When Sakura finally woke up, she was laid out on the couch, with Sasuke, Gaara and Itachi next to her.

"What happened" she asked putting a hand on her head. Gaara was just staring at the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. He was glaring at the wall like he wanted to put a hole through it. Sasuke had on a concerned expression and Itachi had the expression that mixed both Sasuke and Gaara's.

Itachi was the one that spoke up. "I'm sorry Sakura. Sasori was kidnapped."

Sakura looked like she was on the brink of tears and lowered her head so no one could look at her face. "I want to know everything! I deserve to know and no more giving me the goddamn run around!" She yelled

Itachi responded to her again, but a little more calm than before " I planned to. Sit back down though."

Sakura didn't even realize she stood up until Itachi pointed it out. She sat back down and continued to look at Itachi, completely forgetting her boyfriend and her brother were in the room too.

Itachi sighed "Sasori was caught up in Deidara's mess. He went to confront Deidara about his drug habits and try to convince him to go to rehab. I was there too because he was my friend as well. But I had to leave quickly. Sasori wouldn't give up on him. He stayed with him trying to convince him over a period of a few days. One day Sasori found a bunch of drugs in Deidara's backpack that he always carried around.

He called me and told me about them. I advised him to just leave it there, but he thought Deidara was going to use all of it. But Deidara wasn't just using,... He was selling as well. The drugs that Sasori found, he destroyed. Deidara was pissed off when he founds out. The people who the drugs belonged to are very powerful. They found Deidara and warned him of what will happen. Deidara fearing for himself, told them that they were thrown away by his friend, but he didn't know that they were going to go after him too.

Deidara went to see Sasori as quickly as he could to let him know what was going to happen and that they were after him. He was with Deidara the day they found him. They told him that he needed to pay for everything he . He said he wasn't and they pulled a gun out to shoot him and Deidara took that bullet for him. The funeral tour brother attended a while ago was his. And since Deidara died he couldn't pay the debt, and that left your brother.

They told him that he has to pay it, if he refuses then they'll just take it from him. When he they went looking for him, and saw that he was with you and decided that his payment could be you. He gloves you to them and the debt will be settled. When he found out about their decision, he came to me and I agreed to hide you.

We were suppose to keep you in here at all times. So when you went out on your date with Sasuke, he followed to make sure nothing happened."

"But I coul-"

"No Sasuke, you couldn't," Itachi interrupted Sasuke's interruption, "Sasori is almost as good as me fighting and he was taken. I'm sorry Sasuke, but this is a match I guarantee you would have lost."

Sasuke looked away

Itachi looked at Sakura who had her face down. She was on the verge of tears yet she wanted to strangle someone.

Her voice was low, but anger was heard in it, "why didn't anyone tell me?"

Itachi sighed, "Sakura, I've only met you a couple times before you moved in, but during those times I've gathered enough to know that you are very stubborn, hard headed and reckless"

"Don't sugar coat it" she mumbled and looked away

"Sakura, I don't need the sarcasm right now please. Anyways, nobody told you because they knew you'd go around like nothing matters thinking you can handle it. You know how strong your brother is and look what happened to him. I'm going to try everything I can to get him back, but your need to stay here."

Sakura stood up and turned towards the door " I can handle myself" she said and bolted out of the mansion."

"Sakura! Sasuke stop her!" Itachi yelled out and Sasuke ran after her.

"Sakura stop!" Sasuke yelled catching up to her quickly. As soon as she was within reach he grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to him.

"LET ME GO!" She screamed at him. "LET ME GO YOU FIRST CLASS JACKASS!!" Trying to push him away she screamed again

"YOU KNEW! AND YOU NEVER TOLD ME! AND.. AND..and... He's gone..."Her attempts of trying to escape Sasuke's grasp was weakening. "Just let me go so I can find him.. Please." She started crying

"I'm Sorry Sakura. I didn't know the details until now. I know you want to save your brother, but you can't leave. It's you they are after and wont let them take you. Just put your faith in Itachi. Sasori is one of his best friends. I promise he will find him, just stay here with me ." Sasuke pleaded holding her tightly to him

"He should have told me.." She softly cried into his shoulder. Sasuke didn't respond, but he led her back inside the mansion up to her room.

"I'll be in the my room if you need me OK?" Sasuke told her

She nodded but sat on the edge of her bed. "Sasuke?"

He turned to look at her "yes Sakura?"

"Could you stay here and keep me company? I can't sleep right now and I don't want to be alone. My mind wanders when I'm alone" she asked hoping he would stay there with her

He had a small smile on his face. He didn't want to leave her, but thought that she might have wanted to be alone. He was pleased when she asked him to stay. " of course, I'll stay as long as you need me" he answered

She started crying again. She knew something was up, but never thought it was this bad. She felt so helpless not being able to do anything but sit inside of a mansion and just wait. Wait for good news, wait for bad news, or just the inevitable. Silently praying that Sasori was okay.

Sasuke on the other hand was trying to think of a way to get her mind off of the tragic events that just happened. He was holding her in his arms while she softly cried. He didn't think anything bad would've happened just by going out for a few hours.

He knew it was dangerous to go out but didn't think that anything would have happened to them. He didn't know they were being followed by Sasori and it made him wonder, if Sasori wasn't there, would they have tried to take Sakura? Would they have just watched her to see where she was staying to take her later? Did they know the whole time?

"Are you okay?" Sakura asked, interrupting Sasuke's thought.

He gave her a small smirk, "I should be asking you that" he responded "how are you feeling?" He asked her when she didn't say anything back

"I'm just really worried and I'm quietly praying that he will be safe and alive and… that they didn't hurt him.."

He looked at her with concern. " I know you want to help him, but the best we can do is wait. I know you can't stand not doing anything and even more that you don't like being here, but could you stay here even if its just for me?" he asked

"you still have an ego the size of an elephant, OK I'll stay. So this way Itachi can tell me the news asap if there is anything new concerning my brother."

" Aww, no loving for me?" He asked trying to brighten her mood. She looked at him for a few seconds then quickly looked away

"No" she deadpanned

"Aww, why not?"

"I think you had enough loving earlier at the arcade"

He had an evil grin on and Sakura scooted back am inch from him "what? She asked

"Speaking of the arcade, you owe me a big make out session" He said as his grin grew bigger

Her eyes grew wider and she blushed from his words. 'oh shit' she thought to herself

"Why now? You picked a bad time you know, my mind is still on what happened earlier" she explained and she started scooting back more because Sasuke started to slowly inch closer and closer to her

"all the more reason to, you need to relax Sakura. Take your mind off of it for just a little while, And who better to help than me?" he asked with a smirk

"is that a trick question?" she retorted "cause you know already that I'm not the promiscuous type." She poked him on his forehead. His eyes went wide and he relaxed against .

She was confused but he smiled and said softly to her "next time then" but leaned back and tilted his head towards her." how about we play a game?" he asked

She raised an eyebrow at him and slightly turned her head towards the closet. "I'm kind of scared to ask on what kind of games you had in mind, but fine. What game did you want to play?"

He snickered and stood up. "how about monopoly, I can have you bankrupt within the first 20 minutes of playing."

"what?" she scoffed" I will whoop that ass all across the board game. You are so on!" She got up and ran after him, racing him to the game room.

Sasuke was glad that Sakura was distracted. Even of only for a little bit. They were sitting in the game room 50 minutes later and both of them were still on their first round.

Sasuke would try to buy the full property's (like both blue, or All Tyree yellow, all three green, etc). He figured he could build hotels after acquiring them so Sakura would go bankrupt if she had landed on them, but his plan was stalled by Sakura's strategy, which was to buy at least one of every property and she loved seeing the frustrated look on his face when she wouldn't sell any to him. Sakura owned both utilities and 1 railroad, while Sasuke had 3 railroads. Parking place was still untouched. Full of money to where they had to swap all the lower cash into 500's so they could use the smaller bills. Him and Sakura were 6 and 7 spaces away from parking place and they both were trying to get to it.

"come on Princess, sell me at least one property! " Sasuke demanded

She laughed" no Sasuke. Suck it up, I'm just as good as you are at this game"

He growled. " My turn to roll" He picked up the dice and rolled hoping to get a 6. He rolled and got 4. ""Ha! Doubles!" I get to roll again!" He owned the property he landed on, so he didn't have to worry about paying Sakura . He rolled again and got another 4.

"Damn!" He growled. Sakura laughed again. He landed on chance and Sakura quickly picked up the card at the top of the deck. "What does it say?" She laughed again and showed him the card.

His eye twitched. "Go to jail? Are you serious?" He grunted in frustration but moved his piece to the jail spot. "this is the third time in a row that I've been in jail. All three times I didn't even get to pass go." He said sounding irritated.

"Don't worry, I'll visit you." She giggled and picked up the dice to roll. "Seven!" she screamed excitedly.

Sasuke just watched her looking shocked she actually landed on park place getting all that money. "Forfeit Sasuke, admit defeat, you know you are stuck."

He narrowed his eyes at her and poked her side. "You would like that wouldn't you"

"Come on Uchiha! Admit you can't beat me!" she grinned evilly

"Listen here Pinky, I am an Uchiha, we never give up and we always win!"

"Uh huh, sure haha!" She laughed at him once again earning her an annoyed look from Sasuke.

After a while Sasuke caught up to Sakura and the were head to head. It had been 2 hours since they started playing and they both were trying so hard to win. Sasuke's pride wouldn't let him lose and Sakura just wanted to beat him at something.

"can we finish this tomorrow? I'm starting to get tired. Today has been very exhausting for me." She asked and yawned

"Sure, I need a break anyways." He responded and stood up to stretch.

She followed his lead and stretched as well before heading out to her room. "hey Sasuke?"

"yeah?"

"could you.. Um.. Stay with me in my room tonight? N- Not to do anything w-weird, but so I am not alone?" She asked stammering her words.

He smiled gently at her, understanding her need for comfort. "Of course" He said and followed her to her room.

They laid down on the bed a foot away from each other but both on their sides facing each other.

"Sasuke?"

"yeah?"

"do you think Sasori is ok?" she asked, her eyes starting to tear up

"I'm sure he is fine. Just waiting for us to find him. Your brother is strong, I wouldn't be surprised if he walks through the door at any moment" He told her hoping his words would provide some kind of comfort.

"Thank you… for being here and for keeping me distracted for a little bit. I just hope we find out something soon." Sakura said softy

"Of course, if you ever need anything just ask me. I'll be here for you." He told her and hugged her.

They lay there as she softly cried about her missing brother til she fell asleep. And he followed into his slumber a few minutes after she did.