Notes: People included are the enemies, only 3 characters were submitted so, I made up one, and my brother and cousin both made up the others. Just a little introduction for the enemies…(this chapt. Is just about Itachi and Gaara's plans)

1. Akizuki Yuumei, a cold sadistic genius (Team Gaara)-thanks to Jinky-kurapica

2. Leo- Gaara's 11 year old cousin, exact opposite of him, although just as strong (Team Gaara) (My brother's a genius…cackle)

3. Shinku Oto- prince of darkness, Gaara's best student (Team Gaara)-Thanks to Crimson Sound.

4. Kamori Arisa- very very loyal to Itachi, kinda like Haku and Zabuza. (Team Itachi) (in courtesy of my cousin who is obsessed with Itachi)

5. Shikikan Izin- Jutsu master, doesn't trust anyone, but will aid them if they need it (Team Itachi) –Thanks to Race Baj

6. Akadou Kengo- Chakra leech kid, has daylight issues: meaning he sleeps during the day, and screws around at night. (Team Itachi) mine…hehe. I have daylight issues too.

To Peter B. Borowski: I erased all my character profiles and put them in a notebook, but I will type it up and send it to you sometime.

To Kawaii-kirei: The creator of Aquarius Rai is Rednal29, but s/he doesn't review.

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10. Hopeless

Itachi almost tripped over a blue haired boy sprawled across the doorway, "For heaven's sake, Kengo!" he exploded, "It's one o clock in the afternoon!"

"Huh?" Akadou Kengo sat up, rubbing his red bloodshot eyes, "Oh, good morning, Itachi-sensei."

"Huh, good morning indeed." Itachi slapped the boy and pulled the still half-assed (and half asleep) chuunin to his feet, "Go do something useful for a change."

"Like what?" Kengo asked.

"Getting out of my face before I decide to malfunction your internal organs." The Atsuki leader had little tolerance for lazy bums like him, "Beat it."

"Fine." Kengo retreated down the hallway, a wise move.

Itachi just stood there, thinking, they were supposed to attempt a kidnapping operation with this group? Impossible, Leo was too hyper, Izin was always moving on his own, Arisa was too clingy, Oto was too slow, and the only one of any value was Yuumei…the gods must be crazy.

"Itachi-sama!" a girl shot out of nowhere and attached herself firmly to his arm, "Come quick! Leo-kun and Oto-san are fighting!" she begged.

"Again?" Itachi heaved a sigh, "Arisa, I don't have time for this."

"Like you hardly have time for anything." A tall figure stepped around the corner, "You don't need to trouble yourself, I took care of it, Itachi-sensei."

Itachi felt his near surface temper began to rise, "Remind me what sensei means, will you, Izin?"

"Teacher." Izin glared back, "But I see no reason why I should award you with that title."

A loud blast of angst metal music interrupted their argument as a green-haired boy with a walkman clipped to his gourd made his way over to the combatants. "Hey, Itachi-san. Is my cousin available now?!" he screamed to make himself heard over the power guitar chords.

A female chuunin with red hair plucked away the radio from the gourd, "Geez, Leo, if you wanted to make yourself deaf, why didn't you say so?" she demanded, rewarding him with a hard sock on the ear.

"That's enough, Mei." Itachi held out his hands to receive the radio equipment, "Give the junk to me."

Yuumei tossed them to the Uchiha and Leo made a grab for them, but Itachi was not called sanin for nothing.

"Now." Said Itachi, holding the equipment way above the boy's reach, "What the hell do you want?"

"I want my stuff back!" Leo whined, "It has my new Linkin Park CD in it!"

"What the hell is going on here?" Gaara came out of his office, looking very vexed, "Leo, what do you want?"

"I want Itachi-san to give me stuff back!" Leo glared at the sanin, "Make him give it back."

"Leo!" another guy clad in a black 'Shino' suit (I don't know how else to put it) came into the scene, it was Prince of Darkness. Shinku Oto "We haven't finished our fight yet." He toyed with a black energy bolt in his hands, "Are you a coward?"

"No!" Leo was indignant, "I'm not, Itachi-san stole my lucky Walkman! I want it back!" he was practically bawling by now

"Not until you calm down and talk like a regular human being." Itachi said firmly.

Yuumei obviously couldn't stand it that she was probably the only one that was sane here, some people were just hopeless geniuses. "Shut up, now, Leo." Her voice was dangerously soft, "Unless you want to purchase a new gourd."

"Humph." Izin snorted quietly, watching quietly in a corner, "What do I call him teacher for?"

"Because he is one." Arisa had discovered his hiding place, "How dare you degrade Itachi-sama."

"Oh, and I suppose he's going to fix me?" Izin smirked.

Arisa surprised him by securing a deathold on his neck, he hadn't expected such brutality from her, "I'll save him the trouble." She grinned.

Izin gasped for breath, he sucked at Taijutsu, and it was just his luck that Arisa excelled at Taijutsu, even though she gave the impression of being a helpless git. "Let go."

"Apologize for insulting Itachi-sama." The girl tightened her grip, "Say you give and I'll let go."

"Fine, fine," Izin clawed uselessly at her, "Sorry for insulting sensei now let go, dammit!"

"That's a first." Yuumei peeked around the corner, "Izin's actually giving in to a girl, how sad." As usual, her voice dripped with sarcasm, "What's wrong now? Were you trying to hit on her or something?"

"You wish." Izin rubbed his neck, "Next time I'll fix you." He gave Arisa the finger and left. "I'll get you."

"Nice one, Arisa." Yuumei gave one of her rare complements after Izin had slammed the door to his room, "What was he doing, anyhow?"

"He was insulting Itachi-sama." The silver-hair girl shrugged.

"Geez, he's not a god." Yuumei smirked, "There's loads of people better than him out there, and don't beat me up for saying that, but it's true."

"Thanks for encouraging me, obviously." The speaker was Itachi, followed by Leo and Oto, the young sand-nin (Leo) was still begging in vain for the return of his Walkman. "It's my turn to wet blanket you for once, this group is the lousiest I've ever been in charge of, You're all helpless and the day I succeed a mission with you guys is the day I get my ass whooped."

"Say what?" Izin and Oto balled their fists.

"He's right, you know." Kengo had unknowingly wandered back into their midst, "We do suck."

Gaara and Itachi exchanged glances and heaved a sigh, this mission was going to be hell indeed, and of course they weren't looking forward to it.

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Notes: Done! Kind of turned into a humor chapter there, but recently I'm writing angst/drama a lot more so that was a nice break. Next chapter: Just like Valentines, featuring the couples listed in chap. 9. Gotta go eat now, bye!