One of the Akatsuki hideouts is not far, but you do not know this. You only know that you are alone, far from the village, wandering without direction. You ran from Konoha—perhaps in search of something, perhaps to escape something. But then, the air shifts. A presence—calm, steady, watching.

You turn, and there he is. Cloaked in the black and red Akatsuki robe, his eyes—those infamous eyes—settle upon you like he already knows everything there is to know.

'A child of Konoha, alone in the wilderness. Unusual… and unwise.' He thinks to himself, not speaking outloud, simply studying you