Itachi and I were relaxing in our room, and Sasori and Sainya were relaxing in there room. It was strange, there were two couples paired up and switched around to be with another person. "When are we supposed to look for the target?" I asked Itachi. I found myself getting accustomed to this and I didn't like that at all. "In an hour," Itachi said, reading another book. The book looked vaguely familiar.....It was a pink and had black hibiscus flowers on it...wait a damn minute....

"That's my childhood diary! Where the hell did you get it?!?" I yelled and plopped down near Itachi. Itachi, not fazed by the tone of my voice said, "I've had it since that day, Priya. Stop getting over excited. You're an Akatsuki; you're not supposed to show emotion." I rolled my eyes and stood up. "Like I had a choice over joining. These cloaks are really weird," I said, unbuttoning mine. "Deal with it," Itachi said, closing the diary and handing it to me.

"Go ahead and keep it. You only have a few entries so you would probably be done within a week." I grabbed it and set it on the table. "Remind me why we have to wait an hour?" I said, stretching. "Wouldn't you like to wait? We just got here. You're as restless as you were when you were little." Itachi said, getting up. I was shocked. He actually made a reference from when I was little.

"If you want to go, fine. But we might want to use a genjutsu to hide our true features. Like you, I had a feeling someone was still alive." So he had felt it too. Weird. I cast a genjutsu that changed my hair color and length, along with my eye color. Itachi did the same. We took off our cloaks and I had to change my ninja outfit, because it was the same as what I wore in the Leaf village.

When that was done, we left and went downstairs. We thought no one was downstairs and earlier we were just testing out the genjutsu, so we had our real appearance showing. We would cast the genjutsu as we got outside. As we reached downstairs, my stomach lurched when I saw Naruto, Sakura, Rock Lee, Ino, and Kiba. And as Itachi and I thought, there was a little girl near the desk. She was the first to spot us.

"It's them!" she yelled and they all turned. "Let's go!" Itachi said, pulling me with him. I could tell he didn't want me to taken back. We ran through the hall, side by side and we could hear my friends behind us. I had asked Tsunade through air mail, whether they knew about this mission and she had said no. I didn't understand why not. Itachi still had his grip on my wrist and I could tell he was using chakra to run, because soon he was ahead of me and had to pull me along. I looked back. They were getting closer.

"Don't look back!" Itachi told me. I turned forward just in time to see Itachi activate his Mangekyou Sharigan. A wall of black fire built itself up behind us, but we kept running. Soon the wall that ended in front of us went up in black flames and disappeared and we jumped through. We landed on the concrete floor of the street."Next time," Itachi said calmly while watching me catch my breath. "We're going to cast the genjutsu before we leave."


We almost spent the whole day looking for the jinchuriki. It was now night time and we were returning back to the inn. I was still nervous about it. When we were in lobby Sakura came rushing to us holding up a picture. "Have you seen this young woman?" she asked. I shook my head and Itachi and I continued up the stairs. We entered Sasori's and Sainya's room. "Can we help you? Sainya said. I saw her grab a kunai behind her.

"It's me Sainya. It's Priya." Sasori narrowed his eyes. "Prove it." I rolled my eyes. "You're an asshole, Sasori, you know that?" I said sitting down next to him. "Okay I believe you. Any luck finding Miki?" I shook my head. "We're going to look again tomorrow. What's for dinner?" I asked. "Whatever is edible from Sainya's cooking." Sasori replied with a laugh. "At least I didn't serve a raw chicken." Sainya said with a sour smile and I laughed. "It was an accident I forgot to turn on the oven." Sasori said, slightly embarrassed. "Forget it, I'll cook. We'll have sushi." I said.

Dinner that night was good and edible, thanks to me doing the cooking. Itachi and I were getting ready to leave. "Where are you going?" Sasori asked. "To bed. You know the rules Pein gave us and they all pertain to you. So good night." I said and then I did something that shocked both me and Sasori. I kissed him. I turned red after I did, and then I left the room to join Itachi in out room.

"Wait, Priya," Sasori said. I did and he walked up behind me. He placed a hand on my back and murmured something. When he told me to turn around, he held the tracking device that was on my back, in his hand. "I trust you, Priya." he said. Shit. Now when it was time to leave, how would he react?


I went into my private room in Itachi's and my room. I opened the diary to the first page. I think I must have been about five years old when I received the diary. The first two entries read,

Dear Diary,

Hi! My name is Priya Rai Uchiha, but since no one calls me by my middle name, I just say my name is Priya Uchiha. I have three days until by birthday, and I'm excited. Itachi is on a mission and won't be able to come and Father has to work. But Mother said that it would be okay if we went shopping on that day. I was just put into the Academy a week ago and me and this other girl are competing over Kiba Onizuka (1). He's really cute and this girl I'm competing against thinks the same thing. We keep points and I have four while she has three, so I'm winning! I have to go; Mother is calling me to dinner.

Priya Rai Uchiha

Dear Diary,

School was fine today. Iruka-sensai is impressed with my kunai and shurikan skills. He likes Sasuke's style too. I had learned from Itachi that Sasuke and I are related as brother and sister and I was surprised, because I have never seen his room and he has not seen mine. Itachi said he didn't know why Mother and Father didn't tell Sasuke but he guessed it was because of the eight-tailed dragon inside of me. I was never scared of it, because I was told that it would make me more powerful when I learned how to control. So I always hope for that day when I first experience that power. Other than that I learned how to manifest my chakra! So now I can walk on water! Have to go, Father is home.

Priya Rai Uchiha

I closed the book. It was time to go to sleep and I had a long day ahead of me tomorrow.


(1) Kiba was little when he met Priya so a little while after Priya disappeared he forgot about her.