Author's Note:Hello everyone! Here is the next chapter that I'm sure all of you Deidara and Sakrua fans have been waiting years for! I'm really excited about this story and how it's turning out. please let me know what you think. Also, I'd like to deeply thank many of you who encouraged me to take my writing further. I've desided to take writing seriously and I want to write a light novel. I know I have a lot of work to do and I'm all up for that. So please feel free to correct me if you see anything wrong with my writing. I'd really apprecate any points or advice you'd like to offer. Even harsh critique, I'll take that wish as much grace as I can. I'll keep you up to date with my professional writing as it progresses. Enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: ugh. I seriously don't think Naruto is ever gonna end. Too much twists and turns!

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Eyes widening slightly out of confusion, she stood up, clearly startled by what the note said. Very slowly, she followed it's instructions and turned around. She gasped in surprise when she saw a figure standing about 100 feet away. As the person walked towards her, her legs suddenly gave away from under her and she felt her heart jump to her throat. Tears swelled up in the corner of her eyes but she didn't dare give him the satisfaction of seeing those tears.

At that moment anger flowed through her veins as she stormed over towards him. She saw the surprised look on his face by her sudden advancement and before he had a chance to say a word, she threw her fist back and punched him hard in the face, sending him flying a few feet. Almost as soon as she punched him, despite her best efforts the tears came rolling down her cheeks in a steady stream. She dropped down to her knees, this time sobbing uncontrollably.

"Dai-kun." She cried out between sobs.

Collide Chapter 12

After a few minutes passed and her tears died down, the two of them sat apart in scilence. Both not quite sure what to say. For three years Sakura had so much emotion built up. She was angry, hurt, confused and felt betrayed. Truth be told, since the explosion part of her even wondered if he was some how responceable. To her it made lots of sence since the last time they met he tried to kill her. He knew where she lived. If he really wanted to it wouldn't have been hard for him to set up that bomb and murder her parents, incorrectly thinking she was in the house as well. Her eyes harded as she glared at the man sitting a few feet from her.

"What the hell are you doing here?" She suddenly spoke up. The tone of her voice dark and deadly like drops of venom. "After killing my parents you dare come back here?! What kind of a sick bastared are you?!" Her fist clunched to her sides as hate boiled threw her vains. Once looking at himn with love, she wanted nothing more then to kill the man with her own hands.

For a second his jaw dropped and a horrified look crossed his face. He couldn't believe the words that he was hearing. However, thinking back on his actions the last time they had met he quickly concluded why she would come up with such a crazy acusation. Knowing that didn't stop the shock that he felt. "I can't blame you for thinking that way." He softly admitted as a frown crossed his face. As he looked into the eyes of the woman he once loved and then hated, it quickly dawned on him how their roles have change. How devistating a simple misunderstanding can be. Only now there was no way to change what happened in the past.

"Can't blame me?" She scoffed, causing a slight chill to roll down his back. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at him with bitter contemtment. "It's as if to imply that part of you would want to blame me. Why is that? I'm not the one who left you for dead."

He felt as if all the air in his lungs escaped at once when he heard that. He knew that the past would haunt him, but he sure as hell didn't think it would chew him up and spit him out while it was at it. Check mate. Where could he go from here? What could possibly be said? Losing any hope he manged to have, he gave in deciding one way or the other he should just open up to her. He knew it was pointless and he knew at this point he had nothing else to lose. He sighed deeply as he looked at her, making sure to choose his words wisely.

"Sakura, no part of me blames you at all. Even if for a split second I was foolish enough to think that the past could remain in the past, I still wanted to see you." He paused for a moment and was slightly surprised to see that she was paying him attention even though she still gave him a cold look. He decided to continue. "Yes, 3 years ago I wrongly accused you of betraying me. In truth, it was I who betrayed you. I did leave you for dead. I had as much hate for you as you have for me now. It wasn't until I saw the letters and I saw the little bear that I gave you all those years ago. To think that you'd carry them where ever you went..." He bit his lower lip as he felt the sting of tears falling down his cheeks.

"I loved and respected your parents. They showed much more love then I ever recieved from my own parents. The most I ever did to harm them was to almost kill you. Aside from that, I would never wish any harm to them." He took in a sharp deep breath as he tried to calm his breathing and the rush of tears that were flowing. "I know you won't believe me but I deeply regreat what I did to you at the lake. Even though it was too late, at the time I tried to pactch up some of your wounds but I couldn't." He decided that he said enough and stopped talking. Besides, no matter what he said he knew it would be pointless.

When he raised his eyes once again to look at her, he was taken aback. Tears upon tears rolled down her cheeks silently as her lips quivered. The look in her eyes soften considerably and she was starting to move closer to him. Frozen stiff, he wasn't sure what was happening nor weither he should guard himself and prepare to be smacked. Instead Sakura carefully approched him and was now leaning close to him, their faces close to enough to feel each other's breath.

"I often wondered what I'd do at this moment." She spoke calmly. Another shiver when down his spine as he looked into her eyes. "I wanted to kill you." Slowly she reached out her fingers and wrapped them around his neck. Even though his eyes widden and even if he was capable of protecting himself, he did nothing to stop her. If this is how he'd meet his end he couldn't picture anything other way then this. He closed his eyes waiting for the pressure around his throat, waiting for the air that he breathed to be cut off forever. After a few minutes he opened his eyes slowly when he felt her hands drop.

"Why?" Was all that he could whisper as he looked at her with confusing eyes.

"Do you really need to ask?" She asked softly, the look in her eyes dramaticly softer. Now he was really confused. As if to answer his silent questions, she continued. "I forgive you. I seriously thought about this day many times over and each time the out come was slightly different. Every time though, part of me would feel like I could forgive you."

"And what was this out come?" He found him self asking.

A slight smile crossed her face for the first time and he could have sworn he must have died. This was not what he was expecting. "This is out come where you're sincerly honest. I quickly figured out that if you were anything like you were at that time, you'd try to kill me. It may have been years since before that time but I haven't forgotten how to tell when you're being honest." Just then, the smile faded and a serious look crossed her face. "Dispite that fact, it's not like I could forget nor could I say something like 'let's start from where we left off'. I've moved on Daidara." She held up her left hand and the ring sparkled brilently in the light of the moon.

A deep frown eitched on his face as he saw the ring. "Who?" He asked not really wanting to know.

"Naruto." She replied softly as she started to pull away. "It didn't happen right away. I was deeply depressed over what happened between us. It took a long time for me to trust another man, let alone open up my heart. Once I did however, I never looked back even once."

Both were silent for a moment before Deidara suddenly got up. Sakura's eyes widden slightly at the movement. For the first time in years, she saw the warm smile the belonged to the boy who captured her heart. She felt her chest tighten and the breath being taken from her. "Then I'm very happy for you. I'm also thankful towards Naruto-san. All that I ask is for your happyness even if I'm not the one to give it to you." With that said, the turned and stared to walk away.

Sakura was still stunned. It was not because of the smile that he gave her. It was because of the tears rolling down her cheeks and of the tightness she still felt in her chest. She just told him how happy she was with Naruto. She should feel some sence of closure right? She should be able to watch as figure drew closer and closer to the forest. That once again, he was disappering from her life. That he was letting her go so that she could enjoy a happy life with Naruto, the man she'd clam to love. However If she let him go now, if he disappered between the trees forever gone...

"Dei-kun!" She cried out as she jumped up and ran towards him. The tears continued to roll down her cheeks.

He stopped in his tracks and before he could turn around she tightly wrapped her arms around him holding him tightly. The tears didn't stop and even he was finding it hard to hold back the tears any longer. He couldn't do it anymore. He didn't have the strenght. The love he had for her overwhelmed him to the point that he spun around and held her chin with one hand. He searched into her eyes as he tilted her head up and brushed away her tears. Drawing his face close to her's neither one prevented what was about to happen. Softly his lips captured hers and he could taste her tears and that of his own.

Both of them felt it. It was more then the typical fireworks people discribe when experencing their first kiss with someone they love. For both of them there was a history behind that kiss. Behind the touch that they so tenderly gave each other. It was a kiss that rocked their inner core. It was like a magnet strongly attracting polar opposits. It was a touch that sent shivers down their spine and filled their every pleasure. It was both wrong and right. Exciting and scary. Pleasureable and full of sorrow. That night it became more then just a kiss as their bodies spoke more then words could ever say.

It was the morning sunlight that awakened Sakura. Yawning slightly, it slowly dawned on her exactly where she was and more specificly who she was with. To her right laying on the grass next to her was Deidara sound a sleep. She gasped softly at seeing the sunlight dance across his face. He looked so innocent and almost fragile. As she sat up she noticed that the two of them were covered with cherryblossom leaves. The events of the night flashed before her eyes and a deep blush crossed her face for a second before the realization of what she did hit her. She was deeply torn. She hated her self for what she did to Naruto but she was also struggling againt these bottled up feelings she had for Deidara.

Not yet sure of how she felt towards him, she decided to leave as quick and quitely as she could so as not to be confronted by Deidara about the night before. Much to her luck, Just as she stood up and turned to leave, she heard a soft moan and a husy voice calling out to her. Taking a deep breath, she turned around and looked down at him. She almost wished that she didn't cause it made it that much harder for her to leave.

"Dei-kun-" She began softly but was cut off by him.

"I know you have to go." He said softly as he stood up and walked towards her. She felt her heart jump to her throat as he touched her cheek and allowed his fingers to trace her cheek bones all the way down to her neck. All she could do was look at him silently.

"Just promise me to come back here tonight." And before she could reply he kissed her lips softly. That was it. Her resolve to leave has all but left her. All though her mind screamed for her to stop and threw out memories of her and Naruto all happy, she couldn't help it. Wrapping her arms around his neck softly she didn't need hint that she didn't want the moment to end. He picked her up suddenly and carried her off into the forest where the two of them continued from where they left off the night before.

Once they finshed, they both went their seprate ways making promises to meet again later on that night. Sakura couldn't stop the smile from forming on her lips as she headed back to her apartment. The whole walk home her mind was on Deidara and everything that happened that morning and the night before. The heart is a tricky thing. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine this happening. She had no idea how to handle the situation. On the one hand it felt so right being with Deidara. But the ring on her hand was a nagging reminder that she betrayed the man she claimed she loved. Yet it seemed that Deidara never left her heart. That dispite the hurt and anger she loved him as much as she always have. This of course now put her in a very uncomfortable situation. She knew that she could never tell Naruto the truth and she was hard pressed on wither or not to confide in a very close friend or to just keep it to her self.

As her mind continued on these thoughts, she entered through her front door and was stunned by who she saw. The look he gave her sent shivers down her spin. Slowly she closed the door behind her, never once taking her eyes off him.

"Where where you?" He asked in a cool tone with eyes to match.

"I just stepped out to get something from the store." She replyed smoothly as she placed her keys down and started to walk past him towards her room. Part of her knew it was a bad move but she just need to get away from the suffocating tention in that room. No sooner did she move close to her room, did he also move to block her way. The look in his eyes harden and she felt frighten. This was not the happy and hyper Naruto she was so used to. She wasn't too sure who this stranger was.

"Don't give me that crap!" He nearly shouted, causing her to jump. "I've been here since late last night! Why are you lying to me?!"

Her lips quivered as tears started to roll down her cheeks. "N..Naruto-kun, you're scaring me." She whispered softly.

She saw as his fist clinched to his side and the anger in his eyes nearly doubled. "Don't go there Sakura. Don't act all scared and terrified so as to change the subject. Answer my damn question. WHERE. WERE. YOU. LAST. NIGHT?!" He shouted the last sentented.

At that, her anger grew. Who the hell did he think she was? His daughter? She was 19 years old. She had every right to be out all night. She like wise yelled at him. "Who the hell do you think you are?! I don't have to answer to you! I'm a grown adult, I could come and go as I please. You're not my dad, so don't act like you are!"

It was Naruto's turn to be shocked but that quicklyy faded as a scrowl form on his face. "We were suppose to meet up here for dinner last night. I came but you weren't here. I figured you were still at work and decided to wait. and wait. and wait again. But you never showed up, let alone call. When I finally decided to call, i found that you're phone was here. I called everyone trying to find out where you were. I got scared. I stayed up all night worried to death thinking the worst must have happened to you. Instead of thinking from my point of view you're so damn worred about me acting like your dad and treating you like a kid!"

Both of them for a moment stood silent glaring at each other. Both of them thinking that they were right. Finally it was Sakura's turn to speak up. "Well then let's make things simple shall we? Just stop worrying about me. I could handle myself. I don't need to keep tabs with you." Almost as soon as she uttered those words she regreated it. But her stubborn pride refused to faulter.

The dark look suddenly disappeared from his face and in place of it a stunned and deeply hurt look crossed his face. It was a look that broke Sakura's heart, but not nearly as much as his next words. "Look, for whatever reason I don't think this is going to work out. I mean I don't even know you anymore. Ever since you got obsessed over those flowers, you've changed and I don't like it one bit."

At hearing those words, Sakura felt as if someone punched her in the stomach. She felt a sting of tears in the cornor of her eyes and a pout formed across her lips. Instantly Naruto realised his mistake but it was too late. Taking off the ring he gave her, she threw the ring at his chest and ran past him to her room locking herself inside. Stunned at the turn of events, Naruto left the apartment. Once out side he punched the wall and screamed in anguish as the tears fell down his cheeks in a stream. Why did it have to be like this? Wasn't there a better way to handle that? Shouldn't he have let things cool down rather then let anger take control? He was honetly worried about her but went about it the wrong way. Slowly he slid down to the floor with his back to the wall. There seem to be no end to his tears as he sat alone.