Ot A/N: HEY HEY! Chapter 9 is here! Thanks to Tsuki-chan's recent decision to cooperate. Hehehehe

Tsuki: you're an evil evil person….

Eru: you're just spineless

Tsuki: shut it cat! Before I pour this water on you! (grabs full glass of water)

Sasha: NO! (takes water from Tsuki) no water for you! We don't want a repeat of what happened last time!

Sasuke: HELL NO! we couldn't get the computer to work for weeks!

Tsuki: (totally bummed out) it was only a few days…

W.G.: EITHERWAY!

Tsuki: WAHHHHH!!!!

Itachi: What's I miss?

Tsuki: WAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Itachi: I don't think I wanna know….

Everyone: not a chance…

W.G. & Sasha: Anyway! HERE WE GO ON TO CHAPTER 9! R&R PLEASE!

CHAPTER 9:THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW MEMBERS!

"Eru, don't you think that was a little rough?" Itachi said trying to keep himself calm.

"Yeah, I guess." Eru said as she sat next to Sasha, putting the cross necklace she had given her around Sasha's neck. "Don't forget about me." Eru whispered in Sasha's ear.

"Ok I am ready to get this Jinnjuriki out of me now that I have said my goodbyes." Eru said as she got to her feet.

"Well we'll have to put a hold on that. First I have to go take care of my little brother."

"What?! You're going to kill Sasuke?!" Eru yelled.

"Maybe you didn't hear me earlier when I said that I have to sever all Sasha's ties with people she loves; the Akatsuki doesn't want any person holding her back from becoming stronger." Itachi said in annoyed tone.

"I-Itachi" Sasha said struggling to get to her feet.

"Sasha…"Itachi said shocked to see Sasha still conscious.

"P-Please I beg you…DON'T KILL SASUKE!!!" Sasha yelled as tears rapidly fell down her face. "I promise I will do what ever you say for now on. Just…don't kill Sasuke!"

Itachi didn't say anything as if considering Sasha's proposal. Finally Deidara and Sasori showed up. As Deidara made their presence known as he came up from behind Sasha "So this is where you were! You pain in the ass!" Deidara yelled as he yanked Sasha by her arm causing Sasha to fall into Deidara's arms. Then Sasori grabbed Sasha's chin forcing her to look into his direction only to see Sasori smirking at her "Heh! I knew we should have knocked you out to begin with." Sasori let go of Sasha's chin and turned his direction toward Itachi. "Sorry Itachi, things got a little out of hand." Sasori said with his hand behind his head in a nervous gesture. Itachi just nodded in response.

"Ya well, we will be leaving now… See you back at the hideout." Deidara said as he started to drag Sasha to his clay bird.

"LET GO OF ME!" Sasha yelled trying to pull away out of Deidara's grip. Then Sasha looked to Itachi "Don't kill Sasuke! PLEASE!!!! Promise me Itachi!!!" Sasha yelled.

Itachi just turned his face away.

"Shut up! Don't make this difficult!" Deidara yelled, but Sasha just kept on pulling away.

"Let go!!!" Sasha screamed.

"Geez! What a noisy girl!" Sasori complained. "Shut her up!!! Sasori demanded with his hands covering his ears.

"With pleasure!" Deidara said as he immediately turned around and punched his fist into her stomach knocking her out completely. Sasha immediately collapsed into Deidara's arms, and then Deidara took the unconscious girl and carried her bridal style to his clay bird.

"Hey Sasori why don't you take Eru with you she'll just be in my way." Itachi said.

Sasori just nodded at him and signaled for Eru to follow him.

Eru followed after Sasori but then turned to look back at Itachi "You not going to kill Sasuke still are you?" Itachi didn't answer he just looked away. Eru could see that Itachi wasn't going to talk to her about it so she just turned around to follow after Sasori. 'Hopefully he'll make that right choice.' Eru thought.

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"Geez! Itachi owes me big." Deidara said as he looked down at Sasha, annoyed that she had gotten away from him and caused all that trouble.

"I-Itachi don't kill him." Sasha mumbled in her sleep as she clutched onto Deidara's cloak.

'Hn…She's probably cold.' Deidara thought as he took of his cloak and wrapped it around the unconscious girl. Sasha then snuggled into the cloak appreciating the warmth.

"Ha-ha! She's even funnier when she is asleep." Deidara said as he readjusted the flower that Sasha had in her hair.

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"Hey Sasori, what exactly is Sasha going to be used for?" Eru questioned.

"She is going to help us capture jinnjuriki like you." Sasori said as he gave Eru a death glare. He didn't really like to answer to people that he considered lower than him.

'Hmph! Well if Itachi actually does kill Sasuke, Sasha for sure won't cooperate with these guys. She is the most stubborn girl I have ever met.' Eru thought as a small smirk appeared on her face.

It had been a couple of hours of traveling, till the three started to feel tired, though neither of them would ever admit it. Finally, Deidara gave in to the exhaustion.

"Hey Sasori-Danna, lets stop here for the night I am getting tired." Deidara whined from above his running companions.

"Sigh…I guess we should…, Then Itachi can catch up with us, he should be done by now." Sasori said as he stopped running. Eru stopped as well and fell straight to the ground, too exhausted to stand up.

Deidara flew down to join them. "Just make sure Sasha doesn't wake up. Or we'll never get some quiet." Sasori complained, not wanting to have to deal with the loud girl.

Deidara just ignored Sasori's complaint and went to go lay Sasha down next to Eru. "Make sure she doesn't wake up." Deidara demanded.

"Yeah, yeah, I got it!" Eru said, propping herself up on her elbow so she could keep a better eye on the unconscious girl beside her.

Once he was assured, Deidara walked off to go get some wood to make a fire. Sasori on the other hand just lay against a nearby tree and just starred at Sasha. 'What was Sasha begging Itachi not to do? She put up less of a fuss than usual, she usually tries to run for it or fight but she just kicked and screamed as if too helpless to do any of those other things. Hmph, well to bad for her, begging doesn't work on Itachi unless she was to offer him something in return.' Sasori thought trying to keep his mind occupied.

Eru was enjoying her time of rest while she kept her attention centered on Sasha, suddenly Eru's face turned pail. 'Sasha...' Eru thought starting to think back at the time she punched her first at her only true friend. 'I hope you'll understand how sorry I am soon enough. I wanted us to be friends forever and if it weren't for this jinnjuriki I……I-I could have kept that promise.' Eru thought as she lowered her head, separating her eyes from Sasha for the first time since they'd decided to rest.

Deidara came back with the fire wood and started to set it up. Deidara looked up and smirked as a shadowy figure came from out of the forest trees. "Hey there, Itachi…" Sasori greeted dully.

"Yeah! You're just in time to help light this fire, use you fire ball jutsu, ok?" Deidara said as he finished setting up the fire wood and went to go sit down and rest.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!" Itachi said as he lit the fire. Now with the fire lit Itachi could see his surroundings better. He saw Sasori now sitting down with his legs stretched out in front of the fire, Deidara who was sitting up against a nearby tree, Eru who had her arms behind her head as she leaned up against a tree while still sitting protectively next to Sasha who was wrapped up in Deidara's cloak still unconscious, only now she was moving about as if having a bad dream.

Itachi then walked over to the unconscious girl and bent down and started to shake her awake, only stopping when Sasha began to open her eyes. "Huh? What happened?" Sasha said rubbing her eyes as she moved to sit up. Deidara and Sasori jolted to the sound of Sasha's voice, but relaxed when they saw Itachi kneeling beside her.

"What are you doing Itachi? Now she'll start screaming again." Sasori complained covering his ears as if preparing himself for the torture he was sure would come.

"Yeah, Itachi, you should have let her get some rest. God knows she needs it." Deidara added.

Itachi just ignored the two as he helped Sasha, who was still trying to figure out what had happened to her feet. "Deidara, Sasori, I am going to have a talk with Sasha alone, we'll be back in a few." Itachi said as he wrapped his arm around her waist helping her keep her balance as they walked into the darkness created by the deep forest.

"Geez! What could be so important that Itachi had to wake her up for!?" Deidara spat, annoyed at the fact that, well: number one Itachi woke up Sasha while she was resting, and number two he had Sasha all to himself. And all that did was get on Deidara's nerves.

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"So, it looked like you were having a bad dream." Itachi said, slightly interested in what the girl had been dreaming about.

Sasha was now wide awake as they were about a mile away from the camp site. Sasha was also curious, only for a different reason. She wanted to know why Itachi had wanted to talk to her and was hoping that he didn't just wake her up to ask about what she was dreaming. "Ya I was." Sasha replied, as she avoided the tall boy's gaze.

"So what was it about?" Itachi asked, not quite satisfied with her short answer.

Sasha didn't say a word; she just turned her face away as she let her tears flow down her face as she thought back to her terrifying dream.

"Ah now I get it! You were dreaming about Sasuke weren't you?" Itachi said knowing very well that Sasha wasn't going to answer.

"That cloak looks good on you." Itachi complimented, taking in her appearance.

With that said Sasha had realized that one of the Akatsuki cloaks was wrapped around her. Immediately, Sasha took the cloak off and threw to Itachi, she didn't want the symbol of an s-rank criminal touching her. "Hmph! But aren't you cold?" Itachi asked, a little annoying with how the girl reacted.

"I'll manage" Sasha spat as she wrapped her arms around her waist in a sorry attempt at conserving heat. Itachi just grimaced at her stubbornness.

"That deal you made with me back there," Itachi said with his hand behind his head in a nervous gesture. Sasha then looked up into Itachi's gaze wondering what he was trying to say. "…y-you said you would do anything I say as long as Sasukes life was spared is that correct?" Itachi smirked as he turned to Sasha to meet her gaze. A small, hopeful smile appeared on Sasha's face.

"That's more like it! Now you have to do what you promised me, from now on you do as I say. So please put the cloak back on before you catch a cold." Itachi ordered as he draped the cloak around her shoulders.

"Itachi! Thank you!" Sasha said as she wrapped her arms around him tightly.

"Heh! Well we'd better be getting back." Itachi said as he walked a couple of steps in front of Sasha trying to hide his smile and slight blush.

'Sasuke I am so glad you're alive. Live for me, a life I never could live, I have given mine to the Akatsuki, but it's worth it knowing you're still alive…somewhere out there. Maybe someday…. we will meet again.' Sasha thought as she looked up to the sky with that big smile still on her face. "I-I love you Sasuke." Sasha whispered quietly to herself so only she could hear.

"Come on! Sasha lets go!" Itachi yelled from afar.

"Coming!" Sasha yelled back as she ran to catch up to Itachi.

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The next morning, once everybody was wide awake, all except for Sasha who had been snoozing the day away. "Should I kick her?" Sasori asked cruelly, annoyed at how they were being forced to wait because of a small child.

"We have a couple hours till we get back to the hideout. She won't be able to run with us that long anyway so I'll take her so she can rest a little longer." Deidara volunteered, not wanting to have to deal with the girl and her complaining about dumb puppet men and their feet.

"That's true, let Deidara take her and the rest of us will run on foot." Itachi agreed understanding what Deidara was trying to prevent.

Deidara just nodded as he bent down to pick Sasha up, and then carried her to his clay bird. "Alright meet you guys there." Deidara said as he got positioned on his clay bird, they then flew into the sky. As soon as they were air-born the other three started to run after them, in the direction of the hideout.

"Ok, When we get there we have to extract the jinnjuriki out of Eru or the leader will be pissed." Sasori reminded Itachi. Itachi just nodded. 'Hmph I wonder how Sasha will react when she helps extract the jinnjuriki from Eru… Well it's the only way she can get the mangekyou sharingan, she'll have to do it whether she likes it or not.' Itachi thought as they started to go faster through the forests trees.

Eru couldn't help but to overhear Sasori talking about the extracting of the jinnjuriki. 'Well the soon the better, I guess. I am sick of worrying about this I just want to get this over with. What am I saying? I am lying to myself! AM I CRAZY?! I don't want to die! …But I also want to make Sasha happy; she deserves it after all that she's done for me.' Eru thought as a single tear fell from her eye.

Deidara was a little ways ahead of the others, lost in thought as he starred at the still unconscious Sasha. 'This girl……how in the world is she going to be a descent Akatsuki. She isn't the type of girl to kill someone, anyone for that matter. Sigh, well…we're going to have to change that. I think I heard Itachi say that he wants Sasha's first kill to be Eru.' Deidara thought, not taking his eyes off Sasha.

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Finally the five arrived just outside the hideout. Deidara flew to where the other three had stopped with a still unconscious Sasha curled up in his arms. "So what do we do now?" Deidara said, paying no attention to the deadweight in his arms.

"Let me take her." Itachi replied as he walked over to Deidara and grabbed the girl carefully so she wouldn't be disturbed and wake up. "I think I'll show Sasha her room and get her ready. We should be fully prepared within the hour." Itachi continued as he gently removed the cloak from Sasha and handed it back to Deidara. "Make sure Eru is comfortable until then." Itachi then turned and started to walk towards the hideout.

"Heh! Well the other Akasuki members aren't here yet so we got time." Sasori said blandly, not caring about Itachi's instructions.

"Why are all the Akatsuki members coming here anyways? Shouldn't they be looking for their jinnjuriki?" Deidara questioned, curious as to why they didn't just use illusions and clones like they'd originally planned.

"Yeah, well Pein wants everybody back here so Sasha can have a chance to learn every single one of our techniques." Sasori answered, still not caring about what was going on around him.

"Who's Pein?" Eru questioned.

The two just glanced in Eru's general direction before turning away with out a second thought. "Well we'd better head on in." Deidara said as Sasori and he started to walk towards the hideout completely ignoring Eru. 'Wha-What's with these people?! Hello?! Am I even here?!' Eru thoughtas she followed after Sasori and Deidara, utterly annoyed.

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Once Itachi reached Sasha's new room he opened the door and laid her down on the bed.

"Ok, I'll let her rest here while I get her ready…" Itachi murmured as he left the room, only to come back with an Akatsuki uniform and a small vile. Itachi sat beside Sasha on the bed, and took a damp rag then started to wash some of the minor cuts that had covered Sasha's arms and legs. Still being extremely cautious so he wouldn't wake Sasha up, he took one of Sasha's hands and placed a ring on her right middle finger, the ring had the symbol for white tiger carved into it. With Sasha's hand still in Itachi's grasp, Itachi took the small vile full of nail polish and began painting her nails. Sasha winced at the cold liquid feeling on her nails. She slowly opened her eyes to see what was causing the feeling only to find Itachi holding her hand firmly while brushing a dark purplish color over her nails. 'HUH? Itachi is painting my nails? Something is wrong with this picture.' Sasha thought her eyes wide. Itachi, who was still unaware that Sasha had awoken, reached over for her other hand. "What the hell are you doing?!" Sasha nearly yelled as she ripped her unpolished hand from Itachi, and then sat up quickly to get a better look at him, her eyes had widened even more in disbelief that a guy was painting her nails.

"Sigh…Look, you need your nails painted this color it's needed so you can extract the jinnjuriki." Itachi said as he took her untouched hand and began to polish it. "Ya sure, but this isn't my color." Sasha said jokingly. Itachi just glared at her then brought his attention back to painting her nails. Sasha blinked and brought her attention to the ring that had been placed on her finger.

"What's this?!" Sasha questioned as she brought it up to her face so she could get a better look at it.

"It's your Akatsuki ring and that also helps extract a jinnjuriki." Itachi said blandly, "And, you should go clean yourself up before the others get here." Itachi continued as he finished painting Sasha's nails.

"Others?" Sasha questioned looking from her hands to Itachi.

"Oh, well you know there are other Akatsuki members that you haven't met yet." Itachi replied as he walked over to the door.

"Do I have to?" Sasha said showing her reclusive side.

Itachi just glared at her in response. "Meet me out here when you're done." Itachi ordered as he walked out of Sasha's room.

"O-Ok!" Sasha stammered as she looked around her newly acquired living space. The room had a bed, an attached bathroom, and a weapon closet, but no windows. 'What do they think I am going to do? Try and escape?' Sasha scoffed in her thoughts as she walked into the bathroom, she removed all of her clothing placed her lotus flower carefully down on the sink counter and started up the shower, and when the water was just the right temperature for her, Sasha got into the shower and began washing off all physical memories of the Uchiha massacre. 'Why didn't I see this coming? I should have never moved in with Itachi and Sasuke then I probably wouldn't be in this mess! I was fooled when Itachi said there are other people who truly loved me; he didn't love me at all! He only thought of me as a weapon. And my dad…..' Sasha thought as tears fell down her face. 'He tried to warn me not to trust Uchiha Itachi.' Sasha thought as the hot water form the shower mixed in with Sasha's tears as both ran down her face. 'I'm so sorry Dad…'

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TSUKI: OK! SO THERE'S CHAPTER 9! HAHA AND THE NEXT CHAPPIE'S ALL MINE! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

W.G: I'm seriously beginning to regret promising her that….

ERU: It's entirely your fault you know, AND I MEAN GEEZ! YOU'RE GUNNA KILL ME?! YOU DESERVE WHAT EVER TSUKI DOES TO THE NEXT CHAPTER!

SASHA: Eru's got a point W.G., in a single chapter you've ruined our lives….

SASUKE: How come I'm barely mentioned in this chapter?

TSUKI: W.G. was having problems deciding who her fav. Uchiha boy was… it's entirely her fault…

W.G.: HEY HEY HEY! DON'T PUT THIS ALL ON ME!

ITACHI: sigh… how annoying….

TSUKI: OH WELL! ANYWAY CHAPTER 9 HAS BEEN TERMINATED HAHA! VICTORY!

W.G.: Oh, man…. Sigh…ANYWAYS I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER

EVERYONE: PLEASE REVIEW!

THANK YOU!