I felt way too happy when I was writing the end, and I felt way too sad when I was writing the beginning. I have some serious issues.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto


"I'm home!" Autumn yelled, opening the door. All day she had been thinking about the previous night. What was with them? They were acting like there was something wrong. And Itachi, what was with him? He seemed so obsessed with her sharingan last night. Before she and May left for school that morning, he had pulled her off to the side, and whispered something to her. He said that it was time for her to master her sharingan. What the heck did that mean? She had skipped lunch to go out on the roof to think, and she noticed something. There was no one following her. Usually one of the Akatsuki would be there, especially at lunch, to make sure she never spilled their secret. There were still some pretty big Naruto fans in her school, and she could've leaked information to anyone of them.

"How was school?" Pein asked, coming up from the basement. He was looking at her report card from third-quarter. Autumn rolled her eyes, now that gave her an ominous feeling. He was acting worse than her dad used to.

"Great, now 'what' are you doing?"

"Checking your grades, just to make sure you haven't been slacking off in our absence,"

"Did ya miss us, squirt?" Kisame asked, appearing out of nowhere.

"Yeah, I just longed to once again come home to a bunch of S-class criminals," she said sarcastically. Kisame grabbed her head, and pulled it back so that she was looking straight up at him.

"Did you need something?" she asked, not enjoying his nails so close to her eyes. He just looked up at Pein, and let her go.

"What is with you guys?"

"What do you mean, un?" Deidara asked, walking down the stairs.

"That," everyone in the room raised an eyebrow.

"You're all being nice. Last time I checked, Kisame was still mad at me for that stupid fish comment, Deidara, you just seem to enjoy torturing me, Pein, last time you didn't give a crap about my grades, Itachi did. Speaking of him, where is he? As well as everyone else?"

"Prepairing for a mission," Pein answered, still scanning her grades.

"A mission? Here?" he nodded,

"Autumn, as a member of the akatsuki, you will go on your first official mission this evening,"

"What?" she asked, shocked. This wasn't good.

"You have until 5:30 to prepare for this mission, dismissed." And with that final statement, he retreated back into the basement.

"You people have GOT to be kidding me..."

"Nope, face it kid, you're one of us now," Kisame said, walking up the stairs.

"Well that doesn't make any sense, I'm still an ally of Konoha," she muttered to herself, under her breath.

"What was that, un?"

"Nothing," Autumn just shook her head, and walked up stairs, only pausing at the fourth floor to catch her breath.


6:00

"Are you ready?" Itachi asked, handing her a kunai. They still hadn't left yet.

"Aniki, I've been ready for over an hour, how many weapons are you going to give me?" Itachi handed her another kunai, and stopped.

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" he asked,

"No, but I don't have a choice, do I? What's this mission about anyway? Its got to be big with the amount of weapons you're giving me."

"... It's an assassination mission,"

"Really? In my world? That's odd,"

"You don't seem worried,"

"Of course not, as I said, I don't have a choice. Do I have to kill them though?" he nodded,

"Great,"

"Leader wants us to report to him now, it's time," Sasori said, looking into the room. Itachi and Autumn nodded, and followed him down the stairs.

After they left, Autumn followed Itachi and Sasori through the woods, and down a path. She didn't know where they were taking her, but she didn't object. This was her first offical mission, she was sure that if she did anything wrong, they would have her killed, and Sasori wouldn't want anything more that to turn her life less body into one of his puppets. They traveled in silence, running, and jumping through the trees like the ninja that (some of them) they were. Autumn was glad that she finally had the potential to keep up with them. No more did Itachi have to carry her on his back! Surprisingly, the fact that she had to murder someone, didn't affect her at all. Instead, her mind was focusing on how much she had improved in the past few months. She had gotten so used to having a normal life that she was now craving for adventure like everyone else did. Normal was nice after her multiple encounters with Orochi-hentai, and his evil harem, but it was also boring compared to the excitement she had felt, being chased through the forest by Kabuto. Nothing compared to the way she felt then. The attention was enough to blow her mind. The most dangerous criminals of that world were after her. And as she had just realized, they still were.

"Aki," Itachi said her name quietly so that only she could hear,

"Yeah?"

"Are you sure that you can do this by yourself?"

"Huh?" where did that come from? It wasn't like Itachi to care this much. He was usually pretty confident in her abilities.

"Uh, sure. As I said, I don't really have a choice,"

"Hn," And here we go again. They trio kept going until they reached a clearing.

"What?" Autumn gasped, this seemed familiar, it was her school! She looked, first to Itachi, and then to Sasori who answered her unspecified question,

"This is where you mission is to take place," he said, emotionlessly.

"Autumn!" 'May?'

"Ah, and there's your target now," Autumn turned around completely so that her body was facing Sasori

"Say what?! Have you people gone insane?"

"Your mission, is to assassinate this girl. It should be simple enough that even you could do it," she ignored him,

"I can't kill her! Nii-san, do something!" She looked to Itachi, but he just shook his head. May had stopped a few feet away when she had noticed her friend arguing with the two older guys. Wow, Autumn was lucky. She was standing there with two hot guys, and May could barely hold a boyfriend for more then a week.

"You said you were ready, shoujo. Now it's up to you to do your job. But, since I'm feeling generous, I'll lend you a hand." Autumn's body stiffened as she felt Sasori start to take control.

"W-what are you doing?!"

"I'm helping you. This is your first mission. It's time to prove your worth the the akatsuki." Autumn watched in horror as she saw his fingers move, and felt her body move with them. Her legs unwillingly moved her over to where May stood.

"Fall! I got your note! So what did you need, and who are those two guy with you," Autumn tried to resist as Sasori had her hand slowly inching toward her kunai holster.

"I-I-I can't explain it now, but May, I beg you, please listen," May looked concerned as her friend's body began to tremble, and tears started to form.

"Y-you have to leave, now,"

"?"

"You're in danger of getting killed if you stay here, please, just leave,"

"Fall, what's wrong, are those guys harassing you? If you want I can call the police,"

"N-no, just go," her hand was getting too close...

"Not until you tell me what's wrong!" That was it, she couldn't hold it back anymore,

"JUST RUN!" Autumn yelled as her had grabbed a kunai and slashed at May. Luckily, May had sharp reflexes, and she dodged.

"Fall what are you doing!?" she yelled. Autumn just kept coming at her.

-CRASH!-

The thunder roared, and it started to rain again.

"LET ME GO!" Autumn demanded, trying to gain back her free will. Sasori had her chasing May around the field they were in. May ran in the direction of the school building, and Autumn followed close behind. As a last attempt to save her friend, Autumn purposefully slipped in the wet grass, and fell face first into the mud. Just to give her some time.

Instead of forcing her to get up as she thought he would, Sasori calmly held her in place as he walked over to where she lay in the grass. He released his chakra strings, and bent down over her.

"If you don't want me to help, then I suggest that you get this over with quickly," he grabbed her head, and pushed it further into the mud,

"Do you understand?" Autumn didn't reply, instead, she grasped the kunai in her hand, and brought it up, attempting to stab Sasori.

"Foolish, weak shoujo," he said darkly. He reattached his chakra strings, and forced her to freeze. He turned her around, and made her walk toward the school, where Itachi had May cornered. When she reached his side, he gently squeezed her shoulder, and backed off.

"Please don't make me do this..." Autumn pleaded, as she took another step forward. Her hand went up, and swiftly came down. She cringed when she realized that May didn't move.

"YOU IDIOT! Why didn't you dodge?" May looked up and smiled sadly,

"If you wanted for me to die, you could have just asked. I didn't know that I was that much of a problem," Autumn paused, she didn't know what to say. Who knew that she thought like this?

Autumn's grip on the kunai loosened, and her body felt numb. She was no longer under Sasori's control.

"No May, you weren't a problem," she spoke softly.

"It's okay, really. People have told me that I was annoying."

"But you're not!"

"It's okay, just do me a favor, and tell me the truth," At that moment, May started to cough up blood. She grabbed the handle of the kunai that was firmly planted in her abdomen, and pulled.

"NO!" Autumn screamed, but it was too late. As soon as the kunai came free, blood started to pour from the wound. She didn't know that she had pushed it in that far. She didn't think that she had the strength to do that to another living being.

"Don't cry... If you didn't do it, then my mom probably would've,"

'What!?'

May coughed two more times, and bravely faced death in the face without a single tear.

"But... I'm glad it was you..." Autumn gasped as she used her last breath,

"Thank you... Fall,"She gasped, and that was it. May was dead. Still crying, Autumn quietly closed her friend's eyes, and turned, not wanting to face such a scene. Itachi offered her a hand, but she refused. She ignored both him, and walked toward the field. She wasn't going to use the tunnels. That wouldn't be safe at the moment.

As she passed Sasori, she noticed him smirking. She stopped and glared at him.

"Come to thank me, shoujo?" he asked. That threw Autumn over the edge, after all she had been through within the past two hours, she definitely didn't need to hear his mouth. She grabbed her gun, which she had brought along, and aimed at him.

"You..." she couldn't bring herself to say anymore. Itachi appeared behind her, and forced her hand down.

"Let me go!" she yelled at him.

"Autumn, stop." he commanded, twisting her arm, and forcing her to her knees.

"He made me kill her!"

"I simply made you do your job," he said. Autumn stopped struggling against Itachi, and looked up at Sasori, who was right in front of her,

"SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND DAMNIT!!" Sasori watched in interest as her irises started to bleed red, and a strange design replaced the three twirling commas of her sharingan.

"Mission accomplished," he muttered, walking away. "I'll tell Leader that you're finished," he yelled to the two over his shoulder, right before he disappeared.


And here comes the second or third climax of this story, (and yes you can do that, our writing teacher said so)

Anywho, I made this chapter before I made chapter 50, and I forgot about it, so I hope you enjoyed, and stay tuned for the next chapter.

Please review!