A/N: Here's chapter 1! I hope you enjoy, seeing as the last chapter was so short.
Disclaimer- Don't own nadda… Except for my ideas, those have patent-pending.
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There is a moving truck driving up a muddy hill. When it finally got to the top, there was a large, blue building in view. The truck passes a sign that reads: "Blue Palace Manor." The truck parks in front of the building and two movers jump out and begin unloading. As they start moving boxes into the large house, a young blonde, pony-tailed teen jumps up from the basement. He looks at the movers and begins to cheer, "Yay! Our new brother is here! Our new brother is he…" before he gets a block of wood thrown at him from the same basement. After a few hours, the movers finish. One of them goes to the door and hands a clipboard to whoever's inside. A pair of hands take the clipboard and sign it before trying to slam the door. The mover, however, sticks his foot in-between the space between door and door-jam. He holds out his hand and waits for a response. The hands inside give the mover a dollar-bill and slam the door before he notices.
Behind the house, the backdoor opens to reveal a young teenage boy. He has long, brown scraggly, brown hair, tan skin covered in stitches and piercing emerald eyes. He zipped up the jacket to the black jumpsuit he was wearing and gave a deep sigh before walking off. He walked to the elaborate maze of dead flora that he presumed to be this 'garden' that his new caretakers had been bragging about. He jumped over a hedge and snapped off a twig. He then used his hands to rip off all the leaves and broke it in half so that it had 'handles'. The teen then held it out in front of himself and began to walk as if dragged by it. He walked along an old, worn trail next to a hill, to far in his own world to notice a fluffy, white cat with wide, magenta that happened to be following him on the hillside.
He continued to walk, passing an apple tree, a wheelbarrow filled with old, browning fruit, and a fence. He still didn't notice the cat that was following him. He finally made it to a clearing that had a circular patch of mushrooms growing. The teen stepped in the center of it and stopped to look around. There was a rustle in a nearby bush. The boy looked over for a second before picking up a stone and tossing it. The stone hit the bush, followed by a loud 'Mrreeeooowww!!' The brunette flinched, afraid for all of a second, before throwing another rock. This time the cat jumped out, hissing at the teen. The boy chuckled but then stated, seriously,
"You scared me to death, you mangy fleabag!" The feline just looked at the strange boy with those wide, magenta eyes. The boy just scoffed as he turned and said, "Look, I'm just looking for the old well that's supposed to be around here. Do you know it?" The cat just closed its eyes and gave a silent nod. The boy stated, "Not talking, huh?" He then held out the twig and started spinning slowly, chanting, "Magic dowser… Magic dowser… Show me.. The well!" At that moment, a cackling, screech of a laugh rang out through the air. The brunette whipped his head around just to see a strange, cloaked figure raising a bloody scythe above his head. The teen held his position, the twig in his hands for use as a weapon. The figure ran towards the brunette waving the scythe in a frantic motion. "Get the hell away from me!!" The brunette teen screamed as he swung the stick, trying to block the figure's attack. The stranger stopped just in time to see the brunette fall to the ground from the exertion of his swipes. The teen swore he could have heard giggling as the figure leaned down to pick up the twig. The stranger then lifted up the hood and started,
"Sunagakure?" The brunette calmed down and gave a questioning look. The figure turned out to be another teen, a bit younger than the brunette, with white hair, pale skin, and magenta eyes that reminded the elder teen a lot of that cat. The albino looked at the brunette and continued, "Or maybe even Iwagakure. My guess is that you're from some place really dry and barren. Which explains the whole 'magic-stick' thing. I've heard about trying to find water with old-timey means but it's just not possible." The brunette had had enough of the albino's chattering and stated,
"Gryphin Avenue."(1) The albino turned and gave a,
"Huh?" The brunette replied,
"Gryphin Avenue? Takigakure?" The albino shrugged and went on,
"Any who… I'm Hidan." The brunette asked,
"'Hidan'?" To which Hidan replied,
"It means 'Shining Stairway'(2) or something like that." He took a rosary from inside his shirt, which was a triangle suspended upside-down in a circle. "My religion influenced it. So what did you get saddled with?" The brunette shrugged his shoulders and stated,
"I didn't get saddled with anything. It's Kakuzu. Kakuzu Hoku." Hidan shrugged and said,
"I was under the impression that people with violent names like 'Kakuza' led fairly violent lives." Kakuzu groaned and retorted,
"It's Kakuzu!" He then snapped, "And I don't have any time for psychopathic cult-freaks…" Kakuzu looked down to see that white feline walking up to the two teens. "..Or their cats!" Hidan looked down and stated,
"Shows what you know! She's not my cat!" Hidan then began to pet the ball of fluff as he continued, "She's actually sort of wild." Kakuzu smirked,
"Wild? My ass, she's a spoiled pussy-cat!" The cat flinched at this and hissed in Kakuzu's direction. He then sighed and said, "Look, I'm just trying to find the well that's supposed to be out here…" Hidan smirked as he put down his scythe,
"Stomp any harder and you'll fall in it!" Kakuzu jumped up and noticed that the ground that he was on was a bit more flexible that the rest. He walked off and Hidan crouched on the ground to wipe away the dirt that covered various wooden planks. The albino stated, "It's supposed to be so deep, that if you were to fall in and look up, you would see a night sky full of stars on a sunny day." Kakuzu simply 'Hm'-ed as he observed the wood-covered well. He hardly noticed when Hidan walked up to him and said, "I'm surprised that you and your family got the place." Kakuzu snapped out of his whimsy and stated coldly,
"They're not my family." Hidan shrugged and continued,
"You're not the only orphan around these parts. My caretaker, Sasuke (3), he owns the Blue Palace… Never rents it out to people with kids…" Kakuzu asked,
"Why's that?" Hidan continued with a somewhat frown,
"He says it's dangerous. I don't know." The albino picked up his scythe and let the white cat jump onto his shoulder and stated, "I gotta go. It was nice meeting a Takigakuran water-wizard." He then turned real quick and stated, "But, um… I'd wear gloves next time." Kakuzu replied,
"Why..?" Hidan stated,
"Because that 'dowsing-rod' of yours… It's actually poison-oak." Kakuzu yelped and dropped the wood before scratching his hands. Hidan giggled again before running off. Kakuzu frowned as the boy left but looked over at the well. He picked up one last rock before finding a hole in the wood and dropping the stone in. He then pressed his ear to the hole and waited. About 15 minutes later there was a far away 'splash'. At the same time, a raindrop fell on Kakuzu's head.
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A/N:
Gryphins are legendary creatures that have been known to hoard money. So of course I linked this with Kakuzu.
When I was looking up translations of the Akatsuki's names, Hidan's name roughly translated into this. The dictionary I used may have been off, or maybe it wasn't.
Yep, that's right, Sasuke is older than the Akatsuki in this fic. I had to do it this way for the sake of the story
Well, there's chapter 1. What came before this was actually the prologue, but it's all good as long as people review. Please?
-Tyranno's girl.
