Hidan sat at a table in the food court of a mall Deidara had dragged him to, listening to the blonde talk enthusiastically abo
Hidan sat at a table in the food court of a mall Deidara had dragged him to, listening to the blonde talk enthusiastically about his art project and picking at his food.
"Oi, Hidan! Look, un!" Deidara suddenly shouted in the other teen's ear. Hidan jumped and looked in the direction that the blonde was pointing. Sitting at one of the tables was that strange redhead, Sasori, and Kakuzu. Hidan frowned at the two. Kakuzu had left earlier that day, saying he had business.
"Do you think they're on a date, un? If not, I want the redhead." Hidan shook his head and glared at the blonde.
"No, I think they're talking about work or something. Kakuzu said he had business to take care of."
"Cool, un! Let's spy on 'em!" The next thing Hidan knew, they were hidden behind a plant and straining their ears to hear what the two were saying.
"You really should consider relocating the kid Kakuzu. Orochimaru is a serious threat to Hidan's safety."
Said teen frowned as his name came up and waited for Kakuzu to answer. The black-haired man sighed and shook his head.
"As I said before, it's Konan's decision until Hidan is in immediate danger. Right now Hebi is just a risk. Once it becomes anything more than that, I will get Hidan out of there as fast as possible."
Sasori sighed and shook his head. "Kakuzu, you are smarter than this. What about all your training? Is this what Akatsuki taught you?"
"I would rather put off relocating the boy as long as possible. He has friends here. Isn't that why he didn't grow up in a lab? They wanted him to have well developed social skills."
Deidara gasped and pulled on Hidan's shoulder excitedly. "What are they talking about? What do they mean by growing up in a lab?"
Hidan just shook his head slowly and inched closer as the two at the table lowered their voices. "I have no clue, Dei."
"Are you absolutely sure about Hebi, Sasori?"
"Of course, Kakuzu. I wouldn't be here if I wasn't."
Hidan nearly knocked over the plant in front of him when Deidara suddenly poked his shoulder. "What do you want, Dei?"
"I think we should reveal ourselves, un."
Hidan turned to look at Deidara and frowned. "Are you crazy?"
"No, un. But I think you should ask Kakuzu about this."
"…Fine. But I'll ask him at home."
"Ask who what?" Both Deidara and Hidan jumped as Kakuzu's voice came from behind them. They turned to the man slowly and smiled guiltily.
"Go on, un! Ask him Hidan!" Hidan nodded, standing up and looking at Kakuzu nervously.
"What did you mean by me not growing up in a lab? And why are you talking about moving me?"
Kakuzu frowned and glanced at Sasori, who was smirking. "You don't have any orders against it Kakuzu."
The taller man nodded and turned back to Hidan, smiling slightly. "We are talking about moving you because you are in possible danger of being kidnapped by Hebi."
"Possible danger? Why would 'Hebi' want me?"
Konan tapped her pen on the desk, dozing off at her desk at the Akatsuki 'base'. Suddenly, her head slammed down on the desk and she sat back up quickly, only to be met with a soft chuckle. Konan turned to glare at her boss, a tall man with orange hair and many different piercings.
"What do you want Pein?" The man just grinned and sat on her desk, shrugging.
"Nothing. Just trying to get away from the others." He frowned as Konan looked away, at a picture of two small children. Pein frowned and leaned forward, placing a hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Are you OK?"
Konan turned to Pein and nodded, smiling. "Yeah, just thinking."
"About what?" Konan sighed as Pein suddenly grinned at her. The man had strange mood swings.
"About Kakuzu and Hidan. I'm afraid of what Hidan might do without me around. Kakuzu lets him do whatever he wants as long as it doesn't hurt him." Pein chuckled and nodded, picking up the picture that Konan was looking at.
"How old are Kakuzu and Hidan here?"
"Kakuzu's five and Hidan's two."
Pein looked at the picture closely, trying to get his mind around the idea that Kakuzu had be short at one point in his life. Putting the picture down, Pein glanced at Konan, who was watching him sadly.
"I'm sorry Konan. You know it's out of my hands."
"Yeah, I know. I just wish it wasn't."
"Because you're an important investment to Akatsuki." Sasori said calmly from the table, looking at the blonde behind the plant curiously.
"I'm not an 'investment'! I'm a fucking person with feelings you know."
"In some way you are an investment, Hidan. I'm one too." Hidan turned to Kakuzu and glared at the taller male.
"What do you mean?"
"Akatsuki put a lot of money into some experiments on people. They were trying to make super soldiers. Both of us are results from the same experiment on immortality."
Hidan blinked, processing all the information. He was an experiment? Why hadn't Konan told him? "Immortality?"
Kakuzu nodded and patted Hidan's shoulder gently. "I can't really tell you anything else. Ask Konan about it." Sasori stood up and walked over to Kakuzu, motioning that it was time it leave. Hidan watched them go, frowning.
"That was strange, un."
The most serious chapter yet! :O Dun, dun, dun!
