This is just a little something I typed up on the fly in like... 15 minutes.

I'm currently bored in my blanket fort in my dorm while everyone else is sleeping.

Only two OCs. Enjoy if possible.

I do not own Naruto. If I did, I wouldn't be bored in my dorm. (I would probably still be in a blanket fort, however).

Blanket Forts FTW!

Third Person!

"What are you doing, Itachi?" Kisame asked as he joined Itachi up on top of a building. They were in Konoha for the time being while Pein and Tsunade worked up a system for sharing Tiburon and Sanaa as well as one for Sasuke and Naruto to come and work for Pein when and if he needed them since she was stealing Sanaa and Tiburon.

Itachi glanced at his partner for a second before returning his gaze to the scene he had been watching. "Watching."

Kisame followed his gaze and raised his eyebrow. Alice was on the street below them, cooing at a dog that some elderly woman was walking. "Why are you watching Alice from way up here?"

"I don't want to disturb her." Itachi said. "She is allowed to do things on her own sometimes, Kisame."

"I know that, Itachi. But, I seriously don't think she would mind having you walk around with her. She does kind of worship the ground you walk on." Kisame said.

Itachi didn't respond for some time, content with watching Alice say goodbye to the dog sweetly before another animal caught her attention. It was another canine this time, but it was a group of puppies inside a pet store window. She plastered herself against the window and tried to send them her love through the glass.

"Do you ever just watch her, Kisame?"

"I beg your pardon?" Kisame asked.

Itachi gestured at Alice. "Do you ever watch her when she's by herself?"

Kisame shook his head. "I don't really follow Alice around from a distance. If I'm going to watch her, I'm going to partake in her company."

Itachi allowed a small smile to grace his features. "I find it incredible."

"Explain, please, before I take you to an asylum." Kisame said.

"I enjoy watching her smile when she talks to someone she knows. When she's in a good mood, she's almost happy to greet other people and talk to them. I've noticed she is most at ease around elderly people, gentle around children, and outgoing around those in between. Her smile and the happiness in her face increase more when she talks to someone she loves." He closed his eyes and sighed. "However, when she sees an animal, her face almost lights up. It is like a completely different person took her place. All of the tension she usually carries with her wherever she goes vanishes completely and replaced by pure affection when she sees a dog or something."

Kisame chuckled as he watched Alice get weird stares from people walking by her. "She does really like dogs, doesn't see?"

"Sable always makes her feel better." Itachi said. "Even when she is in pain or angry, Sable is able to make her better in ways I cannot."

Kisame glanced at Itachi and smirked. "You know, Itachi, Alice does seem really happy when she sees dogs and stuff. But I've seen her even happier."

Itachi glanced at him. "Oh?"

Kisame nodded. "Yep. When she sees you, it's like you're the only thing in the world." He patted his partner's shoulder. "And it is the same when you're with her too, you know. I think the only person who gets the same level of love from both of you is Tibby."

Itachi didn't respond. Instead he just watched Alice with a smile on his face.

"Well, Tibby and me of course. She always has liked me more than you." Kisame said.

"If it helps you sleep at night, I will not correct you." Itachi said.

Kisame stood up and patted Itachi's shoulder once more. "I'll see you later Itachi."

"Kisame." Itachi said in farewell.

"Oh and Itachi?"

Said Uchiha glanced over his shoulder.

"Two things." Kisame said. "One: stop being creepy and following Alice around. And two: she knows you're up here. She's the one that told me to come up here."

Itachi blinked as Kisame disappeared with a splash of water and he looked around to see Alice staring at him from the opposite side of the street. She had her hands on her hips and a smirk on her face as she watched him.

He sighed and dropped down from the building he was on before walking over to his wife. He stopped about a foot from her and raised his eyebrow. "Am I in trouble?"

"That depends. Why were you following me?" Alice asked.

He shrugged. "I enjoy watching you interact with those around you, especially animals."

Alice stared at him. "You're a creepy stalker, you know that, right?"

"And you're not?" He asked.

"We're not talking about me and my issues. We're talking about you and yours. If we started on me, we would be fifty by the time we got a quarter of the way down the list." She said dismissively.

"I only follow you." He said. "You follow quite a number of people."

Alice paused. "Fair enough." She stepped closer to him before she kissed his nose. "You're not in trouble."

"Good."

Alice grabbed his hand and tugged on it. "Come. You get to walk around with me."

"As you wish."

They walked down the street for a time together in silence, just enjoying the company, before Alice broke the silence. "Itachi? Do you love me?"

"More than anything." He assured her. "Why?"

"You know how you could prove your love to me?" Alice asked.

Itachi sighed. "We're not getting another dog."

Alice slumped. "Why not?" She scowled. "Sable is a wolf. We can get one of those instead. I don't care."

"Sable is alive and well." Itachi said. "She requires your attention. Another pet will not allow her to be the only center of your world."

"Sable needs a friend! And she's not the only center now! You and Tibby share it with her."

"Tiburon is a sufficient friend. He plays with her more than you do. And we still have Ash and Cielo around ninety percent of the time."

"But—"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"No."

"I'll make you dango."

"No, Alice."

"Itachi!"

"Alice, stop making a scene. We're not getting another pet."

"But I'll be good!"

"This does not constitute as being good."

"Itachi!"

"No."

"Please?"

"Alice, stop doing that. You look like a child."

"I'll stop if you let me get one."

"That isn't going to work."

"Please Itachi?"

"Will you quit bouncing up and down like a toddler and pulling on my arm?"

"Don't avoid my begging!"

"We are not getting another pet."

"You hate me!"

"I most certainly do not."

"Yes you do! You hate me! I would let you get another pet!"

"I don't want one."

"Why not?"

"Sable is more than enough."

"But you love Sable."

"I do love Sable, and I don't need another pet to split her affection."

"Itachi!"

"Alice, I will gag you."

Alice scowled at Itachi and pulled her hand out of his grasp. "I'm not talking to you anymore."

Itachi sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Alice."

She turned her back on him.

"This trick is not going to work, Alice. No means no."

She ignored him.

"You are worse than Tiburon."

No response.

"Alright. If you refuse to quit behaving like a child, we're going home. I'll sort you out there."

Alice avoided looking at Itachi and talking to him as he picked her up and carried her back to the Uchiha compound. He set her before the table in the kitchen after taking her inside the manor.

"Who pissed her off?" Sasuke asked, looking up from his lunch.

"I did." Itachi said.

Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "Oh?"

"I won't let her get another pet." Itachi explained.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Alice, you don't need another pet. You already treat ninety percent of the Akatsuki, most of Konoha, and me like pets, and you have Sable. Sable is huge, Alice."

Alice scowled at him.

"Thank you, Otouto." Itachi said.

Sasuke looked at him. "Don't say that. Then she won't make me food."

Alice's glare intensified.

"Alice, do you really need another pet?" Sasuke asked.

Alice nodded before turning her pleading eyes on Itachi. She looked utterly pitiful as she gaze up at him, doing her best to look like a lost, kicked puppy.

Itachi avoided looking at her. "Stop that, Alice."

She continued to stare at him.

"Whoa, who is making Alice sad?" Kisame asked. "Itachi, kiss her or something so she'll put that away. I hate it when she makes that face. I feel like a horrible person."

"She's mad at me. I already told her to quit." Itachi said, his back to Alice.

"Why is she mad?" Kisame asked.

"I said no to her getting another pet." Itachi said.

Kisame raised his eyebrow. "Why?"

"We don't need one." Itachi stated.

"Let her get a dog." Kisame said. "It's not like she won't take care of it. Hell, Sable gets better treatment than the rest of us."

Alice gestured at Kisame, breaking her concentration. "Fucking thank you, Kisame!"

Itachi sighed and turned around to look at her. "You're missing the point here."

Alice went back to her pouting face.

Itachi turned away again.

"Itachi, she's not going to let this go." Kisame said. "Just let her get one."

Itachi glared at Kisame. "No."

"Nii-san, he has a point."

Itachi glanced at Alice and he felt a pang in his chest at the positively adorable pouting face his wife was giving him. "No."

"No what? What's wrong with Mom?"

"Hey Tibby." Kisame said. "Your dad isn't letting your mom have her way."

Tiburon sighed. "What does she want now?"

"Another pet." Sasuke said.

Tiburon's face lit up. "Another pet?" He turned to his dad. "Dad, can we get another pet? Please?!"

Itachi glared at his brother and partner before looking at his son. "No, Tiburon."

"But—"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Dad!"

"Tiburon, I already had this argument with your mother. No. I will not say it again."

Tiburon glanced at his mom before joining her in antics and giving his father a heartbreakingly adorable pouting expression that rivaled Kisame's and his mother's. Itachi stared at both his son and his wife before sighing heavily and sitting down. "Fine."

"Yes!" Alice and Tiburon said in unison, rushing Itachi and latching onto him. He just sighed as he was attacked with affection from his wife and son.

"I'm getting too old for this." He sighed.

Sasuke and Kisame both made the sound of a whip cracking from across the table before running from the room.

So... yeah. Bout dat.

New chapter = O.O AWESOME!

There were things... things I needed to say... Give me a minute...

In case anyone is interested:
The Naruto story I posted a while back asking people if they wanted to collab with me:

Goodboy and I are both rather busy and well... college is just a bit more important to me than fanfiction. I don't want Goodboy slacking off on her school either so nothing can be done about her inactivity either.

Because of our lack of updates on that story and whatnot, I think it would be both nice to all of you and myself, and wise to offer someone the chance to write this story with us.

Now, I have pretty much everything planned out and stuff but it's getting the ball rolling that is the issue right now since I'm smothered by 18 credit hours.

But, yeah, if you're interested, PM me or email me. My email is Danizaraki zoho dot com. (Obviously the "dot" means "."). The only thing I ask is that you be able to write a paragraph without destroying the English language. If you can't, well I'll probably ignore you because reading stuff like that hurts not only my head, but also my soul.
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