The Black Leaf (Part 1)

Chapter 34: We Belong Together

"Great job Izumi," Sasori said, but as soon as he turned away I felt some of the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. I let go of the head and dropped on one knee as I held my arm tight. "He got you didn't he?" Sasori asked looking back at me.

"Izumi are you okay?" I heard Deidara said from behind me, "Sasori, give her the antidote, come on." I looked at Sasori who looked at me with amusement as shivered and gasped for air. I been poison before but this pain felt like it was burning me inside slowly.

"Pick her up and bring her here," Sasori told Deidara. Deidara helped me up and slowly and gently and took me towards Sasori. Sasori took out a syringe out with some blue liquid in it. He walked towards me and looked at a me with a smirk on his face. I was panting and shivering in pain and he seemed to be enjoying that. He grabbed my wrist and started brushing his fingers up my arm tracing my veins. I looked at him annoyed, but he continued to moved his fingers up to my shoulder then up to my neck. He looked straight into my eyes as he continued to trace his fingers down my collar bone. If I wasn't in pain and he didn't have the only thing that could save my life at this point I would have chopped his hand off.

"Stop teasing her, Sasori," Deidara complained.

He ignored Deidara's plead and pushed his way inside my shirt right above my left breast giving me a smutty look. "You still have a strong heart beat." I was about to punch him in the face when he injected me with the antidote right into my heart. A painful, low moan escaped my lips and he just smiled. "You will be fine, Daidara help her, we have to go."

Deidara helped me walk until we found a place so I could rest, or so I thought. I was still in so much pain and when I finally was able to sleep, I woke screaming from the nightmares. It was so embarrassing and I just refused to sleep after that, I just felt uneasy, like if I was missing something. The next days we continue walking back to the hideout, I walked mainly in silent.

"Hey love, you didn't have any nightmare the days you were at the Hideout?" Deidara said looking at me concern, "but once we got out, you hardly been sleeping."

"I wonder if Itachi has anything to do with that," Sasori said walking ahead of us.

"Maybe you are used to sleeping with someone by your side," Deidara said blushing, "if you want you can sleep with me?"

"Thank you, but I'm okay," I gave him a warm smile and looked ahead at the road.

Deidara and Sasori argue all the way about who's art was better, I just ignored them. I was exhausted and I just wanted to go to bed and test Deidara's theory. Maybe he was right, maybe I was getting used to sleeping next to someone. Maybe it was just that Itachi's presence was soothing for me, his warmth was what my brain needed to rest. Whatever it was I just wanted to get there. We got to the entrance and Sasori waved some hand signs and moved the boulder that was blocking the way in.

I walked behind them and Sasori stopped, "I'll go report to Pein, you two can go now," he said, and I walked back to the room. I opened the door and Itachi wasn't there, I got a change of clothes ready and decided to go take a shower.

I took a shower and when I went outside to change, I realized I was so tired that I just grabbed my towel leaving the clothes behind. I wrapped myself in the towel and tippy toeing back to the room, praying not to find Hidan on the hallway. I got to the room and closed the door right behind me. I realized the light was on and turn around to find Itachi seating on the bed staring at me. "I forgot my clothes," I told him and he just laughed. "Turned around," I told him, but he just threw the blanket over his head instead.

"How was your mission?" he asked.

"I got poisoned," I said pulling up the sweats I borrowed from him.