I get this sinking feeling that I'm going to end up introducing all of the members of the Akatsuki at some point during this story. I can feel it. Considering I never planned on Hidan even being in this. But then I realized that I missed his sailor mouth that reminds me so much of myself. Anyway, onto the sixth chapter! As always, please review, favorite, and follow if you enjoyed!

S Lyubov'yu,

Casper

After a fair amount of begging and bribery, the boys were eventually able to pry Sakura off of Hidan before she decided that she felt that murder was a good idea at that moment in time. Once Sakura was pried off of the silver haired baker, they sat her on a counter and shoved a muffin into her hands to keep her occupied so she wouldn't be tempted to attack Hidan again once he'd started screaming and cursing all over again. Both boys let out a sigh and couldn't figure out who had the worse temper when they were pissed, Hidan or Sakura. Neither one really wanted an answer to that question either. Both boys made mental notes to never leave the two alone together, lest they wanted a call from the police claiming that one of them had met their untimely demise by the hands of the others. Neither were sure they'd be able to afford the bail money.

Sakura sat on the counter munching away at the pre-bribed pastry and watched with amusement as the silver haired man raised himself off of the ground, glaring at her the entire time. Needless to say, she smiled sweetly at him before popping another piece of muffin in her mouth.

"Well, that was interesting, yeah. Anyways, why'd you two decide to skip school and come visit me, hmm? And how'd you know which bakery to go to?", Deidara asked, turning towards the two teens.

"Well, you see, it's like this...I kind of had a bit of a break down and Sasori and I decided that we didn't feel like going to school. Once that was settled we remembered that you had said you worked at a bakery and we didn't know what else to do so we decided we might as well stop by and see you. As for knowing which bakery, it was a wild guess. Apparently there are only two of them in town so it was kind of a hit or miss if we had the right one.", Sakura explained with a shrug, popping the last piece of muffin in her mouth before turning to eye the other muffins cooling on the racks.

With a sigh, Deidara handed her another muffin, totally ignoring the dirty look that Hidan gave him. If muffins were what was keeping her from murdering Hidan on the bakery floor, he'd gladly sacrifice a muffin or two.

"So, why'd you have a mental break down, Pinky? Get in a fight with mommy and daddy? Your boyfriend break up with you?", Hidan smirked before raising an eyebrow at the mention of her parents.

Sasori quickly threw an arm around Sakura's waist to make sure she didn't jump off the counter to go for round two. Hidan didn't know not to mention her parents, he'd never met her before after all. Hell, Deidara didn't know that either. She'd only just told Sasori that morning. He glanced over at her, making sure she wasn't about to go into a rage or cry. He could deal with her beating the piss out of someone, but he didn't think he could deal with her crying. He was only just now remembering how to express his emotions again, he didn't think he was ready to deal with his friend as a sobbing mess just yet.

"For your information, you insensitive asshole, my parents died less than a month ago. So no, I didn't have a fight with them, you can't fight the dead.", Sakura said coldly before hoping off the counter and storming out of the bakery, not even bothering to see if Sasori followed her.

"Blossom's parents died?", Deidara said slowly before turning to Hidan, murder written all over his face. While this was all news to him, it didn't make him any less pissed off.

"Yes, she told me this morning. It's the reason she and I decided to skip school, neither of us felt like dealing with other students after we opened up about our parents' passing. You, Hidan, are an asshole.", Sasori sneered, he couldn't even bring himself to look at the silver haired man, if he did, there was a high chance that he would beat the man beyond recognition.

"How the hell was I supposed to know that, huh?!", Hidan exclaimed, he didn't know why, but he actually felt bad about upsetting the pink haired teen. He frowned, why the hell did he care? He'd never cared about hurting anyone before. With a sigh, he turned towards the front of the bakery, digging the keys out of his pockets in the process.

"Where the hell do you think you're going, yeah?!", Deidara snarled, turning to follow the silverette, beckoning Sasori to follow him towards the front.

"Going to look for Pinky, what else what I be doing, hmm?", Hidan asked, turning to look at them with a raised eyebrow.

"Why do you feel the need to go after her, hmm? If memory serves, you never cared before if you hurt someone of pissed them off yeah", the blond asked,"And what about the shop, we can't just leave can we?"

"I don't know why I feel the need to go after her, alright? I just do. And yes, we're all going after her. Somebody has to keep her from kicking my ass again when we find her. Don't forget, one of my best friends owns this place, he'll understand if we leave for something like this.", Hidan explained with a shrug of his shoulders before he ushered the other two out the door and locked it behind them. They quickly decided that heading back in the direction of Sasori's apartment would be there best bet since the pink haired teen wasn't very familiar with the side of town they were on. Without needing any more motivation, the three men took off in a dead run in the direction that they suspected Sakura had run off in.

About four blocks away from the bakery, Sakura decided that she was going to hide herself away in the cute little diner in front of her. It looked peaceful enough and she wasn't in the mood for anymore excitement at the moment. She hadn't meant to spill the death of her parents to Deidara and Hidan, but when he brought them up it had left her lips without a second thought. She didn't want their pity, nor did she want an apology. She just wanted to beat the crap out of Hidan and be done with it. But she'd already done that today so it wouldn't really get her point across at this point. Sulking with a cup of tea would just have to do for now.

She sat at a cute little booth in the back of the diner and took a look around. It really was cute in there, lovely cream walls, baby blue curtains tied back on the windows, a fire place off in a far corner, the place really was quite cozy. When the waiter came up to take her order she ordered a simple cup of jasmine tea and a plate of dango. Once the waiter left her table she let out another sigh. She knew she had every right to be upset but why did she feel bad for snapping at the silver haired man? It wasn't like he knew that her parents had died and that she was a little sensitive about it. She didn't know what to at this point so she did what every frustrated teen did, groan and slam her forehead against the table.

"Rough day?", a voice asked, it was rather gruff but she could hear the concealed amusement in his voice.

"You have no idea...I yelled at someone for saying something they shouldn't have but they didn't know not to say it and then I ran off.", Sakura grumbled into the tabletop.

"Well, what did they say? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to.", the voice came again.

Sakura heard a plate and a cup being set on her table and raised her head. When she looked up she was greeted to the sight of not only her food but a six and a half foot tall man with navy hair, white eyes, and what looked like tattoos of gills under his eyes. What caught her off guard more than anything was the fact the the mans skin had a blueish-gray tint to it. She wasn't about to question it, but she couldn't help but find it a little interesting. With a sigh, she decided if he was going to let her vent a little she might as well take him up on his offer to talk about it.

"Well, you see, I'm originally from Konoha. I moved to Iwa about three weeks ago, two weeks after my parents died in a car accident. Hidan, the man I yelled at, didn't know they had died. I'd just met him today and he made a comment about my parents. I kinda yelled at him about my parents being dead and took off, leaving my friends Deidara and Sasori with him. And now I'm here.", Sakura explained with a sigh and looked down at her food, taking a quick sip of her tea.

"Hidan made a crude comment about your parents, I'm assuming.", he responded with a sneer.

"Something like that. I'm Sakura, by the way.", Sakura said kindly, just telling somebody about it and getting it off her chest was what she needed. She already felt better. She didn't know why she was introducing herself, but she supposed it was the polite thing to do since the man was letting her vent to him.

"Don't let what Hidan says get to you, I actually went to high school with the asshole. He doesn't have a very good filter and he doesn't exactly understand the words empathy or tact. And I'm Kisame. A pleasure.", Kisame chuckled, making a mental note to put forth the effort to beat manners into Hidan again next time he saw the silver haired moron.

"Would you like to sit with me? Or are you too busy working right now?", Sakura offered, she didn't know why, but she felt pretty comfortable with Kisame, though she'd only known him for all of five minutes. Oh well, maybe she was just a good judge of character.

Kisame shrugged before taking a seat on the opposite side of the booth,"So you know Deidara too, huh? How's blondie?"

"Yeah, he's my neighbor. He's a pretty nice guy. As far as I know he's alright, I haven't exactly known him long though. Just a couple weeks, he actually welcomed me to the building. I met Sasori a week after I moved here at school. I met Itachi too but that didn't go too well.", she trailed off, raising an eyebrow at Kisame when he burst into belly busting laughter.

"Y-you! Punched Itachi!", he howled.

Sakura gaped at him, how the hell did he know that?!

"Itachi's one of my best friends, Pinky", he snickered.

Sakura couldn't help but laugh a little with him, it seemed everyone she was meeting in this town and connecting with, aside from Itachi, were all connected somehow. I guess it was a small world after all. Once she had calmed herself enough, she quickly ate her dango and finished her tea with a satisfied sigh. She took a moment to wonder if Sasori and Deidara were looking for her, they didn't exactly have her cell number to text her or call her to ask where she had gone. Not to mention the fact that she didn't know her way home from here either, she decided she'd just have to wait and see for now. If all failed, she'd ask Kisame for directions back to her side of town.

"I wonder what Sasori and Deidara are doing right now, I don't know if they are looking for me or not. I did kind of run off after blowing up.", she groaned lowly.

"Well, do you have either of their numbers?", Kisame asked, when Sakura shook her head, he dug into his pockets and pulled out his phone. He grabbed a pen out of his pocket as well and wrote a few phone numbers down on a napkin before handing it over to Sakura.,"Top one is Hidan's and bottom one is Blondie's."

"Thanks, I'm going to avoid texting Hidan. I still think he's a royal dick, plus I don't really know him. I'll send Deidara a quick text to see what's up.", she smiled, taking her phone out of her pocket and opening up a new text.

"Deidara, it's Sakura. Sorry I ran off, I shouldn't have! I'm at the diner four blocks down from the bakery." Send.

After sending the text, she set her phone on the table top and turned back to Kisame when she heard him speak up again.

"I gotta get back to work, Pinky, just call for me if you need anything.", he said with a slight smirk, when she nodded to him he stood from the booth and made his way back towards the diners kitchen. She watched him go with a small smile. Everybody in this town was so much nicer than the people back in Konoha. Except Hidan, she added as an afterthought. She was still a bit ticked about his parent comment. She was broken out of her thoughts when she heard her phone vibrate against the table top. She quickly unlocked it and saw that she had gotten an answer form Deidara.

"Be there in a few minutes! How'd you get my number,yeah? I don't remember giving it to you."

She couldn't help but laugh a little and texted him back,"See you soon. And it's a secret ;)" Send.

She set her phone back down and turned herself so she could see the front door of the diner. He said that he would be there in just a few minutes so it wouldn't hurt to keep a look out for him and Sasori. At least she assumed that the red head would be with him still. She felt her phone vibrate again and picked it up once again, reading the text she had gotten from Deidara.

"That's not fair, yeah! Who gave it to you?! Sasori said he didn't give it to you, he doesn't even have your number, yeah!"

Sakura snorted, his use of the word "yeah" even crossed over in his texting. "But it's a secret, and I'm a lady. It's unladylike to tell secrets to people whom they are not for! Just kidding. I got it from an old friend of yours. Kisame." Send.

His response came almost as soon as the text had been sent. "You met Fish-Kun?! Diner in sight, see you in a sec, yeah!"

Sakura broke into a fit of giggles when she read the blonds nickname for Kisame. She supposed it fit, considering his gill tattoos on his face. She looked up, still giggling, when she heard the bell on the diners main door open. She recognized both Deidara and Sasori the minute they stepped in the building and decided that she would keep up her hiding just a bit longer. She quickly put her phone on silent and tried to make herself look as less obvious as possible. It wasn't exactly easy with pink hair but it didn't hurt to try.

"Alright, this is where Blossom said she was, but where is she, yeah?", Deidara questioned when he and the others entered the diner.

"How hard can it be to spot a girl with pink hair, moron.", Hidan scoffed as he scanned the dining room. He couldn't really see the back of the dining room but so far he couldn't spot her. He supposed she could be in the bathroom or in the part of the dining room that he couldn't see.

"I don't see her up here, let's check the back", Sasori spoke quietly. He didn't know why, but since Sakura had run off, he felt as if his emotions had disappeared all over again.

The three nodded in agreement and made there way towards the back of the dinning room.

Sakura knew they were getting closer to her once she heard their footsteps pick up once again, they were heading straight for her. She heard her name called softly and looked up to see Kisame beckoning her towards the door to the kitchen. With a smirk, she took one last glace over to the direction that the boys were coming from. She knew Hidan was with them but she wasn't even going to wonder why. She didn't really care at this point. With one final glance, she bolted towards the door that Kisame was at. She looked back and saw a body turning around the corner and didn't think twice before she launched her body at Kisame's waiting arms.

She felt two strong arms wrap around her body and pull her into the kitchen. She let out a breath once he set her back on solid ground. The duo looked at each other before they both broke into another bout of belly busting laughter. Both had a few tears escape their eyes from the force of their laughter. They weren't even going to try to keep their voices down. Sakura wasn't trying to avoid the boys, she just wanted to play a good game of Cat and Mouse with them.

"So, what's the next step to our impromptu game of Cat and Mouse, Kisame?", Sakura smirked, looking at her accomplice.

"We're going to circle through the kitchen to the other door and go out through there back into the dining room. From there, we're going to come up behind the boys and you tackle the red head since I don't know him and I'll take down Blondie and Hidan. Sound good?", he smirked.

"Oh hell yeah", Sakura responded, returning his smirk before they made their ways back through the kitchen and back towards the dining room. When they reached they second door in the kitchen, Kisame poked his head out to make sure the coast was clear before he beckoned the pinkette to follow him. They walked into the dining room, Sakura partially concealed behind the six and half foot man in front of her. The two rounded the corner towards the back of the dining room and noticed the trio of boys standing in the middle, looking around trying to spot Sakura. With one last smirk towards each other, they both took off in a dead run towards their targets.

Sasori felt something hard, yet squishy, make impact with his back. The sound that made its way out of his throat would forever go to him to his grave. His body collapsed to the ground and he looked behind him fully prepared to rip into whoever had run into him before he caught the familiar sight of pink hair. He strained his neck some more and his eyes widened when he realized that not only had she tackled him, she was straddling the small of his back. He couldn't even try to fight the blush that made its way across his cheeks.

"Sakura..would you mind not only explaining why you are sitting on me, but why you felt the need to tackle me?", he questioned calmly, he only sighed when he heard her giggling from her perch on the small of his back. He wiggled slightly trying to tell her to get off of him, she didn't comply. She was quite comfortable. Both looked over towards the other two when they heard cursing, grunting, and threats of physical pain. Sakura and Sasori burst into laughter when the were greeted with the sight of Hidan and Deidara squished together underneath Kisame's hulking body.

Sasori wiggled again, silently telling Sakura to get up. This time she complied and offered him a hand up. He grabbed her hand and she hauled him back to his feet before they made their way over to the dog pile of grown men on the floor.

"Sorry you got dragged into that Deidara, I'll make it up to you. Hidan, I'd say I'm sorry too, but Karma is kind of a bitch and you just got served.", Sakura smiled kindly as she grabbed Deidara's hand and tried to pull him out from underneath her navy haired friend. She heard Kisame shift his weight so it was easier to pull the blond out. Once Deidara was freed, Kisame returned his full weight to its position of crushing Hidan, who at this point was whimpering about his back being in pain.

"I came here to apologize, Pinky! Tell the fish to get off of me!", Hidan whined.

"Fine...", Sakura pouted,"Kisame, let him up I guess."

With a shrug, Kisame started to get up, making sure he drove his knee into Hidan's back one last time for good measure.

Hidan slowly got to his feet and shot the blue skinned man a dirty look before making his way towards the pink haired teen. She shot him a slight glare before sighing.

"I forgive you, Hidan.", she said,"You didn't know and I kind of overreacted. I'm sorry too. But I'm not going to apologize for Kisame tackling you or beating the piss out of you earlier. You kind of deserved it."

Hidan smirked and nodded, he could live with that. He wasn't about to point out that she had no reason to apologize to him, but he would take what he could get.

"Now that everything is all good in the hood, how about some lunch, yeah?", Deidara cheered.

"I agree with the brat, but if he ever says 'good in the hood' ever again, someone maim him", Sasori rolled his eyes.

"I could eat.", Kisame and Hidan said in unison.

"How about we all get ramen.", Sakura suggested. She smiled when all four men in front of her nodded in agreement. Wait a minute, four men? She was the only girl, Sakura wasn't sure why, but all of her friends being guys really didn't bother her. Though she questioned if she could really consider Hidan her friend just yet. But then again, he had come with Sasori and Deidara to look for her. And he did apologize, which from what the others had told her, was something he never did. She decided she would just have to wait and see.

The group of friends waited silently for Kisame to clock out before they all headed out the door, thoughts of the early mornings events still fresh in their minds.

Well, there's another chapter done. Wasn't planning on Kisame being in this story either but I always considered Kisame and Sakura and one of my top BROTPS. So, it looks like our blue skinned friend is here to stay I guess. Anyways! Until next time, please review, favorite, and follow if you enjoyed. Any mistakes that there are, please inform me as I do not have a beta at this time.

And once again, the pairing for this story is still up in the air, if there's even going to be a pairing. Opinions? Let me know.