I left Konoha village by sunrise, walked up the hill and turned around to have one final look at the village. A part of me wanted to stay but I knew it would be useless.

"That was the nicest village I've been to," I sighed "Too bad they don't have the sources to give me the power I want."

"If you're looking for power then you should join the Akatsuki."

I spun around to see who spoke; there stood a tall, handsome man in a black cloak with red clouds on it. His red eyes stared intensely into my purple ones. I felt no fear while staring at this man whose presence screamed dangerous.

"I have nowhere else to go," I started to walk toward him then stopped "What is your name?"

"Itachi Uchiha," he turned around "Follow me."

I followed him without hesitation, something about him made me feel safe and worry free. The Uchiha took me through the forest and stopped in front of a cave, the rock door rolled away and we both walked inside. Itachi took me to another door and pushed me into the room.

"So you want to be an Akatsuki member?"

I looked at the man with orange hair and piercings all over his face. He felt extremely powerful and I knew not to get him mad. If he had power then I might be able to find the power I've been looking for here.

"Yeah, I guess," I respond shrugging.

"You look very powerful," he cupped my chin as his ringed eyes intensely looked into mine "You'll be a great asset to the team."

"I'm not wearing any cloak," I smacked his hand away "It would get in the way of my techniques."

"Very well. My name's Pein, the leader of the Akatsuki. You will do missions that I send you on with any partner I give you," he walked over to his desk picked something up and tossed it to me "This ring is yours; its symbol will be the same on your bedroom door. You're dismissed."

Itachi was waiting for me in the hall. He smirked seeing the ring in my hand.

"I'm in," I stated putting the ring on my right hand middle finger.

"Down there is the library," Itachi pointed to the left "Down there is the pool," he pointed to the right, I followed him down the hall "This is the living room, that is the kitchen with the dinning room connected," he pointed to a room off to the left "Down that hall would be your bedroom," he pointed straight ahead "And to the left would be the training ground while to the right is the hot springs. That's all you need to know right now."

"Itachi, who's the girl?" a man with a cloth mask covering his face stood in front of me.

"I'm Yurie Tomoyo. Who are you?" I ask cheerfully.

"My name's Kakuzu," he answered.

"If you don't mind me asking, what's under your mask?"

"You really want to see?"

I nodded and he removed the mask to show me the scars and stitches on his face. I had an urge to touch them, sensing a story to go along with each one.

"Aren't you scared?" he asked surprised.

"No, should I be?" I reach up and trace one of the stitches "It's nothing to be scared of."

"TOBI I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

I turned around to see a blond man standing in the doorway with markings all over his face. A man with an orange mask ran to hide behind me and I began laughing, I watched as the blond guys face turned red and I laughed even more.

"Deidara would never hurt Tobi if he uses this girl as a shield," his hands on my shoulders.

Apparently Tobi had the orange mask and Deidara was the blond. Once I heard Tobi say he was using me as a 'shield' my eyes immediately glowed red with anger. Nobody uses me for anything.

"You," I pointed to the blond "Get out of the doorway."

He obeyed, moving to the side. I took the arm of the one behind me tossing him over my head. My eyes turned back to purple when Tobi hit the wall at the end of the hall. I walked over to Deidara handing him a cloth from the bag around my waist.

"Here, you might want to clean your face," I smiled sweetly.

"Thanks," he took the cloth "My name's Deidara and the one you threw is the annoying Tobi."

"My name's Yurie Tomoyo," I looked into his mesmerizingly blue eye, brushing his bangs out of his left eye "What is this?"

"Oh, that's a camera. I use it to spy," Deidara explained removing my hand from his face.

"What was that?" I shrieked pulling my hand back.

He smirked showing me his hands; on the palms of each hand was a mouth "These are part of my jutsu."

"Amazing," I took his hand and examined it closer "This is really amazing."

Deidara grinned "I should show you what I can do with these hands of mine."

I shook my head and let him go "Another day, not right now."