Aww yeah, here we go! I literally started to write this chapter right after I posted the last one. I just couldn't help myself. You guys have turned my writing hobby into a damned obsession. Not that I'm complaining. Moving on...

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Possibly interesting Authors Note at the end.

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S Lyubov'yu,

Casper.

Previously on Heartbroken;

"Sakura, thank you for joining me.", Leader began. He too, was impressed by the progress that the medic was making with her emotional state, he just hoped that she would be strong enough to accomplish the mission he was about to assign her.

"Of course, you did summon me after all. What can I do for you, Leader?", she asked, bowing her head slightly.

"As you know, I have a mission for you. It is of the utmost importance that you do this mission for me. You will be allowed to choose one other member of the organization to join you.", he explained.

"And what is this mission, Leader?", she asked curiously.

"Your mission, Sakura Haruno, is to assassinate the Hidden Leaf's Hokage."

Sakura stared at Leader, her eyes widened slightly. She drew in a deep breath before calming herself. She had cut ties with her village near a year ago, this wouldn't be an issue. Though killing her former teacher may prove difficult, the woman was a Sannin after all. She steeled her nerves and a flash of determination shone in her green eyes.

"Understood."

Pein's eyes almost widened at his medics response, he had half expected her to protest taking such a mission. Not that she had much of a choice in the matter. Konoha's ninja were starting to cause trouble in his plans and with the Hokage out of the way, capturing the nine-tailed beast would become slightly easier. There would be no Sanin left to protect him from his organization. Over the last two months since Sakura had joined him, he had seen a large change in the woman in front of him, she was no longer the terrified woman that he had sent Sasori to find. She had recovered and had become quite a powerful asset to his plans. Shortly after she had healed her comrades after their mission to the Mist, she had started training with each of the members at least once a week to improve herself. The petite woman was now a force to be reckoned with. He had no doubt that she would have little issue with the mission he had assigned her, but he always sent his people out with their respective partners. When she had joined, he had had no intentions of sending her out on the field, seeing as he had her brought here to be a medic. But he had slowly come to the realization that she had other talents that didn't just include healing.

"Who are you going to bring with you on this mission?", he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I haven't decided yet, I will inform you by the end of the afternoon if you would allow me to think over my choices", she requested.

Pein nodded and dismissed her from her office after informing her that she would leave the base before tomorrow night to begin her mission.

She bowed respectfully and left the office, knowing that none of her boys were going to be very happy with the mission she was assigned. They didn't doubt her abilities in a fight, but they didn't like seeing her hurt either. They felt bad enough when they left bruises on her body when she sparred with them. Seeing her put in a possible lift threatening situation but liable to give them all minor heart attacks. She just hoped that the fact that she was bringing one of them with her would help soothe some of their worries. But she wasn't going to get her hopes up. They were going to fight her tooth and nail on who she was going to bring. They were all going to state their reasons as to why she should take them with her. But ultimately, it was up to her to choose her partner for this task.

Sakura took a deep breath to calm her nerves before opening the door, fully knowing that Deidara would still be outside in the hallway waiting for her. The minute she stepped out of the office and closed the door behind her with a soft click, Deidara's questions began.

"So what's your mission, yeah?! Are you staying in the village for the mission or are you leaving, yeah? You're not leaving the village without us, right, un?! Come on, Sakura-chan! That suspense is killing me, yeah!", the blond cried, his questions coming out of his mouth like rapid fire.

"I will explain my mission to all of you down in the common room, just know this, Dei, none of you are going to like it one bit.", she sighed before making her way down the stairs towards the common room.

Deidara shot her a grim look before nodding and followed her down the stairs. When they reached the bottom, he split away from her to go and grab the others so they could all hear about this mission that was apparently going to piss them off. For her sake, he really hoped she was just being sarcastic.

Sakura entered the common room and made a beeline for the couch and flopped herself down on its cushions in a very unladylike manner. She didn't give a damn at this point if she acted like a lady, she lived with more than half a dozen men for Kami's sake. She was just a hairs breath away from joining their farting and burping contests. They already tried to get her to join them when they decided to make their bodily functions into a contest, she always refused. She was slowly coming to the realization that if you can't beat them, join them. She laughed softly to herself at the thought.

"Something funny, Doc?", Hidan asked as he and the others entered the common room. It wasn't uncommon for them to find her sprawled out haphazardly on the couches of floor. Usually they would have found it amusing and laughed a little at her expense, but this was no time for laughing. Their little Blossom had a mission and from what the blond had told them all, they weren't going to like what she had to tell them.

"Not at all, just thinking.", Sakura sighed before rolling herself off the couch and gesturing for her adopted family to find a place to sit.

When all the men were seated, Itachi spoke up and asked the question that everybody was currently trying not to ask.

"So, what is this mission you are taking that we aren't going to like?", he asked, a hint of worry in his normally blank eyes.

"Right to the point, I see. Well, here's the run down, tomorrow myself and one of you will be leaving for the Leaf Village. Our mission is to assassinate the Hokage and my former teach Tsunade.", she explained quickly, she braced herself for them to start trying to stop her from going, even though they all knew that she had her orders and had to follow them.

There was about five seconds of silence before all hell broke out.

"You better know that you are taking me, doll", Sasori ground out. Over his dead body would she be going on this mission without him.

"Fuck off, puppet boy, Doc is bringing me with her", Hidan snapped. There was no way the medic was leaving the base without him there to watch her back.

"She's obviously going to be taking me.", Kisame huffed. He didn't doubt her abilities as a ninja, but something about this mission just didn't sit right with him.

"She's taking me and that's final, un!", Deidara growled, Sakura hadn't been lying, none of them like this one bit.

"I do believe she will be taking me along, seeing as that is also my home village and together she and I would have a greater advantage of succeeding.", Itachi pointed out.

Nobody could deny that the Uchiha had a point. None of them quite liked that fact though.

"I know all of you have concerns with me going on this mission but I have already made my decision on who I am taking with me. And once I tell you who it is, I beg you guys not to fight me on this. Because me bringing him seems like the best choice due to his abilities.", she sighed, eyeing each of the men in the room lovingly.

When she received five nods of understanding, she continued.

"I've decided that I'm taking Hidan with me", she said softly, pointing to the silver haired ninja who was trying to pick his jaw up off the floor at the moment.

"Might you enlighten us as to why, doll?", Sasori said with a frown.

"It seemed obvious to me, he's immortal. Unless he has a limb detached, I won't have to worry about healing him in the midst of battle. He seemed like the best choice.", she explained, smiling lovingly at all of them. They hadn't started to yell and argue like she had asked.

Everybody seemed to accept her answer, though reluctantly. Though they wanted to be the ones to go with her, they trusted Hidan enough to know that he would keep her safe. Plus her argument about not having to worry about healing his wounds was a really good point. They would worry like mother hens the entire time she was gone but they would endure. They knew that she would come back to them just fine. Lest Hidan wanted the true extent of his immortality to be tested.

"When do we leave, Doc?", Hidan asked, finally recovering from the shock of being picked by the pink haired medic. He thought for sure she would have chosen the Mad Bomber or the Puppet Fucker. She was closest to the both of them, after all. He knew that she had love for all of them, but they all knew that her love for those two ran just a little bit deeper. None of the others let that bother them though. All of them knew of the things she had endured before she had been brought here and they were all proud of how far she had come.

"Leader wants us gone by tomorrow night. Now if you will excuse me, I have to go let Leader know who I have chosen to take with me. Once I get back, how about we all go get some lunch?", he asked, smiling at all the men before her.

When all five of the men nodded, she turned around and headed back in the direction of Pein's office to report what she had decided. Hopefully he would be as supportive of her choice to take Hidan as the others had been.

Pein heard a knock on the door of his office, he had no doubt in his mind that it was Sakura returning to let him know who she had chosen to bring with her on her mission.

"Enter.", he called calmly.

He watched the pink haired medic enter his office with pride and grace. She bowed her head respectfully before she began to speak.

"I have chosen to bring Hidan with me to the Leaf to carry out my mission with me.", she stated calmly.

"Interesting choice. Care to elaborate as to why?"

"His immortality will obviously come in handy, if he is injured during our mission I will not have to worry about healing him. His body will do it by itself. The only time I will have to heal him is in the off chance that he loses a limb. Plus I believe that him being able to use his prayer form will come in handy as well. I plan to get my hands on some of Tsunade's blood so we can take her out by using her as a sacrifice to Jashin.", Sakura explained.

"Interesting. I approve. When will you two be heading out?"

"We will leave tomorrow morning, once I have finished talking with you we will be going to get some lunch. I will go over the mission details in full with Hidan tonight so he is aware of my plan.", Sakura continued to explain.

Pein was impressed to say the least, she had everything planned out already and he had only given her the mission an hour prior. The girl seemed to be a natural at coming up with plans. And they were impressive.

"Acceptable. I don't think I have to tell you that failure is not an option."

"Of course, Leader. I wouldn't dream of disappointing you.", she smirked, a dangerous glint in her vibrant jade eyes.

"Very well. Dismissed."

Sakura nodded her head and turned to leave the office. Once Pein heard the door click shut once again he let a small smirk grace his features.

'Perhaps she will become an even greater asset to my plans'

Sakura made her way back to the common room where she knew that the others would be waiting for her. When she entered the room she smiled at her boys, all of them were sprawled out haphazardly around the room. Itachi on a chair, Sasori and Deidara on the floor, Kisame on a couch, and Hidan on the coffee table. She let out a delighted laugh at the scene in front of her. And these guys were some of the most feared men in the world?

"Well, are you guys going to lay there all day or are we going to get some food, yeah?", she asked with a smirk.

"Oh God, Blondie rubbed off on her. She's got his fucking speech impediment.", Hidan cried in mock horror.

"It isn't a speech impediment, yeah! It's a habit!", Deidara defended from his place on the floor, he flailed an arm in an attempt to wack the silver haired ninja but quickly gave up when he realized that he was too far away.

"Now, now you two. Let's go get some lunch before I decide to leave you all and elope with Kisame.", she laughed.

"Why me, Pinky?", Kisame asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Maybe I just like fish enough to marry one.", she shrugged, earning a laugh from all of them aside from Itachi, who smirked.

"That's kinda gross, yeah.", Deidara pointed out.

Sakura just shrugged before poking Deidara and Sasori in the ribs to get them to pick themselves off the floor. Next, she moved over to Hidan. She tried poking him in the ribs but he didn't budge. With a sigh of mock frustration, she grabbed onto his cloak and promptly flipped him off the table. A shriek of surprise left the priests lips as he landed with a thud on the floor. He shot the medic a baleful glare before picking himself up off the floor. She turned to the last two in the room and gave them a pointed look before they got up from their respective relaxation spots.

"Now that we're all up, let's go eat.", Sakura cheered happily.

"What should we eat tonight, yeah?", the blond bomber asked.

"Dango."

"Itachi, no."

"We will be eating dango."

"I'm sick of dango, yeah"

"Dango..."

"Itachi, I think we need to have a little chat about your obsession with dango if our partnership if going to last."

"Dango."

"God damn it, 'Tachi! We are not eating dango!"

"Fine...ramen."

"Better", came the collective reply.

With a defeated sigh from the usually calm and collected Uchiha, the group of six made there way out of the base and made their way to the closest ramen stand.

Itachi made a mental note to hoard as much dango as he could in his room.

When the group of six found a ramen stand that would fit all of them, they hoisted themselves onto stools and picked up their menus.

"I'm thinking pork ramen tonight, yeah", Deidara cheered, pumping a fist in the air.

"Dei, you literally always get pork ramen.", Sakura pointed out, earning a shrug from the blond.

"I'm going with miso", Sasori sighed as he set down his menu.

"Again, you always get that."

"Well I'm getting-"

"Shrimp ramen, yes we know Kisame."

The owner of the stand came over to the six Akatsuki members as calmly as he could, which wasn't very calm. The six didn't even blink at his uneasiness. It was to be expected. Before any of the boys could speak, Sakura quickly ordered them all their usuals, earning a few dirty looks which she ignored.

"Not my fault you guys never change your orders.", she shrugged.

They all sighed and nodded, she had a point.

"Oh yeah, while I'm thinking about it, Hidan, when we get back come with me to my room. I want to go over the mission details with you and go over the plan I have.", Sakura spoke up, pounding her fist into an open palm.

"Sure, Doc, whatever you say.", he nodded.

Their food came about ten minutes later. They ate in complete silence, all of them lost in their own thoughts about their medic going on a mission that could, quite possibly, get her fatally injured. Not just anybody could take on one of the Legendary Sanin, former apprentice or not. They would just have to put their faith in Hidan and hope to every holy deity that existed that he kept her safe.

Once their food was eaten, Sakura slapped a few bills onto the counter and followed the other out of the stand. The walk through Ame back to the base was almost deafeningly silent. Sakura knew that her going on this mission caused concern in each and every one of her family members. She would make them proud. This was her chance to prove to them that she could protect herself and make it so they didn't have to worry about her so much. She appreciated their concern, but she didn't want them to have to always worry about her well being. She was a grown woman, she could protect herself. She just needed to prove it to them.

When they arrived at the base, they agreed to meet Sakura and Hidan in the morning before they left for Konoha. The duo nodded and parted from their comrades to head to Sakura's room to discuss the mission.

Hidan sat carefully on Sakura's perfectly made bed, falling backwards with a huff.

"You sure you're alright with doing this, Doc?", he asked carefully,"You know we could probably talk to Leader if you aren't comfortable with killing your former teacher."

"As much as I appreciate your concern, I don't need it. I'm prepared to do this. I cut my tires entirely with my village the minute I defected. Do I still care for them? A little, I did grow up there after all. But will it interfere with my mission and my orders? Fuck no. I'm fully prepared to kill Tsunade and anybody else that gets in my way.", she retorted.

"As you wish, Doc. So what's this fucking plan you have?", he sighed.

"It's simple. I'm going to get my hands on some of Tsunade's blood and then I'm going to have you sacrifice her to Jashin. If memory serves you're due for a ritual and so we'll be killing two birds with one stone.", she smirked, taking a seat on her bed next to the lounging ninja.

"Hmm, sacrificing a Sanin to Jashin-Sama. That'll get me some bonus points from him, that's for fucking sure. You get me the blood and I'll make it the best ritual I've ever preformed.", he said, turning his head to return her smirk.

The two continued to talk idly about their mission in the morning for a few more minutes, just working out not so important details before Hidan decided it was time to head back to his own room to pack for their journey. It was at least a week long walk to Fire Country so they would be gone for at least three weeks. A week to get there, a week to get the job done, and a week to get back home. If they thought about it logically, they were more likely to be gone at least a month. They weren't about to lie to themselves, they knew this mission wasn't going to be a walk in the park. They were to take down the last of the Sanin. It wasn't going to be easy.

But that didn't mean they weren't looking forward to the epic battle they were about to face.

When they parted for the night, both wore similar sadistic smiles on their faces.

The next morning seemed to come a lot quicker than the other Akatsuki members in the base would have preferred. Today they would be sending their precious medic and a sadistic priest on what could end up being a suicide mission. They knew the two were under orders and that Sakura had taken the mission willingly, but it still didn't quell their worries and concerns. But they would just have to grit their teeth and bare it. If anyone of them could go in her place, they would do so in a heartbeat. But alas, they were S-class criminals, not miracle workers.

Slowly each member present on the base made their way to the entryway of the base. Even Kakazu showed, which surprised everybody. He must have heard about the medics mission the night before from his partner.

"Are we really going to let her do this, yeah?", Deidara sighed, his blond hair still mused from sleep. It seemed that the others were in a similar state of dress. Still in their night cloths, hair a mess, and not giving a damn about their appearances right then. They had more important matters to tend to.

"We do not have a choice, brat. Have some faith.", Sasori grunted.

"She will be fine.", Itachi said calmly.

"The girl has spunk, I'm not worried about her. That crazy ass priest won't let anything happen to her.", Kisame added.

Kakazu just grunted in agreement.

A few moments later, the duo made their way into the room. Their packs hung loosely from their shoulders. They wore their cloaks with pride, their straw hats in hung from their hands firmly. Time to go.

"Come home safe, yeah?", Deidara demanded, taking the young medic into his arms for a quick hug, he felt her nod into his shoulder before releasing her.

"Knock'em dead, Kitten.", Kisame grunted, roughly petting the pinkettes hair, earning himself a glare from the medic. He shrugged it off.

"Good luck, doll. Try to bring back a new specimen for a puppet for me.", Sasori sighed lightly.

"You and your puppets, I'll see what I can do.", Sakura replied with a roll of her eyes.

Sakura turned her head and locked eyes with Itachi, no words were exchanged but they didn't need to say anything. She knew what he wanted to say.

'Don't you dare get hurt or die on us'

She nodded her head as if she had read his eyes. She tore her eyes away from the Uchiha and looked over at the stitched up ninja in the room with a raised eyebrow.

"Don't die.", Kakazu grunted before taking his leave from the room.

Nobody was surprised, they all just shook their head at his retreating figure.

"Aren't any of you assholes going to giving me any sweet parting words, huh?!", Hidan pouted.

"Don't get her killed.", came the collective cry.

Hidan's pout grew before he grabbed Sakura's elbow, leading her towards the door,"Time to go, Doc."

"Let's get this done then.", Sakura nodded, determination shining in her eyes.

The temporary partners left the base and didn't look back.

Operation Assassinate the Godame Hokage had begun.

Dear sweet baby Jesus that took longer than I had hoped to write. I got a but sidetracked though. Sorry haha!

It's mission time Ladies and Gentleman!

The reason I got a little distracted from this chapter was because I started writing yet another story. It's a Pein x Sakura AU hehehe. Hopefully you'll enjoy it just as much as you do this story. I have already posted the first couple of chapters to it but this story will be my first priority. It's called Clash if you're interested in checking it out. :)

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