Before Michiko could move, Itachi slammed her into the wall, holding her wrists together above her head with one hand. "Get the f#$ off me!!" she hissed, struggling to free herself. He used his body weight to immobilize her, asking, "Why would you want to get away, koneko-chan?" she froze, a wary look in her eyes. "What's that nickname supposed to mean?" she saw the smirk on his face, and felt uneasy. "It's obvious you're a Jinchuuriki…but I just don't know which Bijuu…" Her futile attempts continued, when he took his free hand and caressed her cheek. She stopped her struggles, confused, and he took the opportunity to give her a rough, passionate kiss, with something else her father had always warned her about…something she needed to stay away from…lust…
When he pulled away slightly, he whispered in her ear, sending a shudder down her spine, "You taste sweet, koneko-chan…intoxicating…" she couldn't keep the fear from her eyes, as he pulled away, and suppressed the tears that threatened to fall. 'Dad…where are you…you promised you'd protect me…then where are you?' She recalled the memory of the day her mother died…and her fathers promise:
Flashback:
A young Michiko was crying over her mother's body, her mother's slightly tattered headband in the young girl's hands, when her father walked over to her, sadness evident in his eyes. "Michi…" the word was awkward on his tongue, since he'd never used the nickname, her mother had…he kneeled down, hugging his bloody daughter. "Michi…I promise I'll never let anything happen to you…I'll protect you…even if it means I'll lose my own life…" the young girl hugged her father tighter, saying, "I don't want to lose you…"
"And you won't…" he tried to smile reassuringly, but it wasn't as strong as it usually was. "I'm the Copy Cat Ninja, remember?" the girl smiled softly, hugging her father tighter than before, feeling security in his arms and in his promise, never once believing that he wouldn't be there to protect her…
End Flashback:
'Dad…please…wherever you are…help me…' Itachi moved in again, and Michiko closed her eyes, wishing she was somewhere else, or that her father would come and save her at any moment. "You know he won't come, koneko-chan…he's off in a coma in Konoha…" he killed her hope, but a tiny ember remained, refusing to be extinguished, and her defiant stubbornness became a small fire, like a candle flame, in her dark eyes as she said, "You never know…he's the Copy Cat Ninja, after all…" her defiant stubbornness refused to be destroyed, and it was obvious. She saw his smirk strengthen, and then said, "You always looked cute with that look, koneko-chan…" he was about to kiss her again, their lips almost touching, when the sound of a thousand birds chirping filled the air. Hope lit her eyes like a sun. 'Dad?' she turned to see a bright white light, and saw Sasuke's face. 'Sasuke?' fear constricted her throat. 'No! He'll be killed!' "Leave her ALONE, Itachi!!"
After a moment, Itachi released her wrists, and she kept her back against the wall, sliding down, slightly shaking. Sasuke ran at his brother, Chidori ready to strike, and Michiko did rapid hand signs, saying, "Lightning Release: Lightning Shield jutsu!" the moment after the shield went up, Chidori struck. When the smoke cleared, the shield disappeared and she saw Itachi, unscathed, holding Sasuke's wrist. "You're a pest…" when she heard the snap as Sasuke's wrist broke, she felt something strike her heart like a kunai. 'Sasuke-kun…' before she could move to help her friend, she was lifted up onto her feet by the her arm, and tried to glare at the taller, older Uchiha, but her glare wavered slightly as she was pushed back against the wall by her shoulders. She heard Naruto's cry of surprise, and her head snapped in his direction. Kisame had stabbed the ceiling, and it was caving in on Naruto. "NARUTO!!!"
She didn't know how, but she got away from the Uchiha and hugged Naruto, her chakra making a shield around her as the rocks came down. When she opened her eyes, she was in a little air bubble in the rubble, her electric chakra keeping the rocks from caving in. She looked down at Naruto, worried, when she noticed he was unconscious. She did some hand signs, holding her right hand away from both of them as Chidori formed. She rammed it through the debris above her, making a hole, and pulled both of them through it, landing on her butt on the floor beside the rubble.
"Owww…" she complained, when she noticed something that made her blush crimson. Naruto, in his unconscious state, had his head on her chest, and she didn't have a chance to move him when Kisame swung at her with his blade. She dodged easily, the unconscious Naruto in her arms, and she hissed slightly, anger in her eyes. Naruto woke up at that time, and she was thankful for that, setting him down. "Try not to get into trouble, ne?" she smiled weakly, uneasily, when Kisame prepared to strike them, but, at the last moment, there was a puff of smoke and frog appeared, protecting them. Michiko looked behind herself to see Jiraiya, a woman over his shoulder, saying a stupid speech. Her eye twitched dangerously, but she suppressed it as she said, "Come over here, Jiraiya…" he moved over to her, leaning down to hear her better, when she started strangling him, a pissed off look on her face.
"JUST BECAUSE YOU SAVED US DOESN'T MEAN I'LL FORGIVE YOU FOR NOT COMING SOONER!! WHILE YOU WERE OFF IN LA LA LAND, I WAS BEAT UP, MENTALLY SCARRED, AND ALMOST KILLED!!!!"
As this went on, Naruto added in his own yells, until Michiko had emptied out all her anger, and released him. Before Jiraiya could defeat the two Akatsuki, Sasuke stood up valiantly to try and kill Itachi. As he was beaten, Michiko tried to move closer, but Jiraiya held her back. "This is his fight." When Sasuke's screams filled the hallways and shook her heart, she bolted towards him, pushing Itachi away as Sasuke slumped to the ground, unconscious. "SASU-KUN!!! SASU-KUN, WAKE UP!!!" he refused to respond, when she felt Itachi's presence right behind her. She turned to face him as the hallway turned pink and soft. She was in a crouching position, ready to spring, when he gave her a quick, rough kiss, saying, "I'll come back for you, koneko-chan…"
She was frozen as him and Kisame escaped, but snapped out of it as Naruto ran to Sasuke's side and Jiraiya released his jutsu. She healed Sasuke's physical wounds, but couldn't heal his mental ones. Even though Gai came, and tried to cheer her up, she refused to smile, and he left with Sasuke back to Konoha as they continued their search for Tsunade. 'Dad…I hope you're okay…'