AN: Wow, this chapter came out really fast. I watched the episode when Itachi died and this is what inspired me to write this chapter. Haha, things from here will start moving, Finally. The end should be soon...xD after like, forever. Then from there, I will re-write those other chapter. PLEASE reivew the story because they tell me how I'm doing. And there are bound to be a few mistakes, it;s like... 3 in the morning and I'm tired... xD

About two days have passed since Itachi, Yuki, Deidara, and Tobi have headed out. They were to find information but no one has come around in those two days. Yuki sat there on the rock and she was racking her nails down along the gravel. It hurt slightly to do so but things were just so god damn boring. "There has been nothing so far." Yuki complained softly.

"I know." he said and closed his scaret eyes.

It seemed the Uchiha was also pretty bored himself but there was nothing he could do about it. Not right now anyways, "Are we going to be splitting up soon?" she questioned "It's obvious we're not going to be hearing anything soon, so I think we should split up."

Itachi grumbled, "Stop complaining."

Yuki pursed her lips together softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to complain."

Who would have thought he saw that as complaining. Suddenly, her stomach growled. It was rather loud, and it was an embarrassing sound. A small little blush appeared across her face and she had this sheepish little smile on her face. "It's late anyways." Itachi spoke coolly as his eyes stared out towards the sun that was getting ready to set. There may have been a few hours before the sun would settle.

"Yeah...?" Yuki felt that Itachi hadn't finished what he was going to say.

Itachi brushed his painted nails through his dark locks, "There would be no point moving out when its late. We'll have to wait in the morning to split up."

"Oh!" she said, a small smile coming on her face, "I get what you're saying now."

The girl with green hair stood up. A rush of wind blew some strands off over to the side then. "Let's go get something to eat then. We need the energy tomorrow. We'll be getting up bright and early then."

Yuki nodded her head and she came up right beside him. Some strands of his hair that was in his face. Itachi stared at the on coming fingers for his face. Yuki brushed some strands of hair away from his face. That hard stare of his had softened just a little bit. All the elder Uchiha did was walk and Yuki followed. As always.

It only took ten minutes to reach the river. It was clear and the water ran smoothly down stream. They villagers, or other small villages near by must have taken very good care of this river. It was so clean, so crisp, anyone could kneel down and take a sip of it. Yuki looked up towards him, "Fish?" she questioned softly.

"Yeah." was his simple response.

"Wouldn't the fire...?"

Itachi shook his head, "No, we're doing it somewhere away from where we're staying. They wouldn't be able to track us."

Of course, Yuki thought.

Itachi always thought of it all. They wouldn't be able to do this if he hadn't thought about it. Itachi peeled his cloak off of his back and the cloth fell to the floor with a soft waft of air. He even went as far to remove his sandals from his feet. All the while Yuki watched with interest. As if she could see every muscle in his body move. There was just something about Itachi that was making her more entranced with what he did. There was a strange sensation that flowed through her now, when she was near him. A feeling she was too naïve to explain. Suddenly, Itachi turned to look at Yuki, "Well?"

Quickly she shook her head, not knowing what she was doing for a moment. Hopefully he hadn't noticed the way she was staring at him. That could be complete creeper status, "Oh yeah, I need to help too." she chuckled as sh plopped down on to her rear and slipped her own sandals off.

Over her head she tossed her black cloak off right next to Itachi's Akatsuki cloak. Both stepped into the water. "Eek!" Yuki squealed.

"What?" Itachi arched an eyebrow then.

Yuki laughed softly, "The water is really cold, I wasn't expecting it."

Itachi just shook his head and looked down to the water intensely. He did this for a few moments. He was studying the fish and his Sharingan had been able to calculate the movements and speed of the fish. Quickly he snatched a fish right out of the water. The fish flopped wildly in his hand and walked back towards the concrete and placed the fish on there. It took its last breaths of life on land. "Y-you make it look so easy." she laughed.

Itachi just smirked and shrugged his shoulders. This should be amusing, Itachi thought smugly.

Her fingers placed inside of her mouth as she was glancing down towards the fish running in the water. Yuki stared upwards and she looked up the river. A few fish jumped. So, if they jumped up there it meant a few were going to have to take flight here. She inspected the river from south. "Aha!" they did jump!

Yuki turned to face the direction of the fish where they would come at her head on. One came flopping out of the water with the splash that sprinkled on to her and fell back into the water. Yuki went to try and snatch it but it seemed it would not work for her this time. "Ouch!" her foot smashed into a rock and stumbled down on to her knees, "Fuck!" she shouted.

The girl was quick to jump from the water and she stood there rather flustered. Itachi sat there with a small smile spread across his face. By the time Yuki went to look at him, it was gone. She was only left with the thought that she probably imagined a fleeting smile on his face, "So much for surviving on wild life." his tone was sarcastic.

Yuki wasn't amused. She gave him this dagger stare and turned her head away like a stubborn mule not wanting to listen.

Thirty minutes later, Yuki made her catch. Itachi and Yuki sat there in the middle of darkness eating their fish. A small flame danced between the two keeping the cold air from hitting them and at the same time helping Yuki's legs dry off. "Itachi," her soft voice brought the Uchiha's attention towards her.

His deep crimson optic gazed upon her form glowing from the flame, "What?"

Yuki was thinking about how she swore she saw him smile. If it was true, hell must have froze over even for a mere moment. Yet, if she were to mention to him all he would do is deny, deny, deny. "Never mind." she whispered.

Suddenly Itachi stood, zipping his cloak up. "Let's head back, it's going to be dark soon."

The sun settled behind the mountains. Darkness filled most of Konoha, bringing a peace to chaotic days inside the village. Sakura was staring out into the distance then, bringing a soft frown across her face. The memories of Sasuke flooded her thoughts. Thinking of him still brought her into a deep depression. Memories with him were the good ol' days, the days she wished that could be brought back. At this point it seems impossible. "Sakura." A familiar voice came from behind.

Quickly she wiped away any form of tears that collected at the corner of her eyes, "Oh, hey, Ino."

"So, where's Naruto?"

"He's getting ready to leave." Sakura responded.

Ino looked shocked, "Oh, for what reason?"

"I think Jiraiya is going to be training him again, to make him stronger." Sakura responded.

No longer was she looking at Ino, and her gaze went back out towards the lights that shined down on the streets of the village, "When is he leaving?" Ino asked.

Sakura merely shrugged, "I don't know. But, think before then him and I are going to scout the area. With Kakashi-sensei too."

"Oh... because of the Akatsuki, right?" Ino wore a grim look.

The pink haired kunoichi merely nodded her head and she pushed away from the railing, "anyways, I should go home Ino. I need to rest for the morning."

"Oh, of course." Ino smiled.

This was one of the rare times that her and Sakura got along. They fought still, but, recently not as much. Everything in Konoha these days were much more serious. With Sasuke gone, it just seemed a lot of things changed in the rookie nine's lives. Even if the other teams had no direct effect of his leaving, more things were put at risk. "See ya later Ino." Sakura waved.

"See ya..." Ino's voice trailed off.

It pained to see her friend this way. Depressed over the fact Sasuke was gone. But, Ino felt this pain too.

"The perimeter seems clear." A masked shinobi spoke to his companion aside from him.

A firm nod of the head, "Yes, this is good. This means Naruto can leave without any problems."

"But..." the ANBU black op looked around, "I can't shake this feeling."

Darkness surrounded the forest, hardly anything could be seen in the radius. There were no lights, only the natural shimmer of the moon that was filtered through the leaves, "A feeling that, that, that there is someone near."

There was silence, and between the slit of the rock there was Itachi and Yuki. It was slightly difficult for Yuki to not move. The slightest sound could be prove to give away their place, their standing. Then it would completely ruin the mission. Yuki wasn't about to have the entire organization put the blame on a failure. "I don't feel anyone's chakra though," the other assured.

With much hesitation the ANBU turned his foot and started to head towards another direction, "You're right, it's probably just paranoia."

Once they left, Yuki sighed softly and came out from the rock. "I guess the Kyuubi is planning to leave then?" Yuki uttered.

Itachi spoke more to himself, "But where?"

Yuki cocked her head to the side a little bit, "Do you think if maybe one of us follows them, that we could possibly see if they spill the beans about where he is heading to?"

Itachi shook his head, "no, don't risk it."

That voice of his continued to be firm and Yuki ducked her head between her shoulders then. "Huh, I'm sorry..." she whispered.

There was no response from the Uchiha then, "Well, you stay here."

"Wha...?" she looked at him with this incredulous stare, "You're just going to leave me here alone! Are you crazy!"

Suddenly he shot her this dirty look and she pulled back, "You don't need me here to babysit you, do you?"

The girl pulled her bottom lip in then and her lips were parted lightly, "No, you don't need to be here to babysit me. I ju-"

The elder Uchiha interrupted her then, "Alright then, now that is established you stay here. You're capable of not being spotted. You know when someone is coming. All you have to do is hide in that rock."

Yuki nodded her head solemnly then, "Okay, where are you going?" Yuki inquired.

"I'm informing Deidara that the Kyuubi could be heading his way." and with that, Itachi was gone.

Yuki sighed softly then. She was left there in the darkness, by herself. She had her back pressed against the wall and it left her thinking again. Suddenly she heard something. There was a crackle, "Hurry!" from a far distance someone shouted.

It happened to be the same ANBU from before. Yuki's heart jumped to her throat and quickly scrambled between the slit of the rock. Her eyes looked out because they landed right in the spot she had been in just a few moments ago. "We have to get back to the village, this is urgent!"

"I can't believe he is so close, so sudden! Naruto... the Hokage!"

Quickly the jumped off and she crawled out from the rock and she peered over, "What?" she whispered.

Already they were gone into the abyss of the night. The only trail she could get from them was their voices. "Uchiha Sasuke been found around here!"

Yuki's eyes opened wide with shock, as if she couldn't believe what she heard. That's when she felt her heart stop completely in her chest. She pulled down a bit. Would Itachi return soon? Or would he cross paths with his brother before hand. Yuki gritted her teeth and punched the rock. "God dammit!" she hissed.

One, she was in pain. That was a stupid idea of hers. Thinking she could punch the rock, and not have the pain shoot through her entire body. Yuki kept growling at herself. She was so frustrated. There was absolutely nothing she could do because Yuki knew nothing of Itachi's brother! "Maybe I..." she whispered softly.

"No..." she retreated back after her thoughts, "But... I should."

Itachi told her to stay still but, she could find something out. "No, I'll wait until morning. If Itachi doesn't come back by morning then I'll go ahead and go. We were going to split up anyways. He did say once morning came, that we we're going to split up."

Yuki snuggled back between the rock, and closed her eyes. Being alone, she couldn't truly fall asleep. She'd be asleep, but with her guard up.

Morning time came rolling around. Uchiha Itachi has yet to return to the sight. He never came back last night. Of course, the girl did not know this. She was still sleeping quite soundly between the two rocks. Praying through the shadows and trees moved a masked figure. "She won't be expecting this, now will she." such a deep voice disturbed the birds, making them flee as he moved down closer.

"It seems she isn't awake," he spoke to himself.

The sunlight that spilled through the crack woke Yuki up. Those eyes of hers popped open. "Itachi?" she whispered softly.

The girl thought that maybe he was there. When she came out though, he wasn't there at all. This way and that, there was no sight of him. This place looked so beautiful when the sun was coming up. It must have been mid morning because the blazing star was not at is maximum heat and she wasn't dieing from heat stroke just yet.

Birds flew from trees and they called out loudly. Tobi sat down on a thick branch to the unsuspecting girl that was below. His hand placed on the orange mask. The elder Uchiha was near by, and he was going to have to get through this quick before she came. The orange masked man came jumping down and he landed right behind the girl with green hair, "My, Yuki-san, your hair looks so pretty this morning." he grabbed for it.

Yuki screamed bloody murder, "Gah!"

Her hand clutched on to her heart as a cold sweat dripped down on the side of her face, "Oh my god. It's just you Tobi. You scared me."

"Sorry," his voice started out in the same sweet, naïve tone, but it quickly changed into something deeper. Something that was more ominous and it sent a knife through Yuki's heart, "I didn't mean to scare you."

"T-Tobi...?" Yuki's voice began to shake.

A soft chuckle came from him, it was slightly muffled, "No. Wrong. I guess you didn't hear my name when you were eavesdropping on me, huh?"

"Y-you know?" Yuki's voice quivered.

"Of course I know. I'm not stupid."

"Could've fooled me..." Yuki uttered underneath her breath.

"Watch it," he took a step forward.

As quickly as he took that step forward she stepped backward, "Then who are you? I knew there wasn't something right about you before. Then even confirmed it more. I asked Itachi but..."

"He won't tell you. That is why I must hurry up here before he comes. He wants to keep you away from the truth."

Tobi's gloved hand leaned out to grasp her chin. He watched through that single eye hole as Yuki stumbled backwards. There was all urge to resist his touch. A strong aura emitted from him, one she has never felt before. That aura that made it seem like he has lived for a thousand years. "Who are you!" she screeched.

Any cries she was going to make he quickly muffled and held her tightly to him. Yuki's heart was caught in her throat, "Patience, child."

Tobi then slammed her against the tree, knocking the wind out of her and she slumped to the ground. Out of no where he pulled out a rope and bounded her hands together and wrapped a cloth around her mouth so she could not scream. Tobi was on his knees, right in front of her, "Now listen and listen good,"

Like I have a choice, Yuki growled in her mind.

"My name is Uchiha Madara. Know of me?" his cruel voice questioned.

To think that Itachi's voice could strike the fear into anyone when he talked. Madara's voice along could slit your throat. Yuki shook her head in a, I've heard of you. "Good, it saves me a long winded explanation. Anyways, you are to stay away or butt in the little quarrel Sasuke has with his brother. I know you know the truth. You made Itachi drunk so he could spill the beans. You saw the picture in his drawer. Haven't you ever heard curiosity killed the cat?"

Yuki's mouth moved and struggled to get the cloth down from her mouth,. There was a silence as he watched her struggle. The ancient Uchiha seemed to be rather entertained by her many failed attempts to rid the cloth over her mouth. After a few more moments of the highly amusing display, he used a single finger to pull the cloth down. "One, does anyone else know who you are? And why is it so important to you? Huh?"

"Only Itachi knows, because long ago we had a little chat. This was even before the clan was massacred. Oh, and the leader, Pein, he knows. After all, he is apart of my entire plan. There is a special technique he has that I want to use. And, because, I want to use Sasuke too. The boy obtains a hatred that was always in his blood. Vengeance courses through his veins and he will always be an avenger. Of course, I'm sure you could imagine that Itachi wants me no where near his 'precious little brother." he had said in a mocking tone.

"What about you? What is your concern about their relationship, huh? Is it because you have feelings for Itachi?"

a sinister hand ran from her cheek to her jaw line and underneath her chin. Tobi's index finger lifted her face up so she could stare right at him. She grit her teeth. Before she spoke, there was hesitation, "No, I don't have feelings for Itachi, why would I?"

A loud laughter came from him, "You're such a horrible liar, child. You have feelings for Itachi. Well, news flash, Yuki. Why would someone like him have feelings for you? Huh? Every breathing moment he has to keep his eyes on you. Itachi sees you as nothing but a nuisance. You're like a child to him. Because of that, he would never see you in such a light. You're talking about a man who killed his mother, his father, and his lover."

"But he couldn't kill his little brother!" Yuki retorted, "There has to be..."

Tears flowed into the corner of her eyes, "Touche, Yuki."

In a blink of an eye, Tobi, or rather, Madara was gone. Yuki clutched on to her chest and she lunged forward as tears streamed down her eyes. Yuki held herself, shaking. The last image of him would burn into her thoughts for a long time, she just knew it. His words were ringing through her hair. All she was to Itachi was a louse.

Yuki sobbed there in the fetal position for ten minutes at the very least. It had taken that long to set a fire in her belly. Instead of Madara's words tearing her down and ripping her from the insides out, they did the exact opposite. "Itachi..." she whispered. "I have to find Itachi..."

Or run across Sasuke before he and Itachi crossed paths. She had to talk to Itachi. There were a few things she could do, the best one that sounded was to search for the elder Uchiha. It was time for her to take charge, and prove that she wasn't an insect. "Itachi!" she shouted as she started running off into the thicket of trees. There was a small trace of his chakra, maybe she could trace from here. "There..." she whispered.

"Itachi! Itachi!" she cried out desperately into the forest.

Her voice was so loud it could be heard through out the timberland.