(Hey Peeps! Sry about how long this took! My account was acting like a bitch! The Document manager thing wouldn't let me upload my files! Idk why but it was pissing me off…Anyway, here's the fifth chapter. Hopefully the Doc. Manager wont screw up anymore, and you can enjoy weekly updates. Im not giving up on this! And I had a review which mentioned Pein being related to Sakura…I think I might do that. It was a good idea. That you! Read and tell me what you think…)

Chapter 5: Change of Mind

The sound of water rushing through the faucet was deafening in the dimly lit room. Shikamaru washed his hands furiously. The water was tinted pink. He splashed water onto his face. He shut off the water, gasping for air. Shikamaru rubbed his eyes while gripping the soap in his hands. This was too much for him. Anymore…and he might just snap. Her whimpers, her shouts, her screams…they plagued his mind to the point of insanity. Her innocent emerald eyes narrowed in fury…widened in fear…

He threw the soap as hard as he could. No more, he thought.

Itachi walked, almost lazily, through the warehouse. He appeared calm, his face was a mask devoid of emotions. But behind that mask…he was panicking. He was, though he'd never admit it, scared. He had just found an angel…only for her to be captured by the devils. He walked up the door labeled Surveillance, took a silent breath, and walked in. The new technician of the company, Kotetsu, stood up immediately and bowed. Itachi went up to him and Kotetsu slowly lifted his head, only for it to be smashed against the wall by Itachi's hand. Kotetsu lay unconscious on the ground while Itachi went up to the camera screens.

He could see everything.

Shikamaru, with his head laid down, in the stockroom.

His brother and Azul bickering in the storeroom.

A few guards hear and there.

And…Jade, her limp body in the makeshift interrogation room.

His fingers lightly brushed the screen. He started to type computer next to the camera screens, his fingers now flying over the keys. If he can get this to work, Jade might make it out of here. The computer asked for a pass code. Damn, he wondered what it could be…but his thoughts were halted as the door opened. Itachi whipped around, his gun in his hand.

Jade whimpered quietly.

She tried to move her body but received shocking waves of pain. She moaned in agony. It hurt. It hurt so fucking much. Her eyesight went blurry from her unshed tears. Not only did her body hurt. So did her heart. "Itachi…" she whispered. That was the name that made her heart bleed. She felt oddly betrayed though she had only known him for about an hour. Jade tried to get up, but failed miserably.

Where was Emoko? She need his help now. Jade slowly examined herself. There was nothing life threatening, just a lot of pain in her head. The edges of her vision were blurry and she knew that wasn't a good thing. Jade cursed those twins.

Jade wasn't stupid. She hadn't given up anything during the interrogation so even though she was breathing at the moment, it might not last for very long. They'll probably end it soon, and hopefully pretty quickly. Jade was not a fan of pain.

She wondered if her life was really going to end at nineteen. Jade hoped not, she still wanted to see her surrogate mother and her hearts brother…Tsunade, Emoko…she wanted to see all of PR. They were really her only family, but at least she hadn't betrayed them, even in death. And, though she hated herself for it, she want to see Crimson.

He was imprinted into her thoughts and her heart. Jade knew what she was feeling wasn't just a regular crush. Maybe it was lust?

No, it couldn't be.

They might have gotten a little hot and heavy at the club, but it wasn't like they were sexing each other up. It was more…sensual. Not like the other couples who were dry humping each other. Jade scowled, were they a couple? No. Did she want to be his other half?

…Maybe.

Her head throbbed. Jade stopped her musings over him and tried to look around for some sort of window or weapon, either would do. There was no window, but there was a door, and Jade decided she would have to be a little more desperate to use that. Maybe in a few minutes she would consider it. There was a chair. Hmm…Weapon worthy? Not really.

She heard the door's lock click. Someone was coming!

Jade made up her mind and jumped up, the world spun dangerously for a moment, and grabbed the chair. She raised it above her head, winced at the pain in her muscles, ready to smack somebody's brains out.

The door opened.

It was Shikamaru. Jade felt her fear rise and her vision blurred violently while the world wouldn't stop moving. It took all she had to just focus on not passing out. He looked at her, his hands raised, palms facing her.

"I'm not going to hurt you anymore Jade."

Jade snorted, "Yeah right! Do you think I'm stupid enough to fall for that? And besides, that's what you said before too."

Shikamaru sighed, "I contacted your mom."

Jade almost fell over, "What?"

"I figured she would be able to contact your base for help."

Jade blinked…How did he…? Oh, her phone. They had taken it away with her weapons…he must've gotten the number from there. And since Tsunade was listed under 'Mommy'…

The world spun heavily. She lowered the chair, and sunk heavily to the ground, clutching her head. Shikamaru ran over to her, pulling Jade into him, and lifted her up with him. He shifted her onto his back as she let out a whimper, "Why are to helping me?"

Shikamaru walked to the door, "Redemption."

Itachi tensed, his grip on the gun tightened as the door opened.

It was Shisui.

Itachi visibly relaxed, sighing, and lowered the gun. His cousin, and his most trusted comrade, strolled casually up to the computers as Itachi turned back to the computers and resumed his task. Shisui observed him for a moment, "Hm…Isnt freezing the computer against the organization rules?"

"Hn."

Shisui sighed, placing his fingers over the keys, "I'll help you, my friend."

Itachi nodded in thanks. Shisui paused what he was doing, looking at the screen where Jade was, "So that's her, huh? She looks hot, Itachi. You know how to pick them. I was worried for awhile though, you don't know how many people have been questioning your sexual orientation, myself included."

Itachi didn't even stop as he turned to glare at his so called friend. Shisui shrugged, "Well, you cant hardly blame me and the others. You've never had a girlfriend, up until now that is, and I must say, the girl you finally picked is just…wow. Who would've thought that the great Crimson found pink hair a turn on? Hey, I could help you find out if that's her natural hair color."

Now Itachi stopped and glared. Shisui laughed loudly, smacking Itachi's shoulder. Itachi turned around, walking out of the room.

"Hey, I was just joking-" Shisui's words were cut off as Itachi shut the door in his face.

Shikamaru Nara adjusted Jade as he walked to the door, but as soon as he reached for the handle, it opened. Jade tensed, as did he, backing away form the door.

Shisui and Itachi rushed in. They spotted Shikamaru with Jade on his back. Itachi raised his weapon, "Release her Nara."

Shikamaru sighed, "You cant have her Crimson. She is not to be terminated, there were new orders."

Shisui walked up between them, "We were not going to kill her, we heard the orders to and it is Crimson's job to take her."

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "You heard the new orders as well?"

Shisui cursed, pulled out a kunai, "Okay so we didn't hear the orders, but we are taking Jade! And getting her out of this god forsaken place."

Itachi mentally rolled his eyes.

Shikamaru laughed, "At least we're on the same page. And there were no new orders, I just made that up."

Itachi lowered his gun, "You are helping Jade escape."

Shikamaru nodded. He opened his mouth to say something but was cut off with Jade's whimper, "Can we leave? Please?"

Shikamaru glanced at Itachi and Shisui, and they motioned him to follow them. He started to jog out the door after them when he felt something wet run down his shoulder. He touched the damp spot and his hand came away smeared with blood. Jade groaned again. This isn't good, he thought.

The four of them ran to the front of the warehouse. Shisui noticed that Shikamaru was losing speed and he reached over, gently moving jade off of his back and cradled her in his arms. Shikamaru sighed gratefully, he wasn't used to strenuous activities. Instead, he pulled out his handgun, holding it carefully. Itachi's eyes narrowed at Shisui's act, but he would talk to his dear cousin later, when Jade was safe.

The walls of the warehouse moved, halting the men in their tracks. The ground shifted violently. Shisui looked confused, "Earthquake?"

Shikamaru shrugged, then they heard the loud crash. It didn't seem far away, "What the-?"

The wall next to them suddenly collapsed. Itachi jumped back out of the way of flying debris. A car stood in the middle of the giant hole. It was an Escalade.

The alarms went off, drowning the place in red lights and wailing sirens. Itachi could hear the sounds of the guards coming around the corner. The windows of the car slid down and all the doors opened, a blue haired man was waving his hands at them.