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The Pain We Share

Chapter ELEVEN

Deidara seemed all for their sudden patrol, which had Sasori immediately narrowing his eyes in suspicion.

Deidara hated anything that required him to do work but did not involve him exploding things, and it only took him another second to remember that Deidara had been pestering him for a meeting with Sakura since the day she had woken up. For the past month, Sasori had managed to keep the two apart, not because he thought his friend would do the girl harm, but simply because it was fun to watch him get more and more annoyed as he gave increasingly stupid reasons as to why he could not allow the two of them to meet.

"Sakura woke up from a nightmare this morning where she was trapped in a room with yellow everything, and she says she doesn't want to see anything relatively yellow today," he had told him just that morning.

Deidara did not push the issue, and for that Sasori was grateful. It was times like this when he was reminded just why he tolerated the blond despite his many annoying qualities.

Now, though, he had no choice. It appeared his partner was doing his best not to act overly smug about it, but he was practically bouncing on his heels as they made their way through the base.

Deidara turned to him curiously when they walked right past Sakura's medical room. "Where are you going, Danna?"

"Sakura is not here," he said. He had continued walking when Deidara had stopped, and his partner hurried over to catch up with him.

"Where is she then?"

Sasori sighed. "We are going there right now," he said with forced patience. "You will see when we get there."

Deidara simply rolled his eyes and fell into steps with him again.

Sasori led them right up to his door and knocked. Deidara opened his mouth, eyes wide, and he shushed him with a sharp gesture of his hand. "Sakura?"

There was movement from within, clothes rustling and footsteps. The door opened and Sakura poked her head out warily.

Sasori stepped in front of Deidara when the blond tried to wave dramatically. "Sakura, this is Deidara, my partner, " he told her. "I thought I should introduce you since we are heading out on a job together tomorrow."

Sasori sighed when Deidara grabbed him by his arm and tried to push him aside. "Sakura-chan!" He exclaimed.

Sasori watched his Soulmate's eyes widen in surprise, and when he finally stepped aside because Deidara had begun jabbing him between his ribs she swung the door until it was almost closed. Deidara paused.

Sasori sighed again and pushed the blond aside. "Can we come in?"

He had no idea why he was asking; this was his own room. Sakura nodded, and slowly stepped aside. He grabbed Deidara by the back of his shirt when he tried to rush in. "Behave," he hissed.

Deidara nodded and Sakura darted back to where she had been sitting, on his bed, before they had arrived. They had grabbed a few books for her to read two days ago and she appeared to have been flipping through something on chakra and the human brain. Sasori carefully let go of the blond and Deidara straightened his collar before he slowly approached the bed. He watched the younger watch Sakura, who stared right back before something seemed to click in the male's mind and he grinned. "Hi, Sakura-chan," he said, with surprising calmness. "It's nice to finally meet you, un."

Sakura glanced over at Sasori from the corner of her eye and he nodded. Sakura bit her lip and nodded. "Nice to meet you," she replied.

Deidara grinned, then turned and adjusted Sasori's work chair so that it was facing her and plopped himself down onto it. Sasori scowled, then moved over towards his bed. Sakura shifted to make room for him and after he was comfortable he twisted around and piled Sakura's books onto the nightstand. Sakura passed him the last few and Sasori reached for a scrap piece of paper. He placed it into the open page of the girl's current read in lieu of a bookmark before putting it on top. "Enjoying it?" He asked.

Sakura nodded. "Yes."

Sasori leaned back against the headboard and crossed his arms. "That's good."

He ignored the look Deidara was shooting him. "Like I said, this is Deidara. He's an idiot, but he means no harm."

Sakura's soft voice cut through the annoyed complaint Deidara looked like he had on the tip of his tongue. "The idiot outside the door," she said.

Sasori recalled how he had made that comment a while ago and had to suppress a smile. "Yes."

Deidara was openly gaping at them now and Sasori suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. "Deidara, as you already know, this is Sakura."

There was an awkward silence before Deidara cleared his throat "Right, well, the job..."

Sasori hummed in agreement, then reached for the mission file Nagato had handed him. "It's simple in theory," he said. "Scout the area, see if we missed anything..."

"Kill any Snake men we find, don't get caught by Danzo and his creeps?" Deidara added.

Sasori nodded.

"Simple in theory, un," the blond muttered.

The next morning, Sasori fixed a collar around Sakura's neck. It was not a chakra suppressant, but it alerted them if she moved a certain distance from them, and shocked her with chakra, enough to knock her out, if she tried to remove it.

Personally, Sasori thought Sakura escaping was less probably than Deidara enjoying writing a report, but protocol was protocol and he kept the thought to himself.

Sakura appeared mildly interested when Deidara showed her one of his small clay birds, and it turned into something close to fascination when he proceeded to turn it into a huge bird that flapped its wings. Deidara and Sasori hopped onto it, long used to this method of travel, and when Sakura remained rooted to her spot Sasori offered her his hand, then pulled her up beside him. "You won't fall," he told her.

Sakura nodded slowly, and the look of wonder returned to her eyes when the clay creation took to the sky.

Deidara took them high into the clouds, to both remain unseen and undetected by chakra sensors. Sasori had a feeling Sakura would enjoy looking over the land from overhead, but that was not something they could risk right now.

"Is chakra keeping us up?" She asked.

Deidara's eyes gleamed. "Not really, un," he said. "It's chakra that is causing the bird to move, but the clay structure itself is made so that it can fly. The wings are based on that of real birds and are shaped so that they can carry the weight. Then my chakra makes them flap."

Deidara then launched into a much more detailed explanation about weight, bird wings, and sculpting techniques. Sasori, having been subjected to one of those on many occasions, tuned him out. Sakura looked interested, but she was trained in the are of infiltration, so faking emotions must be a part of her skillset and he didn't really know what to think. He then decided that his blond friend probably deserved some credit; if there was one thing Deidara knew into detail, it was about his clay works. He had found a way to directly incorporate his hobbies with his chakra abilities, and Sasori had seen, many times, how his partner calculated clay mass and amount of chakra.

Now, if only this intellect could be used for other things as well.

Deidara cut himself off in the middle of his ramble. "Wait-Sakura-chan, are you interested in my technique? "

"She isn't," Sasori found himself saying.

Deidara shot him a dirty look, but Sasori was watching Sakura. "Are you?" He asked.

Sakura frowned. She ran a hand over the clay, watching her fingers shift as the bird's wings flapped. "I've been told that chakra has different properties depending on each person," she said slowly. "Is it possible to train yourself to pick up a new skill?"

Deidara frowned and turned towards him. Sasori shook his head. "No," he said carefully. "Though there are cases of chakra mutations being passed down genetically."

Sakura looked thoughtful. "Deidara-san's mutation allows him to explode structures he pushes chakra into," she said. "What about you, Sasori?"

Deidara jumped in before he could say anything. "Danna is a special case where he has no specialty ability, not because he's unlucky, but because his control is so good it can't adapt to a single form. In a way, his control is so good he doesn't need a special side effect to stand toe to toe with those of us who have one. He can literally control his chakra with a thought."

The blond sounded so proud like he were the one blessed with perfect control, and Sasori felt the tips of his ears burning.

Sakura turned to look at him, eyes wide with wonder.

"It's not that impressive," he muttered. "Besides, your chakra mutation appears rather effective as well."

Deidara turned towards Sakura as well, and Sasori wondered if he were a little too obvious, but moments later the pinkette closed her eyes. "It certainly kept me alive," she said. "My chakra control is relatively good as well. I can channel it to anywhere within my body, and I can use it to strengthen my limbs."

"That's how you broke the wall," Sasori noted.

Sakura nodded. "When I say anywhere, I really do mean anywhere." She pointed at her head. "I can affect the speed at which my body heals damage. A sign of that is the black lines you probably saw."

"Is that automatic?" Deidara asked. "Even when you're unconscious?"

Sakura nodded again. "Most of the time."

Deidara looked impressed all over again, and Sasori had to agree. If anything, he was sure abilities like Sakura's were rare. People used their chakra at will, and he had never heard of chakra doing anything without someone commanding it to. He didn't have time to address it though, because Deidara's bird chose that exact moment to break through the clouds.

Sasori leaned over and he vaguely recognized the borderlines of their lands. "Orochimaru's former base is a little off in that direction." He pointed. "If we continue at the pace we are currently traveling at, we'll get there just past noon."

Sakura leaned forward eagerly as well and Sasori remembered the girl had been limited in her freedom. He scooted to the side and held out his hand. "Come here." The girl did so without much further prompting and Sasori pointed out towards the distance. "In that direction, we have the Land of the Samurai, and that way is the ruins of what was once considered to be a line of people directly descendant from the gods."

Sakura nodded. "Are you on tense terms?" She asked. "The lands are vast, are these patrols to reinforce territory?"

"Not really," Deidara replied. "We don't really interact, honestly, just the leaders exchanging letters and whatnot when bad things happen."

"This Orochimaru case has actually been raised a few times," Sasori said. "The Snake is no longer a part of the Elemental Nation, and his threat goes beyond our borders."

They continued along the path they had traveled through the first time around. The village that had acted as their temporary base was barely visible in the distance. "Have you read the files?" He asked his partner.

Deidara nodded, a rare moment of seriousness after an entire morning of boundless energy and grins. "Of course, un."

Sasori hummed. "The village has been alerted, we will be setting up base there again."

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