Yep this is me updating just because everyone keeps asking me. XD Well I didn't really know what to write I was sort of writers blocked, but since I had not only a Moka frappé but also Moka ice cream XD so I'm hyped up on coffee and chocolate! Thus can not sleep so I am doomed to just write until I feel tired enough to sleep. I feel like hitting myself for drinking coffee so late at night. What was I thinking?

Itachi: You weren't thinking.

Kyo: Your right and when your right somethings wrong.

Itachi: ( Glare)

Kisame: No he's right, something must be wrong Kyo.

Itachi: ( Pulls out a frying pan and some barbeque sauce)

Kisame: ( eyes go wide) NOO! I don't want to be food!

Kyo: ( wince) That's just wrong.

MOVING on!

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto but if you want to use my idea ask first ne?

Chapter nine recap:

" Kakashi found out." She froze and turned to look back at Sasuke who had Kakashi on the couch. Kakashi unconscious.

" What happened?" She asked.

" He'll be fine, but you need to do what ever your going to with these kids, and get out of the village, Kakashi knows you betrayed the village, or at least suspect something, if Kakashi is gone for more then two days Tsunade will know and come for you." She winced.

" Hinata will be coming back shortly we have to wait for her or chance never getting them back to their own forms." She said motioning backwards tot he Akatsuki.

Sasuke nodded.

" Yeah well, You don't have a week." Sakura racked her brain but came up short.

" I won't need one." She said suddenly.

End chapter recap:

Chapter ten: Grass

"Why won't you need a week?" Sasuke asked with a raised eye brow. She frowned at him. He had asked that for the last hour as she packed some clothes. He had trailed after her to her bedroom. The Akatsuki were all busy packing as well. She didn't want Sasuke to know the plan because then he might follow or be questioned by Kakashi and she didn't want to risk him telling.

She was going to sneak into the Hokage's office tonight find out Hinata's current mission and whereabouts then go track her down. Kidnapping her and then ask her to help, if she refused then well she would just have to get rough.

" Let it go Sasuke I can't tell you. Keep Kakashi away as much as you can from the compound, and keep me out of his mind. I need to get out of the village tonight, and please help me at least get a head start." Sakura said zipping up her bag and then slipping it over her shoulders. She needed to sneak into the tower tonight and be gone before morning which was not half the night away.

She headed for the door but Sasuke's words made her pause in her doorway.

" Kakashi saw me. He'll know I'm in on your plan and I'll be locked up if not killed." She frowned. He was right about that. She couldn't take him along though. He was just getting his life back on track here. If she brought him along out of the village it would go against his probation and thus he will be a missing nin and a s-class criminal.

She wouldn't cause him to risk himself and his future for that reason, but what other choice was there? He could always lie and say that Sakura forced him to help her. Or something on those lines. But then they might give him a truth serum and then they would be screwed. She could always have him come along and when it all was through she could say she forced him to follow.

Kakashi no doubt knew she betrayed the village and it was too late to act innocent now, besides she was about to not only break into the Hokage's office, but also leave the village with out permission. She would be called a rouge as well. Once Kakashi tells Tsunade there would be no going back. Unless she killed Kakashi, she could never return.

She thought about it for a moment then shook her head. No not a good idea. Kohona needed Kakashi even if he was lazy and a pervert.

Sasuke watched her as she thought it over mentally. He could see the emotions and thoughts flying across her face finally she turned to him and nodded.

" Your right. Your coming along. Meet me at the gates in fifteen minutes. Take the kids with you. We must be quick about leaving. Do not be seen." She warned he nodded. No doubt wondering why he was again stuck with the kids, and wondering why he was doing this. He was throwing away his planned future, but as he watched Sakura turn and leave he knew that was untrue.

No woman would ever marry him in the village and he was better off as a rouge. So if Sakura was out of the village he had to follow her. She was the one he might just love, and the only way he could make a future. She was likely the only female who would consider being with him at all. Even if it was out of pity alone.

While she left he rounded up the Akatsuki kids and told them the plan. They all seemed unsure as to do this, but wanted nothing more then to be in their own forms again so they agreed easily. They packed everything up they needed, while still only packing lightly. Sasuke rounded up some stuff of importance because he most likely would never be back after this.

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Sakura was in and out of the Hokage's office in no time and not even a second late arrived at the gates and the Akatsuki kids and Sasuke left together with her to hunt down the Hyuuga who just happened to be in Grass on a routine mission. Hinata was acting as a scout, just to make sure everything was going alright in the Grass village.

It was pure luck that she was on the mission alone and Sakura wouldn't have to involve any more innocents in this big mess. In a way this was her fault. Letting Hinata use the potion on the Akatsuki in the first place. If she hadn't let Hinata do it then they all wouldn't be in this mess, Sakura would still be safe never being found out by her village she was betraying them, Sasuke would be home still waiting out his probation and future bride, and the Akatsuki would most likely be off who knows where doing their jobs.

The mission to Grass started now and she was unsure if this would turn out in her favor or not. She didn't want to hurt Hinata, but she was desperate. She knew time was running out for the Akatsuki. She wasn't sure if their minds completely turned to children if even turning them back to adults would do a thing, for their minds that is.

Grass wasn't very far and they should get there by morning maybe. If she was lucky she would find Hinata before the morning and then have her create an antidote or at least try to do something to help. How can you create an antidote when turning someone into children was an accident? Sakura just knew something bad would happen sooner or later, and they would be much worse for wear then they were already.

Truthfully she knew that if they ever got Akatsuki back to adults, even then Sakura could never return to Kohona to her home. She was most likely signing either her own death certificate or signing up for Akatsuki. Either way her life as a Kohona ninja and trusted friend was over now. There was no going back. She had sinned too greatly this time.

She just hoped she didn't ruin Sasuke's life as well. He had a future, and she knew that when she first helped Akatsuki her life goals had not only changed, but been burned and buried. They were gone and now she was stuck with the Akatsuki, as a rouge, as a s-class criminal and as a traitor. She winced, but did not cry. She chose this and now she had to deal with it. She glanced at Deidara who Sasuke was grudgingly caring on his back, and then behind them at the Akatsuki kids following at a slower pace behind. She looked to Itachi who's eyes met hers.

She chose this life for them. She had betrayed one group of friends, but she couldn't do that to both sets of friends. So Akatsuki where all she had left. She decided that was all she needed. So she sucked up her grief and continued on as if she had not been thinking it at all. She turned back toward her goal and did not once look back toward Kohona.

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Itachi hated how weak he was. They had to stop half way for him and the rest of the Akatsuki kids to rest. They were in children forms and could not keep up with Sasuke and Sakura. He felt so weak and useless. He hated himself right now. He was pathetic. He glanced to Sasuke who was speaking softly to Sakura. Her eyes looked determined, but he could feel the tension just below the surface.

He was worried about her. She had just left her village most likely to never return unless shackled, and his little brother as well. They were both rouges now. He wondered what they would do with themselves after this whole ordeal was over. He didn't even want to think about if that Hyuuga couldn't turn them back or not.

No doubt Sakura would still take care of them as they grew older if they did as time passed. In a way the Hyuuga had made a way to live forever. If they were allowed to grow up, and this potion she used didn't permanently keep them in child form, then they would age slowly -but surely- back to where they started. It was like getting a second chance. So many people wanted what they were all given and yet they wanted nothing more then to be back to normal.

Itachi wondered if being a child was such a bad things after all. It would be a new start for him. and yet as he watched his brother speak with the pink haired female he knew it was a bad idea. He didn't want to watch her age older then him. He didn't want to wait until he grew older just to be near her. He wanted to be with her now.

A shock went through him. What had he just thought? Be with her? Was he going insane? Had his brain finally taken all it could take and turn to mush? Or better yet was it that horrid purple goop finally affecting him?

He shuttered and didn't even explore that idea or the one about being with the girl. Even if he did get back to his own body, why would she ever want to be with him at all? They barely tolerated each other in adult form, and she had not liked him then why would she now?

Well it wasn't like he was taking her away from her village anymore. She was a rouge and would most likely join Akatsuki after this mess was over, so it wasn't like it would be hard for her to be near him, it was just getting her to like him that way at all. He had the feeling she would no doubt be with Deidara. He had always been her favorite. If not Deidara, Sasori. The male had been after her from the start as well.

It was a little sad how they ogled her all the time. How they fought over that one girl. What was so special about her anyway? But he knew. He wouldn't like her if he didn't know already every thing that is special about her.

He didn't want to think about he subject any more so he turned his attention on his brother. What would Sasuke do now that he couldn't stay in his own village, and what would he do? Find a girl in another village? He wanted so badly to revive the clan. His brother smirked at Sakura and suddenly a really bad thought came to mind.

What if Sasuke wanted Sakura? Wanted her to be his wife and bare his children? Revive the clan? Did she want that back? Would she even consider it if his brother asked? Did she even want children? Did she even like his brother that way? Questions of every sort came to mind but all bad ones. All ones he never wanted to think again and yet now couldn't get out of his freaking head.

Sakura's voice suddenly brought him out of thought.

" Itachi come on we're leaving again." She said. She had Sasori holding onto her back like a spider monkey and Hidan holding on to her neck from the front. A perverted sneer as he basically rubbed himself against her chest. Itachi fumed. What on earth were they doing attached to Sakura? He glanced at Sasuke who was loaded down as well. Kisame at his back like Sasori was Sakura's and Deidara in his arms.

What was going on? Why were the others being carried?

He must have looked puzzled because Sakura spoke quickly blushing a light pink at Hidan's rubbing against her beasts. Perverted freak. Itachi was going to rip him a new one until Sasori hid him right over the head with a stick he pulled from a near by tree. Hidan's rubbing stopped and he cursed at Sasori. Sakura made them switch spots having Sasori attached to her front his arms around her neck and legs around her waist while Hidan held on from behind growling out curses about Sasori and then how he was going o sacrifice the moron to Jashin-sama ( I spell that right?) when he was back to adult form.

" It's faster if your guys are carried by us." She said. And he wondered then why he wasn't being carried as well.

" Sasuke refused and Itachi I knew you wouldn't let me carry you anyway." She said as if reading his mind. He wondered how she could so easily read him. She was wrong about him not allowing one of them to carry him, but he knew she should be right. So he nodded instead. And Sakura smiled a little at him then they started off and Itachi followed trying to keep pace, but he was smaller and had little chakra so he did his best to not be left behind.

After three hours Itachi could feel the fast pace he was trying to keep up with falter. He didn't know if he could seriously keep this up for two more hours. He was going to most likely pass out. This was just so pathetic, but he refused to ask to be carried like a child. So he pushed on until a wave of dizziness hit and he stumbled. He managed to catch himself only barely and Sakura stopped letting Sasori and Hidan down so she could go to him.

" Are you alright?" he glared up at her and she sighed and then smiled hesitantly before she moved quickly grasping a hold of his arm and pulling him flush against her body. She lifted him and stuck his arms around her neck and his legs around her waist. He was stunned at the warmth spreading through his body so much so that a blush slipped past his radar. He burrowed his face in her shoulder/neck to hide the blush staining his cheeks. He cursed her several times, but she payed no attention to him or Sasuke gaping at them both. Kisame switched from Sasuke to Sakura's back, and Sasori got onto Sasuke's back while Hidan decided he could keep pace with them. Yeah it was harder then it looked.

Itachi felt embarrassed to be carried by Sakura as if he were an infant, but he was so tired and he felt so weak right now that it sickened him. Sakura moved her cheek so her lips brushed his ear and he tensed in her arms as she whispered softly to him. Her mouth moving along his lobe making him shiver in her arms. Stupid unexpected reaction.

" Clam down Itachi it's not for very long, and I rather not having to knock you out for pushing yourself so hard, you baka." he huffed but didn't even remove his face from her neck/shoulder as he took in her scent. She was so warm and she had her arms wrapped around his back and her fingers brushing his sides.

Kisame's legs were under his butt so he wouldn't fall off her back, but Itachi didn't really mind that. He barley noticed it. She was so close and she smelled so good. For some reason a memory of his mother holding him like this as a child resurfaced in his mind. Did he really just put Sakura into his mothers role? What a weird person he was.

Sasuke kept glancing over at her and his brother. He knew Itachi was uncomfortable the way he was stiff in her arms but after an hour he looked relaxed enough to be already and his face had never moved from her neck/shoulder. He wondered if it was because he didn't want anyone to see how embarrassed he was or because he was simply asleep out of pure exhaustion.

The silver haired kid who was following them cursed every other word for an hour straight at having to keep up with them. He wanted to rip the kid in half. He had never even heard some of those swear words until now. It was enough to make the foulest criminal blush in shame.

About half way through the rest of the trip Sasori jumped off Sasuke and Hidan switched him places breathing heavily in Sasuke's ear as he cursed more. Sasuke was annoyed at the silver haired Akatsuki, but at least he wasn't getting cling-ed to now. The silver haired kid just sort of hung on slightly with out being too close. Which he was thankful for and he even stopped cursing.

Sasori now ran to keep up and Sakura wondered if they really would make it to Grass before morning it was already four am now. It had taken longer with the children with them, and slowing them down, but as long as they got to Grass before dawn they could find Hinata and then get them back to normal much more faster. A second couldn't be wasted.

Sakura had been a little surprised that after an hour and a half of being carried Itachi had actually fallen asleep in her arms. She was a little surprised. Though she knew he was tired. Kisame leaned closer and spoke quietly in her other ear.

" He likes you you know Pinky. He doesn't sleep well as is, but to sleep while being touched never..." He said. Kisame would know. He was been his partner in Akatsuki for a long time and he and Itachi were sort of like friends.

She knew Itachi liked her just fine, but she didn't feel it was the same sort of like Kisame was referring to. Itachi trusted her that was all, and it had taken a lot of progress for him to even trust her this much. It was like working with a abused animal. To gain trust from an animal who had been beaten was next to impossible. Itachi was the same and she was amazed he even trusted her as much as he did. He didn't like it, but he allowed her to help him. It was an improvement and she was proud of him and all the Akatsuki they were so much closer now.

She wondered if they would still be close after they were back in their own forms again. She did wonder.

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Itachi woke and was shocked that he had actually fallen asleep at all in her arms. He was going mad he just knew it. To be comfortable enough to fall asleep. He was an idiot.

He moved a little back to look around noting they were now entering Grass. He had slept the rest of the way? He must have pushed himself far more then he realized. He moved a little more until Sakura adjusted him differently and let him slip down to his feet. Kisame jumped off as she stopped a little from the front gates of the village.

Sasuke stopped as well Sasori who had been following on foot stepped beside Sakura, while Hidan dropped from Sasuke's back and Sasuke handed Deidara to Sakura who had fallen asleep as well. Itachi rubbed a hand over his face and covered a yawn with his hand. His brother was giving him the weirdest look, but he ignored it no doubt the male was just shocked at him falling asleep in the arms of his old teammate.

" So what now?" Sasuke asked looking to the village. Sakura tapped a finger to her lips and frowned.

" We find Hinata before morning." It was already nearing dawn. If they were going to find her before then they had to split up.

" Sasuke take Hidan and Sasori with you and search the east side of the village, and Itachi, Kisame, Dei, and I will take the west. If you find her give me some sort of signal or simply go to the Inn in the center of the village. If we can't find her by morning we head there anyway." Sasuke nodded, glad he didn't have to carry the blond haired child around any more. He was starting to wonder if he really wanted children now.

He was going to go gray like Kakashi if he had to keep up with these kids for more then necessity, he wondered if he would really be able to handle more kids let alone his own. He would be stuck with his own kids until they grew up. He was only stuck with the Akatsuki kids until they were changed back into regular old Akatsuki.

Sasuke left with the silver haired kid and the red haired one leaving Sakura with the blue kid, the blond baby, and his brother. He felt bad for her in a way, but he was stuck with the potty mouth silver haired weirdo so he didn't feel so bad for her after all. At least Itachi was quiet, the fish would leave her alone, and the blond was asleep.

While Sasuke set to the East Sakura took her group to the West. She didn't care who found Hinata first she just hoped to find her before morning or they would have to waste another whole day. They couldn't likely go searching for her in the daylight. Kidnapping someone in the middle of the night was different then doing it in the middle of the day for everyone to see.

Thankfully she didn't have to go too far before she found the blue haired girl about ready to head back to her Inn in the village. She let Kisame take Deidara in his arms grudgingly while she left them in the bushes so she could sneak up on Hinata. The Hyuuga of course had her Byakugan activated o and saw Sakura approach. She frowned at the girl.

"Sakura-chan what are you doing here?" She asked as Sakura came to her quickly. Sakura knew she could no longer just sneak up so she sighed and came up with ease and not to cause alarm seconds before she attacked knocking the girl out. The Hyuuga never saw it coming, well she did, but she was too stunned to react to it. She passed out after Sakura knocked her out. Sakura lifted the girl into her arms and nodded to Itachi and Kisame, and she headed straight to the Inn she told Sasuke she'd meet his group.

She checked in and left a note for Sasuke at the front desk for him to find the room, and then laid the Hyuuga's unconscious form onto the bed. She wouldn't wake at least for an hour at least. Sakura turned to the three Akatsuki and nodded to the bathroom.

" Might as well get washed up, it will take a while for her to come to." Itachi nodded. Kisame nodded as well and carried Deidara to her. She took the boy as Kisame followed Itachi to the bathroom. She wasn't surprised that Itachi didn't say a word to the boy about sharing his bath. After being together for as long as they did a thing such as sharing a bath didn't really seem to matter all that much. She was sure Sasori and Deidara had done so as well in all the time they had partnered up.

So while they showered, and Deidara slept, she watched her old friend as she lay there breathing deeply. She really hoped Hinata would help them. She really didn't want to have to hurt her friend. Hinata had always been nice to her, and Sakura trusted her a lot more then most people she knew.

She just hoped the girl would understand what she had to do, and help her and the Akatsuki. She wondered if the girl would do it or not. She didn't have to tell Kohona she had helped, she could act as if she never saw Sakura or her group and go right home with out ever being found out. Sakura just wondered that if she did help them, forced or not, that she would be able to help make something to turn them back.

While she waited and thought, Sasuke and his group walked in. He sighed when he saw Hinata on the bed. Thankful that Sakura had found the Hyuuga and that this mess would soon be over one way or another.

Sasuke looked for his brother and the blue kid. She looked to the bathroom and he nodded. Sharing a shower with another guy wouldn't be the weirdest thing his brother did today. Sleeping in Sakura's arms had cut the cake.

Sasuke wondered over to the chair in the room and settled himself in it as he closed his eyes. He was so sore from carrying those kids all the way here, and more so because they never stopped to rest or eat. He was starving and tired, and smelled horrid. But he was sure Sakura felt worse.

She looked so tired, and beat up, perhaps it was because she had just left her village for good, and maybe even because she knew that she might have to hurt her friend just to get the Akatsuki back to normal. Betraying your best friend was never easy, he of all people would know.

Sasuke hoped for all their sakes that the Hyuuga would just listen to reason and help them get the kids back to Akatsuki. He wasn't sure he could take much more of them.

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Man that was so long. Okay I know it wasn't long, but to me it was. Considering I didn't want to write in the first place it was long lol. But I got my point across and we are finally getting to a close aren't we? I'm not sure hope many chapters we have left but most likely not very many. So hope you liked how that went, and who liked the lovely Itachi X Sakura I added in there eh? XD just for you guys ^^' Review ne?

Kyo