Hellloooo theeeerrreee! Hiiiiii!

REALLLYY REALLLY SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE…

You see, I've been busy. Last Sunday, I tried my best to stay awake but I was just too dog tired…

Then my friends and I had a SLLLEEEPPOVVVAAAA! Yep… Only got four or so hours of sleep… Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Ok, I'm sorry, these are all just excuses… I'MMM SOOO SOOORRRYYYY! *kowtows to you*

If you don't know what kowtow means… well, google it.

Anyways, Enjoy!

P.S

I might not update nxt week… Going on a shor hoiday… yeahh.. I'll try my best to make the chapter longer!

Till next time!

Bec

So. Here I am stuck with one and a half idiots to take care of. I could at least sympathize with Deidara. Tobi was definitely getting on my nerves. The boy in question was, at the moment, dancing around in the pool splashing water onto the statue in the fountain. The statue was of some weird looking cupid babies vomiting water into a pool filled with water, dead birds and rusted pennies. Definitely my favourite fountain.

"BEC-CHAN! COME JOIN ME! PLLEEEAASSSEEEE? DEIDARA-CHAN TOO!"

Deidara banged his head into the wall that he had been leaning on. He left a very very visible crack on the hard cement wall. His face was scrunched up and I could tell that he was very obviously bleeding all over his shoulder. He straightened up and looked right at me, muttering, " I'm going to find something to blow up." What choice did I have but to let him leave. Had I disallowed him from leaving, I'm pretty sure, from the dark look on his face, I would've been the one to blow up into a million pieces.

And here I am. Sitting on this bench listening to a psychopath babble about random stuff, calling my name almost once every few seconds. There was only a few things I could do about my current predicament. I was bored. And pissed. And really feeling the urge to strangle the life out o the crazy boy-man-thing.

So. I chose the least safe and most probably going to lead to my death choice; I cracked my neck and stared at the masked boy. To be totally honest, we shouldn't have brought him. And it wasn't because he was annoying(well, not entirely), but rather, it was because that orange lollipop mask of his was attracting way too much attention to ourselves. I frowned at Tobi and muttered, " I know that you know that I know that you're Obito." Immediately, I felt something that made a shiver travel down my spine.

"Oh, really? Bec-chan knows?" Tobi cocked his head to a side, as if trying to keep up appearences. But his normal, none helium-fuelled, voice leaked into his speech. He got up from the fountain and promptly sat beside me, seemingly staring at me. If I had to imagine, I could see a smirk on his knowing face.

"Oh, and how do you know that I know?" He whispered huskily.

"I.. I saw you sneak into the room last night." For the first time in my life of dangerous jobs that could've probably killed me, I felt the sting of fear overcome me. It wasn't to fun I have to say. But my mind immediately cleared of emotion. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

"I see. I was actually hoping to keep that as a secret a little longer but oh well." He shrugged. "On the other hand, I quite enjoy your company." I opened one eye and stared at him curiously.

He continued his analysis of me. " You, seem quite interesting. No emotions. Seemingly no connections. I wonder what kind of story I can get from you." He gazed fixedly at me, as if trying to force me to answer.

"I have nothing to say to you." I murmured.

He nodded to himself before continueing, " You are quite interesting. Out of the three of you girls, you are the most mysterious and the one who captures my attention. Felix is the physically weak but emotionally overflowing girl with incredibly naïve motherliness. Alex is the colourful, and highly useless girl. She doesn't provide anything worthwhile. But you, you I'm not sure of. Your heart is locked up into a cage of ice. Yet you seem to still rely on them. For what reasons, I don't know. You interest me so I'll keep you alive. For now."

"NO! Leave them out of this!" I growled, but he had planted a seed of doubt in the back of my mind. I did seem to be void of emotions. I didn't have any family. And in the friend department, I have but two friends. I never did want to have more than d=that. I never planned to have any in the first place. No doubt, this psychopath's analysis of me was definitely accurate. And it pissed me off.

Alex

I finally managed to pick out forty plus pairs of shirts that fit the Akatsuki. Normally, I was the type to be picky. But today, I, like Bec, was pissed out of my mind. I had to drag a struggling Hidan wherever I went and he was fucking getting on my nerves. I'd already expended the amount of duct tape that I had on with me but he was still putting up such a fucking fight!

"MMMM-MMMHHHMMM!"

I'm sure he was probably cursing the hell out of me but man, he had so much damn stamina. And, he was heavy as hell, goddamnit! It was pissing me off. Another thing was the weird stares that Hidan was attracting for me. I guess people aroung here don't normally see a duct tape cocoon looking thing that had a silver haired head sticking out of it. I wasn't able to finish his head. It would have been great to stick wonderful duct tape onto this fucking irritating guy's head and pull it out quick. Hehe… duct tape, world's most versatile object…

Anywho, I was done. Almost. I had to pay for the shirts and I must sat. Even though we bought it from the cheapest most cheapest, shirts in America, it cost a good four hundred and fifty dollar. Man, these unexpected guests were taking quite a chunk out of our bank account. As is, that four hundred and fifty bucks was about half of our shared bank account. Damn. We'll have to rob a bank if we're going to continue host these idiots. Totally not worth it. At least the part with Hidan isn't. He was way cooler in the anime…

Felix had said that we were supposed to meet at the weird looking fon=untain thing with weird looking cherub things 'flying'. Man, what was with these peoples' sense of interior designing, goddamnit?

I was, however, having quite a big problem. Forty shirts weren't quite as easy to hold in one hand as I had thought. I glanced at the still wriggling Hidan and sighed. I bent down and meticulously pulled the duct tape from his body, earning myself some 'MM-HMMM's of pain. Hehe… those few minuted it took me to 'undo' what I had done to the baka was satisfying as shit. Too bad it didn't last too long. As soon as all the duct tape was off me, Hidan grabbed my collar and shook me violently, as though I was merely a rag doll. Damn, it frustrated me that he was so fucking strong. Oh well.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR, BITCH?"

"IT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE SO FUCKING IRRITATING THAT'S WHY!"

The whole scream fest thing was earning us quite a few stares of hatred and parents covering their children's ears. How naïve. They'd eventually learn those words anyway. But, apparently, our fighting had caught the attention of a mall cop. And that guy, he fit the exact stereotype of mall cops. Obese, holding an oversized donut that looked extremely sinful, and he was even on one of those fancy pants Segway things. Damn.

"What in the world are the two of you doing? You're making a lot of people uncomfortable and I'm not sure I'm quite comfortable with it. If the two of you do not stop, I will chase the two of you out of here."

Hidan let go of me abrubtly and made me almost fall. Almost being keyword. I glared at him fiercely. Any idiot could see that hidan was going to beat up this mall cop guy. I slipped between him and the cop and elbowed Hidan in the guts. Damn straight. Made him freaking scream like a little girl I did. Probably just surprised rather than in pain but, let me just have this victory. I could feel a chill go down my spine. Probably. No. definitely his glare. I calmed my self and gently said to the mall cop in as unassuming a voice as possible, "We're really sorry for causing so much trouble for you. I promise we're never going to do this again. I promise!" I ended it with as sweet a smile as possible. The mall cop smiled at me, not sensing the sarcasm that I'd subtley laced into my words. He nodded at me and threw one last glance at the towering man standing behind me. Then, he promptly left.

Hidan looked at me, quite impressed by my situation handling.

I shrugged and said, "What? I used to get into a lot of trouble."

Felix

I took a glance at my watch. It was about time to go. I placed the book I had been reading onto the counter gently and paid for the book.

"Hello again, Luke." I beamed at him. He nodded, smiling back. He pushed his spectacles up and handed the book to me. He glanced behind me and narrowed his eyes.

"Is that guy stalking you or something? He has been staring at you very intently for the past hour that you'v been here. Is he bothering you? If he is, tell me, ok? I'll chase him away for you." He whispered under his breath. I waved my hand at him shaking my head vigorously. He nodded his head, but he was most definitely still suspicious. I shepherded Itachi out of the store, waving a hasty goodbye to Luke.

When we left I pulled Itachi away from the shop quickly. I stood at the fountain panting a little. Had I not have left the shop briskly, Luke might have recognised to a certain extent, that Itachi wasn't exactly from here. His more… Peculiar attitude definitely would attract some unwanted attention.

I pulled out my cellphone and swiftly typed out a message.

'Meet you guys where our cars are'

I felt a little bit on the uncomfortable side as Itachi peeked curiously over my shoulder at my cell, which probably seemed as foreign to him as his world to ours. I blushed as I felt h is breath on my ears. I instinctively pulled away and pulled him towards the general direction of where I had parked the car. As a whole, I could feel the confusion rolling off of Itachi. But as you can see, I'm not the kind that gets very used to the presence of… well, guys…

Anyhow, Itachi and I reached the car park at record speed. We were way earlier than everybody else so Itachi and I just spent the time awkwardly staring into blank space.

Itachi

As Felix led, or rather, pulled me towards the general direction of nowhere, I felt a pang of pain. Was I asking for too much? Dida murderer like me deserve something like this? Something so fragile? Would she break when I left?

I didn't want to think about it. But… but she reminded me of… of how Sasuke had been when he was young. Before I began carrying this guilt. Felix, I had an innate need to protect. To care for her.

Was I being selfish?