This story follows the Monga up to CH 482, just for your information. :)

Madara leaped away quickly with the tired body of the young Uchiha leaving Zetsu half way in the ground next to Itachi's body. Zetsu looked down at the body, half of him sighed. "It's kind of sad to see Itachi go. I think he wanted it. He did seem not to try very hard. Well, nothing we can do now. What should we do with his body? I don't know let's just get it out of the way. Maybe we should burn it, he is an Uchiha."

Zetsu reached down and grabbed his arm. His hand touch the warm skin and then reeled back. "What is it? There was a pulse. Impossible!"

Zetzu's hand went down again and he felt uneasy. He grabbed Itachi's wrist and put a finger over the vein and pressed down. "He's not dead… Close, but not yet. Does Madara want him dead? Let's give him to Kaiyomi, if he survives, she has a test subject and we get paid. If he doesn't she has a dissection and we get paid." Zetsu smiled.

"Can I have a minute?" Sasuke asked quietly. Madara looked over at him and then began on his way out. Sasuke watch the old man leave and then lay back down turning over facing the cave wall. He took a stiff breath in and let it out; a small stream of tears began to flow. 'What have I done? He was the only one who actually… noticed me. He cared enough for me to give up everything… This is their fault. His death is on the third… No.'

Sasuke sat up quickly. 'It's all their faults… Itachi's death is on Konoha.' He heard shuffling of feet behind him and then Karin entered. "Sasuke, we just wanted to check on you. Are you…"

"I'm fine, let's get out of this dank cave." Sasuke interrupted her. He pushed passed her and found himself in the main room with Suigestu and Juugo leaning on the carved rock wall. Madara sat on a large table in the center of the room. "How do we get outside?"

Madara pointed up at a small hole in the ceiling and Sasuke jumped up. Suigestu stood on his own two feet. "Yo, Sasuke, where you going?"

They all followed him out onto a ledge. Sasuke stopped and looked over at the rising sun. "From now on we will no long be known as Snake…"

Zetsu came up from the rock below, Itachi's body over his shoulder, still warm with a weakening pulse. Zetsu knocked on the thick steel door. "Doesn't she know we can't go through steel carrying a body? I think she knows."

The door opened slowly and a small girl smiled up at him. "Hi Uncle Zetsu. Did you bring a present for Kaiyomi?"

"Yup, is she around here somewhere? That bitch better be home this time, I'm not waiting for three days like last time."

The girl rolled her eyes and did a deep loud whistle. A second later a thinly woman in a long white lab coat with a bright red dress on underneath answered the call. She smiled up brushing back her long blonde hair and got a glint in her eyes. "Zetsu… Did you bring me a present?"

"He's still alive." Zetsu said quickly. Kaiyomi grabbed Itachi off Zetsu and began running down the hall. "What about our pay? She'll pay us, she always does."

"She's probably taking him back to her lab, it's this way, come on, Uncle Zetsu." The girl said and took the white hand and began dragging him in. "Kaiyomi-Sempai's been teaching me about Chakra, do you want to see?"

Without notice the young girl jumped on the ceiling, without dropping his hand, and kept walking down the hall. "That's good for being just five, Ruki. When you're old enough I'll teach you how to push Chakra out your hand to kill somebody."

"Cool. It's in here." Ruki said and pointed inside two swinging doors. "I'm not allowed in because she doesn't want me to see dead bodies yet, but you can go in." She dropped his hand and Zetsu pressed the door and went inside.

Kaiyomi was busy hooking an assortment of needles into Itachi's arms. She pulled out a pair of sheers and cut his shirt open. She pulled over a ECG machine and an automatic Defibrillator and hooked them up. "Zetsu, hand me that needle over there."

Zetsu looked over her shoulder and picked up a huge needle with a large cartage attached. Zetsu handed it over and she carefully put it deep into his wrist and began pulling out blood. "What's he worth?"

With her spare hand Kaiyomi dipped into her pocket and pulled out a three bundles of bills. She continued on and then noticed Zetsu stopping to stare at her. "What, is 15 million not enough? Or is it that I have 15 million, robbed a bank a couple of weeks ago."

"Why this much?" She simply smiled. "And you're saving him?"

"I know Itachi from a couple years back, I owe him a huge favor. He save me when my family was slaughtered." She said and Zetsu didn't have a response so he simply turned to leave. Kaiyomi kept plugging in various machines and instruments.

Sasuke sat back and stared off into the dark abyss of nights. Juugo walked up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I know how you must be feeling…"

"You have no clue." Sasuke snapped quickly.

"I killed my sister when I was little when I got confused. I think about here every now and then though I can't remember her face." Juugo handed Sasuke over an Akatsuki coat. "I know it'll probably be hard for you, but you need to get your sleep tonight. And remember it's what Itachi wanted."

Sasuke took the coat and draped it around himself. "What he wanted… I suppose so."