I grabbed my sword and rushed to Pein's office, not even bothering to knock as I threw the door open.

A grim look was affixed to my brother's face, and his ringed eyes were fixed on the wall.

"What's going on?" I panted, trying to catch my breath. "Where's... Hidan?"

"It seems our base is no longer secure," he began.

"How in the hell did that happen?" I interrupted.

"Sakana." Pein's voice was stern, angry. "Our position was given away, perhaps one of you," his eyes flicked over my shoulder, and I was suddenly aware that Kira, Suki, and Zena were sat on the sofa by the door.

"Pein-sama," Sasori was at the door behind me. "There are too many."

Kira shifted, worry creasing her brow for a moment before it was replaced with confusion. "Too many what?"

"Who's attacking us?" Suki cried, standing up.

"Konoha." Pein sighed. I opened my mouth, but he fixed his "Hidan was sent to check the perimeter. He was attacked and incapacitated by a squad in the north quarter."

This wasn't supposed to happen.

"Itachi, Kisame, Zetsu, Tobi, Konan, and Deidara are currently in the field," Pein informed us, pointing out their specific locations on the map. "We suspect that ANBU is after at least one of you. The plan is for each of you to meet up with a different team, as we are greatly outnumbered."

"What about Hidan?" I blurted again, obvious worry lacing my voice.

"You are going with Kakuzu to retrieve him. Since you are currently the strongest initiate, and due to your immortality, you should be able to handle it." I opened my mouth to object, but he continued, "The three of you will accompany Sasori through our underground tunnels, he will deposit each of you in position for pick-up by your squads. Any more questions?"

I glanced at each of the others, exchanging a weary look before all replying, "No, Pein-sama."

"Hm. Dismissed." He said, waving us all away. "Sakana, one more moment." Sasori led Kira, Suki, and Zena out of the office and the door clicked shut behind them.

Feeling that I was about to be chastised for insubordination in front of the others, I lowered my head and awaited the reaming out I was sure to get.

Instead, Pein stood and circled the desk, coming to a halt in front of me.

I looked up and noticed the troubled expression carved into his face. This was going to be a fight. He lifted a hand and ruffled the hair on top of my head. "Be careful, Saki."

Sasori led his wards through the winding tunnels, carefully disarming the myriad of traps and genjutsu he had set when they had established the main base. He had already handed Zena off to Zetsu, who was going to be traveling to the Amegakure base with Konan, Pein, and Tobi.

They were nearing the drop point for Suki- a hidden entrance in a cave, where Kisame was waiting for Suki. Itachi would be fighting off hordes of the ninja in the main base by now, but he'd no doubt finish his task and regroup with his partner soon. He helped the small woman

That left his escape with Kira. The brat was flying somewhere above the base, dropping his handmade bombs across the battlefield on unsuspecting shinobi. Sasori could feel the subtle quakes upon the detonation of each explosive.

Kira was clinging rather close to him, but he could only assume that if he asked, he'd be met with the redhead's indignant temper, something he'd rather not bother with at the time.

They trudged on, to one of the further exits of the tunnels. The further from the battle they were when they escaped, the safer Kira would be.

Sasori didn't realize that he'd made a mistake until a second before he was struck with a barrage of kunai. He quickly pushed himself in front of Kira and blocked the razor-sharp knives from hurting her.

"Sasori," she grunted, and he turned around to face her. A thin trickle of blood trailed down her cheek and he internally cursed himself. She's been cut by one of his kunai.

Quickly rummaging through the pouch at his side, he withdrew a needle and swiftly injected it into Kira's forearm, administering the antidote to the fast-acting poison he'd coated the kunai in before setting the trap. "Wha?" She slurred, the effects of the lethal toxins already activating in her brain.

"The antidote to the poison currently coursing through your veins. You'll be okay, you'll just be rather drowsy."

"Mhm, I already feel that," Kira replied, leaning against the tunnel wall.

Sasori picked her up and continued on their trek through the dim, murky halls.

Kakuzu got me through the thicket of the battlefield relatively unharmed. I had a shuriken sticking out of my ass, but I was otherwise fine.

In a clearing in the woods, we found Hidan's body. Cut into pieces. There was blood everywhere.

His legs were running around in circles, stomping up a cloud of dust. His arms were working their way towards his torso, which was discarded in a bush, but his head was nowhere to be seen.

"Looking for something?" A voice called, and I found myself craning my neck to see a person standing in a tree, tossing a ball from hand to hand.

Upon closer inspection, I realized that it wasn't a ball at all, but instead, it was my boyfriend's head. A makeshift gag was stuffed into his mouth.

"Well?" The person asked, jumping down from the tree. "Is this yours?"

"Hatake Kakashi," Kakuzu said, and I was suddenly aware that the silver-haired jonin was indeed in front of us, gingerly holding out Hidan's head as if it were a lost toy.

"Kakuzu," Kakashi replied cooly. "Listen I'll be willing to make a trade with you. Your friend here," Hidan made a muffled noise of anger from Kakashi's rough treatment, "for the girl."

Kakuzu rolled his motley eyes, "Yeah, you can just keep him."

"Dude!" I cried, "That's my boyfriend."

Kakuzu gave me a dry look. "I'd sell him for one yen. No, I'd give somebody one yen to take him."

"Kakuzu," I growled.

"Boyfriend, huh?" Kakashi asked, his tone intrigued.

"Whatever," Kakuzu replied to me, ignoring the notorious Leaf Nin. "She's staying with us, and I'll be taking my partner back."

Kakashi didn't reply, only moving to tie Hidan's hair to his hip, as if the head were a bell for his test. If the situation were different, I'd find it endlessly hilarious... But considering the circumstances, I held my smile back.

Hidan shot me a glare, which I ignored as Kakuzu was suddenly on the offensive, rushing the jonin with his Earth Grudge Fear. As his inky black tendrils sped toward Kakashi, Kakuzu wrapped an arm around my waist and teleported me to the side. "Wait here, brat." He grumbled, making a few clones of himself. The five Kakuzus each ran a different way, each and every one of them leaving me alone in the forest to piece Hidan back together. Well... Mostly.

I sighed, knowing the set-up already. Poor defenseless girl, big bad ninjas trying to take her away. And her only means of protection at the moment were a pair of legs stumbling around blindly and the dumb miser who left her in the woods alone.

"Yeah you're so fucking smart, Kakuzu," I bitched, knowing he couldn't hear me. I followed the trail of gore, picking up random bits and pieces of... Hidan. His bloody was drying and tacky, and I tried not to gag as I carried as much of him as I could.

I could feel the ninja's chakra flare and stopped in my tracks. "I don't want to fight you, but right now I need to put my boyfriend back together," I said, turning to face my opponent.

It was an ANBU, their mask a tiger. They remained silent, only drawing a sword and pointing it straight at me.

Kogitsune-maru throbbed at my side, and I almost face-palmed for forgetting my blade. "Sorry Hidan," I mumbled, dropping the pieces of his body to draw my sword. "Tiger-san, I don't want to fight you. Let me leave."

Still, the black ops agent remained silent, charging at me with the blade. I parried with Kogitsune-maru, sending him flying back a few feet.

Relentless, he charged me again, this time using a Jutsu to shake the earth as he jumped. Shaken, I battled him, kicking and clawing against his ferocious form.

Drawing from my numerous training sessions with Itachi, I held him off. Perhaps the Uchiha's methods weren't as dumb as I gave him credit for.

Even though I had managed to hold my own for a few moments, the masked ANBU had years and years of experience on me. Even with Kogitsune-maru, I was quickly overpowered and backed into a corner.

Tiger mask finally spoke, only to say one word, "Surrender."

I growled, flaring my nostrils. "Never."

He didn't make a noise as he suddenly lunged ar me.

My world darkened.

Zena

Tobi helped me out of the narrow shaft and drug me to my feet. "Zena-chan! There are bad guys!"

"Where's Zetsu?"

"Fightin' em. I'm supposed to take you away." He explained.

I nodded, "How do we get out of here?"

An explosion sounded nearby and I flinched. Tobi ruffled my hair. "Not to worry, Zena-chan! Tobi knows how to get away in a jiffy!"

He grabbed my hand and in seconds, we warped away. Now miles from the hideout, I could still hear the sounds of fighting- Jutsu going off, Deidara's explosions. Screams. I shivered and let Tobi lead me further away from the place I had called home.

Suki

Kisame hefted me onto his shoulder, and I nestled into a comfortable spot. "Hang on, Princess," he rasped, craning his neck to press a quick kiss to my cheek. I smiled and returned the chaste kiss.

"Now to meet up with Itachi and blow this popsicle stand," I said determinedly.

Kisame chuckled and carried us out of the cave. Itachi was probably mowing through swarms of leaf nin by now.

We were on the battlefield in minutes, Kisame easily wiping out any stray enemy that accosted us. It was gruesome, and gory, and oh so hot. I was drooling over Kisame's bloodthirst when he stumbled to a stop.

"What is it?"

"Itachi," Kisame said, and I followed his gaze.

Itachi was currently outnumbered, heaving with exertion. He was... Losing.

Itachi Uchiha was being overwhelmed in battle. "DO SOMETHING!" I shouted, and Kisame startled, hissing at me to shut up. I ignored him and continued egging Uchiha on. "FUCKING USE AMATERASU OR SOMETHING!"

A black flame suddenly flared, spreading around Itachi in a circle.

Unfortunately, my shouting didn't go unnoticed. Half of the enemies in the field were now on us, circling around Kisame and me.

"Shit."

Kira

Sasori carried me through the damp halls. He hadn't said anything, and every time I tried to start up a conversation, he quieted me.

"Sasori-Kun," I drawled, "I can't feel my ass."

He didn't respond, shifting my weight on his shoulder.

The puppet master continued carrying me for a while until he finally stopped and set me down gently.

I was drowsy like he said I'd be. I closed my eyes for a second and Sasori roughly jostled me. "Don't sleep."

"Ah so finally he speaks."

"Kira, you're not yourself."

"Of course I'm myself," I snorted. "I'm me, who else would I be?"

He rolled his eyes.

"I'm not going to sleep, I just closed my eyes." I finally replied.

Sasori picked me up again. "Fine."

"Fine."

Silence overtook us again as we continued on. After a few moments, Sasori spoke again, "Continue speaking to me."

I snorted. "Don't tell me what to do. You're not my boss, you're just my fake boyfriend."

It was Sasori's turn to snort.

"What's funny?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"I am not your 'boyfriend'," he replied nonchalantly.

I felt my heart drop, but I swallowed the heartache. "That's why I said 'fake'."

Sasori didn't reply and I bit my lip. So he was supposed to love me, but somewhere in his twisted mind, it was okay that he didn't.

So much for true love.

I didn't speak to him much after that, finding the ceiling of the tunnel suddenly interesting. He probably picked up on my dour mood because he didn't ask me to speak after that.

Hours after our journey through the tunnel began, we came up from the tunnel, surfacing in a cave.

Sasori carried us out into the dusk.

Suki

Kisame fought hard.

But given the sheer number of enemies there were, I couldn't blame him for dropping me.

That being said, I was totally and completely screwed.

Itachi was still struggling somewhere to my left, Kisame was circling around me, fighting off the many attackers. Somewhere during the fight, he was disarmed and Samehada was discarded in the dirt.

One of the ANBU rushed Kisame while his back was turned and I cried out a warning a second to late- he was impaled with the blade and a shrill scream tore from my throat.

Itachi was by Kisame's side in a second, slicing through the second and third enemies that rushed them. I was tackled to the side and met Itachi's eyes for a second.

'Go,' I mouthed, and Itachi nodded. The duo was gone, leaving me alone with the swaths of Konoha Black Ops.

Fuck.