First of all to start off this chapter I would like to thank Fuyun for her wonderful idea and allowing me to use her username in the Story as an OC one appearance character, made my world a lot easier than having to think up my own name and such (cuz I suck in the coming up with names category). So all in all thanks for keeping with the story I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy reading your replies.

Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto but I think you all already know that right?

Atashi sat up and stared at the fifth Hokage and bit her bottom lip. "Well you see… Godaime-sama… I uh…. I really have no clue where I've been… Funny huh?"

Genma lunged at her, distrust present on his features. The black haired kunoichi slid off of the table and behind the older woman. "You claim to be someone deceased and then you don't have any idea where you've disappeared to for two and a half years? Godaime, may I request that we hold this…. Person-"

"Atashi." The seventeen year old said peering from behind the Godaime, glaring at the senbon wielding ninja.

Genma glared back at her for interrupting him in the middle of his thoughts, "Atashi, until we can actually confirm that she is for sure who she claims to be."

"No way! I've been beaten, threatened and harassed all day for telling the truth in your, Shikamaru and Temari's presence. I do not like being beaten on all the time and I do not trust you, even though we are adopted siblings."

Tsunade rubbed her temples and let her breath hiss out between her teeth, "Will you both just shut up for a damn moment! You're giving me a damn headache and I'm starting to lose all patience."

Atashi and Genma both shut their mouths quickly knowing better than to trigger the fifth's unrestrained fury, but neither of them stopped in their glaring gazes from across the room. The atmosphere was tense. Very tense. And the tension was getting on the female sannin's nerves.

"Stop glaring at each other!"

Snapping her eyes at Genma one last time, Atashi moved her gaze to the ever so interesting floor. The floor was tiled with black and white pieces in a checker board fashion.

'Oh… wow what an interesting floor. Let's count the tiles.' Her mind went on auto-pilot as she numbered the tiles in her mind. It took her less than a minute to count every tile. 'Two hundred and ninety-nine. Now we can start on the white tiles.' Yes. Atashi was being sarcastic in her mind. But it worked for her. Halfway through counting the white tiles, she lost interest and decided to examine her fingernails.

"Atashi! I'm talking to you."

Immediately her attention went back to the blonde woman, her hands shoved behind her back. "Uh… what were you saying now?"

"I was saying that what Genma said would be the best option at the moment… for the community at least."

"WHAT!"

"Told you so."

"What kind of comeback is that? That is so ten year old."

"I wouldn't be talking, Miss I-can't-remember-where-I've-been-for-the-last-two-years."

"Wow. Did you think of that all by yourself?"

"Both of you, be silent!" The examination table was officially no more. Atashi took a small step to the left, away from the angered female.

'Yep, she is angry.' Her eyes went to the wall. 'Wow look at the little blood splatters on the wall. How interesting.'

Her eyes went to the wall. '

"ATASHI!" A smack to the back of the head brought her into the real world once again.

"Um…. Yes?"

"Will you listen for one minute. I swear you're worse than Naruto at times…"

"Uh… yeah sorry about that." She rubbed the back of her neck… and stopped lowering her hand. 'That was so Naruto-like. Scary.'

"As I was saying… again. I think I will have to put you under Anbu watch for a little while and you'll be restrained to your living quarters. No weapons, techniques, chakra use, anything. If you do any such thing then I will have you thrown into a prison cell."

"WHAT! You prove that I am one of your shinobi and then you treat me unjustly! I can't believe this! Its so unfair! I may not remember what happened after the Kazekage almost killed me, Orochimaru putting a stupid curse seal on me, being almost assassinated more than once, and being on guard about the shukaku container at all times because he obviously doesn't like me….And …and I don't wanna deal with this anymore." The kunoichi sat on the floor in frustration, her head aching.

"Orochimaru?"

"Curse seal?"

"Assassination?"

"Isn't that what I just said?"

The blonde haired woman stalked to the younger woman's side, "Show me that curse seal, now Atashi."

Following her instructions, Atashi slipped her dirt and blood covered shirt over her head, revealing the cursed seal that marked her upper shoulder. Feeling the Hokage's cooler fingers against the bare skin made her shiver.

"Atashi, who did the sealing on this seal?"

"What do you mean? I don't remember giving any permission…. Or having it sealed for that matter."

"This working... Its amazing. The seal is suppressed so well…. The only person that could have done something this effective would have to be none other than Orochimaru himself."

Atashi jolted forward, "You mean to tell me that that pedophile may have touched me after I ran from Suna!" The green eyed female was totally freaked out now.

Tsunade's fingers moved left, touching the opposite shoulder blade almost hesitantly. The others were silent. Completely so.

"What? What is it?"

The Godaime Hokage remained mostly silent as she breathed in slowly. "Atashi is there something that you haven't told us.? Something… that has happened since you…. Reawaked to the real world… I suppose you could say."

"Uh… well… I'm a wanted ninja in Grass? Kill on sight?" 'Should I say anything about the Akatsuki? I think that I would only cause more trouble by saying anything… but if I don't say anything and then they find out…' "And… I am supposedly part of an organization called Akatsuki… something I've never even heard of."

Genma and Ibiki tensed but that didn't detour Tsunade. Obviously they knew what the Akatsuki was but it would seem that it wasn't what the Hokage wanted to know. "Nothing to do with an Uchiha?"

"What would any Uchiha have to do with…me?" Atashi could feel herself going light headed and sway forward to the floor, pain returning to her face and body. It wasn't long until she completely lost consciousness.

Atashi was back in the clearing she had awoken in, except she… wasn't herself. Instead she was watching herself and someone else… in the exact same cloak land in the clearing. They seemed to be searching the area around for enemies or something of the sort. It was so strange. She could see herself clearly but the other that was with her…. He was blurred. His identity unknown to her. The only thing that seemed to stick out about him was his eyes. They held… no color or anything that should make her see them but something kept her attention to his eyes.

Her point of view changed from being outside of the scene to being herself. She leaned over to the other individual. "I don't think that there's anyone around. We're in the clear. So what was it that you wanted to talk to me about again. You weren't very specific."

Her companion's cloak twirled as he turned to face the kunoichi. "There is more than one thing that we need to discuss Ichimaru." The voice…. It seemed familiar? "But there are other things that we can do before hand."

Atashi could feel her dream self nod, sliding off the warm cloud covered cloak. Tossing it to the side, Atashi let her hands wonder downward to unbutton her pants.

Hands overlapped her own. "We'll do that later." Nodding in understanding Atashi moved farther from the male and sat on top of her cloak.

"So how is Sasori-sama? He didn't seem too well the last time I saw him. Is he still weak from being brought back?"

"He is still weak… unable to do anything useful." The tone of the other man's voice held anger and ultimate dislike for the subject.

"And Deidara? Is he doing well?"

The man's mood didn't seem to better and the mention of the new name. "He is always well." In fact, his mood seemed to worsen all together.

"Well that is good to know."

Silence ensued, leaving the two Akatsuki member to listen to the woods. The aura around the male Akatsuki seemed to worsen each moment that passed. And Atashi did nothing about it. Soon it became so awful that he decided to act, appearing quicker than thought possible and pinning the kunoichi to the ground.

"I was wondering how long you would hold out this time…. doesn't seem to be very long. Haven't you any patience?" Atashi teased the man, brushing black strands that full onto her face to the side.

"You are under me Ichimaru (literally lol.) I do not wish to have to constantly check on you, as you are not my subordinate."

"And yet you always find every excuse to find your way to be near me isn't that right?"

"Do not think yourself so high on my list kunoichi. If I wished I could kill you at this very instant."

"I do believe you could, that I have no doubt in… but do you have a reason to?" Her knee brushed the inside of the male's thigh.

For a moment the blurred face seemed to become clearer, but it lasted only a second before returning to how it was before.

Atashi could feel herself smirk, as the male leaned closer, bringing their faces mere millimeters apart. His warm breath felt nice on her cooler skin, as he gently let one of his hands wonder down the side of her body, caressing her hip and then thigh.

With her own hands, the ex-diplomat looped her arms around his neck feeling the long strands of hair that were pulled to the back of his neck in a ponytail. Forcefully, she pulled him closer, forcing their lips to meet passionately. It wasn't long until she moaned into his mouth, feeling his hands slip up into her shirt. He pulled away from her mouth finding the bandages that bound her chest. Through her hazy gaze, Atashi now recognized the other man.

Uchiha Itachi.

Bolting up, Atashi found that she was no longer in the examination room but rather in a hospital bed. 'A dream… it was a dream… but then why did it feel so real?' Shaking her head, she vaguely started to remember how she had gotten there… she had fainted while she was yelling about …. An Uchiha? That seemed right.

Turning to her left, she found a basket full of fruit, a plastic sign declaring the words 'Get Well Soon.'

"Cool! Someone gave me fruit!" Reaching for the card on the side, she realized that she didn't recognize the handwriting at all. Opening the envelope she read:

Dear Atashi-san,

I hope that you feel better soon.

Fuyun

'Who's Fuyun?' Atashi thought scratching her head and rereading the card. Surely she would remember someone with such a name… wouldn't she?

Placing the card back on the stand, Atashi reached for a green apple that called for her to consume it. Her fingers were a hair away when someone grabbed the basket away. At her side now stood, an Anbu member and he seemed to tease her by keeping the basket just out of her reach.

"Come on, give me my fruit."

"Only if you can name who I am and who gave you the basket."

The black haired shinobi stared at the Anbu member angrily, "Give me the fruit basket from Fuyun, Kiba Inuzuka before I hurt you."

"Ah, how did you know it was me?" Kiba asked removing his mask.

Taking a bite from an apple, Atashi paused a moment to chew and swallow before answering, "I think the huge white dog standing outside the door was a dead give away… don't you think so?"

"Ahh…. Akamaru, you ruined it." Kiba said jumping onto the bed and taking an apple from the basket. He removed his dog mask with the three blue slash marks that ran from the upper right temple to the left side of the mask's mouth. "You know… the shinobi that knew you before your 'death' are still kinda suspicious of you right?"

"And you're not? Hmm? Why is that?"

"The Hokage did some sort of DNA testing on you or something while you were sleeping just to you know… make sure that it was really you and stuff and it came out positive. Whatever that test says is true is good enough for me. Besides you're not that bad of a person."

"Well thank you… I think. So who is this.. Fuyun person that gave me the fruit basket?"

"Oh… yeah that's one of the apprentice nurses here at the hospital. She started… a year or two ago and she did the check ups and stuff on you while you were unconscious. She's quite nice, despite not meeting you before and all. Oh and she's dating Neji."

Atashi choked on the apple piece she had been eating, "N-Neji Hyuuga?"

Kiba nodded, "The one and only."

Coughing still, she looked up with watery eyes, "But I thought that he was into TenTen or something."

"Well things happen. People change. You know?"

Atashi nodded in understanding having seen such changes since she had arrived in Konoha. She sat in silence listening to what else Kiba had to say to her. Atashi herself had been out of it unconscious for a little over three days and he had been assigned to watch over her since he was the only one that didn't distrust her despite having been missing for like ever. Everyone else had been ordered to stay away from her which was understandable in Atashi's point of view.

The black haired female couldn't help but to stare at the Inuzuka boy as he continued to ramble on about what happened since she had disappeared. Since when had he gotten so hot? Kiba had grown much taller, so he now stood at least a head over Atashi. His body was much slimmer and firmly built than how it had been when she had first met him, when she and Genma-sempai had brought Pukkun to Kiba's sister for Kakashi, since Kakashi was busy.

"Uh… Atashi you're staring at me."

Atashi blinked, "Sorry Kiba-kun… I didn't mean to." And it was true.

Kiba smirked, "What? Don't tell me you were checking out my hot body?"

"Of Course I was Kiba, it can't be helped," Atashi said rolling her eyes at him before giving him a small smile.

"Yeah, I am pretty sexy aren't I?"

Atashi reached forward and ruffled the dog lover's hair, "You keep telling yourself that Kiba." 'Cuz it sure as hell is true.'

A day later, Atashi was released from the hospital under Kiba's supervision as well as Akamaru's. Together, they went down the street quietly watching as everyone went about on their own business. No one seemed to really look at her, which made the green-eyed female rather happy, because she sure as hell didn't want any attention drawn to her for being a deceased shinobi come back from the dead. The only glances she seemed to receive were from fellow shinobi, and they just glanced at her, gave her a dirty look and then went on with their business. Yes this was just another one of those days in Konohagakure.

The black haired girl arrived with Kiba at his apartment. Yes, Kiba had his own apartment on the far side of town and damn was it an awesome house. Having saved up his money since his genin days, Kiba had earned enough money to live in a two bedroom apartment year round, heat, water, electricity and phone all paid for without having to actually go out and work.

"Wow, this is pretty cool," Atashi said sliding off her shoes looking around the spacious apartment. "But why the two rooms? Planning a sleepover or something?"

"Nah, one of the rooms is mine the other's is Akamaru's." Akamaru wagged his tail at the mention of his name. Patting the large white dog's head, Kiba and Atashi walked into the main room of apartment. The kitchen was separated from the living room by a counter top full of random objects, mostly opened letters and scrolls, although there was a questionable pair of blue dog covered boxers, an object that Kiba quickly hid from the female's view.

She giggled lightly watching her companion turn a bright red, "Don't worry I wont tell anyone else that you wear those." As Kiba threw his undergarments into what she thought was his room, the seventeen year old collapsed onto the couch and stared at the ceiling.

"So, where'd you get those wicked scars? I don't remember you having them when you were in Konoha before becoming a diplomat… or you don't remember that either?"

"No, I remember how I got these ones. It is from the last of my memories before I 'died'. I got them fighting against the Kazekage…"

"You did WHAT!"

"I fought against the Kazekage because he thought it would be fun to try and execute me in front of his entire village's population. I'm just lucky that I didn't get killed. But you are right these are some extreme scars."

"Yeah, the one on your face is awesome. An x mark right under your eye, heh you pull it off pretty well too if I say so myself."

Atashi chuckled, "Thanks Kiba… That was a compliment right?"

"Of course it was." Kiba returned to the living room area, sitting on the floor next to the couch.

"So where am I sleeping Kiba? The floor in your room or am I allowed to sleep on the couch?"

"Nonsense. You can sleep on the floor in Akamaru's room." He smiled, revealing his pointed canines.

"Oh may I mother dearest? Would you allow me such luxuries?" Atashi replied rolling her eyes at the taller shinobi who continues to grin at her. "You weirdo… But I still wuv you." She pinched his cheeks, after sitting up on his couch.

"Well, since I am in charge of you, I guess you can sleep in my room with Akamaru and I'll sleep on the couch."

"What? Why would you give me your bed? I mean I can sleep on the floor or something… it is your apartment after all."

" I don't mind really and besides I don't feel like sleeping next to you the entire night half awake so then you don't 'run away'."

Atashi snorted reaching down to ruffle Kiba's hair again. "You are one strange person Kiba-kun… but I suppose that's what draws me to you." she said teasingly leaning forward to try and touch Kiba's retreating head. He just moved out of the way, avoiding the girl's hand.

"Hn. So the sand demon became Kazekage." Atashi was standing over the unconscious red head. He smelled of smoke from Deidara's bomb. "Aren't they going to be devastated when we kill their precious leader and remove his damned demon?" Atashi kicked Gaara in the face watching as a bruise immediately started to form on his temple.

"He certainly put up a fight…yeah. Made everything much more entertaining, although he has no appreciation for the finer arts… yeah."

"How much longer until the ritual begins, Sasori-sama?"

"Very soon, Ichimaru-san. I want you to go now and set up the seals. Make sure that they are hidden. Then go to find Itachi and give him this." A man with a bandanna came into her view, a large wooden tail came from under his large cloak, on its tip a small package wrapped in brown cloth.

"As you wish, Sasori-sama." Atashi bowed to the man before leaving the cave she had been located in.

The kunoichi gasped, having awoken from her sleep. She could feel her quickened pulse in hands as she stared at the ceiling with the street light gleaming through the window, illuminating half the room. Akamaru sat up from where he slept next to the bed and rested his head on the edge of the bed. Reaching out hesitantly, Atashi caressed the canines head. He whimpered and gently nudged her hand with his moist nose.

"Its ok Akamaru. I just had another dream. We can go back to sleep now." Rubbing his ears one last time she turned over onto her side so her back would be facing the white dog. For the last three days, since she had first come to Kiba's place, she had had strange dreams such as these, but she always seemed to remember them perfectly even after she had went back to sleep and woke up the next morning. Even when she awoke, she seemed to just pick up where the dream had stopped, and continued it.

Several thoughts had crossed her mind about this strange occurrence. Was it her overactive imagination… or was it perhaps that she was starting to remember her last two years… only through her sleep?

'That last was… a little strange though… although I do kind of feel good about kicking that mean bastard in the face.' She smirked closing her eyes and returning to her rest. 'Maybe it was just a little mean though…'

She smirked closing her eyes and returning to her rest.

The next morning… well afternoon, Kiba jumped onto the bed in order to awaken the sleeping female. "Get up Atashi. The Godaime wants to speak with you today, but she's going to get angry with you if you spend your entire life in bed sleeping!"

Atashi took her pillow and smacked the Anbu member in the face with it. "You're way too hyper for your own good," she mumbled sitting up her messy hair sticking up at odd angles. "What did-" yawn, "What did Tsunade want to talk to me about?"

"How am I supposed to know? She just said have Atashi here for a meeting at two fifteen on the dot."

"What time is it?"

"Two Thirteen."

Atashi froze, her eye visibly twitching. "Are you serious?"

"Yep. Better hurry up and get ready or else I'll take you however you are dressed willingly or not." Kiba disappeared from the room closing the door behind him.

"You bastard! Why didn't you think to get me up earlier!" The kunoichi scrambled out of bed, shedding her clothing left and right, throwing the blankets around looking for the clothing that Kiba had borrowed her while she stayed at his apartment. Finding the clothing she slipped them on as fast as she could, hoping on one foot towards the closed door.

As she buttoned her pants, Atashi walked into the living room grabbing the hairbrush and pushing it through her knotted front hair.

"Ten seconds girly."

"Wait!"

"Four… Three… Two… One…" Kiba wrapped his arms around the kunoichi and disappeared from the living space, the hair brush landing with a loud thud on the wooden floor.

"Kiba, I hate you. Don't ever do that to me again." Atashi stopped realizing that a room full of fellow shinobi was staring at her and Kiba.

"Glad that you and Kiba could make it, Atashi but would you mind being a little more quiet about matters that do not involve us?" Tsunade spoke staring at the newly arrived ninja.

The seventeen year old separated from Kiba quickly, smoothing her clothing down. "So uh… why are we all here and… stuff?"

"Well, some these people have something to say to you, Atashi-chan."

The ex-diplomat scowled at being called 'chan' but nodded nonetheless.

Genma stepped forward out of behind some of the taller shinobi. "Onee-chan…. I regret uh… well you know," the senbon in his mouth shifted position, "doing what I did when I was questioning you and all."

She rolled her eyes at her adopted brother and smiled is "That all Nii-kun? You know that I don't hold it against you or anything… of course it all would have been different if you had actually poked out my eye."

"So you forgive me?"

"Something like that… but your going to have to do a lot of bribing for me to respect you as much as I once had," she laughed giving the older man a hug.

"Oh by the way, nice scar. It makes you look dashing."

"Thanks. So anyone else going to say sorry or are you all going to stand around like a bunch a stiff boards?"

Naruto bounded over the crowd and crushed Atashi in a bear hug, "Hey Atashi happy that you aren't really dead. I mean who else knows how to treat a guy to ramen like you?" The blonde hair shinobi now towered over her as Kiba did.

"Good god Naru-chan when in the hell did you get so tall?"

"While you were gone of course, silly girl… And why do you have a haircut like Sasuke-teme?"

"Does it look like I know, loud mouth? Stop yelling in my ear!"

Tsunade cleared her throat, "Anyways, Atashi how do you feel about another mission?"

"Does this mean that I can stop living with Kiba breathing down my neck?"

"Of course."

"Then am for anything you got to throw at me."

"Very well, Atashi I am reassigning you as diplomat to Sunagakure. You leave in an hour."'Crap. I shouldn't have said that. Why do I always do that?'

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Her eyes went to the wall. ' She smirked closing her eyes and returning to her rest.