Originally this chapter was over 11,000 words but I split it in three-four chapters

By the way, for new Naruto readers and for those that didn't read up to the fourth war yet, there is a spoiler about Tobi's identity

Two days. It has been two days since I had last seen Hikari and found out the truth behind my so called dogs. Because the truth behind them still scared the hell out of me, I tried my best to avoid them. However, I did have my reasons as to why I was keeping ten dog people. One of the reasons was I could not find it in me to throw them out while they were in their dog forms. The other reason I had behind keeping the dog people was I had a feeling they'd most likely end up with someone else if I forced them to leave. I didn't want anyone else to have to go through what I did; seeing naked men, being tied to a chair and being stared at like the people wanted to kill me. Oh and having the man name Hidan actually try to kill me.

Anyways, it was now a Monday but there was no school today; it was a P.D day. It was also October thirty-first, also known as Halloween. So, even though I knew there was no school today, I had forced myself to wake up early. None of the dogs were in my room this time, nor were they the other night; I would not let them in my room since I found out the truth. I'm glad they don't know how to open doors either, or that I don't know of, since I think I would have been in trouble if i was caught on my computer.

Since Hikari hadn't come back in a few days, I decided to do some research of my own. Remembering the website the dog training girl had mentioned, I tried to find it. It took me about ten minutes to do it though, because I had a hard time getting the spelling right. Thank god for google search engine and spell check. I clicked onto the website easily after that and started to search for the people I could remember being mentioned. Pain, Konan, Tobi, Deiara and Hidan (1) were the only names I could remember hearing. The other five dog people I couldn't remember if their names were said.

Because Pain was easy to spell, I researched him first. The first thing I noticed was that his name could either be spelt Pain or Pein, with an e. Taking my time to read through all the information, I found out a lot about this man named Pein. From the information I found most important, I found out that this man was the leader of the group, called Akatsuki, of dog people. It told me his goals for world piece, his real name and his tragic childhood. Most importantly, the information told me that the body I saw was not actually his. I didn't real understand the power over six bodies thing but, the fact that the body I saw was actually his childhood friend, shocked me and made a shiver go down my spine.

Not wanting to linger on this man any more, I had moved onto the only woman in the group of men. Luckily her name was highlighted in blue so I didn't have to try spelling it in the search engine. Unlike Pein, there wasn't many important things I had to worry about her. It said she was a rather calm and quiet woman who was very loyal to her comrades. It also told me of her power over paper, which she used to create origami, large paper wings or for cocoon like prisons when she attacked people. The one thing I found most disturbing, and yet touching and saddening at the same time, was her love for Yahiko, the body that Pein was using. By the way, neither Pein and Konan mentioned an age.

Moving on from Konan, I moved on to Tobi. So far, his information surprised me the most. Not only did the information tell me that he was the true leader of the group called Akatsuki, but I also found out Tobi was not his real name. According to the information, Tobi's real name was Obito Uchiha but he had taken up the identity of someone called Madara Uchiha. I don't want to go into detail about him, because he freaks me out more than Pein, but, because of an event that happened in his past, this man was determined to do something I didn't understand to the moon. All I understood was, this man pretended to be a idiotic man named Tobi but, in truth, could be very aggressive and sadistic, as well as dangerous. I hope I could convincingly pretend I didn't read any of that, for my own protection.

Hidan had to be one of the top three or five scariest men so far. Not only did he try to kill me more than once, but he followed a religion that reminded me of the devil. His religion was called Jashinisum. From what information I could get, it was a religion where not killing people or making them suffer at most, was a sin. The information continued to say that Hidan was immortal, a supposing gift from his so called god for all the killing he did. Besides that, I found out that this man was quite rude and disrespectful; he swore a lot and even threatened to kill Pein. At the bottom of the page I found his listed hobbies and favorite foods. Maybe if I make his favorite foods, it would make him like me to the point where he wont kill me. Oh, and his age told me he was twenty-two

Deidara was the last name I could remember. Apparently I had spelt his name wrong when searching for him but, luckily, the results knew what I meant and I found his information despite that. So for, his information interested me the most. Being only nineteen, as his information said, it would seems as though we'd probably get alone personality wise. At least, as long as I didn't annoy him like Tobi did. The reason I think we'd get along was because of our interest in art over personality, since he could be very sadisticwhen he was angry. Well, as long as he doesn't try to bomb me or my stuff, we should get along fine.

One I was done with my research, I left my room, wandering to the living room, to plan on how I was going to spend Halloween night. I already knew I wanted to go to the fair that was being held a few blocks away. It was just a large, open parking lot that will be filled with dozens of Halloween themed attractions. That including a few fair rides, scary games, food and even a hunted house. For three years now I have been going to the fair, ever since I got too old for trick-or-treating. This year would be my first time going into the haunted house since I was too young the first time, it shut down the next year and I didn't have time last year.

However, I have a bad feeling that the dog people will prove to be a problem. While I have been trying to avoid them for the past two days, every time I get close to one, I get glared at. Well, only some of them glare at me. Those that didn't glare at me simple stared at me. I knew they wanted me to turn them back but I wouldn't, not until I knew I could trust them. Since I couldn't understand a word the dog people say as dogs, though, I guess that wont be for a very long time.

~Third Person P.O.V~

The Akatsuki members were very annoyed. Not just at the girl for refusing to turn them back to normal, but at Orochimaru as well. Either the snake fucker placed a time limit on his jutsu or his jutsu was experimental and something went wrong. It didn't really matter, though, since, either way, the ninjas couldn't remain human very long before being turned back into dogs. Because opening doors with round, metal doorknobs was extremely hard with paws, the Akatsuki couldn't return to normal without help. Sadly, though understandingly, their host had taken to avoiding them and only went as far as feed them.

So Pein, Konan, Zetsu, Tobi/Obito/Madara and Itachi met for a private meeting in a isolated room. The room they had found was an old office that had been left open for some reason. It was the kind of room a business busy father would spend his days, filling out paper work. There was a fire place off to once side of the room, a desk further back in the room, a rug in the middle of the room, and a bookcase filled with who knew what kind of books. There was even a few fake plants sitting in the corners.

The five of them were discussing on what they should do. Every one of the ninja knew that their host and care taker was now scared of them. All the girl now did for them was feed them before trying to avoid them for the rest of the day. So, the five of them needed to discuss a way to get her trust so she'd willingly turn them back to normal. The reason this wasn't done with everyone was because Madara/Obito was going to act out his role of leader.

"So, what are we going to do about this? It has been two full days since we've last turned into humans and, unfortunately, we are still dogs. Our host and care taker obviously doesn't trust us, so how will we turn back? Any ideas?" the true Akatsuki leader questioned, sitting in front of the fireplace. The others exchanged looks, as if expecting the other to respond first.

"We can't blame her for being scared. Not only did she seem to have no idea what was going on but Hidan attacked her on multiple occasions. I don't think tying her up was the smartest thing to do, either; granted we didn't know Orochimaru's jutsu would be time limited." Itachi spoke up first. The others gave slight nods of agreement.

"If the doorknobs weren't so round or slippery, we could easily open a bathroom door on our own. If only I could merge through walls in this damned body, I could easily enter a bathroom. Hm, yes, those shower knobs had grips in them so they would be easy to turn. Fucking Orochimaru! Why the hell does Itachi still have control of his Sharingan while we can't do our simplest of jutsus?" Zetsu had begun to complain. Not having heard this before, the remaining three Akatsuki members looked over at Itachi.

"Itachi, you still have control over your Sharingan?" Pein asked curiously. If it was true, maybe he still had control over his Rinnegan.

"Hn. Yes, I used a genjutsu on a troublesome girl when you sent Kisame and I to go get the girl. To be honest, I was surprised to see I still had power over it in this body." The Uchiha admitted. Humming slightly in interest, Pein turned his attention towards everyone else.

"That aside, Itachi is right, Madara. I believe we should go back to what we were doing before and try to regain Ashlen's trust." Pein announced, being the first to address their host by her name. The others gave nods in agreement as Konan's quite voice broke through the room.

"Perhaps we can more easily get the girl's trust if we protect her. Itachi, you protected her from the school girls, correct?" Konan questioned, to which the Uchiha nodded. "Kisame has also been protecting her from Hidan's attack. Because of this I believe she might have more trust for them than anyone else. Besides, I would have thought she'd force us to leave by now and she continues to feed us." The woman announced. The four men in the room thought about this before nodding in agreement.

"Konan does have a point. She continues to let us live here even though we clearly scared her. I still don't know why the brat had to scream like she was about to die. Oh, hush now. It was rather surprising but it's not every day you see someone like us. The other girl didn't even so much as gasp at us! True enough, then again, it appears she knows far more than our host does." Zetsu spoke to himself. The others listened to the split personally plant man dully, far much used to listening him speak to himself to be too interested in what he argued about any more.

The Akatsuki members were suddenly interrupted as the door, which Pein had closed behind them -which was stupid considering it was hard to open doors- opened. Turning their attention towards the now open door, the five ninjas watched interestingly as Ashlen slowly walked into the room. Upon seeing that five of the dog people were in the room, Ashlen blushed very slightly and, tensing a little, shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

"Oh, sorry." Ashlen apologized shyly. "I was just looking for something. I'll come back when you're not busy." She continued in a uncomfortable tone before she turned around to leave. As she did so, the girl did not noticed that a certain black lab was following her.

~Normal P.O.V~

After leaving the room and walking down the hall, I heard something following me. Looking down and behind me, I saw that Nightmare, or whatever his real name was, following me. He was one of the dog people I either could not remember the name of or it was never mentioned. This was one dog, man, that frightened me but only because of what he did with Becky. Still, whatever he did, saved me from the bullies. That alone gave me some trust for him. Still, he and the others did keep Hikari and I hostage for a while.

Lost in my thoughts, I barely noticed Nightmare's eyes change from red to a grey color. Even though I knew nothing of his human form, I knew that everyone had their own special powers. Pein had a power over gravity, Konan had a power over paper, Tobi/Obito had... a eye power I think it was and Deidara had his mouth hands which he uses to make clay bombs. I think Nightmare's power had something to do with his eyes. After all, he made Becky faint by just looking into her eyes.

After a moment of thinking, I made up my mind. Sighing deeply, I lowered myself onto my knees so I could be eye level with the dog man. I have no idea what he was thinking, but I watched as Nightmare blinked at me and sat in front of me. We stared at each other for a while and, while I still didn't know what he was thinking, I got the feeling he was studding me. Also, oddly enough, after watching Becky faint after looking at Nightmare, I felt no ill effect from looking into his eyes. Well, maybe they had to be red to hold that effect.

Speaking of his eyes, while they looked cold and stern, I also noticed something else in them. His emotions was rather hard to read but I swear I saw a hit of pity. I couldn't be sure though, so it was only a guess. This man must have taken years of practice to keep his emotions hidden in every way and form. Let me put it this way; when I looked at him, I could feel the intensity of his stare, but I did not feel threatened to be around him. You now that feeling some people might get when they are alone, in a dark ally and not really alone? Yeah, that is the feeling I didn't get with Nightmare.

"You want me to turn you back, don't you." I said more then questioned since it was obvious. The dog gave one nod.

"You know why I don't want to do that, right?" I questioned this time, frowning. Again, Nightmare nodded.

Sighing deeply, I studied the dog man a little more. This was one of the few men I didn't know anything about. Could I trust him? He and Shark, the tall blue man, did protect me from the school bullies. As Nightmare, I really liked him but I had no idea what he was like as a human. He has only spoken a few times while he has been human so all I knew was from the tone of his voice. Calm, serious and emotionless; that is all I got from his tone.

"You don't want to hurt me, do you?" I asked nervously. This time the dog man stared at me before shaking his head.

Biting my lip nervously, I stared at Nightmare a moment longer before looking behind me. No one besides the two of us were sitting in the hall. I don't know why I was even considering turning Nightmare back but I trusted he was telling the truth. So, nodding in understanding, I stood up and turned my back on him.

"Alright, I don't know why, but I trust you. Follow me." I ordered lightly as I began to lead the way to my room. Taking a look behind me, the dog man stood up and began to walk after me.

~Third Person P.O.V~

Under all the black fur, Itachi raised an eyebrow at the girl. While he was glad that she agreed to turn him back, he was amazed at her foolishness. Sure he might have protected her from the school bullies but, honestly, he attacked the girl only because she was getting on his nerves. Yeah he never laid a hand on the girl but trusting him, after knowing he was no was not a real dog, was foolish.

Itachi was also confused when she left him into her room. Unless the closet suddenly turned into a connected bathroom, the teenage girl was up to something. Sitting in the middle of the room, the black lab Uchiha carefully watched as the girl walked over to the large, wooden wardrobe, open it and fall to her knees. It was then Itachi remembered that, upon turning back to normal, he would become naked.

'So, she must be preparing some clothes for when I turn back.' Itachi thought as he watched Ashlen grab a random t-shirt and a pair of pants.

"Please come here for a moment." Ashlen asked as she looked over to Itachi, holding the clothing in one hand as the other waved him over. A bit confused, Itachi stared at her thoughtfully, wondering what she was planing, before he slowly walked over to her.

'What is she up to?' The Uchiha thought wonderingly as he sat himself in front of the teenaged girl. Ashlen smiled shyly as she held out a green t-shirt at him, one big enough to hopefully fit over his body.

"I'm sorry if I can't remember your height, or what clothing you were wearing last time. I'd just like you to wear these for now so you'll be clothed when you turn back, even if they will be wet." The girl explained when she noticed the dog man looking at her questioningly. Understanding Ashlen's logical and understanding why they were in the bedroom, Itachi nodded to allow her to know he agreed.

'Hn, clever girl. I would have thought she'd just leave the clothes on the sink and leave the room while I change back. While that would be much less trouble, her idea is pretty smart. Why would people think she was an idiot?' Itachi thought as he began to help the girl put the shirt on himself. It felt kind of weird but Itachi ignored the feeling as the shirt was put on rather easily.

While getting on the shirt was rather easy, it was the pants that was the struggle. Not only did Ashlen feel extremely uncomfortable with touching a man, even in the form of a dog, in that naked area, but the pants refused to stay up. Even if Nightmare was a normal dog, Ashlen would have problems getting the pants to fit him; not that she would clothe normal animals. So, after a few minutes of trying to make the pants work, both Ashlen and Itachi gave up trying.

"Maybe shorts will be easier to work with." Ashlen said, scratching the back of her neck. Itachi nodded his head in agreement as he watched the teenager dig through the messy wardrobe once again.

As the teenaged girl was digging through her clothes, Itachi had time to think to himself. He still thought the girl was foolish for trusting him so easily, even if he could understand it. The Uchiha would have thought he and the others would have stayed dogs for another few weeks before the girl decided to turn them back. So, in his eyes, this girl was much too trusting. Yeah she might have gotten on his and Kisame's good sides but that didn't mean they would never not harm her. Well Itachi didn't want to hurt her but he wouldn't allow the other Akatsuki members to know that.

"Nightmare."

Upon hearing his dog name being called, Itachi turned his attention back towards their care taker. Raising a fur hidden eyebrow at the girl, the dog man looked at her questioningly for the choice of name. Ashlen sighed softly and a small blush found it's way on her face.

"Sorry, but I don't know your human name. I can't remember if it was mentioned that day like a few others were." She explained why she addressed him as his dog name. The questioning look in Itachi's eyes disappeared as he nodded in understanding to the reason given.

'I think it would be smart for us to tell this girl our names. I doubt any of the others really like our pet names and want to be called as such. I know Kakuzu really hates his and I think Zetsu is annoyed by his. Kisame doesn't seem to mind his, though.' The Uchiha thought to himself as he once again helped the girl help him into the shorts. As expected, the shorts were much easier to get into than the pants ever were.

Standing up from her spot on the ground, Ashlen couldn't stop from giggling. The black lab looked really silly wearing a purple t-shirt and blue shorts. She hadn't bothered even trying to make the colors match since she was sure Nightmare, or whatever-his-human-name-is, would change into dry clothes afterwards. Towards hearing the laugh, Itachi stared up at Ashlen questioningly as he also stood up.

"Sorry." Ashlen mumbled embarrassingly. "I've just always thought that animals in clothing look silly." she apologized just as embarrassingly. Itachi rolled his eyes at the explanation before he stared up at the girl blankly

'These clothes aren't the most comfortable either but they'll do the job. I hope you know what you are doing, girl.' the dog man thought as he stared up at the unsure looking girl.

~Normal P.O.V~

Frowning in embarrassment, I turned my attention away from Nightmare as a blush took over my face. Sometimes I really hated how childish I could act in front of others. It didn't happen that often and I usually only did it with people I was comfortable with. However, to do it around a man I did not know but knew there was a good chance he could kill me within seconds... yeah, lets just say now wasn't the time.

"Please just forget I did that." I asked, looking down at Nightmare. I watched as his eyes returned to red before he shrugged and gave me a dull look.

"Alright then, please follow me to the bathroom." I said and left my room without looking back. Out of the corner of my eye I could see the dog man walking next to me.

I have to say that the walk to the bathroom had to be one of the most awkward silences I've had in a long time. There was nothing I wanted to say to Nightmare and, even if there was, as a dog, there is no way I could understand him. Who's to say Nightmare, whatever-his-human-name-is, would even want to start a conversation with me anyways? No, until we reached the bathroom, the both of us stayed silent. However, I did have to stop myself from giggling as I watched Nightmare walk in the clothing I helped him in.

When we reached the bathroom, I walked over to the tub as Nightmare sat in the doorway. Sitting on my knees I turned the taps so the bathtub tap would spit out water. Once making sure the water wasn't too hot or too cold, I pulled the tab in the tap that would turn on the shower. I had placed the shower back in it's holder the other day, so the water spat only into the bathtub instead of spraying all over the floor.

"Alright, please get in when you are ready." I said once I pulled the shower curtain over the bathroom; water had started to splash out so it has nothing to do with not wanting to watch the transformation. The man dog gave me one nod before he jumped past the curtain and into the bathtub.

A moment later the room was filled with thick, white steam. As the steam began to clear I saw that Nightmare, the black lab, was now replaced by the raven haired man from before. He himself turned off the water before he stepped out of the tub, the clothes I gave him soaked along with his hair; which I noticed was in a pony tail. Now that he was standing right in front of me I was able to see that he was around my height if not a inch or two taller.

I don't know how long I was looking at him until I realized he was staring back at me. I did recognize the embarrassment though. Not able to fight off another blush, I reached over to where the towels were, grabbed the biggest one I could, and handed it over to the man. What-ever-his-name-is took the towel from me without saying anything and began to dry his hair.

"You shouldn't so trusting. All of us are extremely dangerous and wanted men. Most of the others simply kill for the fun of it. You are extremely lucky that our leader has given orders that disallow us from hurting you."

The man's smooth, rich voice surprised me out of my thoughts. Blinking a few times, I looked up to see his odd, red eyes staring at me. Shivering under the intensity of his stare, I tried to calm my nerves but ended up shifting my weight from foot to foot. Gaining all the courage I could muster, I looked up at the raven haired man, while I admittedly avoided his red eyes.

"Yes, I picked up that vibe last time I saw your human forms. However, this," I paused to motion to the bathtub and him, "doesn't mean I am trusting. I am quite the opposite actually." I admitted uneasily. The man raised an eyebrow at me so I continued.

"It's hard making real friends when you are rich. Most people just care about mooching off the money you have instead of being your friend. In all honesty I don't trust many of the others. I guess you can consider this as a thanks for helping me a few days ago." I explained as bravely as I could as I tried to keep my gaze on him. The last thing I wanted to do was anger him by refusing to look at him.

"Hn." was all he replied. Either of us got the chance to say another word as a whimpered growl interrupted us before we did.

Looking towards the open, bathroom door, I saw Shark, or whatever his name was, standing there. I have no idea how long the man dog had been standing there, but he was, looking between the raven haired man and myself. I had no idea what the man dog was whimpering and barking about but I had a feeling it had something to do with the fact that Nightmare was no longer a dog.

~Third person P.O.V~

After a while of exploring the house on his own, Kisame had become extremely bored. For some reason, Leader had pulled the Uchiha away to talk, which left the mist ninja on his own. However, convinced that whatever Pein wanted with Itachi was over, the Great Dane went looking for his Black Lab partner. The only thing Kisame knew was Itachi was somewhere upstairs and, following the Uchiha's chakra signature, was surprised when it lead him to a bathroom. For, with the door wide open, Kisame saw that Itachi was standing in front of their timid care taker, human.

"What's going on here? Itachi, how did you get her to turn you back? That's not fair; why didn't she turn me back. Itachi, turn me back!" Kisame complained in a rant. Unfortunately for him, all the two humans heard was barking.

"I think it would be wise to change everyone back before they get upset about this. I think Hidan has proven that we can be very dangerous as dogs and wont take too kindly to this." Itachi warned Ashlen as he took another glance at Kisame. The blue dog had adopted a wide, doggy grin as he understood Itachi's every word, already on his way to the bathtub.

At this though Ashlen blushed deeply. This was the man she has already seen naked. Granted all she saw was his back and a glimpse of his ass before fainting. The teenager wasn't all that eager to see any more nakedness, asses or any other mens' privet parts. As, slowly exiting the bathroom backwards, she gave Itachi and the blue dog a shy look.

"You don't mind doing that, do you? I'll go gather some more clothes from upstairs that everyone can change into." the girl said nervously before bolting from the room. The two ninjas glanced at the space where Ashlen had once stood before looking at each other. Kisame shrugged his doggy shoulders before howling loudly to alert the others to what was happening before jumping into the bathtub himself.

(1) Yeah, Kakuzu was also mentioned but I am going to have Ashlen forget his