Shion's eye cracked open, and the thin beam of light quickly blinded her. A pained groan escaped her dry lips, and she jerked up, clutching at her ankles, only to remove her hands with a scream of pain.
A few yards away, Hidan was sitting against a large rock with his eyes closed. His hands were clenched into fists, and a strange smirk was on his face. This woman...she was...different...but intriguing to say the least.
"Where am I?" She asked, her eyes widening. This was definitelynot the same area as where she had been held captive. Bracing herself against a tree, she pulled herself up.
From the corner of his eye, Hidan noted the small but well-developed muscles in her arms and stomach as she struggled to stand. Her legs on the other hand were a mess. Bloodied at the ankles, they were extremely thin and unstable looking. The silver-haired shinobi would've bet all the money he had on him that she hadn't seen the sun in months. Her skin was pale and her limbs shook.
"What the hell are you doing?" He asked lazily, covering his mouth for a wide yawn. The sun had risen high in the sky, and as Leader told him just to relax, he wasn't moving until the ring called him.
"I'm...s-standing up!" She growled through her teeth, a look of extreme concentration on her tiny little face. Shion took one tiny step and her knee buckled.
"Oh, give it up!" Hidan hissed. He had been forced to leap out of his comfortable position on the ground to stop her from falling on her face. Ignoring her protests, he carefully but firmly flipped her back over and put her on the ground. "Don't move!" He whispered dangerously, his purple eyes flashing.
She stared wide-eyed, and nodded silently. When Hidan let go of her wrists, she let out a shaky breath and closed her eyes.
"You saved me, didn't you?"
Hidan glanced over at her and raised an eyebrow. She had sat up again and was looking at him with wide, naïve looking eyes. They were disconcertingly bright.
"Save? Save?" The Akatsuki laughed uproariously. "No! Hehe, I kidnapped you! I'm under orders from the Leader."
"...you...kidnapped me..." It was more of a statement, but the terror behind Shion's eyes sent a shiver of ecstasy up Hidan's spine. He would have preferred terrorizing her some more, then handing over a broken soul and body to the Leader, but he had explicitly forbid it for some reason.
"Are you a shinobi?" He asked suddenly. The question appeared to startle her, but after she gathered her thoughts she shook her head.
"No." She pouted. "My village turned me out a long time ago." Sadness swept over her face. "I've wandered ever since."
Hidan regarded her through narrow eyes, fingering the hilt of his scythe. Thoughts ran through his head. Why on earth did Leader want him to kidnap and deliver a frail, civilian woman? Sure, she had an exquisite body and face, but he couldn't see Leader being so picky about a woman. Another shiver ran through him as he thought about how perfect a sacrifice she would make.
"Physically pleasing," he thought, "Innocent, alone, with silken skin and full of warm and red AB negative blood."
Just as he thought about killing her and telling Leader it was an accident, his ring lit up and pulsed. He rolled his eyes and let his conscious be pulled into the vast black space that was the ring.
"You have the girl?" The Leader's voice boomed around him, but Hidan wasn't so easily intimidated. He knew from experience that he was protected within the ring, unable to be touched by the other voices.
"Yes." Came his sullen reply. "Leader-sama, before I go any further, I demand to know why you had me kidnap a helpless civilian woman!"
There was a long moment of silence, and Hidan's eyes flashed hungrily.
"Let me sacrifice her! I will bring you somebody else-"
"Enough." Leader's voice said calmly. "I understand how you feel Hidan. Be patient, bring her to me undamaged, and all will be revealed."
Hidan growled.
"I hate it when you speak in riddles."
The Leader sighed and simply responded with a quick:
"Just do as I say." before he clicked out.
The Akatsuki member shook his head angrily, but stood up. If he left now, maybe he could bargain a vacation day in return for the girl. Suddenly Hidan remembered that the girl couldn't walk...
"Goddammit..." He cursed under his breath and sighed tiredly. Hidan jerked his left hand, and the gray chain running from his sleeve rattled.
Shion's mouth dropped open, her body became rigid with fear. For a triple-bladed scythe as long as the man was tall had just flew out of the bushes and into his waiting hand. Its three blades were blood red, and curved to a deadly point.
"Relax." Hidan barked. He was beginning to feel stressed. He didn't deal well with stress. "I'm not gonna waste my strength hurting you. So just shut up and don't bug me!"
As he reached down to pick her up, she shuffled away from him and said quickly,
"Promise?"
"Wha-"
"Promise!" She repeated more insistently.
"Hn..." Hidan grabbed her arm and pulled, but she wrapped the other around a stump and said stubbornly:
"I'm not going unless you promise you won't hurt me or drop me or...anything bad!"
It was a battle of wills, which Hidan won.
"I'm not going to drop you!" He yelled, still pulling on her arm. "Just let go already, or I will!"
Shion loosened her arm, and was instantly yanked up off the ground. With just one muscular arm, he shoved her onto his back and said darkly:
"Put your arms around my neck."
Shion did as he said, only to have Hidan add,
"Not that tight, dammit!" She loosened her arms with wide eyes, and then gasped as he took off. The man laughed as he realized that she was scared, and he ran faster.
"Duck!" He laughed, and swung dangerously close to a large overhanging branch. Shion buried her head in his shoulder and didn't lift it up again until she felt him slowing.
The man had come to the edge of a huge tree-lined ravine. He slowly leaped from branch to branch, carefully plotting his course though the treacherous landscape.
"What's your name?" She asked suddenly. "My name is Shion" The Akatsuki member stopped on a particularly wide branch and looked around.
"Hidan." He grunted before leaping closer to the river winding along the bottom of the ravine. She tightened her grip slightly and pushed her head into his shoulder again, but smiled.
"That's a good name." Yawned Shion. Ignoring her for a moment, Hidan finally found what he had been looking for, and hand print in the hard stone. He pressed his palm to it, and a sharp crack split the silence. As he watched, a tall and narrow black hole opened up in the rock. He stepped through it without a moments hesitation, and ventured into the dark.
"Is she asleep?" Asked a deep voice curiously. Hidan stepped over the threshold into a well-decorated room.
"I'm awake...who are you?" Shion said cheerfully. A man stepped out of the shadows. He had bright orange hair, and was very tall, but Shion couldn't help but notice that he wasn't as tall as Hidan.
"Leader." He said, looking her up and down. The man smirked as he saw Shion staring at his eyes. Well, they were different after all. "What is your real name?" Asked the Leader after a moment.
"What's yours?" She replied quickly, then she giggled at both of the mens shocked expressions and added. "I'm Shion."
"My name is of no consequence." Leader gave one of his rare smiles. "Do you know why you are here?"
Shion rested her chin on her palm as Hidan put her down. Finally, she shook her head.
"No. Hidan-sama kidnapped me!" She pointed at Hidan with a childlike expression on her pale face.
"Are you aware of your own abilities?" Asked Leader, rephrasing his question. Twisting her fingers together nervously, Shion shuffled back a few inches.
"I-I can't control it. Bad stuff happens around me...if thats all you want, please...just don't bother."
"Show him." Leader pointed at Hidan, who's eyes widened nervously.
"What the fuck are you doing, Leader-sama? I'm not gonna be some goddamn experiment."
The young woman looked at him out of the corner of her eye. She appeared extremely nervous by that point, but Leader just smiled again.
"Trust me, Shion." He said softly. Her eyes widened, and her trembling abated slightly. Letting out a shaky breath, she turned to Hidan and said,
"Its fine. Here."
Tentatively, she reached out her hand. Leader held his breath. The young woman placed one shaking fingertip on his forehead, then put her entire palm on the side of his head. As she stood up on her tiptoes, she brought her other hand up to the other side of his head, and touched hers palm to his temples.
It was white...
whiter than snow...
it was...perfect...
Hidan's mind was blank. There were no worries, no pain, no unwelcome feeling. He could still feel the immortality flowing through his veins, but something was different. The never-ending desire to kill and sacrifice that Jashin had planted in his mind, was gone. He felt at peace. Then, he felt something alien to him. Like a warm tendril, something wrapped around his mind.
The white faded...
Faded so painfully...
Hidan's eyes snapped open. The scene in front of him was troubling. Leader was holding the girl in his arms. She appeared to have fallen away from Hidan. H
He felt a pain on his chest and looked down. The rosary he wore, it felt like it was burning his flesh! With a growl, he picked it up, only to see that there was no mark, it felt cool in his fingers.
"What happened Hidan?" Leader asked excitedly. He was brushing soft black hair out of Shion's eyes, and the tendril wrapped around Hidan's conscious constricted painfully.
"I...saw things..."
"Its just as I expected!" Leader said, sounding almost happy. "This is perfect. I don't know how, but we can use this." He looked off into the darkness of his room for a moment, then looked back at Hidan.
"She's under you now. Train her, do whatever the hell you want. But..." Hidan's eyes narrowed. "Do not let her lose this gift. I'm not sure what it means for the Akatsuki."
Bending his pride, Hidan bit his lip and managed to incline his body in some bow-ish shape.
"I understand." He choked out, feeling a magnitude of swear words building up inside his chest. As Leader handed him the unconscious woman, he felt as if a stone had settled in his stomach.
"You may have several days here if you wish." Said Leader quietly. "Kakuzu is gone on a mission, and she looks like she could use some rest, and medical attention."
"Fine." Replied Hidan through clenched teeth. Without another word, he lowered his head and ducked out of the room.
As soon as the Leader had closed his door, Hidan let out an explosive growl and stomped to his room. Normally, he shared it with his money-obsessed partner, but Kakuzu was on a mission. Quickly, he checked his partners bed and then put Shion down on it. Then, he turned to his own bed, fell onto it, and closed his eyes.
The next morning, Hidan slowly opened his eyes, and started. It had been several weeks since he'd slept in a bed, and his body felt strangely rested. A few seconds later, he remembered everything that had happened the past 2 days, and rolled onto his back, his hands behind his head.
A rustling noise caused him to look over at the other bed. Shion was curled up in a tiny ball on top of the covers with her arms wrapped around her knees. Her eyes were unfocused, staring blankly at the bed as if she was in another world.
The shinobi found his eyes wandering over her thin frame. His purple eyes widened when he realized that he could count her ribs underneath her shirt. A single tear glistened on her face, and Hidan rolled over. For the life of him, he couldn't understand why her crying bothered him.
"Its probably her fucking injuries. I pity that pathetic girl!" He thought to himself, yelling to drown out his other idea's. Ripping the rest of his cloak off, he got up off the bed and stretched his arms high above his head. He pulled up until he felt the crack of a bone breaking, then sighed happily and swung his torso from side to side as it healed so that it wouldn't heal crooked.
"Are you okay?" Shion gasped suddenly. She placed a cold hand on his back only to jerk it away as he flinched. "W-Was that your...spine?" Hidan smirked when he detected the fear in her voice.
"Yeah!" He sighed. "It felt great..." Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Shion's hands shaking nervously.
"What are you?" She cried out suddenly. Instead of responding, Hidan simply laughed and walked through a wooden door. A few seconds later, steam hissed out from under the door.
"Put me down!" Yelled Shion. For such a tiny girl, she could be awfully loud when she wanted too... "You spine-breaking, foul-mouthed masochist!" She struggled vainly against Hidan's tight grip but couldn't move an inch.
"Shut up! You are so damn annoying!" Roared Hidan for a reply. He tightened his grip on her as he stalked angrily down the dark hallway.
"I knew you were gonna hurt me! You're a liar and a-" Before she knew what was happening, Hidan had pulled a knife and pressed the blade to her throat.
"I wasn't...but don't underestimate me. Unless you shut up,..." With his dangerous threat still hanging, Hidan sped up, eager to get her out of his arms. She was too skinny.
Finally, he reached the double doors and kicked them open with one foot. Inside was the kitchen and common room area. A huge stone fireplace was set into the wall, crackling loudly.
"Goddamn women ruining my nice dark hideout." Thought Hidan sadly, cursing Konan and her high-pitched voice.
He put Shion down on one of the dark crimson couch's and went over to the kitchen. As she lay with both her legs elevated on the arm-rest, Shion folded her arms stubbornly and closed her eyes.
Minutes passed by where the only sound was Hidan moving around in the kitchen and the crackling of the fire. Then, an aroma wafted over Shion's head. It was possibly the most delicious thing she'd ever smelt, and only then did she realize how long ago her last meal had been. A stale piece of bread the morning before Hidan had 'kidnapped' her.
"Here." Hidan said gruffly, startling her out of her daydream. He placed an enormous tray full of food on the low table and pushed it closer to her.
Shion grabbed for the closest thing and put it in her mouth without even looking at it. She continued to scarf down food as fast as she could, forgoing tasting to just get it down. After staring at her in surprise for a few seconds, Hidan pulled the table away from her and pushed her back down.
"Not so fast, you idiot." He said angrily. "You'll throw up!" Panting and coughing, Shion tried to reach around his legs for more food.
"Stop." He hissed, pinning her arms to her sides. Slinging her over his shoulder, Hidan turned and carried her out of the room.
"No!" Gasped Shion painfully, her stomach started to hurt. "I-need-more-" The Akatsuki member ignored her completely, enjoying her protests.
"Keep begging and maybe I'll give you more." He chuckled.
Hidan blinked and then ground to a halt. He had almost run into another Akatsuki member. He only had to glimpse the blond hair before he recognized Deidara.
The crazy pyromaniac took one look at Hidan with the thin woman thrown over his shoulder and burst into maniacal laughter. He pounded his fists off the walls and clutched his stomach he was laughing so hard.
"That-...Hahahaha...sounds so...wrong!" The blond man was barely able to form recognizable words as he rolled around on the floor laughing.
"Oh noo!" Shion whimpered. "Not another one!" That statement earned a laugh from Hidan. The silver-haired shinobi stepped on Deidara's arm and ground it into the rock.
"Check it out, Deidara." He laughed and shook Shion's arm in his face. "Meet the new girl."
"I'm Shion!" She said cheerfully, smiling down at Deidara.
"My name's Deidara, un!" Replied the blond, pushing Hidan off his arm. He lay on the ground at looked up at Shion smiling face. A sly grin appeared on his face. "How about you and me go back to my room and un...engage in coitus?"
Shion tilted her head to the side.
"What's that?"
Before Deidara could say anything else, Hidan burst out laughing and quickly ran back to his room. He threw her onto the closet bed and held onto the wall, laughing so hard he thought he'd cry. But, of course, Hidan never cried.
When he finally calmed himself, Hidan pushed his hair back and turned to Shion.
"Just...Hahahaha...NEVER go anywhere with Deidara!" Just thinking about it made him start laughing again, leaving a confused and embarrassed Shion sitting on a messy bed and pile of clothes.
"Uh...Hidan-sama?" She whispered anxiously. "I think there's somebody else here!" The Akatsuki member looked around, and sure enough, a drawstring bag was lying on Kakuzu's bed, and a pile of dirty clothes on his own.
"Motherfucker!" He swore loudly, and pushed Shion off the pile of clothes. "Don't touch Kakuzu's clothes. They're probably covered in 'fluids'."
"Eww! Gasped Shion. "Pee?"
Hidan slapped a hand over his eyes and shook his head.
"Okay, NEVER EVER go anywhere with Deidara." He shivered when he thought how the blond would react if he could have heard what Shion said.
Of course, Hidan was normally ten times more vulgar than Deidara, but he found Shion to thin. Not at all his taste...Or at least that's what he told himself whenever he found himself staring at her flat stomach and delicate features.
"Don't move one damn muscle, got it?" He snapped, and exited the room.
Smiling to herself, Shion closed her eyes, and dozed off into a deep sleep.
Yaaaay hahaha ah Deidara :D anyways pleeease review if you want to find out who wakes Shion up O.O!!! Dum Dum Duuuum