It was parade day…the time had come to take the gorgeous completed float to the parade route. "Dana, you should ride in the van with 'the leader', yeah." Deidara insisted brushing out the long ponytail on top of his head.

"No, that's okay. I should go and sit on the sidelines and watch the float come through, yeah. I should leave you guys to yourself, yeah." Dana said.

"No! You're going with us. Ride with 'the leader' he always takes us to that sweet Italian restaurant after the parade whether we win or lose, you can come with us…and sit by me." Itachi said winking at Dana. She laughed out loud.

"Right…sure….yeah." she said sarcastically. "Alright, I'll ride with 'the leader'…oh my god Deidara I'm going to wear that dress you got me from Arden B, yeah!" Deidara's blue eye lit up.

"You mean the one that barely has a back and it ties in like 7 different sections down the back, yeah? The one that makes everyone look at you? The one with the really high slit in the side, yeah?' Deidara was excited…he remembered getting that dress for her. At this point Itachi was twitching with anger.

"That's the one, yeah!" She exclaimed and then hurried off to get dressed. Itachi began banging his head on the kitchen table…then proceeded to take a rage pill.

After all the ruckus around the apartment that morning, 'the leader' arrived in the fuzzy black shadow that he was and hooked up the float to the AKTSUKI van.

27 minutes later

"Oh my god! NASA? Why the hell does NASA have a float in this parade? And why are we behind them? Look! It's a full scale model of SkyLab! They aren't questionable! They don't have sinister intentions…do they? Do they?" Zetsu was freaking out for the moment.

"Zetsu…it's science stuff…now you know as well as I do that the two pieces of eye candy on our float will kick Skylab's ass." Kisame reassured him.

"Okay, parade's moving, I'm I the front." Itachi said running some final strokes through his shiny black hair.

"No you're not, yeah. You were in the front last year. Danna should be in the front, he's never been in the front, yeah." Deidara insisted.

"To hell with that! Do you want to win this float competition? Do you? I'm so in the front…Deidara shut up and get in the back." Itachi ordered. A very heartbroken Deidara went to the back of the float with Sasori who was also on the back of the float. However, Deidara squealed like a girl at the sight of his beloved sister in her incredibly…um…scant dress that he had chosen for her to wear…in public. He hugged her before she climbed in the van with 'the leader'.

"Look there's stupid Orochimaru. Kabuto and SASUKE up there three floats ahead!" Itachi yelled the Sasuke part. "God, Kisame he thinks he looks good with his hair like that! He thinks that Off-white and purple are good colors for him! He's such a thunder stealer! Why when I get my hands on him…" Kisame cut Itachi off.

"Itachi! Shut up, sit down and get ready to throw your candy, we're moving into the main parade route and soon the judges stand will be coming up." Itachi did as he was told. So let's take a moment to observe where everyone is located on the float: Itachi is in the front of the float, Kisame is on the right side, Zetsu on the left side, and Sasori and Deidara are in the back. Now they were approaching the judges stand…where the float would stop for a brief, brief inspection.

"And now approaching the judging area the…Akatsuki Float…float…presented by the five members of ultra evil organization Akatsuki. Members are Uchiha Itachi, Hoshigaki Kisame, Akasuna no Sasori, Zetsu, and Deidara. Let's hear it for Akatsuki Float float." The announcer said.

"Okay, who named the float? Zetsu demanded.

"I did, yeah!" Deidara proudly proclaimed.

"Deidara…you should know by now that whatever you name the float…the announcer adds the word FLOAT! So therefore if you would have named our float 'Akatsuki' things would have worked out…but no! You named it 'Akatsuki Float'…which ends up being Akatsuki float float!" Zetsu shook his head. They passed the judging area and continued throughout the parade route….judgement time had arrived…