Kakuzu grumbled as he followed Itachi back to the room where they had locked her up before, with Emi still in his threads. Itachi sighed as they entered. Emi squeezed her eyes shut, she won't allow herself to be taken by Itachi's Sharingan. Itachi reached out and pinched Emi's arm, making her eyes snap open.
"Keep her in your threads, I don't know how she'll react once I remove the tampered memory." Itachi said as he looked into her eyes before she could shut them again. Kakuzu still wasn't pleased, this time he was wasting could be time being used to get more bounties.
A few minutes later he collapsed to the floor, panting for breathe as sweat lined his brow. "Someone did a good job, I undid the memories." He said sitting up slowly, even though he knew he was the one who did it. Emi just stared at him. Itachi started to worry due to how quiet she was being, he had been expecting her to try jumping him or at least throw a fit and swear her head off. "Kichi-chan?" He called her and moved closer.
Suddenly she screamed and passed out, the untempering must have taken it out of her too. Kakuzu released her from his threads and lay her gently on the floor. Sasori ran in, a worried expression clearly on his face. "Don't worry, she'll wake up in a minute." Itachi reassured the puppet man who breathed a sigh of relief.
Emi woke up with a headache a few minutes later.
"What the fuck!?" She shouted annoyed, holding her head and looked up to see everyone in Akatsuki surrounding her except Leader-sama. "What the fuck are all you looking at?" She asked annoyed. The sliver man cheered and hugged her tightly.
"My cursing buddy is back!" He cheered happily. Itachi mentally counted to three in his head.
"Get the fuck off me Hidan, you little shit!" She shouted at him as Itachi reached three in his head, still as predictable and foul mouthed as ever. Hidan let her go and smiled, he was glad she was back to being herself. The man in an orange mask suddenly hugged Emi making her stiffen. Itachi was unsure how she would react to him, she was always very cautious around him for some reason. "Tobi." She hissed, Tobi looked up at her.
"Yes Kichi-chan?" He asked innocently causing the vein in Emi's forehead pop out.
"Get the fuck off me." She hissed at him. Tobi quickly let her go and hid behind a blond man. Emi stormed off and they all heard a door slam in the distance.
"What was that about?" Kisame asked confused, what was she so angry about?
"It'll take a while for her head to sort itself out. I'll go make sure she's alright." Itachi said and walked out, hoping she had gone to her old room. He knew he was in trouble with her, he just hoped that she wouldn't be upset with him for long. He sighed as he reached her room and knocked on the door.
"Go away!" Emi shouted through the door.
"It's Itachi." He said while sighing again, he had messed up big time, he shouldn't have let Kisame start a fight. Emi opened the door and glared at him.
"What koibito?" She hissed sarcastically. Itachi looked down and took a deep breathe.
"Can we talk?" He asked quietly as he looked back up at her. Emi sighed and nodded, moving to the side to let him in, she was clearly incredibly angry at him. "I'm sorry." He said as she shut the door behind them.
"Don't." Emi said as she raised her hand to silence him as she interrupted him. "I should have known this would happen." She added in frustration as she sat down on the bed.
"I should have done more." Itachi said sitting down next to her. "I could have done more to stop this from happening." He added, it was his fault she was back. Emi looked up at him and smiled. Maybe he should have taken her to Suna instead. No, that wouldn't have worked, they would have locked her up for no reason.
"It's ok, I'm with you now." She said as she leaned closer to him. Itachi smiled and gently held her cheek with his hand.
"I love you." She whispered against his lips and kissed him with her soft lips. Itachi pulled her closer, running his fingers through her soft hair. Her braid had already fallen lose in the fight. He was glad to see that her fashion choices hadn't changed since she was gone. She slowly pulled away and smiled at him.
"I love you too." He said and pulled her closer as he kissed her. He felt her arms wrap around his neck and untie his ponytail. She kissed him with more passion, she had missed him so much, and she needed him.