Author's Note: So here's the next chapter. Not much to say here except for thanks you sooo much to all of you who reviewed! I'm glad that you all like this story. I'll continue to do my best with this story. On a side note, I'm working on another Deidara and Sakura fanfic called Addiction. Originally it was written by TsukiharaKitty and she gave it to me along with permission to just continue it and make it rock! So...as a newly found fan of DeiSaku parings...I'll do the best I can with both stories! Thanks for any and all corrections that you've given me. Take care and don't forget to review.

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Requested by: Crazy Neko Girl

Special Thanks: From here on out, I have to give special thanks to Megumi-Sachou and my sister. Both of them gave me idea's to make this story as unique as possible

Collide: A Deidara and Sakura Story

Chapter One

7 Years Later

A sigh escaped the lips of a teenage, pink haired girl as she looked out side of the car window. They were back...after seven long years...they were back in Konoha. A small smile crept up the lips of the pink haired Konochi. For seven long years she's been away from him. They haven't written or spoken to each other for such a long time. Where as that would normally lessen a person's love for the other, distance had a completely different effect for Sakura. All that time away from him, caused her to love him even more. When her parents told her the news that they were moving back to Konoha, she was hardly able to hold in her excitement. Her first mission...was to find him...and to embrace him in her arms.

Just the thought made her all giddy and her parents took notice of it. It was her mother who spoke up first. "So when we get to the house, after you unpack...your going to see him huh?" She asked with a knowing smile as she looked back at her daughter.

Her mother's voice brought her back to reality. She blanked her eyes a few times as she looked at her mother, then her face soften and a smile came across her face. "Can I Mom?" She asked eagerly...a bit too eagerly at that.

"How about this?..." Her Father started as they tuned a corner about a block from the house. "When we get to the house, why don't you just walk around and visit your old friends and have some fun. When you get back home, you will be responsible for helping your mother and I unpack...no excuse...is that understood?"

At hearing that Sakura's eyes lit up. "Oh Daddy! Thank you sooo much!" The girl cried out happily as she unbuckled herself and gave her dad a quick hug from behind. She even went as far as to express her happiness by giving him a quick kiss. Of course she couldn't leave her mother out...since she didn't disagree and Sakura processed to hug and kiss her mom as well. The rest of the ride went by quickly and as soon as the car pulled to a stop in front of the house, Sakura bolted out of the car with a quick 'goodbye' to her parents.

As she walked down the block to his house, many thoughts crossed her head. She wondered how he's been over the years, how did he look and how did he sound? Right now he would be 18...they probelly would attend the same High School. It was drawing close to the end of summer break, so school would start again fairly soon. As she continued to wonder in her thoughts, she didn't notice a familiar face that is until she passed them. Her eyes widen slightly as she slowly turned back to look at them. Likewise they did the same.

"Hinata-chan?" Sakura questioned unsure as she looked at the girl in front of her. She had blueish black hair which reached the middle of her back...just a few inches longer then her own. Also, unlike her own, the girl was very curvy in all the right places...where as Sakura still had a little room to grow. However, what really convinced her that the girl in front of her was her friend from long ago were her pale white eyes. It was unique to her...and her clan...and were a dead giveaway.

The girl, Hinata, looked back at the pink haired girl with widen eyes. Just as it was a dead give away with her eye color, it was the same with the girl in front of her. There was no one else in the village with the same hair and eye combination like the girl in front of her. Hinata's eyes lit up with joy as she ran to her and gave her a huge hug.

"Sakura-chan! It's been too long! How are you? Did you move back or are you just visiting?" A smile came across Sakura's lips. She could tell just by her friend talking that she had changed so much. She no longer stuttered like she did all those years ago and she seemed a little more confident as well.

"I'm fine thank you. My parents and I just got to the house not too long ago. They gave me permission to tour the town and catch up with old friends. So, how are you?" She asked as she stepped back from her embrace.

"Oh I'm fine, right now I was just heading over to Sasuke-kun's house...we have to meet up for a date." Hinata said softly with a small blush.

Sakura's eyes widen slightly at the news. "You're dating Sasuke? How long?" She asked out of curiosity.

"Just a little over a year now...what about you? Did you find a boyfriend back in your hometown?" She likewise asked out of curiosity.

The smile on Sakura's face widen to a sly smirk and her eyes began to sparkle. Hinata tilted her head in anticipation...wondering what made her friend lit up like that. Just then she received her answer.

A small laugh escaped her lips as a hint of blush crossed her cheeks. "Why would I date someone else when I have someone more special to come back to? We promised each other that we would wait."

Hinata continued to look at Sakura in puzzlement. Seeing this, Sakura explained further. "Dei-kun silly! Who else would I be talking about?"

Just then...if only for a second, Sakura noticed a strange look cross over Hinata's eyes. Her eyebrows rose in skeptically as she looked at her friend. It seemed as if there was something she was hiding since that look instantly disappeared and she masked it with a small smile. Before Sakura could ask any questions Hinata spoke up. "Gomensai Sakura-chan! I'd talk more but I'm really running late and Sasuke-kun hates it when I'm late" Her smile widen if only a fraction. "I'll catch up with you later, promise!" With that, she ran off with a wave of her hand leaving a very puzzled Sakrua.

With a shrug of her shoulders, she dismissed the strange attitude of her friend and took it that she really was in a rush. The smile was back on her face, and she continued on her way to Deidara's house. On the way there, she met up with several other friends. When she mentioned Deidara, she pretty much got the same response. A sad look, a peeved look, shock...you name it. With every person she came across, more and more panic crossed her heart and she became even more egar to get to his house.

Finally she reached the house, however as soon as she approached it, she knew something was very, very wrong. There was no sense of life in it. It looked like one of those old abandon houses...with the cobwebs and the unkempt grass...the glass from the windows were covered with so much dust and the paint from the sidings were chipped off. There was no car in the driveway, though she wouldn't be too shock since she never once saw his parents. She was about to walk up to the front door, when another presence startled her. She spun around almost half expecting it to be him...but sadly it wasn't. A woman...old enough to be her grandmother...stood behind her. She figured she might as well ask this woman if she knew what had happen. Almost as if the woman read Sakura's mind, she spoke up.

"It's really tragic..." She begin in a low voice as she looked at the house in front of her shaking her head.

Sakura's eyes widen in horror. She felt her stomach tie up in knots and she dreaded what ever the woman was going to say. "...The family that used to live there...the parents pretty much abandoned their child...so he grew up alone...hardly having any friends."

Although she knew very well who the woman was talking about...she just wanted to be sure. "What was the child's name?" She asked the woman in a soft voice.

She turned to look at Sakura, a startled look crossed her face as if she just noticed someone else was there. She sighed deeply as she looked back at the house. "His name was Deidara."

Alarm bells rang in Sakura's head when she heard the past tense was and not is. She felt her knees getting weak and her breathing became more shallow and fast pace.

"Actually," The woman said in a corrective tone which caught Sakura's ears, "I can't say was the parents yes, since they died in a car accident about 5 years ago...but the boy? Well, none of us really know what happened to him...he just seemed to disappear off the face of the earth shortly afterwards." She shook her head once again as she walked away with out another word. That was it...that was all Sakrua was left with. She turned her green eyes back to the house slowly. She seemed to be in a trance her mind wondering with thousands of questions. Her heart felt as if it were stabbed over many times. Why did he leave? Why couldn't he just wait for me? Where is he now?

Without another thought, Sakura ran off. Tears upon tears flowed down her cheeks. She felt as if she found out that someone dear to her died in death. Heck for all she knew he could be dead. She regretted deeply that she lost contact with him. Maybe...if she were still around...but she knew that was just not possible. She was so young and her parents deciding to move was just simply out of her control. Unable to run further, she simply collapsed to the ground. Her body shook as tears upon tears racked her body. Loud sobs of grief escaped her lips as she poured out her heart and soul on the the ground beneath her. She couldn't care where she was at the moment, though she knew that she was in a public area. She didn't notice that as she cried someone came up beside her wrapping there arm around her. About a minutes later, they helped her up to her feet wrapping there arms around her tightly so that she wouldn't fall again.

"S...Sakrua-chan?" An unfamiliar, medium male voice spoke up in concern. Sakura's tears cleared up enough for her to look up at the person who came to her aid. She only vaguely registered that they addressed her informally, but at that moment she couldn't care. As she looked up, her eyes caught on to blue eyes which held deep concern and as she continued to look up she noticed he had blond spiky hair. Her head tilted slightly as she tried to remember who this guy was and how he knew her. Once she remembered though, her eyes widen and her lips trembled as she once again felt tears under the rims of her eyes.

A look of alarm came across his face as she once again broke into another set of tears. As he looked around, he noticed several people looking at him with a puzzled look. Feeling his face turn red with a blush, he walked with her slowly to the nearest seating area. Once the two of them sat down on the park bench, Sakrua pulled her knees up on the park bench and used his lap as a temporary pillow. Startled by her actions, he simply dismissed it seeing that something far greater then he knew was troubling her so. Once again her tears subsided and he took this moment to get answers from her.

"Ne...Sakura-chan...what's wrong? Why are you so upset?" He asked once again with concern as he looked down at her.

After a few sniffles, Sakrua sat up slowly using her arms to prop herself up. She looked at him with a pout on her face. "Gomensai...Naruto...I just..." She paused as she looked away. "Ne...Naruto...what do you know what happened to Dei-kun?" She asked with a serious look on her face.

Naruto's eyes widen at the sudden question. It's not that he didn't know who she was talking about. When they were younger, he always used to watch for afar as she played with him and gradually their group of friends grew larger and larger. It didn't take much for one to see that they two of them were very close...that they really loved each other. Hence the reason why he felt very uncomfortable telling her the truth. He looked away from her, but not before she could see the same look on his face that she saw in her other friends, which of course made her mad.

"I...I don't know." Naruto said in a low voice as he looked away. The frown which he was desperately trying to hide only deepen when he heard her yelling.

"What do you mean you don't know?! How is it that no one in this village knows what happened to him?? There's something that your not telling me! Please tell me Naruto...please...I...I don't know what to do anymore!!" She cried out as once again tears rolled down her cheeks. In his heart, Naruto couldn't stand it. He stood up and didn't look at her. Sakura looked up at him wondering if she went a little too far.

"It's not that..." He finally spoke up softly as he turned to look at her. "It's just that...we didn't know how you would take it." Before Sakura could ask any questions...though at this point there were thousands of questions crossing her mind...Naruto took her hand and pulled her up. "I think it's best if Tsunade-baa-chan tells you."

"Tell me what?" Sakura asked as she was pulled away to the Hokage's Castle by Naruto. He ignored her as he continued to head towards the castle, but deep down inside he felt really bad for the news she was about to receive.

About 15 minutes later, they arrived. After a couple of knocks, Tsunade called them in. When Naruto opened the door and both Sakura and him walked in. Tsunade looked up from her desk and her eyes insistently landed on Sakrua. Her eyes widen in surprise and a smile crossed her lips. She stood up and walked over to the pink haired girl.

"Sakura, how are you? I heard that you and your family just moved back. How is your family?" She asked as she gave her a hug.

"My family and I are doing well, Tsunade-sama thank you for asking." Sakura replied in a soft voice.

There was a long pause that was a little bit uncomfortable...at least to Tsunade's standards She could tell that there was a tension in the air and she was not one to just stand by and allow such tension in her office.

"What's wrong?" She asked in a serious tone getting down to business.

After a short pause, Naruto spoke up "Tsunade-baa-chan..." He paused once again as a troubled look came across his face, although he didn't know Sakura too well, she was still a friend and he truly hated to see his friends hurt. He took in a deep breath as he continued. "It's about Deidara...Sakura wants to know what happened to Deidara."

At hearing this, it pretty much explained more then words could say. Tsunade knew Sakura and her family for years, so Sakura considered her kinda like an aunt and sometimes she would visit her and they would talk about school, friends and the like. Tsunade could remember a time when Sakura was so shy that she wondered if everyone would be able to see the smile she was so blessed to see. She would later learn that the one who brought out her smile and personality was non other then Deidara. It was almost as if he saved her life, for if Sakura continued along the path she was going...well...she didn't want to know what would happen. So having to tell her...well...how could you tell someone that the person you love...betrayed the village?

Tsunade's frown deepen as she walked over to her desk. She took a seat down and interlaced her fingers as she rested her elbows on her desk. She looked up only to see a pair of green and blue eyes look back at her.

"Sakura...there's no easy way to say it...so I'll save you the long story and get straight to the point." She began in a very serious, straight to the point tone. Sakura held her breath...egar at this point to hear just about anything...so long that he wasn't dead that is.

"I don't care, Tsunade-sama. So long that he's not dead...I'm ready to hear just about any-" Sakura was cut off as Tsunade waisted no time in continuing.

"Deidara left the village to join Akatsuki." She said bluntly as she shifted her gaze from the girl in front of her.

"...thing but that." Sakura finished her sentence barely above a whisper before she felt the world around her fade out before promptly falling to the ground.