Author's Notes: I should really work on the story of how Momichi and Itachi became a couple... it's cute, I just don't have the time. :/

Disclaimer: Do I need to do it every time? It's on the first chapter. :3

Chapter 2

The alarm clock buzzed loudly. Momichi groaned and rolled over. She reached for the damn thing as it continued to buzz and hit the snooze button. 4:00 A.M. blared in her face with big, glowing red digits. Damn him. Of course he'd find a way to set the clock to his selected waking time.

The other occupant in her bed stretched luxuriously beside her. Momichi rolled back over and wound her arms around him tightly.

"Good morning," Itachi's velvety voice greeted her with a hint of amusement.

Momichi growled into his chest in annoyance. She hated how he was a morning person. An early morning person. She purred in content as a small kiss brushed her forehead.

He started to get up. Momichi complained again and held onto him. She didn't want his warm body to leave just yet. She was too comfortable.

"Momichi we need to-"

"I bet you Shisui and Hana won't be up 'til six," Momichi cut in, "It'll be a late start."

Itachi got out of bed without resistance as he calmly stated, "And I need to prepare for the mission." He hadn't been home since yesterday.

Why they were being sent on an escort mission Momichi didn't know. The guy they were protecting didn't have any major enemies or conflicts gripping his family. The fact he was a very rich feudal lord's son didn't really come up as necessary for one of the strongest squads in the village to escort him home in her mind. She figured it was because they had plenty of money and Tsunade had wanted to impress them with only the best. Or maybe the old lady was sending them for laughs.

"Ugh, if this turns into another pedophile stalking me," Momichi said as Itachi made himself presentable to the outside world, "Tsunade is gonna get it."

Itachi snorted softly and bent down. Their lips met in a sweet departing kiss. She smiled as he pulled away commenting, "If it does, we know what will happen."

Then he was out the door in a heartbeat. Momichi flopped back down onto the bed. The whole team knew what would happen if another pervert came after her. She would make sure that man would never walk the same again.

The group had left late, as Momichi predicted, but it wasn't because of the other team members. The man who they were suppose to escort was the one who had arrived late, and he was as much a freak as many of the other men Momichi had traveled with.

Now she was sulking along the side of the man's carriage as her team walked. The guy had given her an open ogling in front of her team. Itachi had not looked too happy, but heck, he had been warned beforehand. It wasn't her damn fault that she was so hot. Blame her parents for the genetics.

A frown crossed her face thinking of her parents. Kakashi had had a hard life even before she was born. One of his closest friends had died, and after that her own mother had passed away giving birth to her. She sighed silently. Maybe she was so violent because she had never had a mother figure in her life. It certainly hadn't helped Kakashi being the only parent to deal with her attitude. She became a jounin at the age of 14 two years after Itachi had become an ANBU Captain at 13.

Momichi stiffened as a pale hand snaked out from between the curtained windows of the carriage and brushed her ponytail.

"Why the long face?" the snooty occupant asked.

Momichi wasn't in the mood to watch this man eye her ample cleavage. She turned toward the forest making a quick sweep with her eyes for any immediate dangers. "Just worried, that's all."

The man snickered inside, "Really? Worried over me, I'm flattered."

Momichi grimaced out of his sight. That sentence could be interpreted so many ways. She really didn't want to think about its underlying meanings.

"Something's not right," Shisui remarked lowly from behind.

"Boys?" Hana asked. Her three dogs had their ears pricked stiffly. The two ninjas at the back passed an anxious glance. "Boys inform the others," Hana commanded.

Two of her gray dogs trotted ahead and split to either side of the party. Both nuzzled each shinobi's hand. The message was clear, 'Be alert.'

Momichi smiled and pet the gray dog at her side as if it was a casual meeting, "Hey there." She made a quick sign while the dog accepted her stroking temporarily.

Byakugan Copy no Jutsu.

The world spread out around her in a dizzying effect. She focused the 360 degree vision down to merely 180 degrees in front of her. In order to activate the see through vision of the Bloodline, she had to limit the original sight range. She glanced back at her teammates, and Hana smiled as if she was happy one of her dogs was getting attention.

In reality, Momichi was looking past them for any dangers. When she found none, she swept her gaze through the carriage and found Itachi's expressionless face looking at her. She ignored the man in the carriage as he glanced at her from his window.

"What are you doing?" he asked finding interest in the change of her eyes.

She was told when she had the Byakugan line activated, her eyes were a soft pastel blue. It was a major contrast to the dark golden hue they normally were when copying anything not Bloodline related. It also made it obvious when she shifted her copied Bloodlines. Itachi had found ways to counter those shifts by changing his own fighting styles.

"I'm scouting," Momichi replied. What else was there to tell the creep?

Nothing looked unusual on Itachi's side so she moved her eyes forward. She still found nothing.

She scratched the dog's ears next to her. The canine fell back to where Hana was showing the veterinarian that she wasn't finding anything strange.

Even if things looked clear, Momichi couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched. Or maybe it was just the pervert in the carriage still looking at her with beady little eyes.

Her fist tightened. Damn, how she wanted to punch him senseless. Why did they always get the creepy guys?

Momichi glanced up at the sky feeling the blood vessels across her temples relax. She deactivated the Byakugan. She couldn't use it for anymore than five minutes tops. It was safe to say nothing was following them. But then why did she feel like everything wasn't fine? It wasn't like someone was going to attack from the sky; there were too many trees around the road. Left, right, front, and back were clear. Below? That seemed too casual for an attack.

Momichi stopped. It was there. The faintest flare of chakra was unmasked nearby. The carriage rolled on past with a displeased looking occupant. Shisui held back as the group passed.

"Moo?" he asked.

A surge of chakra flowed their way. "Move!" Momichi shouted tackling the other ninja. A shard of ice exploded from the ground where they had just been.

A musical laugh floated around them. They looked up. A young girl with blonde hair frosted with blue smiled down at them from atop the ice pillar.

"You're not just observant, you're fast too," she giggled.

"You want to see fast?" Shisui asked with an innocent grin.

The girl smiled back, "I don't care about you."

A red flag went up in both their minds as the girl pointed at Momichi, "Big sis here is the one I want to play with."

Shisui pulled Momichi back as kunai flew at the young girl. Hana appeared on the other side with a snarl, "Haimaru Sankyodai Triple Piercing Fang!"

Three whirlwinds exploded around Hana as her dogs transformed and jumped to the task. They whirled straight for the girl. She saw them coming and raised a hand, "I don't want to play with you either!"

A solid wall of ice shot up from the ground, and the dogs bounced harmlessly off of it. Momichi dashed into the trees with Shisui on her heels. That barrier had not only deflected one of the most powerful attacks of the Inuzuka clan, but it had also effectively cut off aid from the other half of the team.

"Hey! Get back here!" they heard the young girl shout.

"What do you think she's after?" Momichi hissed.

Shisui glanced back, "I don't know but it doesn't look like there's any interest in the man we're protecting."

"Who'd be interested in a creep like him?" Momichi muttered. Shisui chuckled.

They hid in the trees. Momichi activated her Byakugan copy again and scouted the area for any comrades that the girl might have. There wasn't anyone in the immediate area but she stayed on high alert. Somehow that girl had slipped by her vision a little bit ago, so it wouldn't be a surprise if she had others able to do the same.

Shisui crouched on the branch above her. They waited for a couple minutes. The girl came walking through the forest looking around. She wasn't bothered with possibly being attacked. What was even more annoying was the fact she twirled around now and then like she was on a daily stroll through the woods.

Momichi winced and a hand shot to the side of her head as pain throbbed through her temples. Shisui glanced down at her, "Deactivate it."

She growled lowly and did as he said. There was no point in compromising her vision for this child. Momichi took a breath, "All right, I got some ideas."

Shisui smiled, "Hit me."

Yuki smiled as she walked. There was no reason to rush back to Kabuto, and the fun had only just started.

She jumped back and multiple kunai embedded the ground at her feet. Momichi flew out of cover, and Yuki watched the older kunoichi land in front of her.

"All right," Momichi stated cracking her knuckles. Her hands were now gloved, "Let's see what you got."

Yuki grinned, "Okay." This woman would be more fun than the experiments at Orochimaru's base.

The older kunoichi cocked a fist toward the ground with a loud shout, "Party time!"

Yuki stumbled as the earth shattered under their feet. She jumped away to avoid being buried alive under a wave of dirt. She looked up to find a large fireball soaring her way.

"You'll have to do better then that!" Yuki called throwing her arms up at the roaring inferno.

Another wall of ice materialized in front of her and quickly curved around to protect her. Fire and ice met with a loud crackle, but the fire quickly sizzled out against the ice's surface. Yuki grinned. Normal fire couldn't thaw her ice. It was infused with chakra to keep it from breaking or melting under extreme conditions.

A flicker of movement caught her eye from the right and she turned to see what it was. She stopped stone still as a male voice spoke up behind her and a kunai was put to her throat, "Don't move."

Yuki glanced at the man over her shoulder. He looked like the Uchiha that she had seen the day before sparring with Momichi. The grin stayed on her face. He wasn't getting away with coming near her.

"What's your objective?" the dark haired shinobi demanded.

"I'm here to play," Yuki giggled.

The man opened his mouth to ask more when ice burst from her back. He veered backward as his arms were slashed up. Yuki took the distraction to form small hands seals and aimed a finger at the man.

"Ice Prison!" she shouted.

The icy spikes neatly fractured and the pieces flew around the surprised shinobi. Yuki closed her fist and the shards expanded around him sealing him away in an icy block.

The ice glittered in the sunlight as Yuki surveyed the unlucky ninja. She couldn't leave him in there for long; it only took a few minutes for frostbite to set in and death followed shortly after.

"SHISUI!" a screech came from her left.

Yuki gasped and staggered to sidestep an icy spike that exploded from the ground. She turned to find a very pissed off kunoichi glaring death at her.

"Release him or I'll kill you with your own tricks!" Momichi spat winding her fist up for another round.

Yuki stared at her in shock. How could she use the ice techniques? Her gaze fell on Momichi's glittering blue eyes. They looked like fractured ice. Kabuto had said the older kunoichi had a special Kekkei Genkai, but she hadn't believed him when he said that this woman could possibly copy her own.

A ferocious snarl escaped Momichi, "NOW!"

Yuki could tell the older kunoichi wasn't going to wait much longer. She raised a fisted hand to the block of ice next to her and opened it slowly, "Release."

The ice cracked a couple times then completely shattered. Yuki frowned. She couldn't be caught or injured right now. It'd set back many of Kabuto's plans. If that happened, she would feel Orochimaru's wrath tenfold.

The freed shinobi fell to the ground and remained there as ice shards swirled above him.

Yuki looked at Momichi with a sadistic smile, "I guess play time is over."

She threw her arm toward the older kunoichi and the ice shards shot at her. Momichi, with kunai in hand, dodged and deflected them with ease. That was all the time Yuki needed to make her escape. She knew the medic wouldn't follow with her teammate down.

"Kabuto-sama I hope you saw what you wanted to see," Yuki murmured disappearing into the trees.