Hey guys. Long time no see, huh? Well school has started and so has updates! I don't have a perfectly working laptop, and all I will be using it for now is to upload new chapters. If you hadn't realized it yet I am now working alone on the story. I'm sorry it's taken so long but after Crillix abandoned the story I wasn't really motivated to write until school started up again. Weird right? Sure they might not be coming out as fast as they did before, but that's also due to the facts that 1.) I use my phone to write the chapters, then send the chapter to myself via e-mail and then edit the story on my laptop. and 2.) I'm working alone. I'll have writers block every now and again but I'm seeing my story to the end. I've given so much to Kage and Mioko and Ton and all of my other characters and Ships. I've bought ( Yes, bought as in with fucking money ) Crillix's characters that will be used in the story. Why did I BUY them you ask? One reason is because I want free will over what I write. With her characters I wouldn't have been allowed to change them in any way. So, now they are my characters. Plain and Simple. This account will be renamed seeing how I feel I deserve the change and that it's no longer a partnership effort. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, you guys are the main reason I wanted to continue. I ensure you if anything goes wrong I'll update to let you guys know. I apologize for the long Long LONG wait and here you go!

P.S. I really want to re-write the chapters previously written. Just go over them and correct any spelling errors or any errors in general. The next time I get writer's block I'll do that.

I do not own any original Naruto characters!

Everything was peaceful. Dark and quiet. The shadow of feet stretched under the door from the lightened hallway. The doorknob turned silently and, quietly, Kisame walked in. He carried a silver tray with two glasses of water in his right hand along with a small radio in the other. Light pooled into the room; only leaving the occupied bed in the dark. The blue-toned shinobi frowned slightly as he placed the tray on the nightstand by the bed. He sat on a wooden chair close by and fiddled with the radio. Kage had been unconscious for two days and still hasn't made any visible signs of waking up.

When she had hit her head, the only thing they could do is stop the bleeding and wrap it up since none of the Akatsuki could preform medical ninjutsu.

If Sasori would have been here, he could have put a cleaning remedy on it, or even Kakuzu with his stitching abilities.

'God how useless we are.' Kisame thought to himself. He was really starting to like this girl. Not in a touchy-feely, "I want to be more than friends" kind of way.

He was starting to like her like he liked Itatchi: a really good friend.

Sure they hadn't talked much or even known each other that well, but, well, this girl just attracted him to her.

The man was lost in thought when the woman stirred. She groaned after a bit of moving; god how her body was stiff. Kage slowly opened her eyes and gazed around the room when they adjusted. Someone was in her room. Her smokey blue orbs landed on Kisame sitting in the chair next to her bed.

"K-Kisame." Her throat was dry and scratchy.

That shook him from his thoughts and startled him. Immediately he held a button on the radio. "Hey, she's awake!" His voice was filled with relief.

"K-Kisame." Kage struggled again. "C-can I please have some w-water?"

He quickly grabbed the glass and helped her sit up. Once she was propped up by his hands she took the glass and gulped its contents down. Not sparing a drop of water she motioned to the other glass on the nightstand. Kisame handed that to her as well, and isn't like the other she swiftly drank it.

Pein, Konan and Itatchi entered the room wordlessly; the sudden presence of the large amount of different chakras caused the blonde to cringe. The orange haired leader motioned to the Uchiha. The dark haired man scanned her over with his beautiful red eyes, searching for any visible wouldn't they could have missed.

He shook his head and took a step back.

"Kage," Pein's deep voice was booming in her ears. "how are you feeling?"

With a rehydrated throat, it wasn't as painful to talk. "I feel stiff. Like I was laying in wet moss and then the desert sun." They didn't understand that. Kage took a shaky hand and placed it above her wrapped wound on her head. A soft green aura surrounded the area as it healed. After a moment she allowed her hand to drop and she slumped over herself.

"How long have I been asleep?" She questioned. It didnt matter who answered.

"Two days." Konan replied. Worry and relief were evident in her tone. "Do you need anything?"

"Food." She tried to joke. Her throat had become dry again, causing her to choke on the words and cough.

Kisame smirked. "I know what'll cheer you up."

.:.:.:.

Kage had healed her sore muscles as he waited for her meal to arrive. It was only Two o'clock in the afternoon, so the request for soup wasn't as odd.

Soon enough a large bowl was brought to her; the mixed aroma of cream, potatoes and herbs filled the room quickly, and just like Kisame said, she was instantly cheered up. Hidan brought her soup, and the attire he wore was priceless.

* FLASHBACK *

"Dude to cook you have to wear it.

No one wants old, grandpa-looking hair in their food." Kisame persuaded smoothly.

Hidan growled; rage appearing on his features. "I don't want to fucking cook it! This is fucking stupid!" He didn't even hear the Shark-Shinobi's insult.

"She's your partner." Itatchi said blankly. "The instructions to make it are right there, and Kisame is right. Not wearing it would be a health hazard."

* END *

The silver-haired Jashinist growled at her abrupt laughter.

He was wearing a hairnet and an apron. The apron was white decorated with pink polka-dots and a pink kitten that was designed to say "My cooking is PURRfect!"

Kage snickered, failing to hide her amusement with his getup.

"FUCK OFF!" Hidan growled as he walked to her. He dropped the tray holding the soup and a glass of water into her lap.

"I'm sorry!" The Diamond-user wiped away a stray tear. "I just never expected you if all people to be wearing something like that."

He growled again. "It's not like I had a fucking choice! It's the only fucking apron we have!" He ripped the hairnet from his head and threw it into the trash can in her room.

"Oh? Alright." She shrugged and took a bite sized cube of potatoe and shoved it into her mouth. It was surprisingly good, enough to be "purrfect".

Soon she was finished; leaving the white porcelain bowl with only a few drops of the liquid from the soup. Kage stretched and groaned happily. "Thanks Hidan." She threw the blanket from over her after moving the tray saide and stood.

"Are you sure you should be fucking moving?" He said with annoyance. The blonde stood on the tips of her toes and stretched her arms above her head.

"Oh yeah it's fine." She planted her heels into the ground with a smile. "I was just a little stiff and whole you were cooking I was healing my head wound." Her fingers curled around the wrappings and pulled them off. Cool air hit her head once she did so.

"I'm going to take a shower." She grabbed her only clean pair of clothes.

It was then Hidan actually looked at her; still wearing the small outfit from two days ago. "What the fuck ever." He rolled his eyes and took the tray.

Both left the room, only they went in different directions down the hallway.

"You're gonna look damn good in a fucking maid's outfit!" Hidan howled as he landed a blow to the girl's stomach.

Kage ducked, ignoring the pain in her middle, as he brought his leg up to kick her to the ground. She firmly planted her hands around his calf. "It'll be hilarious to see you in a maid's costume!" She straightened out her body and spun her right foot opposite if her left. Hidan was forced over her and roughly met with the ground. Before he could retaliate, she picked him up again by his right leg and threw him into the far wall.

They were in one of the training rooms of the Akatsuki's base. An audience of Kisame, Itatchi, Tobo and Deidara gathered along the far wall to spectate. The bet they had made three days prior was in action, all thanks to Hidan's big mouth. You know, that dirty dirty mouth he has. A deal between Kage and Hidan was made before the match as well: Loser is the winner's "Bitch" for 7, full-24-hour days. The only twist was that the days were chosen by the winner. It was like calling on a genie 7 times and getting wishing powers that lasted 24 hours.

The Jashinist shot at her with an excellent speed and knocked her down with his fist. "Maybe I'll fucking make you give me some action like that damn bomber got!" He smirked while bringing down a tight fist that aimed for her head.

Kage's eyes widened; not at his actions, but at his words. She moved her head to the right and scowled when small crater was made just where her head was. "What are you talking about? I never did anything with Deidara!"

Her puzzled expression made Hidan burst with laughter. He raised his left fist and aimed for her head again. "That day you fucking knocked yourself out- two damn days ago, that asshole fondled you fucking everywhere. That's why his fucking arm got how it did." He brought his fist down and slammed it into her; dust and debris filled the air from the impact, making the Jashinist smirk.

"Looks like we win, Hm!" Deidara smirked widely at his taller, blue-hued friend.

Kisame smiled a sharp toothy grin and folded his arms over his chest. "Look again you idiot."

Hidan's smirk, that was previously plastered to his face, vanished as the dust cleared. Kage's facial expression was one of pure seriousness and emitted darkness. Her eyes where normal though. The silver haired male looked to his fist; Kage had moved her head out of the way and caught his blow with her right hand. Her broken-looking fingers had a death grip on his hand and he could feel her rolling his knuckles in an aggitated manner. "It's over." He heard Kisame chuckle lowly.

His magenta orbs shrunk as her foot came in contact with his stomach; sending him back-first, flying into the ceiling. Rock and dust showered her as she slowly rose from her position on the ground. Dirt was sprinkled over her entire body, and a few thick streams of blood ran down her chin, neck and chest from her mouth. She stood, right arm limp, and watched as Hidan's unconscious body fall to the ground.

"We won." Itatchi stated simply.

Deidara's jaw was tightly clamped. That idiot couldn't beat a girl, cost him his money and forced him to be Kisame and Itatchi's bitch. There was no telling what the shark had in store for him. No less that damned Uchiha. He turned slightly to yell at Hidan, though was met with fiery blue. A very familiar blue with a dash of smokey grey.

"What-" he barely managed before a quick fist made contact with his nose. The sound of bone crunching and fragments scraping against one another pounded through the blondes ears, and he was pushed halfway through the stone wall behind him.

Two males hung limp and unconscious within the room now; within an eight second timespan from one another. Tobi shrunk slightly and took a step back.

"Who else touched me." The words dripped like poison.

Kisame frowned. "We weren't even in the room when it happened." He explained simply, scratching his head. "That fight was great though- you got us a nice lot of money coming in now, and a couple of puppets."

"What do you mean?" He anger diminished quickly. Kisame was starting to grow on her, as well as Itatchi, Pein's and Konan. The others could fuck off.

Tobo could fuck off.

"A bet was made between the two of us and the two of them." Itatchi explained. "They give us half of their next pay and are our errand boys for the next few days."

"When Bomber Boy over here wakes up," he nudged Deidara's body with his foot. "he'll be wearing a puffy little dress and dancing."

Tobi shook slightly. "Tobi shouldn't have agreed with Deidara-Sempai! Tobi wants to quit! Tobi changes his bet to Kage-San!"

"You can't switch teams now Tobi!" Kisame spat. "The fights over. You lose, we win! The more you whine the more embarrassing stuff I'm going to make you do!"

Tobi stopped at that. The female frowned tightly at him. Why was he here anyway? Pein entered the room with Konan then; obviously upset at the state of the training grounds. "What's going on?"

"That idiot of a Jashinist egged Girly into fighting. She kicked his ass though." Kisame stated as if it wasn't a big deal.

The orange-haired leader nodded. "Clean it up then. You don't have any work to do right now, after all. Kage." He then turned to the light blonde woman. "I have a mission for you, though." His body turned; legs carrying him out of the training room.

She hesitated for a moment. Why? Just why? She had just woken up from a two day sleep and he still hadn't gone shopping. Grudgingly, though without complaining, she followed the Akatsuki leader out and to his office.

( Hey guys I'm sorry but there will be a lot of cutscenes until I get to a high-climatic chapter. There might even be a lot of cutscenes then. I'm sorry.. but it's hard to tie everything perfectly together by yourself..)

The woman walked into the common room quietly. She was to leave two days from now; enough time for her to buy new clothes and other essentials, though a bother since she had to go alone. The job was a simple one at least. Top secret apparently too.

The four males were lounging around the common room. Hidan and Deidara sprawled out into comfortable position on the two couches.

"Hey Girly." Kisame waved. "What's going on?"

She shrugged and began to make her way to the door. "Nothing. I leave in two days, that's all."

She heard Hidan grumble a bit. "By yourself? What the fuck can you do?"

"She kicked your sorry ass, Un." Deidara said blandly before directing his blue eyes to the girl. "Sorry for touching you, Hm." He grumbled.

"It's fine." She raised a hand to open the door.

Itatchi watched her turn the handle and open it; a small breeze flowing into the room. "Where are you going now?" His partner beat him to the question.

"I needed to buy clothes three days ago, and couldn't." She glared. "Better to go now before I leave."

The blue hued man lifted his large body from his chair and smiled a toothy grin. "I'm gonna come with you, and so is Itatchi." He declared; giving his partner the same expression.

"Why?"

"Well for one you don't know where you're going." He pointed out. "And two we need to pick out Deidara's and Tobi's outfits for the next three days."

"Alright." The blonde shrugged and continued on.

Kisame and the Uchiha followed; ignoring the death glare filled with hate directed at them from the blonde bomber.

Though it was rainy, the three Akatsuki walked down the streets dry; thanks to a veil of wind Kage had conjured after they left.

Many stores and shops had glowing signs stating that try were indeed open, and in certain places- the market for instance- was crowded with people that were mostly women. The blonde walked between the two males; gawking at the amount of stores.

Kisame lead the other two into a store with a pink neon sign, glowing "Debut XO" on it. Once observing the merchandise available in the store- she nearly choked.

"What the?" Kage coughed from shock. Outfits for those wanting to seduce their loved one or so hung on the bright pink walls. The air was a mixed scent of musky fruit and lavender, and was heavy to breath. Girls shopped around holding their chosen items or walking into the changing room near the back of the store.

"Hello!" A young woman, perhaps 17 or 18 greeted with much enthusiasm. "Welcome to Debut! Where you can make your sexy debut to your lover!"

Kage was frozen stiff. The shock of the stores contents forcing her eyes to pop and her to freeze.

"So are you here to purchase something sexy for your men here?" The younger woman purred.

A high squeak forced its way from the gem-user as her body twitched once violently. She then fell limp and landed on the floor with a 'thud'; redder than the deep Uchiha Sharingan.

Kisame laughed widely at the unfolding events before him. He's eyes watered from the amount of amusement and his arms clutched his sides. Itatchi looked from the lightly twitching body to the girl and frowned. "No. She is new here, and he lead us here."

After a minute the shark-influenced man gasped for a breath. "Actually were here to find something tight and revealing for two others." He then bursted with laughter again.

"Oh! I see!" She smiled, not knowing what he actually meant. "Well we have an abundance of items you may like."

Itatchi shook his head at his partner. "Pick out what you'd like, Kisame. I don't care really." He then looked over to the girl slowly coming back to herself. "I'll take her to the store she needs."

"Alright, alright." He waved, following the clerk further into the store. "I'm going to pick out something embarrassing though!"

The Uchiha let out a soft sigh. It didnt matter to him what was forced onto the losing team; all he wanted was to prove he was correct.