Wow! Thank you guys for the kind reviews!

I'm sorry but I feel that I should probably raise the rating up to M (recommended for 16 and higher). I don't want a writer's block or anything stupid like that…so I'm just doing what's best. Remember that you are not being forced to read this story anymore, and I'll warn you if there's something you might not want to read (in other words, lemons…but I don't think I'll be putting anything in this story anyway).

But thanks to the fans that have decided to stick around anyway:bows:

This chapter's going to have a little bit of Sasuke…okay, just killed that off, will you? There's going to be lots of Sasuke! And Tsumi, too! And when you put them together, knowing the certain perversion I put in the Uchiha boys in this story…you should take this as a warning. Okay, how 'bout I make it a little more official?

Warning: there will be ItachixTsumi and SasukexTsumi moments later in this chapter. A slight lemon, if you will…but I will warn you because I'm a nice authoress. :kills random person in background that decided to snort at that comment:

Changes

Chapter Ten

Decisions, Decisions

"You're mine," a deep, gravelly voice whispered into her ear, almost causing her to vomit on him. He wrapped his weak arms around her waist and kissed the nape of her neck.

"Get off of me!" she screamed and bit her lip so hard in frustration that it started to bleed. He turned to her and licked the blood off with his tongue, and then it slid into her mouth, tasting her; exploring it. Her anger rose as she bit down on his tongue as hard as she could, and he broke the disgusting kiss off, yelping in pain.

"Bitch! What the hell do you think you're doing!" he bellowed as he pushed her against a wall.

"I thought I told you to get away from me!" she fought back, but it was no use; he had her cornered completely.

"Since you're there already…" he smirked as he trailed off. Grabbing her arms, he made sure she was held in her position, helplessly plastered on the wall. Capturing her lips once more, he forced his tongue into her mouth and tasted her again; the sweet taste that he loved so much. Making sure that the same thing didn't happen twice, he kept her occupied enough so that she wouldn't have the opportunity to bite his tongue again.

'Get…the…hell…off…of…me!' her mind screamed and she rammed her knee into his crotch area, sending him flying backwards and giving her enough time to run away.

He lay in the floor, paralyzed from the momentary shock. "I'll get you next time," he muttered beneath his breath, "and don't you forget it!"

The morning sunlight shone brilliantly, radiating heat from it. As it made its way through the canopy of tree leaves at sunrise, the birds started singing and the animals stirred. Our three main characters stirred, too.

Tsumi woke first, bringing her hands up to her eyes to rub at them. Sleeping in the forest night after night and week after week wasn't her idea of good rest. But Akatsuki had ordered her to do so, and she was going to obey.

Trying to roll out of her sleeping bag-like bed, she found herself unable to move. That was when she then felt a pair of strong arms around her waist, tightening themselves the more she tried to move.

"Morning, Itachi-chan," she whispered softly. It was a side she didn't show often to many people. "Can you please let go of me?" She smiled as she got a murmur in response and the arms around her waist started to loosen. Rolling off the 'bed' with success, she gathered her things and went to bathe.

Jumping from tree to tree to make sure that her tracks were even less visible, she made her way to the creek. Hopping off the last tree branch, she did a flip and landed on her two feet, crouching low to make sure that she had not been spotted, and that there was nobody nearby. After everything seemed secure, she straightened herself up and stripped off her clothes. Then, she stepped into the cool and refreshing waters of the creek and began to wash herself.

'A hot spring would be nice about now,' she thought as she washed at her face. When she was done, she sunk back down in the water and started to think. 'That dream last night…was it a premonition? Who was that guy?' Her mind was swarmed with questions once more, as it usually was. Pushing the thoughts and the dream to the back of her head, she checked to make sure that nobody was nearby and she grabbed for her towel. Drying herself off quickly and putting on a change of clothes, she picked up all of her stuff and made sure that there was no evidence around.

She hummed as she leaped back to their site, her hair still fresh and wet and her clothes slightly damp. Feeling the collar that was still around her neck, her lips twisted into a secret little smile. 'Itachi, I…'

"Hayashibara!" a voice broke into her thoughts. She recognized it as Kisame's. Tsumi picked up her pace just by a bit and made it back to her teammates.

"What do you want now?" her voice snarled in a bitter tone. Sometimes, she just couldn't stand that man; and she wasn't allowed to kill him! Tsumi landed lightly on her two feet and threw her stuff at the forest ground.

"Morning," a sexy voice whispered in her ear as its owner's arms made their way around her waist and he placed a few kisses on her neck.

Kisame's expression didn't change one bit. One could say that he was completely accustomed to it as if it had been a daily routine since the first days of his life – even though it wasn't. Instead, he cleared his throat to make sure that his existence was still being acknowledged, and continued. "As I was saying," he shot Itachi a glare, "Go to town and see if you can get some information off of Sasuke."

"What did you just say!" Itachi's voice became frightening, and Kisame almost shivered at his bitter tone.

"I told her to leech information off of your dimwitted brother. It's evident that he's so madly in love with her," he paused momentarily, "that he'll most likely tell her everything she – and we – need to know. It's a simple strategy, and I have a feeling that it'll work."

"Do I need to disguise myself?" she asked.

"No. Now head off, we still have other things to do." Kisame waved her off and she leapt away.

"Of all the people," Itachi started, but never finished.

"I knew that you would disapprove of the idea, but it was an order that we were to find information as quickly as possible, and we already gathered that he was a close acquaintance with the Kyuubi."

"I know," Itachi sighed and walked off. "Don't think of following me."

"Didn't want to anyway," Kisame replied as he looked at the information they'd gathered.

Meanwhile…

She tapped on his window after squinting to get a better look inside. Seeing a lump under the covers and assuming that Sasuke was still sleeping, she slid the window open and slipped inside.

The room hadn't changed much since her previous visit; mind you, it wasn't a very long time ago. Tsumi crept over to the mass of blankets and saw Sasuke's babyish, pale face poking out. A smile made its way to her face as she sat down beside him, stroking his soft skin. Staring longingly at the soft and comfortable bed, she sat there for what felt like an eternity, until his lips frowned ever so slightly and his brow furrowed a bit. Sensing his frustration, she stripped off her black, cloud-patterned cloak and set it aside.

"Nee-chan…" The whisper escaped Sasuke's lips as he suddenly tossed and turned. A tear rolled down his cheek. "Don't leave…come back…please…"

Her expressions softened as she pushed the covers off of him and picked him up. Moving onto the bed herself, she put him down beside her and rested his head on the crevice of her neck. Pulling up the covers back up and wrapping her arms around him tightly, she whispered soothing words into his ear. Sasuke's tears had started to drench into her shirt but she couldn't care any less. After a bit, he stopped twisting around and fell into a peaceful slumber while Tsumi stroked his hair.

'He was…dreaming about me…' She frowned and almost tensed up, the thoughts coming to her so rapidly and unwanted. Pushing them to the back of her mind, she closed her own eyes and fell into a deep, deep sleep…

Never before had she enjoyed Sasuke's company like this.

A while later, Sasuke stirred. His eyes blinked a few times, adjusting themselves to the incoming light. For a moment, he didn't know what was happening. He felt arms around him – strong arms. Then he looked up to see the peaceful face that belonged to none other than Tsumi, and relaxed. Just a hint of a blush rose to his face as he wrapped his arms around her waist and snuggled into her. He enjoyed her company. But he also knew that she wouldn't spontaneously pop up in his room if she didn't have her reasons. It's not like that bastard would let her do something like it anyway.

He breathed in her scent; the sweet scent that he had grown to love. Pressing an ear to her chest, he heard her heart beat as she breathed evenly; inhaling and exhaling in a steady rhythm. Glancing up at her pale face, he smiled to himself. 'She looks so…innocent…' But then the thoughts swimming around in his mind told him that she wasn't innocent at all, despite how much she looked the part. 'Appearances can be deceiving,' it told him. 'I just can't accept it. I've known her for too long; she's the only person I can trust,' he reassured himself.

It was as if she'd sensed his self conflict that Tsumi woke up. Firstly, she rubbed her eyes with some trouble (she was only using one hand that wasn't immobilized), and then realized that Sasuke was awake and that she didn't have to worry about it.

"Morning, Sleeping Beauty," he smiled and kissed her cheek.

"Uhh…good morning," she said with just a hint of hesitation.

"What are you doing here? I know you have your reasons and its okay if you don't want to tell me," he said quickly.

"It's nothing, really," she smiled and kissed his temple.

'Don't lie to him. You're my bitch and you're supposed to do what I want you to do.'

"You mean that bas—he…let you come to visit me?"

"Yeah," she replied as she pushed her loose black locks from her eyes. "Oh, sorry," she said when she remembered that she was still holding Sasuke close to her.

"No, its okay," he said quietly and tightened his grip on her. "I don't mind."

"But I have to get going soon," she said suddenly.

"I know you have something to ask me. Go ahead; I'll answer you with what I know."

"Sasuke…what do you know about this kid named 'Naruto'?"

"He's an idiot in my team. A little childish kid that likes to eat ramen and wear orange jumpsuits," he remarked. "Why do you need to know?"

"It's…nothing."

"You know about the Kyuubi, don't you?"

"…yeah…"

"I guess that's all I can say about him. You probably know who he is, and I already gave you an idea of where you might be able to spot him. But…don't hurt him, please," Sasuke pleaded suddenly. "He's one of my only…acquaintances…that knows how it feels to be alone."

"I'll do all I can to ensure his safety. Thank you, Sasuke."

"Anytime," he said sadly.

"I have to go now," she said slowly as she released her hold on Sasuke and he let go of her waist. Standing up, she grabbed her cloak and held onto it. Walking towards the window, she sorted out the thoughts in her head until in one swift movement, something had spun her around and before she knew what was happening her lips were locked with Sasuke's.

His arms slipped around her waist and her own snaked up and wrapped themselves around his neck. She felt his tongue run very lightly over her lips and she parted them, letting him in. Tasting each other, they were completely lost in the deep, dark kiss. Sasuke pulled away to catch his breath and then he immediately kissed her again, his hands running down her spine and up her shirt. Tsumi ran her fingers through his dark hair as she felt his hands at the top of her skirt, slowly snaking down under the cloth to her lower hip. He pulled her down to his bed and rolled on top of her, straddling her hips as he kissed her collar bone.

"Sasuke," she whispered, "I really need to go now."

"I…I'm sorry," he murmured as he got off of her and brushed his lips over hers once more before he watched her jump out the window. He ran his hands through his hair where Tsumi's had once been, remembering the events of the past few minutes. Grinning mischievously, he went to change into some suitable clothes for the training he was to endure later in the day.

lemony

"What were you doing!" he thundered at her.

"You know very well what I was doing," she said icily.

"If you knew I was watching you, why did you keep going?"

"Why are you asking? You know the answer already." She grinned wickedly.

"Oh, now I see where you're going with this," he smirked and grabbed her, pulling her into an intensifying kiss that was far more pleasurable than Sasuke's.

Tsumi felt hands roam around her body but she didn't care. She enjoyed every last bit of it as they inched this way and that, taking her in completely. Her back arched itself in pleasure and Itachi tore her cloak off. Pushing her down to the mossy forest ground, he placed kisses all over her neck as he hovered over her, biting every so often to mark his territory. Leaving marks everywhere, he lifted her shirt up and pulled it off, discarding it as more had been revealed to him. Seeing an opportunity, he tore off her skirt, leaving her in her underwear.

"You aren't the only one that gets to have fun," she purred into his ear as she threw off his shirt and placed kisses all over his chest.

"Oh, I forgot something," he said in a husky whisper and reached for something in his pant pocket: a leash. Clipping it onto the collar that was still on her neck, his lips twisted into a sick smirk as he tied her to a nearby tree and slowly worked his way down to her stomach.

Purring, her knees almost gave in to her weight and Itachi had to hold onto her; not that he wasn't already, but he did need to put a little more effort into it. He felt that he was going to climax, until…

/lemony

"Get a room," Kisame muttered as he walked in on them – again.

"Maybe we should just get rid of you!" Tsumi hissed as Itachi wrapped his arms firmly around her to keep her warm. Being terribly pissed that Kisame just needed to walk in right at the moment and then completely turning him off with his horrid voice; he wasn't in the mood to be nice. He grabbed for his cloak on the ground and wrapped it around his girlfriend, leaving her tied to the tree as he ran off to have a little talk with his comrade.

Tsumi shivered as the wind blew at her, the breeze chilling and frosty. The leash didn't go far enough to let her gather her clothes, so she was helplessly stuck there until Itachi came back. Then she started to think; 'Itachi or…or…Sasuke?'

TBC

Authoress' note: Okay, so that was my first shot as some lemony stuff. What'd you think about it? That is, if you actually read it. I think it sounds kind of pathetic. After all, I don't really have any experience in this lane, so I was hoping somebody could give me some pointers or something. Please and thank you!