"Let me in!" I awoke to Sarahs voice yelling at someone in the hallway.

"For the last time, I am not supposed to!" Kisame yelled back.

I heard a loud noise, sounding suspiciously like Sarah had just slapped Kisame.

Sarah burst in through the door, her face indescribably furious. "Melody! I can't believe you! You just ran off like that?! No word or anything?? Jeremy was my friend too, remember? But noooooo, you just had to go god-knows-where so no one can find you! SIX HOURS! You were missing for six hours!!!" In the corner of my eye I saw Hidan enter the room. "And what were you doing with HIM? You had blood on you, you smelled of liquor and HE was carrying you back! WELL?!?!"

I sat still, stunned. Last night was sort of a blur. What was she talking about?

She whirled on Hidan. "AND YOU!" He flinched slightly. "You better not have tried anything or I'm going to kill you!" She brought back her hand and slapped him harder than I thought anyone could slap. Then she stormed out of the room and slammed the door.

There was an awkward silence for a moment, before I turned to Hidan and asked, "Did I miss something?" Horror dawned in my mind. "Did anything happen between us?!"

He turned his head away. "No, damn it."

With the force of a tidal wave, everything came back. I let out a groan. "Oh, my God. Did I get drunk?"

"Yep." He gave me a strange smile.

My head snapped up. "I didn't mean what I said, ok? Whatever it is I said." Well, I remembered, but I didn't want him to know that!

He shrugged. "Whatever, Babe." He turned and walked out of my room. Within moments I had another visitor.

"Melody?" Claire said, peeking around the edge of the door.

"Claire!" I said, happy.

She walked in and gave me a tight hug right before Isaac, Joe, Jen and Jacob walked in. They all sat on my bed, all wearing their new outfits. "What happened?" Jen asked me.

Joe and Isaac shot her a look. "Jen!"

I gave a small laugh. "Nothing, guys. Seriously. I freaked out on everybody, and then I ran. I fell a few times, that's why I was bleeding, and Hidan found me, gave me a drink, and brought me back. No drama!"

"That's a relief." Claire and Isaac sighed.

Jen handed me a slip of paper. "Apparently, we now have permanent schedules." She told me. "I was supposed to give this to you."

I looked at it curiously. "I get to work in the Library, Garden, and kitchen?"

"Yeah, I'm usually going to be in the cleaning department."

"What about you guys?" I asked the others.

They shrugged. "Well, we've been here for less than a day." Claire said. "So they want to 'rotate' us and see where we work best. I wish them luck." She smiled an evil smile twin to mine.

"Just don't set the place on fire." I told her.

She shrugged. "Don't tempt me." She stood and made for the door. "Well, I'm off. By the way, Mel, Konan had your clothes cleaned, they're by the door." She winked. "I can't believe they're cuter than anyone else's! Someone has a soft spot for ya. Later." With that, she left the room.

"See you." Jen, Isaac, Joe, and Jacob said, leaving me as well. I quickly got dressed and made my way to the library, passing a minor kitchen for a quick breakfast.

Chad, Shelby, and Connor were also working in the library with me. We spent an hour trying to just clean the library! Let me tell you: Akatsuki has a lot of garbage!!!

We worked together until lunch, and afterward, I got to work in the garden. Soon, I was up in the apple tree, just listening to the birds, when I heard two voices below me.

"this is the garden, hm." Deidara said to someone.

"Cool." I heard Claire say. "This is a really awesome garden! Who works here?"

Keeping my legs wrapped around a branch, I swung upside down so I was looking straight into her face. "That would be me." I grinned.

She let out a little squeak. "Shit, Melody!" I burst out laughing and flipped to the ground. I bowed to Deidara.

"Deidara-sama." I said politely. I flashed another smile at Claire. "Sorry."

"Hruph!" She said, glaring at me. "I doubt it!" I shrugged.

"I can show you the other rooms now, Claire, hm." Deidara said, looking at her with an odd expression.

"Can I meet you in there in a moment, Deidara-kun?" She asked. "I need to speak with Melody." He nodded and went inside.

I turned to her, my smile growing. "Deidara-KUN?"

She blushed. "Yes. I mean no. Listen you-"

"What do you want, Claire?" I asked her. "Not that I'm not glad to see you. I'm ecstatic you're here, but still."

She gave me a smile. "Hidan-SAMA asked me to give you this." She handed me a necklace.

It was a collar, with Japanese written on it. I stared at it uncomprehendingly, then I gasped and my hand flew to my throat. Oops, it was my collar. "I must have lost it last night." I apologized, taking it from her. A flash of purple caught my eye. "What's this?" I asked her, lifting the amethyst gem that was now attached.

"Oh, that wasn't there before?" She asked me.

"No, I'm pretty sure it wasn't." I told her. I tied the choker on and looked at the stone again. "It looks like his eyes." I murmured.

"huh?"

"Nothing. Listen, Claire, you don't want to keep Deidara-kun waiting, so you should go. I'll see you later, ok?"

She nodded. "Later, Mel." Then turned and walked inside.

I grinned to myself. Well, well. Seemed like Deidara and Claire were becoming close. I laughed a little and climbed back into the tree, singing to myself." Ai yai yai
Ai yai yai
Ai yai yai
Where's my samurai?

I'm searching for a man
All across Japan
Just to find
To find my samurai

Someone who is strong
But still a little shy
Yes I need
I need my samurai

Ai yai yai
I'm your little butterfly
Green black and blue make the colours in the sky
Ai yai yai
I'm your little butterfly
Green black and blue make the colours in the sky

I'm searching in the woods
And high upon the hills
Just to find
To find my samurai

Someone who won't regret
To keep me in his net
Yes I need
I need my samurai

Ai yai yai
I'm your little butterfly
Green black and blue make the colours in the sky
Ai yai yai
I'm your little butterfly
Green black and blue make the colours in the sky," Oh, I love that song, by smile DK. I hadn't heard of them before that song, but I adore it!!

I let out a laugh, and heard a voice below me. "Beautiful song." I looked down quickly to see Zetsu and Itachi looking at me. I gave what little bow I could from up in a tree.

"Thank you." I said. "To what do I give this honor?" I asked, a little sarcastically.

Itachi shrugged. "Zetsu needed to be outside for a bit, and I felt like some fresh air." He knelt beneath the tree and picked a beautiful dark purple flower and gave it a delicate sniff. I stared at him in confusion, blushing when he caught me staring. "It's for someone." He explained in his cool manner. He tucked it into his cloak. And Then he walked inside with Zetsu.

I blinked and checked my watch. I supposed they wouldn't really mind if I left the Garden early today, just so I could wash up and feed Belle, then I could go help with dinner.

I sighed, regretfully leaving the tree and going back into the dark indoors.