My Immortal
Chapter 2: Just a Sip
Mine and Hidan's organization (known as the Akatsuki) is mostly separated into teams of two. I was an exception because I was the healer for each team. Our leader Pein allows me to stay with Hidan and Kakuzu (Hidan's current partner)unless I am needed elsewhere. Kakuzu was a cheap old man at heart. Well not only at heart but still. Kakuzu was almost a hundred years old but it didn't show on the outside. He had bright green eyes that were black where the white should have been. He wears a hood that has the symbol of his former village. Kakuzu used to be a ninja from the Waterfall Village. The symbol has been crossed out since he left though. There is a mask that covers his mouth and connects to his hood, making the only thing you see his eyes. When he removes his headgear however he has straight black hair that goes a little past his ears. His skin is very tan compared to most of the other Akatsuki members. Kakuzu has been through a very hard past and has stitches all over his body made by threads that he can release and retract from his body. When the stitches are undone his body can actually come apart and the parts are connected by the threads. Even with the stitches he is still a very handsome man and I always try to tell him he is hot but he just gets annoyed.
After about a hour of walking me and Hidan arrived at the abandoned home the three of us renovated until the Akatsuki finish our current missions and regroup. Kakuzu was sitting on the couch with wads of cash spread evenly into different piles. He was counting quietly to himself like he does at least a dozen times each day.
"Hey Kakuzu!" I squeaked and jumped on his lap, knocking over the pile of money he had just counted. A light thump was heard as the pile I hit and a few more hit the ground. Kakuzu glared furiously at me. Did I mention he has anger management issues?
"oops…" I said biting the tip of my thumb, putting the best puppy eyed look I could give.
"EMIKOH KIMIYAMA!!!" He yelled angrily. I sprang off of his lap and began sprinting away. I heard loud footsteps echo behind me. We ran in complete circles around the couch and coffee table for about twenty minutes or so. Meanwhile, Hidan was sitting on the couching, watching a game. Each time we passed by the television he screamed "MOVE" at the top of his lungs. After a while Hidan got creative and added a "fucking" to his "intelligent" command.
After twenty minutes we finally stopped when I tripped over yet another pile of money. Luckily, Kakuzu didn't get a chance to yell because he tripped on my foot and fell on me. I smiled when an idea to get me out of trouble came to my mind. I hugged tightly onto his torso and nuzzled my nose into his strong stomach.
"Awwwwww!!! Kakuzu you're giving me a hug!?" I mumbled onto his abs. He began using his arms to try to get some leverage to get up.
"No…I'm…not!" He said as I held tightly onto him but he was incredibly strong. He was almost to his knees when Hidan yelled,
"Dog pile!" and jumped on me and Kakuzu. I laughed hysterically and hugged them both, ignoring the fact I was on the bottom. The two shifter so they were laying against each of my sides, their heads resting above my chest. I looked down at them and smacked the backs of both of their heads.
"Perverts" They smiled and nuzzled right above my breasts. "Are you better now Kakuzu?"
"Yeah Emi I'm perfect," he smirked into my chest.
We ended up watching the game with Hidan as I helped Kakuzu reorganize his money. That night I slept on the couch with Hidan and Kakuzu's heads resting on my stomach while they slept on the pull out part of the couch. Kakuzu didn't want to spend money to fix the bedroom upstairs since the couch was a pull out.
The next morning I woke to a slight damp feeling on my stomach from where Hidan was laying, a stream of drool running down from the corner of his cheek to my ragged gray t-shirt I wear to bed. I swiftly slid my light blue pillow under Hidan's head as I got up. I had to go to our Leader Pein to find out what team had a mission dangerous enough that I had to be there in case of injury. I walked by Kakuzu and kissed his forehead good morning and began changing into my red tank top and black shorts I wore under my Akatsuki cloak. I had to admit I loved my cloak since it matched my long black hair perfectly. I couldn't say the same for my icy blue eyes though since they didn't match. As, I changed Kakuzu barely glanced in my direction. We have gotten used to each other because of the numerous times Kakuzu was too cheap to get a hotel and we had to bathe in hot spring water together.
When I was ready to go I opened the screen door that was barely on it's hinges any more.
"Bye 'Kuzu! Be careful on your mission tonight!"
"Hai," Kakuzu muttered while counting his money.
It took about an hour to get to the house Leader-sama was staying in. He had found a large old-fashioned house that had big wooden doors. It amazed me at how leader could find such amazing abandoned homes whenever Akatsuki were separated. I stepped inside, knowing Leader's office was probably in the back and he wouldn't hear me knock anyway.
"Leader?" I called as I got to the door marked with a red cloud on the front. I listened for a moment and didn't hear a response so I shifted my bags of medical supplies to one hand so I could knock. I was about to tap on the door when I heard a voice inside.
"mmmm….Pein" A womanly voice whispered from inside the room. I cocked an eyebrow and took a slight step backwards.
"Love you Konan baby," Leaders deep voice said.
"I love you to Pein," Konan said. I finally regained my confidence and stepped forward to knock on the door.
"Uhhhhhh….Leader? Is this a good time?" I asked mostly expecting him to make me wait. Leader wasn't the most friendly person
"Oh!…..uh….Emikoh, yes come in," Leader's voice said. He almost sounded embarrassed until he regained his usual official tone. My Leader Pein was sitting back in a large maroon leather chair. His girlfriend/ best friend Konan was sitting on his lap. Konan was a very beautiful girl. She had blue hair that had a origami flower clipped on the side. She had delicate yet strong facial features. Her face and eyes were soft. Her eyes were a pretty blue color. They were much darker than mine. Her smile was very excited, especially right now. She was wearing her Akatsuki cloak open, showing off a dark blue strapless dress that stopped high on her thighs with black leggings underneath. She had a lip piercing to match Pein's large collections of piercing that covered his ears, lips, and nose. Including my favorites that were two snake bites on both corners of his lips. His eyes were orange with black rings that fanned out from his iris. The rings were a reddish orange as well. He had hair that was orange as well and was very spiky. It spiked up from the Rain Village headband that was tied around his forehead. Pein had a really toned body that was lost in the Akatsuki cloak that was buttoned up to his chin. His long, slender fingers were wrapped around Konan's waist. I smiled at Konan and winked. A light blush fanned over her cheeks as she grinned back and hopped off Pein's lap and tackled me. I reached back and caught myself on the door handle and hugged her back.
"Emi!!!!!!" She yelled.
"Konan!!" I yelled back and we jumped up and down squeaking like we were young girls. Well I was pretty young but once you are in a criminal organization 19 feels like 32.
"Sooooo….Konan? What were you and Leader-sama doing?" I asked as I nudged Konan's side. She giggled and blushed again.
" Pein kept nibbling on my neck even though I told him not too," she said sticking her tongue out at Pein, "and he hit a really sensitive spot." She playfully glared at Pein as he smirked and laid his hands behind his head smugly. She sighed in defeat and hugged me again.
"So Leader-sama, what team will I need to assist today?" I asked smiling politely. No matter how close I was to Konan Pein was still my boss and could kill me any day.
"Itachi and Kisame are going on an assassination mission. You have to be sure they suffer no injury," He said.
"Yes Leader," I said while bowing respectively. I gave Konan one more nudge in her side before turning and walking back through the door. I sped up my pace to get out of the house once I heard Konan and Pein flirting behind me.
I ran through the forest to Itachi and Kisame's campground so I could catch before they started leaving. I arrived at the campsite a few minutes later and slowed down when I reached the fallen tree the two were sitting on. Kisame was chatting to Itachi in his usual loud tone. I walked over and sat beside Kisame. Kisame was a very tall man. He was pretty muscular and had a light blue tone to his skin. His hair was a darker blue and spiked up from the Mist Village headband he wore. He had gills but were very thin so mostly unnoticeable. His skin was pretty rough and he had razor sharp shark teeth. His eyes were small and only had pupils. He resembles the human version of a shark. He is very mostly very happy and almost always has a smile (an evil smile but still).
Itachi was a little odd as well. He was odd in a good way though (sorta). He was a normal height and had a thin but still toned figure. He had long black hair that was pulled into a low, loose ponytail. His eyes were black and showed the anguish and wisdom of a person with a troubled past. Most of the time however, he kept his sheringan on which turned his eyes a threatening blood red, making his look as if he carried murderous intent. He had a tired and older expression especially compared to his actual young age. His voice was very low and calm compared to Kisame's loud and almost villainous voice. They were both fun when Itachi was in a good mood and Kisame didn't want to "cut me to ribbons" with his sword samehada. His sword was a as big as him and was made of a material similar to shark skin. When it made contact the scales would jut out and literally shave the skin instead of cut. It also absorbed and ate chakra making it difficult to fight. Both men were extremely strong so I wasn't to worried about protecting them today.
When I sat down Itachi gave me a respectful nod and returned to the plate of dumplings he was finishing. Kisame however, made a show of smiling (with his mouth full) and then turning around to quickly finish his plate. He always did this since I had a habit of calling Kisame chubby and stealing a bite of his food. I smiled and scruffled his hair and he smacked it away. I used this opportunity to reach and grab one of his dumplings and popped it in my mouth. He sighed and faced back around towards me. I smiled and hugged him tight. He hugged my back as I giggled.
"Hey, chub chub," I said cutely.
"Shut it shortie," he said smiling a lot. Our little fight was interrupted before it started when Itachi got up and grabbed his bag.
"Let's go," He said and started walking off. I jumped up and ran to catch up with him. Kisame hurried to pack up and caught up soon after. We walked for about thirty minutes until Itachi stopped dead in his tracks.
"Shush!" He hissed as he crouched down listening, suddenly intense. His crimson eyes darted back and forth. Kisame leaned forward a littler and grabbed the handle of samehada. I crouched down the most, I was a healer not a fighter and definitely believed in flight over fight. Silence filled the air as we waited. Kisame and Itachi's bodies barely moved an inch. Suddenly, screeches filled the air as a wave of kunais flew at us from over head. I jumped back to Kisame as he blocked the kunais in front of me with his sword. Kisame made hand signs and a good amount of water exploded in front of him. Itachi, knowing this would happen, skillfully ducked so the water passed over him. He made a few hand signs and the water froze into sharp ice shards. They flew towards the enemy and within a few seconds screams and the sounds of bodies and blood splattering filled our ears. When I looked up I noticed a few ninja were left standing behind the sea of bloody bodies. Leaves rustled over head as they jumped into the branches, planning on an attack. I crawled to the side near the dead corpses to get out of Kisame's way when he started swinging his sword. I curled up as I watched Kisame fight two of the ninjas using his sword to block. I watched for a minutes before an amazing fragrance hit my nose. I looked to my left and laying beside me was one of the lifeless bodies. He was completely limp and blood was pooling from the deep wound in his chest. My throat burned with intense thirst. My eyes remained locked on the beautiful red liquid as it dripped down his stomach.
I crawled over and licked lightly at the gash as my nail slid down the wound, widening to about twice its original size. I pressed my lips completely to each side of the wound and drank hungrily. My eyes rolled back into my head as the complete pleasure of the blood running down my throat engulfed me. I internally cursed myself for letting it get this far. My eyelids slid shut as I began sucking harshly on the wound. Muffled moans escaped my lips as more blood flooded over my tongue. The sounds of my two comrades fighting the enemy was lost in the sounds of pleasure and the muffled sounds as my mind faded into a cloud of ecstasy. I became lost in the cloud for what seemed like hours, oblivious to the world around me. I slowly began slipping from the cloud as I heard Itachi's voice in the distance. I couldn't understand what he was saying until I slipped more and he got closer.
"Emi! Emikoh stop! You're losing it!" Itachi yelled. The cloud that still barely encased my mind shook. That's when I realized it wasn't real. I tried to find away back to Itachi. The shaking increased, "Emikoh please! Kisame's hurt!" Itachi's voice yelled once again. That's when I realized my eyes were shut and I opened them. They fluttered lightly until I say Itachi's coal black eyes staring at me. His features filled with worry. His arms were lightly wrapped around my shoulders. I look down and saw one of the men that was killed earlier. I looked at his face intently and noticed that he wasn't the same guy I had began drinking before. I ripped my self off of him and looked around me. Around me were five pale bodies, all drained with blood. I couldn't believe I drained them all. I looked helplessly at Itachi.
"I..Itachi-kun? Did I drink all of them? What happened? I..I like blacked out or..something," I asked holding on to his hands that were still draped around my shoulders.
"Don't worry about it right now Emikoh. Help Kisame, he's injured." he said regaining his normal tone. I hurried over to Kisame and kneeled beside him. He had a part of his cloaked he must have ripped off pressed to the back of his forearm. He was groaning lightly in pain. I grasped his hand and removed it and the piece of cloak. The wound was deep and fresh, warm muscle working around it. My mouth watered and I had to bite my lip and shake my head vigorously to stay focused.
"Don't worry Kisame, I'll be done in a moment," I said, my hands already in motion.
"I'm not worried about me as much as I am you," He said after I numbed the pain in his arm with a needle from my bag, "You looked completely out of it. I was worried if you weren't going to come back," I frowned to myself.
"I was afraid I wasn't coming back either," I sighed sealing up his wound.
"What exactly happened to you?" he asked, putting his cloak back on.
"I'm not sure exactly. One minute I barely tasted the blood, the next I has drained five people!" I said, trying to recall what had happened.
"You need to find a way to fix this before it gets any worse." He said, concern obvious in his eyes. He rose from the ground and started walking to Leader's house with Itachi, leaving me to myself. I tried to cheer myself up on the way home but I failed miserably. This was getting bad. I was internally cursing myself for not being strong enough to control my bloodlust as I stepped through our front door.
When I stepped into the living room Kakuzu and Hidan were already home from their bounty mission Hidan was lifting the heavy debris from upstairs he converted into a weight set, somewhat showing off since he had superhuman strength. I had tried to keep the terror and shock that I felt in my stomach from showing on my face but that didn't really work. Hidan glanced in my direction and automatically did a double take.
"Emi?" he said, his eyes widening in concern. He dropped the "weights" and almost ran over to me. He grabbed an old, ragged towel and wiped the sweat off his face and chest.
"Oh..uh..yeah Hidan?" I said my voice cracking twice.
"What's wrong Emi? What happened? Did that fucking Uchiha hurt you?" Hidan said almost shaking me.
"No, no Itachi is a nice guy," I said, trying to get away from the grip Hidan had on both my shoulders. He only tightened his grip.
"Then what is it?" He asked sternly.
"Well I had a little taste of a ninja's blood and I kind of blacked out," I said.
"Then?" He asked.
"When I woke up I had already finished five people," I lowered my head in shame. He frowned and glared over my head at the wall. He pulled my as tight as he could to his chest and muttered profanities angrily under his breath. I sob broke out of my throat and I cried into his chest, thinking of how much happier Hidan would be if I was stronger. He nuzzled my hair when he felt my shoulders shaking and hummed lightly, trying to soothe me. I felt Kakuzu's strong hand stroke my lower back lightly. I grabbed his arm pulled him close to my side so I could cuddle between them both. I tried to relax my sobs but my breath kept coming in sharp intakes.
"G…guys?" I said between sobs.
"Yes Emikoh?" Kakuzu murmured keeping his voice to a low hum to help soothe me.
"I'm so sorry. I wish I could be stronger for both of you but, but I can't!" I said, an almost screech like sob escaping my lips.
"Shhhh….It's okay Emi," Hidan whispered, "no one would have been strong enough. I can only imagine the urges you feel just by standing near us,"
"Thanks for reminding me," I said sarcastically. Kakuzu chuckled, happy I was feeling a little better. Hidan was right though. Since I drank so much, the longing for his and Kakuzu's blood was overwhelming
"Uhhh… do you guys mind if I go to bed early tonight? I'm still a little dizzy," I said, keeping visions of Hidan's blood dripping from his pores out of my mind.
"Sure honey," Hidan said. He picked me up in one swift motion and carried me to the couch like a groom would carry his wife. He switched me to his right arm as he moved the blanket from the couch and laid me down, waiting for me to get comfortable. After I rolled a few times her tucked me in beneath the blanket. He turned the fan on beside the bed to keep me cool. I smiled contently at him and he gave his signature cocky smirk back.
"You good?" he asked looking around to see if he missed anything. I thought for a moment and giggled, "what?" he asked smiling. He loved the sound of my giggle. I held out my arms like a baby would for her mother.
"Sleep with me?" I asked cutely.
"Oh, I'll sleep with you anytime cutie," He said smugly. I snickered.
"You know what I mean," he smiled and nodded. He crawled into bed next to me after pulling out the couch. He growled playfully and ducked under the blanket. I watched as the large lump he made in the blanket moved across the couch. He stopped near my stomach and caressed below my belly button.
"mmm…" I said pulling a little closer to him. He pulled his hand away just after tickling my stomach. He poked his head up after I stopped giggling. His playful look made me think of a perverted teen boy. That thought made me laugh harder though. When he got comfortable he rested his head on my chest. Before I could protest however he was asleep with drool running down his chin. I laughed as Kakuzu shook his head while got comfortable on the pillow that rested below my feet. He fell asleep soon after watching Dr. Phil. I sighed in contentment and my eyelids slid closed. I couldn't help but notice the bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.
