Author: princessdarkfairy, Aimee

Aimee: Well, I don't own the Akatsuki, and I hope my writing has improved since the previous story, some people found it childish xP, although, you never really told me how to improve did you?

Chapter One: The Return From Snow.

The humid wind of Wind Country blew her long, light brown hair around her face, her green eyes settled on her sensei. She smiled, the sun was high in the sky, and she was near exhaustion; having travelled for many days, after all, the two of them were returning from Snow Country.

"We are almost there." Uchiha Itachi said, glancing back at his kohai, she hurried up, he may not have shown it, but he had greatly enjoyed Pein's orders in training her for a solid two years in solitude. He had managed to form a strong bond with his student, and if not, a close friendship with her, and if he hadn't been extremely careful, he might have grown to love her, and he couldn't allow that.

"Uchiha-Sama..." He looked back at his student, she had grown respectable beyond her years, much like him, and was alot calmer. Itachi thought, no, hoped, that being back with Deidara and Sasori would help bring back her old self again, the bright, cheery girl who laughed loudly and wasn't afraid to talk out- even against Pein.

"Sachi." He said, his mangekyo eye's focusing on her radically changed feutures, he wondered from time to time, where she was from, but, he knew that her true age wasn't really twenty, she was younger then that, roughly around seventeen, if he was correct, that means she arrived in his world at the simple age of fifteen, without a memory. He kept silent about this thought though, he didn't want to cause her any more upset then he already had.

"I was wondering, who is the Jinchuuriki that the Akatsuki are after?" She walked in front of him, he knew they were closing in on the base for the Akatsuki, a dark, dank cave, where they would stay for a few days until their mission was complete. He smiled almost, looking forward to seeing the reaction of the men they had left behind, two long years ago.

"He is Gaara of the Sand, the Kazekage." Sachi nodded, her single streak had manifested into a bunch of blond bangs, Snow Country had been flourishing with life and plants. His red eyes rested on the back of Sachi's frame, her Akatsuki cloak thrown into a bag she had begun to drag out of boredom through the sand. The tiny grains of sand were crushed under it's heavy weight. Itachi smirked behind her back, admiring the well proprtioned curves, the middle-back length brown hair, and he could envisage her face as well, pale skin, her green eyes popping out almost, he thought about the rest, her breasts had grown larger, and she had grown taller. He stopped there, realising that he couldn't admire her any more then that, her memories that had been lost to the sands of time, and of course, was still a mystery for her, and everybody else.

"Kazekage? He's one of the strongest ninja in the world?" Itachi nodded, Sachi's eyebrows knitted together, her worry lines forming on her forehead. The wind rose sharply, causing a mini sandstorm to take place, Sachi stepped away, panicked.

"You don't recall one of these?" Sachi shook her head, Itachi told her to shut her eyes, which she did, her body was shaking, she didn't like the sand so much apparently.

"How long will we be staying here for, Uchiha-Sama?" Itachi thought, thinking of how long it would take for the idiots they would be sending and also for the extraction of the bijuu, he added it up.

"Roughly five days, maybe a week, if Sasori and Deidara are allowed to stay with you for some time before they depart on their mission." Sachi, he noticed, seemed to speed up in desperation to see her friends, he knew she had missed them terribly during the two years apart. He swept along after her, following her up the tall hill, where hidden on a ledge was a cave, where the rest of the criminal organisation; Akatsuki lay hidden.

"Welcome back, Itachi, Sachi." Pein said, as the two nomads stepped into the large cave, where everyone was waiting their return. Deidara and Sasori stood up, almost immiediatly. Deidara seemed, in Sachi and Itachi's eyes, to have grown in brains and brawn, he somewhat seemed bulkier, as if he gained more muscle. Sasori, of course, remained the same; he never seemed to age in his puppet like body. Sachi smiled, Itachi noticed for the first time, in a long time.

"Deidara-san! Sasori-San!" Sachi called, the two troublemakers paused, shocked at how she had called them. Sachi paused, before frowning, her face fell lower then either of them had ever seen before, from her kunai holster, she pulled out a scroll. Walking over to Pein, she handed it to him. He looked at her, cocking his eyebrow before opening it. His eyes widened in pure shock, and disbelief, he was sure; but no one noticed the the change in facial ligments .

"Did she really?"

"Hai, by herself." Pein looked at the scroll once more, before throwing it to the ground; he smiled, placing a hand on Sachi's shoulder, her green eyes were hard. Seemingly full of regret.

"Never would I have thought, that Itachi, of all of us, would make you do that." Everyone looked at Pein, thoroughly confused, he summoned everyone around, holding Sachi's Akatsuki robes. He sighed, having not expected the day to come so soon.

"As of now, Sachi is an official member of the Akatsuki; having reached the Rank of S-Class criminal." Deidara gaped, everyones eyes were asking the same thing, what did she do?

"Sachi, who was ordered by Itachi, assasinated the High Council in Snow Country. She did it by herself, which means, in the past two years, your skills have grown at an amazing speed." Sachi nodded, but cocked her head towards everyone else.

"I did not kill them all. I left two, so someone would see my face.." She pouted, Deidara frowned, he worried constantly about Sachi for two long years, and she returns an S class criminal. He wondered though, if maybe, Itachi had tortured her with his eyes, and that is why she was so quiet.

His anger quickly rose, his eye traced over Itachi, taking in his stioc expression, then to Sachi, who was seemingly depressed but doing her best to hide her features. Sasori noticed his Kohai's stares, and examined the objects that were going through, he picked up on what Deidara had, he would ask about it later.

"Pein-Sama, are we allowed to stay with Sachi for a few days, we haven't seen her in years, un!" Deidara asked, Pein contemplated what may, or may not happen; he decided, that to be safe he would allow the once close friends to be with each other for a small while, just so they could be with each other again.

"One day." He said, immiediatly, Deidara grabbed Sachi, pulling her deeper into the cave, wantong to see how she was, to tell them everything. Sasori quickly followed, Pein frowned, and Itachi knew the process Deidara would put on her "DeItachiizing", Itachi chuckled darkly to himself, resting down beside Kisame; who hadn't uttered a word since the two had entered.

"You missed my thirty first. Some party. Loads of whores." Itachi's face grimaced, he didn't like the idea of those woman being in an area surrounded by these men, they didn't survive the night he assumed, and as Kisame droned on, he learned, he was right. He didn't mention his distaste for the woman in that sort of business, then again; he did not enjoy his affiliation with the Akatsuki so much either, after all, he had been framed; and not many knew that. So it had been decided, he had been sentanced to a life of exile.

"Deidara-San? What are we doing?" Sachi asked, tilting her head to him, as he sat her down, his eyes not leaving her for a moment. Sasori lay by her, she felt the heat rise in her cheeks, embarressed by how they were treating her. She looked about the cave, water dripping from the cave roof was scattered to dark corners and the centre of the large crevice, her eyes looked to where the small amount of light was coming through, even from the ceiling.

"Tell us everything Itachi-Sama did to you!" Deidara said, warringly to her. Putting his face closer to Sachi's, only centimeters away. Her face flushed an even deeper red. Deidara backed away, his eyes popping from his head, Sasori looked at him, Deidara jumped and pointed at Sachi.

"You and Itachi-Sama had SEX!!" He roared, making an echo throughout the cave, Sachi's face flushed even deeper, she stood; everyone in the cave heard, the bats that had been resting there flew into the light they were so startled.

"NO! YOU BAKA!!! We didn't!!" Sachi said, roaring even louder then Deidara, punching him across the cheek, sending him flying across the cave. Sasori and Deidara stared at their now powerful friend, who at one stage had been struggling to throw a snowball half the length they had been.

"Pervert!Pervert!Pervert!!" Sachi called, pointing at him; Sasori chuckled, such a reaction.

"So, now that we've sorted that misunderstanding out; will you tell us what happened?" Sasori asked, putting her hand in his own, charming her. Sachi nodded, sitting back down again, Sasori shared a sly grin to Deidara, smirking that he had calmed her down.

"Huh? Well, lets see where do I begin?" Sachi said, wondering how to start her story, Deidara was annoyed by the length of time it was taking her to put it into order, but she coughed, signaling that she was ready. She did not bother to put on a fake voice, like some storytellers did, but spoke; from her own account, summing up the two years she had spent with Uchiha Itachi.

"Well, when we arrived in Snow Country; it was the middle of winter, we managed to hike through terrible snow storms and blizzards on a much higher scale! We finally reached a small town, Mizu bridge; I think the name is... But, Itachi decided, because it was surrounded by mountains it would be the best place for him to train me in the arts of a ninja, so we begun." Sachi shifted on her rocky seating before continuing. She sighed, she knew what they were looking for. Something romantic, something gory.

"Well, during the entire time, I only ever sustained one serious injury, I fell from the top of a tree, Itachi didn't catch me in time, and I broke my arm. That was the worst injury I got, but that's nothing really. Over the course of the two years, I practiced into the night, sometimes refusing to take a break, Itachi sometimes had to coax me, with certain things... but that doesn't matter. " Deidara and Sasori noted the sly grin that appeared on Sachi's face, but quickly disappeared when she cleared her throat to continue, Deidara leaned against the staligmite he was against.

"Nearing the end of the two years, Itachi said that I should return as an S-class criminal to make you proud, so I decided I would do a deed that would definitly get me into the bingo books, a deed that shouldn't have been completed by one person. You know that the High Council in Snow Country has thirty two members? I slaughtered them all... bar two." Deidara noticed, that Sachi's voice was becoming strained, his eyes hardened at his friend, he watched her own green eyes soak up the moisture that had threatened to fall, she hid her emotions well.

"I killed them, by shooting shurikan and kunai into vital organs, vital parts of the body, and pressure points, so even if they survived, they would no longer be ninja." Sasori watched as her eyes darkned. He stared at Deidara, nodding that Sachi, was no longer on the same mind set as she had been when she left.

"But! I didn't mind... it was hard the first few times, having to take them out in one night wasn't easy, especially since I had to be so quiet, and only four out of them all actually managed to draw blood, so in that sense I was alright. But when I had finally done my mission, Itachi said, that I should have done better." Sachi said, leaving out as many details as she could. Itachi had scolded her, but only out of what had almost happened, and thankfully; didn't.

The night was calm, the members of Snow Country's High Council were well dispersed throughout the city. They all thought they were safe, that no ninja, or rogue would harm them, what little did they know. Above them, a girl waited; her eyes locked on the first three members, who were inside together; talking. They were close friends.

"Miyazaki Haku, Neko Amon, and Tite Kokoro." She whispered, three kunai already in her hand, awaiting deployment. She moved swiftly and silently, closer to the house, not a sound was made, she hid, watching them look outside, as if sensing her chakra; although she had it concealed. They were clueless, deciding to check outside, Itachi had warned her of this, either a trap or they were sheer cluelss. By their movements, Sachi knew it was the latter, the door opened, and one kunai struck the man known as Neko Amon in the jugular, his friends fell quickly after that, and Sachi continued to slaughter through the night.

Sachi stared, the final person to meet the fate of doom was right in front of her. The sun was rising, her time was running out. He made a run for her, this mans name was Hikaru Musa he was skilled, probably the most skilled she had fought that entire night. Her eyes narrowed as she avoided his thrusts forward with his katana that he had carried with him. He sliced through the fabric on her arm, cutting some of her flesh, blood trickled out. Sachi, glared at the man, her killing intent at a high, she avoided his swing, jumping onto the katana-perfect balance on it. Her kunai was inbetween his eyes in a matter of seconds. The wind blew her hair, covering her face, she was breathing heavily, not used to having so much to do in one night. The sun was almost up, she had to leave soon, she made for an exit froom the city, having agreed to meet Itachi at the edge of the forest that surrounded it. A man appeared in front of her, she stopped; confused. She noticed then, the cross out of his village's symbol, he was a rogue like her. Only she didn't belong anywhere.

"What do you want?" She asked, her voice growing wan from exhaustion. He smirked, his face covered in places with bandages.

"Well, you can come with me if you want, make it easier for yourself. Just come with me." She shook her head, he sighed, runnning forward. He was faster then Sachi had anticipated, and he punched her in the stomach, knocking the air from her lungs, she gasped; falling to the ground.

"Now will you come with me?" The ninja asked, picking her up by the neck; his spare hand held a kunai, and he cut the fabric on her back slowly as he dragged it down. Sachi stiffened.

"He's going to rape me?! Shit! I have no energy left for this guy." She thought, squirming in his clutches. He grinned, smirking at her.

"Are you scared? I've been watching you since you started, impressive, but, to say the least; you should have noticed me, but I am a master of hiding." He brought her closer, Sachi was too sore to move, her leg had been cut in a previous battle with another katana wielder.

His eyes widened, Sachi couldn't tell, the chakra had been hidden, but in the reflection of his eyes, she seen the mangekyo at work, she sighed; her savior threw the kunai, it landed between her captors eyes, blood gushed out covering Sachi, she fell to the ground.

"Lets go." Itachi said, Sachi tried to stand, but the wound on her leg was deeper then she thought. She blushed at being so vulnerable, Itachi looked at her, his eyes searching her own, seeing if she was just trying to get a free ride.

"I would kill you if Pein hadn't ordered me to bring you back alive, your now getting in my way." Sachi flinched, at his harsh words. His eyes remained hard, Sachi could see he wanted to say something else, but he wasn't allowing himself too. She wondered what it could be.

"I'll walk, I'll be fine." Sachi said, pushing herself up, grabbing hold of a bench. She stood up, the pain was gripping her, and she could feel the flame in her leg roar in protest. She had to though, she couldn't burden Itachi, she refused to. She took a step forward, it was fine. Another. Then another. She grinned, smiling at Itachi, he began to walk briskily, past her in a few strides, Sachi struggled to keep up with even half his pace, she tripped and fell, the pain to much. Itachi poofed to be by her side, a chuckle escaping from his lips.

"Foolish girl, you need to rest. You've been up all night, even the best ninja's need to sleep. Oh, your also the clumsiest ninja I've ever seen. At least your not a loud mouth though, like Naruto-Kun." She stared at him, as he picked her up, like he wasn't actually affected by her weight. He said nothing more after that, and Sachi; knew it wasn't her place to press the matter.

"Sachi? Hello? Sachi?" Sachi awoke from her reviere, Deidara inches from her face, she growled, punching him across his head.

"Don't invade my personal space Deidei-kun!" Deidara smiled, grinning as he stood back up. Sasori smirked, Sachi stared at them.

"We have to go on a mission tomorrow, un. But, we'll be back soon enough after that, and then you can tell us everything. We know you must have been thinking about something important for you to space out so long, un." Deidara chuckled, a small pout formed on the girls pink lips. Her emerald eyes glazing over, Sasori, laughed.

"Maybe Itachi can solve her problem." Unusually for Sasori, he made kissing faces to Sachi, bringing her blood to the boil. Her eyes sharpened, while an evil smirk crossed her face. Both men stared at her for a moment.

"Want to see what I learned?" The smirk grew wider, and Deidara and Sasori duely stepped back, as she performed various handsigns.

"KAGE NO BUNSHIN JUTSU!" She yelled, and five forms of Sachi appeared before the two members, their eyes widened; she grinned.

"Take back what you said, Saso-Kun and maybe, maybe; I'll only burn one of your legs." She said, all five of her dopplegangers performing hand signs, Deidara and Sasori ran, thinking she was only messing. How wrong were they?

Amiee: Well, what did you think for the first chapter? For everyone who read the previous story, please tell me if you think this is written better, as I do want to improve myself! As always, if you would like to see anything involved in this, you can! So, read and review people! :)