A much shorter chapter than what I first thought it would be, but I still like this chapter. lol. Go DeiSaku! Enjoy the happy DeiSaku while it lasts!

I hope you enjoy this chapter, I enjoyed writing it XD roflmao, oh and just to clarify, Sakura never ever actually slept with Deidara. roflmao. Also, I'm going to be writing a DeiSaku Oneshot soon, so if you keep checking it might just randomly pop up on my profile :'D

Read and review people, I appreciate feedback, and maybe even improvements.

Enjoy =D

One last note : I realised a few chapters ago, Sakura spends the majority of this story unconscious or asleep. This is either because 1. Im always sleepy and lazy, and never want to wake up roflmao, or 2. Cause of all the flashbacks I have to do to make this story make sense (which is what I planned, cause I like writing things confusededly xD)

But to be honest, its mainly because of reason one roflmao.

Don't worry though, soon she will be extremely active! Well, maybe not.

Fragmented Lullabyes

Chapter 6

Her Momentary Sweetheart

Her content sigh was muffled by something warm and soft, something that was holding her to the bed where she was sleeping and something that was tickling her ear with each breath it took. Her eyes heaved themselves open, only to see in the dim lighting the same man that she had tea with yesterday, cradling her in his arms and breathing in her vanilla scented hair. Watching her, he tucked a loose pink lock of hair behind her ear, and smiled calmly with glittering pale blue jewels. Still half asleep, the weights on her eyelids finally took over, and she let herself become pliant once again in his embrace.

Breathing in, she could smell the faint scent of aftershave and… grass? The scent was intoxicating, not overpowering but hugely addicting, just like the warmth that she felt when he touched her.

Suddenly, her eyes fluttered open. She stared back at him and met his gaze with shocked eyes, and immediately tried to pull back and separate them from each other. Deidara noticed this and chuckled lightly as she rebelled against his hold, also refusing to give in.

After a while Sakura got tired again, and let herself lie tiredly on the bed, yet again in his arms. Neither of them had spoken during their mini skirmish, and they both probably wouldn't start until the other one started.

Instead of talking, they communicated through an exchange of glances, the first to speak would lose in their mindsets. Even though it was technically a silent conversation, it was more of a negotiation through body language.

Sakura would glare at him with stubborn eyes, threatening to let her go or else she'll make sure he'll never have children, nor the joy of making them ever again. Deidara instead of threatening was coaxing her gently to relax and give up, a confident smirk teasing her and telling her she can't win. Soon enough, Sakura was growling through gritted teeth, refusing to give into his negotiations. Deidara just sighed in response, then smirked evilly.

Randomly, he withdrew one of his arms from around her waist that was keeping her pulled towards him, and Sakura tried to take this chance to escape. Unfortunately, she didn't see the full intentions of her opponent and totally missed the dark glint that appeared in Deidara's eyes.

The hand on the same arm that unwrapped from around Sakura's waist moved towards her cheek and brought her to face him, and immediately as she opened her mouth to rebel, his mouth came crashing down on hers, totally muffling any screams of protest she had.

It took a few moments for the fact he was actually kissing her to sink in, but only a few seconds for her to succumb to the unwanted pleasure. Her body becoming totally lax as he continued to kiss her, only separating when they needed to breathe, she brought her arms up to tangle her hands into his blonde hair. Pulling it whenever he nibbled on her lip or touched her tongue with his own, he groaned against her at the pure pleasure. Withdrawing slightly, he aimed for her neck, kissing it and nibbling on her skin, smirking inwardly in victory as he heard her whimper.

Just as he was about to start reaching for under her shirt, she realised what was happening to her, and what she was doing. She instantly sobered up and pushed his wrists away from her. This earned her a shocked glance from him, but all he did was push that shock away, and tried to continue. He froze though when she said a shaky, "Stop… Please…"

Looking into her eyes, his expression saddened for a split second before he put on a neutral looking face in an attempt to pretend he wasn't upset at all. But she saw the look on his face, and for some weird uncontrollable reason, she felt like she had been stabbed in the chest.

"Mah, let's go to sleep for a bit more." He said before yawning, and pulled her down to cradle her as he went back to sleep.

She wanted to retort back and escape, and was about to even push him away using her chakra, but she noticed she couldn't summon up any of her chakra at all. She glared at him as she watched him smirk as he closed his eyes. Calculating whether or not she would be able to get free from him without him unlocking her chakra, she guessed that she probably wouldn't have gotten very far anyway.

Sighing, she turned around so that he was facing her back. If she was going to give in to his wishes, she would do it her way, not the way he wanted her to. Smiling triumphantly as she heard muffled muttering, she found a position on her pillow and tried to go to sleep.

Just as she was about to fall asleep only about five minutes later, she felt herself be nudged back into consciousness as she felt herself being pulled back into something much warmer than just the blankets. Too tired and lethargic to argue, she dismissed the idea of trying to break free of whatever hold she was in and went back to trying to sleep, totally ignoring the fact that the blonde behind her was burying his face into her neck. She couldn't deny it feeling good, but to be honest, she couldn't really feel anything at that time apart from comfort as she slowly drifted to sleep.

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Sasuke withdrew his hand from her forehead having finished making one last check that Sakura had no chakra and would stay unconscious for at least a day. Aware she may feel cold without him with him, he had placed one of his yukata's on her and placed some extra duvets on top.

Caressing her cheek and tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear as she slept, he kissed her on the forehead once more and whispered a hushed goodbye.

He turned to leave to the door, and gave her one last glance. Just in case she would wake up before he came back from a trip to Konoha, he had written a short note telling her that he'd be going to Konoha to get some of her stuff.

Writing it made him somewhat doubt his decision that he had made in the previous night, but he was a man and he couldn't go back on his words. She had tempted him too far, to him, he had every right to keep her here. Of course he wouldn't cage her though, he would treasure her and make sure she became happy. He was the only one who knew how to make her smile, the only one who could make her squeal with joy. It had always been that way and always will be.

Blowing her a kiss from the door, he chuckled at himself acting like a love sick puppy. He was definitely sure we was acting like one, but he didn't really mind it, if anything, he was proud to be one. He loved her, and that was all that mattered. And with that, he closed the door.

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Only an hour later, Sakura found herself being gently shaken awake by her pillow, who annoyingly finally decided to get up as soon as Sakura found she wanted to sleep more. Wanting to growl at him, he just pulled her out of bed and threw a kimono at her, telling her to go into the bathroom in the hotel room to go change, and then come out when she had dressed. She raised an eyebrow to this and the question of where he got the dress from, but all he said was that there was a festival. She wanted to say why, but all he replied was, "Why not? You're not my enemy right now and probably never will be," he smirked, "Plus, I thought you were the one who had a mission to get information about me. If you treat me nice koishii, I'll give you all the information you want."

Sighing as she felt herself get pushed and shoved into the bathroom, she decided she should take this chance to learn more about her mission's target. Not like she hadn't done so already though. Locking the bathroom door she started to get ready, not knowing whether or not she should trust the man in the opposite room enough to not peek on her. And luckily for her, he didn't try.

Soon after, she emerged out from the bathroom door with the kimono that Deidara had given her to wear worn on her. Deidara's head shot up from looking at his feet to the bathroom door as soon as he heard a soft click. His eyes widened with amazement as she walked out of it towards him.

He had given her his mothers old kimono that he had kept in an item summoning scroll for old-keep sakes, but until now, he had never noticed how beautiful the dress made the person wearing it look. But as soon as he saw Sakura in it, he crossed that idea out completely, and was sure that Sakura was the one making the dress look beautiful.

The kimono hugged all of Sakura's soft and subtle curves, the pale green shades of cloth matching her jade eyes and bringing out the colour of her hair even more, which lay suspended in a single hair clip in a messy bun. On the obi of the kimono, there were sparkling emerald and onyx beads embedded into the white fabric in the pattern of flowers.

Watching her in amazement for a few moments made her uneasy, and even more uneasy as on his awed face a frown formed. He creased his eyebrows slightly at the sight of her obi not being tied properly, which he could obviously understand since it was a two piece obi, one that was meant for someone to help tie it. He was more upset about the fact she didn't ask him for help. He knew it was probably because she may have been too embarrassed or because of a matter of distrust, but in the end she wouldn't be able to avoid it. Smirking darkly, he guessed he would take the chance now.

He got up from sitting on the bed and walked over to her, watching her eyebrows rise in curiosity. She almost screamed as he came from behind her and put his arms around her in a mischievous way, pretending to aim for her obi but she knew he was obviously using it for an excuse to tease her in unfair ways.

"Hmm, next time you should totally ask me for help with your obi… Un." He said cheekily, touching her in places that he knew would make her feel ticklish or would even make her jump. Sakura just huffed, trying her best not to let him know that wherever he was touching bothered her that much.

"Shut up, you can do my obi without putting your arms over me y'know." She said, but they both knew they were enjoying the teasing.

Finally done tying her obi, he smirked triumphantly with pride as he placed his hands on his hips. Sakura took this opportunity to increase the distance between them, not wanting to wait until he cages her again with his arms.

Trudging back to reality, she couldn't hold back her curiosity back anymore. But before she would try to interrogate him, she needed to ask something much more important first.

"When will you give me my chakra back?" She asked, her face stern and serious. His grin faded slightly, and he looked away slightly to the floor.

"When I want to." He said expressionlessly, his voice completely flat and void of any humour. He shook his head slightly as she was about to interrogate further and walked closer towards her, closing the distance that she had just made between them. He grabbed her hand and laced his fingers with her own, and literally dragged her out of the hotel room, grabbing his wallet and the hotel room keys on the way out and only turning back to lock the door.

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Finally returning home after 2 days of constant travelling, he was surprised to say the least that Sakura was still fast asleep, not having moved an inch from where he had last left her. Smiling at her gently, he reached out for her cheek, but stopped midway. He didn't know why he stopped, but he could probably guess it was because he still didn't, couldn't believe that she was his now. He was so scared, so scared that if he touched her, her image would shatter into a thousand pieces and leave him again. He knew he was stupid for thinking so, but he couldn't help but think it would happen, his own image shattering in front of her countless times before. He could have even said it would be a taste of his own medicine,

Inhaling deeply, he finally gathered the courage to finally touch her cheek, and when he did, he finally knew how relieved he was, and how lost he was without her. Streams of adrenaline mixed with joy rushed through his veins, the relief he felt when she didn't disappear in front of him made him feel so happy, and he could bet that when finally woke up (he wouldn't wake her) and accepted the fact that she was his, he would feel even better.

Unfortunately, he wouldn't be able to find out whether or not that would actually happen any time soon. He had to leave almost immediately after he had returned so he could make it in time to arrive in the country of lightning, of whom he would form an alliance with. He was serious when he said he would destroy Konoha. He wasn't forming this alliance with lightning though because he needed them, he was going to use them and then crush them, for revenge for them demanding a marriage with Sakura. He wasn't one to forget grudges.

Finding his last note that he left her, he picked it up and scrunched it up, burning it with his fiery chakra. He got another piece of paper and wrote another quick note to explain that he was forming a treaty of some sort with another country, he would be stupid to tell Sakura his plans if he wanted to gain her trust again.

Checking once more that her chakra was sealed properly, he hid the item summoning scroll he made that contained all of Sakura's items under a tatami mat and once again, left to discuss the plans for war against Konoha with the Raikage.

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They were walking through the festival stalls, well, more like Deidara dragging Sakura along. All throughout the hours that they had been there, Sakura had tried to ask questions, and Deidara almost actually seemed like he was going to answer them. Before he got sidetracked by something else like a water gun game booth or a catch the fish with a paper hoop game.

They had already been to tons of game booths, all of which Deidara won to try to show off to Sakura, but she clearly wasn't interested nor impressed, all of the game stalls were easy and they were no hard feat to win. Nevertheless, Deidara had been able to win Sakura a beaded flower hair clip that had several beaded ribbons hanging from the centre. He was pretty happy when he won it, since he knew he could use it as an excuse to hold her again to put the clip into her hair. Sakura just glared at him as he did, trying to make every excuse to make him NOT try to put the clip in her hair, even though she kind of did want the clip. He just laughed and told her, "What, you think I'm gonna wear this? …Un."

After walking from stalls to stalls, Sakura found herself losing track of reality and started to actually enjoy herself in his company. Of course, the night had consisted of Deidara pulling her along from stall to stall and trying to show off, but really, his personality was almost impossible to dislike. She started to wonder, what would have happened if she had met this man in different circumstances, instead of being enemies. Uncertain, she shoved that idea away before it became dangerous, and found herself being handed a stick of dango. Surprised, she looked at her date surprisedly, who looked almost just as surprised.

"Whats up un? You're spacing out." He asked with what Sakura could almost call concern.

"None of your business." She replied back, taking a bite out of the first dumpling on her dango stick. Deidara just smirked at this, and instead asked the time. Sakura looked at him confusedly, and looked at her watch. It read 9:30pm.

"9:30, why?" She asked curiously.

"Ahh! We're going to miss it un!" He grabbed her wrist yet again, and started rushing off to some hill.

"Oi, Aijin! Where are you taking me?" She panted out, running with clogs and a kimono on was never her strong point.

"Hurry! We'll miss it! Un!" He shouted after her, running as fast as he could with him still dragging her behind, which was actually much slower than usual. He was tempted to even carry her to the hill, knowing that running in clogs and a huge and heavy dress isn't the easiest to run in.

Doing just that, he halted for a second to catch Sakura off guard, and chuckled as she started shrieking when he picked her up bridal style, thrashing in his arms like a chicken thrashing in the air.

Suddenly, he darted to the hills where he wanted to get to, and looked at his victim with a gentle smile, amused by how she was completely silent as she clung hard onto him. 'No wonder she put up such a fight, she must be terrified of heights or something… Un,' He thought. Setting her down carefully, his smile didn't go anywhere as she didn't stop clinging onto him until she was sure she was set down onto the actual ground.

When she finally let him go, he took her by the hand and led her to a higher spot on the hill, where he reserved a place so that they could get the best view.

"The best view of what?" Sakura asked.

"Heh, you'll see soon un…" His eyes looked like they were almost sparkling with excitement as he turned to her.

"Huh?" She let out, confused as always.

An awkward silence suddenly came as they waited for whatever Deidara was waiting for, and Sakura wanted to take advantage of this.

"Aijin-chan, who are you really?" She asked hopefully. This time she was sure she would be able to get a direct answer, there were no game booths around them or anything to distract them, and there was nothing else to do while waiting for the 'best view'.

Unfortunately for her, the 'best view' came with a loud bang as she finished her sentence, and Deidara's eyes almost lit up.

"SUGOI! Fireworks! Ne ne Sakura-chan, let's go over to that hill and watch them un!" He said cheerfully, grabbing her hand and entwining his fingers with her own, and dragging her towards a hill. He went too fast though, much too fast for a girl wearing clogs and a heavy kimono to keep up with, and they tumbled down on each other with him laughing and giggling as they fell. Deidara opened his eyes to see himself straddling Sakura's hips, and he was pretty happy to be in this position.

Sakura on the other hand, when she found herself in this position, got angry at the fact he kept avoiding he question.

"Hey! Stop changing the-" She couldn't finish the sentence, she was bewildered at the fireworks that she saw over his shoulder. He smiled at her, and hugged her affectionately, like he would normally do. Somehow, he just knew she would love the fireworks, just like he did. To him, they were another way of expressing art, and he could say that they were almost as beautiful as she was as he could see the flowering embers reflected in her eyes. He dug his face into her neck, and took in a deep breath. She smelt like vanilla, and he was so tempted to find out if her skin tasted of vanilla too.

He was about to find out before she pushed him away, yelling at him for being a pervert again. He cried out in pain and whimpered almost sexily about how mean she was to neglect an injured person. But he regretted his words as soon as he had said them, as he knew what she would retort back with, and he had no excuse now to pretend to forget about her question like he had been doing all night.

"You still haven't told me who you are."

"Koishii. There are some things better to leave hidden, for your own good." He spoke softly but gravely, while staring directly into her eyes. He didn't want to, he couldn't tell her who he was, if she knew, she would be targeted by many people, she could even be betrayed by the people she loved. He refused to put her through that pain. It didn't matter if she hated him in the end, so long as she was safe. He was a criminal anyway, she shouldn't have to be dragged down with him.

He looked down into her eyes, mesmerized by the depth of them, and somehow, he knew she was too. Suddenly, he had a huge urge to kiss her, to make sure that those eyes were only on him as he made love to her slowly. As much as he fought it, he found himself moving closer to her, and didn't even notice until a few moments later that he was kissing her.

And that was when he swore never to let her get hurt, ever.

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Sakura awoke to the blinding afternoon sun glaring at her. Groggily, she got up and noticed as a huge yukata as well as the duvet that covered her slipped off. She was obviously naked, and she cringed as she remembered why.

Yet again, she had slept with him, but this time he had told her that he would keep her and never let her go. So where was he now? She looked around, and realised that there a note on her pillow, right next to where she had been sleeping.

『Koishii,

I've gone to form an important treaty with another country.

I want you to stay put, but if you must, you can explore the village.

Don't go to anywhere shady or suspicious, and no bars!

I'll be back soon, don't try to run away, I'll be able to find you easily anyway.

I've also kept your chakra sealed, and no one can unseal it apart from me, just so that you won't run away from me

I love you koishii, be safe.』

She read it slowly, analyzing every single word. She guessed that the past events really weren't just a dream, that she was stuck here in this random village. 'Well, at least I'm not not allowed to explore the village, so long as I don't go anywhere like last time' she thought, but immediately took that idea back. She shouldn't have to stay in this village anyway!

Slowly, she told herself to calm down. People to rescue her would come soon, people even stronger than the Uchiha she hoped. As much as she wanted to believe that, she couldn't think of many who could probably beat this man in a fight, and his promise to kill anyone who got in the way of them chilled her to the bone. Somehow, she could sense he was completely serious, and would definitely do it if that happened.

Judging from her situation, she guessed it would be best if she go along with whatever this man wanted with her until she could find a time where he would trust her and unseal her chakra, then wait until a rescue team came and help them fight him.

The only problem was, she didn't know if she could fight against him or not. He was a total enigma, yet he could make her feel petrified with just a glance, yet filled with lust with just a simple touch. She needed to make an immunity against him, he was poison to her in her mind.

Sighing, she got up and found her clothes in a neat pile. She wanted to make a cynical joke about how he was so kind as to fold her clothes for her, yet keep her in a suffocating cage for God knows how long for.

Getting dressed quickly, she looked once again out of the window blankly, not really caring for whatever was outside.

She exited the door once again, not bothering to even bring anything with her this time. She looked at the staircase again, and this time decided to walk down them since her knee felt much better, and she didn't really fancy making it worse for the sake of it.

When she finally reached the bottom of those endless stairs, she looked around a few shops. She saw nothing interesting at first, but her heart stopped as she saw a glimpse of red clouds.

At first, she wanted to scream, so she clamped her mouth shut with the help of her hand, and aimed to hide behind a building. She concentrated, and tried to feel differences in the rift of the air, since strong chakras had the power to change it slightly. It was no easy feat though, the task being much easier when one had chakra to use. Cursing a certain raven man, she started to run in the direction of where she thought the apartment was as she felt a slight change in the air pressure come closer in ripples.

Somehow, her whole body started to become heavy and hard to move, she was sure that the lack of chakra she had and the supreme amount of chakra that her stalker had was affecting it, her enemy's chakra drilling into hers and causing immobility.

Suddenly, she stopped, her feet and body no longer moving as she wished. She felt a familiar presence behind her and a cloaked arm circle around her waist, but before she could clarify who it was, she felt herself fall limp as the world darkened in front of her.

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"Koishii… You never listen to me do you..?

I really wish you'd listen to my warnings,

It'd make it so much less painful for you when that time comes.

And when that time comes,

I won't be able to hold back my anger."

I hope you liked this chapter! Remember to review! The next chapter will have a dramatic ending! roflmao, and Sakura will be mostly awake for the next chapter (excluding the start). lol.

Please review, I'm a review whore and it makes me feel good about myself, so much so that it makes me wanna write faster roflmao.

See ya next times folks *does a lil heart emote* xD

Fragmented Lullabyes