A/N So sorry for the long wait. I'm a bit of a procrastinator. Two chapters today, I promise.

"What do you want here, yeah?" Deidara asked impatiently.

"We're here to bring our daughter home." a voice said.

"Too bad. I'm not going home." Drii said harshly.

"Come home with us, Drii. It isn't a question." a female voice said.

"You'll have to kill me first." Drii snapped.

The man grabbed her roughly by the wrists and pulled her down to the ground. "You would like that, wouldn't you? You're coming home, NOW."

Immediately, Deidara sent a wave of kunai to get him off of her. In a few short minutes the intruders were dead and given to Zetsu.

"I had them myself." Drii said angrily.

"Didn't look like it to me, yeah." Deidara replied.

"Just let me fight my own fights!" she shouted before disappearing.

Kili felt arms snake around her waist and leaned against Itachi's chest. For a moment they just stood there, but shortly after he led her away.

On the path outside, he quietly explained to her what Drii's situation was. "She is like you are, Kili. Shortly after she turned a year of age, she was kidnapped. Shortly after being kidnapped, she was abandoned, and then found. That's where she met Sasori. At the age of 3 she was kidnapped again by people who claimed to be her family. Ever since then, that family has been abusing her and treating her like a servant behind closed doors. She ran away and found a new home at the age of 7. They weren't any better, and so she ran away at 12. This time she came to the Leaf Village. Do you remember that girl who told my father 'por siempre'? That was the code between our families that help was needed. He pointed her to the ANBU headquarters and she found her biological uncle. She's been living with him ever since."

Kili thought about this. She surely was more like Drii than she first thought. She remembered that girl: about the same age she was, maybe a bit older; she seemed lost, mistreated, and alone. Kili had felt sorry for her, seeing as it was snowing outside and the girl had summer clothes on that were torn from travel. Fugaku gave her directions to a certain place, and she quickly thanked him, bowed, and took off running. She and Itachi did not know what to say, being about 8 years old at the time. All they could do was wonder who she was and if she found what she was looking for.

"Itachi-san, how did you know all of this?" she asked.

"At certain points in time during my ANBU days, I came across her and we exchanged short conversations. It was those times she gave me that information." he replied.

They heard Deidara calling for them, saying dinner was ready and that it was getting dark. Itachi kissed Kili softly before returning to his stoic demeanor. Upon entering the building, they heard Drii and Hidan shouting.

"Why do you have to be such a troublesome little shit?! You couldn't just leave your problems at home?!" he shouted.

"Running away from them only makes them worse! I learned that the hard way when I was branded on the fireplace!" she yelled in return.

Hidan pushed her bangs out of her face to reveal the burn on the right side. "That looks more like punishment to me, you little bitch!"

"Just shut up! You don't know anything about pain! All you do is run your damn mouth all the time!"

It was then he slapped her across the face, hard. She stumbled slightly, her face turned in the direction he'd hit it, and she seemed to be debating what emotion was dominant. She was breathing heavily, and she looked down at the ground.

"Drii," Sasori started softly.

It was then that tears ran down her face and she whirled around and ran. Sasori ran after her using the speed he'd learned as a shinobi. Meanwhile Itachi looked at Hidan and trapped him in the Mongekkyou Sharingan. This was a first, even for Kili. She'd never seen him use the Mongekkyou on someone for hurting someone else. It went unnoticed to everyone but Pein that Konan had also ran after her. While Hidan screamed in terror, Itachi led Kili off to his room, leaving everyone else shocked where they stood.

Itachi locked the door and looked out the window. They stopped Drii near the dock, which was good, but it was bad that she was headed there. Both Sasori and Konan were comforting her or at least trying to. Itachi signaled for them to go into his room when they were ready. Itachi then went over to Kili and held her close. Kili had just learned about this girl, and she just witnessed proof of the story. Not only this, but Kili had lived some of this prior to meeting Itachi. It was an experience best left unlived, first or secondhand.

Three figures appeared in the room: Konan, Sasori, and Drii. Drii looked like a ghost, not the happy, smiling, joking girl that the Akatsuki knew her as. Konan gave her a quick hug, and then said she had to return to Pein. Shortly after she left, Drii lost all control again and silent tears fell down her face. Kili walked over to her and put a caring hand on her shoulder. Drii's eyes were blue like hers, but these eyes had much more written in them. Sasori broke the silence.

"I'm going to kill that bastard."

Itachi shook his head. "No. Pein would take you out as well."

"This is the third time he's hit her, but this was the hardest. It's leaving a bruise."

It was then that Kili noticed a tattoo-like marking on her shoulder. It looked like a phoenix, and she had a larger one on her back. 'So that was why my phoenix flew to her that night. She's the one,' Kili thought. Hidan's shouts were heard downstairs, but they slowly faded, signifying he was leaving.

"He's gone at least. For now. Drii, don't you ever take what he says seriously. He's called you things that he shouldn't have and he's put you down. No matter what he says, you're not what he says you are. Nothing will change that." Sasori whispered to her softly.

"Itachi," Drii said.

"Hn."

"Why did you do that?" she asked.

Itachi didn't answer. Drii lowered her eyes.

"He doesn't mean any harm by that," Kili reassured her quietly.

"I know. If he answered me it would show weakness," Drii replied somewhat bitterly. She stood up and slowly walked out of the room, brushing off anyone who tried to stop her. Downstairs, she found Kisame drinking sake alone in the kitchen. She invited herself to some. Kisame was surprised that she'd just poured a glass and downed it at once, but he didn't question it. She coughed and spluttered from the sudden wave of dizziness, but it was quickly noted by the shark man that it wasn't the sake. Her eyes hazed into violet and faded back into blue shortly after. She shook her head and stood up. She began walking into the living room, but stopped at the doorway.

"Don't pour another glass. A black widow just crawled in and died." With that she walked off.

Kisame looked down at the bottle and saw the spider crawl in. He looked into the bottle and watched it slowly drown in the liquid. "Heh, wonder where we'd all be without her."

Drii walked out into the garden and sat under one of the trees. She took out the ponytail that was slowly coming undone on its own and let the light breeze move her hair around. Her hair waved slightly as it fell down her back and lay in a small pile on the ground. She thought about her clan. She knew so much about them, yet she'd only lived the first year of her life with them. She wondered if they remembered she existed, or if they even cared. She'd told herself that they'd forgotten about her and moved on.

She looked over to see Kili walking over to her. Drii put on a small smile and welcomed her to sit. Kili sat down next to her and smoothed out her skirt.

"Are you alright? I mean...It looked like he hit you pretty hard." Kili asked softly.

Drii nodded. "He's just an airbag. Sometimes I think he isn't even in control of himself. It's like he's too immature to live his own life and he feels he has to be loud and obnoxious to be noticed."

Kili smiled. "Itachi seemed worried about you. I saw it in his eyes after he did what he did. I don't know why he didn't just tell you."

"I'm not you." Drii said, looking out over the lake.

Kili looked at her confused.

"You're the only one he really opens up to about things like that. Sure he tells me things too, but never his thoughts or feelings about me." Drii said.

"Does it hurt when Isis takes over?" Kili asked softly.

"I don't notice it. It's just...scary I guess. One minute you're in control, the next..." she paused to let out a sigh. "Someone else is. And no matter how much you scream, no matter how much you fight there's nothing you can do about it."

"Kili-chan, you need to come inside now. I'll join you momentarily," Itachi interrupted.

"Sorry, Drii-san," Kili apologized before going inside.

"I know," Drii said softly.

"Come inside. It's getting cold out," he said before walking back inside.

After that, Drii didn't care to remember anything about that night.