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Shikamaru was anything but excited when he made his way to the meeting point for his next mission. It was another one of those days where he cursed himself for not getting a easy desk job instead of following in his dumb ass father's footsteps. What a drag.
When Shikamaru did finally show up to the per-arranged place, he noticed something off. No one was anywhere in sight. An even bigger drag. The dark haired nin sighed and wondered if his partner went anywhere else for shelter, considering it was just raining before Shikamaru decided to show up. He sighed and looked around, seeing the best place around for shelter, an old seemingly abandoned cave.
Couldn't hurt to at least try... Shikamaru thought, although he wasn't too confident in finding his partner. They probably left once he was a second late and it was pouring down rain on their heads. So annoying, but if he left now then he would get chewed out pointlessly by a certain blond Sanin who seemed to be perpetually PMSing.
Looking down the long tunnel Shikamaru could see a pour source of light flickering in the distance. He decided that it was more than likely the person he was supposed to meet and went into the cave to check it out. It couldn't hurt.
He started carelessly down the way. He really wasn't one of those to always be on guard and serious all the time, something that he really needed to change. Regardless, he wasn't like a proper ninja who was tense and expecting an attack at any moment. His non-nonchalance is what caused him to have slow reaction time when he accidentally pulled a inconveniently placed trip wire.
Shikamaru quickly got out of the way of the explosion and falling ruble as soon as he knew what was going on, but his leg still got injured. He inwardly cursed himself again for becoming a ninja instead of a simpler career, not that it mattered at the moment. The only thing he could do now was limp down the long and damp path to meet his mission partner so they could figure the situation out and get out.
"Hello?" He called, hoping his teammate would be able to hear him and come to help, of course only to be ignored if anyone actually heard him call. Continuing down the path with his now injured leg and bad mood.
When he got to the end of the tunnel where he saw the lame light, his mood only worsened. "What are you doing here?"
The Jashinist who was just waking up from a nap mumbled an incoherent answer while he tried his best to match the voice to someone, since it didn't sound like Ibiki again.
"I asked you why you're here," Shikamaru repeated, angrier by the minute. "You're the asshole who killed Asuma-sensei!"
Finally realizing who it was talking to him, Hidan smiled arrogantly, but due to his chains couldn't look at the boy. "What the fuck are you doing here, is a better question, dumb ass."
Shikamaru didn't allow himself to be thrown off topic, "I'm supposed to meet someone just outside!"
"Whatever. Are you the one who caused the explosion outside, genius?"
Shikamaru frowned, "Shut up."
Shikamaru couldn't help but still be curious about the situation, however. He took a good look around the room he was standing in and realized something was definitely off. There were puddles of sour water and blood all around the room, not to mention a rather disturbing array of torcher devices.
The entire room, despite it's lack of furniture or anything remotely close to that, had quite a few stone tables identical to the one Hidan was bound to. It also had about six flickering torches barely illuminating all off the contents of the room.
"Is this the torcher division's base?" Shikamaru thought aloud. He had to admit, it was disgusting and looked a little bit too much for even the asshole who was infront of him.
"No fucking duh, Sherlock," Hidan rudely answered the question, even though it wasn't asked of him.
Shikamaru glared at the annoying man, "I was supposed to meet someone, not listen to your bullshit, so if you would, shut up."
Hidan chuckled this. "You sure as hell wouldn't be so confident if you really understood how much fucking trouble you're in."
"For some reason, I'm not exactly scared of a priest chained to a table." Shikamaru said casually, really irritating Hidan.
"Fucker, how stupid are you? I won't be the one to kill you, there's no air coming in here now that you sealed up the fucking exit!" Hidan yelled, pulling at his chains unconsciously.
Since when was Hidan smart enough to put two and two together? Shikamaru asked himself mentally. Shook off the creepy feeling he got from the silver haired psychopath and tried to think calmly. Hidan should be the last person he would be afraid of, when he's tied down to a table anyways.
Sitting down to think about how the hell he was going to get out of the trouble he got himself into, he came up with practically nothing. Disappointed with his inability to think up a plan he figured he could go and try to activate some more explosions in hopes that a small opening would be made so he could get out. Of course, in the middle of his calculations, he heard the annoying foul mouthed menace Hidan speaking ever so ignorantly, apparently not realizing that he was chained and completely vulnerable to anything Shikamaru felt like doing.
"Hey fucker, I could get you outta this shit, if you let me out of these chains," Hidan coaxed, pulling weakly at the chains. "The keys are just on the other side of the room.
"Don't make such arrogant requests. I'm not going to help you."
"What do you have to lose, I mean you're gonna die if you don't do SOMETHING." Hidan teased.
"Shut up." Was Shikamaru's response as he tried to focus on getting out.
"Fine, die in this Jashin damned place you motherfucker, I'm gonna pray that you live though, just so you can meet a more painful demise later!" Hidan yelled and closed his eyes to pray.
Shikamaru did well to ignore the zealot and continue with his mental calculations so he could get as far away as humanly possible. Never again would he take another mission where he had to meet someone outside of the village, that's for sure.
"Hey, fuckhead!" Hidan called, demanding Shikamaru's attention.
Shikamaru turned his head to glare at the captive priest, but then noticed that he wasn't so captive anymore...
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