A: Alright guys guess what! I've decided that I'm gonna work on my stuff more, which means hopefully a chapter for at least ONE of my current stories every few days. I have a feeling people have lost faith in me because of how slow I am, but I can't help being busy. I really am sorry for how late everything is and I promise I'm trying to do better! Well, anyway, I do not own Naruto or any TV/Movie I may reference. Please enjoy!

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After the little incident with dinner, I decided to lay low for a few weeks. I usually crept around the base, slept, or, if the living room was ever empty, watch TV. The Akatsuki Leader had taken my phone and hidden it, as to keep me from phoning for help like the asshole he clearly is. Well, then again, I didn't blame him for being cautious. After all, I am still technically the enemy.

Anyway, I eventually decided it was time to do something else, something...interesting. Something that could get me killed.

I grinned as I stared at the two men in front of me. Kisame and Itachi stood in the kitchen having a conversation about their upcoming mission. I stood in the doorway, silently watching, waiting for the perfect time to release my wrath on the two who had brought me here. But, of course, I have much more planned for these two than this little joke.

Finally Itachi sighed thru his nose and glanced at me

"What do you want?" He asked

"Among other things?" I shot him a mischievous smile, he narrowed his red eyes at me.

"Do not play games with me, Adrianna." He warned. I simply shrugged and turned to walk away. I made sure I was where I could see them, but they couldn't see me and waited just a few more minutes.

Before either of the men trying to exit the room knew it, one was violently shoved, knocking both him, and his partner to the floor. I grinned down at them.

"Oh now that's highly inappropriate." I said in a mocking tone.

"What-" Kisame pulled himself off the floor, and off of Itachi before he could get hurt

"Keep it in your pants, you two." I warned. I shot them both a wink, tossed my long hair behind my shoulders and quickly made my way down the hall. The sound of pursuing footsteps had me moving faster. I knew I wouldn't have time to run and hide in my room before they caught me, so I took a hard left into the library, where I ended up coming face to torso with the tallest member of the Akatsuki. A dark skinned, green-eyed man by the name of Kakuzu. He usually ignored me, but during his random acts of kindness (believe it or not) he'll join me in the living room and watch TV and we'd make snide little comments about whatever is on, or we'd simply sit in silence and occasionally we'll have a real conversation (but those are very rare).

"Oh, uh hi." I said, taking a small step back and looking up at him.

"Someone's in a hurry." He sighed "What's the rush?"

"I may or may not be in trouble so if you'll be a dear and just stand there for a sec..." I trailed off and squeezed around him. Luckily for me, just as I had vanished behind the man, Kisame and Itachi had appeared.

"I need to speak with the girl." Itachi said darkly.

"Which girl? There are two of them here, Uchiha." Kakuzu replied. I shoved my fist in my mouth to keep from giggling.

"Kakuzu, move." Itachi demanded. Kakuzu shook his head

"No can do, Uchiha." He said.

Wait a second... My Inner's voice almost surprised me, Jade had been silent during the past few weeks of laying low. Is he protecting you?

I was almost shocked at the sudden realization that he was, in fact, protecting me.

Itachi glared at Kakuzu, but gave up arguing and stormed off, Kisame following. I poked my head around the man and looked up at him. I didn't want just come out and thank him for playing guard, but at the same time I didn't just want to run to my room and hide for the rest of the day. I decided that the first option would be the best.

"So, uh, thanks for...yeah." I stumbled over my words, not quite sure what even to say to him. He shook his head and rolled his eyes. The corners of his eyes crinkled a bit, so I assumed he smirked under his mask. He put his hand on the top of my head in a somewhat affectionate manner.

"Try to stay out of trouble with the Uchiha. Not everyone is brave enough to tell him no." he said. With his advice given, he continued out of the library and down the hall, presumably to either his room or the kitchen.

"That was...weird." I mumbled under my breath and decided that while I was in the library, I may as well scope it out. This was the only room I had yet to be in.

They had shelves and shelves and shelves of books and scrolls on everything you could imagine. I was pretty much in bookworm heaven.

I spent hours curled in one of the big comfy chairs in the middle of the room, several books piled on the small coffee table for me to read, when a voice called me from the doorway.

"Hey Adrianna, it's time to eat, hm." The speaker was Deidara. I looked up and gave him a small nod. I set the book I was reading on top of the pile and stood, stretching. God was I hungry.

"Wait, who made dinner?" I asked, joining the blonde at the doorway. I had kept making dinner since my first strike, to keep suspicion that I had done something off of me.

"We had no idea where you'd run off to, hm." He said "So Konan cooked for us." The face I made apparently made him laugh. I'd never tasted her cooking, so don't get me wrong, but I just don't trust others making my food.

"I see." I nodded and walked along with him towards the kitchen.

As we walked, I pulled my hair back into a pony tail, leaving only a small braid in the very back hanging loose, I pulled that over my shoulder. My sister and I called it my lucky braid, because ever since our mother did it for me, I've had fairly good luck. Up until now at least. I think the Akatuski ruined it somehow.

"Can I ask about that, hm?" Deidara nodded towards the braid.

"Oh, my mother, ah, did it for me a long time ago. My hair grows weird and this little bit is always shorter than the rest, making it hard to do anything with my hair so...She braided it so it's out of the way. It looks stupid sometimes but," I shrugged "I love it."

"How long have you had it like that?" He asked

"About, oh gosh it's been...nine and a half to ten years" I shrugged. Deidara stopped and gaped at me.

"Ten years? Damn that's a really long time to keep a braid in, hm." He said. I laughed and shook my head.

"Yeah, but. It's all I have left of her, so I don't mind it." I let out a quiet sigh and we continued on silently to the kitchen.

Dinner went as it usually did. Loud and headache-causing. Itachi's glaring at me from across the table and Hidan's loud talking eventually got to me. I shoved my chair back and stood. I looked down at my empty plate, hoping that no one had noticed that I didn't eat and started out of the room.

"Where are you off to, young lady?" Konan asked, forcing me to stop.

"I was thinking in the general direction of sleep." I yawned for good measure.

"You didn't eat." She said. Damn. She noticed.

"I eat what I don't make myself." I said. "It's not you, just a general trust issue." that said, I ducked out of the room and ended up passing out in the library, curled in the big comfy chair, a book in my lap.

Konoha-later that night

Tsunade paced back and forth behind her desk. A few weeks ago Adrianna Johnson had gone missing. The note she left said that she was just traveling on her own, and promised her return. However, she got a message a few days ago that claimed otherwise. The anonymous sender claimed that he had seen her with the Akatsuki. Tsunade refused to believe it, but to be sure she sent ANBU to find out.

Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Kakashi were also waiting with her. They had refused to go on any missions until the ANBU came back to tell them for sure what had happened to their teammate.

There was a quiet knock on the door

"Come in!" Tsunade called. The door opened, revealing the ANBU Captain.

"My lady," He began "We have returned with information on the location of the girl."

"Well, where is she?!" Naruto demanded. Sakura knocked him on the head and hushed him.

"The girl is, indeed, with the Akatsuki." He said. Naruto puffed up like a blowfish at this news

"According to the intel we gathered, though she has been made an official member, she remains their prisoner." He continued

"This isn't like them." Tsunade sighed

"Apparently it was simply wrong place wrong time." He said

"Still. She obviously saw or heard something she shouldn't have. Usually they'd try to find out what she knows and then kill her before she can tell anyone." Tsunade was talking more to herself than the others "It is strange for them to react like this. I don't like it at all."

"Tsunade, let us go after her!" Naruto said, pulling the Hokage from her thoughts.

"Naruto, I can't do that." She said "If it were any other mission, I would. But that would be throwing you right into the hands of those who are hunting you."

"But-"

"No! However, Captain!" She looked at the ANBU, who visibly straightened in attention "Gather as many as you need and bring her back here. Understand?"

"Yes ma'am!" He cried. She waved him off and he hurried to begin his mission.

"Tsunade, she's our friend and teammate!" Naruto yelled "I will not sit here and just wait! I want to go with them and bring her home!"

"Naruto-"

"I hate to interrupt here, but I have to agree with Naruto." Kakashi said, stepping between the two. "Besides, you of all people know how she feels about the ANBU."

"I cannot. Send you. Alone." Tsunade growled

"But we are not alone." Sai piped "You have sent the ANBU, we can be their official backup." Tsunade sighed and began pacing again, thinking of something to say that would make Naruto stay safely in the village, but there was nothing. He was too determined to find her. Almost as determined as he is to find Sasuke.

"Very well." She sighed. "You will leave in the morning. You are not to engage the enemy unless needed, am I clear?" The four ninja nodded, and were dismissed.

Somewhere in the Sound

"Say, Sasuke" Orochimaru grinned at his apprentice.

"What is it?" The Uchiha gave the snake man a bored look

"What do you say to seeing your old friend, hm? The one in the Akatsuki?" Orochimaru said

"I do not understand the question." Sasuke tilted his head to the side slightly

"We are much closer than Konoha is, and I'm sure by now the damned Hokage has sent someone after her." The snake man waved his hand dismissively "It's hardly fair that they get to see her, when it's been much longer for you, don't you say?"

"I see no point. As you said, Adrianna is forbidden from leaving the base. It is impossible." Sasuke looked back to the scroll he'd been reading.

"You should trust me on this." Orochimaru said, putting his cold hands on Sasuke's shoulders "So, what do you think?"

"I do not care." Sasuke gave a small shrug, brushing the hands from him

"Good."

A: Well there you go! This one had a bit more subtle humor than the first. Incase you were confused, this is about three weeks after the dinner incident from last chapter. ALSO, for those who are curious about the Voice in Adrianna's head (Jade, obviously) she has an interesting story and will be explained in the coming chapter(s). Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading and please review and let me know how I'm doing! See you soon!