Chapter four is now posted! I hope you guys enjoy it! I do not own Naruto.
Ai had come home around five in the morning after resealing her chakra; her body was covered in dry blood and she looked absolutely worn out. Krill frowned at her run down appearance. He loved to irritate Ai but he hated seeing her after a night as that monster. "You look terrible," Krill said as he followed Ai to her room, "Please tell me you're leaving the shop closed today."
Ai nodded before collapsing on a chair, "Rogues are hunting me now along with the Anbu of many villages. Ever since that damn woman sewed the guardian on the quilt the humans are more determined to use me for their own selfish reasons."
Krill growled, "Humans are so disgusting. They have no respect for anything other than themselves; they're fortunate that you even protect them."
"The shinobi world is getting worse…soon there will be no hope for humanity," she winced as she stood. "I need to wash the scent of blood from my skin before the scent leads anyone to my person."
Ai slowly walked to the bathroom while supporting herself along the wall. Her body was still weak from the transformation so movement was a challenge for her. Krill sighed and went downstairs to the counter with the register and lay down next to it. Just because they were closed doesn't mean that people won't try to steal money or goods from the handy store. Krill had overheard Deidara and Sasori talking about the journal that Ai kept on the bookshelf and knew that they would be back or maybe someone else in the same cloak would. He could tell by the cloaks that they were in some form of organization of rogue ninjas and since they showed such interest in the book it would mean the group had something to do with the tailed beasts; Krill was well aware a pair would show up sooner or later. If the organization was as curious or suspicious as he thought then they would most likely get the order to once again come by today.
Krill frowned at the thought of an organization taking Ai for their own use since he was well aware that she was technically a demon. If anyone gained that power and learned of it they would abuse the power.
Hours passed before two familiar cloaks caught Krill's attention and he visibly grimaced. The closer they got to the door the more frustrated Krill became; Ai was in no condition to deal with anyone. Krill darted from the counter back upstairs to the bathroom where Ai was letting herself soak in the jacuzzi-like tub. "We have company," he announced with panic.
Ai tiredly opened her left eye to look at her friend; Krill visibly winced at her exhaustion. "I'm not worried about the situation…" she mumbled.
Krill frowned, "They are wearing the same cloaks as Kisame and Itachi; something is going on and I'm not exactly fond of the situation."
Ai sighed and let the bath drain before putting a bathrobe on; at the moment she could care less about her appearance. With her hair dripping wet she descended the stairs to see two men impatiently waiting by the door. Ai leaned her body against the wall for support as she let the pair in through the glass door, "Ah hello…How can I be of assistance..?"
Krill groaned as he sat down by the registered. Her voice was scratched and she sounded sickly.
"Our leader would like to have a word with you," the taller man said; his green eyes bore into Ai's red ones.
Ai audibly sighed as she stepped away from the door to move towards the counter to support herself better, "I'm not feeling rather well today…if your leader would like to talk soon he would need to travel here; as you can tell I'm in no condition to travel…"
"You're just being a fucking pussy!" the silver haired man snapped.
Krill hissed as the young man, "Don't talk to her so disrespectfully human."
"Krill, relax…" Ai said as she studied the two males standing before her. "Another swordsman…you must be Hidan…"
The masked man's eyes narrowed dangerously, "How do you know his name?"
"His scythe; there is no other like it and its owner that was last reported carrying the scythe was Hidan," Ai said, "And I recognized him from the Bingo Book."
Hidan let out a huge grin, "Here that Kakuzu, she fucking knows her people."
"Shut up, idiot, she just recognized the weapon and your picture; she obviously did appropriate weapon research in order to get into the business," Kakuzu growled.
Krill anxiously cast a glance at Ai, "Are you going to be okay standing right now?"
Ai hesitated before nodding, "I should be fine for now…"
He nodded before looking at the pair of men, "She got an extreme case of food poisoning yesterday; it's gotten to the point where she can hardly stay focused and her body is ready to collapse on her."
"You obviously came here for another reason besides just wanting to take me to your leader; would you happen to want the book as well?" Ai asked.
The atmosphere in the room dramatically changed; tension was now overwhelming the room. "How did you know this was about the book?" Kakuzu asked.
"I could tell by the way Sasori's eyes held suspicion and how you came back the following day," she replied. "I need to sit down…"
Krill immediately stood up and rubbed his head against her arm, "Do you need to go in your room?"
Ai shook her head, "No, take me to the workroom; I promised more of the crystal kunai so the least I can do is continue making them while they are here…"
Krill growled, "That's the last thing you should be doing. Don't forget that there are no more crates downstairs."
"That's because you were a dumbass and blew up all the contents yesterday," Ai reminded him.
He frowned, "I hope you know you just really hurt my feelings…"
"Good; maybe it will teach you not to be a little fucker when my supplies are late coming in," she said before removing a crate lid and taking a gallon jar of the liquidized crystal in her hands; she may be week but she wanted to do something other than be lazy.
Ai carefully held the jar in one arm before descending the stairs into the dark room.
"I'm not comfortable—"
"Just deal with it," she snapped silencing Krill.
Hidan grinned at the two, "If you want I could sacrifice his ass to Jashin."
"Ah Jashinism; a very gruesome religion if I do say so myself," Ai commented sitting herself at her workbench that was still covered in ash.
"What the fuck happened down here?" Hidan questioned.
"If you were listening you would know; her cat blew up the basement pretty much," Kakuzu replied.
Ai ignored their bickering before lighting a match to start a fire to help her shape the crystal kunai. Krill silently watched her work and handed her any tools she needed in the process. Kakuzu walked over to the bookshelf and began reading some of the many history books of the nations.
"Can you make anything else besides fucking kunai?" Hidan asked watching her.
"Yes, I can make any weapon along with trinkets," Ai replied never breaking her concentration.
"What kinds of fucking trinkets?" he questioned watching her cool off the kunai.
The tired silverette held up her necklace for him to look at, "The jewel on the necklace is pure diamond and can seal away chakra leaving no trace of it."
Kakuzu had looked over at the jewel when she mentioned it being a diamond, "Is it valuable?"
Ai looked over at him, "It is indeed; this is the only one of its kind."
"How much would you way it's worth?" Kakuzu asked.
"I'd have to say it's about half a million ryo," Ai replied, "But it's not for sale."
"Do you think you could fucking make me something cool?" Hidan asked.
"It is the least I can do for the inconvenience," she replied, "What did you have in mind? I can alter your Jashinist necklace or maybe make you a kunai that can extract blood or inject poison or other harmful sustenance."
A sadistic grin spread across the Jashinist's face, "Extracting blood would work."
With a nod she grabbed a regular kunai and removed the handle from the blade. Hidan watched with interest as she made a hollow crystal handle to store the blood. "You're pretty fucking skilled for an average person," he said with a grin.
Ai nodded as she drilled a very small tunnel through the tip of kunai until it reached the crystal handle. She then proceeded to weld the two pieces together, "Just let it cool off and it's all yours."
Hidan grin more, "Thanks, bitch."
She just nodded before etching a small symbol on the handle of the kunai before holding it up to my necklace. Ai then bit her thumb to draw blood and ran it over the kunai's symbol. There was a huge chakra spike as chakra was transferred into the kunai. Kakuzu glanced over at me, "I thought you didn't have chakra."
"I never said that; the necklace I'm wearing absorbs all of my chakra so I can avoid being forced into the life of a shinobi," she said continuing the process.
"You're very determined to keep your life to yourself," he mused.
"You have no idea," Krill deadpanned.
"If you want to wait until tomorrow for you to take me to your leader I have a spare room you two can stay in for the night," Ai said with a yawn.
The pair nodded and with that the three headed off to bed.
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