Reunion! The Konoha nin Return!
One Week Later...
"Naruto-san! Kakashi-san! Sakura-san! I can't believe you're all back! But may I ask, who the hell are they?" Misumi yelled out as Yuka, Kiro, her, and I were at the gates of the Mist Village.
"Oh! These are just some other rookies and ninja from our village. Hope you don't mind that we brought them along." Sakura said. There were a whole bunch of other konoha nin behind the ones I knew.
"Okay. But what are their names?" I asked.
"This is Lee, Neji, Ten Ten, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, and their senseis, Guy, Asuma, and Kurunei." Kakashi said.
"Okay. Well, I have a meeting with two friends. I'll talk to you guys later." I said quickly. I was about to leave when Misumi grabbed my arm.
"No, no, no. You're staying with us." Misumi said. I sighed.
"Misumi-chan, I actually have a meeting with the elders. I have to go. But don't worry. I'll be back soon." I told them.
Misumi let go of my arm and I went back into the village. I walked to my district and then when I was sure that I was alone, I went to the cabin in the district. I met up with Kisame and Itachi. I walked over to them and greeted.
"They finally got here. Great, now I can really cut that guy to ribbons." Kisame said and chuckled.
"Not yet. It isn't the right time. And besides, I still ment what I said in the office a week ago. You can kill them elsewhere." I reminded. Kisame laughed again.
"Well, I'll be going now. Leader-sama wanted me to go on a mission to Suna with Sasori. I'll see you two in a few days." Kisame said.
Kisame then left the village. Good thing there was a different path to leave the village right in my district. maybe that's how Kouga and I left so quickly. I stopped quickly. How could I just get that guy back in my head in just seconds now a days? Why was I thinking so much of him now? I shoved those thoughts out of my head and looked at the ground. Images of a younger Kouga swarmed my mind. He looked so sweet and adorable, almost like a lost puppy. After all, he had no family or friends at all.
"Hey, Koko?" Itachi called. I snapped from my thoughts and looked at him.
"Huh?" I asked. He looked surprised for some reason.
"Something wrong?" He asked.
"No. Why do you ask?" I said. He looked at me strangely.
"I called you Koko and you didn't say anything back. You usually do. Something wrong?" He explained. I looked at the ground.
"No. Nothing is wrong." I said. Itachi was still looking at me. I looked back up at him.
"Something is wrong. Tell me." He commanded. I frowned.
"Nothing. I mean it." I told him.
"This is just like old times. But either way, tell me what's wrong." Itachi said. We began walking around my district. It was quiet for a while.
"I was just thinking about an old friend is all." I said. Itachi looked at me again.
"Who?" He asked. I wondered why he wanted to know that. I looked at the ground again and frowned.
"He was an old friend from my childhood. I thought of him as my best friend and brother. But I later found out that he was my worst enemy." I told him. I could still feel his eyes on me.
"Is this guy the one that Kisame was calling runt and Kouga?" Itachi asked. I closed my eyes at the name but looked at Itachi.
"Yes. Kouga Kaguya." I said.
"Here I thought Kaguya and Monteshyro didn't get along." Itachi said.
"They don't. But I guess we did back then because we were young." I told Itachi.
"What did you mean by last time when you said that clan members were out to kill you?" Itachi asked.
"You're of the Uchiha Clan. Kouga is of the Kaguya Clan. Kouga wants to kill me and now I find out you have to also. That's what I ment." I explained.
"Kouga was the one to kill your clan, right?" He asked.
"Yes. He also made me leave this village for a while." I said. Itachi stopped looking at me and looked ahead of him. I looked up at him from the corner of my eye.
"Kisame told me what Kouga did you back then." Itachi said. My eyes widened. I looked up to him and I saw him starring down at me. We stopped walking and looked at each other.
"When? Why?" I asked quickly.
"Not too long after we first met you. Leader-sama had told Kisame and Kisame spread the word to everyone in the base." Itachi said. I glared down at the ground.
"You believe him?" I asked.
"Well you can say I do." Itachi said.
"Well don't! Kisame is only lying to all of you! Nothing happened between Kouga and I." I yelled out. I sensed that Itachi seemed upset now. I looked up at him.
"How did you know I was talking about that?" Itachi asked. I looked surprised.
"Y-you weren't?" I asked. He smirked.
"No. But now I know that he wasn't lying by the reaction you put up and you actually saying that." He said. I looked down at the ground. We continued walking.
"What were we doing again?" I asked.
"Nothing. We're just walking through your district for some reason." He said. I glanced up at him. Itachi looked almost the exact same just like when I saw him years ago.
"Care to come to my home?" I asked him. I saw him look down at me again.
"Very well then." He said.
Itachi reminded me of Yashiro long ago. I ignored it and began walking to my home. Itachi followed close behind. We were soon there. I unlocked the door and stepped in. Itachi followed. As I stepped in though I could feel Kouga's chakra close by. I stopped immediately. I tried sensing where he was but before I could, the chakra disappeared all of a sudden. I stayed like that for a while unti I shoved the thought away and turned back to see Itachi. He looked like he had sensed it also. I tried to show that I hadn't but nothing could get past his eyes. He looked at me and gave me a look that told me that he wanted an explaination.
"Are you going to tell me you didn't sense that? You can't lie your way out of this one. I sensed it also." He said harshly. I looked up at him.
"I did but it's nothing to worry about. Surely, if I could sense that so far away from the gates, Kiro-san will sense it also. He'll go after him. No big deal." I said. I walked over in to my livingroom as Itachi followed close behind.
"We can't be too sure. I snuck in without being seen many times. Obviously those Anbu guarding the gates arent so good at doing their job." Itachi pointed out. We both sat down on the couch.
"I trust those guys. That's why I put them out there. And besides, Kiro-san and Yuka-san are there helping out. They can tell Kouga from anywhere even if Kouga is in an illusion." I told him.
"You can never be so sure. Maybe we should go check it out." Itachi said.
"Don't worry so much. And why would you be so worried? You don't even know Kouga so why are you worried?" I asked him. Itachi looked at the floor. It was quiet for a while until he looked up again and starred back at me.
"If he were to get you, the whole experiment would ruin." He said. I was confused.
"Why? And tell me, what is this experiment? I've helped you guys out for years now and you can't tell me that?" I asked him. We starred at each other for a long time.
"If what Kisame and Leader-sama said was true then we cannot let you fall into the hands of that guy again." Itachi said. I crossed my arms in front of me.
"You've been training me. Don't you think I can at least protect myself at least by a bit?" I asked him. We continued starring.
"Koyuki, understand that Kouga is no ordinary criminal. All know that he loved you and he is after you. If he were to get you again the experiment will be ruined." Itachi said. I looked down at the ground and blushed.
"You hadn't called me by my name in a long time." I whispered as my blush faded. I could still sense his eyes on me again.
"Not like you've never heard me say it. Now stay with me. You do understand that if Kouga were to come back and take you away, the experiment is ruined, we no longer have a safer way to capture Jinchuriki, and you may even die?" Itachi told me. I thought for a while until I looked back up at him.
"Yeah, I guess. But seriously, you have nothing to worry about, Itachi sensei. I can protect myself against that guy." I told him. Itachi looked at the floor again.
"I know. It's just Leader-sama. He wants you to stay away from him." Itachi said.
"What is this experiment?" I asked again. Itachi glanced up at me.
"I'll tell you since they won't find out. The experiment is..."
"Koyuki-sama!!" Someone yelled from close outside my home. I almost jumped from my seat if it weren't for Itachi stopping me. I was about to panic when I looked at Itachi and saw him performing some sort of jutsu. He then began to disappear like thin air! My door was opened and in came everyone.
"Koyuki-sama! We've been looking everywhere for you!" Misumi yelled and ran to me. We hugged each other.
"And you said you were at a meeting with the elders." Kiro said. They all came in with the konoha nin and sat down with me.
"So you're the famous Koyuki-sama we've heard so much about?" Some guy with bushy brows asked me. I looked at him confused.
"Now I wouldn't say famous..." I began.
"Yeah, yeah! This is Koyuki-chan! She's my sister!" Naruto yelled. We all laughed.
"Why did you lie to us Koyuki-sama?" Misumi asked. Now I was in trouble. How would I get out of this one? I quickly looked at her and smiled.
"I just, um...I just had to...walk...Draco?" I thought of quickly. I wanted to smack myself in the head.
"But you know that Draco is even bigger than a house. He can fly. He doesn't need walks." Yuka said.
"You guys are so cruel! Can't a girl just go to her dragon and speak to him?!" I yelled out and pretended to cry. I bet I looked so stupid. Times like these I wished I had the brain of a genius.
"Shut up, Yuka! He didn't mean it like that, Koyuki-sama! Yuka, say you're sorry!" Misumi yelled. I wanted to laugh. She always was like that even though she knew I was faking.
"Look at her, Stupid! She's just being dumb is all!" Yuka yelled back. Kiro was laughing along with some of the konoha nin.
"Watch it, Yuka-san." Kiro said. I glared at Yuka.
"Yeah, Yuka. Watch it." I said. Misumi and I laughed.
"But we mean it, Koyuki-sama. Why did you lie to us and then say that?" Misumi asked. I had to think of something else now.
"I was um... talking to a friend." I said. They looked at me.
"Who?" Kiro asked. I looked at him and saw that he was looking at me like I was lying.
"Um,...None of your business." I answered quickly. Yuka was snickering.
"Very funny. But really, who were you with?" Kiro asked. He was acting like an older brother now.
"I mean it too. It's none of your business." I repeated. He glared at me now.
"Oooooooo. This sounds like Koyuki-sama has a secret boyfriend out there." Some girl with buns said. I blushed and looked at her.
"No, no, no, no! Nothing like that!" I yelled. I scratched behind my head and smiled sheepishly.
"Liar! Ten Ten-chan is right. You must have someone out there." Sakura said. I blushed slightly again.
"Stop it. I don't have anyone." I said quickly. The girls smiled at me.
"You said that way too quick. She's hiding something." Another girl with light blonde hair said.
"Stop it. I mean it." I said. They laughed.
"So tell us, who is it?" Ten Ten asked. I blushed slightly again.
"No one. I really was just talking to a friend." I said. My phone then began to ring. I opened it up and saw that i had a new message. I began to read it and saw that it was Itachi. He needed me to go to the training grounds outside the village gates.
"Who was it?" Kiro asked.
"Just a friend. I have to go. See ya guys!" I said quickly and was about to leave when Kiro held me back.
"Not this time." Kiro said. I tried to get around but he just wouldn't let me.
"But I mean it! It's very important, Kiro-san!" I told him. He looked down at me.
"Then we'll go with you." Kiro said.
"No! It's private!" I yelled again.
"Let her go. She obviously has someone to see. Maybe a lover or an affair." Kakashi said as he flipped the page to his perverted book. I blushed.
"Shut up! It's nothing like that. I just need to go talk to someone." I said. My blush faded before anyone could see.
"Then why can't we go?" The girl named Ino asked.
"Because it's private." I answered and crossed my arms in front of me.
"Let her. She needs someone in her life." Sakura said. I blushed again.
"I mean it! It's noting like that!" I yelled again. They all laughed.
"Then why can't Kiro-san go if it's nothing like that?" Yuka asked.
"Something maybe in association with a criminal or maybe a villain?" Kakashi asked. I looked at him and saw him close his book while looking at me strangely. Did he find out?
"N-no..." I began.
"You do realize that ever since you became Mizukage, there have been sudden disappearances of people with demons?" Kakashi said. I swallowed hard. Maybe he did know.
"No. I haven't, Kakashi-san." I lied. All of them were looking at me.
"Now that I think of it, Kakashi-san is right." Misumi said.
"And what's even weirder is that all of the people with the demons have been especialy invited by you." Yuka said and looked at me.
"I hadn't noticed." I said. Now they were all looking at me strangely.
"Maybe you had since it was your doing." Kiro said and grabbed my arm harshly. I tried pulling away from him.
"Koyuki-sama, you're using your position as a crime. How could you?" Misumi said with tears almost in her eyes.
"I'm not. I never noticed it at all." I said. I knew I was lying and that they would never believe me. I just had to do something though.
"Maybe she's telling the truth. You can never know. Koyuki-sama is known for day dreaming on the job and not noticing anything." Misumi covered for me. I smiled at her. I knew I could trust her any and all the time.
"Well, you are right about that." Kiro said and loosened his grip a bit. I saw that Misumi noticed this and smiled.
"Like that time when we came into her office and saw her sleeping by the window except she wasn't sleeping." Misumi said.
"Right. You thought she was dead when you pushed her and she fell like a brick." Yuka said. They laughed.
"Yep. And then there was the time when she was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice she was about to walk off a cliff." Kiro said. At least my arm was now released but I felt like a total idiot remembering all those things. I ignored them and sneaked off out of the house.
That's when I began thinking about what the guys had said. They were right. I had been day dreaming lately. And worst of all, I remembered that most of those thoughts were of Kouga and myself. Back when we were younger and in Sound. I found myself remembering the time when I was talking to Kimimaro, Kouga's older cousin, and Kouga got all mad. They were always argueing for no good reason. Kouga would sometimes not let me out of the lair for days. I snapped from y thoughts when I realized I was where I needed to be. I saw Itachi waiting at a tree for me. I walked over to him.
"Sorry it took me so long, Itachi sensei. The others were keeping me in the house." I explained and smiled. He looked at me and walked over to me also.
"Come now. Leader-sama wishes to tell you now about our plans." Itachi said. I nodded.
We began walking to teh base without being seen. Once there, we went to Leader's wing and into the meeting room. We saw everyone which got me tense. Why did all of them have to be here? Itachi and I sat in the two empty seats close to Leader. All of them looked annoyed. Then we all turned to Leader.
"I have finally decided in telling you the plan, girl." Leader directed at me. I wanted to glare at him for continuing to call me girl but I held it back and just nodded.
"Leader-sama, are you sure you should tell her?" Hidan asked. By now I knew all of them. Itachi and Kisame had told me to stay away from some of them such as Sasori, Hidan, and Kakuzu. Those three were all out to kill me while Kisame, Tobi, Deidara, and Itachi were on my side.
"I think more than two years is enough. She should know now so that we can use the time to our advantage." Leader said. I wondered if all they wanted from me was my part in this experiment and then when it was done, they would just take my demon and end my life. Maybe that was what they wanted after all.
"Ugh. I don't have time for this." Kakuzu said and left the room.
"Fine. All of you may go or stay." Leader said. We all watched as slowly Hidan got up and left then Sasori, then Tobi, and then Deidara.
"Guess no one cares." I muttered. Leader sighed.
"Itachi, Kisame, you guys leave also." Leader said. We all looked at him.
"But I thought you said we could stay." Kisame said.
"Yes I said that but now I want to speak with Monteshyro alone." Leader said.
Kisame and Itachi looked at Leader for a while then stood and left. I watched them leave. Once the door closed, Leader stood and I had to follow. We both went in to the same room that I had woken up as a captive. The chains that had been around my ankles were there also. Leader walked over to the window and looked outside. I just waited for him to speak.
"Monteshyro." He called. I stepped in to the room and looked at him.
"Yes, Leader-sama?" I asked. I knew not to disrespect him or any of the other members. He turned around to face me.
"You by now have learned that Itachi is in the experiment also. It's time that you learned why and what experiment." Leader told me. He paused and looked at me.
"Yes, Leader-sama." I said. It was obvious that he had paused so that I would say something and show that I was follwing. I had seen him do it with Kisame and Itachi also.
"But can you tell me what you think this experiment might be?" Leader asked. I thought for a while until I looked at Leader.
"I was thinking that maybe the experiment was about um...well to tell you the truth, I have no idea." I answered. Leader seeme to have smirked.
"I'll give you some hints. You are of an almost extint clan. Itachi is also. Have any ideas now?" He said. It sounded like he thought I was retarded or something. I thought again.
"Well the only thing that pops in right now is reviving them." I said. Leader nodded. I was confused now. Reviving the clans?
"Right. I plan on reviving both of your clans and using those children to strengthen Akatsuki." Leader said.
"How do you plan on doing that?" I asked.
"Don't you get it? I want Itachi to have children and restore his clan while you do the same." Leader told me. I still wasn't catching on. If he wanted just that, why did he drag me into this?
"Then why am I here? Itachi sensei can choose his loved one then he restores his clan so what do you want me for?" I asked. Leader shook his head slowly.
"I want both clans revived at the exact same time." He said. I starred at him.
"How is that possible?" I asked. Leader sighed.
"Must I say it word by word? Itachi has been ordered to restore his clan with another strong clan member, that being you. That way the children are strong and valuable members of Akatsuki. You must have children with Itachi. Get it yet?" Leader said. I blushed to crimson quickly.
"W-what?" I said. Leader looked like he was annoyed.
"Go with Itachi and have children already." Leader said. I snapped from my shyness and starred at Leader.
"Oh no! You can't make me do that! He's my sensei for God sake! And besides, he probably wants someone else to bear his children." I said. Leader sighed again.
"Itachi doesn't have a choice. I make the rules around here, girl. You follow them just like the others. Now do as I said and go to Itachi." Leader repeated.
"But what you're ordering me to do I can't. I just am not able to." I said. Leader was looking at me now.
"Why is that? You can't have children or something?" Leader asked. I blushed again.
"No. It's not that. It's just that Itachi sensie is my sensei and I never thought of him as anything else except maybe my friend. I'm just not able to do anything like that." I explained.
"Well change your ways. You must either be in the experiment or you can die here and now." Leader said. My head shot up and I starred at him. I saw the walls all around us begin to melt and chains shot out towards me. Chains were now bound to my wrists and ankles. I wasn't able to move and I looked at Leader. "Choose now. Do you wish to die now or do you take part in my plans?" He asked again. I looked down at the ground and thought.
What choice did I have? I couldn't die for the sake of my village. But either way I would be betraying them if they were to find out that I was now with Itachi and Akatsuki. And if they were to one day, if I am lucky enough to live through this, find out that I was to be Itachi's child bearer, surely all would be after me. If Akatsuki had even another Uchiha like Itachi in the gang they would be unbeatable. Even my friends in the village would be after me. But I had to make a choice now. I closed my eyes and slowly sensed that everything was back to normal. No chains were on me and the walls were now melting. I looked up at Leader. He was waiting. I had to amke a choice and I had to make it now. I suddenly blurted out what I never thought I would say to the likes of Leader. I have no choice, was what rang in my mind.
"I'll do as you say."