(Yumi Uchiha)

I stared down at a sleeping Ashley as she curled up in a ball close to the wall, I smirked when I saw that Deidara had lingered near her room when I arrived.

I sighed and stood up slowly from Ashley's bed and walked to the door and silently went back to see Itachi.

"She was looking for you, un" I turned around and looked up as Deidara leaned against the door to the room I just left.

I tilted my head the the side as I looked at him closely and looked into his eyes questionably.

I got my answer when he spoke next "she's a good fighter, un" I smiled at that, "of course she is, I taught her..." I turned away from him and walked away.

I was almost down the end of the hallway when I heard a shuffle and a squeak and then quick a quick shuffle of feet on the floor, "Lyssa!" I winced and screamed as I felt arm wrap around my waist and then the floor meeting my side.

(Ashley)

As my consciousness slowly returned I curled tighter into a ball. I swore to myself that if I woke up with a headache again I was going to never sleep again.

Voices faded in and out, like they were just beyond my door. Heard myself whimper, my head felt like bees were stinging my insides. What happened?

A voice burst through the base, "...of course she is," I jumped up faster than I have moved in a while.

"Lyssa!" I tackled her like I use to in high school, however I underestimated how much stronger I had become and caused us to crash to the floor. And I looked around remembering that she was speaking to someone.

And there was no one.

"Get off!" Lyssa shoved me off of her, I fell flat on my ass. We glared at each other.

With all the frustration and anger of the past week I snapped, "Bitch, what was that for?"

She glared at me with cold distain, I felt the temperature drop but it wasn't because of her glare. She flicked her hair over her shoulder, "My name is Yumi Uchiha demon," smirking with the air superiority that she normally reserved for preppy girls, "you best remember you place."

And with that I lost the cool I had maintained since I arrived. I saw red, this bitch is my friend and I'm going to remind her of that fact. Still on the floor I swept my right foot behind her knees.

I surprised her so much, the side of me coming out that I never showed anyone besides my mother, that she even fell.

Serves the her right.

(Yumi Uchiha)

I smiled mentally at Ashley knocking me down, I knew Madara was watching though. I had to be rude without a choice.

I looked at Ashley and smirked at her and patted her cheek as I sat back on my knees "Ashley, come... We must talk alone" I looked over her shoulder as Madara stood silently in the dark out of her sight.

I quickly took her upper arm in my hand and pulled her with me back to my room, I shoved her into the room and watched her land on my bed and her back hit the wall harshly.

"What the hell, Lyssa?!" I closed my eyes and rubbed at my temples as I looked up at her as I quickly worked some hand signs to silence the room as I slowly walked toward her as I kept my eyes on her light green eyes.

"Ashley... I'm sorry," I slowly sat at the end of the bed and held out my left hand for her.

"Madara expects a lot from me, I can't be my sweet self..." I trailed off slowly as I kept my eyes on her tense form.

Ashley was pissed, she always was tense when pissed off at me.

"No! What was that out there!" She slapped my hand away harshly as she glared at me.

I sighed and looked blankly at her as she got off the bed and started to pace the room as she spoke to herself, she always got angrier when she tried to process a situation on her own.

I remember always seeing this when we would be stuck in her room after school doing homework, projects and everything.

I was yawning as I laid down with a book over my face as I silently laid in Ashley's bed as I listened to her type away on her computer, I grabbed the book away from my face and set it down next to me and say up looking at Ashley.

"Can we stop being boring now?" I chuckled as Ash turned her head toward me and frowned then looked back to her computer.

I frowned and poked her.

"Ashhhhhh!" I whined out as I started to shake her shoulders, I could practically see Ashley fuming as she thought up all the ways she could tell me 'no' but fail cause I never got told no by her very often.

"Lyssa..." She started out as she took off her glasses and looked at me seriously for a moment then smiled and threw me a bag of sweet, I squealed happily and caught the bag and grinned "leave me alone to work," I frowned and tilted my head to the side and looked at her computer to her face then back.

"Pay attention to me!" I whined out annoyed at her antics to distract me with sweets- though it worked sometimes- I crawled over toward her and pushed her computer away.

"Lyssa" her tone was angry and calm at the same time, I grinned up at her annoyed look in her eyes and chuckled.

"Stop it, our project is due tomorrow and you need to remember not everything is the way you want it," I rolled my eyes at her speech and poked her.

"So what, you know I'm smarter then the teachers at the school, I barely even try when it comes to school..." Ashley hit the back of my head and shoved me off her lap and replaced her laptop back in its place.

"Yes, but not all of us can be lazy and still be able to pass with straight A's..." I laughed, Ashley was smart and knew I was always too lazy when it came to school.

"Then pay attention to me and I'll finish our project tonight..." Ashley turned her head to me annoyed and tosses a pillow at me.

"Go bother somebody else" I jumped up to my feet and stole her computer as she whined out my name but watched me as I went and sat on her bed and typed a short summary on the rest of the paper we had been writing then smiled and handed it back to her.

Ashley read it silently and handed it back to me, I held in laughter as I watched her frown and then pace back and forth quietly as she spoke to herself.

"But-"

"You-"

"Why-"

"How-"

"I-"

She cut off then pointed at me and yelled at me as she looked at her computer that say next to me on the bed

"You cheated somehow!" She angrily stomped over to me and fumed in silence as she debated to hit me or hug me.

Ah, the memories.

"Lyssa-" I sighed and spoke without emotion as I stood up and looked coldly into her eyes as I spoke, "Yumi, I am Yumi Uchiha, there never was a Lyssa... I was born in Konohagakure, I have been a ninja all my life Ashley," I stepped back as her eyes filled with tears of anger but didn't speak.

I leaned back against the wall and waited...

(Ashley)

I breathed in and out, focused but speaking my mind, "Well than if you have to be a bitch do it right." I understood the precarious situation we were both in, "You will always be Lyssa to me." I saw her smile at that, "But if you have to pretend to only be interested in my progress as shinobi."

I leaned back onto the bed. Lyssa was looking at me worried, like she could feel my anger and frustration. I closed my eyes trying to think of a way to not lose my only lifeline in this fucked up situation.

So Madara had to think that Lys is a heartless shinobi, while if he wants to control me he needs to know Lys life is still my priority. I bit my lip.

I'll go crazy if I don't have my friend, but us being friendly will get us killed.

Our exchanges have to be unassuming but regular…..

A light smirk showed on my face, maybe I could hack it as a shinobi, "Hey Lys, how do you feel about being kunai pen pals?"

Lyssa smiled, "Now you're talking."

(Yumi Uchiha)

I stood silently as I watched Ashley get her stuff ready for our spar as she slowly walked to the other side of the room to get to her spot as she got ready to come at me, I smiled mentally at her antics as she tossed up a kunai and caught it in her hand then decided to throw it at me.

I quickly flashed towards her and flash stepped behind her and kicked her legs out from under her then used my hand to hit her in the neck as lightly as I could for her and watched her hit the ground roughly.

I tensed slightly then when I felt Madara's chakra spike as he entered the room wanting to witness our small little spar, I sighed and closed my eyes for a second then flashed towards Ashley and knocked her down onto her back to the floor harshly as I gripped her throat tightly and did a few quick hand signs as I looked down into her eyes as I slowly said for her benefit.

"Kurō wa jutsu o shīru shinai" I quickly wrapped my hand around her neck as I watch my seal choke her slightly then watched her her eyes watered with the pain as she processed what I just put on her "Now you won't be able to tell anybody about me, You'll be very loyal to the Akatsuki now, Demon brat"

She glared at me and quickly gripped my shoulders then kicked me harshly in the stomach that sent me back a few feet "What. The. Hell.- She croaked out as she finally started to finally get her voice back after what I had done.

"It's your problem you bitch!" I wanted to laugh badly at the face she made at me then chuckled when I saw her speed herself up by putting chakra into her feet as she rushed towards me with a kunai, I swiftly ducked her attack then started to dodge all her kicks and punches towards me and bit my tongue as I noticed her frown when she noticed we fell into our old pattern of fighting.

"Aura's, dear one" I whispered as I went in for a punch and smirked when she blocked it quickly then twisted her body to the right as I quickly grabbed her forearm tightly when I felt her chakra spike when she found my weak spot, I quickly activated my sharingan and breathed out a breath I didn't realize I was holding in. when I watched her fist go through my chest then the rest of her roll onto the floor and into the wall that was to our left.

I quickly walked over to her fallen form and watched her look up at me in shock as she realized what I had done just now, I quickly threw a Kunai into the ground at her left arm to keep it from stopping me and punched her in her abdomen which caused her to cry out and spit out a few droplets of blood onto the floor.

"We'll train more next week, Ice Demon" I turned towards the door quickly and looked to see a shocked Deidara, when he saw me coming towards the door he quickly walked off.

(Ashley)

My jaw still ached from the false seal being place in the back of my throat and the punch she threw at me to ensure that Madara didn't suspect us.

But I still was in a shit mood. I stood up after she slammed her door, nursing my cheek I stomp off to my room.

"Girl, un!" Great its fucking Deidara.

I just turned and glared quickly putting my hand down. When he stopped he cocked his head to the side. "What?" I was in no mood to be polite, and he was acting weird. "No insults?" He looked mildly surprised at my outburst, ever since the first day (minus the pillow and PMS incidence) I had been perfectly polite. But every day he just got more and more sour.

I was done for the day, "Say what you're going to say or get out of my way Deidara."

He smirked, "Well I just wanted to congratulate you on you performance earlier, un. Even though Itachi wiped your memory of it, un, I wanted to know that you held your own against him, un." He got all up in my face, "There maybe a shinobi somewhere in that tiny body after all, un."

I was so superfided that I didn't even move as he patted my head. Deidara walked off and I remembered a little of what I found attractive in him. But I shook it off and turned to the kitchen, "I need a drink."

(Yumi Uchiha)

I shook my head as I watched Ashley grumpily walk off towards the kitchen where I was sure she was going to get piss drunk off her ass.

I sighed and turned away from the direction of the kitchen and walked towards my own room where I knew something bad was going to happen, I flinched when I felt the dark intent of the Chakra that sat in wait in my room.

I looked back towards the kitchen and then back towards my door where I slowly opened it to see Madara sitting there with his stupid Orange mask on.

I looked towards the kitchen before slowly closing the door.

"Now, now. . . Don't be frightened" I closed my eyes as I felt his presence behind me and his hands closing in on my shoulders, I flinched when he quickly took my throat in his hands and threw me across the room and into the wall harshly and laughed menacingly as he looked at my pained face.

I hissed sharply when I felt his foot stepped roughly onto my chest and his hand twist sharply into my hair, "I am going to punish you for running from me, but first we must get you to activate the final stage of the Sharingan first" I screamed loudly when I felt his foot start to slowly press harder into my chest.

I glared up at him as I gripped at his ankle and twisted it away from my chest and wiggled away from his grasp but growled in pain when he pulled back my head by my hair and chuckled darkly and slammed my head against the wall.

"Bad, Yumi. . ." I was forced to the ground as he pulled my hair tightly and my arms behind my back being pulled harshly.

"Itachi is going to make sure you receive those eyes by the end of the night, if not. . . Well we can always go pay Sasuke a visit"

I growled out and kicked out at him as he dragged my body towards the door and slammed my head back against the floor and wrapped his hand around my throat tightly, I activated my eyes and looked up into his and glared harshly then screamed when I felt the burn of my eyes as he laughed and tilted his head to the side as he watched me thrash in pain as he let me go and stood back with his arms crossing over his chest as he observed me.

"Interesting. . ." he closely peered down at me as I withered in pain and chuckled as he kept his gaze on my slowly changing Sharingan.

I cried when a certain memory I never wanted to remember come back. . .

The day I was ordered to kill a whole clan of specialized children who had various of different Kekki Genkai's throughout the compound.

It was the day where I had killed and helped a child escape and that Child was Ashley, I remembered when I saw her crying on the floor when she noticed me killing her parents in front of her.

I stood in front of a small child who was crying at the death of her parents that she just witnessed me doing, I took off my ANBU fox mask and kneeled down by the girl and stroked her short brown hair and looked into her green eyes

I looked back toward the burning fire of all the houses then back at the small child "How old are you?" I whispered lightly so not to scare her and smiled as she slowly held out five fingers then pulled her hand back tightly into her chest.

I cursed at myself and brought out a scroll that had a new Jutsu I had marked down, I looked up at her then back to the scroll at hand.

the small child noticed my gaze and titled her head to the side before flinching away from me when she noticed my bored gaze on her. "I'll save you, I'll send you away to a world where your family is still alive. . ."

I quickly took the girl into my arms and ran into the forest with mask on and all as the girl cried hard in my arms.

I laid the girl down on the floor as I knocked her out and put the scroll over her body and swiftly bit at my thumb and with a few quick hand signs I slammed my hand down onto the seal on the scroll "Memery shōkyo yusō no jutsu!" I gasped in pain when I felt the massive chakra take it took and smiled when I saw the girl was now gone.

Fuck, Ashley was gonna be pissed when she remembered this.

(Ashley)

I was lucky, when got into the kitchen because Kisame was there eating. I smiled my best smile, "Hey Kisame-kun!" He looked at me quizzically, I never acted that girly before. "I think it's time for me to drink you under the table good sir!" I slide into a chair across from him.

He finished chewing and smiled wolfishly at me, "Your day went that well hun?"

Feeling in the mood to go a little crazy I smirked, "You have no idea."

….

The room was spinning slowly the warm tingles flowing into all my joints. It was Kisame's turn to drink and he seemed a bit wobbly. Our onlookers (Hidan, Zetsu, and Kakazu) were all placing bets on who would pass out first, or at least that's what it seemed like. I let my words slur, the way to win was to make your opponent think they were better off in a drink off, "Feeling the liquor Kis-kun." My words ringing loudly in my own head.

He finished his drink with a flourish, but there was still a wobble in his hands. "Nope, how abou' you," his words sounded like they were underwater, "Demon-chan?"

I had to take in a steadying breath, I don't think I have ever got this drunk during a drinking contest. Lyssa was going to be pissed, I smiled let her be pissed I deserve to have a little fun. "Not a chance." I grabbed for the bottle and took a long swig, the burn was muted and the room spinned a little quicker. But it was nothing I couldn't handle.

"Here ya go darlin'" In my best Ohio accent, "It's ya turn." As Kisame was about to grab it he pitched forward. He fell flat on the table hitting his head, then rolled off and hit the floor with a loud 'BANG'. I laughed my ass off, "You should have listened when I said I could drink you under the table."

An arm wrapped around my shoulder I felt skeeved out as he whispered in my ear, "Thanks for winning me money." I slid as gracefully as I could and pushed him away.

I bared my teeth, "You're welcome Hidan." He leered at me, like the guys at the club who only came out at last call. "Can you make sure Kisame-san makes it to his room." And I turned, only slightly wobbly, and made it out of the room.

He followed me pulling his fingers through his hair, "What about you Demon-chan."

I glared "I'll be fine." He put his hand on my shoulder, I tried to shrug it off. "Get off."

With a predatory smile he leaned in really close to my face, "I don't think so." In a voice that made my skin crawl and sobered me up real quick. He was leaning more in, so I did what any good girl would do, I kicked him in the dick and punched him in the face.

It made both me and Hidan go down because he fell on me. Blood from his nose going everywhere, "You bitch." His hand went to my throat. My vision went black.

Fuck.

(Yumi Uchiha)

I hissed out in annoyance when I woke up to pain in my eyes and moaned when I felt somebody holding me down to prevent me from sitting up, I rolled over onto my side as I took in Itachi's dark gaze on me.

I frowned at him and saw what was in his hands, my Akatsuki ring.

"Madara did well in giving you the final phase of the Sharingan eye, I rolled my eyes and hissed in pain when I felt the burn of them. I felt Itachi sigh and his arm wrap around my shoulder as he slowly sat me up.

"Tomorrow me and you have to train with the girl, rest up so your eyes are able to see tomorrow. . ." I hissed and moaned in pain but listened to him nonetheless and fell back to sleep while listening to Itachi's breathing.

'I hate madara' was the last thought I had before falling back to sleep

(Ashley)

I felt myself being dragged up, my vision only returning enough to see a slight tunnel. Like I was under water I heard a male voice say, "And Sasori-danna thinks you're a genius, un."

Slowly my mind registered that it was Deidara had one of my arms. As I saw his hand go to a door I said, "Fuck you too." And I pushed him away, I stood up and screamed, "I had it handled." My vision went to a pin prick.

"-ur, un." His hand steady me, "Now get in the room, un." I shrugged him off and went into the room. I flopped on the bed and as I fell asleep I thought to myself, 'My pillow smells nice'.