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"Sasuke," I growled. The Uchiha had seen me, I should have realised he wasn't sparring with the others when I had first entered the clearing. Damn it! That was simple training. Be aware of your environment! I mentally slapped myself.
"What are you doing back here? Where is Itachi!" He growled at me, pressing his cold kunai to my throat harder, an moving so I was now pressed against the trunk of a nearby oak, an annoyingly placed nub of the tree digging into my back as was customary to being backed up against something.
"If you must know Itachi is in a coma." I smirked at his stunned face. "How the hell?" He squinted at me.
"Pein is being an asshole, trying to keep me in the Akatsuki by force…baka." I had no idea why I was telling my brother all of this; I guess I just felt obliged to seeing as we were family. Yeah right.
"By putting Itachi in a coma? How would that keep you there, I thought you wanted him dead too? Wait…you are part of the Akatsuki now…I thought they would have killed you." He stared at me with disbelief in his sharingan eyes, noting my cloak.
I nodded and released the breath I had been holding since my last comment as he pulled the knife away. I rubbed my sore neck and my multitude of scars twinged painfully as I stretched out of the cramped position I had been in against the tree.
"I joined willingly, hoping to get back at Itachi, and well…something changed and Pein got mad at us and…" I shook my head, trying to come up with a way to explain it while avoiding the fact that I was his sister. "I grew attached to him so Pein used Itachi to get me to stay."
"Wait…attached?" Sasuke looked at me with disgust and amusement.
"Not that way baka!" I blushed furiously; he was my half-brother…hell no!
"Then how the hell did you get so fond of Itachi…the one who killed my entire clan remember!"
I shrugged.
It occurred to me that Sasuke had no knowledge of my relation to him, yet when he had seen my diamond he had looked as surprised as Itachi did. Even now he was studying my face as I thought. I wondered for a split second about Sasuke and Itachi's short disappearance on that day.
"Hey Sasuke, that day when I left and you chased Itachi into the trees, he came back so quickly…what happened?"
Sasuke blushed in embarrassment, "I ended up being restrained by Kakashi without getting a chance to kill him. I wanted to go after him and I was planning to… but now that you are here…" He looked at me hopefully.
"Perhaps I will take you to him, perhaps not. We will see in time." I smirked.
Sasuke glared, knowing full well I could best him in any fight now that I had the upper hand.
He looked at my face for a few more seconds, making me uncomfortable.
"You're an Uchiha aren't you?" Sasuke stared me down. I widened my eyes, the sudden realisation he had caught me off guard. I just nodded.
He narrowed his eyes, "I knew it, not fully though…you have different eyes, yes?"
I sighed, "Yeah, I didn't know who my parents were but Itachi told me I was an Uchiha." I was lying to save myself, Sasuke's eyes widened slightly.
"So that's why you were fond of my brother…he had information on your parents, am I correct in saying?" Damn it Sasuke was getting dangerously close to the truth.
I went with it though, nodding again.
"Hm he was probably telling the truth though unfortunately. Did he tell you anything more?"
Oh screw it, I thought, I may as well tell him the truth, he was catching on already.
I nodded.
"What was it?" He narrowed his eyes even further, staring at me intently.
"My parents were…F-Fugaku Uchiha and Kyoko Hyuuga." I choked out.
Sasuke's face was comical, his jaw dropped and eyes were wide… "You're…you're my…Si- sis-"
He staggered backwards on the tree branch and I had to reach out and steady him. He shook me off and leant back, sitting against the trunk.
"I have a half-sister?" He said, more to himself than me. I just nodded and crouched down beside him.
"So you are fond of him, that way. But he killed our father…doesn't that make you want revenge?" Sasuke asked in his shocked state.
"Well in a way yes but after he found me he started acting differently to what I imagined him to be like. He was actually nice to me and tried to keep me safe. I loved the Father I knew but it wasn't really him, it was a small part of him. It only lasted until I was old enough to survive alone but our father made a soul clone that looked after me, you know?" Sasuke looked at me, clearly he didn't, "But he still left me alone in the woods as his affair child and never visited, just having a part of his soul with me for that short time didn't really cut it as being great father material."
I hadn't realised I had been feeling this way until I said it, Sasuke looked at me and his hand brushed my cheek. I raised my head to see him take away a glistening droplet from my cheek. I hated crying, it made me seem so weak and vulnerable. Especially to Sasuke.
"I never suspected Father to have had an affair. I guess you are about the same age as me so if anything was going on then I suppose Itachi would be the only one to have noticed it but even he was young then." Sasuke trailed off, "So…a Hyuuga…really? I wonder how Itachi knew." Sasuke was comforting me now in a way, it was a strange turn of events but I was happy to have gained the remains of a screwed up family none-the-less.
My brother wanted to kill my other brother and I was equally attached to both of them even though I had known them a short time compared to my entire life. Man this was fucked up.
I sighed and stood up. "Who knows how Itachi knows anything but he is in a coma now so questions can be asked later. Do you really hate Itachi that much?" I asked him sadly.
Sasuke nodded, "I swore to get my revenge on him for killing our clan."
"I wish you hadn't."
Sasuke looked at me, "But I have, and I will."
"Then I will not take you to him until you give up your foolishness." I said, walking across the branch to view Sakura-bitch and Naruto-freak still sparring with Kakashi.
"I need you to show me where he is though!" Sasuke growled.
"If you are an enemy of Itachi then even if you are my brother, you are an enemy of mine."
Sasuke who had been comforting me moments earlier now looked at me, stunned.
"W-what?"
"You heard me fool." I put up my strong front once again, lengthening my fingers into ice shards and glaring down at the clearing.
"But-" he glared at my back.
"Tell me one more thing Brother…" I stated, switching back to my job, I had to keep Itachi alive and if this was the only way to do it then I would. Sasuke continued glaring with a twitch. I stared at the people sparring in the clearing, particularly one person in particular, "…Is Naruto the nine tailed fox?"
Sasuke stiffened. If he hadn't known his reaction then was of his realisation.
That was all I needed to know. I rubbed my Akatsuki ring, "Deidara. I found him." Smirking, I leapt down into the clearing taking Kakashi and the brats by surprise. Within seconds the blond I had grown fond of landed beside me, my hair was still concealed beneath my hat and we both wore our cloaks, red clouds floated on the black material.
"You." Kakashi stated, sharingan out from sparring with the two genin. I retracted my ice fingers in favour of a different method.
Sasuke leapt down beside us. "On your terms then. Take me to Itachi and I will consider not killing him.
I nodded, "Welcome to the Akatsuki… brother."
Sasuke chuckled, "Thanks sis."
The three of us smirked at the other three stunned faces of Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi.
"Brother… Sister?" Sakura and Naruto looked at me dumbfounded. Sasuke nodded.
Three things happened then.
Sakura feinted.
Kakashi hurled a kunai at Deidara
Sasuke and I made a grab for the stunned Naruto.
Deidara dodged the kunai easily and stuck his hand into the clay pouch under his cloak, chewing up some of the explosive clay he was so fond of. I jumped to help Sasuke get the jinchuuriki before he escaped, pinning him down also and bringing my kunai up under his jaw, "Move and you will wish you were never born," I hissed into the Naruto's ear.
He shivered but made no move to escape. Sasuke grabbed his wrists and the boy looked at him with an expression full of anger, "Sasuke, Sasha, why would you do this?" He glared at the two of us. I ignored him but Sasuke gave him a look, "Why do you think idiot? I have to find Itachi somehow!" I elbowed him to shut up, receiving a glare, but he quietened none-the-less.
Deidara sent several clay birds at Kakashi, each exploding in unison in his face, distracting him long enough for the blond to leap into the trees and signal us to follow. I quickly tied Naruto's headband around his eyes, leaving him helpless before the two of us and hurriedly followed Deidara, dragging the knuckle-head ninja along with us.
Kakashi regained his focus and woke Sakura up, he whispered something to her before he disappeared into the trees that headed back to Konoha. It seemed my cover was going to be blown. Kakashi would tell the Hokage about my alliance with the Akatsuki and that Sasuke had complied also, taking the kyuubi kid with him.
A kunai hit the branch beside my head and handing Naruto over to my brother I turned to glare at the pink-haired assailant. I had never liked Sakura, now was my chance to fight her and I wasn't going to give that up.
"Go on ahead, I'll hold her off." Sasuke nodded but Deidara looked slightly worried.
"Are you sure, un?" He had grabbed hold of one of the jinchuuriki's arms and was getting ready to flee with Sasuke.
"As ready as I ever will be and don't worry, I don't intend to get caught." I smirked at him which seemed to console the blond enough.
"Good luck then Sash, un." He said, using my nickname which made me smile ever so slightly.
"Thanks Dei."
Deidara took off into the trees with Naruto and Sasuke. I leapt down to the clearing Sakura was in and blocked her from following.
"So you're Sasuke's sister?" She glared at me, jealously fuming in her eyes. The stupid girl had a crush on my half-brother. I chuckled out loud and she narrowed her eyes.
"Of course I am, can't you tell I said." Sharpening my eyes to form the violet sharingan I was now famous for among most who knew me. Sakura let out a slight gasp before readying herself, kunai held in front of her body in a defensive stance. I laughed again before catching her eye and delving my sharingan deep into her mind.
She screamed slightly as I found the water in her head and began to freeze it slowly. "What's wrong Sakura-bitch," I sneered using the nickname I had made for her, "Brain freeze?" She growled and lunged forward, breaking my concentration. I quickly blocked her blow but she was fast in returning a second swipe to my left side.
I flew into the air for a second before touching down into a crouch, avoiding her blow and looking up into her shocked eyes as I slashed at her leg with my knife, creating a long, deep cut in her calf. She winced and yelped slightly, her speedy attacks getting angrier but more clumsy.
I blocked and dodged them easily as she began to tire. I landed a few more cuts on her arms and face before receiving an angry stab to the shoulder. I dropped my kunai, grabbing my wounded shoulder, glaring at her, trap laid out. She smirked and ran forward at me, forgetting about my eyes. I instantly caught her gaze as she sprinted toward me, I could tell by the falter in her smile that she had realised the mistake that would cost her.
Before she could look away I had found the water molecules in her heart and sent them spiking out ward in an array of ice shards. Her chest exploded with shrapnel and blood, ice crystals landing on the ground as she coughed up blood, gasping before falling on her face and not moving.
I smirked, 'Too easy.' I admired my work for a split second before jumping up to the tree branches. I would have to catch up with the others. My shoulder ached painfully, I would have to get Kakuzu to check it out when I got back.
I left Sakura's body there for Kakashi to find when he returned, leaping off in the direction of the base. But before I could take another step my body froze. I struggled against the dead weight that was my immovable body but to no avail. I felt the hairs on my neck prickle as a voice came from behind me.
"What I drag, I come here to train and instead I find an s-rank criminal." Shikamaru sighed, walking in front of me. I glared and struggled again in vain… 'If only he would look in my eyes!' I growled internally, but the boy was smarter than that.
"The name's Shikamaru, pleasure to capture you." He smirked, looking at my feet which were caught in a shadow capture jutsu.
'Fuck,' I was screwed.