VERY IMPORTANT READERS! I wasn't going to post this chapter until I finished fixing the other first. However, with my crazy schedule and what not, I found this highly imposable to accomplish. So I'm putting this chappie up and giving you a heads up. I kinda made a mistake as far as the time line goes, that's why I need to fix it. Sakura is actually 16 in this story and Deidara is 19. There's a flashback to when they were younger in the chapter, so that's why I want to make sure you all are clear on how old they are. I'm not gonna say much about this chapter cause I don't wanna spoil anything. I haven't started writing the next chapter yet, but have in mind what I want to have happen...just need to type/write it. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto...not ever...Sigh

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

Sapphire Blue eyes widen as he clenched his fist at his sides. The scene before him was both a stab to his heart and at the same time caused him to hate her even more. What's more was the fact that after so many years he actually saw her again by chance. There was no doubt in his mind that it was her. That girl who caused his breath to float from him like the wind and caused his blood to burn like fire was at least 25 feet away from him.

"Sakura." Deidara said in a low, cold tone as his eyes narrowed. He continued to stand behind the tree, waiting for the right moment to make his self known.

Both Sakura and Naruto parted, breathing heavily. They stared into each others eyes, neither saying a word. However words weren't needed at that moment. Sakura was still shocked by what had happen. Here was this guy who she hardly hung out with expressing his love to her. She knew Naruto well enough to know that he was a good guy. He was very good looking, had several fan girls, made friends easily and had a lot of pride and love for his village. He was an excellent ninja with wonderful goals. Any girl would almost kill to be his girlfriend.

"Na...Naruto..." She whispered as she looked away, a blush creeping up her cheeks.

Likewise Naruto blushed as he too looked away. "It's very beautiful tonight." He said in a low voice as he looked out on to the lake.

Sakura's eyebrows frowned together as she looked at him, unsure of what to say to that comment. She didn't need to say much though, since he continued. This time he looked at her with a warm smile on his face and a hint of sadness in his eyes. This of course confused her even more.

"Though it pales in comparison to your beauty." He whispered.

Sakura's blush deepened. As she continued to look at him, she began to wonder about her answer to him. Truth be told, it was nice to have someone who loved you around. Though at the same time, she knew that she couldn't get over Deidara...

Her eyes widen at that thought. Getting over Deidara. She never once in her life ever thought those words would cross her mind. For seven years she knew in her heart that the person she wanted to be with no matter what...was Deidara. During those times when they played until it was very late. When they laughed together, cried together. The way he would look at her and how his blue eyes always held a sparkle in them.

She took in a sharp deep breath as she suddenly felt tears stinging behind her eyes at one memory in particular...

Flash back...8 years ago...

"Dei-kun! Dei-kun!" 8 year old Sakura called out happily as she ran out of her house to the front yard. The said boy, who was only moments prior lying peacefully under the Sakura tree, turned his head slightly to look at his friend running towards him. He sat up and crossed his legs under him as he looked up at her.

"What took you so long? un" He asked in a groggy voice since he had just woken up from his nap. The two of them made plans to hang out that day and Deidara agreed to meet Sakura at her house. He arrived earlier then expected but made his self known. Rather then staying inside, since it was a very nice and warm day he decided to sit under his favorite tree...however...he ended up falling asleep.

"Gomensai Dei-kun! My mom asked me to do something for her really quick..." She said as she bowed respectfully thus causing a few locks of her now shoulder length hair to fall across her face. Unknown to Deidara, she was blushing deeply. Not that she lied to him, she told him the truth. But the thing her mom asked her to do really didn't take too long, what did take long was finding the right out fit to wear. She wanted to look her best for him. A small smile came across her face at the innocent thought.

"Well, I've been out here for more then an hour...un" He said with a slight pout. Sakura looked up just in time to catch the look. She had to stifle back a laugher, he really did look cute like that. Of course he noticed that and his pout deepened. "What's so funny ?un" He asked as he stood up and stretched his arms over his head. He looked down at the pink haired girl, waiting for her answer.

She couldn't hold it back anymore, so she laughed softly and gave in to telling him the truth. "You...you just look so cute when you pout like that!" She said softly.

His pout then faded into a plain look as he just stared at her...as if she had a second head. As she continued to laugh, it caught on to him and soon enough he too was laughing. They continued for a bit until they couldn't laugh anymore. That's when Sakura noticed something on his shoulder. She tilted her head as she walked closer to him. He like wise tiled his head as he wondered what she was looking at. Just then she picked up a soft pink petal from his shoulder. He looked at the petal and a small smile cross his face. She looked up at him with a smile too.

"You really do love Cherry Blossoms, right?" She asked softly.

"Yea, I don't know why, but anytime I'm around them it really calms me down. Un" He said with a shy smile as he sat down, Sakura following soon after. He turned to look at her as a slight blush crossed his cheeks. "I don't know why...but I know it was since I met you that I grew very found of them. I guess cause the color of it reminds me of you. un."

Sakura gasped a little at that last comment and she too blushed lightly. Her heart was beating wildly against her chest and she was hopping that he hadn't heard it. After a short pause, she decided to speak, saying the first thing that came to mind.

"Did you know that Cherry Blossoms are also called Sakura Trees?" She asked suddenly as she turned to look at him.

His eyes widen slightly at that fact. He shook his head 'no' so she decided to continue explaining the story behind the name. As he listen, she could see different emotions displaying across his eyes. Quite frankly, she didn't know why she suddenly told him a story her mom always told her. But she was thankful that he was paying attention, not inturpting her or anything. When she finished, he had a sad look on his face.

"That was...very sad. Un" He said in a low voice as he looked down.

Sakura smiled shyly as she looked at him. "No, I don't think so..." She said softly.

Deidara look at her with widen eyes. "Why would you say that? Un"

"Humm...I really don't know...to be honest. It's sad that they died, but they loved each other very much. That's the thing I remember the most. It makes me happy that she was able to find that. I wish to find that kinda of love when I grow up." She said with a deep sigh and wide smile.

"You will...un" Deidara said softly but confidently as he looked at her. His eyes sparkled as the sun hit it at an angle.

"How are you so sure?" Sakura asked curiously in regards to his confidence.

"Well..." He began as he moved closer to her. "Because you are a very sweet girl and you're funny, you always look out for your friends and you're very smart. un"

Sakura gave him a skeptical look that showed she wasn't really impressed. "But..." She started but was cut off. Some how Deidara knew what she was going to say.

"You're very special. un" He said with a serious look on his face, this of course caught Sakura's attention so she decided to give him a chance and hear him out. "How you are now, is so different from 3 years ago. You don't stumble on your words, you have a lot of friends and you're more outgoing. Every time I see you it makes me happy to see you smile. Having you in my life has helped me in more ways then you'll ever know...un" He finished off the last sentence in a low voice with a frown.

Sakura tilted her head slightly. She clearly didn't understand the last part that he was talking about. She was about to question him on that, but as suddenly as the frown came, it disappeared. "Anyway," He said as he stood up and stretched out his hand to help her up. "We should get going now before it gets to late. You're mom and dad won't like it if you come home late. un" He said in his usual tone. Sakura smiled when helped her up. As she thought about what he said, she smile, because she slowly began to understand what he was saying. Truth be told, he was as special to her as she was to him. She honestly didn't know what her life would be like with out him. But the thought made her very sad. Deidara was still holding on to her hand when he noticed the expression on her face.

"What's wrong? uh" He asked in a worried tone.

That's when he noticed that she was crying. Alarmed, his eyes widen and he was about to ask her more questions before she spoke. She looked up at him as the tears continued to flow.

"Dei-kun...is very, very special to me." Sakura cried. "My life...wouldn't be the same with out him. I may not know how much I mean to him, but to me...he's everything."

Deidara gasped at her words. But, it didn't stop there. Much to his surprise, she closed the small distance between them and stood up on her tip toes as she kissed him softly on the cheek. Together, that was the very first kiss that they shared. He blushed deeply and was left at a complete lost for words. Neither one of them said a word as they walked hand in hand to the park. But one thing was for sure, the feelings that they had for each other would forever be changed...

A year Later...The day that Sakura moves away...

The two of them stood under the cherry blossom they once stood under the year before. This time though, it was for a very different reason...

Before he could say a word, Sakura in a very uncharacteristic way, gave him a huge surprise he would NEVER forget. She kissed him softly...on the lips. When she pulled away, she had a warm smile across her face. The tears were no more and her eyes seemed to sparkle with love and joy. The next words that came out of her mouth proved to be even more of a shock.

"Dei-kun...I love you..." She whispered as she looked deeply into his eyes. "...Not...the friendly kinda 'I love you' nor the love that I feel for my mom and dad..." She paused as a deep blush crossed her face. "For a while now, I've felt this way...right here in my heart." She placed a hand over her heart.

"Sakura, we have to go now Honey!" They suddenly heard her mother call out to her. They both turned to see that her parents were now out of the car looking at them. A smile was across their face. Sakura's face grew even more red as she turned to look back at Deidara.

"I guess it's really time to go..." She said softly. For a second both of them were silent before Sakura reached into her pocket and pulled out a small object. "Give me your hand." She ordered softly. He complied by stretching out his hand and into it, she dropped a small sliver charm bracelet. His eyes widen in surprise when he saw it. He knew exactly what it was.

"But...that's...your favorite bracelet un!" He gasped as he looked between the bracelet and her.

"I know." She said with a smile. "It's a promise. That no matter where I go...that in the future...we'll meet again. And when we do...nothing can tear us apart. We'll be together forever. So...this isn't goodbye...it's 'See you later'. Besides...I have your number and address...when I get there I'll call you."

"Sakura Honey!" Her mother called out again.

"I know! I'm coming mom!" Sakura called back, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

"Sakura." Deidara finally spoke. She immediately turned to look at him and when she did...he returned the kiss that she gave him. Shocked, her eyes widen and her heart soared. She felt butterfly's fluttering in her stomach and when they pulled away she had a wide smile on her face. "I love you too un. I will wait for you. No matter how long it takes un."

"And so will I. I'll see you later, Dei-kun." She said with a smile as she turned around and ran off to meet her parents.

End Flashbacks

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked, his voice filled with worry as he saw the pink haired girl crying. It was only a couple of minutes since they parted from their kiss and since then she hardly said a word. He didn't know what brought about this sudden change. As if reading his mind, Sakura provided him with the answer...though truth be told it wasn't something he would be thrilled with.

"Dei-kun and I..." She began as she started to wipe away her tears. "Years ago, before I left. There was a Cherry Blossom tree in front of our house..." She turned to look at Naruto, a sad look on her face. "It was under that tree we shared out first kiss and where we confessed our love. We made a promise to each other that day. I never intended on break that promise. So...to answer to your confession..."

"But why?!" Naruto cried out, startling Sakura in the process. "Why would you still allow your heart to be affected by him...even after he betray the village? Why would you allow your self to be hurt? Don't you want to be happy?"

"You couldn't possibly understand." She said in slight bitterness, which took Naruto by surprised. "We knew each others pain, to us, we helped the other by just being there. If we didn't have each other...our lives would have ended up much more different then the way it was."

"And it's not different now?" Naruto challenged. He honestly tried to hold back his anger, but he had never meant anyone with this kind of thinking before. He could clearly see how this was affecting her, but it was like she was blind to it. It really did hurt him deeply to see her so hurt.

When he said that, she turned her head sharply towards him, glaring at him. He ignored the look as he continued. "How can you not see it? That guy didn't keep his promise to you did he? Look at this! You're going out of you're way to find out where he is...but whose to say what would happen if you two should meet again? Would he still feel the same towards you?"

"I don't care about that!" She cried out as she stood up. Naruto was startled when she did that. His eyes widen as he too slowly stood up.

"Why?" He stressed.

"Why do you care do damn much?" She snapped as she looked at him with angry eyes. "You couldn't possibly understand how I feel! You-" She was interrupted when Naruto did something that surprised himself as well as Sakura. The slap across her face echoed and slowly faded...but the lasting effect remained permanently. Sakura's eyes widen in shock as she raised her hand to her redden cheek. She looked at Naruto, giving him a look he would no sooner forget. Naruto in turn had a look of horror written across his face.

"Sa...Sakura-chan..." He whispered as he tried to apologize for his actions, but Sakura wouldn't hear a word of it.

"Leave...now." She said firmly as she turned her back towards him.

"But-" He started again as a tear rolled down his cheek. He couldn't believe that he would to THAT to her. He knew better and he never intended to do that...but he got so upset...and he didn't think of his actions. However now, it was too late. That one action would mess up their relationship. Probely for good.

She turned to look at him and gave him the dirtiest look she could muster. Then she said those words he would never forget. "Naruto Uzumaki...I hate you!"

He gasped as he felt his heart nearly stop. The tears continued to fall endlessly to the ground. Without another word on his part, he just ran away leaving Sakura to herself.

Sakura wasn't immune to the tears. She too started to cry. She knew that she had said one word too many. Part of her knew he really loved her and that he only wanted the best for her. However...he couldn't expect for her to just forget about her first love and give into his feelings. He was right...it was damaging to her if she continued to push away every one who tried to get close to her heart. However, she left as if she were cheating on Deidara when she kissed Naruto and that was a feeling that made her feel dirty, which is why she was so upset. At the same time, for seven years they haven't spoken...so...were they really together? To make matters even worst, he betrayed the village to join that group. Over come with emotions that she didn't know what to do with, Sakura dropped down to her knees allowing the tears to fall endlessly to the ground.

As she cried to herself, one thought did cross her mind. It was something that Naruto had said. 'but whose to say what would happen if you two should meet again? Would he still feel the same towards you?'

"Of course he would, why would he feel differently?" She whispered to herself. Though she said that aloud, strangely enough...deep down she had her doubts. For those years she was gone, he never wrote to her, never called. Sure when she left she didn't have the chance to give him that information, but he could have gotten it from some of their friends...so why? Why didn't he write back to her, call her? Why did he leave Konoha? Why didn't he wait? So many questions and she felt that she would never get the answer to her questions.

As she continued to get lost in her thoughts, she suddenly had a feeling that someone was behind her and it wasn't a good feeling at that. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on it's end and she felt a cold shiver run down her back. Getting up slowly, she took a kuni out of her pouch, ready to attack if the need came to that. As she slowly turned around, she was shock to see that no one was there. Her eyes narrowed in confusion as she looked around the area but saw no signs of another presence.

"Come out, who ever who are." Sakura called out in a steady voice as she tighten her grip around the handle of her kuni. Just then, she noticed a little bit of movement near a tree which stood about 10 feet away from her. Who ever it was, they weren't making any moves to come from out of that shadow.

Thinking on the offense, she threw her kuni in hopes that the intruder would come out of the shadows and into the light. When she threw it, the person easily dodged the attack and stepped further behind the tree. Sakura's eyes narrowed even more. Who was this person and why wouldn't they come from out of the shadows?

"Are you an enemy or friend?" Sakura demanded as she prepared herself for an attack.

Silence. Her heart was beating against her chest as she thought over many different attacks either on the offense or defensive. Then too, she had to figure out who her enemy was. As she continued to think of her next attack, without warning the intruder stepped out from the shadows. What Sakura saw next made her knees go weak. Her eyes widen in pure shock and her skin paled and her breath quicken. She suddenly felt light headed. There was no mistaken it. She knew who that person in front of her was. For seven long years they hadn't seen each other but truth be told, he hadn't changed all too much. In fact, he became even more handsome over the years.

"De...Dei-kun?" Sakura questioned as she stared at him. From the moment he came out of the shadows, he didn't move an inch. He stood there staring at her. Sakura was wondering to herself if her eyes were playing tricks on her. She was just talking about him not too long ago. Maybe in all her stress, she was only seeing things. As if to answer her doubts, he spoke, insistently crushing those doubts.

"Sakura. un" He said in a cool voice as he walked closer to her. Frozen in her spot, she gasped when she heard him say her name. That was all it took to settle her doubts. He stopped about 5 feet from her. He continued to give her a unemotional look which she didn't take notice to. All she knew was that the man standing in front of her was Dei-kun. The very one who she came out to look for. With out thinking or even taking a good look at the situation she ran blindly towards him. When she finally reached him, she gave him a tight hug as tears rolled freely down her cheeks. He didn't make any move to hold her or comfort her.

"Dei-kun!" She cried out as she clanged tighter to him, tears rocking her body. "Dei-kun...I...I missed you so much! There's so much that we have talk ab-" She was roughly interrupted when he did something that shocked her. He pushed her off him and continued to give her that cold, unemotional look. She gasped in shock by his actions. A hurt look crossed her eyes as she looked up at him from her position on the ground.

"Dei-kun?" She questioned with wide eyes as she slowly stood up.

"Shut up." He said as he quickly appeared behind her, grabbing her arms. Sakura gasped in shock by what he was doing. Clearly he had changed and she had no clue why. Just then she felt something cold against her throat. Her eyes widen in horror at what he was doing.

"Dei-kun...what are you do-" she asking in a quavering voice but was soon cut short from speaking more when she felt a slight pain across her throat.

"I told you to shut up! un" He whispered coldly into her ear. "Now if you don't want me to slit your throat completely, then you're going to come wit-" He was cut off short when he heard a loud poof and she disappeared into a cloud of smoke. His eyes widen slightly when he looked up and saw that she had run away and left quite a distance between them.

"Damn wench!" He muttered under his breath as he started to run after her.

Sakura's eyes widen in horror at what she saw. She honestly couldn't believe that he would go THAT far. Just as he grabbed her from behind, she did a replacement technique and ran off as quietly as she could while he was distracted. She was about 20 feet away from him when she heard the loud POOF and saw her clone disappear. She thought she was in the clear, but saw that she was caught. That's when she decided to run. In her fear and clouded thoughts, she ran in the opposite direction of her camp. As she continued to run, her heart raced and her breathing became shallow as she panicked. She couldn't believe that he would actually try to kill her! This couldn't be the Deidara she knew from so long ago. As she continued to run, she skidded to a halt at what she saw in front of her. Her eyes widen in horror.

"Why?" She cried out as more tears flowed down her cheeks.

Standing about 5 feet away from her was Deidara and to say that he looked peeved was a COMPLEATE understatement. She felt her knees wobble under her weight. In her heart, she was afraid for her life. She honestly didn't know what had gotten into him, but she could feel a killer's intent flowing from him and it was all directed towards her. With every step he took forward, she took one back. This continued until she accidentally backed herself into a tree. She looked around helplessly and found that she was trapped. With widen eyes she turned to look at him. He had now closed the distance between them and had one arm resting on the tree above her head. He looked down at her with a hard cold look as she looked up with frightened eyes and quivering lips.

"For years I suffered because of you. I was a fool to believe you or anyone in that village. You never really loved me at all...you were only saying that cause you felt bad about my situation." He whispered coldly.

She shook her head and struggled for the words to come out, but they wouldn't. She whimpered when she felt his hand go around her throat. He rubbed his thumb across her skin and smiled at her evilly. "I want you to suffer...just as I have. I want you to die a slow and painful death." He whispered the last words to her evilly. He pulled his head back enough to get a good look at her. A smirk came across his face. "Though it's quite a shame. I'm not the type to kill anyone slowly. I like the fast and quick method. But you...you're a special case and it would be a shame not to have fun while I kill you."

Before Sakura had a chance to protest or to even break free, he balled his free hand into a fist and pulled it back, punching her hard in the guts. The impact caused her eyes to bulge and for her breath to be knocked out of her. She became uncontentious and fell towards the ground, but not before Deidara caught her in his arms and carried her away.