Stuff went horribly wrong the day that I was going to update this... I've been trying to clear my thoughts and such but I'm still hurting now. Not gonna make you guys wait any longer though...

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I stared down at Akuma's peaceful face, as she slept in my bed, curled up against me. I smiled softly, running my fingers through her hair. It was silky smooth, just like I remember it from before I left for the mission.

Everything I had heard while training with Orochimaru was true. "-about Akuma, that girl training under Jiraiya. She is becoming a threat to our plan now due to the dark chakra that now takes over her body." I stopped walking down the hall, hearing Akuma's name. "The only great thing that is helping us is her taking out the Akatsuki with Jiraiya. The problem is, her information gathering senses is far most the most powerful now." There was silence in the room "Jiraiya isn't the one whose been teaching her how to do that… if her memories come back fully, she will—"

I stared down at Akuma, pulling her close. I found out while in that hide out, that Akuma had once been thrown into a glass binding system that would put the person to sleep, while the power is being used. Finding this out had nearly made me turn my back on Konoha, wanting to completely rid of the country. But I had to keep my cool, pretending that all I cared for was to gain power to beat my brother. Itachi… Akuma had warned me that the Akatsuki had begun to eye the members closely due to there being a leak. I sighed, as I continued to run my hand through Akuma's hair.

Akuma told me that Kabuto was working with Sasori, that it was due to Sasori that Itachi would have to use his Sharingan and pull her into his genjutsu world just to inform her of what she needed. She even informed me of how Itachi's eyes were starting to lose sight due to having to constantly keep the sharingan active. I stopped running my hand through her hair and looked over her, finally taking in what three years did.

Her hair was super long, while she still had the same outfit, yet custom made into a different color. Bandages still covered all the spots it did before, which hid any development she had over the years. She still was clueless to love and anything surrounding it, as proven to how Kyuubi tricked her into the 'long' way to get rid of the cursed seal. I had to admit, I preferred the long way over anything else.

I leaned my head against Akuma's, sighing in relief. My only worries now were about Akuma's safety and Danzo, who still posed as a threat to Konoha and Akuma too. Tsunade had informed me on how Danzo suggested killing Akuma or sending her out of Konoha, which would later lead to assassination. He had felt threatened by Akuma due to her strength, title and abilities. What he didn't know was he was asking Konoha to assassinate the Fourth Hokage's daughter.

I got up, kissing Akuma's forehead as I got ready to meet face to face with the council. Tsunade had told me that I would have to stand surrounded by creepy perverted eyes for a few hours. I sighed and looked over to Akuma, deciding to leave her a note to inform her of where I was.

†Break†

I stared up at the council as they looked through papers, talking among each other. Tsunade cleared her throat, making the council look over to her. "Uchiha Sasuke was placed on a mission by the Third Hokage in which it required him to pretend to break from Konoha to learn the plans of Orochimaru towards Konoha. During this time he was also placed in guarding Konoha's prized precession, Uzumaki Naruto Akuma." She tossed over files towards the council while Danzo snorted. "Tsunade, Akuma is only a Jinchuuriki that is causing Konoha harm by being here. I still propose the assassination concept… while the Uchiha, with such an eye, he can control the Kyuubi at any moment."

Tsunade leaned forward, gaze locking with Danzo. "So what you are telling me is to kill Akuma, because she is the container of the fox demon?" Danzo nodded. "Akuma, Konoha's secret weapon due to the Kyuubi and her mysterious powers." He nodded again "Akuma, the Fourth Hokage's only child." Danzo stopped, while the other council members stared at Tsunade.

She tossed them another file and gazed hard at them "The Uchiha clan was ordered to protect Akuma. Before she disappeared, she was nearly killed by Iwa ninja due to being the Fourth's daughter. All her information is right in that portfolio, including Yondaime's agreement with Fugaku, Mikoto, Sasuke, and Itachi on the protection of his child." I peered at Tsunade from the corner of my eye. I could tell that Akuma had played a part in getting everything together to be able to get me off the hook of the evil council.

"E…everything is here…. Namikaze Naruto Akuma…. That is her birth name it says. It does even state that at all costs she must be with an Uchiha, but not Madara Uchiha." One elder stared down and nodded, standing up. "It is seen fit that Uchiha Sasuke will from here on out be the official guardian of Namikaze Akuma. We accept to take Uchiha Sasuke back into the hidden leaf village as a Chunnin, like he had left."

†Break†

I yawned, walking back towards the Uchiha compound. After being informed that I was back in the ranks of being a ninja again, they informed me that where Akuma went I would have to go. I smiled, that's how things were when we were little, I was always there though she'd complain.

I opened the door to find Akuma waiting there, while playing with her eyes by using her ninjutsu's then ninjutsu's that are made from chakra. I couldn't help myself but smile; she was still the cute innocent Akuma that I knew. I closed the door and took off my sandals, then sat in front of her. "Ne, I'm starting to get used to the gist of this whole Sharingan thing but… I can't deactivate them since the 'Ultimate eye' is my normal eyes, which hasn't been changed. I never knew I could change my eyes… this is kind of frustrating." I ruffled her hair "The only reason I believe my blood was stronger was because, well if you think about it, I have more advanced of eyes compared to probably what Itachi was back then." She nodded in agreement.

"Now, on the matters of what happened with the council, I've been assigned a lifelong mission that I'm willing to comply with." I felt her gaze land on me "I quote 'It is seen fit that Uchiha Sasuke will from here on out be the official guardian of Namikaze Akuma. We accept to take Uchiha Sasuke back into the hidden leaf village as a Chunnin, like he had left.'" Her eyes went wide "So that's why baa-chan needed all that information about me! I had to dig deep into every storage area in the old Konoha file library just to get my information, along with coming here to the Uchiha library. All my records were stored between the Uchiha clan and the old file security, which was owned by part of the Uchiha clan too." She scratched her head then laughed "Well least now I know why she needed me to do all that running around when there was word of documents on me lying around at places. At least it helped you though, but I wish Tsunade told me instead, I'm not supposed to be called Namikaze until 17, yakno coz of all the danger of just the last name alone." I nodded.

"That's why I'm your official guardian." She laughed, causing my smirk to falter. "I'm the Uchiha's guardian yet you become my guardian; that is funny. But that was the information I refused to hand over to Tsunade right away. Only you Itachi and I needed to know what I was worth to the Uchiha clan; Kakashi has always had suspicions on why the clan kept me so close." I smiled faintly then pulled her into a hug.

"You still are the cute innocent girl I knew before going to Orochimaru." I ran my fingers through her hair, sighing in relief. "Ne, ne `Suke! Can we go get ramen or something? …I'm hungry and your place has no food since I haven't really… stayed here long before I retrieved you." I stared down at her and kissed her cheek "Sure we can get ramen, and then we can go food shopping, how does that sound?" she lifted her gaze towards me and smiled "Okay!"

Akuma's POV

I puffed out my cheeks, pouting. Everyone in the village was staring at me; of course it was due to the sharingan that I couldn't hide. I had managed to eat ramen in silence, only due to the fact that I kept my eyes closed. When a group of Anbu came into the market we were in, saying that we were assigned a mission, Sasuke insisted that I opened my eyes to go to the Hokage's tower that way I didn't crash into anyone.

I sighed in relief when we finally made it. "Ah there you two are." We turned to our side to see Tsunade looking out the window. "This is going to be your first mission Sasuke, especially with Akuma since those 3 years. This will be a test for you two to see if you can be ranked up to Jonin yet or not. Akuma has been ready for Jonin rank, but with your help Sasuke, you both could be promoted together." I watched as she turned away from the window and stared at us with a hard look.

"Dying is not an option in this mission, if things get rough, come back. You know how the village will be if they find out that an Uchiha died and how the council too will be. That aside, you know how I will be if either of you two die." I watched as her face went from stern to loving. "You two are the reason I took up being Hokage; I can't lose either of you two. If things get rough, don't try to be hero, come back. If you fail this mission, I will allow you to train for a month before I place you on another mission like this."

She walked over to her desk and grabbed a paper and handed it to Sasuke. "This is an A-rank mission. To Akuma, it is nothing since she easily completed S-rank missions when she was 5. But because of her eyes being sharingan currently, I don't know how it will make the mission turn out." She looked over to me then smiled. "Akuma, you are full of all sorts of surprises aren't you?" I laughed and smiled my closed eye smile. "If I wasn't full of surprises, then that wouldn't be me, now would it?" I heard Tsunade laugh "You're right, it wouldn't, but don't push yourself too hard punk, as your adopted godmother I demand you stay safe missy."

I waved my hand "Matta, matta, I promise baa-chan." I gripped onto Sasuke's arm, catching him by surprise as I leaned my head on his arm pointing at him "He's my guardian after all, and I trust him with my life."

After Tsunade went into more detail over the mission; we packed up our bags and headed towards the gates of Konoha. "Sasuke-kun, Akuma!" we turned around, seeing Sakura running up to us. "Hold out your hands you two." We looked at each other then held out our hands. She shifted in her pockets then placed something in our hands, closing them and pushing our hands towards us. We opened them up to see what appeared to be a charm.

"After you trained me with small fire related things, Akuma, I did what Sasuke-kun did and made us all charms. The charm's colors signify us; the reddish orange is Akuma, the pink is me, the deep blue is Sasuke-kun and the silver one is Kakashi-sensei. In all of ours, except Akuma's, the reddish orange orb with the fox in the tint is in the middle, while the owner of the necklace has their color right where the chain is." She pulled out her necklace from under her shirt and showed us hers.

"The pink here on the chain is me, Sasuke-kun is here while Kakashi-sensei is connected to Sasuke-kun, and it forms into a moon, which is being held together by Akuma." I stared down at my necklace and smiled noticing how mine was being held together by Sasuke while Kakashi was the one linked to me with Sakura linked to Kakashi.

"I get it… the charm is signifying what holds us together. Akuma really has held us together through the years." I looked over to Sasuke and stuck out my tongue. "And you Sasuke-kun, held Akuma together, that's why you are her connecting orb." I lifted up my necklace then placed it around my neck "That's three awesome necklaces to wear but I do want to know something. Why does each of them have an animal?"

I watched as Sakura giggled "It's an animal for each of us that signifies what we are like. Sasuke-kun is a raven, while you are a fox. Kakashi-sensei is a dog and I'm—"

"Not an animal but a cherry blossom tree, which springs in the fields of summer." She looked over to me, blinking. "It's what your name means, which was perfectly picked out with how things came to you. You sprung up nice since the three years I was not in Konoha. It was a wise choice to choose a cherry blossom tree for yourself rather an animal; however…" I gave Sasuke a funny look "He should have been a snake…. If you catch my drift."

Sakura smiled then laughed while Sasuke snorted and hit me on the top of my head. "First you say nice words now you're pointing out things that do not need to be pointed out." I rubbed the top of my head and glared at him. "Oh… Akuma, your eyes…. If you aren't a sharingan user… why are they yet a high form?" I blinked, confused, then looked up to Sasuke who stared at my eyes.

"Hmm… possibly she has the same level Sharingan as me…. Who knows." I scratched my head then laughed "Kyuubi says you are too weak that mine is far better than any Uchiha combined…. How true that is I don't know but she really is putting you down, what did you do to her?" I continued to laugh. He growled then grabbed the back of my vest and nodded to Sakura who waved us off "Good luck guys! Come back safe! Oh Akuma, I repacked your medical kit since you used up all the stuff again, be more careful!" I groaned as I was dragged away against my will.

-AN-

Yeah Sakura wants to feel important to the team again... psh... Nowai. Anyway... I'm sorry this was posted almost 3 days later than when I wanted to... but... I had gotten to the point to where I was done with everything. When shit went wrong, I cried for possibly two hours, made this huge Journal Entry on part of the shit that has hit me through my years... I'm always told I'm too closed off, that made me snap along with what happened. So I was like you want closed off? Here take my fucking life story and drown in it. So yeah... my new theme though... I like it and am going to have Akuma say it in the stories at some point. It's true though, half the things I said. Like "Grow up idiots, this isnt preschool anymore. This is the real world, and the real world will find every way to fuck you over." which is very true... it does. But I do like this the most... "Yeah world, I hear you calling me. And you know what? Im hanging up the phone. Go call someone who wants to hear your shit." Normally when I'm ranting while crying I don't make sense nor say anything worth remembering but... I have to say that is a nice line right there. Hell that is so Akuma worth, because of how much I'm having her go through in every story... she'd so say that line.

Anyway... I haven't talked to anyone other than my Twin... after my breakdown I had my adopted brother, Sage, send her a message in game asking if I could come to her house... she got off the game and rode her bike to my house. I rode mine with her to her house and was there for 4 hours... we didn't do anything but it helped me forget why I was so upset and everything... I had fun even though we were doing nothing. I feel thats what a real friend is... someone you can do practically nothing with, and still have fun.

-Ja ne