Thank you everyone for the wonderful reviews!! Can you imagine how excited I was when I logged into my email and had 13 new messages!! Thank you all so much!!

On a side note I'm getting a little panicy because I usually have all my chapters prewritten in advance and I only have one more chapter completed after this and I'm not entirely happy with it yet... Meaning I may go back and change it and it might be a tad bit late next week...

Another exciting aspect is that I created a forum for CrossWorlds!! I haven't gotten to tell Audrey about it as of yet since she's currently doing the state testing for juniors... But she will probably be VERY active on there, so go post on there!!

Note- The title is a modified version of 'Breakfast At Tiffany's.' Go watch it if you haven't seen it. It will make you a better person. :)

CrossWorlds ~ Part One ~ The Beginning ~ Ten ~ Breakfast At Ali's

*Beep Beep Beep*

My eyes snapped open as soon as my alarm went off. A groan at my back fallowed by unintelligible muttering reminded me Audrey was here which led my thoughts to what a complete bitch I was going to have to be today…

*Beep Beep Beep*

Stupid, hateful, no good, fucking son of bastard's bitch!! I snarled mentally as I growled aloud.

*Beep Beep Beep*

I sat up and poked Audrey in the ribs, "Hey…" I began, "Hey Audrey… Wake up you silly sleep head…"

*Beep Beep Beep*

I poked her some more as she groaned, I'd used the opening line to 'Charlie on Candy Mountain' video from YouTube just for fun when I reminded myself I was supposed to be a grumpy bitch today…

*Beep Beep Beep*

"Damn clock…" I growled as I settle into bitch mode as I punched the off key with a little bit more force than necessary and turned the alarm off for tomorrow. If someone wakes me up early on Saturday they had better be dying or there had better be some damn good cartoons on…

I looked down at Audrey and felt a stab of guilt along with a wave of self-loathing…

Great. I haven't done a damn thing yet and I already feel like shit…

I quickly decided I could wait and find something to piss me off at school and send myself into rabid bitch mode. I poked Audrey some more when she didn't move, "C'mon Audrey, we're going to Candy Mountain…"

Audrey finally sat up and stared at me with her most amusing WTF? expression. I offered a slow grin and continued with my Charlie on Candy Mountain lines. I had an obsession with the first two YouTube episodes and the urge to use them struck me every so often… Like today.

"Come on Audrey," I continued in a rather bad impersonation of either the pink or purple unicorn, "We're going to be late to Candy Mountain Audrey..."

Audrey groaned and dropped her face into her hands, "Ali…" She protested.

I giggled and poked her in the side again, "C'mon Kitty-Girl," I answered, dropping the unicorn act, "Breakfast and your dreamboat are waiting!"

By dreamboat I meant Itachi…

She perked up at that and hurried to pull on her clothes. I chuckled and began pulling on my own clothes. I considered wearing my 'Candy Mountain' T-Shirt but decided I didn't want to chance ruining it in a fight and settled on a plain black tee and my high tops.

I pulled my hair into a high pony tail and left Audrey to get ready as I shut the door behind me. I paused and knocked on the guest bedroom door before turning the knob to crack the door so I wouldn't be yelling.

"Hey," I called, "Get up if you want any breakfast." I shut the door before they could reply and started downstairs.

I hadn't been very nice, but I figured my alarm clock had already woken them up and being as neither one of them were my favorite characters plus the rest of the household could overpower them I wasn't too worried about pissing them off.

Jumping the last three steps I landed with a solid thump meant to wake the Akatsuki in my basement up. Walking over to the back of the couch I leaned over to peer down at Jiraiya who blinked sleepily up at me.

I kept my gaze firmly on his face once I noted he wasn't wearing a shirt. I frowned at him with irritation, "Wait until I can't see you then go get dressed in the bathroom."

He smiled sheepishly as I made my way to the stairs. I walked down and stood at the bottom, I heard grunts and people shifting positions under blankets in the dark and found myself frowning again.

Ninja must not be morning people…

"Oi!" I snapped, "Get your lazy butts up and dressed!"

"We're fucking trying to sleep woman!" Hidan's voice snapped back.

I growled at him and glared in the direction his voice had come from, "Well then I guess you don't want breakfast then…"

I let my voice trail off suggestively as if I wasn't going to fix breakfast…

"You're feeding us?" What sounded like Pein asked.

I rolled my eyes, knowing they could probably see me even if I couldn't see them, "No. I'm going to let you starve to death," I answered with fake seriousness before continuing, "Yes I'm going to feed you! Get dressed and come upstairs. I'm going to lay some ground rules while everyone eats."

"Ground rules?" Kakuzu asked, sounding suspicious.

"Ground rules, just like I did yesterday," I agreed, "I really don't want to come home and find my house leveled by all of you having a great ninja battle."

"Tobi won't let them hurt Ali-chan's house!!" The orange masked Akatsuki member cried before wrapping me in a hug. I patted his shoulder awkwardly while giggling. When he didn't release me immediately I started squirming.

I like giving hugs and getting them, but the longer Madara held onto me the more I suspected he was up to something… How would I even know if he put some tracking jutsu on me? Plus despite the fact that I probably knew more about him than anybody but Itachi did not mean that I knew him.

I knew him from what I'd read about, but his personality was still a pretty big mystery. I knew his past and what his motives were, but I didn't know his personality. I knew he was highly intelligent, was really, really fast, and had been around since Konoha had been founded.

In short, I wouldn't stand a chance against him.

I had my newfound superpowers with Time, but what could I do with it against him? I didn't know the capabilities. If I stopped Time how far a radius did it stop? Or does everything stop? If I have some sort of radius what happens after I stop Time and move? Does the radius move with me?

I need to talk to Kasugami about this later, but right now I have to fix breakfast for everyone…

"Thanks Tobi" I smiled at him while still wiggling determinedly. I wanted down.

"Put her down Tobi," Kisame said somewhat gruffly, "She can't fix us breakfast while you're holding her."

The rustle of cloth told me that they were getting dressed and I was glad the dark hid him. I didn't particularly want to see a bunch of naked musclely men, but didn't mean I wouldn't like it… I'm a real perv sometimes.

"Sorry Ali-chan!" Tobi told me as he set me back on my feet.

"No big," I answered, "Just come upstairs when you're decent. No running around naked. I'm going to start cooking…"

I trailed off as I climbed the stairs. I was a little shaken by being randomly hugged by Tobi/Madara, but not too badly.

Jiraiya was leaning against the wall fully dressed regarding me with an amused expression, "You're having fun waking us up aren't you?"

I grinned cheekily at him and winked slyly, "Of course. That's the great secret of life Jiraiya, to have fun with whatever you're doing no matter what," Then just because I was feeling playful at the moment I added, "Believe it!"

Jiraiya blinked at Naruto's trademark saying looking startled before he started laughing. I grinned and brushed past the laughing Sage and into the kitchen.

I almost ran smack into Sasuke and blinked slightly before looking up into his Sharingan gaze. I frowned and him and screwed my face up as I returned his glare with my own. We were both silent as Jiraiya got his laughter under control.

"You know," I began, "You're wearing your eyes out right?"

He blinked at me before narrowing his eyes slightly as he spoke softly, for my ears alone, "I'll keep them on until I figure out what you did."

I knew he was talking about the fight between him and Itachi, but I played dumb again as it seemed the fastest way to irritate the youngest Uchiha. So I put a dumb look on my face and went, "Huh?"

Sasuke smiled. It was more of s smirk, but he actually looked amused, "You've already shown me you have a mind. I won't underestimate you again Ali."

I grinned back as he stepped around me and moved to sit down at the dining room table. I felt suddenly smug as I realized he had broken eye contact first. I had won the subconscious dominate battle.

Grinning I opened the refrigerator and pulled out the eggs and bacon. Noting that there wasn't enough to feed everyone I pulled out pancake mix as well. I put two skillets and the griddle on the stove and put both eggs and bacon on.

I picked up the pancake mix next and started mixing them up as well. Once mixed, I poured out four pancakes on the griddle and moved on to the toaster. I plunked two pieces of bread in and returned to the stove.

I flipped the bacon and pancakes then started scrambling the eggs. I know different people like their eggs different ways, but scrambled eggs are the fastest and easiest. As an afterthought I got out the coffee maker and put some coffee on.

I put the first batch of bacon and pancakes on plates and covered them with a towel to keep them warm then started the next batch. I stirred the eggs, buttered the toast and put it on a plate with a towel over it.

I had begun humming while I worked, the song 'Tree Hugger' from the Juno soundtrack was stuck in my head. I put more toast in the toaster and started making orange juice. I returned and flipped the pancakes and bacon, stirred the eggs again, then began getting out plates and silverware.

I kept my routine until I had enough food to feed everyone. Turning around with the plates and silverware in my hands I discovered I had an audience. I blinked at the assembled ninja at the table watching me with varying levels of either amusement or boredom.

"You sure know your way around a kitchen, un." Deidara grinned at me.

I blinked and grinned back as I passed out plates. I took note of Audrey sitting across from Itachi on the end near my seat staring gooey-eyed at him. I winked with I caught Itachi's eye since he was doing his best to ignore my friend.

I smiled as I tossed a hotpad on the table for the eggs that I left in the skillet. Returning to the kitchen I picked up the skillet and the plate of bacon. I sat them down and went back for the pancakes and the maple syrup.

Another trip and I came back with the plate of toast along with strawberry, grape, and blackberry jelly along with a pot of honey on a plate for it. Back to the kitchen I grabbed the coffee pot in one hand after stuffing a hot pad in my pocket along with the pitcher of orange juice.

I set them down and went back to the kitchen yet again. I grabbed glasses and stacked them on another plate along with several coffee mugs. Balancing the plate on one hand I snagged the box of individual coffee sweetener and braced it on one hip while holding the creamer in my hand.

I set all of that down before taking a seat at the end of the table. My guest were still watching me with amusement as I poured myself a mug of coffee and put my sweetener and creamer in. Noticing their stares I arched one eyebrow as I took a sip of my coffee.

"What?" I asked, "I've worked as a waitress before. I can handle dishing out food."

I said a bit snappishly as I pulled a couple pancakes onto my plate. I also snagged a couple pieces of bacon and a piece of toast. A few chuckles went around the table as my guests dug into their food.

Glancing at Audrey I found her still staring at Itachi. I grimaced slightly before kicking her under the table…

"Hey!" She yelped as she jumped and glared at me, "What'd you do that for!?"

"Because you need to be eating something before they eat it all," I told her reasonably as I took a bite of my bacon.

"But Ali…" Audrey began glancing from me to Itachi.

"But nothing," I answered.

"Ali…" She whined again.

"No flirting at my kitchen table" I grumbled, causing Kisame, Hidan, and Deidara to roar with laughter.

She pouted at me before putting food on her plate. Audrey sulked by refusing to look at me the rest of the meal, but she still snuck several significant 'looks' at Itachi.

I stood up and put my dishes in the sink. Thank God for dishwashers, but the skillet at least would need to soak. Wandering back into the dining room I leaned on the back of my chair, "There are rules while I'm gone. First off, no jutsu. None. Second, no fighting. Third, don't leave the house unless to go back to the Wreck to hide in case someone shows up here. Fourth, don't make any huge messes."

I met eyes as I spoke, making sure they would take me seriously, "Think of it as… You're on a top secret mission and you can't risk being detected. Use your common sense. So no making bloody messes and stuff," There were nods around the table I smiled, "Good. Let's go Audrey."

We both grabbed our things, walked out the door, piled into my car, and off to school we went.

My dread and guilt were weighting more heavily on my mind the closer we got to school. All my friends were going to hate me after today…

But it was in the name of that stupid 'great good' crap that would keep them all safe…

And maybe get me a chance to fight Brittany face to face…

Okay, so this was a bit of a filler chapter...

I know. Audrey growled at me for it already... *grumbles*

But I promise the next chapter will be much more exciting and if I keep what I've written on the next one it will be even more exciting... *evil laughter*

I also stayed up past midnight to post this for my readers' enjoyment so I hope I get lots of reviews... *puppy eyes*