"Is this where she is?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't the traps stop her?"

"Leader-sama, she got past all of our traps…"

"So why didn't you just kill her, Sasori…?"

"Well, sir, you see… we couldn't…"

I suppressed a smile as I listened in on the two men's conversation, still pretending to be unconscious, even though I had woken up even before they had walked in.

The blindfold over my eyes prevented me from seeing anything, but I knew that I was in a dungeon, my wrists and ankles chained to the wall, and the two men standing only a few feet away from me.

If I wanted to, I could more than likely just kill them now, and they would never know what happened to them.

But that was not part of my plan.

So, instead, I dropped my act and sighed, then asked "If you two are done looking at me, then I would appreciate if you would take off the blindfold."

A moment of silence passed, and then the first male's voice told the other "Take it off."

The dark veil dropped, and I blinked my eyes at the sudden rush of dim light.

The two men in front of me looked very odd, one being orange-haired with piercings all over his face in a red-and-black cloak, and the other a red-head with dead eyes wearing a short-sleeved shirt and black ninja pants revealing puppet-like limbs.

The red haired one-Sasori, judging by what "Leader" had called him, - turned to his "Sama", obviously wondering why he'd been told to do that.

"Sasori," the leader said "go back up to the main base, and tell nobody of this yet."

Red-head left the room with a neutral shrug, leaving me and the other guy alone.

Pein's POV

The girl in front of me did not look all that impressive; chocolate-brown hair went down to her shoulders before being pulled back into a low, loose ponytail, grey-blue eyes that seemed to hold no real emotions, and pale skin dotted all over with freckles, and her clothing was standard ninja wear.

The only significant thing about her was the pendant of a snake wrapped around a vial hanging from a dark-purple chain around her neck.

As soon as I was sure that Sasori was gone, I started to ask her questions.

"Who are you?"

"Fuyuko Hyomu."

"How did you get here?"

"I walked"

"How did you avoid our traps and defenses around the base?"

"I didn't avoid them; I went through them."

"How?"

"Did you know that some acids can burn through metal in the blink of an eye?"

I felt my eye start to twitch with annoyance at this girl; the only reason I didn't kill her now is because I had to know how this small girl who could be no older than 19 had gotten past all of our defenses.

But she had only answered that question with another question.

"Why are you here?" I snarled, getting a small gravity-hole warmed up in case she didn't answer correctly.

"I came to join the Akatsuki."

AUTHOR'S NOTE

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