Behind the Enemy Lines
Summary: Ayame was one of Itachi Uchiha best childhood friends. What happens when she is summoned to a secret mission? Capture Itachi Uchiha was proving to be harder than she thought for she didn't expect to feel so irrevocably well behind the enemy lines.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Chapter One
"Tobi… On three... We run." Deidara said. His voice sounded too serious which caused Tobi to stare at him wonderingly.
"Why?" asked Tobi.
"One..."
"But why?"
"Two..."
"WHY!"
"THREE... NOW TOBI RUN!" The blonde Akatsuki member shouted as he started to run down the road like a mad man.
Tobi quickly looked behind his shoulder and screamed in horror. A dark haired woman was mounting on an incontrollable horse and was heading right in his direction.
"SOMEBODY HELP ME!! I CANT STOP THIS CRAZY THING!!" she shrieked, her voice reverberating off the nearby trees.
Tobi managed to jump out of the horse way and watched as the girl kept shouting for help.
Meanwhile, Itachi and Kisame were leaning against a tree with angry expressions as they were still waiting for Deidara and Tobi to catch up with them.
"Finally," Kisame snapped as he saw the blonde haired boy run towards them.
Itachi raised an eyebrow as the blonde ran past them.
"What the..." said Kisame as they heard sounds of a distant scream.
A few seconds later they spotted the owner of the echoing cries.
"WOAH! WATCH OUT!" the dark haired girl said as she tried to pull the horses strings to stop it to go straight at them.
It all happened too fast. He had moved without thinking and as soon she had finished her cry they collided with the rocky floor.
"Damn!" Itachi cursed as a sharp pain slithered up his arm. The woman, who had landed on top of him, leaned down upon his chest and looked down at him with worry.
"I'm sorry! Are you all right, red-eyes?" At first, Itachi could only stare at her with his mouth slightly agape. He had a small sensation that he had seen her before.
"Damn, woman, you could have gotten yourself killed! What the hell were you doing anyway?" at a new voice, the woman looked up to see the blonde man and at his side was another one with blue skin and his face reminded her of a shark, "You shouldn't mount on a horse if you don't know how to," the blonde finished heatedly.
The woman quickly forgot about Itachi and got to her feet and pointed at Deidara with her index finger. Her angry expression was border-line humorous as she yelled, "Hey! What'd you do that for, you jerk?! I was asking your red-eyes buddy here if he was okay! You should be grateful I even asked!"
"Will you just shut up?" Deidara shouted while tensing up his shoulders. This woman sure did know how to give his already short-leashed nerves a work out. Deidara and Kisame stared at the sword on her back, "Why are you carrying a sword? A clumsy woman like you shouldn't even use one,"
"WHAT?" she asked rather offended, "Oh, I say we duel!" the blonde looked at her and started to laugh.
Kisame blinked stupidly while Itachi eyed her suspiciously. Normally everyone would run at the sight of them. Their black cloak with red clouds gave them easily away as Akatsuki members. However, this woman seemed rather comfortable near them. Something wasn't right.
"Enough," Itachi voice ended the discussion, "Deidara, where's Tobi?"
"Who knows, maybe she killed him!" said Deidara accusing her. She opened her mouth to reply but Tobi's shouting echoed in the air.
"HEY GUYS!!"
Deidara rolled his eyes. Kisame and Itachi looked at each other then Itachi looked back at the girl.
"Good-bye," said Itachi as he started to walk away. Kisame followed him right after swinging his enormous sword to his other shoulder.
Deidara eyed the girl up and down with a disgusted face and she snorted.
She swallowed dry. She couldn't let them go...
"You called for me, Tsunade-sama?" she asked as she stepped inside the fifth Hokage office.
The blonde woman nodded and by the look of her eyes it wasn't something good.
"Ayame I take it that you know what we've been through?"
Ayame nodded slowly, "You've been trying to bring the younger Uchiha back,"
"Hai," Tsunade nodded content that she wouldn't have to explain everything, "this will be a mission that only you can accomplish..." the dark haired girl stared a head emotionless, "seeing as capturing Sasuke is proving to be harder than we thought... we're going for Itachi Uchiha,"
Ayame remained still, the Hokage words still echoing in her mind.
"Tsunade-same I do not-"
"You're the only one who can do it... Besides after we capture Itachi, we have bigger chances to retrieve Sasuke back," Tsunade eyed the woman in front of her expectantly.
Ayame remained silent. She hadn't been counting on this. It had been years since she last saw him... it had been the very same night he assassinated his clan.
She had tried to stop him, she begged for him to not go a head with it but he didn't even listen to her.
"Ayame?" said Tsunade interrupting Ayame's thoughts.
"Hai! Count me in," the dark haired woman said as she thought that she would finally have the opportunity to confront him after all these years.
"WAIT!" she called out as she ran towards them. She bit her lip, hoping that they wouldn't decide to kill her. She was putting it way too far.
When Ayame noticed that at least one of them stopped she allowed herself to sigh in relief.
"Hey!" she said in a happy tone, "Where are you guys heading too?" she asked loudly so the others could her as well.
The one who had waited for her was wearing an odd mask concealing his face.
"Have I met you before?" he asked in a casual tone.
Ayame's stomach twisted uncomfortable, "I don't think so," she smiled sweetly, "I would know if I met someone using a mask like yours,"
"Pretty neat isn't it," he asked her as he laughed. Then one of his hands reached for something in his pocket.
"TOBI!" Deidara screamed impatiently. Ayame looked from the corner of her eyes as the blonde approached them, "What the hell are you doing, we have a schedule here!"
Tobi seemed to have a little of trouble to find what he was looking for inside his pocket. Deidara stared at her annoyed.
"Shouldn't you be gone by now?" he snapped.
"AHA! It's a lollipop! And it looks like me!" Tobi squealed, not noticing the vein popping up on Deidara's head.
Ayame eyes stopped on Tobi's hand. It was indeed a lollipop. An orange lollipop, whose pattern resembled Tobi's mask.
"I bought them yesterday, or... okay I admit it! I stole it from a little kid on the way here. The kid also had candy and bubblegum but I took the lollipop. Now I can give them to my friends, and they all have a lollipop that looks like me! Isn't that great? This one is for you!"
Ayame lips parted in surprise, "For me? Aww you're nice, Arigato," she said as she picked the lollipop from Tobi's hand.
Deidara's eyebrow twitched. Fuming, he quickly took the lollipop from Ayame and with an evil grin on his face broke it and threw it on the floor.
Tobi gasped and Ayame glared at the blonde.
"YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT!" she said angrily.
"Why don't you do something about it?" Deidara asked mockingly.
"You little!" He didn't have time to dodge it for she had been too fast. Deidara and Tobi stared dumbly at the strings of blonde hair falling onto the floor.
Quickly, Deidara hands touched his precious hair to find that she had cut a big part of it.
"MY HAIR! THIS IS IT, YOU'RE DEAD!" he screamed angrily.
"We don't have time for this," said Kisame quietly as they stood a little behind watching the scene.
Itachi didn't say anything. Instead he found himself walking towards the angry woman and a deadly furious Deidara and a highly entertained Tobi.
"Listen up very careful," Itachi voice interrupted Deidara wish to kill the annoying woman, "If you keep following us, I will have to kill you,"
Ayame eyes avoided his eyes and Itachi immediately realized that this woman was aware of his sharigan.
"I just..." her voice was low and shaky, "don't want to be alone,"
"I just don't want to be alone?" her inner self repeated quite shocked.
"HEY, WAS THE BEST I COULD COME UP WITH!" she scolded at her inner self.
"Yeah right just don't complain when you get us both killed!"
"Shut up!"
"What do you mean?" asked Tobi highly interested, "Are you... in danger?"
"Thank the gods for this guy's stupidity!"
Ayame eyes widened and she bit her lip nervously.
"Hai," she said quietly, "Please! Just take me with you! I promise I won't bother...MUCH!"
Itachi eyes narrowed in suspicious, "No," he replied coldly.
"Please!" she cried holding on his sleeve, "You don't know this man! He... he killed my entire family! Having a Deja Vu are you now? He... said... he would spare me because he... he... he enjoyed to chase his preys!"
"Oh come on, Itachi! We can protect her, until we get to the next town, what you say?" said Tobi with an entertained tone.
Deidara said nothing but he was as suspicious as Itachi was.
"Hn... she is your responsibility then," said Itachi and started to walk away.
"YAY! Here take another lollipop," said Tobi throwing another orange lollipop at her.
As she walked quietly next to Tobi she could feel the deadly looks Deidara was sending her.
"What? Are you insane Itachi?" she heard Kisame complaining as he ran to catch up with the Uchiha.
"I need to be careful now..." she repeated to herself as she looked at Itachi's back.
A/N: Okay guys, this is my very first story on Naruto. So please REVIEW and let me know if you like it and if i should continue this.