Chapter one: Not the best way to wake up...
2 years later...
In Konoha
Hinata was in her room, looking at her mirror with wide lavender eyes. In the past couple of years, even she could not believe how much she had changed. As she brought up her hand and gently stroked her cheek, she briefly wondered what Naruto would think if he saw her now. Her long, silky dark blue hair hung down to her waist in a long straight waterfall and she had grown curvier in all the right places, however she knew some men preferred their woman skinnier, like Sakura.
Even though she knew Sakura had what she had always wanted, but most likely would never have, she knew she could never hate her best friend. How could she hate her for something she had no control over..?
A familiar bark and footsteps caught her attention and a smile curled her lips as her eyes moved to her window just as Kiba bust in with his large dog. "Kiba-kun!" she said happily as she jumped up and walked to him, her eyes bright with happiness. Long ago, she had finally conquered her habit of stuttering, though occasionally when she was highly nervous it reared it's ugly head. Howver at the moment, with just Kiba, she was relaxed. "Hina-chan, today's the day." he replied, a wide smirk on his own face.
For a moment, she felt her heartbeat speed up, and a realm of possibilities seemed to come to her. Naruto, finally, after so long... Biting her light pink lips, she thought for a moment, about how she would finally tell him how she felt, and about how she became stronger for him... "Okay. When is he coming, Kiba-kun?" she asked softly, suddenly nervous at the prospect of seeing her long time crush and unrequited love. "In a few hours, in the afternoon. You want to go and meet him?" he asked.
She thought about it for a moment before nodding. "O-Okay, but I.. I'm going to go and train for a little while, okay?" she said softly. Hinata needed some way to spend this sudden energy she got from just the thought of Naruto coming home. Naruto! Blushing slightly, she looked away from her teammate and nodded. "See you later, Kiba-kun?" she asked softly. He gave a nod and clapped her shoulder in a brotherly manner before once again leaving out the window. Hinata's hair swayed slightly in the sudden wind and she put up her hand to steady it and brush it back down as she tried to think of the best way to spend her time, before silently deciding on going to the waterfall to work on her chakra control, though it was mostly already flawless.
In the Akatsuki Base...
Hidan woke up to the sound of a sudden crash and grumbled to himself while he pressed a hand to his forehead, a peircing headache consuming him, most likely from the hangover he suddenly suffered from. "Damnit! What the hell is going on?" he yelled, anger blatant in his voice as he sat up in the bed and his sheet tumbled down, only covering his waist and what lay below, baring his naked, broad chest. "It's too early for this shit..." he whispered, sending a glare at the door. He stood, going to his closet as he walked across his room naked and searched for something clean to where. Finally, he just decided on some simple black pants and a mesh shirt before putting on his Akatsuki jacket and heading out the door.
The first thing he recognized was a sudden body hurtling towards him. Smirking widely, he lashed out with a kick, and watched as Tobi sailed in the other direction. "What did the fucking kid do now?" he asked as Kakuzu glared at him, animosity plain on his features. "Watch your mouth. And really, nothing. He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time, and I was angry. He seemed perfect to lash out at." he said with a loud laugh following after.
Tobi stood up and brushed off his clothing before turning, though Hidan couldn't make out what the kid was thinking because of that damnable mask. "Don't worry senpai, Tobi's a good boy!" he said happily. Hidan dragged a hand across his face tiredly at the kid's high pitched voice and almost kicked him again for good fucking measure. "Whatever. Anything happen?" he asked. Kakuzu turned to him, as if wondering what he was still doing there.
"Well, yes, we were called to see the Leader. Are you ready to go now, Sleeping beauty?" he asked, Kakuzu's eyes lighting with amusement and malice. Hidan frowned and suddenly wanted to beat Tobi into the ground for some reason. "Yeah, yeah, just a minute. Let me grab my scythe..." he muttered to himself before leaving the hall and grabbing his weapon. He prayed quickly to Janshin before following his partner to his Leader's office, closing the door behind the two of them.
Pein, also known as Pain to some, sat in his desk, his hands clasped in front of his face as he stared at his underlings. "You have any idea why I have called you here?" he asked in his usual mocking voice. Hidan and Kakuzu both shook their heads, though they looked unimpressed so far. How could they be? After all, they could not die, so how could their own leader threaten them? Thinking about this put a slight smirk on Hidan's face, and he could tell the leader did not like that at all.
"It's simple. It seems the nine-tailed Jinchurriki is back. I want you to go and see if you can capture him. If not, gather information. Don't you dare come back empty handed..." Hidan smirked widely and nodded to his leader. "Don't worry about it, Leader-sama, we'll take care of this, right partner?" Kakuzu frowned, but nodded his own head. They had no choice, they had just been issued an order.
After getting their things, they headed out, Hidan's smirked never faltering as he ran towards Konoha and into the woods, not expecting what would happen with a certain blue haired young woman.
