(A/N: The person changes after a while *from third to first* I apologize for this, but I just noticed it 350 words into the story!)

~Chapter 1 – Catch Up~

Again, she woke in a bed, this time the bed sheet scratched at her skin, nowhere near as soft as the last location. When she opened her eyes, her vision was clear and she examined the room she was in. It was small, but comfortable, with white walls, the room seemed larger. Her current residence was a four-post bed with black sheets and a black comforter. The wooden floor below her looked aged and shabby; a large Tatami mat covered most of the floor, though, only about 6 inches of wood was exposed. Then surprisingly, she noticed someone sitting at the edge of her bed.

After noticing the woman, she screamed and jumped against the headboard, before realizing it was her old acquaintance, Konan-chan.

"God, Konan, you scared me half to death," she chuckled and held her chest with her right hand, "so, I see you've upgraded the rooms a bit."

Konan smiled slightly, "actually, we moved. Our old base was discovered and flooded, but we made it out alive, thankfully." This time she smiled more and chuckled.

"Kakuzu-san lost about 80,000,000; we had to sedate him to get him out of the base. That was not fun to deal with. So, to be frank, he's done lots of bounties since then," she then bowed her head and looked at me, "Okay, Leader-sama wants to speak with you. You're clothes are in your closet, so feel free to pick something appropriate. Also, Hidan-san wants to see you later." She then winks and leaves the younger girl's room, sliding the door closed.

(A/N: Here's that person change I was talking about :3)

I lay in bed for a few more minutes before hauling myself out of bed and checking my appearance in the mirror. This also scared me half to death. I had dirt smeared across my face with streaks from tears; my hair looked like a rat's nest; and my eyes were swollen almost shut.

I decided Leader-sama could wait and got in the shower. After a vigorous scrubbing, I got out; snatching at the towel I had laid out. I wrung my hair and wrapped myself in the towel. Checking my reflection once more, I decided my face was in a much more acceptable state, and the swelling had gone down a bit. I applied a light dose of eyeliner and mascara and applied rouge to my cheeks and lips. Satisfied, I let out a sigh and went to get dressed.

"Today is most definitely a comfy day." I said to myself and dug through the closet of pre-purchased clothes that varied little for each gender housed in the base. After finding a pair of yoga paints and a basic black tank-top (size Large, men's; much too large), I slipped on the clothes and clipped up my waist-length hair.

I walked out of my room, trying to navigate the many halls until I came across a room labeled: Leader-senpai! I figured Tobi had done this, and chuckled. I knocked thrice and waited for a response.

"Come in, Michie." Leader-sama intoned from the room

I slid the door open, and then closed it with a small thud, "Konan-chan said you wanted to speak with me?"

He smiled and nodded, "I suppose you remember the rules? No missions without a partner; no inter-partner relationships; no showering on Monday mornings or Thursday nights; etcetera?"

I smiled and gave him a small nod in affirmation, "by the way, who is my partner?"

"Well, we've- well, I've- assigned Tobi-san to Deidar-"

I cut him off with my hand, "You can stop with the –san stuff. I know you find them helpful, and I know who you're talking about, so stop." I smiled sweetly, and he chuckled.

He continued, "Okay, well, Tobi is with Deidara, and as you obviously know, Orochimaru is…" he takes a breath and rolls his eyes, "no longer with us," he adds finger quotes for emphasis, "this means, you will be with Sasori."

My jaw dropped and I whined, "no. Not Sasori, no. He's a whiny baby poop head."

Leader-sama looked at me and laughed, "are you sure he's the whiny baby poop head?" He laughed heartily and smiled, "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to leave you without a partner and we all know Zetsu is just fine on his own."

"Okay, now you're the whiny baby poop head. I guess if there's no other option, I'll go with him," I paused and smirked, "at least we won't have to worry about inter-partner relationships. I mean, we all know Sasori's gay."

Leader-sama and I both locked eyes and burst out laughing, "Michie-chan! You can't say that!"

We finished out laughing spurt and he said I could leave. I nodded my thanks and left his office.

I spent about twenty minutes trying to find the living area, and after that task was finally accomplished, I sat in a small chair hanging from the ceiling (A/N: a la /2XBjC ) and hugged my legs to my chest. It felt so strange to back in the Akatsuki; going back to the organized murder and rampage that is the life of an S-rank criminal. I needed to relax, but I knew Hidan wanted to see me. God knows what he wants. I didn't feel quite ready to talk to him, so I let my head slump to the left and I dozed off.

-Le Dream-

I wandered through the base, looking for Hidan when a familiar body took stride next to me; the same man that I had been rescued from yesterday. My eyes fell to his feet and slowly made their way up his body until my eyes met his. Suddenly, he pinned my body to the wall and hissed.

"I don't know why you have to stay here," he hissed and drew his katana blade, "I thought you loved me, Michie?"

I spat in his face and laughed, "You mean nothing to me, buta. You're nothing but a memory anymore,"

He maneuvered his sword to the side of my face, "Yes, I may be, but remember those memories of us, together?" He winked after this and waited for a response, pushing the blade to my face.

I thought about the things he did to me, and how much I hated them. I looked away to keep the tears from forming in my eyes.

He slapped me across the face and it stung. That could only mean one thing.

-End le Dream-

"Hidan," I sighed and looked up at the male body looming over me.

"I thought I told you to come talk to me," he said with false anger before scooping me out of the chair and hugging me, "God, I missed you."

He hugged me tightly and muttered a few curse words into my ear, sending shivers down my spine.

"We've got some catching up to do, Michie."

So here's the first chapter guys! I hope you like it, and reviews would be nice!

-daltonjaydd