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Chapter 20

To celebrate getting up to 20 chapters, this is gonna be a holiday chapter! And the lucky holiday is *drum roll* Halloween! So please enjoy~!

Tobi was sent on a mission, so Itachi had fewer interruptions with Kitty. However, he never got the chance to kiss her. A few days later, Tobi came back. He burst in the door the next morning yelling, "Tomorrow's Halloween!"

"What's Halloween nya?" Kitty asked as she tilted her head to the side.

"It's a holiday when you dress up in costumes, go trick-or-treating for candy, have a party, and try to scare everyone!" Tobi explained excitedly.

"Sounds fun nya," Kitty said with a big grin. What really caught her attention was "candy." She nearly drooled at the thought of all the chocolate.

"We gotta find you a cute costume!" Tobi yelled excitedly. He grabbed Kitty and dragged her out of the room and down the hall. He pulled her into the dressing room and sat her down in the chair. She watched him go through countless outfits, throwing everything in a rejection pile.

"Ano…what are you looking for nya?" Kitty asked.

"A costume for you, of course!" Tobi said excitedly, grinning behind his mask. "But there's nothing good here. We're gonna have to go shopping for one…to Kakuzu-san!" Tobi yelled as he grabbed Kitty and ran out. Itachi was waiting outside the door as usual. Tobi ran down the hall and Itachi followed.

The trio ran all around the base looking for Kakuzu. When they finally found him walking down a hall, Tobi prepped Kitty and pushed her towards him. She bumped into him and Tobi dragged Itachi around the corner to watch.

"G-Gomen nya," Kitty said nervously.

"Daijoubu," Kakuzu said. "What are you doing here alone?"

"I-I…I w-wanted to ask you…for a f-favor nya…" she said as she nibbled on her bottom lip.

"Nani?"

"I-I need…some m-money for a c-costume nya…"

"…did Tobi put you up to this?"

"…h-hai nya…" she said as her ears drooped and she looked down.

"…how much?" he asked. He couldn't resist those sad eyes.

"At least thirty dollars!" Tobi yelled from his hiding spot.

"Thirty?" Kakuzu asked. He thought about it for a moment, and then he got an idea. "No, I'll just go with you. I don't trust Tobi with my money," he said with a pointed glare at Tobi.

"Hai nya!" Kitty said as she hugged Kakuzu. He stared at her for a few moments before hugging her. She nuzzled him, and if he had been a weaker man, he would have blushed.

Kitty smiled up at him before running over to Itachi and Tobi. Kakuzu was a little sad that she left, but he didn't let it show, and he wouldn't have admitted it.

Later that day, Tobi, Itachi, Kakuzu and Kitty walked to the nearby town. Tobi dragged them all around the town searching for the perfect costume for Kitty. Tobi was determined to find something really cute for Kitty. He tried school girl uniforms, waitress uniforms, and even nurse uniforms. Then he decided to go for something a little scarier, but still cute. He finally picked a costume for her to try on and pushed her into the changing room. When she came out, she was dressed as a witch, but it was a little big on her. The hat fell onto her eyes, the sleeves on the cloak were too long, and the broom was six inches taller than her. But all that made it even cuter.

"KAWAII!" Tobi yelled as he glomped Kitty. Kakuzu and Itachi approved and they bought the costume. Tobi was so excited that they found the perfect costume for Kitty, that he completely forgot about getting costumes for himself or anyone else.

"Does Kitty-chan want a ride home?" Tobi asked.

"W-well…I-I…" Kitty started nervously.

"No need to be shy! Tobi will carry you!" Tobi volunteered.

Kitty glanced at Kakuzu before saying, "Maybe Ka-kun could…since he bought the costume nya…"

"B-But he doesn't even want to!" Tobi whined.

"Oh nya…" Kitty said as her ears drooped.

"I never said I didn't," Kakuzu said.

"N-Nani? Y-you want to carry her?" Tobi asked worriedly.

"Sure," Kakuzu said as he leaned down to Kitty. "You would like that, ne?"

"H-hai nya," she answered with a slight blush. Kakuzu nodded and crouched down, and Kitty climbed onto his back. He then stood and continued walking back to the base. Itachi walked behind them, pretending not to watch. Tobi sulked and followed slowly.

"Why did you want me to carry you?" Kakuzu asked.

"Because…you gave up something you love for me nya…and Tobi-kun and Ita-kun are always so happy when they carry me nya…so I thought you would be happier if you did nya…" Kitty explained.

"I see…"

"Does it make you happier nya?"

"…Hai."

"Good nya," Kitty said with a giggle.

Kakuzu couldn't stop the small smile that tugged at his lips. But he decided he didn't want to stop it. He just didn't want anyone to see it…anyone except Kitty…he wouldn't mind if she saw him smile…it would probably make her happy too…she might even giggle again.

(Sorry about this, but TIME SKIP! It's now Halloween!)

Itachi woke up to see Kitty still curled up against him. There was no noise, no sign of Tobi at all. The perfect morning. He just hoped it would last. He heard Kitty whimper, so he petted her. She calmed down instantly and purred quietly. He continued to pet her and she nuzzled him. He could hear her breathing change, indicating that she was waking up. He held her and prayed that Tobi would stay away for just a few more minutes.

"Nya," Kitty said with a yawn. She opened her big red eyes and looked up at Itachi with a small smile. She nuzzled him, he petted her, she purred. It was a perfect moment and Itachi was sure that Tobi would interrupt them at any moment. But Tobi didn't come. Itachi and Kitty got up some time later. Itachi didn't know why Tobi didn't come, but he really didn't care and he was thankful for it.

They got dressed and went to the kitchen for breakfast. They then found out what Tobi had been doing all morning. He was decorating for Halloween. Tobi noticed them walking in and he rushed over.

"What do you think, Kitty-chan?" Tobi asked excitedly.

"It looks great nya," she said with a smile.

Tobi glomped her and span around until he tripped and fell on top of Kitty. He braced his weight on his arms and knees so he wouldn't crush her. He smirked under his mask and let himself press up against Kitty. She turned bright red and tried to squirm away. When Itachi heard her whimper, he felt his anger rise and his eye twitched. He grabbed Tobi's collar and yanked him off of Kitty. Tobi whined until he saw Itachi's face, Itachi's very pissed off face.

"Daijoubu, Kitty?" Itachi asked.

"H-Hai nya," She answered quietly.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Itachi asked Tobi, barely resisting the urge to pound that stupid orange mask into Tobi's skull.

"I-I didn't m-mean too!" Tobi sputtered out.

Itachi growled and dropped Tobi, and then he helped Kitty stand up. Tobi watched angrily as Itachi petted Kitty. She nuzzled Itachi and purred, which nearly made Tobi lose control.

'How dare he even touch MY kitty-chan! He'll pay for that!' Tobi thought.

(The rest of the day isn't really important, so we're just gonna skip to that night. Ready? TIME SKIP!)

Everyone met in the living room in their costumes. Tobi had picked out costumes for everyone and let's just say…he almost died. So they all got to pick their own costumes out of what they already had. (WARNING! These costumes may be very cliché, but it had already taken so long to get this far…so yeah…) Konan was dressed as an angel, Leader was a devil, Tobi was a ghost (and I do mean the bed sheet ghost X3),Sasori was an English gentleman, Deidara was a pirate, Kakuzu was a mummy, Hidan was a zombie, Akumu was a werewolf, Zetsu was a tree (yeah…don't ask *sweatdrop*), Kisame was a water dragon, and Itachi was a vampire.

"Why the f* are we doin this again?" Hidan asked.

"Cause it makes Kitty-chan happy!" Tobi said as he pointed to Kitty, who was nearly squealing with joy.

"Fine, what the hell," Hidan said with something between a grunt and a sigh.

Tobi grabbed Kitty's hand and ran outside and towards the nearest village. The others followed at a slower pace. Tobi and Kitty ran around to every house and got tons of candy. The others went to a few houses after Kitty asked them to get more into it.

After the Trick-or-Treating was over, they went back to the base and had a party. There were games, food, TONS of sweets, music, and there were even Halloween movies playing. Tobi put his plan into motion. He set up "spin the bottle" and gave kitty a magnetic paperclip. He told the others and they were more than willing to play. Now he just had to convince Kitty to play. And to make it more difficult, she disappeared just before he could ask her.

"Kitty-chan's missing!" Tobi yelled.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and started looking for Kitty. They searched everywhere with no sign of her anywhere. Tobi was so depressed. He was finally gonna get a kiss from Kitty, but now she was gone. He cried waterfall tears for several minutes.

Itachi later found Kitty on the roof. She was just lying there, staring at the stars.

"Hey," Itachi said as he walked over to her.

"Konnichiwa nya," she said without taking her eyes off the sky.

"What are you doing up here?"

"I needed to get away from the chaos nya."

"You know, the others are worried about you."

"I'll apologize later nya."

"Daijoubu?"

"Hai nya…nande nya?"

"You're acting weird."

"Gomen nya…"

"What's wrong?"

"…It was just too overwhelming nya…"

Itachi hugged her and lied down beside her. She nuzzled him and curled up beside him. The moment was building, they could both feel it. Would they actually be able to…kiss? Could it actually happen this time? Or would they be interrupted again? They inched closer and paused just before their lips touched, waiting to see if Tobi would find them and ruin the moment again….Nothing. Just when they had finally realized Tobi wouldn't disturb them, they heard someone climbing onto the roof.

"So there you are un!" Deidara said.

"What the hell do you want?" Itachi asked with an eye twitch and slight growl.

"I-I…I was trying to find Kitty-chan…that's what we were supposed to do…" Deidara explained nervously.

"She's found. Go now and tell the others," Itachi snapped at him. He was really getting sick of all the stupid interruptions. Why couldn't they just leave them alone?

End of chapter 20! Hope ya like it! Well...at least it wasn't Tobi! Anyway, hope ya like this holiday chapter and a few more comin' up soon! Let's see...Christmas, New Years, Valentines...yep lots of fun! And maybe then someone can finally kiss Kitty! *shock!* Anyway, srry it took so long. I got so close to finishing, but I kept getting delayed. And then when I tried to update, it screwed up! T-T I'm REALLY sorry! But enough of my excuses, please R&R, but no flames! Luv ya, bye~! =^^=