Rayne Says: Yes, I realize that I haven't updated for a couple of weeks. Sorry. I had finals and then a break from thinking. I'm back to work on this! I have a story line in progress working in my head. Voting on the gender and number of Mizuka's kid/s is still up. It'll be up until birth day. Read and Review! Pwease?

Passion

Itachi presses me and into a wall and I find it impossible to escape. His lips crush mine and bruise them. I whimper in pain and he presses his body to mine.

"Itachi… let… go," I gasp.

"No," he whispers.

I summon chakra to my hands and push him away as hard as I can. He staggers back a little but quickly regains his balance.

"That wasn't nice," he says.

"What- What the hell was that?"

"What do you think it was?"

"A momentary lapse in judgment."

"No."

"Then you're drunk?"

"I am not," he answers.

"Then what else could it be?"

"Is there anything wrong with a kiss?"

"When it's from you!"

I can clearly see the hurt in his eyes after I say that. "Look, I'm sorry. But I love Deidara. Not you, Itachi."

"I see," he says quietly.

"Do you?"

"Then I must apologize for my behavior."

"You don't need to."

"I will. I am sorry, Mizuka."

He walks away. Itachi just said my name? And… he kissed me! What is with these Akatsuki guys and kissing me? First there was Deidara, then Hidan, and now Itachi? Who's next? Kisame?

I sigh and slump down on the floor. I don't want to go back in there. Deidara will notice something and assume that Itachi did something. He'll die trying to beat the crap out of Itachi (not that I don't have faith in Deidara's abilities, Itachi's just a power freak).

I put my hand on my stomach and finally remember the fact that I'm pregnant. How could I forget that fact again? I wonder if it'll be a boy or a girl? What will I name it? Until I find out I guess I'll just call it Baby.

"Hey Baby. It's your mommy. I know you probably cannot hear me right now, but if you can I just want you to know that I love you very much and I'll do whatever it takes to protect you. I promise."

For some reason that makes me feel much better.

I stand up and navigate my way back to the kitchen, only to find it empty. "Where did you guys go?"

No one answers. I walk into the living room and discover that it's empty too. I lay down on the couch and stare up at the ceiling. I wonder if they're having a top-secret meeting? Eh, it's a possibility.

I continue staring at the ceiling until I begin to feel drowsy. I shut my eyes and let sleep consume me.

In my dreams I'm sitting in a rocking chair holding a bundle in my arms. My gaze shifts down the bundle and I gasp. There in my arms is my baby, but it doesn't look anything like me. It's as if Orochimaru shrank down to a foot and wrapped himself in blankets. A long tongue comes out of the baby's mouth. I feel bile rise up in my throat. I want to scream. I want to throw this thing as far away from me as I can. A hand rests on my shoulder and pulls me close, "Our child," Orochimaru whispers in my ear.

I wake up screaming.

Deidara is standing above me, holding me down as I struggle. There's a scratch down the side of his face. I stop struggling and pant for breath. Sweat glistens on my forehead. I wipe it away with my hand, which is shaking. For some reason, I want to cry.

"Are you okay, yeah?" Deidara asks.

"Um… yeah," I reply. "Just a dream and some pregnant lady hormones."

"Is Mizu okay? Does Mizu need medicine?" Tobi yells in the background.

"No, I'm fine. Really," I say, looking into Deidara's unbelieving eyes.

"Fine, un. You should eat something."

"I will. Don't worry about me, Deidara. I'm just pregnant."

"Okay, but I have to tell you something, yeah."

"What is it?"

"I have a mission, yeah."

"Oh. How long will you be gone?"

"About a week, un."

"Is anyone else going?"

"Yeah- me, Hidan, and Itachi."

Wait- all of the guys that have kissed me are going? Isn't that a bit weird?

"What's the mission?" I ask.

"I can't tell you, un. Top-secret."

"Oh, that's okay."

"We're leaving tomorrow morning, yeah."

"Do I have to go on this mission?"

"No. Leader said that because you are pregnant, you're being forced to stay here, yeah."

"I want to go with you though!"

"Stay here and keep the baby healthy and happy, yeah."

"The baby will be happy with you," I answer.

"I'm sure he'll be fine, yeah."

"How do you know it's a he?" I ask.

"I don't, but we need to give the kid a gender. We can't keep calling it the Baby, yeah."

"It makes sense, but I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too, yeah," he says, gently pressing his forehead against mine and wrapping his arms around my waist.

Deidara is so different from Itachi. Deidara is like water, calm and soothing. Itachi is like fire, intense and passionate. No wonder they don't get along.

He unwraps his arms and stares at me for a moment before smiling. " I love you, Mizuka. Never forget that, un."

"I won't. I love you too."

We share a small kiss before he walks away to get ready for his mission. I sigh and sit back down on the couch. That dream was so vivid, so real. What if that really happens? I don't want my baby to look like a mini-Orochimaru.

Which brings me back to the question at hand. Why the hell did Orochimaru rape me in the first place? He had plenty of women there to satisfy his needs, so why me? I'm not very pretty; I'm short, slightly flat chested, and I lost my virginity on a mission. What could it be? The only thing he was interested in at first was my kekkai genkai. What if- that's it!

His experiments when I was seven were to see if an implanted and scientifically created kekkai genkai could be inherited from generation to generation. That's why he knocked me up!

I sit up and know what I have to do. I run down the halls until I reach Rei's office. I don't even bother knocking, I just burst in. " Rei, I know why Orochimaru knocked me up! He wants my children to inherit the kekkai genkai! It's all an experiment!" I yell.

Rei sits calmly at his desk, calmly staring at me. "Are you sure of that?" he asks.

"It's the only reason."

"That produces a problem."

"Why?"

"He'll come for the child," he replies.

"No," I gasp.

"He'll want results."

"I won't let him take my baby!" I shout.

"Then what will you do if he does? Will you give up the child or let the Akatsuki suffer?"

"I- I don't know."

"Exactly why that child is a threat."

I slide to the ground and draw my knees to my chest. "I'm only fifteen, I don't know what to do."

"Frankly, neither do I."

"What?" I ask.

"Nobody in here knows anything about pregnancy or child labor. There's a definite chance that you and the baby could die during the birth."

"What'll I do?"

"I am not sure."

"You've got to have some ideas!" I say, exasperated.

"I have one, but it'll be dangerous."

"Please tell me!"

"Konohagakure is noted for its hospital and medical ninjutsu. They have a new Hokage whose ability has been praised for years. It will be a risk if you go and live there while you are pregnant. There is, however, a better chance of survival."

"I'll do it!"

"However," he adds. "Konoha shinobi have already seen you. You won't be able to use a transformation jutsu and maintain it while you are pregnant. They would associate you with the Akatsuki and would interrogate you viciously. Otherwise, I can't be able to trust you to be able to come back. I would have to send one of my men with you and most of them are not exactly good at keeping their identities hidden for some time."

"Please, sir. Please let me go. I'll go with someone- anyone!"

"Allow me some time to think this over."

"Yes," I reply.

I exit the office only to bump into a solid object. This solid object happens to be Itachi. Damn.

"Um… sorry," I whisper.

"No need to apologize."

"Oh, okay."

He walks into Rei's office and I stare at the door for a little while before I walk back to my room. I've decided to take a shower. I strip off my clothes and turn the water to scalding. I step inside and gently massage shampoo and conditioner into my scalp. When I'm done I start to wash my body, but I'm frozen by the image of Itachi and me kissing.

Then I remember Itachi shirtless, with those fantastic abs. I wonder what it would be like to touch them? To run my hands up and down his body? To kiss him anytime I felt like it? To have power over the Itachi Uchiha?

The water goes cold and shocks me out of my fantasizing. I shake my head and viciously scrub my skin raw.

Stupid Weasel.

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