I woke up to a rough shake. I opened my eyes to see Itachi. "Let's go. Sasori and Sainya went out late last night and they found the place where Miki Nanohana is staying. If we can catch her today, we can go home early." I nodded and got up. He left while I was changing, and came back in when I was done. We left the apartment, me still groggy from getting up so early. It was at least five thirty in the morning.

We cast the genjutsu and went downstairs, and to our luck, none of my friends were there. There was a new receptionist, and things were as normal as they were when we arrived. Itachi and I left building and began are way to a tall building. "I don't know if you know this, but Miki Nanohana is the daughter of the guy who runs this village. You met her when you were little. Do you remember?" I shook my head at Itachi's question.

"Nope I don't remember anything. But could you tell me what happened?" Itachi sighed and started telling me the details of the accident. Miki Nanohana was volunteering at the Academy. She had heard rumors about the two jinchuriki attending there, and when she found out who they were, she always acted mean around Naruto and me. As Itachi told me what Miki had done, it all came flooding back to me.

Flashback

It was cold, and the river behind me was frozen. Nanohana-senpai had told me to meet her here, and here she comes. She looked so familiar, all down to the pendant she had, which was a square inside a circle. The wind had blown then all of a sudden she was right there in front of me. She pushed my six year old body toward the river and the ice on top of it broke. The water was so cold...I was panicking because I didn't know how to swim...The hole where I entered had gone and I was beginning to black out. The last words I heard her say was 'stupid demon' and a while later I guess she left' A figure dived into the water to get me and as my eyes were closing I saw it was.....Itachi.

Flashback

We had stopped walking after I received the flashback. "I remember Itachi; you can stop telling me now." I whispered. I hate this woman, I realized. She almost killed me and if it was not for Itachi, I would have been dead. 'Fuck what Tsunade-sama said. That bitch can die.' I thought. "Let's go," I said to Itachi, who was calmly waiting for me.

At least thirty minutes later, we reached a mansion. Surprisingly there were no guards, until now. "Go in, Rai, I can hold them off here. I was surprised at his use at my middle name. "Whatever, weasel." I replied. I ran into the mansion and when I got in, I slowed down.

I saw a room with the door half open and peeked in and saw a bunch of maids. I walked in and held a kunai to one mad's neck. "Tell me where Miki is." One maid shook her head and I killed the one I was holding, along with the one who shook her head. One maid tried to escape but I took the katana off my back and stabbed her with it. "She's upstairs, third door to your right!" the last maid said. I thanked her, killed her and left.

I paused for a second. I killed without hesitation, and that was not good, considering they were innocents. I walked up the stairs and entered her room. Miki was brushing her hair. "What do you want?" she had asked. "It's okay. I just want to talk," I said with a smile. I still had my genjutsu activated but I was sure when I told her who I was, she would do what I said. She ran over to her balcony. "One more step and I'll jump," she said. I smiled, this was all so easy. "I just want to talk Miki," I said taking a step forward and she jumped.

I ran over expecting to see a dead body, but instead it was Sakura who now faced Itachi. "Hold it, Akatsuki." I turned around and saw Ino. "Ino, it's me Priya," I said, breaking my cover. "Nani? I don't believe you!" she said. I let the genjutsu melt. "What about now?" I asked. She shook her head. "You have a birth mark the size of a boulder on your back that you hide with a genjutsu." Ino was shocked. I was the only person she had told about it.

"Okay, I believe you, but what the hell are you doing with Akatsuki? Did you betray Konoha?" I shook my head. "It's a mission. Tsunade-sama wants me to collect as much information from them as I can, and I can leave any time. And no, I won't help capture Miki for real. If they catch her without my help, it's not on me. Look, I'll go and stop the fight and you guys can get back to wherever you are staying okay. See you soon." I said and ran over to the balcony and threw a smoke ball down. "Let's go!" I said to Itachi, grabbed his wrist, and we ran.

I was in my room relaxing. I heard a couple of knocks and Sainya came in. "Guess what? Sasori and I found the place where they are keeping the jinchuriki. We'll all be going tomorrow but he'll explain our plan at dinner. But before we go, I want to ask you something. I know you were friends with those ninja wanna be's. Tell me their weaknesses." I sighed. I would just tell her their strength.

"The bug eye guy, Rock Lee, intimidate him, Kiba, the one with the dog, only do far range attacks. Ino, the long blonde, only do close range attacks, Naruto the other jinchuriki, get him angry. Same with the pink haired girl, Sakura. Get her angry too." I said. I hoped Sainya was a dumb as she sounded. And..."Thanks, Priya!" She actually fell for it. "I'll give you a little time, but dinner is in five, okay?" I nodded and she left.

I opened my window to let some air in and a kunai whizzed in. It had a note attached, and t read. "Come out here." I looked outside and saw Naruto, and I opened the window farther and jumped out onto the next roof with him. "What were you thinking taking a mission like this? It's too dangerous, and you have already killed five people, Priya! What about the rest of us? Do you know how we feel? What are you going to do when it's Kiba's birthday? Saukra's? Ino's? Hinata's?" Naruto swallowed. "Mine? Priya, I know this will probably help each other out for the better but.....it's just too much. We want you to come home."

It started raining, and I formed a shield over us. I had a choice. Either come now with Naruto, or......stay. "I'm sorry, Naruto. But a mission is a mission. I'll make up for all the special events. Akatsuki want me to stay until the jutsu on me wears off, but I will leave early. I'm sorry, Naruto. I have to go, see you soon." The shield over us wavered and I disabled it, and left him standing on the roof.

I went into the next apartment where Itachi and the rest were and sat down. "You're late, and you're wet." Itachi said. "Sorry, diary accidently fell out the window." I said. That was such a bad lie, but he accepted it and we started eating. "Here is what we are going to do. Sainya and I will head out first, and then a little while later, you and Itachi will follow. Priya with your strength you can break the steel door. We'll enter, find Miki, knock her unconscious for good, and go." Sasori said. We finished eating and Itachi and I returned to our apartment. Tomorrow was the day. And there was something I knew Sasori didn't tell me: I would be the one to kill Miki Nanohana.

The next chapter will be It's Time.