Chapter Four

Object of Affection?

Hidan woke up feeling drained, and completely satisfied. He looked over at the woman Jashin had chosen for his great plan. She looked angelic when she slept, but she was still a heathen. Suddenly her deep blue eyes snapped open, causing both ninja to tense. Hidan glared at her, which made her angry.

"What the hell are you doing?" He demanded. Temari had had enough of the bad tempered priest and the rest of the Akatsuki were woken up to a loud thud, and a "What the fuck was that for bitch?!" Kakuzu pounded on the wall.

"Shut the hell up! I wanna get some sleep!"

"First you hold me like I'm your stupid-fucking-g-goddamned TEDDY BEAR-" he screamed angrily, "next you power slam me against the wall! You need anger management! You are seriously fucked in the head! You know that?"

Temari looked at him and said; "You've got some nerve waking up and telling ME I'm screwed in the head! You are my problem! You dragged me here, married me against my will and as far as I'm concerned it's not even a real binding marriage and tell me that I have to get pregnant to bring back YOUR psycho god! You are delusional! You are an idiot! You got a problem with me? Well too damn bad! You brought YOUR problems on yourself! You're just too stupid to realize it!"

Kakuzu of course was nodding his head in agreement to every word she said, and silently egging her on. Then there was a second thud, the wall-shaking type and Hidan was down for the count. The priest was immortal, but he could suffer heavy concussions and get knocked out. Kakuzu was more then happy to keep her here, if it meant she kept the priest in line even if only for an hour or so.

Hidan returned to the world after half the day had gone by. Temari had done some training with Sakura and had learned the secret to the Fifth Hokage's devastating blows, so it was no wonder that Hidan had been down for so long, much to the delight of the other members who all but begged Leader to be sent on missions, just to get away from him.

Shikamaru and Kankuro were now frantic! There was absolutely no scent to be found, and by the next day the rain had actually flooded the whole area. Forcing the frustrated ninja to stay at a flood proof inn until the rainstorms died down. They couldn't even send a message out to Gaara, let alone receive one from anyone else. Kiba sighed and stared at the floodwater that was mere inches below his window.

"It's no use guys. The flood has destroyed any trace of their scent. It'd be hopeless to try and track her down this way now. We need to come up with a new strategy." They all sat down together and thought hard.

"What about getting a couple of Hyuuga out here to track their chakra trails?" Asked Kankuro after a long silence.

"No good, it'd take them about a day and a half in good weather. Each chakra trail depends on the individual's level, unless it comes from a really powerful source like a demon or something most don't last that long, it's not an exact science." He sighed,

"Well, I guess we'll just have to track them down the old fashioned way." Explained Shikamaru. "What a drag."

Hidan was pissed! He was beyond pissed! He wanted to kill her! But he couldn't kill her so he decided to settle for the next best thing. He slammed her into the wall, and hogtied her in chakra infused rope. "Listen bitch!" He growled, taking pleasure in Temari's cussing and struggling. "We have to go on a mission, so still here like the good little bitch that you are." He said, "Oh and by the way, if you try and use any kind of jutsu to escape those ropes will shear off your arms and legs. Which will make you a helluva lot easier to deal with!" He laughed as he slammed the door on Temari's shocked face.

Temari let out a deep breath and began meditating, she realized that she wouldn't be able to get out, so she went into a deep meditation to remove herself from the situation. Hours later she felt the ropes being untied. Her eyes snapped open, tired but perfectly alert and glowered at Hidan. He was smirking broadly as Temari stood up and gingerly tested her sore limbs. She climbed into bed and when he got in, kicked him onto the floor.

"What the fuck? This is my bed you greedy bitch!" But Temari had fallen fast asleep and Hidan climbed into bed, and lay awake staring at her back and seething in rage.