Title: Forever his

Author: Jus-Chan

Characters/pairings: Uchiha Itachi/Uchiha Masami

Type: On-going

Genre: hurt/comfort/romance

Word count: 2384

Rating: M

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto-San.

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Chapter 21

(5 days later)

"Why is she crying?" asked Itachi as he frowned at Suki

"The hell if I know, she just hasn't shut up since Konan brought her back" I replied as I picked Suki up and rocked her.

Itachi walked over and took the still screaming child from my arms. I stood astounded as the little girl settled quietly in her father's arms. I glared at a mildly smirking Itachi and hissed "I hate you"

"No you don't" he replied flippantly as he moved over to the bed.

Grumbling a few choice words about him and his big head I moved to sit by him and my daughter. As I sat next to him I felt him look at me. Flicking my eyes up to meet him I asked "What?"

"How are you?" he asked and I knew he wasn't just trying to make conversation, the stress of the past few days had not been good for anyone but Itachi had gone in to over protective mode with my being pregnant.

I smiled at him and said "Fine"

He shook his head knowing that was the only answer he was likely to get from me. I moved so I was leaning on his shoulder and asked "What are we going to do?"

"About?" he prompted

"The babies"

"Suki will be fine after all you won't have to worry about removing her from the base. As for the other little one, you will not be in danger from anything. Not with me and Kisame at your side"

"I won't be babied Itachi, I can fight."

"Are you willing to risk our child in order to prove it?"

I hissed in annoyance and snapped "Stop it"

He just gave me a look that clearly asked me the question "You can't keep using the baby as a way to keep me from fighting. I can fight and protect the baby at the same time"

"I have no doubt of it Masami, but I would prefer it if you allowed Kisame and I to do most of the work"

I pushed off him and scooted back to the side of the bed. Kicking my feet off the bed I pushed myself in to a standing position and moved towards the bathroom. I stopped when Itachi spoke "I forgot to tell you, there are two letters in the nightstand for you, they came this morning"

Nodding my head in understanding I moved back to the bedside table, grabbed the letters then went back to the bathroom. Slamming the door behind me I threw the letters on the counter and hit the wall in pure annoyance. I understood where Itachi was coming from, I really did but at the same time it felt as though he was belittling my abilities. After glared into the mirror I hissed a few choice words under my breath and pushed away from the counter. Scooping up the letters I ripped the first one open and scanned it. It was from Shisui explaining he had found Sasuke and pretty much explained most things to him, the only thing was Sasuke had taken off straight after and now Shisui was having trouble finding him. The second letter was off someone I didnt expect to contact me, it was from Sakura. I quickly sat down cross legged on the floor and read through the letter from the Pinkster.

Masami,

For days after you refused to come with Sasuke, Naruto and I, I wondered why. Was it because you had fallen for Itachi? Was it because you where scared? I didnt know, but now I do. Sasuke contacted me, he told me the truth about the massacre and about why you stayed with Itachi. It hurts my heart to think Itachi had been forced to do such things by the village we both love. Sasuke seemed to take it hard; he is training somewhere to clear his head. He said when the time comes he wasn't Naruto and I to join him of the mission to bring you home. He also said he wants to hear the truth from his brother, I hope that Shisui did not lie to him; Sasuke is hoping to have his brother back. I hope he does to, Sasuke needs his family and you, Itachi and Shisui are the last of his family. He needs you all.

I was also told you where pregnant? I hope so, another Uchiha in the world with you as its mother and Itachi as its father. It will grow to be a shinobi to be reckoned with.

The Hokage asked me to put a few words in this letter from her. She is ordering three teams to accompany team seven of our mission to help you and Itachi. One team is ino, shika and choji. Also, Kiba, Hinata and Shino. And lastly Neji, Lee and tenten. Basically we will be equipped for any kind of shinobi we are up against. We will be leaving to come to Akatsuki in three days. Then you will be home and so will your children.

Take care until we get there.

Sakura

I smiled softly at the letter and folded it back up. Slipping it in to my pants pocket I pushed myself back to my feet. My bad mood now gone and replaced by the thrill of soon being home. I opened the bathroom door and walked straight across the room and to Itachi. He watched as I walked towards him, his face clearly showing unease. Smiling I slipped on to the bed with him and said "The Hokage is sending teams out in three days"

"So soon? She must really want you back" he answered

"She wants us back" I corrected.

His eyebrow rose in question and I supplied the answer "She wants what is left of our clan back in the village"

He seemed to think about that for a moment then shook his head. I frowned and asked "Why not?"

"I could never go back there. Too much happened, plus I would not want our children growing to become shinobi"

"You can't do this Itachi; I need to be in my home"

He seemed to think about it again for a moment then said "So be it, you will take the children and live in Konoha"

"I won't leave you either" I snapped

"You can not have it both ways Masami"

"So either I give up our home to be with you or I give up you to be at my home?"

"Hai"

I pushed myself back off the bed and began to pace the room. At that moment in time I hated Itachi. I could not believe he was trying to make me pick between the home I love and the man I love. If I stayed with him my children would have there father but they would not have there Uncles. But if I stayed in Konoha they would have a home and there Uncles but no father. I turned on him and hissed "You really are a bastard"

"No Masami, I am not. I will not have our children in a shinobi village as they will be forced to become Ninja. Do you really want the growing up to become like us? Surrounded by death?"

"Who said they have to become a Ninja? If they chose not to then they don't simple as."

"It is not that simple. Because they our of our line they will be expected to train as shinobi. Our children should never have to go through the same things we did" By this time Itachi was stood in front of me his eyes spinning with Sharingan.

I glared back at him and pushed my hands through my hair. I knew where he was coming from, I really did but at the same time I needed to go home. Both children needed the stability of a real home in a real village and Konoha was the best choice for that. Itachi was being stubborn and I did in that moment hate him for it. I felt my eyes burning and I knew I would end up crying, my damn hormones where everywhere since I had become pregnant and it was easy to set me off crying now days. As if knowing what was coming Itachi moved slowly towards me and wrapped one arm around my back, pulling me to him he hugged me softly and said "You need to chose"

"I wish I didn't have to"

"It is the way it is"

"I still hate you for it; I do understand your reason Itachi but you must see mine. I need to be home, the children need a support base and all of that is in Konoha"

"I do see your point, and I know I am hurting you by asking this but I will not change my mind on this"

"Didn't expect you to"

I felt him relax more than saw; we stayed in the middle of the room hugging for sometime until there was a knock on the door. Pulling back from Itachi I turned towards the door as it opened. I smiled softly as I watched Kisame walk in to the room with a tray of tea and what looked like ramen. He nodded in greeting to Itachi then smiled at me "I thought you might be hungry" he explained

"I am, arigato" I replied as I sat on the bed, Kisame put the tray in front of me then took a seat next to me, this left Itachi standing by Suki's crib.

I quickly picked up my chop sticks and began eating while Itachi watched over Suki. Kisame was being very quiet as he watched both Itachi and I. After a few minutes of watching us Kisame asked "So what is the plan?"

"The hell if I know he won't tell me" I muttered as I glared at Itachi

"Three days until it is put in to motion, I will explain more later" said Itachi. Just as he finished there was another knock on the door.

Kisame straightened up and glared at the door, his hand automatically going to his sword. I hissed under my breath knowing who would get that reaction out of Kisame, flicking my eyes to Itachi I saw his whole body had tensed and he to was glaring at the door. As if he felt me watching him Itachi's eyes flicked to mine and then he pushed himself from the wall by the crib and walked over to the door. Slowly he opened it and revealed the one person I did not want to see.

Madara stood at ease in the door way, his eyes skimming over the three of us. After a few seconds he spoke

"You have a mission" that was obviously aimed at Itachi.

Itachi just nodded and held his hand out for the scroll. Madara shook his head and placed the paper in Itachi's hands but the whole time I could feel his eyes on me. I glared at the man and I knew he found it amusing. Itachi opened the scroll and read over it quickly, flicking his eyes back up he said "This will take a few weeks"

"I am aware but only you can do this"

"I can not leave Masami for that long" said Itachi

"You can and you will, Masami will be fine"

Kisame shifted uncomfortably and so did I. I did not like this, I had a very bad feeling Madara knew about the plan. I hopped to kami he didn't though, I needed this, and I needed to get out. So did Itachi and the children. I watched Itachi move slightly as he spoke "I will not take a mission that last for that long, I will not leave her"

"You, boy will do as you are told" hissed Madara

"No, I am needed here"

I very much wanted to smack Itachi at that point, not only was he pushing his luck with his boss, but he was pushing his luck with a clinically insane man. I pushed myself to my feet and slowly made my way across the room, Madara watched me as I came closer to him; I could feel the tension in the air. When I was stood next to Itachi I spoke "If Itachi is gone for any length of time I will worry, it will stress me out which can harm the baby. Which in serious cases can cause miscarriage. I know it is just a normal mission to you but to me it isn't, I do not wish to put stress on my child"

Madara watched me for a few seconds and then said "It will not be that bad, he is going"

"Will you really risk me loosing the child?" I asked

He stopped and seemed to think about it, I knew I was grasping at straws but I had to try something to keep Itachi with me, the whole plan would fall apart if he wasn't around. We stood in silence for close to 10 minutes before Madara spoke again "Konan will go with Pain, this will not happen again Itachi"

And with that said and done he left. I let out a breath of relief and sagged against Itachi, I seriously had, had enough of insane men, the sooner I got out of here the better. Itachi wrapped one arm around my belly and muttered "Good job"

"Arigato, now if you don't mind I am going to lie down" I mumbled as I pulled from him and made my way to the bed.

Kisame just smiled at me and scooted over so I could lie down. Itachi, closed the door and quietly the two men began to talk, I knew they where discussing the plan but I didn't care. I had a decision to make and I needed to make them now. As much as it would hurt me I knew I had to. I closed my eyes and slowly began to think through everything, but soon sleep won and I was falling in to darkness

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I am so sorry it has taken me so long to update! There have been a few problems here and I haven't been well. I was taken in to hospital and nearly died so as you can understand writing has been the last thing on my mind at the moment. This chapter has been hard to write as I am having problems with the story at the moment which means my updates wont be to close together.

I thank you all for sticking with me and this story though I know it can be frustrating when I don't update. Hopefully this chapter will make up for my lack of updates though. As always please read and review as your reviews make me so happy and help me write.

Thanks again Guys

Jus-Chan