~~~(1 Month later)~~~

"Ok, so we have everythng?" I watch as Pein paints symbols in blood all over the school auditorium.

"Yep, Kristy lay right here eagle spread." Pein points, then starts working on the next symbol.

It's rather disturbing to watch.

In a few hours, he has something like a Jewish star shape on the floor with two circles in the middle that me and Kristy have to lay on.

The dead bodies went on each corner.

The Akatsuki did all these handsigns, then said some words.

There's a big poof and we lay on the living room floor.

"We're back!" I screech, hugging the couch. "Oh how I missed this house!"

Kristy hugs the wall, "I missed it soo much! Even Mina-ghost haunting it!"

"Did you even let him out the vacuum?"

"...Oh..."

"Baka."

Everything had gained a layer of dust for the 6-7 months we were gone.

Itachi sighs and looks around.

"So, what's next?" I chuckle. "We have a plan, right?"

"Nope." Pein shrugs. "Let's get dinner."

"Woohoo!" Kristy cheers.

Jodie's P.O.V

"H-Hey! Jugo-kun!" I call behind me. "I'll meet you on the training grounds, ok? Tell Sasuke I... Forgot something!"

"You've got 5 minutes before he comes after you!" Jugo calls with a smirk.

"Got it!" I run down the hall, but make a wrong turn, ending up in Orochimaru's studies. "Shit."

Orochimaru-sama said memories should come back to me soon, but... So far, nothing.

I deciede to explore after checking my watch, I had 3 minutes.

As I go deeper into his studies, my thoughts on Orochimaru change.

He's a total FREAK.

I was passing WHOLE CAGES full of people.

I decieded to leave the big cages, and go check out the smaller experimants.

"Aww, a cute doggy!" I stick my hand in for it to sniff. "What're you doing in here?"

It licks my hand, convulses, and grows an extra head.

I flinch, but pet it anyways.

Everyone wants to be loved.

It wags it tail(s?) and barks(both heads) happily at me.

"I think I'll name you Stitch, like, from that alien dog from Lilo and Stitch." I laugh softly. "Yeah... Stitch, you hungry Stitch?"

I pull out some baby carrots from my pocket, don't ask why they're there. I keep a lot of things in my pocket. I feed Stitch 3 baby carrots before he lays down and gives me a happy look.

"I'll be back for dinner, Stitch," I whisper, looking through other expirements I could feed.

Most things were dead, or wouldn't interact with me.

And, I tried poking, talking, and coaxing with food, nothing worked.

I come to a last cage that was slightly bigger than the others and had water dripping into it from a leaky pipe.

It was breathing.

I kneel in front of the cage, "Will you talk with me? I won't hurt you..." I reach out and stroke the soft, black hair. "Do you want some food? I bet Orochimaru-sama dosen't even try... Bastard... Can't even talk to him about it cause I shouldn't be in here."

The thing turns it head enough to see me, but I couldn't see it.

After some more staring, I come to the conclusion that it's a boy.

I poke his ear, "You wanna talk?"

Nothing.

"You want food?" I poke his ribs.

Still nothing.

I poke his arm, "Well, I'm Jodie. Nice to meet ya. Will I name you or do you have a name?"

"No need for that." He turns to face me with a soft smile. "I'm not a pet."

"T-Tobi!" I gasp. "Why are you-I didn't even kno- Oh my god!"

He rolls his eyes playfully and reaches out the bars to pet my head, "Stop over-reacting."

"I'm not." I quiet down. "I was just a little surprised."

"I'm surprised your still alive, let alone here." Tobi chuckles weakly.

"No, stop that." I cross my arms.

"Stop what?"

"Stop worrying about me! I should be worrying about you!" I hiss. "You've been down here for about a month, while I've been..."

"Been?"

"Chatting with Karin, teasing Sasuke, stalking Suigetsu, forming a friendship with Jugo, learning basic medical stuffs from Kabuto, and playing with Orochimaru's stuff."

Tobi nods thoughtfully, "Seems you've been busy."

"I found a pet too, he has 2 heads, 2 tails, and I named him Stitch!"

Tobi snickers.

"What?"

"Nothing, nothing."

I sigh and dig through my pockets, "And don't say you don't want nor need it." I pull out an assortment of wrapped foods.

Chocolate bars, dango, riceball from breakfast, and some random sour candy for later.

I give him 2 chocolate bars and the riceball.

He's about to protest, but I stop him.

"No protesting. Eat it. I'll be back for dinner." I warn. "I will force feed you."

I sneak out the room and check my watch, "Ok, 30 seconds."

I run to the training grounds and make it just in time.

"Am I late?" I lean on my knees to catch my breath.

A glare from Sasuke comfirms it.

"Damn." I hook elbows with Karin. "I'll train with Karin today, ok?"

I drag Karin deep into the forest.

"Are you scared of Sasuke?" Karin says out of the blue.

"What? No."

"Then why do you avoid training with him?"

"Because I don't won't my ass handed to me on a silver platter." I sigh, kicking a rock. "Damn Uchiha's get all the power because of ONE eye power!"

Karin nods in understandment.

"If I had some kinda eye power, I could rule the world if I felt like it!" I growl. "But not only is that a lot of work, I don't have a chance of getting an eye power."

"Yeah... Ok, let's train here."

"I was still talking ya know!"

"If Sasuke finds you not training again..."

"Yeah yeah, I know, he'll kick my ass." I throw my hands up exhasperated. "I swear, what do you see in that guy."

"You ask that almost everyday." She chuckles.

"What does ANYONE see in him? He's just an emo with only one goal in his life. And that goal is to kill the sexiest Uchiha alive!" I put my hands on my hips. "What kinda goal is that? He can't even do the Uchiha hair flip!"

"The what?"

"I saw Itachi do it a few times when I was younger." I do the Uchiha hair flip again. "That's how it's done!"

Karin gets up and tries it.

She laughs at my mocking of it.

"Sasuke dosen't even have enough hair to do it..." I mutter.

"But your hair's short too."

"It's thick though!" I protest. "I thought you knew this?"

"Ok, do it one more time to get it out my system." Karin laughs.

The wind blows at just the right time so I get that extra effect.

Karin falls back laughing at the face I made at the end.

I then get a knock to the head.

"Oww!" I whine, rubbing my head.

"You should be training." Sasuke deadpans. "Not distracting others and slacking off."

"Hey! I was teaching her the most important skill ever!"

"It looked like you were trying to do a hair flip."

"It's not JUST a hair flip! It's the UCHIHA hair flip!" I protest.

...

He hits me upside the head and walks away, "You'd better be training when I get back."

I stick my tounge out at him.

"I'll cut it off."

"That's what she said."

"Keep it to yourself."

I lean against a tree, "Karin, when's dinner."

"Let's play tag, Jodie." Karin laughs. "Tag! Your it!"

"Hey! Get back here!" I dash after her. "I wasn't ready!"

After I finally catch her, we play Dodgeball using kunai and shuriken, then we play Hide and Seek, then we raced each other back to the clearing.

"I win!" I cheer, pumping my fists in the air.

"I'm surprised." Kabuto chuckles. "We found a way to get you to train."

Sasuke, Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin stand on each opening in the clearing.

It's actually just a habit for them to do that.

I get an idea, "Tag!" I poke Sasuke's head. "Your it!" I run off as he rubs his forehead.

He soon chases after me with no expression... Bastard.

"Tag." He pokes my forehead and runs back towards the clearing.

I chase after, but tag Kabuto this time, who tags Karin, who tags Jugo, who tags Sasuke, who tags Suigetsu, and so on.

I collapse on the grassy field and stare up at the colorful sky.

"I'm exauhsted." I say, breathless. "What was that? Like 6 hours?"

"2 actually." Kabuto leans on a tree.

"Still, that was a lot of running."

"The way you react, you NEED to run fast." Suigetsu teases.

"It was ONE TIME!" I huff, throwing a pinecone at him.

"Man, when those Konoha ninja's came out the trees, I didn't think someone could scream so loud!"

"I was surprised!"

"And then you ran, like, 7 feet away, and took a break!"

"Hey! That was a long run!"

"Right."

"Meany."

"Baaaaby."

"Am not!"

"Baaaaby!"

"No!"

"Suigetsu, leave her alone." Karin scolds. "C'mon Jodie, let's get some food in you!"

"Oh man! Don't even get me started on the food!" Suigetsu cracks up. "She eats enough to feed a whole village!"

I ignore that over-exagerrated comment and lead the way to the kitchen.

I pull out one of the smaller picnic baskets(we went to a festival... I liked the look) and fill it with food.

"What's the occasion." Kabuto gives me a distrusting look.

"I just... Need some time alone," I sigh. "Do you know where Orochimaru-sama is?"

"Mission."

I nod and walk down the hall, thankful my room was basically the same direction of Orochimaru's studies.

Time for dinner.