- Far away in the Hidden Rain Village -

"Nagato, what is it?" Konan asked, turning her full attention to the man on her right.

There was a pause before the man said anything, "It might be nothing more then a unusual amount of inconstancy with my chakra bodies, but something different has made it's self apparent."

Konan paused and thought this over, Nagato knows how to control his bodies with great ease, so whatever his receptor was picking up interested her a great deal.

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"Sasuke, can we stop for a rest? I need something to eat." Anii called out. They were now a few days into their journey, so far they hadn't run into anything they couldn't handle. They were a little beaten up, and a little tired, but other then a few cuts and bruises, they were fine.

Sasuke found a small clearing just up ahead of them and dropped his backpack, "This good enough?"

Anii nodded, "It'll be fine..."

Throughout the journey, Anii's memories were becoming more frequent, the memories of the blue haired girl were getting longer and clearer. Although she was sure that she had never been through this area before in her life, things we're starting to look familiar.

"You thinking about it again?" Sasuke asked, taking a bite out of his lunch.

"Yeah, this clearing right. It seems familiar..." Anii said looking around her.

There was a pause between the two, "Eat up, we've still got a couple days of travel in front of us." Sasuke said handing her part of his lunch.

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- Back in Konoha -

Sakura ran through the streets of Konoha, she hadn't seen Saskue for a few days now, but she thought that he was just ignoring her.

"Naruto! Have you seen Sasuke?"

Naruto turned around and looked around him, "No... I haven't! I haven't seen him for a while!"

Sakura stood there in silence, "You don't think he..."

Naruto looked at Sakura, "Think he...?

"Went with Anii!" Sakura shouted at Naruto, a few villagers stopped and stared at him.

"Oh... I wanted to go on that." Naruto said sounding rather disappointed.

Sakura stared at him, "With a lair?"

"Sakura, I don't think she was lying." Naruto said looking at her.

"Then why didn't you go?" Sakura snapped back.

"I couldn't work it out at the time! Three people I trust, against another person I trust. It was confusing! ...That and I just missed them." Naruto said looking at the ground.

Sakura looked at him again, "I thought you said you hadn't seen him?"

"I haven't, since he left." Naruto said laughing uncomfortably.

"That's not funny! I found out who her supposed sister might be." Sakura said getting stern again.

Naruto turned back to face Sakura, "Who!" he shouted he was getting interested.

"I think she might be Konan of the Akatsuki. She's a dangerous women, I'm worried about Sasuke."

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- Konoha City Gates -

Genma was going about his daily business, when two figures approached him.

"Genma!" Called out the first figure.

"What do you need?" He said back, looking at the one that had spoken at him.

"Hokage wants to know, if Sasuke Uchiha and Anii Yato passed through here a couple of nights ago." The second figure asked, looking around.

"Kakashi, I'll have to think back," Genma started, he paused for a moment before speaking again, "No."

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"Anii, how much further do you think?" Sasuke called out, Anii stopped and thought about it for a moment.

"Not far now," Anii started, she pointed to something in the distance, "Look! There's the border town!"

A smile spread across Anii's face, she was so much closer to finding out the truths of her memories, was this Konan lady really her sister, or was it something she just made up in her mind.

"Sasuke, I think we should stay there for the night. And try to get into Amegakure tomorrow morning." Anii said, turning around to see Sasuke concentrating hard, "Sasuke...?"

"Quiet Anii..." Sasuke whispered back.

The two stood silently for what seemed like hours, the two were on high alert, they had kunai's drawn, ready to strike at a moments notice.

"What do you think it is?" Anii whispered to Sasuke, looking at the ground.

"I'm not sure... I thought I he-" A twig snapped behind Sasuke, he flung around and threw his kunai.

Anii turned around to see a startled villager pinned against a tree.

"What do you want?" Sasuke hissed, "Why are you sneaking around?"

The villager just looked at him blankly, and shook his head.

"Answer me!" Sasuke shouted. Once again the villager just looked at him blankly.

Sasuke glared at this man, and clenched his fist.

"Sasuke! Don't hurt him!" Anii said moving towards them.

"He wont answer me!" Sasuke said back.

"I know, but I think that's because he can't." Anii said moving towards him. As Anii stepped past Sasuke, he grabbed onto her wrist, "What now!"

"Careful, he could just be a diversion." Sasuke said letting go.

Anii nodded, and moved foward again, "Open your mouth."

The villager did as Anii asked, and sure enough, he had no tongue. But where his tongue should have been, there was an exploding paper.

She took a few fast steps backwards, and armed herself, "It's a trap!"

Both Sasuke and Anii ran in the other direction of the man, both armed and ready to fight.

"What's going on here?" Sasuke whispered, looking over at the man.

"We're getting close to the border, it's bad territory between different clans, different countries, you get the idea." Anii whispered, taking another look at the man pinned to the tree.

She could see pain in his eyes, he was sweating all over, she knew what was about to happen. Anii closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Sasuke looked at her strangely, but he then realised what was about to happen. Anii opened her eyes, and the two of them made a quick dash. Neither of them thought they were quite out of the blast zone, and they'd soon find out. Behind them came the loud roar of an explosion, followed by a great amount of heat.

Sasuke turned around to see Anii cowering on the ground, "Are you okay?"

Anii looked up, her face was panic stricken, he had never seen her like this before, "Anii, are you okay?"

"I... I i've seen this before... This sort of reckless fighting..." Anii choked out, she grasped her head and started to shiver.

Sasuke looked at her, "... Her memories!"

"NO! GO AWAY!" Anii shrieked, something in her memories had just come flooding back to her. She shrieked again and she started to cry.

"Anii! Snap out of it!" Sasuke yelled, walking closer to her. He was getting worried, that if a ninja was near by, he would hear Anii and come running towards them, and after the trick, he didn't think he'd be able to move Anii as well as himself in time. He could hold one ninja off, but if there was more then one, he would be in trouble.

"Why... Why... WHY!" Anii screamed out, her eyes were shut tight, her head was in between her hands, she was shaking and kicking out, as if she was trying to escape something.

Sasuke grabbed onto her, and tried shaking her, but this only made her scream more.

"Anii, I need you to calm down!" Sasuke said, he could hear the worry in his own voice.

Anii took a deep breath and shook her head, "I... I'm sorry Konan..." she sobbed.

Sasuke grabbed onto Anii's wrist, she wasn't calming down, and he didn't like the idea of being out in the open anymore.

He put her arm around his neck, and lifted her up, "Anii, snap out of it... Please."