Disclaimer I do not own Naruto.
Pein ordered the servants to not clean any of the snow and to leave it for Tobi. They grudgingly conceded. It was their job after all… Fi trudged down the hallway, arm still numb. She was heading towards the kitchens to help cook the dinner that Kakuzu had thrown a fit over because of the cost of the food they had bought. It was to be a western style meal with hams and chickens and turkeys with all sorts of delicious food. Of course, they were not going to have any. It was strictly for their employers and their subordinates. They got a turkey and whatever was left over. She bumped into a silver-haired young man as she was not paying attention.
"Gomenasai!" She gasped as she bowed. How clumsy of her! Koko would skin her alive for doing that!
"No, no. It's ok, really." He chuckled and pushed up his glasses. "Tell me, where is Sasori-sama?"
"I'll take you to him." She said quickly. "Please follow me." She hurried down the hall. "Whom shall I introduce you as?" She asked the attractive stranger.
"Kabuto will do." He said, smile still in place.
"Hai, Kabuto-sama." She rushed into Sasori's room to introduce him.
'Cute girl.' He thought to himself.
Back in the kitchens, Koko sat and observed all her underlings prepare the meal there was to be more than seventy five subordinates at this Christmas party plus the core members. 'Everything must go perfectly!' She thought. But so far, so good. The old woman looked around. So far all the money spent on the meal looked as if it would be worth it. Kakuzu could go soak his head.
Steadily, the subordinates were arriving and were thinking that the hideout had a leak. Tobi hadn't gotten to the front yet. But still, Tobi was waiting for the stupid mistletoe to come out. Hopefully, they'd been cancelled out too. Little did he know, he was wrong. Very wrong.
Keiko briskly walked down the hall, intent on finishing polishing the last portrait frame before anyone made it back that far. She suddenly was stopped dead in her tracks. She tried to move but couldn't. She swore and looked around. To her anger, there was a sprig of mistletoe twinkling innocently in a sinister way above her. Crap.
Deidara grumbled as he left his room, hair still wet from his shower. It was still cold. He went to complain to a maid about the temperature.
Itachi wandered aimlessly down the hall, just to kill time when he saw Keiko standing in the middle o the hall looking positively furious. "What?" He asked as he approached her.
"No! Don't come any-" Itachi was stopped dead in his tracks. He tried to move but couldn't. "Closer." She sighed before pointing up at the enchanted mistletoe. Itachi twitched. Seriously? Might as well get it over with then. He swooped down and gave the maid a peck on the forehead before feeling the invisible restraints lift. Keiko ran down the hall beet red.
Fi had taken refuge in the kitchen helping out when Keiko came running back in. "What?" Koko asked the twenty year old.
"Itachi-sama…" She was breathing heavily and very red. "Itachi-sama…"
"Itachi-sama what? Spit it out." Suki snapped from the stove.
"Itachi-sama just kissed me!" Suki and the other maid dropped what they were doing.
"What?!" Everyone that didn't have things cooking immediately and gathered around the traumatized maid.
"There's mistletoe floating around. It grabs you with invisible ropes and doesn't let you go until someone kisses you!" Keiko whimpered.
"At least it was Itachi-sama and not, say, Kisame-sama." The maids shuddered collectively.
Tobi groaned as he scraped up the last of the ice. Hidan stood and made sure all the ice was gone. "You missed a damn spot." He snapped, pointing at the offending bit of ice. Tobi scowled underneath his mask. Being degraded to such menial tasks. Hidan would get an ass-whipping later with him in the form of Kakuzu, mm yes. Definitely.
Deidara skulked around the servants quarters, somewhat drunk from finding Kisame's sake stash, looking for someone to do quick repairs on his pants. But he had no such luck. They were probably all cleaning up getting ready for guests. He swore as he slipped on some ice and slid down the hall on his ass. Tobi had not yet made it to that area. He grumbled as he tried to sit up. Key word tried. He growled in frustration and he looked up to see a glittering sprig of mistletoe. Dammit. "TOBI!" He yelled.
'What now?' Sasori thought, annoyed as a timid knock sounded on his door. He opened the door to reveal Fi and Kabuto. "Come in Kabuto. Thank you Fi, that will be all." The girl turned and scurried away. "Now tell me, what's Orochimaru up to?"
Fi headed towards the kitchen before remembering she needed to return a needle to Koko and it was in her room. She turned around and raced off to the maids quarters to retrieve it.
The servants rushed around the main dining area, cleaning every square inch under the supervision of Konan. More chairs were being set up and instead of lights, someone had found lights that looked like ice balls that floated across the ceiling on chakra strings. The atmosphere was festive to say the least. Little did they know what horrors would await them all.
Deidara lay on the floor, staring at the damn thing. He really couldn't think straight from the alcohol. He discovered he could move his arms, but that was it. He heard the pattering of feet in the next hallway, a door opening, a pause and then a slam. "Oi!" he tried calling, but the footsteps faded away. Damn. He pulled out another sake bottle and started in. Screw Christmas.
Ha! Though this died eh? Well, I'm going to change it to four chapters and hopefully get it done by the end of the month. Then I'll finish Pisses me off. More reviews, the faster our drunken Deidara gets off the floor? Sound good? OK!
