"You're Rix, the Rix that was…" Sasori was amazed…he didn't even know she was alive.

"Tell me what's going on, now!" Rix demanded. This attracted a crowd of the other members.

"I'm Sasori…do you not remember me?" Rix was baffled, who was he? She remembered him. Her face froze and was blank then it filled with anger and hurt the next moment. She attacked Sasori.

"I-can't-believe-you! You-bastard!" Rix said between punches to Sasori's face. She straddled his hips after tackling him.

"Rix! Calm down!" Someone of the other members shouted. She just kept punching the puppet master. She was finally pulled off of Sasori by the raven haired man known as Itachi. Rix's breathing was heavy and her heartbeat was fast. She was absolutely fuming. "What just happened?" Itachi asked, trying to keep Rix from causing more racket.

"That fucker over there! He's a monster! He's a bastard and a jackass at that!" Rix began to shudder. "And…he…"

"He…?" Itachi pushed.

"He...raised me…" Rix leaned into Itachi. Itachi was momentarily shocked but went with it. She was shuddering and whimpering into Itachi's cloak.

"Shhh…stop crying…" Itachi whispered.

"Who said I was crying…?" Rix's voice was muffled by the black cloth of his cloak. She looked up to him. Her face was red and breath heavy. She was right. She wasn't crying. "I haven't cried in fifteen years." Itachi was very, very surprised. She reached into her ninja pack and pulled out six more food pills then popped them into her mouth.

"That's not good for you." Itachi stated while looking into her dark brown eyes.

Rix shrugged. "I know, I'm about to run out anyways…" Itachi shook his head.

"That and the bottling up your feelings. You need to talk.." Rix shook her head.

"No. Nobody likes a crybaby." Itachi shook his head.

"It won't kill you." Itachi already knew that tears were in her eyes but she wasn't going to let herself cry. Not now, never. Her self-induced insomnia was kicking her ass and she passed out in Itachi's lap.

"Dude, that chick's weird…" Hidan was the first of the bystanders to speak. Kakuzu rolled his eyes and slapped Hidan on the back of the head.

"Shut up…you're weird too." Hidan shrugged.

"True…" Itachi picked Rix up and carried her to his room bridal style.

"Hey! What're you doing with her?" Hidan yelled to Itachi.

"I'm taking her to my room. Try to talk her into talking to someone for probably the first time in fifteen years. It'll do her good." Itachi stated before opening his door and walking out of sight. Itachi placed Rix on his bed. She slept for hours then woke. She had the most peaceful sleep in months. She looked around and her red hair flipped as she swung her head around to figure out where she was.

"You're going to get whiplash if you keep that up."

"Itachi?" The said man nodded and walked over to her.

"You need to talk…" She took a deep breath then shook her head.

"No, you don't need to talk, when you talk, you want to. It's that easy." Itachi sighed and sat beside her.

"No, you need to talk…anyways lets get off of that subject…I had no idea that you and Sasori would even be related at all. So, do you hate him?" Rix laughed, Itachi was blunt.

"I don't hate Sasori-niisan. I was just angry because he was so cruel when he left…" She stared into nothingness and sighed. "Sure, Sasori was mean at times but we were like brother and sister…a bond…that cannot be broken… No matter how much he pushes back his emotions…they're still there."

"Sasori's a puppet now." Rix nodded her head.

"Yeah, well, all of his emotions are there. The jutsu just makes a barrier against them. He just needs to find someone…he needs to find…love. True love. It's simple. Finding it isn't, I know I cannot find love because I'm not a very likable person…" Rix smiled.

"How so? I think you're pretty likable."

"Well, my powers seem to push people away…have you ever heard of the old spirit Hagane Tora?"

"No, I don't believe so…"

"Well, it's the spirit of an old steel tiger that travels from different bodies as hosts. It picks and chooses it's host and can freely remove itself from one's body. I use it's power and he seems to like me, because he hasn't killed me yet. I seem to have formed a type of 'relationship' with him, you could say. He talks to me, gives me pointers and I talk to him. He usually is translucent but during battle he's a solid form." Itachi nodded.

"Well, that's interesting…I cannot wait until I can watch you train with the other members." Rix shrugged.

"I'm supposed to be sharing a room with Sasori and Deidara but I don't think Sasori wants me around him… That means I'm on his team, right?"

"Yes, it would…I could let Leader know of the situation if you'd like. You certainly would have a choice rather to be on Sasori's team or not. Even if you don't want to be with him, you cannot choose what team you will be on after that decision." Rix nodded. Itachi stood and motioned for her to follow. She complied and followed Itachi back to Leader's office. Soon they stood in front of the door.

"I don't know, Itachi…I just…I mean, does he know?" Rix lowered her eyes to the ground.

"You can wait out here and I can talk to him…" Rix nodded her head and Itachi knocked on the door.