A/N: As I promised, this is a longer chapter! I think it's one of my longest for this story, actually! Now, I do have to point of a few things. Firstly, Warning! It's not too bad, but there is some … fluff in this chapter. It's not bad at all, some kissing and whatnot, but I think all of you should know. Secondly and lastly, sorry for any grammar issues! ^-^ I hope it's okay and I hope I am not too mushy or too hurried or too anything! Enjoy and R&R&F please!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto … unfortunately! ^-^

"Hey-o, here comes the danger up in this club. When we get started, man, we ain't going to stop. We gonna turn it out 'till it gets too hot. Everybody sing hey-o. Tell'em turn it up 'till they can't no more. Let's turn it up 'till they can't no more. Let's get this thing shakin' like a disco ball. This is you last warning, a courtesy call." – Courtesy Call, but Thousand Foot Krutch. I found the whole warning thing pertinent to this chapter. ^-^

I walked out of the room to see Kakashi, Itachi, Shisui, Sasuke, and Nao talking. When I walked out, they all looked at me waiting for my reaction. 'I guess Itachi didn't tell them I forgive them.' I sighed and walked up to them.

"So, how are you feeling?" Nao asked me with hesitation. I looked at him and smiled.

"Thanks for the speech you gave about me." He looked confused. I laughed and looked at all of them.

"I forgot to tell you guys … I kind of pretended to sleep while you all talked about me … and Takeo." Their eyes widened a little … except Itachi's. 'I guess he's the one that knew.' I thought smiling.

"You … you listened to us?" Shisui asked. I nodded.

"How couldn't I? You all were talking in my room." I said.

"So … what are you going to do now?" Nao asked. I was confused, what would I do besides continue with the mission?

"I don't understand, what else would I do besides continue with the mission?"

"We all thought that you would want to get someone else from Mist to help since you … you know the truth." Kakashi said. I looked at all of them in the eyes and smirked.

"Why would I do that? I want to finish the mission." I said. They were still confused about the smirk though. I was planning revenge on them, but a friendly revenge, like sparing them and winning or doing something to them while they slept.

"Are you sure? We don't want to die in the field because you think that's justice for us massacring your family." Shisui said.

"You know before when I said I wouldn't let another person who I cared about die? I meant it then and I still do. You may have killed my family and I am kind of mad, but it was your mission. You followed orders and I cannot, will not, hate you guys for it. I … forgive you guys." I said smiling. Kakashi smiled, from what I could tell because he had his mask still on, Shisui smiled, Sasuke smiled, and Nao … he looked … pissed, but he hid it with a small smile. Itachi already knew, but I still shot him a look. His face showed indifference, but his eyes showed happiness.

"Mika, can I talk to you for a moment?" Nao said. I looked at him and nodded. We walked a little ways down the hall so the others wouldn't hear us and I turned toward Nao. His back was to the others so he wouldn't show his emotions to them.

"You are mad." I stated. He glared.

"I am more than mad, I am pissed. They killed your family and you are letting them get away with it!" He said in a whisper. I glared.

"It was a mission. We kill people every mission we go on. It's a part of a shinboi's life!"

"We kill people who deserve to die, we kill the guilty, not the innocent! They killed your family for kami's sake!"

"My family wasn't innocent, they helped the Akatsuki and they paid the price. Even if they weren't killed by Konoha, the Mist's penalty for treason is death! The result would have been the same!" I said raising my voice a little. Nao narrowed his eyes.

"You aren't just going to let them get away with it are you?" I glared. He didn't sound like Nao, no, he sounded like Takeo. Nao was the one who liked to play jokes and not be too serious about his job. Takeo was the one who took everything serious, the one who would yell at Nao for joking around, and the one who wouldn't let Konoha shinobi get away with my clan's massacre. But Takeo was dead; maybe he had too much influence on Nao.

"Yes, I will. I'll pay them back, but in a friendly, funny kind of way. Now, if you are done, we both have work to do. I thought I could count on you, but maybe I was wrong, like I was with Takeo." Nao narrowed his eyes and caught my arm as I tried to walk by. Everyone was looking at us now and I narrowed my eyes at Nao.

"Let go of my arm please." I said. He let go, but as I walked away, I rethought about what he whispered.

"If you won't get revenge, I will for you." He wasn't actually going to kill them was he? He wouldn't. I walked up to everyone with Nao next to me.

"You guys okay?" Sasuke asked. I smiled at them.

"We're fine, let's get to work." I said as I made eye contact with Itachi. He narrowed his eyes. I nodded slightly toward him just so only he would know that everything wasn't okay. He nodded back, silently saying we would talk later.

"Alright, Itachi, Mika, we need to go reset everything. Good luck you three." Kakashi said to Shisui, Sasuke, and Nao.

"You too." Shisui said to us as they left. Kakashi, Itachi, and I puffed outside and started to make our way to the surrounding area around the village.

"How is your scar?" Kakashi suddenly asked.

"It's fine, I don't feel a thing." He nodded.

"Good." I narrowed my eyes.

"Why? Should I be feeling something?"

"No, but the Hokage says that she doesn't know what the kind of poison is and doesn't know if there is any side effects from the treatment that you got." I nodded.

"Takeo made it a while ago when we were back in Mist. He said it was worst case scenario. I never knew how lethal it was, I only know that it attacks the eyes." Kakashi and Itachi's eyes widened a little.

"I hope he didn't give the recipe to the Akatsuki." Kakashi said. My eyes widened. If they got Itachi with it, he would, eventually, lose his ability to use his Sharingan … for good. I glanced at him to see concentration in his face. We had to make sure that never happened.

We took down all the traps we set and put up different ones. I put out more crows too, just in case. Resetting the traps and crows only took an hour and after we did our jobs, we headed back. It was close to nightfall and it was getting dark out. We made it safely in Konoha and made our way to the Hokage's office. Once there, we knocked, as always.

"Come in." We walked in to see Shisui, Sasuke, Nao, and Shikamaru.

"I assume it went well?" She asked looking up from her paperwork.

"Hai." We all said together. She nodded and then looked at me.

"I understand that you know the truth. Will you be able to complete this mission looking after your team and mine?"

"I will." She waited a minute longer to see if I would change my mind, but I didn't, so she nodded.

"Alright, good. Now, back to business. Shikamaru, have you come up with a different action plan?"

"Hai, We will have teams stationed one hundred yards outside Konoha and every twenty yards closer to Konoha to make sure we know when the Akatsuki have arrived. They will be spread out at the north, east, west, and south gates. We will still have Genin, and Chuunin help the citizens though. Jounin and ANBU will be waiting at the gates for the Akatsuki and we will go from there." We all nodded.

"Alright, I will notify everyone at once. All of you wait for the call. I hope it won't happen anytime soon, but we have to be prepared for everything. Dismissed." We all left. Kakashi and Shikamaru puffed away, leaving Itachi, Shisui, Sasuke, Nao, and me to walk to the Uchiha residence.

"When do you think they will attack?" Shisui asked. None of us knew the answer to that, but we all hoped that they would give up. That was never going to happen though.

"How about we all make a bet." I suddenly said. They looked at me and I smirked again.

"Do we want to know?" Sasuke asked. I laughed.

"The winner gets one thing or favor from each person here." I said. Everyone seemed to contemplate it.

"I am in." Sasuke said smiling.

"Me too." Shisui said. That only left Itachi and Nao.

"I know I will regret it, but sure." Nao said.

"Hn." I took that at a yes. I smiled.

"Alright, I say within two days." The Akatsuki weren't known for patience, so I thought what the heck.

"I four days." Shisui said.

"Five." Said Nao.

"Seven." Said Sasuke.

"Three." Itachi said. The bets were set and all were within a week.

"I just hope we are all alive afterwards to carry out with the bet." Nao suddenly said. I looked at him in astonishment. He expected some of us to die … but he was right. This was the Akatsuki, they were very powerful and they all were attacking. It would be the battle that would go down in history and some of us would die.

We made it to the Uchiha residence and we all walked to Itachi, Shisui, and Sasuke's house. We walked inside to see Mikoto and Fugaku with their gear on.

"Hello you guys, we are going to help the Hokage with a few things. We'll be back later tonight. Dinner is in the fridge if you are hungry." Mikoto said walking passed us. Fugaku didn't say a word as he left too.

"I am not hungry, I am going to bed." Nao said going into his room. I stared after him, he was always hungry. 'What's his deal?' I thought a little worried about my teammate.

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I am starved!" Shisui said getting the food out. I laughed a little as Sasuke followed with Itachi behind him.

"I'm going to check on Nao, save some for me!" I yelled down to them as I headed for the stairs.

"Hurry up or it will be gone!" Shisui said laughing. I ignored him as I got to Nao's door. I knocked and he let me in. I sat on his chair that he had and he sat on his bed.

"Yes?" He asked a little pissed. I sighed.

"Are you still mad about me forgiving them?"

"No, I am over it."

"Then why are you-"

"You like him, right?" I glared. What did me liking Itachi have to do with anything!

"And if I do?" He looked at me with a hateful glare that surprised me.

"Damn it Mika, you don't get it at all." He said standing by his window.

"No I don't! Why the hell don't you explain it to me!" I said standing up next to him, making him turn to look at me. He was pissed. Then he did something I was not expecting at all. He kissed me. I pushed him off me.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked. He shook his head and said nothing.

"What is wrong with my fucking team! First, Takeo betrayed us, me, and now you are fucking jealous!" I said stepping away from him. He looked at me with anger.

"What about you? You are forgiving the fucking murderers that killed you family!" I glared, he was back to this … again!

"Drop it; you will not change my mind. I forgive them and yes, and yes, I love Itachi! If you don't like it, that sucks, but we are teammates, we are supposed to look after each other and help each other! I don't know who the hell to trust anymore, not even you." I said. He glared.

"If you don't trust me, that is your problem, but if you bring you little 'love sickness' out on the field, I can't promise if I will have his back. Now get out." I was stunned. He wasn't going to help Itachi if he was in trouble!

"I swear, you have turned into Takeo." I said as I left the room with one last look at Nao, but what it was … was not what I was hoping to see. I was hoping to see shock that might get him back to himself, but no, he smirked at me. I suddenly wasn't hungry. I shut his door and walked into the kitchen and sipped some tea.

"How'd it go with Nao?" Shisui asked between bites. I shook my head.

"Don't talk with your mouth open. And I … how did Takeo die?" I asked suddenly. They looked at me.

"Why?" Itachi asked. I looked at him.

"Please, just tell me." He narrowed his eyes, but he told me.

"We don't know." My eyes widened. Huh?

"What do you mean 'you don't know'?"

"Well, we saw a lot of blood, but no body. We identified it as Takeo's blood and no one could live with that much blood loss, so we put him as dead." Blood, but no body; a body can sustain an enormous amount of blood loss and still stay alive long enough to get help for so long. He could still be alive, but the chance was minute.

"Where did you find the blood?" I asked.

"In the training field on our property." That was the field where he attacked me. It couldn't be a coincidence … could it?

"I wonder who killed him." I said. They all looked at me.

"We don't know, but we assume the Akatsuki. Sasuke found it trying to look for Takeo after he attacked you. Maybe the Akatsuki were pissed that he let you get away." That made sense. I nodded.

"Alright, thanks." I said.

"Sure, but why did you want to know?" Sasuke asked.

"Just something Nao and I talked about." I said sipping my tea. They nodded. I glanced at Itachi and saw him staring at me. I blushed a little remembering the gown incident and the kiss. He smirked at my blush and I glared lightly at him.

"You two want to tell us something?" Shisui said with a smirk. I looked at him and Sasuke, they both were smirking.

"Hn." Itachi said as he continued to eat. I smirked at them and got up, making them all look at me. Before I left to go to my room, I did say one thing.

"Hn." I saw Itachi smirk and Shisui and Sasuke's eyes widened a fraction and look at Itachi and me just before I got out of their line of sight. I walked to my room and closed the door. I lied on my back on my bed and sighed in contentment. Itachi felt the same toward me! I smiled at the thought of the kiss. It was a great kiss. It was warm, sweet, and slow. I just hoped that the Akatsuki would leave Konoha alone, but that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. I took a long shower as I stared at my scar and thought about Takeo. We were so close for a while. We weren't the best of friends like Nao and I were, but we worked great together. We met when we got assigned different teams for Jounin. I don't know why we didn't keep the same teams, but we didn't and that was that.

I sighed as I shut off the water and dried off. I got dressed in my pajamas and walked out of the bathroom. I looked around my room and noticed something was off … I couldn't tell what though. I walked to my bed and sat down as I brushed my hair. I looked around again to see if I could find out what was different, when I saw it. On my pillow was a necklace. I put down my brush and picked up the necklace. My eyes widened when I saw what it was. I smiled. It was a black crow with a small engraving it. It was small, but I could tell what it was. It was an Uchiha symbol. I smiled and put it on. I got up from my bed and made my way to Itachi's door. It was pretty late, so I kept quiet to make sure I didn't wake him or anyone else.

I opened the door slowly and peaked in to see if he was up or not. He was on his back with his eyes closed. I opened the door just enough to slip into his room and I closed it slowly and quietly. I tiptoed to his bed and stared for a moment. He was so beautiful sleeping. His breathing was slow, but deliberate. I wanted to thank him for the necklace, but it took a moment for me to think about how to. I slowly knelt down to give him a soft kiss on his lips, but very softly so I wouldn't wake him. As I kissed him, I closed my eyes for a moment and I opened them as I was about to pull away, but when I opened my eyes … I met obsidian. My eyes widened as I was about to jump from surprise, but Itachi grabbed me and pulled me so I was on my back and he was on his elbow looking at me. He had amusement in his eyes and I was still surprised as hell. I got up on my right elbow as I looked at him with a small blush.

"That was uncalled for." I said with a smile. He leaned in and kissed me for a second and pulled away, leaving me wanting for more.

"So was you sneaking into my room and giving me a kiss." I blushed, but then made it go away thinking about his gift he gave me.

"I wanted to thank you for this." I said pulling the necklace up into both our view of vision.

"Hn." He said as he kissed me again, but this time, it was longer. His lips were warm and moist and I didn't want to leave them, but my air supply was limited and I needed to breathe. I pulled away again and tried to get my breath back.

"I know how you can thank me." He said. I raised my eyebrow in wonder and he smiled.

"Sleep with me." My eyes widened. He wasn't serious was he? I was only sixteen and he was about a year or two older than me! He saw how worried I was and he laughed a little. I was so confused, what was so funny?"

"What?" I asked hesitantly. He looked at me with amusement.

"Not like that. Sleep in my bed tonight." Oh! He just wanted to sleep! I blushed in embarrassment and hid my face in his pillow. His pillow was so soft and it smelled like … like … strawberries? I suddenly looked at him and he raised his eyebrow this time.

"You use strawberry shampoo?" I asked laughing a little bit. He glared and lied down on his back without saying anything. I laughed a little as I snuggled into him and placed my hand on his stomach. 'Damn, he has a six pack.' I laughed at my thought, but let it go as Itachi wrapped his arm around me. I was so comfortable that I was beginning to fall asleep.

"Thanks for the necklace." I whispered as I was close to falling asleep.

"You are welcome." He said quietly. I fell asleep soon after thinking about how I was going to steal his shampoo because it smelled amazing!

I slowly woke up, feeling warm and comfortable. I kept my eyes shut for another moment listening to a rhythm I was listening to, trying to place it. Then I figured it out. It was a heartbeat. I slowly opened my eyes as I realized I was clutching someone's shirt and there was a hand around my waist. I looked up to see obsidian eyes looking at me with amusement. I smiled and he smiled back.

"Morning." I said.

"Morning." We continued to look at each other, not wanting to get up, but we had to. I put my head back in his chest again to get smell him again, before I started to get up. He smelled really good; a mix between strawberries and cinnamon. I stood up and stretched and looked back at Itachi to see him sitting up with amusement written on his face.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"Nothing." I glared and walked up to him and he just looked at me as I approached.

"Nothing, huh? Well, if you don't tell me … you won't get another kiss for a week." I said backing up a bit smiling. He narrowed his eyes and walked towards me. I backed up until I tripped on his rug.

"Ah!" I said as I grabbed onto Itachi's wrist to help me not fall. He pulled me close to him and made it so our mouths were an inch apart.

"I don't think you will follow through with that threat." He said.

"Why not?" I felt him smile as I looked at his eyes.

"You like it too much." 'Damn him for knowing.' I thought as I put my lips on his, kissing him and not caring if I didn't follow through with my threat. If I didn't kiss him for a week, I would be suffering more than him! I felt him smirk as he kissed back and after a minute we parted for air. He looked happy and put space between us. I glared with a smile.

"So what was so funny?" I asked laughing a bit.

"I was thinking about how you thought I meant something different last night." He said with a smirk. I blushed full on remembering that fact. I shook my head and headed for the door.

"Yeah, yeah! But, thank you." I said, meaning both the necklace and being able to sleep in his bed with him. He nodded at both meanings and I shut the door. I walked to my door, only to be stopped by someone speaking.

"Have a nice night?" I turned around to see Nao. I glared.

"Yes, I did." He glared and walked passed me. I shook my head, jealous bastard. I got dressed and headed down stairs to eat breakfast. When I got in the kitchen, everyone was already there.

"My mom and dad left for a meeting." Sasuke said noticing my glance around the room. I nodded to him and grabbed an apple and some tea.

"So what are we doing today since we don't really have anything to do?" Shisui asked. Everyone thought about his question and I thought of the perfect thing. I smirked, getting everyone's attention.

"Do we want to know?" I glared at Sasuke.

"I say we go to the training field and spar."

"Hell yes!" Shisui said. I looked at Sasuke and he nodded.

"Sounds good to me."

"How about you Nao, Itachi?" I asked.

"Sure." Nao said. I shook my head at him and looked at Itachi to see him staring intently at me. I almost blushed, but I was getting better at not blushing and I knew Itachi knew now too.

"Hn." I nodded.

"Sounds like a plan!" I said.

"You seem overly happy this morning, are you okay Mika?" Sasuke asked. I raised my eyebrow at him.

"Um … yeah, why wouldn't I be okay?" I asked. Nao narrowed his eyes, but didn't say anything.

"Just wondering, normally you are still tired in the morning and you don't say much." I shrugged.

"Who knows, maybe I had a great night of sleep." I said smiling. I heard Nao grunt and I looked over at him.

"Have something to say Nao?" I asked, he looked at me and glanced at Itachi. He stood up and left the kitchen, but not without saying something.

"Count me out of sparring." Then he was gone. He went out the front door to who knows where. I shook my head.

"What's his deal?" Shisui asked taking a bite of his apple.

"Nothing." I said dropping the subject and taking a bite of my apple.

After we were done eating, we went to the training field on the Uchiha property … where Takeo attacked me after I fought the Akatsuki next to the small lake. We stopped by the lake and looked at each other.

"Who is fighting whom?" Sasuke asked. Hmm … I hadn't thought about that.

"I, honestly, have no clue! Umm … okay, I'll pick a number and whomever is the closest gets to fight me. The other two fill fight each other, okay?" I asked. They all nodded and I thought of a number … hmm … how about number two? The same amount of days I picked the Akatsuki to arrive.

"Alright, pick a number between one and ten." I said.

"Nine." Said Sasuke. 'Not even close!' I thought looking at Shisui. He thought for a moment.

"Umm … three." He said. 'Wow, he is almost spot on!'

"Two." Itachi said. My eyes widened and he smirked.

"How the hell Itachi?" I asked causing Sasuke and Shisui to look at each other.

"Hn." I shook my head and looked at Shisui and Sasuke.

"Looks like you two are sparring each other. The number was two."

"Have fun you two and remember, no killing each other!" Sasuke said walking after Shisui as they walked a bit away so we all could have room. Itachi and I had some space between us as we just stared at us.

"Ready for a rematch?" I asked with a smile. He smirked and puffed. I glared and made my eyes go black. Let the fun begin. I sensed for him and noticed a signature above me. I moved out of the way as two kunai hit where I was at. I threw a few kunai at Itachi and he deflected them. He landed and I attacked. I'd hit, he'd block, I'd hit, he'd block, and it went like that for a while before I find an opening. I smirked and he raised his eyebrows. I didn't say anything as I hit his stomach and he went flying onto the lake. I smiled in triumph. He glared and came at me. This time, I puffed. I went to the tree line and watched him as I sent three dopple gangers. He easily got them and the puffed away. I ran at him as he was facing the opposite direction. He, unfortunately, noticed me, and turned around in time to stop my fist with his hand. He then threw me onto the lake. I stood up and saw him waiting for me. I narrowed my eyes and I ran at him. I was getting ready to punch and he was getting ready to kick me. As I was about to punch him and avoid his kick, I noticed something. My eyes narrowed as I got distracted and missed my punch. Itachi's kick, though, made direct contact with my stomach … on the scar. I went flying into a tree by Shisui and Sasuke. They stopped their little fight and ran toward me as I slowly stood up. Itachi was there in a flash to help me up.

"Sheesh Itachi, I didn't actually think that you would go all out on her." Sasuke said.

"She knew I was about to kick, but she did not avoid it." He said.

"You okay Mika?" Shisui asked. They all waited for my reply, but I did not reply. I was looking at the area where I saw something. They noticed my stare and looked at where I was looking. I slowly made my way to the spot in the trees opposite of where we were.

"Mika, what's up?" Sasuke asked me. I stopped in the middle of the field and looked at Itachi, Sasuke, and Shisui.

"Sorry, I should have avoided the kick, but I got distracted. And I am okay." I said as I continued to walk with them next to me.

"What distracted you?" Itachi asked. Honestly, I did not know. As we got to the trees, something flew at me. I put my arm up and I noticed it was one of my crows. I narrowed my eyes.

"Is that your crow?" Sasuke asked me. I nodded.

"I need silence for a moment. He's able to show me what he saw." They all nodded and I concentrated on what my crow saw.

I was looking at some kind of forest waiting for something to happen. Then I started to fly to a noise not too far. I landed on a branch as I saw at least six people walking toward me. They were talking, but I could not hear them. Then they suddenly stopped walking and looked at me. I tried to fly away, but they threw a net and caught me.

"It's a surveillance crow." One of them said.

"Let's kill it." A different one said.

"No, I have a better idea. Let's give it a message." Another one said.

"Tell whomever is your owner that no matter what, we will get Itachi. Be ready by sundown, we are coming." They then let me go and I started to fly away toward Konoha. It took me six hours to fly to Konoha … so in about five hours they would arrive.

I let my crow go and I started to fall, but Itachi caught me. That took a lot of concentration and some chakra, but the weakness only lasted about five or ten minutes.

"Are you okay?" Sasuke asked as Itachi held me up. I nodded.

"I will be in a few minutes."

"What did you see?" Itachi asked. I slowly put all my weight on my feet and I looked at all three of them.

"They are on their way." Their eyes narrowed.

"How long?" Shisui asked.

"Four or five hours at most. We need to tell the Hokage and get our plan into action." I said. They all nodded and we headed our way toward Konoha. We ran through the village and made our way to the office. We, however, did not knock, we walked in. The Hokage looked up, pissed that we did not knock.

"Why the hell-"

"They are coming." I stated, shutting her up. Her eyes narrowed.

"How long?"

"At most … four or five hours." I said. She nodded.

"Shizune, get in here!" Shizune ran passed us.

"Yes, Tsunade-sama?"

"Call everyone. We are at war." Shizune looked at us and I nodded. Her eyes widened and she ran out of the room. The Hokage stood up and looked out the window.

"Mika, where is Nao?" I narrowed my eyes. I hadn't seen him since this morning when he walked out.

"I don't know."

"Go find him. Once you have found him, go to the south gate, forty yards out. Itachi and Kakashi will be there waiting. You three will then stay there and fight any Akatsuki that come. If there are too many for you guys to handle, send a chakra wave out and you will get help. Sasuke and Shisui, you two will be at the twenty yard mark in the south gate and wait for a distress call, do not go in to help unless you know they are in need of it or they send help. If you just barge in, you might spook them and cause more harm than good. You will also be working with Nao when Mika finds him. Dismissed." Shisui and Sasuke puffed as Itachi and I walked out of the Hokage's office.

We started to walk to the south gate, but I was heading to the Uchiha house to see if Nao was there. As I was about to go my separate way from Itachi, I stopped and grabbed his arm. He looked at me.

"Be careful." I said. He didn't answer, but he kissed me. I kissed back for more than a minute. I was out of air, but I didn't want to stop. He pulled back this time and we both were able to breathe again.

"You too." I hugged him and then looked at him one last time before I went to find Nao.

"I love you, Itachi." I said holding the necklace. He smiled.

"I love you too," Then he was gone. I turned around and ran toward the house. 'Come on Nao, please be there so I can go back to Itachi and make sure he doesn't get captured or …. Killed.' I thought as I made my way up the stairs to Nao's room. I walked in to see no one there.

"Damn it! Where the hell are you?" I asked to no one as I headed out to search around the compound. He was nowhere to be found! I ran down the village streets to see everyone evacuated to a safer spot where the Akatsuki could not find or go to. I didn't see Nao anywhere! I was about to give up and go to the south gate, but then I felt Nao's chakra signature behind me. I stopped running and turned around.

"There you are! Where the hell have you been?" I asked him as I walked up to him. He smirked. I stopped walking.

"I have been … around." That voice … no … It couldn't be …

"How? There was blood, a lot of it!" I said.

"So? I faked the blood. I hid and waited for Nao's nightly walk and when he was walking, I killed him and took on his form. I got help from the Akatsuki, of course. They did a pretty good job, don't you think?" Takeo asked me as he let the jutsu go. I couldn't believe that he had tricked me for so long!

"Why, what's in it for you?" I asked. He smirked.

"Me? I get to see Itachi leave and I get to see you suffer!" I glared.

"What the hell did I ever do to you?"

"You fell in love with Itachi and you ignored my feelings!"

"I am sorry for not liking you, you traitor, but if you don't get how much I love him, than you know nothing!" I was pissed. He tricked everyone and helped the Akatsuki while doing it. They knew our knew our plans and they knew our new everything.

"What are the Akatsuki planning on doing to Itachi?" I asked. He smirked at my question.

"They will ask him to join the Akatsuki."

"And if he refuses?" I saw the evil look in his eyes.

"They will kill him. They have had enough of wasting their time on him and they will make it painful, so very painfully slow." He said walking toward me. My eyes widened. 'No!'

"And you, Mika, won't get to say goodbye." He said as he pulled out a kunai. I glared. No, I was not going to sit back and let the Akatsuki kill Itachi! I swore I wouldn't let another person I cared about die and I already was doing a bad job at keeping the promise. Nao was dead and Itachi was next if I didn't go and help. Itachi was strong, yes, but against four or six Akatsuki? It was impossible.

"Takeo, I am sorry about everything, but you can still help Konoha! You can-"

"No. I have had enough. You see, the crow that you had for surveillance was a little … trick. The Akatsuki should be by Itachi right about … now." My eyes widened. I tried to run by Takeo, but he stood in front of me.

"Tsk, tsk, you should know that it's not that easy. By the time we finish out little fight, Itachi will be dead."

I glared as I felt more than one strong chakra signature at the south gate. 'No, Kakashi, Sasuke, Shisui, Itachi … be okay. Kami, please do not fucking die!'

That took a while to write! 13 pages! And it's currently 1:40 am right now! Anyway, how was it? Did you guys know it was Takeo? Probably, I gave a lot of hints! Umm ... so, with Itachi die? I don't know, I love happy endings, but the end is not here, so who knows! ^-^ I hope it was okay! R&R&F please! Thanks! Sayonara, for now! ^-^ Sorry for any grammar mistakes!