Hidan growled, staring down at the song words in his hand. He knew these so well by this point, and the song was almost ready for them to preform on their tour that started Saturday, except for one thing.

Lee kept missing the chorus.

"Lee, come on. This is so easy!" TenTen told her band mate, grabbing his instrument and showing him exactly how he was suppose to play it.

"I just can't get this!" Lee cried in frustration, tugging at his short black hair, fuzzy eyebrows narrowed dangerously. "I must not trust in the power of youth, because I am not doing my best on this song."

Rock Lee, age sixteen. Plays the bass for the Bloodstained Weapons. Doesn't like Neji Hyuga, and is very sure in his belief in the power of youth. Only time his friends can get him out of his usual green spandex body suit is for either a concert or a meeting. Needs to learn how to pluck his eyebrows.

TenTen rolled her eyes as she slung the strap back over Lee's head, placing it on his shoulder. "No, I'm sure you're very centered in your belief. But I don't think we'll be able to play this on the tour."

"Oh really?" Neji sighed, leaning back against the wall, silver eyes bored. "And I was doing so well with this song...seems a pity we can't play it now."

Neji Hyuga, age sixteen. Plays the guitar. Is fine with Hidan and TenTen, but doesn't like Lee. Lives with TenTen in a penthouse in the most expensive complex.

"Shut up, Neji, you aren't helping." TenTen waved to their manger, who was waiting outside the door, and when he saw the girl gesture to him, he immediately entered, shutting the door softly behind him.

"Yes?" he asked, pushing light brown hair away from his ruddy face. He was plump, rolls of flesh pulling at the constrains of the tan suit he wore.

"We're not going to be able to play Cutting Out My Heart for that tour we're going," TenTen began, sighing loudly. "We don't have Red Dawn in the song list, right? Take out the Heart one and add that."

Their manger gaped. "But-but part of the selling point for this tour is there's a new song in it!" he protested.

"So? No one's ever heard Red Dawn before. Besides, I think that with Hidan's popularity, we could be singing songs by Brittany Spears and still have a full house. Now get out."

The man turned pink, opened his mouth to say something, shut it, spun on his heel and strode to the door, looking embarrassed and also angry.

"Well that solves it," TenTen said happily, picking up her drumsticks again. "Lee's great at that song, and Neji plays it so wonderfully, and of course there is Hidan's singing."

"Shut up, TenTen." Hidan snapped, digging through his bag until he came up with the sheet music for Red Dawn.

Hidan had written the song himself, after a strange dream he'd had. In it, he was fighting with someone, who was tall and had kept his whole face covered. He had watched this man die before him, and the sky had looked so red when that man took his last breath.

And for some reason, Hidan felt depressed after writing the song, like he'd really known the man. But that was absured. Hidan could have never known someone like that.

It was just a dream. So why did he keep thinking of it?

Why did he miss that man he'd never known so much?

"Interesting..." Pein whispered, watching the tape of the Bloodstained Weapons band practice. Having a hacker like Zetsu was always useful. Besides him on the table sat a sheet of paper, the title written in a bold red: RED DAWN.

He looked back down at the paper. Having contacts in the music and film industry was always a good thing, seeing as three of the former Akatsuki members were now world famous for their skills.

Pein read through the chorus. It always made so much sense, what the song was talking about.

...What the the sky was like
the day you left me
Red clouds painted with your blood
Sky clear, pouring with my tears
A red dawn
just like it had been the day
you passed away...

He sang the words softly to himself, tracing the white paper with one hand. Strange words to some people, but to Pein, they made complete sense.

There had been a red dawn on the day Kakuzu had died and Hidan put out of the picture. The sky had looked like some holy being had been injured, as the holy never died, and their blood was leaking across the sky. Even the sun had been a vivid crimson.

According to his sources, Hidan Neco had been the one to write the song. Strange how some things carried over from their past life, but not others.

"Pein..." Konan called, sticking her head in the room. "Come on. Zetsu found out that Itachi is visiting Kisame's store soon, for a check up. We need to go over a plan for it."

"I'm coming," Pein told her, rising to his feet.

They would awaken their memories. Take over this world like they had been unable to take over the other one, and this time, he wasn't going to let his Konan die during it. Or anyone else, for that matter.

Author's Comments: Ugh...this one is mainly Hidan centric, next one will be focusing on Kisame and probably some Itachi. I have a head cold though...so I killed this part.

ANd yes, I wrote that song part that Pein's singing. And I killed it as well.

I'm not very good at writting songs.