Itachi wrapped his arms around me, I could feel the wetness from his eyes dripping onto my hair as he muttered a "Thank You." He let me cry on him and it's my turn to repay the favor. We stayed like that for who knows how long until finally he released me. There was no hint that he had cried or anything at all and I don't know how he does it, stupid perfect Uchiha genes. I was nervous and hot, ready to finally have the conversation I had been planning for months, I undid my cloak and slid it off my body. Itachi took a look at my clothing and his lips quirked up into a small smile. His long fingers grabbed the collar of the shirt and rubbed it between them.

"Shisui wore this outfit when I graduated the Academy, it's been a long time since I've seen anyone wearing Uchiha clothing."

"Yeah well until I can buy new clothes I'm stuck in baby Shisui clothing. He'd be having a field day if he could see me, I think my cheeks would be bruised at how much he would pinch them at this point." I couldn't stop thinking about the bright teasing grin shisui would be wearing as he cooed at me and paraded me off to everyone as his 'finally going to become and Uchiha Imouto.' Itachi's smile faded and he looked deadly serious.

"We can catch up later, why are you here?" He was staring at me, but his eyes were still hazy, there was only so much healing I could do for his eyes. The Sharingan is above any healing, I can take away the pain momentarily but I cannot stop him from going blind while keeping a Sharingan and I haven't yet found a way to let him and Sasuke both live and get the EMS. I took in a deep breath, running through each lie I have weaved to make sure my story works, I have been creating the perfect mix of truth and lies to make an unbreakable lie. Kakashi is not-surprisingly a great manipulator and liar and had been a big help, all I have to do is not fuck up executing everything perfectly.

"My first reason is I came to get you. I couldn't live with myself knowing you sacrificed everything for the sake of Sasuke and the village. You were being used and it's not fair. You are one of the kindest people ever and don't deserve anything Danzo and the Uchiha put you through, Shisui and Sasuke agree so they sent me to bring you the letters while they take care of that fuckstick Danzo back in the leaf." Itachi's fists clenched together tightly, the muscles in his jaw contracted as he grit his teeth, and his eyes were narrowed onto me, not in anger at me but at Danzo. He finally knows he was manipulated and everything he had to do and give up because of it, Danzo is good as dead. Itachi really is too noble for his own good, his curse of the Uchiha is he loves too hard and that is what makes him easy to manipulate for someone who is a master like Danzo or Madara. "My second reason is I am going to stop the Akatsuki from reviving the 10-tailed demon. Nothing good will come of it and will most likely result in every members death as well as the destruction of most of the world. I want to save the people in the Akatsuki, give everyone a chance at redemption and a way to have love and happiness." Itachi stopped me from talking, his hands were on my shoulders and his Sharingan was activated as he intensely made me stare at him.

"No, I'm not letting you do that. I promised Sasuke to keep you safe and you'll put yourself into danger trying anything with most of the other members. You are strong Hinata but you don't have the drive or the heart to lill like they do. They are killers, if you get in their way they will not hesitate to kill you."

"You don't know what you're talking about. I'm not the little girl you left behind. I'm a killer just like everyone here, just like you. I'm not afraid of them for that, as strong as everyone here is, I am just as strong. Either way, Someone being a killer doesn't define who they are. Saying other wise is bullshit to me, one of my closest friends, one of the people targeted by the Akatsuki is the one tails. He killed people for sport, to feel alive but now he's Kazekage. I gave him a second chance at life, at love and I want to do it for others too. I know a few of the members just got dealt shitty cards in life and that made them the way they are, so if I can do my best to change their fates and show them happiness they are missing, I will do my dammed best. You should understand this better than anyone else, you are one of those people Itachi!" 

My calm disposition faded throughout talking, by the end I was yelling at him full of a determined ferocity. He deactivated his Sharingan but never removed his hands from my shoulders. The pads of his fingers were squeezing harshly into my shoulder and was probably going to leave bruises. He closed his eyes and exhaled a long breath, the warmth of his sweet breath fanned my face. Whenever I got this passionate about something, he knew there was no changing my mind.

"Foolish little hime." He poked the center of my forehead with his pointer and index finger. "As soon as I think you are in danger, I'm getting you out." My face was warm with the action, he hadn't done it in so long and the last time someone had poked me like that was after Sasuke and I...

"Deal!" My fist punched into the air in excitement. Itachi smiled softly, the tenseness in his body was lacking, he looked more relieved then he had since before the massacre. He looked slightly sad and pensive, but he didn't have that harsh look about him right now, he was just 'Tachi. "Ok just in case you don't know, here's the preface to the final reason I'm here." My voice came out colder than I wanted, it was quivering and I had to bite my lip to continue talking. I was angry but talking about it made me feel that horrifying overwhelming fear I tried so hard to rid myself of. My chest was tightly constricting and my mouth filled with the taste of iron as I bit through the skin in my lip. The warm liquid coated my tongue and dripped down my chin and onto my shaking hands. The influx of pain made my mind clear up slightly and Itachi's cool fingers found their way to my mouth, pulling my lip free. He wiped the blood from my face and cleaned his hands off on his cloak. He was silently observing me, letting me gather my bearings without forcing anything though I knew he had a million questions.

"It's about Orochimaru right?" His low voice rang out in a familiarity of kindness, the same that helped me through my mother's death. It's been so long and we both changed so much but everything stood still for a moment and I felt safe, that comforting feeling of home I'd been missing for the few months I have been gone.I flashed Itachi a thankful smile and finally, for the second time in my life , fully explained everything that happened when I was kidnapped by Orochimaru and what ensued after.

 I didn't cry, not even once but the tremors that had finally ceased at the thought of Kabuto ran through my body while I remembered every gruesome detail and the moment when I was at my breaking point. The black haired man in front of me said nothing, his face was void of emotion the entire time I talked, the only assurance I had that he was listening was his hands squeezing mine whenever I would tremble too much. We were sitting in front of one another, so close his knees were touching mine as we sat on the hard floor. I bit my lip once more, welcoming the pain. My eyes stared into his and he could have sworn they flashed red with hate.

"He took my dad, they all took so much time to come and save me and Orochimaru took my dad after everything else he put me through. I was so weak, so useless and he took him! I'm going to find my dad and kill that fucking snake asshole for all the shit he has put me and everyone else through. No matter how hard I've tried, I can't find him anywhere. The only person I know who would know where he is, is Sasori so I'm going to do whatever Sasori wants to get to Orochimaru." The pad of Itachi's thumb brushed across my wrist, feeling the jagged scarring from one of the few spots where Kabuto's knife stabbed through and he didn't bother to heal it. The few scars he decided to leave on my body were put there to remind me of weakness, at first they made me cringe but now they are a reminder of what I'm fighting for. He leaned down and pressed his forehead against mine, I could see every crevice in his face, every line on parted his lips, the endless inky black hues of his dark eyes.

"Itachiiii-kunn have you seen... oh there you are Hinata-chan." A childish male voice sang out to us. Itachi stood up and moved in front of me, glaring down Tobi. "Ohh, Itachi-kun is making his scary face at Tobi. Hinata-chan Tobi has been looking for you, he thought Itachi-kun was going to be mad at you for hitting him but Tobi was wrong. Itachi-kun looks like he loooovves Hinata-chan." Itachi growled and I know for sure now that Obito playing as Tobi has the most fun trolling people, he can do and say whatever he wants like a child just to piss people off and they just let him. 

Even if Itachi knows who he is, he can't do anything and that gives Tobi so much power to do whatever he pleases. I hate to admit it but it's kind of hilarious and I hope that if I can save him, he'll keep a bit of this childlike happiness in his heart forever. He danced around Itachi, his entire body wiggling and thrashing in the most unnatural ways. Even with his wild flailing, each muscle movement he did still was unable to fully hide the deadly shinobi behind it, and that scared me. He is one of the people I'm positive I would not be able to defeat if it really came down to fighting.

"I'm ok Tobi, thank's for making sure. You really are a good boy!" I smiled softly at him, glad for the break of the seriousness of the moment Itachi and I had shared. He clapped his hands together then put them on his cheeks, wiggling his hips and having flowers form behind him. I was entranced at the sight.

"Hinata-chan thinks Tobi is a good boy, Tobi is so happy! Tobi is going to steal Hinata-chan from Itachi-kun because Tobi is a good boy!" He raised his pointer finger in the air like he discovered the cure to cancer. "Oh Tobi can't forget, Hinata-chan it's dinner time and then you have to spar with someone to see how strong you are." Tobi scooped me up in his arms and started running down the winding hallways made of rock. I tried to memorize the path but failed, hopefully someone can help me later so I can grab my stuff from Itachi's room. "Tobi thinks Hinata-chan should spar with Hidan because Hidan can't get killed no matter how much you hit him. Hidan is kind of scary and he talks like a bad boy so maybe Hinata-chan should fight somebody nicer." 

We went past the living room where I first entered the hideout and moved through one more hallway before we were in a kitchen with a dining table. I'm surprised they all eat together, but I'm guessing its few and far between when everyone is in the same hideout. As an even bigger shock Deidara was wearing a deep orange apron and Hidan was wearing a blood red apron against his shirtless self while they were surrounded by various pots and pans having a screaming match.

"Shut your goddamned hole you atheistic bastard, we're not eating any of that fucking nasty ass vegetable shit. They will ruin the spare rib!" Hidan's loud voice rang out, echoing against the rock as he swing his tongs around like it was his scythe. Deidara turned from his pot of what looked to be Kinpira Gobo and got closer to Hidan, his hands stuffing themselves into his clay pouches.

"Nobody but you is dumb enough to just eat spare rib, yeah. My food is art, an explosion of flavors. You're lucky I'm even letting you in the kitchen to cook when I could have just made Bakudan un. Now shut the hell up or I'll turn you into a masterpiece, I have no more patience for you!" Deidara's voice was deep but it boomed (A/n pun only slightly intended) as he yelled and looked ready to blow Hidan to kingdom come.

"Not everything is about your fucking shitty art you damn tranny!" I looked up at Tobi with one of my eyebrows raised in questioning. He looked away from his perfect sempai and back down to me, letting out an adorable giggle.

"Deidara-sempai and Hidan fight a lot but they cook Tobi good food so Tobi let's them be bad boys." I placed my head back against his beating heart (I'm totally not enjoying the feeling of being carried like a damn royal) and patted his chest. My eyes were opened fully and I looked up at his swirly mask through my lashes, man he likes food too and I have hot boys to cook it for me. This might not be so terrible after all.

"Words after my won heart Tobi, I gotta love a fellow food lover."

"Yay Hinata-chan likes Tobi!" Tobi's loud, excited screeching being higher pitched than both of the fighting chefs made it stand out enough to grab both of their attention, them finding a common enemy worse than each other to yell at.

"SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH TOBI!" They yelled in perfect unison, snapping their heads over to where we were standing. "What the fuck are you doing to the hot bitch Tobi, why the fuck is she with you?"

"Tobi was looking for Hinata-chan to eat dinner with Tobi and friends since she is Tobi's partner. Tobi found Hinata-chan in Itachi-kun's room being hugged by Itachi-kun like Tobi hugs Deidara-sempai to show Tobi loves Deidara-sempai and when Itachi-kun saw Tobi he got super scary so Tobi saved Hinata-chan from scary Itachi-kun to come get the yummy food that Deidara-sempai makes." All of the attention was put on me at the news. Man, these two are the ones I didn't need finding out about that yet. Kisame was cool about it and Sasori is well Sasori, but Deidara hates all Uchiha with a passion and Hidan has an issue with most non-Jashinists, Itachi and his 'too cool for school' attitude high on that list. Getting them to join my side per-say is most likely going to be harder now if Tobi never keeps his mouth shut. He was really funny until it fucks with my plans. Deidara's face turned into a dirty scowl full of hate at the mention of Itachi, his blue eye was staring right into me. Hidan on the other hand kept his (super sexy) arrogant smile on his face like nothing fazed him.

"That Uchiha fucker has nothing on me, I'll kill him if I need to. I'm not worried about that dick stealing you away, you're going to be my hot bitch. I saw you fucking murder those pussies in that sexy display of blood and gore, we're cut from the same damn cloth of bloody chaos and lord-Jashin has accepted my sacrifices in prayer to make you my fucking bitch who'll become another vessel of destruction for Lord-Jashin." My jaw practically dropped to the floor at Hidan's statement. I honestly didn't know what to expect from him and I thought his comments earlier were just to get a reaction or whatever but him praying to Jashin for my to be his...what. the. fucking hell. 

Did him watching my brutal battle between Kidomaru really enthrall him that much that he's convinced I'm the one for him and a perfect candidate to serve Jashin. That scares me more than it should, I don't know how to handle a situation like this, this might complicate everything more than it needs to. I was thinking Hidan might be the one whose hardest to convince, him only wanting to kill and sacrifice but this is definitely nothing close to anything I was expecting. What the hell did I get myself into with Hidan?!

"Yeah I have literally no words for that, a newfound experience for me but uhh yeah..." I turned away from Hidan and looked towards Deidara. "So Deidara, its pretty cool you can cook and all, I bet it will be flavorful cuz you like explosions of everything and the flavor will be exploding and like I'd love to chat with you about art and eat but I really need to talk to Sasori, can you help me with that?" I finally was able to get out of Tobi's baby hold and he ran over to Deidara, attempting to latch onto his sempai's side.

"Damn right my cooking is art, and Art is an Explosion! Why should I help someone who is with an Uchiha and their cursed eyes un?" He spat out at me after his wild grin about his art, he really is a fanatic. It's kind of adorable, he's like Naruto with Hokage but like more sinister and a mr-artsy-splode-boy instead. My lips twisted into a mischievous grin and I clasped my hands together and winked. Deidara's sharp crystalline blue eye narrowed in anticipation, his lips were pressed in a firm line and his slightly softer jawline was tense, and his hands were on his hips as he waited for what I was going to say.

"How about I tell Sasori your art is better than his? I'd love to get him to flip out and siding with you for the moment is perfect. Plus as cool and useful as his puppets are, they are super fucking creepy and I'd rather watch them blow up than stare down any more horrifying puppets." The blonde bomber's lips went from a boyish mischievous smirk to a full blown prideful grin, his visible eye crinkling in glee as I finished my proposition. His tongue ran over his lips, his grin widening even more.

"Hinata hmm, you really are something else; I'll help you. When Sasori Danna decides to kill you, I'll make sure you die as a beautiful piece of fine art, a fleeting moment, an explosion un!" He was glowing with an odd sense of sincerity, I guess I should be thankful that even if he knows I'm friends with Itachi he's willing to make my death 'beautiful,' maybe we can actually get along, he seems like the type of person I'd have a blast doing crazy shit with. I don't have Kiba right now for anything reckless so hopefully I can fulfill my desires with Deidara. The grin dropped and his brows furrowed into a scowl, which really looked more like a pout but thats besides the point. "Tobi un, go be useful for once and get everyone for dinner, make sure Danna actually comes so he can talk to the suicidal girl, yeah." Tobi jumped up from his spot sitting on the counter, swinging his legs and humming, and gave a large thumbs up to the pissy blonde.

"Of course Deidara-Sempai, Tobi will do anything Deidara-Sempai asks of Tobi because Tobi is a good boy and loves his Sempai!" Tobi's body melted into a swirl (his Kamui was efficient and absolutely something I would give an arm and a leg for) and he went to go fetch everyone for the food that smelled mouthwateringly amazing, man Hidan was the last person I thought could cook but by the smell and look of his short ribs, he is amazing. I put my elbows on the counter and rested my chin in my hands as I watched them mesmerizingly move around the kitchen cooking and plating the food. Hidan was yelling something, getting annoyed responses form Deidara but I was too focused on a question that had been plaguing my mind, Deidara is so hot but his sexuality is always questioned and I needed to know the answer to whether not he and Sasori were together so I posed it in the only way I knew how.

"So Deidara, when did you Sasori and Tobi start having threesomes?" Deidara turned to look at me as he dropped his spatula, my eyes were half lidded and I was wearing a shit-eating grin but there was no hint of teasing, I was honest in my question and he knew it, pissing him off. Hidan was bellowing out a laugh, hunched over as he held at his stomach from the force of his laughing.

"You hear that tranny boy, I told you, you all were fucking gay." Hidan's striking fuchsia eyes locked onto mine and he gave me a salacious smirk as he purposefully flexed his muscles when grabbing his Jashin necklace. "Damn hot bitch I didn't know I could love you anymore but I do, Lord-Jashin brought me a damn good mate." He stalked over to me, his tall ass body shadowing mine as he towered over my hunched form. I stood up to my full height and tried to get away from the grey haired man but he caged me in with his large arms, pressing me up against the counter.

"Well damn, I was expecting you to be all Jack the Ripper not Dick Grayson."

"Who fuck are those assholes with stupid names?" He looked thoroughly confused at my statement of people that don't exist. It was that same dumbfounded look that everyone wore when I mentioned people and it never ceased to amuse me.

"Wouldn't you like to know." I stuck my tongue out and shrugged, pushing him off from caging me in. Itachi walked into the room looking stoic as ever as he took in his surroundings. Deidara tensed up instantly and shot him a glare, Hidan didn't pay him any attention as he was still looking at me in confusion.

"No shit, that's why I fucking asked." He rolled his eyes.

"Its a rhetorical question. Anyways ask him" I pointed my finger at Itachi.

"Uchiha, who the fuck is Dick Grayson?" Itachi's red eyes met mine and his lips did their best not to smirk, he knew what I was talking about after my endless ranting about the robins and their stories. Itachi thought they were made up, but he at least knew what I was referencing, this was one of our things, Itachi listened to every hero I told stories about and we could use them as a secret language that never seemed to not confuse other people. We had fun talking in our code sometimes, only a few people even knew the gist of it.

"Robin or Nightwing?" My eyes twinkled in happiness that he remembered, and the new people in the room were looking between us in confusion trying to decipher the code of what we were saying.

"Nightwing." Itachi scowled at Hidan, his red eyes shining brightly. Itachi knew how often I said Nightwing was amazing but a sexy ass man whore at times when he moved on from his persona as Robin so me calling Hidan that, he instantly knew why I was calling him that and I knew he was just as confused at the development as I was. From the information I had gathered, the way of Jashin made people celibate with non-jashinsits making them spend no time on relationships so I was confused on why Hidan seemed so intent on flirting, or whatever he was doing, with me. Hidan opened his mouth to say something as he and Deidara put the food out for people to eat but was interrupted by a flailing orange masked man child who was being followed by an annoyed looking Sasori.

"Look Deidara-sempai, Tobi brought Sasori-kun like a good boy.... Ohh the food is ready, Tobi is hungry!" Tobi grabbed a plate and stacked it high with every possible food and jumping into a seat at the farthest end of the table. Everyone followed his lead, putting food on their plates and sitting down none of them looking too thrilled to be eating with one another. As soon as food was on my plate, I was pulled to sit next to Sasori, Hidan quickly taking my other side before Itachi could. I propped up one of my knees and rested my arm on it, turning to Sasori as I chewed the tender short rib. He was staring at me with the same glassy eyes, his thoughts running rampant on what I was going to tell him. He was impatient and sick of waiting for answers, ready to beat them out of me if necessary.

"So have you figured out what I want yet?"

"It has something to do with my old partner yes?" His boyish features stayed lifeless as he spoke, the only change was the cock of his brow.

"Ding ding ding we have a winner. I'll tell you what. You tell me where that snake fucker Orochimaru's lairs are since I know you know, and I'll let you in on why I know everything about you when you know so little about me." Our conversation got everyones attention and they were all listening, it seemed nobody here liked Orochimaru either, perfect. Sasori had accepted my proposal before I even gave it but he wanted more information anyways. The surface information he had on the two leaf members in the Akatsuki was unsatisfactory at best and he needed to know more about us, me especially. He wanted to know how my mind worked, he needed that fro everyone as a contingency if he wanted to kill us all and make puppets, or at least to just not be in the dark. He was a man that never wanted to be in the dark about anything, he always had to be in the know.

"And what's a brat like you going to do with the information I give you?" His head cocked slightly to the side, it fit too perfect with his doll-like features.

"What else, I'm going to rip his head off." Sasori smirked, his lidded eyes coming to life in pure amusement. Everyone was staring at me in levels of amusement and shock, interested that the 'little girl' is so confident about killing a serpent like Orochimaru.

"A shitty brat like you isn't going to gain his attention in the slightest. Killing his underlings is one thing but getting to Orochimaru himself is a different game, how are you going to get to him?" Kakuzu was the one to speak this time, his voice was low and extremely condescending, his red and green eyes were staring at me like I was an idiot.

"Oh how wrong you are, I've had Orochimaru's interest since we first met. He's kidnapped me before and won't hesitate to take me in again. I know that my killing his dogs let him know what I want, he'll be waiting for me. My plan is simple really, I'm going to waltz into each and every hideout he has until I find him and then I'll kill him." My smile was slightly blood thirsty and the people who had met me before were all taken aback at the dark edge to it. It seemed out of place on my princess-like features.

"I like the way you think babe, I'll back you up and sacrifice all the fuckers that show up. Lord-Jashin will be more than pleased at the bloodshed." His arm was strung across my lithe shoulders carelessly but I ignored him as I never broke eye contact with the ancient man whose (kind of super fucking dope) mouth stitches were on full display as he ate.

"You are one arrogant brat." Kakuzu still spoke condescending, but there was a lilt of respect in his voice, he thought I was an idiot who is going to get myself killed but respected me for my ballsiness.

"It's one of my greatest qualities." Or one of my worst, I'm still deciding on which one it is, it has saved my ass a few times but has also gotten me in loads of trouble in others. My arrogance is usually accompanied by my fear and that ends up in me saying stupid things that either benefit me the way I'm hoping or make everything worse for myself. I took a large bite of my food and Kakuzu and I ended out stare down. Sasori looked agitated and as soon as I finish eating I'm going to be dragged to his room and we're going to have a chat. I need his information and whatever it takes to get it, I will. Another question I had been waiting to ask for ages rushed to the foreground of my mind. "Hey Kakuzu, Hidan is immortal and can't die from any bodily harm and you steal the hearts of people and use their abilities as well as gaining extra lives so what if you took Hidan's heart as one of your own. Wouldn't that make you both immortal then? I mean theoretically at least. The most you would probably have to do to make it work is give Hidan a heart transplant if he has to have blood pumping, but its possible that all you would need to do is stitch up the cavity in his chest and boom, instant immortality." (A/N I've been wondering this forever and this would be so fucking cool if it would work. I'm pretty sure it would and that would be sick.) 

All eyes were on me once again and Kakuzu's odd colored eyes widened when I finished talking. His stitched lips stretched into a smirk and his shoulders started shaking, which turned into full blown chuckling. The vibrations from his deep laugh shook through the dining area and I'm pretty sure I just made a new best friend with someone almost 80 years my senior.

"I like you shitty brat, you're intelligent beyond your years. When we met I thought you were another idiot like my blockheaded partner."

"And I thought your blockheaded partner was a male prostitute but appearances can be deceiving." He smirked once more and went back to his eating, I'm pretty sure Hidan's going to be pissed when he finally understands what is going on, and there is a high possibility Kakuzu is going to become a true immortal soon. That might be a really bad thing, but right now it seems to be a good thing, Kakuzu is probably going to be the easiest to save although he is low priority. Money and his like of intelligent people are what I can hopefully provide and with that after some time hopefully he'll want to be saved and stop trying to destroy the world while in the illusion of saving it. Plus if I can, if HIdan joins me in killing Orochimaru chances are Kakuzu will too and having a powerhouse like him on my side is a win for whatever the happens.

"Hey what the fuck! I'm not putting my heart in that greedy old bastard's chest! And who the fuck are you calling a blockhead you assholes."

A/N: So yay more interactions with the Akatsuki. This chapter was so much fun for me to write, writing fro Tobi is so fucking great because I can make him say whatever the hell I want and it's awesome! He is such a troll and it's amazing. Hidan is also really fun because he swears like a sailor and is a dick but he's the first one to openly flirt with Hinata and that's really fun to do because she has no clue what to do with him. Man I love how everyone is communicating and can't wait to continue with the Akatsuki arc, more action and adventure will start up again soon and some more romance! The interactions with Kakuzu were fun too and I liked how it turned out! I hope you like it, thanks for reading I love you all so much!