Chapter 3: Leads from the moon

'Itachi-san!' Kisame yelled to Itachi when he saw him. They were near the river when they had fought Kurenai and Asuma. Itachi looked and sighed.

'What?' he asked, looking at Kisame. Kisame had angry eyes.

'Why did you leave like that! I could have been thrown out of Akatsuki because of you, you know,' Kisame growled. Itachi shook his head.

'The leader found me, so you would have been okay, so let's go,' he told him as they went back to the meeting. When they reached, everybody glared at Itachi.

'Where the hell were you, bakayarou?' they growled. Itachi glared right at them all, and then they all stopped when the leader came.

'Well, where he was isn't important; now that you all are here…' and Aka-sama explained that they were going to have to look for more power, so that they could defeat and obtain all of the 'biju,' or at least most, if anything. Biju means 'tailed beasts,' by the way. Right now, they only had Gaara's 'Ichibi no Shukaku,' as well as Yugito's 'Nibi no nekomata.' They figured that if they could find some sort of beast-like power that was much stronger than all nine of the biju, and then they could most probably find all of the remaining.

'So, I want all of you to look around, and come back here, but must signal for everybody to come if any one of you find a strong beast or a biju,' Aka-sama said as he disappeared. Everybody dispersed, but Itachi disappeared again, and Kisame growled.

'Do you want me to be like Jaws and kill you, Itachi!' Kisame yelled out loud, only for a squirrel to hit him in the head with an acorn. As Kisame killed it, he set off, looking for Itachi yet again. Itachi had gone to Konoha and was looking to see if he could find some sort of loophole; but first, he had to find a strong beast, and thought if not a beast, a strong female warrior.

'Crap; the only strong one is Tsunade,' he thought as he left Konoha, and decided to check out Sand. He went to many more places, and when he did find someone, he killed them with sharingan, as they were trying to steal Itachi's weapons.

'Oh jeez,' he thought. 'Where am I going to find some honorable ninja girl?' he asked himself as he kept walking. He ended up at Hidden Star, but no girl was old enough for him; they were still around 12-13 and were still training as genin, but not with the star.

'I'm not a pedophile, so,' Itachi thought as he left that village. He went to Hidden Cloud village afterwards, but couldn't find anybody strong enough, as the strongest girl was the Jinchuriki Power of human sacrifice that had the Nibi no nekomata. Itachi sighed, and then finally went to the Hidden village under the moon.

Itachi had rested around the outskirts of Hidden Moon village, and he sat on a cliff, which showed the cold, dark waves crashing and penetrating the cool sand. The night sky felt like dark chocolate surrounding the area, and Itachi looked to the moon, and noticed that it was gleaming golden with hints of blood. Itachi thought that this was a sign for something to happen, but he just shrugged the thought out and looked around. He noticed two kids playing, around 35 feet in radius away from Itachi. He hid to see what they were up to.

'Do you think the legend is true, Akina?' the boy, Hiroshi, asked his friend. She shrugged, and then looked to the moon.

'Yea, what if she comes?' Akina answered, a little frightened. Itachi listened on into their conversation, as it sounded somewhat interesting.

'I heard that she could kill Tsukikage,' Hiroshi told Akina. Tsukikage is made up; it is not really the ruler of the Hidden Moon village; Tsukikage actually means 'moonbeams' Itachi knew that the leader was pretty powerful, and kept listening in on the conversation.

'I bet that she could kill that bastard Mr.Orochimaru, who almost killed Tsukikage!' Akina exclaimed. Itachi knew that Orochimaru, even though Itachi could kill him, was pretty powerful, knowing that he was one of the sannin.

'If we could get her, do you think she would be our friend?' Hiroshi asked. Akina laughed nervously, and then hit Hiroshi with some chakra.

'Baka! She's evil, too! She could kill US!' Akina yelled. Itachi raised an eyebrow and wondered whom the heck they were talking about.

'Well, she could probably kill Yugito; the cat scared us so much when Hidden Cloud was invaded once!' Hiroshi yelled. Akina nodded, but then stopped.

'No, Yugito is already dead remember? Someone from Kusagakure Village Hidden in grass killed her, I think; that's what Tsukikage told me, anyways,' Akina said, crossing her arms. Hiroshi thought, and then looked to Akina.

'They have an idea of Zetsu; intriguing,' Itachi thought, still listening. He thought that whomever they were talking about could help Itachi.

'Well, I think that she will come alive and kill us all, unless we keep peace and not attack,' Hiroshi told Akina. Akina nodded.

'Yea; if we don't hurt her, maybe we can befriend her, and she will spare us our lives,' Akina told him.

'So we should tell all of our friends!' Hiroshi told Akina. She sighed.

'They don't believe the legend, Hiroshi; remember? They thought that the 3 legendary sannin were fake until Mr.Orochimaru came,' Akina told him. He snapped his fingers.

'Then we should find her! She might be in the outskirts of our village and- hey, I sense the presence of someone,' Hiroshi said. They had turned to the tree that Itachi was hiding in, but Itachi left just as they turned. They shrugged and left.

'This legendary girl they were talking about,' Itachi thought, 'they said that no one believed until they saw, so she could be real, unless the two genin were just joking around. They did seem serious about her, though.' Itachi went back to where he was sitting down and just stared at the moon. It was very unusual today.

'Maybe she will come soon,' Itachi thought, 'and when she does, I'll befriend her first.' With that, Itachi dozed off, but a small part of him was awake, and he had a kunai in his hand.

Me: Hee hee

Itachi: What was that supposed to mean?

Me: Nothing shifty eyes

Itachi: W/e goes back to sleep

Aka-sama: Hey, when do I come in! I'm the leader!

Me: Eh thinks, and then whistles nervously, or else tries to I blame Zetsu! He told me not to have you as a main part! Hides behind Zetsu

Zetsu: Um, I didn't do anything!

Aka-sama: Zetsu… growling

Me: Now to keep typing…