"I-I'm very sorry for what happened Itachi-san!" Kagome said, looking at the very soundly unconscious and beaten form on the floor of what they called the meeting room.
"I'm to assume this wasn't a trap?" the man said, sounding vaguely annoyed, and she quickly shook her head.
"Nononono! Of course not! Orochimaru...Leader was a little bit...idiotic the moment he assigned him to recruit you," Kagome said, throwing a glare at the man beside her, who nodded his head, glad for the shadows that hid his blush from them.
"My apologies...I should have assigned Kagome to partner with Sasori..." Pein said quietly, and heard a snort from the doorway.
"Now can Kagome be my official partner?" Sasori asked in annoyance, to which Pein shook his head.
"I'm not a member of Akatsuki, Sasori. I can't be your official partner..." Kagome said, smiling at him gently, and he frowned.
"Why are you here if you aren't a member?" Itachi asked, sounding entirely too interested for Sasori's tastes.
"Ah...I'm...ah..." Kagome ran her hand through her hair in a tired manner, and Pein stepped out of the shadows to wrap his arms about her waist.
"She is mine," Pein said, running his tongue along the edge of her ear in a sensual manner, staring into Itachi's eyes as he smirked.
"So then she is disposable?" the Uchiha asked, just as Madara showed up.
"Absolutely not! Hime is our Hime!" he said cheerfully in Tobi's voice, making Kagome look at him pointedly.
"Orochimaru is out of the organization, Madara. No use hiding your sharingan now," she said, and he took the mask off to pout at her.
"Oh Kagome...you ruined my fun!"
"Madara...Uchiha?" Itachi turned to stare into the only pair of sharingan that surpassed his, and shivered.
A/N: Things are being re...tweeked, to go along with the story, so please bear with it. :)