Moving to the beat of the mixing music I swayed my hips, dodging the people that filled the busy carnival street. It was later in the day and I could feel the air beginning to cool as the sun started moving lower in the sky. The day had been hot and my shirt still clung to my body from the sweat. Looking around I watched as carnival workers lured people to their booths with promises of winning prizes.

I smirked slightly as a snarky looking man walked up to the He-Man test and payed the man running the small attraction. Slowing down I walked over to watch. I always enjoyed watching men lose at this game, they always did. His girlfriend, I was assuming, fawned over him as he flexed his muscles and grinned at her. He picked up the hammer, completely wrongly I might add, and swung it down hard right on the little target. The little metal piece went up but stopped at least a foot short.

As the man started becoming angry I walked over to the booth and paid the Carney. He smirked at me, making me smirk back, and the macho man shut up for a second only to start telling me that this was a waste of my time.

"Shut up and hand me the hammer." I said simply as I turned towards the man. His mouth snapped shut and he handed the hammer over only to give me a snotty look. His girlfriend watched in fascination as I walked over to the tower with the bell.

My feet moved apart slightly and I put one hand on the end on the hammers handle with my other hand very close to the top. Throwing my weight forward I pulled the hammer over my shoulder and let my top hand slide close to the bottom as the momentum built on the hammer. My forward hand shoved down hard as the hammer connected with its' target and the little metal piece shot up slamming into the bell at the top of the tower.

I stood back up straight and heard the Carney chuckle. Smiling at him I turned to the girlfriend noticing that her and the man were staring at me in shock. "What prize do you want?" I asked, pointing at her.

"Me?" She asked back, a small smile forming on her lips. I nodded and she gave a happy little squeak. "The big red bear." I smiled back at her and went to get the bear from the man.

"Come now, Nuri, must you always be so mean and lose me my prizes?" He asked as he handed me a large stuffed bear, his hand resting on mine as he gave me back my money.

"Of course, Daddy. How else will I show up stupid men like that man?" My father laughed slightly and patted my cheek gently.

"Go now, today is your day off. Ride some rides, we all know how much you love them, and maybe you and some boy can get to know each other better?" I scoffed at my dad and shook my head.

"You know how I feel about dating Daddy. I'm not going to go flirt with just anyone." I stuck my tongue out at him as I turned back around to the girl, handing her the bear. "Here you go." I smiled at her again, putting on my gypsy charm that led so many people to falsely trust me.

"Thank you." She giggled before her boyfriend dragged her away, glaring at me. Smirking at the man I watched at they disappeared in the crowd. Turning back towards my father I gave him a small wave and also disappeared into the crowd.

A few minutes later I was sitting high up on one of the surrounding buildings and watching as the lights on the rides began turning on. The people on the ground looked small and I noticed a few of my brethren looking up at me. I waved at them and they waved back making a few other people look.

My skirt bellowed slightly as a breeze moved the air. I brushed my fingers through my medium length wavy dark hair. The men around the camp all opposed me cutting it, saying that long hair was what all women were supposed to have, that it made us so beautiful. I however ignored them, never liking the way my hair would always get in my way or get things stuck in it.

Laying my hand back on the roof I could feel someone watching me. I didn't look to see who it could be and instead leaned forward and pulled my skirt up at the side. My fingers slid over the knives I kept strapped to my thigh and I quickly grabbed them. I had one between each finger as I prepared myself to attack.

If it was another gypsy like myself they could easily defend themselves and would know that I wouldn't hesitated to kill first and ask later. I swung around, sliding my foot on the rooftop as I pushed my body easily into a standing position, and threw one of my knives right at the man standing on the other side of the roof from me.

He jumped to the side quickly, managing to dodge as it went past his chest. I watched him closely as I tried figuring out who it was. I could tell I didn't know him or else I would have recognized him by now even though he remained in darkness.

My body stayed slightly crouched in a protective stance as I edged away from the side of the roof. He followed me at the same pace, always making sure we stayed the same distance apart. "Who are you?" I asked my native French accent coming into my voice. When he didn't answer I started becoming impatient.

Just as I was about to ask again I felt another person behind me and I swung around looking straight into red eyes. "Mon Dieu…"[My God] I breathed out just as everything around me went black.

I gasped in air and my body shot up as I felt myself wake up. I looked around frantically already knowing I had been kidnapped. The room I was in was dark but I could make out what looked like furniture not that far from me. My hands searched for my other knives but came up missing. They must have taken them. I cursed under my breath in French as I swung my feet off the bed I was in.

Softly setting them on the cold floor I let my eyes look around the room again, affirming that I was alone. I stood up and quickly walked over to a door, pressing my ear against it to listen for other people. When I heard nothing I couched down and looked under it just to be safe. Again nothing.

I opened the door and looked around the hallway before stepping out of the room. I closed the door behind me silently and let my instincts take over. Running to the left I made sure to stay completely silent. As I came upon a turn in the hall I could hear people coming from the right. I quickly turned up the stairs to my left and moved up them, barely dodging notice.

Once at the top I scanned the area to make sure it was clear before waiting for the other people to get out of the hall. As I listened to the voices fade away I started moving back down the steps. Just as I made it halfway down the stairs I heard the door at the top open and somebody step out.

"Where do you think you're running off to?" I heard a mans' voice rumble behind me and I took off. I made it down the hall in a matter of seconds, already having experience running away. Opening the door at the end of the hall I ran out into the pouring rain.

My feet moved quicker on the sodden earth and I could hear people running out of the building to follow me. I moved quicker as I sprinted through the unfamiliar area not entirely knowing where I was going but knowing full well that Earth would show me the way home. The people following me however didn't relent. They continued to follow me, keeping up with my breakneck pace.

I could tell as night fell when the area around me became even darker than before. I never knew that a place could become so dark, as the black clouds covered the sky and shed heavy rain down upon the ground. My breathing was finally starting to become harder and I knew my body was getting tired but still I didn't slow down. Because I knew that if I stopped now I would never see my father again.

I don't know how long I ran before I finally reached the end of the rain but it felt like forever. My body was becoming far too weak and I could tell that I was going to pass out soon. The people had finally stopped following me but I couldn't risk stopping and them coming to steal me away. As I searched the area around me I recognized the land and instantly felt more energy enter my body. This isn't far from the town we're in right now.

As I made it into the town I could feel the sorrow in the air. The music from our carnival was still playing but the tunes were not happy. I ran up to the first stall I saw, pushing past all the people. They yelled at me to watch where I was going and the man behind the counter looked up. His face went for an almost deadness to pure bliss in seconds. "Emilian! Oh thank Dieu."

I hopped the small counter and the man wrapped his arms around me as I collapsed. "Don't worry Nuri, you're home, I've got you." He cooed stroking my hair gently as he hugged me. His strong arms picked me up and he yelled out to one of the other carneys as they came past. "Watch this."

The other man quickly came over and jumped over the counter looking at me. "Nuri!" He smiled widely before nodding at Emilian and taking over the stall.

Emilian jumped over the side of the stall and started running towards where we both knew my father would be. "Nuri, what happened to you? We all thought you had run off… or worse."

I frowned at my gypsy brethren at the mention of running off. "I was taken, Emilian. By a devil, he had red eyes, I saw them. Then I woke up in a dark room and somehow managed to escape."

His eyes crinkled with worry as he frowned also, making his tough looking face look even tougher. The man was like a Grandpa to me, and was just about old enough too, even though he still looked to be in his middle forties. The only sign of his growing age was the grey stubble on his chin and the streaks of it that now stood out in his dark black hair.

Looking over I saw my tent come into view and he quickly carried me over to it. I reached my arm out, opening the tent, since he was busy carrying me. When the tent was open we entered to find my father with his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands.

"Daddy!" I called out almost throwing myself out of Emilian's arms. My father's face shot up out of his hands and he looked at me. I could see the shimmer of tears on his cheeks and in his eyes and they started to fall as he saw me.

He grabbed me from Emilian and held me close to him as he openly wept. "Oh Nuri…" He cooed laying his cheek on my temple. I hugged him closely to me as his tears became contagious. I bit my lip to hold them back and my father set me down so that I was sitting on my cot. "Emilian, I trust she told you what happened?"

"Yes, Loiza."

"Good. Then Nuri, you should rest. I will have Emilian tell me what happened." I nodded in understanding and laid down on my cot not even bothering to remove my filthy clothes.

"Father… Please don't leave me." I muttered as I closed my eyes.

"Of course my darling. I will stay by you and protect you as you sleep." I smiled and instantly fell into a deep sleep.

As I woke up again I could feel danger in the air. It burned like an electricity and had me instantly alert. Opening my eyes I saw my father sitting in the center of our tent with a very dangerous knife in his hand.

"Daddy…" I called out quietly and I saw his eyes flicker over to me. I sat up out of bed pulling out the blade I always kept under my pillow.

"Get changed Nuri, we have people in town that wish to speak with you." My body tensed but I nodded and moved over to my chest to get changed.

I pulled on a dark grey blouse and put a black under-bust corset on, hiding a few flat throwing knives in the leather. Next I strapped a sheath to my waist and put the knives in their place before pulling loose pants and a cloth belt on to conceal it. Finally I pulled on my boots before sliding short daggers in the side of each. If I was going to go meet someone that made my father so tense then I was going to be prepared, especially after what had happened.

"Ready."

He nodded and sat up, walking out of the tent. I followed behind him quickly, grabbing my jacket from beside the door, as he lead us to the community tent. Putting on the jacket I felt the reassuring weight of it on my shoulders. As we entered the tent my father led me into the center of the clearing made by the other gypsies. Most of them met my gaze and in their eyes I saw dread, making me sick with worry.

My father moved to the side as we reached the edge and I tensely walked into the center coming face to face with a large group of men. I counted 7 and only noticed one woman amongst them. I frowned slightly but moved closer knowing that my family would protect me if I needed it.

"You wished to speak to me?" I spoke to the whole group not knowing who had specifically requested it.

"Yes." A man with far too many piercings spoke up. I shifted back slightly as I recognized his voice. He smirked at me and I could tell he knew that I had noticed. "Come Nuri, we will not harm you."

"How should I trust you? You've already stole me away from my people. How should I know that you will not harm me?" Murmurs filled the crowd of people and a few of the men stepped closed, anger filling their faces. I felt my father's hand rest on my shoulder and one of the men in the group tensed up watching the people closely.

"Because if we truly wished to hurt you then we would have caught you and taken you back as you struggled uselessly."

"What do you want, malin?" [evil, devil, fox] I growled as my fingers swiftly snatched one of my many hidden knives.

His odd eyes flickered to my hand and I instantly felt someone behind me as a blade was held to my throat. "Merely to talk… without all the threats preferably." He smirked slightly and I let my knife drop to the ground. "Let us speak in private."

Growling I followed as the person behind me kept the knife on my throat. As soon as the ring-eyed man had his back turned to me I grabbed one of my other knives and brought it up, catching the person's wrist. They moved their hand away quickly and I stepped back slamming my elbow into their ribs and dodging the blade.

My hand reached up and caught theirs as I ducked under their arm pulling their hand with me. Once behind them I slammed my boot into the back of their knee making them fall. Using the momentum I jammed the knife in their hand into their back and moved to defend myself as the other men took notice.

"I do not wish to speak to you." I growled angrily my accent becoming very clear. "You should leave… now."

"Or what? You'll kill us? It's not the first time someone has given me a very similar threat. You will come with us girl, whether you want to or not."

Glaring at him I noticed how none of the other men were standing by him any longer. Looking around quickly I saw my closest friends and my father in their grasps. "Let them go!" I backed away from the other man and tripped over the person I had stabbed, knocking them back onto the ground as I almost landed on them.

"We will. If you come with us. As long as you cooperate we will let the ones you love live. Are we clear?"

I nodded and bit my lip to keep my eyes from watering. I wouldn't let these people kill the ones I love. Standing back up my head dropped slightly and I watched the man stand back up again before pulling his knife out of his back. He gave me a dirty look and I flinched away from his red eyes. "Diable." [Devil] I hissed at him and snarled slightly. Glaring at him I noticed his dark hair and how small he was physically. I hoped it burned him to be man-handled by a woman like that.

I followed the orange haired man out of the tent and towards mine. "You may take some of your possessions." I nodded and walked in to grab my clothes and other things along with random possessions and a picture of Emilian, Dad, and me. I heard murmuring outside and turned to watch as my father walked in.

He had tears in his eyes again and I brushed them away before hugging him tightly. "Why is it you are always the one to cry for me Daddy?" I muttered as I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Because if I don't I know that you will never shed a tear, no matter how much sorrow you feel." I smiled sadly as I pulled away from him.

"I will be fine. Trust me. I can take care of myself, you taught me how remember." He nodded and reached his hand up patting my cheek gently.

"Oh… by the way… if these people don't turn out that bad…" He leaned in and started whispering. "There's a few handsome guys in their group." My eyes widened and I felt my face go red. Pulling away even more I gave my father an utterly surprised look.

"D-Daddy! Would you stop it with things like that!?"

"Sorry if I just want to be a Grand-Dad." He shrugged and chuckled at me. "I have something for you. I was going to give if to you when you turned 20 this year but… I suppose now is as good a time as any." Dad walked over to his trunk and grabbed a very nice wooden box bringing it over to me. "It was your mother's. She kept her favorite things in here, and I've yet to remove them. Here, it is now yours, fill it with you own happiness."

I smiled happily and took the box in both hands before putting in my suitcase with everything else. "Thank you, Daddy." I reached around my neck and removed the necklace that I always wore. "Don't forget me while I am gone." I grabbed one of his hands and set the necklace in it before covering it with my own hand.

"I won't, I'll never be able to forget my own daughter. I love you, Nuri."

"I love you too, Daddy." Kissing his cheek I grabbed my suitcase and walked out of the tent before I had to say goodbye. I nodded to the orange-haired man that I was ready to go and I followed him as we left behind my traveling home.

As we were walking I noticed a strange looking man staring at me. He looked mildly familiar and it finally clicked as I saw him talking to the diable. He was the other man from the roof.

Although he looked odd I wouldn't call him ugly, he was blue and had spiky darker-blue hair. All and all I would say he looked like a shark, which made me wonder if he was a merman from those stories Emilian had told me as we traveled to this country.

Along with teaching me the language he also tended to tell me folk tales and the odd gossip. Emilian was a man who loved stories as much as I loved trouble and knives. It had been a long time since we had moved to this country and I was finally considered fluent in the language although I would lapse back into French a lot of the time. Emilian told me it was because I was home oriented.

Sighing I looked back over to the merman making him quickly look away. I wasn't sure if my eyes were simply fooling me or if I actually saw the grown man blush. Blinking I moved closer until the red-eyed diable glared at me. Hissing at him I made a quick jerk closer and he moved to the other side of the man not even bothering to look at me. My movement must have caught the larger mans eye because when I looked back up he was looking at me again.

"Bonjour… I mean… hello." I mentally cursed myself for the lapse of their language and pouted slightly. He looked around quickly, as if making sure I was talking to him and then definitely blushed when he realized I was.

"Oh… uh… Hi." He stuttered. It was odd and a small smile crept onto my lips. I wasn't used to men his stature stuttering and I found it a little funny, and cute in a way.

"I'm Nuri Desmarais." I offered holding out my hand to him.

"Kisame Hoshigaki." He took my smaller hand in his large one, shaking it. "What's that thing you called Itachi?" I looked at him confused and tried remembering what itachi meant.

"What I called… weasel?" I asked hoping I got the translation correct. Kisame tried to contain his laughter for a few seconds but couldn't hold it as he started practically howling with laughter. I looked at him panicked that I made a complete fool of myself and it only got worse as a few of the other people around us started snickering or laughing with Kisame.

"What? Was I wrong about what it means?"

"No… Itachi does mean weasel. But it's also the guy you stabbed." He snickered and grinned at me as I felt the embarrassment soak in.

"Ohhh… Diable."

"Yeah. That! Does that mean something?" I nodded and he raised his eyebrow in question.

"It means… uh…" I chewed on my lip slightly as I thought of the right translation. "Oh, it means Devil." This time Kisame looked confused and I frowned at his ignorance. "He is a devil… is he not? He has the red eyes of evil."

"Well… he's actually not really a devil. It's… a birth trait."

"So the devil stole him at birth…" I frowned not understanding how he couldn't have caught on. I heard a sigh and the dark haired man stepped around Kisame to glare at me.

"I was not stolen by a devil you ignorant girl. I was born with these eyes much like many other people of my clan. Much like you share that traits of your family line I share the traits of mine."

My eyes widened slightly as I realized what he was telling me and I frowned. "I am sorry… I did not know any such traits existed." The man looked shocked at the apology but quickly went back to frowning at me. "I am also sorry for stabbing you…" Now I definitely saw shock in his face and this time he didn't glare at me.

"Hn… alright… I accept your apologies. I'm not so full of myself to not know when I was properly beat." He muttered the last part grudgingly and nodded at me as he stepped back around the taller man.

The rest of our walk back to that building I had once ran from was spent with introductions, where this blonde boy named Deidara practically treated me as his hero, and idle chit-chat. Apparently this wasn't even all of the members, they were missing three others of their group. I learned that many of the men in this organization really weren't that bad and I hoped that being a part of it wouldn't be all that bad either.

(Three months later)

I sat on the edge of Kisame's desk, swinging my legs as I waited for him to finish getting dressed. He told me that we were going to go outside today and I was becoming impatient having to wait. Leader told me that the only way I was allowed to go outside, until my official initiation into the group, was if I was with one of the other members. I tended to hang out with Deidara a lot since he wasn't all too much younger than me, Hidan, and Konan since she was the only other girl I could talk to.

Hidan was an odd man. He always boasted about himself or his "god" but I let him have his own religion. Other than being full of it he also tended to complain, which I found funny, and it would always lead to Kakuzu beating him up. I did however find the man entertaining and we would often play pranks on the other members.

I looked up as Kisame came out of his bathroom. He had two towels with him and was wearing a pair of swimming trunks. "Are we going swimming Kisame?"

"Yes we are. Do you have a swim suit?" I shook my head and he thought about it for a little bit. "I suppose we could always ask Konan if she has one."

Shrugging, I swung myself off of the desk and landed lightly on my feet. My long skirt swayed as I came to a stop, waiting for Kisame to walk over to his open door with me. We stepped out and headed down the long hallway before taking a left and heading upstairs to Konan's room. I knocked and waited for her reply knowing that she was almost always in there.

It wasn't long before I heard soft footsteps and the door was opened. "Oh, Nuri. Hello… can I help you with something?"

"Kisame wants to take me swimming… but I don't have a bathing suit. Do you have one I could borrow?" She looked me over and waved me into her room. Stepping in I heard Kisame try to follow but she must have stopped him because I also heard her door close behind me.

"Come on, I might have one that will fit you." Konan walked around me and I follow behind her as she lead me to her room. Sitting on her bed I waited as she started rummaging through her closet. She would pull out a bathing suit and hold it up before looking over at me and shaking her head. After about three or four that wouldn't fit she started finding a few that could. "Here try these on."

I took the three that she handed me and set them on her bed as I started changing. Konan continued her search and kept her back to me as I tried the first one on. It was a little tight in the bust so I moved onto the next one. I already liked it more since it was a bit more stylish than a one-piece. Pulling on the bottoms I adjusted the strings on the side until it fit, then put on the top before doing the same.

"How does this look?" I asked and she turned around to look at me.

"Like you'll make Kisame faint." Blushing slightly I quickly moved to try on the next bathing suit. "Don't you even dare change out of that." My movements stopped quickly and I looked over the Konan with a slightly panicked look.

"Why not?"

"Because you'll make em' drop dead, and I thought you liked Kisame?"

"I-I do… but that's the problem… it's embarrassing to show so much skin around him."

"Oh I doubt he'll mind."

"But he'll stare…" I mumbled making her giggle at me.

"Good." Before I had time to counter she threw a red scarf at me that matched the bathing suit. I wrapped it around my hips as a cover and she grinned at me approvingly. "Go on now, go look sexy for that shark man." I tried yelling at her but she swiftly shoved me towards her door, leaving me no choice but to walk out.

"You suck…" She chuckled slightly and walked away leaving me walk out the front door. Stepping out I looked to see Kisame's back turned towards me from where he stood in the middle of the hallway. "Done." He looked over his shoulder and his eyes widened quiet a bit as he blushed darkly.

"Oh… o-ok… come on. Everyone else is waiting…" I was about to question him on what he meant before Konan brushed past me in her own revealing bathing suit. Nodding I followed him down the stairs to find everyone, even Leader, waiting by the door.

"Good, now that we're all here. Let's go swimming." Leader announced, making a few people cheer as others, Kakuzu, Itachi, and Sasori, groaned.

Deidara looked around and quickly found Kisame before walking over to us. As soon as people were out of the way he noticed me and almost tripped over his own two feet. I pouted slightly and heard a loud wolf whistle before looking over to a grinning Hidan. I cursed Konan in my head but grinned back to Hidan sheepishly.

"Damn Nuri do you fucking clean up." He called out and I rolled my eyes at him.

"I didn't have to clean up, I always look good." This made him laugh before he caught back up to Kakuzu so they could bicker. "Kisame… you didn't tell me this was an everyone thing."

Kisame looked down at me and I could tell even he was having a harder time keeping his eyes on my face. As we stepped outside I was assaulted by a shocking amount of heat. It hadn't rained today or yesterday and the sun was actually out, making the place really hot and humid. I pulled my hair back from my face and tied it with a hair band so it wouldn't be so hot. I usually left my hair down though since I still had a fairly nice scar on my right cheek from when I was a child.

"Sorry. I wanted it to be a pleasant surprise." I nodded and kept my mouth shut about how I would have preferred to have just gone with him… or more specifically, only had him see me in this ridiculously showy bathing suit.

Blushing slightly I moved a little closer to Kisame as we followed behind everybody. I watched curiously as Deidara yelled at Tobi again. The two would fight almost as much as Hidan and Kakuzu, who were also bickering, but their fighting was much funnier and kid like. I think it's because Tobi was just a big kid and Deidara was trying so hard to grow up too fast that they fought so much. Watching them reminded me of the other gypsies and it always made me smile.

Looking to the front of the group I saw that Leader and Konan were carrying a large picnic basket. "Kisame… are we eating by the lake?" I asked looking up at the man.

"Yeah, I think Konan also convinced Leader-Sama to bring some games for everyone to play." He replied looking down at me slightly.

"Games? I'm good at games. What kind are they?"

"Uh… like Twister, a scavenger hunt, truth or dare and some other stuff…" I pouted a little not really knowing what all the stuff meant but shrugged and grinned anyway. We walked in mostly silence as we followed the group all the way to the lake. When we got there I noticed a bunch of random stuff all around the fairly large clearing.

"Alright!" I heard Konan yell out to get our attention. Kisame and I followed everyone as we walked over to form a semicircle around her. "Time to take a vote. What do we want to do first? Swim, scavenger hunt, truth or dare, or Twister." She took time calling things out and I rose my hand for swimming along with Kisame and Tobi. Almost everyone else voted for the scavenger hunt though.

"Is there a prize for the winner?" I asked looking over at Kisame again.

"I guess so. This should be cool." He shrugged and looked over as Konan came over.

"Pick a straw." She told us and we reached out grabbing one. I looked at it confused and she smirked at us. "Congratulations, you're a group." Looking back at my straw I looked up to see that the bottom of Kisame's was the same color as mine. I grinned at him making him grin back and we went to get our clue from Leader.

Once Leader gave us our paper Kisame took it and started reading it for me since I still wasn't all that great at reading their language. We heard Konan call out that the game was starting and we quickly went to go find the first thing on our hunt.

"Alright… we're looking for a bed of wild flowers." Kisame looked around as if he was expecting it to be in the immediate area. Looking around with him I noticed some bright colors behind us and grabbed his hand to drag him that way. "What? Did you find it?" He looked where I was leading him and we moved faster.

Looking down I noticed that I still hadn't let go of Kisame's hand and started blushing as we came into the clearing. "Nice." He grinned triumphantly as he grabbed the paper that matched our color. "I'm big and mean and really green… what?"

"You think it means Zetsu?" I asked him blatantly and he start laughing.

"Well it's worth a try." I followed Kisame as he quickly found Zetsu just sitting randomly in the woods.

"We didn't think you'd figure it out so quickly. Hey Nuri… Nice bathing suit." I blushed a bit embarrassed at Zetsu's comment and adverted my eyes self-consciously. Zetsu handed us our paper and chuckled at my embarrassment as he morphed into the ground to find a new hiding spot.

"What's it say?" I asked trying to look at the paper.

"There's a drawing."

"Well let me see then." Kisame lowered the paper so we could both look at it. It was the side of a building. Looking at it closer I thought I recognized it.

"Kinda looks like the base." I looked up at Kisame and he nodded in agreement and he led us over to the base. As we were walking I heard yelling coming towards us and recognized it as Kakuzu.

"Would you stop running off you ignorant child!" He growled angrily as he walked into view, quickly followed by Tobi.

"But Tobi's only trying to find the things on the paper." Tobi whined back making Kakuzu sigh. He noticed us as we crossed paths and his eyes locked with mine and looked like he was begging for mercy. I lipped the words "I'm sorry" to him and he looked pained before he walked passed us and back into the woods.

"Wow… I think that's the first time I've ever felt sorry for a Zombie Brother." I snickered a little at Kisame's comment and we kept walking. When we got to the base we walked around it until we came to another paper in our color.

I snatched it from the hiding place and opened it up. "What's it say?" I asked getting more excited as we found more and more clues.

"A natural house, a natural treasure box." There was an awkward pause between us and I started tugging at my hair as I thought. "What that hell?… Wait… what about those holes in trees, you know the ones that squirrels and stuff live in, don't they hide shinny stuff in there too?"

I thought about it more and grinned. "They do, I climbed a tree once when we were traveling and I found one. Inside was a bunch of food from the carnival and other random things. But how're we going to find the right one?" Looking up a Kisame I noticed something strange about the paper. Holding it up more I started to see something. "There's a hidden image."

Kisame took the paper from me and looked at it closely before grabbing some dirt and rubbing it into the paper. When he was done he held it down so I could see. On the back of the paper a rough drawing now stood out. "I don't really know what it is…"

"It looks like a map…" I took the paper back and knelt down rubbing dirt on the paper so that it covered all of it. Now a sure image of a map stood out and I grinned. "Look, see." Handing the paper back to Kisame he gave me a huge grin and we started following the map to the next location.

"These clues just seem to be getting harder, huh?"

"If they didn't they'd be kinda boring though wouldn't they?"

"Yes they would." We kept walking quickly, Kisame always making sure to walk slowly enough for me to keep up. When we got to the next destination Kisame hoisted me up so that I could reach the higher branches and climb to where the notch in the tree was.

"I found it." I called down to him. "Catch me ok." Kisame nodded and I jumped down to him making sure I had a good hold of the clue. His arms caught me easily and didn't hurt as my momentum stopped. I expected him to just set me down but when I looked up at him I noticed him staring down at me. My cheeks went red as I started staring back at him. "W-we should finish the scavenger hunt…"

He nodded a little reluctantly and set me down. I handed him the paper and we went to figuring out our new riddle. And six more clues later we ended up back at the lake where Leader and Konan were waiting.

"Congratulations, you're the first group done." Konan cheered and put a number next to our color on a board I hadn't noticed before. "When everyone else gets back we're starting Twister so just hang around for a bit." We nodded and I glanced of a Kisame before poking him in the side and running towards the lake.

He caught on quickly and ran after me making me squeal. "You best run faster than that Nuri." He chided as he caught up to me and scooped me up into his arms. "Nope, too slow." I let out a giggling scream as he threw me into the water. Launching back up I pounced on him, tackling him into the water.

We laughed and I quickly swam away before Kisame retaliated. "Now who's slow Kisame?" I stuck my tongue out at him and looked over towards the woods as I heard yelling. We both stopped playing and watched as Tobi came barreling out of the woods towards Konan and Leader as Kakuzu grappled with Hidan and Deidara. Deidara broke free and ran after Tobi quickly, tackling him before he could reach Leader. He sprang up quickly and finished the short run over to Leader where Konan cheered.

"Ah Fuck!" Kakuzu yelled, letting go of Hidan. Hidan ran over to Deidara where they chest bumped and high-fived. Tobi went sulking over to Leader and Konan patted him on the back as Kakuzu walked up behind him. "So we're doing points?" Konan nodded and he patted Tobi on the back. "Then we'll just have to win all the other challenges, you understand?"

"Yeah!" They both looked determined. Sasori and Itachi came walking out of the woods slowly. I swam to the edge of the water, Kisame following, and walked over to where everyone else stood.

"Alright, time for the second game. Twister! You'll still be grouped like you're in teams but given points like you were playing individually." We all nodded and Konan walked over to where a huge Twister board was spread out on the ground. "No shoes alright."

With all the rules stated we moved to stand around the mat. Twister was really self explanatory for me, do as the spinney thing says and if you fall you lose. We were a bit into the game and Itachi had already lost because he was too short to keep touching the dots when everyone started going under him to reach colors. And as for me, I kept being put in really awkward situations.

At one point Tobi had squished me between him and Deidara until Deidara couldn't hold himself up anymore and ended up falling. I managed to keep myself up and just kept moving under people since Sasori, Hidan and I were the shortest people left. A few more turns in and people started getting aggressive. Kisame and Hidan had gone against each other for domination of one of the dots and Kisame just used brute strength to shove his leg out from under him.

Sasori refused to touch me so when Konan called for me to put my left hand on yellow I threw myself over Sasori to reach yellow and still be able to reach blue with my right hand. He gave me an evil glare and shrunk down a bit to keep from touching me so I just kept lowering myself until he couldn't move any lower without being on the mat. Konan yelled right hand red and I lunged forward again knocking Sasori too far forward as he also reached for the red dot.

Deidara and Hidan cheered me on as I pushed myself back up to full height as Sasori left. Looking over at the other guys I noticed that Kakuzu and Tobi were both going after Kisame. And in two more turns they had beaten him. "Oh, baise-moi." [Oh, fuck me.] Soon they started coming after me and I ended up knocking Tobi down as he tried stretching one arm under the other to reach one of the dots and I swung my hip into his side.

Kakuzu was diligent and really well balanced for his size so I used my assets to my advantage. I reached over his head to get to one of the dots making him a bit flustered as my chest pressed into his back. Konan called for right foot red and I looked back to see where it was. Once I saw it I wrapped my leg around Kakuzu's and did a complete twist so I was doing a back bend, taking him with me. He tried his best to keep himself up until I dropped most of my weight on his chest, making him drop.

People cheered and I could hear Kakuzu groan as I left the rest of my body drop. "Sorry Kakuzu-san, only thing I could think of." Getting up Kisame pulled me into a bear hug and Konan cheered for me since I was the only other girl. "We only tied with them though."

"Better than nothing. And looks like they don't mind since now they're in second place." I grinned and Kakuzu patted my back as he stood up.

"Nicely done." That made me grin even more and I was excited for the next game.

"So truth or dare is next, are you ready?" I nodded and we walked over to where Konan and Leader were now waiting.

"Alright, so since I wanted this to be fair, we have two hats to draw from. The hat of Truth and the Dare hat. And since Nuri won she gets to go first."

"I get to do what?" Frowning I looked to Deidara for help since he had sat next to me.

"You get to choose who does the action first." He explained to me trying to hold back a chuckle.

"Oh… um… Kisame, truth or dare?" Kisame gave me a wicked grin like he knew I was going to choose him.

"Dare." I grabbed a dare from the hat and could feel my face turn bright red as I blushed darkly. "What's it say?" Shaking my head I tried to put the piece of paper back but Deidara caught my hand and stole it making me freak out.

"No! You can't!"

"Kisame… You are dared to…" Deidara paused and blinked a few times in surprise. "You really put this in there?! What the hell Konan?"

"Hey I didn't make them, Hidan did!" Konan puffed slightly and Deidara and I quickly looked over to Hidan.

"What's it say?" Deidara showed him the paper and Hidan busted out laughing. "Aw Damnit! I was hoping I'd get her with that!"

My voice shrieked slightly as I tried to lung at Hidan, only to be caught around the waist and thrown over what I could now tell was Kisame's shoulder. "Just tell me what it says already!" He growled slightly.

"Kisame, you're dared to go make love to you darer." Hidan said blatantly. Kisame's back tensed up considerably and his grip on my legs tightened. "Oh by the way the points on this card are 50... Per person."

I struggled into a position where I could see Kisame's face but he quickly looked away from me. "Kisa… did I do something wrong?" He flinched slightly and I frowned. "It's fine… you don't have to do it, isn't there an opt out thing you could do?" I tried pushing away from him so that I could go back to sitting down, I was crushed for some reason and I didn't want to be so close to him anymore.

Just as I was about to protest Kisame turned to me and I froze. His face was flushed and he looked so insecure. "Kisa…" Before I could change my mind I leaned forward and grabbed his face on either side, kissing him softly. "I love you, so don't look so sad."

There were a lot of whistles and cat calls and I immediately remembered that we weren't alone. Blushing again I looked up at Kisame through my eyelashes to see that he now looked both shocked and flustered. "Nuri… I…"

"Go on you two, go make 100 points together!" Hidan and Deidara yelled in unison, surprising me a bit. I looked up to see the question in Kisame's face.

"I don't want to do it here…" I mumbled meekly, messing with my hands. Kisame shifted me so that he was holding me bridal style and he started walking away from the group of people. More yelling came from them and I blushed darkly before burying my face in Kisame's bare chest. Was he always this strong? So warm? I looked up from my spot in his arms to look at his face. He still looked nervous but that helped to calm me because I knew that meant he felt the same as I did.

It wasn't long before we ended up back at the base an in Kisame's room and he set me down. "You know we don't actually have to go through with this… I think you were convincing enough that if we did this right they'd think we still did the dare…"

"Who said I didn't want to?" I kept my back to Kisame so that I wouldn't lose nerve, I wanted to do this, but only if it was with him. "I wasn't lying about what I said you know…" Turning back towards him I walked closer and threw my arms around his neck to pull him down to me. Our lips met and heat started to build inside my chest, this time Kisame started to kiss me back.

He was gentle at first then his desire became apparent. His hands claimed my hips and he pulled me into him, pressing our bodies together, as his kisses became more aggressive. I moved back and panted slightly already out of breath from the kiss. "Nuri, I love you and I need you, ever since I saw you on that roof with your hair swaying in the breeze… you're all I want anymore."

I smiled happily and I could feel tears of pure bliss gather in my eyes. "I-I'm sorry I never cry… I'm just so happy." My accent was thick as I smiled at Kisame through my tears. Je t'aime tellement. Tu me rends si heureux. [I love you so much. You make me so happy.]" A deep purr rose up in his throat and it made my heart skip a beat. His already dark eyes were filling with a sort of repressed lust and it was making my skin itch. I wanted him to touch me, I wanted him.

We both moved towards each other and he brought my lips to his, kissing me deeply. His hands slid down my bare sides making a breathy sigh escape my lips. Pulling my body closer to his, his hands groped by butt. I yelped in surprise and jumped into Kisame's chest as he started chuckling. "No need to be so tense. I promise to be as gentle as you want." The purr in his voice made me blush darkly and I squirmed.

I noticed something hard pressing against my abdomen, where our hips were starting to press together, and I looked down, blushing even darker. "K-Kisame…" He fidgeted nervously and a strange urge bubbled up in my body. "Strip and get on your bed." I looked up into his now wide eyes and smirked, biting the corner of my lip. "Hurry up!" He moved quickly as he turned from me, swim trunks dropping as he moved, and sat on the edge of his bed.

I walked over to him with my hips swaying gracefully and knelt between his knees. "Nuri? What are you doing? You don't have to do this." Kisame's voice was shaking and it was making the heat in my body rise even higher. Looking away from his face I blushed extremely darkly.

"Wow…" He was big… really really big. But I suppose that made sense seeing as Kisame himself was pretty large. My hand reached up and I ran a finger gently down his length. A visible shudder ran through his body building my confidence. My hand gripped him gently and I started to pump it slowly. A moan came from Kisame and I smirked again, leaning forward. I kissed the tip of his dick gently before leaning down more to run my tongue up his length. Loving his reactions I started to grip him harder, pumping faster. This continued for a few more minutes with me getting more and more aroused.

"Oh god Nuri…" Another shudder went through Kisame's body as I kept licking and pumping my hand. "Nuri… if you don't stop I'll… I'll…" He moaned deep and his fingers dug into the covers on his bed as he came. It was hot and a bit sticky as it got onto my hand, face, and chest, making me blush darkly again. "I-I'm so sorry."

I wiped his cum off my face and licked it off my hand until I was clean. "You're still hard…" I looked curiously up at him, panting softly in desire.

"W-what? Nuri…. Are you?"

"My body is aching Kisame. What will you do about that?" Getting up off my knees I climbed up onto his lap, my hips brushing against his still hard manhood. I kissed his neck gently and purred. There was a deep growl from Kisame before his strong hands grabbed onto my hips, flipping us over so that he was pinning my hips down onto his bed.

"What do you think you're doing?! If you don't stop I won't be able to hold back. Then it won't matter how much you beg I won't be stopping!" His voice was hard and upset and insecurity filled my chest.

"K-Kisame… I thought you… wanted me…" My voice was choked and I fought back tears. Looking up at his face I saw his features soften and his hands let up slightly.

"Are you sure you want this?" I nodded and ran my fingers gently down his cheek. "I won't be able to stop once I start…" Pulling his face down I kissed him softly. "Alright." His hands slid down my thighs and pushed my bikini bottoms down until he pulled them off, tossing them to the floor. Next he ran his hands back up my body and behind my back, undoing the top with deft fingers. Once undone he grabbed it between my breasts and pulled it over my head, throwing it to the side.

He kissed down my neck and sucked at the spot right before my shoulder. I gasped softly and bared my neck, causing him to suck harder. Kisame's hands caressed the sides of my chest gently, groping and massaging as he kept sucking my neck. His lips moved down to my collarbone and I whimpered making him chuckle. Before I could complain more he moved his hand and captured one of my nipples between his lips. His now free hand scratched down my ribs and hip making me moan at all the pleasure.

My hips ground up into his, wanting more as his hand slid between my thighs, rubbing me slowly. Another moan came from my lips and I tugged gently at Kisame's hair. He chuckled softly and sucked on my nipple hard. Moaning louder I arched up into his body. "You sure are sensitive aren't you?" Looking down with hazy eyes I saw his smirk and panted.

"Don't say such embarrassing things…" I blushed darker and gasped as he slid a finger inside of me, pumping it slowly. He chuckled again at my reaction and started pumping his finger faster, making me moan again. My eyes fluttered shut and I moaned more as he kept moving his finger inside of me.

"You're getting really wet down there Nuri. You must really be liking what I'm doing." I could hear the smirk in his voice and I moaned again as pleasure shot through me. "Wow… I could feel you tighten. Do you like it when I tease you?" Moaning louder, I squirmed beneath him, feeling the heat in my abdomen building faster. He added another finger and kept pumping, starting to stretch me out and prepare me.

"Kisa… It feels so good. Don't stop~ I'm so close…" I moaned louder and my back arched again as I came. I panted hard as Kisame pulled his fingers out of me. Looking up at him I watched as he licked his hand clean with a perverted grin.

"You ready?" I nodded, still panting, and bit my lip nervously. "I'll do my best to be as gentle as I can…" Looking down I watched as he lifted my hips and started to prod against me before slowly pressing in. He thrusted into me once quickly and a jolt of hot pain shot through my body, bringing tears to my eyes. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry." Kisame's thumbs massaged into my thighs as he tried to calm me.

"N-no… it's ok. Just stay still for a little bit." I took some deep calming breathes as the pain started to ease into a dull ache. Rolling my hips against his I tested if I was ok and moaned softly. "Ok. I'm ready." He nodded once and started to thrust slowly. It felt a little weird at first and I could tell that Kisame was worried about me. Giving him a reassuring smile I started to feel good again and let out a breathy sigh.

"Are you feeling it yet?"

"Yes~" I started to breath a little harder and moaned softly. "Mon Dieu…"

"God Nuri, you're so tight…" Moaning again I started panting.

"More… Kisa, give me more." He grinned slightly and pulled my hips against his as he started to thrust more, making me moan louder. Wrapping my legs gently around his hips I pulled my hips higher, giving him an easier angle. He trust harder and faster into me and I started moaning even louder, my nails digging into the covers. He pulled harder on my hips and thrust deeper into me.

His arm wrapped around my waist, freeing one of his hands, and he started to massage one of my breasts again. Reaching one of my hands up I tugged at Kisame's hair and he moaned softly, leaning down into my body. Wrapping my other arm around his shoulders I pulled my body against his and kissed him deeply. His tongue ran across my lips gently and I parted them quickly. Shoving his tongue into my mouth he purred softly and I sucked gently at his tongue. I moaned into his mouth as he slammed himself into me, causing a wave of pleasure with each thrust.

My moans grew louder and longer as the building pleasure started to become too much. "Kisameee~3... I'm gonna cum…" He grinned again and his thrusts grew harder and more sporadic.

"Good, so am I." He moaned deeply and I wrapped my legs tighter around him. "N-No… Nuri, let go! If I cum inside you could get pregnant."

"I don't care. Please, I want you to fill me up." Kisame blushed darkly and I ground my hips into his, making him lose his cool as he started to thrust into me roughly. He gave another deep moan and I felt his hot cum shoot inside me, sending me over the edge. I moaned loud and held my body flush against his until I started to calm down. Slowly I let up on my grip of Kisame and let myself back down onto his bed, panting heavily.

Once my legs dropped Kisame pulled out of me and collapsed on the bed beside me. His breathing my hard as he turned to face me, his hand reaching up to cup my cheek. "I love you Nuri." I smiled and blushed again, leaning my face into his hand.

"I love you too Kisame." There was a pause as both of us just laid there, enjoying the others company. "Do you think we won the game?"

"I don't know… do you really want to check?"

"Not really." Kisame chuckled as I rolled into his chest and snuggled up. "We can check later…" I yawned slightly and smiled as I dozed off.