Hey guys…guess what this means?

Give up?

It's simple: I'VE DECIDED TO KEEP WRITING.

I'm officially interested in writing this story again. :) Once again, I can't say it will be updated often, but it WILL be updated.

This is my first time writing with the girls and the Akatsuki in, um, a little over a year. So I might be a bit rusty, but I'll try. ^^;

Please enjoy: The first OFFICIAL chapter…of Kitty Karma.

Also, I would like to note: I will still be doing the occasional POV switch. However, in this case, I'll try to keep it to just the girls or third person unless it's a special situation, and I will do EVERYTHING in my power to keep everyone in-character and to keep the POV switches to minimum within chapters.

Yume's POV

I felt like I had a hangover to end all hangovers when I woke up. I had no idea why, though, because the only time I've ever drank anything was at Rachel's bachelorette party, when the loneliness was still raw and I didn't care. I will never drink like that again.

But that's beside the point because when I woke up, I was somewhere very familiar. It was a cool temperature—not cold, but noticeably cooler than average room temperature—and the walls were gray. There were no windows, just some lights on the ceiling.

There was one bed in the room, a queen-sized with a plain black comforter and white sheets. I was lying on that bed with Shizuka, Kagami, and Haruka.

And then a voice I'd thought I'd never hear again spoke up from across the room.

"It's about time you woke up. I guess the jutsu took more out of you than I could have guessed."

I immediately sat up and nearly screamed from happiness because right there was a blue haired woman in an Akatsuki cloak with a flower in her hair and an amused smile.

I'm a straight girl, but I could've kissed her right then and there.

"K…K…KONAN?!"

"Good to see you too, Yume."

I pretty much glomped her right about then, squealing and hugging her and grinning. Because I knew what seeing Konan meant. It meant that the others had to be somewhere nearby…right?

"Konan…has anyone…you know…died?" I felt my voice crack a bit as I asked that. Please say no. Please not Deidara, please not anyone, I don't want anyone of you guys to be dead…

"No. The information you gave us was perfect. We haven't yet caught the Three-Tails, but Hidan and Kakuzu succeeded in capturing the Two-Tails. They did kill Asuma, as you warned us they would, but they avoided the second fight that would have been their demise."

I sighed in relief. None of them were dead. That was good. Though it did suck about Asuma.

"Wait, you guys only managed to get the Two-Tails?! It's been six months! Are you guys really that slow at your job?"

Konan raised an eyebrow. "Six months? What are you talking about? It's only been three."

"Wait…son of a…so time moves differently here? We had to suffer in loneliness TWICE as long as you guys?! That's not fair!" A faint whine had entered my voice.

"True, but let me tell you, it was the longest three months of my life with those boys moping around—"

"KONAN!"

Konan once again found herself on the ground, courtesy of Kagami delivering a flying tackle from across the room that would make any football player proud.

"Ah…Kagami, please get off…"

It took about five more minutes before Shizuka and Haruka were up as well, and Konan had to practically barricade us in her room so we wouldn't run off around the base and get lost.

"But…I, I wanna see Itachi-sama! I haven't seen him in months!" Kagami protested. Haruka nodded.

"And I missed M-...my Tobi-kun. I need to see him!" She added, having to quickly change her slip up. It probably wasn't necessary with Konan, but you never knew.

The blue-haired woman smiled a bit.

"Look, I just don't want you girls getting lost in here. There's a lot of rooms and hallways, and I don't think the boys would be happy to find out I'd let their crazy girlfriends wander off. Especially you, Yume, I know how bad your sense of direction is."

I couldn't argue with that.

"Speaking of which…how have they been doing the past few months?" I asked, feeling worried given Deidara's, uh, suicidal tendencies in relation to his art. Konan's face fell slightly.

"They…haven't been doing the best. Sasori hasn't spoken a word since we got back. Not one. Even Itachi speaks more than him, and he's just been speaking with 'hn' and 'yes' or 'no.' Right back to how he was before he met Kagami, only more so. Deidara has no interest in his art anymore. He doesn't argue with Sasori and he doesn't fight Tobi. And Tobi's been quiet. He doesn't run around annoying anyone anymore, and he spends a lot of time in his room. They ALL spend a lot of time in their rooms."

Well damn.

"Good to know we weren't the only ones depressed, I guess." Shizuka said with a sad sort of smile. "But what are we going to do since apparently you won't let us leave the room? What's your plan?"

Konan smiled and held up her hand, motioning to the ring on her finger.

"Zetsu has a chakra link to all of the rings to Akatsuki members. In that way, he's able to show up when necessary for a clean-up or a retrieval because he's aware of it. We can send messages whenever necessary in that manner. And speaking of which…"

We all about fell over as said plant man rose up from the ground, looking over at us with a smile on the white half of his face.

"Oh, well isn't this a surprise? About time, now they'll stop whining. Oh, hush. It will be interesting to see their reactions, that's for sure. True."

I grinned at him. "Hey, Zetsu."

"Hello, Yume. Shizuka. Haruka. And Kagami." The speaking in turn was a little creepy, though.

Zetsu turned and looked at Konan. "So, Konan, what do you want us to do? It better not be a waste of our time."

"Go tell the other members to meet in the main room. Don't tell them why, just say it's for a meeting. Let me know when they're all in there."

"Understood." The two sides spoke in unison and Zetsu sank back into the floor.

"…am I the only one completely freaked out by him? Like, even when he lived with us?" Kagami asked after a few minutes. Shizuka smacked her hand to the back of Kagami's head, a move only safe to perform when no frying pans were around.

"Probably not, but you could stand to be more polite about it!"

"Ow! Damn it, Zuka-chan, don't do that! Geez!"

And once again we were waiting, talking with Konan and catching up on things. It seemed like the only member who hadn't missed us that much was Pain, the jerk. Hidan and Kisame were a bit more subdued in general when it came to their bloodlust and perverted-ness and spoke fondly of us. Kakuzu and Zetsu mostly just discussed the finer moments involving Kagami beating some members senseless.

Yep. Good times.

Aside from Asuma's death—which did bother me a bit, I mean, it would have been even easier to avoid an unfortunate end if they HADN'T killed him—nothing major or plot-related had happened. Itachi had Konan fix the worst of his illness thought, and even if his eyes were still bad, it was a great improvement. Kagami was thrilled.

And it had been Konan's idea to perform the jutsu to bring us here. She apologized for the lack of warning, discomfort, and the fact that she didn't know if we could get back, but we shushed her. It was worth it, at least for now. We could figure out going home some other time. As cold as it seems, we just missed those criminals that much.

In return, we told her what had been going on in our world. We admitted depression, talked about Courtney's slight change of heart (Konan found that hard to believe) and that not only were Masaru and Rachel married, but Rachel was two months pregnant at the time we'd left because, in Kagami's words, "those two don't waste any time!" Hopefully we'd get back home to see the baby, at the very least.

Finally, after what felt like forever, Zetsu re-appeared and nearly gave Kagami a heart attack by appearing directly behind her.

"They're all waiting. They're not too pleased about not being told what's going on, though. Oh, but they will be. We'll meet you when you come out there."

"Right. Thank you, Zetsu."

And then he/they was gone again.

We were all pretty much jumping up and down, anxious to go out there as Konan turned to look at us.

"Alright, I'm going to be right behind you, okay? The main room is just down this hallway—take a right when you leave the room—and then take a left at the end of it. One more right and the main room is the door at the end of that hall."

Apparently the base is a maze. That's a good sign for me. NOT.

The second Konan finished speaking, Kagami was off past her like a shot, screaming "ITACHI-SAMA!" at the top of her lungs as she ran.

After a moment of shock, the rest of us ran right after her.

We barely managed to keep her in sight, and Haruka and I were both winded when we got to the room. Shizuka was in better shape due to her gymnastics class making her a bit more athletic, but Haruka and I were lazy asses that really need to work out more.

But we didn't need to be athletes to see the guys we've missed for ages…

Third Person POV

"What the fuck are we even doing out here?!" Hidan snapped, annoyed. He'd been training with Kakuzu when they'd gotten called in by Zetsu, who had come up underneath the Jashinist and nearly bitten his leg off when a scythe had been swung in his direction.

"Hn." Itachi shrugged his shoulders, not really looking at anyone. Deidara sighed bitterly, his chin resting on one of his hands which was less creepy than it sounds due to him being able to control the mouths.

Sasori was staring off into space, his eyes seeming unfocused. He was as silent as he had been for these past few months, and now was no different. But he seemed to be thoughtful and vacant all the time. It was rare to see him outside of his room anymore.

Tobi was sitting in an arm chair, curled up and hugging his knees like a little kid. Behind the mask, he was annoyed but curious as to why Konan had called them out there.

Zetsu rose up from the floor just as Kisame opened his mouth to ask what was going on, but before the shark man got a word out, they heard a shriek from somewhere in the base. A very girly shriek that sounded nothing like Konan. It sounded like "ITACHI-SAMA!" And the voice was very familiar. So familiar, in fact, that the Uchiha immediately raised his head in shock and got to his feet.

"Did that sound like—" Kakuzu started, only for his sentence to be cut off in the form of a blonde streak running into the room and pretty much flying into Itachi's arms, knocking him off balance and almost causing both of them to crash to the floor.

No one was sure to react to the scene of Kagami Hanshin, a girl they'd assumed they'd never see again, clutching at Itachi for dear life and sobbing his name into his cloak. The Uchiha stared as well, blinking as though he couldn't believe this girl was in his arms, before he suddenly seemed to relax, his eyes softening and his mouth going into something similar to a smile before he closed his eyes and held her close, murmuring softly.

"Kagami-chan…finally…I thought…" He couldn't even finish his sentences, his voice softer than usual for the rare use of his voice. He pressed his lips against hers instead, silencing her sobs and sealing the moment as a reality.

Deidara, Tobi, and Sasori immediately sat upright. If Kagami was here, then that could only mean ALL the girls were there.

As if on cue, three more girls ran into the room. One with purple braids stood in the doorway, gasping heavily for breath for a few moments. A green-haired girl that seemed much less tired ran in as well, immediately scanning the room until her eyes settled on Sasori. And a black haired girl that was much taller and curvier than memory served ran in and, without even stopping, flung herself at Tobi.

"Tobi-kun!"

"Haruka-chan!"

The masked man had jumped up and met her halfway, catching her in a big hug and spinning around happily before falling back in his arm chair, cuddling her tightly in his lap and adjusting his mask, holding it so only she could see his grinning face before kissing her. No one even cared to look his way with curiosity because of the scene.

Deidara jumped to his feet and ran to Yume, who had just caught her breath, immediately grabbing her shoulders and turning her head to look at him. Blue eyes stared into pale eyes that didn't quite match for a long moment. Then his face broke out into a grin and he crushed her to him, just holding her close and whispering her name repeatedly as she shook, all the emotions that had been smothered by excitement from earlier coming out in a full flood.

After regaining control of himself, he turned her to face him and they kissed, slow and soft and sweet. The perfect kiss to give someone you'd missed so much.

Finally Shizuka. She had taken one look at Sasori and he stood up, the two immediately walking towards each other. She tried to keep herself in restraint. After all, she was mature, and he was mature, and, and…oh, screw it.

"Sasori-san…" Her voice cracked slightly, but before she could take another step, Sasori pulled her to him in a tight hug, his arms around her waist and his chin on her shoulder. The red-haired puppeteer's face was blank for a long moment, but it slowly softened into a smile and he closed his eyes, unable to feel but happy to know she was there.

"Shizuka-chan…you know I'm not a patient man, don't you?" Hearing his voice for the first time in three months caused everyone to look over at him. Well, everyone that wasn't occupied at least.

Shizuka smiled, blinking as tears dripped down her face.

"I'm sorry I kept you waiting, Sasori-san…it was not my intention, believe me…"

No one would think kissing someone made of wood could be pleasant, but Shizuka could prove them wrong with how she pressed her lips to his and they just held on to each other, more emotional than any could guess.

After a stunned pause after all of that, Kisame spoke up with a grin.

"Well damn, it's about time! Do you have any idea how boring it's been around here for the past three months? Finally they have emotion again!"

Kagami pulled away to give him a dirty look from Itachi's lap, sniffling. Her voice was thick even as she said "Shut up, Kisame, I can find a skillet in minutes."

Hidan and Kisame both burst out laughing and Kakuzu grinned beneath his mask, even Zetsu chuckled. Konan also laughed lightly and Pain—who had just entered the room—smirked slightly.

The Akatsuki was back to normal, or as normal as they could be, all because four not-so-normal girls had shown up once again to turn their lives to chaos.

AJHAKJSDHFA I HATE THAT ENDING LINE. ARGH. IT FEELS SO AWKWARD.

I'm so rusty with these guys. D: This chapter is kind of there to show sweet mushy fluff, or at least the continuation of it. It will continue with a bit more detail next chapter, I promise. These next chapters might be a bit slow while I get used to writing romance again with these guys.

I'm not too bothered by it, though. It feels like a bit of an info-dump, but I needed to refresh my memory. And potentially you guys' memories as well.

Also, I have a HUGE, IMPORTANT QUESTION. IT'S IN ALL CAPS SO IT'S IMPORTANT:

Madara or Obito? Which would you guys prefer? I mean, Tobi is Obito in canon and I have a very slight idea to add that to the story. However, it's hard for me to think of him as Madara, and that's honestly my preference at this point. I started with Madara and I very much want to end with Madara, dang it! But I want to know what you guys think: Stick with canon, or follow through with what it was in the original Akatsukitties? I feel bothered with having to suddenly switch to Obito, but I also dislike deviating from canon too much more than I have. That's my logic for having Asuma be dead…it's a pretty big plot point. ._.

So, your thoughts? I'd love to hear them.

I'm also stopping the quote thing—that was the silly childish me from a good year and a half ago. I may continue with asking you questions after each chapter, or I may decide to do fun facts instead.

I hope you all enjoyed this short, awkward chapter. It's the first one I've written in ages and I'm surprised by how natural it felt to do so. This pleases me.

Review and enjoy, my lovelies. You're the reason I have inspiration to write. :)