Escaping His Past (Naruto/Akatsuki FF)

Chapter 34: Don't Leave Me

Eita's POV

"Eita?" A finger poke the blanket which was covering my head. "Eita~." Someone sang as they continued to poke me. "Go away." I grumbled. "Come on, Eita. You can't sleep here all day." They said, shaking me.

'Of course. It had to be Tobi who had to come and wake me up.' I thought, annoyed. "Go away, Tobi." I said. "But our Leader says you have a mission. With Itachi," 

I groaned in annoyance when he mentioned Itachi's name. "He's waiting outside the base for you." He informed. 

"Ugh... All right, fine. Tell him I'll be there in a few minutes." I said. "Okay!" Tobi left the room and threw the blanket off me. I got out of bed, then left the base. It only took me a few seconds to find Itachi as he was under a tree, staring at the sky.

"Does the sky look interesting to you?" I joked. I know, it was a terrible joke. He glanced at me before turning his head to look at me. "Are you ready to leave?" Itachi asked. "Uh-huh. Lead on, Itachi." I said. He smirked before chuckling. 

"What's so funny?" I asked. "You normally call me by my last name." He said. 

"So?"

"So, why did you call me by my first name?"

"I just wanted to. Come on, we're wasting time."

Itachi stared at me for a moment before leading the way to our destination. I looked at Itachi when I noticed he put on his straw hat. "Put on your hat." He instructed. "Why?" I asked as I did what he said. 

"Because the person we're going to meet is one of Orochimaru's subordinates. Well, once was. They managed to escape while taking a scroll with the Akatsuki's name on it." Itachi informed.

I stopped walking when he mentioned Orochimaru. Itachi noticed and stopped in his tracks to look at me. "Are you okay?" He asked. "Not really. I feel a little sick." I mentioned, placing a hand over my stomach. "Do you want to go back to the base?" He asked.

"No, I think I'll be all right. Why do I have to hide my face again?" I asked as I started walking again. "Because if this subordinate recognizes you, there's a slight chance they'll engage in a battle and try to take you back to Orochimaru." Itachi explained as he walked with me. 

"That's a stupid logic. Why would they bring me back to Orochimaru if they're an escape subordinate?"

"To probably regain Orochimaru's trust. For all we know, we could be walking right into a trap."

"Ah, now I get it. But how can we trust this guy?"

"We can't."

"Then, why take the risk?"

"Because the scroll contains important information that Pein wants."

I sighed. "I'm starting to wonder if Pein does anything himself these days." I mumbled. 

After a while, we stopped near a bridge. "This is the rendezvous point. Where could they be?" Itachi wondered. I didn't reply as the wind gently blew. After waiting for two minutes, a cloaked man came walking over to us. 

"Stay behind me." Itachi whispered. "I don't need protecting." I mumbled, but did what he said and took a step back. "Are you the person we're supposed to meet?" Itachi asked the cloaked man. "Yeah. You're with Akatsuki, right?" He asked. "Yes." Itachi answered. 

"Your partner there is a little quiet. Is he alright?" 

"Don't worry about him. Do you have what we need or not?"

"I do."

The cloaked man's hand went into his pocket and took out a scroll. "Here." He said. Itachi approached the man and went to take the scroll until there was rustling in the trees. I looked towards the trees as Itachi did the same.