Back!

I'm sorry for my prolonged absence, but I'm here now! I'm so thankful for your patience and stuff, it's great!

Hope you had a gret New Years. Make sure you keep up with your resolutions!

On with the chapter! Enjoy!

Man, overkill on the exclamation points...

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"Ummm... Leader-sama...?" Tobi asked his leader, looking at the building before them curiously.

"What?"

"What's this?"

"It appears to be some sort of grand hall."

Itachi blinked. "So, this is where the comedy party is being hosted."

The building looked like a mix between a tavern and a church. It had tall windows with lavender shutters, and was lit with mellow torches.

"Why are we doing this again, hmmm...?" Deidara said, staring at the tavern- church through half lidded eyes.

It was Rarity's idea to get them to go to this party. What is this for? Pein thought. Having the Akatsuki in an enclosed space together would definitely be a bad idea.

No matter. If it would help to bond the Akatsuki, then he would do anything. It was a step on the stairs to success. If he were ever to obtain the Kyuubi, teamwork would be essential.

"Alright... Let's enter."

The dolled-up Akatsuki ponies trotted up to the large wooden doors of the building and pushed them open.

"WOW!"

The inside of the tavern- church was... beautiful. Strangely, it had the perfect mix of rough and refined. Dark wooden floorboards and low hanging chandeliers paired with twisted marble pillars gave the large room a warm, friendly feeling. Small tables bunched up everywhere in the room.

Beyond all the tables, there was a small stage, which was probably where the joke telling and comedy would be. A short microphone and stand were the only items on the stage.

The Akatsuki were so caught up in observing their surroundings that they did not notice the chatter in the air all around them.

"Look at that Alicorn and her dress! Wow..."

"Who are they? Foreign royalty?"

"All of them are so GOOD LOOKING!"

The majority of the ponies around were in awe. Who were these ponies? They'd never seen them before... But two were Alicorns, so they must be important.

Many stopped to bow down to the Akatsuki.

Konan walked next to Pein, and shot a furtive glance at him.

Surprise shot through her like lightning.

N-no way... He was smiling?!

She looked away quickly. That smile... He was enjoying this!

But... That smile wasn't saying, "I'm above you all"... It was a kind, gentle, POLITE SMILE!

WHAT?!

So, he WASN'T acting like a stuck up douche, but being GRATEFUL?!

This was a first.

Konan's face had the same level of emotion as a rock, but her mind was running at MAX SPEED.

Pein, the king, no, GOD, was smiling humbly to people who bowed down to him? He was actually being NICE! Was this possible?

"Konan."

Something in her mind snapped, and she turned to face the person who had said her name.

Pein.

"Aren't you going to sit down?" He asked.

"I-" She looked at herself. Konan was trying to walk into a chair. The rest of the Akatsuki had been walking to find a seat and wait for the comedy show to start, but she had kept on walking mindlessly.

Embarrassed, she quickly sat down.

''Are you alright?" Itachi asked, looking at her with slight concern.

"I'm fine."

"You sure?" Kisame chimed in. "It's a little early to be acting drunk, now, isn't it?"

Konan's amber eyes squinted slightly, but she ignored his dumb comment.

"I don't think you're the comedian tonight, are you, Kisame?"

"Why, you-"

"HELLO, EVERYPONY!" Two loud voices yelled. Everyone's eyes flashed to the stage. The lights in the church-tavern had dimmed, and a bright spotlight beamed down to focus on two figures.

"I'm Flim!"

"And I'm Flam!"

"YOUR FAVORITE COMEDY PONIES!" They both shouted in unison. The crowd cheered, and the ponies on stages chuckled.

"We're glad to be back, everypony!"

Flim was a tall, butter colored unicorn with a candy cane colored mane. He donned a blue and white striped vest, along with a black bow tie and a straw hat. His cutie mark was alf of a granny smith apple.

Flam looked exactly the same, except he had a maroon moustache on his muzzle.

"I didn't know ponies could grow facial hair!" Tobi said, staring at Flam.

The two continued to talk. "Say, everypony, what do you call ponies that hang out in the dark?Flim asked, smiling.

"WHAT?" The audience asked in unison.

"NIGHTMARES!"

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" A wave of laughter burst out from the audience. Apparently, refresments were being served among them, because the Akatsuki could hear munching and clinking of glasses.

"That was the worst joke ever..." Sasori said, staring at the stage lazily.

"Gotta agree with you on that one, my man." Deidara added.

The two identical ponies onstage continued to make more corny jokes.

"What did the horse say when it fell?!"

"I've fallen and I can't GIDDYUP!"

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"What do you get when you cross a horse and a bee?"

"NEIGH- BUZZ! Get it? Neighbors?!"

"GWAHAHAHAHA!"

"What disease was the horse scared of getting?"

"HAY FEVER!"

The audience roared at that one.

"Is this pony humor?" Itachi asked, clearly irritated. He had low tolerance for stupidity.

"If it is, I've lost faith in this species." Kakuzu said.

"Why are we here, hmmm?" Deidara sweatdropped.

I'm guessing Rarity thought it would help us bond if we laughed together, Konan thought. But we're not laughing at all.

"I could blow the f*cking roof off this place. Forget the dumb ponies." Hidan said.

"As if, you twat. You're probably just as bad as they are. " Kisame muttered.

Oh, great. Kisame just lit a fire.

"What'd you say, you miserable little-"

"Both of you. I forbid argument." Pein said, his voice cold as steel.

Suddenly, Hidan got up from his seat.

"I'll show you, little mermaid. I can be twice as funny as the damn idiots up there!" He bolted up to the stage.

"OUTTA THE F*CKING WAY!" He yelled, knocking Flim and Flam over. The entire audience flinched at his language.

"Why did the pony need to gargle?... He was feeling HORSE!"

This joke was too corny for even the pony audience. Kakuzu facepalmed at his failing partner.

"See, you idiot! you're even worse than the Flamp and Flimp!" Kisame howled.

"Oh, I got jokes. I got TONS of motherf*cking jokes! You want funny?! I'll give you funny, bitch!" Hidan growled, a vein bulging in his forehead.

"You know, sometimes, FISH ARE STUPID. Why is this?"

"Why?"

"THEY DON'T SWIM IN SCHOOLS!"

The audience chuckled and snickered at that one.

Smirking, Hidan continued to make offensive fish jokes. He took a look at Kisame's face, one of pure disgust and anger.

He was basically making fun of his teammate.

"Hey, who's smarter, dolphins or sharks? Dolphins, but don't tell sharks that! They might eat you!"

Well, now Hidan knew that the audience was into bad jokes, because they guffawed hard at that one. He wasn't even sure if it made any damn sense, but it managed to get under Kisame's skin.

"BITCH, THE SHARKS ARE AN INTELLIGENT SPECIES! AND YOU'RE A TERRIBLE JOKE TELLER, JASHIN MUST BE UPSET HE HAS SUCH A DUMB FOLLOWER!"

Hidan threw the microphone aside. "What did you f*cking say?! What the f*ck do you know about Jashin- sama?!"

"Only that he's an absolute waste of time to worship! Sacrificing?! How the hell did his dumb followers think that SACRIFICING would do any good?!"

"THIS IS F*CKING BLASPHEMY, YOU HEAR ME?!"

"What, to a god that isn't even REAL?!"

Kisame burst forth on the stage and shoved Hidan aside.

"Akatsuki! What's the difference between Hidan and a clock?!"

Pein stared at him disapprovingly, and yelled for him to come and sit back down. The rest of the Akatsuki had pokerfaces on.

The audience just shifted uneasily, scared of the ninja ponies on the stage.

"Although they both have faces and arms, ONE IS A DEADBEAT IDIOT WHO CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT!"

Kisame saw Kakuzu and Zetsu snicker at that. Even the audience laughed, watching Hidan's face heat up in anger.

"You SHUT THE F*CK UP, TUNA FISH!" Hidan jumped onto Kisame, ad they both started to claw and beat each other in a flurry of hooves and heads.

"BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME?!"

"YOU STARTED IT, YOU RELIGIOUS FREAK!"

"NO, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO F*CKING PROVOKED ME YOU DIPSHIT!"

Flim and Flam had disappeared while Kisame and Hidan battled, and they showed up again with a tall stack of apple pies.

"And now, some pie throwing-" Flam had started to say, before Kisame grabbed all of them and started flinging them at Hidan.

"You insult the marvelous species that are SHARKS! You don't know a THING about them!" He roared, chucking a pie.

Hidan dodged it, his ninja reflexes keeping him safe. "YOU insulted Jashin-sama as well, you f*cking PRICK! YOU CALLED ME AN IDIOT AS WELL, YOU MOTHERF*CKING HYPOCRITE! You're twice as stupid, FISH FOOD!"

"AT LEAST I HAVE A BRAIN!"

"LITTLE MERMAID!"

"THICK HEAD!"

"GILL- FACE!"

MOTHERF*CKER!"

"Oh, you want to play like that, you *********************************************************?!" (Not gonna write here)

Kisame skidded to a halt, all his pies gone. He could remember the laughs that came from the audience as Hidan ridiculed his species. It was SHAMEFUL. It was a DISGRACE. It made him feel like complete SHIT. Because, they were basically laughing... at him.

He wanted to give everyone who laughed a SHARK BOMB in the ass. He wanted to strangle Hidan for making fun of him. The jokes he made about Hidan were just payback.

They both stood on opposite sides of the stage, covered in steaming apple filling and crust bits. The unsuspecting audience thought it was all an act, but the look in the two ninja's eyes made them seem like they were out for BLOOD.

"Hidan, I ALWAYS HATED YOU!"

"YOU THINK I LIKED YOU EITHER?!"

They both growled, ready to unleash ninjutsu. It wasn't just a petty battle anymore.

Suddenly, they heard wheels rolling. Rolling, and rolling, and rolling from behind them. Their heads whipped around to see a giant something, charging at high speed towards them.

"It's a... a... A...?!" THey both yelped.

"SUPER MEGA ULTRA AWESOME PARTY CANNON CHARGE UP... AND... FIRE!"

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Well, that's it for now. Hope you've enjoyed!