Sai allowed herself to be pulled along, doing her best to keep her eyes shut. A glutton for punishment, she kept getting the urge to open her eyes and look around, though she knew that would only lead to her continued freak out. They stopped momentarily and then he was pulling her along again. When he told her she could open her eyes, Sai opened them carefully. They were outside.

With a great sigh of relief, she sank to the ground and breathed in the fresh air. Already her heart was calming down. After a moment she touched her face and noticed the odd texture. "Wha-?" She began, and with careful precision, she peeled off a sticker covered in rainbow glitter. Sai stared at the sticker for a moment before she looked at Tobi in horror. Did he do this to her? He was the only one around when she'd woken up. And of course the guy from earlier had to start laughing and she looked down at her legs and again stared horrified.

She took a deep breath and stood back up again. "Umm... thank you. For uh... you know..." She was too embarrassed by the fact that she'd needed his help and it was hard for her to form the words. All of a sudden her stomach rumbled again and Sai bit her lower lip, and then had to spit glitter on the ground. Damn, this guy had even put it on her lips? What the hell? "I uh..." She wasn't sure what to say. How could she ask them for help? She couldn't. She sighed and looked at them all, and then she looked away. Her stomach growled again, and Sai cursed under her breath, wishing that her stomach would shut up for a minute.

"--you mean the stickers? No problem!" he misunderstood her unfinnished sentence. "But it was really Hidan-san's idea!" Tobi pointed to the cackling man. He thought that he needed some credit for his artwork.

Mayu heard Sai's stomach growl. "Hey, are you..hungry?" she asked somewhat awkwardly. She was also thinking of stopping for a meal before or after they got to the springs since there was nothing good in the fridge at the base.

Sai looked at Tobi and shook her head. "No... for umm... bringing me outside. Thank you." She said again, this time managing to say what she needed to. She looked at the ground and then realized the girl was talking to her. Sai looked up at her and nodded. "Umm, yes." She sighed. She really hated this. She needed their help right now, and she hated it.

Tobi scratched the back of his head. "Heheh, your welcome!" he said happily.

Mayu looked at Hidan and Itachi. "Should we bring her along just incase we stop for food?" she asked both of them. She always felt pity if a stranger asked for something that she had access to but didn't have.

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Itachi sighed looking at Hidan, "Fine...it's a deal then..." He said holding out his hand for the other man to shake. He smirked a bit, "No goading..."

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"Alright! The bet's on!" she cheered. "Okay, it's time to go, guys." she said as she began to walk towards the Kirigakure Hot Springs. Mayu looked at Sai. "Do you have any change of clothes? We're going to the Hot Springs." she asked the stranger.

Tobi watched as they began to walk. "Wait!! Tobi's not coming?!" he asked the group.

Sai glanced down at her obvious dancer clothes and shook her head. "Not with me at the moment. But I usually keep clothes hidden around wherever I travel." She answered. The current outfit she was a wearing was made of a kind of silk. Technically she had stolen the clothing from someone, she couldn't remember who, but it fit and suited her nicely. There was rainbow glitter dusted all over the fine material as well.

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Itachi looked at the girl Sai, imagining all her sparkles and stickers on Hidan and grinned before turning to Tobi, "Tobi if you go too Blondie will be lonely....he won't have anyone to talk to..." Itachi made a fake frowny face.

Itachi sighed as he ran off and went back pushing the bolder into place before walking back to the group laughing a bit.

Sai thought about it for a moment. "I think so. It's hard to remember, I travel around so much." She sighed. It was true. She was constantly moving around, and so she kept clothes and things hidden in many places.

A swimsuit. Sai wasn't sure she had anything suitable for that. She kept a lot of different clothes, some paid for, others stolen. Maybe she would find something among her hidden stash. It felt strange being around people like this. The only times she ever allowed it was when she needed to travel through a village, or town, or city, and she performed a dance or two for money. Otherwise she'd never had friends, and had never allowed herself to have them. There were a crutch, just another tie to the world. Weren't they?

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Itachi grinned looking at Hidan, "Good...well to the springs!" He said feeling excited and a little anxious. Although he was positive Hidan would slip up he was scared of the idea of cutting his hair.

Sai looked around at them, wondering exactly what was going on. Apparently the two guys had made some kind of bet, though what it was, she couldn't be sure. She turned her violet eyes back towards the path, keeping an eye out for anything familiar. As soon as she spotted any kind of landmark, she could check through her hidden clothes.

"Hmm yeah...but what if the blood gets in the spring....again..." Itachi said with a scoff as he pushed someone out of his way as he walked. People didn't tend to bother him as long as they didn't get too close.

Sai moved fluidly around the people passing them by, showing her dancer's grace. The thought of blood in the water wasn't very appealing to her, either, and she looked over at them. A very strange group. She thought. Up ahead she spotted something familiar in the landscape and she gracefully ducked into the ever increasing crowd of people. No one even looked her way as she maneuvered her way through and around people. Over here. Sai looked around to make sure no one was watching. With a smile, she moved just a little further on to her hidden place. Sifting through the clothes, she found something that might work in the way of a swimsuit, though it came in two pieces. Taking it and leaving the rest, she made sure that her stuff was still well hidden before returning to the path. It took her a little to catch up with them, but at least she hadn't been gone too long.