Chapter Two: Foolish Boy...

Sachi rose, rather early even though she was exhausted from her travels, she seen Sasori still asleep across from her, she smiled, ruffling his hair. He groaned, Deidara shot up, exclaiming about Chappie the Rabbit, the two others stared at him; sweatdropping. Sachi smiled, today her friends were leaving, to get the Bijuu entrapped in the Kazekage. She wished them luck silently, knowing that she wouldn't see them for some time. She frowned at that. She would miss them, losing them so soon after returning after two years, of course she would see them, but something was nagging at the back of her mind; as if she knew what would happen.

"Sachi, I want you to go to the Hidden Sand Village and explore while we are busy." Pein told her, scowling, she nodded, slightly afraid of him now. She could feel the power eminating from them all. Maybe she preferred it when she was clueless, Sachi shook these thoughts away.

"Of course Pein-Sama! Do you want anything?" Pein laughed scornfully; he knew WHO he wanted, and he knew he would get him no matter what.

"I'll take that as a no, ne?" Pein nodded, and Sachi grabbed a small pouch, filled with the money she had been saving; she smiled before saying good-bye. Her eyes widened when she seen Sasori though, or what Deidara had said was Sasori.

"That can't be Saso-Kun!" Sachi yelled, running to the man with a bandana covering his mouth. She felt the wood. Her breath coming quickly. The hunched figure laughed darkly.

"Why? This is Sasori. See you later, you'll probably hear us knowing Deidara." Sachi nodded, walking away from the figure; saying her good-byes, although she hadn't laid eyes on Kisame or Itachi to say it too, she was sure she'd see them later.

"Wow... They are sooo nice!" Sachi said, looking at the small amount of kinom's on display, she decided she would only window shop, so she wouldn't become to tempted to buy any. She continued to walk, admiring the sand city; looking up to the sky where only a few moist clouds floated above, she gasped; like everyone else did when she seen the large sand shield form above the village. Then came the explosions, Sasori had been right, Sachi identified it as Deidara usuing his explosive clay. The sand shield broke, and large grains of sand fell onto the village, Sachi sheilded herself, and a young child from the broken shield by using an earth jutsu Itachi had taught her.

"Mo...mommy?" The young child cried, clinging onto Sachi's tank top, she held the child tightly as the grains began to slow. It finally stopped and she stepped from underneath the shield. A young woman in her early twenties ran to her.

"MOMMY!" The child cried, Sachi handed the young boy back to his mother, who expressed her relief by hugging the boy tightly and kissing the top of his head.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!!" She exclaimed, her blond hair was tied neatly in a bun, her eyes a deep blue, were still darting around frantically at the thought that she may have lost her child. Sachi smiled at the young woman.

"No problem. Glad I could help." She said, before leaving the mother and child alone, the child looking back at his saviour as she disappeared down an ally. Never to see her again.

That was so creepy, it was so loud as well. Sasori wasn't lying when he said we'd hear them taking him... Sachi thought as she walked slowly down one of many back ally's that went through the village Hidden in the Sand. She heard sobs up ahead, and slowly found a teenage girl, not much younger then herself crounched down and sobbing.

"Hey, whats wrong? Why are you crying?" Sachi asked, kneeling by her side. The girl looked up at her, her brown eyes shining from the tears. Her face also had red blotches from the tears trailing down it. Sachi sighed, looking at the girl who was trying to steady her breathing.

"They took my... they took my Gaara-Kun!!" Sachi's eyebrows knitted together, she was confused by what this young woman had said. But Pein-sama said that he had no one close to him... Did he lie to me? Or did he simply not know of this girl... or was she one of those adoring fangirls that would go over the edge if something happened to the one they were fans of? Sachi asked herself, looking at the girl again. Her green eyes ran over what she was wearing. A bracelet dangled from her wrist, the kanji for love written on it.

"You're... Gaara-Kun? Are you two going out?" The pinky-red haired girl nodded, and instantly Sachi felt bad. She had heard rumors from her tour around the village that not many people liked Gaara so much, no; they didn't like the power he held inside of him. It was a nightmare for them.

But now, she met someone who liked Gaara enough to go out with him. She had to stop them killing Gaara, just for one of the bijuu's, she wouldn't allow it.

"What's your name?" Sachi asked her, helping the girl up. Her brown eyes looked into Sachi's emeralds. Her breath caught in her throat.

"A-Amaya... why?" Sachi nodded, standing up. She had to ask Pein to let Gaara live, they could always get a hostage and perform a revival jutsu anyways.

"Amaya-Chan, I promise; I will get Gaara too return to you." Sachi said, walking from the girl who stared after her amazed. Amaya doubted she would though, she after all; knew what the Akatsuki were capable of. They struck fear into people and villages, a bunch of S-Class criminals, one girl could not defeat them.

Sachi rushed through the village, not paying much notice to anything, or anyone around her. She missed the group of ninja's entering the village as she left, one knew her from over two years ago.

"I see your still alive and well Sachi..." Hatake Kakashi said, as she passed him; he could sense the change in her, and he smiled. The mission just got more dangerous. He had received intelligence a little over a year ago from Jirayai, stating that Itachi had been ordered to Snow Country, with a girl fitting her physique. Kakashi wondered what she would be like to fight. His eyes furrowed after her. Temari callled them, he changed his focus to the older sister of the Kazekage.

Sachi walked slowly back to were everyone else was hidden, taking her time; seeing as the jutsu usually took three days. She continued to admire the sands scenery, even though there wasn't much. She was walking through what seemed like a barren desert, with very few shrubs growing out of places. She couldn't see how the village got it's water supply, but when she looked closer to the mountains in the north, where she was heading, she could see some sort of machine working to gather water supplies, she understood then. She walked by some strange stones, making her pause. She looked at them, they were just inscriptions. She picked them up anyways, curious about them; she would try to decipher them while she waited for the Akatsuki to finish the job.

"Okay, I'm hungry." She moaned, pausing in the middle of the woods, Sachi sighed, pulling out some food from her pouch she carried. It was a pack of peanuts. She sighed, continuing to walk. Her eyes sharpened. She was being followed. Who the hell could this be? Why are they following me, or is it the same direction... No, they are staying a distance enough, they think I'll lead them to everyone I bet... I'm sorry Amaya, but I can't allow that. Sachi said, turning up the opposite moutain trail she had come down. The person followed. Her eyes wandered ahead of her, wondering who this person could be.

How far are they up this mountain? How is she managing this climb so easily? Maybe Orochimaru's intelligence was speaking the truth, brother was training this girl in Snow Country. I should have killed him when I had the chance then. Uchiha Sasuke said, glaring at the girl from the distance. She stopped, and sat down; staring directly at him, his eyes met hers, even from the distance they were at.

Shit.

Sasuke strolled from his place, a stioc expression on his face, although; inside, he was shocked that she had noticed. His eyes trailed over again, she hadn't moved, her green eyes had become almost slit like, the manifested blond bangs waved in the wind. They shared silence for many moments, before she finally sighed.

"You look alot like Uchiha Itachi; are you related?"

She asked, Sasuke activated his sharingan, she quickly closed her eyes.

"I'll take that threat as a yes." She smirked, although she had no idea what to actually do, she hadn't been trained to fight another Uchiha; simply because Itachi never showed her how to fight against the sharingan. What should I do? They've already started the jutsu, it's getting dark and its the second day. My best chance would be to lead him further along the mountain, keep him on the opposite side. That should work.

"If you want to see your brother so badly, follow me!" She roared, throwing three kunai directly at Sasuke, even with closed eyes they were on target, if he hadn't jumped they would have hit him in vital organs. He looked back, extracting the three kunai, and she was gone.

Shit.

Sasuke said, setting off after her.

I can't keep running, this isn't right. But I can sense from his chakra, he has a helluva lot more experiance then I do. I don't stand a chance... At this rate though, I'll have to fight him... Sachi thought to herself, stepping on a branch, it broke. She fell, omitting a loud scream as she did so, and landed on the flat of her back. She groaned, and Sasuke was in front of her, a katana pointing down at her. She gulped.

"Bring me to my brother." Sachi laughed at him, heartfelt and full of warmth. A cloud of smoke dispersed around her and when it cleared, a log was in her place. Substitutiion? I didn't even see her make the hand signals! Sasuke roared to himself, turning to see the girl standing a distance from him; a cat like grin on her face. She shifted from one foot to another, blood trickled along her leg.

I see, she waited until I moved to substitute. Clever. I couldn't see what she did when she twisted her body angle. Very clever... Sasuke thought calmly, he smirked at Sachi, the cut on her leg still drizzling. She was pouting.

"Look, to be honest; I don't want to fight Uchiha-sans little brother. He's just so KAWAII!"

Sachi said, sticking her tongue out to him, her hands on her hips; Sasuke let out a growl. She was keeping him at bay from reaching the rest, he was annoyed.

"Your annoying."

"Oh, I'm so hurt; the boy who doesn't even have the courtesy to even introduce himself to his opponant is already calling names. Whatever." Sachi said, raising her eyebrow to him; he glared at her, his onyx eyes hardening.

"Uchiha Sasuke; I'm an avenger."

"Sachi, my affiliation is with the Akatsuki." Sachi answered, as she pulled a kunai from her holster, Sasuke smirked. She ran at him.

"Hey; does anybody except me, sense Sachi's chakra, un?" Deidara whined, as they did the jutsu. Pein shot him a scorching glare, Sasori's crouched figure shifted. His facial features unmoving.

"Yeah, someone is there with her." Kisame answered; Itachi cocked his head, a small grin reached his features, he recognised the chakra flow.

"Foolish little brother."

"Your brother? He's here? Does he stand a chance?" Kisame asked, having only seen a glimpse of Sachi's power the night previously when she had been chasing Deidara and Sasori around.

"Sachi will only use half her power. I have ordered her to do that when fighting my brother, otherwise; she could probably maime him." Itachi sighed, creating a double and sending it to them. Zetsu followed, the two would be the eyes and ears for them. Zetsu would record the fight, whilst Itachi would get a full view of it.

Sachi was panting slightly, Sasuke had kept her on her toes; she was happy that she had managed to keep him busy for such a long period of time. The moon was now high in the sky.

"If you can't even defeat me; you have no chance against your brother! Go back!" She roared, Sasuke glared at her. She already knew Itachi's plan, and it hurt her to think of it to say the least.

"Shut up! How would you know?!"

"Because; I've spent the last two years stuck with him! I've trained with him, he's gotten stronger since the last time you met, I can tell you that! You won't beat him yet. You don't stand a chance, especially when you can barely out me, when I'm only using half strength!" Sachi said, taking breath quickly. Sasuke threw two shurikan at her, she didn't have a chance to move, they struck her right shoulder. She roared, tears threatening her eyes. She continued to stand.

"I..won't... be.. defeated by you... I don't care about Itachi's rule! Kekkei-" Sachi stopped, the mangekyo eyes having caught her attention, Sasuke hit her, kicking her in the stomach. Angered that she wasn't paying attention to the fight.

"What's Itachi's rule? I don't have any problem killing you!" Sachi's eyes stared into his own, he had grabbed her by her hair; pulling her to face him. He felt it, before he could understand what had happened, he had been stabbed by her in the stomach. With a kunai.

"Sorry about that Sasuke-Kun. But-"

"That's enough, Sachi. Stay back from him." Itachi's double said, the two concerned in the fight stared at it; Zetsu appeared by it. They walked beside each other out to the clearence, Sachi stood up, her dirtied face glaring at Sasuke. He stood up, having managed to slow the blood loss down from his wound.

"Naughty children. Tch." Zetsu's two halves said, his darker side said the beginning of the sentance, Sachi squirmed, ignoring the shooting pain from her shoulder. Sasuke continued to glare at his brother; the sharingan now activated. Sachi "poofed" to be beside the two Akatsuki members, Itachi walked forward, looking at his brother.

"If you cannot defeat Sachi at that level; you don't have a chance against me. So go, train; foolish little brother. Come back when you can truly avenge our parents murder, or do you want me to show you their deaths again? Well?" Sachi gasped running to the clones side, in the cave; Itachi gave an amused chuckle.

"Itachi-Kun! That's just terrible, I demand that you don't!" Both Itachi's let out chuckles, Sasuke's eyes widened at the exchange of words, the clearing seemed to become silent except for the two speaking directly to each other.

"And; may I ask, why would I listen to you?" Itachi cornered her, she blushed; her eyes travelled back to Sasuke and they softened. She looked back to her sensei.

"Because I asked?" She smiled, Sasuke made a run for his brother, Itachi knocked Sachi out of the way, before clashing kunai with Sasuke. A smirk on his face, Zetsu cleared his throat. They all sensed the group's chakra.

"Naruto-Kun." Itachi said; nodding before sighing. Sasuke's eyes widened.

"Shit! Brother; I will come back for you, and I will kill you!" He roared, before running off in the oppisite direction from where the chakra was flowing. Sachi wondered who the groups chakra could belong to, Itachi disappeared. The discussion in the cave began. Zetsu walked to her side.

"Go back the way you came Sachi, and make sure you don't get yourself killed. Be back in the cave by midnight; take you're time..." Zetsu said, before disappearing into the ground and travelling by himself; Sachi groaned, attempting to clean off her wounds a bit, she decided she would have to go in the condition she was in.

"NARUTO! Stop, you idiot!" Sakura yelled, punching the blond; they had slowed down at the break off point, deciding which way to go. Sachi came panting down one side, her hands on her hips; she looked up, her expression could be read as "shit" Kakashi chuckled.

"Sachi; hello again. Wow; you havechanged. Rumors weren't lies." Sachi stared at the masked ninja in front of her. Her eyebrows had knitted together, confused. It dawned on her then, and she smiled happily.

"Kakashi-Kun! How are you?"

"I'm fine; I see your injured, who did that?" Sachi shifted uncomfortably under their powerful gazes, Chiyo; the old woman stared intently at the girl, ready to throw a kunai at her for one false movement. Sachi's eyes wandered to her old figure, they sharpened.

"Keep your hands away from the kunai grandma' I don't want any unnecessary fights. Okay?" Sachi sighed; rubbing her shoulder. They had already gotten past the traps; she would have to fight.

"Now, now Sachi; see you at base." Sachi turned to see Kisame and Itachi; waiting for her to leave. She did as was asked and spared no glance behind her as she ran to stop Pein from killing Gaara, but she was tired. She would rather rest. But time was quickly running out, she couldn't.

"PEIN-SAMA!" She yelled; entering the cave after a night of vigorous climbing.

"Sachi; we're leaving." Pein said; she was too late. She stared at the Kazakage's lifeless body; biting her lip to hold back tears. She swallowed, preparing to speak.

Aimee: Well guys; thanks for reading! Oh; and thank you to Usagi323 for being the first to review! And everybody else too, I'm soo excited, summer is almost here woo!!! Woot! :D Well; R&R

Aimee

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