"Itachi was that Kichi-hime?" A tall blue shark like man asked Itachi while they stood in the shadows watching Emi and Kakashi walk home.
"No, she's dead." Itachi answered with indifference. He didn't even look at the girl that his partner was pointing out.
"She could be her sister, they look so alike. We should tell her." The man spoke again, he couldn't believe that Kichi had died, she was on a mission with Itachi. She shouldn't have died if he was with her. There was no body left behind, just a crater. He gave a small sigh and looked at Itachi. He knew that Itachi blamed himself for her death but if Itachi couldn't save her then no one could.
"No." Itachi replied harshly. He didn't want their cover blown or approach Emi, the last thing he wanted was to see the hurt in her eyes.
"Itachi I know you had feelings for the girl but if she had family they should know what happened to her." The man insisted, he couldn't understand why Itachi was being so difficult. Surely if anyone wanted to tell someone they had a sister, it would be Itachi. Itachi looked at him annoyed.
"No Kisame." Itachi hissed back.
"You know if leader-sama found out she had a sister or someone like that who could the same jutsu, he would send us to get her." Kisame said with a smirk. "Maybe you'll be able to get with this one." He added chuckling to himself. Itachi sighed. So much for trying to cheer you up thought Kisame.
"We should get back to base." Itachi insisted and walked away, leaving Kisame confused but he followed anyway.
They walked to the outskirts of Konoha to a cave. They walked inside once they were sure no one had seen them. Itachi preformed a seal and placed his hand on the wall of cave to relevel a secret entrance. On the inside it didn't look like a cave, it looked more like they were inside a mansion.
"Itachi, Kisame, report." A man with orange hair ordered as they enter the main room of the base.
"The nine tails always seems to be with a jōnin."
"Or with a Kichi-hime look alike." Kisame interrupted Itachi. Itachi could feel his anger boiling. He didn't get her out of the Akatsuki just to have her be pulled back in. Why couldn't Kisame keep his mouth shut? Itachi noticed how Tobi had been quiet the whole time he heard Emi's real name mentioned. The freak wouldn't leave her alone when she was here. "I would say they could be twins." Kisame added. "She looked to be around the same age."
"Is that so?" The man asked interested in this information. "Find out if she can do the same jutsu." Their leader ordered. "If she can bring her here, she will be Kichi-chan's replacement. Now go." He added, Itachi and Kisame bowed.
"Yes leader-sama." They say together before leaving, heading back to Konoha.
Over the next few days they watched Emi but she never seemed to the sound jutsu in her training sessions. Itachi knew she could remember how to do it, he had been keeping an eye on her since Konoha took her in. He hoped this would carry on so Kisame would get bored and they could tell leader-sama that she couldn't.
"Maybe she needs some encouragement?" Kisame asked with a smirk. Itachi looked at him, confused by what he meant.
"What do you mean 'encouragement'?" He asked bored.
"Maybe she won't use it unless she or someone close to her is in danger." Kisame explained. "Kichi didn't like using it because of what it did to her body so maybe this girl is the same?" He then added. Itachi agreed with him mentally and was thankful Kakashi wouldn't let her use it.
"Then we wait till she thinks there is a danger." Itachi said looking back at Emi, hoping nothing would happen while they were watching her.
"No." Kisame said causing Itachi to look back at him. He couldn't be thinking of going out there, she would panic because of the memories he gave her. "I'm going out there to give her a scare." Kisame added with a chuckle.
"No." Itachi quickly hissed. Kisame looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"And why not?" He asked. Itachi couldn't tell him why, he needed to make a reason up and quick.
"It will give us away, we need to use stealth if we want both her and the nine tails." Itachi explained, trying to reason with him. Kisame huffed but then smiled.
"We're only after her at the moment. Besides if she doesn't have the jutsu then we know one more Konoha ninja's abilities." Kisame reasoned, Itachi couldn't argue with this. He would have to let him do this. He just hoped she wouldn't use her jutsu.
"Fine, I'll stay back and watch and only get involved when need." Itachi gave in, he wanted to stay out of this. "We don't need them to know there's two of us." He was hoping she would use the jutsu but if she did, he would have to help Kisame get her.
Kisame jumped out in front of the training team and smirked, setting his sights on Emi.
"Akatsuki! Stay back!" Yamato shouted pulling Emi away from Kisame as he got closer. Kakashi would kill him if he let his daughter get hurt. "You won't get the nine tails!" Yamato shouted while taking the defensive stance. The others did the same but Sakura looked too nervous to be of any help.
"The Akatsuki aren't after him for the moment, we're more interested in her." Kisame said smirking as he readied Samehada and pointing it towards Emi.
"I'll never let the Akatsuki take Emi-chan again!" Naruto shouted stepping in front Emi. Itachi wanted to kill the kid right there. Luckily Kisame wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, Itachi could make out that she must had a run in one of the others. Kisame gave Naruto a strange look.
"She has never been in the Akatsuki otherwise she would be in the robe." Kisame told him. "Although she looks exactly like Kichi-chan." He added. Emi's breath hitched at the sound of her birth name. Kisame caught the look on her face. "So you knew Kichi-chan? Her twin perhaps?" Kisame asked with a bigger smirk. Emi decided if he didn't know she was really Kichi then she shouldn't let him know this. She nodded in response to his question. The others looked surprised, no doubt they would question her on this later. At least Tsunade would be able to clear things up if they didn't believe her. "Thought as much." Kisame smiled. "Why don't you join, be with your sister?" He asked, she wasn't to know that Kichi was dead but he did feel sorry for the fact that she would find once they got to base. Little did he know he was really talking to Kichi. Emi shock her head, words refused to make themselves known. "Well I'll just have to tell Kichi her sister doesn't love her." He answered harshly to her in response to her shaking her head.
"Go ahead, as far as I care she's as good as dead." Emi finally spoke, the others were still too shocked to speak. Kisame growled, his plan wasn't working, he was hoping to guilt trip her.
"We'll just have to have to take you by force then." He growled and ran towards them.
"Emi run to your father, Sai stay with her!" Yamato shouted as he intercepted Kisame. Emi nodded and started running. Sai kept up just behind her.
"Itachi she's getting away!" Kisame roared, happy to be getting a fight for once. Yamato gasped and quickly ordered the others to warn Sai and Emi, they won't be able to fight Itachi on their own.
Itachi sighed and went after them, he would have to try seeing as Zetsu might be watching. He ran after them and jumped on Emi. She screamed and released a sound wave, effectively throwing Itachi off her and into a tree. She's been practising he thought to himself as he got back up. Sai pulled Emi behind himself.
"Sai close your eyes." Emi ordered, Sai looked at her confused. "Dad told me if I ran into him again to keep my eyes closed. His Sharingan is more advanced than Sasuke's." She quickly explained and Sai closed his eyes. Emi already had her eyes closed.
"Smart girl." She heard Itachi say as she started to sing.
Naruto and Sakura arrived as Emi had the first shield up around her and Sai.
"EMI!" Naruto shouted.
"Go to the Hokage and Kakashi!" Sai responded for her, he didn't want her to lose her concentration. It was a shame he wouldn't be able to see her jutsu. Her voice was amazing to listen to. Naruto and Sakura split to fulfil their orders.
Naruto ran to find Kakashi, luckily it didn't take him long.
"Kakashi-sensei!" He shouted. Kakashi turned and looked confused.
"Why aren't you training with the others?" He asked with his head slightly tilted so he could see Naruto as he was reading the latest Icha Icha novel.
"Yamato-sensei is fighting a big blue man from the Akatsuki and Emi-chan and Sai-san are fighting Itachi!" Naruto shouted. Kakashi gasped and put his book away quickly.
"Take me to Emi-hime!" Kakashi ordered. Naruto nodded and showed the way.
"Itachi!" Kakashi roared as he covered his one eye and uncovered his Sharingan eye. Itachi took his attention from Emi and looked at Kakashi.
"The Akatsuki want her, too bad her sister Kichi isn't here to get her herself." Itachi said, he didn't want the cover story that Kisame had made without knowing being blown out of the water. Kakashi looked at Emi in surprise, she must have managed to convince them that she wasn't Kichi in some way. How did she trick Itachi? He knew who she was without a doubt. Unless he didn't her to be taken by the Akatsuki again. He was trying to protect her without them finding out. But Kakashi still had to watch her open her eyes so she could direct a landslide without getting him with it. He knew that Itachi wasn't trying so that he could give her the best chance of escape, as long as the other teammate didn't come to help Emi could escape.
Itachi had managed to avoid the earthquakes from swallowing him up as well as the vibrations of her music hitting his chest that gave the enemy the sensation that their hearts were burning. She must have done it with her eyes closed, scared to be taken by them again. Itachi just about escaped the landslide thanks to Kisame appearing and pulling him away in time. He must have dealt with Yamato enough to help out here. Itachi was a little annoyed by this. He could have allowed himself to be hit by the landslide enough to make it look like they got him and escape. Now he had no back up plan, he would have to take her.
"I told you, put her in danger and she'll do it." Kisame said with a chuckle.
Emi had reached her body's maximum.
"Sai catch her!" Kakashi ordered as he jumped in front of the two, ready to protect her with his life. Emi looked up at Kakashi as she rested in Sai's arms. Kisame ran at Kakashi, ready to swing Samehada.
"No dad!" Emi shouted and managed to jump out of Sai's arms and push Kakashi clear. She throw a sound wave at Kisame, almost sending him to Itachi. Kakashi caught her as she fell again.
"Emi, talk to me." Kakashi ordered as he panicked. Emi smiled at him.
"I'm fine, just too much chakra dad." She reassured him quietly, still smiling even though her nose was bleeding heavily.
While Kakashi was distracted Itachi managed to get him in his Tsukuyomi. He had silently signalled to Kisame to take Emi from Kakashi.
Kisame ran back to Itachi with a screaming Emi over his shoulder. Both Sai and Naruto wanted to attack but with their eyes were closed they could end up hurting Emi. Kisame knocked Emi out just as Tsunade arrived with Sakura. Itachi and Kisame both ran, running as fast as they could. The last thing they need was an angry Tsunade following them.
"We can't go after then." Tsunade said with a sigh as she tended to an unconscious Kakashi while Sakura went to tend to Yamato.
"What?!" Naruto shouted. "We have to go after her!" He pleaded but Tsunade shock her head.
"You're no match for Itachi as for the other one, we won't know his abilities until I talk to Yamato. It could be a plan to get you out of village, making you an easy target." Tsunade explained. She knew that Kakashi wasn't going to be happy about this when he woke up.