Sapherya ~ Pov

It was about 6:00am in the morning as I wiped away the sleep crust from my eyes feeling exhausted. It was time, I picked up Chaos's cat crate and grabbed a few books that I wanted to take with me in a backpack along with a few of my modern clothes that I know I missed. I left all the technology in my world in my room. It was almost a little sad to see everything stay and to be leaving this place, but I know it's for the best. I looked over to Penelope who looked like a half awake zombie. I handed her some breakfast while we waited for the boys to set up the portal.

"Are you alive?" I asked her a small hint of nervousness in my voice. I watched as she took a bit of the burrito and nodded it took her a full five minutes to finish her food before she was able to actually respond to me.

"Kind of, I'm excited now that we get to be going. Are you ready?" She asked me looking into my eyes, seeing the nerves and hugged me. I embraced her back and shuddered.

"I am but I must say it's leaving me a little sad to see this place for the last time." I said solemnly. She chuckled and pats my head, looking up I shot her a death glare.

"Why the fuck does everyone always want to pat my head I just don't get it." Shaking my head I rolled my eyes finishing my own breakfast.

"Everything is ready hmm." I heard Deidara call from the living room which was cleared out and empty except for a large symbol that was as it seemed drawn in blood on the floor. It was large enough for four people to stand in. I bit my lip feeling hesitant now.

"Don't chicken out, don't chicken out…" I repeated to myself feeling uneasy. I took a deep breath and shuddered when Itachi hugged me from behind whispering in my ear.

"It'll be okay, we will be home soon. Relax my little Nazo." He tried to soothe me. It helped a little bit but only by a fraction.

"Okay, my love." I took a breath and stood in the middle of the circle with all my belongings. I clutched my cat crate tightly and held Penelope's hand as they sliced open our palms releasing the souls that were sealed in the scrolls that they were hiding the entire time. They showed us how to draw the sigil on our own hands and we all shouted simultaneously

"Kōtsū-Shudan-No-Jutsu!"

I gasped and grabbed my chest feeling it tighten almost as if I was being pulled through a taffy puller. My whole body ached in pain, something that I haven't ever felt in my life, at least not to this extent. I felt everything go black around my vision was gone first then my hearing, taste, followed by smell. The only thing that was left was the ever extenuating pain I felt. It terrified me and I wasn't sure what to do with myself. I'm pretty sure I was crying but I couldn't tell that either. It felt like a millennium that I was in this darkness.

It wasn't until my back hit something hard and jabbed in my back. My senses are slowly coming to. First was feeling, then the ringing in my ears. I felt my arms and I could kind of move feeling someone prop me up against them. I felt the wetness on my cheeks and tasted the metal in my mouth. I guess I bit my tongue or cheek or something. I was in too much pain to tell. It wasn't until a blinding white light clouded my vision and I blinked about a hundred times before I could finally make out a groaning Penelope across from me and a cat crate nearby with constant meowing. I looked up at who was holding me only to see the one person I was in love with.

"Ow… What the fuck?!" I asked him, holding my head pushing myself up even further. I hear the cries of joy from a female I recognized very well. Looking up I was suddenly encased by purple hair and a violet shirt.

"You're back Sapherya you're back!" She cried into my neck holding on to me tightly/ I had to pat her arm coughing slightly.

"K-Konan you're choking me!" I struggled to get out and her grip loosened on me. I leaned back a little to be able to take in her face. Dark circles under her eyes and she looked happy, distraught, and many other emotions all in one. "I missed you too Konan" I hugged her back tightly, well as tightly as I could in my weakened state at that moment.

"H-holy shit face fuck… Sphere we're in the Akatsuki's base…" I heard my idiot friend say gawking at the sights around us. It was true, it looked like we were in the bases' commons room. I suppose you could say it was like their living room. I let my eyes wander around the room seeing many familiar faces including that of the leader who came running in I suppose hearing the commotion. Itachi helped me up since my legs were rather shaky. The first thing I did was walk over to Penelope to make sure she was okay. She looked a little paler than normal.

"You okay? " I questioned her ignoring everything around us just so that I could make sure that she was okay. She looked at me and grinned, rather madly might I add.

"OH HELL FUCK YES THIS IS FUCKING BADASS!" Yeah, she was fine. I shook my head as she jumped up and almost fell over, I suppose getting dizzy. I walked over to my cat carrier and peeked in seeing a rather upset Chaos in there. At least she wasn't hurt. I was glad about that. I opened her crate and she was hesitant smelling the new area before dashing under the couch. I shook my head and grabbed my things before turning to everyone putting them against the wall and slowly got tackled in a large blue hug. I was squeezed lifeless.

Gasping, I felt myself being taken from the large sharks man's arms and Itachi glared at him. Oh geez this was going to be interesting introducing Penelope to all the idiots here.

"Kisame you're going to kill her." Itachi said slowly. I looked up at the shark man who looked a little sheepish. I chuckled and walked over hugging him.

"Miss you too Nii-San. Nice to see you again…" I admitted to him kissing his cheek before walking to stand next to Penelope to make sure that she didn't do anything stupid. The only one who didn't seem thrilled about my return would be that money loving asshole. I rolled my eyes and paid more attention to everyone else.

"Welcome home, Sapherya." I heard a deep voice speak to me. I looked towards where it came from and smiled softly at Pein who gave a slight half smile/smirk. I shook my head and smiled before nodding.

"Good to be home." I laughed softly and Penelope looked at me weirdly. She leaned in whispering into my ear.

"Dude were you really that close with everyone?" She asked me with pure curiosity in her eyes. I laughed and gave a sheepish half smile.

"Yeah, you could say that." I smiled and glomped onto her. "We are HOME!" I laughed and said excitedly now that everything is hitting me with full force I began to sob. I couldn't believe that I was back home. This is where I felt like I belonged.

"I know that everyone is happy, but we have a few things we need to finish before we can celebrate. First thing is we need to return the forbidden scroll. Itachi you and Deidara will be the ones in charge of this." Pein said seriously. I blinked and looked at Itachi who stiffened and nodded.

"Yes, leader-sama." I saw him grabbing a few of my things. "Let's put your stuff away." He told me softly. I looked at Pein and brought up a good point.

"Pein, Do you think Penelope could take the room next to mine and Itachi's?" I asked him. He gave my friend a weary look and nodded.

"Very well it wasn't used anyway. Just keep her out of… trouble" He said wearily while I nodded. I grabbed Penelope's hand and handed her bag to her.

"Let's go," I said and rolled my eyes when she waved to everyone before following me. She leaned in and whispered into my ear.

"Are they just weary of me or did you give me a bad rep." I rolled my eyes at her.

" They just don't know you . I spoke a little bit about you but it didn't come up very often." I explained to her. She gave me a look before shaking her head.

"Wow, anyway where the fuck are we going?" she asked me and I laughed.

"To our rooms weirdo. Now come on before Itachi gets annoyed at our slacking." I laughed again and smiled at her when we arrived at mine and Itachi's room. I walked in momentarily to put chaos's stuff in there before I bounded over to the room across from ours. Opening it I held my hand inwards gesturing to Penelope to walk in. "Here's where your room is going to be! We can get stuff later to decorate it." I suggested. She looked around amazed at the size, it was spacious and had it's own bathroom.

"Dude this shit is amazing." She said softly and then squealed like a fan girl before jumping on the bed and gasped and curled up in the big comforter. "Dude it is perfect it's like 10000% better than what I had back at that other place." She said as she drifted into dreamland. I guess she was going to take a nap to settle before we went onto more adventures. I shook my head and closed the door walking back to the commons room and smiled seeing Konan petting Chaos.

"I'm so glad to be back," I said sitting down next to her. She looked up and wrapped an arm around me and smiled.

"Me too, it was honestly strange not having you around for so long. I honestly didn't like it very much and Itachi was broken up about it. Hell, even Pein was upset about it." She admitted softly. Her hand gently caressed the cat's fur. I Smiled softly and leaned into her.

"So, Itachi and Deidara will be gone for a little while?" I asked her. She nodded.

"That was part of the deal we made. If we used this scroll we had to return it back to its resting place." She explained. I didn't push her for further details mostly because I really didn't want to hear anymore. I knew it would probably be very dangerous. The one thing I didn't want was for Itachi to be in danger, however with his "Line of work" I doubt that would ever be possible for him to avoid. I sighed to myself leaning in to the violet haired woman. To say the least, I was exhausted.

"Thank you guys, for not giving up on me…" I whispered mostly to myself but I knew that she'd hear me.

"Of course, you've become a part of our ever strange family. As I stated before, even Pein was anxiously trying to find a way to bring you home. Not that he'd ever blatantly admit that." She chuckled softly. I chuckled along with her enjoying her company before falling asleep needing a nap.