Disclaimer: We do not own Naruto or the Akatsuki (or in this case, either the red-cloud people of the amazingly blue van, or even the animal freaks). Contains (possibly) all of the above.

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Sasori and Deidara were messing around in the lake, splashing water on each other and pretend fighting. They were having a pretty good time, but they obviously didn't let the others know. Whenever someone seemed to have looked at them too long, Deidara would yell at the redhead or the other way around.

"Danna, how long do we have to pretend?" Deidara asked. They were pretty far in the water so no one was able to hear them.

"As long as they stay there... Sorry, Dei..." Sasori whispered, standing in between everyone else and his blond so he was able to kiss him. Deidara eagerly kissed back, wanting to be able to do this more often.

"Sasori! Deidara! Come back, we have to talk about something!" They heard Pein call out. They pulled away, Deidara with a small whine, and both sighed.

"Pein! Sasori pulled my hair, un!" Deidara yelled, running back through the water.

"I did not! He pushed me down in the water! Didn't you see?!" Sasori yelled too, chasing after the blond. When they got to the shore, Deidara took his cloak from the floor and dusted it off. They found it would have been useless if their cloaks got wet. Deidara slid on the cloth and removed his shirt under the long garment.

Sasori had taken his shirt off before entering the water, so he slid that on along with the cloak. When they sat down in their spots near the fire, they looked up at Pein, who was standing on the opposite side. Konan was sitting next to Leader and just looking into the fire.

"We have decided, we can't call our group 'The Group', mostly when we are attacking someone. It's just not professional. So... we need to think up of a title for ourselves." Pein explained.

Everyone nodded in agreement. It's been a week since they'd collected Itachi and they still needed a name.

"Me and Konan created a few, just for ideas. None of them have to be our team name, but they can work if we don't get anything. Konan?" Pein let Konan take the stage and sat as she stood.

"We have three names. One of them isn't as good as the others. I tend to like the last one the best. Here they are:

We have, 'The red cloud people of the amazingly blue van.' " A few snickered at this, " Mr. Liter and Team." A few rolled their eyes, "Or... my favorite... 'Animal Freaks and Flower Power' "

Everyone sat there for a good second, then got up and started walking off.

"H-hey! They aren't permanent! Get back here!" Konan yelped, laughing a bit.

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After convincing all of them to sit back down, Pein stood up again.

"Does anyone have any ideas?"

"Katsu, un!" Deidara said happily, throwing a hand in the air.

"Why, Deidara?" Pein asked, sighing.

"Because, everything's fun when it blows up, un." Deidara giggled.

"Ok... no. Anyone else?" Pein asked, looking around.

"Gay lords." Hidan said, smirking.

"I'm not even going to ask..." Pein grumbled, rubbing his forehead, Does anyone have a good idea?"

"Weasels." Itachi said in his monotone voice, making everyone twitch and turn to look at him, "It was just a thought..." He muttered.

"Sharks?" Kisame asked, frowning.

"Isn't that a hockey team or something, un?" Deidara snickered. Kisame just glared at the blond.

"He's right, we can't be named something that'll make people think of hockey." Pein sighed out, crossing his arms.

"Achoo." Tobi said, smiling. Everyone now turned to him and stared.

"Why?" Pein said.

"Because, it's a funny name!" Tobi said with a large smile. He was currently wearing his mask on the side of his face.

"No." Pein said strictly, glaring at the boy.

"Aww..." Tobi whimpered, frowning.

"A.... aka?" Kisame asked, frowning too.

"Aka? What type of name is Aka?" Pein growled, glaring at the blue man.

"I dunno, just getting bored with it i suppose..." Kisame muttered, looking away from the leader.

"A cat!!" Tobi giggled, hopping up and down on his seat.

"A cat?" Deidara sighed out, then rolled his eyes, "For some reason that reminded me of my friend, Suki, un."

"A cat suki." Pein muttered, actually thinking over it.

"You can't seriously be thinking over it to make it our name, can you Leader-San?" Kisame grumbled, crossing his arms.

"No, no, put it together and say it really fast." Pein said. Everyone started muttering it to themselves.

"A cats key? A cat suki? Aca tsuki?"

"Akatsuki." Itachi said, making everyone widen their eyes a bit and smile.

"That sounds nice." Konan said, shrugging.

"Are we going to spell it as ' A Cat Suki'?" Kisame asked, frowning still.

"No.. no..." Pein muttered, thinking about it.

"A, K, A, T, S, U, K, I." Itachi said, making everyone nod and smile a bit more.

"I like that name, un!" Deidara said happily.

"Alright. We are all members of the Akatsuki. If any of you forget it, I'll castrate you with a knife. Now get to sleep so we can get on the road tomorrow. In the next few weeks, we'll be searching for a place to stay." Pein announced, feeling proud.

"Alright, Leader-San!" Tobi said, grabbing Zetsu's hand and running off to find a nice spot under the stars. Whenever they camped out, they always chose somewhere far outdoors, where there was no or barely any civilization.

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It was probably the middle of the night when Zetsu heard Tobi getting up.

"Tobi? Where are you going? Lay back down and keep me warm!" Zetsu grumbled, sitting up and rubbing one of his eyes. He saw Tobi sitting up and looking at the stars.

"Zetsu-San?" Tobi asked, staring at the sky.

"Hm?" Zetsu asked, looking at the man.

"Is that a bad thing? When a shooting star is moving so slowly... Is that irregular?" Tobi asked, pointing up at the dark sky. Zetsu let his eyes follow where Tobi was pointing and saw a bright red star gliding across the sky at a slower than usual pace.

"I've never seen a star move so slowly before..." Zetsu said, frowning.

They stared up at it for a few more seconds. The star seemed to turn from red to blue to white and it started to collapse on itself. Soon enough, it just disappeared into the darkness, leaving them to gape at the night sky.

"Hm... maybe it was just a bigger meteoroid than others..." Zetsu said, shrugging, "Or maybe it means the world is going to end..."

"Zetsu-San, don't say that!" Tobi said, whimpering and turning to the plant man.

"Sorry, Tobi.. You know how he could be sometimes... Hey! I can hear you you know! Just be quiet!" Zetsu sighed and laid down. Tobi stayed sitting up, though, staring up at the sky.

"Come on, it was just a falling star." Zetsu sighed out, making some vines peek out of the Earth and gently pull the masked boy down into a laying position.

"Alright, Zetsu-san... Good night." Tobi said with a small smile. Whenever they went to sleep, Tobi always removed the mask. But only in front of Zetsu for some reason. They both laid there for a few minutes, then Zetsu heard the soft and heavy breathing from the male beside him. He sighed, knowing Tobi was asleep now, and rolled onto his side, closing his eyes.

Sometimes he thinks why the raven-haired masked boy asked him to join in the first place. Was he really that interesting?

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"Itachi, what are you doing out here so late?" Kisame asked, frowning and sitting beside the man.

"I'm just thinking. I'll be back soon..." He muttered, staring out over the water. They were sitting on a dock going over the lake.

Itachi had his pants rolled up to his knees and one of his feet inside the seemingly glowing water.

"What are you thinking about?" Kisame asked, looking out to the water to, as to not stare at the male sitting next to him. Itachi just shrugged and kicked his foot gently, making the water ripple.

Kisame let out a soft sigh, "It's pretty nice out here... when it's dark, huh?" Kisame looked over at the male and frowned.

Itachi looked somewhat sad. It wasn't really in his expression, just his eyes.

"Itachi, what's wrong?" Kisame asked, frowning.

"Nothing is wrong. Go back to the tent. I'll be there in a few minutes." Itachi said, looking away from the blue man.

"Hey... you can tell me, you know... I won't tell anyone else. I promise." Kisame said, moving a bit closer to the weasel.

"No. I don't trust others, so just-"

"Trust me. I'm not others, just me." Kisame said with a gentle smile.

Itachi turned to look at the man, mostly to try and see if he were lying or not.

"I'm... just thinking about... my old life, I guess..." Itachi said, looking away from the shark again.

"Well, there's a start. What about your old life?" Kisame asked, smiling a bit.

"People. Just people..." Itachi said, sighing a bit.

"Miss someone?" Kisame asked, frowning.

"Not exactly... I guess... I'm happy to be away. Even though it doesn't seem like it.." Itachi said, shrugging. Kisame chuckled a bit.

"You're the only person i've met so far who's hidden their feelings so good." Kisame complimented with a smile.

"Thanks...?" Itachi wondered if it was a compliment.

"Yeah. So... what about these mysterious people? Why are you thinking of them if you don't miss them?" Kisame asked, looking at Itachi's face.

"Well..." The weasel sighed and looked down into the water, "I've been with someone who used to be where I was. I thought he would be the only person I could ever love, and who could return my love..."

Kisame listened with a frown. For some reason it bugged him to know the weasel was in love with someone other than him.

"I found him with a woman. It made me mad..." Itachi whispered, balling his hands into fists. Kisame frowned at the action and kept listening.

"I didn't know what to do... He just... betrayed me so harshly..." Itachi was shaking a bit, trying not to cry. He was looking away from the shark so he wouldn't see the tears forming at the corners of his eyes.

"I was thinking of him because... I had killed him... And I was wondering...." He let a small sob escape, but recovered quickly and wiped furiously at his eyes, "What he'd think of me now... Since i'm an Akatsuki..."

Kisame put a hand on his hand to show comfort, but Itachi took it the wrong way. He pulled away quickly with a gasp, making the shark give a confused look.

"That doesn't give you the right to touch me! Just because I'm alone doesn't mean you can just barge into my life, expecting me to take you with open arms!" Itachi yelled, getting to his feet.

"I-Itachi!" Kisame stuttered, following after the weasel who was now marching off to their tent.

"Wait, Itachi..." Kisame caught up to the smaller man and gently grabbed his shoulder to spin him around, "I'm sorry, that was my mistake. I'm not expecting you to welcome me into your life with open arms, I just tried to comfort you. You seemed so sad about it..."

Itachi looked away from the shark. The real truth as to why he didn't want to be touched was because he was afraid Kisame might become a bigger part in his mind if he grew attracted. That was something he didn't need.

"Ok, Kisame... I'm going to sleep..." Itachi said, sighing a bit and walking, slowly now, back to their tent, Kisame waiting back a little bit. He turned back to the lake and sat on the deck for a few more hours before going to sleep, too. He also had much on his mind he needed to think through.