A/N I still don't love you.

-A. Bunny

(Hehehe, did you notice that I am also A Bunny as well as a killer one? I think it's fuuuuuuunny.)

(See ya)

(Hehe)

(Sorry)

Sakura was not too certain why she cried, but she had a feeling it was because of Sasuke, or, more appropriately, how Sasuke had let her down.

Now Sakura simply ran blindly, trying her best to avoid the few people on the streets at this time. Staggering around the corner she bumped into something, as is expected, and fell over. A strong arm wrapped itself around her waist and held her, keeping her from falling.

"Woah there, yeah?" Warned a familiar voice. Opening her bleary green eyes, Sakura gasped.

"D-deidara-san!" A slight pink shade tinged her cheeks as she hung there in his grasp. Following his eyes Sakura gasped again. Snapping out of his hold Sakura flamed. "PERVERT!" Turning around the waterworks began again.

"W-wait!" He shouted. "Sakura, come here!" Reaching out he grabbed her hand and reeled her back in. "Are you…crying?"

"Yes. I am." She sniffed.

An odd expression very alien to his face showed up. "Why?"

"Because I enjoy tearing up like this, doesn't everybody?" Wipping her eyes a bit Sakura looked down. "Let go."

"N'un."

Looking up Sakura saw a devilish grin come across Deidara's face.

"D-deidara…" She warned, or tried to.

"C'mon, un." He urged, dragging her along, a wonderful plan forming in his mind.

Somewhere a mother screamed.

Somewhere Itachi was getting pissed.

Somewhere Sasuke was walking around aimlessly.

Sakura did not have a single clue as to where she was headed, but by all means anywhere away from Sasuke was most likely best. Though she hated to think about it, maybe Sasuke….

NO.

No. CHA! No WHAT?! Work with the evidence here Sakura! No WHAT?

Sighing aloud Sakura resigned herself to her fate of terrible men that she chose. What could be worse than picking the wrong guy to fall for.

But….maybe….he's not….all bad…

…

"Un, Sakura, we're here."

'Here' was a small shopping district crowded to the brim with people. The girl gagged on the toxins emmited by all the people that stood around, gabbing like geese.

Instantly Sakura hated it. Twisting her arm she broke from Deidara's grip and made a sharp turn on her heel. Walking steadily away she knew that anywhere was better than with Sasuke or Deidara.

The blonde caught up with her. "Sakura, what's wrong? I thought all girls liked shopping?"

Grimacing Sakura never shortened her stride. "That's stereotyping, Deidara."

"Un…"

Twitching she continued on, trying to shake the annoying, so very like Naruto, blonde person.

"Look Sakura, just let me take you out for a bit, to make you feel better, un." Deidara argued.

Before she could respond Deidara gripped her hand hard and dragged her away forcefully to another outdoor café. Thankfully it wasn't the one she and Sasuke had visited.

Sitting down outside Deidara ordered for her and let Sakura simply sit and contemplate her predicament.

Minutes whizzed by in silence before Deidara dared to speak a word.

"So….what do you like?"

Opening her eyes Sakura searched his face, his soul, for a hidden motive. Taking a chance Sakura thought about it.

"I like gardening…and plants. I have always loved learning about plants and taking care of them and how they can be used, like what you can use to cure poison ivy or burns…."

"Hmm..hmm.." Deidara grunted, nodding.

The meal continued this way, Sakura unleashed all her feelings and thoughts upon Deidara, all her likes and hates, her pet peeves and dreams. Unsure as to why Sakura thought about stopping, but all her bottled up feelings just did not want to be put away again. So much time worn on that Sakura was amazed when she finished that Deidara had yet to fall asleep. He hadn't yawned ONCE either. Sakura felt much more lighter….

Until she saw his head fall off of the hand it had been resting on and hit the table with a dull thud. Groggily he shook his head and focused his eyes on Sakura, who was really REALLY red.

"S-sakura..?"

"JERK!" Standing up Sakura stormed off, furious. Slapping money on the table Deidara high tailed it after Sakura, hoping to calm her down. It wasn't like he meant to fall asleep…it had just happened.

"Sakura, wait up…Pleeeeeeease." The blonde begged. Without her I can't finish my perfectly wonderful masterpiece of a plan! "SAKURA! STOOOOOOP."

His whining is REALLY annoying. Sakura thought, furious and melancholy at the same time. After having walked a good ways away to nowhere she stopped, finally, and turned around. The first thing Deidara noticed was her face was the color of her hair.

"Sakura…"

"Deidara, you are probably the worst person I have ever met. You are a Pervert, a Jerk, a Creep and a Pervert."

"Y-You already said 'pervert.'" Deidara commented.

Sakura looked ready to kill someone or something.

"That just makes you a Double Pervert. A Creeping-Jerk-of-a-Pervert-Squared. There you go." Rotating back around Sakura paused.

"Not like I care….or anything….but Deidara," He looked up taking his mind off of making sense of the Creeping-Jerk-of-a-Pervert-Squared thing, "Why'd you take me out? It…It can't be because I was sad. So……What?"

Before the Creeping-Jerk-of-a-Pervert-Squared could even open his mouth another person interjected.

"Sakura-san, Deidara was simply using you to benefit himself, you see? This man was to take my shift at the café forty-five minutes ago at least. When he never showed I wanted to make sure he wasn't lost or dying in some alley. You know him, it could happen."

Both of them, the blonde and the pink looked over at the source of the voice. Then Sakura looked around surprised. They had wondered into the worst part of town probably. How did that happen?! Completely forgetting about the man Sakura turned to leave. Let them sort out their differences. Sakura decided. Walking away the noise in the background dimmed.

Cha…right? Well….how come I don't feel very good righ now? Unbidden tears flowed from her sorrowed green eyes. Her legs began to shake and Sakura felt like she would fall. Sitting down with her back against an alley wall Sakura breathed deep to calm her racking body. Running a hand through her hair Sakura noticed it had lost some of its previous sheen that had made it so bright and pretty.

CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! This is NO TIME to be getting DOWN! Crying never solves anything, RIGHT?!

Sakura could only cry more though. Cry, cry, cry ….that's all I can do, isn't it? I-I gotta change that.

Standing up on shaky legs Sakura tried to walk a few steps forward. When she got that far she paused to regain her composure then started walking farther. In about five minutes time she had gone maybe twenty five yards and gotten lost again. With an extremely loud sigh Sakura pressed her forehead against a nearby cool brick wall and rested.

There was a tug at her hair. OW!

"Lookie what we got here, a pretty priss of pink." Does that even make sense? Sakura wondered through the pain of hair coming out of her scalp. "C'mere pinky." He ordered with a vicious tug.

"You….didn't have to ask me if you were just going to….ah…pull my hair again." She reasoned.

"Shuddup."

Instantly she was quiet. "Yer gonna come with me, see?" Pulling her hair more Sakura felt little pricks at the corners of her eyes which was the beginning of the waterworks. And I said I wouldn't cry…A small laugh bubbled up. Stopping, she could have screamed the pain was so intense as the other yanked.

Turning around he scowled. "I said 'C'mon.'"

Not trusting her voice just yet Sakura instead, to show her disdain, spat in his face. Her aim was quite good actually and she hit him square in the forehead. Letting go of her hair he used that hand to wipe off.
"Why you-" He started.

But Sakura wasn't there anymore. Stumbling randomly through all the back alleys the frightened girl sucked in breath after breath into her starved lungs. There was only so much running a person could do. Halting her stride Sakura sat down between two trashcans and hoped that no one would find her.

And she waited.

And waited.

And…

A/N This is getting interesting..though I have to admit I am straying a bit off my previous marker….not a bad thing but not completely good either.

FYI Sasuke is winning in the poll, or at least last time I checked he was. If you don't like that then vote, it you want it to stay that way then vote anyway. You get 3 choices too.

Am I nice or what?