The moonlight shone brightly on her snow-white hair, as she looked into his blood-red eyes showing her just how far he had gone. She loved him with everything she had. Had joined ANBU for him, and studied and mastered medical ninjutsu.

"Kari, I'm sorry." He whispered, turning away from her. She grabbed his hand and pulled him back towards her.

"Ita, you can't leave me. Please, everyone leaves. Papa, Kakashi, Obito, Rin even Minato-san, and Kushina-chan. Not you too! I will follow you wherever you go just don't leave me alone." The girl pleaded her golden eyes wet with tears.

He cupped her cheek, "Tsukiakari. My Mūnbīmu. You will be hunted, probably even by your brother is that the life you want? Can you live like that Kari?" He whispered softly though her answer surprised him immensely.

"Itachi, I have nothing left in this village but you. Kakashi can try to hunt me but even he forgets my powers, He has pulled so far away from me that I'm nothing but a stranger to him. I beg of you Don't leave me here. The villagers fear me, I've learned everything I can from Tsunade-sama. Let me stay by your side." Tsuki ran her slender fingers through the low ponytail Itachi always wore. "Please?" Her voice was strangled in her attempt to not sob when two ninjas in black cloaks with red clouds on them appeared.

"Itachi it's time to go. Is she coming with you, because if not she will be killed as she has already seen us?" The female of the pair said in a soft voice.

At this, he growled wrapping an arm around Tsuki's waist protectively causing the two newcomers to take a step back. He looked down at her. "You're sure Kari? I will not allow them to kill you, I love you too much for that." He whispered in her ear his face obscured by her snow-white hair. She nodded gripping him tighter.

"I'm sure I have nothing left here, you need me to heal your eyes and keep you healthy. I'm the only one who can." She whispered just as softly burying her face in his soft obsidian hair. The two newcomers nodded before motioning to follow as the alarms were starting to sound the discovery of Itachi's work had been made. Itachi held Tsuki's hand as golden and obsidian irises turned away from Konoha and ran with the strangers.

Hours later they stopped for the night Tsuki curled up to Itachi while he guarded the camp. She was worried about his eyesight the moment they crossed the border of Konoha. Leaning up she waved her hand in front of his eyes. When he squinted at her hand she sighed before getting up and placing herself on his lap a knee on either side of his hips.

"Watashi no ai, let me heal you please?" her voice a soft whisper in the night between them as she raised her hands to cup his face a green glow enveloping them. He hummed a response placing his larger hands around her slender waist holding her to him as she worked.

Following each nerve and repairing them took a while and she was very exhausted when the light of dawn made its way across the sky. His eyes were healed and that's all that mattered to her. "No activating your Mangekyō Sharingan for the rest of the day you need to heal after using it so much last night." She slumped forward passing out on his chest and gripping his shirt tightly, he sighed in relief the pain from his eyes was gone and he could see without the haze over everything.

"My precious mūnbīmu, I wish you wouldn't waste all your chakra in one go," he whispered watching her chest rise and fall and couldn't help but smile. If there was anyone he would pick to stay by his side it was Kari. A movement from the right caught his attention immediately. He reached into his pouch on his thigh and readied a kunai about to throw it to protect the kunoichi in his arms.

"Settle it's just us." The blue-haired woman came out with her hands in front of her a man around the same age with piercings and bright orange hair followed her. As Itachi put the kunai down next to him in arms reach. The woman came over and checked over Tsuki sighing in relief.

"She will be fine Pein, she just exhausted her Chakra but what could she have been doing to do this?" She gave Itachi a pointed stare.

Itachi rested his head on Tsuki's "Kari, she was healing me." He refused to give away the weakness of his eyes knowing that was why his mūnbīmu had healed him in the first place. "We will have to travel without the assistance of my Mangekyō Sharingan for at least two days." He told the pair.

"And why is that?" Pein looked at him in rage.

"Because it takes two days to fully recharge even as a full-blooded Uchiha!" Itachi hissed back careful not to jostle the woman in his arms.

Pein looked at the pair smirking a bit. "Think you can carry her? We have to move out or they will find us."

Itachi nodded carefully picking up Tsuki bridal style and dashing after Pein and the woman. With Tsuki out of it after completely healing Itachi's eyes, they were able to travel at top speed and arrived in Amegakure eighteen hours after leaving Konoha. Entering the village it seemed very industrial to Itachi. Tall buildings with pipes on the sides of them.

"Welcome to the Akatsuki, and Amegakure Itachi Uchiha. My name is Konan by the way I forgot to mention that earlier." The blue-haired woman raised her arms as they walked through the rain blanketing the village. Itachi nodded pulling Tsuki closer to him as she shivered in his arms "Here through these doors We'll get you both into something dry." She led them through a set of double doors, Itachi took a moment to admire the art around the building.

"Will you be staying together? She seemed pretty attached to you." Pein asked curiously.

"Yes, we will, though you don't have to worry about my wrath should someone touch her." Itachi chuckled. Pein and Konan tilted their heads to the side asking why at the same time. "She trained under Tsunade-Sama and has better Chakra control and her chakra outranks the nine-tailed fox. I pity any man that screws with her that is not me."

"How is that possible?" Pein asked perplexed.

"She comes from a clan much like the Uzamaki's of sealers. There are more out there than just the tailed beasts. They have three-tailed wolf spirits sealed inside them from birth. It is her Kekki Genkai, her adopted brother pissed her off one day we were training and her wolf came out. I've never seen anything more beautiful." Itachi explained to them staring in adoration at Tsuki.

"What's the name of her clan?" Konan stared wide-eyed at Tsuki.

"The ōkami clan of Shimogakure." Tsuki said quietly eyeing the two ninjas with caution. They took a step back as her golden eyes stared at them watching carefully what they would do with the information. "We develop a strong bond with our wolves and become one with them. So occasionally I have wolf ears and a tail. I was found orphaned by Sakumo Hatake on one of his missions he brought me home and at first, Kakashi was excited to be a big brother but upon my first transformation into my wolf, it all changed. I was treated no different than a jinchūriki. We had received news from Minato-san that our father had been killed in action my emotions went haywire and She took over her size at that point was like a normal size wolf. Kakashi never looked at me the same again." Tsuki tugged on Itachi's shirt for him to let her down. He kissed her forehead as he set her on the floor. Still holding her close to him.

"What is her name Tsuki?" Konan asked softly staring at her with admiration.

"Hoshi no ōkami. She now is the size of a horse and only growing until I hit twenty-one. By that point as far as the scrolls Minato-san was able to acquire for me she will be as big as any of the tailed beast but closer to the Kyuubi." She stayed close to Itachi but was shivering due to their walk through the village and the rain.

"Oh, I'm so sorry this way you two." Konan turned quickly and led them to the second floor to a door that had the Uchiha fan on it. "this will be your room and you can add your clan's symbol to it as well Tsuki." She smiled and as she turned to leave Tsuki called out.

"You may call me Kari those closest to me do. Tsukia is for those I don't yet trust so you and Pein may call me Kari." Konan nodded and left them alone.

Tsuki's legs gave out just as Itachi shut the door moving quickly to catch her. "Kari, you are still weak from healing me. Please mūnbīmu, let me help you." Itachi whispered in her ear as he held her tight to him. She nodded whimpering slightly from the cold.

"Come let's get you in the shower and warmed up while I find you some clothes." He guided her to the bathroom and started the shower getting the water to an acceptable temperature he let her get undressed and get in before gathering her clothes and walking out to their bedroom.

Konan had brought fresh clothes for the both of them along with the black cloaks with red clouds he had seen her and Pein wearing. "You both will get rings later, I assume you will be on the same team?"

Itachi nodded, "We know each other's strengths and weaknesses it worked well in ANBU to be paired together other than Tsunade-sama Kari is the only other medic-nin who can be on the battlefield."

"Ita?" Came Tsuki's soft voice from the bathroom doorway wrapped in a towel. Itachi brought her the clothes Konan had brought her.

"We will probably add another to your team just in case. Yours will be the only team of three. You both will meet everyone in the morning as right now it's just Pein Nagato and I here at the moment if you wish supper will be served soon." With that Konan left him.

Itachi walked back to the bathroom opened the door and saw Tsuki standing at the sink staring at her hitai-ate. He walked over to her wrapping his arms around her waist. Placing a soft kiss on her neck he whispered. "Do you regret coming with me Kari?"

Tsuki gasped and turned around in his arms. "Don't you for one second think I regret the decision I made. I love you, I couldn't imagine being in Konoha without you. Or going on a mission and being forced to fight you. Don't ever think I regret anything when it comes to you watashi no ai. Besides Konoha will regret forcing you into this." She pulled his hair tie off and giggled when his long soft hair fell like a curtain around them. She tangled her fingers in it and leaned up staring into his obsidian eyes hers softened as she leaned up to kiss him. Itachi was surprised by her words but held her tightly to him kissing her back leaving them both breathless and Tsuki pressed against the bathroom counter.

"We should go eat, just give me a moment to wash and get dressed okay mūnbīmu?" He whispered against her lips. She sighed happily and smiled nodding before leaving the bathroom. As she made her way towards the bed she grabbed the smaller of the two cloaks and slid it on.

Once Itachi had come out he let Tsuki put his hair back in its low ponytail and slid on his cloak. They held hands and followed her nose to the food. Upon entering the dining room Tsuki just about died laughing when they saw Konan chasing Pein around the table with a wooden spoon.

"I don't even want to know what you did to piss her off Pein but I wish I could have seen it." Tsuki said in between gasping for breath and trying not to go into another laughing fit.

They all sat down and enjoyed their dinner Tsuki smiled glad these ninjas didn't fear her. "Konan is there a spot Itachi and I can train where my Wolf won't be a problem to the terrain? I would hate to cause destruction to this village. Ita can usually keep her under control with his Sharingan but still." Pein nodded but Konan glared at him before answering.

"Yes we have an underground training area here but a lot of our hideouts have large spaces as well. We can show you tomorrow." Tsuki grinned and nodded happily about being able to stretch her legs without worrying about destroying something.

After many more laughs and stories swapped Itachi and Tsuki retired to bed hanging their coats up and curling up in each others arms under the crimson blanket. Itachi rested his head on Tsuki's running his fingers up and down her spine before her breathing evened out and they both fell asleep.

*Translations from google Translate I do apologize to any native Japanese speakers out there. Please let me know if they are incorrect!*

Mūnbīmu- Moonbeam

Tsukiakari- Moonlight

Watashi no ai- My love

Hoshi no ōkami- Wolf of the stars