4 years later

Itachi's POV

"PAPA! PAPA! CUSSY-OJI IS GONNA SACRIFICE ME AGAIN!!!" I heard the squeal of my daughter's voice echo off the walls of the base.

I dropped the scroll I was currently reading about the Sharingan and ran towards the voice of my little Emiko. As soon as I entered the living room I saw Emiko in the arms of another Akatsuki member, Hidan. Hidan had medium-length silver hair that was slicked back and distinctive purple eyes. He wore his Akatsuki cloak open with no shirt, only pants under it, and revealing his Tugakure forehead protector around his neck and Jashin amulet. He also wore dark green nail polish and his orange Akatsuki ring on his index finger, which bears the kanji for "three." Hidan was a Jashinist who enjoyed killing people for his religion and took great pleasure in making their deaths as painful as possible. Ever since I joined the Akatsuki with Emiko, he has frequently tried to sacrifice her, but the other members or I would interfere.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard my daughter scream for me again. Her eyes were wide as she struggled to get out of the Jashinist's grasps. The knife that was being held in Hidan's hands was aimed at Emiko's chest, or more specifically, her heart. When the knife was about to stab her, I jumped forwards and grabbed Emiko out of Hidan's hold and into my arms.

She stopped screaming when she saw she was in safe arms and hugged me. I wrapped my arms around her protectively and glared at Hidan with my Sharingan activated. A small smirk made it's way on my face when I saw the result of what Hidan did. It seemed that the knife was heading at Emiko at such speed that when I grabbed her, Hidan ended up stabbing himself. He was grunting in pain but was mumbling about how good it felt.

I was about to trap him in a genjutsu where Hidan would experience himself dying over and over again, but Leader-sama was one step ahead of me. It seemed that Leader-sama saw the whole situation play through from when I entered the room. He grabbed Hidan by the scruff of his cloak and dragged him down a hallway and into his office.

After a few minutes of staring at the empty corridor with Emiko in silence, screams of agony and torture rang through the large, underground base. Emiko giggled lightly at the pain that was being inflicted on Hidan. I smiled and ruffled her hair. She smiled up at me and removed my hand from her head to smooth out her hair. I kneeled in front of her and brushed some hair out of her face as I caressed her cheek. She smiled and leaned into my touch while closing her eyes. I smiled at her and deactivated my Sharingan. I gently placed a kiss on her forehead. When I pulled away, I saw Emiko open her eyes and place a small hand towards my own onyx orbs. I nodded at her as I closed both my eyes. I felt her place both of her hands over them. I saw a faint green light from behind my closed eyelids as Emiko's chakra slowly healed the pain away. When she removed her hands from my eyes I slowly opened them up. She smiled sadly at me as the green chakra that enveloped her hands slowly dissipated.

Emiko knew that if I used my Sharingan too much, my vision would slowly become worse. She constantly healed them to make sure I wouldn't lose my sight permanently, but her medical ninjutsu's effect on my eyes slowly lessened as time passed. I'm thankful that she did this for me and didn't ask me to stop using my Sharingan. She knew my goals and understood why I chose this path, but she had told me that she had conflicted feelings about it. One side said she should be by my side and support my decision, while the other wants me to stay by her side and be with her for as long as possible.

I tenderly pulled her up into my arms as I stood up and walked towards the couch that was in front of the television. I sat down slowly onto the couch and placed Emiko on my lap. She laid her back on my chest as I eased us into a comfortable position. I wrapped my arms around her waist as she held my arms in place with her own. We sat there for who knows how long, just enjoying each other's company and silence.

The silence was soon broken when Leader-sama called Kisame and I to his office. I sighed and lifted Emiko off my lap and helped her stand as I got up. I bent down and placed a kiss on her forehead and told her to go and play with Deidara. Deidara was another member of the Akatsuki and was the youngest besides Emiko. He had slanted blue eyes and very long blond hair which he wore drawn into a half ponytail with the rest hanging down freely. Deidara had mouths on the palm of his hands, which he used for moulding his explosive clay that he called 'art'. He usually destroyed some part of the base when having fights with other Akatsuki members using explosions.

Emiko smiled and nodded. I watched her running form dart down the hallway, turn a corner and out of my sight. Smiling slightly I trudged down another hallway to Leader-sama's office. Before entering, I placed on my emotionless façade and knocked on the door. After a minute I heard a mumbled "enter." I slowly walked inside, closing the door behind me and bowed towards Leader-sama.

A smirk found its way on my face, as I straightened myself. I expected no less from Leader-sama after witnessing what happened to Emiko. In the corner of the room laid Hidan. His body was chopped in pieces and was lying in a pool of blood. I smelled a hint of lemon and alcohol in the air so I'm guessing Leader-sama poured some on Hidan. Hidan's lucky that he was immortal or I would have killed him the first time he tried to sacrifice Emiko to his precious God.

I ignored the yells of Hidan as he tried to get someone to sew him back together and waited for Kisame to arrive. I heard a knock on the door and nodded at Kisame as he entered. He did the same and we both turned to Leader-sama and waited for him to explain why we were here.

"You two are to go to Konoha and steal a certain scroll. The scroll contains information on the different clans that are in Konoha and their secret Justus and kekkei genkai. You are to make sure you are not caught and that no information of the Akatsuki gets out. You will be taking Emiko with you so she gets an idea on how we work." Leader-sama explained.

My eyes widened slightly at Leader-sama's proposition. I'd love to have Emiko come along on the mission since she's usually cooped up in the base, but that would result in her being in danger if we crossed paths with any enemy shinobi.

"But..." I began to protest.

"No Itachi," Leader-sama interrupted, "You are going to take your daughter, my granddaughter, and Kisame's niece on this mission. Emiko is to observe only. If you cross paths with any enemy shinobi she is to not engage in battle. The only time I will allow her to fight is if she is attacked. Emiko will not show any of her real potential and to keep her Sharingan deactivated. She is to only use Jutsus of one nature type. If worse comes to worse she will use the secondary stage of the Sharingan. Her Kin'iro no Sharingan will stay hidden for others would seek her for her powers if her abilities were found out. I don't want you returning finding out that she was kidnapped, hurt, or missing. Do you understand Itachi, Kisame?"

I sighed and reluctantly nodded.

"Hai Leader-sama!" Kisame and I agreed.

We both bowed and exited the room. We went our separate ways to pack our things. When I entered the room I shared with Emiko, I saw her sitting by her desk and reading some scrolls. As I walked behind her I noticed that she didn't acknowledge my presence which means she was deep in thought. I glanced over her shoulder and saw her writing an analysis report on the Hyuga clan. I stared awed at her report. She analyzed the kekkei genkai, Jutsus, fighting styles and other things about the Hyuga clan from other scrolls and figured out things that even professional examiners wouldn't have found out just by reading a couple scrolls.

Emiko's intelligence was always a surprise for me. She was very wise and intellectual for an 8-year-old. One glance and she can figure out even the most complicated of Jutsus and create over 1000 strategies to overcome them in seconds.

When Emiko was done writing her assessment she placed all the other scrolls in the top drawer of her desk and rolled up the scroll that held her report. As Emiko turned in her chair she jumped when she saw me behind her.

"Papa! When did you get here?" Emiko questioned.

"I was here for a while. You were just so deep in thought that you didn't notice I was here." I replied.

Emiko nodded slowly and jumped out of the chair and held the scroll in her hands.

"Emiko why were you here in the room? I thought you were playing with Deidara?" I asked.

"Well," Emiko started as she sat on the edge of the bed, "I was going to play with Blondie-nii, but he said that he had to go on a mission. So I decided to come here and finish a report I was working on."

I nodded and walked to the closet that we shared and took out two bags. After placing our clothes in the bags and saw Emiko staring at me quizzically.

"Why'd you pack some of our things Papa? Are we going on a trip?" Emiko asked.

"No my little Hime. Leader-sama requested you come with Kisame and I one a mission. It will take three days to get to the location and another three days to get back." I explained.

Once I mentioned that she would be coming with us on the mission, Emiko grinned and clapped her hands together.

"I get to go on a mission with Papa and Fishy-oji!" Emiko exclaimed.

I chuckled lightly at her childishness and grabbed our cloaks off the coat hanger. After placing my cloak on, I helped Emiko with hers. Her cloak was similar to the rest of the Akatsuki members except hers had a hood and a zipper. I grabbed my katana and weapons pouch and strapped them on. I strapped a weapons pouch around Emiko's waist and a pair of twin katanas on her back. After, I took her hand in mine and shouldered both our bags. We both walked silently through the corridors of the base hand in hand. Once we were near Leader-sama's office, Emiko let go of my hand and ran into his office. I followed her and saw Emiko standing in front of Leader-sama who was reading a scroll. A small smile appeared on his face as he got up and ruffle Emiko's hair.

"Good job analyzing the Hyuga clan Emiko. You certainly are a prodigy. You are so young and intelligent. Be sure to stay safe on this mission okay?" Leader-sama said.

Emiko smiled and hugged Leader-sama.

"I'll be okay Pein-ojīsan. I'm a strong girl." Emiko said.

Leader-sama smiled down at her and hugged her before letting go and pushing her towards me.

"You should get going now. That scroll will help us with the organization's goals." Leader-sama said.

We both nodded and walked towards the base entrance where we saw Kisame waiting for us. I heard Emiko giggle at the sight of Kisame. I stared at her questionably and she pointed at Kisame's bag.

"Fishy-oji has a fish on his bag." Emiko clarified.

I chuckled lightly and handed Emiko her teddy bear. The bear was something that my lover Kyoko wanted to give her. Emiko never went anywhere without it since she felt close to Kyoko with it. The fat bear was huge compared to Emiko, which made her cuter than usual. Once the bear was in Emiko's hands she begun playing with it. After, Kisame and I placed on our straw hats and Emiko pulled up her hood. Kisame opened the base entrance and we set off to Konoha.

Time Skip - Two days

Emiko's POV

I had my arms arms wrapped around Papa's neck as he carried me. Fishy-oji was jumping from branch to branch beside Papa and I as we ran back to the base. When we stole the scroll, an alarm went off. We didn't want to waste time fighting the shinobi so we decided to run. I closed my eyes to sense for any chakra signatures.

There!

"Papa," I whispered into his ear, "I sense eight chakra signatures a kilometre south from us and another eight coming 2.5 kilometres west. Their chakra tells me that 4 are Chūnin, 8 are Jounin, and 4 are ANBU level shinobi."

Papa nodded and stopped jumping. He hopped off the branch we were currently in and jumped into another tree. He took me off his back and placed me on a sturdy branch.

"Emiko, stay here and do not move." Papa ordered.

I nodded in understanding as he jumped off. 8 shinobi surrounded both Fishy-oji and Papa. My location was concealed by the leaves of the tree but allowed me to observe the fight. I was so focused on the fight I didn't notice a shinobi approach me from behind. I turned at the last second and swiped one of my katanas at the shinobi. I jumped off the branch I was currently on. I flipped in the air and landed gracefully in a crouched position. I held my katana in front of me getting ready from any attack. I felt vibrations from under me and jumped. A hand emerged from the ground revealing a Konoha Nin. I landed on a tree branch and blocked another shinobi who tried to stab me with a kunai.

When I jumped off the tree branch I was surrounded by 4 shinobi. All of ANBU level. I blocked kunai after kunai as 3 of the ANBU continued to throw them at me. I didn't notice the 4th ANBU member sneak up behind me and hit a pressure point on my neck. I fell forward, dropping my katana and onto my stomach. Before I blacked out, I felt someone pick me up in their arms and another yell out orders to return to Konoha.

First mission with Papa and Fishy-oji and I get captured by Konoha Nin. This sucks.

Then everything went black.

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Oji - uncle

Ojīsan - grandpa

nii - short form for brother

Hai - yes

Hime - princess

Kin'iro no - golden

Shinobi - ninja (I'm not sure if there is a plural form for shinobi. Is there an 's' at the end?)

So here's the first chapter. Emiko's Kin'iro no Sharingan or Golden Sharingan's abilities will be explained later. It is something that I made up. Please tell me how I did by commenting below. Please vote, fan or add this fanfic to your library. I will try my best to update by next weekend but I might not since I'm gonna be really busy with school. I decided to dedicate this chapter to trufflerabbit13 since truffle-san was the first to comment on this story and supported me on my old fanfic. Thanks truffle-san! Truffle also has some amazing fanfics that you should read. But if your a KnB fan read 'SHE'S/I'M DIFFERENT'. Till next time,

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