The next morning, I was confronted by Lady Mizukage as soon as I entered the mansion containing the previously dead criminals.

"Listen Adryn, I understand that you don't want to go back in there, but I can't have Chojuro in there with them. He needs to be by my side."

"I understand, ma'am. I'll handle it. I'll just ignore them while I'm in the room with them." I responded calmly. I knew that he needed to be by her side. He was going to be taking over after she was done being the Mizukage after all. He needed to be shadowing her more closely than before.

"Well, they are no longer in that one room. They are now adventuring throughout the mansion. Who knows who you will run into now. Just... play nicely." Lady Mizukage patted me on the shoulder and then left the area we were standing in. I couldn't help but sigh. I didn't want to have this job, but I also didn't want to spend the rest of my life in a jail cell. So I had to suck it up and deal with it.

"What's that sighing for, Adryn? Unhappy to be stuck with us?" I turned to the voice to see Kisame and Itachi standing there. Both of them were just staring at me. However, Kisame had a smirk on his face while Itachi was stoic as usual.

"Of course not, I just... don't like dealing with so many people." I kept my eyes right on Kisame, as I couldn't look at Itachi. I was worried I'd lose it or something.

"You never did handle being around too many others that well." It was Itachi who'd spoken up next, causing a blush to come over my face. He was speaking to me normally as if yesterday didn't happen and my feelings for him didn't come out in a room full of criminals and others.

"Well, I guess I've always hated people," I spoke without looking at him. I was looking at the floor now.

"I don't think that's it at all."

"Huh?" I looked up to see Itachi faintly smiling at me. It was only a little hint of a smile, not even enough to actually call it a smile. Just a little less of a frown than usual.

"You just are a quiet and shy girl, like you've always been. Despite acting like you were yesterday." I almost died at the mention of yesterday, but thankfully Kisame spoke up first.

"I'm surprised you remember so much about her. It's been a long time since you were children." Kisame smirked down at his former partner. "But I think you both are wrong. She doesn't hate people, nor is she too shy or quiet. She's just overthinking everything and that causes her to react weirdly to people. Aren't I right, Adryn? You always did like to panic internally about every little thing."

"I suppose, but why are we talking about me again? It's not a fun topic to talk about."

"It's fun for me," Kisame smirked wider at me, causing me to blush yet again.

"Kisame, don't tease her," Itachi commented as he turned away and began to walk towards where I think the kitchen was.

"I wasn't meaning to tease her, but her face just turns this beautiful shade of red when you do it, so I couldn't help it," Kisame responded simply as he followed the shorter male. I blushed harder then and turned away from them to walk elsewhere. However, when I turned, I collided right with the chest of someone else.

"Ouch. That fucking hurt." I grumbled as I rubbed at my nose.

"Watch where you're going, bitch." I deflated as soon as I heard those words. I looked up to see Kakuzu and Hidan standing there, meaning I turned right into Kakuzu.

"I was here first, you two should watch where you're going!" I snapped back, probably a little childish but I didn't like Hidan at all. It didn't faze Hidan at all though, he just smiled at me proudly. I could feel my left eye twitch as I felt he was about to say something stupid.

"I can't believe you can talk to Itachi like that after you got outed yesterday."

"Hidan, enough." Kakuzu shoved the purple-eyed male forward towards the kitchen. I guess, it was early enough that everyone wanted food. Even me. So instead of just watching the now bickering pair enter the kitchen, I followed them. In there was everyone else; Sasori, Obito, Nagato, Konan, Deidara, Itachi, and Kisame. It was like they all were having a little meeting.

"Why is everyone in here?" I questioned simply as all eyes turned to me.

"We all are hungry, but nothing in here looks like what we are used to, therefore none of us can cook food," Nagato responded from the chair he was sitting in. He wasn't frail any longer, but he still seemed to be so fragile.

"Oh. Well fuck I'm sorry. I don't think any of us even thought about that. I'll let Lady Mizukage know and she'll get someone in here to cook for you guys."

"Can't you?" Kisame asked as he held up a cooking pan. He at least recognized that. However, the stove/oven looked different from what they were used to.

"I'd very literally burn down this mansion if I tried, so no."

"So you're useless then, bitch." I was getting the feeling Hidan was calling me bitch whenever he could just to get a rise out of me. However, I just turned and left the room. I wondered where their other guards were, but I also didn't care too much. Expect that I was concerned where Sasuke was since I thought he'd be around his brother as much as he could. I guess that he didn't need to be anymore though. He had his closure before, so I guess he didn't have any more questions for his brother.

Anyway, that aside, I let Lady Mizukage know that they were all hungry and that they couldn't provide food for themselves. So the Hokage sent Sakura and Naruto in to help out. I ended up just watching as the two Leaf ninja explained everything to the slightly confused past criminals. It was kind of cute to watch Itachi be the first one to experiment and approach the stove to make some eggs for the rest of them. Most of them were very thankful for the food that Itachi made, but a few were assholes about it. Like Hidan and Deidara, however, they still ate the eggs and toast that Kisame figured out how to make anyway.

"So, bitch..." Was that just my name now? "Can I have my weapon back? Or any weapon? I need to perform my ritual for Lord Jashin."

"Just use a fork to stab someone or some shit," I responded, which immediately got Sakura and Naruto to speak up.

"No! Don't do that at all!" Sakura practically yelled.

"What? It's his religion. It's rude to stop someone from-"

"We can't have him killing anyone, Adryn, alright?" Naruto was a little calmer, but still, he was a little horrified that I told Hidan to just stab someone with a fork. I just sighed and turned to Hidan.

"Does it count if the person lives through being sacrificed? Or does it just matter if blood was spilled?"

"Well, Lord Jashin would prefer a true dead sacrifice," Hidan explained surprisingly calmly. I nodded my head and then thought of another question.

"Are you still immortal?" That made him stop altogether. He just froze up and looked at his hands confused. "Before you do anything irrational, let's go to the infirmary to check it out in a more peaceful, non-bloody way."

"...Fine..." I watched as he got up from his seat and walked over to me.

"Come to think of it, everyone here hasn't been checked up on. I think it'd be best to go through everyone and make sure there isn't anything wrong with any of you. Sakura and I will start with Hidan and go from there."

"Why me?" Sakura instantly questioned, a little offended. I just turned to her and smiled.

"You are the best medical ninja here, so of course you'd have to come along. There are things I don't know how to do. It's been years since I've done anything medical-related."

"You're a medical ninja too?" Naruto seemed a little shocked at this. I nodded my head simply.

"Yup, but I was taught by Kabuto and it was a long ass time ago. I usually don't heal anyone at all though. I regenerate as soon as I'm hurt, so there's no need for me to know it and I work alone mostly so yeah." I then grabbed a hold of Hidan's arm and pulled him along with me. "Let's go find the infirmary! Come along, Sakura!" With an audible sigh, the pink-haired girl followed us. Hidan struggled to get out of my grip, but I was too strong and he couldn't do anything about it. So eventually, he gave up and allowed me to pull him along.

Once we found the infirmary, we entered it with Sakura following closely behind. Instantly, she began to order me around to do things and collect items that she needed for the tests. Hidan didn't appreciate being poked by needles, but it allowed us to realize that he was still immortal. There was nothing different about his blood and everything was normal otherwise, but we were able to watch the needle wound heal itself slowly without me or Sakura healing it ourselves.

"Hey Hidan, can I cut your hand off, you know, for testing purposes?" I suddenly question the man who just glared at me in response.

"If you find me a sacrifice." He finally retorted after a few moments of silence. I just sighed and then smiled at him.

"If you can kill me, I'll be your sacrifice."

"Excuse me, bitch?!" Hidan was just as surprised as Sakura was. She nearly dropped the container holding his blood when I'd spoken those words.

"Adryn is that such a good idea?!" Sakura was horrified now as she thought about it. I just smiled at the two of them.

"Don't worry, I regenerate just as fast as I can be hurt." I waved their worries off and continued to smile. Finally, I pulled out a kunai and sliced Hidan's hand off without his permission.

"Ow! Fuck, you bitch!" Hidan held his right arm and stared at where his hand was a moment ago. I just laughed and picked it up off the floor. Blood was now everywhere and Sakura was instantly in action. She snatched the hand out of my hand and began to heal Hidan at once.

"You are insane!"

"I just wanted to test something. Sakura, let it heal on its own. I'll stitch it back up. We need to make sure he's fully immortal before he

does his ritual." Sakura must have seen my point and stopped healing the hand. She then handed it back to me and allowed me to stitch it up with some medical thread. "How long do things usually take to fully heal for you?"

"I don't know! I never paid any attention, ask Kakuzu!"

"You two seem pretty close for people who claim to hate each other." Hidan stopped yet again and froze before glaring at me.

"I think we're done here, bitch." Hidan jumped down off the table and left the room. As he left, I decided to yell out to him.

"Tell Itachi to come in here! He's next to be checked out!"

"Fuck you, bitch!" Hidan yelled in response. However, he must have done as I asked because Itachi opened the door after a few minutes. He just paused when he saw the mess in the room.

"What happened in here?" Itachi simply questioned as he looked at all the blood Sakura was currently mopping up.

"Hidan happened."

"No, you happened," Sakura grumbled as she finished the job. "You could have helped, you know."

"I could have," I confirmed as I motioned for Itachi to sit up on the bed. He understood me and moved to sit on the bed, watching out for any more blood as he did so. "Alright, so have you been feeling anything off or anything like that? Both Sakura and I know the truth about you, and about your sickness, so feel free to be yourself and to be honest with us." That seemed to shock Itachi slightly as his eyes widened a bit.

"...I understand." Itachi seemed to still be a little hesitant but he also seemed to have a few questions, as he began to speak once again. "How did you both come to find out the truth?"

"I was there when Sasuke heard the truth and he then told Sakura later on. They are dating and he didn't want to keep any secrets from her." Those words caused Sakura's face to turn red.

"Adryn..."

"Oh hush, he needs to know anyway, you two will be getting married soon. It's Sasuke's fault for not telling him in the first place anyway."

"Sasuke has a girlfriend, finally?" Itachi couldn't help but smile at that. He seemed relieved to hear that.

"Yup and soon they will be having little pink-haired Uchiha babies." That caused a deep frown to appear on Itachi's face and a huge deep red blush to appear on Sakura's.

"Adryn!"

"Now now, I'm just speaking the truth. Well hopefully not about the pink-haired part, but the baby part. It seems like you don't like the thought of a pink-haired Uchiha either, huh Itachi?"

"I'd... prefer an Uchiha to not have pink hair..."

"Understandable." I smiled at him as I spoke, but then I turned serious. "On the more serious side of things, we need to make sure your sickness isn't taking a hold of you again and if it is, we need to figure out how to cure you."

"I don't believe there is a cure."

"Well, you have two of the best healers right in front of you, I'm sure we can figure something out. However, first, we need to examine you and make sure it is or isn't there."

So, after a good hour of blood tests and various other tests that are too complicated to speak of, Sakura and I determined that his sickness was there, and was in the early stages of it. We hadn't told him yet, as Sakura and I were speaking his hushed voices around him. It seemed to get on his nerves slightly because, after a few minutes of it, he spoke up.

"If you have found something, I would like to know about it." Itachi's tone was calm, but hiding anxiety deep within. The pink-haired woman and I turned to look at each other for a moment before I finally spoke up.

"Well, you are still sick Itachi. It's just that it isn't as bad as it was. You aren't dying yet, but if we don't do anything about it, you will be."

"Hm..." Itachi fell silent as he contemplated my words.

"So, we'll need to know all the information about your sickness and the medication you were taking to prolong your life."

"Alright." Itachi then explained his symptoms to Sakura and I. He said that it began with just low stamina and low chakra reserves. Then it progressed to coughing up blood and worsened stamina and chakra reserves. He explained the various medications that he was on and what they were supposed to do. Some were to heighten his stamina and his chakra and some were supposed to stop the coughing up blood, but nothing ever really worked all that well. It was the most speaking I'd ever heard him do, which captivated me, however, I didn't let it show on my face.

"I see. Thank you for telling us. That is more information than we had before. Do you know of anything else? Were you in constant pain or anything like that?" Sakura had been jotting down his symptoms as he spoke them and seemed to gain a few questions.

"Sometimes."

"We should check your organs to make sure that none of them are failing. We also need to figure out why you have low chakra reserves. You are of the Uchiha clan, most of them were said to have powerful chakra, but you seem to be the opposite due to your sickness."

"Is there anything else you can think of? Anything even little?" I asked when Sakura looked at me for any more questions.

"...There is something else. I wasn't sure if I should say anything or not, but my vision isn't as great as it once was. I'm not nearly as blind as I was before my death, however, things are slightly blurry and fading around the edges."

"So your eyes are bad as well. We could say that has to do with your Sharingan but you haven't been using it, have you?"

"No. Not once."

"I see. Well, there were a few things that Sakura and I were thinking it could be, but nothing would make your vision go like this. It must be something we haven't seen entirely."

"If it's something you haven't seen before, how can you treat it?" Itachi seemed doubtful but I just smiled at him.

"Don't worry Itachi, I won't let whatever this is take you from this world again. I'll do everything in my power to heal you and ensure you live a long life this time. I promise you this." There was more to what I wanted to say, but now wasn't the time to say it.

"For Sasuke's sake, or your own?" Sakura questioned from behind me as she got more needles ready. I turned to her and glared.

"He already lived one life entirely for Sasuke. I want to heal him so he can find his own path and live his own life." I snapped back at the girl. She ignored the hostility in my voice and just turned around with a needle ready to draw more blood.

"Thank you, Adryn." It was Itachi's voice, causing me to turn back to face him. He had a genuine smile on his face now, catching me and Sakura off guard.

"O-Of course." Fuck I didn't mean to stutter there. I then blushed and turned away from him completely.

"Not even going to mention that... Let's draw more blood so we can run a few more tests." Sakura commented as she looked from me to Itachi.

"Hm." Itachi didn't seem all that thrilled to need more blood taken, but before Sakura could stick the needle in his arm, a violent cough ran through him, causing me and Sakura to be at his side within a moment. I handed him a tissue to cough into as blood was brought up. Ignoring that, it was good for us to hear him cough like that. Once he was done and calmed down, I spoke up.

"That was terrible, Itachi. Have you been coughing up blood since you came back to life, or was this the first time?"

"It was the second time." I wanted to smack him.

"You know, I kind of feel like smacking you right now."

"Adryn, you can't hit the patient!" Sakura scolded instantly as Itachi turned to me with a confused look on his face.

"I said I felt like it, not that I would!" I snapped back. "And you, don't give me that look! You should have come to someone right away when you started coughing up blood the first time!" Itachi looked down at his feet with a defeated look on his face. "I understand that this is hard for you, but you have people you can trust, Itachi. We want the best for you and we can't give you the best if you aren't completely open with us." I put my hand on his shoulder to try to comfort him.

"I think we need lady Tsunade's help with this. She would know how to treat him better than we would." Sakura finally spoke up, causing me to nod.

"As much as I don't want to see her, I think you are right."

"I'll have Kakashi, I mean Lord Hokage send word for her." With that, Sakura left the room.

"Itachi, right now there isn't anything we can do but research and have my mother come to help us. So I guess just go back and send Kisame in next." I removed the hand from his shoulder and turned away from him.

"Thank you again, Adryn." Itachi got down off the table but didn't leave the room. I realized this and turned to face him.

"What's up?"

"You were there when I fought Sasuke, correct?" Itachi began simply. I just nodded my head. "Why didn't you try to stop us, you knew that I was going to die in that fight."

"It wasn't my place to stop you." I smiled sadly at the man in front of me. "I knew what you wanted, I knew you wanted to die at Sasuke's hands. Therefore, I could do nothing but watch as you two tried to kill each other."

"I...am sorry you had to witness that." Itachi seemed genuinely regretful for that, but I just smiled at him.

"Don't be, I got these eyes because of you." He blinked in wonder at what I meant. So I changed my eyes to my Mangekyou Sharingan. "Not only did I get Sasuke's eyes when he got yours, but when you died, these eyes came about. The heartbreak I felt at watching you die right in front of me, it nearly killed me, but it also caused these eyes to happen." I wasn't sure that being this honest with him was a good idea, but I had to be at this point. I didn't waver this time though. I just kept staring right into his eyes. So I was able to see the hesitation in his eyes and something else, almost like sadness. However, that was instantly replaced by relief.

"I'm glad you left the village when you did. I... don't think I would have been able to kill you..." Itachi's voice was low but I heard it loud and clearly. However, it confused the fuck out of me.

"What?" I couldn't help but ask even though I knew exactly what he'd said already. However, Itachi didn't answer me. He was already heading out of the door. "Itachi?"

"I'll send Kisame in when I see him." Was all the answer I got before the door closed, leaving me completely alone in the infirmary. I was confused. What could he possibly have meant by that? He wouldn't have been able to kill me but he was able to kill his girlfriend and his parents? I was so confused all I could do was stand there and stare at the door.