A/N: This story does contain an OC, who I ship with a canon character. Please do not continue reading if you don't like that.
"Hey, woman."
Those were the first words Emi heard from the man. She glanced over from where she was walking on the small dirt path, eyebrow raising at the scene she saw before her. There were two men; one was wearing a black cloak adorned with red clouds, and the other was seemingly struggling to breath as the other wrapped his arm around his neck.
"You wanna save this guy, right?" the man spoke again, eyes gleaming a strange red and green. "Pay up and I'll refrain from snapping his neck."
Emi stood back and quickly assessed the situation. The large man wore a mask over his face to hide his features, as well as a wrap around his head. The other man in question seemed to be an albino, and wore some simple black pants and a necklace; something that quickly piqued her interest.
"You're saying if I pay you some money, you'll let him go?" she questioned, hand resting on her hip.
"That's what I said" the man growled out impatiently, tightening his grip around the other. This caused the shorter man to cry out in what seemed like annoyance rather than pain. Emi sighed shortly before beginning to walk towards the pair.
"Do you think I'm stupid?" she asked, stopping in front of the scene. "Even if you wanted to kill him you couldn't."
Her hand was brought up to point at the necklace. "This guy's immortal."
The two stopped and stared for a quick couple of seconds before quickly scattering and assuming attack stances.
"Smart one aye?" the shorter man sneered, hand lifting to push his slicked back hair into place. "That's a first."
Emi glanced at the two men before pointing at the black and red cloak. "Now that looks familiar. Tell me, are you affiliated with Kisame Hoshigaki in any way?"
The two glanced at each other before the taller stood up straighter. "That's none of your business."
"Ah you see now that's where you're wrong" Emi mused, picking at her nail absent mindedly. "See if you kill me and you ARE somehow connected to Kisame, I can guarantee that he'll slice you into tiny pieces and scatter your remains all over the country."
This caused the two men to look at her questionably. "And if we are?" The taller asked, stepping closer in an effort to cause intimidation.
"Well then you need to take me to him." Was the short answer.
The albino man started laughing hysterically. "You've got to be joking right? You're shitting me yeah?" he managed to get out as the taller sighed irritably. "And why would we take you to him?"
"So I can slap him across the face" she scowled, hand once again on her hip. "That idiot owes me an explanation and an apology." She sighed and looked at the taller. "You seem to be someone who's interested in money. Take me to him and I'll lead you to a bounty worth 50 million ryo."
The large man's eyes reflected that of curiosity. "50 million?" he asked, arms folding across his chest. "Well you've definitely caught my interest."
The albino groaned once money was mentioned. "For fuck sakes Kakuzu, don't be a wanker. Let's just kill her and continue on with our mission." The taller man, now known as Kakuzu, lifted a hand to shut him up. "If you successfully lead me to this...bounty. Then I will take you to see our co-worker" he growled out. "However if you turn on us in any way, or it turns out you were lying; we will kill you."
"Good enough" Emi answered, hand reaching out to shake the others. "Your name's Kakuzu? I'm Emi."
"No one gives a shit" the albino spat, lip curled in distaste. Kakuzu turned to glare at him. "Shut your trap, Hidan. Our mission was to gain money and if we can make a quick 50 million then that's better than pretending to snap your god forsaken neck." He turned on his heel to look down at the small girl.
"Bounty first. Lead the way."
A few hours later saw the three crouched in a tree just outside of a small village.
"This village isn't very well known; but its home to one of the most successful casinos" Emi muttered to the two quietly. "The man in question is the owner; he stops by every couple weeks to check in. Since the village is so rural he'd never think that anyone would ever target him here."
Kakuzu's eyes scanned over the house tops. "And where do we find him?"
"Well if you want it to be quick and easy then you'll have to wait till nightfall. He stays in one of the inns so if we can get inside there you'll have no trouble." She pointed curtly to a larger building at the end of a street. "He's so laid back here that his bodyguard doesn't even sleep in the same room as him. It'll be easy."
Kakuzu watched as the small girl talked. "How do you know this much information?" he questioned.
Emi glanced back at him. "Honestly, I've been tracking him. I was planning on taking him down myself and claiming the 50 million but…to be honest I'd rather see Kisame." She sat back and studied the two. "You need to look less suspicious so lose the cloaks."
A few minutes of changing and the three swiftly made their way through the village, taking care not to look directly at anyone. Stopping outside the inn, Emi lifted her hand. "Just let me do the talking for this. Money won't be an issue." Kakuzu nodded curtly and Hidan still had the snarl on his face.
"You're too fucking soft, Kakuzu."
Rolling her eyes, Emi slid open the front doors and headed on in. "Good afternoon!" she called out to the receptionist, who greeted them with a warm smile. "We'd like a room for the night, please!"
The lady scanned through her book and tapped her finger. "I can get you a room with a hot spring, if you like?" she asked kindly, much to Emi's approval. "Yes, thank you!" she answered, bowing as the woman led them towards the room.
As the doors slid shut, Hidan stretched and looked around. "Why a hot spring if all we're gonna do is kill the guy?" he asked, unamused expression on his face.
"Because we're not killing him until he's asleep. You can relax until then; no one is suspicious of you" she told him, setting her bag down.
"Yeah but-"
Hidan stopped talking as soon as Kakuzu marched past him and out to the hot spring, pulling his shirt off as he did so. "You smell like shit, Hidan. Get in the water."
Hidan's face scowled once again as he folded his arms and muttered about what an idiot his partner was being, but after sniffing himself once he proceeded to enter the hot spring himself, making sure to keep a good distance away from the other burly man.
Emi sat on the opposite end to them, revelling in the peace and quiet. This was the second time she had been in a hot spring, and her body was thanking her for it. About half an hour passed before the three tensed up as another presence was felt.
"Hello, Emi."
To be continued
