Next Morning, Namikaze Compound

Everyone was soundly sleeping in their separate rooms fully enjoying their individual dreams though all seemed to revolve around Konoha burning for some odd reason. It was still early in the morning as the entire house was quiet. Nothing could disturb their peace at that moment.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Someone yelled as the entire village nearly woke up from the noise. Everyone in the Namikaze compound woke up fast as their ears winced from the pain of the scream. Kushina walked out of her room with her hands covering her ears as everyone else appeared in the room.

"Who the hell was that?" Kin asked everyone. Everyone shrugged their shoulders that they didn't know, but turned to see Shizune with a smile on her face while her eyes were closed.

"I take it the pink bitch found her mother," Shizune said as everyone realized it. Everyone gave their own innocent smiles as they heard more various screams ring throughout Konoha. Shizune and the others sighed as they heard a knock on their door. Shizune came to the door and opened it to see an anbu with a cat mask and purple hair approach them.

"Sorry to intrude, but all shinobi are to report to the Hokage's meeting room right now," she said to them. Everyone in the room sighed with a nod as they all got their clothes on. Minato henged his appearance as everyone left the compound. Everyone jumped along the rooftops as they saw people drag out the bodies of the once whole pieced council members of Konoha. Everyone seemed to smirk as they remembered their night. Shizune had on a deeper smirk as she saw Sakura looking at her dead mother. The whole family ignored the constant cries that rang through the village along with the look of shock on people's faces as they came inside the Hokage Mansion.

Hokage Mansion

Sarutobi breathed on his pipe with a heavy sigh as he learned of the events that transpired. Nearly every shinobi who was there minus Naruto, Anko and Jiraiya. Sarutobi stood up and glanced at everyone in the room before speaking.

"Everyone I have grave news for everyone. Upon last night's events every single council member has been murdered except the prisoner Danzo. No one knows how these events happened, but our village is in a state of security. No one knows who did it, but we must find them. All Jonin are to search the outer reaches of Konoha for any trace of anything suspicious. All chunin are to inspect the houses of the murdered and look for clues. Genin are to take the bodies to the morgue for analysis of any signs of evidence. The Anbu will search the other countries secretly for any hint of hostility towards Konoha. As of right now, Konoha is under tight security. The only ones who are allowed back to Konoha are Naruto Uzumaki, Anko Mitarashi, Tsunade Senju and whoever is their companion. Those are the orders now GO!" Sarutobi ordered. Everyone nodded with a bow as they all scattered in different directions. Sarutobi rubbed his temples as he got the biggest headache.

With Shizune and the others

Shizune, Zabuza, Tsume, and Kurenai, being the only jonin in the family besides Naruto and Anko, sent the others ahead as they decided to catch up the other jonin for the unnecessary search for anything. Minato and Kushina were given an SS-rank for them being alive and were made into Anbu by Sarutobi. Both went home to put on their anbu gear and head out for the search. Haku, Kin, Kiba and Hana being chunin headed to the separate houses of the council members to investigate the scenes along with the other chunin. Yagura, being an unregistered civilian of Konoha decided to go home and guard the place. No one could find Mikoto for some reason, but they were sure she was somewhere close to Sasuke. Everyone went to their assigned duties as they all kept up the innocent act.

With Shizune, Zabuza, Tsume, and Kurenai

"So what do we do now?" Kurenai asked them. Tsume and Zabuza turned to Shizune with the same question as the woman smiled which caused everyone to raise their eyebrow at her.

"Why we are going to search. There's nothing out there, but let's go anyway," Shizune said with a innocent smile. Everyone absently nodded as they left Konoha to search for any 'evidence' to the resulting deaths of the council. All jonin were spilt into four groups which scattered into every direction. Same with the anbu, genin, and chunin as everyone did their jobs.

With Haku, Kin, Kiba, and Hana

Haku and Kin followed Kiba to the Sakura's house since none of the other chunin were there. Hana decided to separate from them and check another house herself since she wanted to get everything done faster. All three saw people gathered around with looks of shock evident on their faces. Haku, Kin, and Kiba all smirked from the horror on some people's faces, but got serious as they made their presence evident.

"Everyone out of the way. We are here to investigate the house," Kiba said while Kin and Haku chuckled at Kiba enjoying the fact that he could give orders now. Seeing the chunin vests, people backed up for the three to enter as they all walked inside. The smell of blood made the three wince slightly, but they didn't pay it too much mind. Kiba, Kin and Haku walked upstairs and came to the room where they heard the crying. All three came into the room and saw Sakura crying as she had her head on her mother's bed. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Sakura struggled to look up and saw the three hanyou chunin as she narrowed her eyes at them.

"What the hell do you three want?" Sakura asked them in a slightly choked up voice. Everyone ignored her as Haku took a look at the beheaded body. Haku knelt on one knee and examined it as she was a practicer of medical ninjutsu and the body's physical states. Haku knew better than to disturb the scene and didn't touch the body, but looked around the body for evidence of what she already knew happened. Sakura looked at Haku examining the body and saw Kiba and Kin looking around the room like they were searching for something. Sakura seethed that they were in her room and suddenly snapped.

"What are you doing here! Get out! You three have no right being here!" Sakura yelled. Haku, Kin and Kiba sighed as they turned to her.

"Sakura shut up! We are trying to work here. If you want us to find out who did this then make yourself useful for once and get out so we can do our job," Kiba told her. Sakura flinched slightly and eyed the three chunin a bit more, but sucked her teeth and left without much of a fight. Having seen Sakura leave the scene, Kiba and the others made a detailed report of what the found and what they observed. After they did that, they all left as they saw Neji, Shikamaru and Shino entered the house and carry out Sakura's mother. Everyone nodded as they went to report to the Hokage about their findings.

With Minato and Kushina

The two anbu ran through the trees to go to the nearest country and inspect the place like they were ordered though the two saw no need to since the cause was closer than anyone thought.

"Let's go Kushina. We have to hurry," Minato told her. Kushina nodded in agreement as they picked up their pace and ran off. Minato gave a mental sigh as he found the situation disturbing, but didn't complain too much about it. Kushina on the other hand, gave a hidden smile as she found nearly the entire situation amusing. The two continued to run through the trees to Rice Country for a simple investigation.

With Mikoto

Mikoto was in front of her house again as she felt Sasuke's presence inside. Mikoto struggled with opening the door and coming to her son, but she wasn't sure what was holding her back. Ever since the conversation she heard Sasuke having with Kakashi, she wasn't sure how to approach him anymore. Mikoto sighed, but turned nodded as she opened the door to her house. Mikoto looked around the house again as she felt a slightly ominous feeling from it. Mikoto walked up the stairs to her son's room and stood only a few inches away, only having the door keeping the mother and son apart. Mikoto sighed as she knocked on the door.

"If it's Sakura, then go away I don't have the time to deal with you," Sasuke said. Mikoto stiffened slightly, but turned the nob on the door and came in to see Sasuke on his bed with his arm over his eyes.

"Hello Sasuke," Mikoto said to him. Sasuke eyes widened as he heard the melodious voice. Sasuke removed his arm from his face and shot up to see his mother in the door. Sasuke sat on his bed motionless for a few minutes before putting up a handsign.

"Kai," Sasuke said to which Mikoto raised an eyebrow. Sasuke seethed as he flashed his sharingan to dispel the supposed genjutsu placed on him. Sasuke gasped as he found everything to be real. Mikoto gave a soft smile to Sasuke and neared him as Sasuke watched her movements carefully. Mikoto sat at the edge of his bed and smiled while Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"Has my son gotten cold on me in my absence?" Mikoto asked him. Sasuke didn't answer as he found the reality of what he was seeing to be impossible. Sasuke suddenly let tears fall off his face for the first time since that night after seeing Mikoto's smile.

"Your supposed to be dead. How are you back?" Sasuke asked her. Mikoto adopted a thinking pose for a second, but turned to Sasuke and smiled.

"Really I don't know, but does it matter Sasuke? I'm back and I missed my son," Mikoto said to him. Sasuke stopped his crying and turned his head away from Mikoto as the woman frowned slightly.

"Get out," Sasuke whispered. Mikoto neared him to hear what he said as Sasuke turned around fast with his sharingan in full flare.

"GET OUT!" Sasuke yelled to her. Mikoto gasped as she instantly got up. Mikoto slightly flinched from his gaze as she tried to talk to him.

"Sasuke, what's the matter? Why are you-," Sasuke stopped her as he grabbed a kunai from underneath his bed. Mikoto gasped as she shuddered under Sasuke's gaze.

"I don't know who the hell you are, but your not my mother. My mother is gone and she will never come back. Get out before I kill you. You disgrace my clan with your presence. Don't let me see your face ever again," Sasuke said as Mikoto felt the tears roll off her face. Mikoto saw Sasuke was serious and held her head down as she left the room then closed the door. Mikoto walked down the stairs and opened the entrance door, but looked back with a frown.

"Sasuke, what has happened to you?" Mikoto thought as she left the house. Mikoto left the compound all together as she wondered where she should go. Mikoto simply walked through the compound as tears rushed down her face.

With Sasuke

Sasuke seethed as he gripped the sheets of his bed in frustration. Sasuke was close to losing it. The curse mark, his one true source of power, was gone and his didn't know why. Sasuke seethed as he wondered why his life was going so wrong. Sasuke had found Itachi, but he was still weak. He got his ass handed to him and he could do nothing, but stand there. It was like he didn't train for anything. He was an elite and yet he kept getting beat by others. He got beat by Itachi, he got outclassed by Shizune, he got beat by Naruto. Sasuke paused as his face tightened even more in anger.

"Damn dobe. He's the fuckin' cause of everything. Itachi wanted him for some reason. I am the elite, why would Itachi need the dobe when I'm the strongest? That dobe, he's been the damn wall that stood in my way. Everything I've trained for he's surpassed me at every turn. I need more. I need more power. I need it at any cost," Sasuke said to himself as he gave a weird grin. Sasuke suddenly chuckled slightly, but it turned into a full blown laugh which sounded quite ominous.

"I'll do it. I'll kill you dobe. I'll make you fall to your knees and have your eyes filled with despair when I end your life. You won't be a threat to me much longer. I'll make damn sure of that," Sasuke said with a wicked smirk. Sasuke suddenly gasped as he knew there was one person he could go to for his power. He had felt a weird chakra from the man, but he was strong without a doubt.

"It's time I go and meet that Danzo guy," Sasuke said as he got up and walked out of his room.

With Sakura

Sakura was currently outside taking the sympathies people had for her about her mother. Sakura continued to cry as she walked away from her house. She didn't have a single destination in mind, but she just wanted to get away from her house. Sakura walked absently until she came into a training ground. Sakura looked around to see she was all alone as she looked up at the sky.

"Why Kami? I've never done anything wrong. Why did my mother have to die? Why dammit! WHY!" Sakura yelled as she punched a nearby tree making it shake. Sakura screamed as she continuously punched the tree in front of her until her fists bruised. Sakura stopped punching after 30 minutes and fell to the ground and cried, but stopped as she remembered her beloved Uchiha.

"Sasuke-kun. Is this how you felt? The feeling of loneliness? Is that why your so obsessed with revenge?" Sakura asked the empty training field only to receive silence in a response. Sakura tightened her fists and narrowed her eyes.

"I'll find out who did this. I'm going to kill the person responsible for all of this. I'll have my revenge," Sakura said and in addition gave a small smile across her face. Suddenly Sakura turned around to see Sasuke behind her with a smile on his face.

"It seems you understand my pain now Sakura. That's good. Let's go, we are going to start our search," Sasuke said to her. Sakura nodded absently as she and Sasuke left the training field.

With Naruto and the others

Naruto and the others continued to walk along the dirt road back to Konoha when Naruto turned his eyes to the right. Anko turned to Naruto and looked in the same direction to see Kushina waving for them. Naruto smirked as he turned back to Tsunade and Jiraiya.

"Alright Tsunade-chan, Ero-sennin. Kaa-san's here," Naruto told them. Tsunade and Jiraiya looked around to find her, but couldn't as Naruto waved his hand.

"Kaa-san you can come out now," Naruto told her. Kushina smirked behind her anbu mask and came out along with Minato as they came in front of Naruto.

"Guess I can't hide from my son," Kushina said removing her mask. Jiraiya and Tsunade gasped as they felt they saw a ghost. Kushina smiled at them with a wave as she nudged the person next to her. Minato chuckled as he felt nostalgia from seeing Jiraiya and Tsunade again.

"Still being a pervert Jiraiya-sensei?" Minato asked as he removed his mask. Jiraiya paled as he saw Minato's genuine face. Tsunade had the same reaction as Naruto and Anko smirked from the interactions.

"M-Minato. Your alive. Your alive!" Jiraiya said as he placed his hand on Minato's shoulder. Minato chuckled at the inspection Jiraiya was doing on him as he turned to Naruto with a smile.

"So son, how's life on the road?" Minato asked him. Naruto chuckled with a slight nod until he raised an eyebrow.

"So what's going on?" Naruto asked them, though he had a pretty good idea. Kushina gave a hidden smirk, but turned serious as she looked at the small group.

"It seems that Konoha's council members have been murdered. The Hokage ordered us people of appropriate ranks to find out the reason and the person behind it," Kushina said to him. Naruto smirked with a nod along with Anko.

"Well Jiraiya, Tsunade, we'll have to talk to you later. We have business to take care of," Minato said as he and Kushina put their masks back on and ran off. Jiraiya turned to Naruto and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"How did you do it? I gotta know. Please Gaki, let me know," Jiraiya said to him. Naruto chuckled, but said nothing as he knew it was best. The technique for it was far too dangerous to anyone not immortal so to save Jiraiya, Naruto simply said nothing.

"Sorry Ero-sennin, but I can't tell you. It's for your own good that I don't," Naruto told him. Jiraiya whimpered slightly as Tsunade and Fu walked up to them.

"Man, I wonder what I got into by following you people," Fu said as everyone chuckled. Fu rubbed the back of her head as she seemed to find trouble wherever she went.

"Though hearing that Konoha's council was murdered. What's happened since I was gone?" Tsunade asked, but eyed Naruto as she knew he was the cause of it. She didn't really care much though. He had her loyalty and she wouldn't have it any other way. She always did hate the council anyway. They were always too egotistical for her needs. To her, it was more of a blessing than anything else.

"I suppose it would be shocking. Well let's head back to Konoha and see what the hell is going on," Jiraiya said to them. Everyone nodded in agreement as they all continued to their walk back to Konoha.

With Shizune and the others

After hours of searching, or what looked like searching, Shizune and the other jonin sighed as they were getting a bit tired from all the needless searching.

"You find anything Shizune?" Genma asked her. Recently all the teams had come together to trade any information that they could have found.

"I found nothing Genma-san. Zabuza, Tsume, and Kurenai didn't find anything either. We don't even know what were supposed to be looking for," Shizune said to him. Genma sighed with a nod as he took the senbon out of his mouth. Genma nodded in agreement with Shizune as his team didn't find anything either. The anbu were in other countries trying to find any information so everyone was in the dark.

"Is it possible that maybe it was a rogue shinobi?" Kurenai asked them. Genma adopted a thinking pose along with Shizune who wanted to appear to be thinking.

"If that was the case then why would they aim for the civilian council. Wouldn't they be better off going after the Shinobi council?" someone asked.

"However we can't ignore the possibility of this being an internal job. For right now, let's report to Hokage-sama," Genma to everyone, but before they all left Zabuza stopped them.

"That still doesn't explain why they would go for the Civilian council. You think they are sending us a message?" Zabuza asked them. Some people pondered his question for a bit. He did make a good point. Rogue shinobi or not, people generally don't go for civilians and this seemed to be more simple than everyone was probably making it. There seemed to be too many assumptions going around and everyone was getting frustrated from the hours of searching with no results. Genma sighed again as he put his senbon in his mouth.

"Your right Zabuza. Let's leave things for today. We should report our findings to Hokage-sama," Genma told them. Everyone nodded as they all shunshined out of sight.

With Haku, Kin, and Kiba

After detailing their report to Sarutobi, all three left the room and sighed as they saw the villagers still in slight shock over the events. All three even heard some people gossiping about who could have committed the action. All three chunin had hidden smirks on their faces as they walked through the town. After walking for a while, the three saw most of the genin sitting around a table in a tea shop.

"Hey guys," Kiba said alerting everyone to their presence. Everyone gave their hellos as Haku, Kin, and Kiba sat down on the table.

"Not the way you wanted your morning to start right?" Kin asked them. Everyone gave a simple chuckle, but nodded as Shikamaru rubbed his head.

"It's all too troublesome. I wonder who did this anyway," Shikamaru said to them. Everyone shrugged their shoulders with a bored expression. Tenten and Lee turned to Kiba, Kin, and Haku and decided to get some answers.

"So you guys were the closest to anything. Did you find anything?" Tenten asked them. Kiba shook his head in a negative as Kin placed her elbows on the table.

"Other than a bloodied room, nothing else," Kin told them. Everyone sighed and sipped some tea to calm their racking nerves over the incident. Soon everyone turned to see each of their respective sensei coming up to them.

"Kurenai-sensei did you find anything?" Kiba asked her. Kurenai shook her head that they didn't as Kiba gave a fake, but believable groan and laid his head on the table.

"Has anyone seen Sakura?" Kakashi asked them. Everyone unconsciously turned to Ino for an explanation, but the blonde didn't have one for them. Ino hadn't seen her all day.

"You think she's going to be okay?" Hinata asked them. Everyone shrugged their shoulders while Kiba, Kin, and Haku smirked.

"She must be having a breakdown," All three thought to themselves. Everyone talked for a few more hours, but noticed that the sun was going down. Everyone sighed as they got up from the table to go home. Everyone bid each other a good bye as they decided to end their searching for today.

With Kurenai, Kiba, Kin, and Haku

All four walked towards the Namikaze compound as they all gave their own smiles.

"This village is in utter chaos. I can't believe everyone can't figure it out. Though even if they did, they couldn't stop it," Kin told them. Everyone nodded in agreement as they came to their house. Kurenai opened the door to see Zabuza, Tsume, and Shizune on the floor sleeping. Kurenai chuckled as she told the three chunin about their day of not finding anything. Yagura suddenly came from one of the side doors to see Kurenai and the others at the door.

"You guys mind helping me put these three in their rooms?" Yagura asked them. Everyone nodded as they picked up a person and took them to their rooms. The three jonin were sleeping soundly in their rooms as Kurenai and the others stretched.

"Well let's go to bed. Naruto-kun returns tomorrow and I bet he'll have something planned for us tomorrow," Haku told them. Everyone nodded with smiles as they saw Hana come through the door. Kiba smiled as he saw his sister lay down on the floor.

"Find anything Hana?" Kiba asked her. Hana chuckled with an innocent smile as she enjoyed the softness of the carpet.

"Absolutely nothing. I found nothing at all," Hana told them. Everyone nodded as Kiba helped his sister to her bedroom. The house was quite quiet as a few people were still gone. Due to their supposed ranks as anbu, Minato and Kushina wouldn't be back for a couple of days. Naruto and Anko were coming back tomorrow so everyone really had nothing else to do, but sleep. All the shinobi who were out were returning home for the day. So far no one was none the wiser to the plans of the Namikaze Compound.

Hokage Mansion

"And that's the report from everyone Hokage-sama. We didn't find any evidence at all," Shikaku said to him. Sarutobi nodded with a heavy puff of his pipe as he laid back into his chair. All the reports were on his desk as Sarutobi rubbed his temples.

"We have an assassin who kills all the members of the civilian council without alerting any of our best anbu to the scene and vanishes without a trace. Is anyone even capable of that?" Sarutobi asked rhetorically. Shikaku not knowing that decided to answer.

"In all truth Hokage-sama it isn't. Anyone would at least leave some sort of evidence no matter how small, but to find nothing is extremely rare. I'd say something is going to happen," Shikaku told him. Sarutobi nodded with a sigh as he made three kage bunshins as they helped him handle the tons of reports that he was forced to read since he was still the Hokage until Tsunade came back.

With Mikoto

Mikoto had been wandering Konoha without a destination before she noticed that it was dark. Mikoto sighed as she walked towards the only location she knew. Mikoto wasn't sure, but she felt she was drawn to the Namikaze Compound. She didn't know why, but it made things seem better despite everything happening. Mikoto came up to the house to see it was dark so she assumed everyone was sleeping. Mikoto didn't want to wake anyone up, but knocked on the door softly as she waited for someone to open the door. After 5 minutes of waiting, Yagura opened the door to see Mikoto standing outside.

"Mikoto-san are you okay?" Yagura asked her. Mikoto wasn't sure how to answer that question, but decided it was easier to simply nod and enter the compound. Mikoto felt the warmth of the compound and gave a small smile as she headed to her own room. Mikoto sat on her bed and looked at the wall absently for a few minutes.

"Sasuke, how much have you changed? Where is the sweet son that I love with all my heart?" Mikoto asked the vacant space as she laid her head on the pillow. Mikoto soon went to sleep with a single tear going down her face.

With Sasuke and Sakura

Both were currently at the Uchiha compound as Sasuke went through some scrolls from his clan. Sakura did the same as she found some impressive katon jutsu information.

"Sasuke-kun did you find anything?" Sakura asked him. Sasuke shook his head in a negative as he scrolled down the scroll. Both were looking for the next level of the sharingan since Sasuke wasn't sure what it was. Sasuke sighed as he wondered what he should do. Sasuke scrolled down a bit more, but stopped as his eyes widened.

"Sakura come here. I think I found it," Sasuke said to her. Sakura stopped her searching and came over to Sasuke's side as they looked at the scroll. Sasuke pointed to a specific part and gave it to Sakura.

"Read this part," Sasuke simply said to her. Sakura nodded and straightened her voice as she looked at the words on the scroll.

"It says, 'The Sharingan of the Uchiha clan has always been passed down to the males of the Uchiha clan. The males prove their worth by mastering the Katon: Gokakyu no jutsu. When the male inherits the sharingan, he is put through rigorous training to master it. He will have one tomoe in the eye when it is activated. After completed training he will gain two and in the field he will most likely gain the third and final tomoe. This is the final form of the sharingan, but there is a forbidden way to go higher," Sakura paused for a second to catch her breath while Sasuke listened to the words intently. Sakura caught her breath and continued.

"In the times of Madara and Izuna Uchiha, the brothers were the first to surpass the limits of the sharingan and unlock the next stage which is called the Mangekyo Sharingan. This type of sharingan has different abilities and formation of the eyes. It solely depends upon the type of user that inherits it. The preferred way is for the user to kill their best friend. The techniques of the Mangekyo Sharingan are limited, but it grants the user control over time and space which they can bend to their will. This technique is called Tsukuyomi. It is used with the right eye of the Mangekyo Sharingan. It's considered one of the most powerful genjutsu in the world. The next technique is called Amaterasu. It consists of using the left eye to cast black flames upon the target. Once the flames hit the person, death is imminent. The flames will burn for all eternity without proper control. The last and final technique is called the Susanoo. It presumably requires both eyes to perform, but no one has done this technique so not much is known about it. While fighting, due to overuse of the Mangekyo, Madara Uchiha's vision deteriorated which led to blindness. Madara, not being able to take being blind, took his brother's eyes and transplanted them in replacement of his own. This granted him the most powerful level of the sharingan, known as the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Madara is the only known successor to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan thus making him the Uchiha clan's greatest user of the sharingan," Sakura finished. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the new information and gave a hidden smile as Sakura sat next to him.

"Sasuke-kun, do you think the Mangekyo Sharingan will help you get your revenge on Itachi?" Sakura asked him. Sasuke turned to Sakura and smiled with a nod.

"That's right Sakura, but I don't have any best friends so I will simply train till I gain the Mangekyo. Once I have that, I will master the techniques that go with it. Your going to help me right Sakura?" Sasuke asked her. Sakura smiled with a nod as she leaned her head on Sasuke's shoulder.

"Of course Sasuke-kun. I'll help you do anything you wish," Sakura said to him. Sasuke nodded with a grin as the two sat in the hidden room.

"Sakura,"

"Yes Sasuke-kun?"

"It's time to leave this pathetic village behind. We aren't going to get strong by staying here. Let's get out of here in about two days," Sasuke said to her. Sakura nodded with a smile as she got up.

"Yes Sasuke-kun. I've had it with this place. Anywhere you go, I will follow. Let's get out of here," Sakura said to him. Sasuke nodded with a smile as his eyes burned with anticipation.

"First Itachi, and then you dobe. Don't worry dobe, I will do the thing that you have always wanted to do with your pitiful life. After I kill Itachi, I will become the Hokage of this damn village in your place and I'll end your pathetic existence once and for all. Then the world will kneel at my feet," Sasuke said as he gave a simple laugh that echoed throughout the room.