WARNING: Rated T for violence, minor course language (mainly due to Hidan), and possibly some minor suggestive adult themes or gory deaths/fights.

Disclaimer: This fanfic is based off the 2002-07 anime television series "Naruto" directed by Hayato Date on TV Tokyo. This series is based off the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. All canon characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto and TV Tokyo, except for any original characters that I have added. Original jutsus and changes to the plot also belong to me.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places and events and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner, any resemblance to actual people, dead or alive, or actual events are purely coincidental.

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Previously on "Finding My Way":

'Yasuko... forgive me.'

Now [Chapter 1: Captured] 

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4 Years Later

Itachi's POV

Exiting the room I shared with my daughter, I made my way to the living room as an explosion went off. I inwardly sighed at the mess. The walls and floor were black and most of the furniture was destroyed. I turned my attention to the other side of the room when I heard a squeak. My eyes narrowed when I caught sight of my daughter slung over one of the Akatsuki member's shoulders. 

"Hidan-oji put me down!"

"Shut up, bitch. You're my fucking sacrifice to Jashin-sama!" Hidan said.

Hidan has silver hair that was slicked back and distinctive purple eyes. He wore his Akatsuki cloak open with no shirt, revealing his Yugakure forehead protector and Jashin amulet around his neck.

Hidan was a Jashinist who enjoyed killing people for his religion and took great pleasure in making their deaths as painful as possible. Since joining, he had made constant attempts to sacrifice Yasuko, but other members or I would interfere.

As I was about to make my presence known, a clay bird was thrown towards Hidan. He jumped out of the way with Yasuko still over his shoulder, just as it exploded. A familiar blond seethed at the Jashinist holding his hands up in a familiar hand sign.

"Oi teme, un! Let Yasu-chan go, yeah!" Deidara yelled as he threw more clay bombs at Hidan. 

Deidara was the youngest member. He had slanted blue eyes and long blond hair worn in a half ponytail with the rest hanging freely. He had mouths on each of his palms, which were used for moulding the explosive clay that he calls "art". Like usual; he was destroying the base with explosives.

Rage filled me seeing my daughter in danger, my eyes flashing red, but before I could attempt a genjutsu, Yasuko's scream echoed in my ears. I ran forward, catching her before darting into the hall with Deidara just as a huge explosion went off. I peeked out and saw Hidan groaning on the ground, his clothes and skin now burnt in several areas. I smirked and bowed as a familiar orange haired man entered the scene. Placing Yasuko back on her feet, I wrapped my arms around her shoulders as she wrapped her own around my waist. 

"Arigatō Papa, for catching me." Yasuko thanked.

I patted her head affectionately and nodded at Deidara in thanks. We both turned to our leader who now held Hidan by the collar of his cloak.

The Leader of the Akatsuki, Pein as he says, had spiky, orange hair. He bore many piercings and on his thumb was a purplish-grey Akatsuki ring that bore the kanji for "zero". His eyes, as usual, held the rings of his powerful dōjutsu, the Rinnegan.

"Itachi, I shall take care of Hidan's punishment. Deidara, come as well."

I heard Deidara groan knowing that he'd be punished as well for the damage inflicted to the living room. Both Yasuko and I watched as Pein dragged Hidan to his office with Deidara in tow.

Screams of agony and cruses rang from the now empty corridor. Yasuko frowned as she stared down the hall. Taking her hand in mine, I led her back to our room, knowing she never liked it when someone she cared for got hurt, no matter how badly they deserved it. 

As we made it to our room, I sat at the edge of the bed we shared and look over Yasuko, checking for any injuries. Yasuko smiled, taking my hands in hers, shaking her head reassuringly, I sighed and nodded knowing that she was fine.

I stared at her, brushing the loose bangs away from her face. She looked so much like me, but she acted so much like her mother. I deactivated my Sharingan and gently placed a kiss on her forehead. Pulling back, Yasuko held her hands up to me. I nodded, closing my eyes. Behind my lids, I could see the faint glow of chakra surrounding her hands. Slowly, I felt the pain begin to soothe. I opened my eyes to see her smiling sadly at me, the green chakra slowly dissipating from her hands.

Yasuko had learned of the consequences of the Sharingan long ago. As soon as she did, she began to train in medical ninjutsu, with the help of the scrolls Haruka had left behind. With her training, she was able to slow down the effects of overusing my Sharingan, but her ninjutsu's effect slowly lessons as time goes on.

I gingerly pulled Yasuko up into my arms, seating her on my lap. She buried her face into the crook of my neck as we eased into a comfortable position. We sat in silence, enjoying the rare moment of peace and each other's company.

The silence was soon broken as my ring heated on my finger notifying that I had been summoned. I sighed and lifted Yasuko off, telling her to play with Sasori for the time being.

Although appearance may oppose it, Sasori was actually a living puppet. He had used a jutsu to give himself an immortal body. Sasori has greyish brown eyes and short, mousy red hair. He'd usually seen with an unreadable expression, but for a puppet, it was unusually soft around Yasuko. 

I watched as she ran out of the room and out of my line of sight. Smiling slightly, I trudged down to Pein's office. I knocked and entered after hearing a muffled "enter". I bowed towards Pein before a groan caught my attention.

I kept my expression blank but internally smirked as I straightened myself. In the corner of the room laid Hidan. His body was chopped in pieces and lying in a pool of blood. I smelled a hint of lemon and alcohol in the air and assumed Pein had poured some on him. Hidan's lucky that he's a needed member and immortal or he would have been dead the second he touched Yasuko.

I ignored his yells and turned my attention to the other occupant of the room who now donned a bump on his head. Deidara's head was down as he awaited his orders.

"Deidara, you have your orders. Until further notice, you will be taking up bounty hunts to recover the costs of the damages on the living room. Dismissed." Pein commanded. Deidara nodded and bowed before exiting the office.

A knock was heard and I nodded to Kisame as he entered.

Hoshigaki Kisame was a tall shinobi, easily being the tallest member of the Akatsuki. He was an S-rank missing-nin from Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen. He had a distinctive shark-like appearance and styled his blue hair in the form of a shark fin. He donned the typical Akatsuki cloak and a brown sash across his front and back to hold his sword Samehada in place.

Kisame nodded as we faced Pein awaiting our orders. 

"Your mission is to steal the Scroll of Clans from Konohagakure. It contains information about different clans and basic information on their jutsus and Kekkei Genkai. You are not to be seen and any information on the Akatsuki is classified. The details are in the mission scroll. Yasuko will be going with you." Pein ordered.

My eyes widened a fraction at this. Yasuko has been on missions before, but only bounty hunts and information gathering, even then, we make sure she's not seen and won't be confronted. But this is an infiltration mission. The chances of being seen are much higher. 

"Leader-sama..." I began to protest.

"Itachi," Pein interrupted, "You will take Yasuko on this mission. She is a child, but this will make her stronger. She is to observe only. If confronted she is to fight back only when attacked. If this happens Yasuko is only to use jutsus from two nature affinities, either from her main chakra natures. If needed she will only use her fully matured Sharingan. Are we clear?"

I nodded reluctantly, knowing I could not argue.

"Hai, Leader-sama!" 

We bowed and went our separate ways to prepare for the mission. Entering my room, I saw Yasuko sitting by the desk reading some scrolls. I glanced over her shoulder and read off the report she was writing and figured she was writing an analysis report on a Clan in the Mist Village. Her intelligence never ceased to amaze me. She had analyzed the Kekkei Genkai, Jutsus, and fighting styles of the clan from other scrolls and was able to find weaknesses and write battle strategies against them.

Yasuko was very wise and intelligent for her age. She observed and gained information, ran battle simulations before pinpointing a plan that was most effective, something she had gained from Haruka. She was always the more observant out of the two of us. 

Yasuko nod to herself before rearranging the scrolls back into a neat pile and rolling up her report as well. Turning in her chair, she jumped when she saw me.

"Papa! I'm sorry, I did not see you there." Yasuko apologized, bowing her head a bit.

I chuckled a bit. She was always the polite child, very much like her mother.

"It's fine, Yasuko." Yasuko nodded slowly, sliding out of the chair, the scroll in her hands.

"Yasuko, why are you here? I thought you were playing with Sasori?" I asked making my way to the closet.

"I was going to help Sasori-nii with his puppets," She started, sitting on the edge of the bed, "But he said he had a mission with Deidara-nii. He said something about bounty hunting. So I came here and finished the analysis report I was working on."

I nodded, recalling the Deidara's punishment. Taking out two summoning scrolls, I began to pack for the mission. Seeing this, Yasuko stared at me sadly.

"Do you have another mission, Papa?" Yasuko asked.

"I do, my little Hime." Seeing the frown on her face, I continued, "Leader-sama requested you to come on this mission. It will take three days to get there and back, but the mission will take another day." I explained.

Yasuko brightened and began to help me pack up our essentials. I grabbed my katana and weapon pouches, strapping them on. I wrapped one around Yasuko's waist before strapping a summoning scroll and her katana horizontally above the pouch.

Checking off our things, I grabbed one summoning scroll, placing it in one of my pouches and the other in Yasuko's. Grabbing my coat, I helped Yasuko's with hers. Her cloak was similar to the rest except hers had a hood. As I zipped up the cloak, I brushed my fingers through my daughter's hair. 

"Yasuko, I want you to be careful on this mission. It is an infiltration mission and we are most likely to be confronted. When that happens I want you to stay hidden. If attacked you are only to use your fully matured Sharingan and jutsus from one or two chakra affinities, either from your main natures. Under no condition are you to use anything else on this mission. Do you understand?" I said in all seriousness.

Hearing my tone, Yasuko nodded. I smiled softly and tapped her forehead with my index and middle finger. "Good girl," I whispered.

Taking her hand in mine, we made our way to Pein's office. Nearing our destination, Yasuko swiftly made her way inside. I followed at a more leisurely pace and saw her standing in front of Pein. A small, almost unnoticeable smile on his lips as he read off the scroll Yasuko was working on earlier.

"You truly are a young prodigy, Yasuko." Pein stood to ruffle her hair, "Stay safe on this mission, got it?" 

YaYasuko smiled, wrapping her arms around Pein's waist. "I will be fine, Pein-oji. I am a strong kunoichi." Pein nodded, hugging her before pushing her towards me.

"Dismissed. I want you both back in four days." Pein ordered.

We both nodded and met up with Kisame at the base entrance. Yasuko turned around emitting a low whistle to echo around the base. In seconds, a white blur pounced on Yasuko. She giggled as a sloppy tongue came in contact with her cheek.

"Ru-kun, please stop, we have a mission." Yasuko giggled.

The white tiger did as asked and sat beside her as she sat up and patted the cub. Ru-kun, as Yasuko dubbed him, was a white tiger cub that she had come across a year ago. Of course with her persistent and stubborn attitude along with some tears, she was able to convince Pein to keep him. All in all, the two became best friends and are now inseparable. Ru was even trained to be similar to that of a ninja hound. He had grown just above Yasuko's waist and was strong enough to carry her on his back. 

Making eye contact, Ru nodded, bending his hind legs down, allowing Yasuko to slip on his back. I smiled at how close the two have become. Slipping on our straw hats and Yasuko's hood, Kisame opened the base entrance, beginning our journey to Konoha. 

Time Skip – Two Days

Yasuko's POV

I had my arms wrapped around Ru's neck as we leaped from tree to tree alongside Kisame and Papa as we tried to shake the pursuers off our tail. I closed my eyes and sensed for any chakra signatures.

'There!'

"Papa," I called. Seeing the nod I continued, "Eight chakra signatures incoming a kilometre south and another eight from the west. Eight Chūnin, four Jōnin, and four ANBU." Papa nodded and switched his course of direction, Ru following behind. Taking me off Ru's back, Papa placed me on the sturdy branch.

"Yasuko, stay here and watch. Ru, take care of her for me." Papa ordered. 

Ru and I nodded in understanding as he jumped off. Twelve ninja surrounded Papa and Kisame. My eyes narrowed seeing two Jōnin and ANBU missing. Feeling a presence behind me, I jumped out of my hiding place, slipping into a defensive form as I slipped my katana out of its sheath. Feeling vibrations, I jumped in time to avoid the hand of the ninja who emerged from the ground. I landed on a tree branch and intercepted a kunai, slashing at the shinobi.

Dodging more kunai I narrowed my eyes, being surrounded by three ninja, two Jōnin and an ANBU. I glanced over my shoulder and saw Ru facing off against an ANBU and his summoning animals. I blocked and evaded the incoming attacks, my concentration breaking at the sound of a painful roar. I swiftly turned to see my partner fall on his side painfully.

"RU-KUN!"

The ANBU took this distraction as the chance to knock me out. I gasped, my eyes meeting the deep blues of my friend. I gritted my teeth, dropping my katana as I fell to my knees. Before blacking out, I felt myself land in someone's arms before shouts were heard.

'Gomen ne Papa... I failed you.'

Then darkness consumed me.

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Next on "Finding My Way":

"Have you identified the member?"

"Hokage-sama... She appears no older than eight years old."

"IBIKI, STOP!"

"My name is Yasuko."

"UCHIHA ITACHI IS YOUR DAD!"

[Chapter 2: Konoha] 

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Translations / Explanations:

Hidan – The first kanji (飛) stands for Hisha, the rook in shoji.

Oji – uncle

Jashin – literally means: wicked heart, evil god, evil design

Yugakure – The Village Hidden in the Hotsprings

Teme – harsh way of saying "you"

Genjutsu – illusionary techniques

Arigatō – Thank you

Dōjutsu – Eye techniques

Rinnegan – Samsara Eye

Sharingan – Copy Wheel Eye

Ninjutsu – Ninja techniques

Sasori – scorpion

Jutsu – techniques

Kisame – demon shark

Hoshigaki – dried persimmon

Kirigakure – The Village Hidden in the Mist

Samehada – shark skin

Konohagakure – The Village Hidden in the Leaves

Kekkei Genkai – bloodline limit

Gomen – sorry

Nii – honorific for an older brother or older male friend

Hime – princess

Kunoichi – female ninja

Chūnin – Middle Ninja

Jōnin – High ninja

Shinobi – ninja in general

Kunai – a Japanese dagger / throwing knife

Gomen ne – I am sorry

So here's the first chapter, just like I promised. If you have read my original Itachi's Daughter story, you can see the difference between the two. Anyway, thanks to those who have read the prologue and to the new readers as well. I'm still editing the original chapter but I now have until chapter 6 done. I'll be updating again next Saturday and it's a promise I am keeping. Hopefully, I won't get busy since I already handed in a bunch of projects and essays. Oh, the stress. This chapter is dedicated to @Shadow_no_Tama who was the first to comment in the prologue. Thanks! :) Again thanks to all my readers and those who are supporting me!

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