Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto characters or Pains 1-8 which come from the song "The 12 Pains of Christmas"

NOTE: Since the last few 'Pains' of the actual song "The 12 Pains of Christmas" don't really fit with Akatsuki, I did some improvisation for Pain 9 and 10. There will only be 10 pains instead; so the next chapter will be the last one.

Enjoy~

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Sasori: -writes- The ninth thing at JASHINmas that's such a pain to me: making Christmas dinner.

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Kisame: I can't believe we forgot the most important part of Christmas.

Hidan: Don't worry, we can go to Jashin's Temple and worship him ALL day tomorrow. =D

Kisame: Huh? No…I meant the food! It's Christmas Eve at last, and everyone's here with us this time, no major injuries, so I say we celebrate with a delicious Christmas dinner!

Sasori: Well unless you can make magic, that's not gonna happen.

Itachi: Yeah. You guys got lucky yesterday, I don't think we should push it and spend even more buying that kind of food.

Kisame: Aww… -tear- I was looking forward to that Christmas-y food they always advertise…all those delicious meats, gravys, desserts…-drool-

Deidara: Aw, stop it un. You're making me hungry…

Tobi: Then let's make our own food!

Kakuzu: NO WAY. Absolutely not. I refuse.

Deidara: Kakuzu?? When did you get here?

Kakuzu: I have a newfound sixth sense; it alerts me when people are thinking of spending money. Especially for stupid things.

All: -.-

Tobi: But we won't buy anything! We'll make it ourselves here!

Kakuzu: Well that's all fine and dandy, until someone explodes the microwave, burns the stove, overheats the oven, breaks the fridge, loses utensils; there are way to many expenses to trust any of you with making anything more complicated than instant noodles.

Kisame: -grin- I guess you have a point. How long did it take to clean the scorch marks off the stove and walls after Itachi decided to try one of Konan's recipes?

Itachi: Will you stop bringing that up? Like I said, the stove wouldn't heat so I decided to…help it along. I didn't know gas was leaking from it when I used my katon jutsu…Anyways, I'm not the only one that destroys the kitchen! Even Deidara and YOU for that matter are worse than me.

Sasori: I think its funny because it's YOU. I mean everyone expects Deidara to blow up everything on this planet, but the fact that infamous Itachi Uchiha himself has kitchen problems? -snicker-

Itachi: -death glare-

Deidara: I'll make a deal with you Kakuzu. Let us use the kitchen; if we can keep it in perfect shape, we'll turn in Hidan and give you all his bounty money.

Kakuzu: No. I think Itachi's more valuable.

Itachi: Have you gone mad?

Kakuzu: -sigh- Fine, Hidan. But if you mess it up, I get Samehada. I'm sure it will rack up quite the price in the Water Country's auctions. It's like a valuable collectible.

Sasori: Doesn't something seem weird with that bet? Kakuzu kinda wins either way.

Kakuzu: That's the only betting I do. Everyone agreed?

Itachi: Hn.

Deidara: Agreed!

Tobi: YES!

Sasori: Fine.

Kisame: NO WAY! That's not ok! You guys are just saying that cuz you have nothing to lose! I refuse!

Deidara: Oh, come on Kisame…does it look like we would actually destroy the kitchen?

All: -angel face-

Kisame: You're kidding, right?

Deidara: Well, we'll all work together and make sure that nobody does anything to damage anything. And if I'm wrong, you can force-feed Tobi poison until you're satisfied.

Tobi: HEY! That's mean, Senpai! -pout-

Kisame: Why don't I just force-feed poison to you instead? That would make me feel a hell of a lot more better than doing it to Tobi.

Konan: Sorry guys, Pein kinda needs his members alive.

Deidara: Y-Yeah! Thanks Konan. -relieved-

Sasori: Konan? Where do you people keep sneaking up from?

Konan: Heh. Okay, how about if the kitchen is messed up, you can feed Deidara poisons that won't actually kill him, but provide slow torture.

Deidara: Konan! I thought you were on my side!

Kisame: I like the sound of that. It still won't make up for losing Samehada, but it's a start.

Deidara: -yoga breathing- Ok guys, for my sake PLEASE don't screw anything up.

Sasori: Shall we start then?

Tobi: Yayayayayayay!! =D

------In Kitchen-------

Konan: Okay, since I'm the only one that really knows how to cook here, follow my instructions and everything will go smoothly.

Deidara: Yeah, un. Konan's the boss! Listen to everything she says! And carefully un!

Sasori: Hm…I haven't used my non-fatal poisons in a while, so there should be four shelves for you to pick and choose from Kisame.

Deidara: Stop being so pessimistic Sasori! Nothing bad is gonna happen. We have our angelic Konan!

Konan: Aw ^_^ Ok, here are a bunch of recipe books with Christmas type foods.

Tobi: I'll make the cookies!

Itachi: I'll make appetizers.

Sasori and Kisame: We'll make the main course.

Deidara: I'll make dessert!

Konan: I'll make the drinks I guess…anyone like eggnog?

-half an hour later-

Pein: Hey, something smells good!

All: Thanks!

Deidara: Sasori! Did you just blink? Watch the stove at all times. WATCH IT! -paranoid-

Sasori: Stop panicking so much, geez.

Deidara: You're right…we're S-class criminals…what can't we do perfectly?

Tobi: Oops.

Pein: Cook, apparently. -smirk-

Deidara: -eye twitch- Did-Did that idiot just say oops?

Tobi: I spilled some milk…sorry senpai.

Deidara: Oh...milk…ok. -sigh of relief-

Kisame: This is looking pretty good, eh?

Sasori: Obviously. I'm helping.

Kakuzu: -walks in, inspects kitchen, then walks out-

Itachi: I'd wish he'd stop doing that…its embarrassing being seen with an apron. And a stupid frilly one at that.

Kisame: -grin- Hey, they were all up for grabs, you were just too slow so you get the girly one.

Hidan: What the hell are you guys doing? I thought the safety limit was one person in the kitchen only? More than that and something gets destroyed.

Deidara: Konan's supervising.

Hidan: -smirk- I heard about your little deal with Kakuzu…I hope you have a strong body to handle all those poisons.

Deidara: -twich- Nothing will go wrong! Nothing! We have Konan! Now leave! -eyes dart nervously-

Itachi: Are you ok? You look like you're going to have a nervous breakdown…

Deidara; I'm FINE! Pay attention to what you're doing! Nothing will go wrong. NOTHING!!!! -eye twitch-

All: -sweat drop-

-one long hour later-

Tobi: Finished my cookies!

Sasori: Are they edible this time?

Tobi: Of course! Its my fourth batch; Konan told me how to fix it.

Sasori: Ok good…

Kisame: Uh…Tobi? I don't know how, but your cloak…

Tobi: It's pretty right? I coloured the clouds blue!

Kisame: Uh, its on fire.

Tobi: -scream-

Itachi: Tobi, don't flail around like that, you'll make it worse!

Tobi: -knocks over pots and pans in his mad flailing-

Deidara: -panicking- STOP DROP AND ROLL, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD TOBI DIDN'T YOU LEARN ANYTHING AS A KID? AND BE CAREFUL!

Tobi: -stops, drops and rolls quickly…crashing into Kisame's legs causing him to lose balance-

Kisame: -tugs violently at Sasori's cloak to stop himself from falling-

Sasori: -gets pulled down with Kisame, spoon flying from his hand-

Itachi: -gets hit in his blind spot with the spoon-

Deidara: Oh no…ITACHI DON'T-

Itachi: -natural reaction- OMGWTF? Surprise attack? FIREBALL JUTSU!

Deidara: -covers face- Goodbye…my perfect flawless beautiful unpoisoned body…

Tobi: I put out the fire! Stop drop and rolling works!

Sasori: Well, thanks to Itachi we have a bigger fire to worry about-

Tobi: Kitchen! Stop drop and roll!

All: -.-"

Kisame: I'll fix it!

Itachi: My bad. Wait- Kisame there are electrical appliances here...!

Kisame: -puts out fire-

Hidan: I'M TRYING TO DO A FUCKING RITUAL, AND JUST AS I GET INTO THE ZONE I HEAR SHOUTING AND- -observes charred and burned walls- Oooh…nice scorch marks Itachi, I think your jutsu's gotten stronger.

Pein: What- hey, do you smell burning?

Itachi: Ha ha Pein. -.-

Sasori: Oh shit! Kisame take it out of the oven!

Kisame: Too late… -coughs as smoke pours out of oven, clouding the air-

And after being mistreated- burned by Itachi, drenched by Kisame, neglected by Sasori, and probably fed up with its misfortune of being in a kitchen of lunatics, the poor fifth-hand 20 year old stove spontaneously combusts, causing a chain reaction with the stove, and microwave somehow. O.o

Pein: Wow…that was unexpected.

Kakuzu: AHAHAHAH!! -laughs maniacally- Samehada is MINE!! -dollar sign eyes-

Kisame: DEIDARA!!!

Sasori: Four shelves, remember Kisame. Purple bottles.

Deidara: -screams and runs away-

Hidan: You guys really are morons, aren't you?

Itachi: Oh well, so much for Konan supervising and keeping control…where is she anyway?

Sasori: Multiple food poisonings…remember Tobi's four batches of cookies? Well he made her try the first three.

Tobi: This seems familiar to Tobi…didn't this happen when we were putting up the Christmas tree?

Sasori: You're right…this type of chain reaction misfortune…by the way Itachi, why the hell do you have some sort of weird reaction to being hit from behind? I remember you burning half the living room when we tried to put up the tree as well.

Itachi: I…had the misfortune of coming across rabid glomping fangirls if you must know. A lot of rabid glomping fangirls. So when something suddenly hits my back I go into survival mode.

Sasori: By burning them to a crisp? -snicker-

Itachi: Shut up. -glare-

Pein: Well, now that you've all learned that you are even more of a danger in the kitchen than you are in a battle, shall we go to a restaurant for our Christmas dinner?

Hidan: Won't Kakuzu throw a fucking fit though?

Pein: Nah, I'll 'borrow' some of his bounty money, pretend its my own and treat everyone. He's so ecstatic with Samehada he probably won't notice.

Hidan: I like the way you think. -smirk-

Konan:…Urgh…-throws up on Pein's shoes- Uh…Merry Christmas Pein. -faints-

Tobi: Oops…my bad hehe…

Pein: Good grief. -.-

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