I actually got another chapter up today! I didn't think I was gonna have time. I have a major writers block for Naruto's mission so it's just gonna be them, actually getting ready… If you have any ideas please PM me, because I'm stuck. Oh, and I can't decide if I should make it all in Naruto's POV or I should switch… so if you care, please PM me and tell me! That's about it, and I hope you enjoy the Chapter! : ) Please R&R!

Naruto's POV:

I lay on my bed, thinking that this could not get any weirder. After the fight, Leader had asked Kakuzu, a guy with a mask covering half of his face, to show me around so I wouldn't get lost again. He guided me through the tunnels, showing where the kitchen was in relation to each room. Apparently, the base was circular, though it was so big it didn't feel like it, and the kitchen was at the very center. Kakuzu didn't say much more than he needed to, and almost never went inside any of the other rooms, but when he passed the room marked 'Infirmary' he stopped and pressed his ear to the door, like I had done last night, and listened. He muttered something under his breath, and went inside, forgetting all about me. Since I had nothing else to do, I followed him.

Maru was sitting with her back to me, running her glowing hand over Itachi's forehead with Taketo standing anxiously next to her. Everyone who was in the fight was there, some of them with bandages wrapped around their wounds, but Kakuzu went straight to the one who had actually seriously injured someone. Hidan. I had the same experience with Kakuzu that I had had with Maru. I had thought she was quiet and nice and nonviolent. I had actually wondered how she got into Akatsuki. Then she spoiled my impression of her when she screamed at Kanna. It was like I was at the fight again, only I was seeing it with Kakuzu.

He yelled for about 10 minutes, screaming about Hidan being a blockhead, and an idiot, and how if Hidan wasn't immortal, he would be feeling this lecture, as well as hearing it. Wait. Immortal? I turned to the nearest person and tapped them. It was Kisa, holding an ice-pack to her head. "What is it Naruto-kun," she said. "Did Kakuzu-san just say that Hidan was immortal?" She nodded and then winced. "They both are. Hidan performs a ritual in his fights. He takes a little blood from his opponent and using it, whatever happens to him happens to his opponent. To make this strategy work he has to be immortal." Kisa paused and then went on. "He is very religious, and he is part of a religion called Jashinism. If he does a certain ritual after he kills someone, he says he is granted immortality. And it seems to work. Kakuzu's method is much similar. When he kills someone, he steals their heart. It adds they're lifespan to his."

I turned back to Kakuzu who was still yelling at Hidan. Well, that explained why
Deidara had called them 'The Zombie Twins.' I waited until he was done, and then I had him show me to the dorms, so I could fall asleep. I was exhausted. I collapsed on the bed at the far corner of the room. When I had walked in I had noticed that it was marked with my name. I asked Deidara. He said " Well, leader got really mad at us, saying that we were acting like kids un, and that if we were gonna act like kids, he was gonna treat us like kids un. So he had nameplates put on the beds." Deidara shrugged. It doesn't bother us that much anymore un. You get used to it." I didn't hear the last part. I was asleep.

The next morning I was woken to the sound of someone whispering my name. "Naruto-kun, you have to get up now. Please. If you don't we will get in trouble." After the pleading stopped, I cracked open an eyelid. Maru was standing there anxiously. "Oh thank goodness! It's your turn to do the waking up, and then we have to leave for your mission." I told her in a groggy voice, "Slow down. What's the waking up?" "Kisa-chan and Kanna-chan never want to get up, so it's someone's job to wake them up. We switch every day. It's your turn."

I pulled myself out of the warm comforter, and let Maru pull me to the girl's dorm. She opened the door, pushed me in and then slammed the door. What was her problem? I walked to Kanna and shook her saying "It's time to get up." She rolled over and opened her eyes. Kanna walked to the center of the room and knelt there. Well that was surprisingly easy. I turned my back on her and walked to Kisa. I repeated the same process, with the same results. Wow. Maru had made it sound like it would be hard. I should have known it wouldn't be that easy.

I heard some noise from the center of the room, and turned. Both of the twins were surrounded, but with different things. Kanna had some scrolls open and she was performing hand signs. Rising from the scrolls was a mist. Kisa had shadows surrounding her. They were sort of human shaped, but the shadowy stuff they were made of kept moving, screwing up the human effect. The mist Kanna had called up started to move toward me. At a word from Kisa, the shadows did the same. Oh, Crap. I sprinted for the door, suddenly understanding Maru's haste to get out of the room. I yanked the door out of my way, and slammed it shut behind me.

Maru stared at me, and said "Are they up?" I stared right back at her. "I don't know. I really don't care. I'm lucky to have my life!! What were those jutsus?" Maru looked sheepish. "Well, if you touch Kanna's mist, it will trap you in a genjustsu. Kisa's shadows will do whatever she wants, but we have no idea what they are and she won't tell us. Kanna might know, but she won't go against her twin." "Wonderful. So you sent me in there, knowing that I could have been killed, and you didn't even warn me?!? Nice one. You said we had to leave for my mission? Get everyone who is on my team, gather them in the kitchen, and we will leave." She looked like she was about to cry but I didn't care. I was pissed off.