"Jeez, could you take a little longer?" Hidan said sarcastically while glaring at me.

"It's not my fault you made this place a maze and the map hard to understand," I shot back. I had gotten there ten minutes late, which had obviously pissed them both off. "Well, whatever, lets just get this over with."

After we got the mission from Pein, we headed out into the forest.

"So, what's the plan?" I asked. According to the mission, we were to go and find some guy and get some info out of him, and capture him if we can't. "What are you talking about? We go find the guy and fucking torture him, of course," Hidan replied. I heard a sigh and then Kakuzu's deep voice say, "We'll look for him in Sunagakure first, since that's where he was last spotted yesterday, and he couldn't have gotten out that fast, since he still no doubt has business there. When we do find him, follow him around until he's alone and capture him. We'll take him to a place where no one will hear us, and then you'll use your sand to hold him down while Hidan and I take care of the rest, unless he's stubborn to the point of needing your help."

I let out a quick "hn" to let him know I'd heard. We travelled, Hidan in the lead, myself in the middle, and with Kakuzu at the back, although sometimes catching up to beside me, and then falling back again. We went on like this until it was dark, and that's when Hidan started complaining.

"Aw, come on, we've been going all day, damn it, I'm tired!" Kakuzu growled, "Stopping now will make the trip take longer, therefore letting our prey get further away from us. No." I thought about it for a second, and then added my opinion on the matter.

"Maybe we should take a break soon, since if we go through the night without sleep, that will deplete our energy for tomorrow, when we need it most." I looked back at Kakuzu to see his reaction, but couldn't tell from his expression, or what I could see of it. "Fine then, we'll stop when we find a place suitable for resting." I heard Hidan shout out, "Finally!"

We went on for a little longer until we reached what looked like an abandoned log cabin. Of course, we had to make sure. "Well, lets check it out then!" Hidan exclaimed. Kakuzu replied with, "We need to check without being seen or heard, Hidan." I decided to try making the sand eye to go and inspect. I made the correct hand sign and placed two fingers over my right eye, and then I could see inside. Kakuzu and Hidan were still arguing, so I took the opportunity to inspect without being bothered. I went around and saw a bench and bed, then spiderwebs in one corner, and as I looked closer to the objects in there, they were thickly covered in dust.

I suddenly started speaking, "It looks clear. There's no one in there, and everything is covered in dust, so either it is abandoned or the person who owns it hasn't been there in a long time." Hidan perked up and said, "Great, let's get going!" Kakuzu looked emotionless still as we walked into the cabin. "We'll take turns with watching, I'll be first," said Kakuzu.

We got in and got a bit settled, then Kakuzu went outside, since it was already pitch-black outside. Hidan had the bench, I had the bed, since he insisted that he didn't need the bed. As I was lying down, I could feel him staring at me, and it was a bit unnerving. After a while it was just irritating. Finally, I spoke. "If you're going to stare, the least you could do is wait until I'm asleep, considering I can feel it." I heard a muffled curse, and then some rustling. At that time, the feeling of his eyes on me disappeared.

I just stared at the wall for a while, then felt my eyelids getting heavy. I closed my eyes and complete darkness slowly enveloped me.

I vaguely heard something rustling. I was warm, particularly my backside, and it was unusual, but it felt nice. My body seemed heavy, and I avoided opening my eyes to bask in the moment. As my senses came clearer, I felt a weight on top of my side, and it seemed to curl around to touch my stomach. Confused, I slowly opened my eyes and looked down.

An arm. There was an arm wrapped around me. By the time I noticed the steady flow and recession of air on my neck, I knew what had happened. I turned my head a bit to make sure, and sure enough, there was Hidan's face. I observed our position, and saw that he had most likely gotten off of the bench, pulled up the covers, and then moved in directly behind me and put his arm over me.

It may have been strange, but it was still comfortable. I thought about it for a moment, and decided that I could lie here for a bit longer, since, from the light, it still looked a bit early, still before sunrise, Hidan wasn't waking up anytime soon, and Kakuzu was still outside (hopefully).

I stayed there for a while, but then I heard the door. This seemed to rouse Hidan, and he began to wake up. I sat up, and Hidan, feeling my presence disappear, opened his eyes into slits and mumbled out, "Hm?"

"I see you've taken an interest then, Hidan," Kakuzu said while standing in the doorway. Hidan had woken up completely and his face turned red as he tried to stand up. "What the Hell? I-I, uh, I, well..." He said, trying to find an excuse, then, "I was probably sleepwalking, and then I settled down in some random spot." I snorted, and added in, "Yes, because such a specific position that requires one to complete specific movements was random." My sarcasm seemed to anger him, but I stopped listening and closed my eyes. I only looked to see what was happening when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I put my eyes in slits and listened, and it was Kakuzu telling me, "We're leaving." I nodded and got up.