Kakashi stared at the now shattered window of the hokage tower in amazement. He was honestly at loss for words. Either he was stuck in some kind of messed up genjutsu, or Tsunade just threw his laptop out the window at the attacking Akatsuki. She had just thrown the one object with a wealth of information that could give them an edge over their enemies out the window. And oh, never mind the fact she had probably given that albino down there a concussion when said laptop smacked into his forehead at the speed of light, she had just thrown their laptop out of the window! And oh, never mind the fact that his inner thoughts were being incredibly redundant right now, SHE HAD JUST THROWN THEIR LAPTOP OUT THE WINDOW!

"There, that should hold them off for a bit," Tsunade said in an overtly smug voice. Was she actually taking some pride in making such an incredibly stupid move? Why yes, yes she was. Tsunade had finally gone batshit insane.

"...was that really necessary? I mean...please just tell me there's some sort of rational reasoning behind this entirely stupid move. Not to mention the window that needs to be replaced."

"Oh, I do have a perfectly good -" Tsunade was suddenly cut off by the slamming of the door open to the two other Akatsuki. They paused in the doorway, not quite expecting what they saw. They looked between Tsunade, the broken window, Hidan cursing in the village down below, and then back to Tsunade again. There was a baffled awkward silence.

"...Well, right about now we'd have some sort of flashy epic battle with Itachi using his kickass Sharingan powers and the like, but I can see that the object we're supposed to steal has already been upchucked out the window causing brain damage to our friend, so I suppose there's no real reason to attack you. Well, this sucks." Kisame said, after surveying the perplexing scene. "Hey Itachi, let's go."

"Hnn..." Itachi said, but paused before leaving the door, and turned around to Kakashi. "You are my younger brother's sensei, yes?"

"...Yes...why?" Kakashi answered back cautiously.

"Nothing, other than the fact we saw him leaving the gate earlier in the direction of the Sound village, with all his worldly possessions. He seemed to be cursing to himself about teachers with questionable sexual orientation. Did something happen?" Kakashi looked at him for a second before finally answering.

"...wait, you actually care about your brother?" Itachi stared at Kakashi in a way that almost conveyed some form of emotion.

"...never mind." The two walked out of the doorway, slamming the door yet again on the way out.

"Well that was unusual." muttered Kakashi. "Strange, I have some sort of feeling of Déjà Vu about this...as if the fact that Sasuke just ran away and betrayed us all was supposed to have happened earlier, and some godlike force out there completely messed up the timeline and decided to make up for it right now while the getting's good."

"What's unusual is the fact that four S-ranked criminals managed to break into our village and get into the hokage tower, not to mention one of our students just left without anyone noticing! I mean seriously, is security really so lax around here, or is it just me?"

"You do have a point. Naruto managed to evade our security all the time, even though he was a failing Academy student who wore a bright orange jumpsuit," Kakashi mused. Tsunade gave Kakashi a good, long look.

"...we really need to work on that security problem."

"You're telling me."

The four Akatsuki travelling at the speed of plot, had made it well away from Konoho, before they finally began to converse with each other.

"Hey Kakuzu!"

"Yeah?"

"Now that we stole this thingamajigee, wanna take a peak and see why the fuck leader thinks it's so important?"

"No."

"Jeez, you're no fun."

"Shut up."

"Make me, you bastard."

"Someday, I will figure out a way to kill you."

"Ha, you wish!"

"Kakuzu's got a point; you really do need to learn how to shut up."

"Like anybody gives a crap what you think, fish face! You're just mad that you guys didn't have to do anything, because they threw the damn thing out of the window at us!"

"Hitting you right in the forehead."

"Hey, who's side are you on anyway, Kakuzu?"

"..."

"My thoughts exactly Itachi...my thoughts exactly."

"Oh whatever," Hidan huffed, massaging his forehead in displeasure. The flying laptop had left a large, nasty red mark on his forehead, and it hurt like a bitch. And knowing Tsunade, it was probably only going to get worse.

"That looks pretty bad, Hidan. You sure you don't need that looked at?" Kisame questioned, looking at Hidan's swelling red forehead with apprehension.

"Fuck you," Hidan muttered woozily, feeling the blood rushing around his temples. "I feel just fuckin'..." Hidan hit the ground with a loud THUD! He had apparently passed out.

"Great..." muttered Kakuzu. "Now I'm going to have to carry the bastard."

"Bridal style?" Kisame asked in amusement.

"Hell no," Kakuzu answered, picking up Hidan's hapless body to be carried dead-bounty-corpse style.

"Just a suggestion," snickered Kisame, finding the whole situation hilarious. Things like this never happened when it was just him and Itachi - Itachi was always serious. If rolling his eyes was not a way of showing emotion, Itachi would have done it right about now. This was getting just ridiculous.

Back in Konoho, Tsunade was explaining her plan to Kakashi. It was a really insane one, and frankly, it wasn't helping Kakashi's current judgment of his leader's thought process.

"...Tsunade, even if you did heavily filter everything by breaking into the Administrator account, how do you know the Akatsuki won't be able to do the same?"

"Simple. None of them are very good with highly advanced technology like this. Well, neither are we, but the only reason we were able to get the passwords needed was because Ibiki scared them out of the laptop."

"He scared answers out of an inanimate object?"

"He has his ways." Kakashi felt newfound respect in the man. Not many could achieve such skill in interrogation. "With all the filters we've added, all they should be able to access concerning our world is crack theories, gay porn, doujinshi, and crappy fan fiction. Some fanart might be able to filter through as well, but nothing however, will be factual."

"...interesting. The rest of your plan however is completely and entirely insane though. All I'm saying is, I have my reserves with this."

"Let me bring you in on a little secret Kakashi; I've been acquaintances with Jiraiya for a long time, as you know. And when you've been around perverts like him long enough, you begin to realize many things. Trust me when I say, this is going to work."

"Well Lady Tsunade, I trust you," Kakashi said, shaking his head. "I just hope this plan of yours works as well as you say it will."

"Well, we're here," Kisame said, as they stopped in front of their base's secret hideout. "Strange, usually travelling back to the base takes way longer, and some Konoho nin would have usually made it even more long by ambushing us, but today seems to be our lucky day!"

"...I have to admit, it's a change from the norm," Itachi agreed.

"Is this a new base? I haven't been here before." Kakuzu said, eyeing the base as they went inside, still carrying Hidan. The base's entrance was what seemed to be just another rocky side of a mountain. But if you walked in just right, you could seemingly walk right through the mountain's craggy face. It was an unusually well done genjutsu that very few would have noticed. And if they did, they'd most likely end up dead if they got too curious.

"What are you talking about? We've had this base for a while now. It's where we can take breaks in between missions, remember?" Kisame gave Kakuzu a puzzled look.

"We usually use up all our free time on bounties and Hidan's sacrifices. Why didn't anybody tell me we had this?"

"Uh...we just figured you knew." Kisame answered back, as they walked down the main entrance hall towards a door on the side. The door had a sign on it reading 'LEADER'S OFFICE - ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK. IN OTHER WORDS, KNOCK ON THE DOOR BEFORE ENTERING YOU IDIOTS.'

"...Where'd all the money for this come from?" Kakuzu muttered to himself, looking from the tastefully selected blue wallpaper, to the carefully arranged furniture in the living room at the end of the hall.

"...Hmm? Wuzzat?" slurred a voice.

"Ah, you're up," Kakuzu stated, as he unceremoniously dropped his partner on the floor again...the floor covered in what looked like expensive marble tiling...Kakuzu did not like this one bit.

"OW! YOU STUPID FUCKER THAT HURT!" Hidan yelled, as Itachi purposefully knocked on the door, since no one else looked like they were about to. Idiots.

"You can come in," came a voice from inside the office. Itachi opened the door, and the four Akatsuki walked through - though to be exact, three walked, and one limped. Hidan had apparently sprained his ankle with his untimely fall. The office was well lit and spacious, with mahogany wood furnishings, and a lovely shag carpet. Bookshelves lined the walls behind the desk, and many maps and charts were tacked onto the wall. Everything in there was neat and articulately organized, from the papers on his desk, to the files in his filing cabinet. Not a speck of dust was found anywhere, and the office smelled faintly of lemon polish. The reason for the high level of cleanliness was quickly apparent, as behind the seated Main Pein, was Ponytail Pein in a French maid outfit, artfully arranging the bookshelves. Main Pein didn't seem to notice the odd looks he was getting from his subordinates, as he quietly sipped his coffee.

"I'd really like to know how we paid for all this," Kakuzu said, giving Ponytail Pein a look askance...were those really fishnet stockings he was wearing? With high heels of all things?

"Oh hi everybody! Yaaay, you're all back!" The four ninja turned surprised to see Tobi in the room. When did he get here? They hadn't noticed him in the room before...

"Get out," growled Kakuzu.

"Aaaw, you're so mean Kakuzu san! Why can't I stay?" Tobi whined in an excruciatingly annoying voice.

"You're not fully a member of the Akatsuki yet, that's why. Get out," Said Kakuzu, looking thoroughly ticked off.

"Aaaw, fine. I'll go talk to Zetsu then - at least he's not a big meanie!" Tobi then stomped out of the room like a four year old child, and slammed the door.

"Did you really have to be so mean to the little guy?" Kisame asked, looking affronted.

"I don't trust him. It's always the seemingly stupid ones..." Kakuzu muttered darkly.

"Man, you're just being paranoid," Hidan drawled, limping over to one of the cushioned seats in front of Main Pein's desk. "The guy's a total moron, for crying out loud!"

"That's what they all say at first," Kakuzu said with apprehension, setting the captured laptop on the desk. "We've retrieved the laptop from Konoho sir. Anything else?"

"Nothing for now. I've recalled all the Akatsuki to this base, in case any of their skills are needed, and possibly if any of the information gathered deals with them. Until they get here, take a break. Enjoy the hot springs on the lower levels, if you'd like."

"...Wait," Kakuzu said, staring at their leader. "This base has hot springs?"

"Only the best. We hired in some experts from the Village Hidden in the Hot Springs. They did a fantastic job!" Pein looked rather proud of the fact.

"...You've got to be kidding me."

"They're very relaxing." Everyone turned to Itachi who had hardly spoken two words during the entire meeting. "...Well they are."

(A/N)

Thanks for all the alerts and favorites, everybody! I would really like to hear your opinions on the story so far though, so if you could review, I'd be really happy. Constructive critiscm is accepted here. I'm not about to bitch someone out who's trying to help me, so be my guest.

On a different note, in the next chapter, the madness with the Akatsuki begins! Meanwhile, in the real world, the effects of the laptop having gone over to the Naruworld are starting to become apparent in unusual ways on the other side...stay tuned, and hope you enjoy!