Fire High

Chapter 8

"Don't be like that Sakura." Itachi pouted as he let himself in, ignoring Sakura's protest.

Sakura was about to chew the arrogant Uchiha out but was cut off when she was suddenly enveloped in a bone crushing hug from behind by the guy she never met before.

"Oh my gosh, she's so cute! Tobi thinks we should keep her."

"Get off of her you idiot, yeah."

Deidera yelled as he yanked the man off of her by the collar of his shirt roughly before dragging the protesting guy through the door and into the hallway.

Sakura watched as they disappeared into her house, leaving her to stare dumbly down the now empty hallway. Heaving a defeated sigh she closed the door and started down the hall.

Sakura looked up at the sound of someone coming her way and raised an eyebrow at the sight of a glaring Gaara as he passed her and proceeded to leave.

"W-wait! What about the project?"

But Gaara ignored her and slammed the door behind him.

Huffing in annoyance, she stomped into the living room to give them a piece of her mind but stopped short at the sight that greeted her.

All of the Akatsuki were in the middle of her living room sitting in a circle.

"What are you guys doing?"

she asked with curiosity.

She immediately regretted it when they all turned to her with grins plastered on their faces.

"What?"

She asked as they all stared at her creepily.

"Sakura-chan! We wanna go swimming!"

The masked man now known as Tobi yelled as he jumped up from the floor.

"B-but, we can't! We need to finish the project."

She yelled in defiance.

"Awe, come on baby, it's fucking hot outside and we still got two more days to work on the project."

Hidan protested loudly as he got up off the couch and stretched. Dismissing how he called her baby she looked around the room and noted how everyone, even Pein, looked as if they agreed to go swimming. Sakura sighed knowing that they would go anyway, whether she liked it or not.

"Fine, go swimming, just don't come to whining to me when we get a bad grade."

She muttered as she crossed her arms in defeat.

Everyone jumped up and headed to the door in excitement. Sakura watched them disappear in the hallway before plopping onto the now empty couch with a pout.

I guess I'm not going to get anything done with them as my classmates.

She thought depressingly.

She grabbed the remote and was about to flip on the TV before she was suddenly in the air slung over someone's shoulder. Looking at the man who was carrying her she immediately recognized his as Kisame.

"What the hell fish stick? What are you doing?"

She yelled as she kicked her feet in an effort to get loose from the strong grip confining her. All she got in response was Kisame's booming laughter as he walked out the door with her in tow.

Where the hell is mom's overprotective self when I need her?

Looking back over her shoulder he was surprised to see all of the Akatsuki on her front lawn looking up at her, each with identical smirks.

"What the hell is so funny you jackasses? And why are you suddenly kidnapping me?!"

she yelled as she was place inside of a limo. She huffed in annoyance as everyone shuffled into the long limo completely ignoring her outburst of anger.

"Sakura, sweetheart, did you honestly think you weren't going with us?"

Itachi asked as he raised one elegantly shaped eyebrow.

Damn it! How the hell does he do that? It's freaking sexy as hell.

Sakura tried to chase away the blush that was currently dusting her cheeks because of her last thought. Itachi may be sexy but he's also a spoiled rich guy who's in a freaking gang for Pete's sake. To change the subject she quickly asked a question.

"Where are we going exactly?"

Sakura asked Itachi as she looked out the window, surprised to see only trees.

"My family's estate of course, I've taken the liberty to invite others as well to make a party out of it."

Itachi explained with his ever present smirk.

"Itachi's partied are always the best, and it's a pool party, you'll like it for sure Sakura-chan!"

Tobi yelled with excitement as he hugged her again happily.

Sakura pushed him off of her and looked around the limo and wasn't surprised to Hidan, Deidera, Sasori, and Kisame all lounging around playing a video game on the flat screen TV attached to the ceiling of the car. She huffed and looked away from the obvious display of wealth. Crossing her arms she continued to pout about her predicament.

What exactly gave him the authority to practically force me to attend a party in the first place? Did he honestly think just because he was a pert of a gang he could just boss me around?

They hardly even knew her and yet they act like they had been friends for years. It was actually a little unnerving how they acted around her, and she would be lying if she said she wasn't a little afraid of them. They were after all from a notorious gang who was known to have criminal records.

She glanced over at Itachi and was surprised to see that he had been staring at her. Not one to back down, she stare right back.

After a moment of staring he suddenly opened the car door and got out. Looking out the window she was surprised to see that they had arrived, not at a house, not even a mansion, but a freaking palace!

She could only gape in shock as she got out of the car and stared at it.

She could hear a couple of snickers from behind her and she looked, seeing all the boys laughing at her shocked expression.

"Impressive isn't it?"

Sasori asked as he regarded her with an amused tone.

She could only nod in response as she looked back up at her in wonder.

"Want to go inside?"

Itachi teased as he grabbed her hand, leading her through the entrance.

From behind her she heard Hidan yelling about how Itachi had better take his hands off his girl or he'd cut them off for him but Itachi only ignored him as he lead her through the house to the back.

On the way to the back Sakura continued to gape at everything as they passed through, amusing the guys behind her.

Shooting a glare behind her she quickly forced her jaw back in place and followed Itachi through a huge door.

As soon as the door was opened she was greeted with the blinding sun, the sound of loud rock music and laughter.

Letting her eyes adjust to the sudden light she quickly noticed tons of teens dancing, others swimming, and talking as they surrounded the largest in ground pool Sakura had ever seen.

"Whoa."

Was her only response.

"So Sakura, you wanna go swimming?"

Kisame asked her from behind. She turned around and shrieked as she was each of them pulling off their shirts making her turn back around.

"What the heck? Haven't you guys ever heard of a changing room?"

Sakura yelled in frustration crossing her arms.

There was a couple of chuckled in reply that only seemed to fuel her anger even more.

"Well? Are you?"

Kisame asked again after her deemed if safe for her to turn around. She reluctantly turned around and frowned.

"I didn't bring a bathing suit."

She finally answered as she grew to the feeling of self consciousness. She was kind of glad she didn't have time to grab one so she wouldn't have to wear such revealing garments.

"That's okay, we have plenty extra ones stored in the girls changing room." Itachi informed her.

"Gee, thanks." She replied sarcastically with a scowl.

Itachi chuckled and stopped a girl as she walked by.

"Aoi, help Sakura find a bathing suit would you?"

He asked with a seductive smile. Sakura watched as the girl vigorously nodded with a blush as she stared down at Itachi's hand that was currently holding her forearm before telling Sakura to follow her.

Sakura sighed and complied.

After they went through a couple of bathing suits with Aoi they had finally found one that actually fit wan wasn't so bad looking either.

While she was changing she heard Aoi ask her a question.

"Are you close to Itachi-sama?"

"Eh? Close? I wouldn't really think so. He's just a classmate from school. I'm working on a class project with some of his friends."

She explained as the tied the black strings to her bathing suit together. The bathing suit was an ordinary black two piece, unfortunately. Considering that was all they had.

"Oh, really?" She heard Aoi ask in surprise.

"Why? Did you think we were something more?"

"Well yes, Itachi-sama never hangs around girls publicly besides Konan-sama, so when I saw you with him I thought you were together."

Aoi explained as she handed Sakura a blue towel.

Sakura smiled in thanks, ignoring who Konan was for the moment, before replying.

"Well don't worry, it's not like that, we're just friends."

Sakura reassured the girl.

"Even so, I'd watch my back. No telling what his fan girls will do to you if they catch you with him."

Aoi explained as she grabbed the handle of the door.

"Thanks for the tip but I can handle myself. Besides, it's like I said, it's not like that."

Sakura said as she slipped on a pair of black flip flops.

"If you're so sure, then okay. I'm just giving you a warning. I've seen how far they will go when it comes to jealousy."

Aoi said as if recalling a memory.

"Thanks, but like I said, I can handle it."

Aoi smiled and grabbed Sakura's hand, pulling her out of the dressing room along with her.

"Come on, let's go swimming!"

Sakura laughed along with her as they ran through the hall towards the pool. They were so caught up that when they rounded the corner they ran right into someone. Looking up after rubbing her sore back she glared at the offender.

"Fancy running into you here, Sakura-chan."

A smirk.

Ohhh cliffy, 'nother thing, yes, Konan will be in the story but you guys decide how; will she be Pein's adopted sister, or dating Pein. If she ends up being Pein's sister I might make her date Shisui because what's a Naruto story without Shisui? there will be poll on my profile for you decision or yo can put it in a review, prefer poll, easier to tally but whatever works! I shall await you choice! Anyway R&R Ja ne!