The Akatsuki sat around the living room, some on the floor or couch. The girls had offered them all drinks and they sat sipping on water, tea, and coffee while Jo talked to them. She had her laptop out and was showing them where they were on a map and explaining the layout of their world. Hanna was in the kitchen, cooking breakfast for them and Lily had gone back upstairs, not wanting to get in the way and aiming to get a few more hours of sleep.

"So, you guys can stay with us for a while," Jo explained, her voice turning stern, "but this is my house and it has rules. If you are going to stay here, there is to be no killing of any kind, for any reason." She instructed, staring dead at Hidan. "Am I understood?" She asked, looking around the room and meeting every individual's gaze. "Next, as far as jutsu, keep it to a minimum. It's not normal here so don't do it outside. No bombs, and if you break something, Kakuzu pays for it."

"What?" He hissed. Jo stuck her tongue out. "Now you have incentive to keep everyone in line." He just blinked at her for a moment. She knew how to get shit done. "No theft either. And you guys have to pitch in. If you know how to cook, you can offer to cook. You can help keep the place clean. If you make a mess clean it up. Don't eat all the food in one go either. This shit isn't cheap." She mumbled and they listened. "Any objections?" She asked after a moment, letting everyone absorb the rules she laid out.

"We accept your terms." Pein told her formally, standing and stuck out his hand. Jo smiled and took it, giving a firm handshake. It wasn't as though she could really enforce anything. At the end of the day, they could kill the girls and take the house, but then they'd run out of food, utilities would be shut off, and they'd be forced into the world where they'd be hunted down by every government. Not anything they weren't used to, but definatly something they wanted to avoid.

Jo nodded to herself and sat on the coffee table, looking around at eveyone. Now was the rooming. Her house was decently sized. It was old, but large enough to fit these people here semi-comfortably. There were three stories, not including the basement. The third was the attic. One half was where her room used to be before her family moved out. Now it held Christmas decorations. The other half held more storage that could be consolidated into the the other half easy enough. The stairs divided the two rooms. On the second floor, there were four fairly large rooms. There was also a bathroom in the hall. One was a guest room while the girls took over the other three. How was she going to do this? Did she have enough mattresses?

Then the boys would need clothes. Lily had class, and she had work. Maybe Hanna could take a small group shopping, but that meant people would be left home alone. Not a good idea. What sizes did they even wear? What did they like to wear? She rubbed her face in her hands. She was so fucking tired and this was a lot of thinking.

"Hanna?" She called, breaking the silence that settled into the room. Jo heard a soft yeah from the kitchen in response. "You got work today?"

"No, why?" Hanna called and they watched her come into view.

"They're going to need clothes." Jo said and pointed around the room. Hanna sighed. The idea of dragging the whole group on their first outing was less than ideal.

"Can't Lily deal with it?" She asked, desperation in her whine.

"Kinda was hoping both of you could do it when she got back from class." Jo pointed out. Hanna shrugged and went back to the kitchen. As long as she wasn't alone. "So we have some room on the third floor and then a guest bedroom on the second floor. If you guys wanted we could hang some sheets to make small rooms in the attic." Jo started rambling. "We'd have to do it later though. It's too fucking early for that shit." Deidara and Kisame just looked at her with disapproval. She met their dead looks with a glare. "Oh, I'm sorry. Were you guys violently awakened by a group of murderers at a ridiculous hour in the morning?" They didn't answer her, their faces turning to a more sheepish look. Jo stood and straightened out her tee shirt and brushed her fuzzy blue pants. "Didn't think so. Excuse me. I need more coffee." She excused herself and picked her mug up off the coffee table.

"Food is ready!" Hanna called. Jo looked at everyone and waved them to join her. "Grab a plate, and take what you want." She isntructed and disapeared into the kitchen. The group looked around at their respective partners before looking at Pein. He stood and quietly addressed the room.

"For now we are to abide by their conditions and remain housed here." He looked around, daring anyone to challenge him. "I suggest we do as they say if we want to survive in their world. That is all." He dismissed them and gently extended a hand to Konan, helping her stand. The two left the room and once more, the members of the Akatsuli looked at their partners and looked around the room.

"Well, I'm not one to pass up free food!" Kisame announced, slapping his thighs and standing with a toothy grin. "I say we eat!"

"Got that fucking right!" Hidan agreed. The Akatsuki slowly wandered into the kitchen. It was a fairly large and they saw the stack of plates waiting for them. They watched Jo grabbing food onto her plate and pointing to the food, explaining what was what in case they didn't recognize anything.

"I wasn't sure what you guys liked, so I just made a bunch of stuff." Hanna said as she sipped her coffee from her spot in front of the sliding glass door, wanting to stand out of the way.

"We won't complain." Kisame told her with a smile as he reached over and grabbed a plate. "Just glad to be fed." They heard hidan snort.

"The fuck is this?" He asked, holding up a piece of bacon.

"It's bacon." Jo told him flatly, unamused. "It's meat. Eat it, or eat something else." She told him. Hidan glared at Jo and she glared right back.

"I'm not gonna fucking eat this shit." He told her. She stood on her tip toes and grabbed the bacon with her mouth and walked away, shrugging. His loss.

"Jo, don't eat people's food." Hanna scolded her. Jo just shrugged and looked at her friend.

"He wasn't gonna eat it."

"Where would you like us to sit?" Konan asked Jo, gently interrupting.

"There's a dinning room we cold all sit in." Jo said. "Not sure if everyone would fit at the table, but we could just toss Hidan outside like the dog he is."

"What the fuck's your problem, bitch?" Hidan shouted, whipping around. Jo spun on her heal, sucking in a deep breath.

"I'M FUCKING TIRED!" She shouted at him and Hanna sighed loudly.

"And whose problem is that, bitch?" Hidan shouted at her. Jo grabbed a knife from the counter and pointed it at him as she walked towards him.

"It's gonna be yours if you don't shut your mouth and eat." She threatened.

"Is she always this volatile?" Deidara asked as he stepped next to Hanna. She just shrugged. As the two watched Jo and Hidan argue, Deidara took a bite of bacon. "Woah. This is amazing."

"Everyone likes bacon. It's a staple." Hanna said with a smirk. "I'll be you a pack of bacon that Jo beats Hidan's ass before the day's out."

"You're on, yeah." He said and munch on the bacon. He looked at Jo. She was a short woman with straight brown hair and hazel eyes. She was very tan and curvy. Jo was so short, though, and Deidara figured there was no way she could take on Hidan who lumbered over her.

Hanna showed those who wanted to sit at a table where the dining room was and made sure everyone had everything they needed.

"What are you gonna eat?" Kisame asked Itachi as they looked at the food before them. Itachi grabbed fruit and eggs first, wanting to keep it simple.

"Hey, where'd you get that body from, where'd you get that body from?" They heard someone singing and turned, confused. It was Lily. She walked into the kitchen, eyes closed, with her earbuds in and was singing. She dropped her voice. "I got it from my daddy, I got it from my daddy." She sang and bounce on her feet. She opened her eyes and grabbed a piece of toast and a cup of coffee. Itachi and Kisame looked at her, watching her bounce through the kitchen, dancing to herself as though no one else was there. She was taller than Hanna and Jo and lanky, but you could see the muscles on her arms and exposed stomach. She wore a grey crop top and her teal hair was in a ponytail.

"Lily, stop signing that song." Jo told her. Lily pretended not to hear and hummed loudly as she munched on her toast, glaring right at Jo. "Lily, stop."

"Hey, where'd you get that body fro-" Lily was silenced when a roll of paper towels hit her face. "Wow, fuck you, too." She said around a mouthful of toast, popping an earbud out.

"Shut up and go take your exam." Jo told her. Lily just turned to her ipod and picked another song.

"Give it to me I'm worth it." She sang and Jo groaned loudly and threw her hands in the air. "Now tell her bring it back like she loves some." She sang and danced a bit as she grabbed more food, hip bumping Hanna, making the other girl giggle at her antics.

"Fuck it, I need a shower." Jo grumbled and left, heading upstairs.

"Uh hu see me in the spot like ooh I love your style." Lily kept singing and smiled at Hanna's giggles while she wrapped up her food in a paper towel and began walking out. She rubbed Hanna's head in thanks before singing her way out of the house.

"She's so fucking weird." Hidan said after Lily left. Hanna laughed.

"She's just stressed." Hanna dismissed as though that explained all of the oddity.

"What's she worried about?" Kisame asked, genuinely curious at the potential stressors in this world.

"She's taking a really tough math course, and she sucks at math in the first place. This is the second time she's taking it." Hanna explained.

"She stupid or something?" Hidan asked.

"No, not at all." Hanna said, shaking her head. "She just sucks at math. Never got a good foundation for it."

"I don't understand your schooling at all, yeah." Deidara said, scratching his head. "It doesn't make sense, un." Hanna just laughed until she was almost tackled by Tobi.

"Hanna's laugh is so cute!" He squealed as he hugged her around the neck, not noticing the poor girl scrambling to get his neck off of her. "Tobi, loves Hanna's laugh! Hanna's a good girl like Tobi's a good boy! Hanna and Tobi are going to be best friends!" He went on and on and on while Hanna's face started to turn blue.

"Tobi, let her go, yeah." Deidara told him. "She's turning blue." Tobi released her, gasping and apologizing for almost strangling her. Deidara just grabbed him by the back of his shirt and tossed him in to the other room. "You ok, un?" He asked. She nodded and tried to breathe again. She rested her hands on her knees and coughed as air came back to her lungs. Deidara laughed at her and pat her on the back heavily.

"We apologize for his behavior." Sasori told her, his tone insincere and bored. She shook her hand at him.

"No worries." She wheezed. Eventually, she caught her breath and straightened up and grabbed her own plate. "I'm gonna go eat in the living room. You guys can join me if you want." She said with a smile, addressing those still in the room. It was Itatchi, Kisame, Sasori, Deidara, and Pein. Everyone else was in the dinning room, right across the hall from the living room. She would still be able to keep and eye on them.

They followed her to the living room and watched her sit on the couch and grab something. She pressed a button and the tv came on. They all found places to sit and began eating and relative silence fell around them except for the quiet sounds of the tv.

"You guys mind if I watch the weather channel?" She asked, looking around.

"What?" Deidara asked. Hanna shook her head, realizing her mistake.

"Never mind." She said and flipped it to the weather channel. The man on the screen was talking about how hot it was and how a storm would be hitting them by the end of the next week. Then it would be even hotter. Hanna groaned at the report. "God, it's so gross out now as it is." Then the man started talking about a storm system in the Atlantic. "This is what I needed to hear." She said and turned up the volume. She started munching on her food.

"Why do you need to know about a storm?" Sasori asked her from his seat on the couch next to her, his plate in his lap.

"For work, now shush." She told him. They sat in silence, watching the television. Before long, Jo came back downstairs. Her hair was pulled into a tight bun and she wore grey slacks and a solid black top and flats. "You're going to be hot." Hanna told her without looking, knowing Jo always wore dark clothes to work.

"I'll be inside." Jo dismissed as she started texting someone on her phone. God, that was such a long conversation with their guests. "Why are you watching the weather channel?" She asked, sounding bored.

"Possible hurricane in the Atlantic." She reported. Jo stopped typing on her phone and looked at her friend and glanced to the tv, suddenly very interested in the state of the weather. Pein, Sasori, and Itatchi noticed the concerned look from Jo.

"Is it going to hit us?" She asked. Hanna shrugged.

"It's still off the coast of Africa, so it's a bit too early to tell." Hanna explained.

"What's a hurricane?" Kisame asked. "It's like a typhoon, right? What's the big deal if it hits us?"

"Hanna, you're going to have to answer that, I'm already late." Jo told her as she grabbed a brief case and walked out.

"Have fun at work." Hanna called as she grabbed her laptop. She opened it and started looking for something. "I don't know if you guys are used to the kind of damage hurricane's cause, but remember, this is a different place. The people here aren't like you guys. We don't get special powers, we can't do amazing physical tricks you guys can." She paused and turned her laptop around. "This is hurricane Katrina. It was one of the worst hurricanes in this country." She explained and started to show them more pictures.

"Damn." Kisame muttered. "And one of those is gonna hit us?"

"Don't know yet." She explained and pointed at the tv. "The weather channel is keeping an eye on it and will update us. Plus, I get alerts on my phone."

"You seem to know much about these storms." Itatchi commented. Hanna smiled.

"It's my job." She said proudly. "I work for a restoration company. We clean up after these storms, or after small storms. It depends on what hits."

"Did you clean up after this one, yeah?" Deidara asked, pointing to the screen. She shook her head.

"This happened when I was a kid." She explained. "There was another one I did help clean up. It was called Sandy. It hit a state called New York the hardest I think." She pulled up pictures of it and started showing them more pictures.

"Holy shit." Kisame said as they looked. She wondered if they were more impressed at the pictures from space.

"Enough depressing things." Hanna waved her hand as she spun it around and started looking for funny videos. "I'm going to show you guys funny videos now." She said with a smile. And that's what she did. She started showing them videos on youtube, and videos called vines. Before long, she had Kisame and Deidara on one side of her, and on the other sat Konan and Tobi. Hidan stood behind them, watching. They were all laughing, though Konan gave more smiles and light chuckles every now and then. Then Hanna decided to show them some jump scares. The first one she showed, she didn't give any warning.

They watched as a car started driving down a scenic road. They were confused and Hidan spoke up.

"The fuck is this?" He asked, leaning over them to get a closer look incase he was missing something. "This isn't-" He was cut off my something on the screen screaming and Kisame and Deidara jumped. Deidara screamed and Hidan shouted and fell back while Tobi jumped, screaming and fell off the couch. Konan jumped but remained fairly still. Hanna was laughing her ass off.

"Oh my god." She wheezed. "You should have seen your faces." She laughed as tears formed in her eyes.

"What are you guys screaming about?" Sasori asked as he walked back into the room.

"Where have you been?" Hanna asked and he lifted up his mug. He had gotten more coffee. Now that she looked at him, she could see the bags under his eyes.

"I guess we should start cleaning up the attic." She sighed and closed her laptop and stood, hands on her hips, ready to get to work. Hanna was startled when the front door opened and an exhausted Lily came in. "How'd it go?" She asked. Lily just looked at her and shook her head. Her vibrancy and bouncy energy was gone and she looked half dead.

"Why do you look like someone died?" Kisame asked her.

"Because someone did." She answered sadly. "My GPA." Kisame was about to ask what that was but Hanna shook her head and walked over to Lily, hugging her.

"You'll bring it up." She offered and lily hugged her back before releasing her. "But now, you and I get to take these dorks to the mall." She exclaimed excitedly, happy to not have to go alone. Lily just looked at her in horror.