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Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

Atsureki followed Sai through the halls, barely taking note of it when Sai touched the wall, for all he knew it was simply a habit of the man's. As they entered the lounging area, Atsureki almost immediately spotted the door with the symbol corresponding to his ring. As Sai explained everything Atsureki began to fully realize just how tired the journey here had made him, he was amazed that Sai would even be willing to take another trip so soon after getting back to the base.

Atsureki bowed slightly to Sai after he had finished, a yawn escaping his lips as he did so. "I understand, and I promise that I will follow the simple rules you have given. I believe that I'm going to rest up a bit while you go, but I was just wondering where I could go to train if I wake up before you come back? And if we have any, where would I find scrolls to teach myself other techniques that perhaps do not belong to my clan."

Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

After Sai had left, Atsureki let out another yawn, his shoulders drooping down as he finally let his body show exactly how tired he was. Making his way slowly to the room with his ring's symbol above the door, Atsureki lifted his hand limply up to the door. After a moment the door then split down the center and opened up to reveal Atsureki's room. It was a bit spartan at the moment, with only a rolled up futon, a chest of drawers, an empty scroll case, and a desk with a chair and lamp. But at the moment Atsureki could have been sleeping on a rock and he wouldn't have cared.

Atsureki dragged his feet over to the futon and unrolled it, then, without even taking the time to change out of his clothes, Atsu fell face first onto the soft futon. Within moments his breathing became rhythmic and his eyes became heavy as he fell asleep. He dreamed of himself and Haseo, but not as they were now, they were both older, but Atsu knew it was the two of them. In the dream Atsureki was touching Haseo's forehead, and in a bright flash of light the aura of the demon that lived inside him vanished. It was a good dream... but it would only ever be a dream.

Konaga Sai
Akatsuki Leader| Konaga Clan | Sannin

Leading Zenko down the winding path in silence, they soon came across the fork where they had come in through the entrance and turned left. Had they come in and turned right, they would have went straight to the dorms, which is where Sai led her this time. Light filtering from ahead, the two eventually came into the foyer for the dorms. A small lunging area was immediately to the left with comfortable furniture and a table in the middle.

Straight ahead, a long corridor stretched back for about 200 ft or so, a room appearing every 30ft or so, along the wall. "As you can easily see, each ring corresponds to a room. My room is the first, the one directly across from the kitchen. Yours will be the one enxt to mine, on the right side, as that is the ring you chose, though you can see that the other's rooms will be down the corridor, on both the left and right. You'll find that most of the rooms haven't been used yet, as is the case of yours, and the one directly across from yours... which would be the Tama holder's room."

Placing his hand on the wall of the kitchen opening, he continued on... "The kitchen is well stocked with mostly anything you need. I would imagine that you eat about as much as I do considering our similar bloodlines, but you'll find everything you need in abundance here." With pretty much everything being said that needed explaining, Sai had finished, but would field any questions she had. A lot had happened, and he could imagine it was a lot to take in at the time... it had after all, been a very long, and assuredly confusing day, for the the both of them.

Konaga Sai
Akatsuki Leader| Konaga Clan | Sannin

"It's alright." Sai said in response to her concern for having asked... "I didn't show it to you earlier, as it is in the opposite direction of the dorms from the meeting room, but there is a corridor on the other end, which leads down to the training area. The rooms off of that hallways are where all the equipment and scrolls are kept, and at the end, is the area where we train. You will see it all soon enough."

Waiting patiently once more, Sai removed his hand from the side of the kitchen and leaned back against the wall, crossing his arms in front of him as he leaned back agaisnt the wall to see if she had anything else to ask. He was ready for rest, but showed no emotion to that effect as he wanted to make sure Zenko was comfortable before leaving her to her own devices.

Konaga Sai
Akatsuki Leader| Konaga Clan | Sannin

Watching her as Zenko left, Sai could feel the relief she granted fade away as she closed the door, causing him to close his eyes as his head turned fuzzy for a second, a wave of pain focused behind his eyes radiating out to his body as he felt the pain surge through him. Dwelling on it only for a second, Sai then defiantly pushed his way through the pain as he had done on countless occasions, and headed into his room, opening the door to the disheveled scene he called his room once more. Immediately, Sai felt a wave of pain as his mind flashed back to the day he had ruined his room and the pain it involved.

Coming back to reality, Sai realized that the pain would only persist every time he entered the room unless he fixed it up, so he spent some time picking up the splintered pieces of wood of his once dresser and nightstand, leaving and reentering his room many times as he dumped the wood down the incinerator, which acted as their trash disposal unit in the kitchen. Returning to the room, it was now even more spartan then before, consisting of nothing but a futon and the heated bathing trough from the hot springs which ran through the mountain path. Selene had made sure there was an outlet to the springs in each room, even if it was a small area to soak in, and Sai had always appreciated his own personal spring.

Undressing down to only a pair of white boxers, Sai washed his clothes quickly with some soap and other supplies near the spring, hanging his clothes up above the spring to dry as he finally allowed himself to sit on the futon, sitting cross-legged as he placed his hands in a meditation seal and began to process of emptying his thoughts to enter the Konaga version of sleep. eventually, after an hour or so of concentration... or more, as time's passage was blinded in his state, Sai found himself in his area of peace... the dream he had dreamt every day of his life and secretly longed for every waking moment.

Sitting up on a high bluff, Sai leaned back against a grassy hill, the blades of grass real to him, pricking the back of his neck softly as he looked out over the perfectly blue sky, dipping down into a waterfall filled ravine. A gust of wind brought the cool day's air passed him as he experienced the sounds and scents of the springtime, relaxing in the spot with a smile on his face... his curse lifted, his body capable of feeling the world around it. There was no pain... it was absolute bliss. This time however, the dream was different as he felt an arm wrap around his, though it did not seem unnatural at the time. A tingle moved through his arm as he turned to cast a smile towards Zenko who had joined him and was now leaning on his shoulder as he cast his eyes back up to the sky in time to see a flight of birds pass by, closing his eyes to their chirping voices, losing himself in the blissful moment.

Akio Takamiya
Akatsuki/Special Jounin

Akio slipped into his room and wasted no time in stripping off; his clothes flung lazily into the corner of the room. It was only when he was completely naked that he realized he had left the door open; he could be a pervert sometimes, but he was not an exhibitionist.

As he closed the door he noticed how tight and sore his muscles were; he had pushed himself when he wasn't in top form. While the time on the run had given him life experience it hadn't done much for him in terms of the proper training required to maintain one's body.

Akio leaned against a wall, a shiver flying up his spine as naked flesh connected with cool stone, he crossed his arms and ran his mind over everything that had happened recently; the infiltrations, the hostages, the deals, the fights. These images and thoughts were so vivid and alive inside his mind, playing out constantly; he wasn't going to sleep at all if his mind was going to be this active.

Akio sighed as the images kept playing, over and over, his arms crossed and brow furrowed, only the warmth of his flesh telling him apart from the still stone of the wall.