A/N: Ok, The epilogue is next, and then, it's done!! Nikki has come back, and she's rather hyper again (ish... ."). Just like the last few, I'm still not happy with it... ."

"You're the one that's going to be dead, Fishy Face!"

Kisame's mouth twitched at my last comment, an irk mark appearing on his forehead. "What did you call me, you little brat?" he demanded, throwing off the funny hat that he wore, revealing his shark-like face. I struck my tongue out at him.

"I called you Fishy Face. What you gonna do about it?" I asked, signing Hitsuji [the ram], then prepared to transform. "Take this!! Transform!!" I cried, and smoke shot up around me as my illusion worked its magic. When the smoke cleared I looked a lot like Kisame, except I had made his head and lips bigger, added breasts, and enlarged his fish features, which made Naruto crack up. "Look at me!! I'm a stupid Mr. Fishy Face!!" I squealed in an extra-high pitched voice. "Ooooh!! I'm soooooooo pretty!! Look at my boot-i-ful boobies!!" I exclaimed, strutting around stupidly. Kisame glared at me, but made no gesture that he was going to attack. I was going to have to do better. I added a dress, pink, lacey, and fluffy, and began talking in a valet-girl voice, "Like, OH MY GOSH!!!" I teased, "Don't you just LOVE my dress? My name's Kisame, and I'm the prettiest Akatsuki member ever!!"

That did it. Kisame ran at me with his sword. "Shut up, you stupid kid!!" he yelled, and swung. I ducked a bit to my left so he just missed me, sticking my tongue out again, taunting him. Naruto had taught me this when I had first arrived last time. In case you're wondering, it's called 'Tease and Avoid'. Of course, it doesn't do any real damage, but it sure is fun! "Get back here!!" he shouted, swinging his sword once more, only to hit the wall where I had been standing just a moment earlier.

"Haha, you missed me!!" I exclaimed, hopping to the corner where the wall meets the ceiling where he couldn't reach me. I crossed my eyes, and changed with a puff of smoke back to my regular form. "Run, run as fast as you can!! You can't catch me, for I'm Nikki-chan!!" I chanted, tossing a few shuriken at my attacker, which he blocked easily with his sword. "Let's see..." I talked to myself in a loud enough voice so that everyone in the room could hear, "I think one Nikki isn't enough. How about 50!!" I said with an evil smile, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!!" I yelled, creating enough clones to fill the whole room.

Kisame stumbled back a bit in shock, but quickly got over it, swinging at all of my doppelgangers, making them disappear. I quickly created more, having them all attack him while I snuck out into the kitchen to make some ramen. Fighting really made me hungry. Naruto followed, and we snacked on miso pork ramen until I heard Kisame scream, shouting out something like, "Curse that brat, where'd she go??"

I made my appearance quickly, my katana in one hand, a kunai in the other. "What? Ya miss me, Fishy Face? Get ready to face my true power!! Take this! Mi, Hitsuji, Saru, I, Uma, Tora!! [Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger] Fire Style!! Fireball Jutsu!!" I cried, preparing myself for the enormous burst of flame that was supposed to appear, but...

"A smoke ring?! What kind of technique is that? Out of chakra already, I see!!" Kisame chuckled evilly, and I glared, pointing my finger at him angrily.

"Shut up!! I'm working on it!! I can't help if I'm new to this!! But no matter what I'm going to be protecting the future Hokage! And guess what! You're looking at him! Darn straight, you filthy retards! It's Uzumaki Naruto, and I'm here and ready to kick it to anybody that wants to hurt him. Heck yeah!!!!" I declared, but Kisame wasn't exactly paying attention... "Hey!! Fishy Face, pay attention!!" I screeched, and he looked up from his hushed conversation with Itachi. "You're going down, man!!"

Suddenly Kisame charged with his sword. But not at me... at Naruto!! I quickly appeared in front of him. "Dude, no way are you touching my man!! You kill him, and all of America, and everywhere else, will be seriously PISSED with me!! Pissed, I tell you! Therefore, you fight me, or one on else!!" I declared, taking a battle stance. Suddenly, as I braced myself for the hit, the door swung open and I heard a familiar, or at least familiar from the episodes I had seen, voice.

"Jiraiya's here!!" cried a man with white hair, riding a giant toad as he clutched a volume of Come-Come Paradise in his hands. I squealed happily and ran over to him.

"Holy crap!! It's the PERVY SAGE!! Hi, you big pervert!! Oh my gosh, I've always wanted to meet you!! This is soooooooo awesome!!" I shrieked joyfully, squeezing the crap outta the Sanin.

Jiraiya was blushing and beginning to get a nosebleed as I realized that my boobs were kinda smashed against his face... I smacked the snot out of that lecher. "YOU PERVERT!! I'LL KILL YA!!"

"Nikki-chan..." Naruto warned, so I stopped from kicking him and sweatdropped.

"Oops...?" I said, "Sorry Naruto-kun... Right, no beating up your sensei..." I said, then turned back to Kisame. "Hey man, The Toad Sage is here, so you better look out!!" I cried, "Believe it!!" I turned back to Jiraiya, "Okay dude, work your magic!" I told him as I skipped out the door, wanting to get out of this battle so I could gain back all of my chakra. I waved girlishly to Kisame, "Bye-bye Fishy Face!!" I squealed, not noticing Itachi, who was walking out the door after me. I spun around, and my eyes widened out of fear. "Oh great..." I murmured, backing up away from him. "Hello Itachi-sama... nice to meet you..." I stammered, avoiding eye contact with the scary ninja.

Of course, I failed... Fudge monkeys, I am so stupid... and of course, I was pulled into the stupid Sharingan trick thingy-ma-bob. Like I said, NOT fun. It went on for what seemed like three days. So much pain, so much darkness. The only face I saw for three days was Itachi's. I cried. Yes, I cried. Which isn't all that surprising. I mean, I can be a crybaby if I want to. Not that I want to... but still, seeing only Itachi's face for three days really did some damage. I missed Naruto, I missed Konoha, I missed 'em all darn it!! Here's my schedule in that dumb-butt world of dark crap:

1) Wake up

2) Swords in my chest

3) Swords in my legs

4) Swords in my neck

5) Bleed...

6) Bleed some more

7) Cry myself to sleep, if I can sleep at all

8) It starts all over

And that went on for three long days! That's 72 hours that I'm talking about!! How would you like to be stabbed to death for almost 3 days, 24 hours a day!!

I coughed up blood, causing it to spatter all over my already bloodstained outfit. I groaned, wishing I could wipe away the blood dribbling down my cheek. My wrists hurt like crap, held up in metal cuffs, chained to a wall, as were my ankles. Itachi would be coming back any second, so I braced myself for more pain. I mean, it couldn't hurt anymore than it already did.

There he was, that stupid ninja. He drew his sword and plunged it deep into my chest, causing me to scream. Couldn't he just kill me already?! It hurt so much, I hated it. My heart ached, I wanted out. I just couldn't bare it. He smirked, making a long, stinging cut on my leg. I shouted out of pain. "NARUTO-KUN!!!" I screamed. Three long days of this torture, all I really wanted was to see him again. I took a long gasping breath. Today seemed the longest of all the days that I've been through this pain. (A/N: Damn, I hate this part... It's so... like... LAME!! DD:)

And suddenly my eyes opened, and I could see the sun again. Naruto was there, opening the door, and I ran over to him, ignoring the blood running down my face and chest. I pulled him into a hug and cried, smothering myself deep in his chest. He stroked my hair as he murmured calming words into my ear. "Nikki-chan... It's okay. It'll be okay." He told me, and I believed him. How could I ever doubt him; I loved him too much. He looked at my wounds, and pointed to his house. "Jiraiya's taking care of that, and he said it won't take long, but..." Naruto trailed off for a moment, then continued, "...but I think he's just showing off."

I turned around a bit to see in Itachi was still there but, surprisingly enough, he wasn't. "I guess Itachi went back in..." I said, "By the way, I'm sorry for making your house a battle station and all that other crap." I told him, laughing nervously, a little embarrassed as I brushed the hair out of my face.

Naruto shrugged, "Whatever. I'm sorry for... a lot of stuff. Like making you kiss Kakashi, having you get attacked by that stupid cat Tora, not being there to protect you when you were being molested, and-"

I interrupted him. "Wait, how'd you find out about that?" I demanded, though I think I already knew the answer. Ino with her big mouth...

"I-i-ino told me." He stammered, confirming my suspicions. I laughed a bit, and Naruto joined in. I guess we weren't exactly being too serious about the fact that the Akatsuki were attacking us. Of course, we had just been reunited about an hour ago, so did we really expect anything less? As I pressed my mouth to his, the answer became clear. I wanted to stay with him forever, no matter what.

A/N: Can you feel the cheesy-ness???!! Makes me wanna barf!! xD Ah well, this one's much shorter. Everyone be happy! Yay! -throws confetti into the air-