"All right everyone's here." Pain announced as Hindan and Kazuku entered the room.

Anko was in between Konan and Tobi and across from Itachi. Kisame was beside him and every now and again gave her a grin for support.

'I'm still going to kill him' she told herself

"Everyone," Pain began again gathering everyone's attention "This is Anko Mitarashi, she is going to be joining us and will be Tobi's partner."

"Umm, well acutely, I haven't really made up my mind if I want to join yet." Anko cut in, earning her a few groans from the figures.

"So? Make up your mind." Said one of the unfamiliar gruff voices

Anko glared at the barely their form of him "Look punk I just-"

"Anko , Deidara enough." Pain ordered. She continued glaring at the man but kept her mouth shut.

"Anko is a former subordinate of Orochimaru, she information of him that will be useful to his elimination." This caught their attention.

"How do you know then that she's not a spy?" Deidara said.

Surprisingly it was Itachi who broke in. "Orochimaru had her captive, I hardly doubt she would want to work for him after that."

"Dame straight Uchiha!" Anko shouted

"Oh great, she's loud." Another unfamiliar voice said

"Warned you." Kisame commented

Seeing that they were getting off track, Pain decided to adjourn "Anko, You have three days to make a decision, until then you will stay with Tobi. And Tobi…behave yourself."

"YES SIR! SHALL DO SIR!" Tobi said excitedly

"Alright then."

"Wait, uhh, Metal Mouth, what do you mean three days-"

"Meeting adjourned.'

"WAIT!" she tried to grab him but he along with everyone but she, Tobi, Itachi, and Kisame disappeared.

"Fuck!" Anko shouted

"Don't worry, you'll see him again." Kisame said reassuringly.

She turned to the remaining Akatsuki members. She was confused about the masked one, bloodthirsty for the tall one, so that meant Itachi was a last resort.

"Itachi, we need a talk." She said

"…fine." He responded, leading her out of the dome.

"Heh! Partner where are you going?" Tobi called out trying to follow them.

"I have a decision to make and Itachi can back me up better than you so…yah…be back soon."

"But-" but she disappeared before he finished his sentence.

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The sky was a friendly orange with scars of purple and red in the two ninjas were admiring it dolefully.

Anko sat on the edge of a cliff, one of her legs swinging. Itachi was leaning against a boulder less than four feet away. The light breeze was the only thing breaking the silence between them.

Anko closed her eyes and lifted her neck in order to savor the sensation.

"You know I almost forgot what the wind felt like." She stated

Itachi watched her intensely. His eyes following every move she made, every twitch, every breath, every sway…everything…just like he use to five years ago.

She hadn't really change since then; she still had the same beautiful body, tomboyish attitude and more importantly the same broken look in her eyes.

"Well?"

Anko didn't budge "Well what?"

"Well, what's your decision, are you in or are you going back to Konah." He mentioned the place with a sense of malice but Anko didn't notice.

"Itachi I have three days let me think about it." She scowled despite having her back to him. Suddenly she was turned around and was starring into black comoes. Then she was starring into just black.

"You poor little lamb…"

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Anko was starring at the sea, the wind was blowing smoothly and her mind was in a haze but everything seemed so clear.

'Where…where…Where[where]…am I [am I]

The wind hit her face hard. She shielded her face and cracked her eyes.

"Lord Orochimaru!" she smiled

Orochimaru stared down at her and smiled…

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The light was taken away by a closed door. Orochimaru put a strong lock on it, he must have truelly thought she could have gotten away…

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Anko panted heavily as wave after wave of pain hit her hard. She clenched into a small mass and began rolling in order to put out fire that was spreading over her skin.

She stopped more a moment because the cold stone was a relief against her skin. A burst of pain seared through her arm so she racked her nails down the floor thinking it would help.

The curse mark began searing again. The only thing Anko could do was scream and think about her Sensei's wicked smile and murderous eyes…

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Itachi open the door to Anko's apartment.

"Wow Uchiha, I never knew you were such a gentleman." She said mockingly

He put his hand out to deny her entry. "I'm not." The smirk on his face a bit of naughtiness.

She lifted her eye brows suggestively "Sorry weasel," she pecked his head with her middle and index finger "Some other time okay?"

He smiled, enjoying the test of wills between them. "Fine, but can I still come in?"

She laughed "Yeah, why not."

As they entered, Itachi took her arm. "What is it?" she asked a little nervous when she met his eyes

He didn't answer until they were situated on the couch."Anko I need to ask you something important?"

Her stomach clenched. "What?"

He turned to her dead serious "I need you to tell me about you son…"

"HE'S DEAD!" Anko screamed sitting up.

Tobi turned towards her, "Who's dead."

Anko was sobbing now. It didn't matter whether Kabuto was right or not she just needed to cry.

Tobi sat down beside her on the bed "Anko-Sempai what's wrong?"

"HE'S DEAD-" she choked "He died before I ever saw him the doctor said he was already dead-"

Tobi, freaked out now, turned to the other person in the room "Itachi it's for you."

Itachi emerged from the shadows and took Tobi's place on the bed. He put an arm around Anko, he knew it wouldn't comfort her but just being there might of helped her.

She leaned against his frame, her sobs dying a little. "I'm sorry." She whispered

"I know, I know baby." He soothed, all the while soothing her bangs.

'Whoa, looks like these two had a lot going on way back when.' Tobi thought amused

Anko laughed slightly "Did I ever answer your question Itachi?" she murmured

He looked at her "You know, about…gulp…my kid?"

Itachi closed his eyes "Yeah you did…just now."

Anko growled "You're a baka." The only come back she could think of.

"Yeah…I am…"

Kabuto and Orochimaru soared through the trees. The Snake Sannin seemed to have a lot of his strength back but that wasn't so surprising considering his genetics. Joining them was Karin [to track Anko's and her companions chakra] and Sasuke [to fight Itachi if necessary]

Orochimaru bordered a smirk, he was excited to find his little play thing again.

Kabuto had and uneasy feeling in his chest, hopefully they wouldn't find her because he did not want to encounter any S-class criminals, namely Sasori.

'Red…so much red…'

He breathed in deeply trying to stay calm.

"Excited Kabuto?" Orochimaru asked

Kabuto remained silent. 'No, just sick.'

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