Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, or any of the characters contained in it in any way, shape, or form. Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter 4 (A Kunoichi is Never Consumed by Revenge)

"Rise and shine princess! The real show is starting!"

Light floods in. The door is open. Shark face is smirking at the top of the stairs. As my senses slowly fade into me, I realize a cloak was draped over me like a blanket. As I lift my head, Deidara lays across from me without his usual cloak on. I blush as I take in his normal ninja wear. Have I ever noticed before? Was he always that muscular? I shake my head and glance over to shark-face.

"Oh, it seems these two were getting comfy down here Itachi-san."

"Hn." Itachi strolls in carrying someone tied up. Tied up and screaming behind tape over their mouth.

I ignore the fact that shark-face was referring to the fact that Deidara had slept in the same bed as me, but more to the edge than actually next to me.

"It seems Deidara has gotten irresponsible, she could've escaped if she woken up sooner." Itachi states boredly while opening a cell. The clothes on the girl he was carrying was oddly familiar . . .

"She's not that smart." Shut up shark-face.

Itachi turns and takes two steps into the cell when I gasped. The angered face that looked back at me was Sakura's! Her pink hair and lime-green eyes were unmistakable to me!

Beside me, Deidara is roughly kicked off the bed by shark-face. Deidara lets out a small groan, and doesn't make any moves to get up.

"Leader-sama wants a meeting, now." Shark-face threatens.

Slowly, and with a few more groans, Deidara stands. He leaves both me and his cloak behind, heading straight for the stairs with the other two men. Me and Sakura are left alone in the darkness after the creaky door is slammed shut.

I crawl over to Sakura, who is now sitting on her knees. Deidara's cloak is still around my shoulders as I slip my hand through the bars and tear off Sakura's tape. I search Deidara's cloak and find my kunai in there. I slid the knife under the bars to Sakura so she can untie herself.

"They've drained all my chakra."

"It should return soon." I tried to search my brain to see if me and Sakura were close. I don't remember anything.

"No, they put something else on me that's draining my chakra."

There's silence for a while.

"Has anyone noticed I was gone?" The question arose as I realize that I've been with these people for about a week now and no sign of help has come.

"No one noticed at first, and your sensei was away on a mission. The Akatsuki aren't easy people to find." Sakura says all the things she knows she can say to try to calm my anger.

Sakura begins to look for means of escape as I watch her. I wonder why I was being so calm right now? I stand up, heading towards the stairs.

"Nee, I'm going to go look for the key to get you out Sakura. I'll be back."

Surprisingly, the door was open. But it's not like there's an exit sign pointing me which way to go. No, there were only endless hallways in all different directions with infinite doors. There were only candles on the walls as a means of dim light. From the smell of my surroundings, I guessed we were underground. I'm not sure how long I wander around aimlessly; I can't gather my sense of time anymore.

I start considering barging into a room to find someone,when Sasori slowly steps out of it. I wonder if the Akatsuki finished their "meeting". Who are the Akatsuki anyway?

"Ah, you're walking around freely now? Your chakra has been detected at random places in the hide out . . ."

I say nothing and only blankly stare at his face.

"In case no one told you, you're free to go."

I raise an eyebrow, "You're not afraid I'll tell on you?"

"Repercussions have already been taken. I'll escort you out."

Nothing sinks in as I follow Sasori. I'm not sure what to think. My village hasn't come to save me yet, I'm being set free after everything I went through. All that effort to escape only to be set free.

I stand in the now open air as Sasori leaves. The wind is cold and fresh. It feels nice to be finally outside. It's dark out, the stars shine above my head. I'm in the middle of a meadow. I'm sure it's a different one from the one me and Deidara fought at.

I want to be much stronger than what I displayed before.

I also . . . want to hurt them. All of them. I want them to feel the same pain I did. I hate pain, I really do. I wasn't saying that because I was being a baby before or anything. But I mean, I can't dig it like some other people do. I don't like to be hurt, I don't like to be sore or to bleed. I can't stand it one bit.

I begin trudging out into the unknown. I had no idea where I was going or how to get home, but I'm bound to find another village and ask for directions there. I have a bad sense of direction anyway, so I won't hesitate in admitting I'm lost. There are fewer complications that way.