Hi!! 'Kay, this is the first fanfiction I've written in a few years, so I'm a bit out of practise...Well...read and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any characters in the anime/manga. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto-san. Okay, now you can read:)

Oh, by the way...

Ages: Sakura - 18; Itachi - 23, Kisame - 36, Tobi - not sure, probably around 18 let's say; Deidara - 21.

" " - talking

Blah - thinking

Blah - Inner Sakura

Eighteen-year-old Sakura Haruno finally completed the mission Tsunade had sent her on. The Wood Village [A/N: don't ask! I couldn't think of any other name! was now free of the threat of a minor demon that had been plaguing the villagers for several months. It was an easy mission, though she had used up a lot of her chakra on it.

She had been on her way home to Konoha and had detoured through another village on the way to re-stock on supplies, when she caught sight of a figure in a black cloak with red clouds. The person, though covered from nearly head to toe, appeared to Sakura to be male.

Damn, she thought. Akatsuki.

Sakura left the village as fast as she could without alerting attention. She had no idea what an Akatsuki member would be doing in the village, but she did not want to find out.

Unfortunately, the Akatsuki member had other plans.

As she exited the city, she saw the Akatsuki man tailing her.

Why do they want me? She wondered. I hope they're not planning to use me as bait for Naruto…

She pulled out a few shuriken and threw them at her pursuer. He dodged all but one, which embedded in his upper arm.

He stopped, as did she.

Cha! We hit a muscle! Cheered Inner Sakura.

But Sakura was not as optimistic as her Inner. An angry, injured Akatsuki member was not very good…especially since she had killed one of their members.

Maybe they want to kill me for killing Sasori…? She wondered.

The Akatsuki lifted his hat and let it fall to the ground.

Shit! She thought. Of all the Akatsuki guys to meet it has to be Deidara! He's so going to kill me — he was Sasori's partner!

"Nice throw, yeah," Deidara commented, and pulled out the shuriken from his upper arm. Sakura smugly noted that he winced, though she felt relieved that he, at least, did not appear angry.

"What do you want, Deidara?" she snapped.

"You're cranky today, kunoichi, yeah."

"Shut up."

She ran towards him, making a hand sign. As she got closer, she brought her fist out as if to punch.

Deidara readied himself to block her punch.

Sakura smiled, appearing behind him; she had used a clone and had switched places with her clone, appearing behind him. She gathered her chakra and punched his back.

The blond artist of Akatsuki went flying into a tree.

Cha! His dick just got slammed into a tree! Laughed Inner Sakura.

That's gotta hurt, thought Sakura.

Deidara slid down the tree and lay on the ground.

"Hey, Deidara," Sakura called. "It's like you always say: Art is a bang!" [A/N: I know, I've got a sick mind…heh heh ;)

He blushed, as did Sakura (her Inner had made her say that); she was referring to the recent contact between the tree and a certain spot below his waist.

"Not funny, yeah," he muttered, standing up.

Suddenly there was a loud explosion behind her. She felt herself go flying as she felt something cut her arms and legs…she slammed into something hard and everything went black.

The kunochi passed out and fell to the ground.

Okay…maybe the bomb was a bit too much — but Leader had ordered for her capture…

Deidara scooped her up in his arms, as he leapt onto his giant clay bird. He had to admit, she was rather pretty…Sakura was her name, if he remembered correctly — though it had been three years since she had killed Sasori…

He entered the base. Only a few Akatsuki members were there. Deidara saw Tobi (unfortunately) and Kisame. That meant Itachi had to be there too. How he hated that Uchiha bastard…

"Deidara-sempai!" cried Tobi at the sight of the blond.

Deidara ignored his crazy partner [A/N: Sorry Tobi fans! I mean… gomen, if my Japanese is correct… and went to Pein's office/lair.

"Leader, I brought the girl, yeah."

Pein surveyed him. "Very good, Deidara. Do with her what you wish for now. Let her adjust to her surroundings for the next few days. Then…" He grinned evilly. "We will use her services."

Deidara nodded and began to exit the room.

"Oh, and Deidara?"

The bomber froze. "Yeah?"

"If she does not consent to joining Akatsuki…send her to Itachi."

He nodded again and took her to his room and set her down on his bed. Deidara sat on a chair, watching her while absent-mindedly making things out of clay.

Sakura turned over.

Deidara looked down at what he made. A-a cherry blossom, he realized, a faint blush coming to his cheeks. He detonated it.

She opened her jade eyes and sat up. Her eyes narrowed when she caught sight of him.

"Where am I?" she demanded.

"The Akatsuki base, yeah."

She gripped the bed sheets and her eyes narrowed.

"Why'd you bring me here?"

"Leader-sama…wants you to join Akatsuki. We need your services, yeah."

Sakura flushed angrily. "Tell your leaderthat I'm not becoming Akatsuki's slut!"

"We don't want you for that." Deidara was surprised she would think so low of them…even if they were terrorists. Most of Akatsuki had not been involved with women in years — Deidara was still a virgin! "Mostly you'd be our healer, yeah."

"Never."

Deidara strode over to her and picked her up again. He exited his room and knocked on a door a few rooms down from his.

She struggled to escape from his grasp. "Where are you taking me?"

"You're going to see an old friend, yeah."

The door opened.

Ooh, the suspense, right? Well, please review and tell me what you think! Thank you! Arigato!