Hey, all! It's KRISH-un, yet again! It's damn cold where I live, so I'm going to keep this short in order to preserve my fingers.

The thanks for this chapter go to the ever-loyal Alucard's Vampiress, and Gaara's Sweetheart. Thanks to the both of you for reviewing, and to Shayshay, don't despair! Tobi will be back soon!

When Akai woke up, nothing hurt. She sat up, surprised. Her legs and especially her heart had been hurting last night, but now they weren't. Then, all of the memories from the past couple of days came crashing back to her, and she hurt all over again. She groaned, standing up.

There was dirt all over her front from her falling face first into the dirt. She sighed, wiping herself off. She leaned against a tree, her eyes closed.

Suddenly, two arms wrapped themselves around her from around the tree. "Don't run away, un." A voice whispered.

Her eyes widened.

(( (GASP!) Does anyone know who the mystery man is?! I think it's obvious. Now, with Chikazi...))

Chikazi didn't sleep a wink for the rest of the night; she was so full of guilt. She felt guilty for what she had said, and it was affecting her.

Little did she know, but below her, Sasuke hadn't slept either, but for a totally different reason. He had been so close. That had obviously been bitter enough to reveal Akatsuki's location, but Chikazi had made her run away.

Damn that ! He had been so close, SO FREAKING CLOSE!, to getting his revenge on his brother, but NO, she had to make the run away. He sighed, getting up. "Are you going to sit in that tree all day, or are we going to make any progress?" he said, looking up.

Chikazi jumped, "Uh…" She shook herself, "Yeah… I guess."

He sighed, "Come on, already."

She jumped down silently.

Sasuke felt that that would have been out of the ordinary, her getting up without complaint, "Something wrong?" He asked, his ever-present smirk plastered on his face.

She looked up at him sullenly, "No. Not anything you don't know about."

He smirked, "Oh? And what about your little… friend?"

Chikazi froze, "W-what are you talking about?!" She stammered.

Sasuke sighed, "Jeez… And you thought I wouldn't know, with the amount of noise you two were making?"

Chikazi blushed, hoping that she and Caya hadn't said anything embarrassing. "Uh… I was hoping not."

Sasuke's voice was full of fake cheeriness. "And, you know what?"

Chikazi looked up at him, "What?"

His expression turned to one of pure hatred. "DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!" He yelled. "I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE WITH TIES LIKE THAT TO AKATSUKI, AND YOU SCARED HER AWAY!" He took a deep breath, "I am…" His sentence ended there, noticing the look on her face.

She looked incredibly close to tears, her eyes watering. She bit her lip, then turned and ran off.

Sasuke swore to himself, and then chased after her.

Chikazi kept running. She knew now how Caya had felt. And she felt terrible. She resolved that if she ever saw Caya again, she would help her find a way home.

Well, how was it? Tell me in a review!