A/N: Thank you everyone for the follows and favourites! I'm still super happy to know that you guys are following along – warms me little heart 3

I would say it will be about, including this one, two more chapters to get the ball rolling before all the good stuff starts to happen – I know everything is rather slow right now so please don't kill me ;-;. Also, I willtry and create some smaller paragraphs, I'm not sure why but mine always seem to come out big and bulky haha.

Anyways – enjoy guys! 3

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A large rumble was heard as the darkened clouds above threatened to rain. Erin looked upwards, various shades of whites and grays covered the sky fully, and the sun was nowhere to be seen. She sighed, bringing her hands up to try and warm herself up, goosebumps forming as the weather became cool and damp.

During the night she ended up returning the Uchiha's cloak to give him some warmth during the chilly night, the fire had died down and only the occasional spit was heard from the toasty logs that laid in the embers. She wouldn't dare go near the raven after the eye rape treatment he had given her to get more information, so she laid the cloak beside his body and then returned to her spot in front of the dying fire.

Erin looked towards the blue man who had been sitting against the same tree Itachi had once sat, arms folded and listening to the quiet of the night. His eyes were open, laying upon the dying fire as if trying to find something to keep his mind active as sleep threatened to take. Covering her mouth to cough, Kisame's attention flickered to her, raising an eyebrow as the girl attempted to quiet her coughs. After about 30 seconds, her hands lowered as she attempted to catch her breath, puffing in frustration. Her eyes were puffy and glassy, it was clear she was in some form of pain.

Kisame shook his head, a stupid grin forming on his face as he reached into his cloak, grabbing his water. With quick movements the blue man threw the water towards the girl, which to his surprise she quickly caught it and placed it down onto her lap, looking towards the blue man. "T-thank you..." She said, her voice obviously strained from the lack of saliva she was producing. The fish man nodded, grabbing a large stick from beside him, poking the embers within the fire, creating a light sizzle as they settled down.

"Lightning fast reflex kid." Kisame spoke, watching a light tint form on her cheeks as she brought the bottle to her lips, drinking the liquid eagerly. She was thirsty, very thirsty, Kisame could only chuckle to himself, his cheeky smile never leaving his face.

Bringing the bottle away from her face, a small cough came from her throat as she tied the cap back on and threw it back to the shark man. She closed her eyes as the feeling of a wet mouth returned, savoring it as long as she could. She laid back against the tree looking upwards to the sky, the cloud coverage was now thick, but she could tell the sun was starting to come up as a light pink hue lined the bottom of the clouds in the direction she was looking. She smiled, she wouldn't dare guess the direction the sun was rising. She had no idea where the hell she was.

"So, about my question earlier." His grunted voice caught her attention as she turned her gaze towards the shark. His full attention was on her, and she suddenly felt incredibly awkward. Though she knew a fair bit about the Uchiha'spersonality from the Manga, she couldn't help but shiver at the way he treated her. Erin subcontiously brought a hand towards her chin, mind racing as it played back what happened earlier. Was the way he acted an act? If not, how wouldKisame treat her? Erin knew his blood thirsty reputation when it came to their Akatsuki missions, though she didn't know much on him besides that anyways, his back story wasn't in as much detail as Itachi's. "What did you do to piss off my partner?"

Erin gave a lighthearted smile before looking towards the ground, twisting her feet around as she thought up a response. She had already fucked up big time, but she wanted to keep as much information from Kisame as possible. "It would seem I'm not the smartest girl in captivity..." She laughed to herself, wiggling her toes within her shoes. "Stupid and Idiot to be completely honest." Her words were true to herself, what she did really was stupid. "...I can't really say what I said, but it seems as though he doesn't believe me, and so I'm going to get naughty spankings over at your base." She chuckled to herself, a twisted one at that.

"Well well well, you have a bit of a sense of humor eh?" He looked surprised, but a smile was still pleasant to see plastered on his face. Tapping his fingers along his arm, the blue man seemed to straighten himself up along the tree, buttoning up his cloak as if soon they were going to leave. "What a pleasant surprise."

Erin blushed as it was clear the mood had shifted. It felt more lighthearted, she couldn't help but enjoy the refreshing feeling, it was similar to how she felt when he graced her with water. "You would be surprised how many things I have up my sleeve about my personality." She smiled to herself, still concentrating on her feet. After today she was finished with looking people in the eyes. "Besides I must have a bit of humor about this situation. I don't know where I am, I am being carried around by two men who seem to be making a fashion statement, and they don't believe a thing I say. So, I'm in quite the pickle."

Kisame barked, a little too loudly, the Uchiha to his side shifted his place a bit, though not lifting his head from the bedrollbeneath. Kisame noticing this, he lowered his voice before looking back towards the girl. "Fashion statement? You know not many people live making a comment like that towards an Akatsuki member." His tone was playful, it was quiet welcoming to her ears.

Finally removing her gaze from her feet, she was greeted with warming eyes. It was clear he missed some sort of conversation like this. Her eyes sparkled a little bit as his grin grew bigger with each second they talked. "I'm sorry Mr. Fish, I didn't mean no harm with my comment." She played with her fingers, occasionally glancing down as the rope dug into her skin, but she ignored the irritation. "Besides, the smile on your face doesn't say 'kill' her." Her words were true, and his smile turned into a smirk as the arms around his chest tightened.

"Who says I wouldn't kill you now?"

Bringing her hands to her face, she tapped her nose tightly, her own playful grin now present. "That is true, but you can also say judging by that goofy smile of yours, I'm a pleasure to talk to." She faked a tear running down her face, wiping away, snuggling into her shoulders. "It's an honor."

"You are cute kid." He stood up from his position and walked towards the fire, kicking up dirt in attempt to put out the fire. The sky, though covered in clouds now, a pinkish red hue now covered a good portion, causing Erin to look up in suspicion. She could hear her aunts words play in her head, soft-spoken.

Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.

She couldn't help but smile as the memory filled her mind, her aunt and her sitting on the back deck of their house, watching the sun come up. Her aunt looked downwards, placing a hand on her nieces shoulder before speaking up softly. "Has your father ever told you what a red sky in the morning means?" Olive eyes looked upwards to the older woman, shaking her head in curiosity. The elder's mouth smiled, looking towards the sky, her hands holding on to the little girl with love. "Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning." Her words were simple, but Erin couldn't help but look at her in confusion. "What do you mean Pat?" Her aunt looked down to the little girl taking her hand to take her inside. "It means a storm is coming sweet heart." The walked inwards, but her aunt still looked towards the morning sky, a slight hesitation in her voice clearly audible. "Now let's go get you ready, your parents should be here soon to come and get you."

Erin smiled, giving a soft yawn. She wasn't tired, she had slept quiet a lot over the period of being here, yet still, her mind demanded something to do. Kisame looked at the girl strangely, taking note of her sudden change of stance. Standing over the now smoking pile of coals, his rough voice spoke up. "Hey kid, Whats your name?"

Looking back towards the blue man, she smiled. "I would shake your hand or bow, but it seems I can't stand up, but my name is Erianna, though you can call me Erin." Kisame nodded, but give a short smirk as he crossed his arms. "Can't lie, name fits you. Though, I will not be personally calling you that." His answer caught her by surprise, Erin couldn't help but look up in confusion. "I'll just call you brat." His toothy grin made her give a slight giggle, but she didn't mind not being called by her name, she was use to nick names.

"What ever you say fish." He barked a rather loud laugh.

Itachi listened quietly, eyes closed. The sleep he had gotten was little if any, and it had appeared the his partner and the girl had started to form some sort of relationship. He agreed with his partner, there was something about this girl thatseemed rather odd, a feeling he had never felt from anyone else, though it appeared to have a positive outcome on his partner, but the raven still wasn't sure about the girl.

What she said earlier ran through his mind again and again, what had she meant? I-I know everything! Her reaction to what she said was evidence enough to cause his some concern, though he highly doubted that she knew anything important about himself, but it didn't help. The look in her eye as she made sure she had kept quiet around his partner. For your safety... To think a girl like here was causing him to panic.

Slowly he opened his eyes and sat up, rubbing them slightly as he attempted to wake himself up. The two others had turned silent as the Uchiha had now made it clear he was no longer sleeping. "We should be leaving soon, it seems the weather will not coöperate today." Kisame spoke, looking towards the clouded sky as rumble of thunder rolled towards them. Itachi gave a light yawn before nodding, noticing this cloak laying beside him. Looking towards the girl, it was clear she had dropped it beside him, but he noticed at how she was avoided his eyes. Taking the cloak off the ground, he put it on with ease, patting it down to remove the slight dirt that had become attached to it during the night.

"Pack up." He looked to his partner and Kisame nodded, moving the things they had brought out around until the camp site was clean.

By now, Erin had stood up, leaning against the tree trying to see if she could walk without any pain. Taking two steps towards where she had dropped the Uchiha's cloak clearly didn't hurt her as much as she expected, but after about 10 steps, it was clear that she wouldn't be able to do any walking for a while. She grunted and made it to the closest tree where she placed her back along it, trying to keep herself upright.

Itachi watched with questioning eyes, pondering her words and her actions. Kisame looked at the Raven, taking a note of his sudden acknowledgment of the girl who he earlier couldn't care less if the blue man had slaughtered her right then and there. "Itachi." He spoke, breaking the raven out of his dark thoughts. He looked towards the fish, a rumble of thunder again proving whatever was coming in. "What shall we be doing about her?" He nodded towards the girl.

The Uchiha stared at her for a minute before fidgeting with his ring again underneath the long sleeves of his cloak. "We'll bring her to the next village, find someone to heal her enough so that we can make it back base without worry of her dying on us." He looked her up and down, noticing that she was watching them. "...We should also clean her up and pick up something for the weather."

His partner nodded before picking up Samehada. Itachi looked towards the girl one last time as he subcontiously slapped his forehead. He hated the fact that he was rather soft about the situation.

Kisame smirked a wicked smirk, walking towards Erin, teeth visibly exposed. "I'll carry her this time." He could see the shock in her eyes as she was suddenly picked up and thrown over his shoulder. "Sorry brat, need to do this before we get caught in the rain."

Another shiver passed along her body, the air turning cold to her exposed skin. A sudden burst of pain hit her as her weight settled along his shoulder. Her internal injuries were clearly something to worry about. She gave a heavy cough as she adjusted herself so that she would hang on for dear life with her tied up hands, it didn't help that she had a minor fear of heights but she would have to get over that quickly in this world as she felt the man jump up the tree, landing on a very high branch. Itachi soon followed behind, his sharingan now activated, as they proceeded to head to the nearest village, thunder rumbling behind them.

Don't look down.

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It took them about 4 hours to get to their destination. As they arrived, she couldn't help but give a small smile. Slowly the two Akatsuki members decended towards the ground until they came to a complete stop, letting Erin down before they had entered the village.

Rain had started to pour down, and Erin was very wet and very cold. The two men had put on their hats and appeared to be dry, and Erin couldn't help but give them a small glare. She suddenly felt a cold chill travel her back as her eyes caught with the Uchiha's sharingan, quickly looking down in a poor attempt to avoid eye contact. She brought her hands to her chin, a bruise now evident as she remembered his cold touch on her skin.

Kisame looked to the raven, cracking his neck as he adjusted to the weight now being lifted off his shoulders. "What are we going to do about finding her help?" He spoke, a rough voice piercing through the rain. He has a voice that could scare children... Erin thought to herself, still looking downwards, feeling rather awkward as the two men made her feel quiet small. Itachi looked at the red-head, his cold eyes piercing into her skull as he thought of what to do.

"We need to find a medic-nin. They shall be brought here to look over her. We cannot bring her to the clinic for the girl might run her mouth." His words were quiet, as he found himself walking towards the girl. "I'm going to take her to get some dry clothes. You find a medic, any means." Kisame smirked as he nodded. "Meet back here in an hour."

"Hai." The fish man darted away, leaving Itachi and Erin by themselves.

Itachi turned his eyes towards the girl. Erin muttered silent prayers as she forced herself to look up - feeling hisnonchanlant gaze. "Take out your hands." He demanded, and she quickly did so, fearful at how close he was. He untied the rope from her hands as she quickly rubbed them, thankful that her now irritated skin had a chance to breathe, but her mood quickly changed back as his voice, now cold pierced into her ears as he spoke.

"They will be placed back when we leave." She forced a nod, feeling embarrassed about this guy had turned her into a fearful prisoner. He could help but smirk as she tried to make herself as small as possible. "If you try to run away, you will be..." Moving closer to her, she felt his breath tingle her ear, causing her cheeks to heat up. "...Punished."

Fucking Uchiha she spat internally, she closed her eyes in embarrassment as she felt her cheeks turn a bright red.

He almost wanted to laugh, how easily he could manipulate this girl to turn from fearful to hot and bothered, but he kept to the smirk that was plastered on his face. Maybe the fact he was tired was causing him to act this way, but it was truly quiet amusing. Picking her up, he carried her bridal style towards the village, as they entered with ease. The few guards the village had were busy doing other things with their time.

The blush that stained her cheeks would not go away as the occasional glance of the villagers that scattered around the village would look at the two, making her feel like she looked odd his arms. "I-I can try to walk you know.." She spat out, closing her eyes to avoid the glances from the villagers. Itachi smirked as he shook his head, pressing her closer almost tauntingly.

"You could barely walk at the camp without any pain, what makes you think you can walk around a village in the rain?" His words were true, she didn't bother trying to fight that. She really couldn't walk well, but the fact she had never been in this position made her feel awkward and out-of-place, something she knew well when she was home.

Looking at the shops that lined the one large street the village had, they soon came across the only clothing store with a little of everything. Before they entered, the Uchiha finally placed down Erin, walking in without waiting for her. She sighed, rubbing her arms to try and retain any heat her body had left. Taking a breather, she started squeezing her shirt in attempt to get all the extra water out, not wanting to drip on anything inside the store.

Walking into the shop, she smiled as all types of clothing, jackets, you named it lined the shop. A friendly cashier welcomed her, but giving a worried eye as her clothing was covered in dirt and mud. She waved shyly as she caught up to Itachi who now scanned the isles looking for something simple and cheap for the girl.

Erin couldn't help but gaze around the shop, taking in all the different colours and designs of clothes they had. This place was nothing like home. The shops she normally went to were filled with not many bright colors, but a large amount of now 'designer' items. Pastel pinks, plenty of beige, blues and reds, and then white and black for those who enjoyed the basic, but that was it. Though in this shop alone she had seen an impressive assortment of colours and different 'fashion' items for all walks of life. She smiled, her thoughts going back to the orange jump suit Naruto would always wear, and the green body suit Lee and Might Guy would wear. What an interesting bunch...

Itachi stared at the girl who laughing and smiling to herself as she appeared lost in her thoughts. He gave a glance around the store, landing on the jackets and cloaks. "What size are you?" Her eyes snapped to the Uchiha, noticing his sharingan was now turned off as if to blend in with the people. Pressing her lips, she looked at her shit, slowly flipping the inside outwards looking for a tag.

"Um..." Cursing herself for seeing a 'XL' printed on her shirt, she suddenly felt rather self-conscious as she scrambled her words. "I'm not really sure if the sizes here are the same as the sizes where I am from..." She bit her lip, looking towards the Uchiha, who was curious at her sudden change of tone. "I think I can pick out my own clothes... With girls you need to look at different sizes anyways because something always fits differently somewhere else, so its best if I do it." Itachi said nothing as nodded and gave her a quick glance before heading to the cash register to wait for her, curious at the way she spoke at him.

Erin sighed as she continued to walk through the aisles, taking note that her insides churned every time she took a step, but there was nothing much she could do about that. They were at least nice enough to attempt to find a doctor while they were here, no doubt they will probably steal her from somewhere but at least they were trying to heal her enough to make her live longer. Scanning her eyes through the clothing, she picked out two shirts and a pair of pants that appeared to be her size. She looked at the tags and blushed, almost excited. Sizes ARE different here. She smiled, a medium gracing the tag. She walked towards the change room and quickly changed clothes, enjoying the dryness of them.

The shirt she picked out was a simple dark gray/ almost black long-sleeved shirt. The fabric being a little thick, but it felt nice against her skin. The pants on the other hand were beige cargo capris, a few pockets lining the side. She looked at the prices in a attempt to save the as much money as possible, she found herself smiling as she found out they were cheap and they at least looked decent.

Walking out of the changing room, she limped over towards the jackets, placing the extra shirt back on the rack on her way there. Looking at the choice, she decided on a simple tan cloak with a hood much like the one Konoha ninja's wore in Shippuden. She smiled as the first one she picked up fit, again the size reading 'Medium'.

Limping over towards the Uchiha, Erin paid no attention to what he thought of her choosings. Itachi gave her a silent nod, thanking her without words that she picked inexpensive items. This was coming out of his own money, and though he had a fair amount saved up, he wasn't made of the stuff like Kakazu. He nodded once more as he turned towards the cashier to pay, however Itachi was quick to notice the look he received as the man caught sight of the Uchiha's face. Quickly he wrote up the bill, a bead of sweat forming on his brow as he went to speak out how much their total would be, but as he looked towards the Uchiha again, he was gone, girl in hand, with money on the counter. Without hesitation the shop keeper made his way to find some guards to tell them of his findings.

Erin shocked about the current transaction looked at the raven with confusion, but quickly realised why he had done it. The shop owner recognised the Uchiha.

Speeding down the street, they quickly arrived at their rendezvou point only to find Kisame there, tied up medic waiting as promised. Kisame smiled at the two, letting go of the ninja before crossing his arms, looking at Erin's new outfit. "Interesting." He spoke, smirking at the girl who closed her cloak up further in a poor attempt to hide her outfit out of embarrassment.

Itachi looked towards the captured medic ninja and untied his hands. His cold voice scared the man as he turned to look him straight in the eye, sharingan turned back on. "Heal her." He pointed towards Erin, his gaze never leaving the terrified mans eyes. "If you try to kill her in any way..." His sharingan swirled. "Then you will die yourself." Nodding like crazy, the muffled yet shrieked word 'Anything!' was all that was heard as the Uchiha pushed Erin in front of the man, who looked at her in fear.

Erin couldn't help but look at the man with saddened eyes, understanding that he must be scared. "Hello.." She greeted him with a half-smile, trying to get him to warm up to her, but it was clear by the tears formed in his eyes that her words ment very little. "W-what h-hurts?" He could barely contain himself.

With quiet words, she unzipped her cloak and lifted up her shirt to show black and blue bruising on her stomach, causing the man to look at her in complete shock. "I have some internal injuries that need some healing. Can you help me?" She gave a light smile as the man slid his hands down her stomach, attempting to feel the damage. "I-I think..." His words were rushed, she couldn't blame him though. She felt two dead stares on the two of them, and honestly the two Akatsuki members were terrifying.

His hands glowed green as he began to heal her insides. She gasped, the feeling of cool chakra flowing threw her body was something she never expected to experience. She had no memories of Itachi helping her, so this was all new to her. Though it caused her a great amount of pain, she realized the damage that had been done was quickly erasing. The bruising had started to turn from black, to purple, and soon to yellow as he forced chakra into her body.

Erin smiled, she had never thought she would see this up close, let alone on her. Looking at the man, sweat formed all over his body as he put his healing skills into high gear, attempting to heal her as quick as possible.

Itachi and Kisame watched on close by, watching the bruises disappear and the bumps and scratches all over her face vanish into nothing. It took about 20 minutes before he pulled back, passing out from using most of his chakra. Erin moved around, noting most of the pain was gone but not all of it, and her chest felt rather heavy still, but she stood up, excited to move around. Kisame walked towards the man, making sure he would be passed out for a long time by hitting a point on his head, he laid him over against a tree.

Erin looked towards the Akatsuki members curious as to what was going to happen now, but her hands were quickly snatched up by Itachi, causing her to let out a yelp as he had returned the rope onto her hands. She looked up at him with sad eyes as she sighed, knowing that this was just a small break on their journey and they had to move quickly.

Looking towards Kisame, Erin watched as the blue man suddenly twitched, his eyes falling in the direction behind looked towards the village, pushing Erin towards Kisame as he caught signatures of the guards now running towards them. Erin went to protest the sudden push, but was quickly picked up by Kisame. Almost instantly they were on the run, gliding along tree branches, Itachi right behind. She was lost for words, but as she caught sight behind the fish, noticing at least 10 men were at the spot they once were trying to help the man who they had abused for her own well-being. Erin knew they had to do it, but it still messed with her heart.

Soon they were out of sight, and with that they were on their way to the Akatsuki base. No other words were spoken as they marched forward. Erin couldn't help but notice her stomach churning. She was scared, she didn't know what would happen, but she braced herself. Her eyes looked towards the Uchiha who spared only a glance before turning his focus to the tree's that lined their path. Erin swallowed hard as she looked down, eyes slightly watering as the wind turned her hair wild. Closing her eyes, she nuzzled her face into her arm, drying her tears as they continued forward. There was no turning back. She accept whatever fate had in mind for her.

I don't know what to do...

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A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter~! Reviews are always welcomed and greatly appreciated. How am I doing, is there anything I should improve on? Let me know!

Some more facts about Erin: She hates physical contact with men, for she gets incredibly uncomfortable. This is due to an event in her past that has caused her to become shy and sometimes unwilling to open up, even to friends and family.

Anyways~! Thank you guys for reading! Next chapter will be up tomorrow :) Glad you guys are enjoying it . Bye bye C: