For 7 days, 12 hours, and exactly 4 minute's, i was being followed... CHASED was for suited of a word. i had changed directions and hidden my trails multiple times, but still my pursuers continued to follow and catch up with me.... i was starting to get just a LITTLE bit annoyed. what did they want with me? they could not possibly be here just because i stole from the village about 10 days back..? that would be pointless and naive.... it was just a stupid bag of apples for crying out loud!!.....but being smarter then that, i didn't quite think that was the case. this pursuer had a very high ammount of chakra....and has been keeping up with me in heartbeats. and no one has ever been able to do that.......ANBU maybe? it couldn't be jounin, they were far too slow to catch me, and these people were right on my tail....tst...nasty vermin. i had never become fond of the rock village, they were always so snippy, and definately didn't understand that when i said 'go away'....well..i meant it. they suffered their own consequences for their last pursuers, could it be them again? are they that persitant to catch me when i killed their hokage about a year ago?......that was an easy anwser, ...obviously they were. they were all just as stubborn as me...but way to cocky. their biggest weakness.

i picked up the pace, it would make sence if it was them, they were the fastest the chase me aside from sound that i had encountered in my life. sound , rock, and konoho.........i grit my teeth and hissed under my breathe, one day that damned village will fall under my hands, and i shall enjoy watching every single body burn.......one.!! i had wiped out many villages in my life time....and i was only 16.... killed 4 different hokages, and im on the A List of every bingo book. 'Era Hakai' , wanted killed on the spot, but alive works if possible. bounty........well, i wouldn't know anymore. it raises more and more with everyday i keep my feet moving. but last time i had stumbled accross my poster, it was more then half of japans yen........im on the list of top 5 most wanted ninja. 3rd place to a 'Pein', and some other bastard i had no idea of his name at this point, nor did i care. i just wanted these bastards off my trail and to leave me be.. fine. id MAKE it that way.

they had the last week for warning enough as it is, do they not KNOW who they are chasing? ........maybe they are just stupid...? oh well. i smiled and chuckled a bit, this would be boring...but atleast i would get to use my scheith. i just had it sharpened to perfection, and i even kept the worker alive and payed him well, for he had done a good job. he is one in a million to have survived AND for me to have payed for what i am taking. lucky man, he was old to. very old. no family either....we are alike in that one detail....i shook my head and continued running. it was double sided, a blade at the tip on one end, and the exact same blade on the other end, but on the other side facing the other direction. a double sided scheith. i had it made just for me.....it was the blade of death, for if anyone touched it but me, they would die. my own personal jutsu, that only i possess..........its so useful.......but-.........its still the one power i wish i could just get RID of.......my smile faded and i shuddered. pushing the faces and memories away from my thoughts and focussed on the matter at hand. the blade was red, with black on the tips and sharp edges. the weilding pole was atleast 7 to 8 feet. it would be very very hard to weild without practice.....even now i have the slightest bit of un ease with it. but i highly doubt it shows....i HOPE it doesn't anyway. that wouldn't be too good at all

i zipped through the trees at the speed of light, my feet lightly landing on the branches every so often. i could hardly tell, i was so used to it.....i didnt know how many people were following me. i had guessed about 4 or 5.... but i hadn't checked to back up that guess. but the chakra was so STRONG!.....it couldn't be only one pursuer. not to mention they would have no sence at all to come alone. that was the worse u could do while battling a hakai. i smirked, and decided i would end this silly goose chase now. they were probably exhausted anyway. i had noticed they had been pulling farther behind in the last 2 days. hunger probably. unlike most people, i was used to going without food for a long long time. it had been atleast 8 days since i last ate...and that was those apples i stole. i was hungry now, sure....but nothing i couldn't handle. and right on cue, my stomache lurched and twisted a tiny pain in my abdomen. if i could have said something to somehow make it listen, i would have told it to shut up and go away. i wasn't feeding it again anytime soon. it bothered me not. i came to a hult, stopping in my tracks. the tree branch cracked up the edges of the great oak from all the force and chakra it took me to stop...i was going VERY leaves even moved a bit for a short while...the wind also helped with that.

"..Lets end this.." i muttered to myself sternly and at such a low volume i almost couldn't pick it up..

i concealed my chakra, to where it was completely masked...u could not sence it at all. no one NORMAL could anyways. i was never all that good at chakra control...but i wasn't top of the bingo book for nothing i guess... i swung myself to the ground, landing lightly with no sound what so ever. i could feel my followers getting closer at a much faster speed....i would finish this quickly. i had other things to attend to.... playing hide and seek wasn't really my thing. especially the hiding. so i didn't hide. most would find it foolish, but i honestly couldn't care less...i yawned deeply, i hadn't slept in about 7 days. and my back had all these sore spots from not using them. i guess this fight better be good. or ill probably fall asleep in the middle of it all. but killers....ice blooded murderers such as myself, didn't do that. i stood in the middle of the forest clearing, and crossed my arms waiting. leaning on my left leg for support and tapping my foot. it was very late into the night.... i could barely see anything...but it was almost a full moon, so it provided some light, thought not a very helpful amount.....i had to squint to make out anything.

i waited for about 3 and a half minutes, and finally two figures blew through the trees, and halted at the last tree on the very edge of the small clearing. they appearantly were surprised i had stopped because the bigger figure had gasped and suddenly got really stiff...i laughed internally to myself. haha. fear. i could taste it in the air...ugh..what did these idiots WANT? their were only TWO of them?.........with such strong chakra too........my brows furrowed downward into a v, and i bit down. who were these two? sometimes i wish i possessed my mothers gift of the hakai clan and i could read minds, but i got stuck with a different type of curse...and mine WAS a curse in my eyes, for if it was a gift, i could give it back, or would have refused it when offered...but i wasn't offered... i kept my chakra masked still, though they probably knew that i was doing this. but i didn't need them to know how much i had, it does badly in the midst of battle.......so i decided to start it with light conversation. and let the battle carry on afterwards. see what these fools wanted first. ...

"is there any specific reason you low lives have been following me?..because if your just trying to be a fucking pain in my ass, be assured, you have damn well succeeded."

i moved my right arm to my hip, and moved my left one to dangle close to my side..when really it was just so i could get to my schieth faster...they probably thought i was just like every other flirtatious women...well that would be a mistake when i pulled my weapon on them....i waited about 30 seconds before i got an anwser. the taller , more masculine one anwsered first..i could barely see his face but he looked like a monster....his skin, was BLUE?......he had sharp ridget teeth, and 3 slices on each of his cheeks looking like gills with a snouted nose...........a SHARK man??..... how and the hell.....? but then my eyes caught slight glimpse of his headband...mist??....and then i seen the huge sword set on his back.......ahh. i see now.. this would be 'kisame'.......one of the mist 7 deadly swords man........he wasn't fun to fight i heard, but his chakra absorbing scale sword would do nothing against me like his victoms..... i didn't NEED chakra for the jutsus i enjoyed using. and i used far more useful ones.

"haha! hey itachi? this girls got guts talking to us like that! hahaha..i think your acting a little to tough for someone so small....eh missy?? thats a pretty nice weapon you have there..... maybe you should hand it over to someone who could actually use i-"

i cut him off. i didn't enjoy his rant. he wasn't anwsering my question. so i skipped him

"shut up shark boy..i was not speaking to the poor likes of you"

i snapped at him and instantly dragged my eyes to the shorter of the two....my eyes widened for half a second before going back to normal as i was taken in awe for a moment at his beauty.....but i instantly shot myself in the foot for that. no thoughts like that were alloud. none! 'Your growing far too soft ERA!? do u want to let emotions get in the way! LOCK THEM UP!' my inner self lectured me vainlessly...but i knew it was right. he had glowing red eyes....the odd colour of blood...but the way the moon reflected in his odd gave off a some sort of a serenity...but yet the aura of a killer...good.......

i couldn't see very well at all in this dark...but if i looked hard enough, i seen these tiny black shapes in them....... i waited it over to think, and nothing cam eup until i looked at his headband......a konoho leaf with a line scraped straight through the middle..messy job.....and it all clicked in. so this is the infamous Uchiha Itachi. i smirked and flashed my sparkling white teeth, this would be funner then i thought. up against the sharingan! thats a thrill i had never encountered. not to mention little did he know, that his pride and joy of the Uchiha clan, would not do ANYTHING, against ME. i chuckled under my breathe. yes, this indeed would be a fine battle. it was also a boost knowing he was from konoho.......i hated those vermin. they were their own species in my eyes......Kisame broke me from my 5 second trance, and decided to try and start the battle before i said so. haha...nuh uh. not happening.

"why you LITTLE BITCH!!? SAY THAT TO ME AGAIN!!? BRING IT GIRLY!" a big blue blur at me in a second, his sword raised high above his head. it was a 25 foot jump at best, but he was infront of me in half a second. it changed nothing though. i smiled and laughed a bit. 'ohhh soo pathetic' i cooned under my breathe in a sweet innocent voice with my eyes closed, like it was a peaceful moment....but then my eyes shot open again. my eyes were no longer one bright blue one emerald green, they were BOTH green...i was using one of my kekkei genkei...this one was called 'worlds razor'......i quite favored this one. and of coarse, the fact that neither of my kekkei genkeis involved any chakra what so ever, was very very useful in this world. and he was no longer infront of me. my smile widened and i flicked my wrist sideways..next thing you knew,he was about 10 trees to my right, for i had thrown him there..one of the many set of things i could do in this kekkei genkei involved air bending....in a way. i could move anything, anything at all that i want, and put it anywhere i wanted. lift it, throw it, drop it, move it, whatever i wanted. gravity didn't matter. and neither did the weight...i used this very very often. i enjoyed it quite a lot. i could lift MOUNTAINS if i choose to....but with things as heavy as that, causes quite a bit of exhaustion once i release the kekkei genkei..but not during.

i held kisame to a tree not to far off above the ground, and just kept smashing him into it with just enough force not to break it...yet, i cut off his air supply a little, making him have to work to breathe......but it changed nothing. my eyes were still locked with the uchiha. he did nothing to help his partner...wise of him. but i still knew well it would be some time before i defeated the uchiha. i would have to be prepared to be at a high loss of energy after the battle....if i was going to use my eyes, then i had to be prepared for an enemy afterwards...and fighting strong enemies like these two was something where u cant just be ready to fall asleep on your feet. i would keep close eyes on the uchiha... his eyes might not work on me or my kekkei genkei, but i still used some hand signs here and there. and if it was tai jutsu, he could read my moves no matter how fast. making life a little bit mroe difficult. kisame continued almost choking in the background as silence rang on, the tiniest movement would be caught if one were made at this moment in time. but kisames noises and moans of pain were becomming quite a jab to me.

"you little WENCH!!what are you DOING TO ME! *cough* Get your TINY ASS *gurgle* over HERE * cough* and show me what you got!!!!"

so i finally sighed and rolled my eyes. putting more pressure on his neck with my loner power and made him black out. there. now it was silent.. good. much better. i released my power from him and he fell to the ground, flat on his face.....i was going to leave it at that, but i decided to take his sword from him for the time being. wouldn't want him to drain my chakra when i wasn't noticing...even though i barely use it as it is. i didn't NEED it. the sword suddenly hovered in the air, and flew towards me with rapid speed. but i didn't move at all, for it was me controlling it. it came to a halt, and dropped about 5 feet infront of me, flat and still. now that one was settled, i looked back up to the uchiha, and gloomed over his flawless features once again....ACK! STOP IT ERA! i slapped myself again, internally, and decided to break the once peaceful silence.

"so are you going to tell me? or are you going to end up like fish food over there?"

i gestured my head towards kisame. knowing well not to remove my eyes from an uchiha. especailly this one. for awhile, he didn't anwser me.....and that annoyed me, i didn't like being ignored.

"fine then, do as you see fit. but leave me alone" i warned him with a snap. but just as i sighed and turned to walk off, he finally spoke as if to stop me.

".......we have an offer for you from our master.......something you might be interested in...." i didn't stop walking away. but what on earth could their 'master' give me that wasn't already taken from me? stripped. things i cant get back.....yet i stopped about 5 steps after thinking on it...i should ask anyway. i turned my head the slightest bit to meet eyes with him again, still slanted the opposite direction.

"oh? is that what you think?...and what could your master possibly give to me that would somehow strike my interest....?" i asked harshly. this conversation pinned me in one place. was this offer so important? they followed me for 7 fucking days just for this? an OFFER..? hmm.. possibly just being cautious of me....but to be honest that was a little bit retarded.

"...hn...."

my eye twitched. ok NOW i was annoyed...HN? a mumble was my anwser? just a 'hn'....that would not do at all. my glare darkened at the man and i almost began to walk away before he spoke.

"....to join his organazation. . .the Akatsuki....he is gathering the most skilled of ninjas for this organazation....and more or less cold blooded....you fit the picture.......oh- and if you refuse....you die"

haha. die. i wasn't afraid of death even if this weak bastard COULD bring it upon me. what a waste of my time!....wait .....akatsuki.......ive heard some rumors on them before, they were apparently quite feared in the villages...and all of them were in the top 10 of the bingo book aswell as me..... they were a big group of rogue ninja hunting down all the hosts for the demons or whatever they are calling them now a days... only the strongest of ninjas were offered....but i didn't feel any pride for this. ..............they are trying to take over the world the last i heard..and of coarse without having to think about it i threw in my goal along with the thinking............... joining them.....will well get me one step closer.....to destroying konoho.......... once..and for all....!!!!

i thought it over for about 5 minutes, not facing the uchiha. i wasn't worried of him anymore, for if he attempted to kill me he would probably be punished later... i came to my anwser. it couldn't hurt to join these miscreits.. its not like i have anything better to do..fine. id do it. i opened my eyes and still had my back to him...

"fine. i accept the little invitation...... but i wont be used as a pet. i will not follow orders from any of you. i dont care how high you think your status might be, none of you get a say. including your master........" silence erupted again...it wasn't that bad considering it was night. it was not awkward either..but that was because i lived alone for so long...i was so used to it.

"hn........follow me then...................."

he jumped out of the tree he had once been in, and i knew because i heard a thud on the ground i stood on... i turned my attention to him , for he was in the side of my vision...slowly pacing over to kisame. i see.....we have to take him with us, what a shame. maybe i should have just killed him.....but the walk shouldn't be too bad....while he was unconscious that is..when he woke up, it would be like being in a fucking BEE HIVE! i could already tell...talkative tuna.....haha.....thats what ill call him from now on.....talkative tuna.......haha.......i smiled and nodded to myself, continuing to wait...he picked up kisame with not trouble at all, and threw him head first over his left shoulder. it was a shock that this man could carry someone that-...well that heavy. he must have some muscle.......i tweeked at myself for the hundredth time tonight..and watched as he began walking towards me. i finally turned to face him completely, and raised an eye brow as he stopped a little ways beside me.. and the huge white wrapped weapon caught the corner of my eye. who was going to carry his sword....? he obviously knew my question, because we exchanged glances for a moment, but after his silent treatment and the look in his eyes, it told me straight that i was to be the one to carry it. i rolled my eyes, and used my foot to kick the sword up to my hands.. i caught it swiftly in the air, and then placed it on my back, where it hung with my schieth. they were basically the same size. his sword was just fat and my schieth was a long steal pole coated in real silver.

i glared at hissed at the uchiha who was trying to make me follow orders...i would like to see him try again....he smirked a bit with his cold.. dark..yet porcelain, emotionless face, and walked away, his back to me...his hair moved swiftly with the light breeze, black strands of hair danced in the night above his robe...he had pretty long bangs for a guy...so this pretty boy was trying to boss ME around ?? i gritted my teeth against each other, i had quite a habit of doing that. they were sharp...did he honestly think he could take me? turning away was a mistake!!! i followed behind him with a hostile aura, and could have stabbed him in the back at any moment if i wanted....i almost thought about it too until he explained why he wasn't even tense being turned away from ME.

"by the way, in this organazation you cannot kill another member. your life will be on the line." i didn't say a word to him. for i felt over ruled, for once in my life.....oh well.....joining this hell hole will get me closer to defeating konoho. and thats all i want out of these people..........that it! nothing more..........ill use them for my revenge.......good...

it had been almost an hour since we left and still, no words were spoken too each other as we continued to head towards this mysterious, unknown, rebellious hideout.....it was even somewhatunpleasant. even though i enjoyed silence, this man irked me.. i didn't like him at all. he had that certain thing about him that meant trouble was along the way....i didn't fear him, not at all....i just didn't want to deal with any pointless problems......i walked behind him quietly, like i was stalking something....but being a ninja, you HAD to...but unlike them, i did it naturally......i didn't release my kekkei genkei. i wouldn't suffer any affects as long as i didn't move any cliffs or mountains ...but i didn't trust this Uchiha......but then again............who did i trust??....this question haunted me for the rest of the night as it suddenly got a lot lonelier in this hollow heart.

the moon faded behind a black broad figure, and was replaced as the sky suddenly broke into a shining beam of light in the far mountains............it was morning............