Chapter 1

"This will be our new member in the Akatsuki, Ino Gintoki." Pain announced. He was the leader of the organization. I looked around the room to see the other members. I already knew who they were a little bit. There was Tobi, Deidara, Konan, Kisame, Kakuzu, Hidan, Zetsu, Sasori, and Itachi. I think I named them all.

"Hey, she's kind of hot." Tobi said moving weirdly.

"You're telling me." Hidan agreed looking at me up and down. I blushed from embarrassment. Pain glared at them both.

"Don't you even think about it." He said firmly. Konan looked annoyed.

"So she is pretty and all, what can she do?" She said.

"She is like our decoy and" Pain looked at Itachi, "she has an excelling skill in genjustu which is up your ally, Itachi." Itachi's face was calm and straight like he didn't care.

"Everyone is dismissed except for Deidara and Sasori. You two come with me." Pain commanded. Suddenly Itachi appeared in front of me.

"Come, I will show you where you will be sleeping." He said. I nod and follow him down a long hallway. We passed by many rooms and finally stopped at one of them.

"This is my room. You will be sleeping with me. This is only temporary. We will leave this place soon and you will have your own room." He explained. I started to blush a little. Sleeping with him?

"Um…Ok." I said shyly trying to hide my blushing. I entered into the room with Itachi coming behind me. He closed the door. I walk straight to the bed and sit down. The room looked sad to me. It had no windows. There was just one bed. Wait. One bed. Where will I sleep?

"You will sleep on the bed with me." Itachi said as if reading my mind and then took off his cloak. He had a net shirt on and black pants. I start to blush like crazy. He really had a nice body.

"W-with you?" I stuttered making sure I heard him right. He nods. He had such a serious face.

"I promise I won't touch you like those perverts out there. I'm not like that." He said. He grabbed a cloak that was at the end of the bed and handed it to me.

"Here. This is your cloak but I think it was made too small." He said. "You don't have to wear it right not because we are kind of on break for the rest on the night." I nod slowly.

I lay back on the bed and looked at the ceiling.

"Um…Do you want to go somewhere to eat? We do have the night off." Itachi suggested. I sit up fast and smile.

"Sure, that sounds like fun." I said. Itachi didn't smile back. He still had that serious expression.

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Itachi led me to a small town called Hanoko. It was very peaceful. We came to a ramen restaurant. When we got inside, we sat at a small table. The waitress came and took our orders. I had a pork ramen special. Itachi ordered a shrimp ramen bowl.

"I can't wait till we get our food. I'm hungry. Hehe." I smiled at Itachi. He looked at me and then looked out the window resting his fist on his cheek. He seemed to be thinking about something. I frowned a little.

"Itachi, what are you thinking about?" I asked. Maybe that was a personal question. I shouldn't have asked. Itachi looked at me and then looked back out the window.

"You." He said straightforward. I started to blush. I looked down quickly.

"Why did you join us?" Itachi said. He put his hand down and looked at me.

"Oh…Well I wanted to prove myself to be worthy. I want to be useful." I tried to explain. Itachi starred at me for a while.

"You seem too pure to taint yourself with bloodshed." He said calmly. I look down.

"But don't worry. I will protect your innocence. I can't stand anything pure to be dismantled."

I blushed again. Was he being protective over me even though we just met? He's so kind. I didn't really expect this from the Akatsuki members.

"Here's your order. Enjoy!" The waitress said which scared me a little. She left before we could even say thank you. Must be a busy night.

We ate quietly together. I would glance up at Itachi as he ate. He eats so peacefully and with manner. I noticed on his cheek that he had a small noodle left there. I giggled. He looked at me confused. I grab a napkin and reach over the table. The table was small so I wasn't really struggling to get across. I wiped the food off his cheek. Then I noticed how close we were. Our faces were just inches apart. Itachi looked at me like he was angry. I backed up still blushing.

"I-I'm sorry…" I said looking down and away.

"It is alright, Ino." He calmly uttered. I look up and he just continued to eat his ramen. That was a bit awkward.

After we got done eating, we headed straight back to the hideout. I followed Itachi to his/my room. It was time to go to bed now. I got in my pajamas and got in the bed with Itachi lying there with his back turned toward me. Through the night it got really cold. I was shaking. I hope I don't wake Itachi up. Suddenly Itachi turned over and put his arms around me.

"You're very cold. Body heat can warm you up. If this is uncomfortable then I will stop." He softly said into my ear. I blushed so much that it was helping me to warm up too. He was so warm and comfy that I fell asleep quickly.