Shades of Grey

Chapter 53

"You're awake." Diedara smiled from a chair next to the bed that Sakura woke up tied to.

She did not respond to him but instead carefully tested the strength of the cord that he bound her with. She was too weak to break it now but needed to know its strength for when the right moment came along.

"They suppress your chakra." The blonde smirked down at his captive and drew a kunai from his pouch.

He slowly trailed the razor-sharp blade along her jaw leaving a trail of blood in its wake. The artist took great delight when for a split second he saw fear in her eyes. They widened even further when he saw that she had been stripped down to nothing but her undergarments.

"That's right." He whispered into her ear. "I told you that we were going to have fun. Not even your precious Uchiha can save you now."

Sakura wanted to scream and kick as he slowly crawled on top of her, but she knew it would do no good. She only had one chance at stopping him now.

"It could kill you." The Kyuubi cautioned from within; the kunoichi did not miss his sad tone. "What you are planning will indeed harm him, but not half as much as it will you."

"So be it." Sakura's resolve was firm. The mighty nine tails did not argue with his little jinchuriki any further. If she preferred death to what was sure to come, he would not hold it against her. Quietly he retreated further back into his cell. He knew that no matter what he would be reborn, demons such as himself always were, sadly his brave little jinchuriki would not be as fortunate.

After what seemed like hours Sakura felt his weight settle upon her. She could smell his clay and earthy scent and it made her skin crawl. She wanted to puke but settled for staring defiantly into his eyes.

"Still have that attitude." He laughed. "You won't for long."

She wanted to wait to remove more of his clothes before she attacked, but when he pressed his lips against hers, she just could not take it any longer. She reached down to the deepest recesses that she could and pulled as much of the Kyuubi's chakra as she had access to. She smirked against Deidara's lips before violently pushing it to the surface.

The results were instantaneous. Deidara was thrown off her and lay cursing on the floor. Sakura was reduced to agony, but she savored every second of it. She had for now at least won.

"Are you nuts?" The artist yelled when he was at last able to pick himself up off the floor. "You know damn well that trick could kill you, yeah. Expelling that much chakra in those restraints is suicide. You are going to completely wreck your chakra paths."

"Well either this kills me, or you will." She rasped out feeling like her throat had been burned by the attack.

"You had better not try a stunt like that again." He declared as he stomped to the door and slammed it behind him. Now he was going to have to go to the nearby village to get some damn burn cream for what the crazy bitch had done to his arms.