~Sasuke's POV~
We're currently at Ichiraku's Ramen shop eating. I haven't been back all that long maybe a month at most. A week ago, the only team to make an exception of seven people ran away. Sakura got split up from the group while being attacked by rouges so she's probably dead. Serves her right for being weak.

"Hey! We gotta mission from granny! Believe it!" The dobe known as Naruto yells holding up a paper.

"Shut it dobe! What do you mean 'we'?" I ask emotionlessly.

"The Konoha 11! We have to go rescue Sakura-chan! It's said she was spotted in the Sound Village not long ago! Believe it!" He yells again.

"Meet up at the gates in an hour." Kakashi-sensei says.

"Hai!" We all exclaim.

~Shimā's POV~
We had all finished our mission finally. We're just lounging around for awhile before heading back home. I hear Sakura sneeze, and I look at her. "You know when you sneeze someone is talking about you?" I ask.

"Is that so?" She asks as Rui finishes braiding her hair. We've all finally gotten our rings from Pein-sama, he had to have them all specially made. Each of them have different cajuns for different words.

For example mine has the cajun for immortality. Sakura's has blossom although we haven't given it to her yet. We want to test her loyalty first. Tafuna has tough, Rui has kind. Chō had butterfly, Tsuki had moon and Faye had one for sight. Then Yami's was for money.

"That is so Sakura-chan." Tsuki says calmly. "I had a puppet spying on Konoha, it looks like they're coming for you Sakura-chan. Lady Hokage said and I quote, 'she is our best medical ninja! Find her and bring her back! She has seen far too many valuable information that could destroy this village!'"

"Looks like we should head back home and prepare." I say smirking as Sakura's eyes widen.

"So, Sakura, will you go back to a place where your only worth is as a medic? Or stay with the Akatsuki and grow stronger and make something more of yourself?" Yami's asks.

"Yami! You ass. You sounded as if you were accusing her of being weak! You fucker!" I yell at him.

"Shut it! I wasn't taking to you! So Sakura, what will it be?" He says.

"I'm staying!" She says after a few minutes of thinking. I pass her a kunai and she slashes her headband. I then give her, her ring and she puts it on her index finger.

Cheers are heard throughout the lounge and me being me sneaks away to the kitchen and brings back the sake that my dad didn't hide very well. "Look what I got bitches! Let's celebrate!" I shout.

"Let's do it." Tafuna says.

"Oh no. Dad is so gonna kill us." Rui says.

"Don't worry, you can stay sober if you wish." Tsuki says.

~Peins POV~
"Pein?" Konan asks.

I look up at her, "huh?"

"Do you think they're alright at the other base?" She asks.

"Yes, they're perfectly fine. As long as they don't get into the sake." I mumble the last bit to myself.

She kisses my cheek and leaves. I hear a knock on the door. I say come in and Hidan comes in looking panicked. "What is it?" I ask.

"I have a bad feeling like some one is in my fucking sake." He says.

"Did you hide your sake at the base the kids are at?!" I raise my voice a bit.

"Well you see. Yes I did. Those fucking kids better not be in the sake!" He shouts.

"Go check on them. Take Kakazu, Sasori and Itachi also." I say trying not to kill him.

"Hai!" He says and leaves

~time skip to two hours and some odd number of drinks later~
~Rui's POV~
"Rui~~ dance with me~~." Sakura say grabbing my hands.

"Sakura-chan I think you should lay down." I say calmly trying to get the drunk 18 year old off of me.

" Rui~chan~~...*hicup*... come drink with us~~." Tsuki and Chō say together hugging each other.

"What the fuck is going on in here?!" Hidan yells.

"Looks like they got into the sake after all." Itachi says.

"Somebody get the drunk off of me please!" I yell then Sasori peals Sakura off of me.

"Da~*hicup*daddy~ what*hicup* what are you doing *hicup* here?" Chō asks.

"We came to check on you children. Looks like we got here in time to take the sake." Itachi says.

"Where the fuck are the boys?!" Hidan yells. "And Faye, and Shimā?!"

"I don't know I lost track of them after the first bottle was gone." I say slightly scared.

~Itachi's POV~
"Hey! I found the boys and Faye!" I shout as I see them passed out on the floor in the hallway.

"Where the fuck is Shimā?" Hidan yells.

"I don't know Hidan-san. After the first bottle of sake she started yelling about sacrifices to Jashin." Rui says.

"Oh great! Now we have to hunt her down before she sacrifices everyone she sees!" Kakazu yells. "Man, cleaning up after her is going to be a waste of money." He grumbles again.

"You guys go look for her, Sasori and I will finish putting the kids in their rooms." I say sighing.

"Hai." Kakazu, and Hidan says.