A/N: Hey there!! The rest of this story will be in Rika's point of view ^w^

Rin: Oh and by the way rin is epic win! You'll learn about her later but she is AWESOME! Not my creation but I'm getting special permission to use her. She surpasses Rika in every way

Mika: *tackles Rin*….I apologize for my Kohai's lack of respect towards me and my readers… *glares at her* She's temporarily using my laptop so she'll be gone soon… *smiles*

Rin: …..No I wont! I'll never be gone!

Mika: Uhhh….. yeah… so… *looks around* I should probably talk to you about that… *laughs nervously*

Rin: *raises eyebrow* What did you do?

Mika: u-uhhh…. ON WITH THE STORY!!!! *runs for her life*

"Thinking"

"Voice"

Just when you think your life couldn't get any worse, it rains. Orochimaru -- they told me their names shortly after we left -- and Sasori kept walking as if the sky were crystal clear. I, on the other hand, was soaked to the bone.

"Stupid rain," I mumbled under my breath as I trudged behind them. The rain was something I hardly saw in Suna, and at first, I was happy to see it. However, that was when I thought we would find some place to wait it out. Man was I wrong. "Are we there yet?" I asked them for the hundredth time. Orochimaru, the tall, pale one, chuckled and looked back at me.

"No my dear, we have a while." I glared hard at the sky.

"Then how much longer?" Sasori, the turtle, stopped walking and scowled at me.

"Look girly, if you don't stop complaining I'll kill you myself," he sneered. I huffed and Orochimaru chuckled again. A few minutes passed before I spoke once more.

"Don't you guys know a jutsu or something that can teleport us there?" In the blink of an eye, possibly faster, a cold, metal, tail-like thing was pressed against my throat. On the outside, I was calm and didn't move, but in the inside, I was screaming in fear.

"Do not test my patents little one," Sasori growled. "I wasn't kidding when I said I would kill you." Don't push yourself.

"Of course, Sasori-sama," I beamed at him. My sudden change in attitude must have satisfied him, because he slowly retracted his tail and began walking again. Once he turned, I stuck my tongue out at him.

~LINELINELINELINELINE~

"We'll stop here for the night," Orochimaru's voice called out. I smiled happily as I followed him and Sasori to a small nearby cave. "I'll have first watch." Sasori didn't respond to him, but I nodded and walked into our overnight home.

"Girl," Sasori asked quietly, "do you know any jutsu?" Wow, I thought spitefully, the turtle knows how to say something without it being a threat. I turned to him and glared.

"What's it to you? And you know I do have a name." His gaze hardened and he turned away from me without saying another word, his short figure disappearing into the darkness. I tried to follow him, but the deeper into the cave I went the harder it was for me to see. "Where is he," I asked myself aloud, hoping he would give me some kind of clue. All of the sudden, a loud snap echoed from behind me, a second from my right. I quickly stopped walking and wrapped my arms around myself. O-okay, it's just the turtle trying to scare me. Another snap rang out and without thinking; I stopped breathing. Don't be scared. I slowly fell to my knees, trying to make as little sound as possible, and I struggled to see what was making the sounds.

As my eyes slowly began to adjust to the lack of light, my mind started to play tricks on me. From the corner of my eye, I swore I saw a speck of light. However, as soon as I focused on it, it went away. That jerk has to be the one doing this… right? No sooner had I thought that, something darted towards me. Without thinking, I did something my father would probably be very upset over… that is, if he were still alive.

There was a bright flash of light and time seemed to come to a standstill; the object that had shot out at me was suspended in the air just inches from my heart. Slowly, it drew nearer and just as it was about to touch me, it began to split in two. It was as if something hot was slicing it right down the middle, melting it so the edges were dull instead of sharp. At closer inspection, I saw that it was a senbon. I told you, I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you …it was the voice from before, the one that's been commenting everything I do lately. Once the senbon was in two, time sped up again and they deflected to either side of me, hitting the cave wall. I sat there, dumbfounded. I couldn't figure out how I did that, or if I was the one who pulled that off. To be honest, I couldn't think of where or when I could have learned something like that. The only jutsu I recall being taught is the shadow clone jutsu and a little of my kekkei genkai.

"Impressive… girl," Sasori's voice broke my train of thought. I shook my head violently and glared at where his voice came from.

"It's Rika!" I heard him chuckle and a fire suddenly popped in front of me, courtesy of Sasori. We were silent for a while, but then it hit me… "You jerk! You could have killed me!" I jumped up with clenched fists and glared daggers at him.

"But I didn't." He didn't even bother to look up at me; he just sat there staring at the small fire he made.

"And what if you did?!" I was starting to get angrier, and the fact that I was still soaked wasn't helping.

"It was connected to a chakra string," he sighed. I relaxed a little and unclenched my fists.

"Why… did you do that anyways?" It took him a while before he answered me, but what he said really confused me.

"I needed to make sure you could at least dodge that. If you couldn't, then there's no way you'd be able to survive a whole day back at the Akatsuki base." I could only blink at him.

"A…kat…suki," I repeated quietly. What in the world was he talking about?

"You've never heard of us… have you?" Even though I could see it, I could hear the smirk in his voice. I crossed my arms, sat down, and started to pout a little.

"No. Why, should I have?" He chuckled at me and put his head down. I gave him a wary look as his body suddenly became limp. I got in a crouching position, in case I needed to run, and I kept my eyes glued to his figure. A snap, different from the ones I heard a few seconds ago, came from his body and he started to open up. It was like some jewelry box opening after years of being closed; his body made a lot of creaking sounds as it unfastened. I gulped down the urge to scream, my body refused to move. Once his back stopped moving, another figure stepped out from his body. I started to sake a little and I could feel myself break out in a cold sweat.

"Are you that scared," his voice mocked me. The second cadaver sauntered (WOOT! I used big words!! :3) out of the shadows and stepped in front of the fire. "The people in the Akatsuki are full of surprises, me included. They won't hesitate to kill you." His voice wasn't as deep, but I could tell this was still Sasori. He had red hair, just like Gaara, and his body seemed to glow in the light the fire casted. His hazle-ish colored eyes held a tinge of boredom and something else I couldn't quite evoke (another awesome word!!). "Don't tell the others that you've seen my real body, got it?" His voice snapped me out of whatever trance I seemed to be in.

"Y-yeah… wait…" A small smirk played my lips. "You mean… the colorless-wonder has no idea that that's your real body?" He stifled a laugh and nodded.

"That's exactly what I mean." My smirk grew as an idea popped in my mind.

"Well then, if that's the case…" I tilted my head back, keeping my eyes on him, and let out a small giggle. "You know, I've never really been good at keeping secrets…" I gave him an innocent look.

"You… little…" I tried not to burst out laughing; his face was twisted with rage and annoyance. "You wouldn't dare."

"Oh really?" I stood up and stretched out, my body making numerous pops. "I'm still soaked to the bone here, and I haven't had anything to eat yet today…" I laced my fingers behind my head and looking out towards the direction the opening of the cave was.

"What do I look like, you're slave?" He was trying very hard to keep as much composure as possible, but I could tell I was getting to him. I smirked a little and looked back at him.

"No, you look like some ginger-kid fool that thinks he can trust me. You know, I've only known you for a few hours and already you trust me with your true identity." I moved my arms and relaced my fingers together behind my back, tilting the upper half of my body closer to him. "For some bad ass ninja you sure are stupid." As soon as the words left my mouth, I was pinned up against the cave wall with a senbon to my throat. Sasori's once bored eyes were now full of rage.

"How dare you mock me!" His voice was bursting with discontent. I told you not to push yourself. I didn't mean to, but that woman's voice made me twitch a little. The way Sasori's eyes changed caused me to think that he thought my involuntary reaction was due to him. I'll talk to him… Fear started to swell up inside of me. I didn't even know if this lady was real, forget about letting her talk to Sasori; he'd think I've gone crazy! I wasn't giving you a choice, her voice was suddenly harsher.

"Look," my lips started moving on their own, "I'm sorry, okay?" I tried to stop talking, but it was as if I no longer had control of my body. "It's just that…" my head sunk a little and my eyes moved towards the ground. What are you doing! If I couldn't say anything aloud, then I'd chew out this person that decided to take over my body. This is MY body! This isn't right! Stop it! You would think that looking at everything through someone else's eyes would be somewhat cool, but this was just out right weird.

Silence child!

I would say make me but it seems as though you already have!

Yes, because you're going to get us killed!

I have this under control!

Oh, of course! Making an S-ranked assassin pissed is going to help!

Oh shut up! I could hardly believe that I was arguing with myself. You're just… wait… what do you mean 'getting US killed'?

As I do believe I've stated before, you are a part of me, just as I am a part of you. If you die, I die.

So… I'm not crazy? You're really…

"You really are annoying," Sasori's voice shook me out of my odd trance. My head shot up – I was able to move on my own again – and I looked him in the eyes. "If you talk to the other members like that you'll die…" he let go of me and I fell to my knees. "You're lucky that Leader-sama asked you be brought to him alive." He sounded harsh, but I couldn't really blame him. I was out of place… if I had said something like that to my father…

Something was suddenly thrown over my head. "Hey!" I quickly removed it and glared at Sasori, only to find him back inside of that turtle thing. "What is this?"

"Get some sleep," he demanded. His… cloak… I quickly looked down at the thing he tossed at me. It was big, black, and had a red cloud outlined in white pattern on it. I promptly looked back at Sasori, only to find him asleep. I glanced back down at his cloak then back at him.

"Th… thank you…" He didn't say anything, I didn't really expect him to. I smiled and spread it out so I could wrap myself up.