"I hate my life," Kisame grumbled.

Konan gave him a dull look.

"Kisame, I think we all hate our lives," she snapped and then turned her glare onto Pein.

"This is all your fault," she hissed at him.

"You can't just let power like theirs run amok," Pein attempted to explain.

"So you had to screw us over in the process?" Konan growled.

All the Akatsuki members cringed as the three knocked on another door.

"Trick or treat!" Asura, Ayami, and Chey chimed as the door was opened. The man on the other side gave them a strange look. Well, they had to admit, their group did look strange compared to all the other small children running around dressed in costume.

"Absolutely not," the man said and closed the door on them. Chey pouted, Ayami's lip quivered and Asura whimpered.

"That's every house so far," Asura sniffled. "We just want some candy."

"You can just buy candy, yeah," Deidara pointed out.

"But on Halloween they give it out for free!" Ayami whined.

"Yeah, and no one lets us buy candy!" Chey pouted.

"You don't need anymore sugar," Hidan grumbled.

"Arf arf!" Toby barked.

"On to the next house!" Chey ordered, pointing to the next house they were heading to.

"Oh joy," Kakuzu mumbled under his breath.

Asura bounced up to the door and knocked.

"Trick or treat!" she chirped as a woman opened the door. The woman, upon seeing the group, slammed the door in her face. This time, Asura actually began crying.

"Why does no one want to give us candy?" she wailed. "I just want candy!"

Her wails continued on for a few long minutes until even Chey and Ayami had their ears covered. Granted, Chey was among the first to cover her ears because they were so sensitive.

"Oh my god! Make her stop!" Kisame begged. Hidan growled and approached the door. He shoved Asura out of the way and, with one strong kick, broke the door down.

"What did you do that for?" Asura snapped as she got to her feet and brushed herself off. Hidan ignored her and the woman inside the house who was protesting his entrance. He grabbed the bowl of candy he saw sitting next to the door and shoved it in the terrible trio's direction.

"This is all you're getting," he told them. "Now put it in your pillow cases so we can go home already!"

"But you touched it," Asura whined, crinkling her nose in disgust. "Ew!"

"Candy!" Ayami cried, grabbing the bowl and running off in a random direction. "We got candy!"

"Oi!" Chey cried, running after Ayami. "Get back here! I want some!"

"Guys! Wait for me!" Asura shouted, following the other two.

"Arf arf!" Toby barked and tailed them.

"That was probably a really bad idea, wasn't it?" Hidan asked, watching them run away, plowing through a bunch of kids as they did so.

"Probably, yeah," Deidara agreed. "But we get to head back to base once we catch them, yeah."

The Akatsuki members sighed. At one time or another, all of them had been commissioned with catching the three girls. It was easier said than done. They cringed as they heard an ear-piercing shriek. That was definitely Chey and she did not sound happy.

"What happened?" Pein asked as they finally caught up. Chey was on the ground, clutching her shin.

"That little brat just kicked me and stole my candy!" Chey whined, pointing at a random kid who was examining his newest stash.

"Candy is for kids," he replied. "You're an adult."

"No, I'm not!" Chey cried. "I'm a big kid!"

"Toby is a good boy!"

Asura gave Toby a look.

"Now Toby, what did we tell you?" she asked him.

"Arf arf?" Toby replied. Asura grinned widely.

"Good boy!" she praised him.

"You two should give me your candy as well," the little boy weaseled. Ayami's eyes widened and she hugged her bowl of candy tightly to her chest.

"No!" she protested. "You need to give Chey-chan's candy back!"

"Do not!" the boy argued.

"Do too!" Asura joined in the argument.

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

Kisame growled obscenities under his breath and stomped over to the boy. He yanked the boy's candy out of his hands.

"Scram kid!" he barked, towering over the small child. The kid cowered under Kisame's dark look and ran away screaming. Kisame returned to the group, feeling pleased with himself. He was still scary. The terrible three hadn't caused him to lose his touch.

"Here," he said gruffly, handing the bag of candy over to Chey. Her eyes welled with tears. Kisame was expecting a big thank you for having dealt with this all night.

"Kisame…" Chey began.

The group waited to see if Chey would actually thank him. Asura and Ayami were especially interested because it was a rarity that Chey would thank anyone other than them.

"HOW COULD YOU? YOU JUST STOLE CANDY FROM A LITTLE KID!" Chey screamed.

"Yeah! You big meanie!" Ayami stomped over and kicked Kisame's chin.

"It takes a real type of cruel to steal candy from a kid," Asura huffed. "I knew you were cruel but I didn't think you were that cruel!"

Kisame stared at the three in disbelief.

"There's no way to possibly win," he sighed as the three stomped away.

"Of course not," Sasori grumbled. "Once you get used to them and think you know what to expect from them, they go in the opposite direction."

Konan gave Pein a piercing look.

"Is that why you picked them?" she asked. Pein shrugged.

"Let's go," he ordered. "We've played around enough. Itachi, grab Dumbest. Sasori, grab Dumbie. Hidan, grab Dumber. Deidara, grab Toby."

"Why can't Kisame grab Dumber?" Hidan protested. Pein glared at him.

"Because I said so," he snapped. "We'll meet you at the base."

"Let's see what kind of crazy they can come up with before then," Kakuzu mumbled under his breath. "And let's see if it blows Hidan up again."

Hidan glared at his partner but said nothing before he stomped away.

The walk back to the base was peaceful for the members that hadn't been assigned catching and baby-sitting detail. Most of them had forgotten what silence sounded like.

However, that silence was short-lived as, not even an hour after they arrived home, Asura, Ayami, and Chey bounded through the door.

"Guys! Guys! Guess what!" Asura cried as the door slammed open.

"We're having a horror movie marathon!" Ayami and Chey cheered in unison.