Author's note: As requested by many of you, I will continue the original. And after this is done, I'll work on the rewrite. There's a good reason I think I'll do that, because, unlike what I had orginally planned for this story, there are different surprise twists in store. Some of you may like it and some of you may hate it. But the rewrite would offer an alternate ending...and slightly different plot. So in the end everyone would be happy. That is if I could make it my business to be more regular with the updates. Still a work in progress :p

Disclaimer: Never will own Naruto. Quite a shame. -tears-

Requested by: Crazy Neko Girl

Parring warning: It should be quite obvious that there is going to be a new parring. I'm going to hear a mouth full about this in the comment box. Bring it on. Hit me with your best shot. It's part of the plot so bare with me. Eventually I'll have more Deidara x Sakura Scenes.

Collide: a Deidara and Sakura Story ch 9

As the three of them stepped out of the office, Sakura trailed behind as Naruto and Sasuke continue to walk towards the exit. It didn't take long before they both realized that they were one person short. They turned back to see her leaning against the wall with her eyes closed.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto spoke softly as he walked back to her.

At hearing her name, her eyes opened and she pushed herself from off the wall. Looking over at her friend, she gave him a warm smile. "I'm ok...I'm...just..." She sighed deeply. Her eyebrows frowned together.

He place a hand softly on her shoulder as he looked at her. He opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it again. He looked down as he slowly dropped his hand. Sasuke looked on at the two and made his own judgement about the situation.

"Sakura." He spoke up as he slowly walked towards them. Looking at his friend he gave her an understanding nod. "You've had a tough mission. Maybe you should go home and rest. Naruto will walk you home."

The said blond ninja looked over at his friend with a 'what are you planning?' look across his face, to which Sasuke ignored. "I'll stop by later to see how you're feeling ok?" He added.

A small smile cross Sakura's face. She felt so blessed to have Sasuke as her friend. He really was like a protective older brother. Somehow he knew even before she did what was best for her because suddenly she felt that heavy tiredness over coming herself. Even though normally she'd put up some kind of resistance, she was actually thankful for the advice. She nodded her head slowly and looked over at Naruto.

"You don't have any where to go to now?" She asked in a soft voice.

Naruto looked at her then back to Sasuke. Seriously, he didn't know if he should thank the guy or beat him to a pulp. How was it that he knew just when both him and Sakura needed a moment alone? Has he always been watching over them? He looked back at Sakura and gave her an assuring smile. "No, if you want, I'll keep you company."

A slight blush crossed her face and disappeared as quickly as it came. "I..um...suppose, if you don't have other plans today, it would be nice. Thank you." She said with a smile as she looked up at him.

He likewise blushed slighly as he nodded his head silently. The two of them started to walk together towards the exit. As they continued on, Naruto looked back to see Sasuke looking at him. A smirk plastered across his face. At that moment many thoughts crossed his mind but all he manged to do was nod his head and both him and Sakura walked out the building.

Silently the two of them walked towards her house. The silence was slightly uncomfortable for both of them. Occasionally Sakura would look at Naruto and look away before he looked at her and vice versa. After a moment of this going on, Sakura spoke up as she stopped in her tracks. Naruto stopped and looked down at the pink haired girl. She looked down and after a moment looked up at him.

"I was wrong before." She said softly as her brows frown together, a regretful look crossing her face.

Naruto gave her a surprised and confused look. "What do you mean?" He asked.

For a moment she looked down and bit her lower lip. After a moment she looked up at him. The look on her face soften and she reached out her hands to grab a hold of his. The confused and surprised look deepened on his face as he silently looked at her.

"I've been thinking deeply about this since we left the cabin." She squeezed his hands slightly as she looked deeply into his eyes. "You've always been there haven't you? When I didn't notice you looking at me in such a way, before I knew that he was gone and even after he left me for dead, You..." She paused as she looked at him, tears starting to roll down her checks. "How could I not see it? How could I have been so blind? I loved him...I loved him so much! He changed my life! So why?"

By the now the tears caused her body to shake and before she fell to the ground in her weaken state, Naruto caught her and picked her up bridal style. She wrapped her arms around him tightly and rested her head against his shoulder as she continued to cry. It took all the strength he had to keep it all together. He continued to walk towards her house silently as she continued to cry. Truth be told, he really didn't know what to say at the moment. All he could think about was the past couple of days and how if in this next mission he ever came across that man, how he would have to try his hardest not to kill the man. There was such hate for him boiling in his blood, he absolutely would never forgive him.

It didn't take long before the two were at Sakura's house. Thankfully her parents weren't around, other wise there would be a lot of questions they'd ask. None of which neither Naruto nor Sakura felt like talking about. Naruto walked up the stairs and turned a cornor making his way towards her room. Once there, he gently placed her on her bed, took off her boots and pulled the covers over her. She slowly turned to lay on her back and looked up at her friend. For a moment both were silent.

Sitting by her side, Naruto looked down at the pink haired konochi. Slowly he took his hand and brushed off a strained of hair covering her eyes. Before he could pull his hand away, she place her hand over his and continued to look into his eyes. It was almost like a pleading look for him not to leave.

"I won't leave, I promise you that." He whispered softly.

"No, it's not that..." She said softly after a moment.

Tilting his head slightly, he gave her a questioning look, so she continued. "...I...just don't..." She paused as she gathered her thoughts together. "I just don't want to take for granted the love you've shown me. I've been thinking about it and I know for a fact that there is no more 'Him and I'. I want to forget about him and move on but I'm still very much in love with him that it hurts. My heart feels like there's a ton of bricks are on top of it...I...Just..."

"Then slowly, one brick at a time, I'll take that load off your heart." Naruto whispered softly as he moved to kneel by her side, looking into her eyes at eye level. A surprised look crossed her face as he continued. "Even if it takes forever, I will never leave you. I'm here by your side for however long it takes. Until that day comes where you feel your heart is as light as a feather again. Until you can truly love another man again, whatever it takes, I'll be there. I love you so much Sakura-chan."

Sakura's lips began to quiver as hot tears formed in the cornor of her eyes. As they rolled down her cheeks, Naruto wiped them away with his remaining free hand, since Sakura held a tight gip on the other hand. "N...N..Naruto-kun!" She sat up and wraped her arms around him tightly. He likewise hugged her tightly as he slowly sat back on the edge of her bed. After a moment the two pulled away slowly, only their foreheads touching as they silently looked into each others eyes. A small smile crossed Sakura's face as she closed the distance between the two and gave him a soft kiss on the lips. Not holding back on his part, he returned the kiss. Slowly she lowered back on to the bed and he leaned over her kissing her passionately. Before anything serious could take place, the front door opening and closing signing that her parents just came back, stopped them dead in there tracks especially when they heard foot steps coming up the stairs and towards her room. Naruto jumped as far from Sakura as possible before the door opened and her Father walked in.

"Sakura honey, I heard noices up here, I didn't think you'd be-" He stopped mid-sentence as he noticed the blond haired boy with a huge blush across his cheeks sitting on the far side of the room and Sakura sitting up on her bed with a somewhat startled look on her face looking down at the foot of her bed.

"Honey, is Sakura home already? I thought she'd still be-" Now it was Sakura's mother's turn to grasp a hold of the situation that she hopped didn't happen.

Both parents looked at the boy and their daughter back and forth both hopping that nothing took place in that room that shouldn't have taken place.

"I..I...I..." Naruto started to stutter as he stood up and sat back down feeling the weight of Sakura's father's glare on him.

"Nothing happened mom, dad." Sakura spoke up after awhile. Both set of eyes turned to their daughter. Sighing deeply Sakura expained what had happened on the mission and why Naruto was in the room with her, of course leaving out the details that would cause her father to kill Naruto and smack her silly. But she did mentioned what happened with her and Deidara...again...leaving out details that would cause her father to go out on a killing spree.

Her mother gave her daugher a sympathic look as she moved to sit by her side. She hugged her tightly for a moment. She knew all too well how close those two were. Neither her nor her husband were blind. They knew that those two really did care deeply for each other. She was just as confused as her daughter was as to why he would hate her so much.

She then turned to Naruto and gave him an assuring smile. "You really are a good friend to Sakura aren't you honey?"

Naruto sat up straight giving his full attention to her mother, quite glad for that smile and suddenly feeling the glare from her father softening a bit. He swallowed hard before nodding his head. "Yes madam. I would never hurt your daughter as he had hurt her. I..." He paused as he looked at her father then her mother with a slight blush. He then stood up and slowly walked over towards her father and looked up at the man with a serious look on his face. He took in a deep breath before he continued.

"Sir, I've known your daughter since we were kids. We weren't as close as she was to Deidara or her other friends but I've grown to love and respect your daugher. I want to protect her and I never would want to hurt her or make her cry. At the same time, I respect that it will take time before she could make that choice to love another again. If that time comes, may I please have your blessing in dating your daughter? Sir?" A slight hopeful look crossed his face as he continued to look up at the man. A hard serious look was on his face as he looked at the boy before him and his only child. He like wise saw the pleading look on her face. Sighing deeply, a small smile crossed his face as he nodded.

"I want to thank you for taking care of our daugher, especially at an emotional time like this." He said as he reached out to shake Naruto's hand. "I've heard a great deal about you in the village. You're an excellent ninja. I belive now that they are right."

Naruto like wise reached out his hand to shake her father's hand. "Thank you sir. Thank you very much."

Her father nodded his head. "Hey, how about I make you a cup of hot chocolate? We could talk a bit more?"

A smile came across Naruto's face and he quickly looked over at Sakura. A warm smile came across her face as she nodded. "Dad makes a good cup of hot chocolate, I wouldn't miss it if I were you." She as she waved her hand towards the door giggling. "Besides, I wanna talk to mom alone."

Both of them nodded their heads with a smile as they walked out of the room already starting a converstion. She could hear both of them laughing by the time they reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Seems like your father has taking a liking to that young man." Her mother commented as she looked at the door way. She then looked back at her daugher with a knowing smile. "He's something special isn't he? Your father has warmed up to him quite quickly. It took sometime before he was like that with Deidara." A frown came across her face when she realized what she said. Sakura seemed slightly taken aback but didn't let the comment affect her fully.

"You're father and I, with you and Deidara. From the moment you two first met, we knew there was something special between the two of you but at the same time, we knew that he was..." Her voice trailed off and a regreatful look crossed her face. Sakura's eyebrow frowned together as she gave her mother a confused look.

"Mom?" She questioned as she could sence there was something serious her mom wanted to say.

Her mom stood up and shook her head as she walked towards the end of her daugher's bed. She looked up as she sighed deeply. "Honey...don't be mad at your father for what I'm about to say. It's not his fault. As a matter of fact, you can blame me. It was my idea to begin with.

A worried look now crossed Sakura's face. Somehow...she had a gut feeling that she didn't want to know. But her mom would tell her regardless. "Mom...w...what is it?" She asked carefully.

Looking back at the young splitting image of her, Sakura's mother shook her head as she continued. "We knew he was a good kid, but at the same time we heard so much about him from the other adults. He was a troubled youth before you met him. His parents were heardly around, he'd cause a lot of problems in the village. Even when you two were friends, it didn't help much." She sat down at her daughter's desk looking at her with guilt filled eyes. "We...were..." She paused for a moment. "Over the years the two of you were becoming closer. We could see how much you cared for him. We owed him some sort of graditude because he helped to pull you out of your shell. But at the same time, we didn't want his bad habits to brush off on you.

You're father's job had an opening back in Suna. They never approched him on their own. I...I suggested to you're father to take the job. At the time I was looking out for you and even though you were glowing and making more and more friends, we didn't know how to limit your assocation with Deidara. So the job transfer was the only excuse that was available at the time..."

Sakura's eyes widden in horror at what her mom was telling her. No way...absolutely no way her parents could have done that to her. Just then, a thought came to her mind and the pit of her stomach was beginning to tighten. She vagely remembered Deidara saying that he never got any of the letters she had send him. She closed her eyes as she slowly asked her mother about the letters.

"Mom, the letters I'd give you to mail to him. You never mailed them did you?" She asked, already knowing the answer.

Biting her lower lip she shook her head, a tear starting to roll down her cheek. She didn't have the chance to reply back before Sakura started to ask more questions. "Y...you li...lied to me? A...and we came back...b..because..."

"We knew he was no longer in the village. We...we knew for sometime that he had gotten worse. Tsunade-sama kept us updated. She...like wise knew the reason why we moved. But again, she's not to blame."

For a moment a stunded look was plastered across Sakura's face. She never dreamed that her parents would be so against her and Deidara. She remembered the smile on their faces when she'd say she was going out to play with him. She remembered the smile on her face when she spoke happily about seeing him again. And now she learns after he nearly killed her, that her own parents were to blame for his hate against her.

Sting of tears rolled down her cheeks. So much has happened in such a short time that she was at a mental lost. She felt like screaming at her mother. She felt like she wanted to hate her mother's guts and her father's too. She felt so much anger but at the same time, she could see her mother looking back at her with tears rolling down her cheeks too. A look a deep regreat was eitched across her face. It was obvious her mother would never have guessed that the out come would have turned to this. Still though, at that moment, dispite feeling a slight bit of empathy for her mother, she just couldn't bare to look at her face.

She bit her lower lip and in a shake voice finally spoke up, looking away from her mother. "Please get out. I...I really don't want to see you now...and I really don't want to see Dad now. I want to be left alone."

More tears flowed from her mother's eyes as she slowly stood up. Walking towards the door, she looked back to see her daughter shaking as sobs upon sobs escaped her. She felt a cold stab to her heart for being the cause of her daughter's pain. She walked out of the room closing the door behind her. Sobs of her own were ecsaping her as she slid down against the door wishing that she could somehow turn back in time and correct her actions. But it was nothing short of wishful thinking.

As Sakura continued to cry helplessly, she didn't noticed someone standing at her balcony, hiding his chakra so as not to be senced. He only made it to her room after Naruto and her father left, so he never saw them. But he heard everything that was said between mother and daughter. He felt his own cold stab in his heart. All the more so he realized just how wrong he was. He nearly killed the love of his life, blaming her for something he now knew was not her fault, but that of her parents and Tsunde. His eyes narrowed and his hands cluched into a fist. He placed a hand on the glass door seperating the two. He had a reason for wanting to go to see her but before he had a chance to make his self known, Sakura's next words, although to herself stopped him in his tracks. His heart shattering to pieces at what he heard.

"I loved him with everything I had. All he could see was my blood against his blade. He hated me so much all because mom and dad...mom and dad...lied to me. He hates me so much when all I've done was love him so much." She crawled up in a small ball and continued to cry.

He pulled his hand away. It was almost as if their love was doomed from the start with neither of them knowing the out come. His eyes narrowed as he thought of the three people who were to blame for him losing the one person who kept his sanity in tact. He pulled away from the window and lept away from the house. The wheels were set in motion. They had all come past the point of no return and all he could think about was getting his revange.