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Chapter 1

It had been three weeks since Ari and Itachi had escaped Sound, and Orochimaru had been killed. Because of her odd "transformation", Leader had ordered Ari to spend some time away from the base to get control of her personalities. Even though he never said it, Leader was very pleased with the power Ari had shown.

Ari had her bag packed with clothes, toiletries, and medical supplies. She was given pleanty of money for food and lodging, but her teachers reminded her to stay away from towns as much as possible. She did not have an Akatsuki cloak or hat yet, but thanks to Orochimaru she had her ring. She played with it absently on her hand all the time, much to the annoyance to Itachi.

Since they had retuned, Itachi and Ari had been in a constant struggle. Itachi would insult her, and Ari would get mad and end up calling him some immature childish name that did nothing to insult him, but rather make everyone around laugh at the absurdness of it. Their training sessions had become few and far between, thankfully. Itachi figured she still wasn't strong enough to benefit from his training, and Ari would just glare and call him an arrogant jerk. The others watched the two with avid amusement, especially when Ari would get mad enough to engage in a spar. This would always end up with Ari face down in the dirt with new bruises and a damaged ego.

Ari laced up her boots and headed out of her room, looking back briefly to get a good mental picture of what she was leaving behind. Deidara met her in the hall and walked with her to the front of the building where Kisame and Sasori were waiting. Some of the other Akatsuki, who Ari had been starting to get to know, were sparing in the back of the building, and causing enough noise to wake the dead.

"Well girly, don't go getting yourself killed, kidnapped, or pregnant." Kisame joke, patting her roughly on the back. She blushed furiously at the implication of the last thing he said and promised she wouldn't do any of those things willingly. Kisame laughed and handed her a long wooden case. She looked at him slyly.

"What is this?" she asked suspiciously. He didn't answer, but rather handed it to her. She opened it and laying inside was a sword. She had been learning to use one, and found she was pretty good at swordsmanship. She blushed and picked up the sword. The handle was black, inlaid with gold and the blade was a stainless silver. The sword itself wasn't heavy at all, and she wondered what kind of metal it was. The sheath was absolutely beautiful, black and ingraved with jade flame like patterns. She smiled and bowed deeply to Kisame.

"Its beautiful, thank you so much." She placed the sword in its sheath and set it on her hip using her belt and the sheath strap.

"We couldn't have you running around the woods unarmed, could we?" he concluded.

Sasori bowed slightly and wished Ari a safe journey and to practice their lessons every day. She nodded and bowed to him.

Deidara gave her a big hug and handed her a small clay bird.

"If you are in trouble, just tell this bird and it will find me." Ari smiled and took the small bird who fidgeted around as she placed it safely at the top of her pack. She said goodbye and walked towards the woods, never looking back.

Sasuke had reached Leaf, as soon as he came across the boarder, ANBU had surrounded him. He held up his hands as sign of submission. The ANBU captian came closer.

"Sasuke Uchiha. You are a missing nin from this village, do you return on your own free will without causing harm to the village and its inhabitants?"

"I do." He said simply and was led towards the front gates. It was about three in the morning, so thankfully there wasn't anyone wondering about. They led him to the Hokage's tower and up to Tsunade's office. The captain knocked and was called in. A few minutes later Sasuke was ushered inside and asked to sit in a chair in front of Tsunade's desk.

"Your back." She said simply, not questioning nor even believing. She had sent out so many shinobi to find this kid and he just walks into her office one morning.

"I wish to be back for good. I am no longer an avenger." He clarified.

"So Itachi is dead?"

"No." he replied, looking into her eyes. She seemed confused and demanded to know what had happened that caused him to want to return home.

Sasuke started his story with how Itachi had killed his family, and he wanted to become strong enough to kill him. He decided to go to Sound and learn from Orochimaru, and he did learn quite a bit.

"But I didn't learn enough. I was still weak and I didn't know why." He continued. " One day a young girl was brought in, and it was confirmed that she was Akatsuki."

"Wait, a new Akatsuki? A woman?" Tsunade was intrigued.

"About my age. When she was brought in she had a broken wrist and a broken leg, I couldn't figure out what Orochimaru would want with a young girl who could not fight one Sound ninja on her own. That was until I heard her play." He thought back to the music she had played.

"She played a piano, but the way she made music come out of it was amazing. It was as if the notes were coming from her soul, not the instrument." He took a deep breath. "That was when everything started to make sense. Orochimaru was going to use her to give him a son. She was a soul musician, perfect for a Sound mother. He had also planed to lure Itachi to Sound, and it worked."

"At first I though that Itachi had feelings for the girl, but then I just realized she was his mission. He would never fail a mission if he could prevent it. Orochimaru wanted Itachi for the father. Two Akatsuki, one, the most powerful shinobi of his time, the other a girl who could entrance people with her music. He could not have children, so he wanted to take the child when it was born and raise it as his heir." Tsunade listened to his story carefully, taking notes as he went on.

"The girl said something, something that didn't sit right. She said that our clan had betrayed Itachi and Leaf." At this, Tsunade narrowed her eyes at this news.

"I went to ask Itachi, at first he wouldn't tell me, that I could never defeat him if he told me. I wanted to know though, and wouldn't leave. Itachi was drained of chakra and starved, and he gave into me." Sasuke thought back to the conversation.

"I was on a mission, we had completed it early and I led my team home. I didn't want to wake up mother or you, so I slipped in through my window. I heard voices coming from downstairs, I felt the chakra signatures. Mother, Father, and a few of the other head clan members. You were sleeping in your room." Itachi paused looking at his brother who motioned for him to continue.

"I made my way downstairs, masking my chakra. Its then I heard them talking about the fall of Leaf. They were going to help Orochimaru and Sound invade, in return they were going to get a large sum of money." Itachi spat out bitterly. "I was disgusted with the betrayal, and realized that the one who would be hurt the most, would be you. If I told the Hokage that the Uchihas were going to betray the village, you would be looked down upon by your peers, they would push your power down and you would never be strong. I made a decision to kill the traders myself, leaving you with enough hatred to be strong enough to defeat me." He looked to his little brother, whos face was half in disbelief and half in realization.

"Why did you want me to defeat you? Why couldn't you just tell me?" Sasuke demanded.

"I killed my entire family, how long do you think I want to live with that Sasuke? The only one I want to be stronger than me, to finally defeat me, is you brother." Itachi finished, feeling years of weight being lifted off his shoulders.

Sasuke couldn't believe his whole life had been a lie. He realized that Itachi was right, he would never have enough hatred for his brother to kill him, Itachi had tried to protect him.

"I need to get you and the girl out of here. They are going to give you a serum to make you loose all control of yourself. Orochimaru is going to make you rape that girl, and produce a child for him to raise. I have a plan though."

"I told him that I would place the girl on a couch, and in the couch would be a kunai. I would be the one to give him the serum, and I would substitute the serum with something harmless." He continued. "It worked. I stabbed Kabuto with the real serum and told him to kill Orochimaru. There was a huge fight, Itachi and I were fighting several Sound ninja and Kabuto was fighting Orochimaru. That is when the girl stepped in." Tsunade raised her eyebrows.

"Her chakra was enormous. She literly blew the side of the building away, and all of us outside. She was floating in the air, her brown hair had turn black and her violet eyes had turned green. She had raw energy crackling around her and we all were stunned at the transformation. This girl was a tiny little thing with now, two broken legs, and she transformed into something entirely different. Itachi stopped her before she killed Orochimaur, claiming that she wasn't a killer. Her hair and eyes turned back and she fell unconscious. Kabuto, however, surged forward while Orochimaru was distracted and shoved a kunai in his chest."

"So Orochimaru is dead?" Tsunade braved.

"Yes. We defeated Sound and went our separate ways; Itachi carried the girl away, presumably to be healed. I decided that it was about time to come home." Sasuke finished his story, looking at the Hokage tiredly. Tsunade called to Shizune who promptly entered the room.

"Bring team Kakashi to me." She told her friend.

"Hai." Shizune left quickly, sparing an interested look at the young Uchiha. Several minutes later there was a knock on the door. Kakashi, Naruto, another guy he didn't know, and Sakura came in the room. Their eyes widened as they saw their own team mate.

"Sasuke Uchiha, you wish to be reinstated as a member of this village?" Tsunade ignored the looks of the newcomers and looked directly into Sasuke's eyes.

"Yes, I do." He answered.

"Do you swear to uphold the laws of this village and protect it with your life?"

"I do."

"Because you left, and came back willingly, there will be a probation period of one year. After the probation is completed, you may take your Chunin and Jonin exams, and return to active duty as a shinobi of this village. Do you agree to these terms?"

"Yes Hokage-sama" he bowed his head.

"Good, meet your new probation officers." She motioned to the three people standing behind him. "Now all of you get out of my office." She dismissed.

A/N: Okay the first chapter of the sequel. As this all plays out in my mind, I foresee three stories all together. Please read and review!!!