HEY! Sorry! I may or may not be back haha. Well thank you all for remaining faithful (I am hoping). I shall try to make this a WONDERFUL chapter!

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Chapter 16

Soft beams of sunlight gently pored from the open curtains waking up the sleeping beauty. She stretched in her warm, big bed and cuddled further into her abundance of pillows. "Sakura, sweetie. Wake up. I made pancakes with strawberries." She felt a soft hand brush her bangs from her eyes. She turned and smiled at her mother. "Morning mommy. I'll get up!" She sat up and gave her mom a hug before jumping out of bed to change our of her pajamas. Saki just laughed at her childish antics and smiled lovingly at her only daughter. How she loved her. "Now after pancakes your going to go to school alright? You have to learn a lot if you ever want to be a teacher." "Of course! I'm going to be the best teacher in Konoha!" Saki just laughed again. "Yes you are. And don't forget your going to be staying with your aunt Haruka until your daddy and I come back from our travel alright?" Sakura just nodded her head and smiled. Saki kissed her forehead. "Well lets go eat! The pancakes will be freezing by the time we get down there!"

Sakura woke up to find tears streaming down her cheeks. She quickly wiped them away hiding all evidence from her memory. She looked around and was surprised to find herself in an unfamiliar room. It was full of old food, dirty clothing, mysterious slime that somehow looked as if it was coming right for her. Sakura scooted back further into the bed to get away from IT. As she scooted back she felt something grab at her. Sakura let out a startled scream and immediately used her amazing (ahem) ninja skills to slap at it. The thing she slapped let out a surprised yelp. "Sakura-chan? Why did you slap me?" Naruto said sleepily. "Oh Naruto! Its you! I'm sorry, go back to sleep." She said soothingly. Once convinced he was asleep she stealthily got out of the bed and after making sure she had all of her clothing on walked outside into the bustling streets of downtown Konoha.

She stretched her limbs as she walked down the street and made her way to the edge of the forest where she knew her fellow Akatsuki members were spying on her. Knowing them they would all still be asleep. She smirked. Perfect.

As she neared their 'camp', she made herself less noticeable and hid her chakra. She jumped onto a tree above them and observed them. Itachi and Tobi where comfortably snuggling each other in their sleep, Kisame was cuddling with Samehada, Deidara and Sasori were curled up in little balls like puppies, the picture was altogether, adorable. Sakura's smirk became wider. She threw kunai with exploding tags into ten feet from each of them and sat back. These exploding tags were a lot less 'explosive' than the norm so they shouldn't hurt them. She hoped. Loud eruptions were heard and fire could be seen.

The boys screamed and jumped from their positions in the grass and, for lack of better words, starting FREAKING OUT. Still half asleep they started throwing kunai aimlessly and yelling at one another. Sakura let out a loud belt of laughter. The five of them looked up at her and realization came into there faces. Kisame broke into a grin, Tobi started sobbing, Sasori shook his head, Itachi looked….emotionless, and Deidara looked downright betrayed. "Saku-chan! Why? How could you do that to us?" He looked like a beaten puppy. Sakura hid her growing smile and jumped down to see her boys. She walked up to her 'Dei-Dei-kun', and patted his head. "I'm sorry. Can you ever forgive me?" She gave him her most adorable pout. She achieved what she had wanted, he melted. "No its fine Saku-chan! It was our fault for not being on better guard!" The other four gave him a disbelieving look. How whipped could he be? Sakura smiled and patted his head again.

"Why are you all here anyway?" She asked them in a stern voice that demanded an answer. All of them looked away from her guiltily except Tobi. "Well we wanted to make sure you were safe and we missed you!" He said shaking his head and then running to her for a hug. She let him hug her and patted his back. "I missed you too. I think I am ready to go home, how about the rest of you?" They all shook their heads in agreement.

They were in the midst of leaving when they all felt an unfamiliar chakra. One that was strong and dangerous. Very strong and dangerous. They all froze in momentary fear before searching for whoever the chakra belonged too. Sakura looked over at Itachi and knew they were both thinking the same thing. They were in for a fight.

Well there it is! Please please please comment and give me some more ideas! You don't know how much it means to me! thankyou for reading!

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