Remember when last chapter used to be such a nice cliffy? Loll the downfalls of a rewrite.

I know! I posted again so soon! I really just want to finish this. It's taken me almost five fucking years and I am tired.

This chapter starts out the same, changes drastically in the middle because the original annoyed me, and then circles back around to being similar again.

But different!

So, here you go

"AHHA!" Louis shouted loudly, pointing at me. "I knew you were fucking sleeping with them!" He marched into the room with Brett bouncing along merrily behind him.

Before we go any further, I'd like to explain my emotions to you.

Excitement: I was utterly thrilled to see Louis and Brett again. I missed them so much I could hardly put it into words, and I didn't think I could hug them enough. Brett and Louis had been my family for most of my life, so being away from them for an extended period of time hurt.

Happiness: I was extremely happy to see them. I loved Louis and Brett to death. Being reunited with them after so long of being apart made me elated.

Worry: I was worried because I was pretty sure someone was going to die in a few seconds. Whether it be Louis and Brett for scaring the shit out of two murderous ninjas, or those two murderous ninjas for sleeping in the same bed at me, I didn't know.

Desire: I don't know about you, but I think a shirtless Itachi with his hair down and a shirtless Kisame with his pants riding low on his waist to show off all of his beautiful muscles at nine in the morning in defensive stances, preparing to protect you is fucking sexy as hell. If I hadn't been completely overwhelmed by the last and strongest emotion I was feeling, I likely would have had to fan myself or go take a nice cold shower.

However and perhaps most importantly…

I. Was. Pissed.

The first thing Louis did when he saw me after all that time apart was fucking kick my door down and start yelling at me. He woke me up by kicking my door down. My door. Then he had the nerve to go off on me. I was not okay with this. In fact, I did something that I would never do if I wasn't as furious as I was.

"Louis James Cooling, you shut the fuck up right now!" I snapped, glaring at him.

Louis stopped dead in his tracks and stared at me in shock. Even Brett looked taken aback. Itachi and Kisame relaxed when they saw I was getting up to get in Louis's face.

"Excuse me?" Louis asked, voice low and dangerous with warning and an unspoken challenge.

"Oh, don't you even start Louis." I marched over to him, sliding around Kisame who easily stepped out of my way to let me take charge. "I see you for one fucking second after more than three months of not seeing you at all, and the first thing you do is start yelling at me? Where the fuck do you get off doing that?" I poked his chest. "My door was not locked and there is a handle on it. It was not fucking necessary for you to kick it down!"

Oh, I was going to slit this man's throat.

"I had a fucking shitty day yesterday, and you get pissed at them for trying to comfort me in your stead because you were in a different fucking country! I don't even want to hear you say another damn word to me unless it's a fucking apology."

Louis was gawking at me. I'd never talked to him like that. No one had. Not even Brett who was really the only person who could keep him under control.

I had never talked to anyone like that, really. Sure, I yell and cuss a lot, but most of that is just me blowing hot air and making a scene. This was the first time I actually shouted and was legitimately angry while doing so. This is what happens when you bottle your emotions as much as I do.

Damn.

My eyes flicked over his shoulder to a gaping Brett. At the sight of him, my anger vanished almost instantly and I was filled with excitement, happiness, and love all at once again.

"Hi Bee," I said happily.

A smile instantly broke out on his angelic face. "Alice," Brett said with an enthusiastic smile. He tackled me back onto my bed, smothering me with hugs and kisses.

If he wasn't gay and happily in a relationship it would probably be a little awkward and excessive.

"I missed you so much Alice!" Brett told me. He hugged me tightly and kissed my temple affectionately.

"I missed you too, Brett," I replied. "I'm just genuinely surprised you haven't attacked any of the Akatsuki yet."

Brett shook his head. "Nope, I wanted to see you first. By the way, you guys looked so damn cute before Louis woke you up." He kissed my cheek again. "Besides, I could never bring myself to cheat on Louis; even if the person was as hot as the Akatsuki boys."

He was so sweet. He reminded me of Tobi (goofy, fun Tobi) mixed with Kisame.

The ultimate sweetness.

"What the hell is going on in here, un?" Deidara's demanded, storming into the room. "One second there's a really loud crack and then Alice is yelling at someone, yeah."

"Brett! Louis!" Kathryn cried as she released Deidara, tackling Louis from behind and knocking him onto the bed and on top of Brett and I.

"Kat!" Brett cheered and immediately the two of them started hugging and rolling around together with their excitement.

"What is going on?" Sasori asked, looking at Kisame and Itachi.

"Alice's friends returned from wherever they went and barged into the room. The short one kicked down the door and started yelling. But then Alice went psycho on him and now they're being strange on her bed," Kisame said, gesturing helplessly at us.

"I see," Sasori said slowly, watching us like we were a particularly violent dumpster fire.

"Alice, I'm sorry, let's have make-up reunion sex!" Louis apologized, hugging me. "Hell, your Akatsuki friends can join too but I'm on top."

I started laughing instantly. Leave it to Louis to apologize sincerely in a very inappropriate way.

"I appreciate the offer Lou, but I'm gonna have to pass," I said with a smile. "Can you guys let me up? I need to go to the bathroom."

Though they had no intention of letting me go, I managed to escape. Kisame just snickered at me the entire time as I crawled to my bathroom.

When I came out, Itachi and Kisame were sitting on my bed with Kathryn, Sasori, and Deidara while Louis interrogated them. Brett was just humming his own little tunes while spinning in my computer chair, oblivious to the world.

"Louis, leave the murderers alone," I said with a sigh.

He frowned at me and pointed at Itachi. "This guy says he loves you."

"The feeling is very mutual," I replied. "Now leave them alone."

Louis crossed his arms stubbornly but kept his mouth shut.

I rolled my eyes at his antics before addressing the occupants of my room. "Come on guys, let's go eat." I looked at Sasori. "You get to keep me company because you don't eat."

He shrugged and stood but paused in following when Louis started snickering.

"What's so funny, Louis?" Kathryn asked.

Louis snickered again. "Loofa." He shook his head. "That poor guy."

"Wait until you meet Shiny," I laughed. Louis started cackling at the reminder.

Brett skipped ahead of me and led the way down the stairs. He frolicked to the kitchen and stopped in the doorway. I saw a grin stretch on his lips before he darted inside, out of my line of view.

"Oh no," I hissed, running after him.

I slid into the kitchen to see Brett gushing over Konan, telling how beautiful and cute she was. He was all but looming over her, obviously wanting to cling to her but being respectful of her personal space and the fact that she could potentially knife him if he startled her. Konan just watched him with wide eyes, unsure of how to react to all of the attention and the waterfall of compliments.

Pein watched Brett with narrowed eyes but didn't seem inclined to interrupt him, shoo him away, or kill him outright which I suppose was a good sign. Zetsu was snickering with Hidan while Kakuzu looked uninterested. Tobi was bouncing with excitement, nodding in agreement with everything Brett was saying.

"Brett, you gotta leave Konan alone," I said, hurrying into the kitchen to grab Brett and pull him back a little out of Konan's immediate space bubble. "She doesn't know you and you're very…Well, let's just say you're a lot. What you're saying is true, but calm down."

"But she's so pretty!" Brett insisted, turning to grab onto me and shake me as if I didn't agree that Konan was beautiful. "I'm not even attracted to her and I can see it." He pointed dramatically at Pein. "Respect and love her more!"

Pein just gave him a flat stare. Konan bit her lip, both to keep down a blush and to hide her amusement at Pein's reaction.

I sighed. "Brett, you need to calm down."

He snickered and scurried over to Louis to latch onto his boyfriend. "Louis, Hidan is so sexy."

"Brett, as your boyfriend, I cannot allow you to talk about other men," Louis informed him. He looked at a shirtless Hidan. "Though, I can't say I disagree with you. Still, asshole, put on a shirt. There are young eyes here. Alice doesn't need to be soiled by you."

Hidan started laughing. "Soiled? She's fucking seen us all naked!"

Louis's eyebrow rose dangerously and he looked at me. "Well?"

"I saw nothing below the waist!" I lied firmly. "It wasn't by choice either. They were cats and then poofed into humans."

Louis laughed, pointing at Hidan. "Ha! Shiny."

"Might it interest you to know that she also had a shower buddy?" Kathryn chimed, grinning as I glared at her. Kathryn, the fucking traitor, didn't care that she was about to start a blood bath.

Louis's head turned slowly back to face me. "What?"

I rubbed the back of my head. I didn't think I would be able to get out of this one by yelling at him again. "There's a perfectly good reason for that."

"Who was it?" His hand shot out and somehow a knife materialized practically out of thin air. "I want a name."

"I really don't think you should be threatening ninjas, Louis."

"Fuck ninjas. I'm killing a sly bastard who showered with you," he growled, waving the knife in their general direction for emphasis. "Tell me what I want to know."

"I refuse."

His eyes narrowed and he turned completely around to give me a very terrifying look. "Oh really? Shall I interrogate you again?" He stabbed the knife into the counter and reached into another drawer, withdrawing tape, yarn, and a few sewing needles.

Itachi sighed when I started backing cautiously out of the kitchen, ready to flee for my life. "Louis, I was the one who helped Alice in the shower."

Louis's glare snapped up to Itachi and he started reaching for the knife again. "So, it was you. I thought so."

Itachi didn't look the slightest bit intimidated and instead held Louis' gaze easily. "Yes. I helped her only because she wasn't able to stand by herself. She was extremely weak and light headed. She had lost a lot of blood and she was on drugs."

Louis looked at me for confirmation, glare easing and concerned frown overtaking his expression. "Is that true?"

I nodded. "It was after I came back from Adam's. It only happened once. I promise. Please don't knife me or attempt to knife the ninja because I'm pretty sure he can take you."

Louis watched me for a moment before he set the knife neatly in the sink and then put the needles, yarn, and tape back in the drawer he got them out of. He walked over to Brett, shaking off his anger and then leaned over to kiss Brett's cheek. As he leaned against the counter, he seemed to be back to his good mood from before.

"So why were you suffering blood loss?" he asked.

"Adam's an asshole, that's why." Kathryn admitted.

Louis waved his hand dismissively. "I know that. I meant to ask what he did to cause it."

Then his eyes landed on something. Darting away from Brett, he had me pinned to the wall behind me before I even registered that he had moved. The ninja around me twitched, clearly surprised Louis had moved that quickly.

Louis pushed my hair out of my face to see a scar left by Adam that went over my left temple. It was one of the scars Kakuzu had to stitch up for me.

"Who did this?" he growled, looking over the Akatsuki. The Killing Intent in the room seemed to sap the warmth straight out of the air.

God, Louis' mood swings were giving me whiplash.

"That Adam fucker from the mall did it," Hidan said. "Kakuzu had to stitch it up for her because it was bleeding a shit ton."

Louis' blue eyes snapped to Kakuzu with frightening intensity. "Did she have any other injuries?"

Kakuzu tilted his head. "I had to stitch up ten wounds total—though none of them were exactly life-threatening on their own. Konan healed her dislocated shoulder, broken wrist and her three broken fingers." Kakuzu gestured at me. "He broke four of her ribs as well. She was in bad shape when we found her. That is why she was suffering blood loss."

Louis' eyes were blazing as he released me and marched out of the kitchen.

A few minutes later he returned with a bag I had never seen before hanging off of his shoulder. I could easily guess what was likely inside it, though. "Alice, give me my keys to my hummer."

My eyes widened. "Uh Louis, it's not that big of a deal. It's in the past now. Don't go and do something stupid."

Louis held his hand up in front of my face to shut me up. "Be quiet, Alice. I'm going to kill that fucker." He looked at the Akatsuki as he grabbed his keys off the key ring. "Do any of you want to come and help me kill this asshole?"

"I fucking do!" Hidan said, perking up.

"No," Pein barked. Hidan sighed and rolled his eyes but didn't argue.

Louis shrugged. "Suit yourselves. Come on, Brett."

Brett gave me a reassuring smile as he followed after Louis. He gave everyone a little wave of farewell, told us to behave ourselves, and then left.

Silence filled the room before the door slammed.

Sasori looked at me when Brett and Louis were gone. "What the hell is wrong with them?"

"Louis is really protective and possessive of me and Brett. We're his family and he's always been a little homicidal if something happens to us. He's on the warpath because Adam hurt me."

"No shit," Hidan scoffed. "I thought I was bad."

"Hidan, babe, moon of my life, my sun and stars, you are so bad. Worse, even, because you don't usually have a reason beyond bloodlust," I told him gently and he rolled his eyes.

"And idiocy," Kakuzu added.

Predictably, Hidan puffed up like an enraged cat and started spitting insults and threats at Kakuzu. Kakuzu ignored him entirely.

Pein drummed his fingers on the table and when he spoke, it was firm and serious, immediately drawing all attention to him despite the bickering going on in the room. "Alice, I'd like to speak with you. Privately."

I blinked and shared a glance with Kathryn before shrugging. "Um, yeah. Sure. Where at?"

He crossed his arms over his chest. "The rest of you go outside to train. Don't overexert yourselves. Taijutsu only. Conserve your chakra." He waited until Kathryn had left with Deidara, Tobi, Sasori, and Hidan before he cleared his throat. "Kakuzu, Itachi, stay behind."

Itachi stopped and glanced at Kisame before looking to Pein.

"Kisame, I'd like for you to go out with the others just so Kathryn doesn't ask too many questions. I'll update you on what we discuss personally, or I'll have Itachi do so when he has a minute. The others will be informed, too."

Kisame shared a look with Itachi. Itachi tilted his head just so and Kisame nodded, gaze returning to Pein. "Sure." He ruffled my hair and gave me a sharky smile. "Pipsqueak."

I scowled at him but Kisame just laughed at me and walked away, moving too quietly for such a large man. I watched him go and then looked back at Pein. "What's up?"

He gestured at the table and the seat across from him. "Sit down. All of you."

The table was equipped to sit six people but the chairs were too small for Zetsu to sit on. Zetsu wasn't able to join us at the table, but he didn't seem to mind. He was partially phased into the floor already anyways, and he watched us with his creepy eyes.

"I want you to tell me of how we die in our world," Pein said. "All of the details you can and the circumstances leading up to it."

I cleared my throat. "Um… I can do that, I guess."

"It isn't really an option, Alice. I'm asking, but only to be polite," Pein replied. "And because I don't feel like I need to interrogate you for the information or forcibly extract it from you. You have proved to be a kind and loyal ally since we first met and I trust you. Your attachment and loyalty to all of us is a gift I'd rather not sully."

Laughing, I waved my hand. "It's fine. I'll tell you. I was just surprised you asked since none of you have really showed interest in knowing the details before unless I offered them up myself." She looked at Pein. "You already know how you die so…?"

"You may skip my death," Pein said.

"There are some things I shouldn't tell you," I said and I shook my head when he frowned. "No, Pein, because some of the stuff I have to say could put your subordinates in very grave danger. I won't do that. Not when everyone could hear me."

Pein's eyes narrowed. "Fine. Start with the first of us to die."

"Sasori," I said. "He dies fighting against his grandmother and Haruno Sakura of Konoha. This happens right after you guys finish sealing the Ichibi. Deidara loses both of his arms in the battle, though Kakuzu reattaches them."

Kakuzu scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Of course I do."

"There are a lot of details and stuff, but Sasori kind of allows it to happen in the end. I think he loses the will to fight. Best way to prevent or avoid it is to keep Sasori away from Gaara in general."

"A pain, but it is something we can discuss," Zetsu said and I refused to look at him.

"Next?" Pein asked.

"Kakuzu and Hidan."

Pein gave me an expectant look.

"They piss off Konoha," I said. "Kakuzu loses all of his hearts in a fight against multiple Konoha shinobi and Hidan gets dismembered and trapped in a pit. He eventually starves to death. Don't let them kill Asuma Sarutobi and you'll be able to avoid their deaths for the most part." I looked at Kakuzu. "Don't get greedy and go after the Kyūbi. Meet your quota and then focus on collecting bounties and getting money for the Akatsuki."

Kakuzu cocked his head to the side. "Sarutobi is a large bounty."

"You kill him, you die," I warned him.

He waved his hand. "Noted." He hummed. "Starvation? Perhaps I'll try that."

I scowled. "Kakuzu."

He rolled his eyes. "Relax, Alice. I'm kidding. We are partners, as much as he pisses me off and infuriates me beyond all reason. I'm technically not allowed to kill him."

"That has literally never stopped you before," Itachi said dryly.

Kakuzu shrugged. "Hidan is like a cockroach. No matter how many times I try to kill him, it doesn't take. He's useful as a stress ball if nothing else, so he can stay around a little longer."

Pein closed his eyes and sighed before looking at me. "Continue, Alice."

"Deidara dies next," I said. "He goes after Sasuke and kills himself trying to blow Sasuke up. Sasuke survives. Keep him away from Sasuke." I took a deep breath. "Next is Itachi."

Itachi took my hand in his from where he sat beside me and he stroked his thumb over my knuckles soothingly.

"Sasuke wins. Itachi's illness—" I paused and then looked at him. "Wait a second, I've never once seen you cough up blood, act sick, or even take a single bit of medicine since you've been here. What about your illness?"

"Oddly enough, I've been wondering about that for a while. I haven't come up with any answers as to why I'm not having any of the symptoms," Itachi replied.

I sighed with relief. "Let's just hope it stays that way." I squeezed his hand a little tighter and he squeezed back. "You better not let Sasuke kill you Itachi."

He tilted his head. "I promise."

I turned back to Pein, using the topic change to my advantage. "Next, you die. Konan dies shortly afterwards. Kisame dies last." I stared at Pein and gave him a few subtle twitches that I knew he would understand. "That's as much as the show and manga have covered so far, so I don't know what happens to Tobi and Zetsu after that."

Pein dipped his head, knowing that I was lying as I very much told him that the show and manga had ended and I knew exactly what happened to Tobi and Zetsu. But, seeing as Zetsu was right fucking there I couldn't really share what I knew.

"How does Kisame die?" Kakuzu wondered.

"Um, he commits suicide," I said. "He does it to cause a distraction so he can send vital information to the Akatsuki so they can have the upper-hand in the war. It's also to keep your enemies from extracting information from him, since he gets captured. He is successful, but at a price." I looked at Itachi. "We really need to address his grudge against Gai."

If Itachi wasn't Itachi, he likely would have rolled his eyes. "I am well aware. But Kisame is a grown man and if he foolishly wants to have a petty grudge against Konoha's strongest Taijutsu master, then that's his prerogative."

"How does Konan die?" Zetsu asked.

"Defending Ame," I said. "Some Konoha shinobi causes her to overuse her chakra. She bleeds out and dies of chakra exhaustion."

"Does that shinobi have a name?" Kakuzu asked.

"We don't know his real name at this point," I explained. "He wears a mask. Likely someone controlled by Danzō or Orochimaru or someone equally sinister and evil. They're after Pein's Rinnegan."

"What does the mask look like?" Zetsu wondered.

"Hard to tell because there's no color," I lied, "but it's like an ANBU mask, just a bit different."

"Do they get his Rinnegan?" Itachi asked.

"Yes. Temporarily," I said. "But Zetsu gets it back.

"That's good, then," Zetsu said cheerfully.

I hummed. "Yeah."

Itachi's eyes flicked towards the door. "The others are returning."

Pein leaned back in his seat. "That's fine. Alice has told me enough."

Kathryn came in first, hanging on Deidara but when she saw me, she released him and then bounced over to me. "Hey Alice, now that Bee and Lulu are back, where are Pein, Konan, Hidan, and Kakuzu going to sleep?"

That was a damn good question.

"Don't worry about that," Pein stated.

I frowned looked at him, raising my eyebrows. "Why not?"

Pein met my eyes. "We will be returning to our world tomorrow."

I gawked at him. I never thought when he said soon yesterday that he meant that soon. It was too soon. I wasn't ready.

I wasn't ready to lose Itachi.

I wasn't ready to lose any of them.

I didn't have any time to tell them about Obito and Zetsu.

They were going to die even with my warnings. If they didn't die how they did in canon, they would die because Zetsu and Obito would kill them.

I just told Zetsu exactly how to do it.

Kathryn started hyperventilating and her grip on me turned painfully tight for a second. Tears began running down her cheeks almost instantly. She choked down a sob and then ran from the room, not willing to start bawling right there in front of the source of her hurt. I sat there with my eyes closed in a wince, flinching when she slammed one of the doors upstairs.

"You do realize you probably just caused her to have a panic attack, right?" I asked coldly, giving Pein a disgusted look. "You could have eased it on her. Didn't have to be a dick about it."

Pein watched me curiously. "You're not surprised."

"I am surprised, but I'm not as emotional as Kathryn is. I don't let the things I feel show as easily as she does. Kathryn has never needed to conceal how she feels and when she feels something, she doesn't do it by halves. She's the kindest and most loving person I've ever met and I sort of want to punch you in the face for making her cry." I scrubbed my hand over my face and released a deep breath. "When I heard you say you guys were leaving soon yesterday, I started preparing myself. I just didn't think you meant this soon."

"You heard us?" Itachi asked, voice soft and quiet—almost meek, like he was ashamed or pained.

I shrugged. "That's why I was upset yesterday. I've always been prepared for you guys to return to your world. I hoped it wouldn't happen, or at least it wouldn't be for a while yet, but it was something inevitable that was always in my thoughts." I sighed and stood up. "I'm going to go see if Kathryn is still alive."

"Alice," Itachi stood too, and he met my eyes. "Are you alright?"

"No," I told him truthfully. "It's not your guys' fault, though. You all deserve to be able to go home. I don't blame you. I'll be fine."

With that, I left the kitchen and went upstairs. I could hear Kathryn weeping in the guest bedroom but when I tried the knob and found it locked, I knew that she wanted to be alone. It was hard to leave her to suffer alone, but I forced myself to step away from the guest bedroom and then head to my own. I snatched up my notebook and a pencil as I passed my desk.

I walked to my bathroom, shut the door, locked it, and then went to sit down on the floor with my back against the wall closest to Kathryn. I could feel and hear her as she cried and thumped her head lightly against the wall. The walls weren't paper-thin so I couldn't hear what she was saying, but they were thin enough that each shaky inhale and painful sob was loud on my ears.

Every one of hear cries and sniffles just gave me more motivation. I put pencil to paper and I started writing. I wrote until my hand ached, and then I kept writing. All the while, my eyes stayed dry and my sadness turned into hurt and anger and sheer fucking determination.

Kathryn would cry enough for both of us. I had to stay strong and steady for her. She would need me before tomorrow was over.

Aye, it still sucks as far as chapters go, but I'm content with it.

Fun Fact:Kakuzu's ninja techniques are named after the series Mobile Suit Gundam.

Answer: My penname DaniZaraki was made...a really long time ago. Dani is my name, obviously, and Kenpachi Zaraki is my all-time favorite anime/manga character ever. So I combined my name with Zaraki and there we have it. The Me-and-my-big-d penname is an inside joke. During my brother's high school graduation party, there was one of those banners that said "Congrats, Grad!" and towards the end of the party, we were taking stuff down and I took the "D" from the banner and walked around with it, because my name is Dani. My friend Cierra (who took the C from the banner) said "Look at you and your big D!" and it became sort of a joke between us. It wasn't until my freshman year of college when I making a username for something and Cierra, who was my roommate, said "Either use tig-old-bitties or me-and-my-big-d and thus, the name stuck. Danizpringles is: Dani, Z for Zaraki, and pringles because it's similar to my last name.

QotC: Ummm... What is your favorite anime/cartoon/TV show/movie? You can pick one of each or your favorite out of all of the above. I don't care.

ARC: I only realized after I posted the last chapter that I recommended OPM twice. So... I'm gonna recommend something that's not an anime or even a cartoon. I'm gonna recommend some Game of Thrones. Now, obviously this show isn't for everyone because it is violent and sexual with a lot of adult themes. It's a very heavy show-emotionally taxing and sometimes hard to follow for some people. However, it is really good. I read the books before they started making the show and I loved them. When the show came out, I was skeptical, but they really have done an amazing job. There are cute Direwolves, really badass dragons. You love the characters even though it's not recommended because of the death-rate in the show, but you really can't help it. The culture and world-building in the show and books is really just phenomenal. I would 100% recommend it to everyone. But, if it's not for you, it's not for you. Still, though. Even if you just watch it for the dragon scenes, lol. Also, I would die for Arya Stark. She's been my favorite character since I first read the books and she's still my baby.

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