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Chapter 3: Hide and Seek

The blood was on their hands already, there was no going back now. Sakura and Itachi were instantly sought out by the Akatsuki. The two sat on a deck watching the ocean whenever another chakra signature appeared; 'Kisame' Sakura thought but remained stoic like Itachi. Kisame stopped behind the two grinning, "Well if it isn't the two mass murderers. Our leader wants you in our organization 'The Akatsuki'."

Itachi and Sakura both had their Sharingans activated and stood up in sync before turning around to face Kisame. Kisame took a step back, "Two Sharingan wielders aye?" Sakura took a step forward, "Correct, now it would be wise to move out of our way seeing as we both could kill you in the blink of an eye." Kisame made a 'Tch' noise, "I cannot leave until both of you are in the Akatsuki."

Sakura glanced at Itachi, "What do you think…?" Itachi's mono-tone came out like a purring cat, "I think this man looks like a fish to me…" Sakura chuckled, "Fishy huh?" Itachi nodded, "Fishy indeed…" Kisame scowled, "Well, if you two are done I would either like an answer. Our leader has ordered me to retrieve you or kill you." This made Sakura grin, "You're really dare to go against two Sharingans, brave man… But, I will take you up on your offer. I'm not so sure about Itachi here though…" Itachi stole a glance from Sakura, "Wherever she goes so do I… so count me in as well…"

Kisame grinned, "Excellent, shall we?" The three then walked to Amegakure. Half way there Itachi and Sakura sensed something, or should they say someone coming straight towards them. Sakura groaned, "Itachi, what are we going to do about your brother…?" Itachi and Sakura both stopped only to hear Sasuke yelling, "ITACHI, SAKURA I WILL KILL YOU BOTH!" Kisame grinned showing his pointy teeth, "Well, this should be interesting."

Sasuke ran headstrong towards Itachi and Sakura. Sakura felt the tears well up like a sauna in her eyes making her vision become blurry and through her eyes Sasuke was coming at her in slow motion. She never realized she was frozen until Sasuke tackled her to the ground, his knees binding her arms as tears streamed out of his eyes and dripped on her face like a sad rainy day. Sakura stared wide eyed at Sasuke as he held a kunai to her throat.

Shock came to Sasuke's face whenever Sakura whispered loud enough that only he could hear her, "Do it… Please send me home Sasuke…" By this time Itachi and Kisame were gone, leaving the two betrayed heartbroken lovers to fight this battle alone. Sasuke felt his hands shaking as Sakura spoke again, "Do it Sasuke, KILL ME DAMMIT!" Sasuke dropped the kunai next to her head and leaned forward, placing his forehead on hers, his tears falling onto her face, "Why Sakura, why would you do this to me again after you knew how it had affected me in the other dimension!?" He grabbed her shoulders and began to shake her so hard that the back of her head was now hitting the ground.

Tears leaked from her eyes as Sasuke smashed her head repeatedly against the ground, "Because it had to be done Sasuke! Do you have any clue how it felt to be the WEAKEST ONE in team 7!? I watched both you and Naruto grow stronger and stronger every day while I was left behind in the dust, forgotten and not even cared about! I was the weakling in our team and for ONCE I wanted to be the strong one, the one who was feared, the one people spoke about! All I ever heard was Sasuke this, Naruto that! Do you have any idea how much that affected me as a shinobi!? Of course you don't! You and Naruto were so far ahead of me and never even thought twice to look back to see how much I was suffering! For once; just ONCE I wanted to be the one who was recognized and praised for their talent!"

Sasuke's eyes widened at this because it finally hit him, neither Naruto nor he ever looked back to ever offer Sakura any kind of assistance, never sparred with her, never gave her praise for what good she did, and never cared to include her in anything, "S…Sakura… I…" Sakura scowled, "Save it, because someone stronger than you AND Naruto combined recognized my talents as a shinobi and I will not pass that up… Even if it means becoming a member of the Akatsuki, then at least I would be recognized in the bingo books!"

Sasuke then became angry, picking the kunai back up and placing the sharp edge at her throat, "I will not allow you to throw your life away just for recognition Sakura! The Akatsuki are low scumbags that kill innocent people!" Sakura scowled back, "THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR SASUKE! KILL ME ALREADY!" Sasuke leaned forward, remorse laced in his voice, "Forgive me…" He took the blade from her neck and plunged it into her stomach; blood seeped from the wound instantly.

Itachi appeared before the two and he swiftly kicked Sasuke off of her, "What have you done!?" Itachi immediately picked Sakura up bridal style as 'Tobi' appeared before them and gasped, "Oh no Sakura-chan is hurrrrrrrt!" Kisame sighed heavily, "Tobi what are you doing here…?" Tobi saluted Kisame, "Leader wanted to know what was taking you so long so he sent me Kisame-sama!" Sakura opened her eyes a bit, "T…Tobi?" Tobi threw his arms in the air cutely, "HEY! SHE'S ALIVE!" Sakura smiled the best she could with little energy she had, "I… always did… like Tobi the…best…"

Itachi looked at Tobi, "Tobi I need your cloak to put pressure on her wound so she doesn't bleed out and die." Tobi nodded and took his cloak off, "Okie dokie Itachi-san here you go!" Kisame sighed, "Tobi where is Deidara…?" Tobi tapped his mask, "Uh oh…" all of a sudden a huge explosion could be hear, "DAMMIT TOBI, HM! WHERE IN THE HELL ARE YOU, YEAH!?" Just then a man Itachi guessed was Deidara lowered on a clay bird, "Who are these two, hm!?" Tobi wiggled a bit, "The tall man is Itachi Uchiha and the really preeeeeeeetty girl who is hurt is Sakura Uchiha!"

Kisame looked at Deidara, "Can you take her to the infirmary Deidara? She will get there much quicker by air and have a higher chance of survival. She got a kunai to the gut, that's all." Deidara sighed, "I guess, yeah." Deidara then extended his arms out to the over protective Itachi who didn't seem to want to part with the pink haired girl. Deidara huffed, "Look, yeah, do you want her to live or not!?" Itachi sighed in defeat and handed Sakura's tiny, yet muscular body over to Deidara. Itachi's eyes narrowed at him, "She better be alive whenever I get there or you will be the first to die…" Deidara rolled his eyes, "I'll get her there in no time, yeah." Itachi handed Sakura over to Deidara whom held her tightly to his chest and his clay bird began to flap its wings to ascend into the skies.

As Deidara flew through the skies he sat down knowing this would be at least an hour flight back to Amegakure. So he took this time to study the beautiful woman he was holding, she had long pink hair and a killer body. Then he noticed the engagement ring on her finger and snorted, "All of the beautiful ones are always taken…"

Just then the beautiful woman stirred awake, "W…Who are you…?" Her emerald eyes were heavy and looked like she was about to pass back out, "Yo, name's Deidara, yeah. I'm a part of the Akatsuki and I'm taking you to the doctor there to get fixed up, yeah." She gave him a pretty smile which made him blush a little, "I'm Sakura…" She said one last thing before she passed out, "Your… accent is… cute…" Sakura snuggled into Deidara's chest and one hand clasped his shirt.

Deidara rolled his eyes as he murmured, "My accent is not 'cute', yeah…"