Title: This Just Isn't My Day/Chapter Thirteen

By: Ice-Eagle Y'Siri

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto or the Akatuski or anything associated with Naruto.

Summary: Normally, I'm a very calm person. So just imagine me coming home with my friends and the Akatsuki in my living room. And all I wanted was a simple vacation annoying the heck out of the preps next door. Great. Just. Great.

This is just an interlude, so don't get too excited. Another chapter will be out soon, but I wanted to give you guys something before the New Year and I just squeaked by, too!

Hello, all! Been a while...

And really, all of you guys, thanks for your patience, seriously, because I honestly never expected this story to reach 50 reviews, much less a hundred. I know a lot of authors publish their stuff online without being reviewed by anyone, so what I'm trying to say is that I'm really grateful.

But to be really honest, I haven't felt much inspiration for any of my stories *gasp*. Originally, this story was just something for me to write and my best friends to giggle over because I had the temerity that all new fanfic writers did, which was to self-insert as OCs.

Then I started slacking and not writing every day, so then of course I lost inspiration for everything I was writing.

Also, writing on a laptop is a bitch. I like desktop keyboards better.

And you can tell that I haven't written in a while because my grammar (and spelling) is all shot to hell, so please excuse me. I know I said I would renovate my first few chapters, but I look at them now and wince. Once I get over that reaction I'll get them fixed. Promise.

I'm also wondering if I should age my characters some. Because I've been talking to a bunch of fabulous writers throughout FF, and it's one thing if your characters are of legal age (I'm thinking at least 19-20s). It's another if they're 17. That's a little creepy (in my opinion). So now I'm wondering if I should change things up a little when I go back through my first four or five chapters. The age difference thing between Aya and Hidan (and other ninjas with Cat/Rian) would still be there because they're still decades older than the three of them. Thoughts?

Thanks agan (and PM me any suggestions) and don't forget to review!

Rian's POV

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Oh, my God, I thought, Why is Cat's alarm going off at stupid o'clock in the morning? Make it stop.

"Well, it wasn't my idea," Kakuzu's voice echoed through my room and I yelped, sitting up in shock.

"Yes, you were speaking aloud."

I winced.

"Oh. Uh. Sorry?"

I glanced over and saw the shinobi leaning against the doorway, arms crossed. He raised an eyebrow, "You weren't the one that woke me up. Although you'll want to watch that habit of yours."

I winced again and peered around his body, but couldn't see any movement in the hallway-it was still dark. I looked at my clock and sighed at the 5:00 that lit up my room in a soft green glow. Cat, why must you practice your singing so effing early? Rubbing my face, I jumped a little when I looked back up and saw Kakuzu with one foot in my room, the other still in the doorway.

He tilted his head to the side, "May I come in?"

I shrugged, "I can't exactly stop you, now can I?"

"No need to be cynical. Besides, it's polite," the Akatsuki member still hadn't moved from his position. "May I come in?"

"Sure. There's not much to see. Leave the door cracked, though."

I turned on the lamp next to my bed and grabbed the sweatshirt laying on the headboard behind me. I pulled it on while his back was turned. I wore only Soffes and a tanktop to bed, so I felt a little awkward. It wasn't that I was really even that exposed-the day we spent at the beach took care of that-but it was him and I being in my room alone. With so many people living here now, that hadn't exactly happened much. Cat always had her door open talking with someone and Aya was constantly kicking Hidan out of her room. Either one of them (Cat or Aya, that is) seemed to be escaping to my bedroom several times a day to be by themselves or for the three of us to be together. Not to mention I found Kakuzu somewhat attractive.

Thus explaining my slight discomfort.

I yawned as I watched said ninja make a slow circuit of my room, pause at a few items of interest, and sit on my desk chair. I moved out from under the covers, sitting cross-legged on top of them.

"Is this the part where you intimidate me by telling me just what you've learned about me in my room? Because honestly, that would freak me out. Also, that's a little too Sherlock Holmes-ey for my taste."

Kakuzu blinked at me, "No."

I was a little lost, "Soooo...what brings you here at ohmygodo'clock in the morning?"

The ninja shrugged.

I eyed him warily, "So if I went back to bed, you wouldn't pull an Edward and watch me sleep, would you? Because I would definitely have to talk to Konan about that."

He snorted and I put my arms up in surrender, "Well, 'scuse me for asking, shit."

"Swearing is vulgar."

This time I snorted, "Well, considering who you have for a partner, I thought you would have gotten used to it by now. Haven't you guys been working together for years?"

"We all have little things that we find extremely aggravating, Rian-san. Swearing is one of them. Spending money is another," Kakuzu shifted in his seat and I watched the muscles ripple across his body. I found it fascinating to watch ninjas move, because you could tell everything they did conserved their energy to the maximum. Just enough to move, run, change position, and no more. It went beyond body control and discipline to something I knew nobody who wasn't raised to fight since they were young would be able to match.

"You're staring, Rian-san," I looked at Kakuzu's face and saw his cheek twitch.

Narrowing my eyes at him, I accused, "You're laughing at me!"

"There is no sound of amusement coming out of my mouth."

"Inwardly."

"It's impossible to laugh inside of yourself, Rian-san. Stop entertaining such ridiculous notions," the ninja's eyes (which were the perfect shade of green-oh, my God, stop) crinkled a little as I huffed.

"Now you're being difficult."

"I always thought that Aya-san was the easier one to rile up."

I rolled my eyes, "No, actually, it would be Cat. She's a drama kid. Hidan seems to have an easier time getting under Aya's skin than most."

"Where does that leave you, then, Rian-san?"

I moved to the end of the bed so I wouldn't have to project my voice from across the room, "Somewhere in the middle, I suppose." Getting up, I rifled through my sock drawer until I found a pair of green fuzzy socks with grips on the bottom and put them on.

"Well, let's go, then. I want breakfast, preferably a donut or something," I said as I went out the door and down the steps, Kakuzu not that far behind me. "I don't feel like gnawing through a bagel."

"I still find what you eat for breakfast odd."

I shook a finger at him as I stepped into the kitchen and switched on my iPod docked into its charger with built in speakers. I turned up the volume just enough to muffle Cat's voice. Not that I particularly minded hearing her sing, cause she was pretty awesome at it, but hearing the same thing every morning got-repetitive, as a tactful way to put it. Aya would be so proud.

"Don't criticize my food and I won't talk about yours."

"You still wouldn't speak negatively about ours anyway 'cause we'd kill you, un," Deidara bounced in from the back porch and took a seat at the bar overlooking the kitchen.

I rolled my eyes and Kakuzu sighed.

"It's the principal of the thing, moron," The stitched ninja and I shot each other knowing looks which turned into a staring contest. I coughed and looked away just in time to see Deidara smirk.

"Shut up, idjit. Did you eat already?" I opened the pantry and found a package of my favorite donuts, then shut the door. I grabbed a plate from the cabinets, then found a glass and poured myself some orange juice.

"Nope."

I leaned against the counter and looked at the bomb specialist, studiously ignoring Kakuzu as I did so, "Are you hungry?"

"No."

"Guess that should have been my first question."

"Somethin' like that, un."

"Smartass."

"Thanks."

"As you can tell, he still is enough of an idiot to not be able to distinguish the difference between an insult and a compliment. Good morning, Rian-san," Itachi ghosted through the kitchen and back out again, calling out over his shoulder, "I will leave my dishes on the counter when I am done. My thanks. Also, the rabbits outside the house are carnivorous. Don't feed them. And the crabs underneath the deck thank you guys for all the extra bugs that were killed last night."

Above us, we could hear a door slam shut.

Deidara, Kakuzu, and I just looked at each other.

"I think he took Monty Python too close to heart, un," Deidara's eyes had widened a little and I choked.

"Either that or he's just batshit insane."

"I think it is both, Rian-san," I shuddered at Kakuzu's words and he continued, "At least he is on our side. And relatively harmless."

"I think your definition of 'relatively' and my version of 'relatively' are two wildly different things."

"That I can agree on. Hey, boo," I felt arms wrap around me and I knew it was Aya, so I returned her hug.

I was a little taken aback, "I think this is the earliest I've ever seen you awake."

Aya shrugged, "I wanted to see the sunrise at least once before the summer ended and now seemed like as good a time as any. Plus, Cat woke me up."

I snickered and she smirked. Unlike me, Aya wore thin pj pants to bed and a t-shirt (she used to wear shorts, but that was before the random Bedroom Invasions of Hidan) and this morning had pulled a dark blue hoodie over her head. Most of her warderobe was blue or black or dark colors, something I heard through the convoluted Akatsuki grapevine that Hidan was hell-bent on changing.

Ha. Like he'd be successful. Good luck with that.

Not really.

"I want oatmeal," I frowned a little at Aya as she disappeared into the pantry. Aya only wanted oatmeal when she was cold and considering she was from up North, that was exceedingly rare.

"Did Hidan steal the blankets or something?"

I heard something crash and Aya swore. Sticking her head out, she wrinkled her nose at all of us, "This is assuming we're sleeping in the same bed. No, I went outside this morning and it was a little more brisk than I expected. Don't get all excited."

"Aw, damn."

"Bitch."

"Jerk."

Aya laughed as she reemerged and began to make her breakfast. During our banter, Deidara had wandered back outside and Kakuzu was sipping his tea (we made it clear that we didn't drink anything alcoholic, not to mention it was illegal, so on Pein's orders everybody had fallen back to drinking tea instead) and watching us.

"I believe I will go bounty hunting today, Aya-san, Rian-san. I will not be back until late afternoon. Convey this to Pein-sama."

I mock-saluted, "Yes, sir."

And with that he disappeared out the door (which still had a hole in it) and I jumped onto the counter.

"Dude, we can't even get up at indecent hours anymore just to get breakfast without something happening."

Aya cocked her head over her bowl of oatmeal, waiting for it to cool, "Well, Itachi thinking he can talk to crabs and thinking carnivorous rabbits exist in this world is relatively minor, as far as Things That Happen go."

"Point."

"If you're cold I know just how to warm you up, babe," Aya rolled her eyes and jumped onto the counter beside me, ignoring Hidan as he stepped into the room.

I was a little appalled myself, "That was one of the worst pickup lines I've ever heard, and I've heard quite a few. You need to spar with Kakuzu or something; you're getting soft."

"Shut your trap, dammit."

"I'm right, so stop bitching."

"Jashin will take-"

"-my soul and torture it with pleasure in the afterlife, yadda yadda yadda. You need to come up with some new material, man, cause being intimidated by you is no fun if you keep using the same threats and insults," Since I was sitting next to the sink, I leaned over it and rinsed my dishes, setting them aside for me to deal with later.

"She's right, you know," Konan looked amused as she stepped in from the front door, "Good morning, Rian-chan, Aya-chan."

"Morning."

Hidan just huffed and sulked over his jam-covered bagel. Out of all the Akatsuki, he had adapted to the diet change the best and continued to be amused by every culinary challenge that was placed before him.

"Being intimidated isn't supposed to be f-ing fun, Jashin curse you all."

Aya and I both shrugged, "Well, it's fun for us, cause you can't actually kill us. So ha."

Aya grinned at Hidan's frustrated mutters and said cheerfully, "I think today's another movie day. What do you want to see?"

"As long as it's not those damn chipmunks, I don't give a flying f-."

"I wasn't asking for your opinion anyway," Aya snapped and Hidan smiled a little.

I just sighed. Here we go again.

"How about you and I go get dressed and talk about this with Cat later? She should be done relatively soon."

And so we did.

So yeah. There was a teaser from Rian's point of view. The next chaper (which will be an actual chapter, I promise) will be featuring mostly Cat, then back to Aya. Then over to one of the Akatsuki. You guys can pick. Hidan, Deidara, Kisame, Kakuzu, or someone else entirely. Vote by PM or in review-the top two with the most votes will get written first. :)

I hope you guys enjoyed this. I will continue this soon. Spring semester starts this week and I'll get something out within the next two weeks or so. Keep PMing me if I don't have anything by then, because I might forget to post...that's what happened a few times.

Thanks again and please review!

Ice-Eagle