All the members of Akatsuki were gathered in the lobby room, their leader having called yet another meeting.

"What the hell happened this time? I have an important fucking ritual coming up soon, so make this quick..." Hidan growled in annoyance. Konan gave him a bit of a dirty look for his lack of respect, though Pein ignored it.

"We have a very rare event today. A new member will be joining our organisation." Pein said.

All of the others looked up at him in shock [except for Konan; she already knew the news].

"Really? What'd they do?" Kisame asked curiously.

"Interestingly enough, this missing nin actually has no records whatsoever. No crimes, no birth place, nothing. We have no information on him at all." Pein replied.

"So he's either that good, or simply is not the kind of person the Akatsuki would take in..." Itachi concluded.

Pein nodded. "I'm frankly not sure myself, but going off the results he got on the 'test' I gave him, I'd say the latter."

"Then why are you hiring him..?" Konan asked, looking confused now.

"He was... interesting, to say the least. He won't serve as a full-fledged member yet, but more so as an apprentice. I feel like there's potential in him. Deidara, I'd like you to be his mentor."

"Why me, hn?"

Sasori snorted. "Face it, you're one of the most normal ones here, and that's saying something. If he's not like the rest of us, he might get freaked out."

"...Fine... So how exactly did he do in the test? I might as well know what I'll be dealing with, hn.."

Pein smiled slightly. "Well, he never once landed an attack on me."

Deidara twitched. "Are you kidding me, hn..?"

"But the thing that made me decide to give him a chance is the fact I was never able to land a single hit on him either."

Konan blinked. "Really..? But how..?"

"I'm not sure. That's why I want him to be trained here. He could prove to be very useful if he can learn to fight."

"So when do we meet him?" Sasori asked.

"Today. I'll introduce him to each of you one at a time, since meeting all of at once will be a bit, much..." Pein replied.

Before anyone else could say anything, Kakuzu suddenly made a pained sound.

Hidan rolled his eyes. "Here we fucking go..."

"Another member means even more money we'll have to spend for living expenses..." Kakuzu said, looking truly pained at the thought.

Pein sighed, "Yes, that's true... But it'll be fine, alright?"

"But..!"

"Think of it this way, at least we don't have to ever buy Zetsu much." Sasori pointed out.

Kakuzu blinked and looked over at Zetsu, who had stayed completely silent and still through the entire conversation.

"Holy shit, he creeps the fuck out of me when he does that.." Hidan muttered, shuddering.

Zetsu just blinked, not looking bothered by Hidan's comment.

"Alright, everyone out of the lobby so I can bring him in without having to worry about panic attacks. Deidara, I'll bring him to you first." Pein said.

The bomber nodded a little and everyone walked out of the room, with an exception to Zetsu, who simply sank down into the floor and vanished.

"This will be fun.." Pein murmured to himself, turning toward the exit to bring the newest Akatsuki member into the base to meet the others.

'Hopefully this goes well..' He thought to himself.