Over the course of the next few days, the Akatsuki began searching for the members of Otogakure. This was easier said than done; the teens had absolutely no clue who they were looking for, or where to look for them. "Damn, what the hell do we do now?" Hidan asked.
"The only thing we can do is wait and see what Oto's next move is," Pein replied. The Akatsuki was gathered in the living room for an emergency meeting, trying to figure out what to do now.
"Brilliant plan, Sir Leader," Kisame said sarcastically.
"You know as well as I do that that's about all we are capable of doing now, Kisame," Pein snapped. Their search had turned up virtually no results. Even Zetsu couldn't find much of anything online, save for articles concerning the recent bombings.
"I hate it, un. Just waiting around for those guys to pull another stunt," Deidara growled, clenching his fists.
"Tell me about it," Sasori muttered.
"Zetsu is doing his best to find these guys," Konan said, "But there is absolutely nothing else to do until we either get a hit or have another attack. That's the breaks, guys."
The Akatsuki nodded, grumbling in agreement.
-m-
"I can't believe it," Kidomaru said, shaking his head at the Akatsuki. "They don't look like anything happened."
"Look closer," Kimimaro ordered. "They're tense, and quieter than usual. We're getting to them."
"Does that mean we can move in for the kill?" Ukon asked.
"Patience brother," Sakon ordered. "It's too soon to do anything more."
"Not true," Orochimaru said, looking at the Akatsuki. "I think it's high time we made our relationship with Akatsuki…a bit more personal."
-m-
Hidan looked up and down the deserted hallway before walking down it, turning the corner and stepping outside the school building. The zealot walked along the brick wall before coming to a dumpster and sitting beside it. No point in spending such a wonderful day in a stuffy math class, in his opinion.
He leaned back against the dumpster, shutting his eyes and sighing contently. This was perfect. At least, until a shadow crossed over him, blocking out the sunlight.
He frowned, eyes still shut. Considering that he hadn't been yelled at yet, the person casting the shadow must be a student. "Hey, bastard, you can stay out here with me, but you have to stay out of the Jashin-damned sunlight, clear?"
"My, this guys certainly has a mouth on him," a voice said.
"I noticed," another voice said, almost identical to the first.
"Hidan Neko, right?"
"That's my name, asshole," Hidan said, eyes still shut.
"You're in the Akatsuki, aren't you?"
"We have a message for you. From the Oto." Hidan's eyes snapped open. Ok, these two now had his attention.
He quickly scrambled to his feet. "Allow me to introduce the two of us," the first one said. "We're the Mais twins. I'm Sakon, and this is Ukon."
"…Why the hell are you wearing lipstick?"
"You've got a problem with how we look?" Ukon asked, narrowing his eyes.
Hidan looked the twins up and down. Skintight clothing, longish hair, eye shadow, lipstick…"You bastards are seriously one or two steps away from being Jashin-damned drag queens."
The twins' eyes flared with rage. "Brother, can we please just give him the message?" Ukon asked.
"Works for me," Sakon replied, cracking his knuckles. Hidan frowned and shifted his weight. This wasn't gonna be pretty.
-m-
"Hey, where's Hidan?" Kisame asked, looking around.
"Kakuzu?" Pein asked expectantly.
"What? I'm not his keeper."
"No, you're just his boyfriend/roommate/partner!" Pein hissed. "And in case you haven't noticed, it's not safe for us to leave our partners on their own right now!"
"Tobi can find him!" The masked teen chirped happily, running off.
"Great. Now we're down two people," Konan grumbled.
"Danna, what's wrong, un?" Deidara asked.
"Hmm? Oh, it's nothing."
"Liar, un."
"Brat, don't worry about it."
"Don't call me a brat, un!"
"Would you two please put your spat on hold until we find Hidan and Tobi?" Kisame asked, seeing that Pein was getting very close to losing it.
"Tobi found Hidan!" the group turned and stared in shock at the two teens.
Hidan was leaning heavily on Tobi's shoulder, clutching his side. He had a black eye, and his lip was cracked. "Hidan!" the entire group clustered around the zealot, demanding an explanation.
"Ok, ok! Back off, you Jashin-damned heathens," the zealot growled, allowing himself to be transferred to Kakuzu's shoulders. "I'll tell you in the fucking car, ok?"
As soon as the group was in, Hidan began speaking. Tobi had been kind enough to trade places with Hidan, so the zealot was now curled up on Kakuzu's lap. "Was it the Otogakure?" the miser asked.
"Hell yeah," Hidan answered. "Two of them. Couple of fags named Sakon and Ukon. Seriously, they make Itachi and Deidara look straight, dammit!"
"Any chance you got a last name on them?" Zetsu asked.
"Yeah. Mais."
"I can use that," Zetsu said. "Good work Hidan."
"You're welcome, asshole."
"What happened to those two, un?" Deidara asked.
Hidan grinned. "Let's just say I got rid of some trash."
-m-
"Why were we sent out here?" Kidomaru asked, frowning as he and Tayuya trudge through the parking lot.
"Because the boss is screwing the nerd, fatass was eating, and that Kimimaro bastard never has to do anything," the redhead growled. The two of them were now in front of the dumpster, looking around. The girl growled and kicked the metal bin, clearly agitated. "Where the hell are they?!"
Suddenly, a couple of weak moans were heard. Tayuya and Kidomaru gave each other odd looks before opening the dumpster and peering inside.
There lay Sakon and Ukon, covered from head to foot in garbage and bruises. "What the hell happened to you two?!"
"That bastard…"
"…has one hell of a right hook."