Warning! Sexual content, don't like, Don't read.

After the fight with the One Tails, we headed back to the main base. It was closest right now and apparently Kakuzu would be there, why him I'm not sure. Something about him being able to reattach arms and use pieces from bodies he collected. It grossed me out, but at least Deidara would have his arms back, or what's left of them anyway.

This meant Hidan was there though, and he was the worst of us in my opinion. He glorified killing, bathed in blood and even told me multiple times he wanted me as a vessel to carry a child for Jashin. That earned him a clay scorpion down his throat.

I didn't apologize for blowing his head up, the sleaze deserved it. The only saving grace was Itachi and Kisame showed up to resupply. Thankfully, Hidan backed off and they left to catch the Two Tails a day later.

I was supposed to go with Deidara and Tobi to get the Three Tails when Dei was ready, but something in Deidara snapped. Losing Sasori hurt him more than he would admit. Itachi and I were in the living area on our floor reading, nowhere near each other, when Deidara came up after getting his arms reattached. He had no use of them yet, but he still tried despite the warning that they could fall off again.

"What the hell are you doing, un?" He was talking to me, but glaring at the back of the raven's head. The chair he was in faced away from the stairs, but I could see clearly see Itachi's face. He was annoyed at the silence being interrupted.

"Reading?" I held up the book. There wasn't much to do during our down time and all the base had was books. I had found a romance one, but so far the story was predictable…

"How can you stand to be in the same room as him, un?" I watched Deidara turn and leave to go to his room.

"The only one bothering me right now is you…" I shouldn't have started it, but he didn't know anything about Itachi. He never tried like I had. Sure, I only scratched the surface of who he was, but I figured out he liked dango and the color red. He finally told me the other day when I asked again. I didn't expect an answer, he never did, but he relented.

"Don't bother coming with us…" He growled. "Stay with your "husband" for all I care." He slammed his door behind him. I felt my face turn red, both from anger and embarrassment.

"Why do you instigate him?" Itachi was watching me now, his book forgotten on the side table. I pouted, not knowing why myself.

"I guess…'cause we're siblings?" He gave a short laugh at that. "You have a brother, didn't you ever fight with him?" That got him to stop smiling, I didn't mean to do that.

"Not really." He got up to go to his room. "If you're on my team again, we leave in the morning. Maybe you two should make up before then." It wasn't a question, but sort of a command.

I was so willing to listen to Itachi, even I questioned if I was under a jutsu. I tried dispeling it, but nothing happened. I sighed, hesitating to knock on Deidara's door. When I did, the door opened a little. Odd...Deidara always locks his door.

"Dei?" I walked in, worrying he'd done something stupid. He was just laying on his bed, face down and looked miserable. "You awake?"

"Get out…" It didn't have it's normal threatening tone to it. I closed the door behind me and went to sit by his feet. "Why do you insist on trying to get me to like you, un?" He had his head turned towards the wall, refusing to look at me.

"Tsk...what makes you think I care anymore? I gave that up a long time ago." If it hurt, good. He'd been nothing but rude to me since they captured me.

"Whatever...why are you here?" He really didn't care, he just wanted me to go away. I wasn't going to leave until he talked to me.

"I…" What? I'm sorry? I had no idea what to say to someone who lost someone they cared for.

"He's gone. That's it. I'm over it, un." He didn't sound over Sasori's death to me. "Once I can use my arms, Tobi and I are leaving."

"You really don't want me to come, do you?" His silence was a good enough answer. "Fine. Just tell me, what do you have against Itachi?"

"He doesn't acknowledge my art. Those eyes of his…" He was angry again, but his arms were useless so he couldn't hit the wall. "I hate them…"

I left Deidara to brood on his own. He wouldn't admit he missed Sasori, or talk to me, so I left him with a wish of good luck. I turned the corner to see Kisame and Itachi ready to leave. Kisame was reading the mission statement out loud, which seemed odd.

"I thought we weren't leaving till tomorrow?" I asked them, to which Kisame shrugged.

"We've been moved up. It seems that we've lost rack of the Four Tails. Seems he ran away from the village." The shark man grinned. "Let's get going shall we?" I told him I needed my bag and left to grab it.

I wasn't aware of Itachi following me until he locked us into my room. I felt my skin prickle at his sudden presents.

"What do you want?" I was on edge, never taking my eyes off of him.

"I only want to talk…" To my surprise, he put his hands up in a non threatening way. "Staying on my team will expose you to more dangers than needed. Are you sure you can't convince Deidara to change his mind?" He was acting a little off, I wondered what happened during their mission.

"He's not going to...he's...changed." Itachi sat on the edge of my bed as I told him there was no way he was giving in. "I think he misses Sasori…"

"I see…" I turned back, only to be caught by his crimson gaze. He hadn't used his genjutsu on me before, but I knew something was off when I saw a shimmer from the corner of my eye. "Don't release it, I want to talk to you without a chance of it being over heard." I heard him warn, but his mouth did not move.

"Is something wrong?" I asked, getting used to the dizzy sensation.

"What is your fascination with me?" Ah...he had noticed me staring over the book earlier…it wasn't what he thought, I just noticed he was holding the book really close.

"Er...well…"

"You can't hide you thoughts here…" Well now I was fucked.

"You want me to say I like you? Like a schoolgirl? You're an interesting person...somewhere along the way, while trying to figure you out, I…" No point in hiding it if he'd hear my thoughts in this jutsu anyway. "Guess I fell for you." I felt the jutsu shift, like I had disturbed Itachi by this admission. The colors changes to more muted tones, the door was sucked into darkness and suddenly he was behind me. I knew it wasn't real, but the fear I felt was.

"You find me interesting? You know nothing about me…" The shadowy figure of the raven loomed over me. "You shouldn't tread so closely to me. You should distance yourself, I will bring you nothing but pain." It wasn't a rejection...it was an admission he felt something too.

"My whole life has been nothing but that...why push me away?" I was curious to see his real reasonings. If I couldn't hide my feelings here, then I guess I'd bear them all. The looming figure turned back to him, though this time he was in front of me, closer than I had expected. "I can't promise you anything either. But I can promise to be by your side, either as a friend or...if you let me." He looked broken for a split second, finally cracking just a bit.

"You...why?" I felt the jutsu start to fade, only for it to be revealed that he was actually standing this close to me. I felt my cheeks turn red, seeing him look away as he released the jutsu completely.

"There's more to you than you let on…" I wasn't under the pressure of him knowing my thoughts, but I figured it would still be pointless to lie. "No one just...kills their family without a reason. From what I've seen from you, you don't actually like killing , do you?" His eyes slowly looked back to me. "It's a last resort...as it should be. Someone like you doesn't do something like that without some kind of catalyst."

"You've perspective, I'll give you that." I was right. "I still cannot tell you…I noticed you had a similar regard to life." It was a compliment, just in his own way.

"Why are you so close?" I wasn't complaining, but he never got close to anyone. That's when I saw his eyes seemed a little dull. Without thinking, I put my hand on his cheek to tilt his head towards the light. "You can't see…" He grabbed my wrist then, it was going to bruise later.

"I can…just…" He softened his grip, silently apologizing for hurting me.

"How long?" I shy-ed away from him, noticing the guilt in his eyes.

"A while...the sharingan...after being used to much it will seal itself away, closing off my light." That explained why he had Kisame reading the latest mission statement in the living area, and the book.

"Can you…"

"See you? Yes, but only up close." His voice was low to keep from being heard. I know my face had to be tomato red, but I stepped a little closer again. I saw his lips curve up a little, pleased at my boldness.

"Is...this better?" He looked down hiding his face a little with his hair. Was he...blushing?! He was the one to then cup my face with his right hand, the other slowly reaching towards my waist. He didn't want to spook me again and wanted to make sure he had permission. I put my hands on his shoulders, allowing him to pull me closer.

"No…" Before I could retort, he pressed his lips to mine in a quick, gentle kiss. "This is." He used my shock to kiss me again, but he pulled back just a little, making me lean forward to continue. It was his way to make sure this was fine, but he didn't have to worry about going too far with me. I liked him...

Is this what people meant by seeing fireworks when they kissed? Cause I think I understood it now. A loud bang on the door made me jump,breaking our kiss.

"Are you two ready yet?" Kisame yelled. "If you two need some time…"

"We're coming, Kisame…" Itachi was back to his normal bored self. "Let's go, before he breaks the door down."

At first, the silence between the three of us was awkward. Kisame knew about us, well not about us kissing, but he suspected something between Itachi and I. I could feel that he wanted to say something, but didn't want to make the Uchiha mad. It wasn't until we took a small break off the road that he finally asked.

"So...you two fucked yet?" He had to choose the moment I took a drink, making me choke. "Well...that's quite the reaction." He smirked, Itachi shook his head before turning around.

"Kisame...don't be so brash." The fact Itachi didn't outright say no bugged me, but I was getting a sense he had a dry sense of humor… "If you must know, no. As for what we choose to do, is between us." I felt my face burning again, which Kisame took notice of. The wicked grin he got made me fear for my life, I had to force myself not to show I was scared.

"Is that why you've been keeping Hidan off of her? Keeping her for yourself?" The tone and hungry gaze on me was freezing me in place. I wasn't sure I could move, even if I really needed to.

Itachi didn't say a word, but his eyes turned red. I watched the grin on Kisame's face fall, knowing the raven was staring him down from behind him.

"Being a decent person to someone doesn't mean you're in love with them. Take this as a warning, I won't hold back again." Itachi was threatening to kill the older ninja if he dared to touch me. However, what he said was a little confusing. He had shown me he liked me, but his words said otherwise.

"My...you really do care." Kisame turned away from me, sweat across his hairline. "Who knew you had a heart…"

I noticed Itachi and Kisame liked to camp close to areas with water. Kisame said it was easier for him to use his jutsu this way, but even then, he didn't seek it out like Itachi did. I was going to find out why, but it involved not falling asleep while pretending to be asleep for at least an hour. Itachi was up with Kisame, but I knew he would leave soon to sneak off to the river. As soon as he got up, I switched myself with a clay clone to follow him.

I watched him pull a scroll out of his pack and summoned a packet of green powder and a black water bottle. He filled the bottle with water and emptied the packet into the bottle, shaking it up before drinking it. I watched as he cringed and started coughing violently, until blood came up. I couldn't stop myself, running full speed out of the bushes to his side, but was stopped when I was pulled into a strange black and red world. I was grabbed by the throat in this world, held up in the air and choked while he talked.

"You shouldn't go around sneaking up on me like that...Nina?" He thought I had been Kisame, he quickly dispelled the jutsu. "The same goes for you…" I fell against his chest, he had moved to catch me as he released me from his dojutsu. "Can you stand?" He asked, helping me steady myself.

"Y-yeah...I'm ok." I looked up to see he had blood dripping from his right eye. "Y-your eye!" I reached up and wiped the blood away with my thumb, seeing if he was injured. He let his head drop, shoulders shaking a bit. "Itachi?" I thought he was really hurt, but then I heard a sound I never heard before. Itachi was laughing! He looked up, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand.

"You shouldn't be standing, yet you're worried about my eye?" He gave me a real smile, one I had never seen him give before. "You really are different…" He flicked my headband, making it fall over my eyes.

"Hey...you're the one bleeding!"

"It happens when I use my Mangekyo Sharingan…" I reached to push my headband back up, but he stopped me. "Don't…" He whispered in my ear. I didn't realize he had gotten so close...

"'Tachi?" He answered by kissing me again, soft at first, but both of us became more bold. He explored first, seeing how far he was allowed to go by pulling the hem of my shirt. Our jackets had been left at the camp, but I wished I had brought mine as a sort of blanket. I let him pull my shirt off, taking my hitai-ate with it, but I quickly demanded he do the same by almost ripping his off. He gave me a half smirk, approving of my advances. He let me look him over, knowing I was wondering how he had gotten away with very few scars over his life. He did the same to me, reaching out and rubbing a thumb over the sealed mouth on the left side of my chest. It was useless, nothing but a scar, a reminder of what Iwa did. It was still half hidden by my bra strap, he never went under it.

"Did it hurt?" He asked, almost like he was upset he couldn't have stopped it.

"Don't remember…I was just a newborn." I pulled his hand away, not wanting him to pity me right now.

He surprised me with how gentle he was, slowly lowering the strap down to reveal the entire sealed mouth. I was going to question what he was doing when he kissed it. Each kiss felt like he was trying to heal it, soon they were more open mouthed and I knew he'd leave his own mark over it.

I don't remember him lowering us down, but we were in the tall grass by the river bank with me straddling his lap. He must have done it while distracting me when he moved up to kiss my neck. In that time, he also managed to get everything from the waist up off of me. I had yet to really reciprocate, but I didn't want him to think I was hating this; It was entirely the opposite. I moved my arms from around his neck, letting my hands trail back up his back. Both of them were cooperating right now and allowing me to trail kisses with my left and lick up his back with the right. I bit my lip at the low groan he let out, arching into my touch. Guess they have more than one use after all...

"Hm…" I smirked against his ear as he left one last kiss to my neck before looking me in the eye.

"Are you sure?" He asked, his right hand trailing down from my chest down to the button of my pants, all while looking me in the eye. There were red again, but this time I don't think he was in control, more like his emotions took control of it when he got like this.

"Yes." I'd never been sure of anything before, but now...he moved so quickly I didn't really finish my thought before I found myself pinned down in the grass. I watched as he slowly sat back up, stroking my sides as he went, making me arch into him. He hooked his index fingers into the belt loops of my pants and slowly pulled them off. I was so embarrassed, I put my hand over my face to hide that I was blushing. He reached up, pulling my hand away.

"Don't hide you face…" It was a loving request, not a demand or an order. I tried to stifle my voice, but I know he heard me moan as he kissed down my body.

"W-wait…" He stopped, just shy of kissing my inner thigh. I hadn't had anyone do what he was about to do to me before.

"I promise, I won't hurt you. Do you want to stop?" I could see how his pants strained around his member, but he was still willing to stop right now.

"N-no...I just...um…" He smiled softly, knowing what I was trying to say.

"Hn, like I said, I won't hurt you…" he kissed my thigh, gently making my other leg spread more. I felt his delicate fingers brush over my core, spreading my lower lips as he ran his tongue up and inside. I arched, grabbing at the grass under me for purchase. He did it again, this time being careful and finding my clitoris.

"Oh fuck…" I felt him smile against me before he licked over it again, swirling his tongue around until I was squirming under him. "'Tachi…" It was a breathy whisper between moans, but he heard it. One of my hands found its way into his hair, pulling softly as he pushed a finger inside of me, still doing that wonderful tongue thing. I could be content with this, but I know he wanted more too. I rolled my hips, signaling him I wouldn't last long if he kept that up. He took the hint, running his tongue up my abdomen to my breasts and then playfully biting around my collar bone. He kissed me again, harder than before and allowing me to explore his mouth. I moaned, tasting myself on his lips. I needed his pants off so I could repay him. I was able to shift my leg a little and rubbed my knee into his crotch. The near feral growl he let out had shivers running down my body.

I helped him undo the buttons as he pulled them off, revealing his sizable cock. Oh Kami, I want that inside of me now. He blushed under my gaze, suddenly shy. I pulled him forward and kissed him again, letting my left hand trail down to the head of his arousal, letting the mouth lick and take it inside. He pressed his forehead to mine as my hand sucked him off.

"Nina…" He huskily whispered in my ear, removing my hand and pinning it by my head, lacing our fingers together. He locked eyes with me one last time, allowing me to back out if I wanted. I reached up with my free hand, pulling him down by his hair and crashed our lips together as my answer. As punishment for doing that, he bit my lower lip, making me bleed a little. After a short heated kiss, he lined himself up and slowly pushed inside of me. I bit the back of my fist, keeping from crying out. He was a lot bigger than I had imagined, but fuck it felt good.

He groaned, finally fully sheathed inside of me, but he wouldn't move until I adjusted. It was driving me crazy, he was...kami he felt so good.

"Dammit, I won't break, please…" I begged. I couldn't take him going so slow anymore, needing him to move. So he doesn't hesitate and started moving his hips. The feeling of him sliding in and out of me was driving me crazy, but it wasn't enough. I rolled my hip, wrapping one of my legs around him to get a better hold on him and push him deeper.

"Kami…" Itachi groaned as I kissed his neck, biting him hard and leaving my own marks across his chest. I decided the most beautiful sound in the world was Itachi moaning my name, losing himself with me and letting go of the worries of the ninja world.

I felt him move his other hand down my side and sat back just a little. I pouted, unable to kiss him anymore. This allowed him to kiss down my neck and lick at my nipples. He alternated to distract me from what his other hand was up too. He had to quickly cover my mouth with his when he ran the pad of this thumb back over my clit, rubbing it in time with his thrusts.

"'Tachi...I-I...ah!" I couldn't hold on, he was making it difficult to think straight and delay the empending orgasim. He looked down at me lovingly, his hair looking only slightly out of place.

"Don't hold back.." I bit my lip, trying not to, but he had found a spot behind my left ear that made me squirm in pleasure. He bit there, kissing away the pain as I lost control. I saw stars as I came, knowing I had cried out too loud.

As I was coming down, I felt Itachi finally release inside of me. I shivered at the feeling of being filled. It had been the first time it had felt good, I was happy Itachi was the one to make me feel this way again. I felt wanted, needed by someone who wanted and needed me back. I felt him move, pulling himself from me. I felt empty again, but he didn't pull completely away. He kissed my forehead, over my closed eyes, my nose and finally my lips. I was giggling when he kissed me again.

"We should get back to camp…" The way he looked at the grass by my head told me he didn't want to go back either. "Kisame could find us."

"Hn, you sure don't know how to do pillow talk right, do you, un?" I teased him, that earned me a hard poke to my forehead. "Ow.."

"Come on." He smiled. He got up and helped me into the river to wash off. I did not need his cum drying down there and making it uncomfortable to continue our travels.