Well, here's my second story with characters I did NOT create. I was just sitting there thinking about the Akatsuki and possible story ideas when I thought, "What if Zetsu had a girlfriend that was part flower?" Note: I do NOT own any of the Akatsuki members, they belong to whoever created them. Only Clair belongs to me, I made her up. Bold typing means the black half of Zetsu is talking, italics means that the white side is talking, underlined means they're both talking at the same time, bold and italics put together is a memory.

Zetsu dragged himself forward another step and then another, sheer willpower all that was keeping him going. He kept his good hand pressed to the ragged gash in his side, trying to keep the blood from gushing out. He felt lightheaded and dizzy. Finally he stumbled and fell. He didn't have the strength to even raise his head as he heard running footsteps coming towards him. All he could hope for was a quicker death as he fell into sweet, black nothingness.

He awoke he didn't know how much later. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was snow, emerald, and onyx. As his vision came into focus and lost its blurry edge, he could see that the white, green, and black were actually the eyes of a person crouched in front of him, a girl in fact, probably about 24 years old. Somehow, he was now leaning up against a tree. To get his bearings, he simply stared at her, trying to ascertain what she looked like and whether she was helping him or hurting him. Speaking of pain, he couldn't feel it, he couldn't feel anything and that alarmed him. Trying to steady himself, he went back to staring at her. Her eyes were fastened on his, but they were out of focus, as though she were seeing right through him. She had soft, wavy brown hair that fell around her shoulders that he longed to touch, just to see if it was really as soft as it looked. She had smooth, porcelain skin and pale pink lips that were pressed together tightly in concentration. As he slowly got his bearings back, he could see that her hands were pressed against his major wound, healing it. Her body was tiny and fragile looking, he guessed she was about 4' 11" or somewhere around there. She almost looked doll-like next to him. She finished and blinked, bringing her eyes back into focus. She pulled her hands back and looked at him calmly while he tried to find his voice.

"Who are you?" He finally asked in a cracked voice, wincing a little.

"My name is Clair," She answered in a soft, soothing voice.

"Aren't you afraid?" The white side asked her, lowering his voice so it wouldn't break as much.

"Of what?" She asked, truly curious.

"Of me," He answered, as though it were obvious.

"Why would I be afraid of you?" She asked in bewilderment, her eyes widening in surprise. He was so shocked, neither one of him could answer her.

"Why don't you tell me what your name is," She prompted gently.

"Zetsu," They chorused.

"Well, Zetsu, how do you feel?" She asked him. He took a moment to examine himself, the feeling back in his limbs.

"Fine," He said after finding that to be the truth. He really WAS fine, all of his wounds erased. She smiled warmly, her whole face lighting up.

"I'm glad," She said in a relieved tone. Zetsu was surprised to find that she was sincere. He began to get up, using the tree behind him for support. She stood up as well and she was so short she had to tilt her head back just to look at him. His estimation had been nearly correct, she was about 5 feet tall or so, much shorter than his 5' 8".

"Don't push yourself too hard, you don't have much chakra," She warned gently.

"Whatever," The black side grunted. He took a step and nearly fell, but the girl, Clair, grabbed his arm with surprising strength and helped him regain his balance.

"Thank you - runt," He said, yanking his arm out of her grip when he was upright again. He may have been healed, but the blood loss and lack of chakra was still making him lightheaded. To his surprise, instead of getting mad at being called a runt, she giggled.

"Zetsu! Where the hell are you, you fucking moron!" Hidan's voice came cutting through the air.

"Over here!" Zetsu called out in a tired voice, he really didn't want to deal with Hidan right now and he especially didn't want Clair to be around the foul-mouthed man. Of course, the first person the white-haired Jashinist would see was the pretty, petite woman.

"Who the hell is that?" Hidan asked, although his tone was more curious than accusatory as Kakuzu appeared next to him.

"None of your-," Zetsu began in a low, threatening voice when Clair interupted him.

"My name is Clair, are you one of Zetsu's friends?" She asked, looking from Zetsu's black and red cloak to Hidan's matching one.

Hidan scoffed and said, "Fuck no, he's not my friend, he's a fucking moron and that damn leader of ours is going to kick his ass!" Clair looked a little alarmed at the extensive cussing, but quickly hid it when Hidan looked back at her after meeting Zetsu's glare with one of his own.

"So how come a pretty little thing like you helped out that two-colored freak?" Hidan asked, looking at her suspiciously.

"He was in pain and I just wanted to help," She explained, her large green eyes focused on Hidan's violet ones.

"Well aren't you a fu-" Hidan started, sneering, before Zetsu cut him off with a harsh, "Enough!" Hidan grunted in protest, but complied for once and asked a different question.

"So how come you didn't scream and run away when you saw him?"

"Why would I run away? He's not very scary to me," Clair said, her slender eyebrows coming together in confusion as she looked over her shoulder at the man in question. He's not very scary to me That one sentence made Zetsu happier than anything anyone had ever said to or about him. He turned his head away, his venus fly trap blocking his blushing face from view.

Well, how was it? Not too bad I hope (Cringes). Please tell me how I did and about any mistakes I made, I'll be happy to fix them. Please don't go too hard on me, I try my best. I also have another story about Zetsu out. It's called "The Three Friends (Tobi and Zetsu Story)"