I'm very, very, very, very (this could go on forever) sorry to all of my readers. After an almost 6 month long writers block, I've FINALLY finished the long awaited Chapter 8.

Chapter 8

Day 1

Ame and Zetsu had hardly spoken since the mission. Zetsu was embarrassed, and Ame was...busy.

Pein had given Ame the task of getting to know the rest of the Akatsuki. She'd complained a little because that, of course, required spending time with the much hated Hidan.

"Why the hell can't I just skip him? I know him well enough!" She shouted. "He's loud, arrogant, derogatory, and...just...GAH!" She threw up her hands in exasperation.

Pein held back a laugh and watched her storm around his office. "Well, then spend your first day with him and get it over with." He suggested.

Ame turned to retaliate, but stopped short. Realization and embarrassment dawned on her face. She shook her head and frowned. "Why didn't I think of that...?" She grumbled.

"Be careful." Pein chuckled before she marched out of his office, muttering incoherently.

Ame grumbled all the way down the hall to Hidan's room. She took a deep breath and pounded on Hidan's door.

After the third "knock", a disgruntled, shirtless, Hidan opened the door. He blinked stupidly a couple times at the scowling Ame before he yawned.

"Whaddya want?" He asked, crossing his arms and leaning against the doorframe. He smirked when Ame's mouth opened slightly, and her eyes trailed over his muscular chest.

"Better close that mouth of yours darling, it makes you look almost cute."

Ame shook her head and forced the scowl to reappear on her face. Unfortunately, a blush began to creep onto her face.

"Pein-sama said I have to "spend time" with every member...so, you're stuck with me for the day..."

Hidan gave her a once over and smiled maliciously. "Just me? For one whole day? My, my, Leader-sama IS getting careless isn't he?"

Ame crossed her arms. "I kicked your ass once, I can do it again." She growled.

Hidan laughed and tousled her hair (another growl). "Of course, you can." He shot her a face smile and walked back into his room, his arms spread wide. "What's mine is yours." He said mockingly.

Ame rolled her eyes and cautiously stepped into the dimly lit bedroom. She looked over to Hidan, who had crawled back into bed and was emitting a dull snoring sound. She sighed and looked around at her surroundings.

The walls had a slight red tinge to them, and the whole room smelled rather funky. There were two pairs of ripped pants in one corner, and an extra cloak in another. Kunai and shuriken were randomly strewn about the room, and there were a few stuck in the walls. Her eyes rested on Hidan again. His snoring had went from a dull moan to a rather loud roar. Well, she thought to herself, it IS only eight in the morning, quite early for a lazy ass like himself... She then proceeded to pick up the kunai and shuriken off of the floor.

"If I'm spending the day here, I'm NOT going to be stepping on these blasted things all day...and I DO wish I could get a vacuum and some air freshener in here..." She muttered quietly to herself as she began to pick up the other objects.

"There." She finally said. "Now it looks semi-decent...maybe I'll give it a really good clean while he's out on a mission sometime..."

She sat jadedly* on the edge of Hidan's bed. Smiling inwardly, she began creeping up the bed.

"Hey, old man!" She poked Hidan's cheek. He mumbled in his sleep. Something about "too hot to handle."

"HIDAN!" She shouted. The "poor" man looked like he'd been shot. He shot up into a sitting position, looking around quickly. His eyes finally rested on her.

Ame laughed. "Geez, sleepin' like that, you'd think you were dead! Making the exception to your booming loud snore..."

Hidan grumbled incoherently (AN: I'm sorry, that's my favourite phrase...and my favourite thing to do ) and rubbed his eyes. He stiffened when he realized the position Ame was sitting in.

She'd crawled up and straddled his knees, her hands resting on his thighs. Her face loomed dangerously close to his. Funny thing was, was that she didn't seem to notice. Her eyes were closed, and her mouth bore a superior smirk, like she'd just beaten him at some private game.

Ame laughed again and scrambled off of him. "You're so boring!" She declared.

Hidan looked around his room...something seemed different. He just couldn't put his finger on it.

"What the hell did you do to my room?" Hidan inquired.

Ame crossed her arms and leaned up against the wall at the foot of his bed. " I just picked up all that crap off of the floor...if I'm gonna be spending the day here, I'm not contracting any of the diseases that are living on those things."

Hidan snorted. "Women..." He stretched and grunted before he lifted himself out of bed.

"I'm immortal, so I don't need to worry about those "petty" things." He looked around again. "Where's my scythe?" He growled.

Ame pointed wordlessly towards the closet.

Hidan grumbled some more and stomped over to the closet, only to fling open the door and get buried in his ninja tools, his scythe, and all of the other assorted objects that Ame had stuffed in there.

Seeing the bewilderment, and slight pain in Hidan's eyes finally did it for Ame. It started as a mere snicker, which turned into giggles, that became a doubled up, falling-to-your-knees laugh. Ame clutched at her stomach and began to roll around on the floor.

Hidan's surprised look quickly turned into an angry one. He shook off the pile of junk and picked up his scythe.

"YOU'RE GOING TO PAY!" He roared as he stepped over a small pile of kunai.

Ame quickly jumped to her feet and began backing towards the door. "Only if you can catch me, old timer."

Unfortunately for Hidan, a small senbon needle had become stuck in the carpet, and, you guessed it, he stepped on it, giving Ame the split second she needed to fling open the door and tear off down the hallway.

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So? How'd ya like it? Chapter 9 will (hopefully) be up shortly. It will probably include Tobi, so, if you have anything you'd like me to include, comment or send me a message.

Love,

xXAngelNinjaXx