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Chicky, consider yourself Pein in this chapter (because you are both Moody!) Plus, I miss you way too much. Let's meet up soon okay?

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I finally brought Sakura in this chapter. She isn't in it much but she and Hana will have tons of nerdy moments later. Tee hee.

Enjoy.

CHAPTER 25

Ah! I can't believe the one week holiday in Konoha is now over. That's right; after a lot of fooling around and fun, we have to go back for the rain festival. We were leaving tomorrow. I had already become so fond of Konoha . . .

"Don't worry," Tsume said to me as she patted my back. "You can come back here anytime you like."

I pouted at her, "You didn't teach me how to drive!"

Hana laughed, "But we had fun didn't we?"

I sighed and then smiled, "Best week of my life!"

Tsume chuckled, "Well Konan, do take care of that hand."

"What hand?" I asked. I then made an 'o' with my mouth. I glanced at my palm which was pinkish but now there was no trace of the acid. I even forgot it was there. I took care of it and the ointment finished faster and Hana thinks it's because I used too much. But whatever it may be, it had healed faster than it was supposed to and I didn't feel a thing.

"Now then," said Tsume. "I have to wash the van now before those mud splashes become crusty and hard to clean. Why don't you go visit some of your friends?"

I looked at Hana who looked at me. She grinned, "Sounds like a plan."

So first off, we were heading for Kurotsuchi's place. I dialed her number and after seven rings, she picked up.

"Hey Konan," she greeted. "Sup?"

"We're coming over." I said straight-forwardly. Hana shook her head.

"Really?" she said. "Cool. I'll make some coffee."

"We're leaving tomorrow," I told her. "So we're dropping by your place for a while."

"Awww," she said dramatically. "You think of me that much?"

"Stop being so full of yourself, Kurotsuchi-chan." Hana butted in.

"Heh, well come on over. Deidara-nii, Akatsuchi and I will be waiting; the others will be over too," she told us. I then heard the screech of a cat. Kurotsuchi laughed. "Gotta go, bye!"

"Who did she mean by 'the others'?" Hana asked.

I shrugged, "We'll have to wait and see."

Hana bought some flowers on the way for them; a bouquet of fresh yellow roses. We walked to Kurotsuchi's place in silence . . . which wasn't like us.

Anyway, the day was bright and pleasant and the people were running about doing their daily business. The atmosphere was calm and happy. I was surely going to miss this. Speaking of missing, I didn't even see my rainbow. That's the only downside about me coming to Konoha; I never got to see my rainbow. Oh well, I shouldn't act like a spoilt brat about it.

That's when I saw a glimpse of black and red in a grocery store. Eh? That's weird. I squinted my eyes and saw that they were people. Not just random people though; it was Sasori and Itachi. I grinned and walked towards where they were.

"Eh?" said Hana. "Konan-chan, where are you going?"

I rushed into the store and sure enough, it was Sasori and Itachi who were glaring at each other. Itachi was wearing a high-collared black t-shirt, with the Uchiha symbol on the back, with jeans and sneakers. Sasori was wearing a white hoodie with black inky patterns and jeans with white DCs. The headphones around his neck were white in color, like his hoodie.

I called out to them, "Hey guys!"

They both turned to me and Hana, who caught up with me and just entered the store. Sasori gave us a small wave and Itachi smiled. I dragged Hana towards them. And yes, she was blushing fifty shades of red. As expected of Hana whenever she was around these two.

"So what are you two doing?" I asked them. Sasori was holding a shopping basket and a carton of strawberry flavored milk and Itachi was holding a mixed fruit flavored one. I looked back and forth between them.

Itachi rolled his eyes, "Sasori here lost both the shopping lists sent by my mom and his sister and now we don't know what to buy."

Sasori glared at Itachi, "It's not my fault! You were the one who kept them in the car seat and leave the window open."

"It was your job to take them." Itachi countered.

"No it wasn't; it was yours!" Sasori said nosily.

"Knock it off." I said with a chuckle. These two were so cute. I wouldn't mind watching a Yaoi anime based on these two. The ItaSaso show! Oh yup; I found my back-up career. I'll make so much money, I know it! Okay, now I'm sounding like that Kakuzu guy from college. Maybe I could hire him since he knows way more about business and money . . .

"Shopping lists?" said Hana. She reached into her pocket and pulled out two pieces of paper; one green and the other yellow. "Could it be these?"

"Yes," said Sasori as he took them from Hana. He then looked at her. "Where'd you find them?"

Hana shrugged, "I was coming out of the flower shop and found these stuck on the bushes nearby."

"Oh," I said to her. "So that's what you were picking up. And here I though you found money!" I think Kakuzu and I are related somehow. What's wrong with me today?!

Itachi smiled, "Thanks for finding them." Hana nodded shyly and blushed deeper. Now she was turning hundred shades of red. Kurotsuchi, I am so winning this bet.

"So are you two going anywhere?" Sasori asked.

"We're going back to Ame," I told him. "But only tomorrow morning. We're stopping by Kurotsuchi's right now."

"Us too." Sasori said with a smirk.

"So that's what Kurotsuchi meant when she said 'the others.'" I said with a grin.

"We have to be writing a song soon," said Itachi. "The Akatsuki, I mean."

Hana smiled, "That sounds awesome! Good luck."

Sasori grinned, "Thanks wifey!"

Itachi sighed, "But first we have to finish shopping first. And apparently, the lists fell in the water before Hana found them." Indeed, the lists were sort of washed up. I couldn't read the letters at all.

"Now what?" Sasori muttered. "No way am I calling my sister and getting an 'Oh, you're so careless, Sasori-aniki' lecture!"

Hana laughed, "I'll help. I can try reading it. Konan-chan kept on losing our shopping lists and half the time she would drop it in puddles in Ame so I'm used to reading washed out texts."

"Be thankful for the training I've given you, Hana-chan." I said as I pinched her cheeks. She pulled away and stuck her tongue out at me.

"Okay then," said Sasori. "Shopping with wifey and the Weasel!"

"What an honor shopping with someone who plays with dolls." Itachi said sarcastically with a smirk.

Sasori twitched, "They're puppets!"

"Puppets?" Hana asked. "You mean like those Sesame Street characters or the Muppets?"

"Not really," he said to her, ignoring the chuckle from Itachi. "I have puppets which I made myself. It's a tradition in Suna. I'll show you sometime."

Hana blushed and smiled, "I'd like that."

Damn it! I was going to lose if this kept up; stupid Sasori and his sexy behavior and his charming words. I looked at Itachi desperately but he simply raised an eyebrow at me.

"He spends more time with his dolls than with people." Itachi muttered.

Sasori crossed his arms and pouted, "They're puppets and I do not spend more time with them!"

"Whatever you say." Itachi said as he messed up Sasori's hair. Sasori glared at the Uchiha, who simply chuckled.

Yup, I could make an anime show out of these two. I'll be rich, rich, RICH! Okay, going crazy with the money talk. And did I just sound like Eustace from 'Courage the Cowardly Dog?' Weird. But I love that show.

"Konan-chan," said Hana. She handed me the roses. "Take these and go on over to Kurotsuchi-chan's. I'll come later with Itachi-kun and Sasori-kun."

I grinned slyly, "Don't get wild okay? That too at a grocery store."

Hana punched my arm, "You're such a pervert."

"So what?" I said with a grin. "Would you like a cup of tea?" Okay first it was money and now it's Courage! I mean that last line I said sounded like Muriel!

I said goodbye to the two and before I left, I whispered to Itachi, "Make a move before Sasori does!"

I think he understood. But I'm not sure. He simply shook his head. As I walked out of the store, I saw Hana taking the basket from Sasori and checking out the list while Itachi and Sasori looked at her.

I walked towards Kurotsuchi's place, which were a few blocks down. I thought about my kiss with Pein. I hadn't even told Hana about it. It was a few days ago and I hadn't talked with him or seen him ever since. A part of me felt it was better this way but a part of me . . . dare I say it, missed him.

What did that kiss mean? I had no idea. Maybe it was friendly one. But then again, why did it feel so . . . enchanted. Why did I feel all tingly and magical? Okay that's it; no more fairy tale movies for me! God, I couldn't have been that jobless to watch both Cinderella movies could I? But I've been wrong before.

I reached in front of Kurotsuchi's place and knocked on the door. A few seconds later, Kurotsuchi opened the door and grinned at me. She was wearing a brown tank top with white tennis shorts and sneakers. Her hair was wild and frizzy and she had red headphones around her neck.

"Come on in." She said as she bounced inside. I closed the door behind me and followed her into the kitchen. Akatsuchi was reading a book at the table, wearing a grey hoodie and jeans with black sneakers. He smiled kindly and greeted me with a wave. There was something cooking on the stove which smelled delicious.

Nothing had changed since I last came here; except for the fact that it was cleaner and two cups of coffee sat at the counter. Kurotsuchi grabbed one and handed it to me.

"Where's Hana?" She asked.

"Shopping with Sasori," I said to her. But before she could exclaim with glee, I smirked. "And Itachi."

Kurotsuchi gave me a smirk of her own, "I see. I wonder if Sasori will be a gentleman and give Hana a hand with the groceries."

"Nah," I disagreed with her. "That'll be Itachi."

"Bet for ten bucks?" Kurotsuchi challenged.

"You're on!" I told her with a grin.

I gave the flowers to Akatsuchi who beamed happily and went to find a vase for it. A sudden 'meow' made me jump. A grayish-black cat with bluish eyes hopped onto the counter. Yup, I said bluish eyes. One of its ears was torn and its fur was all messed up but it was still adorable to me.

It meowed at me again. I had a sudden urge to exclaim 'kitty!' like a little girl and grab it and hug it to death. But I simply reached for its head and gently stroked it. It purred and then jumped off of the counter.

"Oi Katsu," said a voice at the doorway. "Where is that cat, un?"

"Hey Deidei!" I exclaimed. Deidara raised an eyebrow at me. He was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and jeans with black converse. The cat jumped on Deidara's shoulder and purred happily as it nuzzled his hair. Deidara tugged gently on its ear and it hissed at him before curling up against his neck.

"I didn't know you're a cat person," I said with a grin. "What's his name?"

"It's a girl," said Deidara. "Her name's Katsu, un."

Kurotsuchi snickered, "They are adorable together aren't they?"

Deidara rolled his eyes, "Oh don't start."

"Ahem," Kurotsuchi said, ignoring Deidara's glare. "Deidara-nii and I were walking home from the store after picking up some fruits and he saved that kitty from a bunch of mean dogs. It was scared so it scratched Deidara-nii's arm and ran away. But it secretly followed us home. And so Deidara-nii reluctantly adopted her. Although I know he likes the cat."

"Shut up, un." Deidara muttered as he ruffled her already messy hair.

I chuckled at the two; it was nice that they were getting along well. I could see Kurotsuchi's microscopic blush and I grinned slyly at her.

"They have similar eyes."I stated.

"Not you too, un." Deidara groaned. Kurotsuchi hooted and stuck her tongue out at Deidara who rolled his eyes at her.

"Deidara stop playing with that cat." said another voice. Oh no. Please, God no! Tell me that that voice does not, I repeat, does NOT belong to-

"Shut up Pein," said Deidara. "I'm not playing, un."

God hates me. Yup, Pein was there in all his glory, wearing a black jacket over a white shirt and black skinny jeans and white Vans. He raised an eyebrow at me as he looked at me with those hypnotizing eyes.

I immediately felt my face heat up. But I shook my head and grinned at him, "Hey."

He merely nodded. The silence that hung in the air was pretty awkward. The only sound was Katsu purring delightedly on Deidara's shoulder. He glanced back and forth between Pein and me. Pein looked away while I looked at my shoes; a habit I picked up here in Konoha. Every time things got weird or awkward for me, I look at my feet and trust me it helps.

The silence was (finally) broken when Naruto's voice boomed from the other room, "TEME!"

I quietly let out a sigh of relief. Kurotsuchi groaned, "Those two are at it again!"

"Naruto's here?" I said with a toothy grin.

"Yeah," said Deidara. "He and that brother of Itachi's have been arguing like kids, un."

"Deidara-nii," said Kurotsuchi, holding up a bowl. "It's time to feed Katsu."

"Whatever, un." Deidara muttered.

"I want to say hi to the boys." I said as I walked towards the living room.

Pein followed me, "Sasori's sister is here too."

I grinned, "Really? Cool! I met Gaara but not his sister. I want to meet her."

Strangely, the trip to the living room seemed way longer. We walked in silence and my lips were trembling; I so wanted to ask him about that kiss.

"Just consider it a friendly gesture." Pein said to me.

I looked at him, "What?"

"You were thinking about . . . that incident." He said carefully. Damn mind reader! I felt my face turn red hot. I simply pouted and crossed my arms as I walked. I could see from the corner of my eyes that Pein was smirking at me.

The living room was big with plush black leather couches and a rectangular glass table in the centre with a vase which contained the flowers Hana had bought. The walls were a pale cream color and the floor was carpeted with a beige colored carpet. The large glass windows with yellow and pink floral printed curtains revealed the bright outdoors. There was a flat screen T.V on the wall with a showcase below it, full of breakable glass decorations.

On the couch was Sasuke who was wearing a black shirt with grey skinny jeans and black converse (seriously, why do all these Uchihas dress in dark colors?) and he was smirking cockily at Naruto, who was standing in front of him.

Naruto looked frustrated and he was pointing an accusing finger at Sasuke. He was wearing a black jacket with sleeves that ended at the elbows, a pale yellow t-shirt with the Konoha symbol in red on the front and black jeans with white Vans.

There was a third person, sitting next to Sasuke. I guess she was Sasori's sister. She saw us enter and stood up. She was shorter than me but about the same height as Hana. She was wearing a red blouse and a brown skirt which reached her knees with long white socks and black flats. She had a red ribbon in her hair which was an unusual color; pink.

You heard me; her hair was pink. Maybe she dyed it? Her eyes were emerald green in color and her forehead was a bit larger than normal but overall she was cute. It was hard to believe she was related to Sasori.

"Guys!" She said sternly to the boys. They stopped their arguing and looked at Pein and me.

Naruto grinned and came over to give me a hug, "Konan! How are you?!"

I returned the hug, "I'm awesome! What about you?"

"Being a Dobe as always." Sasuke muttered. Naruto glared at the Uchiha and crossed his arms.

Naruto grinned, "I'm doing great!"

I nodded and looked at the pink-haired girl and smiled, "So you're Sasori's sister huh?"

"That's me," she said with a smile. She held out her hand. "Haruno Sakura."

I shook her hand, "Konan. Nice to meet you." I looked at her carefully; it was still hard to believe this girl was related to Sasori. I mean this girl here had dyed her hair pink!

Sakura held up two fingers, "Two things; my pink hair is natural, not dyed and yes, I know it's hard to believe I'm related to Sasori-aniki."

"Oo-kay," I said as I nodded slowly. How do people read my mind so easily?! I shook my head and then looked at Sasuke. He looked at me with a bored expression. I grinned. "Long time no see."

"Hn." Sasuke muttered.

"Sasuke-kun, that's rude." Sakura chided.

"What can you expect from him, Sakura-chan? He's a teme." Naruto said with a shrug. Sasuke rolled his eyes and muttered a 'Dobe.'

"What were you guys blabbering about?" Pein asked lazily.

"I was just telling teme here that being a teme has its limits!" Naruto said as he glared at Sasuke.

"That made no sense, Dobe." Sasuke said monotonously.

"It made complete sense!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Hn. No it didn't." Sasuke said as he smirked at Naruto's frustrated face.

"ALL I'M SAYING IS YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO HARASS SAKURA-CHAN IN PUBLIC!" Naruto yelled.

Sakura started to blush so hard that she reminded me of Hana, "NARUTO!"

"I don't 'harass her in public' as you put it," Sasuke replied as he quoted with his fingers. He then smirked. "Plus, she's my girlfriend, Dobe."

Naruto gasped dramatically and so did I, at the same time. I clasped my hands together, "So she's the one Jugo was talking about. Oh Sasuke, you charmer, you!"

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura exclaimed, turning redder than ever. "I thought you said we should keep it low for a while!" Sasuke simply shrugged.

"UCHIHA SASUKE," Naruto said as he rolled up his sleeves. "YOU NO GOOD SON OF A BI-"

"Naruto, I dare you to finish that sentence." Sakura said dangerously. The way she said it told me that she is someone I don't want to mess with.

Naruto gulped and then nervously finished the sentence, "Biscuit! You son of a sweet, delicious biscuit!"

"Dobe." Sasuke said as he shook his head.

"Teme!" Naruto said to the Uchiha.

"Dobe."

"Teme!"

"Dobe."

"Teme!"

As the two boys were bickering, Pein looked at Sakura, "I don't think you told your brothers."

Sakura shook her head shyly, "No."

"Well I wish you luck," said Pein. "After all, Sasori and Itachi are rivals and Sasuke happens to be Itachi's brother. Not to mention your brother Gaara's rivalry with Sasuke himself."

I punched him in the arm, "Stop being so negative! Don't worry Sakura; I'll kick their butts if they don't approve!" Sakura smiled happily at me.

The two boys still hadn't stopped their childish arguments.

"Will these guys ever grow up?" Pein muttered.

I scoffed, "At least your brother isn't as Moody as you."

"Says the person who never stops talking." Pein said with a smirk.

"Moody ass."

"Annoying Blue Bird."

Hana, Itachi, Sasori and Deidara walked into the living room. Sasori raised an eyebrow at what he saw, "Did we miss anything?"

"YOU SURE DID!" Naruto exclaimed. "I MEAN TEME SAID HE'S-" I pounced on the blonde boy and cupped my hand over his mouth. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy. I laughed sheepishly and acted like this was totally normal.

"Let Sakura tell Sasori herself." I hissed in his ear. Naruto nodded vigorously. I guess he wanted to get out of my tight hold; the kid looked a bit blue. Oh darn, I'm being mean to Kisame.

"So I guess you're Hana." Sakura said cheerfully to Hana.

Hana smiled back, "So you're Sakura. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," said Sakura. She then looked slyly at Sasori. "Aniki keeps talking about you. 'Hana this' or 'Hana that' so it's nice meeting you in person."

Hana started to blush while Sasori cleared his throat and looked away. Oh if I wasn't on the bet with Kurotsuchi, I'd so be enjoying this! Speaking of bets . . .

"We both lost Konan," Kurotsuchi announced as she walked into the room. "Tobi carried the groceries."

"Tobi's a good boy!" Tobi yelled as he ran into the room. He was wearing a lime green t-shirt with khaki shirts and grey sneakers. Finally; an Uchiha who is not dressed in black or navy blue.

"What bet?" asked Akatsuchi, who walked in drying his hands on a towel.

"Nothing!" Kurotsuchi and I exclaimed in a sing-song tone.

"Well pasta is ready," Akatsuchi said happily. "Sit down okay? I'll bring it here."

And so we did. Deidara sat on one of the one-person sofas and Sasuke sat on the other. Sakura sat on a chair between Sasuke and Naruto, who was sitting on the arm rest of the big couch. Hana plopped down in the middle of the couch. Tobi sat down on her right.

I grabbed Itachi's arm and spoke in a fan girlish voice, "Itachi-san! Sit next to Hana-chan, will you?"

"No," said Kurotsuchi in the same voice as she grabbed Sasori's arm. "Sasori-sama! You sit next to Hana-hime!"

"No, Itachi's sitting next to her." I said as I tugged on Itachi's arm.

"No Sasori is." Kurotsuchi argued.

"Itachi!"

"Sasori!"

"Itachi!"

"Sasori!"

"UCHIHA ITACHI!"

"I-DON'T-YOUR-LAST-NAME SASORI!"

"Why's my name the weirdest?" Sasori said with a pout.

Sakura stood up from her chair and sat down next to Hana on the couch, "I'll sit next to Hana-chan."

"Fine!" Kurotsuchi and I yelled. Then after a brief silence, we started to laugh like maniacs.

"Idiots." Sasuke muttered. But we simply stuck our tongues out at him.

Sasori took Sakura's place on the chair and Itachi sat next to Sakura, which earned him a glare from Sasuke. I sat next to Tobi and Pein sat next to me. Kurotsuchi sat on the other arm rest of the couch.

"Pasta!" Akatsuchi declared as he set down a pan full of delicious looking and smelling pasta. He set the plates and forks and we began to help ourselves. Tobi took his pasta and said he had something to do so he ran off into the other room.

"I thought he'd be over it by now." Sasuke muttered. I wondered what that meant. But I pretended I didn't hear him say that.

Pasta was amazing. Kurotsuchi completely ignored the sauce and ate only the pasta and I literally drowned my pasta in sauce

Pein sighed, "Are you even human?"

I grinned and I'm pretty sure I had pasta sauce on them but I didn't care, "A supernatural one, yes!"

The rest of the lunch was silent except for random comments passed around among each other. After we were done, I'm pretty sure everyone was stuffed like a turkey on thanksgiving. Katsu leaped onto the table and Deidara held out his hand. Katsu licked the pasta sauce off of his fingers.

"She's such an angel!" Sakura beamed. "I wish I had a cat."

"You can have her, un." Deidara said to her.

Sakura shook he head, "Oh no. She likes you a lot. I don't want to separate you two."

Deidara sighed, "When did I become such a grandma?"

Suddenly, Katsu stood on all fours. Her tail was standing up tall and erect and her whole body was tensed with her fur standing up as she hissed wildly . . . at Hana. But that wasn't the only surprising thing; Hana bared her teeth in a snarl and made a noise at the back of her throat, just like a vicious dog's when it's about to fight.

Katsu got bored and gave one final hiss before running out of the room. We all stared at Hana who was glaring at the cat. She then noticed that all attention was one her and blushed, "What? I hate cats."

"Why?" I asked her. "Katsu is adorable!"

"There is nothing adorable about that . . . that thing!" Hana exclaimed. "I can't help it that I hate cats; they hate me too. Besides, my family descends from the canines. Forgive me for not being a fan of felines!"

We all laughed/chuckled/smirked at Hana who blushed but joined in shortly. Tobi joined us too. I wonder if I'll ever see the guy behind the mask.

After a while, Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke had to leave since they only stopped by for lunch (according to Sasuke, they were forced by Kurotsuchi) and had to finish an assignment.

After they left, Kurotsuchi stood up and stretched her arms, "Well then I believe the Akatsuki have work to do. You better get started!"

"Not really in the mood." Pein muttered.

I raised an eyebrow, "And this is coming from the Moodiest guy on the planet?" He simply messed up my hair.

"Okay," said Kurotsuchi. "Let's play strip poker!"

"No way," Deidara said immediately. "You always cheat and win, un."

Akatsuchi nodded, "I agree."

Kurotsuchi rolled her eyes, "You're just gloomy about the fact that you two lose every time and I, very kindly by the way, leave you guys in your boxers and also, you have never seen me strip past my tank top and shorts."

"There's nothing to see, un." Deidara muttered.

"Shut up!" Kurotsuchi said as she shook her fist.

"Let's watch videos!" Hana said happily.

"What kind?" Sasori asked.

"Baby videos," she beamed. "You know? Videos of our childhood. I already have some of the videos my mom made of Konan when we were in middle school."

"You wouldn't dare." I said slowly.

"Oh come on!" Sasori said told him as he slapped me on the shoulder.

"Yeah well I bet Tsume-san has videos of you too!" I told Hana.

Hana sighed, "Fine! Tit for tat. I get it. Besides, I don't have anything embarrassing."

"I have some of Akatsuchi and Deidara-nii!" Kurotsuchi announced.

Deidara glared at her, "Well I have videos of you too, un!"

"Okay new plan," said Tobi. "Let's all rush home and grab some old videos we have of each other or maybe of our own and then meet up back here in nineteen minutes!"

"Why don't you just say twenty minutes?" Itachi said with a sigh.

Tobi held up two fingers as a peace sign, "Tobi likes the number nineteen!"

"You have to bring a video," said Kurotsuchi. "It's compulsory and if you don't, you have to . . . do a strip tease for us while I make a video!"

"That's too extreme." Pein said as he shook his head.

I grinned, "It's the only way to make sure everyone brings something. Even you, Moody-san." He rolled his eyes at me.

"Okay then," said Akatsuchi. "Disperse!"

LOL! I'm brainstorming so many stuff for the next chapter so stay tuned okay? Also, I think the cat's name as 'Katsu' is suitable; it actually makes sense. I was planning it from the time I was writing chapter 10. Read and review.