"Hey,guys! Look!" TenTen chirped happily while bursting out from the door.

"CAREFUL WITH THE DOOR,DUDE!" Ino said in horror.

"What is it?" I mumbled.

"Land of Springs is on the map now,together with Hanagakure!"

"Cool!" Hinata said happily.

"Hmm.. Oh! Amegakure took over the Land of Rivers!" I exclaimed.

"Eh..? Isn't the daimyō of Amegakure the leader of Akatsuki?" Ino raised her eyebrows.

"But aren't they dead? It's a new one I guess" TenTen said.

"A very skilled one then. To take over the Land of Rivers" Hinata said.

"Want to go check it out?" I asked.

"You mean make an alliance?" Ino said. I nodded.

"Sure,but take on of us with you and two ninjas along as well" TenTen said.

"I guess I'll take Hinata then. Her Byakugan might come in handy" I said.

"Alright" Hinata said.

"We will leave tomorrow." I said.

Knock! Knock!

"Who could it be?" TenTen asked.

"Come in" Ino said.

One of our gate keepers opened the door.

"Hanakage-sama. The Amekage is here to see you." He said.

"Amekage?" I looked at the girls curiously.

We exchanged glances and put on a hat to hide our faces. TenTen walked around the table and sat on her place.

"Bring them in" I ordered.

A man and a woman appeared wearing their cloak. Their hoodie hid half of their face.

"Yes? What would bring the Amekage here?" I asked.

"We would like to form an alliance with your village,Hanakage." The man spoke.

"May we know who you are?" Hinata asked.

They pulled down their hoodie. Our eyes widened and gaped at them.

In front of us,standing tall and healthy is the.. Akatsuki??

"Akatsuki?! I thought you were dead!" Ino gasped.

"Not really. Those bodies are a fake copy of us" Pein answered.

"So you mean all of the members of Akatsuki are still alive?" TenTen asked.

"Yes,except Tobi" Pein answered.

So.. Everyone is still..alive...

"Now,we would like to know who are the Hanakages" Konan said.

"Very well. It is only fair" I nodded and took off my hat. The girls follow suit.

"Aren't the four of you loyal shinobis of Konohagakure?" Pein smirked.

I glared at him and signalled Hinata to do the honours. She sighed and started explaining the whole story to them.

~30 MINUTES LATER~

The two nodded in understanding.

"Anyways,what makes you think we would be allies with S-class criminals?" I narrowed my eyes at them.

"Believe me,I wasn't the real leader of Akatsuki. Madara was,but he disguised himself as Tobi." Pein said.

"Please excuse us" Hinata said and turned around. We followed suit.

"Should we?" Hinata whispered.

"I don't know.. I don't really trust them.." TenTen said softly.

"They did kill Asuma-sensei!" Ino said.

"They did harm us before..but now they seem different" I said.

"Madara is the real leader after all" Hinata said.

"Yeah,we should give it a try. What's the worst that can happen?" I said.

"If you say so.. But we should keep a close eye on them anyway" TenTen said.

"Yes,we can't completely trust them" Ino said.

We nodded to ourselves and turned to face the Amekages.

"We accept" I said.

"We are glad" Pein said he walked over to is with a smirk on his face. Konan smiled.

After we did signed on the scrolls,we shook hands.

"Visit our village anytime" Konan said.

"Gladly" Ino said cheerfully.

"Have a good day!" TenTen said before they leave the village.

Akatsuki,eh? I wonder how will Tsunade react. I smirked.