Recap: I only broke out of my stupor when we entered a basic looking living room (minus the rock as wall) and my eyes met the red Sharingan eyes that if I wasn't paying attention I would have missed the slight widening of them (and glare sent towards Tobi).

"Hinata?"

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I didn't know what was happening until it was over. When Itachi said my name I felt this overwhelming anger at him flood through my body. It wasn't anger like I wanted to kill him, it was just pure anger for him leaving. For him thinking it was ok to fucking kiss me then manipulate my memories. For him to succumb to Danzo fucking Shimura. I yelled out a...

"Falcon..." and Itachi instantly set up his guard preparing to block the familiar attack. The problem was he wasn't used to my new speed, hell even I didn't know I could move as fast as I did. My fist was loaded with chakra and with a speed greater than I had ever moved I was in front of Itachi, using all the force I could without killing him, and connected my fist with his slightly more mature Uchiha face. "Punchhh!" (A/N If any of you know who captain Falcon is... thats where Falcon Punch comes from. Its a super attack where he yell Falocn Punch every time he winds up and hits someone) Like it was second Nature I released the chakra right on impact and sent my almost-fiancé flying through the air and crashing into one of the rock walls behind him.

As soon as he hit the wall and it started cracking, I realized what I had done and looked back to the stunned Itachi who was slowly pulling himself out of the wall while he snapped his jaw back in place, not even flinching from the pain. I brought my hand back down to my side and looked around finally acknowledging there were other people there. Everyone was staring at me in varying looks of shock until the silver haired(shirtless) Jashinist and a long haired blonde bomber started laughing obnoxiously loud, like Naruto level loud. Hidan pointed a finger at Itachi, who was now standing next to Kisame not looking like anything happened besides the bruise on his jaw and messiness of his hair, and wrapped his arm around me.

"Haha you fucking red eyed bastard. I never thought I'd see the day when someone finally knocked the lights outta your high-and-mighty ass." He then turned to Kakuzu and not losing any of his smugness, pointed his giant ass scythe at him. "See you old greedy fucker, following her around and telling leader was perfect. She's finally going to be mine. Lord Jashin would be so pleased to gain another instrument of Chaos." I looked up at Kakuzu wide eyed, they were the ones trailing me? And what in the hell is Hidan talking about! I was about to say something to him when Deidara pulled me out of the large mans grasp (Like damn Hidan is not that much older than me but he is so tall and has larger muscles then most men I've seen here while still looking toned). There was a loud "What the fuck tranny" from Hidan but Deidara ignored it as he started to talk.

"Long time no see, glad to know you don't like the damn Uchiha either, yeah. That was pretty awesome un. It was art, an explosion of force in a fleeting moment un. Man I wish I was the one who sucker punched that asshole Uchiha." His blue eye was shining brightly and he had a slightly sinister but somehow still goody smile on his face as he talked animatedly, using his hands for extra emphasis. I was going to respond, feeling super prideful that Deidara was willing to call my hit 'art' but before I could Tobi popped up between us.

"Wahh Deidara-sempai and Hinata-chan are getting along so well. Tobi is so happy!" He had sparkles and literally flowing out of him in some kind of genjutsu (probably the same one Gai uses for his sunsets). I let out a laugh of amusement at Tobi and Deidara's pissed off face.

"Get the fuck out of here Tobi or I'll turn you to my art un." Deidara stuck his hand in his pocket and when he pulled it out, the mouth on his hand was chewing and spitting up a small clay bird. Tobi booked it away screaming and Deidara let a small explosion go off right behind Tobi. I wasn't paying attention to that though. My eyes were locked on the hand mouth, without thinking I grabbed it and held it closer to my face and started tracing around the closed mouth with my fingers. The mouth must have liked the feeling because it opened and drool starting coming out a little bit. I was about to stick my finger in its mouth (Not realizing at the time how weird it is) when Deidara yanked his hand away and was staring at me quizzically. "What are you doing, yeah?" I scratched the back of my neck in slight embarrassment then shrugged my shoulders.

"Well I thought it was cool you had a mouth on your hand to make explosions so I wanted to touch it and then I did and it was behaving on its own and was so cute. Uh, yeah sorry, I guess its kind of creepy for me to do that."

"They are amazing, they make the truest form of art! Finally someone sees that un." I was going to say something else when I felt the intense stare of Itachi boring into me. I knew this stare, he was mad at me, pissed even and not because I sucker punched him. All the initial anger I felt towards him was gone and all I wanted to do was run and hug him tightly, feel the familiar embrace of one of the people who shaped the Kunoichi I've become. The pacifist who was willing to take the hate of everyone just to protect his brother and keep the peace in the Leaf. I put my hand up to Deidara, stopping his comical ranting to go talk to Itachi. I took one step when my body stopped moving, then started moving on it's own. I was turned around and forced to walk to a familiar and creepy Hiruko puppet.

"Brat stop wasting time and introduce yourself to everyone then you and I are going to have a chat, I'm don't like waiting." His tail was pointing at me threateningly and I took a step back. Tobi popped up again (seriously how the hell does he do that I feel like Obito is having so much fun trolling everyone) and jumped on my back waving his arms in the air as I caught his legs.

"Guys guys guys shhhh. Hinata-chan is going to talk!" Everyone looked towards us, Deidara and Hidan even stopping their bickering for the time being. I looked over everyone fully for the first time and felt intimidated by the amount of power radiating off of everyone. I felt small in comparison to the size of these guys.

"Yeah so uh I'm Hinata Hyuga ex nin of Konoha. I specialize in Taijutsu and elemental Ninjutsu."

"Don't forget you ripped those Sound Ninja fuckers a new one, spraying their blood in fucking sexy display of bloody chaos." Hidan piped in, this made Itachi's eyes widen once again and I knew our conversation was going to be an interesting one.

"Yeah sure that too."

"Tobi thinks everyone should introduce themselves to Hinata-chan." Tobi called out childishly from his place on my back, his abs pressing against me tightly.

"Eeh no need I know everyone probably better than you know each other." I got a few brow raises for this and Itachi slowly closed his eyes in annoyance with how stupid I was for revealing I knew more than I should. It would have come out by Sasori anyways, I don't see him as the type to keep a secret if it doesn't benefit him.

"Ohh ohh Tobi wants to play a game where Hinata-chan tells Tobi everything she knows and each right answer she gets a good girl point."

"Yeah sounds fucking fun!" Hidan called out, seeming excited to know I know who he is. His magenta eyes studying me like a predator.

"Itachi Uchiha" Our eyes locked and I smirked. "Killed his clan to test his abilities. I lived with him for a while." Kakuzu crossed his arms and scoffed at the basic information I provided. A few people looked between Itachi and I in interest, wanting to know more about us living together and what the stoic Uchiha was like. "Kisame Hoshigaki former member of the seven swordsman, uses Samehada a sword that eats the chakra of an opponent. Pretty awesome person who I've been waiting to meet from hearing about you from Zabuza-Sempai." Kisame looked shocked and let out a laugh at the information of Zabuza training me. "Kakuzu, old as fuck bounty hunter that has forbidden jutsu that gives him 5 hearts and supposedly fought the first Hokage." 

Kakuzu's red and green eyes stared more intensely at my figure, I gave information I shouldn't know at all and he wanted more information, fully understanding Sasori's plight. "Hidan, follower of the way of Jashin and an immortal as long as he has normal nutrients to survive. Loves blood and chaos and gets pleasure during his sacrifices." Hidan was sporting a smirk at my analysis of him and licked his lips in pleasure. By the way he talks about Jashin me knowing who that is made the religious man happy to talk with me more about converting. "Sasori Akasuna and you already know what I know puppet master." Hiruko's joints clacked as his eyes narrowed and his tail moved in aggravation of having something he doesn't know once again. "Deidara, self proclaimed artist Terrorist extraordinaire who uses clay pieces infused with chakra from his mouthes and using his explosion release makes them explode. Believes art is a fleeting moment, an explosion."

"Art is an explosion un." He turned his body around and held up his hands, tongues slicking out as his face formed a smug smirk towards his partner. "See Danna, I told you my view on art is the only true art. "

"Shut up you brat. Art is eternal..." They continued their ritualistic argument as I giggled knowing that when I told them my view, they'd probably team up against me.

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(3d POV)

Itachi was had his unwavering stare piercing into the familiar blue haired girl. When she showed up as the new member, partner to Madara, his heart dropped in his chest. He was supposed to go rogue to protect his remaining loved ones from this life but somehow she's right in front of him. When she talked to him, her eyes still had that knowign look that he feared would be the death of her. Her smirk was as potent as ever and he knew she knew something she shouldn't. The long haired Uchiha needed to talk to her. She was still the same Hinata as he remembered: beautiful, loudmouthed, smart, hiding away her emotions, but this time something was different. There was a darkness to her that hadn't been there before and he needed to find out what happened and get her to leave before it was too late.

As soon as Hinata finished her analysis of the Akatsuki members, Sasori had added his chakra strings to her small body and began to pull her away. Before the puppet could bring the girl into his room of horrors, the elder Uchiha intervened and without saying a word picked up the Hyuga princess in his arms and flickered them into his room. He placed her on his bed before moving to stand against the wall in front of her. Her large lavender eyes blinked and took in his form before a smile blossomed on her lips. 

Itachi was confused at the reaction, where was the hate she should have for him. Her memories should be of him hurting her and defiling her but she looked at him with those same loving and admiring eyes she has always worn around him. Those eyes, they were like his little brothers and his chest filled with the pain of being away from the people he loved once more. Staring into her eyes, Itachi knew there was no threat so he shut off the chakra draining Sharingan and felt the pain of his blurry vision return, making the features of his childhood almost-fiancé become fuzzy.

"What are you doing here." His voice came out cold and calculating as always. An airy laugh left the lips of the girl he was trying to intimidate. Her face slowly broke out into a grin as she stood up and moved towards him, never breaking eye contact. She finally moved close enough he was able to see her parted lips and white teeth smiling that goofy grin that never failed to let whoever it was aimed at to feel as though she knew all of their secrets. Itachi swallowed thickly the closer she came to him, he was expecting another punch, he felt like he deserved one but instead her dainty hands wrapped themselves around his waist and her head buried into his chest.

"I know what really happened, we all do. I'm sorry." His tall body stiffened and he waited for her to say something else but was instead met with sounds of her gasping for breath through her sobbing. The cries wracked through her whole body and he could feel her trembling against his form. His resolve to make her hate him faded after each sob pushed its way out of her body. Itachi held in the cough threatening to burst from his body and to counter for it he slid his body down the wall keeping the girl securely in his arms. He had checked in on her every so often but has discovered nothing about her as of late so he was flipping through his brain trying to find out what would make the strong girl break down like this.

 Her cries finally died down and her breathing mellowed out substantially. Itachi finally looked down at the pretty Hyuga and carefully examined her face. Her hair was falling over her face, eyes were closed, her pale pink lips parted as small puffs of air were expelled from her sleeping form. He trailed a feather light touch across her eyelids and pressed his forehead against hers then picked her up and carefully set her in his bed. He remembered how hot she would get so he placed the thinnest of blankets up to her chin as she cuddled up tightly against his pillow, burying her face into the cloud. He decided to let her sleep and wake her up later to have the conversation that has been plaguing his mind since his defection.

The door of his room was knocked on so he activated his Sharingan, the familiar clear imaging of his surroundings came back. He opened the door and placed himself as to hide the girl sleeping in his bed, the nosy Akatsuki members needn't know this was happening. Out of his Hiruko puppet was the redheaded living weapon. His bored and lifeless chocolate eyes were boring into Itachi's, his annoyance at the interruption was obvious in the vicious glare that graced the beautiful man's features.

"Where is she." His voice was soft and contrasted with the harsh tone and words he spoke with. The handsome Uchiha narrowed his eyes at Sasori's questioning and stayed silent and unmoving against his deadly gaze. How could he miss that the leaf girl Sasori was so interested in was none other than Hinata, he should have realized this sooner and they wouldn't be in this situation right now. Sasori was one of the most intelligent members of the Akatsuki, he knew everything about everyone through his mass web of spies around the world. 

That alone made Itachi wary of the puppet master and now adding his obvious need to talk to Hinata, Itachi was ready to do whatever it takes to keep him away from her. "You arrogant brat, this has nothing to do with you. Give me the girl, I have something to settle with her before you go and kill her." His green nails were tapping against his wooden frame in agitation. Itachi's glare deepened and in an instant, he had pinned Sasori against the wall by his neck, squeezing tightly making the wood inside his body creak.

When the puppeteer saw the Sharingan user move, he ejected the blade hidden in his palm and held it against the pale skin of the Uchiha's throat. They stared unblinking at one another in a battle of who would out last the other, both fighting for the same girl bur for vastly different reasons. Itachi's black painted nails squeezed tighter around the human puppet and Sasori's poisoned blade pushed further against Itachi's neck. The sound of Itachi slamming Sasori against the wall alerted Kisame that something was up. Wanting to join in fighting alongside his trusted partner, the blue skinned man rounded the corner with Samehada poised ready to battle only to be slightly shocked at the scene of two of the least likely members to fight one another engaging in a heated grudge match.

 It barely took the large shark man 2 steps to be within a yard of the two, his small black eyes looking between the two trying to determine the cause of their squabble. One more step and Kisame would be able to see inside Itachi's room and the girl sleeping soundly in his bed. His back tensed and without breaking eye contact with the cold chocolate ones, he pointed his slender fingers to the exit of his hallway.

"Itachi?"

"Kisame, Leave." There was no room for argument and normally Kisame would let his partner be to himself, they were friends and Kisame knew Itachi liked his alone time but at this moment, he was too interested to leave. Itachi was becoming more mysterious by the minute today, he gets punched by a girl that barely reached Kisame's chest and then finds out they lived together and now the usually composed Itachi is wearing one of the most intense glares he's ever seen. Kisame took one more step forward, not really caring about the warning to stay back. His let his eyes wander around, gathering information about what the hell was going on with the most passive Uchiha was a must. The massive man's eyes stopped when they reached Itachi's room, then widening in a multitude of emotions.

"Itachi." Kisame's normally teasing voice was low and dangerous, his confusion was laced in his tone. He looked back at the Uchiha then back to the bed where the new recruit was knocked out, though what stood out was the red streaks down her face, an obvious sign of crying. Kisame put together all the information in the most logical sense. That quick blue haired punched Itachi as soon as she saw him, they both have been missing for a while, she was obviously crying and is now knocked out in Itachi's bed, and the Uchiha is acting more irrational and wild than Kisame thought possible. There was only one conclusion for him to come to.

 He knew the Uchiha was fucked in the head, they all were but Kisame had a limit of the evil deeds people could do. HE was here after all to make the world less fucked up later on so seeing his quiet partner do something so despicable pissed him off. Samehada's bandages were raised in the air and Kisame pointed his sword at Itachi, if the Uchiha made any movement or answered in a less than stellar way, Kisame was going to shred him. "I know you were pissed but this is beyond disgusting. Give me one good reason why Samehada and I shouldn't kill you right here."

Itachi's grip on Sasori faltered slightly as he understood what had just happened. Kisame wasn't here to fight with him, as soon as he got a look in Itachi's room, he put together the most logical answers from the little information given. He had to diffuse the situation because no matter what taking on both Kisame and Sasori while being physically and mentally exhausted was a recipe for disaster. Sasori was wondering what was going on to make them turn on one another, the most well-oiled team in the Akatsuki were turning on one another for a reason Sasori had yet to see. It was only when his neck was released and Kisame had backed Itachi into a wall that Sasori was able to view the slumbering girl in Itachi's bed. The puppet rarely felt anything but from his time as a human he knew what Kisame was insulting was one of the worst crimes a person could commit. He smirked, knowing he had won and why Itachi was pissed, he had tried to take his plaything.

Sasori's gears were turning, he knew that maybe if he got the trust of the girl she would tell him everything, then he'd know every dirty secret of his comrades as well as how to get infinite knowledge to go along with his eternal beauty. His legs carried him easily into the Uchiha's dark and barren room and with a swift pull, the girl was sent sprawling out of the bed and onto the floor. At least she was clothed, not like Sasori hadn't seen his fare share of naked people turning them into puppets or anything. If she woke up and watched as they killed or at least maimed the man who took advantage of her, she would trust him or at least repay him by giving the information he needed to have. It was foolproof, he'd watched her and knew she liked to repay people and was too noble a person to care if they were good or bad, as long as they had the right intentions and Sasori was going to use this to his advantage.

"A gah Duckbutt you jackass, cant you be nice like Naru and wake me up without trying to kill me." She grumbled out angrily as her eyes stayed shut not realizing where she was. There was no familiar sounds of Shisui laughing or Sasuke huffing and thats when she remembered where the hell she was. Her large eyes shot open in a panic, lavender eyes taking in the scene. First and foremost was that she was laying on the floor wrapped in bedsheets that smelled like Itachi. Second, there was an extremely beautiful red head standing in front of her looking at her with those bored and emotionless brown eyes. 

She thought that Sasori really was a beautiful human, too bad he hid that in the ugly ass puppet. The final thing her eyes looked to was Itachi against the wall with Samehada pointing at him, any moves and he would be drained of Chakra and shredded by the blue man's living sword. She was more confused than she ever had been, what happened when she fell asleep. "What the fuck is going on?" Her sweet sounding sleepy voice called out, the demure sound of her voice was ruined by her crass language and if Kisame wasn't cutthroat right now he would have laughed.

"We're solving your problem with the Uchiha so he can't force you anymore." Her brows scrunched in confusion and Sasori was confused, she may have been knowledgeable but she seemed to be a dumbass for not looking panicked or hurt in the slightest from what had occurred earlier between the two. Instead she was seemed confused on why they were helping her and why she should be mad at Itachi. Then her brain turned back on and she figured out what was going on. Her in his bed, punching him. Oh how bad everything must have looked for Itachi right now.

"Oh shit... oh shit. Hahah no ...stop." Her voice got louder in understanding and she was laughing in a slight hysterical tone as she moved past the beautiful redhead to stand between Kisame and Itachi. Her eyes narrowed onto Kisame slightly, she had no problem with him but as of right now she needed to make sure he knew she was serious. "Itachi didn't do anything that you guys are thinking." He lowered his sword and strapped it to his back once more.

"So it was consensual?" Kisame breathed a sigh of relief knowing his teammate he actually liked and respected wasn't a total scum bag.

"Oh God. No, we didn't have sex. Gah! Itachi and I are friends and I fell asleep in his room because I don't know where mine is. I only punched him because I was mad he left and screwed me over in the process. Being stabbed as a last goodbye isn't that fun, kind of a dick move so I repaid the favor." She rambled on, trying to clarify everything without revealing any important secrets. Kisame finally understood everything and gave the girl a sharp toothed grin which she returned. "Also, thanks a lot for being willing to kill Itachi for possibly... you know. That's pretty cool of a big bad mist nin. You and Zabuza are both noble assholes it seems. Ironic coming from the bloody mist." 

He grinned at the girls assessment of him, nobody had ever called him anything less than scary and she didn't seem to care that he was blue or scary, she didn't care that Itachi was one of the strongest ninja he knew, she just did and said what she wamted and seemed to like people no matter who they were. For Itachi, his cold and mostly uncaring partner (although he's seen Itachi pretend not to care but really does) actually react to protect this girl and let her sleep in his bed, she must be someone he should get to know. His most pressing question now would be why would such a girl be a rogue in the Akatsuki.

"I heard about a little squirt that turned Zabuza into a leaf pansy, I never thought it would be a small fry like you. You got guts kid, I've never seen someone with the gall to punch Itachi like that and manage to so easily rile the Uchiha up with just their presence." Kisame's words made the Hyuga realize how close he and Itachi actually were and how opservant the swordsman really was. To most, telling the subtle shift in Itachi's behavior was an art form and Itachi a master craftsman at hiding everything he was feeling behind a wall of evil and coldness so for Kisame to be able to see those changes made the girl's heart swell that Itachi had found another best friend, one he was missing with her and Shisui gone. 

She liked Kisame, always has but now he made it to the top of her list of people to save. He wasn't conventionally a nice guy, none of them were but he had something inside of him that made him an outcast, a person just looking for friends to share his ideals and lives with minus all the judgement and Hinata wanted to be one of those people for him just like Itachi has been. "Also, what's a squirt like you doing in the Akatsuki." Kisame was expecting a reaction but not for her to giggle then start full blown laughing. Sasori and Itachi also pressed closer to hear her reasoning.

"Wouldn't you all like to know." She gave Kisame a cheeky grin, Itachi knew the glint in her eyes meant she was meddling in something big again, and Sasori was just annoyed at being denied an answer again. He was past the point of impatient. The pupped pushed the girl against the wall similar to how Itachi had held him earlier but unlike other victims there was not a lick of fear in her eyes. Itachi wanted to step in but seeing her grin turn into a smirk that she wore only when she was going to get something she wanted, he stayed back to watch. Kisame was watching in amusement at how one girl managed to shake up the entire Akatsuki and gain the most conversation from the puppet when he wasn't droning on about his art. This girl was amusing and made the Akatsuki more of a live able place already. In such a cute manner, Hinata tilted her head slightly to the side as she studied the man in front of her. She was testing her limits to see how far she could push the puppet until he'd be willing to give her whatever she needed in exchange for her information and she was going to pull out all the stops. "I was right the first time we met, you really are way hotter outside of that creepy ass puppet shell. I'd maybe be inclined to tell you more if you weren't so crabby and scary looking all the time."

"You are an infuriating girl and an idiot if you tell someone they are physically appealing when being held at knifepoint." He would have taken it as a compliment if she was calling him beautiful for being a puppet, not for having a nice face but she was grating his nerves more and more. He couldn't figure out anything she was going to say or do and he hated being ignorant almost as much as he hated waiting. Kisame was holding back his chuckles as he and his partner were having a one sided conversation about how serious this girl was in pissing off Sasori. Her smirk was as infuriating as ever and those knowing eyes were driving him insane, she was like a wild card, small blue version of his obnoxious partner combined with the loud mouthed Jashinist with the cunning mind of himself and he did not like the combination.

"Have you ever heard of the law of equivalent exchange?" (Fullmetal anyone?) "Basically the law states that if you want to obtain something, something of equal value must be given. So if you want information from me, you have to give me something equal to the information I'd give you." Kisame's jaws dropped yet again from the unexpected words. She was more than she let on and her words were incredibly smart and logical. She was playing a game and Kisame wanted to see how it would end, the dark edge she took only briefly was intriguing and he decided she'd be even harder than Itachi to decipher her words and emotions. Sasori was finally getting somewhere, he understood her words and her intelligence shown through once more. Was she just playing an idiot or was she actually a dumb genius. He released his hold on her small neck and she dropped quietly to her feet, rubbing the red marks slightly. "Ok so now while you figure out what I want I'm going to go have a talk with 'Tachi." She turned to the black haired boy and with a quick moment they were in his room with the door shut and locked.

His eyes locked with hers, a frown marring his inhumanely perfect features as his mind went over every possibility on how she knew so much about everything, about something that even Shisui shouldn't know all the information on. So why the hell was she standing here in front of him, he wanted to scare her last time but that failed epically so now he wants answers. Her eyes were looking into his, twinkling in happiness at fully seeing Itachi without that fake look of him wanting to scare her into thinking he was going to kill her. This was now her Itachi, the slightly quiet and awkward Uchiha with too much power and pressure on his shoulders to know how to deal with it. The Uchiha who loved her and everyone else so much he was sacrificing everything for them.

"How?" He took a deep breath and ran a hand slowly through his hair, pushing the bangs more out of his face. The hand still holding onto his moved down and laced their fingers together, pulling him down to sit in front of her. His hand was warm with hers, he couldn't remember the last time someone had held his hand like this, the last time someone had touched him in a non battle setting. He moved his hand out of her grip, feeling it tingle but he kept the frown, he didn't want affection he wanted answers. If she knew, did Danzo say something, is Sasuke in trouble? Hinata was breathing deeply, trying to come up with a perfect intricate lie, she couldn't tell anyone else what Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi knew. So she'd been formulating this lie and was hoping it would be perfect, Shisui seemed to believe it so hopefully Itachi- the master liar- will believe it too.

"I know you Itachi, Shisui knows you, we know you better than anyone else so as soon as it was over, I knew something was off. You were said to have attempted to take out Shisui but I was there the whole time, I knew what happened so I knew there was something more. I'm not an idiot I knew the Uchiha had a deep rooted discourse with the village, not that all of it isn't wrong, but I know you and your pacifist ideals wouldn't let the coup happen. Shisui was the same and then he told me about how when he was close to putting everyone under the influence of his Kotoamatsukami but Danzo disagreed and wanted the clan dead for his own personal reasons. 

So he attacked Shisui to take his eyes and make it seem like your fault so the you would have to kill the Uchiha with no other option and you'd be the only one to take the fall. So I put that together and with some snooping for the knowledge that the eyes of every Uchiha with a Sharingan was somehow missing and Danzo getting a power surge, it all came together. There was also the thing of when I protected Shisui during the massacre all of your moves were different and when Sakura fucked with my mind it revealed that I didn't fight you, it was Madara who also happens to by my partner. Coincidence, I think not."

Itachi's perfect posture was gone, he was slumped over as he realized he had been played slightly. He knew there was something off but his desire to save Sasuke and the village over all others made him blind to the whole story. His fists clenched tightly and if he had long nails they would have punctured into his skin at the force he was squeezing. He killed his entire family, he pushed his brother to hate him so that he'd kill him one day in penance for his sins, he said goodbye to everything he loved and joined a terrorist group the acted against almost everything he believed in all for what, for the benefit of a psycho power hungry bastard with an inferiority complex bigger than a man who's ego led him to think he's a god. And now, now he can't do anything about it without getting screwed either by his village or Madara.

"Why are you here?" His voice kept it's composure, he was a master at never letting anything seep through but unlucky for him he had to be with one of the most observant of his friends. She was right, her and Shisui would know what he was feeling at a glance, Kisame was growing into one of those people and it stressed him out. He always felt like he was arms length from people, he was better than them or different or whatever but those three never made him feel like that, they saw him as a friend over anything else and thus could look past his exterior and read him like an open book, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry because of it, because of the overwhelming feelings swirling inside him like a raging storm.

"Well, I have 3 reasons to be here but before I explain any of them you need to read these." She pulled out two scrolls from the bag in the corner of his room, his eyesight was less blurry right now, good enough to make out the large Kanji on the front from Shisui and his brother.

"Sasuke knows?" She pushed the scrolls into his hands.

"Read those first, we can lay 20 questions later." He unrolled the first scroll but was struggling to make out any words from the blurriness of his eyes and chicken scratch Shisui called writing. He should be blind and yet his writing was no different then when they were kids. Hinata noticed him struggling so she moved to be sitting above him instead of leaning her back against the bed next to him. He hated feeling weak, his eyes were loosing their vision faster with his diseased body and the one time he wanted them to work they weren't. Her delicate pointer and middle fingers riddled with scars were placed on either side of his head against his temple. She applied light pressure and the green glow of chakra flickered to life and began to enter his body gently mixing with his chakra and making its way to his eyes. 

He didn't fight it at all, her chakra was soothing as it mingled with his, it was steady like the flow of water but swirling and exciting like lightning, a perfect balance of her wild personality. He was shocked that Hinata, the battle loving Hyuga had learned medical ninjutsu but was thankful. After 20 long minutes, his body was relaxed and the blurriness and pain of his vision faded slightly, he could feel the pressure behind his eyes, begging to be traded for another pari, but the pressure no longer caused him extreme pain. She removed her hands from his eyes slightly sweating from the long term healing and laid back against his bed to let him read the letters.

Dear 'Tachi-chan,

I'm keeping this letter short, you know I don't like writing and it wont matter when I see you again. I'll talk to you for hours about all the stories I've been saving to share with you. I want to say I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I was weak and a bad best friend to let you be the one to take the fall for our clan's mistakes, my mistakes, and Danzo's mistakes. I will set it right with the help of your little brother and the person who gave you the letter. Before you know anything else I want to say that this is all her idea so please don't come kill me, Hinata just restored my sight and I want to enjoy it a bit more before I die. Since i know you want to know, Sasuke is still the same little Sasu-chan he's always been if you give him an emo complex bigger than yours. He's found good friends in his teammates, even a best friend in Naruto and together they have become the strongest team to possibly ever come from Konoha. He really is a prodigy much like you and his heart is still noble and loving towards his Aniki and Hinata, he tolerates me. Hinata is also amazing if you cant tell but don't let her fool you, she's lonely more so than ever and has lots of nightmares so make sure you take care of my Imouto. Thats about it, I'm going to save the rest for when I get to see your pretty face.

Love you,

The person who is faster than you even blind ;)

Itachi could visualize every cheeky grin Shisui would put on and the hair tugs that would have followed after each word. He couldn't help but smile slightly at the writing of his best friend and was glad to know his brother was ok. But after the letter, he has even more questions for the girl once again in his bed. He carefully rolled the letter from Shisui back up and slid it under his bed knowing he would want to read it again. With nimble fingers, he undid the seal on the second scroll and let his eyes trail over the graceful writing of his precious younger brother.

Itachi,

Why, why did you do this to me, to everyone? I hated you. I hated you so much all I wanted was to kill you and Avenge my clan but then Shisui had to tell me what happened so I want to know why. How could you have been so dumb, why did you love me so much that you were willing to give everything up for me? Why Aniki why? I'm going to take down Danzo, I'm going to ruin him and expose him to everyone so that you can come home. Hinata, Shisui, and I have a plan and when you come home I need you to tell me everything and then I can forgive you because no matter how much I love you, I can't forgive you yet. I'm leaving the freak in your care, I can't be the one to protect her so you have to. I've failed her once and won't let that happen again so you better not let her get hurt, make sure she doesn't make any more stupid decisions until she is home safe. When she goes after Orochimaru go with her, I don't think she'll be able to see him alone without losing it. She can't sleep alone without nightmares so make sure she isn't no matter how much she says she's fine.

Sasuke

Itachi's eyes watered slightly and he chuckled as he re-read the words of his brother. He was still Sasuke, they told him the truth and Sasuke doesn't hate him. Nothing Itachi does or says at this point will get his brother to hate him anymore so he resolved to have a new goal. He would do everything in his power to earn his brother's forgiveness and make it back home even if it is just once so that he can tell him everything. He looked closely at the girl meditating on his bed, he would start by protecting her. He promised his brother that he would protect her and bring the Hyuga back home with him. She opened her lavender eyes and he was entranced like when he was younger. Without a second thought, he pulled her into his arms, mumbling a "Thank You" into her silky navy hair. A thank you for giving him light back in his life, for showing him the truth and giving him a chance to earn his brothers forgiveness and love again.

 Question: What special Mangekyo Sharingan technique would you want the most?

Kamui because I could fuck with people all the time and it's just so damn cool.