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Saiga went in and out, up and down, in order to fly through the logs. He was grinning like a child on his birthday.

"YAAAAAAAAA-HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This is awesome, ain't it? I love flying so much. Too bad no one else can do it."

He continued to manuever through the logs, enjoying himself. He might not get another chance to do this after all, and he had another soul with him. Hopefully she was enjoying herself too.

The logs ended, and the red shrine gate came into view. They landed just in front of it, and Sagia looked on at the giant boulder blocking the entrance in.

"Well, here we are, Akatsuki headquarters, part of it anyway."

He walked closer across the water towards the gate. He pointed to a slip of paper that read, "Forbidden."

"See that? That's one part of a 5-part seal that keeps a barrier around that rock. You have to remove all 5 parts at exactly the same time, other-wise the barrier won't remove itself. Even then, the seals are booby-trapped. You need at least 2 heavly-trained squads to get through this."

He lifted his arms and made a seal.

"Luckily for us, I have the key. I used to be in this clan, before I realized this wasn't my kinda gig, so I left and joined the village I'm in now."

The rock shifted, and slowly started to open.

"Nah, they just were a bunch of freaks is all. You here of that Orocimaru guy? He was there, and he is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to freaks. Those guys went to un-human lengths to get what they have, and it sickened me to look at them any longer. Zetsu, the guy I trained under while in that place, was just one of those people. Just lok for the tallest guy, you'll see him."

He looked up, and the rock hit the top.

"If you're thinking that you coulda opened this without me, you're dead wrong. Now that we're in here, you listen to me, and stay close. You do one thing stupid, wer'e both dead, got it?"

He walked right in, and sensed a couple people in the corners of the room. He looked to his right, Deidara was making his explosive clay. He looked to his left, Kisame was meditating, one eye open, and Kakazu was mending Itachi's eyes, which were falling apart as always.

Then he looked straight ahead, Sasori was sitting there, out of his puppet to his suprise. He walked right up, and picked him up, shaking him.

"Hey, red-head, wake up. I need some of your stuff."

He still held up Sasori, who was apparantly dead asleep. This happened alot, he never left that puppet unless he wanted to sleep for days.

"HEY!! Wake up stupid!!"

He punched him in the face, and he saw some eye movement.

"Now that I have your attention, wanna tell me where your herbs and crap are?"

[NPC]Sasori- "Is that any way to greet an old friend? Barging into his home, demanding his things, and punching him while he's asleep?"

"Your own fault. If you didn't live in your puppet, you'd be a bit more comfortable. I need some of your herbs, not all of them. Besides, it's not like you can't get more. Plants grow back."

(As of now, Keeva and Saiga are still in flashback mode. No one may interact with them in any way until I say different. We'll be on to finish this exciting mission later tonight.)