It was now night time and Kisame and I had been walking for the past day. We were still a long way from the hideout, but at least we were farther from Mist. I kept thinking what Yuka would do if he had seen us. He would probably go tell the Misukage. If they caught me and took me back, I would be grounded for the next five years. I wasn't allowed to leave the village at all. Not even on missions. The Misukage was way over protective even when I was still in the village. But now that the Leaf nin came, he became less protective. Probably because Kakashi became his new best friend. I kept thinking what my punishment will be too. Knowing the Misukage, probably no cellphone for a week. He never did like to punish me. Kisame stopped suddenly, which made me run into him. I crashed into his back and fell back.

I quickly got up and looked for what Kisame stopped. In front of us was Sasori, Deidara, Tobi, and Zetsu all in the training grounds of Akatsuki. I looked up and saw the hideout. I noticed my room was at the very top. I saw a figure in my room which made me wonder if they had replaced me. Kisame started to walk into the hideout and I followed him. He entered and then walked to two giant red doors. He knocked and the doors opened. He entered and I kept following. The doors closed behind us which spooked both of us. Inside were two lit candles surrounding a giant throne. Sitting in the throne was Leader. I looked around and saw that we were not the only ones there. I also saw that Itachi was close by to Leader, as if he had been waiting for our arrival.

"Itachi," Leader spoke, "take Koyuki back to her room and wait there for further orders." Itachi followed orders and waited in front of me.

I walked along side Itachi until we reached my room. We walked in silence which made me become tense. We entered my room and Itachi stayed with me. He had to wait for orders there so I didn't mind if he stayed. I sat at my bed and asked Itachi if he would like to sit. He turned and sat next to me. It felt strange that he wasn't talking to me. I remembered Kisame saying Itachi never spoke more than two words. Itachi always spoke in full sentences with me and now he didn't even say one word. It felt as if he had some grudge against me. I decided to think of something that I did that might of gotten him mad. My thoughts were interupted when Kisame entered the room.

"Leader wants you guys." Kisame said and Itachi and I got up. Kisame left us on our own and we walked to Leader's dorm.

"You called?" Itachi asked as we entered the room.

"Yes I did." He responded. " I need you to help Koyuki move her stuff into your room."

"And may I ask why?" I asked a little surprised.

"I need the use of your room for a special meeting being held in a couple of days." He answered.

"Oh..." I said.

"Is it the meeting when all the imperial lords come every month?" Itachi asked.

"Why, yes, it is." Leader answered.

"Imperial lords?" I said.

"Yes, the imperial lords of Akatsuki. There are more than nine Akatsuki if you must know." Leader finished.

"Ok..." I said and looked a bit disturbed of sharing a room with a man.

"Don't worry, Koyuki. It's only for a few days. It'll all be over sooner than you think." Leader asured. He smiled at me and I smiled back. "I hope you don't mind either, Itachi."

"Not at all." Itachi responded.

"That reminds me. Koyuki, I need you to wear the Akatsuki cloak at all times when they're here." Leader said.

"What for?" I asked.

"If they see anyone without a cloak, they'll kill you." He stated simply. "Hope you don't mind."

"Not at all." I mimicked Itachi.

"That is all. You may go pack now." With that said we left.

Itachi and I entered my room and we quickly began to pack. I packed everything I had into a small bag. I didn't have much for the rest was at home at the village. The only thing I brought from the village was money. I could buy new things with the money and get myself some clothes. Itachi lead me to his room which was on the West wing of the base. My room was on the South wing. Kisame and Itachi were on the West wing, Deidara and Sasori on the East. Hidan, Kakuza and Tobi were all on the South wing with me. The South wing was used as the guarding wing for it was where the entrance is located. It has more people to protect the entrance from intruders and it can hold up to twice the normal Akatsuki members. Leader's dorm is all of the North wing.

I found out from overhearing that Tobi, Hidan, and Kakuza also had to leave the South wing. Tobi was with Deidara and Sasori, Hidan was with Kakuza in Kisame's room, and I was with Itachi. Itachi prefered to be solitare so he never shared with Kisame. When I entered Itachi's room, it was pretty dark. He turned on the lights and I got the first glance of his room after I left. It was the same as always. He had a desk, a closet, a king sized bed, a drawer, and a shelf where he kept all of his scrolls. Itachi had told me he had been studying medical jutsu from Leader. Leader had been a medic when he was still in his village and he wanted to have an assistant. So he chose Itachi to help out.

"How have you been with your medic training?" I asked as I put my stuff close to Itachi's drawer.

"It's been a bother. I don't know how you do it." He responded as he pretended to collapse from exhaustion. I giggled at him and walked over to the shelf. I took a scroll and examened it.

"You're kidding." I said as I walked to him.

"What about it?" He asked.

"This is simple healing jutsus. Just wait until you get to suck the poison out of a living thing." I said as I sat down on his bed and examened more of the 'hard' jutsus. He sat down next to me and looked over my shoulder.

"They're hard for me." He pouted as he tried to gather all of his chakra to his hand.

"Please..." I said as I gathered all of me chakra to my hand and it started to glow a blueish color.

"You're experienced in this stuff." He whined and smiled at me.

"I just started three years ago." I covered for myself.

"I started four days ago." He covered for himself.

"Not bad, for a beginner." I said as I put back the scroll and sat back down with Itachi.

"Are you mad at me?" I asked after a long period of silence. Itachi looked at me surprised and chuckled to himself.

"No." He stated simply.

"Then why don't you talk to me anymore or act like you used to before I left?" I asked. I looked down and felt Itachi get closer.

"I..." He began. " I forgot how to." He finished shyly. I looked at him and saw that he was a light shade of pink.

"What do you mean?" I asked and looked up at him.

"What I mean is," He began. " I don't talk to the rest as much as I do to you. So when you left, I stopped and now that you're back, I don't remember what we used to do together."

"That's all?" I questioned him. He looked to me and blushed a little. He closed his eyes and cleared his throat.

"Yes." He answered shyly. I giggled and gave him a peck on the cheek. He opened his eyes and looked at me. I smiled at him.

"You'll remember soon enough." I said as I hugged him.

"I wish I hadn't forgot." He said as he hugged back.

"I don't blame you for it." I said and Itachi kissed me on my forehead. He got up and walked over to the window. As soon as he did this, I felt a sudden rush of pain to my shoulder. I clutched it and bent over from the pain.

"What's wrong?" I heard Itachi say and felt his hand on the shoulder that was hurting me.

I yelped in pain and Itachi helped me get up. He reached for my shoulder but I didn't let him see. I knew what was hurting me. It was the hicky that I got from Gaara. If Itachi sees even the slightest of it, he would get furious. I would rather be in pain than get Itachi mad. I clutched my shoulder which only made it hurt more. Itachi was trying to calm me so that he could see what was wrong, but I wasn't going to let him see it. I bit my lower lip and sat down on the bed again. The pain was reciding and I loosened my grip. Itachi was sitting next to me and was looking at me. He saw that I was calming down and gathered chakra to his hand.

He placed the hand over my shoulder and I clutched it, trying to stop him from finding out. He looked at me worried for my safety. I looked at him and he got up, our eyes never left each other. We starred at each other for a long time. I got up, still starring at him. He approached me but never broke our gaze. We starred at each other even when he started to get close to my face. He cupped me cheek and whispered my name. He got closer to my face but never once broke our gaze. I whispered his name like he did. He closed the distance and kissed me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I encircled his neck with my arms.

He broke our kiss and we gazed into each other's eyes. I loved to see his unbelievably adorable obsidian eyes. I always felt as if I was seeing the midnight sky at its fullest. I absolutely adored the eyes he gave me when we looked at each other. Sasuke and Itachi had the same color eyes but Itachi had something extra that Sasuke didn't have. I admired this about Itachi. I always felt safe in his arms and I never wished to leave them. He was the only one who actually knew what I went through. I liked when he was near me and I felt like I would be protected. I felt like I would never be hurt or talked badly to. I would never again be called a monster.

Itachi saw how sad I was getting from my memories of my childhood. I was always called a monster and I never had friends in my village because of this. I only had a few friends for they were the only ones who didn't know. I wasn't rejected by them or called a monster. Itachi was the only one who was still my friend even after he found out I had a demon. Sasuke never found out so he never rejected me either. I wish I could just disappear and make everyone's lives better. They would be happier if I wasn't around. I felt Itachi stare at me and I was starting to become sadder at every passing second.

"Is something bothering you?" Itachi asked and made me snap back to reality.

"It's nothing." I answered and smiled at him.

"It didn't seem like that." He said as he gazed at me. I felt his stare on the hicky and I started to panic. Maybe he had seen a glimpse of it.

"What are you starring at?" I asked as I paniced and tried to cover my face with my hands.

"N-Nothing." He stammered as he started to walk away. I got up and walked over to the window. I felt him come from behind.

"You still remember about what they did to you, when you were a child?" He asked.

"I do, every single day of my life." I answered sadly.

"You won't ever have to go through that again," He wrapped his arms around my waist from behind and held me close, " I promise."

"You do?" I asked, a bit surprised.

"I do." He answered and I smiled. I grabbed his arms and held them against me. I layed my head on his chest as we watched the moon rise to the top of the midnight sky. It joined all of the sparkling stars where they belonged, together.

"Itachi?" I said after a long silence.

"Hn?"

"Do you think I belong somewhere, like the stars belong in the sky with the moon?" I asked.

"Yes." He answered.

"Where do you think I belong then?"

"You belong here, with the Akatsuki and with me." He answered. I looked up and saw that he was saying what his mind told him.

"You really mean that?" I said as I blushed a light red.

"Of course, or else I would have never of wanted you here." He stated.

"That's not what I mean." I blushed harder.

"Then what is what you mean?" He asked.

"You really want me to stay with you?" I blushed harder as I said this. He smirked but answered.

"I'd be a very lucky man if you did." He answered.

"But tell me. If I asked you to stay here, with me, for the rest of your life, would you?" He asked as he sat at the bed and I sat next to him. I blushed a bit.

"I..." I started, " I would." I finished shyly. I looked up and saw him smiling down at me. I blushed harder as I felt him approach me.

"You would?" He asked.

"I-I guess I would." I stammered. I saw his smile fade from the corner of my eyes.

"You aren't completely sure." He said sadly.

"I want to stay here but..." I remembered my family back at my village. Itachi sensed my depression and held me close to him. He stroked my hair as tears ran down my face. I calmed down and wiped my tears away. I looked up at him and saw that he was waiting for my answer.

"I want to stay here but my family back at home, and I can get you guys in danger if they find me here. It's complicated to choose." I finished. We stayed in silence.

"Then what would you say if you had a family here, too?" He asked after a while.

"How could I have a family here?" I asked as I looked at him. He didn't speak after I asked him the question. I starred at him and soon found out what he ment.

"Oh. I could never do that, even if I tried."

"Have you tried?" He asked.

"Well...no, I haven't" I answered.

"Then how can you say you can't do it?" He questioned.

"Well... I just can't. It would be hard for me."

"You have some sort of problem?" I blushed and playfully shoved him. He laughed and shoved me back. "I mean it. Do you have a problem?"

"No."

"Then why not?"

"I just ... don't.. know how to." I blushed at him.

"You can always try." He said.

"I'm way too young, Itachi."

"Really? I didn't notice."

"What's that suppose to mean?!" I pouted as I shoved him.

"You know I didn't mean it. I was just playing."

"Apparently, you do this a lot to me, don't you?"

"Of course." He kissed my forehead. "But you still didn't answer my question."

"Well, I might stay if I had a family but I don't."

"We could fix that." I blushed as he whispered this into my ear.

"Pervert!" I yelled as I pretended to be disgusted with him. It was sweet of him to say that and admit that he liked me like I liked him. But it was a strange way of saying it.

"But I do mean it." He said after a while.

"I never said I didn't want that." I said with a blush. He looked at me a bit surprised but got over it. He held me closer to him and I giggled at him.

"If you had to choose an Akatsuki as a husband, who would it be?" I decided to tease him so I thought of a certain person he hated.

"I would have to pick...Sasori!" I pretended to be a fan girl and scream at the sound of his name. I looked at him and saw that he was surprised. "I'm kidding!" I saw him relax at me saying this.

"I mean it!" He yelled impatiently.

"I really don't know."

"Would It be Leader?"

"No."

"Kisame?"

"No."

"Hidan?"

"No."

"Deidara?"

"He's nice but no."

"Tobi?"

"Too childish."

"Kakuza?"

"No."

"Zetsu?"

"I would have weeds as children." We laughed at this.

"The only one left that's a man is me." He stated.

"Really? With that long hair of yours, I would mistake you for a girl." He shoved me playfully and I said that I was kidding.

"So is it me?" He asked.

"It might be." I saw him relax a bit so I decided to tease him. "Or it might be Sasori." He looked at me like he was worried or something. I laughed at him. "I'm kidding! Sheesh! Can't take a joke, can you?"

"I'm serious!" He yelled and pouted. I smiled and gave him another kiss but on the mouth. We parted and he looked disappointed.

"You'll get more eventually." I said I began to get up. He quickly stopped me and restrained me from getting up.

"Let go, Itachi." I said trying to get up.

"You promised me something."

"What did I promise?"

"I'd have my way."

"Tonight?" I whined.

"Tonight." He said simply.

"Fine." I said crossing my arms in front of my body. I suddenly felt something cool against the flesh of my shoulder where the hicky was. I looked down and saw that Itachi had uncovered it. I looked up and saw him glarring at me.

"Who did that to you?" He asked in a low, dark voice. I starred at him and I started to get up and back away. He got up and grabbed me harshly.

"Who did that to you?"He asked again.

"No one did!" I yelled back from fear.

"You're telling me it just magically appeared out of nowhere!" He yelled back. "I want to know who did that to you and why you let him." I cried as I dropped to the floor.

"It was Gaara." I admitted.

"The spiritualist medium of the Shukaku." I jerked my head up at him. He knew Gaara?

"How do you know about him?"

"I was sent out on a mission to capture him once."

"You're not going to hurt him are you?"

"Tell me why you let him do that to you." He commanded.

"It wasn't me. It was Shizaku." I said as I stood up.

"That demon inside you?" I nodded and he approached me. I feared the worst. Instead he shocked me when he hugged me.

"Why?" I asked confused.

"It was not you who let yourself be done that. I will not blame you for that." He answered so sweetly that I cried in his arms. "Just don't let it happen again."

"It'll never happen again. I promise." I said as I embraced him in the hug. "I won't let anyone do anything to me ever again."

"Does that include me?"

"No, Itachi, it doesn't include you."

"Let's get to bed then. It's getting late. Or do you prefer to sleep alone?" He asked as he approached the bed.

"It's okay if you sleep on the bed. I'll just sleep on the chair." He grabbed my arm as I started to near the chair. He threw me across the bed playfully and he neared the chair.

"You can have the bed then."

"How about we both have the bed. One side is your's, the other is mine." I said and he neared the bed. He took off his cloak as I climbed in the bed. I felt a breeze and instantly shivered. I felt something near me and felt an arm across my waist. I looked back and saw that it was Itachi.

"I got cold." He stated and I fell asleep with his near me.