A/N: Hey, my little zombies! I just want to apologise for how slow I am at updating on this series and my other story, but, I have started back at college, 'yippee', anywho, it means that I won't be updating as often as I would love too, gomenasai! I will try and update every so often, but, I think I will most likely be updating once or twice a week on this story, sorry for any inconvenience! And I hope you enjoy this chappie because this chappie weren't in the original. That's right, This story is a re-write of the original version, since the original sucked balls, so I'm making this more detailed and much better ^^ Enjoy!
Summary: Tadashii Hoshi, a royal Vampire was in debt to Akatsuki, instead of money, he gave them his granddaughter, begging them to take her away for her safety. Now, 4 years later, Shinko is a subordinate to the criminal organisation, but, something isn't right, as the past of her grandfather and her real parentage catch up to her, who can she turn to for help?
Part Six: Mission to Konoha
It was the next morning, the weather outside was rather sunny, something unusual since it was September, though, the heat hadn't subsided, much to Shinko's dislike.
It was rather early in the morning, something else Shinko didn't like, since she loved resting, she often took naps throughout the day, apart from reading, there were very little left to do.
She glanced at Hidan who looked as though he were sleeping on his feet, his eyes were half-closed and she knew that if she spoke to him now, he wouldn't register it and would probably mumble incoherent things to himself, it looked as though they both hadn't had a very good nights' sleep, her gaze then fell onto Kakuzu, he didn't seem bothered by getting up so early, his eyes were open and focused, ready for the day.
She almost felt like slapping that very awake look off of his face, God, how she hated mornings!
They were stood in Leader's office, listening to him explain the new mission that'd come in for them to complete, well, it weren't new, it just gave them something to do, got them out of the base and out of Pein's hair for a while.
"There is a clan, the 'Kinzoku' clan, that live on the borders of Konoha, their clan specializes in metal-bending as their Kekkei Genkai, they once requested the help of Akatsuki, and we aided them in protecting their little...'town' as it were, they didn't have the money at the time, so we've kept tabs on them, they've been paying us small sums of money for a little over a year now, but, it's suddenly stopped, it appears that they won't pay us anymore in return of our services."
Leader looked up at the three of them in question, noting Shinko's bored stare, Hidan's half-asleep body swaying a little and Kakuzu looking annoyed since he mentioned the word money and the fact that they weren't receiving any for their services.
He sighed a little, at least with the 'Kinzoku' clan out of the way, that'd be one less worry off his shoulders and at least the base will be quiet without Hidan's constant yelling.
"The mission is rather simple; if they don't give you the money upfront, then annihilate the 'Kinzoku' clan and take whatever money or valuables you can find, understood?"
They all nodded, though, not enthusiastically, since two of the three were still rather sleepy, Leader took this as a good sign, since he knew the mission would be complete if Kakuzu was going, the miser, he would make sure they got all the money that was found.
Leader gave a nod of his own, pointing to a scroll on the edge of his desk with his hand, Kakuzu went to the desk and picked it up, Leader gave a small sigh and stated "It's a map, I've marked their 'town' on there, showing you where it is, as soon as you're done, come straight back-" Pein sent Kakuzu a deadly glare, then continued "that means; no dawdling, understood?"
Again they all nod, Kakuzu a little more reluctant, but, complied with his Leader's wishes, knowing that if he were to disobey or fail in any regard, then he'd have an hour-long lecture at least or something short of a beating at worst.
He just hoped that Hidan wouldn't be too much of a pain in the arse, though, he knew immediately that would be impossible, it was like asking Itachi to laugh, or get Hell to freeze over, in both cases, they wouldn't happen.
"Okay, you will go now, make sure you are successful." Leader waved them away with his hand, turning his focus to the huge pile of paperwork next to him on the desk with a face that looked very much like; 'You've got to be shitting me.'
After leaving the office, Hidan and Kakuzu went off to their rooms to pack few items they would need to satisfy them during the long-walk they had ahead of them.
Shinko, however, took herself off outside to wait for them, she sat down upon the boulder a little away from the cave entrance, staring at the forest ahead of her, she sniffed the air tentatively for any signs of life.
Squirrels, birds, bugs, a deer, snakes, a raccoon, two badgers and a falcon in the sky above.
All the animals she could detect at a mile-radius, so there weren't any human's about, that was at least something to feel relieved about, so it appeared the 'Youchi' clan had yet to act, at least she had some time to prepare herself, ready for their arrival, though, she knew that Leader had given her and her two Senpai's this mission so that they wouldn't trace her scent or tracks back to the base, instead, it would confuse them if she went in the opposite direction.
They'd be left confused and if they did manage to follow them, then at least she'd smell them before they got near them and they wouldn't find the base, she also had Hidan and Kakuzu with her to back her up, this was proving to be more at her advantage now.
From behind, she heard the faint footsteps of her Senpai's, they didn't appear in too much of a rush to leave, most likely they knew that this mission was only given to them because of Shinko's little conflict the evening before.
She wouldn't apologise to them for that though, it weren't her problem that Pein had decided to send them on a mission that would be so boring, but, surely would give her a free-meal, Kakuzu his money and Hidan his sacrifices, it worked out well for them all.
She knew the moment they stood out onto the grass of the forest-floor, since the crunch of grass beneath their zori was plainly obvious and she almost smiled to herself in some predatory way, as if she were going to hunt them.
"Oi-oi! Shinko! We gotta' fucking leave now!" Hidan's rather loud voice called to her, and she rolled her eyes, screw her scent leading the Demon Hunters here, they only needed to hear Hidan's loud voice to locate where they were.
Shinko glanced over her shoulder at them in a bored manner and muttered to the magenta-eyed man "I wouldn't be so loud if I were you, Hidan, it could attract unwanted attention."
He snorted in response and stated loud and seemed rather proud of his boasting "Let the fuckers come! I'll give them a Hell of a fucking time!"
Kakuzu sighed in annoyance, a vein working itself on the side of his forehead, looking unamused he walked away, stating "If the 'Youchi' clan come here, I will you hold you responsible-Hidan."
Hidan's body snapped round to Kakuzu and called "Hey! Why the fuck me?! I'm not the one that started all this shit!"
In answer, Shinko stood up from her boulder, brushing herself down, her eyes on Hidan's neck and she knew his body had tensed, probably feeling her gaze on him and she inwardly smirked at that.
With little effort she straightened and jumped high off the boulder and over fifteen metres away from where she was stood, to Hidan's side, she landed gracefully with little sound and began walking after Kakuzu, muttering "Better hurry up if you don't want to get left behind."
Hidan watched her walk away a little, he wondered if she really had been staring at him, if so, he didn't knew whether to feel creeped out or let that warm feeling rush up in him, shaking his head, determined to kill it, whatever it was, he didn't like it, not one bit.
It was only then that her words registered, his eyes narrowing at the figures getting smaller, he began running after them, shouting "Oi! Wait-up you fuckers!"
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It was later that day, the sun was still shining, much to Shinko's annoyance and Hidan was still complaining much to Kakuzu's annoyance.
They were all feeling the heat getting to them, more so for the half-Vamp, and Hidan's complaining didn't ease the situation at all.
"Fuck! Where is a bathroom when you fucking need one?!" Hidan complained again for what seemed the billionth time that day since they'd left the base, first it was because Leader was-in his words, such a 'dick-head', then it was about the mission and how annoying it would be to walk all the way there, they end up giving them the money and he wouldn't be able to kill anyone, then it was about sleeping on the forest-floor when they could easily find a comfortable hotel bed, then it was about having to find dinner and that he hated catching fish and now it was because he needed to go to the bathroom.
'Oh Kami, kill me now!' Kakuzu thought dramatically, glaring at the ground ahead of him for no reason other than hearing his partners loud voice complaining all the time, he weren't surprised people were scared of approaching him, since he glared at nothing all the time and when he did speak, he was cranky and blunt.
Shinko noticed that he seemed to have aged since they left the base, yet, she'd managed to let Hidan's complaining slide over, she had a knack for ignoring stupidity, often being able to focus on other things, she knew Kakuzu was very much the same, but, today he was letting Hidan get to him, she didn't know why, she presumed that it was because Kakuzu was in a mood as it was because he couldn't go bounty-hunting afterwards.
"This is fucking shit! I need a fucking piss!" Hidan snapped, waving his arms in the air dramatically.
Shinko sent him a side-ways glance, raising her white brows at him, she murmured "There are plenty of bushes out here."
He sent her a look that said; 'You've gotta' be fucking me'.
"I ain't going for a piss in some fucking bush! Besides, you'll both just walk off without me!" Hidan folded his arms, as if he proved a point.
"I wish we could do just that." Kakuzu stated through gritted teeth, still glaring at the ground in front of him, this comment stung and had Hidan glaring at Kakuzu's back in anger.
"Shut the fuck up! Just admit you'd be lost without me!" Hidan implored, as Kakuzu continued walking off further infront of them.
Shinko sighed heavily and muttered "Go and take a leak and I'll wait for you."
He stared at her for a few moments, wondering whether she was joking, however, seeing her intense gaze returned, he grinned widely, he turned and walked off into some trees on his direct-right, calling back "You better fucking wait!"
She'd long-since stopped walking, but, felt the temptation to walk off anyway, since he clearly didn't believe she'd wait for him.
Looking at Kakuzu's disappearing figure, she almost snorted loudly to herself, thinking; 'Even if I did walk with Kakuzu, he would still be sulking'.
She was shaking her head when Hidan returned, sighing in contentment, he stated loudly "That's so much better and hey! You actually fucking waited for me!"
She looked at him and smirked a little, before they both took off after the sulking miser that just wouldn't let up on the speed.
Soon it was only Shinko's company he was sharing, it'd been silent for too long and what was more annoying was that she weren't paying attention to him at all.
This gave him the perfect oppurtunity to look at her in daylight.
Her skin was so white and looked very soft, her lips were pale too-matching that of some dead person, her even whiter hair-that resembled snow itself, just like his was swaying about her waist as she walked alongside him, her blue eyes, so enchanting, they matched the colour of the sky on a hot day when there weren't any clouds about, except, they shone so bright, her body was thin, maybe a little too thin, her breasts were a decent size, small enough to manouvere about without having to worry about being smacked in the face and big enough to catch his attention.
To be fair, she was beautiful, not in the typical way like fairytales would often over-exaggerate on the appearance of the woman, but beautiful, as in; unique, her features were rather soft, but, her skin was cold to touch and her body was hard as stone, trying to break her bones was like trying to walk on water without chakra-impossible.
Well, for a human to break her bones was definitely impossible, but, someone whom weren't a human it wouldn't be as difficult.
"Have you finished staring at me?" She asked, her jaw rather stiff, something was making her tense, he didn't know what, but, something made her uneasy and it didn't cover up the fact he'd gotten caught-in-the-act.
He exhaled loudly and she looked at him with those eyes of hers and he was speechless once more, lost for words, it was rather frightening to know she could read what's going on inside a person's head, it was almost like knowing the deep, inner-secrets he kept.
"I...I..." He was truly stuck, his cheeks heating up in embarrassment as he thought of a mental image of him opening and closing his mouth like a fish and blushing like a virgin did when it came to talk of sex.
He knew he sounded stupid and almost smacked himself across the face when he felt that usual heat rushing through him at such speed he almost felt light-headed, it was strange, never before had he felt such strong emotions, it was only since he was in Shinko's company and the way she'd touched him the night before.
Though, if he were honest himself, he always found himself short of breath and light-headed in her company.
What was it about her that made him want her so much?
Her eyes widened slightly at this, having caught onto this thought, she felt herself in some measure of shock, not knowing whether to pay attention to it or not, thinkng over all the times they'd been in each others company and how they'd both reacted to each other, it made her feel warm.
Well, as warm as she could feel when she was already dead, it was probably just the sun.
But, she knew that she was attracted strongly to the Jashinist and that made her wonder why that was?
He was always so loud, violent and complained a lot, she was almost the complete opposite to him.
'Opposites attract'-right?
What would happen if she were to test this theory out?
Hidan noticed her expression change after he thought of wanting her and swiftly began mentally cursing himself because of it, since, it was plainly obvious she'd caught him out.
"Do you feel it?" She asked, just loud enough for him to hear, his eyes darted to hers once more, having strayed to the ground after he began to mentally curse himself.
"What the fuck do you mean?" He half-snapped at her, since his voice wavered in nervousness, wondering whether she felt the same way as him, even just a little.
"I mean; are you attracted to me?" Her gaze narrowed just slightly at him, signalling that she was being serious, she just wanted a straight answer, however, with Hidan nothing ever was a straight answer or simple.
His first initial idea was to laugh out loud at her question, simply brush it off, almost saying; 'As if'!' but, he couldn't, he just couldn't bring himself to do it, he couldn't even speak when she was staring at him with such intensity.
'Say something-you stupid bastard!' He mentally shouted at himself, cursing himself for his weakness, though, when he managed to speak, he muttered "H-huh?"
'Great job-you fucktard!'
He closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath through his nose and exhaled it out his mouth, aiming to calm himself-but, well, failed.
He forced his eyes open and immediately noticed that she weren't even looking at him, instead, they were focused ahead of her, it was as if they'd never spoken.
This made him rather angry, that she'd forget their conversation and he hadn't even answered her question yet!
Before it even registered in his mind on what he was doing, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her to face him fully-demanding that she hear his answer, though, he weren't exactly sure what he was going to say.
Having not expected this reaction, especially, since she'd been in deep thought, she'd tripped over her own feet-something she'd never done before, colliding into his chest, his other arm came out to steady her, realising that she was shivering within his hold.
Shinko clung to him as he held her close, so close that she could feel the heat rise in his body temperature, the beating of his heart increase, she knew he was blushing, she too, could also hear his warm blood rushing through his veins, making her want to lean-up, press kisses along his collarbone, up towards his neck, graze her canines against his main artery-which would make his breath hitch.
She began shivering violently, feeling his bare chest against her cheek, he was so warm compared to her cold skin and so hard.
The sun and heat was making her become rather ill and gradually getting weaker, this was how 'Heat Syndrome' worked, it would slowly make the Hybrid in question feel ill and zap them of all energy.
She felt as though she were fighting a losing battle, the urge to drink his blood was so violent, she almost screamed, she needed to get away, but, feeling his arm wrapped almost protectively around her waist, she knew that would be impossible.
She just hoped she had enough will to prevent her from draining him, if she didn't it could prove to be fatal.
To be continued...
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A/N: Hey again! I just wanted to say that I'd like it if more people reviewed this story, since, I have worked harder on it-or at least tried, I don't even mind if it's criticism-well, constructive crticism at the very least, I just feel bad that there is only my friend; 'Riayna Darkheart' that is reviewing this, even if it's just a couple of people, I would really appreciate it. Sorry to sound so needy, I know that if people want to read the story then reviews would make me get it done so much faster. So please, just spare me a minute of your time to review. Happy reading!