Taylor's POV

I am bored.

It's now Monday, meaning that three days have passed since the concert and the start of Holiday break. Not much has gone on since really.

Lauren was using the weekend to catch up on all the anime she had been missing, which is a lot. She would usually occupy the loveseat in the family room with her headphones plugged into her laptop. And Lauren is every eccentric when it comes to watching anime. She screams curses, squeals, giggles, and even cries. So, let's just say that the Akatsuki were at first terrified of whatever she was doing. The only ones that didn't seem all that surprised of her actions were Sasuke and Itachi, probably because they are her brothers, and expect no less. And when I say Lauren cries, I mean it. Hidan actually came into my (Itachi and Kisame's) room yesterday to let me know that there were tears streaming down her face. I only told him to leave her alone because she was would get over it in a minute, and sure enough a minute later I heard her screaming "GODDAMIT! I WANT TO BE A FAIRY TAIL MADOUSHI!"

My guess was that she was watching Natsu beat the shit out of someone.

Tess was pretty much sleeping the weekend away. Within one day she had changed her sleeping pattern and was now going to bed at midnight and waking up at ten in the morning. After that she'd usually get a hold of her own laptop and lounge on her bed all day, never really bothering to change out of her pajama's if not needed. I'm pretty sure that she would look up pictures of Hidan because he would always sneak up behind her and grin devilishly before trying to make-out. Though, I think Tess got tired of it after a while because she then started looking up HidaKaku dounjin. So when Hidan finally got wind of the drawings he began cursing everything out, including Kakuzu, who then had to go and find out what was going on. They eventually both left her in peace, though I think she apologized to Kakuzu later on since he hadn't been the one bothering her. He accepted her apology because he secretly loves her, just like Sasori secretly loves Lauren.

We're all one big happy family.

Elle was beginning to take a liking to everyone, though her favorites seemed to be Sasori, Konan, and Kisame. She would occasionally tease Hidan, much to everyone's enjoyment, but he was starting to take the jabs well, only ruffling her hair with a grin, which she happily responded to. Kisame was like her personal life sized plushie, because whenever he was around her she would latch onto him like a panda. Kisame didn't really mind it though, and actually seemed to enjoy her presence. She has also taken a liking to Deidara, and Lauren was grateful that he's being so nice to her sister. I know because she thanks him every once in a while.

I have pretty much been doing various things to try and keep myself occupied. Such as reading, listening to music, sleeping, eating, playing video games, etc. However, after doing all of that I no longer know what to do, and am bored. I would grab people and drag them sledding with me except I can't because there isn't enough snow to cover the snow hill yet. The only reason I haven't gotten up to do anything yet is because Itachi has his arms lopped around my waist, and I don't want to ruin the moment.

I don't know why, but Pein and Itachi have this weird obsession with reading. That's all they ever do.

"Itachi, I think that Taylor is bored." I blinked and looked over to the mattress across from us where Kisame was laying. He seemed somewhat amused. "She has mindlessly been staring at me for the last couple of minutes and it's freaking me out because she hasn't been blinking."

I heard a chuckle from behind me and I looked back to find Itachi propped up on his elbows staring at me with a slight smirk. He leaned down and kissed my temple which I smiled to in reply. I was getting better with not blushing every time we made physical contact.

"Am I boring you?"

I rolled my eyes. "No, it's not you." I looked over to Kisame and grinned sheepishly. "Sorry for staring at you, say something sooner next time. Throw a pillow at me for good measures."

He just smiled back good-naturedly before going back to playing the PSP in his hands.

The bed behind me shifted and out of the corner of my eyes I could see Itachi sitting up. He closed the book he had been reading before setting on the mattress beside him.

"What's wrong, Taylor?"

I sighed and rolled over, glancing up at his face which looked genuinely concerned. "I'm just bored, that's all."

Itachi frowned and crossed his arms, eyes wandering to the ceiling.

"Well, you all mentioned something about "Christmas" right? Can you do something that relates to that?"

"Holy shit," I said after I moment, eyes widening with realization. "I completely forgot about Christmas!"

Within a second I had rolled off the bed and was bolting from the room. I could vaguely hear Kisame and Itachi chuckling at my reaction as I left.

"LAUREN!" I screamed, running into the family room. All the other occupants of the room looked startled at my sudden loud entrance, but Lauren only looked up at me, pausing the video she was watching, before pulling a headphone out of her ear.

"Yes…?"

"WE FORGOT ABOUT FUCKING CHRISTMAS!"

She stared at me blankly. "No…we haven't. Its 4 days from now, on Friday, December 25th. Where have you been?"

"Goddamit!" I threw my hands into the air. "Look around! There are no decorations, no cookies, no garland, no fucking Christmas tree, and I sure as hell know that we don't have presents bought yet!"

She blinked, and slowly a look of horror made its way onto her face. "No…PRESENTS?!"

"YES! No presents! Not unless we fix that now!"

In a swift movement she shut her laptop, shoved her headphones into her pocket, and stood.

"TESS!"

Half a minute later said red haired female was standing on the landing to the stairs, looking the two of us over boredly.

"What the fuck is wrong now?"

Lauren threw her hands into the air, and I copied her just for the sake of it. "We aren't in the Christmas spirit!"

Tess raised an eyebrow, unwavering. "So?"

Lauren growled and pointed at finger at her dramatically. "Bitch, get some clothes on, gather your roommates, hop into your huge ass truck, and go get a fucking Christmas tree."

She stared at the both of us for another minute before sighing loudly and making her way back down the stairs. "Whatever."

That was Tess's way of saying 'yes'.

"Yoshi!" I cried and turned to Lauren, harvesting my inner youth. "You go and get the decorations from the basement! I'll rearrange the furniture and set things up for the tree!"

She smiled widely and smacked our hands together, gripping each other's fists. "Aa!"

Lauren turned to the other occupants of the room and flashed them a smile. "Dei, Danna, Sasuke, Suigetsu, Juugo, will all of you please be dears and come help me grab some boxes from the basement?"

They all nodded, still looking somewhat confused about what was going on, but stood nonetheless and followed Lauren towards the lower level.

"So." I blinked when an arm suddenly wrapped around my shoulder and a head was placed atop mine. I knew it was Kisame since the arm was blue. "You need help moving furniture right?"

I nodded and grinned. Kisame then released me with a chuckle and I turned to find him and Itachi standing there. Itachi smiled at me and I returned the gesture before looking around the room.

"Well, I think we're gonna put the tree in that corner," I pointed to the area of the room vertical to us. "So we're gonna have to move the table from over there and shift everything around."

The two nodded and got to work helping me rearrange the furniture. A few minutes later Tess, Hidan, and Kakuzu all left to get the tree and right after them Lauren appeared with her group of helpers, carrying numerous boxes filled with Christmas décor.

We all got to work on taking the things that already litter the shelves and tables and replacing them with things that related Christmas and/or winter. We filled the table with dancing snow-people that sang songs, and strung garland over the blinds and the stereo system.

While I started setting up the stand for the tree, Lauren grabbed Kisame, Juugo and Deidara and pulled them outside into the cold winter air to get some rainbow colored lights on the house. Once I had gotten the stand in place Itachi helped me set up the red and white circular mat that would surround the tree.

Eventually Konan and Pein came out of their room to see what all the commotion was and seemed surprised by all the red and white that was now strewn everywhere.

"Christmas is in a few days," I explained. "We're trying to get into the Holiday spirit."

Konan seemed delighted by my news and volunteered to get to work on making cookies, while Pein went back to his room. I thought that he probably just believed this entire thing was all foolish, but was proven wrong when a minute later he reappeared with a coat over his shoulders and headed outside to help the others.

After a few more minutes I stood and surveyed the room, pleased with the transformation that had taken place, and kissed Itachi on the cheek, thanking him for his help. I did the same to Kisame before Itachi pulled me back and pressed his smirking lips against mine fully.

Remember how I said I was getting better with physical contact that had to do with Itachi? Well, that doesn't count lip against lip contact yet because my face was once again red as a tomato.

Itachi, of course, found my reaction amusing, so I settled for smashing my face into his chest until it no longer felt as if it was radiating heat. He only chuckled at me and welcomed my actions happily, wrapping his arms around me in return.

Once the blush had dissipated I quickly hugged Itachi once more before heading into the kitchen to help Konan with the cookies. While the two of us were working on that Tess, Hidan, and Kakuzu arrived back with a tall pine tree. The two immortals carried it in and Tess instructed them where to put it.

It took about 10 minutes to get it into the stand and make sure it was stable and straight. Once they got all that settled Tess dragged them over to the boxes filled with ornaments that Lauren had brought up early and they got to work.

Probably about an hour later we had gotten everything done. The Christmas tree was now shining with colorful light, ornaments and other such objects. The cookies were sitting on the top of the stove, cooling off, and outside lights were strung along the gutters of the house.

"Now this…is Christmas," I said happily surveying over the tree and everything else. Itachi came up beside me and nodded in agreement, wrapping an arm around my waist. I leaned into his side blissfully.

Next to us Lauren and Deidara were doing the same thing, and I smiled at Lauren's apparent happiness. She and Deidara were cute. Tess and Hidan were too. I always found it funny how Tess seemed to have control of Hidan's reigns though.

"Lauren~" I cried, releasing Itachi and latching on to her. "We need presents~!"

She hugged me in return and patted my head comfortingly. "I know babe. I know."

"Why don't we just put names in a hat and have everyone pull a name?" Tess suggested. "We do it every year anyway. Just leave Elle, Derrick and Trevor out. They can have their own."

Lauren shrugged. "Sure, that sounds good."

I stared at them and raised my hand. Lauren rolled her eyes. "Yes Taylor?"

"What about money?"

Tess grinned and whipped a set of credit cards out of nowhere. "I've already taken care of that. I contacted the parents and they all agreed to let us give our friends money to buy presents. This is why I now have 13 credit cards which hold an allotted amount of cash."

Lauren pursed her lips. "They know so much more than they let on."

I laughed. "Yes. Yes, they do. We'll have to thank them later on."

Lauren nodded in agreement while I skipped into the kitchen to grab a pad of paper and a random bowl. I scribbled down the names of all the Akatsuki on a piece of paper before tearing them apart and stuffing them into random bowl.

"Who wants to go first?" I asked happily, skipping back into the room. Elle, Tobi and Zetsu, who had been entertaining her, had also joined our group and were now shuffling into the line that had formed.

I held out the bowl to Hidan, who had volunteered to be first, and he shoved his hand into the bowl, withdrawing a piece of paper. He looked over the name frowning ever so slightly, before shrugging and walking away.

Next in line was Konan. She placed her and in the bowl and withdrew a paper. She looked it over with a contemplative look before smiling a little and stepping out of line.

Behind her was Kisame and he grinned at me before stuffing his hand into the bowl. He looked over the paper he had withdrawn, grin never wavering. Itachi went after him, plucking his own paper from the pile. He looked it over in mild interest before leaning over the bowl and pecking me on the lips.

A moment later he stepped out of line and Lauren walked up, grinning at my blushing face. She picked a paper from the ones that were still left and smiled at the paper widely before Tess pushed her out of the way.

Tess circled her hand around the bowl, frankly reminding me of that lady from the Hunger Games, before plucking one out. She looked over the name, raising an eyebrow curiously, before shrugging and heading towards Hidan.

Pein stepped up after her and swiftly picked a card, eyeing it emotionlessly before moving out of the way.

Behind Pein was Kakuzu. The miser stepped up and repeated the same actions as Pein, but raised an eyebrow ever so subtly while looking over the card he had picked.

Tobi was after Kakuzu, and he grabbed a slip of paper before giggling uncontrollably and running somewhere. I just laughed a little at his actions.

Suigetsu grinned at me as he stepped up and grabbed his own piece of paper. He looked it over with a shrug and shoved it in his pocket before walking away.

Juugo approached behind him and flashed me a smile. I did the same back and he grabbed one of the few names that were left and frowned at the name ever so slightly before stepped out of line.

Deidara went next, shoving his hand into the bowl with a grin. He surveyed the name on the card he had drawn with slight puzzlement but eventually shrugged it off.

Behind Deidara was none other than Sasori. The puppet master grabbed a card, looked it over with an amused smirk and then headed over to where his brats were.

Zetsu stepped up next, boredly shoving his hand into the bowl to grab one of the 3 papers that were left. He walked away without looking at the name.

And finally, the last one was Sasuke. I flashed him a wide smile and he smirked in return, grabbing one of the two pieces of paper left. He read over the name and snorted in amusement before turning and walking away.

I smiled and picked the last strip of paper from the bowl. Unfolding it, I blinked in surprise when none other than the Uchiha that had just been standing in front of me's name popped up.

'Uchiha Sasuke'

I grinned and tucked it into my pocket before heading into the kitchen to put the bowl back.

"Alright," Lauren stood, attracting everyone's attention. "I don't really want to, but we all need to go to the mall and buy presents. Get ready, we'll leave in a little while."

And so, I hurried off to my room, along with Itachi and Kisame. I pulled my hair into a ponytail while Itachi and Kisame decided that they would finally put shirts on. We all strapped on our converse and I surveyed my outfit in the mirror, making sure that all was well, before heading out into the family room where the others were gathered.

Tess was on the phone with Derrick, letting them know what was going on. Elle and they would be trading presents this year. Usually it would just be the six of us, but because of the Akatsuki things changed. That, and they had already gotten each other gifts to make our life's easier.

"Trevor lets out at 3, so he'll be over in 10 minutes," Tess announced as she ended the call. Lauren placed a hand on Elle's head.

"You gonna be okay for a few minutes?"

She nodded. "Yeah. I can reach the kitchen knives if needed."

Lauren grinned and hugged her, while a few of the Akatsuki looked slightly disturbed.

"Why the hell would you need to know where the knives are?" Kisame questioned aloud to no one in particular.

Elle smiled. "Because if someone decided to break in within the time span of me being alone, I can grab a knife and hide in a small space and wait for whoever it is to come. Then, when they're close enough, I can stab them in the foot and run to the neighbor's house to get help."

Lauren was practically hugging the shit out of her by now, saying "I love you, baby sister."

Elle just grinned happily and hugged her back. Almost everyone looked concerned now.

"What the fuck are you teaching her?" Hidan grinned, looking somewhat proud of her Elle's strategy.

Lauren laughed. "It's not me really; she just tends to watch the same shit I do."

"Which means that I know she practically grabs a knife after every ghost show that we watch," Elle giggled. Pink tinted Lauren's cheeks and she looked away, much to everyone's amusement.

"Spirits are fuckin' everywhere, man…," she mumbled dejectedly.

Tess chuckled and patted her head. "And you think that you'd be able to kill a transparent figure with a knife?"

Lauren turned to her, deadly serious, and I laughed at her sudden change in attitude.

"If it possessed one of us, then yes, I would fucking stab the living shit out of whoever it is. If it possesses me, I give you all permission to do the same."

She sighed angrily and stormed towards the door. Tess laughed again and headed after her. "What if it's the ghost of your grandma or somethin'?"

Lauren didn't pause and only kept heading outside into the cold air. "She better know not to fuck with her paranoid granddaughter then!"

I started laughing at her reply as did Tess, but the rest of the ninja with us only seemed thoroughly amused.

While the Akatsuki all headed after Tess towards the cars I knelt down beside Elle and kissed her temple, pulling her into a hug. She giggled in return and I pulled back with a smile, tapping the top of her nose.

"Be good, ne?"

She grinned. "When am I not?"

I poked her forehead and stood. "You smartass."

Elle only giggled happily before grabbing the TV remote and heading over to the recliner. I smiled after her, and squeaked when an arm suddenly snuck itself around my torso, pulling me backwards into a firm chest. Following my weird sound was a chuckle that could've only belonged to Itachi, and he smiled subtly, leaning down to kiss the top of my head. I blushed a little and grabbed his hand with mine pulling him towards the door.

"You know," he stated, and I could almost fell his smirk. "You'd make a great mother."

I froze dead in my tracks for a split second, giving my mind a chance to process what it was he just said.

Motherhood requires a male and a female.

A male impregnating a female.

Sex.

Itachi is a male. I am a female.

Itachi and I have sex.

I become impregnated, and then have his Uchiha children.

Oh god…

"Are you imagining things you shouldn't be?" Itachi purred into my ear, snaking his arms around my waist. I leaned forwards trying to hide my blush, but he only pulled me back.

"I wonder what our babies would look like…" I mumbled out loud, trying to replace the image of Itachi and I's tangled, naked bodies, with something more appropriate.

I mean really, I'm a blonde with brown eyes, and Itachi has raven hair and onyx eyes. Me trying to imagine a blonde haired, onyx eyed Uchiha seems incredibly hard…

I was knocked out of my thought when Itachi suddenly pressed his lips to mine. Blinking, I looked up to find that he was now standing in front of me. He smirked and grabbed my hand pulling me back towards the others who were littering the driveway.

"I'm sure we'll find out eventually."

I pressed my lips together. "You're really trying to fry my brain, aren't you?"

He only chuckled in response and continued to lead me towards my Jeep.

…

…

Half an hour later we arrived at the mall. All of us shoved ourselves into the elevator and it carried us down to where the shops were.

This time Lauren made sure that the people who needed to use henges did so before stepping out of the elevator.

"Alright," Tess sighed, crossing her arms and surveying over the group. "No killing people, no using powers, no getting in fights, no exiting the premises, and no stealing. You each have those credit cards I handed out, so use them, but only on what you really need. We'll meet back here in 2 hours, if you get done before that, good for you. But this shit is gonna be a pain in the ass because it's so close to the Holiday… Oh, and if anyone gets in trouble, flare your chakra and Lauren, Taylor or I will come and bail you out. I expect you all to behave, is that clear?"

Everyone, including myself, nodded.

Tess nodded in approval. "Good."

A second later the doors to the elevator opened and we all evacuated the small area, spiting off in every direction.

I stood there for a moment, staring the piece of paper with Sasuke's name on it.

'What can I get Sasuke…?'

Blinking, I contemplated it.

'Uchiha's like sweets, right?'

Grinning, I headed off in the direction of the Japanese store.

Sasuke, prepare yourself. I'm going all out.

Lauren's POV

I stared at the piece of paper in my hand, smirking slightly. Currently I was sitting in the middle of the food court, sipping on a smoothie I had bought.

'Uchiha Itachi'

I laughed slightly. "Man, god gave me a break on this one." I threw my hands behind my head. "All I gotta do is buy the guy some sweets."

"Really, that's it?"

I tilted my head back to find Tess standing there, grinning. She poked me in the forehead before shuffling over to the seat across form mine.

"Not really," I replied honestly. "I've got something in mind, but I'm gonna get it offline."

She raised an eyebrow. "Who do you even have? And offline?"

I shrugged and gulped down some think, fruit flavored drink. "Yeah, I'll do overnight shipping. And I'm not telling you who I have."

It was at that moment I realized something.

"Are you already done?" I check my phone. "It's only been half an hour."

Tess grinned and held up the bag she was carrying, "Yeah, there were only a few things that I could think to get, so I bustled my ass around to get it done. The people in this place are crazy as shit."

I laughed. "Got that right."

It was silent for a minute.

"Soooo," I drawled. She raised an eyebrow and I grinned. "Who do you have?"

Tess rolled her eyes. "Show me yours and I'll show you mine."

I stared at her in a deadpan. "Perverted much?"

She grinned. "Really wanna know?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Would I ask otherwise?"

Tess laughed and leaned over the table towards me. "I got you," she said.

I raised both my eyebrows and stared at her. "…really?"

She nodded, "Yeah."

My eyes landed on the bag beside her chair. "What'd ya get me?"

She grinned deviously and leaned back into her seat, eyes glinting dangerously.

"I got you a wigi board."

Within a second I had gather my shit and was sprinting to a different part of the mall. No fucking way.

After a minute I felt my pocket buzz and stopped, pulling out my phone.

Incoming call from Tess

I glared at the screen and pressed talk.

"You motherfucking bitch! You better be fucking kidding or I will break your face!"

She started laughing loudly.

"I'm kidding! Damn!"

"Bitch," I hissed. Her laughing never ceased.

"I swear though, that was the funniest shit ever. Seeing you bolt like that. Fucking priceless. If only I had gotten it on video."

"I will fucking murder you."

"Heh. I don't even have you by the way."

I blinked. "Who do you have?"

"If you keep prying I'll go and buy a wigi board for real," she warned and I growled.

"Fine, whatever. Pull that shit again and I will personally maim you though."

She snorted. "Sure, sure. Hey, maybe we'll watch Paranormal Activity tonight."

I glared at the phone. "Fuck. No." I ended the call.

"Bitch is gonna fucking die," I growled to myself, stalking in no direction in particular.

You don't mess with the spirits bro! They will come to get you!

Hello there :D

Notice the line? Yeah, I got serious.

School starts, for me, one week from today. I don't really mind though. I've been sitting on my ass long enough this summer.

Plus, I don't have English or Math first trimester, so that makes my life better. 1- because I don't like math all that much and 2- because I haven't finished my summer reading yet :P

And listen, I know a lot of people are busy, but spare a minute to review, will you? Pwease~ I'd appreciate it! :D

Anyway, I am offically addicted to Fairy Tail :3

I've caught up to the current episode right now, and yes, I still love it. I don't know why I stopped watching it a while ago...

I even wrote a NaLu oneshot! :D It made me happy how many reviews and favorites it got! I didn't expect it to do so well, but I can't deny that I was hoping :)

So, because of all the positive feedback, I am going to write more Fairy Tail oneshots. This story still has a ways to go, so I don't want to start writing a long ass story like this one and the one before it.

Though...I did get an idea early for a Akatsuki highschool fic... I can imagine it with a new OC, but I'm not sure if I want to start that now. Give me feedback on the idea if you want ;P

Before I write the chapter of this (which I already have in mind) I might be writing another something related to Fairy Tail (or at least starting it) :) I've got a cute Laxus X Lucy idea in mind, and want to try it out. There aren't many stories with them, so I want to see what happens :P

I've got some idea's for LoLu (Loke X Lucy) in mind, so that'll probably be coming in the future too.

XD So, if any of you watch and/or read Fairy Tail, I hope you'll decide to read them! If you don't even remotely know what the fucking hell it is I'm talking about, I apologize, and suggest that you watching it, because it's awesome :D

Now, back to the school subject. I know that fanfiction slows down during the school year, and the same will probably apply to me. In fact, I'm almost positive it will.

Though, my first trimester schedule shouldn't be that bad. I have Japanese 3, US History, Honors Chemisty, Symphony Orchestra, and Art. Beginning the day with my Sensei, and ending with the best art teacher in the school is going to make my day that much more enjoyable :P

Eh, I think I'm gonna stop rambling. The Big Bang Theory is on :D

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(Or I will set the evil spirits on you!)