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Chapter 12

Itachi woke up before Kitty and he quietly crawled out of bed and stepped into the bathroom. He took a shower and got dressed. When he opened the door, he saw Kitty sitting up in the bed.

"Ohayo," Itachi said from the bathroom doorway. Kitty turned her head and looked up at him. She was crying. "What happened?" Itachi asked as he sat beside her. Kitty threw her arms around Itachi's neck and sobbed. Itachi held her and stroked her hair. When she calmed down, Itachi spoke again. "What happened?" he asked her.

"B-bad dr-dream n-nya," Kitty stuttered in between sniffles.

"Was it that bad?" Itachi asked.

"H-hai n-nya," Kitty said.

"…Do you…want to talk about it?" Itachi asked. Gawd he was so not good at this. He had no idea what to do. He wanted her to stop crying. He wanted her to smile. He just didn't know how to do that. Give him a break! He hasn't had to give a damn about anyone's feelings in years!

Kitty was silent for a while, but she nodded. This had this nightmare every night since she escaped. She took a deep breath before speaking. "I was back in…in the…" Kitty started. Suddenly, she didn't want to tell him. She was scared to tell him.

"The what?" Itachi asked, urging her to go on.

"The lab nya," Kitty admitted sadly.

"When were you in a lab?" Itachi asked.

"I…was born there nya…" Kitty said. Itachi was silent. "I shouldn't have said anything nya," Kitty said as she tried to get up to leave. Itachi grabbed her arm and pulled her closer.

"Iie. Go on," Itachi said. Kitty nodded slowly.

"They…they were horrible nya. They ran test after test…hit me…r-r-…" Kitty stopped. She shook her head. She couldn't say it. New tears ran down her cheeks. Itachi held her and said nothing. He had a feeling he knew what she was going to say.

"They raped you?" he asked. She nodded and started sobbing. Itachi was fuming. How dare they do that to her. He wanted to kill them. He wanted to kill them for touching her. He wanted to make them pay.

Kitty calmed down again and Itachi looked down at her. He could see the backs of her hands and noticed there was kanji on her left hand too. It was kanji for demon. The marks on her hands looked like scars.

"Did they do that to you too?" Itachi asked.

"Nani nya?" Kitty asked confusedly.

"The marks on your hands," Itachi said. Kitty was silent.

'He saw them nya…what should I do nya?' Kitty asked herself.

'Just tell him THEY did it. It's the truth after all. You don't have to tell him everything,' a voice in her head told her.

'…hai nya,' Kitty thought.

"Hai nya," Kitty told Itachi. She flipped her hands over and Itachi saw the kanji for death was on her left palm and the kanji for dragon was on her arm. The dragon and phoenix kanji looked like tattoos.

"What about the ones on your arms? Did they do those too?" Itachi asked.

"A-ano…not exactly nya," Kitty mumbled. Itachi opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Tobi slamming the door open.

"Kitty-chan!" Tobi called. A paused for a second before saying, "Did Tobi interrupt something?"

"Iie nya!" Kitty cheered as she jumped up. She rushed to Tobi and grabbed his arm. Tobi cheered and turned to leave.

"Oh, Itachi-san!" Tobi said.

"Hn?" Itachi asked.

"We're going to the beach today! We'll be there for a few days, so get packed!" Tobi said as he led Kitty down the hall to the changing room.

'That was close,' Kitty said to herself.

'I told you not to say anything! You were just supposed to nod! Baka!' the voice from before yelled.

'Gomen!' Kitty cried to the voice.

"Kitty-chan?" Tobi asked.

"N-nani nya?" Kitty asked somewhat startled.

"Is Kitty-chan alright?" Tobi asked.

"H-hai nya!" Kitty said with a fake smile. But that smile was good enough to fool Tobi.

"Ok!" Tobi cheered.

He led her inside the changing room and pushed her towards the bathroom. Tobi searched for the outfits that he would pack for her. He heard the shower turn off and grabbed today's outfit. He handed it in and waited for her to get dressed.

Today Kitty wore a simple light pink sundress. It reached her mid-thigh and had spaghetti straps. Tobi put her hair up into pigtails with her bangs loose. He grabbed her arm and rushed out the door. He dragged her around to find everyone to tell them about going to the beach. If they complained, he would pull Kitty into full view and mention her wearing a swimsuit. (A/N: What a bunch of perverts! XD) Everyone met a few hours later in front of the entrance with their bags.

"Is it really a good idea to go to a public beach un?" Deidara asked. He had a point. The members of Akatsuki couldn't show up at a public beach. They would get attacked. Not that they had much to worry about, but it would be annoying.

"It's a private beach complete with a big house on a hill!" Tobi cheered.

(A/N: Let's just skip the traveling, and go straight to the beach!)

"Sugoi nya!" Kitty said when she saw the beach.

"If you think that's great, wait till you see the house!" Tobi said as he ran towards the big house. The house really was amazing. It was big and beautifully decorated. Ten bedrooms (each with their own private bathroom and walk-in closet), two living rooms, one gigantic kitchen, a dining room, and a ball room. There were four floors. Five bedrooms on the top floor, five on the second floor, everything else on the main floor, and a basement. There was a huge backyard complete with a big deck, pool, and hot tub, plus extra lawn space for running around.

Everyone chose their rooms. Itachi planned on sharing a room with Kitty, but Konan grabbed her first. Konan and Kitty shared a room on the top floor. Their room had the biggest closet, bathroom, and it even had a balcony. Itachi chose the room beside theirs. Deidara, Tobi, and Sasori took the remaining rooms on the floor. Hidan, Leader, Kakuzu, Kisame, and Akumu took the rooms on the floor below. Zetsu chose the basement.

By now it was dark, so they spent the night indoors. Konan and Kitty spent most of the night alone in their room. Early the next day, Tobi ran around the house yelling for everyone to get up.

"Time to go to the beach!" he yelled. He didn't stop yelling until Leader threw a brick at his head. It was a direct hit! (A/N: But where'd he get the brick?) Everyone ate and got dressed. They met on the front porch which had a perfect view of the ocean.

The guys were wearing swimming trunks. (A/N: Obviously!) Konan and Kitty were the last to show up. Konan was wearing a white bikini. The guys waited in anticipation at what Kitty was wearing. Konan pulled Kitty into view. Kitty was wearing a two piece. The bottom was black and had a built-in very short skirt. The top was black and had a bikini style, but it covered her stomach.

Konan pulled her past the staring boys and down to the beach. When they snapped out of it, they followed. (A/N: I should probably mention that Leader and Akumu weren't staring. They followed directly behind the girls.)

Tobi went straight for the water. He jumped in with a floating ring around his waist. The ring was bright pink. Kisame followed and swam for deeper waters. Kitty sat beside Konan on a beach towel. She hugged her knees to her chest and watched the water. Leader rubbed sun lotion into Konan's back. Zetsu was sitting under a palm tree. (A/N: I don't care if there aren't any in the area; there are palm trees in this so XP) Kitty watched them all.

"Kitty-chan! Kitty-chan!" Tobi called as he ran up to her.

"Nani nya?" she asked.

"Come swim with Tobi!" he said as he pulled her up.

"Iie nya!" she protested. She tried to pull her arm away, but he wouldn't let go.

"Why not?" Tobi whined.

"Cause I don't know how to swim. I'll drown," she said.

"Tobi will teach you!" he said cheerily. Kitty looked down at his pink ring and looked at him questioningly. How could he possibly teach her to swim if he needed that? "Tobi doesn't need it! Tobi likes it cause it's the same color as Kitty-chan's hair!" Tobi said. Kitty blushed slightly and Tobi grinned under his mask. He started to drag her towards the sea. She squirmed and dug her heels into the sand.

"Iie nya!" she yelled as she tried to break free. Her screams caught the others attention.

"Kudasai, Kitty-chan! Tobi will teach Kitty-chan, ne?" Tobi begged as he got closer to the water.

"Teach her what?" Deidara asked.

"How to swim!" Tobi said cheerfully.

Kitty shook her head as she tried to pull away from Tobi. The water splashed on her legs and she froze. Tobi saw her eyes grow wide and her pupils shrink to needle points. A look of absolute terror crossed her face. She looked distant and then all of a sudden, her claws extended and she clawed Tobi's hands and arms. She looked like a wild animal trying to get out of a hunter's trap. Tobi yelped as he let her go. She turned and ran back to the house. The others watched her in confusion and then looked back at Tobi with glares.

"What did you do, baka?" Konan yelled at him.

"Tobi doesn't know!" Tobi cried. He held his arms up to his chest. His arms were bleeding. "Akumu-san!" Tobi called.

"Nani?" Akumu asked as he walked towards them. He had been separate from the others and hadn't seen what happened.

"What's wrong with Kitty-chan?" Tobi asked. Akumu looked around and noticed the cuts on Tobi's arms. And he noticed that Tobi was standing ankle deep in the water. His eyes grew wide.

"You didn't get her near water, did you?" Akumu asked with a hint of desperation in his voice.

"H-hai," Tobi said nervously.

"BAKA!" Akumu yelled as he looked around, trying to locate Kitty.

"What did Tobi do?" Tobi asked nervously and bordering on panic.

"She's terrified of water!" Akumu yelled at Tobi.

"NANI? NANDE?" Tobi asked in a panic.

"…It's personal. Ask Kitty to tell you," Akumu said.

"Leader-san!" Tobi yelled.

"Tell him," Leader commanded Akumu.

Akumu muttered and glared at Tobi. "Fine, I'll tell you," Akumu said with a defeated sigh. He looked around at them. He noticed Itachi was missing, but he didn't think much of it. Akumu took a deep breath before saying, "Kitty-chan is afraid of water because…"

End of chap 12! hope ya like it! I deleted the last chap 12, and replaced it with this! I didn't like the last bit, so I redid it! Anyway, please R&R! Luv ya! =^^=