It was dark. I tried to move my fingers only to feel pain and exhaustion, and I wondered what had happened. Then I suddenly remembered, and as I searched around in my mind, I found that Shukaku was not there.

I slowly opened my eyes, and I saw what I was guessing to be the white ceiling of the room I had waited in before.

"So you're awake early." I looked over to see a blond man standing near the door. He had on the same coat that all of the others had so far, blue eyes, and his hair was covering almost half of his face, with most of the rest put in a ponytail.

"Come on, Pein sent for you," he said as he leaned his head near the door. I stood up, but only to cough up some blood onto the floor. My body hurt and I was very tired, and I assumed that that was because of that fact that I hadn't stayed asleep the planned amount of time. Nevertheless, I still followed him out the door and down a few hallways.

When he came to a stop outside of one door, he said, "Well, here we are." He then proceeded to open the door and go in, and I followed suit.

Pein was sitting in a chair behind a desk. Other than his chair, the desk, the two chairs in front of the desk, some lights and a small side table, the room was bare.

"You can leave, Deidara," Pein ordered. "Okay."

Deidara went out the door, closing it behind him. "You can have a seat," Pein said without looking at me. I thankfully proceeded to sit down in the chair closest to me because the short walk had made me all the more tired, whilst studying the room further. The walls were slightly grey and had cracks in them, wires hanging from the ceiling, and the floor was a grey-brown and had a lot of dust on it.

Before I could notice anything further, the door slammed open to reveal none other than Hidan. His face went from a cocky smirk to surprised irritation. "No, you've got to be kidding me." I noticed a tall man behind him who had the same coat on and had the bottom of his face covered with the rest of his head, save for his eyes and between them, was covered in white cloth too, and he had green eyes with red sclera, and from the small amount of skin I could see, he seemed to be fairly tan skinned.

"It doesn't matter if you like it or not, Gaara will be accompanying you with all of your missions for the time being," Pein said. Hidan groaned in annoyance, "Damn it."

Pein then stood up and introduced the two. "This is Hidan, whom I assume you already know of, and Kakuzu." He handed me a map. "This is a map of the hideout. Your room is marked in red, and this is where you are now. You are free to do with your room what you will." He pointed at the two locations. As he pointed to one more said, "You will need to be in here at 7 a.m. tomorrow to receive your first mission with Kakuzu and Hidan. Understood?" I nodded. "Very well. You are all dismissed."

And so I went to the room that was mine. As I opened the door, I saw a coat on the bed. It was the same coat that all of the others were wearing, and so I put it on. It seemed to fit fine, although a bit large. Then I looked around the room. There was the bed, a side table, and a chair. I saw the light switch near the door and turned it on. It isn't very bright.

I put the map on the table and sat on the bed to evaluate everything that had happened so far.

So Hidan, a foul mouthed person that seems easily angered concerning certain subjects, and Kakuzu, his partner, are supposed to take me with them on a mission tomorrow after we receive it from Pein, the leader of the Akatsuki, who seems to be almost void of emotions, who has a partner named Konan, whom I don't know much about.

I highly doubt Hidan and I will get along, so I'll keep communication with him at a minimum. I don't know much about Kakuzu, but he seems quiet, so he shouldn't be very significant to anything. Pein… there's something strange about him, I just can't identify it…

I decided to stop thinking about it. I looked at the corner of the room to see a clock that I hadn't seen before. It read 11 p.m., so I thought, This is the time when normal people typically go to sleep, correct? Shukaku is gone, so I might as well try.

So I went to turn the light back off and laid down, closed my eyes, and tried to find sleep, but it wouldn't befall me. How does one sleep so easily? When one falls asleep, they are usually tired, are they not? I'm practically exhausted, and yet I've been lying here for more than half an hour, and I still can't find sleep. I lied there for a while more, until it was only three hours until I was supposed to be awake.

Then, as I was looking around the room, I saw a door. Not the one leading out of the room with a lock on it, but another one. I decided to get up and approach it, so I turned the lights on, and as I came towards it, I saw that it looked like it was old and cracked. I grabbed the handle, which was covered in dust, and opened it. It was just a closet with two racks in it for clothes, and on the top rack was a coat. It looked to be like all the ones the others had been wearing, so I took it off of the hangar, and upon seeing that it was identical to the others, I assumed it must be mine. I tried it on, and it fit. It was a very loose fit, but I guess that was the point, so as to fit items underneath it if necessary.

Deciding that I wasn't going to sleep this night, I started pacing around the room. I did this for an hour before my legs got tired of it, so I sat down on the chair. It creaked as I did, and so I made a mental note to see what was wrong with it later. After a while I looked at the clock and saw that it was five minutes until seven. I grabbed the map and decided to go, because I was bound to get lost, or at least lose my way a bit on the first time, and so I headed out the door.