A/N: Thanks for the reviews. You may have noticed that the rating went up on this story…this is because this chapter and future chapters will have mature content in them.

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Chapter Six

Just be calm Deidara, you still have Saturday to sort this mess out, Deidara thought, he turned to the clock that was mounted on the wall of the bar, Oh shit! It's already Saturday!

"Deidara, why do you look like you crapped your pants? Come over here and have a drink!" Pein said. The Akatsuki leader was clearly quite drunk.

Itachi gave Deidara a stern look that said 'don't mention the cake' and Deidara went over to Pein who shoved a glass in his hand. Deidara drank it without a second thought. A couple of attractive women came over to Pein and one of them began massaging his shoulders.

"So we hear you're getting married soon," she said, "Wanna have one night of fun before you get tied down?" The woman lowered her hands to his chest while the others smiled at him seductively. Even though Pein was wasted, he still knew where to draw the line.

"Get away from me, you floozies! Konan is the only woman for me!"

The ladies backed off, looking disappointed.

"Aww, don't be disappointed ladies, I'm still here!" Hidan said. The women looked at him up and down and then walked away.

"Hahahahaha!" Deidara laughed in Hidan's face.

"Just wait, I'm going to beat all you losers and I'm going to get laid tonight!" Hidan said very loudly, to everyone in the bar. Itachi shook his head and Sasori was looking as if he would love nothing more than to kick the crap out of Hidan.

"Please…I have more chance of getting laid than you tonight, un," Deidara said smugly, fuelled by alcohol.

"Getting laid by men does not count…Deidara-chan," Hidan countered.

"Why you!"

"You wanna go blondie?"

"Let's take this outside, un!"

"Stay put in this bar and stop acting like morons," Sasori commanded, he was not affected by the alcohol since he was a puppet.

"Well shed Shashori, well shed! If I should die…I will recommends you to become leader!" Pein slurred, Tobi was buying the leader drink after drink and nobody was even realising this.

Kisame walked over to Itachi and leaned his tall frame against the bar counter, "Can I buy you a drink, Itachi-san?"

Itachi gave Kisame a suspicious look, "No thanks."

"I'm off to the casino," said Kakuzu.

"Gambling is a sin!" Hidan declared.

"It isn't gambling if you know you're going to win," Kakuzu replied curtly.

Kabuto Yakushi refused to strip down and give the kunoichi the strip tease they had come for. He was red in the face and felt very violated as Anko leered at him. It was that same look he'd seen countless times on Orochimaru's face every time he looked at Sasuke; the look of a predator who had just found a particularly interesting and delicious prey.

"This is getting boring," Tsunade yawned, "I think I'll head over to the casino."

"No you musn't, Tsunade-sama!" Shizune said.

Tsunade was known as the Legendary Sucker and every time she left this town, her debt always increased ten-fold. As Konoha's Hokage, she couldn't afford to indulge in such things anymore.

"Relax Shizune, I'm just going to go for a little while and I'll be back."

Tsunade left the club and Shizune vaguely wondered whether or not she should follow her master.

"Hey Konan, what's the matter?" Kurenai asked the blue-haired kunoichi who had her head down on the table.

Kabuto was still trying to escape from the stage but his manager was threatening to fire him if he did.

"Come on Kabuto-kun, shake that money maker for us!" Anko said as she howled with laughter.

Konan was having a mental dilemma as ancient, buried thoughts were getting unravelled in her head because of the intoxication. She thought of the soft hair that she had once ran her hands through and off the rough yet gentle hands that had caressed her bare skin on that fateful night.

No, I can't be thinking of that, I love Pein, I'm getting married to Pein, Konan thought desperately.

But she couldn't help thinking about that one night affair… how their bodies melded together perfectly, how kissing him gave her a thrill that she had never experienced with Pein, how his voice sent shivers through her when he whispered his craving for her. That night, he had left her breathless and wanting more…so much more.

She would be lying to herself if she continued to believe that it was the alcohol that lead her to do what she did, it may have gave her the courage, but the desire and the yearning had always been there and they both had to satisfy it.

Right now, she felt disgusted with herself and was close to tears. Could she still get married to Pein after what she had done? Could she still marry him when she knew that she had feelings for another member?

"Ugh…" Konan groaned, "I don't feel so good…"

Kurenai rubbed her back gently, "Do you need to throw up?"

Konan nodded weakly, then she awoke quickly and then made a dash for the bathrooms.

Tenten and Ino were laughing at Kabuto but Sakura and Hinata were still looking out of place and nervous despite the amount of alcohol they had consumed. Anko called over a waiter who was wearing an apron and nothing else.

"Another round of tequila for all my girls!"

Sakura gulped as the drink was placed in front of her, she turned to Hinata – the poor girl's eyes were wide with apprehension and they were already on the verge of being utterly wasted, this drink would be enough to send them over the edge. The other kunoichi's finished up their drinks in a flash.

"I think we should go shee if Tsunade's okay," Shizune slurred, her eyes were red and her cheeks had a tint of pink in them.

"Mmm, you're right," Anko said, "Letsh go casino!"

She was grinning like a madwoman, "Hey that rhymed!"

Kabuto had long since deserted the stage, but not before he had a screaming match with the manager, culminating with him quitting his job as a part time stripper.

The ladies stood up, Tenten stumbled and she was held up Kurenai. They marched deliriously out of the strip club. "Where's dish casino?" Ino asked, leaning heavily on Sakura, who looked ready to pass out. They walked a few blocks, all the bright lights in Tanzaku town were blinding their sensitive eyes.

Anko suddenly stopped, "I feel…like we forgot something…"

Tenten looked at Shizune who shrugged.

Kurenai clutched at her heart dramatically, "Konan! She went to the bathroom!"

"Letsh go back for her!" Anko cried, "But…I forgot which direction the club was."

"That way," said Hinata, pointing southwards.

They stumbled back to the club and looked into the female bathroom.

"She's not in here," Ino said.

"Maybe she went in that one," Anko pointed at the men's bathroom, "I'll just check…"

She flung open the door and every male occupant shrieked. She looked around shamelessly for Konan and then left. "Not in there."

"We've lost the bride!" Sakura gasped.

Meanwhile, with the guys at the bar, Pein was regaling all of the patron's with the story of how he met and fell in love with Konan. Hidan and Deidara were trying to hit on every woman at the bar, but so far they were unlucky. All the girls seemed to be drawn towards Tobi who was entertaining them with brainless jokes and his childish demeanour.

"That Tobi, how dare he cock block us!" Hidan fumed.

"Oh and our first kiss…it was so sensational…so magical…so mind blasting…" Pein was saying, "I was all bandaged up and hurt but she made the pain go away…"

Everyone that was drunk was hanging on to Pein's every word, some even had tears in their eyes.

Itachi yawned, it was already 3am, they should be heading back to their room at the inn now. The party was still going to go on later that Saturday evening and Pein had to rest up if he was going to make it through all the other surprises they had planned for him.

"And when she sings in the shower, even though it sounds so…so…like a cat stuck in a blender, I still compliment her because I love to see her smile," Pein said.

"Aaaawwww…"

Itachi found himself smiling fondly at the Akatsuki leader.

"Itachi-san," Kisame began, "You should have a few drinks…"

"Fine Kisame," Itachi said tiredly, while wondering why the shark-man was coercing him to drink. Kisame looked delighted and he brought over some sake. The two men toasted to the Akatsuki, to Pein and Konan, and drank cup after cup.

Itachi was on his fifth cup, feeling light-headed, when he suddenly spat the sake out.

"K-Kisame!" he said loudly.

"What Itachi!" Kisame said even more loudly.

"What are they doing here?" Itachi asked as he saw kunoichi from his former village enter the bar. He would recognise Kurenai, Shizune and Anko anywhere.

Anko saw Itachi and dashed towards him, Itachi found himself pinned against the wall.

"Where's the Akatsuki leader? We know you're in the Akatsuki and we know you know who he is!" Anko yelled in his face. Her breath smelled heavily of alcohol and Itachi tried hard not to pass out.

"I'm the leader!" Pein said, coming over, "Greetings kunoichi of Konoha! How is my lovely bride-to-be?"

"That's the thing - " Kurenai began but she was cut off by Pein.

"Hey, everyone, come on over and meet my bride!"

Kisame and Itachi looked at each other; they could not see Konan among the kunoichi.

"Konan is lost, we can't find her anywhere!" Kurenai told Pein.

Pein looked confused, "What are you talking about? There she is right there," he said, pointing to a mop that was propped against the wall.

Sasori and Zetsu looked very concerned for their leader. "Um, Leader-sama…that's a mop," Sasori said.

Pein laughed, "I knew that! What is this? Some kind of bachelor party game of find the missing bride?" He laughed even harder, clutching at his side.

"This is not a joke! She really is missing! Please help us find her!" Shizune pleaded.

"How the fuck did she go missing? She is a grown-ass woman," Hidan said, appearing at the scene of the commotion.

Hinata was wringing her hands in panic and Sakura was tearing up.

Ino had tears in her eyes, "Please don't be mad at us, she went to the bathroom and we're so drunk that we forgot about her and left and then we remembered and we went back for her but she was gone!"

"There, there, don't cry, it'll be okay," Hidan said soothingly as he put his arm around Ino's waist while giving Deidara a triumphant grin.

"K-Konan-sama is lost?" Tobi said, "Tobi will find her!"

Sasori sighed, "Leader-sama, you can use your piercing to locate her."

Pein frowned, "That Konan! She's such a dam - "

His audience of everyone at the bar looked at him in shock.

" – sel in distress! Oh my, we have to find my precious girl!" he finished.

A/N: I hope that you enjoyed this chapter! I may reveal the identity of Konan's lover in the next chapter…

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