Chapter Three

We left by morning, like ordered. I find myself lightheaded for some reason, but I just push that to the back of my mind. I assume that it is due to not having a good breakfast. We are already halfway to Suna. With the evening sun hovering over us, the cool winds, and the dry sand under our feet it is hard to say any of us are in a good mood.

I am not sure how we traveled this fast. I didn't really pay much attention. Yet, I wish I did now.

I feel something trailing us. It is impossible to see over the swirling sands and with the sky darkening as fast as it is. I then find myself calling out to Kakashi, "I need to talk to you!"

We all stop and everyone turns to look at me. I brush a bit of sand out of my eyes and I look westward. I then say, "I think something or someone is following us."

"I have noticed it as well, but I can't place any of the chakra. It seems familiar." My teacher answers and I nod.

"Shall I scout?" Sai asks and Naruto adds, "Do you need me to make any clones?"

"No, if anyone is following, then we need to have as much energy as possible." I answer and then I add, "We should walk a bit so we can gather some chakra and eat some."

I quickly hand out the food, which is dried meat and a bottle of water, and I sigh. I then take start walking with Naruto next to me, Sai behind, and Kakashi in front of me. It's still following us.

Inner Sakura, the inner me, says softly and I sense her building frustration. The pain is gone as well, due to a headache, but she seems a bit unnerved. I can't help but to share the same feeling.

I take a bite from the jerky as I ask my inner, 'How far behind are they?'

I'd say about three miles, maybe less.

I frown and I look over to the direction I sense them from. I see figures, all low to the ground, flickering in the shadows of the sand. I then say, "Kakashi, to the west. There seems to be about eight people following us."

"I see them." He answers and Naruto says, "They seem a bit small to be people."

"Maybe they are desert wolves." Sai adds and I say, "Maybe, but I think we should be careful. I don't want any surprises. Pick up the speed and let's try to get to Suna within the next few hours."

"Hai!" they all reply together and then we shoot forward with a burst of chakra to our feet.

"This is ridiculous!!!" a male hisses out as they hide behind a mountain of sand.

"We wouldn't have to do this if you didn't have blue skin, un!" another male snaps out as he peers around the bend.

"Deidara, shut up!" a third person hisses out.

"Sasori-danna, don't be rude, un!" Deidara snaps out.

"All of you shut up." The forth snarls out and they all snicker.

The four there are Deidara, Kisame, Sasori, and the forth is a wolf, who is also Itachi. His silk fur is black and his eyes are the same color. His tail hangs down and brushes against the ground.

"Ah, Itachi-san, don't be so gruff." Kisame laughs out.

"He's a dog." Sasori says softly as he shifts position.

"If Hidan was here then he would be called a bitch, un!" Deidara adds with another laugh.

The large, five foot, black wolf bares his fangs at his comrades before adding, "It won't be long before you all change as well!"

Itachi is normally a very calm person, but as of now he is in a very bad mood. His tail is swooshing side to side. His growls are vibrating out of his massive chest and then he looks at the desert.

Deidara is also starting to change. His normal human ears are replaced with the blond ears on top of his head. He also has a long, silken tail handing down as well.

His blue eyes are viewing the land. He left his scoop behind after that crazy old couple cursed them. He himself is a bit in a bad mood due to his skin itching like hell.

Everyone in the Akatsuki was cursed, but the only way to reverse the curse is very tricky. They just feel like tearing everything apart when remembering what had happened. It makes them all growl.

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The ten of them stormed the building. Pein tool the lead, as always on these types of missions, and Konan was on his other side. Her long blue hair, normally up, was down. It reached past her shoulder's ever so slightly and her bangs covered her eyes. The other eight were behind them.

Many had been brought back to life, which resulted in this. Sasori, after being killed by a leaf ninja, was given a new body that looked identical to his old one, but just made of flesh and bone. The puppet master took some time getting use to the feel of being alive and being able to feel.

Deidara was brought back as well, but no one really knew how. He was dead and then he was alive. He just laughed and said that it wasn't really any of their business on how he did it.

Kakuzu was pieced back together after getting him an army of new hearts after the Kyuubi's host killed him. He has been very moody, due to the lost money was used to bring him back, and now he takes on many missions to bring it all back. The seals on his back don't look like masks anymore at least, but they look like kanji with the element written on his back.

Hidan was brought back. He wasn't really even dead in the first place. Yet, they all had fun fighting a bunch of deer in the NaraForest to get him back.

They were the only ones that were really killed off. Orochimaru was kept away for good. They all had orders to 'blast him into kingdom come' the next time they see him.

Hidan's vocabulary became very colorful the first few months her was there. He would normally curse them, but every word he used was foul. The leader had debated on if he should sew his mouth shut. That got a lot of good remarks from everyone.

They all were at ready. They each knew the plan to the smallest detail. They all knew every backup plan if something went wrong.

"Now." Pein said and they all sweep inside the room.

They all worked well without their jutsus since they didn't want to draw attention to the small manor. They found their targets and attacked. Yet, as they died, was when they said, "Curse shall ye on full moon. Cure by hand of foe. You shall wonder cursed tilled healed this earth till thy day ye die!"

A diagram covered the ground, filled with ancient writing unlike any other, and it started to glow a bright red. Each member, except Konan for some reason, was trapped. They old couple smiled and Konan cried out as she was blasted from the building into the snow.

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After the Akatsuki were able to move they found that they were okay. They went back out and they found Konan lying against a tree. She opened her eyes and then she said, "What happened?"

"I don't know, really." Pein answered her and she sighed.

"We need to find out how to fix this, un!" Deidara suddenly exclaimed as he looked down at his left hand that had a bright, red, crescent moon on it.

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In the end the leader had scent Itachi, who is now a wolf, Deidara, Kisame, and Sasori into the desert. It was known that the Hidden Leaf Ninja's had a mission there. They also believed that Tsunade, the Hokage, knew a lot about curses and summonings, thus so would Sakura.

Their first plan is to find her and then to find out what she knows about this. Deidara then whimpers as his nails start to turn to claws and some of his teeth start to sharpen into fangs. He then says, "This hurts, un!"