A/N: ZOMFC!! (oh my F***ing Carlisle XD) Finally!

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"Oi! Dobe! Wait up!" Sasuke called, walking calmly toward him with an arm around Sakura's waist.

"Aw, look at the happy couple." He teased, only to be hit upside the head by the pink-haired Kunoichi.

"Baka!" Sakura shouted before exhaling sharply and looking back of to the blonde. "So what are you going to do about Hinata? Poor girl probably thought you didn't care."

"Well, since you guys took so long, I had enough time to get a messenger toad. Everything had been taken care of." He grinned.

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"That's enough for today Hinata-hime. You're really improving." Neji smiled to his cousin. They had just finished a heated sparring match. Hyugas passing by the small training area couldn't help but to watch. Even Hiashi had stopped and watched.

"Thank you, Neji-nii-san." Hinata bowed in respect and then walked off the field, ignoring the stares that bore into her back. Apparently, she had improved a lot. She continued to walk through the corridors of the Hyuga compound until she came to her room.

It was the first thing she saw when she walked in. A Bouquet of flowers, nothing too expensive or elaborate, but beautiful in their own way and a note and picture attached to it.

Hinata carefully picked the note and read

Hey, remember this?

The picture attached was a picture taken at the ball at Hogwarts. It seemed like a dream she had years ago. She and Naruto danced closely underneath the twinkling lights. Hinata quickly flipped over the note with trembling hands.

Can't wait to get back!

Hinata felt her face grow hot before…

THUMP.

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"Ooooh, flowers? Nice work lover boy." Sakura teased, gently nudging Naruto.

Naruto blushed furiously, then jogged ahead and opened the door to the Gryffindor common room. "Yeah, yeah, let's just get inside and take advantage of our day off." He said .

As the three walked in, they found no students, the fire crackling, the windows open, showing the clear dark evening and Kakashi sitting on the couch, reading his usual perverted book. But that wasn't the only thing they noticed. There was some kind of dark aura, something unsettling about the room.

Kakashi shut his book and put it in his pocket. "So, I take it everything worked out?" He asked, using his trade-mark eye smile.

Sakura smiled and nodded, "Yes. Thank you Kakashi-sensei."

A silent pause swept through the room. Kakashi stood up and cleared his throat.

"Well, I don't know exactly how to say this, so I guess I'll start from the beginning." He started. "Over the past years, Konoha has had many spies sneak into Akatsuki as servants, but we have one very valued Spy, so good, he was a valued member of Akatsuki. And now that Akatsuki has been terminated, he has been reinstated in Konoha and sent here to participate in this mission. Now, what ever you do……. Don't kill him." Kakashi laughed nervously as he stepped aside.

At first, Naruto Sasuke and Sakura didn't notice anything but the dark shadow in the corner. The shadow began to move and slowly step forward.

"Hn, you make it sound so simple…." The shadow stepped forward, and into the fire's warm light. Itachi Uchiha's face was set in a sarcastic smirk. "There's much more to it than that." Itachi wasn't wearing the standard Akatsuki cloak. Instead he wore a pair of black pants with bandage wrapped below the knee (Like jonin), a kunai pouch, and a navy blue shirt that cut before his elbows and fishnet underneath. (Pretty much what he wears under the cloak in the anime).

In a flash, Naruto had a kunai in each hand and was in a crouch, prepared to attack in a moment's notice. Sakura got into a fighting stance with her fists glowing in chakra, but before she could take a step forward to join Naruto, Sasuke moved in front of her. Sharingan ablaze, he held an arm out in front of her and put his hand to the hilt of his katana.

"You…. You're suppose to be dead." Sasuke growled.

"Yeah… so is Orochimaru." Itachi stated calmly.

"What?!?" Naruto asked.

Kakashi then decided to step in, before a fight broke out. He put his hands in front of him and waved them saying "Slow down guys, let's here him out."

"How can you expect me to listen to him! He's the enemy!!" Sasuke shouted.

Itachi sighed, then slowly raised a single finger. Naruto immediately recognized the gesture, but it was too late. Itachi had caught them in a paralyzation genjutsu.

"Calm down Sasuke, I'm not here to hurt you, the fox, or your little cherry blossom. Quite the opposite in fact. I'm on your side." Itachi said simply.

"Why should I believe YOU?!" Sasuke shouted.

Itachi took a step closer towards Sasuke and Sakura. Sasuke tensed, but couldn't move back. So he resorted to starring his brother down, not that he really considered him a brother. "Let me tell you a story." Itachi said, half smirking.

"Our Father was not the man you thought he was when you were a child. Yes, He was strict, calm and to you, slightly intimidating, but he was so much more. He was a ruthless, uncaring and selfish man. Only ever though of himself. So, naturally, he wasn't satisfied with leading the Uchiha clan, he wanted all of Konoha, the fire country, and the five great nations. To him, You and I were just his heirs, to one day rule after him. Now, you know that I grew up during a great war, and I use to tell you about how I dreamed of peace. So, when I entered the Anbu blackops, I served as a spy inside the clan for the Hokage. I reported that the rebellion was getting stronger and would soon be ready to try to over take Konoha to the Hokage one day. That's when the Head Elders told me that I had to kill them…."

Itachi paused almost as if he was in deep thought. Through out the story, Sasuke noticed that Itachi's face got softer and softer as he spoke. But Sasuke still didn't let his guard down, just incase he was lying.

"Hokage-sama didn't like the idea anymore than I did, but they were persistent and we had no choice but to give in. I begged them to spare you, keep you safe and to never tell you the truth until I could. The Elders wouldn't have it, but that's when Sarutobi put his foot down. I entered Akatsuki to spy on them from the inside as well. When you supposedly killed me, I had used a genjutsu to fake my death and here I am today."

Sasuke just starred at Itachi, trying to take in what he just said. He didn't entirely believe it, but it sounded so convincing that he almost did. In fact, he was so wrapped up in his words that he didn't even notice Itachi dropped the jutsu. "You never answered my question, why should I believe you." Sasuke asked, coldly.

Itachi smirked again and looked past Sasuke's shoulder to Sakura. "Because your Cherry blossom does."

Sasuke looked to his side to see Sakura, slowly inching her way towards Itachi. He was about to stop her when he noticed her eyes. They were now silver, with blue and pink ripples slowly pulsing from her puple, never missing the soft beat of her heart. She finally stopped between Sasuke and Itachi, looking at the elder Uchiha in a curious daze.

"He's telling the truth." She stated.

"What? How do you know?" Sasuke asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Because his aura never faltered, not even for a millisecond." She said.

"You can see his aura?" Naruto asked.

Sakura smiled and pointed to her eyes. "This is called the Jinsei Myaku. I acquired it during our Anbu training. It allows me to see the life source and aura of all living things. Learning to use it correctly and memorizing aura patterns can let me do things like-"

"Become a human lie detector?" Naruto snickered, receiving a firm fist on the top of his head.

"Idiot…" Sakura muttered as her Keke Genkai disappeared from her eyes.

Sasuke still stood, stiff and still. Almost like he was sizing up his brother. After a few moments of tense silence, he seemed to relax. "Alright, alright I'll believe you." He said cooly.

"Come on otouto, don't be such an ice cube." Itachi smirked, ruffling Sasuke's hair.

"I'm not an ice cube." Sasuke muttered as he swat his brother's hand away.

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"So, you, Sasuke and now Sakura all have some kind of powerful hidden ability?" Sai asked Naruto as he and Yamato got ready to leave for Konoha.

"Yeah, makes you feel left out eh?" Naruto grinned, putting his hands behind his head.

"No, no, I have on too." Sai stated as if it was obvious.

"What?!?! What is it!?!' Naruto asked as he tried to not let his jaw hit the floor.

"Sai! Come on, time to go." Yamato said, motioning toward the window of the Gryffindor common room.

Sai nodded, then turned back to his blonde friend and put on a fake smile. "It's called…. Actually having a dick" And with that, Sai and Yamato jumped out.

"WHY YOU-!" Naruto shouted. He just about jumped out after him, but Sakura taught the back of his Anbu uniform.

"Leave it, you can kill him a thousand times over when we get back." She said.

Naruto pouted, but soon relaxed and sat by the fireplace. "So, what's our next move?" He asked.

Kakashi leaned against the wall by the fireplace and paused for a thoughtful moment, then looked over at Itachi. "You're sure about you're information?"

"Positive." Itachi answered from his position on the couch opposite of Sasuke and Sakura.

"Then it seems Orochimaru may have teamed with Voldemort, for obvious reasons..."

"Mad crave for power?" Sakura stated more than asked.

"Correct. As for their connection with this Mortel boy, I think we should look into that." Kakashi said.

"Harry might know something." Naruto said.

"What makes you think that?" Sakura asked

"He always knows something." Naruto answered.

"Speaking of the wizards, where are they?" Itachi asked.

"All of Gryffindor is out at the Quiditch fields for a Championship game against Hufflepuff. I have my hounds scouting the area." Kakashi said, pointing to the lights on the dark horizon where the field was.

"Maybe we should ask around Raven claw for information." Sasuke suggested

"Good thinking. I also heard about a Tavern in Hogsmade that has a lot of regular costumers who always know a thing or two when it comes to Voldemort." Naruto said.

"Then it's settled, Itachi and I will scout around campus while the three of you check out that tavern." Kakashi declared.

And I think that'll do for mow. REVIEWS PLZ! Srsly, you don't want to upset Riley when she's PMSing….. –glances at riley-

Riley: -ditches corpse and smiles innocently-