked up. "Really?"

"Yes, really. But you saw what they did to Keahi when she tried to defend you. They wouldn't hold back on us."

"Thanks Neji." She said.

I tried to make the last little part as sweet as I could, but I'm not sure that it turned out that way. What'll happen now? Ooooo!