AN:

JK: Otay. Many thanks to Flamecolonel, who drew a chibi Itachi! Linky! flamecolonel(dot)deviantart(dot)com

To Flamecolonel - I appreciate the pic!

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To Dark-Rainy-Mist - Gah! Those jokes SUCK!! Maybe this will be funnier. It SHOULD be!! I'm a humor writer by trade!

To t.A.T.u Crazi - You will, you will. XD Sooner then you think...

To melody726 - Oh, I'm sorry. I really am. I'm glad I could help by making your day a little better. (huggles)

To swordzoro - Eight. It was eight.

To ExplosiveNoteNinja - UN!! (Zetsu trips and falls trying to catch you)

To Yusin - Oh. He was? Hunh.

To nurikos-lurver - They're five. Of course they're gonna get in trouble!

To The Kyuubi maiden - Both being correct.

To my lovely sweetie cip-chan - Flame drew chibi Ita, if you wanna see! You can give it a shot, too. The more, the merrier!! XD

To my Lollipop (You should know who you are by now, Artistic Eloquence) - EMc2. See? I AM brilliant! (is shot many times) Ow.

To The-New-Akatsuki-Leader - Feel very sorry for them...

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To Renjisbabysister - That was my favorite line, too!

To SonicGaaraLover - I'm sorry I yelled at you. Will a huggle make it better?

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To Naito Kanpeki - CHAOS!! (ahem) Glad you like this story, Nai-chan! XD

To Deikuru - CHIBI-NO-JUTSU!! XD

Current Chapter Contains: Mild spanking of a child

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

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"They were hard enough to catch at their normal ages!" Kisame groaned. He and Sasori has lost track of the whereabouts of their now-chibi partners. "Where could they have GONE?!"

"I have no ide- DEIDARA!" Sasori quickly charged down the hall and grabbed his partner under the arms, scooping him up and resting him on his hip.

"Sassy!" Deidara chirped happily. Kisame easily caught his partner and held him in a similar fashion.

"Sassy?" he asked.

"I have no idea." Sasori replied as the blonde wrapped his arms around his neck.

"...Kisa?" Itachi tried.

"No." Kisame told him, walking to their room.

Once in Kisame and Itachi's room, they deposited the chibis on the beds.

"Don't leave this room until we come back." Sasori instructed.

"Or else we'll spank you." Kisame threatened, closing the door behind him as they exited the room. Once in the hallway, Sasori shot Kisame a dangerous look.

"We can't spank them!" he hissed. "They're children!"

"That's rather contradictory, seeing as how it's child's chastisement." Kisame replied coolly. "We won't even have to. We can just threaten a time-out and they'll shut up."

"I don't know. This IS the 'dreadful duo' we're dealing with."

-Back In The Room-

"They can't treat us like this!" Itachi ranted, pacing.

"They can. They're older, un." Deidara answered.

"I don't care if they've suddenly been named one of the five Kage! They still have no right!" he paused, staring at the ceiling. "Let's go."

"Go?" Deidara asked, startled. "Go where?"

"Out. We're going to leave." As he spoke, the now-chibified weasel crossed to his friend.

"I...I don't know, un." Deidara whimpered. "They...they said they'd...well...spank us if we left this room, un."

"They don't have the guts." Itachi said. "I know that. Face it, Dei. You're weak." He walked to the door, and with Deidara's help, opened it. "Now, are you coming with me, or not?"

"Yeah." Cautiously, the duo left Itachi's room.

"Wow...this place is huge..." Itachi commented as they walked the halls.

"What if they catch us, un?"

"We split up so we're harder to catch." Itachi replied.

"Didn't we tell you two to stay in that room?" Kisame asked from behind them.

"Split up!" Itachi whispered. They took off in separate directions. Sighing, Kisame and Sasori followed.

-Ten Minutes Later-

"Deidara!" Sasori picked up his partner in the first floor hallway. "Gotcha!"

"Down, un!" Deidara pleaded.

"No." Sasori walked back up the stairs to Kisame and Itachi's room, startled to find Kisame already in there and Itachi in his arms. "Kisame? You caught-" he stopped dead when he realized Itachi was crying. Hard. "You didn't."

"I warned him." was all Kisame said back, shushing his partner.

"But he-" the redhead began.

"I warned him." Kisame repeated. "And I believe you have yet to hold up your end of the bargain."

"He's a little kid!" Sasori protested.

"Only a few swats." the shark-nin stood up, cradling Itachi gently. "We'll leave. C'mon, 'Tachi-chan. Let's put some lotion on that."

"...'m...'m sorry...!" Itachi sobbed.

"Shhh...I know, baby." Kisame soothed lowly. "I know..." he vanished into the bathroom. Sasori sighed, then sat down on the opposite bed.

"I'm sorry, Dei-Dei." he said softly, laying the squirming chibi across his knees.

"Sassy!!" Deidara begged.

"The sooner I start, the sooner it's over." Sasori assured him, landing the first swat.

"AAAH!" Deidara wailed.

"Hold on, Dei-Dei..." The second swat fell, and Deidara began to cry. Sasori flinched, then swatted him three more times. He quickly gathered him up and rocked him, shushing him and massaging his back.

"I left the lotion out. It looks like he'll need it." Kisame observed, re-entering with his now-sleeping partner.

"Fine." Sasori hurried into the bathroom, assuring his partner that everything was okay. Kisame pulled the covers on the bed down and laid Itachi in it.

" 'Night." he whispered, kissing his forehead. Sasori came back in with Deidara asleep and laid him next to Itachi.

"It's gonna be a long week." Kisame sighed.

"Yep."

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AN:

JK: Okay, ch. 21 down! More chibi mischief in 22! ...Man, I love this job.