When Mar woke the second time she found herself alone. Sighing in relief, even though the giant puppy pile had been comfortable, Mar stretched herself out and rolled to her feet. "About time you woke up, lazy ass." Mar grimaced, she should have known that a peaceful morning was a bit much to hope for. "I would have been up already, if some ones weren't closet cuddlers." Mar muttered, giving Hidan a dark look. "Where is everyone? Why is it so... quiet?" Instantly suspicious Mar emerged from the palace, which was mostly destroyed from everyone moving in their sleep, and was surprised to see waffles on the coffee table against the wall.

"Where the hell did the waffles come from?" Mar asked, moving over to inspect the offering. "Your mother stopped by and left them there." Itachi said, emerging from her room. Mar spun on her heel. "Did she see any of you?" She demanded, preparing to go into panic mode. "Fuck no, we're ninja remember?" The tension in her shoulders eased and Mar let out a sigh of relief. "How could I forget? I mean, seriously."

Mar idly glanced around before giving the food her full attention. "So all I need is a..." Itachi handed her a plate. "Right... And some..." Hidan produced the syrup. "Okay... Not that I don't appreciate it, but all the... pleasant ness? Yeah that, it's really starting to creep me out." Hidan and Itachi shared a look before Itachi cleared his throat. "Pein was intending to discuss things with you when we finally regained our original forms, but it was postponed at your insistence."

"Did you really expect me to be able to focus with a bunch of attractive naked men in the room?" Mar asked flatly, saturating her waffles in syrup. Waving a sticky hand idly in distaste, Mar went to the kitchen for a fork. "Attractive? Hm?" A new voice joined the conversation. "Yes, Brat. In case you've failed to notice all you freeloaders are actually quite easy on the eyes." Mar groused, sticking a forkful of fluffy breakfast food in her face. She then pointed the fork at him. "Just stating a fact, no getting any ideas." Deidara snorted. "Like I'd be interested in a midget like you, hm."

Her eye twitched. She may have been the smallest kid on the playground, but Mar was definitely not a midget. "Shut it, he-she." Planting a sticky kiss on his cheek, Mar made her escape before Deidara could fully register what she'd said. Deciding that the most likely place to find the others was her room, Mar peeked around the door frame. "I heard there were some things you wanted to discuss?" Pein turned in her direction, face blank. "Yes. It would seem that you have some concerns, and I am willing to consider whether to answer your questions."

For once, Mar was regarding them with a serious face. "Okay. So I should be starting with the relevant questions then." Gazing around the room, Mar nodded as she settled on the one question giving her the most trouble. "Why? Not why cats, that really doesn't matter at the moment. Why me, well that was established when I fished you out of the lake." There were nods around the room at the conclusions she had come to. "So, well, why are you all being so... How should I put this?"

"Affectionate?" Konan suggested softly. "Well, that wasn't exactly the word I was looking for, but it'll do for now." Tobi flung himself at Mar, arms circling her neck as he nuzzled into her shoulder. Yes, Mar had seen what's under the mask and was firmly of the opinion that Tobi was hot. The snuggling was making her mildly uncomfortable. "It's 'cause you took extra good care of us, Mar-chan." Placing a hand on each shoulder, reaching up to do so, Mar tried to push him off. "I didn't do anything that I wouldn't do for any cat."

"You must understand that the first family to find us tried to drown us. We didn't want to risk this happening again, so we took steps to ingratiate ourselves to our new host." Pein explained. Mar nodded slowly, "Yes, I remember wondering about that. I thought you were being too friendly for animals that had just been betrayed so thoroughly." Her eye twitched. "And that those... people... we're lucky I had no way of tracking them down." Tobi squealed in a rather girly way. "Would you really have beat them up, Mar-chan?"

"'Beat up' is too mild a description, but yes." Mar once again found Tobi snuggling into her shoulder. If this was going to happen often she was most definitely going to have a stroke.

A/N Sorry it's so short, but there was a family emergency and I just can't seem to get my mojo going at the moment.