Unmasked

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; however I do own Akemi, Yukiko, Zero and Rukia. And the Shīringu is mine and mine alone!

Summary: "When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I could get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!

I'll keep you guys posted on who the viewers think is the spy.

Asura: 1

Yukiko: 3

The Elders: 4

Sakura: 8

Sai: 2

Haku: 2

Haku's fangirl: 3

Konohamaru: 1

Akemi: 1

Michael: 1

Masa Rika: 2

Enjoy!

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

Today was one of those rare days that I was up before everyone else. It didn't happen often, maybe once in a blue moon, and it happened to be today. It was just after sun rise when I woke up and for some odd reason I couldn't get back to sleep. Forgoing sleep, I got up, did my morning routine and began walking down the stairs. I didn't have to worry about being quiet, Naruto slept like a log and so did Haku when he was exhausted. Usually, Haku was the lightest sleeper that I had ever met; you couldn't go the toilet in the middle of the night without waking him up. But last night Haku had come home exhausted from the Kage Summit and I knew he was going to be dead to the world for at least a few more hours.

Just as I was about to make some breakfast for myself, I heard a knock from the front door. It couldn't have been Itachi or Sasuke, they both had keys and Kakashi preferred going through the window rather than the door.

Answering the door, I was met with Tsunade.

"Tsunade?" I say with confusion laced into my tone.

Tsunade smiled at me. "I didn't think you'd be awake at this time."

"I could say the same for you." I say opening the door more and stepped aside. Tsunade walked in and I closed the door behind her. I offered her a drink of water, which she accepted and glugged down in seconds.

Tsunade sighs deeply and sit on the couch. "I'm afraid I didn't come here for a courtesy call," She tells me.

I grin at her. "When do you ever?"

Tsunade grins at me slightly before she turns serious. "The war will be happening soon and the spy still hasn't been found."

I frown myself and chose to sit down too. The spy was a big issue; any plans made to fight back against Madara and Obito would be very risky. Since we don't know who the spy is we don't know who to not give the information of battle plans to. For all we knew, the spy could be feeding information to them and that would be risking all the lives involved.

"Since I've been named the leader of the Allied Forces, we cannot afford to have a spy among us. We need to find out who the spy is." Tsunade says, slipping into her authoritative Hokage voice.

I nod my head. "We can't take any more chances." I fully agreed with her, if any other Villages found out that she didn't tell them about the spy then Tsunade would lose all credibility.

Tsunade smiles. "I'm glad you think so because you are going to be the one to find her."

My eyes widen. "Huh?!"

"You seem to be her main target so we'll be using you." Tsunade explains to me calmly.

"Oh great." I mumble to myself, I didn't really like the thought of being bait. Looking up to Tsunade, I ask. "Are there any leads I can take up on?"

Tsunade nods. "Yes, there is one I haven't looked into yet." Tsunade purses her lip and an unhappy look flickers in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" I ask with concern.

Tsunade wets her lips before answering. "A guard came and told me that they saw Sakura leaving the village frequently."

My eyes widen. No, it couldn't possibly be Sakura. She was loyal to Konoha, it's her home she wouldn't do that. Sakura has so many friends here, people who care for her. She and Ino even slightly made up so now they were civil with each other. Of course they still fought over Sasuke but not as much as they used to. It seems as though Ino is losing interest in Sasuke. However, Sakura does hate me, she's expressed it many times and all the other times her hatred for me shines in her eyes. She's hated me since the Academy and it just seems to have grown stronger throughout the years.

Could I have really pushed her to betray the village?

"No… no she wouldn't." I say shaking my head in disbelief.

"I didn't want to believe that myself." Tsunade admits closing her eyes, "She was my student for three years."

"But you have to be impartial." I say with a sigh in my voice. I didn't believe that Sakura could do this, but every lead has to be looked at and examined, we needed to catch the spy and soon. If the spy wasn't caught before the war started then it would get messy.

Tsunade nods her head and opens her eyes. "Yes. I need you to watch her."

I stand up. "I'll do better than that, I'll get a confession."

Tsunade sends me a warning look. "Akemi-"

"No." I cut in, "If Sakura really is the spy then she has a lot to answer for. I died and people have got hurt. Gaara died and was brought back, Asuma died for goodness sake! Kurenai's child is going to grow up without a father! If she really is the spy then she needs to be held accountable." I end my rant with a hiss, feeling angrier as I spoke.

For while, Tsunade didn't speak she just looked at me with a neutral expression.

"Okay." Tsunade relents with a sigh.

I send her a look, "Okay?" I repeat confused.

Tsunade looks to me straight in the eyes. "You're right, if Sakura is the spy then she needs to be brought to justice. Bring her to my office when you find her, I'll have Inoichi and Ibiki there waiting for you and her."

"Understood." I say.

Tsunade stands up. "She'll be training at this time, go to training grounds seven and she'll be there." With that, Tsunade leaves my house and goes back to the Hokage Office.

I grab my pouch from my room and my Sais before leaving, for all I knew this could turn violent. Now that I was ready, I leave my house and head to training grounds seven. On my way, I found it to be very peaceful. Hardly any shops were open, some were but they had only just opened and hadn't even rubbed the sleep out of their eyes yet. The sky looked to be alight with fire, all the colours of pink, yellow, blue and red dancing in the sky, the air fresh and crisp. It would have been a good day if it wasn't for the fact I was on the way to see if Sakura was the spy.

Once entering training grounds seven, I found Sakura easily. Pink hair really did stand out. Sakura was stretching, indicating that she had only just got here. Her eyes were closed and her posture gave away that she was too relaxed to be alert. She didn't even take notice of me as I got closer. I stood there for a few moments waiting for her to notice me, but she didn't.

Feeling slightly impatient, I make my presence known by clearing my throat.

Sakura jumps slightly and turns her head to me. When she sees that it was me standing behind her; her face morphs into a look of displeasure. "Oh, it's you." Sakura says with a sneer.

Fighting back my annoyance with the girl, I say with a smile. "Hello to you to Sakura."

Sakura waves me off and continues with her stretches. We didn't speak, I stood there and Sakura stretched for a little bit before she stood up. Let me tell you that this wasn't a comfortable silence either, it was awkward and unnerving. It was the ones I tried to avoid because of how uncomfortable they made me.

Sakura cuts the silence though by speaking. "Do you know why I come here?" She asks with her back to me.

I stay silent and let her speak. I had wondered why she had come here in particular. There were dozens of training areas in the village, but why would she pick training ground seven? I had a general idea but I never voice it in case I was wrong and offended her.

"Being here reminds me of simpler times." Sakura says in a slightly airy tone as if she was remembering the past.

Still, I stayed quiet.

"After seeing the village destroyed and in rubble it really bring things into perspective. If I remember correctly, you didn't do much did you?" Sakura says sending me a side look.

I cross my arms over my chest. "I wouldn't call dying nothing Sakura." I had also helped heal the injured and sorted out a very chaotic hospital, I certainly wouldn't call that nothing.

She sends me side look. "And yet here you are." Sakura says finishing her stretches.

I glare at her.

"So what are you doing here?" Sakura asks me, casting me a suspicious look.

"Tsunade would like to see you." I tell her, getting straight to be point.

Sakura purses her lip, it looked like she didn't believe me. But she sighs, "Fine." Sakura stands up and walks in the direction of Tsunade's office with me following behind her.

Sakura sees me walking beside her and shoots me a look. "Why are you coming?" She asks with an unhappy look.

"I was told to escort you." I tell her with a blank look.

Sakura huffs but doesn't say any more. I wasn't happy any more than she was about this. That awkward and uncomfortable silence reared its head again, neither one of us willing to speak to the other.

Eventually, I end up caving. "So how's your team?" I ask her.

Sakura regards me for a moment before answering. "Sai's nice, he's always smiling and he seems pretty strong." There was a small smile on her face.

I hide a smirk, I see she hasn't figured out that Sai's smile was completely fake. Sai was used to being emotionless thanks to Danzo, so he was just acting. However, I did wonder if his smile would ever be real, he hasn't had any contact with Naruto and he's the one who changed him in the anime.

"What about Asura?" I ask her. I hadn't heard of an Asura in ROOT before so I was a bit curious. I didn't even know if Asura was a boy or a girl.

"He's okay, he doesn't talk much though." Sakura answers with a sigh. It was as though this conversation was tiring her.

The rest of the journey was silent.

We made it to Tsunade's office and I knocked, asking permission to enter. After having Tsunade's permission, I open the door and see Tsunade sitting behind her desk and Inoichi standing beside her. Walking into the office, the door slams shut, I turn my head and see that Ibiki was hiding behind the door and now guarded the door so no one could leave.

Sakura was unnerved by this. "Tsunade-sama, what's going on?" Sakura asks looking to her teacher for answers.

"Sakura." Tsunade begins to speak, disregarding her question. "Are you aware that there is a spy amongst us?"

Sakura's eyebrows furrow. "What? That's terrible, who is it?"

"We do not know yet." Inoichi answered looking just as serious as everyone else in the room.

Sakura looks around the room and takes in everyone's expression, even mine. I kept my facial expressions schooled to not reveal anything. Ibiki looked slightly sadistic, I don't know if he was trying for that look but he succeeded anyway.

Realisation dawns to her. "You think I'm the spy." Sakura whispers, her eyes going wide. One thing I could commend her on was her brains, she was able to figure it out based on our body language alone.

Tsunade's blank stare and lack of protest confirmed it.

Sakura whirls around to me. "Are you trying to set me up?! You got my team and now you're trying to frame me!" Sakura spits, anger blazing in her jade eyes.

I opened my mouth to protest, but I was cut off.

"Quiet!" Tsunade shouts causing Sakura to flinch and quieten down. I immediately closed my mouth to not invoke Tsunade's anger.

Tsunade breathes before speaking. "Sakura, a guard is the one who noticed that you've been leaving the village a lot and you haven't been assigned any missions." Tsunade looks Sakura directly in the eyes as she said this.

"Care to explain?" Ibiki cuts in, looking as menacing as always.

"I-I'm not the spy I swear!" Sakura cries out.

Tsunade motions for Inoichi to step forward. Inoichi walks over to Sakura, "It'll be painless if you don't struggle." He tells her gently before he makes the hands seals to the do his Mind Possession Jutsu. Sakura stills when Inoichi places his hands on her head and rummages around.

"Ibiki, be ready." Tsunade orders him.

Ibiki nods his head.

After a few minutes, Inoichi takes his hands away from Sakura's head. Sakura falls to her knees, tears gathering in her eyes and her form begins to shake. She wrapped her arms around herself, and she begins to rock slightly.

Tsunade looks to the Yamanaka, "Well?" She says.

Inoichi shakes his head. "Nothing, she's not the spy."

I sighed in relief. At least her hatred for me didn't make her betray the village and this brought me some comfort. Ibiki, however looked displeased at this; this meant he couldn't torture the information out of anyone. Tsunade sighs in relief, happy for that outcome and sends Inoichi and Ibiki from her office. They nod their heads, turning around to leave. On the way out Inoichi spared Sakura one last glance before leaving.

"I'm sorry Sakura, but we needed to make sure you weren't the spy." Tsunade says in an apologetic tone.

Sakura continues to cry while kneeling on the ground.

Tsunade looks at Sakura with a remorseful expression, she hadn't meant for it to be so traumatic. "Sakura, what were you leaving the village for?" Tsunade asks with curiosity.

Sakura looks up, tears streaming down her face. "I was training." She says in a weak voice.

I look at her, why would she need to train outside the village?

Tsunade seemed to be thinking the same as me. "Why are you training outside the village?" Tsunade asks.

Sakura turns to me and glares. "Because of her!"

My eyebrows furrow, "Huh? What did I do?" I ask pointing to myself.

Sakura's glare intensifies. "I can't get distracted and being outside the village prevents that. I want to beat you."

I blink slowly in shock.

"Sakura, do you remember what I asked of you when I agreed to train you?" Tsunade asks her student calmly.

Sakura looks to Tsunade, her eyes now red from crying.

"I said that you needed to let go of your anger, especially your anger for Akemi." Tsunade tells Sakura calmly and also sparing me a glance.

"B-but she has everything." Sakura cried into her hands.

Tsunade stands up. "As a medic, you can't afford to hate people Sakura. What would happen if someone you disliked needing healing, would you heal them?" Tsunade asks gently.

Sakura doesn't answer.

Tsunade's eyes harden. "Sakura, if Akemi needed to be healed, would you ignore her?" There was a slight urgency in her voice. As a medic, one of the first things you are taught was to let go of your grudges and hatred especially when you are on the field. That decision to heal them or not can make a life difference and as a medic you cannot ignore anyone if they need healing. The only exception would be the enemy that we were fighting. If I decided that I didn't want to heal Madara then I wouldn't be breaching any codes of ethics.

Sakura sniffs. "I would help her." She answers finally.

Tsunade sighs in relief and sits back down. "You can go now Sakura."

Sakura picks herself from the floor and leaves the room, not looking at anyone.

Once she was gone and I couldn't feel her chakra anymore, I turn back to Tsunade. "What do we do now?" I ask. Even now I would admit that Sakura had to have been the biggest suspect, but Inoichi proved that she wasn't. I didn't want to admit it, but she was.

"Our other lead was Koharu, the Village Elder but she was proven innocent." Tsunade says pursing her lips together. She had kind of hoped it had been Koharu so she could get rid of her, but alas it wasn't. Tsunade had ANBU track her every movement and had Inoichi access her mind stealthily and she came out clean.

I get into a thinking pose, trying to think who it was.

"Tell me the females that dislike you?" Tsunade asks.

I laugh at the question. "The list is going to be a bit long there." I say with a smile.

Tsunade looks confused.

"Nearly every girl in this village and probably other villages hate me. I hang around with the 'eligible bachelors' in Konoha, if it wasn't for the fact I'd kick their asses they would've killed me." I explain to her while laughing. If any fangirls could get a chance to take my place they would, I see them glaring at me and trying to spread nasty rumours about me. It was a good job I had so many other good friends that stopped it from getting too serious otherwise it could have been a serious problem.

Tsunade grins. "I remember what it was like very well."

This time I looked at her confused.

Tsunade chuckled. "Orochimaru was quite the heartthrob when he was young."

I pull a face. I had seen pictures of Orochimaru when he was a child and in the anime, and he was cute. But then he grew up and turned into a paedophile.

Tsunade laughed harder at me expression.

"What about Jiraiya, did he get any fangirls?" I ask.

Tsunade stops laughing but a smile was still in place. "He had a few but not nearly as much as Orochimaru which he was quiet jealous about. Jiraiya tended to be on the perverted side."

"Speaking of Jiraiya, how is he?" I ask. Tsunade had him under close and careful watch, it's very possible that Jiraiya knew who the spy was, which is why he was so desperate to get back and didn't send us a coded message in case it was intercepted. If that was the case then Jiraiya had to be heavily guarded in case the spy came back to finish the job.

Tsunade smiles softly. "He's getting better, he just needs to wake up."

I nod my head slowly.

Tsunade snaps out it and turns serious again. "Now go, I'll call you back if there are any more leads." She orders.

"Okay." I say leaving her office.

I was walking around the village being very thoughtful. More shops in the village was open, a few stragglers weren't open yet. I could see the ramen stand being very busy but I couldn't hear Naruto's voice coming from there so I knew he wasn't awake yet.

I was thinking of who the spy could be. The spy was female so that knocked out half the population of Konoha. The spy must have been above Chunin level so they could slip out of the village either unnoticed or guards assumed that they were on missions. Anyone frequently leaving though was closely monitored and reported back to Tsunade. The spy had to be a Jonin or even an ANBU member. Someone strong too, Madara would never let someone weak into the group. Even Zero had his troupe: his knowledge and his ability.

I was so focused on who the spy could be that I didn't notice a shadow behind me. The next thing I knew, there was a sharp pain in the back of my neck and my vision went dark.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

When I came too all I could see was darkness; there was a small amount of light so I could see around the room but it wasn't much. From what I could see I was in a room made out rock. The room seemed to be circular and had something in the corner of it, but I couldn't make out what it was. I was laying on my back on a hard surface, from what I could see I was a couple feet off the floor and the surface I was on was round and made of rock; much like the rest of the room. I try and move my arms, but I felt something stop them, I look up and I see rope, chakra stopping rope to be exact, looking down at me feet I see that they were bound together too. I struggle, but the ropes were tight and gave nothing. I felt a bit groggy and the back of my neck was throbbing in pain. The last thing I remembered was being hit at the back of neck. Whoever did it was going to repay the favour in full.

From what I could see, there was one entrance which is where the slight bit of light was coming from. Closing my eyes I listened to any noises out there, I could hear running water, like a waterfall. That's when I heard footsteps, they sounded heavy and clumpy. I open my eyes and I see a tall shadow coming towards me. It wasn't until the shadow was a few feet away from me could I see features and that it was a woman. I could see short hair and a sleeveless kimono. My eyes widen and my mouth drops.

No.

It couldn't be.

"No." I whisper to myself, my eyes widening as I looked at the person before me.

"Hello Akemi." The woman says, a smirk on her face.

"Yukiko." I mutter, still in shock.

Her smirk widens, "Surprised?"

Weakly, I nod my head. I would have never have guessed that it would be Yukiko, Yukiko of all people. She was my mentor, she spent three years with me and Haku. She taught me to understand the Shīringu and how to wield it. Tsunade trusted her, she was her best friend, she was Jiraiya's friend and she nearly killed him. Even if I didn't want to admit it, even now, it would explain how she got me off guard. She taught me nearly everything and she was a master of stealth.

Feeling tears gather in my eyes, I try to blink them away. "Why?" I ask, the betrayal stung deeply.

Yukiko scoffs, "How mundane, can't you ask something more interesting?" Yukiko walks around the circular table, taunting me.

"I asked you why Yukiko!" I yell at her, feeling angry and betrayed.

Yukiko stops her circling, she was now at my feet. "It was because of you dear." Yukiko says with a vicious smile.

"M-me?" I stutter out in shock. "What did I do?"

Yukiko walks away from my bound feet and makes it to where my head was laying. "Because you took my daughters place." Yukiko hisses at me angrily.

But that didn't make any sense, her daughter died years ago, way before I was brought into this world. "What do you mean?" I ask quietly.

Yukiko chuckled vindictively. "How do you think you're soul came into this world? New souls can't just enter, they need to replace someone else's, otherwise there would be am imbalance and Death wouldn't be very happy." She wagged her index finger at me, again taunting me.

"And you think I took your daughters place." I mutter.

"Exactly." Yukiko nods her head.

I shake my head and I begin to struggle. "But your daughter is dead, you can't bring her back." I say, trying to reason with her.

Yukiko grins. "That's where you're wrong."

My struggling ceases, "What?"

Yukiko let out a loud laugh, a mad crazy laugh. "I lied when I told you there were only three stages of the Shīringu."

My eyes widen and my blood runs cold.

Yukiko calms down, but the crazy grin was still on her face. "There are actually four stages of the Shīringu. I discovered it years ago but it took a while to master it. I found out I had this ability after my daughter died. I then set out to master this new ability to bring my daughter back, but when I tried it was already too late." Yukiko snarls at me, anger now gleaming in her brown eyes.

"What is it?" I ask feeling nervous. The mad glint in her eyes I never seen before had unsettled me on so many levels.

Yukiko calms down and answers me, a growing grin on her face. "It switches souls."

My eyes widen and all air leaves my lungs. "T-that's what you're going to do to me?" I ask.

Yukiko nods her head. "Of course."

My struggling increases. "Then why would you train me? Why would you get to know me? Why did you cry for me when I died?!" I yell out feeling the burning anger ignite in my stomach. The betrayal still stung deeply but anger was the main emotion I was feeling.

Yukiko rolls her eyes at me. "I wanted my daughter to be prepared for when she came into this world. When I swop souls, the new soul gains all the abilities that the body has. I had been trying to get you on your own, but your brother got in the way." Yukiko ends with a snarl.

My eyes widen, "That attack, it wasn't an accident." That attack during the three year break, it had seemed so random and out of place. But I and Haku never questioned it. Haku had been used to being attacked randomly when he was with Zabuza but I wasn't.

Yukiko began to circle the table again. "Exactly. That attack was to get rid of Haku, you weren't meant to be involved. But of course you couldn't leave your precious brother alone." Yukiko says mockingly.

I could feel my fists clench with anger.

"And quite frankly I cried because I thought I would lose my chance of getting my revenge." Yukiko says to me, waving it off as nothing.

Now that stung, she didn't care for me. She had been plotting this all along. She had used me, gained my trust and made me believe that she cared for me. But now that I knew she was the traitor, things made sense. The attack during the three year break was unplanned and out of nowhere and it was because she paid them to actually kill Haku; she wanted me away from him. That's why she was always trying to isolate me.

"Why not use any other soul, why my soul?" I ask Yukiko, trying to not cry at the bitter betrayal. Why did it have to be my soul in particular, surely she could use another person.

Yukiko looks to me. "Because of Nora."

I send her a confused look.

"Oh she helped you, made sure you were safe. But what about me, huh?!" Yukiko shouts almost hysterically, "She never helped me! I was left to suffer!"

"She wasn't as strong back then as she is now." I try to tell her, feeling the need to defend Nora.

Yukiko ignores what I said. "Nora cares about you, and that's what would make this revenge so sweet," She says, the wicked grin back on her face.

"That's why you cut off your connection with Nora, so she wouldn't find out about this." I say, the pieces coming together slowly.

Yukiko nods her head, the vicious grin back on her face. "Precisely."

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

Tsunade was in the hospital which wasn't unusual for her. When she wasn't swamped with paper work she would come down to the hospital to see how it was doing. She was also there for another reason, to check on her long-time friend Jiraiya. He had been there for her when she lost her younger brother and her fiancé. Tsunade had always been aware that Jiraiya cared for her more than a friend, but she had never once given him an answer.

Tsunade walked into his room and smiled slightly. Jiraiya looked peaceful, like he was just sleeping and not actually in a coma. His wounds had fully healed. All bones put back in place and healing, all organs safe and blood replenished through multiple blood transfusions. His chakra reserves were back to nearly being full too.

Now all he had to do was wake up.

Tsunade took the now dead flowers from his bedside and replaced them with new ones. Not many people were allowed in this part of the building, only those who had special permission could enter. It was heavily guarded with ANBU who had been checked by Inoichi to see if they were spies and had passed the test. Nearly all of them passed the test, however there were a few that were from ROOT and still couldn't be fully trusted.

A knocking at the door interrupted her thoughts.

"Yes." Tsunade answers.

The door slides open revealing Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi and Haku.

"You called us here Tsunade-Obaa-san?" Naruto says with his head tilted. They came into the room, closing the door behind them to give them some privacy.

Tsunade felt the vein in her head throb from being called Obaa-san. "Shut up you brat!" She shouts.

"Tsunade-sama." Itachi says, being the calm one.

Tsunade clears her throat, regaining her composure. "Right," She looked around the room and sees someone missing, "Where's Akemi?"

The door opens and everyone looks, it was Akemi.

Akemi smiled at them. "Hello everyone."

"Akemi-chan, where were you?" Naruto whines.

Akemi continues to smile. "I was training Naruto."

Sasuke turns to look at her and glares slightly. She didn't call Naruto 'Naruto-kun', but no one else seemed to notice besides himself and Itachi. Sasuke spared a glance to his brother to find Itachi staring at Akemi intently. Itachi looked to his younger brother, both of them were thinking the exact same thing.

Something was up with Akemi.

Tsunade moves on, "Anyway, today I and Akemi had been investigating who the spy could be. I already have some people to cross off the list."

Haku looks to his sister, "So that's where you've been." He had wondered where she was, usually if she left the house Akemi would leave a note.

"Of course Haku." Akemi smiles at him.

Haku frowns and stares at Akemi.

"Sakura was a suspect, but she was proven innocent, along with Koharu, the village Elder." Tsunade tells them, "I've also looked into a few of your fangirls and they've all come out clean too."

Itachi, Sasuke and Haku all shivered at the mention of fangirls.

"Is there anyone else?" Haku asks.

Tsunade nods her head. "I thought that Yukiko could have been the spy, but she was there when Hidan told us that Pain was coming to invade Konoha, and they had no knowledge that we were prepared for them."

"So she's in the clear." Sasuke mumbles.

"Besides, Akemi-chan would know if her teacher was the spy, right?" Naruto says with a grin looking to Akemi.

Akemi smiles, "Of course Naruto."

Naruto frowns, this time he had noticed it. There was no 'kun' at the end his name. Akemi had done it a few times, but only when she was serious or angry; but Akemi was smiling. Something was definitely wrong.

"So, who else do you believe could be the spy?" Itachi asks, still sparing glances towards Akemi.

Tsunade opened her mouth, but someone cut her off.

"Tsu-Tsunade…"

Tsunade's eyes snapped to Jiraiya, he had spoken; he was waking up. Jiraiya's fingers began to twitch and his eyes fluttered open, wincing at the harsh light of the room. Tsunade rushed over to his side immediately.

"How are you feeling?" Tsunade asks gently. Jiraiya motioned for water, his throat feeling dry. Tsunade picked up the pitch of water and poured him a cup before letting him drink from it. Tsunade kept hold of the cup knowing that he would be too weak at the moment to hold the cup without dropping it.

Once he was done drinking, Jiraiya grins weakly. "A little sore."

Naruto grins brightly, he was elated to see his teacher awake. "Isn't this great Akemi-chan?" He exclaims looking to his female teammate.

"It is." Akemi smiles again.

This time, Tsunade looked up and stared at Akemi. Tsunade had expected her to say something different, maybe something sarcastic and witty, but she didn't. Akemi didn't even look all that happy to see Jiraiya awake. She may have been smiling, but it didn't reach her eyes.

Tsunade looked to Jiraiya, "Do you have an idea who the spy is?" Tsunade asked him getting straight to the point.

The Toad Sage nodded his head. "Yes, she appeared when I fought Pain and attacked me."

"Who is it?" Haku asks.

Jiraiya opened his mouth, and his eyes widen when he sees a kunai sailing towards him. Luckily, Tsunade caught the kunai before it could hit Jiraiya. Everyone looked in the direction from where the kunai came from and saw that Akemi was the one who threw it.

"Akemi-chan?!" Naruto shouts.

Akemi made a move to escape the room, but Itachi was quicker and grabbed her arm, pining her to the wall with his other arm resting on her throat. He grabbed a kunai after releasing her arm and pointed it at her throat, his Sharingan activates.

"She isn't Akemi." Itachi says, staring at 'Akemi'.

Tsunade glares at her. "Who are you really?"

"Drop the illusion now." Sasuke demands, his own Sharingan activated.

'Akemi' grits her teeth before doing as they requested. Once the smoke cleared from letting go the transformation Jutsu, it was revealed who it was.

"Rukia?" Tsunade says, her eyes widen.

Rukia says nothing and keeps a blank look.

"Is she the spy?" Naruto asks looking to his teacher.

Jiraiya shakes his head. "No, the spy is Yukiko."

Multiple gasps echoed in the room, all from Naruto, Tsunade and Haku. Naruto has never trusted the woman, the Ninetails didn't especially. Naruto could hear hissing whenever he was near Yukiko but Naruto never paid it much attention. Haku had never liked the woman, and three years with her only defined it; but how hadn't he noticed? Tsunade felt the most betrayed though. Tsunade couldn't believe it, Yukiko was her close friend, and they had been for years. Had been Yukiko using her?

"Yukiko appeared along with Pain and gloated. She's been with the Akatsuki this whole time." Jiraiya says, wincing at the memory. Pain had caused him grave injuries but Yukiko was the one who delivered a fatal blow. He had made a contract with Gorou years ago but hadn't used him much. It was only after Akemi said that he could die that he remembered he even had Gorou.

Tsunade turns to Rukia, "Where is Yukiko and Akemi?" She demands, glaring at the medic.

Rukia didn't look like she was going to answer.

Itachi flicked his kunai, prepared to get answers out of her.

"Wait!" Rukia shouts, struggling with fear.

Itachi halted.

Rukia relaxes, "I don't know where she is."

Itachi moved his kunai causing her to flinch, "I'm telling you the truth! All I know is that she would be with Akemi." Rukia rushes out, looking at the kunai with fear.

Naruto stepped forward. "Why is she with Akemi-chan?"

Rukia bit her lip.

Haku pushed Itachi out of the way and grabbed Rukia's collar. "Where is my sister?!" Haku shouts, fury blazing in his eyes.

Rukia whimpers in fright. "Please, you need to save her." Rukia pleads, tears shinning in her eyes.

"Why should we trust you?" Sasuke asks, his own Sharingan glaring at her.

Rukia sighs deeply before answering. "I've grown rather fond of Akemi. When Yukiko told me what she had planned for her I was against it, but she made me do it." Rukia says, looking at everyone, pleading for them to believe her.

"What does she have planned?" Haku demands, looking at Rukia darkly.

Rukia swallows. "She plans to switch Akemi's soul for her daughter's soul."

Nearly everyone's eyes widen at her words.

"What?!" Naruto shouts out.

Sasuke glares at the woman. "Explain."

"It's the fourth stage of the Shīringu, with that you can swop souls." Rukia tells them, rushing the answer out. Haku and Itachi frightened her.

Jiraiya tries to sit up but struggled to do so. Tsunade came to his aid and helped him sit up properly. "You need to find Akemi now." Jiraiya says.

Tsunade looks up. "Naruto, Sasuke and Haku, go and find her." She commands in her Hokage voice.

"Hai!" Sasuke, Naruto and Haku say together before running to find Akemi.

Itachi made sure that Rukia couldn't escape by placing his arm against her throat again. "How do you know this is what she plans to do?" Itachi demands.

Rukia bit her lip. "Yukiko discovered the fourth stage after her daughter died. She spent years trying to master it but with little success. After many tries, she succeed and manged to switch souls of two people." Rukia explains, looking at the kunai Itachi had in his hand.

Jiraiya asked. "Who was it?"

"It was me." Rukia says, "Originally, I was Yukiko's sister from the other world when she was Jessica Jones. My real name is Katie Jones, I had died in my world and she wanted me back so desperately she resorted to these methods." Rukia shook her head, a look of despair on her face. If Rukia was being honest with herself, she would have preferred to stay dead. She got dragged into this world which she didn't understand, but she just had to accept it. Yukiko hadn't given her much choice.

Tsunade inhaled harshly. "She's mad."

"Just like Orochimaru." Jiraiya says, a grim look on his face.

Itachi asks. "Why use Akemi to bring her daughter back?"

Rukia look to floor, looking ashamed. "It was nearly sixteen years ago when Yukiko managed to master the fourth stage and understood it. She thought that she was ready to bring back her daughter, but when she tried to it failed. She found out that her daughter's soul had already been exchanged for someone else's." Rukia explains to them.

"Akemi took her place, didn't she?" Jiraiya asks.

Rukia nods. "When Yukiko saw Akemi for the first time, she was angry. She now knew why it didn't work. She then concocted this plan to gain Akemi's trust and use her."

Tsunade clenched her fists, she had trusted Yukiko and so had Akemi. Tsunade looked at Rukia, "Put her in a cell." Tsunade orders the ANBU captain.

Itachi nods his head and takes Rukia away.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

I struggling against the ropes on my wrists, hoping to loosen them enough to get free, but Yukiko had tied them tight and made it impossible. "People are going to notice that I'm missing." I say, hoping she would stop this insanity.

Yukiko rolls her eyes at me. "I already have that covered. I have someone disguised as you, they'll never notice."

"They will notice." I say with determination, Haku would notice. "The people who care about me will notice that something is wrong."

Yukiko glares at me, hatred in her eyes. "You, my dear are a sarcastic piece of shit who everyone seems to love for no reason."

I return the glare fully. "At least people care about me." I spit back with venom in my tone.

"Is that anyway to speak to your teacher?" Yukiko asks, amusement in her eyes.

I glare back at her. "You aren't my teacher, you're a traitor."

Yukiko smirks. "No, I'm on the winning side."

"Well from where I'm laying you seem to be losing. The Akatsuki are nearly gone and so is Zero." I say, a smirk creeping on to my face.

"Which I can easily access, after all I too have the Shīringu." Yukiko shoots back, the smirk getting bigger.

I frown. That was something that I had over looked. The fact only someone with the Shīringu can access my scrolls that have the fallen Akatsuki members in. It was the biggest clue of them all yet I had over looked it because I trusted Yukiko. Looking back at it now, it would explain how Hidan's body mysteriously disappeared. I hadn't even suspected Yukiko. I had blindly trusted her.

But not anymore.

"Why do you hate me so much?" I ask quietly.

Yukiko regards me coldly. "Because you took my daughters place in the world and you caught his attention." Yukiko hisses at me lowly.

"Who's he?" I ask.

Yukiko smirks cruelly. "Why, its Madara of course."

It felt like my blood had frozen and my heart had stopped. What had I done to catch his attention? Out of anyone in this world I didn't want to catch the attention of it was his. I knew that I had Obito's attention though when he offered for me to join him. Sure, knowing things that may happen in the future is very useful, but I thought that Madara would want me dead. But apparently he's interested in me.

Yukiko took no notice of my inner monologue. "I used to be the only person with the Shīringu." Yukiko snarls at me.

I observe her silently, she was angry with the way her fists were clenched and her back hunched over. But it was her eyes, in her eyes there was hate, excitement and jealousy. "You love him." I whisper when the realisation dawned to me. Yukiko was in love with Madara, and he had been fascinated with her being the only person with the Shīringu. But now that I am here, he's not so interested and she doesn't like that.

"And he loves me." Yukiko grins back.

"Then why is he losing interest?" I shot back.

A sharp pain hit my right cheek making me hiss at the sudden and sharp pain. Yukiko had slapped me and was glaring at me furiously. "Watch your tongue." Yukiko hisses, trying to control her anger.

I stare at her with a blank look.

Yukiko sighs, a disappointed look on her face. "It's a pity really. If you guys hadn't have been so nosy I could have went along with my business."

"You lied to everyone!" I shout at her.

Yukiko waves this off. "Yes, yes I know. If only Inoichi hadn't stuck his nose in, that way Sakura would be been blamed."

I look at her confused.

Yukiko rolls her eyes at me, seeing my expression. "Oh please, who do you think tipped the guard off that Sakura was leaving the village and who do you think told Sakura it would be better training outside the village?"

"You tried to frame her?!" I yell out.

Yukiko scoffs. "Like it was hard. She hates you nearly as much as I do."

Again, that stung deeply. I had to keep reminding myself that Yukiko was the traitor and not my mentor.

Yukiko takes a deep breath and relaxes. "It's time." She says.

Panic clenched my heart.

She walked over to my side and activated her Shīringu, she closes her purple eyes a moment and then opens them again. Normally when the Shīringu was activated, we had no pupils much like the Hyuuga's but Yukiko did; she now had slit eyes, like a cat. Yukiko made a hand seal, "Tamashī no Suitchi!"

Just as her hand touched my head, I heard someone shout. "No! Akemi-chan!"

Then my vision went dark.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

Opening my eyes, I wasn't met with the bright room I usually was. This room was in between light and dark, it was dull. Looking to my left, I couldn't see anything but when I looked to my right I saw a hunched over figure.

The figure looked to be feminine but I couldn't tell from this far away. I walked closer cautiously and stopped when I was couple feet away. The figure was definitely a girl with blonde hair.

My eyes widen when I realised who this was, it was Yukiko's daughter.

I went to back away, but the girl lifted her head and looked at me. She had tears streaming down her face and looked very upset. Just looking into her eyes I could see Sarutobi Hiruzen's dark eyes. This girl really was the daughter of Yukiko and Hiruzen.

"Hi." I greet her awkwardly.

The girl hiccupped, "H-hello."

I walk over to her and sit down next to her. "What's wrong?" I ask her gently.

The girls lip quivered. "Mommy's going to be angry with me."

"Why would she be angry with you?" I ask her softly.

The girl wiped her tears away, but they came back just as quickly. "I-I don't want t-to come back, but s-she wants me back." The little girl cried, struggling to hold back her tears.

My eyes soften, this girl was only young when she died, but it had been a while since she had. Nearly thirty years. The little girl was more than likely settled wherever she went and now she's being forced into the world of the living.

"So you don't want to take my soul then?" I ask softly.

The girl shakes her head. "No, I wouldn't be able to. I wouldn't be able to handle living as you." The girl smiles at me.

I laugh. "Yes, I must say I haven't had a smooth sailing."

The girl smiles and wipes away her tears and this time they stay away. "I'm sorry." She mumbles.

I look to her, "What for?"

The girl frowns. "For the trouble my mommy's caused."

I reach out and pat her head, making her look at me in shock. "You remind me of your dad you know." I say.

The girl's dark eyes lit up. "What was he like?" She asks eagerly.

I smile. "He was a wise man who would do anything for the people he cared about."

The girl smiles softly. "He sounds nice."

I nod. "He was." He had been like a grandad to me. I was scared when I first met him because I thought that he wouldn't believe me and think me to be a spy. He was someone who I could confide my fears to and he would make me feel better by making me think rationally about them. I was devastated when he died because I thought I could have prevented it somehow, but he made his decision and I respect that. At first it was hard to accept, but over time I was able to accept it.

I look around again and see nothing, it was only me and the little girl. "Why are you here then if you don't want my soul?" I ask the girl. If she was dead then shouldn't she be were all the other souls go.

The girl frowns. "I'm trapped here, I have been for a while. Mommy tried to bring me back but she couldn't and now I'm trapped here."

I felt sorry for the girl. "Is there anything I can do to help?" I ask her.

The girls shrugs. "I don't think there is."

I look to the ground and sighed, there was nothing that I could do to help the girl.

"It's time to go now anyway." The girl says smiling at me, "Good bye, Nakahara Akemi, it was nice meeting you."

Like before, my vision goes dark.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

Naruto, Sasuke and Haku charged into the room and saw Yukiko with her Shīringu activated and her making a hand seal.

"No! Akemi-chan!" Naruto yells out, but he was too late.

Yukiko touched Akemi's head and Akemi gasped before closing her eyes.

"What have you done?!" Haku shouted out, anger in his eyes.

Yukiko cackled, "I've done it! I'm getting my daughter back!"

Sasuke charged, his Sharingan activated and his sword in hand. Yukiko smirked and dodged his attack smoothly. Naruto charged with a kunai in hand and again missed the older woman. Yukiko dodged both with practised ease and grace.

Yukiko cried out though when Haku joined the battle and managed to pin her to the wall. "I'll kill you." Haku hisses. Haku tightened his hand around Yukiko's throat without mercy, enjoying the fact that Yukiko was flailing like a fish. Haku would have gladly continued to strangle the woman that betrayed them, but something stopped him.

He heard Akemi groan.

He let go of Yukiko's throat and goes over to his sister, "Imouto?" He says hesitantly. He was hoping that his sister was still there and that he hadn't lost her. Naruto and Sasuke stood close, holding their breath.

Akemi opens her eyes slowly before looking around. Her eyes land on Haku and she smiles. "Hello Onii-chan."

Haku smiles, relieved. "Imouto!" He grabs a kunai and cuts the ropes around her wrists and ankles. Once she was free, he hugs her fiercely, "I thought I told you to stop giving me heart attacks." Haku mumbles.

Akemi giggles. "I can't seem to help it Onii-chan."

Haku lets go and Naruto immediately has her in his arms. Akemi could see Sasuke glaring at her though making her slightly nervous. He didn't exactly react well when she died and then came back. Naruto backs away and Akemi opens her mouth to say something but someone cuts me off.

"No! Why didn't it work?!" Yukiko yells out.

Akemi stands off the table with Haku close by her side. "Your daughter didn't want to come back." Akemi tell her.

Yukiko's eyes widen. "No, you're lying!"

Akemi shakes her head. "I'm not,"

Yukiko glares at her. "I will get my revenge, mark my words!" Sasuke went to attack her but Yukiko had already slipped away using a teleporting Jutsu. Sasuke glared at the spot she was in before she disappeared.

"Akemi-chan, are you really okay?" Naruto asks with concern.

Akemi laugh slightly. "I'm completely fine."

Suddenly Akemi felt a sharp pain in the middle of her forehead. Her hand immediately goes to the offended area and Akemi glares at Sasuke, the perpetrator.

"Stop getting into trouble." Sasuke tells her.

Akemi glare at him. "Says the one who's always getting kidnapped like a damsel in distress."

Sasuke returned the glare.

"Jiraiya's awake by the way." Haku tells his sister.

Akemi looks to him. "That's great!" Akemi look over to the side of the room and see something that she hadn't noticed before. Moving away from everyone, she walked over to it and see what it was.

It was a grave.

The head stone was large and was engraved with a name and date from when the person was alive and when they died. Looking at the head stone, Akemi could see the name.

Chieko Moto.

Akemi smiles gently, the girl's name had been Chieko.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

I opened my eyes expecting it to be morning but I was back in that bright white room. After checking in on Jiraiya and informing them of what happened, they were both in a sombre mood. They had both thought Yukiko to be their friend when in fact she was the spy. She and Zero had been the reasons for the destruction of many people. When I had got back home, I immediately checked the box under my bed where the scrolls of the Akatsuki were kept I and I was relieved to see that were all still there. Yukiko hadn't taken them, but they weren't safe anymore. It had been such an exhausting day that I ended up falling asleep the minute my head hit the pillow.

I looked around and see Nora. Instead of a smile, I was greeted with the sight of Nora's saddened face.

"Nora." I say getting the angel's attention.

Nora smiles at me sadly.

"I'm sorry about Yukiko." I say, I know how much Nora cared about her.

Nora shakes her head. "You need not apologise child. I'm just glad you're safe." Nora says, looking to me. I could see sadness in her brown eyes but there was also relief in them at the same time.

"Why was I given the Shīringu?" I ask suddenly. I know she had kind of answered this question before, but I couldn't help myself by asking.

Nora sighs deeply. "I can give different powers for different worlds, it has never been straight forward and can be very difficult."

"I've been given a power that's unreal." I shake my head, I couldn't believe what the Shīringu could do. "It lets me govern over life and death." I say with an unhappy look. I didn't want this power, it was too much.

Nora looks to the ground.

"This is too much power." I say to Nora, "I am not a god."

"I know." Nora says smiling slightly, "But I believe that you are the best person to have these powers."

"Why?" I ask her.

Nora floats over to me and brushes a stand of hair that got in my face, "Because I know you will be sensible with these powers and use them wisely." Nora tells me with a sincere expression.

"You have that much trust in me?" I ask looking up to her. I had felt touched by her admission.

Nora nods her head. "I do."

I frown. "But you trusted Yukiko." I say.

Nora also frowns. "I did and I let it cloud my judgment. I should have seen something had gone wrong when she cut off the connection we had."

I shake my head. "It's not your fault Nora, its Yukiko's."

Nora smiles sadly.

NARUTO SHIPPDEN

So Yukiko was the spy!

Now time to find out that won the little challenge of guessing who the spy was!

First place: Cinder Hahn

Second place: Guest

Third place: SandNinjaBunny

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