The guy with the perfect, slicked-back, silver hair really pissed her off.

…Hidan.

Not only did he have the dirtiest mouth she had ever had the displeasure of hearing (and that was saying something, especially since she spent a lot of time with Inuyasha) but his sadistic and masochistic nature was really, really creepy. Plus, he could be so infuriating at times!

Her thoughts went to the day she met him.

//Flashback//

"Who the fuck are you?"

Blue-gray eyes blinked in surprise before slightly narrowing. She did not appreciate the unnecessary language and there were nicer ways to ask who she was. "Kagome. And you are…?"

"Hidan." The man answered. "So, you're the newbie, right?" Violet eyes slowly scanned over her form, and Kagome couldn't help but shiver at the intense look over.…wait.

This guy had some nerve! "Can you please not stare?" She snapped, glaring at the strange male.

Hidan smirked at the girl. "Well, well. That's a snappy temper for a priestess." His tone was both teasing and mocking when he said the word priestess.

Kagome's pretty eyes widened before narrowing back down again. "Maybe if I didn't have to deal with guys like you, I wouldn't have such a 'snappy temper,' now would I?!"

Blink. Just what was this chick's deal? "What the hell? Why are you getting all angry? What the fuck did I do?" Hidan asked. Now he was starting to get angry, and when he got angry…

Kagome groaned in frustration and began to walk away. 'Calm down, Kagome, calm down. Don't let this jerk get to you.' She repeated that mantra over and over again, glad that her anger wasn't taking over like it usually did whenever something really got to her. Hidan was not worth losing her cool over!

Fortunately, after a couple of seconds, she managed to cool down, and everything was fine, until she heard the irritating man again.

"See ya, hot stuff!"

//Flashback over!//

Kagome frowned when the memory was over with. Why were guys such jerks? Especially silver-haired guys. 'Maybe Inuyasha and Hidan were related or something in their past lives,' The blue-eyed girl thought. 'I wouldn't be surprised.'

She continued on her way to wherever, when footsteps suddenly echoed throughout the hallway. "Kagome-chan! Kagome-chan!" Cried out a desperate voice.

Kagome turned around to find a panicking Tobi rapidly approaching her.

Just as the orange-masked man was about to crash into her, he suddenly stopped about 4 inches away from her, and tried to catch his breath.

"Tobi-kun? Are you alright?"

Breathing normally once again, Tobi stood up straight. "Oh, Tobi is fine, but Hidan-san is-"

"Injured?" Kagome finished, already used to the sentence and slightly concerned. It was just her nature to care about everyone.

"Yes! Please come help him!" Tobi exclaimed and grabbed Kagome's arm before bolting in the direction that he came from.

Somehow and someway, Kagome managed to keep up with him, despite the fact that Tobi was running like hell was at his heels. Finally, they came to a halt in front of a violet colored door. Just like Tobi had done before, she tried to catch her breath while Tobi opened the door to the "injured" Hidan's room. He ushered the girl in and stood beside her.

Kagome could only stare in shock. Sure, she had been warned from the other members about Hidan's bizarre ritual, but to actually see it…

"Is….he even alive?" She whispered to her masked companion, nervously gazing at the still body of the dirty-mouthed Akatsuki member.

"I don't know, Kagome-chan! I came to get you because you can heal things! And maybe you can make Hidan-san's cut all better!"

"I can't do anything if he's already dead!"

"Maybe he's not! Maybe Tobi and Kagome-chan can still save him!"

"Right! Okay," She grabbed Tobi's hand and led him to the body. "You take out the blade and I'll start to heal his wound!"

"Hai!"

Now, both Tobi and Kagome were the newest Akatsuki members, so, while they knew that stabbing himself was part of Hidan's ritual, they had no idea that he was supposed to leave the blade inside him for about half an hour and just lay there in his blood-created circle. To them, it looked like he had tripped and knocked himself unconscious or something. That's why they were unknowingly about to interrupt Hidan's necessary daily routine and try to save him!

Hidan's violet eyes finally opened he felt something the blade sliding out of his stomach. "--the fuck? Hey! What the fuck are you two dumb-asses doing?!" He growled out, startling the other two Akatsuki members and grasping onto the bloody blade in Tobi's hand.

"Oh, Kagome-chan! He's alive!"

"You stupid dipshit! Of course I am!" He looked at Kagome. Then at her glowing pink hands. "No! Don't heal me, you dumb bitch!"

Kagome ignored the insult. "But you're losing too much blood!"

"I'm supposed to, goddamn it!"

"Why are you yelling at me?! I was only trying to help!"

"How the fuck are you helping me when you're disrupting my ritual, you stupid fucks?!"

Kagome could feel tears beginning to develop. Why was she getting yelled at when she was only trying to do the right thing? "Well, I'm sorry! I didn't know!" She turned towards Tobi. "I thought you said that he needed help!!!"

Tobi scratched his head. "Hmm. Tobi thought so too. I guess not." He said with a chuckle.

A sigh of frustration left Kagome's lips and she turned to the bloody Hidan, who looked both murderous and amused at the same time.

Total silence.

It was sooooo awkward. She felt like such an idiot.

After a while, Hidan finally smirked then looked away and said, "Newbies."

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"You better not be lying to me, you bastard. If you are, I swear-"

"Inuyasha. Please stop harassing the poor gentlemen. You won't any information from him if he's too scared to talk," Said Miroku as he pushed his silver-haired companion to the side. "My apologies," he bowed to the trembling male, "He is just worried for our friend. She's been missing for a few days now. Perhaps you have seen her? Her name is Higurashi Kagome. She's rather small, has long, raven hair, and these rather captivating bluish, grayish eyes." He provided the information with sad eyes.

"She's also very pretty!" Piped in a young boy with bright orange hair.

Miroku nodded his head in agreement. "Yes, she is very beautiful. And," He waved his hands around his chest, "she is rather well-endo--"

"Alright, pervert, stop right there! The guy doesn't need to know everything!" Cut in Inuyasha.

"I beg to differ, Inuyasha. Maybe Kagome-chan's assets might have caught this young man's attention and-"

The gentleman on the ground blinked rapidly as he watched the two grown men fight like a bunch of children. 'Who are these strange men? They're not normal…maybe if I move away slowly…'

His thoughts were interrupted by the orange-haired boy. "So, have you seen her?" The boy's bright green eyes were filled with hope.

"…no. I'm sorry, but I haven't. However, you might want to try heading east, there's a village there and maybe someone there might have seen her."

Shippo nodded. "Okay!" He then headed over to his friends and jumped on Miroku's shoulder. "He says that he hasn't seen her, but there's a village to the east that might have someone that may have! What are we waiting for? Let's go!" He tugged on Miroku's small pony-tail at the base of his neck.

Being the polite one of the trio, Miroku turned to thank the man, only to find him gone. "My. He sure moves fast."

"Keh, that jack-ass better be right." Said Inuyasha as he began walking east. Miroku quickly followed. Even a complete idiot could figure that he was worried for his friend. There was no saying what could have happened to their beloved Kagome. She was just a magnet for trouble, no matter how hard she tried to avoid it.

All three males could only think the same thing. 'Please be safe, Kagome.'

End Chapter.

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Yah. This is a little late, I realize...

I feel super bad! Super, super bad! But, better late then never! Right...? I feel like a piece of crap, since people were saying, 'update soon' and lots of other nice things, and I wasn't, and so, I decided to!

So, here you go. To all my faithful readers. :)