The first time I saw her, it was when I was on a mission to get a useful scroll back from a previous member. She was there, with her team. Uzamaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Hatake Kakashi. They were in her team with her. There were there to get their team member, Uchiha Sasuke, to come back with them.

When I saw her, I thought she was beautiful. But, I knew she was too young. She appeared to be only about 15 when I saw her, and I knew I couldn't be with her because I'm 17. And in the Ninja World, you officially become an adult at the age of 16. If I went out with her, if I ever did anything with her, it would be considered rape. Even though I am a member of the Akatuski, I never want to even be accused of rape. It's just something, that scares me, and I'm not sure why. To be forced to love, it seems like the worst thing in the world.

4 YEARS LATER

I quickly dashed out of the dark, cold, room and into the corridor, stumbling as I go. I couldn't feel my legs as they quickly moved me into the room at the end of the hallway. My pupils grew wide as they tried to take in more light as I grabbed a kunai from my pouch. Suddenly, a paper bomb exploded right in front of me. I quickly evaded it by lunging to the side, and doing a roll to get back on my feet again.

I saw Orochimaru's long white fingers form a few hand signs and furiously slam into the ground. A large metal door appeared as he pulled his boney hands back up from the ground.

"Haha! You really thought you could beat me?" Orochimaru sneered as the door burst open and a hundred gray bodies appeared.

I furiously slammed my fists into them and tried to cut them with my kunai. After each strike, they would shriek loudly and continue to lunge at me and my teammates.

"What the hell are these things!" Naruto shouted and threw a gray doll into the wall.

"Kiari! They're immortal dolls! Hurry up and try to find Sasuke! We can handle it!" Kakashi called to me while forming a few hand signs.

"Hai!(yes)Kakashi-Sensei! I called back and dashed out of the room and down a small corridor in the corner of the room.

My legs quickly carried me over the orangeish cement flooring as I opened every door I saw on my way.

This is our second time searching for Sasuke. And this time I promised Naruto and Sakura that we would do better. And maybe we could convince him to come back to us. Even if we had to take him by force, I was willing to do it.

I flung open another door and my eyes glanced over it. Spotting only a small desk I slammed the door shut and continued running.

"AHHHHHH!" I heard the shriek as I turned the corner and slammed into a gray doll.

"SHIT!" I screamed and ran past it, trying my best to escape I turned down another hallway and ran into a strong body. I felt a hand cover my mouth as the body yanked me down the hallway and into a small side hallway.

"Gemofff!" (get off) I choked out as the hand continued to cover my mouth. The body that was holding me crouched down into the corner and shushed me by putting a finger to his mouth.

It was a man holding me, he appeared to be maybe 20 or 21, and was wearing a black cloak covered in crimson red clouds.

"Mamatski!"(Akatsuki) My voice was again muffled by the hand and he held me tighter to his body. Turning his head, he appeared to be listening to hear for the doll that was chasing me before.

I listened attentively and heard the doll run past the hallway we were in, and it gave another loud shriek before I could no longer hear it's footsteps.

The man's arms suddenly released me and I hopped to my feet and turned to face him.

"You- your from the Akatsuki aren't you?" I asked him firmly.

He just looked at me for a minute and then got to his feet.

He was just below 6 feet tall and had long hair that he kept up in neat, but at the same time sloppy, spikes.

He motioned for me to follow him while he turned to go down the corridor we came from. Hesitantly, I quietly followed him down the hallway and into the one he was facing. His footsteps were very light and I could only hear a very small noise from them if I paused and listened extremely closely.

The man reached into his cloak and pulled out a kunai as we continued down the hallway keeping the same gait as before.

We continued down the endless span of hallways until we found ourselves back in the dimly lit room with the rest of my teammates.

"Kairi!" Sakura shouted meanwhile slicing the last doll's leg off with one of her kunai.

"Kairi-kun!" Naruto yelled while running over to me. "Who's That?"

He asked me, seeming to finally notice the man that was in front of me.

"Uhhh, I don't actually know..." My voice trailed off as the man suddenly dashed forward in the direction of Orochimaru. The kunai in the man's hand and Orochimaru's arm came into contact. There was a sickening crack as the kunai blade dug deeper into his arm and snapped the bone. The man then pulled the knife away and stabbed it into the side of Orochimaru's lower stomach.

"WHAT THE-YOU BASTARD!" Orochimaru's voice shook the room as his eye slits slowly closed and he fell to the ground. The man then reached down and slid the ring off of Orochimaru's cold fingers.

"Wait Orochimaru! Where's Sasuke!" Naruto cried out. As if on cue, the wall 30 yards to my right exploded and in the whole was a familiar looking face. Sasuke.

"Sasuke..." I heard Sakura say weakly. "Please, come back with us, you won't be in trouble! We just want you to be safe!"

"Sakura, I cannot leave. Konoha is no longer my home, I do not belong there, nor do I want to be there." His voice was as cold and emotionless as ever.

"We don't want to force you, Sasuke." Kakashi told him.

"Try it, you'll fail just as miserably as last time."

Kakashi then rapidly did a few hand signs and summoned his band of ninja dogs. The dogs leapt at Sasuke and attacked him just as Kakashi had commanded. Naruto and Sakura joined in the battle by summoning clones and doing chakra-enhanced punches while I turned to watch the man standing next to Orochimaru.

The man watched intently at what Naruto and the others were doing, and when he glanced towards me his eyes widened slightly.

I felt the excruciating heat come closer as a pair of strong arms wrapped around my body. I tilted my head up to see a set of deep blue eyes and realized they belonged to the man that saved me from the doll earlier.

"W-Who are you?" I choked out. He glanced down at me and then carefully set me down on the opposite side of the room. I looked up at him as he stared into my eyes for a few seconds and then disappeared and reappeared next to Sasuke.

"Wait!" I called out but I knew he couldn't hear me over the noise of explosions and kunai hitting each other.