Chapter 20

Winters snow...

A startling yell woke you up as you sat straight, making your head dizzy again. You rubbed your temples with your finger tips and looked over at your side. Itachi was no longer there. It had no wrinkles in it as if he had never slept there. You sighed as you swung your legs off the side. You sighed again as you slowly got up and walked to the door. Forgetting your cloak, you walked out. Your eyes half open as you walked down the dark hallway.

You heard a noise from another room as you looked that way. You slowly walked to it, putting one leg in front of the other as you thought that this would have to lead somewhere. When you walked into the room. The blonde male was yelling at the fish hybrid. Both putting their fist at each other. A man that looked like he had a Venus fly trap around his head was looking at them, licking his lips and murmuring something about them looking really tasty. Another male with silver-blonde hair with a necklace obviously around his neck was dangling around as he kept telling the other people that it was some kind of sin. The last one kept quiet as his orange mask with one hole around his left I tilted his head left to right, acting as if he didn't know what was going on. And the last one, Itachi, was standing in a corner. His hands across his chest as a shadow covered his upper body and showed the lower part of his cloak and his shoes. His closed eyes made him look like nothing was there.

"Deidara! You can't even make a piece of bread with butter on it! How do you expect to make ME breakfast!" The hybrid yelled.

"What do you mean, un!?" Deidara roared back, making a low grunting sound at the end of his sentence. "I can make perfectly fine food!"

"NAN-DAYO OMAE-WA?! YOU BOTH CAN'T COOK EVEN IF YOU'RE LIVES DEPENED ON IT!!" One man roared louder than any of them, the one that looked like the Venus fly trap.

The talking did not stop as all of them continued to yell. It soon turned into a fist fight as everyone started to punch each other in the face. You looked at Itachi; you watched his head shake back and forth slowly; making it look like he was very disappointed in them.

"Um... guys..." You said quietly. Your voice could not be heard the yelling as you saw that something was blown up. A long sword that was wrapped up swung back and forth and the man that looked like a Venus fly trap really looked like he was going to eat someone.

"Guys..." You said a bit louder than before.

Again, you're voice could not be heard.

You started to get agitated now; you furrowed your eyebrows and yelled, "KUSO! WOULD YOU ALL JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!???"

Everyone went silent and stared at you. Deidaras fist was in contact with Kisame's face and his sword was only inches away from the man with the silver-blonde hair, head. The man with the Venus fly trap had the man with the orange mask above his head, only seconds from eating him. Itachi was just standing in the corner, just doing his thing.

"Man, you guys are fucking annoying you know that! Five year olds are more mature than you!" You yelled as you walked across the room and went to a fridge. You pulled out a water, drank from it, and then set it back in the fridge. Everyone looked at you and you felt annoyed.

"Kochi minai-deyo!!" You yelled as you glared icily at them. If looks could kill, then yours would have.

Everyone looked away and acted as if nothing had happened. You ignored them all and left the room.

"Wait, wait Yuzuki-chan!" Deidara yelled as he started to run after you. You stopped and looked back at him.

"Hm?" You questioned him.

He looked at you with an innocent face and with his big, blue eyes, he asked,

"Do you think that you can make us something, un?" He asked.

The look on his face was priceless. Like an abandoned puppy left out on the streets of winter.

"Yeah, sure..." You said with a small smile on your face.

He had a look of victory on his face as the two of you walked back to the kitchen.

Everybody looked at you, excluding Itachi, his eyes were still closed.

Deidara was silent for a moment, before yelling, "SHE'S GONNA COOK, UH!!"

Everyone cheered and clapped as you had a very large sweat drop on your forehead as you watched these S-RANK CRIMINALS clap and cheer about food...

After you finished making them something to eat, you looked outside. It was snowing out. You guessed that it was sometime in January. You started to exit the room, when Deidara asked,

"Hey, where are you going, uh?" He asked as he shoved his face with the anmitsu that you made.

"I'm not that hungry anymore... I lost my appetite I guess..." You kind of lied.

Deidara looked at you and shrugged his shoulders and continued eating. Kisame was already on his fifth bowl of anmitsu, the man with the Venus fly trap... you lost count. The man with the slicked back silver-blonde had to go do religious thing, so he already left.

Itachi opened his eyes and watched you intently as you left the room. Un-knowingly, he followed you...

You walked back to yours and Itachis room and grabbed your cloak. You slipped it on and prepared to walk out the door, but when you turned around, you jumped a little when you saw Itachis face in yours.

"Where are you going...?" Itachi asked, demanding an answer as he stepped closer to you, making your bodies touch the other as your chest was pressed up against his.

"I'm just going for a walk, Itachi; you don't need to worry about anything..." You said as you sidestepped him and walked to the door. You felt something grab your wrist firmly and you turned to see Itachi again.

"I'm coming with you..." He said, his monotone voice was strict, but there was something in there that was... concerned. You slightly smiled at the thought; maybe it was just your imagination or something.

"That's fine..." You answered him as you pulled your arm away from him. You walked out and he quietly followed...

When you walked outside, he stopped you again.

"Why are you going to walk outside when it's freezing cold out?" He asked. You knew that he was hiding the emotion in his voice because you saw the look of concern in his eyes.

"I just want to... besides... I haven't been outside for a while year. I want to get out... Either you're coming with me, or you're staying behind..." You said to him as you started to walk again. You feet making prints in the snow as you walked through the powder like substance.

He smirked and walked after you. His feet also making prints. But both of yours to only be covered again by the winter's snow. You continued to walk through the sprinkle of snow as it softly fell. Some caught in your hair, only moments later to melt.

"So what's the real reason you came out here?" Itachi asked, appearing beside you. You looked out in front of you and sat down on the hill side.

"I don't know..." You relied to him truthfully.

He looked at you, even though he did not sit down, you could feel his gaze on you. The coldness of the ground did not bother you; you haven't felt any kind of temperature on your body besides a cold cloth. You truthfully liked the coldness. You put your hands on the ground besides you and felt the soft touch of the snow beneath your fingers.

You thought why you did come out here. Was it because you thought that Itachi would have followed you? So you could be with him?

You didn't know. But... you felt as if you had a strong connection to him before you had lost your memories... You wish that you had them back. But just because you wanted them back, no, you wanted to know what had happened before; if you did have something with Itachi.

Itachi sat next to you on your right and his black locks framing his face blew in the wind. Truthfully, he looked perfect.

His dark locks of hair balanced his pale complexion. His framed face was mature, angled in a delicate way. And his eyes were much more mature than his age showed. His deep red eyes gave of a good eerie glow to him and just gave him a splash of color.

Itachi felt your stare on him and he turned to you.

"Either there's something on my face, or you're just staring at me for no apparent reason..." He said.

You quickly pulled your gaze away from him, even though you didn't want to.

"Sumimasan..." You said quietly, quickly turning your head away from him, trying to hide the blush that crept across your pale face.

You felt something on your chin, a cold hand, but warmer than the snow, pulled your face back around to look at him.

"Don't hide your face from me..." Itachi said, his voice silky as his eyes hid all of his emotions from you. If he had not been able to hide his emotions very well, his emotions would have overflowed.

You were about to say something, you opened your mouth, but nothing came out. You were kind of dazed. You wanted to say something, anything! But, you couldn't. It felt weird that you couldn't say anything, even though you wanted to.

His cloak hid the fact that he smirked slightly. He pulled his hand away and you cursed in your mind that he did let go. You wanted him to touch you. You wanted to feel that cold skin upon your soft, warm skin. You don't know why, but... his touch felt so right to you...

"Yuzuki-chan..." Itachi whispered.

You looked at what was happening. This was like before. A memory. You watched as you threw your arms around him.

"Itachi-kun..." You said quietly.

Itachi slowly wrapped his arms around your waist.

You stood only 3 feet away from them as you watched the two. They both looked so happy. Is this what was like before? It had to be.

"You're okay..." You cried onto his shoulder as his fingers ran through your hair.

"I can't believe it... it actually worked..."

"Of course it did... you're the one who saved me after all..."

You were pulled back and you quickly clutched your head in pain. The memories that came to you came like a flood through your head of pure agony.

"Yuzuki-chan... are you alright?" Itachi asked you as he put a hand on your shoulder.

"Ngh... not really..." You said as you tried to stand up, but you fell back down.

Itachi looked at your form and quickly swung you into his arms. You head rested against his chest as he swiftly walked back to the hideout.