Alright I will basically have the same repeated AN's For all my chapters for a reason... -will state in bottom AN-

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I slid against the wall in the hallway as I reached Itachi's room. I cracked the door open to see Itachi sleeping peacefully; hugging his pillow with his legs tangled up in his bedding. I looked over to Sasuke and nodded, closing Itachi's door. We walked down the stairs, careful not to wake Itachi up.

Mikoto looked up from her night time tea to see us walking in, joining her at the table. We heard a creak then looked up to the kitchen doorway to see Fugaku staring at us, eyebrow raised. "What are you two doing up still?" he asked, walking over to his normal seat at the table. "Well… we have some questions…" Sasuke stated, slightly unsure if he should talk to his dad.

"Fugaku, while Itachi was in the Akatsuki, did he give you any information?" I watched as his eyes went wide as he stared into my own calm eyes. "How did you…?" I smiled softly "I had a long talk with Gaara last night and it helped me have a flashback of when Itachi shielded me from severe damage from that plane crash."

I watched Mikoto look towards Fugaku, slightly worried. "Itachi didn't give us a choice… he sought out the Akatsuki to do the investigation on the inside." Sasuke frowned "Why don't I remember any of this though?"

"We lied to you on where your brother was. Your mother would try to keep you distracted from anything related to your brother since you two were close." Fugaku stated.

"Does Itachi happen to have any of the stuff still from the Akatsuki?" I asked, breaking the family tension. "We aren't sure… because of his memory loss; we weren't able to learn anything." I sighed, leaning my head into my hands.

"One of the men went by the name Deidara… his partner was Sasori, those two were the ones who targeted me."

I stared down at the table from between my hands. "Hey mom, is it alright if Deidara comes over?" I froze. Deidara was a close friend of Itachi's; always so persistent to make Itachi do some form of art.

"Oh Hello, I am Deidara! You must be Akuma!" I looked over to the blonde man, raising my brow. "Do I know you?" he laughed, shaking his head "Nah, Itachi always talks about you and his little brother. Final Fantasy eh? Would have never thought that Itachi would play such a game." I frowned as Deidara trailed off in his own thoughts, walking out of Sasuke's room just as Sasuke came back up the stairs.

†Break†

"Hey there midget Uchiha!" Sasuke groaned, hitting his head against his desk. "Deidara get the fuck out of my room and pester Itachi." Deidara shrugged, sticking out his tongue at us as he slid out of the doorway and continued his path to Itachi's room.

"That guy is so fucking annoying, how the hell can Itachi stand him?" I laughed at Sasuke, gaining his attention. "He likes Deidara because he bothers you!" Sasuke groaned again, hitting his head on his desk. "Sasuke if you keep doing that, you'll eventually—"

"Don't you dare finish that Akuma." I smirked as Sasuke glared at me. "Alrightie then Chibi Uchiha!" Sasuke pushed his chair back and jumped on his bed, attacking me. I giggled as we fought with each other, making Sasuke smile. Snap.

We both turned to the door to see Mikoto pulling her camera down, smiling. "I thought you said your camera was in the shop?" Sasuke asked. "Note the was dear, note the was." She giggled as she made her way down the hall.

"You know… I'm surprised that camera still works…. She abuses it." I stated as I continued to stare out the hall. "I think locking my door has become the wiser choice…" Sasuke mumbled, getting off me.

I slid off his bed and walked over to his desk, shuffling through the drawers. "What are you doing?" I shrugged Sasuke off then pulled out the object that I was seeking. "I'm just gonna have a little fun…" I walked out of his room, making my way to Itachi's. I cracked the door open slightly then took a picture. I quickly bolted into Sasuke's room, jumping on his bed and hid his camera. I pulled my laptop up on my lap and began typing.

I heard a slam and looked up to see Itachi and Deidara with heated faces, glaring at us. "Uh… do I want to know?" Sasuke asked, raising his brow. Itachi stared down at Deidara, who turned back up to him. "Mom did you take a picture of us?" Itachi screamed down the hall.

Both boys pushed themselves off the door frame and walked down the hall. Sasuke turned completely over to me "What did you do?" I shrugged "Why does it always have to seem like I did something?"

"Because you're an Uzumaki… because you have many years of pranks under your arms… because you are you." I glared at Sasuke "So much for support! Hmph!" I turned away, pouting. I heard the chair move again but ignored it.

I felt arms wrap around me and looked up to see Sasuke resting his head on my shoulder. "You shoulder… is surprisingly comfy." I stared at him "Why is that surprising?" he smiled as he pulled me into him more. "Normally some people's shoulders are bony or just too hard… I thought you would be bony and such."

"You know I can still beat your ass."

"Don't ruin the mood usuratonkachi."

†Break†

I knocked on Itachi door. I stared at the door as there was a soft thump and slight movement. The door opened revealing a half dazed Itachi staring down at me. "Yes?"

"May I come in?" he stared at me before pulling the door open more and moving out of the way. I entered his room then sat down in the middle of his floor. He closed his door then slid down near me, leaning against his bed. "So what do you need Foxy?"

"Itachi… who exactly is Deidara?" he stared at me before he reached under his bed, pulling out a book. He opened it up to show it was a small photo album. "I don't know exactly who he is but… he always seemed familiar to me, then we became good friends I guess." I crawled over towards Itachi, sitting down next to him to stare into the album.

I noticed pictures with some people in pure black cloaks, then some with black cloaks with red clouds. "You don't remember who these people are do you?" I asked, pointing to the picture with the Akatsuki cloaked people. "No… but Deidara is in it, he told me it was just some silly thing we did."

"Do you know where some of this stuff is?" I asked pointing to the cloak and the ring. Itachi stared at me for a moment before he sighed, leaning his head on the top of his bed. "Deidara asked the same thing…."

"Itachi do you know what happened several years ago?" I watched him glance at me, head still on the bed. "The plane crash? Nah I think I was too young…" I shook my head "You were around 10 when it happened." He leaned up and stared at me.

"How much do you know Akuma?" I reached into my jacket pocket, handing him a folded paper. He opened it then began reading. He stuffed the paper into his pocket and stood up. "After I was released from the hospital I took my separate way from my parents, carrying the bag full of everything on me from the crash." He grabbed a paper from his desk then wrote down something on it and handed it to me.

I grabbed it then pushed it into my pocket. "You saved my life when you didn't have to…" I stated, staring up at him. He sighed, running a hand through his hair. "On that plane… when I was walking through it… it looked as though you were the only one left alive. You were only 5 years old; I couldn't stand the thought of a little girl dying with everyone else." I stared at him as I saw tears threatening to leave his eyes.

"I remembered having my life flash through my eyes as I tried to get you out of the seat… I just wanted to see you giggle and smile so brightly, to melt the coldness that reached my heart. I just wanted to have those times where you played tag with Sasuke and me… where you would catch me by grabbing my pony tail…" he lifted his hand, covering his face.

"I figured if I couldn't be there for Sasuke… that you could be. So I did the first thing that came to mind when I saw is reaching closer to the ground. I shielded your body from the full force impact…"

"Itachi, how long have you known about your memories?" he swayed a bit, then sat on his bed, glancing down at me with red eyes, showing he was indeed crying as he remembered the crash. "The day Sasuke first brought you here. When I stated how you resembled a fox, and with the scars on your face…" he fully looked over to me. "I never even finished what I was going to say that day because I was struck with memories of you. I was leery about saying anything because of how my parents treated you. They treated you as though they didn't know you, but I later found out they were pretending to do that because I had no memory of you."

I crossed my arms "So… they were making it to where it seemed convenient to your memory?" he nodded. "For now keep my unlocked memories a secret. I can tell you as much as I remember but… just like you I don't remember much; only that my goal has always been to protect the Uzumaki's and my little brother."

"What do you mean protect me?" we both looked over to the door to see Sasuke walking in. "Ever hear of knocking?" Sasuke shrugged then sat down next to me "Not when Akuma goes missing from my room I don't." I glared over to Sasuke before sighing. "I don't know what you two were talking about but all I heard was 'protect the Uzumaki's and my little brother.' I don't know if Itachi was asking a question or making a statement." We stared at Sasuke.

"Itachi told me that I would always play tag with you and him… and how I would pull on Itachi's pony tail all the time. That his goal was to protect the Uzumaki's, meaning me, and to protect you. So you didn't really miss much." Sasuke nodded.

"I don't even remember us ever playing tag…" Sasuke stated "Hey I don't either! Itachi the lucky bastard has good memory!" I stated, pouting. "Aw I should tell you all Sasuke's embarrassing moments while growing up!"

"Oh hell no!" I watched as the two began to wrestle. I reached into my pocket and pulled out Sasuke's camera and took a picture. Both boys stopped and turned to me. "What…?" I said, hiding the camera. Both boys grabbed me then pulled me into the wrestling.

Roughly five minutes later, Mikoto opened up the door; of course taking a picture, then told us breakfast was ready.

We ate breakfast in slight silence, only a few comments made by Mikoto. After breakfast, I excused myself to get fully dressed. I zipped up the fox hoodie, pulling the hood up then turned around to see Sasuke walking in.

"Ne, teme, I'm going to be going out for a while… do you want me to come back here or to my apartment?" Sasuke leaned against his wall, thinking. "Tell her to come back here." We turned to the door to see Mikoto giggling. "You heard her…" I laughed, grabbing my phone off Sasuke's desk.

"Is your phone fully charged this time dobe?" I flipped it open and shoved it in Sasuke's face. "Ha!" I closed it then made my way out of the Uchiha home.

Today was going to be a long day… Thank god school is closed!

-AN-

Alright this is a repeated AN for all the chapters I'm updating (Sadly no NHS because I was too busy to type out the chapters for a while... these were already typed out.) I waited to update all my stories until today (Though most hit there mark around last week or a few days ago) because I'm not going to be around a PC for a good couple of days. I hope you guys do Understand that... and I will look into updating once I am back again, regardless of chapters being at the hit mark or not.

Today (its 319AM) is also my B-day and I will be on the road for a few hours. My only internet for the next few days will be my phone... in which now won't even go into fanfic's account settings when I log in. It crashes my browser each time I try. So the word from me will be at a minimal for almost a week. I, once again, hope you guys understand and I would like to say sorry for this also.

-Ja ne