'So, when do you think they are coming back?' Kisame asked, Naruto in his evil grasp. Just then, they felt a very strange wintry chill go down their whole bodies, and then they felt like they were drowning in blood. Why, it was only Phire's genjutsu!

'Bakas,' she thought to herself, grabbing Naruto, teleporting him back to Konoha, and then back to the 3 kids' location.

'Phire!' they exclaimed. She nodded, and noticed that Sasuke was sleeping normally. Phire smiled.

'I think he's ready for Konoha,' she told the 2 kids', getting Sasuke into her arms, and then teleported him back to Konoha, and then she went back to the 2 kids.

'Phire, how are you going to face Akatsuki?' Hiroshi asked. She looked down, serious looking, and then looked back at Hiroshi, and smiled.

'I'm a demon, you know,' she winked. Hiroshi laughed, and Akina noticed that Itachi was there.

'Phire, Mr.'-

'I know, let Itachi do what he wants,' she interrupted Akina, glancing at Itachi from the side. He grunted, and went towards Phire.

'Come on, Phire,' he demanded, 'we have to get back to Akatsuki.' Phire turned her back to him, and then sighed.

'Not right now; you go on, I'll catch up,' she said, but Itachi grabbed her by the waist, nearly dragging her.

'No, come now,' he growled. Akina then grabbed her 'moon lightsaber' and tried to make Itachi let go of her, but Itachi just threw a kunai at her, right through her heart. Phire pushed Itachi off with strength that no one could reach, and ran to Akina.

'Akina!' she yelled. It was no use; she was already dead; besides, Phire had lost her power to revive from the dead a long time ago. She sighed, and Hiroshi growled at Itachi, who got up from the huge blow.

'You killed my sister, you friggin bastard!' Hiroshi growled, a lot of dark moon chakra surrounding him. Phire looked at him, and then glared at Itachi.

'Just great, Itachi, just great,' she sighed, holding Hiroshi back. Hiroshi tried to charge, but it was no use; Phire was much stronger.

'What?' he asked. 'It's not like you cared that much, Phire.' Phire shook her head.

'You don't get it, do you?' she asked. Itachi raised an eyebrow, and Hiroshi hugged Phire.

'What don't I get? Kid, that's my fiancé, get away,' Itachi said, not understanding the hint. Phire hugged him back.

'Don't think of revenge, Hiroshi; just think what it did to Sasuke,' Phire told him. He nodded, and then glared at Itachi.

'I hate you,' Hiroshi growled, and stormed off. Phire sighed.

'He's like… how to tell you… he's like'- Itachi had gotten the hint, and interrupted her.

'If you wanted kids, you could have just asked me; we could have just'- Phire shook her head.

'It doesn't matter anymore,' she sighed, looking away from him. 'Besides, I think I'm out of Akatsuki,' she added in, about to leave, but Itachi grabbed her wrist and pulled her close to him.

'You aren't going to leave,' he growled, struggling to keep her in his grip. She kept trying to get out, but then he turned her around, making her look directly at him.

'Just because I have the sharingan I wanted because of you, doesn't mean that I don't like you,' Itachi told her, his fingers nearly going into her skin. It hurt her, but then she looked down.

'I don't understand,' she muttered. Itachi raised an eyebrow.

'What? You don't get me liking you a little?' Itachi asked. Phire shook her head.

'Not that; I understand that, but… Sasuke used to see you in me, and he told me to shut up and stop saying the same thing,' Phire told him. Itachi raised an eyebrow again.

'What did you tell him?' Itachi asked. Phire told Itachi, and Itachi started to remember the old days.

'I used to do the same thing every time he asked me to play with him,' Itachi closed his eyes and told her. She gasped.

'Really? I didn't realize that… I used to tell the same to my little brother,' she told him. Itachi nodded, and then put Phire's head against his chest.

'It doesn't matter now; what matters is that we go,' he told her. She purred a little, and fell asleep. Itachi sighed, and carried her bridal style to Akatsuki. They saw her, and they looked at Itachi.

'Wow; what'd you do?' Deidara joked. Itachi glared at him.

'You seem to have developed a sensitive side for her,' Aka-sama analyzed, but then Itachi stuck a kunai in her arm.

'Get up, we're here,' he growled. Phire growled as she woke up, and Itachi put her down.

'Forget I said that,' Aka-sama muttered. The other members sighed.

'Well then, what's our new plan?' Deidara asked. A little later, Zetsu came with nothing.

'Well, now that we have a new member,' Aka-sama said, looking at Phire, who growled at him, 'we can easily find the other biju.' Phire sighed.

'All but Kyubi, though,' Phire told him. Aka-sama glared at her, and Zetsu was surprised to see her.

'Oh, when did you come, Phire?' Zetsu asked. She glared at him, but then Itachi touched her shoulder and made her stop.

'Don't, Phire,' he told her strictly. She nodded, and yawned.

'This is pointless; exactly what are we supposed to do?' Phire asked. Aka-sama glared at her, but then sighed.

'Well, same thing as last time; disperse until you find biju or some type of powerful creature such as Phire, for example,' Aka-sama announced. They all looked to Phire; she looked like a ninja.

'She's not a demon,' Zetsu said, but then Itachi forcibly took out her forehead protector, releasing her hair, and she became her demon self.

'Ouch! What the hell was that for!' Phire growled at Itachi. Zetsu raised both of his eyebrows.

'Okay, never mind then,' he muttered, turning around. As everybody left, Phire was going to sneak away, but Itachi grabbed her wrist.

'You want your headband back?' he asked, showing it to her. She sighed, and took it back, putting it in her knapsack.

After walking towards the Land of Spring, they saw Hiroshi training.

'Hiroshi, come on,' Phire told him, but then narrowed her eyes at him, thinking that it wasn't Hiroshi. He didn't listen, and then Itachi used the new sharingan, but Hiroshi fought through it somehow and slashed Itachi.

'Aka-sama,' Itachi muttered, slashing Hiroshi with a kunai. Aka-sama revealed himself, laughing.

'Hmph, so you could see through,' Aka-sama muttered, chuckling. 'Very perceptive.'

'What do you want?' Phire growled, taking her sword out, but Itachi held her back with a hand. She sighed.

'Just making sure that you two didn't lose your powers,' Aka-sama muttered as he disappeared within the shadows.