A/N; Hi there! [: This is just a little fic I've been writing in my head for a while. I love pairing Sakura with both Sasuke and Deidara, and I was disappointed when there wasn't any fics for sasusakudei. So, I decided to make my own!~ Even though this is a sasusakudei fic, DeiSaku's going to end up being the main pairing. Anyway, enjoy!

-Cherry Blossoms with a Hint of Revenge and Art-

-ch1 | Team, Assemble!-

Boom.

That soft thundering in the distance was all it took to catch the pink kunoichi's attention, leaving her body to stand idle in the busy street as she strained to check for chakras. A specific Uchiha's, to be exact. Her furry companions stopped, too, glancing up at their partner's suspicious face. Sakura couldn't tell what the heck was happening outside of town. She began her quick pace to the outskirts of the small, little village. When she got a better view on the rooftops, the healer bit her lip, trying to figure out just why her gut was screaming at her to pursue the booms from before.

She bent down, and asked one of her faithful dogs to go and see what was up. The furry creature ran off, leaving Sakura to piece together the puzzle. Somehow, there was a connection, but she just couldn't put her finger on it to identify it. What was it? Suddenly, there was a nudge down at her foot.

"We've got a lead," the remaining ninja dog told her. "We better go catch up."

Sakura nodded, and jumped into the trees. Her pace was quickening by the second, thanks to that wary feeling she was getting. Finally, caught up with the other dog, Sakura's jade eyes peered through the branches, only to find an argument between two boys. Blonde, and onyx.. Her eyes snapped wider, realizing just who those boys were. "Send the signal," the kunoichi's low whisper commanded, as she began to take note of the arguing boys below her. From the looks of their critical states, they were too drained to recognized Sakura's chakra. Not that they would, since Sakura had masked it a while ago.

Her head lifted, realizing the rest of her comrades had arrived. Once everyone had descended into the trees, Sakura prayed that they remembered to hide their chakras before coming here. They were so close to Sasuke; If they blew it now, someone was going to die.

Late as always, the masked sensi was the last to arrive. Sakura shot him an annoyed glare, which he merely shrugged in reply. It only took one nod from the ringleader, Kakashi, to let the performance unfold.

Sakura remembered the plan that Kakashi had made everyone memorize on the way here. The first thing was to take out Sasuke, but since there was the Akatsuki member here, Team 8 went in after him, while Team 7 took on Sasuke. For this mission, Yamato and Kakashi switched teams, so it didn't surprise anyone when Kakashi joined in Team 7's leap.

Sasuke, who was clearly surprised by the familiar faces, widened his onyx eyes, and tried to shuffle backwards, away from the Konoha nins. He wasn't using his Sharingan.. Maybe that was why it was so easy to get to him. It didn't take long for the chakra restraints to be placed on Sasuke, thanks to Sakura's strong grip. The raven struggled, wringing and shouting out threats. It was no use, though. Sakura held him down firmly, even though she didn't want to be the one who the threats were aimed at.

The healer stole a glance at the Akatsuki member, and saw that team 8 was having difficulties taking him down. Once Sasuke was good with the restraints, Naruto and Sai went off to help the others. Sakura, feeling bad for her former teammate, made a quick move to sharply bump his head to make him go unconscious. He didn't have to watch this. Her fingers glowing a green tint, Sakura began to heal Sasuke's wounds.

Her attention was quickly caught by sudden shouts from the battle nearby. It looks like that Akatsuki member was down, but Sasuke's newly formed cell had arrived. Kakashi dropped by, leaving the fallen enemy -Deidara, wasn't it?- with Sakura.

"He'll be useful," her masked sensi told her, before leaping back to join her other comrades.

Glancing back down at Deidara, Sakura cringed her nose. She guessed Kakashi wanted her to heal his critical wounds, like she'd done earlier with Sasuke's. But the thought disgusted her, considering the fact that this was the man who'd kidnapped Gaara. She sighed, brushing pink strands of hair away. Can't we just kill him and go home? Inner complained, as her Outer's hands began to glow green.

It wasn't long before Sasuke's cell retreated, and the Konoha nins began their trek back home.

The next time Deidara awoke, a blinding light was there to greet him. He groaned, feeling horrible. It didn't surprise him, though, since he remembered that fight with those damn Konoha nins. The fact that they had interrupted his fight against the Uchiha boy made him furious. That was his fight. They should of stayed out of it.

Deidara was about to let himself drift back to sleep, before remembering that Konoha nins had battled him. Konoha, as in, the village who wanted all of the Akatsuki dead. Pale blue eyes snapping open, he tried to sit up, but found restraints holding him down. Panic started to rise, but the blonde tried to fight it back and keep calm. Leader's going to kill me if he found out.

Since sitting up was out of his options, Deidara glanced around. A hospital room. It didn't look like the organization's medical room, though, so that only meant that he was in Konoha's very own. Oh, yeah, Leader was definitely going to kill him. Even though it was no use, the Akatsuki member began to struggle against the restraints. His body was still weak from his fights, and they must of drugged him to be extra tired.

"Oh, you're awake," came a voice from above.

Deidara stopped his struggles, and slowly, his blue eyes raised to meet jade ones. His eyes widened, recognizing her face. Her pink hair. This was Sasori's killer.

Now, he wasn't one to hold grudges against people- That was Kisame. But the resentment he was feeling couldn't be helped. If he could just get out of here, Deidara could kill her for killing his partner and leaving him stuck with idiotic Tob-Tobi. That idiot didn't even come to help him with the Konoha nins-! Good boy his ass.

"If you're planning on escaping, I would suggest not," the pink headed girl said from the other side of the room. Her back was turned to him, but Deidara figured she knew he'd try it. When he didn't respond, she continued, "Your room has ANBU guarding it like bees and their honey. Once you're all better, you're going to be taken to the interrogation room, and then to jail."

The artist could only scoff. "So why tell me?" he finally asked, "If I have a terrible future ahead of me, whats the point in letting me know?" I could of figured that out, anyway, he thought with a frown. Sakura was her name, right? Well, she turned around, only to give him a glare. His frown deepened at that sight. It reminded him of that damn Uchiha; Always judging him, and his art. Anger flicked in his eyes, but Deidara calmed himself. Getting angered over a petty thing like this Sakura girl wasn't worth it.

"Because," she said simply, and started to approach him. She must of noticed him tense, since she rolled those pretty jade eyes of her's. "I'm only going to heal the rest of your wounds so you can get to that interrogation faster, and out of my hands." She'd mumbled the last part, but Deidara had caught it, taken offense.

"Oh, sorry. I must be a horrible bother to you, yeah. I'm so sorry," he said, drawling out those words. The artist ignored her death glares, as she helped him sit up after loosening the restraints. He could feel her glowering at him, but Deidara had ignored it.

"If I could, I'd kill you right now," Sakura muttered from behind him, starting the healing process. "But.. you might be useful." He flinched at her touch, but didn't say anything in reply. She continued talking, about nothing important, but her words never reached the blonde's ears. He wouldn't let her words get to him. But that didn't mean Deidara wouldn't be thinking about them, long after that Sakura girl left.

Deidara sat in his lonely cell, cheek in palm, twirling his literally dirty blonde hair around his fingers of his free hand. How long has it been since he'd been thrown in here? Probably a month or two or three. He didn't bother keeping track of time nowadays, despite what Sakura had told him that very first day in the hospital room, the Konoha nins were probably going to execute him for not giving up any information. Not that Deidara was that loyal to the Akatsuki, but because he simply did not want to.

He hoped the execution was going to be soon, because the artist could not take anymore of this confinement. If there was anything Deidara hated more than ugly art and Itachi, it had to be imprisonment. Being trapped in a small, wet space for a long time, limited things to do, and being just bored out of his mind. He hated this. Just kill him already.

As if the gods answered his prayers, his cell door was suddenly jerked open, letting a blinding light into the dark room. Deidara didn't even have time to react, as the ANBU guards grabbed his upper arm, and dragged him out. He didn't bother flailing and demanding to be let go- Its been this way for two months. Inwardly sighing, Deidara wasn't up for another interrogation. His body was so sore, he was sure he was going to be killed this time.

Though, the guards took him by surprise when they took a right, instead of a left, this time. His tired expression faded away into a more confused one. Where the hell am I going this time? he wondered, sneaking a glance to the masked guard to his left. Because of that fox mask, Deidara couldn't tell what was going on. Are.. Are they going to execute me now? he wondered, spirits rising. At least I won't have to deal with that cell anymore, yeah.

As predicted, Deidara was taken outside for his execution- Wait, no.. There wasn't any crowds, or elderly faces glaring down at him, like how there was at his father's execution. He was suddenly blindfolded, but it only for a few minutes. The cloth was taken off, to reveal a little clearing. Three posts were standing over in the distance, near the beginnings of the forest that surrounded the area. A training ground? As if this day couldn't get any weirder, the blonde was lead over to a group of people talking. His visible eye wasn't able to catch any faces from his current position. His eyebrows shot up questioningly, when they'd turned around to greet him. Him, or his ANBU guards.

"Ah, yes.. Deidara, right?" the masked man asked, approaching him. The eye that wasn't covered by his mask glanced him up and down, causing the blonde artist to stiffen. This was the guy that chased him, during the Kazekage's kidnapping. Kakashi, if he remembered correctly. His blue eyes drifted over to the people behind him, and he saw the Kyuubi's host, along with that Sakura girl, some boy Deidara didn't recognize, and.. And Sasuke Uchiha. What the hell is going on here?

"So, ah, I suppose you already know our little dream team over here," Kakashi spoke, hand waving over to the group. "But in case you've forgotten, I'll introduce you." He began pointing out everyone, but their names never reached Deidara's ears. I already know them, he thought, as that boy, Sai, smiled at him. He replied with an annoyed glare.

Suddenly, Kakaishi clapped his hands together. "Alright, now that we all know each other, I think its time to tell you guys whats up." Deidara was pushed forward, and now he was inside the group. He took a second to glance around, only to find everybody but Sai to be glaring at him. Sasuke was actually glaring at everybody, though.

"You're probably all wondering what you're doing here," Kakashi began, leaning against one of the wooden polls, with his arms folded across his chest. "Well.. To make things short, Lady Fifth has instructed me to gather you five to form a little team that will eventually take out the Akatsuki." Realization washed over the artist, as his visible eye widened. So thats what Sakura meant when she told him that he 'might be useful'. The bridge of his nose crunched up. They were going to make him turn his back against the Akatsuki, huh? It wasn't like Deidara had any problem with that- He was forced against his will into that damned organization, after all. He's been looking for a way out since, but Pain was the only thing that worried him. There was going to orders for his head, and he was worried about which team was going to be assigned to get him.

But it was Kakashi's certainty that they were going to be able to take down the Akatsuki that made him laugh out loud. He earned glares from the Kyuubi host and Sakura, but it wasn't like Deidara wasn't used to threatening glares. Kakashi simply ignored him.

"Anyway," he continued, "we can't just go and attack the Akatsuki as soon as the sun comes up tomorrow. So, in the meantime, we're going to be a regular cell until given orders.. Just, we'll be alternating cell members." His eye looked over at Sasuke, meeting his gaze. "You and Deidara will be given citizen status, so I don't want any funny business with either of you. Got it?" Neither boys were going to say anything, so Kakashi kept going, "Currently, both of you are still criminals, and are being housed at the jails. You're going to have to earn your way out, through missions and good behavior. When the Fifth Hokage gives the okay, you'll be given a house to live in. But just because you're out of jail doesn't mean you can go ballistic on the village." Kakashi's stony look met Deidara's. "The ANBU will be monitoring your every move." The artist's expression didn't waver.

After a short pause, Kakashi looked around at his cell members, before standing up straighter and letting his limbs fall to his sides. "Good to see that you all understand. Dismissed," he disappeared in a cloud of smoke after that. Deidara was taken roughly by the shoulders, and guided back to the prison. He was able to sneak a glance at the others, his teammates, and saw that Sasuke was being treated the same. The blonde smirked at the back of his head, liking that he wasn't the only one getting pushed around by the big, mean ANBU cops.

When the Akatsuki member and Sasuke left, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai stayed at the training grounds to discuss the situation.

"This sucks," Naruto exclaimed, huffing like an immature child. Sakura rolled her emerald eyes.

"I didn't know that the price for Sasuke was this," she agreed quietly.

Sai seemed to be the only one who didn't mind. "I'm interested in seeing what this Akatsuki member can do," he told them in his monotone voice, as his eyes gazed in the direction Deidara was taken. Naruto groaned in disapproval. If their little cell became a little family again, Naruto could already that Sai and Deidara would be art buddies. He could see it now- Sai and Deidara laughing together, painting pictures and make little sculptures. That was a disturbing image.

Ignoring Sai, Sakura looked over at Naruto. "You're the only one who's allowed to see Sasuke," she stated. "Have you gotten him to say anything?"

Naruto shook his head of blonde hair. "No. Just the usual, 'screw off!' and glares."

"Good to see I'm not the only one who doesn't enjoy your presence," Sai mused, another one of his fake smiles gracing his lips.

Naruto began arguing with the pale artist, though Sakura broke them up before things got physical with one stony glare at the two of them. Both had already suffered a lifetime of Sakura's beatings, and they didn't need anymore. "What do you guys think of Deidara?" she asked them, brushing off their earlier dispute.

"Tch. He looks like the same bastard that I fought months ago," Naruto answered with a scoff, folding his arms behind his head for good measure. "I don't know what Granny Tsunade was thinking. An Akatsuki in the village? They should just kill him now!"

"He could provide information we need," Sai pointed out. "He's probably not as bad as you think. Remember how you treated me in the beginning? Look at us now. We're.. Somewhat friends. It'll probably be the same thing with Deidara-"

"Stop defending him because he looks like Ino!" Naruto roared.

"He does look a lot like her," Sakura laughed. "Maybe its just his hair. He has a good balance of femininity and masculine, but its his long hair that throws you off.. I wonder what kind of shampoo he uses."

"This is definitively an appropriate time to talk about the hair products the enemy uses," Sai chuckled.

"He's not the enemy anymore, Sai," the pink kunoichi said, though, she look like she believed it.

"Yeah. He's our 'teammate'," Naruto put air quotes as he said that, with a roll of his blue hues.

"I bet our little enemy teammate has a bigger dick than you do."

"Sai, you son of a bitch!"