Finally, Sandy reappeared saying she didn't recognise the place. But they decided to try and figure out where they were.

"So, we are all clear that we are officially Akatsuki at the moment?" Rose told them all. They nodded. "So, we need to find a member or their base or something, then say that thing Obito told us to say. Clear?"

"Hai!" Everyone said.

The NPS set off. They stated heading in a direction when Jessie smacked her head and stopped everyone.

"Hanna or I should use Tracker. Then we can see if anyone's around," she said. Sandy grumbled.

"But I just checked..." She said.

"No, Jessie's right," Rose said. "Jessie and Hanna, do it together." Jessie and Hanna didn't question as they sat down on the ground. Seconds later, they spoke.

"There's tons of people..." Hanna said, pointing a bit to the left of the direction they had just come.

"And the feel of the place, not to mention the waterfall..." Jessie continued. Rose snorted.

"The Hidden Waterfall Village. Of course. That's why you didn't see it, Sandy." Sandy hmphed and turned her back to them, spreading her wings out slightly. "They won't welcome us, but now I know where we are. Let's go. This way to the Hidden Rain."

As they ran, Kathy tapped her shoulder.

"Won't Pein rather kill us? Wouldn't it be safer to try our luck with someone else?"

"Like Itachi? Oh no, you mean Hidan!" Rose replied sarcastically.

"Hell no!" Sandy yelled from behind them.

"No, I mean, like, Deidara. Or we could go straight to Tobi. Even Sasori is better than going to Pein!"

"Trust me. We'll be fine. If it gets too bad, we can always teleport back to our world."

"Um, guys?" Everyone looked at Hanna. "What if he's attacking to test our skills? If we teleport out of there, we'd have to redo everything."

"Hey, we've all seen Pein fight. I bet you any of us would be able to tell if he's fighting seriously or just toying with us." Hanna pulled the sad face.

Everyone continued running towards the Rain. Well, almost everyone. Sandy was flying overhead high in the air, keeping her eyes ahead to relay information to the others about if ninja were coming or if they were close to the Rain. They evaded ninja twice on their way, when Sandy finally swooped down to tell them that the Rain was straight ahead.

They broke through the trees. In front of them was the Hidden Rain Village. Rain was pouring down around the entire village.

"Ugh. If we get into the rain then Pein will know we are there!" Kathy said. She looked around at the others. They were staring at her.

"Well, you are from the Rain..." Sandy mumbled.

"That is a lie Rose made up!"

"Actually," Rose cut in. "Sandy's right."

"Huh?!" Sandy and Kathy said at the same time.

"If all of us can cancel our chakra, then you can lend us your chakra. Those stories I made up were made to fit us so they would work anywhere, anytime. So you *should* be able to slip in without Pein knowing." Kathy pondered this for a bit, then agreed.

The NPS minus Kathy canceled their chakra, then Kathy lent them all an equal amount of her chakra. Then they walked to the front of the village and walked in.