Yeah, 21 chapters.

This story is going to be long. Fair warning.

I might even say longer than M,IMtK...

Sigh...

Enjoy.

"Is it even possible for you to control your anger, Alice?" Sasuke growled as he slid his sword further through Sonido's throat. "I mean, did you even see that he was armed and was intending to kill you?"

I looked at Sasuke, frowning at his presence at my side. Sure I was happy to see him, but I was confused as fuck as to when he got there and why he was there. "Sasuke?"

"Yes you fool." He said with a sigh. He ripped his sword from Sonido's throat before kicking him in the gut and sending his body across the room. "Are you alright? He didn't hurt you did he?"

I looked over myself, frowning at the tear in my shirt from Sonido's kunai. "It's just a scratch. I'm fine."

Sasuke rolled his eyes before shaking his head, sighing. He flicked my forehead. "Don't ever do that again."

"I was angry." I muttered, looking down.

"No shit." Sasuke deadpanned. "You were so angry you didn't even realize that he had been planning on killing you and yet you ran at him anyways."

I glared. "The asshole hurt Tiburon."

"I know." Sasuke stated. He cleaned his sword off with part of his pant leg before he sheathed it. "Let's go back. Itachi's chakra is about to explode."

I sighed. "He's going to be pissed."

"You should have thought about that before you ran off on your own." Sasuke scolded.

"Shut up Sasuke." I snapped.

He rolled his eyes. "Let's go. Tiburon's awake. I can sense his chakra and it is no longer dormant."

I nodded and began walking back to the room, sheathing my own sword after using my jacket to clean it of Sonido's blood. Sasuke and I reached the room in good time and the second I entered the room, Itachi rounded on me.

"Where have you been?" He demanded, zipping over to me and taking my face into his hands. "Why are you covered in blood? Who cut you? Alice!"

I sighed. "Calm down, Itachi. I'm fine. I'm covered in blood because Sasuke slit Sonido's throat while I was less than a foot from him, and Sonido cut me with a kunai. Chill. I'm fine."

His gorgeous eyes narrowed. "Do you have any idea how reckless it was for you to just leave without someone Alice? You could have been killed!"

"But I wasn't." I said boredly. "Sasuke was with me."

Itachi continued to rant, but I didn't hear him.

"Mommy…"

I looked away from Itachi and put my hand over his mouth to shut him up. "Be quiet Itachi. You can bitch later."

He narrowed his eyes at me for a minute until he saw I was walking around him and heading straight for the cot. His gaze softened and he kept his mouth closed even after I released him to go to my son.

I went to Tiburon and knelt beside the cot. Tiburon was sitting up, leaning against the back wall for support. He looked tired and there were bruises covering his adorable little face and his perfect skin.

"Mommy." He muttered, reaching for me.

I scooped him up instantly, taking great care not to cause him any pain as I held him close. I rubbed his back gently as I continuously kissed his head. "I missed you baby. I'm so sorry Tiburon. I'm never letting you out of my sight again. I'm sorry I wasn't there to keep you safe. I'm sorry."

Tiburon hugged my neck and squeezed it. "It's okay mommy. It's not your fault." He rested his head in the crook of my neck. "I missed you."

I bit my lip. "I love you Tiburon."

"I love you too, Mommy." He sighed. "Mommy?"

I hummed quietly. "What baby?"

"I'm sleepy." He muttered.

Smiling, I kissed his head. "Go to sleep then. I'll hold you."

"Kay." He yawned and closed his eyes, fully preparing on going to sleep.

I looked at Sasori. "Anything serious?"

Sasori shook his head. "No. He has no injuries other than bruises and cuts. He's fine and when we get home, Konan and I will get rid of those."
I nodded. "Thank you."

"Of course." He said dismissively.

"I think we might need to give the kid a lesson on what not to do if he's fucking captured." Hidan said thoughtfully, stroking Tiburon's hair gently when he walked over to my side. "The brat has about as much fucking self-preservation as you do, Ice Bitch."

I sighed. "I know."

"He will be getting a lecture, have no doubt of that." Itachi stated, walking over to me and curling an arm around my waist. He kissed my cheek after placing a gentle kiss to Tiburon's head. "But only after he has recovered fully, whether it be physically or psychologically."

"Sanaa, however, behaved as she should have." Kakuzu commented, patting Sanaa's head. She was in her Danna's arms, holding her daddy's hand. She smiled at Kakuzu brightly.

Kisame patted my head and looked over all of us before raising his eyebrow. "Who wants to go home?"

Sanaa raised her hand. "I do!"

Tiburon lifted his head off my shoulder slightly. "Me too."

Kisame grinned at him and pulled a familiar stuffed shark out of nowhere. "Well then, let's go. I believe this is yours, Tibby."

Tiburon smiled happily and unlocked his death grip on my neck to grab his favorite toy and hug it tightly. He buried his face into his stuffed, fuzzy shark and smiled. "Thank you Kisa."

"No problem kiddo." Kisame told him.

Sasuke sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Let's go home."

It didn't take us all that long to get home. We stopped every night on our trek back because there was no way Kisame and Itachi could have carried me nonstop for at least three days at the speed we were going, and it just wasn't possible for Tiburon and Sanaa to be patient enough for that.

We reached Konoha in good time, spending about half a day there so I could deal with some politics and so I could pry Tiburon from his favorite uncle. Before long, we reached the Love Shack, I had a big, hour-long rant about how I was right about Sonido being a sketchy motherfucker and everyone who doubted me was wrong.

After coming home, things… went back to normal. But that was before the wave of politics and stuff would come crashing down.

I would be cherishing every day until my life was ruled by meetings with Shinobi and potentially even feudal lords. We did just kill a Kage. It was for a just cause and they broke the treaty first, but there was no diplomatic structure behind our actions. It was purely impulsive and… well… Ninja-tastic.

I sighed tiredly before schooling my expression into the pissed off face I use when I don't want people to bother me. It always worked because it conveyed enough of my "I'm a bitch so I will kill you if you bother me" aura to where people knew I was ticked, but not enough of "I'm psycho so I can snap at any second" aura so that they were tempted to annoy so I did snap.

This was good because Pein had literally yelled at me when he told me to keep my temper during this important meeting. After all, I had started a lot of shit, what with killing the Otokage, so all of the political trouble was kind of my fault.

If someone was to tick me off now, I'd probably crack because of all of the tension and my nerves were about shot.

I felt bad for making Pein deal with so much trouble, so I had taken the full blame. I had even take the blame for slitting Sonido's throat though everyone there knew Sasuke had done it. I didn't want him to have to deal with any trouble, so to anyone who didn't know, I killed the sketchy bastard.

Currently, I was heading towards Gaara's office with Sable, Tiburon and my two escorts, Itachi and Kisame. I had to explain the situation to him and let him know all of the boring details and how I was utterly sorry about my actions and how I wasn't ever going to do it again.

I was not sorry.

And if someone touched my baby again, I'd sooner rip their head than wait for it to be figured out politically.

So basically, I'd do it a thousand times over.

But they didn't need to know that, even though most of the Kage already did.

"Mommy."

I tore my gaze from the Kazekage's office and looked at Tiburon who was in my arms. "What baby?"

He touched my cheek. "Why do you look so angry?"

"I'm just annoyed, sweetie." I told him.

He rested his head on my shoulder and closed his eyes. "Please don't kill Gaara. I like him."

I smiled and kissed his head. "I'd never even consider it."

Tiburon nodded with approval and yawned tiredly. It had only been a week since we had rescued Tiburon and Sanaa from Sonido. Tiburon was still recovering and he had blatantly refused to leave my side since. His night terrors had come every night since, and I was reluctant to let him out of my sight.

If Tiburon wasn't with me, he was with his father, and if not Itachi, he was with Kisame. He didn't let anyone other than us, Sanaa, and Sasuke touch him either which I was a little concerned about. He had started freaking out when Sasori and Konan tried to heal him and hid for about an hour afterward.

When I asked him, he didn't respond. Itachi assumed Sonido must have used a Genjutsu or something on him because Tiburon had no injuries or chemicals in him that suggested he was tortured into fearing the others.

Either way, it pissed me off and scared me.

Sanaa was better about it, she openly hugged everyone and basically went right back to being her normal, adorable self. However, she never allowed her parents or Sasori out of her sight. She could handle one or two of them being elsewhere, but when all three of them weren't within touching distance, she broke down and started crying.

I don't think I have ever seen Sasori so pissed off in my life.

I seriously believed he was going to summon Sonido from the grave just to rip him to pieces. Sanaa wasn't tortured, but she was still terrified by the experience, and Sasori was not happy about that.

And to be quite honest seeing him that angry scared the living hell out of me.

"How are you feeling, baby?" I asked, glancing at him.

"Tired." He muttered.

The kid had been fighting sleep ever since he got home. I wasn't surprised.

"Go to sleep, love. I'll hold you." I whispered.

He shook his head. "I wanna say hi to Gaara."

I smiled and kissed his head. "Alright, but after that, try and sleep while we have some down time, okay?"

"Alright Mommy." He said quietly.

Itachi slid in front of me as we reached the doors and a few guards stepped forward to question us. Kisame pressed closer to me from behind and he placed a possessive hand on my shoulder while Itachi dealt with the guards. A low growl built in Sable's throat, but she calmed when I placed my free hand on her head.

"State your business." One of them ordered.

Itachi's spinning Sharingan was the reason none of the guards met his gaze and instead looked at me. "We are here to see the Kazekage. Kisame Hoshigaki and I are the escorts of my wife Alice, the Akatsuki's ambassador. She was summoned to see the Kagekage."

One of them made to ask me to confirm what Itachi said, but I waved him off. "He's telling you the truth. Let us through before you make us late. If you do, I'll be pissed because I am never late." I glared at him. "Ruin that, and you'll be enjoying 72 hours in my husband's Genjutsu."

The guards bowed instantly and stepped out of our way. I smirked as we entered the office building and glanced at Itachi as he fell back to my side. "I love being able to use you as a threat. It's so efficient."

He smirked slightly at that. "I'm glad I can be useful."

"The most useful man I know." I nodded. "You and Kisame, that is."

Kisame snickered but didn't comment as we met Temari at the bottom of the stairs. Sable hurried forward to greet her, but didn't tackle her like she usually tried to do.

"Hey Alice." Temari greeted, dipping her head in Itachi and Kisame's direction. "Awe, Tiburon… Are you okay?"

Tiburon looked at Temari and nodded quietly. "Yeah, just tired."

I kissed his head before looking at Temari. "Hey Temari. Is your brother ready for us?"

"He's been waiting." She nodded. She led us to a large meeting room where she left us at the door to join Kankuro in sitting on either side of Gaara at the large table. A number of Suna council members were present and they took us in with an air of slight fear and mistrust.

"Sup?" I asked, walking to my seat directly across from Gaara. Itachi and Kisame sat on either side of me protectively and Tiburon adjusted himself in my lap. Sable lay down by me feet, her ears perked.

"What is that child doing here?" One of the council members asked.

My glare flicked to him and I narrowed my eyes. "This is my son, Tiburon. Where I go, he goes. He is the reason behind this meeting."

"This meeting is about the death of the Otokage by your hands." Another council member grunted. "Not about a little boy."

"And had Sonido not kidnapped my son, I wouldn't have had to slit his throat." I growled. "Had he not covered my son in bruises and tortured him, I wouldn't have killed him." I pointed at him. "Do not test me at the moment, old man. I've gotten maybe a total of seven hours of sleep in the past two weeks, and I'm so close to jumping over this table to punch you in the mouth it's not even funny."

Itachi placed a hand on my shoulder. "Alice, calm yourself. It's alright."

I sighed and closed my eyes, hugging Tiburon tightly to calm myself down. He always managed to help me relax in these situations. After a moment I looked up and smiled at Gaara. "Hi Gaara, how are you?"

He allowed the smallest of smiles to grace his adorable face. "I am well, thank you Alice."

"Hi Gaara." Tiburon said with a tiny smile.

"Hello Tiburon." Gaara said gently. "It's good to see you safe with your family."

Tiburon nodded and tightened his grip on me. I stroked his hair gently before sighing and looking at Gaara. "Let's get this over with. Shall I begin?"

"Please." Gaara nodded, waving his hand in my direction.

I sighed. "A little over a week before the death of the Otokage, I was in Kumo, holding a meeting with the Raikage for my Leader. As usual, Naruto Uzumaki, Killer Bee, Deidara of Iwa, and his wife Kathryn were bored with the political business and had become distractions from the meeting. The Raikage and I sent them out of the meeting with my son and Deidara's daughter to go and entertain themselves while we finished up." I sighed and tightened my grip on Tiburon. "Within half an hour three Oto Shinobi managed to kidnap my son and Deidara's daughter. One of them died when my wolf attached him and tore out his throat while defending the kids. The other two left with the kids and their fallen comrade, leaving behind only one clue to their identity."

"And what was that clue?" Kankuro wondered.

I glanced at him. "While trying to get away, Tiburon managed to knock off his captor's forehead protector and injure him in the process. The forehead protector had a sound village music note on it. So I knew instantly who had taken my children and why."

I cracked my knuckles as I clenched my fists. "It took us a week to find the base Sonido was using, but we did. And soon after, we found the room they were keeping the kids in. We broke in, restrained the guards, and tended to the kids. Tiburon was unconscious and covered in bruises from torture."

"Then what?" Gaara wondered.

I sighed. "I am viciously bipolar, and everyone knows that. Seeing my son in such a state set me off and I left the room while everyone was occupied by Sanaa and Tiburon, to search for Sonido so I could rip his head off. After searching a great deal of the base, I found him and I slit his throat with my sword." I pointed at my chest. "He managed to cut me, seeing as he had been aiming to kill me for rejecting him, but I killed him before he could." I shrugged. "Shortly after, Sasuke Uchiha found me and we went back to the others before leaving the base and heading back to the Akatsuki base."

Temari frowned. "Rejected him?"

"Sonido had an infatuation with me, and proposed to me." I growled. "Even though I told him I was already married and had a child, he still pressed the issue and obviously, he was insulted by my refusal to leave my husband." Itachi rested a hand on my knee and I grabbed his hand subconsciously. "So, he made to get me back by taking my son." I scoffed. "He said, as he was trying to kill me, and I quote 'if I can't have you, no one can'."

Itachi's eyes narrowed at that, as they have every time I told the story.

Gaara stared at me for a time before he sighed. "I fully support your decision, and I will continue to support the Akatsuki even though they breached the Alliance." He entwined his fingers, ignoring the gawking of the some of the council members. "You are a very good mother, Alice. Your actions were justified and I commending you for being so brave and loving." He dipped his head at me. "My decision is not based off of our friendship, but based off of your love of your son."

I had told Gaara about his mother's love for him during a visit way back when I was still pregnant. He had taken the news gratefully and happily. That was the start of a stronger relationship between the two of us. He and I understood each other, and I suppose, after what I told him, he understood a mother's love for her child.

He understood me and my love for Tiburon.

I smiled slightly. "Thank you Gaara, for understanding. And just so you know, had you been the one kidnapped, I would have done the same exact thing to get you back whether I was your mother or not simply because you deserve it."

"You are lucky to have Alice as your mother, Tiburon. Never take her for granted." Gaara told Tiburon who was watching everyone curiously.

Tiburon nodded and hugged me tightly. "I know."

Third Person!

About... a week later...

Itachi sighed stiffly as he walked towards Konoha's council meeting room. Tsunade's immediate backing of Alice had been angrily countered by the remaining elder of Konoha. Now, Tsuande's word was law, but she was required to have a more formal meeting than a brief explanation by a still fuming Alice and more than half of the uptight Akatsuki members.

The last remaining council member, Homura, demanded Pein to come to the village and petition for Tsunade's backing personally. Tsunade agreed, simply because she knew the old man had nothing better to do than to bother her about it and make her life Hell.

Pein agreed to the demands and he set out for Konoha with his four escorts immediately. Konan, Itachi, Zetsu, and Deidara accompanied him with Tiburon. Alice had gone to the Mist with Kisame and Kakuzu, leaving Sasori and Hidan to watch over Kathryn and Sanaa at the base.

Pein left Sasori at the base so his base would still be intact. If he had left Deidara, he doubted it would have been.

Itachi walked at his Leader's left tiredly with Tiburon in his arms. Tiburon was sleeping, having been up all night, trying to keep his mother from leaving him at home since he couldn't go with her. However, in the end, Tiburon had lost and settled with going with just his father to Konoha as long as he got to see Sasuke.

"This is really dumb. I agree. Should I go ahead and eat the asshole council member to make this quick? It would make things a lot easier…" Zetsu mused.

Pein glanced at him. "No. Now hush, we're almost there."

Deidara sighed. "Why did you bring me again, un?"

"Because I did." Pein snapped.

Konan smiled at Pein before looking over the two members he snapped at. "Just listen to what he says and this will be over quickly and we can go home. He's been irritated lately because of all of the paperwork and hassle this has turned into."

Itachi glanced at Pein. "Forgive me, Leader-sama."

Pein looked at Itachi. "I'm not irritated at what you did, more about the unfortunate consequences. I wouldn't have allowed you to go if I didn't believe you all were utterly justified in killing Sonido." He paused. "Not that I could have stopped Alice…"

Konan giggled but didn't speak as they reached the entrance to the building they were summoned to. Kakashi and Sasuke stood outside of it, looking bored.

"Welcome." Kakashi said cheerfully. "We've been expecting you."

Pein dipped his head in Kakashi's direction. "Lead the way."

Sasuke stepped out of Pein's way in order to walk beside his brother and nephew. Itachi poked him in the forehead, much to Sasuke's annoyance, but neither spoke. Soon enough, they reached the meeting room and were permitted entrance.

Pein took a seat across from Tsunade while his subordinates took places on either side of him. Itachi and Konan sat to his immediate left and right respectively. Zetsu sat by Itachi while Deidara took a spot beside Konan.

Tsunade looked over the Akatsuki members boredly. She would undoubtedly support them since their actions were justified. Oto had broken the Alliance first when they kidnapped Sanaa and Tiburon.

Speaking of Tiburon…

Tsunade smiled when she located the boy in his father's arms, sleeping quietly. Itachi was stroking his back gently and his attention seemed to be focused solely on the boy in his grasp. She never thought she would see the day when Itachi Uchiha would willingly forgo his typically threatening reputation so he could care for his sleeping son.

It was adorable.

Itachi focused on watching Tiburon's face while he dreamed, listening absently to the conversation between the Hokage, the elder, and Pein. Deidara added in firsthand accounts when necessary, but otherwise, it was just the three leaders.

Until someone questioned Alice's motives and insulted her entire person.

Itachi's attention snapped to the elder.

"She is impulsive and irresponsible. Who is to say she wouldn't do something like this again? How do we know she won't get offended by something someone does again and cause a war? She is too unpredictable." Homura growled.

Itachi's eyes narrowed. "Alice was acting solely for the purpose of rescuing our son. She would never jeopardize the Alliance for any other reason. Sonido broke the Alliance first and Alice acted on that."

"She is impulsive." Homura snapped.

"She is a mother who would do anything for her child." Itachi countered. "And to be honest, had she not beaten me to him, I would have done much worse to Sonido than slitting his throat."

Homura shook his head. "Shinobi should not be so emotional or hold such attachments. Your wife is a fool who is ruled by her emotions."

Itachi nodded. "That is true. For Shinobi. The last time I checked, my wife was not a ninja. She was not raised on our beliefs, nor does she agree with them in the slightest. She is not bound by our rules and customs because her land does not share the same rules and customs." Itachi's Sharingan span angrily. "And I would appreciate it if you stopped speaking ill of my wife, elder. You've done enough to my late family. I will not allow you to do anything to my current one."

The temperature of the room dropped thirty degrees and Sasuke's chakra flared angrily at the same time Itachi's did. The elder paled at being the focal point of Sasuke and Itachi's anger. He fell silent and closed his eyes, dipping his head in Tsunade's direction, having seen the reasons behind Alice's moves.

Though, the two pairs of Sharingan glaring at him helped him make a quick agreement.

"Well…" Kakashi mused. "Rather than pissing off two very powerful Uchiha, I think we should forgo conversation and reach a decision." He glanced at the Hokage. "Tsunade-sama, the choice is yours. Will you continue to hold true to the Alliance and consider the Akatsuki your allies?"

Tsunade nodded. "Absolutely."

Pein dipped his head in Tsunade's direction. "Your understanding and support is greatly appreciated."

She waved him off. "I supported you all from the second Alice broke down my door and began ranting about Sonido's screw up. It just had to be done in a more formal way, I suppose."

Pein nodded and stood. "We will take our leave. Thank you once more."

His subordinates stood as well and Itachi threw a look in his brother's direction before he left the room. "Otouto, Tiburon will throw a fit if he doesn't get to see you before we leave. So meet us at the gate."

Sasuke dipped his head, smirking a bit at the sleeping four-year-old in his brother's arms. "Yes, Nii-san."

Time skip is approaching soon.

Fun Fact: Halle Berry's stunt double in Catwoman was a man.

Answer: 1. I would wish for everyone in my immediate family who has health issues to be cured, dogs included. 2. Money. Just enough so I could go to college and begin to make my own so I can support myself as well as get everything settled and in order. 3. I would wish I had the ability to self insert myself into any anime, movie, book, world that suited my fancy.

QotC: If you could self insert yourself into any one book, movie, anime, manga, or world, what would you pick? And why that one?

WotC: Home - Casa

So yeah... my dog is dying. She can't walk, she is having trouble breathing, the knobs on her hips because of the hip disease she has are enormous, she won't eat though she is constantly drinking water, and she just looks so worn out. I've been sleeping on the floor beside where she's been lying because she can't stand being alone. Dolly hasn't left her side besides when she has to go to the potty. We're probably going to have to put her to sleep soon, just so she's not in so much pain.

I've had her for over ten years and she was only supposed to live for one.

I will probably end up dying when she does. Fair warning.

See you.