I do not own Naruto or any of the characters. This is purely a work of fiction and any bearing it may have on the real world is purely coincidental. This is male reader x male character so it is yaoi or gay, so if you are a homophobe keep moving and get out of here this is meant for people who have open minds and open unjudging hearts. Now on with my fiction.

*Readers perspective*
I walked the halls slowly and silently. I didn't like it here very much but to be able to get away with my life I had had to join the Akatsuki. I didn't like what they were doing at all. And I tried my best to fail everything hoping that they would just think me dumb and let it go. Most of them did let it go. Pein though thought I was smarter than I let on and that I was just clumsy. But I was still important enough that they didn't let me go.
I was sent as a watcher often to spy on the others to make sure they did the missions according to orders and to kill them if they didn't. I often let little things slip by me. I didn't want to put them in a spot. This time I was to follow Itachi and Kisame. We had been trekking rather quickly through the land of earth. I didn't even really need to follow them. They always went along with the rules, well Itachi followed them and made Kisame follow along.
I had grown envious over their close and quiet relationship. They fought together like they had been fighting since they were children. Itachi let Kisame do the heavy lifting and Itachi would do the tedious work, along with the planning. I sighed as it began raining. I hated it when this happened because I was stuck in the rain watching them sit in a cave dry and warm. I moved and sat cross legged on a branch as they took cover. Suddenly beside my ear I heard a soft gust of breath and I launched away slicing at the person. Only to be face to face with Itachi.
"Come in with us I am tired of seeing you wet and lonely out here, not to mention we know you have been following us. Leader sama never asks us about our missions any more just takes it for granted we did a good job so it is obvious you are a spy for him." I nodded and followed him.
Kisame stared at me, "Wow I am surprised you actually came."
"He isn't a moron Kisame, he didn't want to get sick or cold and wet." Itachi moved and sat down against the cave wall.
"Thank you," I said shedding my wet cloak and sitting beside it at the entrance.
"So do you really tattle everything we do?" Kisame asked.
"Kisame!" Itachi snapped coldly. "It is our duty to follow orders as it is his."
"No I don't. I inform him of what I think is pertinent. Mainly whenever Hidan is misbehaving and causing Kakuzu trouble. But you both succeed in your missions flawlessly and if you make a mistake its so small that there is no need for me to speak of it. In fact I was tempted not to follow you this time because you both always do what you are told."
Kisame and Itachi shared a look. "Then why did you?" Itachi asked sounding curious.
"Well for one I don't want to die if Leader-Same gets mad, and second," I turned red, "Its my own business."
Itachi studied me, "Tell us or I will make you," he said in a sweet tone that I knew was a threat.
"I like you both. Kisame goes on for hours about his adventures and the weather and things he knows. And you quietly listen while pretending you aren't even interested." I was turning more red as I spoke and Kisame chuckled.
"You can stop talking about us," he said.
"Sorry, I will be quiet," I went silent and after a while I heard Kisame start telling Itachi about this one village he was sent to in order to get some information. The next thing I knew I was being shaken. I opened my eyes to see Itachi looking down at me.
"Time to go, I didn't wish to leave you since your mission is to accompany us," he said a sad look on his face.
I nodded and leapt up fast. Sliding my cloak on and following the two out into the trees. This time Kisame talked to me as I followed. Finally I saw no more need to follow considering that he kept talking to me so I joined them on the path. Itachi smiled a small smile.
"About time you came out, I was sure you would."
I blinked and smiled. I came to enjoy going on their missions with them. They seemed to like it too. However this time Deidara unintentionally detained me wanting to ask me about his art and I couldn't escape for fear of hurting his feelings. I managed to come up with a strange description about the way beauty is before racing away yelling emergency. Then Kakauzu wanted to question me about the missing three hundred yen. Which I told him Hidan had taken to get a few groceries with at Pein's request. While he began fuming I ran away only to be stopped by Leader-Sama himself. He told me to get in gear because they had left twenty minutes ago.
I nodded and began running as fast as I could. I tried to catch up but I had to track them for a while which took time. Then I felt it, pain, and I could smell blood. I raced in that direction to find Itachi on his side coughing up blood and Kisame fighting violently against ten ninja. I glanced at Itachi and decided I had to help Kisame first because if he died fighting then that left me to heal two ninja's and fight off the ones Kisame didn't kill.
I formed signs and surrounded them with water crushing them one at a time. Once it was down to three of them I left them to Kissame and began healing Itachi. I heard a scream and didn't turn around concentrating on Itachi. After a while color began returning to his pale face and I smiled as his breathing evened out.
I felt Kisame's chakra behind me and relaxed. I formed a few more hand signs and sealed him in a healing barrier.
"Will he be okay?" he asked worriedly.
"Yes i just need to sit and rest for a few minutes my chakra is low and I used a good bit in this barrier to protect as well as heal him. It reverses damage done. So he should be okay in a bit," I said not mentioning that I had found that he was horribly sick with a terminal disease. I had reverted enough chakra to take the condition all the way back in healing to before he got it. But that wiped my chakra clean out.
I moaned and collapsed in exhaustion. I was being shaken awake and I sat up with a jerk my forehead colliding with Kisame's. "OW!" I yelled. He grunted. "Sorry what is wrong?"
"Itachi is breathing funny," he said. I rose and moved over to the prone figure still sealed in my jutsu barrier.
"He is fine. This barrier is also a shield it distorts our minds of what is going on inside. Now lets finish your mission then we will return here get him and go back."
"I have had enough of this he takes all this crap from our Leader, gets hurt this bad and still doesn't mind." I nodded understanding and knowing I did the same.
"Maybe we should quit, we are strong enough to fight them if they come for us," I said and for a second I thought he believed me.
"I am not very strong and Itachi wouldn't dream of it. He wants to keep his brother safe and staying in the Akatsuki will do just that."
I nodded and we left. It took less than three hours to complete the mission and when we returned I looked Itachi over. The jutsu was nearly complete. Itachi's eyes opened and he blinked sleepily. "Stay still Itachi I am healing your wounds. Moving will probably mean you won't walk again," I lied as I concentrated the healing even more by blending my newly acquired chakra with my older from earlier. He did as told and then the barrier collapsed.
He blinked and glanced at me. I laughed, "You can move now, I healed everything that was broken, pulled, or injured in anyway," I said as his black eyes suddenly met mine and he stared.
"Everything?" he asked wonderingly.
"Yes everything," I said as he suddenly hugged me.
"Thank you," he whispered into my neck.
"No problem its what you do for the ones you love," I said softly. He gasped softly and I hugged him back tightly.