Shoutouts-

xXLoveXxXIsXxXDeadlyXx: I'm actually thinking of adding a scene like that for humor maybe Dea doing it to him for all the times he made a snide remark against Nala.

Dea: Drunk! I am not accountable for any of my actions….accept for drinking which made me kiss Tobi…after tearing his mask off.

Icyprincess1: Or maybe he's more of gentleman than he lets on by not letting her go any further than kissing. She is going to seriously regret that in the morning.

Xxyangxx2006: It's okay Pein you'll be going back to normal soon and you can't kill her. Who will leave hilarious review in the future. Give I love all my reviewers, I just look forward to these one's. The last line….whoops. That was something random I wrote that I thought I deleted but apparently did not. So, I fixed that and hopefully future readers won't become confused about that accidental line. Thanks for telling.

A/N: Sorry for this craptastic chapter, I had to force it out. And I think Ashley, Micah, and the twin succubi (Felicia and Jayda) are going to be in the story more than I intended.

Disclaimer: I'm not Japanese or even a man for that matter (at least last time I checked). Enough said for ownership.

Chapter 20, House Rule 2: No Fire Spells, No Electrical Spells, and No Throwing Them

I woke up with a loud groan. My stomach was turning and my head was pounding, the tell-tale signs that I had a little too much to drink last night. My stomach lurched and I ran towards the bathroom, knocking Tobi down to get to the bathroom.

I retract my previous statement. I had way too much to drink. Flushing the toilet, I got up to do the other necessities of my morning routine. The next thing to follow was an apology to Tobi for pushing him down and for whatever I did last night. I had a feeling, I did something that I should regret horribly and I didn't think Tobi would elaborate, either of them. Maybe if I asked but a feeling told me that it would make me awkward around him.

"I'm sorry Tobi for pushing you…" I trailed off and started twiddling my fingers. "And for whatever I did last night."

"Don't ever drink that much again Nala," he replied and the way he said it, told me that it was the other speaking.

"What did I do?" I asked, slowly.

He walked passed and into the bathroom. "You kissed me."

I shouted and I was sure everyone heard me, "I DID WHAT?" What followed was a string of curses in my native tongue.

-TRANSITION-

I sat at the table and nursed a cup of hangover curing tea, right along with a glass of water. My stomach couldn't handle food at the current moment and I knew even if I wasn't suffering from a hangover, I still wouldn't be able to choke any food down. I didn't know if Deidara and I were and item, or anything like that, but it still felt like I just tried to cheat on him. And to cheat on him with Tobi, no less.

My head hit the table with and I omitted a loud groan. "What's wrong with you?"

I recognized the voice of female Pein and grumbled, "Don't even ask."

"Nala had to much to drink last night and she did something with Tobi that Nala regrets," Tobi said bouncing into the room.

I lifted my head and glared at the orange masked man. When we were alone, I was going to castrate him and then strangle him. The dark aura around me, darkened more so with those thoughts and Tobi booked it out of the room.

"What did you do?"

"I didn't sleep with him if that is what you are thinking, Pein. I don't think Tobi would let me do something so stupid, even if he was drinking with me." I groaned again, "Ugh, my head feels like it just got hit by a freight train."

That was when Hidan decided to walk in and talking loudly as well. "Woah, who's the fucking hot bitch."

I would have found it funny if it weren't for my current situation. "Um, Hidan…that's Leader-sama. And I'm going to leave before he murders me."

I followed Tobi's example and ran out of the room. This wasn't my week. If this kept up, I could expect to be dead by the end of the month and that was being optimistic. But there was someone I needed to find. If she was still here.

The only problem was that she was in Deidara's room. There was always Konan I could go to and ask about my problem but I didn't picture her to have a lot of male partners in life. I was sure that the only man she had ever been with was Pein or the real Pein not these corpses. The joys of sharing memories with Tobi. Thankfully, the others didn't know my major secret. I wondered how Kakuzu would react to me being loaded or worth a good substantial amount of money if he could hold me ransom.

-TRANSITION, home (I know a lot but I'm having a hard time getting this to flow)-

Ashley paced in her room peeved. Ever since that vision of the man escaping, her friends had been taking extra precautions to stop her from seeing anything of the future. How was she to know if she had stopped Nala's death if she could see what her actions were doing? She plopped on the bed, ignoring the taps on her window. There wasn't a bone in her that wanted to talk to Micah.

She was contemplating breaking up with the vampire but apart of her understood the situation and knew that they were only trying to protect her from that man she saw. What pissed her off even more was the fact that they were refusing to tell her who he was. Why was it so important that they protect her from him? Ashley didn't know him and he certainly didn't know her. He probably wouldn't even give her second glance if they passed on the street.

"Open the window, Ashley. I know you are in there," Micah said. "Or have you forgotten that I can see in the dark."

"Go away Micah," she huffed. "I have no desire see or speak to you."

Micah refused to leave but he didn't go back to talking or convincing her to let him in. He knew that eventually she'd relent and open the window. Even if a week had gone by since then. It wasn't like he enjoyed leaving her in the dark but Nala's parents had gotten back from their business trip and had called the three friends to find out where she had gone. Now he had the additional problems of dealing with worried parents. The news for them had travels fast.

The Inquisition coming back to power and Nala's uncle free from his cell were things that one did not want to worry about. They didn't want to add to Ashley's worries by telling her about that man and the crimes he had committed. What he would undoubtedly try again.

Sighing, he got comfy in his tree nook, knowing that it was going to be a very long and cold night, even for the undead.

-TRANSITION, Nala-

I had received as much information from Dea as I could. She had given me both the pros and cons of having to tell Deidara about my drunken incident. Then she reminded me that as long as I chose to help the Akatsuki, they would use my looks to lure in those they wished to dispose of or question. She was right about that but at least he knew that is what I was getting paid to do. It almost made me feel like the Akatsuki whore. Or was it a geisha.

Shaking my head, I headed off to Deidara's training grounds, worrying my lip until beads of blood pooled from the chewing. Should I tell him or should I keep it a secret? The question was driving me insane. It wasn't like we were a couple. Yeah, it was obvious that we both liked the other but was it something that could grow. If I told him would it become something more or would I kill that flower before it even had the chance to bloom? And if I kept it secret there was the chance that it would make the relationship wither and die.

I was over thinking this and giving myself a nasty headache along with it. Staying quiet would eat me alive and telling him made me worry to death. "Clgech! Stop thinking about it."

I had reached the door and opened it. It wasn't uncommon for me to train with Deidara or for me to ask him for help. I watched him train for a bit before calling out to him. He stopped and smiled before running over to greet me.

I did give myself time to beat around the bush and just blurted my sin out, "I kissed Tobi last night. I was drunk and stupid and…"

He started laughing, "Tobi already told me, yeah."

"Huh?"

"Just don't do it again, un," Deidara said again. "Besides it's not like we are a couple….yet."

I blushed, "So you forgive me?"

"I didn't talk to you this entire week, un," he answered. "If you didn't confess than I wouldn't have forgiven you, yeah."

Well, that was pathetically easy. I sighed heavily and took a fighting stance. Might as well get some training in. He jumped away and started lodging bombs at me. It was great for practicing my mid and long distance fighting. I threw up a shield and started dodging the attacks that around it.

I was improving in some aspects. There was no longer a need to say shym or ma'ak for the shield and exploding things.

An hour later found us in the kitchen with me breathing heavily. Deidara lied about being okay with the fact that I drunkenly kissed Tobi for he had fought harder and longer than he normally would. In result, we were both scarfing down the meal that Dea had put in front of us.

The others were staring at Deidara's slightly spikier hair and I shrugged when they looked at me. "You used an energy ball on him."

I looked up at her with some noodles hanging out of my mouth. "Ysh." Swallowing the food, I repeated, "Yes."

Dea gave me a crossed look. "You know you've been banned from doing those."

"Yes, yes," I answered nonchalantly while waving my fork at her. "I know, whenever I use a fireball or energy ball bad things tend to happen."

"Then why did you use it?" she interrogated.

"I don't need to be reprimanded Dea," I groaned. "It was self defense with Mr. Bombshell over here attacking as if to kill."

Deidara looked at me his look a mix between a glare and happiness. I chalk the happiness up to the bombshell comment. "That isn't a good enough excuse or need I remind you about the last time you used it."

"No," I snapped. "Besides nothing bad happened…Other than the fact that Deidara's hair is spiky."

Pein looked at Dea and asked, "What happen the last time?"

"For the fireball or the energy ball?" she shot back.

"Both."

"Fireball was a forest fire that took about a week to put out and the energy ball was a city wide blackout."

I whined, "It was an accident, okay. I didn't mean for either of those to happen and besides, I'm very good at impromptu spells and potions. Those two make up for my other things I am lacking in or don't you agree?"

"Fine, I know I can't do impromptu spells and if I did…" she trailed off.

"The potential apocalypse," I finished.

"Shut up and finish your meal."

"Gladly."

-TRANSITION-

After lunch I joined Dea and her teammates in Kisame's training ground. It turned out that only Hidan, Deidara, and Kisame had their own area to train in for the Akatsuki and when I thought about it, it made perfect sense. Deidara was because of his bombs and who wanted to be in the same room that Hidan sacrificed people. Kisame was because of the mass of water in the room and from the sounds of it, he had made it so.

I rolled my shoulders and head, getting a few pops out of my joints and a disgusted look from Dea, before taking a relaxed, seemingly unguarded, stance. There were a few spells already on the tip of my tongue to use and from the furrowed eyebrows, Dea was coming up with a few of her own. I smirked knowing that she was going to have a hard time.

Kisame attacked me while Itachi went after Dea. A thick chain shot from my hand and wrapped around his body and I watched him topple. I turned to watch Dea while Kisame struggled with the heavy chains. Itachi wasn't giving her anytime to say a spell and I chuckled. She usually could only get the spells to work if she was standing still and in a perfectly quiet room.

That would be an area that she had to work on. "Don't turn your back on me."

I turned towards Kisame and muttered, "He who attacks me
Will soon see
That there is no harm
As I say my charm."

His sword flew from his and splashed into the lake, sinking to the bottom. He started throwing punches at me while I dodged with my hands collapsed behind my back. Letting my mind wander over the next spell.

"A sticky web
From my mind stems
Trapping the man
Where his next hit lands."

I stopped my dodging and let the punch nail me in the chin. My body smacked the ground and the wind was knocked out of me in one quick whoosh. When I caught it again, I sat up to stare at the ensnared Kisame.

"Next time, I'm using: stand and stare, while the web ensnares. It will be less painful for me," I noted to myself.

Standing up, I turned back to Dea's fight. She left her impromptus and had started fling fireballs at Itachi. I watched as one near missed, singed a corner of his search and then turned back to Kisame.

I walked over and stood in front of him. "Give up a…." A loud yip left my mouth and I hit Kisame, sending up both toppling to the ground. My ass was stinging. I turned to look over at Dea and glared.

"What is it with you and hitting me in my rear with those damn energy balls of yours," I hissed.

Her reply came out muffled around her hands, "I'm sorry, milady. Honestly. I wasn't aiming for you at all. Itachi just dodged over that way."

I growled and tried to stand up but my body jerked back into Kisame's. "What the?"

Kisame starting laughing, "You got caught in your own spell."

"Shut up. I'm just a victim of friendly fire," I stated and slapped in the chest.

I regretted that action for now my other hand was trapped (my other arm being pinned between our bodies). "This just isn't my month."

Translation:
Shym=Protect
Ma'ak=Explode (works better on organic material)

A/N: I finally finished it.

Deidara: Now go back and proofread, yeah.

Me: I don't wanna.

Deidara: Jinxed, un.

Me: You're back in the story, un.

Deidara: There should be more Deidara time in the story.

Me: Tobi sick him.

Tobi: Tobi isn't a dog and you got Tobi in trouble by having Tobi tell on Nala.

Nala: Why did you have me kiss him in the first place? I don't even like Tobi or Ma…other Tobi like that.

Me: Blaming the plot bunnies. They wanted me to ruin your chances with Deidara. And I might see if Dea wants to do another cameo for the next chapter or the following one after that. Hmmm…I should go ask her or…I don't know. Wait it can't be the next one to short notice. Okay chapter 22. So she can do some of her relationship growth with Kisame.

Dea: If you try ruining my relationship…

Me: What hurt me? Who'll finish the story. You?

Dea: Yes

Me: …Well you can't and that's final.

Nala: You so stole that from Firefly or was it the movie Serenity.

Me: -chuckles- I love the movie.

Everyone: We know.

Kakuzu: I believe you watched that twice in one day.

Me: Yep and I would have watched it more but there is so many other wonderful things on Netflix like Ghost Whisperer. Then there is the Wii to play and the fact that I'm going to be working soon. Yay, I got a job everyone. I'll be making wonderful money soon. Well, got to go. Long ass trip tomorrow. Three hour drive to my sisters house and we're leaving to early for my liking.

Oh and sorry for not proofing it. If you find a mistake just copy past it in their or telling me where and I'll go in and fix it.