Happy Easter guys.

Not a lot to talk about other than my entire family is here.

Sorry for typos and stuff. I'm kinda in a hurry.

Have a nice day and enjoy

I own nothing except for the Ocs

"Come on you two. I think it's time we head back. Though this is supposed to be our day off, Pein and I have a mission to go on tomorrow morning so I can't stay out too late." Konan said with a smile, getting to her feet.

I had been becoming increasingly aware of a searing pain somewhere in my body. However, I had become so numb over the past few days that I couldn't pinpoint the location.

That wasn't good.

Kathryn got up as well and offered a hand to help me up.

Smiling at her, I accepted her hand and allowed her to pull me to my feet.

Yeah. Bad mistake…

Pain shot throughout my body and essentially made my legs give in. I went to my knee the second I moved from my sitting position. I would have fallen over had Kathryn not caught me a second before I hit the ground.

"Alice?" Kathryn asked.

I shook my head, biting back whimpers of pain.

She noticed.

"Your back." Kathryn whispered. She knelt in front of me and helped support me. She looked up at Konan when I locked my jaw. "Konan, Alice isn't going to be moving any time soon." She stroked the hair on my head gently. "She's in pain."

"I'm fine." I growled. Kathryn sighed and shook her head as she pet me.

Konan knelt beside me as well. "What do we do? I could carry her?"

"You don't need to do that." I sighed. "Just give me a second. I just need to adjust to the pain, and then I'll be fine."

Kathryn frowned. "Alice, you're in no condition to move. Let Konan help you."

I sighed again. "Fine."

Konan curled her arm around my shoulders. "You'll need to stand up."

I tried and went even further down than before. The second I fell on my ass, my composure of holding back pain broke slightly and a small gasp of pain broke through. Kathryn's eyes widened with worry.

"Alice! Are you okay?" Kathryn demanded. "Konan, I don't think she can move on her own. At all. Should we call the others?"

Konan nodded, pressing her hand gently against my back. I saw her pouring chakra into my back as she tried to ease some of my pain.

"Don't waste your energy, Konan." I sighed. "How are we supposed to call the others?"

"I can summon them with my chakra." Konan stated. "I'll do it right now."

I watched her make a hand sign of concentration as I sat, wincing at the throbbing of my entire body that was stemming from my back.

Third Person!

Itachi frowned and raised his eyebrow as he felt an unnatural flare of Konan's chakra. He looked at Sasori who sat beside him. "Did you also sense that?"

Sasori had stopped recording the results of testing the serum on Hidan to look towards the direction of Konan's chakra. He glanced at Itachi when the Uchiha addressed him. "I did."

"It's flaring unnaturally. It's like she's trying to gain our attention." Kakuzu commented from the couch across from the two men.

Itachi narrowed his eyes. "I think a few of us should go to check it out. No more than two though. It will draw suspicion if all of us go."

Kisame looked away from Hidan and Deidara arm wrestling to stare at his partner. "Me and you go then?"

Sasori nodded. "That would be wise." He looked back to Itachi from Kisame. "Go and make sure everything is alright you two. Flare your chakra if you need backup."

Itachi dipped his head and stood in one fluid motion while Kisame heaved his large form off the couch and towards the exit of the room. Once beyond the confines of the living room, Itachi and Kisame sped through and from the base with all speed.

"This is a strange part of the city to be hanging out in." Kisame commented as they neared Konan's chakra source.

"Indeed." Itachi agreed.

The duo fell silent as they approached the threesome. Within a few minutes, Itachi's eyes found Konan and Kathryn crouched beside Alice. All three women were sitting in a fenced in area filled with puppies. Those puppies were crowded around the girls, tails wagging.

Konan and Kathryn looked up at Itachi and Kisame's arrival but neither woman moved to greet them. His eyes narrowed further when Alice didn't move at all. She sat between Kathryn and Konan with her face buried into her hand while Kathryn hugged her front gently, petting her head as if trying to soothe her.

"What's wrong?" Itachi wondered. "Why did you flare your chakra Konan?"

"I need your help." Konan confessed. "Alice can't move." She motioned down to the brown haired girl beside her.

Alice scoffed but winced in the same instant. "I'm fine. You're blowing this out of proportions." Both Itachi and Kisame could hear the strain and pain in her voice.

"She can't even get up." Kathryn told Itachi, completely ignoring Alice. "Her back is giving out on her."

"Don't say it like that. It makes me sound old and brittle." Alice sighed.

Itachi approached and knelt in front of Alice. "Alice, tell me the truth. Is your back the cause of your pain?"

"Yes." Alice stated. "But I'll be okay. It's my own fault. I shouldn't have sat here in this position. Don't worry about it."

"I already am." Itachi assured her. "Kisame, will you carry Alice back to base?" He glanced at his partner. "Your arms are bigger than mine and you're stronger so you'll be able to support her better. You must be very gentle though."

"Got it." Kisame nodded. "I'd never be anything less than extremely gentle with little Alice." He walked over to Alice and Itachi and knelt beside them. "You okay kid?"

First Person Alice!

If one more person asks me this question, I'll kill them.

"I'm fine Kisame. Just a bit sore." I sighed. "How are you?"

Itachi sighed. "Alice…" He kissed the side of my head. "Kisame is going to pick you up. Brace yourself okay?"

"Roger." I said. Kisame curled his arm around my shoulder blade and tucked his other under my knees before he lifted me off the ground as gently as possible.

I swallowed the whimper of pain and hid the wince.

My back was more trouble than it was worth.

Itachi tore his eyes from me to look at Kathryn. "Kathryn, I will carry you back to the base so we can get back quickly."

Kathryn nodded. "Okay." Itachi picked her up bridal style. After a silent conversation with Konan and Kisame, all three ninjas took off in the direction of the base.

Running with Kisame wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, but it was still pretty bad. I shouldn't have sat there like that. It was an idiot move on my part.

We made it back to the base within a few minutes. After making sure I was going to be fine, Konan departed to go and discuss her upcoming mission with Pein.

Itachi set Kathryn down when we made it inside and led her, Kisame, and I through the base and straight to the room he and I shared. He looked at Kisame once we reached it and gestured to his bed. "Set her there, Kisame."

Kisame did as he asked and gently set me on the bed. I kissed his cheek before he pulled away. "Thanks Kisame."

He smiled at me and kissed my forehead. "Don't mention it kid."

Kathryn looked at Itachi. "I'll go and get Danna."

Itachi dipped his head. "That would be appreciated. Thank you Kathryn."

She smiled at him before throwing a worried look at me as she ran from the room.

Itachi sat beside me on his side of the bed while Kisame sat at my other side. Itachi ran his fingers gently through my hair as he rested his forehead against mine. "Alice, are you alright?" When I opened my mouth to speak, he silenced me with a kiss. "I want the truth."

I sighed and closed my eyes. "I'm in pain, but I'll be alright."

A knock on the door caught all of our attention. Itachi called for whoever was there to enter and Sasori walked in with Deidara, and Kathryn.

Kisame got up when Sasori got closer and allowed the puppet master to sit beside me on the bed. I gave him a sarcastic smirk which he rolled his eyes at.

"You're ridiculous." He told me.

I nodded. "You would know." He chuckled at patted my forehead.

"I finished the serum. I tested it on Hidan while you were gone and it should work." Sasori stated. "Since you seem to be in so much pain, now is probably the best time to give it to you." He reached into a small bag he had brought with him.

I stopped him by grabbing his hand. "Wait." He raised his eyebrow. I motioned for him to come closer to I could whisper in his ear. Once he did, I questioned him. "Is it an injection?"

He nodded, looking confused. "It is."

I dipped my head and looked at Kathryn. "Hey Kat, will you go and get me a glass of water? I'm kind of thirsty."

She smiled and nodded. "Of course I will Alice."

"Thank you." I told her. She saluted me before skipping from the room.

Sasori raised his eyebrow at me. "What was that about?"

"Kathryn has a really bad fear of syringes. It's worse than my fear of escalators." I told him. "If you're going to give me this, you have to make sure she doesn't see it or she will freak out. So keep all of them out of sight. Even if it's just lying there, she'll break down into a fit."

"I see." Sasori stated. He looked at Deidara. "Make sure she isn't coming yet."

Deidara nodded and went to stand in the doorway. He watched both the hallway outside of Itachi's room and me as Sasori withdrew a syringe filled with a blue liquid. The puppet master cleaned the injection site before sticking me with the needle.

I watched with moderate interest as he stuck me in the arm with the needle and injected the blue shit into my body. Once the syringe was empty, he pulled the needle out and hid it back in the depths of the bag he brought with him.

"It should start working in the next few minutes." Sasori told me. "If you feel weird or strange, come and see me. I made something to counteract the serum just in case. Since Hidan is different than you, I had to be sure I had something that could help you if it was too strong."

I smiled. "You're so considerate Sasori."

He rolled his eyes.

"Thank you." I told him. "Really."

He patted my forehead again. "Don't mention it."

"Alice!" Kathryn's voice called. I looked towards the doorway with the others to see Kathryn skip into the room. She kissed Deidara's cheek before hurrying to the bed. She kissed Sasori's cheek as she offered me the glass of water. "Here you go Alice."

"Thanks Kathryn." I told her. "Can you set it on the table, I can't really sit up to drink it right now." She pouted at my inability to move before obeying.

"Did you give her the serum Danna?" Kathryn asked.

Sasori nodded. "Yeah I did." He pet Kathryn's hair when she hugged him. "What were you three doing out there?"

"Nothing~!" Kathryn sang. She kissed his cheek again before attacking Deidara. She nuzzled him. "Let's go make babies Dei."

Deidara chuckled and kissed the top of her head. "You're cute Kathryn, un."

She giggled and hugged him tighter. "We were just having some girl time Danna."

"How did you come to be in this condition Alice?" Itachi wondered.

I looked at him. "I sat in a bad spot for too long. I didn't even notice. My body has become numb over the past few days."

"How didn't you notice the position was bad for your back?" Sasori questioned. "That's an idiotic move on your part Alice."

"There were puppies." I explained looking at him.

"Puppies?" Itachi wondered, smiling at my excuse.

Sasori raised his eyebrow at me. "You allowed your condition to worsen because there were puppies?"

I gave him a serious face. "I love puppies."

Kathryn giggled. "She really does Danna. Alice is obsessed. She loves them almost as much as she loves Itachi."

"And that is saying A LOT." I informed him.

Itachi chuckled and kissed me. "You're so strange."

I smirked. "I try." I looked at Sasori. "That serum is working. The pain is fading. Good work sir."

He scoffed. "Of course it's working. I made it."

I laughed. "Good point. Though, you probably poisoned me."

"I was tempted." He assured me with a smirk.

"I bet." I said, giggling. "I wouldn't put it past you."

Sasori chuckled and stood. "The serum I gave you should last for a while. If you need more, feel free to ask me. I have more. And I can always make some if we run out."

"Sounds good." I said with a smile. "Thanks Sasori."

"Thank you, Sasori." Itachi agreed, looking at the ex-Suna-nin.

Sasori nodded and waved away our thanks. He bid us farewell before he left with Kathryn and Deidara.

Kisame left a few minutes later saying that he wanted to give Itachi and I some "alone time". He was snickering about it as he left the room, telling us to be responsible.

Damn fish.

He's so lucky I love him.

Itachi sighed and shook his head at his partner's antics as the door shut behind him. A second later he curled his arm around my waist and positioned himself so he was looming over me from beside me.

"How are you feeling?" He asked, kissing me.

I kissed him back as I thought over his question. "I feel a hell of a lot better. That serum Sasori made is doing a great job. There's a bit of discomfort still, but there's no more pain."

Itachi sighed with relief and kissed me again. "That's good." He nuzzled my face with his nose. "I was worried."

"I know you were." I told him. "I'm sorry."

His eyes narrowed. "Don't apologize for something you cannot help, Alice. I don't blame you in the slightest. It's not your fault."

"I still don't like to worry you." I stated.

"Too bad." He told me in a stubborn tone. He smirked and kissed me again.

Now, there are a lot of fantastic things in this world. Hugs are now probably my second favorite, and Kisame wins the hug-factor with his Kisame bear hugs. However, kisses are my new favorite and Itachi wins this factor.

By far.

I could feel his love and happiness with the gesture. And I responded with the same emotions since those were the main two I felt around Itachi.

Other than an intense desire. But I felt that from him too so I wasn't alone.

Like so many times before, I permitted his tongue into my mouth when it prodded my lower lip, seeking entrance. And like always, he was always so gentle. He didn't try to shove it down my throat, nor did he try to attack my tongue with his even in his most "excited" state.

I'm not sure if that's the right word to describe Itachi. He got into kissing me, but he was always so stoic, I don't ever think I could call it excitement. Maybe just "into it"… Perhaps eager would be the closest term I could get to being accurate.

I'm not going to go into detail with our kissing since it's rude to kiss and tell, but I will say that it was amazing, and we were both getting into it.

Itachi threaded the fingers of one of his hands in my hair while the other kept my face connected to his. My hands were likewise on his face and in his hair. Both of us were preventing separation. I almost laughed at our eagerness, but this was a serious situation so I held it in.

Itachi removed his hand from my face as he rolled on top of me. He used the hand on my face to help prop himself up so he wouldn't have all of his weight on me. The hand in my hair fisted more as he kissed me passionately.

Yeah. My life was perfect.

How can life not be perfect when you have the Akatsuki in your life?

Anyways, gotta go to my uncle's funeral tomorrow so yeah...

Answer to last chapter: Wolves are my absolute favorite animal. I like Tigers too, but wolves take the cake. They're just so cute and incredible.

QotC: Who is your least favorite Naruto character and why?

(btw, things get interesting soon. Give it 2 more chapters.)

Have a happy easter. And if you don't celebrate it, have a nice day anyways.

I 3 u! (Not in a creepy way)

Bye~~