"God damnit…they really love to make things difficult," Ai sighed as she wiped blood off her cheek, "Blocking their vital areas…bastards." Ai breathed heavily as she stared down at the corpses of her former opponents. Half of them were shattered, now lying on the ground in little pieces, half frozen, while the others were badly cut up, killed by blood loss.
"These jerkoffs show up too often," Ai said, leaning against a tree, "Of course, I guess I am pretty close to a village aren't I…can't tell which…but I shouldn't wander so close." She stood and began to walk away, wandering aimlessly away from the village she was near. Her ninja headband bounced lightly against her hip as she walked, reflecting a ray of moonlight every so often. Annoyed, Ai pulled it off her waist and shoved it in her kunai pouch, she didn't want the glint to attract unwanted attention.
"Damnit Kakuzu, I can't see out here! Why couldn't we collect this bounty in the fucking morning!?" Complained an aggravated male, his voice echoing through the night and ringing into Ai's ear.
"Because I said so. Now shut up before someone hears you," Another male said, obviously annoyed.
"Why the hell should I listen to what you say?" The first male cried, immediately followed by a loud 'thwack' noise, "OW! What the fuck was that for!?"
"I told you to be quiet, jackass," The second male hissed. Ai noticed a glint of metal through the trees about twenty yards away from her.
"Shit!" She muttered before scurrying up onto a tree branch. The sound of footsteps stopped.
"What did you stop for? Keep moving damnit!" The potty-mouth male yelled.
"Shh, shut the hell up. Someone's out here," The second male quietly ordered.
"How the hell can you tell when it's pitch fuckin black out here?"
"I said," A punching noise could be heard, followed by a loud groan, "Shut up!"
"Damnit Kakuzu!" The first male hissed, "Fine, someone's out here?" Footsteps echoed through the silence, and through the trees came a man with white slicked back hair, clothed in a black cloak dotted with red clouds, which was open down to about his mid-chest. He held a large three bladed scythe in his hand, pointed out into the darkness, and draped over his neck was his ninja headband as well as a beaded necklace with a pendant on the end; A circle, with an upside down triangle inside it. Ai squinted, trying to see what village he was from, but she didn't recognize the symbol.
'Hmm, He's part of the Akatsuki…' Ai thought, recognizing the clothing.
"Whoever is out here, come the fuck out! I'm not in the mood for games!" The male yelled, looking around.
"Damnit Hidan," The second male said, annoyed, "I suppose you've never heard the word 'subtle' before in your life."
"See Kakuzu," The white haired male that Ai figured was called Hidan, said, ignoring the snide comment of his comrade, "No ones here."
"Idiot, someone could easily be hiding," The other male, Kakuzu, Ai figured his name was, said as he stepped out from the shadows. He wore something similar to a hood over his head, which doubled as his ninja headband. He was from the Waterfall village. The hood-headband double had a mask connected, which covered his mouth and nose leaving only his eyes visible. He wore the same cloak as Hidan did.
"Tch," Hidan hissed as he slung his scythe over his shoulder. With how high he had risen it, the blade cut through the air in front of Ai, coming so close that it sliced off the tip of her nose. She quickly threw her hand over the wound, and resisted the need to cry out.
'Stupid bastard!' Ai mentally screamed. Below her, Hidan blinked, noticing something red fall out of the corner of his eye. He looked down and saw something in the grass by his feet. Kneeling down, he picked it up and examined it.
"…What the hell is this?" He said, disgustedly holding the bloodied artifact. Ai looked down, still holding her wounded nose, at the male.
'What the…that's the part of my nose you just chopped off, jackass!' Ai scowled at him.
"Put it down Hidan," Kakuzu ordered. Hidan did as he said, surprisingly, and blinked, realizing something. He swiftly looked up into the tree and squinted.
'Oh shit,' Ai thought.
"Oh, Kakuzu, looks like you were right," Hidan smirked, "There is someone out here."
"I told you," Kakuzu spoke, not caring all too much. Hidan jumped up into the tree and swung his scythe at Ai.
"Shit!" She screamed as she jumped out of the way. The scythe's blades dug into the branch, cutting it clean off of the tree. Ai landed on the ground and bolted away, sprinting as fast as she could.
'Like hell I'm fighting them!!' Ai thought as she ran.
"Damn! Where'd she go?" Hidan cursed as he looked around.
"She ran away," Kakuzu calmly stated.
"I know that, damnit," Hidan hissed, going to run after her.
"Don't bother," Kakuzu spoke.
"Why the hell not?"
"She's already injured," Kakuzu pointed to the blood stain on the ground where Ai landed, "She'll eventually die of blood loss if she keeps running like that." Hidan blinked.
"Tch, fine," He sighed, slinging his scythe over his shoulder again, "Let's get moving then, I don't wanna be out here all night." He and Kakuzu began to walk off, in the same direction Ai was running.
"Sh-…shit…" Ai muttered, her sprint now a slow limp. The wound on her leg had just began to hurt, thought it had been bleeding for a while. "I'm starting to feel dizzy…." She slowed to a stop and leaned against a tree, looking down at her wounded leg. Her breathing was heavy, due to the pain. "Oh, come on, Ai," She reasoned with herself, "You've taken worse wounds, you can survive this." Pushing herself up again, Ai slowly began to walk off, eventually falling unconscious in a bush.
When the sun rose, Ai slowly woke, not feeling much better than she had when she blacked out.
"Ugh…" She groaned in disgust, looking down at her now blue and slightly infected wound, "God." She shakily stood, though it wasn't the smartest idea, and began to walk again.
Not to far away, Hidan and Kakuzu were also resuming their journey, if that's what it could be called. Hidan yawned loudly, still half asleep.
"Wake up, you fool," Kakuzu scolded, not tired what so ever.
"Shut the hell up, Kakuzu," Hidan retorted, annoyed in his tired state. "Hey, wait," He spoke, stopping.
"What?" Kakuzu asked, obviously irritated.
"Isn't that the chick from last night?" Hidan asked, pointing to Ais limping figure as she slowly made her way through the forest. He was too tired to chase after her at the moment, there wasn't much of a point anyway. Since she'd probably die on her own.
"…" Kakuzu was silent as he pulled a piece of paper out of his cloak. "Hidan." He said sternly.
"Nandayo?" He said, not trying at all to hide his irritation.
"Get her," Kakuzu ordered.
"Why should I? She'll die on her own anyway," Hidan said, not in the mood to run after anyone.
"No, the Leader wants her," Kakuzu said, matter-o'-factly.
"What? Why the hell didn't you mention something earlier? Like, last night when I could easily grab her, for instance?" Hidan asked, err, more like yelled.
"I only got a glimpse of her back, Hidan," Kakuzu said, "It was dark as well, leaving it difficult for me to notice who exactly she was."
"Tch, fine, whatever," Hidan said, walking towards Ai, who had now disappeared within a group of trees.
"Gah…this hurts…..a lot…" Ai groaned as she walked, err, limped. She heard a twig snap a few yards behind her, and in her wounded state, she couldn't fight to well. Reaching into her pouch, she subtly pulled out a kunai and held it at her side, waiting for the stalker to come close enough. Ai continued to limp on, pretending not to notice the person behind her. Within a minute or so, she felt a hand brush against her waist.
Ai spun around and sliced the nearest body part of the person behind her, which happened to be the neck. Ai blinked, noticing there was no head on said neck. Any longer at least.
Thump
Ai felt something land on her foot, and hesitantly looked down.
"Fuck!" Screamed Hidan. "God damnit! That fucking hurt!"
"A-a-ah…" Ai stuttered, looking from the decapitated head at her feet, to the headless body that was now also on the ground, and back to the decapitated head.
"Well? Pick me up, damnit!" Hidan yelled.
"DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN!!" Ai screamed at the top of her lungs, and kicked Hidan's head as hard as she could, the pain from her leg pushed from her mind.
"GAH! DAMNIT WOMAN THAT HURT!" Hidan screamed in return, his head hitting a tree and bouncing off, hitting the ground once again.
"H-H-HOW ARE YOU STILL TALKING!?" Ai cried. She was unable to get an explanation however, due to Kakuzu appearing behind her and knocking her unconscious.
"And you COULDN'T have done that BEFORE the woman kicked me!?" Hidan yelled.
"Shut up," Kakuzu ordered, picking up Hidan's head by his hair.
"That hurts! Haven't I got ENOUGH abuse for this morning!? Damnit Kakuzu!" Hidan yelled.
"I said shut up," Kakuzu ordered again, setting Hidan's body against a tree, and setting his head on his neck. Within a few minutes, Hidan's head was sewn back on.
"There, much better," Hidan sighed, cracking his neck.
"If you continue doing that the stitches will break," Kakuzu spoke as he stood. "And I refuse to sew you back up again."
"Yeah yeah, shut up will you?" Hidan said annoyed as he stood as well. Kakuzu began to walk off without another word.
"Oi!" Hidan called. "What about the woman?"
"You're carrying her," Kakuzu stated.
"What?!" Hidan yelled. "Why don't you do it?"
"Because I said so. Now do it," Kakuzu ordered. Hidan scoffed, and reluctantly picked up the unconscious girl, flinging her over his shoulder.
"She's injured you fool," Kakuzu scolded. "If you carry her that way, she'll die."
"Like I care!" Hidan yelled, continuing to carry Ai the way he was. They walked that way for a good twenty-five minutes.
"Tch," Hidan scoffed, adjusting Ai so he could carry her more comfortably, which happened to be in his arms. Bridal style. Ai shifted a bit, moving so her head rested against Hidan's chest, groaning a bit.
"Well, don't you look cozy," Kakuzu chuckled at his partner.
"Kiss my ass," Hidan spat, cracking his pained shoulder.