AN: I´m going awake for the weekend so i give you this chapter as a gift =) I´ll try and update again on monday =)

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Chapter Thirteen

The next morning my alarm woke me early, at six o´clock. All the others had already left even if Hidan hadn´t wanted to leave me. But I explained some things to him and after a while he gave in.

I took a fast shower using a shampoo that smelled like watermelon before dressing in a cute dress. The dress was a light blue, tight fitting from the waist up and flowing from the waist to right above my knees. It had a halter neck and a white satin band right beneath my breasts.

I put on some light makeup and curled my hair before making my way to the kitchen. I intended to give Kisame breakfast in bed.

Around eight o´clock I carried a tray with pancakes, orange juice, coffee, some fresh fruit and a freshly baked cupcake with a single candle on. I had also put a vase of fresh roses and a small present on the tray.

I silently entered Kisames bedroom and put the tray on his desk before trying to wake him up. I carefully climbed up in bed with him before lightly shaking his shoulder.

"Kisa… wake up." I didn´t actually think he would wake up from that but he did, and not in the way I had expected. He more or less attacked me, pinning me to the bed beneath his body.

"Kitten?" His surprise was evident but I only gave him a smile and said. "Happy Birthday Kisa!" At first he didn´t even move, he only stared at me but then he rolled over on his back, putting an arm over his face. "You promised not to throw me a party kitten." I smiled even bigger, I had anticipated this reaction.

"I didn´t, it´s just you and me here. We´re alone all day!" I told him happily. "For real?" It was apparent Kisame didn´t believe me yet. "Yes, and I intend to show you how nice a birthday could be so that maybe we can throw you a party next year."

Finally he smiled. "I like how you think kitten." I smiled even bigger before jumping off his bed and giving him his breakfast tray. His eyes got big and he looked at me, asking. "Did you make this kitten?" I nodded and watched him eat, happy that he seemed to like it. And it was absolutely adorable to see him blush when he unwrapped the chain necklace i had gotten for him.

The day passed in the same happy filled haze as it started and when the day ended I was happy to know that I had actually helped Kisame overcome his problem with birthdays. And I hadn´t even triggered a bad memory.

I couple days later Pein finally allowed me to do a patrol in the company of Kisame and Kakuzu. Hidan worked that night and Konan had an art show so nobody was going to be home anyway. Or it might have been that he let me go because Kakuzu were going, so that I had my own personal medic on site.

We were going to patrol the docks and with my history, we expected trouble. We didn´t have to wait long.

We were out on one of the piers, investigating some mysterious crates when sound members cut off our way back, trapping us. "Damn kitten, you a sound magnet or something?" Kisame asked me, both humor and seriousness clear in his voice. I didn´t have any time answering him, the sound attacked and this time they knew how to fight.

We were outnumbered five to one but hey, at least we got to use all the things we learned in our training sessions. I knocked out two of the guys fighting me and threw a third one into the ocean. One of the remaining two landed a kick on my right shoulder, dislocating it. I grunted in pain and then swore loudly. "Dammit not again!"

Since my right arm was now useless, it made fighting a lot harder. But not impossible. I knocked one of them out with a devastating left hook and tried to do the same to the other one, but he evaded me. He picked me up with a grip around the waist and then tossed me into the ocean. Now I could swim decently, but with only one working arm? Not so much.

I went beneath the surface and struggled to get up again. I kicked myself up and managed to get a few deep breaths before I went under once more. The waves made it even more difficult and the water was freezing, making my movements sluggish and uncoordinated.

I got up enough to get a few more breaths and heard Kisame yell. "She´s in the water!" and then a splash before I once again sank beneath the surface.

And this time, no matter how much I kicked, I couldn´t get my head above the surface.

Just as I was about to run out of air, strong arms wrapped around me, dragging me upwards. We broke the surface and I gulped down air while at the same time trying to cough up sea water. I was disoriented and numb from the cold but I still felt a strong body move next to mine, dragging me back to the pier.

Warm hands gripped my upper arms and attempted to lift me out of the water but when I screamed in pain they immediately released me again. I was turned around in the water and came eye to eye with Kakuzu, his brown hair wet and plastered against his face. "What´s wrong Sakura?" "Dis…located my shou…lder ag…ain." I told him through shattering teeth.

He nodded. "Okay, Kisame grab her around the waist when I lift her up." "Sure." Came Kisames answer from above us. Kakuzu then dived and wrapped his arms around my thighs instead before pushing up, raising me from the water. Kisames hands then gripped my waist lifting me up even more so that I finally was back on the pier. He then reached down again and helped Kakuzu up.

As soon as Kakuzu got out of the water he picked me up and he and Kisame rushed back to the car. "What´s…the hu…rry?" I asked them and Kisame answered.

"The water is really cold for this season; we have to get you and Kakuzu warm again before you get hypothermia." I looked closer at Kakuzu and realized that his lips were turning blue and that he was shaking real bad. It made me confused, why wasn´t I shaking?

I asked them that and once again Kisame answered. "That's bad you know, since you spent more time in the water you´re colder than him and therefore you´re no longer shaking. You will start shaking when you´re temperature goes up and you can actually feel how cold you are."

We reached the car and Kisame sat behind the wheel, starting up the car and blasting heat on the backseat. Before Kakuzu allowed me to get in the car he gripped my shoulder and upper arm and without warning, popped my shoulder back into place.

I swore loudly as tears started streaming down my face, that hurt a lot more than usual and I didn´t even notice as Kakuzu scooped me up and sat in the backseat with me in his lap, trying to warm me. "Sorry but I had to fix your shoulder before you started shaking, you could have hurt yourself worse if I hadn´t." He explained to me while wrapping his arms around me.

"But why does it hurt so much more than usual?" I whispered with my forehead resting against his collar bone, clutching his soaked shirt, willing the tears to stop. "Because you´re so cold Sakura…" His voice softened but then grew worried as he saw I was about to fall asleep. "Sakura? Sakura stay awake!" His words did little to me and I heard him yell to Kisame to drive faster.

"What´s wrong with her?" He asked worriedly. "I´m not sure… It may be hypothermia but she doesn´t feel that cold…" He got silent then before telling something to Kisame that I didn´t hear. But then he whispered something in my ear that confused me. "Forgive me for this…"

Then he pressed really hard against my recently dislocated shoulder making me scream in pain once again.

Now his apology made sense.

I don´t remember much of the car ride back home, only pain and Kakuzus whispered apologies. When the car finally stopped, the pain went away and I slumped against Kakuzu, his arms holding me tightly against him.

"Go and call Pein, tell him what happened but not to worry, then make us some food please?" Kakuzu told Kisame before taking me to mine and Hidans bathroom. He drew a bath for us and then stripped down to his boxers before stripping me down to my underwear as well. He then picked me up and sat down in the tub with me once again in his lap.

I whimpered as the water burned me, making Kakuzu involuntarily tighten his hold on me. "Shh… It´s okay Sakura…" His voice calmed me and I did my best to relax. But my shoulder was killing me and I started to shiver, tears fell from my eyes still, I hurt so, so bad.

But the shivering stopped after a while as warmth once again spread through my body and I found that thinking was a lot easier as well.

I followed one of the scars on his arm with my finger, wondering where he got them all from. They were rather wide and white and I could see where the stiches had been. He had those scars all over his body even on his face, that´s why he so often wore a mask.

"Where did you get these?" I asked him, my voice hoarse after all the crying and screaming. "You really want to know?" He asked and I nodded before leaning my head against his shoulder.

"It happened while I was in the navy; I got to close to a landmine going off. It more or less shredded me to bits, sending me to the hospital for about two years. When I recovered I got in on the navy medic training and I continued my time in the navy as a medic. That´s where I was when I met the rest of the gang." He explained to me and I smiled up at him. "That has to be the most edited story I´ve ever been told, nevertheless it explained your scars efficiently."

We were silent for a while before Kakuzu said that it was okay to get up. "I´m going to give you a pretty strong painkiller but you have to eat first." He told me before going to his own room to dry off and dress.

I dried off and put on some clean underwear and a pair of dark green cotton pajama pants. I didn´t put on a shirt so that Kakuzu would have easier access to my shoulder. I tried to brush my hair but soon realized that I couldn´t, my shoulder hurt too much.

I knock sounded on the door before it opened and Kisame entered, carrying enough food for all three of us. "Kisa!" I exclaimed, very happy to see him. "I need your help."

"Sure thing kitten, what can I do?" He replied with a smile on his lips and relief in his eyes. It seems like he had trouble handling me in pain and was now relieved that I had stopped screaming and crying.

"Brush my hair." I told him and he obediently sat down behind me, brush in hand. As he brushed my hair in long, even strokes I decided that I had to ask him to do this more often.

If I were a cat I would have purred.

Soon another knock sounded and Kakuzu reentered, now dressed in black sweatpants and a white wife beater. Kisame put away my hairbrush and we all sat down to eat before we did anything else, we were all starving.

After our meal Kakuzu examined my shoulder, I was gritting my teeth against the pain and hoping he hadn´t made it worse by pressing on it the whole ride back here. He was soon finished and as he smeared on a pain relieving cream he told me. "It should be fine in a day or two, no permanent damage."

He made me meet his eyes before telling me. "I´m really sorry for what I had to do in the car but I couldn´t let you fall asleep." I only nodded. "It´s alright Kazu, I understand why you did it. It´s okay."

He gave me a small, hesitant smile before giving me a pill telling me. "Take this and try to get some sleep, I´ll check on you later." Then both he and Kisame left my bedroom.

I swallowed the pill with some water before pulling on a dark brown tank top and lying down on the bed, trying to get some sleep.

But an hour later I still hadn´t slept, in fact, I wasn´t even tired. Instead I felt a bit dizzy, almost as if I was drunk. I was even starting to feel a bit giddy. I got up from the bed, giving up on sleep. I looked at myself in the mirror; my green eyes were red and a bit puffy. I felt the need to giggle; with a little bit of imagination my eyes were like a pale version of Kakuzus red and green ones.

I went into the bathroom, looking in the mirror there as well. This time I looked at my hair, threading my fingers through it. It almost reached my lower back. I found a scissor and giggled as I cut my hair off along my chin, making it a jagged pixie style.

When I was done I threw the scissor at Hidans bathroom door, it stuck there which I found absolutely hilarious.

I left the bathroom in search of more things to do to entertain me. In the back of my mind I realized that I probably wasn´t supposed to react like this but at the same time I didn´t care. In fact I was having a lot of fun.

I made my way to the living room and started to look through the movie cabinet for a good movie to watch. I didn´t find one but I did pull out all of the 400 movies, spreading them throughout the whole living room.

Then I moved to the kitchen where I made a pyramid of drinking glasses. Too bad I "accidently" kicked away one of the glasses from the lowest level, making the whole pyramid crashing against the kitchen floor. "Oops!" I laughed and quickly ran away as I heard Kisame and Kakuzu approaching.

I went to the garage just as Pein and Konan came home. I hid in the shadows and as soon as they were on the way towards the door I launched myself at Peins back, clinging to him much like a koala bear.

"Hi Pein! Hi Konan!" I yelled in their ears. Pein was frozen in the spot, not moving an inch and Konan just looked at me with wide eyes. Then they looked at each other and Konan asked out loud. "What happened to her? Is she drunk? And what happened to her hair?"

"I cut my hair!" I told her happily but then felt as I was about to cry. "Don´t you like it?" Konan took one look at my trembling lower lip before assuring me. "Of course I like it Sakura, but have you been drinking?" My face lit up with a smile again and I told her. "That´s my little secret and I won´t tell you."

"Pein smell her breath, if she has been drinking I´m going to kill Kisame and Kakuzu. Hadn´t there been some sort of trouble on their patrol?" Pein nodded. "Yeah, Kisame told me something about dislocated shoulders and hypothermia but she doesn´t seem hurt…" Konan then looked at me sternly and told me. "Sakura breathe on Peins face please?" I giggled again and answered her. "Only because you ask so nicely Konan-chan!"

I leaned forward over his shoulder as he turned his head but instead of just breathing on him, I gave him a quick kiss on the lips shocking both him and Konan. I giggled again at the look on their faces. "Aww! Is Konan-chan jealous?" I didn´t wait for her to answer, instead I leaned away from Pein and gave her a kiss on the lips as well. "Now it´s even!" I exclaimed, extremely happy with myself.

"Let´s just go find Kakuzu, he can probably explain." Pein said after he recovered from my assault. "He better." Was Konans simple response before they started walking again. I still clung to Peins back now singing to myself as I bounced up and down.

When Pein and Konan walked toward the kitchen, I could hear Kakuzus and Kisames voices. I giggled again and the faces they made when Pein entered the kitchen with me on his back were hilarious.

Before they got a chance to say anything I launched myself on Kisame, making him catch me midair. I planted a kiss on his lips before doing the same to Kakuzu. Then I jumped down and in a flash ran out of the kitchen before they had time to stop me. The last thing I heard was Kisame asking Kakuzu. "What the hell did you give her before?!"

I laughed again now making my way to Peins office. In his office I found a bunch of important looking papers that I generously wrote my signature on. I then continued to the pool which I made into a giant bubble bath. Then I slowly made my way to the attic.

It was dark and dusty but I happily skipped in, not noticing that the door shut behind me. I played around for a while before getting bored, but when I tried to open the door again it wouldn´t budge.

I was still high on my painkillers so I only shrugged and instead climbed out of a window, entering the roof instead. I walked around, trying to find another way down when Hidans car pulled up in front of the house making me yell. "Hi Hidan come up and play with me!" I think I scared him because he yelled something I didn´t hear. "What?!" I yelled back, leaning over the edge trying to hear him.

Then I slipped.

I don´t really know what was going through my head as I fell but it certainly wasn´t death. I giggled. All the way down until I landed on something both soft and hard, making me lose my breath. It grunted at the impact and it breathed and was warm. It appeared as Hidan had caught me.

I looked up to see his face, he looked both scared, angry and relieved at the same time. It made me giggle again. "Hi Hidan!" I said once again, making him look at me as if I had lost my mind.

"What happened?" He asked and I giggled as I told him about the ambush, the dip in the ocean, my dislocated shoulder, the bath with Kakuzu, Kisame brushing my hair and last about the pill Kakuzu gave me. Then I told him about all the fun stuff I had done like cutting my hair, playing with the movies, building a pyramid, kissing, signing papers, making a bubble bath and getting locked in the attic.

When I was done I leaned really close to his face, shamelessly kissing him before looking into his eyes, telling him. "You have really pretty eyes!" He only sighed, picking me up and carrying me back inside. He found the others still in the kitchen and they all just stared at him as he entered with me.

I once again launched myself at Kisame, yelling. "Kisa! Kisa! Guess what!? I can almost fly!" He only stared at me until Hidan explained that I had fell from the roof, then his arms locked around me keeping me in place. I didn´t like it one bit.

I squirmed a bit as Kakuzu finally told them the story, ending with that he had given me a strong painkiller that was meant to make me fall asleep, not making me hyper. I had had enough of Kisame holding me in place so I gave him my best evil smile and then bit him hard enough to draw blood.

He of course let go of me and I immediately darted away, to bad I didn´t get very far before Hidan caught me. "Oh, you´re no fun…" I whined but then settled in his arms, it was quite cozy in fact.

"What should we do? She can´t run around like this all night, she can get hurt!" Konan said but Pein told her. "I don´t think we have to worry about that, she looks quite calm now to me." They all looked at me, I had cuddled up against Hidans warm chest, his arms keeping me in place and I was about to fall asleep.

"That settles it, good night everyone." Hidan said and walked away in the direction of his bedroom. The soft rocking movements made me even sleepier and I was asleep before he reached his bedroom.