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After several minutes Pein enters the office, and he closes then locks the door. Pein says, "Now that Konan has been taken care of let's get down to business. For your fist mission, I want you to steal this water scroll from the leaf village. Itachi will be going with you to make sure you don't try to escape."

Cora responds, "Fine but Itachi will only slow me down." Pein says, "Just take him anyway, and don't try to double-cross me or you'll personally learn the meaning of torture."

Cora leaves the office and heads down the corridor to Itachi's bedroom door. Cora knocks on the bedroom door loudly. Itachi replies, "You may enter." Cora goes into the bedroom, and says, "Pein has assigned both of us a mission together." Itachi responds, "Do I have to go with you."

Cora rolls her eyes saying, "Ugh just escort me there, and back I'll do all the work." Itachi grumbles saying, "Fine I'll go." Cora steps aside saying, "Lead the way out you know this place better than I do."

Cora follows Itachi out of the building once outside he quickly pins her to the wall with her hands over her head. Cora asks, "What's the meaning of this Itachi?"

Itachi says, "It's been five years since I've kissed those lips of yours." He quickly crashed his lips into hers using the fact that she was about to say something to shove his tongue into her mouth she got lost in the kiss for a moment but came to her senses within moments.

She had to show Itachi that he couldn't get away with stuff like this even if she liked it so she bit his tongue. Itachi pulled back, and smirked at her then he said, "So you want to play rough do you?"

Just as he was about to rip her shirt off Zetsu pulls Itachi off of Cora and slams him into a nearby tree. Zetsu's white side says, "Cora is my friend." The dark side says, "If you try to hurt her again I'll be eating you for dinner Itachi."

Itachi grumbles saying, "Fine Zetsu I'll play nice." Zetsu looks at Cora, and his white side says, "If he bothers you again just let me know Cora." His dark side adds, "He looks like he'd make a tasty meal."

Cora responds ,"Thank you Zetsu but I don't think that will be necessary right Itachi." He groans saying, "Yes I'll behave." Cora then says, "You need to lead the way to the village Itachi."

Zetsu heads back in as Cora, and Itachi take off to the leaf village. Once you both get close enough to see the outside of the village gates. Cora says, "Itachi you wait here while I get what we need." Cora hands him her Akatsuki cloak.

Itachi asks, "How do I know you'll come back?" Cora responds, "If I don't you can tell Pein, and he'll send you all back here to capture me so that he can torture me."

Itachi smirks, and says, "Then I'd hurry if I were you I easily get bored, and when I'm bored I do stupid things like announce you as a traitor to the Akatsuki."

Cora glared at Itachi then she heads to the gates the guards quickly escort her into the Hokage's office. Once there she explains everything to the Hokage as she gives him exact details on how to find the Akatsuki hideout. The Hokage gives her a copy of the original water scroll rewritten so that the jutsu contained inside the scroll doesn't work very long. Cora smiles at him and takes the fake scroll then she heads to Itachi.

Once she gets to where Itachi is hiding she shows him the scroll. They run off as the leaf village guards chase them through the trees until they finally lose them. Cora and Itachi get back to the Akatsuki base, and they rush into Pein's office. Pein was very pleased with Cora's work once he examined the scroll he put it in his desk drawer. Pein then said ,"I heard that you and Itachi aren't getting along so until you two can behave you'll both be sharing the same bedroom."

They both yell, "WHAT are you crazy?" Pein says, "No now you're both dismissed."