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"...Neither am I. I'll send a letter to them about the mission and the ANBU interruption."

-Itachi stood up, his chakra now replenished as he spoke. His eyes went dull and blank as he resorted to being blind once more, his red eyes gleaming a color of blood as he looked off.-

"...I have always walked alone. The Akatsuki was the only window I had to being amongst others. But...seeing how you care for Gaara...the Kazekage. I realize now that I will always be alone...wether I want to or not."

-Itachi's hands went into his cloak as he made sure all of his weapons were set in place, and his blood red eyes stayed in their blind status. He didn't want to see anything else, he had seen enough for now. His Akatsuki robe now straightened and his collar up, the left side pulled down so he could rest his wrist right in the middle of his robe he stood there in front of the fire, revitalized. He may not have healed emotionally, but his physical wounds were regenerated and he could fight again.-

"...How long what?"

-Itachi said in mild curiosity, retaining his power once more. To make sure he could still feel his chakra, he curled his fingers inward to his palm in front of the fire. It began to flicker, before twisting in a spiral upwards and flicking about in different directions, before returning to his lips as he inhaled and restored the chakra, exhaling a small wisp of smoke.-

"...Kisame is just a tool. He is purely of Akatsuki membership, and does as he is told, wether I am involved or not. My Mangekyou tells me these things. Tobi, just as you said, just will be with anyone who says 'hello'. My younger brother curses and hates me, I know because I told him to. And he obeyed."

-Itachi paused, shaking his head slowly.-

"...I told you. The only real emotion I've ever seen amongst Akatsuki is the ones you show the young Kazekage...."

-Itachi looked to Gaara and paused, he closed his eyes and then looked off, and then back to Deidara, right into eye contact, his Mangekyou activated.-

"My eyes...they show me everything. My blessing, and my curse. When you see someone, emotions depending on what you know or think of them activate, and certain neural factors of your brain are taken into motion. I can tell who hates, loves, and ignores. I cannot see with you, Deidara, because you are near this boy and his mind has felt hate before and shrouds my vision. But."

-Itachi lowered his gaze, and sighed deeply. His Mangekyou receded and he reached into his cloak, removing the ronin hat, the sloped, cone-like headwear. He set the ronin hat on his head so it would hide his eyes, tilting it low as he spoke.-

"I doubt it would make a difference."

((Tehe... When more then just two of us are on, it gets that way, occasionally...))

"I'm glad." Kankuro murmered, smiling a bit more. He closed his eyes from where his head was resting on Shino's shoulder, focusing on the boy in his arms over the pain in his skull.
"Hey... Shino? What's your favorate things out of all... like, as in... foods, and... flowers, and stuff..." The flowers thing sounded stupid, but he wanted to know... Afterall, he liked flowers. Violets, and roses... It was something he'd never told anyone.... "I like violets." He murmered, giving up the information freely to the one he loved.

Shikamaru reached over to his arm and brushed his fingers across the metal. His fingers lingered on the cloth. Shikamaru closed his eyes to try and think when an image of Asuma came to his mind. The man was giving his normal grin, a cigarette hanging from his lip. Shikamaru opened his eyes again to chase away the image and the pain he knew would come with it. He looked at Orochimaru and his snake.

"I..." He tried to think of an intelligent come back to what Orochimaru said, but, he failed to. He thought of his father, Chouji, Naruto, Ino, Neji, the memorial plaque were Asuma's name was inscribed, his home, and all of the people who would be so disappointed in him if he betrayed them like Sasuke did. The faces of all of them were so vivid in his mind. Shikamaru looked Orochimaru in the eye, his pain evident.

"I don't think I can. I couldn't bare to..." he paused again,"I know Shinobi are supposed to be emotionless and devoted to what they do, but, if that means dying inside, I'm afraid I can't do this. There are too many people dear to me. I'm sure you had at least one person dear to you. Maybe they were stolen away from you in the worst possible way that you could think of, but, I choose to live on for those that I have lost. I want to choose to hold on to those fleeting happy memories in hope of finding more in the future. I want to finally make someone proud of me so I don't always have to hear the whispers of failure in my ear." The tears that he had been holding back for so long finally started to strain at his eyes.

One single tear slid down his cheek and fell to the soil.

Shikamaru looked up when he heard Orochimaru speak. He gave a small grimace,"You really think that emotion is weak, don't you? Different people have different views on things and I can't blame you for thinking your own. Sometimes I think that all these emotions that fill us are just worthless things that hold us down, too. Other times I don't. I guess now is one of those times. There are definitely some emotions that I would be happy to do without. Love is one of them, I guess. It just causes too much pain. Which is another one." Shikamaru stood up. He knew that the man in front of him no longer wanted anything to do with him. He had seen that a lot. People not wanting anything to do with him.

"I'm guessing you want my emotional a** to get the hell out of here, huh?" Any other emotion that he had shown earlier was now hidden under his usually perfect facade. He never let his emotions take a hold of him for too long. In this world, it was dangerous.

((Ok...I am confused with what is goinf on, so I am going ot make a post as Lee where he is just somewhere...then maybe someone could run into him or something...since I am not sure what else to do))

The day had seemed to be quite a normal one, but then again what was normal? Rock Lee was a certain ninja that that never really reaches. He was taking a walk around Konoha. He had about 4 hours of training already, and was walking it all off. Hey it was kindof like extra training, right?

He gave a deep sigh, and leaned upgaist a tree. Where was the day going to go? He didn't know, but he figured to just stay there.

((It was a bit sucky, but I really didn't know what to do. MY posts will be a lot longer once I get into the rp more))