A/N: Okay… here it is you guys: I SERIOUSLY need a beta. Please, please, please, if anyone is interested, PM me. Think of it this way, you guys… you get to read the chapter sooner, just to check over my grammar, spelling, characters, and plot line! For serious people! I hardly even reread my chapters, since I'm just trying to get them out… That said, I'm not just going to let any random person who contacts me beta, but my standards aren't uber high at the moment. PS: maintaining a social life is not fun. By the way, my friend (Kiki-san) read this chapter before hand, since I have no beta. She said she loved it…

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or its characters.

Chapter Six: Bare

I didn't respond until Deidara's arms wrapped around me.

When I did, it was worse.

Just seeing how much he cared about me and knowing we could never be hurt. It hurt so much worse than any physical injury. It hurt worse than thinking I'd never see him again.

My water works escalated.

Deidara hugged me tighter. "Sakura, what's wrong?" he whispered delicately in my ear.

I brought one hand up to wipe away my tears before returning his embrace.

He rocked us side to side and rubbed my lower back in an attempt to comfort me.

After a moment, I looked up to meet his gaze. "You," I whispered in a tear-strangled voice.

"What?" He'd stopped the rocking motion.

"There's no way we can be together and I don't think I can live without you." I cried softly.

Deidara leaned in to better hear my quiet voice.

"Why do you think that, love?" he asked me softly.

I was pretty sure I saw his eyes fall.

"I'm loyal to my village and you're stuck in Akatsuki. And you're an S-ranked criminal on top of that." I sniffed quietly.

"And you think any of that matters? I'd do anything to be with you. If you'll have me, that is." He kissed my forehead softly.

"I know, Deidara, but sometimes nothing is enough."

"It will work out. Somehow, someway." He protested, sounding upset.

"But-"

"Sakura, I love you more than anything. I love you more than myself, more than life, more than anything I've ever cared about before. More than my art. If it doesn't work, I'll make it." With that, he brought his lips to mine, his kiss full of need and pain.

I kissed him back.

A cough interrupted us. I kept my lips on Deidara's, but shifted my eyes. Kisame.

"P.D.A. much?" he scoffed.

"Shut up, Kisame." I growled, pulling away from Deidara.

"Make me."

My hands fisted. "I will."

Deidara grabbed my wrist. "Sakura…" he pleaded, his eyes widening.

I yanked my arm away.

"Oh, Girlie's gonna fight me. I'm so scared." Kisame laughed.

I growled.

Kisame brought his sword around from his back.

I shifted my position into a battle stance.

Sure, I was still a little rusty, but I was sure I could hold my own. For awhile at least.

Kisame made the first move, a swing at my head, which I easily dogged.

"Stop."

Itachi's cold voice made Kisame and me freeze.

"Now is not the time. You'll only draw attention with your chakra, anyway."

Kisame nodded and put his sword back.

I clenched my jaw.

"Later, Girlie." Kisame grinned.

Sometimes, Kisame could be the most… infuriating person.

Of course, he was only in the argument for the fight.

As soon as I relaxed my posture, Deidara grabbed me in an embrace.

"Don't do that." He growled.

I frowned. "Fine." I muttered.

Right now, I was really in the worst possible mood.

I heard Kisame cough 'PMS'.

I growled softly, and Deidara tightened his grip around my waist.

He was working on molding a flying structure as fast as he could.

When he was done, we all climbed on. Deidara put me in front of him.

I vaguely wondered where all of the camp supplies had gone. Though, since I'd heard Naruto's stories of fighting Deidara to get Gaara's corpse back, I figured they were inside the bird.

I spent the short flight playing idly with Deidara's hands, which were wrapped protectively around my waist.

I mostly ignored his bloodline limit, though. Once, it did lick me, earning me a sheepish apology from Deidara.

I just laughed softly at it.

We landed soon after that.

It was a small, abandoned house in the middle of the forest.

That made me grin; although I would be forced to be close to Deidara in the sleeping bag, we'd have our own room.

It reminded me of that first time, when they'd abducted me.

Deidara noticed my grin and gave me his crooked, half-smirk in return.

God, that smile was sexy. It had always made me loose my train of thought, though I hid it pretty well.

I reached down for his hand.

"Shall we go claim our room?" he asked as his grin widened.

I nodded, perhaps a little too excited.

He chuckled softly before pulling me towards the little house.

Inside, it was dusty. Really dusty.

This house was only one story, so I headed toward the small hallway that I figured headed to the rooms.

There were four doors. Two on each side of the hall.

Certainly not as big as I had hoped; it wouldn't give us much space from Itachi and Kisame.

We took one of the second doors. Itachi and Kisame could take the one diagonal from it. After all, they wanted their privacy too.

As soon as I shut the door behind us, Deidara was attacking me with his lips.

They didn't stay confined to my lips. They wandered down my neck, to my collar bone, to my ear lobe.

I kissed him back at first before tugging impatiently at the hem of his shirt.

Luckily for me, he wasn't wearing his Akatsuki cloak at the moment thanks to the heat of Fire country.

After a moment of my tugging, he lifted up his arms so I could pull it off.

His lips only left my skin when the fabric came over his face.

I pulled back for a moment to gaze at the lovely skin I'd been deprived of for far too long.

I ran my hands down his chest. They lingered over the tattoo-like scar that sealed his suicidal jutsu. His 'masterpiece'.

He eyed my completely clothed body. "That needs to go, Sakura." He grinned.

I wiggled my eyebrows at him, daring him to take them off himself. Of course, he did.

He didn't hesitate more than a second to pull my shirt off and unclasp the not-so-sexy bra I had been wearing.

Deidara held me back at arms length, taking in every inch of my bare skin. It was like we'd never seen each other before.

We were still standing just inside the door and I eyed the dusty bed that was shoved in the corner.

Slowly, I scooted us towards it.

Deidara still seemed to be mesmerized by my breasts. I rolled my eyes lightly before pushing him back onto the bed, where he'd be eye level with them.

That snapped him out of it.

He reached halfway towards them before pausing. He looked up at me.

I sighed. "Go on, Deidara."

I didn't have to waste anymore energy trying to persuade him, that was for sure.

As soon as the words were out of my mouth, he grabbed them. Softly, he began to knead them.

I closed my eyes.

He pulled me onto his lap, bringing the fact to my attention that he was really… hard.

I grinded my hips against him softly, just to tease him.

A soft moan escaped his lips and I grinned; I'd won this time, though I was sure he'd make me pay for that.

Deidara nibbled softly on one nipple and I moaned. I ran my nails down his back.

He gave the same attention to my other breast before tugging at the waistline of my medic's skirt.

I quickly undid the buckle so he could toss them to the side.

I felt it was unfair that he still had his pants on, so I quickly pulled them off, along with his shoes and boxers.

I grinned at him.

He snapped the elastic of the thong I was wearing.

I think somewhere in the back of my mind, I had been hoping for one reason or another that I'd end up with Deidara that day Akatsuki came…

Impatiently, he pulled it off of me, tangling down my legs, so we were both completely naked.

I eyed his erection thoughtfully for a moment before I gripped it.

He gasped, half in shock and half in pleasure.

I'd never been one for hand jobs. Or blow jobs. But now, I bent down to kiss the tip of his member.

His hips twitched.

I shifted my eyes to gaze up at him innocently.

He groaned. "You're a tease, love."

With that, I took as much as him as I could into my mouth.

He tried to thrust his hips up, but I held them down.

"Sakura," he moaned.

"Hmm?" I hummed, teasing him with vibrations.

His hips twitched again.

I brought my lips up to his after a few moments of bobbing up and down.

He clutched at the hair at the back of my neck.

Deidara rolled us over so he was pinning me to the dusty, underused bed and positioned himself over my entrance.

I nodded to him once before he pushed in, slowly. Maddeningly slow.

I moaned. "Deidara,"

"Payback." He panted as he pulled half out slowly.

I moaned. "Please, Deidara."

"Please what?"

"Please stop teasing me."

"Why?" he started to nibble on my collar bone.

"Just fuck me, Deidara!" I yelled, frustrated.

He chuckled breathily to himself before increasing his pace.

I sighed in relief.

I clutched at Deidara's back and ran my nails down it.

He groaned softly.

I felt white-hot inside, like a spring was coiling, ready to release.

Deidara must have felt the same because his pace increased and became uneven. "Sakura," he moaned.

I moaned his name right back.

I felt the tightly coiled spring begin to release. I bit my lip to keep from attracting Itachi and Kisame's attention and clutched the blankets beneath me for dear life.

Deidara groaned softly and I felt his salty sweetness fill me.

We held each other close, panting.

"I missed that," I sighed contentedly.

"Me too, love."

I kept my embrace around him while I felt myself drifting to sleep.

"I love you." I managed to mumble before my eyes shut.

"I love you too, Sakura." He said as he rubbed my back.

Oblivion overtook me.

A/N: Did I mention there would be a lemon in this chappie? xD Chapters like this are the result of me reading too many Twilight lemons Dx Review people. Please? Honestly, reviews make me write faster because they give me a sense of accomplishment. There's only a few people who review with consistency (whom I love :D). And also, I'd like to note that if you have any valid questions on the story, just go ahead and ask. Obviously I'm not going to tell you what happens in the end, but I'll definitely clear up any confusion you may have. And I probably won't respond to questions like "what is your favorite character ever?". It's not because I don't like answering questions, it's just that I don't have a lot of free time. I may answer them at one point and condense them into an A/N. Mmm hmm. This is a monster on an author's note… Oh, and I have a question. Am I doing better keeping everyone in character this time? Terrible OOCness has always been a small pet peeve of mine. And also, do you think my lemons are improving? Dx