OK, I know this is a really late update, but my summer , let's just say, hasn't been the most relaxing.

I originally had this done around the second last week of July, so I could post it up as a Happy one year anniversary. Unfortunately, when I went to go post it up, I re-read it and found that it was absolutely horrible. So I had to delete at least 6 pages, and re-write everything… this isn't the full chapter, but I though since I'm re-writing it, it would be best to post what I have up.

Hope you enjoy it, and if it's not that good, well, trust me the last copy which I had was much worse!

Meanwhile, Leara was still trying to figure out where she was. Her face was stained with tears; throat hurting from waking up screaming. She was no longer lying on the cot which she had woken up in, but by the door.

…Upon finding out the door was locked, she had tried desperately to break it down. With no luck, the blonde turned her back to the door and slid to the floor, before placing her head in between her legs…

"Oh God, where am I?" was all she could whisper, her voice shaky and hoarse. She took a look at her arms, a saw stitching running up and down each arm. She ran her index finger up one of them. Then it came back to her; the subway, her pinned to a wall, the darkness, her memories especially her last memory, which had caused her to wake up. "That still doesn't help me to find out where I am"

She had to think, that's whet she had to do. She lightly lifted her head, and rested it against the door. The problem was it felt so hard to think. Her thoughts were bombarding her, questions flowing through her mind.

"What is going on here…?"
"…Where am I?..."

"…Am I in a hospital?..."

"….Karinai…"

Leara's eyes flew open. Karinai, what had happened to her little girl, her only child? Feeling a sudden burst of adrenaline, she got up again, faced the door, brought back her fist, and once more tried to break down the door. All she ended getting for her effort was a sore hand.

"Shit" she muttered, turning away. Something in the corner caught her eye. She walked to the far corner of the room. There sitting on a small stool, perfectly folded, was a pair of clothes. On top sat a folded origami flower, and a letter. She held the letter up to her, and immediately recognized the writing, and grammar mistakes, to be her daughters.

"Deer mommy,

I hoop you get well soon. Sester Konan has bean watching me. I loov you,

Karinai."

Leara read the second last line out loud. "Sister Konan has been watching me. Who's konan?" She placed the letter back down in its place and looked at the flower, a thought crossing her mind. "Not that Konan. Could it be?" She had heard of Konan before. Known as the angel of god, she was the only female member of Akatsuki. Leara looked at the flower once again. Konan was also supposed to have the ability to create origami.

"At least I know have an idea of were I am." Leara sighed. Before picking up the clothes, looking around the room making sure no one was in the room. Hesitantly she removed the white gown she had been in, and got dressed in the clothes that had been laid out for her: a blue tank top, black baggy track pants, and a clean pair of underwear.

Surprisingly the clothes fit her pretty well. The tank top was a bit lose, but leara wasn't about to complain. She picked up the white gown from the floor, and placed it on the cot, before hearing approaching footsteps.

Click She heard the door unlock.

Not knowing what to do, she got in a defensive stance. The door opened, and Leara side kicked the person in the door.

"Ugh…" Clunk. Leara opened her eyes to see a blonde man; at least she thought it was a man, on the floor in front of her.

Leara opened her mouth to apologize, before she heard the words, she had so longed to hear: "MOMMY!"

The blonde mother looked up to see her daughter running towards her. Karinai ran up, and the mother and daughter embraced, only for a moment, before a cough interrupted them. Leara looked away from her daughter, who held tightly to her mother's waist, and gazed at the group of S-ranked criminals standing in front of her.

The blonde which Leara had kicked had gotten up, and now stood behind a man with multiple piercings all around his face.

"Pein…" Leara had seen his face only once. It was only for a minute, if that, but never had she ever forgotten those eyes.

"Leara." said a strong masculine voice, making her pull out of her thoughts. "My name is Pein, do you know where you are?" the man said, his eyes gazing into hers.

"Yes." Was all she could say "I'm in the Akatsuki hideout, am I not?" making the last part more of a statement, then a question, all the while keeping the eye contact with Pein.

Leara knew what Pein was doing, he was testing her, seeing if she would shiver and crumple to the floor within his gaze. There was no way she was going to show she was weak. After all, she had eyes, and within her mind, they were just as powerful as his. "Were equals Pein, and there is no way I'm going to back away."

It was Pein who broke the contact however, before continuing. "You have created a bit of disturbance within our organization these past few weeks." The pierced man said, stepping through the door way.

Leara caught a glimpse of the rest of the members: A short, blonde, whom Leara had kicked, A man in an orange spiraled mask, A blue haired female, and A white and black creature. The rest she knew to be Hidan, Kakuzu, and Sasori. Including Pein, that brought the total count to 8.

"There's 2 missing."

"Normally, I would have had you destroyed the moment you opened your eyes…" Pein Continued "But, according to a few of my members, they say you are well skilled. Therefore, I am going to give you a test."

Leara looked as confused as the rest of the members, all except for Konan who wore an emotion of: "I hope this goes well, or else…"

Pein seemed to see the confusion within her face and explained further. "The test is quite simple; if you pass it, you are given the full time job of working with our organization. If you fail, well..." He smirked to himself

"…we will deal with you accordingly."

Leara looked around the room, "And what, might I ask, is the test?" she asked, voice emotionless. Leara felt her daughter's grasp tighten around her waist. Like her daughter, she knew she wasn't going to like what she was going to hear next.

"The test is quite simple really. All you have to do is fight one of the members that I chose. It wont be a fight to the death, but based upon you fighting, I will judge whether you're worth keeping or not."

Leara heard hidan mutter, "Damn, what an ass move.", before being hushed by Kakuzu.

"And the person whom I would like you to fight"

…Leara brought her attention back to Pein…

"Would be"

…Out of the corner of her eye she saw the final 2 members of the Akatsuki arrive…

"Uchiha, Itachi"

To say the Akastuki members weren't shocked would be a bit of an understatement. Many of the members looked to one another, the others just looked for Leara's reaction to all this. After all everyone knew about the infamous Uciha Itachi.

…He had been one of the brightest in his class, joined the ANBU in his early teens, making him the youngest man to have ever joined the ANBU. Unfortunately, that wasn't why he was placed within every bingo book known to man. The reason, however, was because of him slaughtering his entire clan, leaving his younger brother as the only 'known' Uchiha…

The S-ranked criminals waited for Leara's reaction to come, but were very disappointed. The young woman remained silent, face hard as stone, and gave a curt nod understanding what she had to do.

Pein turned to leave. None of the other members said anything; they just watched her, clearing a path for her and her daughter to walk.

As Leara stepped out of her room and into the hall, she froze, looking straight ahead. In front of her, just to her left, stood a 20, or so, year old man, with raven black hair…

"...Uchiha, Itachi…" Leara thought bitterly.

The blonde woman and the raven haired man stood before each other; their eyes meeting for a split second, before Leader to Leara to follow him to the training arena out in the back.

As Leader and Konan lead Leara and her daughter away, the rest of the members stood behind.

Watching.

It wasn't until Kisame spoke that the Akastuki members realized that leader and the others had gone.

"Who was that?" Kisame asked.

Hidan turned to the blue-shark-man. "Her name is-"

"Her name is Khanoy, Leara." Said a cold, emotionless, tone, almost to soft to hear.

One by one the members turned to the location of the voice. Itachi stood in front of them, head slightly bent, eyes looking to the ground. He shifted his eyes to the direction of where Leara was last seen.

"Leara…"