AN: Hey , to answer your question, I'm swaying towards Emi and Gaara being together and I have written a few more chapters which will be up soon. Hopefully you'll like the few little twists that I will be putting in too. :)
As Emi was putting her underwear away, Itachi knocked on her window.
"We need to leave." He said reaching out for her as she opened it.
"Why? The mission isn't done yet. I'm nowhere near convincing Naruto to leave the village with me." She said stepping away from the window and out of his reach so she could carry on putting her underwear away.
"Tsunade has found out, she's sending ANBU to come arrest you." Itachi stressed to her, grabbing her arm and pulling her back towards the window.
"I have to get Yin and Yang." She hissed at him as she tried to get to the door. Suddenly there was a loud knocking on the front door.
"We don't have time, summon them later." Itachi said as he picking her up over her shoulder, making her shriek from the sudden movement. As they made it out the window, her bedroom door slammed open. Kakashi and three members of the ANBU rushed in. Emi saw them and reached out for them as Itachi rushed away.
"I'll go to Hokage-sama, just find her!" Kakashi shouted at them even though he was no longer an ANBU captain. They nodded and ran after them. Kakashi ran straight to the Hokage's office.
"Hokage-sama." He said as he saw her leaving her office.
"It's ok Kakashi, the arrest is a cover so she can leave the Akatsuki." Tsunade reassured him but Kakashi still looked upset.
"They found out about the arrest. They took her again." Kakashi said out of breath. They must have seen ANBU making their way to Kakashi's she thought and frowned. She would have to talk to them about improving their stealth.
"We have plenty of information to go after them soon enough. We will get her back then Kakashi, I promise. We need to alert Suna now." Tsunade sighed as she went back into her office. "Kakashi I suggest you get some rest, I might need you to help me on this." She said as she shut the door. Kakashi went home upset, they had fought before she went. What if it would be the last time they would speak? No, he couldn't think like that. She would be fine, the Akatsuki still trusted her. She would be safe, she will come home safe.
He went to her room, he just wanted her back home. He sat on her bed and sighed, why did she have to so many people after her? Orochimaru had wanted her all her life. The Akatsuki had stumbled across her. But if they hadn't would she even be alive? Properly not was the only answer he could think of. He wouldn't have found out about her if it wasn't for them.
Itachi put Emi down once they reached a clearing and met up with Kisame.
"They're still coming, Kisame can you fend them off while we get back to base?" Itachi asked and Kisame grinned.
"With pleasure." He said as the ANBU came into sight, glad to have a fight. Itachi grabbed her hand as he pulled her along to run.
They carried on running, they were almost at the base but some ANBU must have slipped past Kisame. Itachi sighed and stopped.
"Emi go on without me, get to the base." He told her. Emi shook her head.
"No, not without you." She told him, holding on to his arm. Itachi looked down.
"If you don't and the ANBU get you we'll never be able to see each other again. They will properly interrogate you and then wipe your memory. You'll no longer know who I am. The only reason they won't kill you is because you're a Hatake and because of your jutsu, it's one of kind." He told her as he stroked her cheek. Emi teared up. "If you go, at least there is a chance we will see each other." He said and Emi nodded. She stood up on her tip toes and kissed him.
"I love you." She whispered before running again. Itachi smiled as he saw her leave. He turned back to fight the remaining ANBU.
Emi finally made to the base and collapsed at the entrance.
"Kichi-chan! Why are you back?" A happy sounding Tobi asked as he skipped towards her. Emi looked up at him crying and out of breath.
"Leader-sama, now. Help me." She managed to breathe out. Tobi helped her off the floor and to Pein's office.
Once they were inside he sat her down in a chair. Tobi took off his mask and Pein walked towards them.
"Kichi what happened?" Madara asked as he kneeled down in front of her.
"ANBU after us, Tsunade found out." She said through her tears. Madara whipped her tears away and made look at him.
"Where are Itachi and Kisame?" He asked worried he had lost two members that he needed.
"Fighting ANBU." She told him and Madara sighed. They most have done it so she could make it back. At least he was thankful for that.
"I think you need some rest my dear." He said with a sigh and picked her up bridal style.
He took her their room and lay her down on her bed. He turned to leave but she grabbed his hand.
"Please stay with Madara-koibito." She whispered. Madara turned, slightly stunned but happy she wanted him. He sat down on the bed next to her. She curled up next to him and placed her head on his lap. Madara smiled and gently stroked her hair.
An hour later there was a knock on the door. Emi had now fallen asleep. Madara gently moved her head onto a pillow.
"What is it?" He asked as he opened the door.
"Itachi and Kisame are back." Pein informed him. Madara nodded.
"Get reports off them but do not disturb me till tomorrow." He said as he closed the door. He turned and smiled at Emi's sleeping form. She was truly beautiful. He lay down next to her and pulled her into his arms.
Emi woke up in the morning with someone's arms around her. She stiffened and looked back to see who the arms belonged to.
"Morning my dear." Madara greeted her as looked back at him. Emi forced herself to smile. She was annoyed at herself for calling him koibito yesterday, all she could see was Itachi in him. "Are you feeling better now?" He asked her with a smile.
"Yes Madara-sama." She answered him, Madara frowned.
"No koibito today?" He asked her.
"I thought that you let me off yesterday for saying it because I was tired and upset." She told him and rolled onto her side so she could look at him.
"No, I was going to let you use koibito in your own time, I'm not as mean as you seem to think." He said with a slight chuckle. Emi nodded.
"Did Itachi and Kisame make it back?" She asked worried. Madara frowned slightly, annoyed she could think of Itachi right now.
"Yes they got back not long after you did." He told her, leaning his face closer to hers. Emi looked into his eyes. Madara smiled and pulled her body closer. Emi tensed slightly. "Don't worry, I will be waiting till our wedding night." He said as their lips touched. He kissed her gently on the lips before getting up. "Get changed into something clean, I have some business to take care of." He told her he put his mask on and left.
Emi sighed and got up. She had only three weeks till her birthday, now she was dreading it. She was dreading carrying on like this. She quickly changed so she was wearing a light pink kimono with white flower petals embroiled on it and a white obi.
She walked out of the bedroom and saw Pein, Itachi, Kisame and Tobi all in the office. Pein ignored her entrance. Itachi and Tobi watched her walk up to them and Kisame smirked, he thought that Pein didn't sanction the relationship between her and Itachi because he wanted her. He thought it was a little strange, he thought Pein would see her as a child rather than a women.
"Sorry if I interrupted a meeting Leader-sama. I will leave right away." She said as she made her way to the door.
"Actually I would like you to stay Kichi-chan." He said and Emi stopped. Tobi moved out of his seat for her.
"Here Kichi-chan! You can have Tobi's sit." Tobi said pulling her to the set. Emi smiled and nodded.
"Thank you Tobi-kun." She sat down in the chair and Tobi sat at her feet. Itachi still didn't like that Emi suddenly didn't mind Tobi anymore. She was even adding 'kun' to his name, something was up between the two.
"Tobi is a good boy!" He shouted happily and Pein glared at him.
"Kichi-chan we cannot allow you to go back to Konoha, they have a warrant for your arrest. I currently have Sasori and Deidara stopping any messages getting to Suna. This is so you can go after Gaara." Pein said calmly and Emi nodded. "Sasori and Deidara will accompany you on this mission, hopefully they won't make the same mistakes as these two." Pein added glaring at Itachi and Kisame. Emi nodded again. "You're all dismissed." He said as he sat at his desk.
Emi left with the others and went to the kitchen, she hadn't eaten since yesterday lunch time and her stomach was growling at her. Itachi took this chance to confront her and cornered her in the kitchen.
"You told them didn't you? You told them about the mission." He hissed at her. "You got yourself emotionally attached to your father who was never there before. Who saved you before? We did, he didn't even know anything about you." Itachi added, he was angry at her behaviour. He was doing his best to make sure no really knew she was in the Akastuki, she could have a chance at a free life. And now she was betraying his efforts.
"No, I told them nothing, you were watching me, and you know I told no one!" She shouted at him and pushed him away.
"If you didn't keep that stupid diary they wouldn't have found out!" He shouted back at her, making her flinch.
"If you used those stupid eyes of yours you would know I was writing about how much 'I love Naruto' crap. So if dad did get his hands on it he would just reading about my fake crush." She screamed at him. "And if you did love me you would know I always keep a 'stupid' diary." She hissed at him, Itachi looked down as she barged past him. She had forgotten about her food, she didn't care anymore. She just wanted to cry.