Me: I'm sorry for being late on posting. It seems my stepdad tries to find everything I do wrong and punishes me for it. But here I am now. I wanted Sai to be in this so I put him in it. He's a good character after he remembers how to feel. So here we go.

[Recap: Kakashi patted the boy on the back. "Good work, Sai. Let's move out, people." And with that, they vanished, leaving a freaking out Deidara, and a confused Itachi.]

Chapter 17

X~Madara POV~X

I go to the bathroom back at the hideout since I needed papers anyways, and I come back to my other dimensioners gone. What the hell happened?

I see Deidara trying not to freak out and Itachi with his eyebrows slightly brought together, a slight frown on his face. I decide to go down and figure out what the hell happened.

"I leave for not two minutes and I find this? What happened? Where are Matthew and Serenity?"

"Those damn leaf ninja got to them, hmm! We have to go and get them. We can't let the ninja hold a public execution." Deidara seemed about to lose it.

"Itachi," I say, "explain to me what happened.

In as much detail as he could muster, he told what happened. I felt like punching Deidara. That bastard! Now I had to find someone else. Maybe someone who didn't read or watch the series would be better.

"Okay. We need to get them back. We only have a week? We can't let the interrogation force get into their heads. They can't resist the same way we can. They have hardly any chakra, also. They got lucky after the extraction of one tails." I already had a plan formulated in my head. "Call an Akatsuki meeting. We have work to discuss."

X~Serenity POV~X

Okay. Sitting in a cell would be fine. But hanging in a cell like Naruto was in the first movie when they went to the land of snow was not fine. Matthew was in the cell across from me, in a similar position. At least we could still talk to one another.

"Matt, we can't say anything. And we have to try to keep them out of our heads. We can't let anything out. We already messed with the timeline and everything. Sasori shouldn't even be alive at this point. That might mean that Naruto never saw Sasuke at Orochimaru's hide out."

"Yeah, that's true. The thing I am wondering about is how much pain I can sustain before I crack. It's pretty high, but I'm no ninja." Before he could go on, the main door opened.

In walked Tsunade, Jiraya, Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, and the interrogation squad. Tsunade looked between Matt and I. "You two are kids," she said.

"Teens," Matthew corrected. "I'm 17. Therefore, older than the three standing there."

"He's right. I'm 16. Therefore, as old as the three of them." I told myself that was all they were getting out of me. But Matt was right. We weren't ninjas.

"Jiraya, do these two match any descriptions you've heard about? Anyone in the bingo book?" Tsunade was still looking at the two of us.

Jiraya shook his head. "It seems like they just appeared out of thin air." Matt and I looked up at each other. This didn't go unnoticed by Tsunade.

"Separate them. Or put blindfolds on them."

"Blindfolds," I opted. "I might cooperate better that way." Tsunade seemed to ponder it, the waved for them to get blindfolds. I sighed in relief.

"Naruto, you are sure these are the two from the retrieve Gaara mission?" Tsunade asked when Matt and I had on our blindfolds.

"Yes," he answered. "These are the two."

"It would seem," Kakashi cut in, "that they know some about my past, and something about Naruto."

"Yes, you said that earlier in your report. Tell us, you two, how is that?" We remained silent. "Are you going to tell us anything?" We shook our heads. "Well then, I'll be talking to each of you separately. Bring the girl first." I heard the door to my cell open. The shackles were taken off, as was the blindfold.

Matt had his blindfold taken off as well. "I swear, if you hurt her, I will kill you all." Matt was glaring his hardest.

"What is she, your girlfriend?" Sai asked.

"No, she's my only family in this damn world. And don't think threatening her would get answers from me. We are prepared to die."

I looked up at Matt. "I'll be back. They have to question you too. Then they'll get to the painful stuff. That or I'm just deluding myself to what might be coming in a matter of minutes." Another pair of shackles was put onto me, and then I was marched outside.

As I walked by, I got many stares. Some people talked, while others just backed away. The kunai at my throat were digging into my skin, about to draw blood.

"Naruto, Sakura, Sai!" In my peripheral vision, I saw Ino and her team coming forward. Kakashi and Sai were my technical escorts to the interrogation room, Naruto and Sakura just there to glare at me.

"Hey guys. Who's that?" Shikamaru pointed to me.

"Don't know her real name. She's one of the people we fought when we retrieved Gaara. She has information on the Akatsuki."

I decided to butt in. "What if I'm only a civilian who was trained ever so slightly? And they were holding my family hostage?"

"The guy in there is your only family," Sakura said. And she's supposed to be smart.

"No, I'm his only family. What if he's only related to me on one side? The side that was, oh, I don't know, murdered, or just disappeared except for him? That would leave another side for me that could potentially be held hostage." Sakura looked taken aback.

"We're taking her to be questioned and, if need be, tortured," Sai said.

"And that's supposed to scare me into cooperating, right? You know, foreshadowing a possible future? Not going to work."

"That's enough from you. Come on, we have to get her to Lady Tsunade." Kakashi pushed me forward, making me walk. The others followed behind shortly after.

Once inside the room, I was strapped to a chair that restricted chakra flow. From here on out came my acting lessons.

They asked questions like 'What's your name?' and 'Where are you from?' I didn't answer any of them, of course. This got them frustrated.

But Tsunade seemed hesitant to hand me over to the interrogational people. "Lady Tsunade, we aren't going to get any information out of them if we don't resort to the methods that are proven to work."

Tsunade looked down. I decided to ask my question. "Why are so reluctant to hand me over to them? I mean, it would make your life easier if you did."

"Because you are so young. Why do you do the things the Akatsuki do? You could have a better life. If you tell me everything, it is possible to get you as a ninja of this village. If you had a tough village life, it doesn't mean you have to go bad."

"Yes, but then people shun you and you are alone, and maybe get a few friends. I can't tell you anything. You'd just be better off sending me with them. Besides, the next Hokage would be pretty miffed if you just let me go like that." I looked away. "I hurt his friend after all. Maybe not directly, but my actions led to that." I looked up at her. "I'm done here."

Tsunade looked down and shook her head. When she looked up, that gentle gleam in her eyes was gone. "So you are willing to take the consequences if the Akatsuki don't show in a week?"

"Yes, but they'll show. After all, my cousin and I have been with them for almost three months now. They like us too much." I smiled.

"Take her away. Bring me the boy." Before they could put the handcuffs on, there was a loud boom, and the building shook. They came sooner than I had expected.

X~Nobody POV~X

Deidara was dropping bombs to get the attention of the shinobi in the Hidden Leaf Village. Some other Akatsuki members were nearby, on some of his clay birds. The plan was to get the attention of the village, talk diplomatically, and if that didn't work, take the two other worlders by force. Sounded easy enough.

Zetsu had already located Serenity and Matthew. All there was to do was save them. One team would go for each teen. Deidara, Hidan, and Kisame were going after Serenity, while Itachi, Kakuzu, and Sasori were going after Matt. Zetsu and Madara were in the surrounding forest, waiting to be back up.

Their plan was working so far. The ninja were coming out. Once the Hokage was out, the clay birds landed in front of Tsunade.

"Give us the teens, hmm," Deidara demanded. "We came. What is it you all want?"

Naruto came running. "We want you guys to stop chasing us jinchuriki. We don't like it, and would appreciate it if you would disband and give yourselves over to the authorities."

Amazingly, Itachi, to everyone's surprise, spoke next. "We can't do that. Give them to us, or we will use whatever force necessary."

"I will protect this village," Tsunade said.

"Baka! We're not after this village. Just give us the damn kids. Fuck, they are so stupid." Hidan just shook his head.

"I still don't see why we are here. There is no money involved in this." Kakuzu just looked bored.

Deidara was visibly irritated. Itachi was irritated, but he hid his behind his wall of apathy. Itachi elaborated for Kakuzu. "One: They have secrets that can't get out. Two: This is, for two of us, for love."

Me: DunDunDun! What will happen next chapter! Did Itachi just express love for Mattie? You must find out next chapter. Yes, Itachi was OOC. Yes, this chapter sucked. My mind froze up at some point and never completely thawed. I think I will have one to two more chapters. We shall see. I hope you guys enjoyed this a little. Anyways, see you next time and once again, sorry for the late update.

~Momo(Who is now an official senior in high school! ^-V)