Chapter Four
"Jashin be praised." Hidan grumbled as they finally reached their destination. It was the village where Kakuzu's helpful "civil servant" stayed and where he would straighten out a few things that needed fixed. Who cares about this crap? He huffed. "For all the shit you give me about my religion, did you ever stop to think about how much you fucking worship money?" Kakuzu paused to glare back at him, looking as he were about to rip his throat out, but looked away saying nothing as he continued to walk. He's being oddly calm with me… He frowned. Kakuzu usually had a short temper… always. Yet today he'd been unruffled… or as much as he would get. Hidan sighed and watched him in silence. It had to be because of earlier… but wouldn't that put him in a worse mood? Not being able to fulfill your desires and watching while someone else got off… It didn't make any sense… He shook his head. Whatever…
Their business was soon taken care of and they left around sunset. It would take a day or two, depending on how fast they were going, to get back to the lair. Hidan huffed, uncomfortable with the silence that had settled over them. He never like the quiet, it was disconcerting. "What is it that you have against my religion?" For all of the time they had been partners he'd never thought to ask. "What does it matter?" Kakuzu replied, sounding annoyed. "Because I have a fucking right to know. You know nothing of Jashin or about what I follow, but you hate it." Hidan narrowed his eyes on the other man, obviously not pleased. There was a long silence before Kakuzu finally spoke. "You follow something blindly, by pure faith. There is no proof that any of it is true or real… It makes no sense. If there really is a god out there he has long forsaken any of us." He growled softly. "Now shut up. I have to deal with your pious ranting on a daily bases I don't want to hear it now." Hidan glared. "No. I'm fucking tired of taking your crap about this." "Well, I'm tired of having to listen to it." Kakuzu raised his voice, turning to face him.
"Too. Damn. Bad." He shot back, watching as Kakuzu steadily grew angrier. "It's bullshit. You put your devotion into something material like cash, but my beliefs make no sense? Fuck you. You're no better than me with your obssessi-" He was cut off as Kakuzu grabbed him by the throat, giving a harsh squeeze. He choked on his words and winced and pain shot through him. It felt so good… Kakuzu's grip tightened even more, cutting off his oxygen altogether. His lungs strained for air and his hands came up to grip Kakuzu's wrist. Everything was starting to blur and spots of black dotted his vision. He was nearing unconsciousness when Kakuzu loosened his grip and tossed him aside. Hidan hit the ground, his back aching from the impact as he skidded. His nerves tingled with awareness from the recent abuse and he took in a deep breath of air, his lungs hurting from being cut off from the necessity of breathing. "Move Hidan. We can't be wasting time." Kakuzu snapped, turning and walking away. His body throbbed in protest as he struggled to sit up. "Temper…mental…a-asshole…" He panted, clutching his side as he drug himself to his feet. "Fuck…" He mumbled weakly before darkness took him and he collapsed.
Kakuzu looked back as he heard Hidan hit the ground. He stopped and stared at the crumpled form, contemplating whether he should go get his partner or leave the man and let him catch up. Kakuzu sighed and moved back. "Hidan…" He squatted down next to him and rolled him onto his back. Out cold. What a pain… He grabbed the back of Hidan's cloak and drug him off, muttering under his breath.
End Chapter Four
Alright, well, I wanted to stick close to the character's personalities and such so this one isn't really as warm and fuzzy because I figured with how they are to each other, even in a relationship type… thing… they still wouldn't get along very well. XD
More to come soon!
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