"So you must be the ninth member. Nice to meet you…Sasori." The male redhead nodded as a greeting.

"Rix, do you need help finding your way around, un?" Deidara asked, grabbing Rix's attention.

"Thank you. I won't bother you, I just need to know where everything is and you can set me off by myself." Deidara nodded.

"Danna? Would you mind showing her where the main room is? I've got to use the restroom." Sasori sighed.

"You could've left the last part off, Brat."

Brat… Why does that bother me?

"Come on, it's this way." Sasori said as he started to walk away. Rix jogged a bit to catch up to Sasori. They walked into a room full of other men. Sasori left Rix standing there with a 'Good luck'. There were four people in the room. A silver haired man, a very tan stitched man, a raven haired man, and a blue skinned man.

"Hello." Rix waved a slow, small wave. There the four men still stared. "Um…is there something wrong?" Rix's head tilted to the side slightly.

"So, you're the chick that Sasori was carrying." The silver haired man stated.

"Yes, I am…" Rix was a very polite, shy person when around new people.

"Oi, don't let them get to you. Here, sit with me."

"Eh, you sure? I don't want to be a bother." Rix rubbed the back of her neck, being uncomfortable.

"Yeah, c'mon." Rix walked over to the silver haired man and sat in the chair separating him and the stitched man.

"Hi…um…?"

"Hidan." Rix nodded.

"Hello, Hidan." She looked around the table and saw that the S-ranked criminals didn't seem so scary when they weren't battling or something like that. "So…If you don't mind me asking your names…"

The blue man answered first. "Hi there, I'm Kisame." Kisame held his hand out to shake. Rix took his hand and his grip was almost bone crushing. Rix smiled and bit her lip and sighed when he let go of her hand. She closed her hand tightly and released it again to try to get the feeling back. "Oh, I'm sorry…"

"Oh, It's okay, no worries." Dude! Watch it! That hurt like a bitch!

"I'm Itachi." He held his hand out to shake and Rix complied but this time, no pain. Just a gentle, soft touch. How can a S-ranked criminal have such a gentle touch?

"Oh, hello, Itachi." I gave him a single nod and he replied the same.

"I'm Kakuzu." The other man beside her said. He held his hand out to me. She shook it, you would think that his grip would be strong and his skin rough, but it's not.

"Hello, Kakuzu." They heard a door slam and pounding foot steps.

"YOU!" Rix looked around and Sasori was pointing at her.

"But I didn't even do anything yet, dammit!" Haha! I let my thoughts slip out! Ya dipshit! Rix clamped her mouth shut. Sasori stormed over to her and grabbed her wrist. He dragged her away.

"I wish ya luck!" Hidan shouted.

"Sasori, let go of me! I can walk!" Sasori froze.

GAH! Why does she bother me? Sasori let go of Rix's wrist and she stood.

"Okay, what got you worked up? I didn't do anything to you or your puppets!" She froze. How did she know Sasori was a puppeteer?

"How did you-"

"I honestly…don't…know…" Rix was pulled into deep thought. How did she know that? She's never even seen him before!

"I'm not through here! Because of your coming, Deidara and I have to share a room…with you!"

"Um…I'm sorry…?" Rix shrugged. She didn't know what was wrong with sharing a room with her. She kept her stuff in it's place and she kept to herself most of the time.

"You're a brat!" That bugged her to no tomorrow. She was in no way a brat.

"Do you even know how old I am? Huh? No, you don't!"

"You're no older than seventeen, at the most!" Rix smirked and leaned in to whisper to Sasori. Her lips were almost touching his ears.

"Nineteen…" Rix whispered.

"What?" Rix leaned away.

"Yes, nineteen, do you have a problem?" Her dark brown eyes sparkled. It finally clicked…Sasori remembered her. Nineteen…Arixious…Suna…The red hair…The fang on her cheek…those deep brown eyes…that…smirk… He couldn't believe it…it was her.

"A…rix…ious…Ha…ru…ka… Arixious Haruka. That's you." Rix flinched.

"What? How'd you know? I don't understand how you even know my middle name…" Rix was confused. How the hell did he know that?