I was able to sleep through the night without having a nightmare for once. I was actually more refreshed than normal. I showered and dressed in knee-length pants and a blue V-neck elbow-length shirt with fishnets underneath. I made sure my necklace was firmly around my neck. I walked off to a breakfast shop and got a breakfast sandwich along with a carton of milk, before landing on the roof top of Mitchell's apartment building. When I got there Mitchell was coming up the stairs and Shikamaru was either watching the clouds or asleep.

I stood over him, waiting for him to finally wake up. Eventually his eyes opened and he was welcomed to the world by my face. He shot up trying to run away and I had to grab the back of shirt to stop him from escaping. I sat down, letting my feet hang over the edge of the building. I slowly ate my sandwich as I watched the end of the sunset. Shika sat on one side of me and Mitchell claimed his place on my other side.

"Ok so when are we going to leave," Mitchell and I said in unison. Shika stared at us as if we shared the same body, which would be creepy.

"Are you two dating or something?" he asked still staring. My eye twitched as I stared back at him. I slowly got up, not waiting to see his scared face. I cracked my knuckles as he slowly backed up. I grabbed him by the back of his shirt again and I literally dragged him to the edge of the building. He began screaming like a little girl.

"Now take that back right now or I drop you," I said.

"So you openly admit you like him?"

"Oops, my hand's slipping." I stated looking at the frightened Chunin.

"Ok, I take it back, I take it back," he answered quickly. I put him back down and we sat back down on the edge. "But do you really like him then?" Shika asked looking at me again. My heart began to ache.

"He's just a friend," I said. My heart ached once again. It only does that when I think about a loved-one I lost. We discussed when we would depart and settled on 8-o-clock considering it was already 7. I walked back to my house to grab my mission bag when I found two letters taped to the door. One was from Neji telling me he had a mission and would be back in three days and Sasuke had a mission and would be back tomorrow. The second wasn't signed and the contents of the letter horrified me. It read:

Dear Bailey,

I want you to join us, even if I have to drag you away myself. I will come and get you in exactly a week. If you are on a mission, I will track you down and find you. Have a good day!

I reread the letter several times before running off to meet up with my team. Who was this and what did they want with me?

I met them at the gate. I had placed the notes in my backpack. Mitchell gave me a glance silently asking me if something was up. I smiled back reassuringly but I could tell he was still skeptic. We took off from the north gate to scan the forest. Twenty meters from the gate, we separated. I continued north. Mitchell went west and Shikamaru went east. At noon we would meet at a specific spot just at the border of fire country.

Noon arrived and I dropped down onto a branch in a tree by the clearing where we were supposed to meet. I was first one there apparently. At that moment Mitchell and Shika both jumped into the clearing, colliding as they did so. I fell off the tree from laughing at them.

"That was brilliant!" I yelled between breaths. We ate our lunch and I allowed Shika to take a nap.

"Hey Bailey?" I looked over at Mitchell. "Did you really mean that, you know, what you said on the roof?"

"Why do you like me or something?" I asked. I would finally get the truth. "Well?" He nodded shyly. I walked up to him and sat by him. "I'm not ready to date ok? It's still hard for me." I got up and sprinted away, blinking away tears.

"What was that all about?" Mitchell asked himself when I was out of earshot.

"You don't know about Satoru do you?" Shika asked. He shook his head. "Satoru was her boyfriend before he was killed during his Chunin Exam. They were partners when he died. That's what her necklace means. BAS means Bailey and Satoru. He gave it to her."

I sat in a tree as I remembered that day four years ago. The sky was flawless and it was the last fight in the third exam of my teammate's second Chunin Exam. The proctor held up his hand to signal them to start. Satoru and Taimu, my other teammate, took off at each other and a smoke bomb was let off. The stadium was silent as we waited for the smoke to clear. Something had told me to run to the railing. Two screams pierced the sky and I took that as my time to jump in, the smoke quickly clearing. I landed and ran up to them with Kakashi and Aoba by my sides. I stopped as their bodies came into view. Both were killed by a cut to their throats. A note lay on them.

This is what happens when you get to close to someone.

I couldn't help but run away from them.

I slowly walked back to the guys and I silently gave them order to head out again. We searched for two days before finally finding the base. Part one of our mission was complete. Part two is to see if they've abandoned it yet. I approached the place cautiously. I motioned for them to come up by me. When they did, I moved toward the opening.

"What are you doing here?" I whirled around and found myself facing Sasuke. My eyes widen when I saw his backpack. I moved up to him and when I was about to say something back, immense pain shot through my head and everything instantly went back.

(Sasuke's POV)

Her eyes widen and she slumped over holding her head. I picked her up and she began to scream. Sound ninja were instantly upon us. They saw me and recoiled. Shika and Mitchell were on the alert and were ready to strike. Suddenly, the men parted. Orochimaru walked up.

"Ah Sasuke-kun, it seems you came to join me. Why did you bring them?" he said staring at the others before resting his eyes on Bailey. She let out a scream again.

"I didn't bring them. They came here on there own. Right now nothing matters but her," I said motioning to Bailey still in my arms.

"Let me see what we can do, but Sasuke they will have to stay only in her room only while I discuss things with you," he answered and I nodded. He led us through the base to a room where Kabuto was in. "Stabilize her Kabuto." He nodded and took Bailey from my arms and Orochimaru led me into a sitting room.

"What is it?" I demanded sitting in a chair.

"Who is she to you?" he said looking me straight in my eyes. I stared at him like he was insane.

"She's my sister, and I will be going back to Konoha for a week before I come back. I need to know she is alright before I leave," I answered the snake lord. He nodded and allowed me to go back into the room where Kabuto had her stabilized.

I found her backpack in the corner and began to rummage through her belongings. T-shirt, scroll, extra kunai pouch, bra, gross and I shivered. Wait what is this? I pulled out a note and read through it. Oh it was just from Neji. I put that back in and I saw another letter. I read that as well. I'll tell you one thing. It wasn't from Neji.

"Guys, do you know who this is from?" I called to them and handed Shikamaru the letter. Both of them read through it and shook their heads. I stared at the letter for while until Orochimaru came in to check her vitals. "Orochimaru, do you know who this came from?" I handed the letter to him and he read through it. An evil smirk crossed his face as he gave the letter back to me.

"It seems Itachi's nightmare is coming true," he said. I growled at that man's name. "It seems the Akatsuki are recruiting again." With that statement said, he left the room. Who are the Akatsuki? What do they want with my sister?