The crunch of feet upon leaves echoed through the almost silent forest. It was still early in the morning and the forest hadn't quite come alive yet. Even so, if the footsteps from the two traveling men didn't send the creatures back into hiding, their squabble sure enough did. "I'm telling you danna, explosives are way more artistic than those damn puppets you use, un." A very feminine blonde man stated, his voice rising a little with irritation.

"Oh please you brat, my art is eternal and will be enjoyed eternally, your art is gone in a second, no one has time to appreciate it." The red head countered, his voice staying calm.

They continued like this for several minutes, walking while arguing over the true meaning of art. Both of them would have a witty retort to the other and it seemed neither would get the upper hand in this battle of words.

"Look brat we're nearing the base, let's continue this later if leader hears us arguing again he'll throw a hissy fit." The red head told the blonde as they were approaching a clearing. To the normal eye this looked like an ordinary clearing, but to the two men it was a bit more. The red head made a hand sign and the clearing changed slightly, revealing a cave entrance which had been hidden by genjutsu up until a moment ago. The two began walking towards it when the blond tripped over something. The red head turned to look at him. "Deidara stop tripping over your own two feet."

"I didn't trip over my feet, un!" Deidara countered angrily as he stood back up. "There's a boot sticking out of this bush Sasori-danna!" He pointed downward and Sasori looked as well, and sure enough there was a boot sticking out of the bush.

"Don't just point at it! There's a person in this bush drag him out!" Sasori commanded and Deidara nodded with a little "Un." and pulled out the person by the foot. They both stared down at the man that Deidara had just found. He had reddish brown hair with a few leaves clinging to it from the bush he had been in. There was a strange curl in his hair as well. His eyes were closed and he was snoring slightly. He wore a blue military uniform with a black undershirt and blue tie. The get up looked very foreign to the two ninja staring down at him.

"What kind of shinobi falls asleep in a bush, un?" Deidara asked, a slightly amused smirk playing across his face.

Sasori shrugged and kicked the man lightly in the ribcage. "Wake up." He commanded impatiently.

The man opened his gold eyes slowly, "Germany…?" He asked hesitantly, believing for a second maybe Germany had come to get him for more intense morning training.

"Who's Germany, un?" Deidara asked.

The man's eyes flew open for a moment, only to be instantly closed as he began to cry and wave his arms frantically. "GAH YOU'RE NOT GERMANY! I'M SORRY DON'T HURT ME I GIVE UP I SURRENDOR!"

Sasori sighed a little, this man starting to remind him of that Tobi guy who follows Zetsu around. He glared harshly at him. "Who are you?" He demanded, beginning to lose his patience with the crying man.

"I-Italy! Please don't hurt me! I just woke up and I'm hungry and want pasta!" Italy cried waving a white flag that seemingly came out of nowhere.

Sasori blinked. He doesn't seem like a threat, but what was he doing so close to their base? Could this all be an act to throw us off? Sasori thought as he watched the terrified Italian wave a white flag.

Deidara was getting more and more irritated by the second; his hand was in his clay pouch, already beginning to chew some clay. "Danna, can I blow him up, un?" He asked. At that the Italian began to cry more and wave his white flag faster.

Sasori stared for another moment. "No." Sasori told him. Italy stopped crying for a moment, looking a bit hopeful. "We'll take him inside to leader and he'll decide…"

Sasori grabbed Italy's arm and lifted him to his feet. Italy's knees were shaking, and Sasori gave him a little push telling him to walk. Italy began walking as Deidara took the lead with Sasori behind Italy to make sure he didn't run. Not like Italy would try to, he was scared to his wits end of the men who had woken him up. The three entered the cave, and Deidara led them down a few hallways, making many turns. The hallways were dimly lit, and there was only the occasional door. Deidara then stopped in front of one of the doors, Italy wondering how he knew which door was the right one since the all looked the same. Deidara knocked twice before entering. "We finished our mission, un. But we found something outside the base, un." Deidara stated as he entered. Sasori gave Italy a little push, telling him to enter as well. Italy did so and walked into an office-like room. The room barely had any light so Italy could barely make out anything but a desk full of papers and a dark figure sitting at the desk. He could, however, make out the piercing eyes of the figure that shone through the darkness and seemed to pierce his soul. Italy gulped a little, he would have begged for his life if it wasn't for the fact he was frozen in fear.

The figure stared at Italy for another moment before speaking. "What were you doing outside our base?" His voice terrified Italy even more.

Italy was shaking again and it took him a few moments before he found the courage to reply. "I-I woke up there!" He stammered. "Please don't hurt me!" He begged clasping his hands together and tears welling up in his closed eyes.

The figure ignored Italy's pleas. "How did you get there?"

"I don't know! We were at England's house and I was eating pasta and there was a flash of light and then I was sleeping and then these scary men found me and brought me in the cave!" Italy explained nervously.

"Wh-" The figure cut himself off with a sigh. "I'm getting a message from Itachi…" He grumbled and looked to his left where a holographic image of a man with dark hair and red eyes appeared. It startled Italy but not any of the others in the room. "Yes Itachi?"

"Kisame and I are at the base near Sunagakure and we found an intruder lying outside. He is currently in the holding cells and we are awaiting orders from you." The holographic man told the dark figure.

The figure looked towards the shaking Italy. "What does he look like?"

"Blonde hair that is slicked back and blue eyes; he is also wearing a foreign looking green uniform." Itachi explained.

"Germany!" Italy blurted out knowing just from that description they were talking about his friend. He then covered his mouth realizing he probably shouldn't have said that.

"Bring him to the base near Amegakure, we have a similar issue here…"

"Hai." The holographic man disappeared.

"Maybe the one Itachi found will make more sense than this one…" The figure grumbled and looked at Sasori. "Bring him to the holding cells, we'll continue interrogation when Itachi arrives."

Sasori nodded and grabbed Italy by the arm dragging him out of the office. Italy looked up at him, his eyes closed still but he still seemed to be able to see. "Do you have any pasta?"