Disclaimer: i own nothing except chibi-neko and akumu. im making no money off of this. everything belongs to its respected owners.

Chapter 7

Days went by and Kitty got more comfortable around the members of Akatsuki. Her stuttering lessened and eventually stopped altogether. Tobi dressed her up in all sorts of outfits. She got very close to Itachi, Tobi, Konan, and Kisame. Of course she was close to Itachi and she saw Tobi every day. Konan became like a big sister to her and Kisame was around her whenever Itachi couldn't be.

She also got closer to Hidan (much to Tobi's annoyance), Deidara, and Sasori. Sasori made her a small puppet that looked like her and a kitten puppet. Kitty loved the puppets and Sasori taught her how to control them. Deidara gave her more clay sculptures and demonstrated his explosive clay outside. She loved that too. Hidan gave her a Jashin pendant and she played with it like a cat toy. Hidan didn't like that and yelled at her to stop. She still did it anyway.

Kitty was always with either Itachi or Kisame. They were like her bodyguards. If anyone dared to hurt or threaten her, they would have to answer to Itachi and Kisame. Kisame would always carry her around on his shoulders or with one arm. (A/N: She was so small and his arms were so long, so he could wrap one arm around her back and then the same arm would come around to her legs and carry her that way.)

Tobi quickly walked into the kitchen and saw Kitty, Itachi, Konan, and Leader already there. Kitty was sitting in between Itachi and Konan, and Leader was sitting beside Konan. Tobi smiled under his mask as he set his plan in motion.

"Leader-sama! There's a matsuri tonight in the town nearby!" Tobi said excitedly.

"So?" Leader asked in a bored tone.

"We should go! Tobi bets Kitty wants to go!" Tobi said hopefully.

"Tobi-kun nya?" Kitty asked to get his attention.

"Nani?" Tobi asked as he moved over to Kitty.

"What's a matsuri nya?" Kitty asked with her head tilted to the side.

"Kitty has never heard of a matsuri?" Tobi asked confusedly. She shook her head slightly. "A matsuri is a festival! There's food and games and fireworks!" Tobi explained.

"What are fireworks nya?" Kitty asked.

"Kitty's never seen fireworks?" Tobi asked in disbelief. She shook her head. "See Leader? We have to go! Kitty has to see fireworks!" Tobi whined. Leader rolled his eyes and sighed, but he nodded. Tobi cheered and grabbed Kitty before running to the changing room. "We have to pick out an outfit for Kitty to wear to the matsuri!" Tobi explained cheerfully. He threw clothes around until he found what he thought to be the perfect outfit, a kimono.

This kimono was black with pink cherry blossoms swirling around it and a pink obi around the stomach. She also wore her collar and sandals. Her hair was down and a pink ribbon was tied in her hair. Her bangs hung loosely on her forehead. Tobi gave her a bear hug before leading her out of the room.

"Tobi will be right back!" Tobi said as he handed her over to Itachi. Tobi ran towards the kitchen and Itachi and Kitty walked towards their room.

"You look cute," Itachi commented.

"A-arigato, Ita-kun, nya," Kitty said with a blush. They sat in their room for a few minutes before Tobi came running in.

"Everyone is ordered by Leader to wear kimonos!" Tobi announced before running back out of the room. Tobi went to everyone's room and told them the same thing.

Later that night, everyone met in front of the entrance in their kimonos. Itachi's was a dark blue with light blue obi. Tobi's was orange with black swirls and a black obi. Deidara's was yellow with orange flames on the bottom and an orange obi. Sasori's was red with a golden obi. Hidan's was white with the red Jashin symbol on the back and a red obi. Kakuzu's was dark green with a light green obi. Kisame's was a sea green with waves on the bottom and a black obi. Konan's was a dark purple with white flowers and a white obi. Leader's was black and a red obi. Zetsu's was a black kimono with dark green leaves and a dark green obi. Akumu's kimono looked like the night sky; it was a dark blue with silver dots that looked like that stars and a silver moon on the back and the obi was silver.

Leader announced that Konan, Zetsu, Akumu, and he would not be going.

"Why not nya?" Kitty asked with disappointment in her voice.

"We have our reasons. Now go," Leader said as he shooed everyone out the entrance. Kitty smiled and waved goodbye. She then walked outside and Leader closed the entrance behind her.

The group walked to the nearby town and saw the many lights. There were stands selling food and game booths everywhere. There was a rollercoaster, a carousel, a love tunnel, a hall of mirrors, and even a haunted house. Lastly there were floats going down the streets. It seemed like the locals set up anything that would bring in tourists.

Let the fun begin.

End of chap 7! hope ya like it! sorry its so short, but i'm working on the next chapter right now so i'll update VERY soon! please R&R!

poll time! (not a very good one though)

who should go with kitty first?

a) itachi

b) tobi

c) deidara