Sometimes, there's only so much a single person can do. Perhaps, that was what drew him to Akatsuki in the first place. Chances were, it could've also been the fact that he was surrounded and couldn't possibly hope to escape with his life. Shikamaru only had so many options open to him.

He couldn't move forward, he had to go back the way he came. He spun around only for his heart to skip a beat or five. He was trapped in a cull-der-sack of webs and his only way out was blocked by mouths full of fangs. Leave a review, it helps out a lot! Cover art is on Deviant art so go check it out. Look for Dara1999!

Uchiha Itachi one day finds a dying little girl with pink hair. Taking her back with him to the base, the members of the infamous Akatsuki soon fall in love with the young child, and decides to take her in and raise her. But no one must know about the Akatsuki's precious secret, and they'll do anything to keep it that way. There's more to the story than this, I swear. R&R.

Nothing could possibly have prepared him for this. Girls were nothing but trouble, he decided quietly. Not that he would really have it any other way. Non-massacre.