A/N: Well hello there. I've been wanting to do one of these in a while and well, I finally said fuck it. There is some ItachixKonan in this chapter, but it will not be the final pairing for this short story. Also, this story won't be long like my other story "A New Life" Chapters will be shorter and the story itself will only be a few chapters depending if I can think of new material for the pairing I am choosing in this story.

Disclaimer: I do Not own Naruto. Characters respectively belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

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Ch. 1

"From this day forward, you work for me..."

"..."

"From this day forward, you will do as I say..."

"..."

"And from this day forward, you will live on once again..."

"Live once again? What are you talking about?"

"There will be other like you. You will meet them in the very near future."

"Meet them? Meet who? Who are you? Where are you? And where am I?"

"The other three fallen. Who are they? You will find out soon enough. Who am I, you ask. In this world I protect the balance and bring peace from the shadows, even if I have fallen. Where am I? Somewhere you still can not reach. Where are you? Currently in purgatory..."

"You haven't answered my question. I did not ask what you do, but who you are."

"My name is..."

"..."

"Baraqiel"

He opened his eyes unable to see anything, he twitched his fingers and moved his arms and legs. He took deep breaths, inhaling and exhaling, feeling his lungs close in and out. He could feel his blood flowing and his heart beating. He was alive...

He felt something wrapped around his head covering his eyes. He reached up and removed the unwanted wrapping. Blinking a few times, now being able to see, his vision seemed clear and he moved his hand touching the lines of some type of wall, confining him.

"Wood?"

He moved around but was confined to a small space. He had come to a conclusion that he was in a casket, buried underground. He sighed, balling his hand into a fist and infusing it with chakra, he thrust forward punching the casket causing the wood to break and way out from his underground confinement. After he had crawled his way out, he stood looking at his surroundings.

A small distance away, a young woman around the age of 21 heard the loud noise and decided to see what had happened. When she made it to a clearing where she had heard the loud noise she saw a young man, the man turned around as their eyes met. She looked away taking in his features.

The young man had onyx eyes with long pronounced tear-troughs. He had a Jet black hair that was pulled back into a low ponytail, his face was framed with centre-parted bangs that extended past his chin. He seemed to be wearing a mesh shirt, black pants and black open-toed sandals. He wore a necklace which consisted of three silver rings with red gems inside of them, and on his right ring finger was a ring, which was red and bore the Kanji for "Vermillion" (Shu).

After imagining what he looked like without the mesh shirt, she gazed back into his onyx eyes as a small blush was threatening to appear. Little did she know that this man was, no, is none other than...Itachi Uchiha.

Itachi walked up to the young woman, who was suppressing her blush "Could you tell me where I am exactly?"

"G-Grass country, near the border o-of R-Rain country and F-Fire Country." the young woman replied now with her cheeks tinted pink

"No witnesses, yet."

It was Baraqiel's voice which only Itachi could hear.

"Thank you." Itachi smiled

The young woman blushed a darker shade of red, not just because of his smile, but his voice, she liked it, it was calm, thoughtful, deep, silky smooth and as most woman would think, Orgasmic. The woman wanted more, she wanted this man for herself, but before she could launch herself onto him and take him as hers, she saw a flash of red from his eyes as she fell into Itachi's arms, unconscious.

Itachi knew the look and the glint in her eyes that she had gotten, he had seen it in many women along his travels. He carried the young woman to a nearby tree as he gently placed her down as if she was resting on it. He did not want or need to kill her, he just needed to erase her memories of himself. And that is what he did. He walked away knowing that she would wake up in a minute or two.

Time Skip

Itachi was running through the Rain country skillfully evading any ninja's or civilians on his way to the Hidden Rain Village. He was running on the water as he noticed that the rain had stopped for once, the cloudy sky clearing up and a rainbow appearing. He then heard an explosion and he stopped. He looked towards the direction it had come from, having a gut feeling he needed to check it out, so he did. When he arrived he saw space being bent into a swirl before it had disappeared. He only knew of of two people who could do that. Itachi then saw what seemed to be a body that had begun to sink into the water.

'Damn that Madara' Konan's eye lids felt heavy, trying to keep them open

She looked up at the clear sky as she felt her body had begun to sink into the deep depths of the water.

'So this is it?'

Konan took one last breath, now under water she could see the light from the sun being reflected on the water. Barely managing to keep her eyes open she spotted a figure dive into the water, the figure extended his arm and grabbed a hold of her by the waist. She then felt a pair of lips on hers, giving her air as the figure swam up and out of the water.

Konan gasped for air as she felt the figures hand on her wound. She barely managed to see green chakra. She then felt being lifted, she tried seeing who it was that had saved her from dying in the water, but she couldn't see clearly. All she saw was a light radiating from around the figure before falling unconscious.

Time Skip

Konan opened her eyes, feeling she was on a bed as she sat up.

"Ah! Angel-sama! Please don't move too much or your wound will reopen!" a woman said

"Hm? Where am I? How did I get here? And how am I still alive?" Konan questioned

"You're at the hospital. As for how you got here, it seems Itachi-sama performed emergency medical ninjutsu before having you brought here me to treat you." the female doctor said

Konan looked down, clutching her blanket "I see, so Ita-" Konan finally let those words sink in as her head snapped up looking at the doctor "Itachi?! Itachi's alive?! Where is he?!"

"I'm right here."

Konan's eyes widened, turning her head to her right spotting the Uchiha who she hadn't sensed at all, leaning on the wall, arms crossed.

"I-Itachi, y-you're-"

"Alive. I know."

"B-But how?"

"That I don't know."

It was a lie. He knew why, but she didn't need to know. He didn't want her to know what he had become.

Konan looked down, bangs covering her eyes. She threw the blanket to the side, moving her feet so they were touching the floor.

"Angel-sama, please don't move or-"

"I'm fine. Don't worry."

Konan slowly stood, wincing from the pain of her wound. She walked up to Itachi, her hand balled up into a fist. Itachi watched her, his hands now at his sides, in case he had to help her or catch her if she fell. He then looked down and saw water droplets hitting the floor.

"Ko-"

"You idiot..." Konan muttered, her fist now on Itachi's chest "Why...? Why...? Why?!"

Konan's voice rose from her usual calm one as she kept hitting Itachi on the chest. Konan then stepped closer to Itachi, burring her face into the crook of his neck, wrapping her arms around his neck. Itachi could feel her warm tears falling and trailing down his neck as he embraced her.

"Why did you choose death? Why couldn't you be selfish for once?!" Konan cried out squeezing him "Why didn't you tell me? Did you know how I felt when I was told you had died after fighting your little brother?!"

Itachi squeezed her lightly, petting her head before planting a small kiss onto it.

"I'm sorry."

"I know the truth Itachi." Konan said looking up, tears still falling from her eyes "I know what you did, I know you did it to prevent a war from breaking out, I know about your illness, that you've been suffering all that time...I know it all."

"How?"

"Madara...he came here, we fought, he revealed your past to me, he's most likely taken Nagato's eyes, and he has already declared a war that's about to start."

"War?"

"Yes, the Fourth Great Shinobi War."

Itachi closed his eyes then opened them revealing his Sharingan.

"Konan, I-"

"No!" Konan instantly held onto Itachi again "I know what you're thinking! I've lost you once, I won't lose you again!"

"Konan, looke at me." Itachi said as Konan complied "You won't lose me. I'm going to war. I'm getting Nagato's eyes back. And I will return. I promise."

Konan gazed into Itachi's eyes that had morphed into his Mangekyo Sharingan, but they weren't his original pinwheel pattern, no, they had what seemed to be a red flower at the center of the pinwheel.

"Itachi, your eyes." Itachi slightly rose a brow as his hand reached down to Konan's hip causing her to blush "H-Hey! We just reunited and you're al-"

"I need to use this." Itachi said grabbing the headband tied to her hip

Konan's face reddened, steam coming out of her ears from embarrassment. Itachi looked at the headband, seeing his eyes in the reflection.

'This is...Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan."

Itachi came to the conclusion that Sasuke must have had their eyes transplanted, and that the current eyes he has are his. Itachi deactivated his Sharingan as he looked at Konan who had a worried expression on her face. Itachi's lips slightly curled up, lifting Konan off her feet, carrying her Bridal Style.

"H-Hey! I can walk on my own you know!"

Itachi gently placed her back on the bed. He was about to stand up straight, but Konan pulled Itachi back down, pressing her lips onto his. Itachi complied with the kiss as he parted her lips and their tongues danced with one another.

"Ahem..."

Itachi and Konan stopped remembering that they were not alone. Konan turned red as a tomato as they looked at the blushing doctor. Itachi chuckled, grabbing one of the Akatsuki cloaks he had grabbed from the hideout while Konan was still unconscious. Itachi was about to exit the room when Konan called out to him. Itachi turned around, now looking at Konan who was smiling.

"Make sure you return this time, or I'll go and get you myself."

"Of course, especiall when I know there's an Angel waiting for me to return to." Itachi smirked causing Konan to blush with the 'Angel' remark

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?!" Konan shouted pink flushing her cheeks

Itachi exited the room, closing the door behind him as he stopped as the doctor was waiting for him.

"Itachi-sama, Angel-sama doesn't-"

"She doesn't have much time, I know. That's why I must return as quickly as possible." Itachi said walking past the doctor before stopping right behind her "May I ask for a favor?"

"O-Of course."

"No one must know that I live."

"I-I won't tell a living soul. I promise."

"Thank you."

Itachi burst into a flock of crows, disappearing from the hospital, and now standing at the edge of town, in his Akatsuki attire including the straw hat.

"Itachi" it was that voice again "You must not interfere with the war too much."

"I know. I must let fate take it's course and victims that I may not be able to save, but it is also part of my mission, isn't it, Baraqiel-sama."

"Yes. And because you were chosen, you will find out who the other three that will join you, after the war."

A/N: And there we go! This story like I said will most likely be short. For those who have read my other stories know, that I am a huge ItachixIzumi shipper, but this will be one of those stories that Izumi will not be in. I'm Sorry. I will post other ItachixIzumi one-shots and such in the near future as well.