Chapter Thirteen

"Sir...Itachi-kun...didn't return from the seige. The Konoha nin were too much for him, along with my cousins. He fell to the depths of the sea." Hermione was kneeling down in front of the leader in the dark, surrounded by the other Akatsuki members. The leader sighed heavily and bowed his head. "Uchiha was probably the most gifted and useful of all us. We all mourn his loss. Deidara as well as he." Hermione nodded in agreement. "I guess I should find a new partner at once--" "Not yet, Kimochi. You shall have to make that decision when the time comes, but now is not that time. Go to your living quarters at once." "Yes sir," Hermione said.

She rushed to her room and (Emily, Katie, Kenisha: 3...2...1.) cried into her pillow. "I-Itachi-k-k-kun..." That was all she said for four straight hours until Sasori stationed five of his puppets at her door to make her shut up. She cried softer after that. Then later in the night (Emily: Like 12:00 midnight. Damn, bitch. Hermione: S-Shut u-up!!") she stopped crying all together and just sat on the bed she and Itachi once shared. 'I'm sorry..Itachi-kun. I would've come to your aid, but Kenisha was just...forgive me, Itachi-kun.' "I will if you promise not to leave me again."

She didn't have to try and distinguish who it was, Hermione was kissing him faster than the speed of sound. "Itachi-kun, how?" He smirked. "You seriously think that water can defeat the great Itachi Uchiha?" Hermione smiled as he wiped away the tears clinging to her eyelashes. "I should have never doubted your power, Itachi-kun. But now all that matters is that you're back with me and we can be time together until the world becomes ours alone." "Why just until? We could be afterwards, just closer than this. Maybe a couple kids, both capable shinobi that shall eventually surpass they're parents and take new roads for themselves. Won't that be nice?" Hermione nodded and fell onto the bed, wrapping the covers around herself. Itachi followed a gave her a kiss on her forehead. "We could start now--" "No! Think about it for a minute..(Hermione: Yeah people: I said think!! Put those tiny brains to work!! Katie: Once again: not a tiny brain over here!!).." Itachi's eye twitched. "Yeah, that would be wise."

"I can't believe this!" Ino was walking through the streets of Konoha in her bra and purple skirt, which the men of the village enjoyed watching, searching for Sakura. "She leaves me pinned to a wall-in front of Naruto's apartment no less!-and expects me to stay there!!" She made a sharp right turn and went up some stairs to Sakura's apartment door. "Sakura!! Sakura, open up, this is a major emergency!!"

The pink haired kunoichi came out in hot pink kitten pajamas, rubbing her eyes. "Ino, it's 7:30. I was planning on going to bed early today. What do you want?" Sakura took a quick look at Ino and gasped. "What the hell happened to you?!" She ushered the blonde inside and patted a spot on a nearby couch. Ino sat down and sighed. "TenTen is a bitch. She pinned me to the wall...in front of Naruto's house." Sakura gasped again. "So that's how your clothes got like that--I'll get you some of mine." She rushed out of the room, leaving Ino on the couch. She came back with some purple pjs."Thanks Sakura, You're a life saver. Literally," Ino called from the bathroom. "Yeah, I know," Salura replied, turning on her TV.

"Ino's going to kill me," TenTen said through her strawberry ice cream. "She can't while I'm here," Kenisha said, her spoon in her mouth. "She cannot kill either of you while I am around," Lee said, taking another spoonful. "I honestly don't care, as long as TenTen doesn't get a scratch on her," Neji said, eating his own vanilla ice cream. TenTen frowned. "So you don't care about the fate of your comrades as long as I'm okay? It's cute, but you really should care about your squad too. You were taught that in the Academy, do you need to go back?" Neji had the anime blue lines on his face when TenTen ignored him and returned to her ice cream. (Emily: Oooo...burn!! Me: Nice, TenTen!! TenTen: It's what I do.)

Lee decided to change the subject. "So TenTen, how are the girls?" "Oh, they're fine: Hinata's still fainting, Sakura and Ino still gossip non-stop, and Temari still likes kicking enemy ninja ass. Same old, same old. Oh and Kenisha," she turned to Kenisha, who was eating the ice cream out of the box. "Your cousins are going to stay at the Hyuga household, so--" Neji choked on his ice cream. "My house? TenTen, no, they can't stay--" "Hinata was the one that made the request, so take it up with her." Neji got up and closed his box of ice cream. "Fine, I shall." He exited the house moments later. "Ah damn," Kenisha said. "What," Lee asked. "The ice cream is gone!! I'm still hungry, TenTen!!" A vein popped in TenTen's head. "Fine--get the chips out of the pantry!! Just don't touch the BBQ ones!! Those are mine--" 'BOOM' Kenisha came out of the pantry with a black mark on her face. "You put trip wires around your chips? Why?" TenTen sughed and put a hand to her forehead. "Get over here."

Kenisha obliged and TenTen spit on her thumb wiped the mark away. "There. Done." "TenTen!! You act like my mom!" TenTen smiled. "I pretty much am: just not as old and don't have your tan skin. I let you live in my house too, and you eat my food. I also have to help you up when you fall down the stairs." Kenisha pouted and TenTen laughed along with Lee. "Come on, smile," TenTen said in a baby-voice. She moved Kensha's lips into a smile, but they moved back as soon as she removed her fingers. "I know what will make her smile," Lee said, geting up. He moved closer to Kenisha, who in turn backed away until she was against the wall. His fingers were close to her stomach, and Kenisha saw it. "No, Lee!! You aren't going to--" "Now!!" Lee tickled Kenisha non stop, making Kenisha laugh until she ran out of breath. "See, you smiled." "That can kill people you know," Kenisha said, catching her breath.

"Lady Hinata, may I please come in?" "Yes, Neji-nii-san." Neji entered Hinata's room to find her, Emily, and Katie playing goldfish. "Lady Hin--" "I told you to stop calling me that," Hinata said sternly. "Fine: Hinata, I want to battle you for permission to keep them in this house. So--" "Then I win automatically," Hinata said without looking up; she was focused on the game. "Huh? That's not--" "Yes it is, I can kick your ass any time, Neji-nii-san. Now please leave; I'm gonna win this." "Yeah, because you're using your Byakugan behind your cards," Emily said tauntingly. "No, look!" Hinata lowered her cards and pointed at her eyes. They had no traces of the Byakugan in them. "So, you've really--" "Been kicking your ass, yeah," Hinata finished. Emily and Katie gaped at her while Neji slowly exited.
TenTen: Guys, the next chapter is all about us!! Oh yeah!!

Katie: Shut up, you're scaring our readers.

Me: No one's written any reviews that this is scaring them, so it isn't. You shut up.

Emily: Yeah, Katie. You're the one that scares people.

Katie: Grrrr...EMILY!!!!!!

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