Pein and Kisame ran into the new base, they hadn't stopped running all day, they had made sure that they weren't followed. Madara was sat in the office when the pair barged in.
"What are you two doing here?" Madara asked raising his eyebrow at them. They were meant to stay at the old base, not lead the emery to their new base.
"They attacked like you said." Pein spoke while gasping for air. "Itachi was killed by Sasuke, Kakuzu by the emery ninjas and Hidan is missing." He then added. Madara sighed, this was not going well at all.
"I know about the attack but I didn't expect them to kill Kakuzu or that idiot Hidan to disappear. As for Itachi, I was hoping Sasuke wouldn't kill him till after my plan was complete. We won't have time to wait for the birth. " He'd have to bring his plans forward then, he was hoping to do it after the birth. Madara sighed and ran his through his hair.
"Birth?" Pein ask confused.
"Kichi is pregnant." Madara explained with a small smile playing on his lips. Pein and Kisame just stared at him in shock. "Do not tell Kichi of the deaths, if she asks, they are on missions. I don't want anything affecting her condition." He added with a stern look. Both Pein and Kisame nodded still trying to take in the news.
As Sasuke and his team walked away, he smirked to himself as he re-read a piece of paper in his hand. He had ripped out a page of Emi's diary before he was found. It didn't have Emi's location written down but at least he knew where to start.
After three months of searching, Sasuke finally found the hideout.
"You guys can go, I have no further use of you." Sasuke told them calmly as they reached the location. His team just stared at him in disbelief and stared to argue with him about where they would go and what would they could do now. They would probably be put to death by all the ninja villages if they stepped foot in them. Sasuke simply shrugged, it wasn't his problem, and he didn't care. They were just tools to him. He walked away and headed to what looked like the entrance of the base, it was another cave. Sasuke rolled his eyes, did they always stick to caves? It would make their hideouts too obvious now that one hideout was raided by both Konoha and Suna. It was like he had no imagination at all.
He went inside but before he could move any further, Kisame was stood in front of him.
"We've been expecting you." Kisame told him with a smirk and grabbed Sasuke's shoulder, leading him to an office.
Madara looked up as the door opened to reveal Sasuke and Kisame. Emi was sat next to him and looked at Sasuke in shock, why was he here? Her tummy had started to show and she had taken to wearing floor length kimonos. Sasuke just stared at Emi until Madara cleared his throat, he couldn't believe that she was really pregnant. He thought Itachi was lying, one more attempt to upset him before his death.
"I've been wondering when you would get here. You took longer than I thought." Madara said once he had Sasuke's attention. Sasuke only grunted in response. "I want you to join the Akatsuki, make the plan for peace happen." He added as he looked over at Emi's tummy and rubbed it gently. "So that Kichi-chan's child only knows of peace, no more war." He then looked up at Sasuke. Sasuke thought for a moment, staring as he watched Madara's hand caress Emi's stomach.
"How do I know your plan will work?" He asked interested as his eyes followed Madara's arm and up to his face. He wanted Emi to live in peace, away from all of this. He hated what his brother had done to her and now she was married to Madara, carrying his child. May be after Madara creates peace, he could destroy Madara, a world that was safe for Emi and the child.
"The plan is to cast a genjutsu over the world, make everyone peaceful." Madara told him and stood up. Sasuke watched him with caution. "You will join or I will kill you." He added as he stood behind Emi, placing his hands on her shoulders.
"I will join but only for Emi-sama and her child." Sasuke finally spoke.
"Her name is Kichi, not Emi. A stupid name given to her by that weak village. You will address her as Kichi-sama, understood?" Madara hissed at Sasuke. He hated that name they gave her. She was his Kichi and that was that. Sasuke nodded.
Both Tsunade and Gaara had scoured Emi's diary for a location but hadn't found a single clue to her whereabouts. They had noticed a page had been ripped out near her last entry. Emi must have taken it out for some reason. Tsunade was sure the page that was missing had the location on it. Emi must had left the diary for them to find, so why take out the page they needed. Gaara had told her about Sasuke having the diary and what he told them but Tsunade couldn't think why he would have any real interest in her unless he wanted her to revive his clan. Jiraiya was no longer getting any information which lead Tsunade to believe that his informant had been killed during the attack on the Akatsuki base or it was Itachi Uchiha who had been killed by his younger brother.
As the months passed, Tsunade was getting increasingly concerned for Emi's condition. The Akatsuki had no skilled doctor to deliver the baby or even check the baby and the mother were ok. She knew without a doctor, Emi could die during child birth but what worried her the most was if the child wasn't healthy enough to survive. It would kill Emi from the inside. A knock on the door startled Tsunade from her thoughts.
"Enter." She called and Genma walked in.
"Hokage-sama, Sasuke and his team were spotted passing by but when they came back, Sasuke wasn't with them." He informed her. Tsunade sighed, Sasuke must have found the Akatsuki, and he must have removed the page, not Emi.
"Bring his team in, we'll make a deal with them. I want to know where Sasuke has gone and why they are no longer with him. It's a good chance he found the Akatsuki's new base and left them to fend for themselves. In return we will let them stay here. Inform the ANBU." She quickly told Genma who nodded and left to get inform ANBU to bring them in.
Another month had passed and it was time for Madara to bring his plan into reality. He was concerned about Emi and his child. She was now six months pregnant. Madara, Pein and Kisame would start the attack and Sasuke would stay with Emi and protect her and the child. He did consider leaving her in the base but there was a risk that Konoha and Suna knew there location. Zetsu had reported that Sasuke's previous team had been captured by Konoha. Therefore Madara decided that Emi should go with them but a safe distance from the fighting.
They set up camp near Konoha but far enough not to be discovered. This was where Emi and Sasuke were to stay until the mission was complete.
Emi was sat in her and Madara's tent rubbing her swollen belly and sighed.
"What's wrong my love?" Madara asked as he heard her sigh. He was concerned about her health, travelling this far wasn't good for her but leaving her at the base was not an option. Konoha and Suna could raid the base while the attack was happening and take her, to use their unborn child to defeat him. He would never put his child in danger if he could help it. He would name his son after his brother, Izuna. He was sure it would be a boy.
"Nothing Madara-koibito, I'm just tired. Do you have to do this?" She asked as she looked up at him.
"It's the only way to achieve peace. I know you want to help my dear and I did plan for this to happen after the birth but this couldn't be helped." He explained as he sat down next to her.
"What if you die?" She asked looking down and Madara frowned annoyed, hoping back his anger at her suggestion.
"I won't, I'm too strong to die by their hands." He hissed at her, causing her to flinch. Emi nodded and looked away. Madara quickly left to keep control of his anger. That women could infuriate him somethings, the only thing stopping him from killing her was her usefulness to him.
"Madara-sama, are you ready?" Pein asked as he and the others walked up behind him.
"Yes, let's move." He answered turning to face them. "Sasuke-kun, protect Kichi-san, do not leave her on her own." He then added as his eye met Sasuke's.
"Yes Madara-sama." Sasuke nodded and walked over to her tent, sitting outside to keep watch.
"Zetsu will be going back and forth to relay messages. I want to know if they are ok and Zetsu will be able to inform you of any ninja that have slipped past us unless he able to deal with them himself." Madara spoke as he turned to march to Konoha, Kisame and Pein following closely behind.