Hi! New chapter out, WHOOHOO! Sorry about the lateness. But don't worry, I'm not one of those people who abandons their fanfics! More will come!

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"Leader-sama. What are you doing here?"

Shiiiiiiiiiit...

Pein turned slowly to see Sasori-pony standing expectantly behind him.

"OH! Sasori... It's you."

"Yes. What are you doing here?"

"I... Uh..."

Should I tell him the truth? No, that would ruin my all-powerful-leader image... Bah! I'll make something up.

"Weeelll... I was... Um... EXAMINING THE SHOP! Yes. Inspecting it."

Sasori stared at him with his lazy hazel eyes.

"That is a lie, leader-sama."

He sighed. "Was it THAT easy to tell?"

"Yes. You seem to be breathing a lot heavier than normal, and your cheeks are pink."

"... I guess you're right."

"So, what ARE you doing here? I'd like the truth, please."

Pein's face became blanker than an empty sheet of paper. He turned, and walked away.

"You aren't going to get rid of me that easily, leader-sama."

Sasori was in front of him in a second, giving him the same uninterested look that he wore every day.

"Why does it matter?"

"Because... I know you're hiding something. You usually tell us, the Akatsuki members, everything. EVERYTHING. Remember when you got drunk because Kisame put Jack Daniels in your late-night-coffee?"

Remembering that incident, Pein growled. A vein bulged in his furred forehead.

"I'm not going to tell you."

"This is about Konan, isn't it?"

He froze.

Shiiiiiiiiiit...

"I can tell by your expression that I'm correct."

"But I didn't even-"

"Your cheeks became red for less than a second, and you returned back to normal. Obviously, you are TRYING to hide something. And the only thing that could possibly be is something about Konan."

He glared at Sasori, annoyed that he was right.

"It's not about her."

"Oh, please." Sasori let out a 'psshhh' sound. "Itachi was the first one to notice your attraction to her."

"What?"

"Well..." He looked off into the distance, smiling, remembering, "It all started on that snowy day..."

Pein raised an eyebrow, but plopped down on his hindquarters to listen to Sasori.

"It was that day when it snowed. At the cave headquarters, we were eating pancakes, to get ourselves warm. Deidara and I were flipping them. Deidara always rambles on about his useless explosions. Naturally, I had to CORRECT him. Art is eternal beauty, but he doesn't see the pure GENIUS in it. We get into a little argument about it, like we normally do, and end up fighting."

"Like you normally do..."Pein said. His ringed eyes glinted impatiently.

"Anyways... He let one of his spider bombs go off, and it blew the pancakes to BITS. Everyone standing nearby, who was Itachi, Zetsu, and Konan, got splattered with chunks of cake."

He frowned. He wasn't remembering this at all.

"And, you walked in a little while later to see them covered in pieces of breakfast. So, IMMEDIATELY, you rushed over to Konan and grabbed her shoulders and wheeled her over to the bathroom."

"Ugh..." Pein paled, and hung his head. He remembered now.

"You thought we didn't see what you did afterwards, leader-sama. You thought that we were too busy trying to clean up the pancakes to notice."

"... Alright. You caught me."

"You licked a pancake bit out of her hair."

"OKAY, OKAY! That's enough, I remember the terrible incident already." He hung his head, letting his carrot locks bob sadly.

"But it was on several occasions. Remember that time when we decided to go to McNinja's for burgers? And you scootched just a LITTLE too close to her, making her burger fall out of her hand and into Zetsu's face?"

Pein sighed.

Afterwards, we got into a giant food fight... It took me DAYS to get that barbecue sauce out of my piercings.

"And remember that time when you tried using Bansho Tenin to bring her closer to you, but ended up sending you both flying into a fence?"

"ENOUGH!" He boomed, leaping to his feet. "SHINRA TENSEI!"

Sasori was blown backwards, and landed rump first into a blue lump moving at the speed of sound.

"HEY! GET YOUR BUTT OUTTA MY FACE!"

He growled, and turned to face the noise. It was a powder blue pegasus with a wild rainbow mane. She had magenta eyes that flickered with defiance, and a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt adorned her flank.

"You DEAF? I'm talking to you!"

"I can hear you JUST FINE."

"I have somewhere to be, okay?! Jeez, I'm gonna be late!"

With that, the pony flapped her wings and bolted off past Pein and Sasori, leaving a faint rainbow trail behind.

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"You're LATE, Rainbow Dash!" Twilight yelled as the pegasus flew inside her house.

"Well, I'm here now! What did you want to tell me?"

"Yeah! Why'd ya bring us all here?" Applejack joined in.

"I think it's time for a PAAARTY!" Pinkie Pie giggled, grabbing confetti out of nowhere and lobbing it into the air.

"U-um, really, Twilight..." Fluttershy said meekly.

''Indeed! I was having SO much fun dressing this absolutely DASHING stallion!'' Rarity said.

"Girls!"

Everyone froze, and turned to look at Twilight. She blinked and cleared her throat.

"AHEM! Okay, girls... You all know about the ROYALS, right?"

"Oh, right! The potty-mouth Jahsheen-something-or-other-ist and the dirty moneymaker?"

"And the handsome raven maned one and the blue fish-pony?"

"A-also, the spiral masked stallion and the one that's black and white...?"

"And the crazy blonde and lazy red-maned pony?"

"Wait, wait, wait. Red maned pony?" Rainbow dash held up her hooves. She hadn't seen the redhead around Ponyville before. Could he be one of the royals?

"What is it?" Twilight turned to face her.

"I bumped into the red mane on my way here. Was he a PRINCE? If he was, I'm SO DEAD, holy-"

"Rainbow, he was a regular unicorn. If he was a ROYAL, he'd have wings as well."

"OHHH!" She drew out the last letter. "Hehe! Silly me..."

"Anyways!"

All attention was back on the lavender alicorn.

"There is a prince and a princess in this group of foreign ponies. One has CRAZY piercings and flaming orange hair. The princess has a long blue mane, and a pretty white flower adorning it. She also has a small silver piercing below her muzzle."

"Oh, YEAH!" Rainbow Dash yelled. "I saw the creepy prince, but not the princess."

"That's nice, Rainbow. But, that's not the point. We need to show them some hospitality before they go to Princess Celestia!"

"Like what?"

"Like a... BEACH PARTY!"

"OMG!" The ponies squealed happily. Rainbow Dash did a horizontal 360 in the air, Pinkie Pie was breaking out TWO party cannons, and Applejack was kicking her hind legs out like there was no tomorrow.

"I know! Girls, let's do this! I've already created 5 lists, telling us what we need. I have backups upon backups upon backups!" Twilight excitedly floated a bunch of papers towards her. Her eyes scanned them, and she immediately began issuing orders to everyone else.

"Pinkie! Decorations, tables, and chairs!"

"You betcha, Twilight!"

"Fluttershy! Teach the birds a song to sing at the beach!"

"A-alright, Twilight!"

"Applejack! Can I count on you to cover the food?"

"...I think I'll manage! Bet Granny Smith has a surplus of fresh apples to make into fritters!"

"Rainbow! Clear the sky of any clouds, we need the beach to be sunny!"

"Will do, Twilight!"

"Rarity! Can you get some bathing suits, towels, and umbrellas?"

"I will! They'll be the most FABULOUS items you've ever seen!"

The ponies burst out of Twilight's tree house, eager to prepare the best beach party the royals had ever seen.

"I'll find everyone and tell them!" Twilight said to herself. She too ran out, in search of the ninja-ponies.

Konan crept out from a bookcase she was hiding behind. She had heard the entire thing.

Sighing, she walked back to the guest room she had slept in.

"Why can't the Akatsuki work like that?"

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"Prince Pein!"

Pein turned his head, his messy orange hair swishing around.

"Yes...?"

Twilight was huffing and puffing, her pony cheeks red. "We're having a party!"

"A... party?"

He blinked.

Parties? Aren't they what that pink bouncing pony keeps raving about...?

"Yes, a PARTY! At Ponyville Beach! In exactly 45 minutes. Everything will be provided, snacks, drinks, bathing suits, you name it!"

She batted her lashes, and smiled. Her face alone said, "PLEASE COME! BECAUSE I REALLY WANT YOU TO!"

Pein squinted his ringed lavender eyes, but nodded.

"Great! Ponyvile beach is very close to where we are now! Just take a left on this road, a right once you get to Saddle Street, straight until you reach Trottingham Terrace... And it's on the left!"

He hadn't understood half of her statement.

"Ah..."

She giggled, and turned to walk away. "I'll notify some other ponies! Could you please your advisors? They're invited too!"

"But-"

"Goodbye, your majesty!" And she was gone.

Dammit. I was going to ask her if she knew where Konan was.

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Pein turned in the direction of Sugarcube corner, going to alert Sasori and Deidara about the news.

"A party!"

"Really...? Will there be any LADIES there?" Kisame said, widening his sharky eyes.

"Yes!" Twilight smiled widely.

"So... when?" Itachi looked down at her with coldness. He was like a chunk of stone with amazing hair and sharingans.

"In exactly 39 minutes!"

"Good."

"Anything we need to bring?"

"Nope! Just yourselves!"

''...Hmmm... is leader-sama coming?"

"You mean the prince and princess? Yes!"

"...Alright."

With a grin, Twilight left Kisame and Itachi.

Even though you couldn't see it, Itachi was aflame with excitement, and Kisame-

Well, he was pretty noticeable. Seeing as he was doing the pop and lock with a giant sword on his back.

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"A beach party, hmmm. Sounds like fun, let's go, my man!"

"But-"

"YES! The only thing that is even close to art is FUN, hmmm. It's been a while since I've been to a party, we should do it!"

"But-"

"We'll be there, hmmm!"

"Great!" Twilight chirped. "Be there in 33 minutes, exactly! You don't need to bring anything!"

"But-"

"Alright, hmmm! This is going to be so awesome!"

But... Sasori thought.

I can't swim.

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"YAY! TOBI LOVES PARTIES!"

"Yes... I love seafoo- the SEA, very much, too... Nyehehehe..."

Twilight sweatdropped, but smiled nonetheless. "Okay, guys! Make sure you go to the beach in exactly 25 minutes, okay?"

"Okay! Tobi can do that, because he is a GOOD BOY!"

"Yes... A tasty, delicio- Yes. We'll be there."

She backed away slowly, laughing in awkward little chirps. "See you...?"

"OKAY!"

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"F*CKIN' SWEET!"

Twilight cringed at Hidan's language. She wasn't used to such words.

"Yes, sir... At exactly 18 minutes from now!"

"Is there an entry fee?" Kakuzu asked, putting a hoof to his chin.

"No... This is just like a welcome party! You don't need anything to come!"

"Really...? So it's... FREE?"

"YES."

"REALLY?"

"Yes."

"100% sure?"

"Yes!"

He nodded, satisfied. "Alright. We can go."

"Great! See you guys!" With that, she turned and left the pair alone, running to the beach as fast as her legs could take her.

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Twilight stood in front of the 10 Akatsuki ponies. Pein and Konan were looking serious as always, Itachi wore his usual glare, Kisame was checking Rainbow Dash out, Deidara and Tobi looked ready to burst with excitement, Sasori, Kakuzu, and Zetsu were slightly frowning, and Hidan smiled so big, it looked like you could fit a watermelon in his mouth.

"Royals, we'd like to welcome you here, to Ponyville. And we want to show you the way we do things around here."

Pein looked over at his ninja-ponies.

Here we go...

"LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!"

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"OW! Dammit, Naruto! Why did you have to land on my head?!"

"AAH! Sorry, Sakura!"

"Hn..."

"Wait... Where are we...?"

Kakashi blinked, and looked at all of his students, and the surroundings.

"We are... PONIES."

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BAM!

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed! My apologies for making you wait so long yet again. But - school and stuff, ya know? I was up for a while trying to finish this, it's been on my laptop for so long!

Full of the derps XD

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