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Authors note- Due to unforeseen reasons updates will take a while, this partially being because of work, and also because I plan to take a while on this story to make it the best I can.
He stayed a few paces behind her as they wandered through the dark, wet forest. The scythe was propped over his left shoulder as he walked with ease in comparison to the previous attempt the day before."Where are the hell we heading?" he asked from under his hood, almost getting drowned out by another crackle of thunder. The water beaded and slid from the cloak without getting it very wet and he watched in mild amusement, poking at it like a child with his free hand.
She looked back at him and raised an eyebrow slightly " Where would you like to go, after all you are the one in control of me remember?" she shrugged a bit and cracked her shoulders lightly as her golden eyes scanned over his face.
His attention left the water-repelling cloak and returned to her, his eyes focusing on her as he sped up a few paces to stand next to her. "I... I've also been an outsider to this world for six fucking years..." he stated, twitching his head in the direction that the camp was, "Tch. I don't know how much things have changed..."
She grew silent for a moment and then looked back up at him " Yeah, sorry," she hummed lightly and bit at her lip " Things have changed quite a bit.." she muttered slightly " I mean with Akatsuki having destroyed almost all of the leaf village it's been constant fighting ever since. Hell there's been a war for the last three." she rubbed her arm and sighed looking up at the sky " War is so pointless, I mean all it does is corrupt people further..."
He raised his eyebrows in surprise and eyed her. "The leaf was nearly destroyed? What about that shadow fucker?" He spat the questions in rapid sequence, "The Akatsuki's still functioning?"
She scowled at the mention of the Akatsuki " Yeah, they're still functioning... bastards got all the tailed beasts and are trying to control the world now.."
He blinked at her hostility and decided to remain silent for a moment. Thunder cracked loudly nearly immediately after a flash and the rain started coming down as though someone had turned on the bathtub faucet to full blast. "I used to work for those bastards." he said without looking at her as he looked slightly in front of her person.
She let out a soft sigh and looked up at the sky. "That was in the past, and besides, it doesn't matter if they do get control of the world..Because eventually they will die..." she shrugged and looks over at him flashing a small but menacing smile" Personally I have nothing against them, it's only Lord Jashin wants them taken care of so, you know how it goes"
He met her smile with a lopsided grin of his own and nodded in apparent confusion. "He does?" he asked, readjusting his hold upon the slippery metal over his shoulder. He gestured to a nearby enclosure just large enough to shelter four people and headed towards it. The thunder cracked louder again after a quick flash of beautiful, blinding yet lethal light
She followed him over to enclosure and sat down and pulled the water resistant cloak off and set it down on the ground shaking her hair out a bit and sighing softly as she rested her back against a rock. She looked at him as he entered the cave. " Yes Lord Jashin wants them taken care of, I mean their killing innocents... after all, the first law of Lord Jashin is. Those who don't understand pain don't have the right to inflict pain upon others."
He rubs the back of his head in a brief though, staring out of the enclosure. "Shit. I never thought of it that way before." he slid the scythe from his shoulder and propped it against the side wall. He dropped his head against the back wall and turns his head to look at her. "How many are still alive?" he asked, only last remembering getting separated from Kakuzu
She crossed her arms and sight "Eight remain alive, nine if you include yourself"
He grinned with one side of his mouth. "I knew that bastard was too stubborn to let himself get killed..."
"The two who have been killed are Uchiha Itachi, and Orochimaru"
The eye guy bit it, eh?" He chuckled to himself. "What about Tobi and Deidara? I would've thought they'd be the first to get theirselves killed."
"Tobi is actually Uchiha Madara, and Deidara is still alive as well"
Madara?" he asked in surprise. "Madara is Tobi? I would've never fucking guessed that."
she nodded slightly and watched in interest as lightning struck a tree causing a large split to go down the center of it, her golden eyes turned back to him and she nodded once more " Not many people would have guessed that small detail" she admitted
"Tch. Tobi used to annoy the hell out of Deidara." he shrugged, "I guess now that his cover is blown, it won't happen anymore." He flinched at the deafening crackle which immediately followed a blinding light. "You plan to go against them?"
She looked at him and thinks thought for a moment. "Sometime in the future perhaps, but as it stands right now. I'm not in the condition to fight them at the level of strength I have right now." she sighed again and took out a water bottle and tossed on to him " Here's some water for you, I didn't manage to gather any fire wood so it's going to be a bit of a cold night tonight"
He thought it over for a moment as he drank some water. "We could end up dead." he said simply, "Isn't there a village nearby?" he asked, his mind jumping like a rabbit. His thoughts then slid to his past experiences with the Akatsuki and even though he didn't enjoy being bossed around, the missions were worth it.
Double-crossing them could end up putting him back underground, but at least this time he'd have some company to spend eternity with. That thought made him laugh to himself.
She sighed a bit and weighed the options carefully and nodded after a minute of debating with herself "Yes, there is a village about three miles from here" she admits. " But it's rather rainy, and cold out right now... and it's only going to get colder, so we better had start headed towards the village unless you want to get stuck out here in a snow storm.. man that would really suck to fucking freeze"
He didn't think that over for very long before agreeing and offering her the remaining water in the bottle. He wrapped himself closer in the cloak uncomfortably, attempting to keep himself warm.
She caught it and took a small drink before moving closer to him for warmth and passed the bottle back to him "Hey you need this more than I do, so go ahead and drink it up." She soon fell asleep against him, having gotten warm enough to be comfortable.
He smiled at her and placed the bottle to his side for later and awkwardly he leaned into her, his heavy head resting on hers. "Warm..." he said quietly, unsure if he was drowned out by the downpour of rain. The thunder gradually grew quieter and the flashes less blinding as he drifted into a passive hypnosis, something he taught himself while underground.
End Chapter Two