OMg guys please don't hate me I know its been years but I am going to try and update more often "But Shard you say that every time" Well I fully intend to do this now. I'm back home with my mum. After 2 years living with my ex partner. ANYWAYS. This is just going to be mostly a flash back chapter. To bring you all up to speed. Introduce James a bit more. I do apologise, I have not written anything in a long time and my grammar may be appalling.

Whelp. I hope you all enjoy 3

Chapter 9

~Flashback~

"..9…10…11…" James said rhythmically whilst covering his eyes, "..12….13…14….15"

Shard could here his deep voice throughout the entire house. Resonating in her bones. She was nestling into her toys although there weren't many toys in the room she nestled into them none the less. Shifting her body to look like one of her fluffy wolf plushies.

"…21…22…23…24…25!" James bellowed, "Ready or not! Here I come!"

Shard went into a mannequin state, eyes glassing over and a toothy grin plastered on her face. Trying with all her might to stop her tail from quivering with excitement.

"Where are you 'Shchenok'*?" James cooed,

She could hear him upstairs walking around. Even though he was stepping lightly she could here the dust popping underneath his foot.

The sounds of cupboards opening and closing, she couldn't help but giggle as he was looking on the entirely wrong floor.

This was a daily game they played with one another. It had been a few months since the incident, since moving into the home. Her and James are like siblings, they argue, they play and he looks after her.

Shard had learned a lot about James, she knew he was 39 years old, that he raised his three younger siblings after his parents died in a car accident. James was 15 years old raising an 8, 5 and a 4 year old.

All of his sisters grew up to be quite respectable women that took no shit from anyone.

James never married but instead put his time and effort to building his physical strength, being a tall man with the height of 6'8".

Not before long he became a great bodyguard. He was sort after by the biggest people, trying to get his protection. But at the age of 34, Sebastian hired James as a Personal Bodyguard; with a lifetime contract and all the money in the world, James found he enjoyed working beside Sebastian. Came to see him, as a brother and their relationship became that.

When he volunteered to become Shard's Guardian for the meantime, he couldn't of felt prouder than to help this Orphan.

James has taught Shard how to make many dishes and her favourite thus far was the morning porridge with eggs and bacon.

They would eat that most mornings and Shard would cook it sometimes as well, seeing as she wakes up before James.

She would wake up from nightmares, surprisingly she never woke James up with her screams, assuming the room is incredibly insulated or subconsciously she screams into her pillow.

By the time Shard wakes up, her throat is raw and her pillow is saturated with tears. Never remembering her nightmares she just gets on with the day. Growing more mature everyday even though she was only 13.

~Present~

"So…Child, are you willing to do anything?" Pein ventured, as he watched the crying teenager,

A grin started slowly forming on Shard's tearful face, pupils turning to slits with anger and pain,

"Tsch," Shard clicked her tongue against the back of her teeth, she was still kneeling naked in front of Luka's broken body, bleeding and lifeless. Shard's red flowing hair draping across her naked form, tail curling around her knees, tears spattering on the ground, "I will do anything to bring Luka back."

Placing a clawed hand on Luka's chest, not having fully reverted back to her 'human' form black claws protruded from her nail beds, claws of the beast; Shard seared her friends skin, leaving a glowing handprint where her chakra started to seep into Luka's lifeless body.

"I can teach you how to bring her back, in exchange you become ours." Pein bargained,

"Whatever you need.." Shard breathed as she rose to her feet, hair freely flowing down her back, waving in the breeze just above the base of her tail, hair draping over her bare breasts.

The hand print glowed on Luka's chest as the red chakra visibly can be seen going through her veins, bringing colour back to her skin.

Pein bent down next to where Shard was standing and with a touch with of his index finger to her chest where Shards print was; he boosted the chakra bubbling through Luka's veins, making her heart start pumping.

"Shard.. Put your hands over the wound on her head and focus on making your chakra regenerate the lost tissue." Pein explained in a low voice,

Padding to where Luka's head lay, Shard knelt down completely unashamed of her naked form in front of the Akatsuki's leader, as well as the entire group.

Placing her clawed hands over Luka's temples where the entrance wound and the exit wound was, feeling the warmth of the chakra being forced through her body made Shard feel like her friend was still alive.

Looking down into the pixies dulled pink eyes, her blue fringe caked with blood from the wounds.

Focusing on chakra gathering in her palms, she willed for the hole in her friends' head to mend itself with the coaxing help of the chakra.

Shard's tail swished behind her kicking up dust as she rested on her knees, her hands started to pulsate with the red chakra. Trying to control her chakra to a pinpoint location, she was having a tough time having the wild chakra being pushed into the hole, making the tissue reconstruct.

~Flashback~

"Come on 'Shchenok'*" James lectured, "We've got to do something for Christmas, don't you want to get your Uncle anything?"

It was now early December in 2008, only 5 months after moving to the home in Canada. Winter was set in and the outdoor terrain was covered in white snow.

Shard shook her head violently from left to right, she didn't feel comfortable going out and getting gifts for people.

"You can wear your beanie and giant coat that I got for you a couple weeks ago, no-one will be able to tell what you actually look like." James chided,

"What if someone actually does see me though 'Staryy volk'**.." Shard urged,

"Don't you Old Wolf me 'Shchenok', we will be fine." James decided, "Go on, and go get your warm clothes on and the outerwear."

Shard's ears drooped as she sighed, heading up the stairs to her room.

She could hear James getting everything together to go for a shopping trip off the mountain. He dialled the number for Sebastian's company to bring a helicopter to the mountain and pick them up.

Shard closed the door and started to get changed out of her comfy clothes and started changing into her long sleeve shirts and track pants. Going into her walk in robe she grabbed the giant faux fur lined coat from the rack and one of her thick slouch beanies.

The coat was specifically made for her, there was a pouch where her tail could fit and no be restricted at all, the pouch is in-between the outer layer and the inner layer. Lined with faux fur as well so it's cosy and warm.

Pulling her beanie on over her ears and made her way back down the stairs.

James had finished getting the list together of what he wanted to get his sisters. Now they were just waiting for the helicopter to get there.

She could hear the 'fwoop' of the choppers blades in the distance; it would get there in no time.

~Present~

The moon's glow broke through the clouds; it had grown dark over the time Shard was focusing on her chakra mending her friends' bullet wound. The ground around her had flourished with the rich excess chakra being pumped. Grass had started to take over from her kneeling position on the ground. Moss started growing on the nearby tar statues of the melted soldiers.

Pein was just sitting nearby leaning against a trunk of a broken tree, watching Shard exert herself into healing her friend. It had been an hour since she started; she probably hadn't even noticed the difference in time.

The other Akatsuki members were scattered nearby. A few of them were repairing the building; mostly Deidara with his clay skills, there was only damage to the second floor. He had almost finished rebuilding the wall before Tobi started to bug him about being bored.

Zetsu was sitting amongst the broken plants in the green house, trying his best not to feel offended about what happened to them.

Everyone else was inside debating whether they should make food whilst Shard was busy attempting to heal her friend.

"God fucking dammit," Hidan cursed, "I'm fucking starving."

"Be quiet Hidan," Itachi cautioned, "Shard needs to concentrate."

"FUCK YOU ITACHI," bellowed Hidan as he stood to look Itachi in the eye, "I can be as loud as I fucking want!"

"Itachi's right Hidan, we must respect the lady of the house." Kisame commented from the kitchen counter, "If anything we should cook something ready for her when she is finished. She will be hungry after tonight's ordeal."

Kakuzu, Itachi and Sasori nodded in agreement with Kisame.

"Tsch." Hidan chided as he got up from the couch bed in the centre of the room, "Whatever," and left the room before much more could be said.

~Time Skip –Present-~

Shard had unintentionally created a red cocoon around Lukas body, almost making a pedestal for her body to recuperate.

She wasn't even conscious as she was still pumping chakra into the cocoon; she had fallen asleep from exhaustion hours before. The Akatsuki had not realised what happened until the grass started trying to grow on the floor in the lounge room.

They had made food and were eating from the feast they created. Making that amount of food mainly for Shard to consume and have her fill before she actually fell asleep.

"Should we move her?" Konan quietly asked Pein,

"Yeah, I suppose we should." Pein grumbled, "Kisame."

"Yeah?" Kisame answered looking up from his food,

"Take Shard to her room. She shouldn't sleep like that." Pein gestured to the sleeping child whom was still kneeling by the cocoon.

Kisame shoved another mouthful of food in his mouth as he got up from the breakfast bar and headed towards the sleeping red head that was outside. Who is naked under an Akatsuki cloak that's been draped over her shoulders.

Carefully picking her up without shifting the cloak to reveal her body underneath, he carried her bridal style back into the home.

Unaware that his blue cheeks were covered in blush as Shard grabbed a handful of the front of his cloak in her sleep, and grumbled something about a nightmare.

Shard's face contorted into a pained expression as Kisame carried her down the hall to her bedroom; he quickly pushed the door open with his back and closing it behind him.

Laying her on the bed and gently trying to pry her fingers loose from his cloak. Although she had quite a firm grip from her nightmare, Shard was grumbling in her sleep.

"Dammit," Kisame cursed underneath his breath,

"Stay…." Shard mumbled in her sleep,

"…What?" Kisame whispered,

"….Stay" She mumbled again,

Kisame sighed and climbed into the bed beside her after slipping his shoes off. They were both laying onto the covers; Shard instinctively rolled over and forced her head underneath his arm and onto his chest.

Kisame stopped breathing and watched the red head move until she was comfortable, the cloak she was wearing slipping off of her body.

Blush covering his face he got the edge of the blanket over her without waking her just to over the bare skin.

Removing his own cloak slowly, enough not to move her too much nor wake her up. Chucking it onto the floor her turned and put his arm beneath her head as she cuddled back into his chest.

Unconsciously she put a hand on his broad chest mumbling "..Don't go.."

"Don't worry, I'll stay as long as you need me…" He whispered onto unhearing ears.

~Flashback~

"C'mon 'shchenok'*" James called,

"Coming 'pozhiloy chelovek'***" Shard answered,

"Hey I'm not that old!" James barked, "We should get going now, the helicopter is here to take us to the city."

Shard felt really nervous as she walked over to the aerial vehicle. Lifting her up into the helicopter James strapped them in and told the pilot to take them to White Horse, the capital of the Yukon Territory to do some shopping. Being the closest capital to their home. Although not having an extensive access to stores, there were some nice niche stores in the area.

A car was waiting for them at the International Airport, where the helicopter was landed.

The first place they went to was the Chilkoot Centre, which had a few different shops they could go to. They first went to Sandors Clothing. Needing to stock up on some more snow gear and to get a board for Shard to learn on.

There were some winter designer clothes there too, Shard had her beanie on and her scarf pulled up over her mouth.

"Ma'am," The clerk asked, "Can you please remove you're scarf from your face?"

Blush covered Shard's cheeks, the whiskers were still on her face, unable to hide them she pulled the scarf down, uncovering her face.

"Thank you ma'am."

Looking back down at the clothes she was browsing, a group of teenagers walked into the store.

"Hey Damo!" One of the boys hooted,

"Hey Lou," answered the Clerk that asked Shard to remove her scarf from her face, "You know I don't get off of work till 4 o'clock this afternoon."

"Heyyy we know we know." Lou replied,

James was off picking out a learning board for Shard on the other side of the shop with the female clerk, not paying attention to the teens who came in.

"Did you see that car out there? Its like royalty is here or something," Lou pointed out to Damo, the group of friends were talking amongst one another about the new gear that was on display,

"Yeah, they're our customers right now." Damo stated, "I don't think they're royalty but maybe rich."

They were talking in low voice but Shard's ear picked up on every word of it. Trying not to let her ears twitch whilst she pretended to busy herself.

"Is that one of them over there?" Lou asked the clerk, feeling eyes bore into her back,

"Yes, shes with that guy over there buying the board."

Shard heard footsteps heading towards me, slowly moving to the others ide of the display to look at clothes more her size.

Shard's tiny form of 5'1" was easily towered over by the teenager who was closer to 6'.

"Hey kiddo, what's going on?" the boy name Lou asked,

Looking up to the boy, Shard's wide ice blue eyes glistened as she squeaked in embarrassment.

"Not much of a talker ey?" He chuckled,

Casting her glance down she shook her head side to side.

"Ahh I see.." The boy breathed,

"Are you new to White Horse?"

Shard nodded,

"Have you been to White Horse before?"

She shook her head,

"Are you from nearby?"

"I don't know.." She said lightly,

"Where are you from?"

"Im from Yost^…" Shard replied,

"Yost? You mean that town that was destroyed this year?" He asked bewildered,

"I was on holidays when it happened…" Shard lied easily,

"Wow, you're lucky then, I heard no one survived." Lou stated,

"Yeah, I know.. I lost my family.."

The boys face dropped in sympathy,

"Im sorry to hear that.." He consoled,

Shard looked up to Lou and smiled a toothy grin,

"Its fine, shit happens," She sputtered,

"Yeah shit does happen," Lou patted Shard on the head and smiled back down at her.

"Hey Lou, time to go, we've got some slopes to tear up!" One of the girls from the group called,

"Alright! Coming!" Lou acknowledged, "Hey kid, if your ever in town again and want to hang out." He handed me a card with a number crudely written on there, "Hit me up, we can teach you how to hang loose. My names Lou by the way."

"Okay Lou, Im Shard. I shall get into contact with you when im here next," Shard smiled at Lou as she accepted the card.

Waving goodbye to Lou as he left the shop, made Shard feel better about herself for interacting with someone.

"Lou's a good guy," Damo said as he walked up behind Shard, "He may come across as a delinquent but he's the kindest guy you'll ever meet."

"He does seem really nice," James agreed as he walked up to Shard as well, "Ready to go 'Shchenok'*?"

~Present~

Shard groaned as she woke up, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes feeling her breasts bare to the air in the room. The cloak had fallen off in her sleep; looking at where the cloak was she followed it and it was pinned underneath a broad muscular blue back.

Shard's eyes went wide as she realised who was laying in bed with her. Blush covering her from head to toe.

Laying her head back into the pillow, she tried to calm her breathing before she accidently woke Kisame up. For he was sleeping soundly under the covers and in her bed.

Settling back into a calm breathing pattern, Shard felt the weight shift behind her as Kisame rolled over. Unconsciously he wrapped his arms around her small naked body and pulled her close to his warm body as he curled around her.

She could feel her face nuzzling into her hair.

"Goodmorning Shard…"He whispered.

WELL THERE YOU GO GUYS, THERES THE NEW CHAPTER, NEW PEOPLE, LETS DO THIS, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Russian Translation

*Shchenok = Pup

** Staryy Volk = Old Wolf

***Pozhiloy chelovek = Old Man

^Yost is a ghost town in Canada in the Yukon Territories J

~Shard :3

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