Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews! If this chapter is short, than it is because I am going out with my family to eat out for dinner; think of it as a family reunion! So, thank you oh so much for the reviews!  Any nerd-fighters out there folks?! I'm a nerd-fight to let you people know!

Thanksgiving Ghost

The last piece of apple pie is gone;
How did it disappear?
The bowl of delicious stuffing
Has also vanished, I fear.

It happens each Thanksgiving,
When leftover goodies flee,
And each of us knows the responsible one
Couldn't be you or me.

The only way it could happen
Is readily diagnosed;
It must be the crafty, incredibly sneaky,
Still hungry Thanksgiving ghost.

By Karl Fuchs

This Chapter is Dedicated to:

Hatake Kakashi

He may be a pervert,

He may be the famous Copy Nin…

He may even have lost the precious people around him almost at the same time…

How?

He lost his father on a mission,

He lost his rival and friend in a war…

He lost a girl whom admired him greatly,

He lost his sensei who sacrificed himself to the village…

What else can he lose?

What has he done to deserve this?

Soon,

He got a team…

Team 7

Sasuke reminded him of himself…

Naruto reminded him of Obito…

Sakura reminded him of Rin…

Time can repeat itself…...

Goddess

"Quote of the Day"

"Dreams are today's answers and tomorrow's questions," – Sai (actually from Edgar Cayce)

Chapter 21 – Konan Shares a Technique; A Mission

'Pink haired brat?!' she grew furious in her thoughts as she sparred with Konan whom was getting scared of Sakura because of the look on her face and her deadly techniques.

'I'll show him who's a pink haired brat that weasel! How about we call him a red eyed freak?!' Inner Sakura snarled and hissed.

'That would be insulting Kurenai-sensei!' she scolded her Inner self.

'How about… Weasel face? Or how about red eyed weasel ass?' Inner Sakura had an evil smirk on her face.

Sakura smirked, which scared Konan… 'Perfect…'

"S-S-Sakura-chan…?" Konan called out. Sakura snapped out of her day dreaming and noticed a battered up blue haired kunoichi. "Eeeh?! What happened to you?!"

Konan sighed in relief and looked confused, "You and I were sparring… Until you sort of spaced out and your face was making evil expressions… It sort of scared me and you were summoning this sort of black fire…"

The cherry blossom turned pale as snow, "B-Black f-f-fire…? SHIT!!!" She healed Konan quickly and left to her room, which she was forgetting Konan had the key to the room.

'Shit, shit, shit! My next ability… Damn it. That means…' she stopped her thoughts as she look at her short hair… It was a silvery white. She looked in the mirror which revealed… Red eyes similar to Kurenai's.

Her appearance always changes whenever new abilities come. They only turn back to her normal appearance until a couple of weeks later. She held her breath, trying not to scream… Well, too late for that! "GOD DAMN IT ALL!!!" she screamed with all her might!

Konan burst into the room to see Sakura on her bed, a blanket covering herself, "Go away,"

"Nande?" the curious Akatsuki asked. Everyone in Akatsuki came inside the room to see as well.

"Go. Away. I. Made. Myself. Clear." She said each word clearly so they get the point. "I only want Konan-chan and Pein-kun in here,"

Deidara looked disappointed, "Demo—" he was cut off by a fast kunai whizzing past him. He rolled his visible eye and left, so did the others.

Pein walked over to the bed and tried lifting the covers off of the cherry blossom, "Sakura-chan?" She pulled the covers over herself even tighter.

A muffle was heard under the sheets.

"Speak up Saku-chan!" Konan demanded. Sakura whispered, "Another ability is coming… Konan and I were sparring, I was arguing with my Inner—" She was cut off by Pein.

"Who is your Inner?" he asked. She answered, "Inner Sakura, I have this person in my head and we argue constantly, normal thing. She cusses like Konan… I think Konan is worse though," Pein nodded Konan smiled big.

Sakura resumed the story, "I didn't noticing I was summoning black fire… Konan told me and… Whenever a new ability comes to Gods and Goddesses, their appearance changes, only their old appearance will come back until a couple of weeks… Probably only 3 weeks or so; last time is was 4 weeks." She explained.

Pein nodded and Konan took off the sheets. They didn't gasped nor flinch. "It isn't that bad Saku-chan!" Her face was still on the pillow. "Yeah, but my eyes are fucking red! I was going to call Itachi a red eyed weasel ass…" she sniffed and lifted the pillow off her face.

Pein raised an eyebrow, "Well… Your appearance changed, looks like your attitude didn't." She stuck a tongue out. "Mushroom head!" Pein fell over, anime style.

"NANI?!" he shouted.

"Mushroom head, your hair is soooo orange… Most mushrooms I know are orange, so I'll call you mushroom head!" she smirked as Konan gave her a high five. Pein walked out of the room with a raining cloud over his head (only a metaphor!).

The rest of the members sort of fell out as Pein opened the door. Sakura spoke up, "Eavesdroppers!" they looked at her… Some had big wide eyes, some had a funny expression. "Can you go away?!" she glared at them with her temporary red eyes. They left immediately.

Konan snickered, "Well, glad your personality didn't change Saku-chan!" Sakura agreed. "I'm supposed to teach you the paper technique remember?"

Akatsuki Training Ground: 12:54 PM

As they got there they saw Itachi meditating. The female Akatsuki chose to ignore him. Konan spoke up, "So, to fold your body into an animal… You have to block out your chakra all over your body." She did so and felt a bit dizzy. "Yeah, you might feel a bit lightheaded. Next, you have to imagine an animal you want to be. It must be something you're size or smaller." Sakura closed her eyes, concentrating hard. "Lastly, try and bend yourself to that kind of shape… It may hurt a bit, that's because it's your first time. Now that your chakra is blocked out, I want you to release it all at once while you imagine the picture."

The cherry blossom did so as commanded. She opened her eyes… Everything was… A bit bigger than usual. She turned her head. Konan was smiling big, "Congratulations! You managed to change yourself into a fox!" Sakura looked at her body in the water's reflection. Her body was paper-like. Though, her body really does look like a fox.

Konan continued, "Now, to change back… You just do the opposite of what you did." Sakura nodded her fox-like head and closed her eyes. She released her chakra all at once and imagined her regular human-form. She blocked her chakra points and bent into her human form. Once she opened her eyes she looked down to see some cut up arms. "Err, yeah that happens to me sometimes if I don't focus as much," Konan laughed nervously.

Sakura smiled, "No biggy." She healed them with ease. "Now, to disperse yourself into paper, you just do the same like you do with fire. You disperse yourself into fire, you disperse yourself into paper." They laughed and decided to take a short break, that is, until Pein showed up announcing a mission.

"I am assigning an S-rank assassination mission with Sakura, Deidara, Hidan, Konan, me, and…

Author's Note: Mwahahaha!!! So sorry, I felt evil today… :D Review please! So, I expect 370!