UGH! I'm doing it again, starting another story before the other two are completed!

Oh well, it's all in good fun I suppose!

As always,

Enjoy!

~Kyvena

Chapter 1: Guardian Angel

Sakura ran as fast as she could and was sure if she could run faster she would. Naruto was behind her yelling at her, "Sakura, slow down!" She ignored him as Sai then called out, "Sakura the enemy isn't following us anymore!" She skidded to a stop and Naruto ran into her, Sai ran into Naruto, and Kakashi ran into Sai. Sakura grunted, "I have three full grown men on top of me and I cannot breathe!" All of them laughed and got off of her.

It was late at night and Sakura was on the second watch for the night, she sighed, only to have gotten three hours of sleep before. She stood and began wandering around mindlessly only to stop whenever she came to a rock that overlooked a field. Suddenly she saw an enormous explosion in the field and her eyes became blurry from the light and her ears rang painfully. Sakura stood, "What in God's name was that?" She jumped down off of the rock into the field running towards the explosion just in case someone had gotten injured.

She saw someone face down groaning, "Fuck" Sakura ran to him and turned his filthy body over, gasping whenever she saw him, "Hey it's you!" He was seriously injured and bleeding extensively whenever he cracked a beautiful sapphire eye open. Sakura sighed and gently laid his body down, instantly beginning to heal him. He eventually opened both of his eyes and saw the long pink hair in front of him, "How are you feeling?" Sakura softly spoke. Both of his eyes widened and he jumped up only to teeter back and forth, falling forward and making Sakura gasp. She caught him before he hit the ground and laid him in her lap. She got a cloth out of her medical belt and gently began to wipe the grime off of his bronzed skin, "Calm down… You are still weak…"

She took her canteen out of her pack and unscrewed the cap before lifting the man's head up and placing it at his lips which he kept pursed. The only thing he did was stare at Sakura, like he was trying to read into her actions. She sighed, "Deidara, I'm not trying to hurt you… I'm just trying to keep you alive for some reason…" Deidara nodded and she placed the canteen at his lips again, tipping it slightly so that a bit of water passed his cracked lips. She then got the cloth and poured a small amount of water on it before going back to cleaning Deidara's face off.

Sakura noticed the sun beginning to rise and knew Deidara was in no place to be alone. But she also knew she couldn't just take an Akatsuki member back to camp with her, so she chose to stay with him until he was better. Sakura looked forward and saw a small cave in the rocks and nodded to herself, "Deidara… I'm going to help you move to that cave over there, okay…?" He nodded. Sakura then stood and laced one of Deidara's arms around her shoulders and she placed one of her arms around his muscular back and the other around his chiseled core, making her blush madly. Deidara noticed this and began chuckling.

Sakura rolled her eyes and began walking with him slowly to the cave. Once they were there Sakura noticed there was a hot spring inside the cave. She knew he needed to fully bathe and she turned bright red at the thought that she had to get in with him to wash his body. She shook her head of any inappropriate thoughts, "Deidara, I need you to get undressed. I'm going to help you bathe…" Deidara nodded and grinned mischievously. He began wincing trying to take his shirt off and Sakura stopped him, "Just raise your arms, I'll help you…" Deidara raised his arms and Sakura began to shed the sweaty and sticky clothing from his top.

Sakura was staring at his abs and Deidara knew it, "You know… if you keep staring at me this might just get more awkward, yeah." Sakura's eyes widened, it was the first time he spoke to her, "S… Sorry!" She turned away as he took off his pants and waited, "I'm done undressing, hm." Sakura went into medic mode and turned around, wrapping her arm around his body and helping him into the hot springs. Sakura then got nervous, she was going to have to get in with him…

Sakura quickly shook her head and grabbed the soap and wash cloth out of her bag. She quickly shed her clothing and let her long hair out of its ponytail. Deidara had his eyes closed until he heard a small splash in the water. He cracked an eye open and now it was his turn to blush, there was Sakura in all of her glory, naked in front of his very eyes. Sakura rolled her eyes, "Calm down, I'm just helping you get clean." Sakura began instructing Deidara, "Turn around and lean back into my arms. I'm going to get your hair wet. Don't worry I won't allow you to drown." Deidara rolled his eyes and leaned back into Sakura's arms. He felt Sakura untying his half pony and letting all of his hair down. Sakura smiled at Deidara and poured some soap into his hair before sitting him back up.

Deidara was in heaven, what guy doesn't like their head rubbed. Sakura massaged her fingernails through his scalp and through the entire content of his hair. Sakura giggled a bit, "Lean back Deidara." Deidara pouted a bit and leaned back, "Oh don't pout Deidara, I have to wash it again." This made Deidara smile, "Thanks, yeah." Sakura smiled at him and ran her fingers through his scalp, "You're welcome Deidara…" It then dawned on Deidara; he couldn't remember this girl's name, "What's your name again, hm?" Sakura chuckled lightly as she sat him back up to give his hair another good scrubbing, "It's Sakura." Deidara smiled, "That's a beautiful name, yeah." This made Sakura blush, "T… Thank you."

After a second time washing his hair she noticed he was in dire need for some conditioner, which luckily she brought. She then began massaging conditioner through his long blonde locks, Deidara's eyes rolled into the back of his head and she giggled, "Feel good?" Deidara nodded, "I love my head to be rubbed, yeah." Sakura smiled, "What guy doesn't?" After she was sure his entire hair had conditioner in it she grabbed her hair band and tied his hair into a messy bun. Sakura then got her body wash and began using the wash cloth to scrub all of the dirt and grime off of his body.

Once Deidara was sparkly clean, and smelt like Sakura, she untied his hair and began to rinse the conditioner out of his hair.

Deidara grinned, "I may just keep you to rub my head Sakura." This made Sakura blush prettily, "All right Deidara, you're all clean. I'm going to get myself cleaned up now." She quickly scrubbed her body and hair clean and then helped the two out. She then grabbed a towel and toweled Deidara's off before drying herself off and getting a new set of clothing she had brought for herself and dressed quickly, "Use the towel to cover up, I'm going to wash your clothes now." Sakura smiled at him and threw her long hair up in a messy bun and got to work on scrubbing his clothes clean. Once done she hung them up to dry.

She looked in her bag and noticed she had brought sleeping pants and handed them to Deidara, "I'm sure these will fit you." Deidara nodded and pulled the pants on, "Thank you for saving my life Sakura…" Sakura smiled, "Don't mention it…" Sakura hadn't even realized she had now been gone from her group for three days now and she gasped, "I'll be back Deidara okay?"

He nodded and she bolted from the cave only to find that her comrades had left her behind.