I am so sorry that I haven't update in ages, but it's because I've been so much gone, once in Barcelona, and then we moved, and we didn't get internet before last Friday, and the Easter holiday hasn't been relaxing… So here it is, anyways!

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Claimer: I do own Lucia, Mai, Asuka, Chieko and Danika

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Chapter 4: The vote

The former organization by the name of the Akatsuki was sitting in the kitchen another early morning, Itachi was getting very anxious about what everyone would vote for. He had no interest in leaving this world and returning to the past one. He wanted to stay with Lucia, but if the decision ended on returning to the Land of the Ninja, he wouldn't even dream of bringing her and his unborn child into that world. And it was only two weeks until the baby's birth. Everyone knew Itachi was on edge because of this, but they couldn't do anything to calm him either. Sasuke was especially concerned, as he had never seen his brother this way before.

"We have discussed this matter for a long time now, four months and two weeks to be precise. I think I can say with certainty that everyone has decided on what to vote for. I have gotten the votes from the students from our world on the school Tsunade-sama is principal of, but it is too even. That is why they decided that we would also get a say in this," Pein started.

"What do you mean, 'get a say in this'?" Deidara exploded at once.

Pein sighed. "We were criminals, S-ranked criminals in the Bingo-book. We have made a mends for what we did, but they didn't want us to vote over this, thinking we'd only have one answer: go back to our world and remain criminals. That's why they didn't let us have a say in this," he said.

"But why haven't you told us so?" Kisame asked, sounding slightly confused.

"Because I didn't want to trouble you with another thing before it was certain," Pein said calmly.

They all went silent. Itachi, however, wasn't surprised. He had talked to Tsunade in person, and she had learned the truth. He was no longer guilty of his crimes, and would be welcomed back to Konoha like the hero he was. That was at least what she had told him. He had been thankful for that, but as said before, Itachi had no intention whatsoever to leave this place.

Deidara was sitting in his own thoughts. He really didn't like the idea of leaving, and not only because it meant leaving Mai behind. But also because he had no future in the other world. Though he missed going around blowing stuff up, he didn't want to go back. He was finally accepted as a good person, and he wanted to stay that way, if not for himself then for Mai. And he would. He couldn't go back to what he once was.

"Are you ready to vote?" Pein asked them all.

Kisame frowned. He knew what he'd vote, but he wasn't happy about it.

Itachi kept his normal face, knowing just what he'd vote.

Deidara sighed. He was still elaborating, but he felt pretty certain.

Hidan knew exactly what he'd vote. He slammed his hands together and thought harshly: "I'm sorry."

Konan looked at Pein, and thought of the girls. She had always known what she'd vote should the option come.

Sasori sat still, as calm as a sleeping baby. He knew what he would vote. There was nothing left for him in that old world.

Pein looked slightly troubled, but he knew what he'd vote for. He knew he had to help his own world become a good one, like this. He couldn't abandon it because his underlings, no, his friends were in love.

Kakuzu was as cold as he always had been, and he knew there was no stopping him from returning to his old ways. Maybe he found someone on the right side of the law who would pay him well for the ones he had to kill. But to stay on the right side of the law wasn't being a good person. He smirked to himself behind the cloth hiding his mouth.

Tobi liked this world, but he had no intentions of letting all his ambitions go to waste.

"I've decided to keep it anonymous. I don't want any trouble of bad blood between you all," Pein said harshly, already back in his position as 'Leader'. This troubled the ones who wanted to stay.

They passed out blank notes and pens so they could write down what they wanted. It was either 'return' or 'stay'. When everyone had written down their answer, they all gave the paper back to Pein, many of them folded unnecessarily many times. Pein opened them all one by one after mixing them, so there was no way for them to learn which was whose. He sighed.

"Four for staying, and six for returning," Pein said calmly.

All of them looked defeated.

Hidan hit his fist down on the table. "That's just fucking awesome!" he said with deep sarcasm. "There is no fucking way I will fucking leave this fucking world!" he bellowed and stormed out of the kitchen.

By doing so, he bumped into someone. Someone as tall as him, with brown, shoulder-long hair, and some very cutely placed freckles.

I hope ya'll enjoyed it, and please review!
I know the chapter is short, but I'm already halfway through writing the next one, so it will be out as soon as I have the possibility to. And no, it won't take three weeks! xD

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