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Ohmygosh I stayed up sooo late on this...

~Bells

Konan's POV: (haha finally!)

(Okayyyyy, i'm purty sure this is the next morning 0.o or whatever... in our time it's like... 4 in the morning there so yea, next morning) I tried not to sigh as I helped Pein-sama into his chair, he was looking especially faint today, the faint shadow of his form swirling as usual, only now it seemed more.. well, faded. Worry creased my brow a tiny bit as I stood to the side of his chair, waiting for my orders of the day.

I still found it quite odd how we'd wound up here, I mean, we'd been together so long, ever since we'd been kids, and now we ran our own 'Organization', and even had six new apprentices to count for it. I tried not to scowl when I thought of those girls, they seemed too... different to me. I mean heck, we'd gotten them from a whole other world just to train them. I don't even have a clue as to how Pein-sama found out about the other universe itself, it was another mystery to my mind that I doubted I'd ever find the answer to.

It was also very easy to see that those girls were something different, and not just the way they acted, but the way they looked. Their eyes were not as sharp looking, more rounded and cloudy, filled with more emotions than most ninja could ever fathom. Their hair was another thing, the styles may be similar, but the way it looked was another give-away, it was more... wiry and stuck out compared to ours. And even sometimes if they stood a certain way, you could catch the slightest flicker of this... edge to their bodies, like an outline, that made them more... 3D in a way, it was all so odd and so confusing.

And then there was how small they were, very petite compared to our stature, even a genin in some village would be more... statuesque, not as filled out as these girls were, they had more bulk to them, I should say. There was some muscle that you could detect, but not as much as an ordinary ninja of their age would have. Their fingers weren't as roughed and edged as ours either, or as skilled with precission yet, but they did have this air about them... especially Ashley, that showed they were trying to adjust, and adjusting quicker then Pein and I had originally thought.

Pein's swirling gray eyes caught mine and held, and I couldn't help but soften at the site of him, he was a lot stronger then most would take him for half the time, but also a lot more vulnerable after using his six different bodies, I hate the strain it puts on him. I gingerly placed my hand over his and he gave mine a soft squeeze of assurance, and I felt my heart flutter silently, though I didn't doubt for a second that he couldn't hear it. (Dear lord finally a Pein/Konan moment xD haha)

When he let my hand go I took my place on the couch, resting my hands in my lap and keeping an eye on him as some petty show came on. I brushes a hand through my hair after a short while when I heard a stir down the hall, near Zetsu's door. "Not surprising he's up," I'm mumbled more to myself than anything until I caught the snicker behind me. "No fucking surprise you never seem to think I actually get up this fucking early, eh, Konan-sama?" Hidan smirked as he told me, plopping down next to me on the couch and fiddling with his scythe.

I shot a dark glare his way to shut him up as I replied,"Well not really considering you came home about three hours ago." "Hey, hey, ain't my fault the little bitch wouldn't fucking cooperate," Hidan shot back, absentmindedly brushing one of his hands back over his slicked back white hair, his purple eyes flashing.

"You left out the part where you almost murdered her in that run-down Saki and rice shop," Kakuzu grumbled out as he walked through the doorway in his usual ninja pants and shirt, mask over his mouth and head with just the top part of his nose and his eyes showing. Hidan started firing off curses back at him as Kakuzu pinches his brow and shook his head. I fingered at my piercings below my bottom lip, almost detached, as I waited for everyone else to wake up.

Kakuzu took his place in one of the island chairs, eating his form of breakfast as everything became silent again. Though, about a half hour later Zetsu and Tobi had joined us, and soon Itachi and Sasori followed, with Deidara and Kisame coming in lastly. Zetsu had come back not much earlier than Hidan, his slow pace had been because he'd had to stop and feed for a while, being that he knew he might not get the chance for some time while training Raylin. I wasn't surprised the girls weren't up yet, we'd been getting up earlier so we could have meetings without them awake yet, and until they had started training Jutsu the girls wouldn't be up until a few hours from now.

Itachi's eyes seemed so much lighter these days, I couldn't help but note that fact, as well as Deidara's. I admit I was a tad worried for them, especially Itachi, he'd been on his own so long, and we couldn't afford something wrong happening, though I figured Itachi would never let his guard so low around Ashley that she'd be able to start something. Even if I could already see how much she'd wriggled her way into his heart, and so quickly, too.

Deidara I wasn't so worried about, he was still young enough at heart and I knew that if he fell that much for Kamiah and decided to make her his he wouldn't get into much trouble as Itachi would. At least, I hoped.

While everyone set about eating breakfast or chatting about what happened yesterday, I still kept an eye on Pein, I couldn't believe he'd made this decision so quickly, it'd only been about 3 days since we'd taken these girls. As conversation and things started to die down I finally cleared my throat a little to get everyone's attention.

Itachi POV:

(BTW this is likee back when Itachi first wakes up in their room) I took a lot just to get up the nerve to wake up, sleeping was one of the best things most of the time. Well, mostly... until the nightmares start. Yes, I have nightmares, it shouldn't be surprising considering I basically slaughtered my whole family. I mentally sighed as I rolled onto my back, another day awaits.

I looked down at the form sleeping quietly next to me and fought off the urge to smile, she looked so peaceful and calm, like a child almost. I mentally kicked myself, Jesus I seriously do need a leash on me. I slowly disentangled my legs from hers, since they'd tangled with hers during the night as we slept, and I tried not to wake her as I got up.

I slid on another tank-top and mesh shirt, ninja pants as usual, pocketed my translator (we had to take it everywhere with us), and left my cloak on the floor, I doubted we'd need it today. I silently opened the door, glancing back at Ashley one more time to make sure I didn't stir her, then shut it and walked into the living room. Almost everyone was up, going about like normal every morning. Only I could see the tension in everyone's faces, who knew what we were going to do today, we'd only been informed of the first three days we'd spend with these girls, no more.

As Sasori finally came in, followed later by Deidara and finally Kisame, I knew it was time for business. I didn't even grab breakfast, my nerves were a bit too on edge to eat much lately. (aww poo Itachi... don't worry I won't make him anorexic or however you spell it xDD hahaha) Soon after, Konan finally cleared her throat, I'd guess that today she was in charge, Leader-sama was looking a bit more faint today, he needed a day off at the least. I bet we all did, but we'd never say that, technically these past three days have been our day off, and until we began taking the girls on missions it'd be a bit like that, I supposed.

"Alright, as you all know we need to continue training these girls, the next assignment is for us to see how well they can control their chakra, and also determine how much they each harbor in order to try and determine what forms of Jutsu would be best for them," Konan announced as she fumbled with one of her piercings under her lower lip, she seemed a bit drawn out today, probably worrying about Leader-sama as always. Needless to say, most of us threw her puzzled looks, especially Hidan.

"I have to teach the little shit how to control chakra?" Hidan blurted, and we all chuckled a little at him. (gawd I love Hidan xDD he's so fun with words, even if he looks like a panda in Jashin form.) "Well what did you expect, that they'd just learn it themselves, they aren't our APPRENTICES for nothing," Kakuzu grumbled out at him, his brow twitching and eyes flashing at his partner, making us chuckle more. "Kakuzu-san is right, these girls are our responsibility now," Konan added, sounding almost interested.

"Alright un, how're we going to train them how to control chakra and determine how much chakra they hold?" Deidara asked curiously, basically saying what most of us were probably wondering. Konan showed a small, ghost of a smile at the question as she stood, saying, "Come with me Deidara-san, I'll need your clay for it, we're going to make a clay body mold that can flow chakra throughout it, I will use my paper to coat over your clay so it doesn't detonate on contact with their chakra."

Deidara gave her an odd look until it must've registered in his mind, then he nodded and followed her down the hallway. "What the fuck? What the hell does she need that shit for, how's that shit gonna help?" Hidan blurted when everything had gone reasonably quiet. I tried not to snort as I replied,"The clay body will conduct the girls chakra once they figure out how to transfer it into the clay molding, if they have a lot of chakra it will flow throughout the body brightly, showing the tubes of paper Konan will put in it, if they have little chakra the veins will barely glow, at least that's what I believe, right, leader-sama?"

I looked over at Pein when I was done, and he nodded back at me, smiling faintly. Hidan for once was quiet now, having a pondering look on his face, idly stroking the Jashin symbol on his necklace as he thought. I went around and sat down in the couch on the left side, staring at the Tv silently as we all waited for our apprentices to wake up so we could get on with the day.

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