I decided to go straight, meeting up with Tani, Hidan, Itachi, and the three children. I knew it was the better and saver choice for us, I couldn't leave the responsibilities of those children's to Itachi, he had a set of priorities to do once we reached the village, help clear the air around the tragedy of his clan and raise his younger brother. I couldn't let him be burdened with those three, I knew I was making the right choice as I walked down the path, seeing Tani and Hidan's silhouettes in the distance, Itachi I'm on my way.

Once I reached Itachi and the others, I smiled and hugged him. Kissing him on the cheek quickly, I pulled away and smiled, he had a faint blush on his cheeks. I held one of the children making his arm load lighter.

"I'll always choose you, Itachi" I spoke. I smiled at him one last time before we started our long and hard journey to our new lives. Something that will befit the generations to come, something that will determine the paths for us and everyone else. This is a much needed change, I'm ready to change and rid myself of my past.

"The path to being good is not an easy one, once we get to the village we'll need to have a cover before we can talk to the Hokage and work something out, we'll have to be careful about who we expose ourselves to. Not many in the village follow the rules and guidelines that the Hokage set up, many choose to run the village from the shadows, hidden agendas" he spoke.

"I know Itachi and I'm ready to face any and all Challenges head on with you by my side, I may not be the strongest but with you I can do anything" I replied.

"Don't say that, you are strong. You stepped into the role of the caretaker for this babies and you chose to save someone's life from being tortured everyday, you sacrificed a lot to make this escape plan work. Not many agree to this but those that wanted change got their change. Now come on, we don't want to lose daylight before we find a place to rest, the split up is coming soon" he spoke and continued to lead us home. It was then we stopped to say goodbye to them.

"I've only known you for a short while and I'm truly happy to have met and had a friend like you (Name), Thank you for everything, saving me from the life of torture leader had for me. For giving me another light to follow and live under. Thank you so much, I promise to write and be in contact with you" Tani spoke with tears in her eyes, I of course started to cry with her. Hidan pulled us away from each other and nodded at Itachi, who nodded back.

"Take care and alert us of any trouble, Hidan" Itachi spoke.

It was at the moment that Konan joined us, I was extremely happy.

"Konan! My best friend you made it!" I stated in shock.

"Not just me, I um brought someone with me" she replied and I looked at her confused, until he stood up.

"Leader-!"

"You don't need to explain, Konan told me of your internal battle between staying and finding your peace, I vowed to a dear friend to protect Konan, and that's what I plan to do. I vow to stay by her side through thick and thin, you two go on your path, and we will go on ours" he spoke and lead her in a different direction.

"Come on, now we haven't even made a dent in the journey, we must be on our way, they will take care of themselves" Itachi spoke and started to continue on. I followed after him, my heart beating peacefully, for the first time in months I've felt at ease and content, choking Itachi was the best thing for me.