Second Chance (An Itachi Uchiha Love Story)

Finally

When I got to the Kage's place, I quickly made my way to their chamber and realized that everyone, thankfully, was there. They had just finished eating and were talking about the schedule for the day. I smiled to myself because I knew I was about to mess up that schedule.

"Hello everyone. We need to talk." I exclaimed as I entered the room. They all looked at me, some glaring at me.

"What about?" Lord Tsuchikage responded nearly instantly in his gruff tone.

"About what we are going to do now that Ao is behind all this bullshit. We can't just do nothing and we need to figure out what we are doing soon. I want to take him down as soon as I can."

"Well, it just so happens that we talked about that a little bit last night. Let us resume the conversation." So, with me involved this time, we discussed what we were going to do. I explained that the Akatsuki were no longer able to be controlled by Ao and that I earned most of their trust. Only Hidan would be a real problem for me. Meaning we could use them and other ninjas to mount a full-scale attack on Ao as soon as we knew where he was.

"Do you have anything of his, Adryn? Anything of Ao's?" Lord Hokage asked at a pause in our conversation. I thought about it for a moment before nodding my head.

"I do actually. I have some of his dirty clothes that I never bothered washing just hiding in my closet." I responded, not nearly as embarrassed as I thought I'd be to admit that out loud.

"Why do you have his clothing just in your closet? Why haven't you washed them yet?" Lady Mizukage questioned instantly. I just sadly smiled at her.

"I couldn't bring myself to wash away his scent from them."

"That's good, Adryn. Now I can use my ninja hounds to track his scent. Go get them please."

"Yes, sir!" I immediately left the place and headed back to mine. It only took a few minutes to collect the clothing, place the articles of clothing in a bag and return to the Kage. I moved very quickly. Lord Hokage instantly summoned his hounds, which were actually quite cute. They all got a good smell of Ao's scent before heading out of the door.

"I'll let you know when we find him, okay Kakashi?" The smallest dog spoke before heading out.

"Did that dog just talk?" I asked a little confused and worried. "I'm not crazy right, that dog talked. Right?" I looked around the room in confusion and horror.

"You are crazy, but the dog did indeed talk." Lord Tsuchikage responded to me, causing me to shoot him a glare.

"His name is Pakkun." Lord Hokage muttered to the group, making me smile slightly.

"Go back with the Akatsuki. We will call you when we are ready to move. Make sure they understand their role in this." Lady Mizukage spoke to me simply. "I'll send Chojuro as soon as we know Ao's location."

"Alright." I then left the room the Kage were in. I wasn't too thrilled that things weren't happening right away, but I knew that I would know things as soon as they knew things as well. I think Lady Mizukage was trying to have me trust her again. It's not that I didn't trust her, I just was feeling like I was at the end of my rope with them keeping things from me. I hated being left in the dark.

So, I just headed back to the Akatsuki mansion. I easily sensed where Itachi was and headed there. He was in the living room with Kisame. I easily made my way there, now knowing how to at least get to the living room. That and the kitchen were the two easiest places to find in the mansion.

"So, how'd it go?" Kisame questioned as soon after greeting me. I told them all that I knew at that moment and how they would inform me when they knew where Ao was. "I see. So we'll be forced to fight?"