"Come on Siren...! Can't keep up?" Nen quickly mentioned, a few running paces ahead of me. We zipped past crowded streets and tight buildings with the occasional bump in with a person. Phew, for a few days, I was faster than him when we met again... He ain't faster than me though, never! I began to catch up afterwards with some extra strength I was hoping to save for later.

"So now we're playing competitive, Siren?" I cocked my head right to look at him, what's he talking about?

"Lunar Style: Blink!" Huh? Hey! He teleported somewhere! That's chea-

"Oww!" Damm... it... I hit the... Stinkin' wall...

...

Just you wait Nen! Just before I knew it I was dashing between the corridors of Lady Sundae's office building, her head office is somewhere on the top, right? Either way I will beat Nen! That darn wall gave me a bruise, but luckily I still kept going!

"Nen, you cheater!" I shout while darting the stairs to the next level, running using the most my energy will allow. As soon as I saw Lady Sundae's office door...

"I caught you Nen!" Barging in the room I abruptly stopped, hearing that Shizune woman gasp and, Nen relaxing against the wall to my right, and another guy just in front of me, apparently alarmed by my entry. Hey, where's Lady Sund-

"Who do you think you are, barging in like that?" Ahh...!

"S-Sorry, Lady Sundae..." Didn't mean to do it like that, besides, Nen was cheating! I hunched slightly but then realize that guy was walking over to Nen.

"What a drag..." He spoke in a lazy tone. He wore a green flak jacket, I couldn't see his face but his hair was sort of long, jet black, and tied into a spiky ponytail. He had a gray short sleeved shirt and with brownish pants. He only sighed while speaking to Nen about something, I couldn't hear closely, but I know something about the word 'cousin'.

"Excuse my cousin, Lady Tsunade; he can be a bit rowdy..." Oh, come on...! He was leaning on the brown, wooden wall with his right leg forward and his arms were crossing.

"That's a low blow, Nen!" He didn't even look up.

"Anyway, my older sister, Deyanira is a missing-nin from The Hidden Moon Village, where we originally hail from." That's why we both have two village bands... Nen continued, with his eyes closed. "Sironar, hand Lady Tsunade your Bingo Book, please?" Why my Bingo Book?

"Huh, why?" I responded in question.

"Please...?" Well, fine, I guess so. I slowly walked up to Lady Sundae's desk and opened my pouch, retrieved the Bingo Book and placed it gently on her large, curved desk. The Bingo Book itself was midnight black with a white, crescent moon shape on the fold. It had white swirls on the cover as well, intersecting each other. Lady Sundae was folding her hands.

"Why does your cousin have a Bingo Book?" The other mentioned, clearly to Nen. I strolled back to my original position, looking out the window during the very short walk across the room.

"He had 'borrowed' it from a Jonin in the Hidden Moon before joining us. I'm his cousin, I wouldn't doubt that." Nen answered, trusting me from stealing it from the Jonin. Man that guy must be having a hard time, having an important book stolen from him and all... Lady Sundae was browsing the contents of the Bingo Book I had temporarily given her, along with her assistant Shizune and her little cute pig kept in her arms.

"Deyanira is on the front page," He continued. "Cutting to the point, her last known location was the SOMVNU Head Quarters." He still remained in that pose.

"The SOMVNU?" I never really understood that...

"The Special Operatives Moon Village Ninja Unit, they're similar to the ANBU Black Ops. However, unlike the ANBU, they carry out much a much more diversity of tasks." Hmm... It seems that the other guy knows a lot of stuff about us. Lady Sundae was still scanning the page.

"They're infamous for using harsh and cruel methods to train their ninja, that's why they never adopted the ANBU tradition. Most of their standard ninja are more adept than our regular ANBU members." Lady Sundae mentioned, and continued after a short pause. "It would take extreme patience, and skill to break in to the head quarters of a military base, why would one ever try to get in?" That's what I was thinking too... You must be an idiot if you want to trespass inside a high security place...

"I was thinking about that for awhile myself, actually..." Well, out with it, Nen...!

"The only possible reason I can think of is that she would want to steal a top-priority document, as the secret archives of the Moon Village are stored there." Nen then broke out of that pose and took a step forward. "Remember, if she's traveling with the Akatsuki, then, she must be up to no good...!"

"Huh, the Akatsuki?" The girl Shizune finally spoke, she seemed startled.

"What Nenin told me before about his team's previous mission is that the Akatsuki were somehow involved in the flooding of an observatory and several small villages. Deyanira Hugeato, Itachi Uchiha, and Kurai Homura were involved that are at least affiliated with the Akatsuki." This is all getting confusing...

"Maybe that act they pulled off was a diversion, to reel in our attention." The other guy said. He had his hands in his pockets casually.

"Well, I have nothing else to say... All of which I have mentioned has been said already." Nen bowed out of respect.

"Hey, Siren, meet me up at Ichiraku Ramens, it's on me today, alright?"Mmmm... That place, Kemari showed me it yesterday and their ramen was delicious! Heh, heh.

"Sure, thanks Nen...!" I eagerly ran out of Lady Sundae's office, but overheard something so I decided to... Eavesdrop for a few minutes...

"If that's everything then I shall request everyone back for your next assignment." I kept my ear toward the wooden wall to hear as much as I can.

"Actually, that's not all, Lady Tsunade..." Nen's voice went softer with every step that I heard he took.

"If it's about the Akatsuki then I'm just as concerned as you both are." The other guy exclaimed in a low tone, but enough so that I could still hear it.

"I don't know how to throw this out at you, so I'll try as best as I can, Lady Tsunade." His voice was fainter, so that must mean he's really close to Lady Sundae.

"I'm sure you know about the jinchuriki, milady?"

Prepare for a dramatic, not-so-epic emotional 22nd chapter. Coming to a Fanfiction near you.

Don't worry, I have a plan, additional powers, seemingly plot twisters and... Some other things. Up to you to find out what they are!

*End chapter*