Last chapter was just a little fun chapter, with a bunch of memories. Now the real action begins! :D
"Miki…" Itachi relaxed, he had no intention of killing Sasori anymore.
"I can't leave you guys for a second, can I?" Miki said looking around at the scene. There were hundred of clay spiders, Kakuzu was restraining Itachi, and Hidan looked pretty pissed off. Itachi shook Kakuzu's arms off of him and took a step forward. Sasori ran passed him and embraced Miki.
"Miki! I'm sorry, this is all my fault!" Sasori mumbled into her hair. Itachi scowled in the background, Sasori beat him to her… again.
"It's okay. If I was dead, I would haunt you!" Miki teased, laughing at her little joke. The Akatsuki members stared at her like they had just seen a ghost. She stopped laughing and stared back. "You guys can't take a joke… I'm not dead!"
"Well this whole mess was just fucking messed up!" Hidan stormed out of the room, brushing clay spiders off of him. "Get these fucking spiders off of me!" The spiders retreated back to Deidara.
Pein walked into the room and stared at Miki. "I heard that you're alive."
"Y-Yeah… I guess I couldn't stay away…" Even after experiencing death, she was still frightened of Pein.
"Good. Now you can go with Itachi and Kisame to get Orochimaru's ring. You guys leave tomorrow morning." Without another word, he walked out.
"Who's Orochimaru?" Miki asked the rest of the Akatsuki who were still in her room. "And what about the mission with Sasori and the Kyuubi?"
"Orochimaru was a former member and that mission is postponed until after we retrieve the ring." Sasori explained, he frowned at the thought of no quality time with Miki.
"How am I going to get the ring back?"
"Persuasion…" Deidara winked with a smirk playing on his lips. Itachi and Sasori glared at him.
"What do you mean by persuasion?" Miki asked, kind of afraid to find out the answer.
"A little… fooling around. Well, it's not really persuasion more of getting in bed with him and then getting the ring when he's sleeping. Not really complicated…" Deidara explained with a grin on his face.
"You want me to… to… have sex with him?! I'm still a virgin! I'm not going to do that! Why don't you do it, Deidara?! You almost look like a girl!" Miki retorted, crossing her arm.
"What did you say?!" Deidara's face darkened.
Kakuzu sighed and intervened. "Deidara, you do look like a girl. Miki, if there is another way to get the ring, then you can do that. The real question is… Is there another way to get the ring?"
"Well…" Miki thought hard, "…no." Miki sighed in defeat.
"So it's settled, you should get some rest." Kakuzu said leaving the room. An awkward tension hovered over the remaining people in the room. Deidara, who was still obviously pissed, stormed out of the room.
"I'm going to go work on my puppets." Sasori said awkwardly and left Itachi and Miki alone.
There was a minute of silence when Miki broke it. "Can I talk to you?" Itachi glanced at her and nodded. "I want to thank you…"
"For what?" Itachi asked bewildered.
"Well… When I was 'dead'… you're the one who kept me alive. Your voice kept me alive…" Miki's face reddened. "If it wasn't for you… I would be gone." Miki began to cry when she remembered those dark figures that pulled her into the light. "I-I-I was so scared…" Miki sobbed, trying to stop her crying. Itachi sat on the bed and held her in his arms.
"You're okay now. Calm down." Miki wrapped her arms around his waist and cried into his Akatsuki cloak. Eventually, her crying died down. "Are you okay now?"
"Yeah…" Miki looked at Itachi, her arms still wrapped around him. They gazed at each other until Itachi began to lean in. He inched closer, until their lips met. 'Should I kiss back?' Miki loosened her grip around his waist and wrapped her arms around his neck. Their lips moved together and Miki blushed uncontrollably. Itachi gently pushed her down on the bed, not breaking the kiss. 'I'm not ready for this…' Itachi broke the kiss, breathing deeply. He stared into her golden eyes, and whispered, "Do you really want to do this?" Miki stared back, not sure what to say. 'No… I'm not ready for this. Not yet.' Miki nodded. 'Wait! No! That's not what I meant!' Itachi brushed a loose strand of hair out of face. He gently kissed her lip and kissed her chin. He left butterfly kisses down her neck, stopping at the collar of her shirt. He began to the lift the end of her shirt pass her navel. 'No!' Miki grabbed his wrists, stopping her shirt from going any further. "I'm sorry… I can't do this." Itachi nodded and tugged her shirt back down. Miki sat up on the bed and wrapped her arms around his neck again. "But I do like you… a lot." Miki gently kissed him and let go. "You want to sleep with me tonight?" Itachi smiled and lied down with her on the bed. "Why aren't you talking?"
"I didn't want to ruin the moment…" Itachi explained draping his arm around her waist. He closed his eyes, pulling Miki closer to him.
"Wait… but I talked… Are you saying I ruined the moment?" Miki exclaimed. Itachi didn't answer but a smiled played on his face. "Answer me!" Miki shouted shaking him.
"Go to sleep…" Itachi whispered, kissing her forehead. Miki pouted, but obeyed. She snuggled closer into him and closed her eyes. She didn't realize she was so tired until she shut her eyes.
The sun's rays illuminated the room; it landed on Miki's face waking her up. She rubbed her eyes and tried to open them, but the light was too bright. Her eyes finally adjusted and she could see Itachi's face just centimeters away. 'He looks so innocent when he's sleeping…' Miki inhaled his scent, and smiled. The scent seemed familiar. Miki's hand trailed up his arm and to his face. She gently traced his features, afraid to wake him up. 'I kind of like him better when he's asleep.'
"What are you doing?" Itachi mumbled without opening his eyes. Miki blushed and began to speak but it came out as gibberish. Itachi sighed and opened one eye. He observed the flushed girl and smirked. "You look good with bed hair…" Miki's face turned brighter. "Didn't know you can get that red," Itachi said while yawning.
"I-I w-w-was just…" Miki tried to come up with an excuse that wouldn't make her look stupid.
"Let's get ready for the mission." Itachi released his grasp around her waist and climbed out of bed. Miki's face fell and she felt cold. "We're going to be late if you don't get up."
"I don't want to!" Miki whined. She pulled the blanket to her chin and curled up into a ball. Itachi tugged on the end of the blanket.
"Stop being a baby," warned Itachi.
Miki pouted, "I'm not being a baby!" Miki rolled over, her back facing Itachi. 'I just don't want to do this mission… I wanted to save myself for you…'
"Are you going to get up?"
"No!"
"Don't say I didn't warn you." Itachi threw the blanket off the bed and straddled her waist. A smirk was plastered on Itachi's face.
"W-What are you doing?" She blushed, she felt warm like that time on the couch.
"Teaching you a lesson…" Itachi's hands gently stroked her stomach.
"I-I-Itachi… I thought we talked about this!" Miki stuttered, obviously nervous. Itachi's hands moved higher, but they didn't enter the 'forbidden valleys'. "Y-You're right! W-W-We should be getting ready!"
"Oh! Now you want to get up?" Itachi asked with an evil glint in his eyes. Miki pushed against his chest, trying to get up. His hands trailed over to her sides and rested there.
"W-Wait… You're not thinking about…" Miki's eyes widened in fear, Itachi's evil grin didn't make her feel any better. 'He remembers my weakness!' "Don't do it… Please don't—" And then it happened… Miki burst out laughing. She squirmed under Itachi, trying to get free. "Stop tickling me! I don't deserve this kind of torture!" Miki gasped between her laughing.
"Well, you should of thought about that before you decided not to get up." Itachi said nonchalantly. Tears were flowing out of her eyes but she kept laughing.
"Stop!" Miki pleaded, playfully beating his chest. To her amazement, he stopped. Itachi's attention was focused on the door. "What is it? Who's there?" Miki asked Itachi, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"It was just Kisame… He's probably wanted to see if we were ready." Itachi said getting off of Miki. "Come on, get up. Or do you want me to teach you another lesson?" Miki shook her head and scrambled out of bed. But something in his eyes told her that it wasn't Kisame.
Sasori sat in the darkness of his room. He held a puppet arm that would go on the new puppet he was working on. 'Why?' Sasori's grip tightened on the arm. 'Why him?' The wood began to break. 'He doesn't deserve her!' The thought of Itachi and Miki made him furious. A low growl came from his throat and the arm shattered into countless fragments. 'Miki should be mine… I deserve affection.'
"You guys ready to go?" Kisame asked with his Samehada on back. Itachi and Miki nodded and the three Akatsuki members began their journey to find Orochimaru.
Thanks to those who reviewed! I tried to get this chapter out just for you guys! :D This chapter was just a little teaser! ;P I bet you guys thought they were about to do IT… twice! Well, please review so I still know I have my readers (unlike my other story…) feedback is always wanted!