Aya picked up the blanket and laid it over Itachi, as she walked to the side of the side of the bed. She sat down next to him, a smile adorned her face. Reaching out a hand, she swept a few strands of hair from his forehead. He moved slightly and groaned. A second later, his eyes opened. He blinked a few times before smiling.

"Hey, Aya. How has it been going?" he asked, sitting up. Aya's smile turned into a frown.

"How the hell did you get poisoned? You are THE Itachi. THE ITACHI! How could someone get through your defense?" She hadn't given him any time to respond until she was done. Itachi chuckled.

"I got distracted." he said, with a shrug. Aya glared at him. She was not pleased at his response. She stood.

"What could possibly distract the great Itachi?" she sneered. Itachi looked slyly off to the side. Aya knew exactly what had distracted him now. Her eyes narrowed. She shook her head and stalked to the door. She wrenched it open and exited the room. She slammed the door shut. She headed down the hall. She was heading to the kitchen. She figured that Deidara was there. He would calm her down. She was grumbling to herself, when she ran into Zetsu. She looked up at him and smiled.

"Hey, Zetsu." He cocked his head to the side and regarded her blankly. A smile spread across his face.

"Who are you?" he muttered taking a step towards her. He reached out with his hand to grab her, but she moved backwards. She frowned slightly.

"She looks delicious." his other half mumbled as he moved towards her once again. Aya's eyes widened. Shit, she thought. She dodged around him and booked it down the hallway. She really didn't want to get in a fight with Zetsu. She knew it would end up bad. She glanced over her shoulder. Zetsu was right behind her. She flung open a door and found herself outside. This was worse. She nearly reached the edge of the tree line, when she felt something wrap around her leg. She cursed as she went down. She twisted her torso so she could look up at Zetsu.

"Come on, Zetsu. you can't tell me that you forgot who I am. I was gone for only about two years." she said rapidly. She never thought that she'd get killed by Zetsu. she always figured Akira or Gaara would do it.

"Zetsu. Who did you catch this time?" A voice rang out from the left. Zetsu turned and looked in the direction of where the voice came from. Kisame and Tobi walked out of the trees. Kisame looked rather bored. His face broke out in a smile as he saw Aya.

"Hey, Aya-chan, how's it been?" he asked. Aya nodded in his direction before dodging an attack Zetsu made against her. Kisame's eyes widened slightly. His smile faltered slightly at the edges as he realized who Zetsu had bagged.

He moved forward and grabbed Zetsu. He started to pull the man-plant away from Aya.

"Zetsu, she's a friend. Remember? Aya? Seiko?" Kisame said rather quickly. He didn't want to see Aya eaten.

Zetsu calmed down instantly as Kisame uttered 'Seiko'. It was a name he recognized. Aya had used that name for awhile, but after her and Itachi became romantically linked. She had revealed her true name. It wasn't so bad, but Zetsu still only knows her as Seiko.

"Seiko, welcome back." he said, throwing off Kisame's hand and moving forward. He leaned down slightly and patted her on the head. Aya looked up at him and smiled. She bobbed her head happily. She frowned slightly, trying to remmber what she needed to do.

Kisame raised an eyebrow and opened his mouth to say something, but Tobi beat him to it.

"What is it, Seiko-san?" he asked, using her fake name. Aya looked at him. She smacked her head as she suddenly remembered.

"Hey, can a couple of friends come in?" she asked, with a slight smile. Kisame chuckled.

"Dude, this place is as much your home as it is ours." Aya's smile widened.

"Arigatou Gozaimasu" she bowed deeply. She turned to the woods.

"Hey! Guys! You can come out!" she yelled. The three looked at her with raised eyebrows, though Tobi's couldn't be seen and Zetsu's was too slight to even be noticed.

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I'd like to thank all who have reviewed. Thank you for the advice. Hee..I should have doen this a while ago. Sorry, if the chapters are short and I don't update for a long time. I have to short of an attention span and too much of a writer's block to write on one story for long. I'll try to update more and make some longer chapters.