Mi Ho pov:

I walked between Itachi and Kisame with a constant scowl. I was pretty pissed off and I was already making a mental list of all the questions I was going to bombard him with. I wasn't going to let him go until I got all the answers I wanted!

But besides the irritation I had, I was also somewhat....excited. To get a chance to see him again was really a miracle I suppose. I mean, it had been more than a hundred years since he had actually been in his twenties in this world. And adding up the time travel and the time I had been in the future, I hadn't seen him in almost three months! The thought of being able to inhale his heady scent, feel his hard kiss against my lips, our bodies literally crushed against each other....an involuntary shiver went up my spine as goosebumps erupted on my body. I was glad that I was wearing the full arm shrug. It would have been embarrassing if Itachi or Kisame saw my bumpy skin. Then again, they'd probably assume that I was just feeling cold....after all I was wearing a rather thin shirt and a pair of short as a night dress.

Although, one thing I was hoping for was, I hope Madara wasn't all old and wrinkly. It would be so weird to kiss an old man....

I sighed to myself, shaking my head at the silly thoughts. Now I was starting to feel cold too. Just think about it, I was wearing night shorts, my legs completely exposed to the biting cold of the night and my flip flops were making silent squashy noises in the moist mud. It had drizzled earlier this evening making the mud wet and pasty. My flip flops were literally sticking to the ground and made a slapping sound everytime I lifted my foot. Man, was I a sight to see....

We finally made it a good distance away from the village and we stopped at a huge boulder. I looked up, around us and back ar the boulder. "Um, you said you were taking me to your hideout, right?" I clarified with Itachi. He didn't say anything as he held up his hand in a hand sign. "Kai! [release!]" The minute he said that, the ground shook as the boulder moved out of the way. A dark passage was visible and I looked into the tunnel warily.

"Uh....we have to go in there?" I mumbled out and Kisame chuckled. "Oh, all the big talk and now you're scared?" I glanced sideways at him with a glare. "I'm not scared of the dark, okay? Jeez....lets just go." I began to walk in and Itachi and Kisame followed. After a few minutes of walking, I let them lead the way because I had absolutely no idea where I was going.

We made it to a door; and I have to say I was surprised that they had carved out the cave to some extent and actually made rooms with doors here. Itachi knocked and we heard a deep voice from inside. "Come in." Itachi opened the door and I followed him inside. Kisame was left outside and once we entered, Itachi closed the door behind him and locked it.

There were three people there, all their attention coming to me as I stepped into the room. There were two men and one woman. One of the guy's had spiky orange hair, purple ringed eyes which I remember reading about. I think they're called rinnegan or something....and he also had multiple piercings on his face. The other guy had short black hair, a rather funny looking orange swirly mask with a hole only for his right eye. The woman was elegant with lavender hair and soft looking golden eyes. She looked calm and gentle unlike the stern and overpowering vibe I got from the other two.

"Itachi, you may leave." The one with the rinnegan said and my escort left me alone with these three people. I crossed my arms, taking a dominant and annoyed stance as I watched them. "Well, I'm here. So explain." I said and the two people whose faces I could see, narrowed their eyes at me. "Jung Mio, correct?" The woman asked making me roll my eyes. "Well duh! Who else did you expect? Captain Jack Sparrow?" I asked, sarcasm lacing my voice.

"And its Jung Mi Ho. Honestly, cant you guys even get my name right?" I shook my head with a huff. "It doesn't matter at the moment. The main thing is that you are back in my hands." This time swirly face spoke. I blinked and then frowned. He sounded just like Madara....but Madara was about two inches taller than this guy and his chakra was slightly different too. Then again it had been hundred years and things would have changed. I mean, he even had lower chakra than I remember....oh well....wait....he didn't have long hair anymore! That meant I couldn't tie him up for my interrogation!

"Hold on a second!! You're Madara?! You chopped off your hair?! Oh....well, forget that...you mister, have a lot of questions to answer to me, I'll have you know! What was the big idea punching me in the gut and sending me here, huh? And what on earth is going on with this stupid place to begin with? It looks like I was written in all the history books! Like my picture was taken and made into huge posters so that every single person in the darn world knows about me! Do you know how annoying it is to be lugged around like a piece of luggage?! I am this close to kicking your shins Madara. Literally this close!" I was holding out my hand with a distance of barely a few millimeters as I yelled at him.

The three people were watching me silently and my brow twitched. I lowered my hand and stood with one hand on my hip. "Would you guys stop looking at me like I'm some headless chicken running around madly and say something instead?" After a few minutes of silence, swirly face sighed. "Pein, Konan, leave." The other two people bowed and walked out of the door leaving me alone with 'Madara'.

"Pshh! Don't think you can try and calm me down because flattery or sweet talk is not your bowl of sugar. And it would be extremely creepy seeing you do anything close to acting nice; even to me." I said again and he took off his mask. I frowned this time because the person behind the mask didn't look like Madara at all.

"Are you really Madara? Because it looks to me like you got a plastic surgery by a really.....creative doctor." What else should I say? The right side of his face was all wrinkly and the shape of his face wasn't as defined and handsome as I remember. Either this guy isn't Madara, or Madara is an old man now.....I was hoping for the first one though.

He sighed again as he placed his mask on the table in the room. "I am not Madara." This time his voice was different. "I am Uchiha Obito." "You're an Uchiha....but Tsunade san said that all the Uchihas were massacred..." I said and he nodded. "That is correct. But it happened after I left the village."

My brow twitched again and I sighed. "Jeez, I cant believe I yelled at you like that thinking you were Madara. Now I feel embarrassed...." I confessed and looked at him as I crossed my arms over my chest. "Its alright. I met Madara a few months before he died and he told me about you. He told me you're the type of person who talks to people, even him, without holding back. The way you spoke just now proves that you really are the person I was asked to find."

"You were asked to find me?" I asked again. So Madara remembered me even after all these years. I guess it was something to be happy about. But what's the point in bringing me here now when Madara was dead? Unless these guys were planning to use my powers for personal gain....again. Madara....I cant believe that jerk is causing me troubles even now!

"Madara sama asked us to find you to help us with his plans. We need your powers....although he seemed to have another hidden reason for wanting to find you so badly...." He muttered put the last part to himself but I heard him clearly. I guess Madara hadn't told him about our so called relationship. And I had a feeling that it was better to keep it a secret for now.

"Anyway," he brought me out of my thoughts when he spoke again. "We will be reviving Madara sama using the reanimation technique to fight in the upcoming war. We still have a few months of preparation to do and we will need your help along the way as well. I will have someone arrange for you to stay here in the hideout and...."

"Woah woah woah, hold your horses buddy. I cant stay here....I'm not a prisoner and I'm not going to become one either." Obito narrowed his eyes at me with a frown. "You are to help us under Madara sama's orders." His voice was stern and threatening this time and he didn't look happy at all. I just rolled my eyes and went to sit down on a chair comfortably.

I was somewhat aware that these guys were planning something. I didn't know what it was but I had an intuition that told me that I was for personal gain more than for the good of the world. After all, I had known Madara too to be sort of ambitious and wanting to be dominating to everybody else.

"What exactly do you intend to fight for in this war?" I asked making Obito narrow his eyes further. "You don't need to...." "Yes I need to know. Because unless you tell what you're doing, I'm not going to lift even a finger to help.....and you know that you cant make me either." I cut him short before he could use the usual 'you-have -no-right-to-question-me' tone. I was glaring at him defiantly and he seemed taken aback by my courage. He clenched his jaw, hesitating for a minute and then looked away with a scowl.

"When Madara sama is resurrected, we will be fighting the war to collect the last two bijuu that have evaded us until now. Once we have them, Madara wishes to become the jinchuriki of the ten tails and use his Tsuki no Mei to being order to this chaotic world." He didn't look at me the whole time. From his explanation, I was sure now that Madara had planned something for personal gain. I don't know how he had got Obito to believe that this was about order in thus world because if je was planning to become the jinchuriki of the ten tails, whatever that meant, it was obvious that it was power he was aiming for.

I didn't know what Tsuki no Mei was. I was sure that Obito probably wouldn't give me any information about it even if I asked him. He didn't want to even tell me Madara's plans to begin with, so why would he bother explaining it to me? Besides, I'm sure he knew that I had no idea what he was talking about. He said it in such a way that I would get confused. But he didn't know about me or my intelligence and he thought he could fool me.

So right now, I had to pretend like I didn't care about what these guys were planning. I would have to do some research on my own to understand what Obito was actually saying.....and since he said we have about two months before Madara was revived, I had plenty of time to understand what was going on. I guess I could get some information from ninjas who passed by in the village if I caught them talking about this.....if they knew anything, that is.

"Look, Obito. I have a life, okay? I cant be like you guys and live in some dark smelly cave and not talk to other people. I have a family, and I'm not going to make them worry by disappearing again." Obito frowned as he looked back at me. "Family? Madara didn't say anything about you having a family." Obito sounded suspicious and I rolled my eyes. "Well, they're not family per say, but we're close enough. He's like a brother to me and apparently he turned up in this world some time before I was oh so kindly gutted to the future."

He didn't seem convinced as he still watched me suspiciously. I sighed as I got up and walked towards him. "Look, I'm not saying that I wont help you, okay? You can come anytime and I'll help you with what you're doing. But I'm not leaving the village. The best I can try to do is ask if I can have my own house. If not, we'll have to decide a rendezvous point and you can send me a letter whenever we're supposed to meet." He watched me silently for a few minutes and then sighed.

"Very well. Madara sama did tell me to make sure you are comfortable with the way we use your powers." I raised my brow at this. "Madara said he want me to be comfortable? That doesn't sound like him at all...." I muttered annoyed. Jeez, that guy is dead and is going to be revived and he's still bugging me with the way he does stuff!!

"Anyway, if you're done talking, I'd really like to go back. I'm tired, cold and sleep deprived. So if you don't mind, I'd like to be escorted back." Obito nodded and reached for his mask. He put it on again and walked out of the room with me following. "I will introduce you to the other members, but make sure you don't give away my identity. My name here is Tobi." I didn't have the time to ask questions about what he meant because we reached a room and 'Tobi' skipped inside.

"Tobi's brought the new girl!! Mio chan!! This is everyone! Everyone!! This is Mio chan!!" I had absolutely no idea how to react to the way he was concealing his identity. My eyebrow seemed to be twitching non stop but I composed myself with a sigh. It was even more annoying when everyone in the room stared at me like I really was a headless chicken.

I tried to be less awkward and rude and I gave a small bow with my head. "Hey there, nice to meet you guys. Hope we can get along." There were totally six people in the room including Itachi, Kisame and Obito...err Tobi, actually. The two people who had been in the room with Tobi weren't here.

"Hehhh? This is the b**** with the &#%@ powers?" The one with silver hair and pink eyes sneered. He walked to me holding his three bladed scythe on his shoulder. He put his free hand on his hip and bent down to bring his face barely centimeters from mine. I didn't like it that he was invading my personal bubble and I bent backwards to get some distance between our faces. "Cheh! There's nothing great about her except for her body! Her chakra is so weird!"

My brow twitched again but I restrained from saying anything. "The name's Hidan, b****! And I'm &#%@ immortal cuz I'm a Jashinist!" "Joy." I said not really impressed.....I think hit a nerve when I reacted that way. "What? Are you &#%@ mocking me, b****?!" He yelled taking a slightly offensive pose; puffing up his chest and tightening the grip on his scythe.

"Hidan, that's enough. You've introduced yourself, now let the others." A guy wearing a white mask, covering half his face and his whole head - top, sides and back, walked to me. He pretty much towered over me like most of the people here and he had red and green eyes. "My name is Kakuzu. I manage the finances of the Akatsuki." He held out his hand and I shook it with a firm grip. "Nice to meet you." "A firm grip. Appreciable." He said and I chuckled letting go of his hand. He seemed okay.

"Thanks." "I'm Deidara, yeah." Another guy with long blonde hair in a ponytail and blue eyes walked up to me next. He was a few inches taller than me but didn't stand over me like Hidan or Kakuzu.....or even Kisame for that matter. Kisame was even taller than Hidan and Kakuzu and I really wondered what got him the growth spurt.

"Nice to meet you, Deidara." I shook hands with him too but I literally got a shiver from the base of my spine till my neck when I felt something warm, wet and gooey on my palm. I think the hair on my neck were really standing and I retracted my hand quickly. "Ugh...." I bit my lip with a look of slight disgust when I realized that my hand was coated with something like saliva. I looked up at Deidara and he looked amused. He held up his hand, a tongue lolling out of it and the the mouth on his hand grinning at me.

"Sorry yeah, they have a mind of their own, hmm." I just nodded and managed to find a spot on the wall to wipe off the slobber. "Really unique..." I managed to say trying not to gag at the sticky feeling on my palm. There was no way I was going to wipe even a bit of it on my clothes.

"I see you've met all the members." I suppressed another shiver of disgust and looked at the door to see the two missing people appear. "I am Pein, leader of the Akatsuki and this is Konan, second in command." "Ah, good to know. So...um, if we're done talking, can I leave? Its almost morning and I don't want to make anyone suspicious by my disappearance."

Pein glanced at Tobi who was humming to himself and almost bouncing off the wall lost in his own world and I noticed him give a barely noticeable nod to Pein. Pein looked back at me and nodded too. "Very well. We will contact you when we need your assistance. Deidara will escort you back to the village." I nodded with a smile. "Okay, that's cool."

"Wait, you're just gonna let the b**** leave?" Hidan asked and I raised a brow at him. "How can you &#%@ trust that she wont tell anyone?" He was watching me annoyed. I rolled my eyes and chuckled. "You don't really like me, do you?" I asked and he narrowed his eyes. "Of course I don't &#%@ like you! You're much weaker than us, yet you talk big! I &#%@ hate people like that!" I rolled my eyes again and shook my head. "Whatever....if you ask me, you're just acting lame."

I turned around and Deidara began to lead me out. We reached the door and Hidan yelled again. "You're one to &#%@ talk! You better sleep with one eye open cuz I may just come to your &#%@ village to &#%@ sacrifice you to Jashin sama! You hear me, b****?!"

I took in a breath through my clenched teeth, widening and rolling my eyes in annoyance. I had enough of this guy....he was getting on my nerves. Deidara stopped to look at me as I turned around and stomped back to Hidan. Every single Akatsuki member had their attention on me as I stopped in front of him with a look or annoyance.

"No, you hear me, b****! If you oh so ever step into that village, you'll be sorry! I've learnt four different martial arts and I'm a black belt in karate and taekwondo. I'm trained directly and personally under the CIA and I will do whatever it takes to lop that head right off your shoulders. And its not going to be a pretty sight to see." He looked flabbergasted at the way I spoke to him. His eyes were wide and I could feel everyone's stares on me. Then he narrowed his eyes with a scowl. "You b****.....you're messing with the wrong person! And you seem to have a lot of &#%@ stupid courage!" I smirked and crossed my arms as I walked back to Deidara. I stopped at the door and glanced back at him still grinning smugly. "Yeah, I do. And its just as strong and pumping on all the other days too."

The only thing left was his jaw to drop in shock. I huffed out a laugh and walked past Deidara who was standing dumbfound too. But he recovered quickly and walked with me out the hideout.

Deidara kept glancing at me as we walked back; it was getting sort of annoying. It looked like he wanted to say something, but he kept hesitating. When we were a good distance away from the hideout, he finally spoke. "You're really something, hmm. Talking back to Hidan like that. Most people would be afraid of just his glare, yeah." I sighed at his ignorance.

"Well, if you haven't noticed, I'm not like the other people. Besides, right now, I've been pulled out of my possibly amazing sleep, walking in this cold in a frikkin' night dress and I'm definitely not in any mood to be taking advice or threats from anyone." I retorted pissed. I was walking with my arms crossed trying to stay warm. It was probably already early morning and I was sure I wouldn't get more than 2 hours of sleep now. I was exhausted today and these guys just had to come to me today.

I sighed. These guys sure had bad timing.