Standing in front of the big house was Saki. Her red hair was in a ponytail, as it usually was on a mission. She wore an Anbu mask over her face. She slowly took it off and looked around. "We're here" She said stretching. She was wearing the regular Anbu outfit and was looking around. It was already dark and they had been traveling a lot. She twitched slightly as she was hit by more rain. She of course had forgotten it was raining but since they had stopped she noticed. She was soaking wet. "I better not catch a cold" Saki mummbled looking around at the trees then back to the house.

By now Saki's hair was dark red because it was wet. She walked to the door of the house and unlocked it. She opened it slowly. "Everyone hurry inside" Saki called to them as she walked inside, holding the door opened for them. She looked around it the room she was standing in. It was warm luckily. At least their house was really nice. "Hmm some of them are going to have to share a room if we want to fit them all in, we can put another bed in the room" Saki mummbled making a mental note to herself trying to think of where all of the Akatsuki members could sleep.

Saki leaned against the wall and closed her eyes for a few moments. She pushed her wet hair out of her face. To think that some of our old friends are apart of the Akatsuki Saki thought opening her eyes. This was all quite a shock to her considering the fact that some of her friends were evil. She sighed, all very very odd.

Yuuko followed quickly. She didn't seem to mind the rain,since she goes out to think. It was refreshing at least. Yuuko took off her Anbu mask. Her outfit getting wet with each passing minute. She heard Saki. She muttered quietly, "Then were going to have to take a shower, so we won't get a cold." She looked around the house thinking of how they were all going to fit. Surprinsgly, it was warm inside.She nodded at Saki's comment on how they were all going to fit together. She thought for a moment. Akatsuki.. They have ways and motives.Akatsuki is evil. Let's hope that nobody finds out about this.Yuuko sat down on a chair.She stared at the window. Yuuko stood up and decided to go back outside. She stared at the grass and the gray sky.It wouldn't matter to her if she got a cold or not.

She felt the drops touching her skin.Yuuko listened to the sound of the rain. She decided to go back inside. It was nice to look at the sky for a moment. Yuuko did not say anything and she stared at the window. Maybe one of us is going to have to sleep on the couch tonight.She added that note into her head.Yuuko sighed and decided to get some towel, to dry off a bit. She came back within in minutes and handed each and everyone a towel.

Hidan was currently standing outside scowling. It was raining and he couldn't believe these chicks left him and his comrades in such a shitty condition.. He couldn't even really remember if he knew any of these girls from his childhood.. He was sure though maybe a few of them looked familiar, but he didn't think too much about it.

Other than that, he would have sacrificed them all to Jashin. He's abit crazy, yeah, but of course he clings to his precious god.. Sometimes people, or more specifically his comrades questioned if he was overly-religious..? Faithless heathens. That's how he saw everyone else. The idea of torturing them slowly always made him smirk.

Even if Hidan was abit impatient at times...he could always enjoy stretching out the fun of torment. Slowly watching them grow into deeper pain. Being a sadist of course, he enjoys it.

He listened to the two girls talk, still abit annoyed that he let these girls almost beat him like that. "Tch.." Violet eyes narrowed and darted around the house as a bored expression hovered on his face. Of course Hidan always has a habit of speaking his mind without thinking.."Some crappy house.." He muttered mostly to himself, of course it wasn't really crappy... He was just in a bad mood at the moment.. He sighed and crossed his arms after finally being able to part with his scythe and put i on his back again, he had been clutching it and glaring at the girls warily ever since that fight.. But he was also being quieter than usual.

"Thank you Yuuko-chan" Saki said, taking the towel and drying her hair. She looked at Hidan. "We already told you we were sorry" Saki said to him. "You also realize that your leader let you almost get killed by us then ran off" Saki said to him. Saki hadn't heard his comment saying that it was a crappy house, if she had she would have gotten mad. She walked out of the room for a few minutes then came back with a white shirt and some tan colored pants for Hidan. She had all kinds of clothes for just in case. She handed them to him. "You guys probably need dry clothes" She said turning around. and walked away again.

Saki letf the room and headed for her room. She took off her wet Anbu clothes and changed into a black tank top and some black pants. She walked back to the main room. Her hair was now down. She stared at them. "If you guys are hungry I can go make something to eat" Saki offered, trying to be as nice as she could be considering that these were her childhood friends.

"Your welcome, Saki-san."She paused for a moment. "If we didn't notice it was you guys, we most likely would have killed you."Yuuko added. She went go change her clothes in her room and dried her hair off with a towel. She put on a red tank top and some shorts. Yuuko went back into the room."I'll help you." She sighed. She remained calm waiting for an answer. Yuuko looked at Hidan. "So why exactly did you join Akatsuki?"Yuuko asked bluntly.It didn't matter whether or not he would answer. Maybe she had nerve to do so, to ask Hidan why he had joined Akatsuki. Yuuko thought for another moment.Maybe..power. Something..must have attracted them to being an Akatsuki member. Each one of them. She shoved the thoughts out.Maybe.Yuuko stared at the window.At least the rain, isn't going to stop yet.

Yuuko blanked out for a minute. She was thinking about her mom and dad.Stop She told herself. Yuuko seemed a bit irritated because her face looked like it. Then her irritated face slowly dissapeared.She muttered quietly"Hmmm."Yuuko went into the kitchen checking there supplied. It seemed like they had enough for everybody to eat. They would probably have to go shopping for food sometime this week, even tomorrow. She added a mental note to herself to ask Saki if she wanted to go shopping for food tomorrow. It's like they suddenly became one big family with major differences.She came back from the kitchen.

Miname stopped in front of the old house where everyone was supposedly gathering. She whipped her white blonde hair, which now looked more yellowish in the rain. She shivered from being so cold and wrapped hr arms tightly around her. She thought to herself, Uggh, I never thought I'd have to fight people I've known for years. And to think Kisame's evil... I guess me helping him wasn't enough for him I guess... She sighed and grunted as she shuffled with her ANBU uniform and walked to the entryway. She grumbled to herself, "And to think this mission had to happen 10 days after my 17th birthday..."

She opened the door slightly and entered hoping some of the other ANBU girls were already here. Another thought passed her that made her think of her brother back in Kirigakure. She thought Hnn, I'd wonder what he'd think now, that I'm helping the enemy that was an old friend... She walked into the main room of the house still dripping wet and she saw Saki and said, "H-Hello, Saki. Who all is here?"

Saki's attention went to Miname. "All of our childhood friends" Saki said to Miname. I didn't think that Tobi would be evil, well I didn't think any of them would be evil. Well Itachi kind of seemed evil sometimes but most of them Saki thought. It was a little hard to think that some of your best childhood friends turned out to be part of evil organization and that she had almost killed them. Saki sighed. This was such an eventful day, a horrible one at that. It didn't help that Hidan was in a bad mood and that was annoying her a bit. She sighed once again and stretched a little more. "I wish it hadn't been raining" She muttered.

She walked into the kitchen. "Yuuko-san you can just go rest I'll make it don't worry" The red head said. "I'm just going to make chicken ramen" She said as she took out the ingredients and began cooking. I thought they were the feared Akatsuki. How did a bunch of girls almost kill them Saki thought, still not understanding why they had let themselves almost get killed by them. Was it because they remembered us and didn't want to hurt us or something? Saki thought with a sigh. None of this made since to her.

Soon enough the ramen was done. "Foods ready" She said, setting it out with bowls so they could come serve themselves. She put some ramen in her bowl and walked out of the kitchen, eating it with some chop sticks. "We'll figure out your sleeping arrangements later" Saki said to Hidan since he was the first Akatsuki member she saw.

My.. Almost killed she says? Hidan laughed loudly at that and smirked. "Almost killed?" He chuckled and shook his head lightly, "Was it not obvious when we were fighting?" Hidan was of course referring to his immortality, and what those girls did to him were nothing but mere kiddie-bruises in his book. "Tch..You haven't even seen me perform the ritual. You wouldn't be saying that." He chuckled but narrowed his eyes in the slightest when she mentioned the Leader. Hidan couldn't give a damn about the Leader, he was probably the only person in Akatsuki who didn't entirely respect him either.

He raised an eyebrow slightly though when she gave him the dry clothes but didn't bother to thank her. He looked them over briefly and rolled his eyes before glancing at Yuuko who had asked him why he joined Akatsuki. He glanced at the floor for some reason before brushing a hand over his platinum blond hair and leaned against the wall. "It's all in the past now so who gives a shit?" He said shrugging and glancing at her as she walked towards the kitchen.

He looked up at Saki again, giving a slight nod in her general direction. He wasn't feeling hungry at the moment so he decided to stay where he was at and sighed a little. "..Right." He muttered and found himself distantly fumbling with the Jashin emblem around his neck.

"All right."She did not say anything more to Hidan. She went into the kitchen.She didn't care if she was the first among to eat Saki's cooking. "Smells good." Yuuko sat down. She muttered slowly. "Itadakimasu." She began eating. A few minutes passed, she finished her meal. Yuuko put her bowl and the chopsticks in the sink. She came back to the main room, only to go back into her room. Yuuko picked up a book and came back in and sat in a chair. She began reading. Yuuko had already read the book, but it gave her something to do instead of stare into the ceiling and window.

Yuuko turned another page.She wondered what had happened to everyone one. What was taking everyone so long?Did something or somone stop them?"Tch.."Yuuko didn't turn another page. She was too busy worrying about the others. She hated it when she was a bit anxious to see other people arrive. She paused for another moment. Yuuko looked at the window again. Yuuko wished someone would come.

Saki looked at Hidan. "Oh right, we almost killed everyone else but you" Saki said to him. Seeing his reaction to the clothes she stared at him. "Those are the best men's clothes I have, you're lucky I even have clothes that will fit you so be greatful" Saki said punching him in the arm. If she remembered correctly, Saki was always hitting Hidan as kids if he ever said anything that she thought was offending or wasn't greatful. He was the only one she had hit pretty much but that was because she either was never around when everyone else said something offending or they just didn't say anything.

Saki finished up her ramen. She walked back into the kitchen and started washing the bowl. "Well one thing is for sure, Hidan still makes me mad" Saki said with a sigh. Saki finished washing the dish and put it on the counter, not bothering to put it away. She walked back into the main room. "Hey if you can either sleep on the couch or share a room with one of your buddies" Saki said to Hidan, taking a seat on the couch and looking out the window.

Saki looked at Yuuko for a few moments. She looked away. Saki started fiddling with her locket that she never took off. She opened it for a few seconds and closed her eyes, muttering something. She closed it and acted like she hadn't done anything.

Yuuko looked at Saki when she punched Hidan. She smirked.When they were little kids;Yuuko usually laughed or smirked whenever Saki did that. She put down the book. In her pocket she clutched the choker. She'd always do that too, whenever she was in deep thought or to fiddle around a bit. Yuuko got her hand out of her pocket. She glanced at Saki who was fiddling with something. Then she looked back. Yuuko looked at her book. Positvely, boring. Since i read it. It was a good book though. She looked at the door every minute. I'm anxious...stop..it She told herself. Then she remembered."Oh, yeah. Saki, tomorrow let's go to the groceries. So we won't run out of food and stuff."

Yuuko went into her room to return the book. She went back to sit on the chair. Yuuko looked at the door once more. Yuuko got the choker out of her pocket. She began tracing the lines of the design on it. She always loved doing that, as well. Yuuko clutched it again and once more returned into her pocket after playing with the strap that the cross hung on. She glanced to the window once more.

Well, chapter one. ; review.