Five months had passed since Sakura was taken captive; for her it was a vacation away from her sinking life in Konoha. Life with Akatsuki was so simple, so peaceful, but that would only last a little longer.

It was freezing in the room for some reason, Sakura turned on her right side, facing Peins back. Pein was actually sleeping for once, and she was awake to see it.

It amazed her to no end how one minute he could be so human, then the next he was something completely different. The man was one puzzle Sakura couldn't put together; she could have all the pieces on the table, then he would do something to flip them around adding new pieces that didn't fit. Yes the man was something that she knew, she would never figure out unless he let her.

Sakura observed his back, which was amazingly flawless except for the three moles in the middle of his back. It was creepy how they were evenly spaced, sized also evenly colored. They were even in a perfect horizontal line, located right in the very middle of his back.

Peins features were sometimes frightening faultless; now his piercings, which was a little too different, from what she had seen he had them everywhere. Well at least from what she's seen, but he wouldn't be Pein if he didn't have them on.

Sakura took in his scent, rain (not much of a surprise), green tea, as well as plums.

The first time she entered his offices, Sakura had surveyed the room. When her eyes scanned the desk she found a bowlful of fresh plums on his des. Once she asked about it, Konan had told her that after all of them had lost their parents they were forced to steal in order to survive. Pein unlike Konan & Yahiko, had gotten caught on his first try, but they lady who owned the stand took pity on him. As a result would secretly leave a small crate with bottled water, 2 loafs of bread, & plums. Sakura also found out that the owner of the stand had died a week before they met Jiraiya.

'That's it it's to cold in her.' Sakura thought.

She was freezing, in addition to this Pein just happened to be the only heat source that was in the room. She moved closer to him, leaning her forehead against his back, & draping her arm around him. She felt him stiffen at the contact, indicating he was awake.

"You're warm." Sakuras quite voice stated.

Sakura felt him relax again. She must've been out for at least a week; bringing 2 people back to life took a lot out of her. Piecing 1 person of those 2 people together, then having to re-grow some body parts that had been dead even before the deceased had died was exhausting. Having to bring 4 S-Class criminals back to life 1-by-1 was a killer, literally, Sakura thought before slipping into the world of dreams.

Pein laid there listening to her breathe, he had known she was going to regain consciousness soon, but he didn't expect it to be this soon. Three days was a fast recovery, he was expecting her to wake up at the end of the week, it was sooner that's for sure, but then again the girl had a lot of surprises up her sleeve.

The day they made the agreement, was the same day all the bodies came in. She was doing fine, until she had to do Sasoris body. The first threat didn't work on her; it actually did the exact opposite making her enthusiastic; the second threat did the trick though. It turned out that the Kyubi container got married when he was only 16 to the Hyuga heiress, not only that but they were expecting any day during that month. They had made an agreement not to go after the Kyubi for a while, now they finally knew why she wanted them to leave him alone for that long period of time. She knew some way they were going to get a hold of the Kyubi one way or another but she also knew they didn't have to have it for another 5-1/2 years. She wanted the jinchurriki to be with his family for a little while longer.

Since he had to talk to Madara about some stuff that day, he had Kakazu & Kisame watch her. When he had finished up everything with Madara, he had gone to check on things; he walked in just in time to catch her dying corpse from hitting the ground.

A knock came at the door "Pein-sama, Madara-sama wishes to see you." Hontaru said from the other side of the door. Pein carefully slide out of the bed quietly heading for the bathroom.


"Goo now that we're all here, we can be-" Madara got cut off

"What is that pink haired brat doing here?" Sasori questioned

"That 'pink haired brat' brought you back to life now drop it." Konan said.

"That's not the point, what is she doing here in Amegakure?" Sasori asked

"Haruno-san was brought here to take care of Konan in her time of need; Madara has also offered her a position in Akatsuki." Itachi explained

"After Konan gives birth Pinky has to choose between life or death." Kisame finished

"Actually Sakura & I have come to an agreement, we will leave the Kyubi alone for five years, during the five years she'll be a spy for us." Madara said

"How are you sure we can trust her?" Kakuzu questioned

"Sasoris alive, that's enough proof." Pein exclaimed

Sasoris eyes narrowed into slits pointingly at Pein.

"Did you know that the only way the Haruno kekki genkai works is if the deceased has a soul." Madara said.

"What are you getting at yeah?" Deidara asked

"In 5 years we'll have the Kyubi in our hands, to make sure that no one gets in our way we will have all hidden villagaes minus Konoha conquered, all threats to Akatsuki will be eliminated before the deadline is up." Madara announced.

"If that girl can bring us back who says she can't bring back the jinchurrikki after we remove the Kyubi?" Sasori questioned

"The extraction process will not only remove the Kyubi, but also the jinchurrikkis soul; unless she's willing to give up her soul then there's absolutley no way that she can bring the boy back without killing herself for good." Madara explained.

"That still doesn't give us an answer, we don't really know if she'll be willing to take that risk or not." Sasori retorted.

"If she loves him as much as we think she does then we'll just have to find something to keep her loyal, something that she would never leave behind." Madara exclaimed.

"Hidan you've been disturbingly quite, what are you up to?" Konan questioned.

Hidan looked around the room eying all the other occupants warily.

"She burned me." Hidan commented.

"What do you mean she burned you?" Hidan asked

Hidan unbuttoned his cloak, pulling out his right arm out of his sleeve, he lifted his arm out for all to see the burn mark.

"We bumped into each other in the hall, the next thing I know my skin feels like it's on fire, the next day I woke up i found it like this. Jashina-sama says that i have to keep my distance with her." Hidan explained

"What would your god know." Itachi commented

Hidans face became red with anger as he pointed his scythe at Itachi.

"Jashin-sama doesn't like to be disrespected, plus he knows alot, especially when it comes to that girl! The reason i have to stay away from her is because some bitch goddess blessed her when she was born, that's the reason she burned me; Jashina-sama also told me some thing else, he told me about how you & her have an arranged marriage...well had."Hidan said with a smirk.

"Itachi you & Pinky had an arranged marriage." Kisame yelled as he pointed an accusing finger at Itachi.

"Lucky bastard, you always get the girls yeah." Deidara said, Sasori shot him a glare.

"Come on Danna, you can't deny it, even you have to think that she grew up to be a walking masterpiece." Deidara exclaimed.

"URASAI! now Hidan that God of yours said she was bless, did he happen to mention anything about a scroll?" Madara questioned

"Yeah her father sealed some important scroll inside of her." Hidan replied.

"So that's where he hid it, that man sealed it inside his own child, people these days are mad." Madara retorted.

"That's probably the only reason she survived the attack as well." Pein said

"We need to have her hand it over to us before some idiots gets any stupid ideas." Madara said

"Some baka already trieedto get the scroll out of her, I'm surprised she can still act normal, they really did some damage to her." Hidan exclaimed.

Peins attention went back to Hidan, curiosity got the better of him, making it hard for him to keep quite.

"What are you talking about?" Pein asked

"When she was 16 she was ambushed during some mission by the same guys who attacked her family. They riped her back, they shatter her pelvis, but the last is the worst...she was raped by all five men." Hidan replied in a quite voice but loud enough for everyone to hear.

"With the way she acts you never would've thought something like that happened to her, but it explains some things." Kisame said

"Hidan in the end did she give them the scroll?" Madara asked.

"No but she did slaughter them like pigs." Hidan said with a smirk.


Pein looked out the window from his study, another thunderstorm had hit, ever since she had arrived there had been alot of thunderstorms especially during the last two months. Nobody ever went outside during storms, so the streets were empty. Through the rain he could she their bedroom window, the curtain was pushed to the left side (didn't surprise him much Sakura was always looking out it) he could see into the room; Hontaru was moving around in there, most likely cleaning. Hontaru had gotten close enough to Sakura where, Sakura looked at her like a little sister.

Although she was young she was very mature for her age, Sakura had seen this so she took her under her wing & started teaching her medical ninjutsu. From what Konan has told him, she's actually quit good at it; Hontaru was certainly goin to be beautiful when she got older, just like her sensei. Itachi had obviosly realised this, from what Madara has pointed out, the middle Uchiha has taken an interest in the young girl. Sakura saw this, and has been keeping Itachi & Hontaru at a safe distance from each other. He was actually glad that Sakura was being protective of the youger girl, he really didn't want to have to keep track of another Uchiha, Konans child was gonna be hard enough to keep a secret.

Peins thoughts drifted back to Sakura, all the secrets he had just uncovered about her. It was amazing indeed how she can put such a great mask on, her mind must be in utter choas from so much secrecy. Sakura...she was something else that was for sure, beautiful, smart, strong; She even gave the best back massage. That day had really got to him, making him see the woman for what she really was, a woman, not a girl. Konoha must be filled with bakas if they couldn't see the goddess that lived in their village.

"She's a little young for you, don't you think." a voice said as it pulled him out of his thoughts, realizing he had been unconsciously staring at Hontaru, he turned his head slightly.

"she's not my type."

"Wow i didn't know you had a type." the voice said in mock surprise.

Pein turned around, walking back to the side of his desk, grabbing a plum from the bowl, he leaned on the desk. As he took a bite into the plum he took in the sight of the kunoichi before him, a very long black skirt with the matching black halter top, her long cherry tresses were in a loose braid that cascaded over her shoulder.Finishing of his plum he threw the remains of it into the trash as he walked over to where Sakura was sitting on the window sill.

"I remember you once telling me that if you danced in the thunderstorm, Kami-sama would grant your wish the next day."

"Yeah, what about it?" Sakura said as she put her hand on the window, tracing the on of the many raindrops that hit the glass.

"If a person danced during a thunderstorm, would it count?"

"I don't know." Ssakura hushed voice said.

"Would you dance with me?"

Sakuras attention went to Pein, warily she looked into his steel colored eyes.

"I'd like that." Sakura said as she gracefully got off the window sill.

Carefully she placed her left hand on Peins shoulder, while her right took his left, Sakura could feel his right hand go around her back bringing them closer together, slowly they began to move, their bodies dancing gracefully to the sound of the thunder, & the pitter patter of the rain.

"Who taught you how to dance?" Sakura asked gently

"Jiraiya, how taught you?"

"My foster father." Sakura answered

"After he dies who did you dance with?"

"No one, I've never told anyone about the thunderstorms."

"How old were you when he died?"

"14, what's with all the questions?"

"Trying to understand you more...how old are you?"

"I'm no the one who needs to be understood."

"That doesn't answer my question."

"18, can I now ask you some question?"

Pein smirked "No...it's been four years since you've done anything like this right?"

"Right."

"How'd it feel, when he died?"

"It didn't feel good."

"That wasn't the answer I was looking for."

"(sight) fine...it felt like...like i had to watch me real father die all over again." Sakura said as tears welled up in her eyes.Seeing this Pein stopped in his movements, as did she, his lips pursed into a striaght line.

"Did you love him, more than you loved your real father?" came his last question.

"Yes I did...I don't even remeber my real family, my mind can't seem to locate any memories on them...why are you asking these questions?" Sakuras shaky voice asked.

"I already asnwered that quesion." Pein said as him thumbs wiped her tears away.he gently placed her chin between his thumb & pointer finger, lifting her face in his direction.

"Your mask is beaking." Pein said

"No...I'm a simple person to understand...once you see my mask its hard to not to see into me." Sakura retoted

Pein lowered head, his face only an inch away from hers, locking eyes with her.

"Your not simple to understand when you keep secrets." he said before he captured her lips with his own.

Eyes wide as saucers, Sakura tried to push Pein away, finding it easier said than done, she gave up. Closing her eyes, she slowly gave into the kiss. Pein smirked, pulling her closer as he wrapped is arms around her waist. Licking her lower lip, asking for entrance. Slowly she parted her lips, her tongue collided with his in a battle for dominance, Pein winning in the end, explored the warm crevice, memorizing every spot, pulling away slowly.

Locking eyes once more Pein began to speak.

"Did you know that secrets can kill a persons mind from the inside out." Pein began to leave trails of butterfly kisses on her jawline, & shoulders.

"If that's true than how come they haven't killed you?" Sakura questioned, stopping Pein in his ministrations.

"I don't keep secrets, people don't ask me so I don't say anything."

"Soif i were to ask you something more personal you give me an answer?"

"No."

"I thought so, why are you telling me this?" Sakura finally asked

"When you leave, your going to have to keep everything you saw & heard a secret, you may even have to lie about some things...such things could drive a person mad, are you really willing to put your mentality on the line?"

"If it means keeping my brother alive for just a little while longer than yes, my mentality means nothing me like his happiness does." Sakura declared.

"What about you, don't you think you deserve some kind of happiness, from what I can tell everything that's ever made you happy has been taken from you."

"My happiness doesn't matter."

"Because your not selfish right."

"Right."

"Haven't you ever been selfish, those people in Konoha don't even want you, even after you've done so much for them, they don't give you any kind of thanks in return, why would you want to save people like that?"

"I'd be just like them if I didn't." Sakura said as she pulled out of Peins embrace.

"Where are you going?"

"To make sure my pupil is still a virgin."

Pein smirked as he watched sakura leave his study, sitting down at his desk, he picked up another plum; his thoughts drifted back to her again, her lips were soft like silk, she tasted like strawberries.

'Maybe thunderstorms aren't so bad.' Pein thought as he turned around to lookout the window.


Sakura closed the door to her, 'n' his room Hontaru had left for break, leaving Sakura alone to her thoughts. Sitting on the window-sill she looked down on the abandones streets.

'I shouldn't have kissed back.'

'What are you talking about we just macked with the GOD OF HOTTIES!'

'Where were you when I needed help getting him off.'

'Watching the scene unfold, can he kiss or what!' Naka squealed

'Shut up would ya...you 'n' him just made things get complicated.'

'Stop worrying would ya, he tasted like plums.'

'Is he now all you can think about?'

'Yup! I swear it felt like kissing a rose petal!'

'Dear Kami-sama he made you into a fangirl.'

'Stop denying it, I know you like it; not once has any guy looked at us the way he has, no one ever will, every good guy has been taken, why not try here?'

'Don't you think he's a little old for us.'

'Konan looks to be about 28, they are supposed to be the same age so he's only 11 years older, who cares were 18 we'll be 19 in a couple months it legal in every country.'

'But we'd be betraying Naruto in the worst way possible.'

'You know I have to agree with Pein...we deserve to be happy, we've done so much for everyone, yet we never get anything in return.If Naruto still cares about us then he'd understan, besides I need to know how it feels to be treated & looked at like a women before I die.'

'I'll think about it.'

'Yay!' Naka said as she threw her fist in the air


"We've searched all the bases, & still there's absolutely so sign or trace of her!" Tsunade said as she threw the map to the floor.

""Where the hell could that girl be!" Naruto said

"There's always Amegakure." Jiraiya said as he watched the two blondes.

"You don't think they'd take her to the headquarters do you? I mean they're not stupid enough to, she'd find out to much to the point where they'd have to kill her as soon as there done with her."Sai said

"It would be the smartest as well though, they know we wouldn't dare go there, it's surrounded by rogue-nin, not to mention that if someone were to get in that was their enemy they'd never leave." Jiraiya explained.

"If she is there I highly doubt she's still alive, she'd be to weak that she'd wouldn't be able to handle their first interrogation." Sasuke said.

Jiraiya turned his attention to the youngest Uchiha, walking up to him Jiraiys lifted him up by his neck, throwing the raven haired boy across the room.

"You dare talk about her, after all she's done for you; you ungrateful brat, you don't know one thing about her, she's stronger than anyone here ever will be." Jiraiya said as he grabbed Sasuke by the leg & threw across the room again.

"Did you know that her real family was slughteres when she was only 3, or that she was supposed to die with them, or how about the fact that her foster parents were killed right before her eyes as well. You have no idea how much secrets she has kept from you, so stop with this weak crap!" Jiraiya yelled.

Turning back around again he approached Tsunande.

"Give me permission to infiltrate Amegakure & rescue Haruno Sakura on my own."

"Jiraiya you can't go, you'll die again, we can't afford to lose you right now." Naruto said.

"We can't afford to lose her either, Konoha, Suna, & Takigakure are in utter choas ever since she's dissapeared, Tsunade I'm the only one who knows where she might be."

"4 months, I'll let you go in 4 monhs, you need to get back into shape if you're going to confront Nagato again." Tsunade said