Alice's POV

'Please don't let me be cuddling Itachi, please don't let me be cuddling Itachi, please don't...aw hell, I'm cuddling Itachi.' I thought glumly. 'At least he's still asleep.' I slowly sat up, trying not to wake the eadly guest, but found miself pinned down with a kunai (SP?) knife to my throat, being stared down by the sharingan.

He pulled the knife away and sat back. "I am sorry, Alice. It's a reflex after many years of training."

I sat up and sighed in relief that my neck wasn't cut wide open. "Don't worry about it. By the way, where the hell did my pillow go?" I had just realized that my pillow was missing, although Itachi's remained. I looked on the floor around the bed and underneath, but it wasn't anywhere. "Now that's just weird. Pillows don't grow legs and walk around, so some one had to of taken it."

I left and peaked into everyone's room, only to find all the heavier sleepers were also missing pillows. I continued searching upstairs, awaking all in the process. "The hell, my pillow's gone!" Brittany complained, along with the others, who were mumbling.

"Let's check downstairs." I replied, and every one followed. A large stack of pillows occupied one corner of the room, seemingly empty. That is, until Hidan walked closer and was wacked over the head by a pillow, curtesy of both May and Katy.

I sweatdropped and hung my head in disappointment. "Damn you two, you better have every pillow back where it belongs, or no breakfast!" I threatened.

"But Onee-chan! I'm hungry!" May pouted, looking so inoccent and helpless. I had to look away, otherwise I would have given in to her pleas..

"NO!" I grunted, walking to the kitchen. "How about oatmeal? I really don't feel like cooking."

"Whatever." Nikki slumped into her spot next to Sasori, who looked equally bored. I'm guessing he wasn't much of a morning person...puppet...thing.

I started the food and coffee before also slumping in a chair. I must have falllen asleep, because the next thing I knew was Itachi shaking me awake to give me breakfast. I groaned and cursed the universe for making the Akatsuki such slobs. "Hey what time is it?" I asked to no one in particular.

"7:30." White Zetsu answered.

My eyes snapped wide open and I spit out coffee, hitting poor Hidan and Brittany in their faces. "Damn it, I'm going to be late for work!" I yelled, jumping up the stairs two at a time. I took a quick shower and ran into my room, wearing only a towel, with a tooth brush in my mouth. Itachi was sitting in my black mushroom chair, reading a book when I ran in. "Move it!"

Without thinking, I threw off the towel and ran into my closet.

Itachi's POV

I finished eating quickly and went to Alice's room, scanning the book shelf for anything interesting. Actually, quite a few did. I just sat down reading when Alice ran in in nothing but a towel and a tooth brush in her mouth screaming, "move it!" Suddenly she ripped her towel off, throwing it right on my head, and running into her closet. I blinked in shock for a few moments. Then I was glad it was a towel Alice threw, I would need it for the blood.

Alice's POV

I was in too much of a rush to be embarrassed as I ran past Itachi again, pulling my shirt on as I went. I grabbed some one's black jacket on my way out, along with a piece of toast held out by Nikki, since I had skipped breakfast. Rose threw the keys at me, while May held my car door open. 'Wow, almost everyone helped out so I wouldn't be late.' I took the time to wave to May, and I could hear her yell while I drove off.

"Good bye, onee-chan! Have a good day!" She called, cupping her mouth with one hand, while waving wildly with the other. Maybe I should get them all a nice treat...but what to get?

May's POV

I smiled and put down my hands when Alice's car was out of sight. "May-chan, Tobi wants to go some where and play!" Tobi tugged at my sleeve. I stiffened with fear at his touch, knowing it could be deadly if he so pleased. It was quite unnerving, plus I couldn't fight like Alice or Nikki. I was so little, unlike them I wouldn't even get in a kick or punch.

"Hm. May, why don't you and Tobi go to the movies or something? Consider a congrats for getting out of the hospital." Brittany said, oblivous that she may just be sending me to my death. Nikki, who would have been the only one who could have stopped it, was inside.

"Uh, kay." I said quietly. I went to the car and drove to the movies when he got in. I stayed tense, and my chest felt tight, making it hard to breath.

"Scared?" He said in a deep voice, making me nearly run off the road. He chuckled at my fear. "Good."

I bit my lip and tried to concentrate on driving without killing anyone. Alothough, maybe if we recked he would die...no, bad May! "W-where do you want to go?" I tried to sound calm, but my voice was too shaky.

"Movies." He answered monotonely. He seemed somewhat like a second Itachi. They both creep me out, Kakuzu and Hidan too. The rest went by in silence, except when I almost accidently drank his pop instead of mine, at which point he ripped it out of my hand and I squealed.

'Brittany, I swear I'll have Alice get you for this!' I growled in my head.

Madara's POV

'Stupid girl, she has her own drink so she should leave mine alone.' I thought, looking at her through the corner of my eyes. She was thinking about something, and whatever it was wasn't happy. She had a glare on her face, which surprisingly didn't look ridiculous as I would have believed. It was actually quite fierce, enough to probably make some men shiver.

The movie finally ended, and I'm sure neither of us paid much attention. We climbed in May's car and she still glared absentmindedly.

Alice's POV

I let my head fall onto the counter top and slumped on the stool. 'Why is it so boring!' I screamed in my mind. The shop had only opened an hour ago, but the usually morning crowd had already ordered and beeen served, leaving the few others who went at a much slower pace. I looked up and saw a man with bright red hair and golden eyes walking up to the counter. "Uh, excuse me, but can I put up a poster for some lost kittens in here?" He asked.

"Lose your cat?" I asked, "Sure."

"Well, no, I found some kittens."

"Really? Can I see them?" I asked. Maybe I could replace my most recent pets, seeing as they were no longer pets.

He nodded and left for a moment, bringing a box back with him. He set it on the counter and I smiled peeking inside. 'No...no way! They couldn't be...' My heart was thundering so loudly I wouldn't be surprised if everyone in the cafe heard. Inside the box were four small kittens. One was solid grey, with a scar across it's closed eye and the open one was black. The next was a pure pink cat with bright green eyes, sitting beside a blond kitten with blue eyes and only three whiskers on each cheek. Finally, a blueish black kitten with black eyes and who's fur looked like a duck's ass.

"Uh, something wrong?" The man asked.

"N-no, not at all." I answered, smiling nervously. "Can I have these kittens?"

"No problem." He looked relieved. "Less work for me."

I quickly finished my shift and ran to th car with the box. I dumped them out in the passenger seat and shut all the doors and windows. They looked up at me with eyes too intelegent to belong to cats. "You guys are Sakura, Naruto, Kakashi, and Sasuke, right?"

They seemed happy that they were with some one who knew them, and nodded. I pulled out a phone and dialed the house phone, each ring almost making me jump. "Hello?"

Itachi. "Thank god Itachi! I was working at the cafe and some guy came in with this box and asked to put up posters for some kittens he had found. Of course I said yes and asked to see them. If you're not sitting down you might want to. It's your little brother and his team." I inhaled deeply, then looked back to the kittens. Sasuke looked rather upset at the mention of his older brother, while Kakashi looked on alert, and the other two looked confused about what was going on.

"Alice, bring him now." He ordered then hung up. I drove as fast as I could without getting my ass hauled to jail and burst through my front door. I climbed the steps to my room and found Itachi sitting on the edge of my bed, clearly thinking. He looked up and when their eyes met, Sasuke launched himself at his older brother, trying to claw his eyes out.

I set the others on the bed before pulling Sakura into my lap and stroking her hair to help my nervousness. Although I knew it was silly, deep down I loved Itachi, and I didn't want him to get hurt by either Kakashi or Sasuke. Sakura seemed to notice how tense I was and willingly sat still so I could rub her back.

Itachi restrained Sasuke and rubbed behind his ears, which Sasuke fought against tooth and nail. "Sasuke, please stop, we won't hurt you or your friends, I promise." He just glared at me and meowed agrily. I turned my attention to the older Uchiha, hoping to have more luck. "Maybe you should put him down."

He frowned at me and shook his head. "This is my younger brother who I haven't seen in five years. I will not be putting him down."

"Damn it Itachi, how much do you know about kids? I'm telling you, he'll be better if you just put him down." I reasoned. Itachi paused, then sighed and put Sasuke down next to Naruto and Kakashi. "Do you want to turn him back now, or later?"

"Now would be nice." I nodded and picked up a half empty coffee cup from my desk and poured it on all the kittens. Next I was pinned under Naruto, who was looking at me fiercely. He was suddenly ripped off me by Itachi, who then helped me to my feet and stood in front of me protectively.

"Itachi." Sasuke hissed, raising his sword. I went out from behind Itachi and raised both my hands.

"Sasuke, please just stop and listen to us for a second, okay? Like I said, Itachi will not hurt you. Right, Itachi?" I turned and gave him the best glare I possible could. It startled him into agreeing, and everyone but Sasuke lowered their weapons.

"Where are we?" Sakura bravely stepped forward and asked.

I walked to her, despite Itachi's facial expression of 'don't you dare'. "You have been teleported to another dimmension by a jutsu. Right now the entire Akatsuki is staying here in my house, and you four are also welcome to stay, if you wish to do so." Sakura and Naruto looked to kakashi, waiting for his judgment. "I promise, none of the Akatsuki will harm you, and if they do, they'll soon find their butts in the street."

Kakashi finally nodded, to which Sakura and Naruto almost completely relaxed. Naruto pat his stomach and started complaining about foods, so I told him to ask Nikki for ramen, then asked for Kakashi and Sakura to keep an eye on him. So now I was left in a room with the two Uchiha brothers, one of which was trying to burn holes through the other with a glare.

"Itachi, you need to tell him the truth. All of it." I sighed. Itachi's eyes flashed to me for a second before nodding.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "The truth about what?"

"The truth of why I murdered our entire clan that night." Itachi answered, taking his seat on the bed.