The six Nins turned to face the leader. He stood in the shadows and neither of the girls could see his face. The two friends didn't have to even look at each other to know that they were thinking the same thing: Either the leader was horribly disfigured or was just shy. Seeing as he probably had to interact with the members of the Akatsuki to get them to join in the first place they believed the first one was a pretty safe bet.
"Deidara you will show them to their living quarters and will then come back to file your report. You two shall then meet Sasori at the training field."
The girls' thoughts were interrupted by the leader's voice. They quickly bowed to him with quick murmurs of 'Yes, leader-sama' before running after Deidara who had left without them. Sasori bowed and left to prepare the training field for the girls' briefing on how their assignments would feel. Hidan didn't even bother to bow. He left after a few moments of awkward silence and went to go complete a ritual that had been left on hold while he had been gone. Kakuzu took this moment to speak privately with the Akatsuki leader. "Do you really believe that they will do well in the Akatsuki, Leader-sama?" he questioned softly. Pein glanced over at the banker and then looked at the retreating back of the newbies. "I do in fact believe that they will do very well here, Kakuzu. They have been well trained and will be a wonderful asset to the Akatsuki's main goal." The miser nodded solemnly and stared after the two girls, though his eyes only focused on the back of a certain copper haired girl's head. It was a long while before either of them spoke again. "They did seem to be wonderfully equipped when it came to fighting those stone-nins on the way back. Maybe you're…" He was cut off by a squeal so high it was only rivaled by that of a fan-girl on speed. The voice that followed after was equally as excited.
"OH MY GOD! HE'S BLUE!"
There was a thump and lots of giggling afterward. Kakuzu heard the leader chuckle. This didn't happen often so that made it even creepier. "Well I do believe that they have met Kisame." was all that the leader said before disappearing into the shadows.