*Itachi's POV*
'It has been about twenty years, Miko's probably dead,' I thought then shook my head 'No! No! No! Miko's alive, I know she is, she has to be.'
"We've found a new member," Pein called "He's heading to the whirlpool country, his travelling companion is some girl, bring her too. I want everyone to go get them, according to my sources Orochimaru's also after them."
We left immediately and found the two heading into the village, Kakuzu and Sasori grabbed them and pulled them into the forest. There was no need to cause unnecessary destruction to this village.
"Who are you?" yelled the boy; he looked to be about eighteen with long black hair with red highlights.
"Shut up," hissed the girl who looked to be about eighteen as well; very similar to how Miko looked.
The boy obediently shut up, but his eyes were full of fear and anger while the girl was calm and relaxed.
"Who the fuck are you?" the girl snapped this time.
"Isn't it more polite to state your own name first?" I asked in a mocking tone.
"This is Shiki and I'm Miko," she smirked "Now let us go!"
"Our orders are to bring both of you in," Kisame said.
"Miko, I'm so glad we found you," Kakuzu started walking over to her.
"Get away from me freak!" she shouted.
"Get away from my children!"
We looked up to see a large black dragon; a woman was falling from the sky. She landed in front of Miko and Shiki, kicking us out of the way.
"Who are you?" Deidara asked.
"That's the Black Dragon Priestess, our Miko," Sasori answered.
"How do you know that?"
"Her tattoo," he pointed to her left leg.
I let my eyes follow his finger and starred with my mouth open, Sasori was right. Kakuzu's sister had a tattoo exactly like the one this woman has.
"Does that mean there are two Miko's?" Hidan asked confused.
"Two Miko's?" our Miko mumbled then turned to the girl behind her smacking her across the face "I told you to never use my name. Are you looking for a death wish Ookami?"
"No mother, I just thought your name would scare them away," Ookami admitted with tears beginning to brim her eyes.
"And you Shiki," Miko had stricken him as well "You should have stopped her," she called her dragon from the sky back down to the ground "Get on both of you, we'll talk on the way."
"Hold it Miko," Sasori called "We have orders to bring in Shiki and Ookami with us."
"Go to hell Akatsuki scum!" she shouted jumping on her dragon.
The three of them flew off before we could stop them. I couldn't stop her, too stunned to see her alive.
"The bitch changed," Hidan commented "Not by much, but she still changed."
"Attitude wise, yes. Looks, no," Kisame pointed out "She should be in her thirties but she only looks like she's in her twenties or something. Its like she hasn't aged from the last time we saw her."
"What did you say happened to her twenty years ago Deidara?" Zetsu asked.
"I saw her get knocked off her dragon and blackout," Deidara explained.
"She must have lost her memory," Sasori commented "That's probably why she doesn't remember us. If she spends time with us her memory should come back, I don't know if it will come back quickly or slowly."
"We have to finish our mission and according to Pein the ones he want are her children," I said coming back from shock of seeing Miko "We'll probably have to take Miko with us."
*Miko's POV*
"Mother what's wrong?" Shiki asked "I've never seen you this agitated."
"There is something about them that bring back some lost memories," I answered "We'll land here for the night."
My dragon landed in a hidden field, we got off and began to make camp for the night. I couldn't keep my mind off of the men in black cloaks.
"Mother," Ookami whispered while looking into the flames of the fire "The man with the mask knows you. When I used your name he said: Miko, I'm glad we found you. Do you remember him?"
"I remember his face, but I don't remember my connection to him."
"They said that they were told to bring us in," Shiki mentioned "I don't trust them, they scare me."
"Shape up, they're better then Orochimaru!" Ookami and I said in unison.
"Get a good night sleep, both of you. I'll do the watch for tonight," I informed.
My children obeyed, I looked at Ookami and sighed "You're becoming more like me everyday my dear. I don't know if that's a good thing or not."