Kaguya would like to speak: I'm back! I'm sorry for the long wait! I really wanted to update sooner, but I got lazy! Plus I'm in a summer program that takes up time in my daily schedule. But I also wanted to update before a buddy of mine left to go to a foreign country. May she have a fun time! Do not forget me!
"It's only for one month!" she'll say.
"I've known you all my life, so of course it will be weird to not be able to make my daily phone call just to bother you!" I respond.
"Kaguya, get a life..."
"Like that's possible! Say 'hi' to Grandma for me!"
"...You idiot..."
"Love you too!"
And so on and so forth. Well, enjoy chapter two!
Disclaimer: I own nothing! Ask my friends and they'll say that I can barely save five cents! So, no, I don't own the series Naruto or the characters in it. I'm just some hobo off the street (joking, but sometimes it feels like so...).
Many times has Hidan wished he could die, and being in second period Advanced Chemistry was no exception. He had no friends, his sensei was adding to the boredom, and the fact that Hidan sat right next to the window, where the rhythm of the rain slowly made him sleepy, didn't help. Soon enough he was fast asleep, but before he could even begin a dream, he was tapped on the shoulder. He looked up to see his teacher looking at him.
"Hidan, this is the last day you'll be in my class for this trimester. Could you at least stay awake?", Tanaka-sensei asked. His eyes widen with worry when he saw his very sleepy eyes. "Hidan, are you okay?"
What's he talking about now? I'm just sleepy, that's all, Hidan thought but when he opened his mouth to respond to his teacher, slurred words came out. Instantly his head felt heavier.
"Hidan, you're gonna have to go to the nurse's office. Asuma Sarutobi, could you please help Hidan to the nurse?" Tanaka said.
The dark haired senior slowly stood up. He placed Hidan into a position where he could half-walk and be half-carried. "Okay, can you stand?" Asuma asked Hidan.
Hidan could only nod. Within minutes they were out of the classroom and entering the nurse's office. Asuma helped him to an unoccupied cot and told him to rest while he talked to the nurse's assistant.
-XXX-
Pein and Konan were interrupted by Asuma. "I brought in a patient. Is Tsunade here today?" he asked Konan.
Konan stood up and went to retrieve her nurse coat and rubber gloves. "Lady Tsunade is at an all-day meeting in town today. I will need the patient's name and condition," she said as she grabbed a pen and her clipboard.
"He goes by Hidan, but I have no idea what his last name is. Tanaka thinks he may have a fever," Asuma sat down and produced a lighter and a cigarette from his pocket.
"Show some respect, Asuma," Pein said without looking at him. "Smoke outside; we still have children in the building."
Asuma shrugged and put the objects away and took his leave. At the door he paused and, without turning, he said,"You would have been the last person to tell me that, Pein. That almost makes me paranoid."
Pein chuckled as Asuma left. Konan was taking Hidan's temperature. "You only have a slight fever, Hidan. Here, please drink this. It may taste bitter, but it will help cool you down," she removed the thermometer and gave him a small paper cup with a green liquid in it.
Hidan did as he was told. Once he tasted the bitterness, he was gonna spit it back out if Konan did not give him a dangerous look. He swallowed and shivers ran throughout his body.
Konan stood up, "Please have some rest, Hidan. It will take about three hours for someone as small as you to make a full recovery. I will wake you when you must take another dose." Konan pulled the curtains to give him some privacy.
Konan returned to the main office room. There in her chair sat Pein, clicking and typing away. She approached him to see what he would be doing.
"You're looking through Hidan's files?" Konan asked curiously.
"You know me, I won't wait for them to come to me. I hunt them down," Pein stopped once he found what he was looking for. "Bingo," he said as he motioned for Konan to look, "the pipsqueak's immortal! I'm quite sure he'll be of good use to me."
"You already control two bodies, please don't take Hidan, or anymore for that matter," Konan begged him.
To Pein, Konan's sad eyes were hypnotizing. Once he got a hold of himself, he simply replied, "Although his body would make a suitable host, I have other plan for him."
When he saw Konan's still-sadden face, he quickly added, "I'll make sure nothing will harm him." Konan gave a small sweet smile to this and started to head towards the nurse's office, just barely missing the sight of Pein's red face.
Once she was out of the room--or out of hearing range--Pein, under his breath, muttered, "Damn it."
-XXX-
It was in third period that Deidara found out about Hidan's fever. He has first shift lunch so he decided to visit Hidan then.
When the bell did ring for first lunch, he took his belongings and headed for the nurse's office. On his way he sensed someone following him. When the anxiety finally got to him, Deidara stopped and turned around.
Tobi was his 'stalker'. "Deidara-senpai," Tobi said as he removed his orange mask, revealing his youthful childish face, "where are you going?"
"Hidan's in the nurse's office, un," Deidara informed him, "Why aren't you in class?"
"Tobi was allowed to visit the boys' room," Tobi waved his pass slightly.
They both stood there, gazing at each other. Seeing the face behind the swirled mask was so rare to Deidara that when he did, he couldn't help but try to study and memorize it. Especially Tobi's eyes that held so much innocence in them. Deidara knows that someday that innocence would disappear and that made his heart sink. Deidara would hate to see Tobi suffer from what reality can release.
"Deidara-senpai?" Tobi broke the trance, "Could you tell Hidan-senpai that Tobi wishes him to get well?"
Deidara smiled sincerely. "Sure, un," he replied, swearing to himself that he'll delay that fateful day in which will change Tobi, if it were to ever come.
At the main office, he asked for Hidan. Pein told him to wait until Konan came back from treating him. Deidara sat in a nearby chair and took out some clay from a plastic bag. Out of curiosity, Pein watched him as he formed small round balls.
To Pein's surprise, Deidara made them explode, the impact too small to cause damage to anything. Pein looked closely at Deidara's hands. A small mouth was found on each palm.
A bomber? Maybe they are comming to me after all, Pein grinned.
"Hey, blondie."
"Hunh?" Deidara looked up.
"If I give my name, will you tell me yours?" Pein asked.
"Sure, un," Deidara wondered why the older teen would care for his name.
"My name's Pein. Yours?"
"Deidara, un." Is there a point to this? What are you getting at, un?
"Tell me, Deidara, what are you to Hidan," Pein rested his head on his prompted hand.
"What's that supposed to mean, un?" Deidara glared.
"Are you just friends?" Pein asked.
"Nothing more, why?" Deidara felt disgusted that some stranger could just assume something else.
"No reason, just wanted to see what your reaction would be when I tell you that a new student will be Hidan's roommate by next week," Pein said.
"Shouldn't he be the one to tell?" Deidara was surprised by this new bit of information. "He's the one who's been wanting one, un."
"Yeah, but he's too busy being unconscious," Pein trailed off awaiting Deidara's reaction.
Deidara's head slumped and a vein throbbed. "What did he do this time, un?" he said expecting a wild story only Hidan could be involved in.
"He just came down with a fever and is now sleeping it off," Pein looked back to his papers, now convinced that Hidan and Deidara are just friends and nothing more.
Konan returned with another empty paper cup. When she saw Deidara, she asked, "Are you here to see Hidan?"
Deidara nodded.
"Go in before he falls asleep again," Konan held the door open.
In no time Deidara was sitting in a chair at the side of Hidan's cot.
"How did you get a fever, un?" Deidara asked.
"What are you, my mom?" Hidan glared. "I don't know. Maybe lack of sleep? The window was open in second period..." He stopped to the sound of his stomach growling. "When's lunch?"
"First lunch will be over in twelve minutes," Deidara looked at his watch. The room once again echoed with the rumbling of Hidan's stomach.
Deidara sighed, "Want me to go get you a lunch?"
"Yeah, but when you came you looked like you had something else on your mind," Hidan said.
There was something..., Deidara thought then he remembered. "Oh, yeah! You're getting a new roommate!" he said, expecting to see Hidan's face brighten up, but instead...
"Jashin damn it, don't let it be you...," Hidan, wide eyed, muttered.
Deidara bonked him on his head, "There's a new student transferring and will arrive by next Saturday."
Hidan's face finally lit up as he continued to rub the bump on his head. "Really? What's he like?" Hidan was obviously excited by the news.
Deidara shook his head, "Don't know. That's all I know." He got up, "What do you want to eat?"
Hidan thought about it, "Pizza sounds good, but there's none today...just get me a sandwich that I'll like."
"What kind of sandwhich is that?"
"Just get me a damn sandwich!"
"I will feel so sorry to your spouse if you answer like that all the time...," Deidara sighed. "Fine, I'll see what I can find." Before he was out of the room, he muttered something about being friends for their lives yet he has never heard Hidan say he likes sandwiches.
-XXX-
Sasori headed for the main office. Before he can enter any classroom, he was to report to the main office. Halfway there, near the dining hall, he spotted a blond who looked just slightly taller than himself.
Is that a guy or a girl? Sasori thought referring to the long blond hair. As he approached the blond figure, he did what some guys his age would do. He sneakily stole a glance at the blonde's chest. A guy, he thought. Or a very flat-chested girl...
He decide to scare the guy by staring at him with menacing eyes. When they were close enough to make eye contact, Sasori did his attempt at glaring at the other male. But instead of giving off an evil stare, his eyes soften at the sight of a blue eye slowly glancing his way and quickly retreating.
This, for some reason, made Deidara very uncomfortable so he quickened his pace. Sasori had already come to a complete stop and watched Deidara scurry right past him. About four feet away from him again, Sasori stopped Deidara.
"Hey," Sasori called to him.
When Deidara froze up, Sasori smirked, somewhat pleased that he made this particular person tense. "You can at least say 'hello'. Or do I frighten you that much?" Sasori asked.
With his back still to Sasori Deidara let out a small greeting. Sasori told him that he was to speak louder and more clear. Just as he said this, Sasori noticed Deidara's ears. They were red and most likely if he were to feel them, they would have been warm.
Startling Sasori, Deidara turned his head sharply. "Hello," Deidara spoke in a loud audible voice.
Now it was Sasori's turn to freeze. He had caught a glimpse of what should have been the other eye of the blond male, but instead it was some mechanical 'eye', all a part of a now blushing red face.
Before Sasori could take another breath, Deidara had already put five more feet of distance between themselves. Confused by the unexpected feeling he just experienced, Sasori continued his journey to the main office. But his mind wouldn't let it go. Who the hell is he? And why did I feel like my heart just skipped a beat back there? Argh! Damn it, maybe it's the isolation of the stupid dorm arrest that got me like this, he thought.
At the main office, Sasori was to fill out some papers about his offense and return while Pein let out his anger on him. A few minutes later Pein was still at it so Sasori decided to change the subject.
"Where's Konan?" he asked suddenly realizing her absence.
"Keeping a patient company," Pein gestured to the nurse's office. "Some immortal kid by the name of Hidan."
"Immortal?" Sasori was now genuinely curious.
"Yeah," Pein noticed that familiar look in Sasori's eyes. "Oh, not now. You just came back! If they catch you, you'll be back out!"
"C'mon, my roommate won't return until seven tonight," Sasori removed a phial of the same yellow liquid he had put in his roommate's food from his pocket. "I'm just too impatient to wait for his reaction so can I test it out with someone who is available?"
Pein struggled to come up with an answer. He too was curious about what would the effect be of Sasori's poison, but he knew for sure that Konan would be deeply displeased. After another moment of thought, Pein slowly and cautiously nodded. He told Sasori to wait for the right moment.
In no time, Konan emerged from the nurse's office. She gave Sasori a small smile, "Hello, Sasori-senpai. Have you filled out the papers needed? You will stay out of trouble this time, won't you? Pein-senpai was very worried."
The last statement made Sasori raise one eyebrow. When he looked at Pein, Pein sent a glare that could only be read as "You know very well that I do not worry."
When the atmosphere became more serious, Pein took the first step of action to the plan. "Konan," he said standing up, "why don't we have our lunch?"
"So early? We usually take the last lunch shift," Konan was panicking a bit. "What about Hidan? What if something goes wrong?"
"His friend Deidara said he'll be back soon," Pein said, heading towards the door.
"Deidara?" Sasori asked.
"Some third year with long blond hair," Pein informed him. "Come, Konan. They may run out of your favorite cookies."
Konan seemed to consider this. "What about Sasori-senpai? We need to make sure he goes back to class," she said looking at Sasori as Pein gently pulled on her wrist.
"He'll be alright. He just needs to do one more thing," Pein said, not exactly lying.
"O-okay," Konan finally gave in. Before they were well out of the office, Pein gave a quick look at Sasori. Sasori slowly nodded. After two minutes to make sure they were far enough in to the direction of the dining hall, Sasori headed to the nurse's office. Once in there, he was able to locate where Hidan was because his were the only curtains drawn, the other curtains had no one to cover. Before he entered Hidan's private quarters, Sasori found a nurse assistant's coat.
Just in case our lab mouse is paranoid, he thought.
"Hello," he said as he pulled the curtains open.
"Hey," Hidan straightened up. He was surprised by the sudden switch of assistants. The white coat looked innocent but the face was kind of creepy.
"What happened to the blue-head?" Hidan asked.
"Konan's shift is over and mine begins," he said. "I will need you to drink a medicine for me."
Sasori went to the cabinet to get a paper cup. When he poured his poison into the cup, he made sure it was directly infront of him so it was impossible for Hidan to see.
"Here, you go," Sasori handed him the cup with the clear yellow liquid.
"Why is it yellow when the other was blue?" Hidan asked.
"Uh, this is just to improve your immunity system," Sasori said as a cover up.
After a few seconds of examining anything else of the liquid, Hidan took a small sip. Unlike the one Konan gave him, this one had a small taste of sweetness. But instantly Hidan felt the effects.
He felt paralized from the neck down. His field of vision went dark until it was completely jet black. Slowly it became harder to breathe because he felt a force pushing down on his whole body. His heart beat was the only thing he could hear.
Sasori watched with unfazed eyes. He took to note everything that Hidan's body did as a reaction. Irises and pupils merged together. Extreme sweating. Short shallow breaths. Time to check his hearing and ability to speak, he thought.
"Hey, kid," Sasori said.
Kid!? Hidan thought.
"If you can hear me, try to respond or react," Sasori said.
"Jashin damn it! What the fuck did you give me?" Hidan started to yell, but as he continued, it became softer to the point that it was a whisper.
"You can speak...barely," Sasori nodded. "I merely gave you a poison instead of your medication. Don't worry, I always carry a phial of antidote everywhere I go. But before I give the antidote, I will make observations so that I may later identify the poison."
"Is this some kind of damn game to you?" Hidan whispered.
Sasori blinked then shrugged, "Sure, this could be a game. Um, Sasori says try moving your phallanges if you can."
"What the fuck are phallanges?" Hidan demanded.
"Don't those health classes teach you anything?" Sasori muttered under his breath as he pinched the tip of the brigde of his nose. "Your phallanges are your fingers and toes. Fine, I'll stop using scientific terms since you're still at a second grade level in your vocabulary."
Hidan glared at the red-head and attempted to wiggle his fingers and piggies. No movement was made.
"What now?" Hidan decided to go along with the 'game' if he wanted to be able to move again.
"The inability to move your fingers or toes has elliminated ove half of the possibilities for the poison," Sasori said. "One last time, Sasori says try to move anything that you can."
Hidan tried to send signals to each joint in his body. To Sasori it looked like he wasn't even trying. It took about one whole minute for Hidan to make one slight movement in his wrist.
"Good, I know what poison it is now," Sasori pulled out his phial of antidote from his back pocket. "Open your mouth so that you may recieve the antidote."
When Hidan was able to move again, he just simply sat up and glared at Sasori.
"Go to fucking hell," Hidan whispered.
Sasori let out a small chuckle and leaned against the nearby window to look out it, a sad look on his face. His reply sent small shivers down Hidan's back.
"Don't worry. I will. We all will."
-XXX-
Itachi, Kisame, and Zetsu were in the large dining hall. Always being the trio to get there first, they were already half way through their piles as the dining hall filled up with other hungry students. They had their own table to themselves because no other student had enough courage to approach them. Well, there was the occasional naive boy or girl from the first year who was new. Kisame loved talking to new people and making them feel welcomed to Tsuki Academy. Zetsu loved the presence of naive children that always reminded him of his six younger siblings. Itachi didn't mind as long as the kid didn't stare, ask personal questions, ask for favors, take food from others's plates, choke, make eye contact with him, play around with his or her food, fidget with fingers, talk constantly, or do anything that may tick Itachi off.
Their peace and quietness were disturbd by a voice that could only be familiar ot Itachi.
"Hey, Itachi," Pein said behind Itachi's back. "I haven't seen you for a while. How have you been?"
Itachi didn't bother to turn or move. He hoped if he ignored Pein long enough, he would go away. It always worked with his kid brother, Sasuke.
But against Itachi's wishes, Pein stayed and decided to take a seat next to Itachi. He motioned for Konan to sit next to him.
"Um, Itachi?" Kisame whispered leaning forward to his friend. "You know this guy?"
Itachi nodded slightly.
"How?" Zetsu asked and took a bite out of his apple.
"I used to tutor him in Social Studies," Pein said.
"So you're Pein?" Zetsu and Kisame asked in awe. Then they remembered all the rumors they heard about the young man in front of them. Their faces went slightly pale. Kisame's became a lighter blue. Zetsu's face, well, his whilte side remained the same, but his black side lightened a bit.
"Judging by the look on their faces," Konan said softly,"think you're well known, Pein-senpai."
"It's good to know," Pein grinned.
Konan smiled sweetly to his reply. Kisame, Zetsu, and even Itachi gazed at her beautiful smiling face. When Pein took notice to this, he just sent a small glare to each of them. He even let out a small growl that only the three could hear. The other three got the message and returned to their food. Konan was clueless about what had happened.
After a while Zetsu decided he wanted some dessert. He stood up and walked over to the long table that held all kinds of appetizing desserts. He decided to go with a blueberry pie. He took a step towards his table when he decided to get another piece of the blueberry pie. Half way to his table, his darker half started to argue with him.
"I want two more pieces."
"No, you and I get one each."
"I don't want blueberry, I want apple!"
"Too bad. And would you shut up? People are staring."
"Go back to the dessert table, get me an apple pie, and maybe I will shut--"
Zetsu crashed into another person who carried his own trayful of sweets. They both ended up on the floor with icing, jelly, pudding, and fruits all over themselves. Zetsu looded down at himself, slightly annoyed because fo his darker side, and slightly relieved was what his lighter side felt. Unfortunately, his darker side, adn became very angered as he grabbed the other boy's collar, ready to give him a good punch in the teeth. He paused when he saw the kid's orange mask.
"Hi, Scary-san!" Tobi squeaked happily.
Zetsu had calmed down, but was now looking curiously at the kid.
Tobi stared back. He then took his finger to wipe some blueberry filling off of Zetsu's face. To Zetsu's surprise, the kid removed his mask only to taste the blueberry filling.
"Tobi would like blueberry pie instead!" He pumped two fists in the air. Tobi got up and almost skipped to the dessert table.
Zetsu felt his face hot, but luckily for him it was covered in fruits and pudding. As he stood up, the image of Tobi's face stayed fresh in his mind, making him feel a bit more hot in his own face.
When he returned to his table, everyone was trying to stifle their smiles except for Itachi. He didn't find the situation funny. Kisame, on the other hand, knew that Zetsu was not red because of the mess on his face but of what Tobi did to him. Kisame decided to not hide his smile any longer.
Zetsu slightly looked away and quietly muttered, "Shut up."
-XXX-
It was last hour when Hidan was given permission to leave the nurse's office to head to his dormroom. Sasori hd made him swear to not tell Konan of their earlier event with his poison. Hidan had reluctantly agreed. Back in his own room he laid down on his bed welcoming the familiar surroundings.
He glanced at his clock. 2:50 p.m. it read. Classes would be over in ten minutes. After Sasori had left the office, four minutes later Deidara returned with four different kinds of sandwiches. Hidan decided he liked the peanut butter and jelly sandwich the most and finished it. Deidara said he would come by his dormroom later in the day.
Hidan decided to take a nap while he waited. After all Konan did ask him to rest some more this weekend.
-XXX-
At the main office, Konan was typing at her computer while Pein was orgainizing files in the room at the back. A dark figure had entered the office and approached Konan.
"Yes?" Konan asked.
"I'm new here and I was told in the letter that I received that I was to come to the main office. I'm supposed to get help here," the tall young man said.
"Um," Konan was somewhat baffled. "Please hold one moment."
She headed for the back room where Pein was.
"Pein-senpai?" Konan tapped his shoulder.
"Not now, Konan. I have to get these files organized by the end of the school day," Pein continued his work.
"No, I think you might want to pay attention," she said as Pein finally turned to look at her. "Our new student is here."
Pein looked at her with disbelief, but then grinned.
"Let him feel welcomed. Konan, I want you to get as much information out of him. Start an innocent conversation or sweet talk him into telling you things about himself," Pein instructed her.
"O-okay," Konan headed out of the room. She mumbled something that sounded like, "I didin't know I can sweet talk."
-XXX-
Hidan awoke to a sharp knocking at his door. He looked at his clock that read 5:47 p.m.. He really didn't want to get out of his bed. His hair was messed up due to the lack of gel in it. He had taken his shirt off to cool himself down some more from his fever, even though Konan told him not to.
It must be Deidara, he thought as he reached the door.
On the other side of the door there was Pein with a stranger. The other man had a hood pulled over his head and had bandages wrapped around his face so that only his eyes could be seen. But even his eyes were weird. Where the whites should have been were black instead and the irises were the color of neon green.
"Hey, Hidan," Pein said. "I've brought you a new buddy. You're to become the best of friends."
Hidan and the stranger looked at Pein with disgust.
"Fine, don't be friends, but, Hidan, you're to show Kakuzu around. Got it?" Pein sighed. "After all, you do have starting tomorrow since it's the weekend. And, Kakuzu, you're in luck because we're starting a new trimester on Monday. Well, I'm off."
Before Pein left, he gave Hidan one more look. "Hidan, show some modesty. Put on a shirt, you have a stranger in your presence," Pein grinned.
Hidan gave Pein a glare, but when Kakuzu looked at shirtless Hidan, Hidan started to feel self-conscious. When the other two weren't looking, Pein smirked to himself, aware of what will happen between Hidan and Kakuzu.
Pein left and Deidara arrived. "What was Pein doing... here?" Deidara trailed off when he saw Kakuzu. "Is this your new roommate, un?"
Hidan nodded. Deidara walked over to him, "Can I speak to you in private, un?"
Deidara dragged Hidan to the nearest boys' restroom. Deidara waited for the door to close and checked every stall in the bathroom. When he was sure no other person could hear them, he whispered to Hidan what he wanted to say.
"Do you think your roommate may be hot, un?"
"What!?" Hidan yelled in disbelief.
Kaguya just won't shut up: I think this chapter is twice as long as the first. By now I think most of you can pick out the possible yaoi couples. I don't know what was the poison Sasori used, I just made it up on the top of my head. And if there is a poison like that out there, I would like to know what it's called. I'm sorry if Konan didn't sound like what Konan should have and ditto for Pein.