Hidan's P.O.V:

Getting the kid to leave him alone was much harder than Hidan thought it would be.

"But Hidan! Why don't you want to stay with me at my house?" Kiba whined for the fifth time, hanging from Hidan's outstretched arms with wide, begging eyes. "Am I not good enough for you?"

With a roll of his eyes, the silver haired man shook his head. "Kiba, must you always be so fucking dramatic? You need to go back to your Jashin damned home and I need to get myself a fucking filthy hotel room."

Admittedly, he said this without the usual fire the sentence would have contained if it had been directed at anyone that wasn't Kiba. He was tired and annoyed, but he just couldn't make himself want to leave Kiba. And the fact that he'd have to leave the kid and his wonderful eyes only to go meet the annoying silver haired bastard named Kakashi sure didn't make him want to leave any more than he would have wanted otherwise.

The boy was currently hanging off of Hidan's arms, leaning back with a very convincing pout on his lips, all the while Hidan stood balancing back against the slight force he was exerting.

Kiba was a very cute individual. Hidan couldn't understand just how the teenager was cute, but he was it.

... Must've been those amazing eyes...

"But why would you choose a filthy hotel room over my home?"

Those very brown eyes were wide and curious as Kiba looked directly into Hidan's own dark red eyes, and the silver haired man could see even a bit of hurt hidden in those depths.

Shit.

With a groan, Hidan pulled his arms into his chest, effectively causing Kiba to tumble into him. Then he wrapped one arm around the kid's shoulders, stepped to the side so he wasn't facing the kid, then ruffled his hair with the arm around his shoulders.

"Because I refuse to accept your hospitality. Because if you do something for me, then, in the end, I'm going to have to do something for you." Hidan answered, dropping his arm so it rested along the kid's collarbone. "And I refuse to have a debt held over my head by a snot nosed brat like you.

From the way Kiba's face scrunched up, Hidan could tell his words had annoyed him. And this made Hidan begin to doubt this choice of words.

He knew if he were nice about it, Kiba would never leave him alone. He would have to be at least a bit rude to get the kid off his ass. Even though he didn't like the idea, he knew he would have to keep the kid at arm's length for now. At least until he knew just how much the Hokage and Kakashi knew and what they would want to do with it.

"But, Hidan!"

"No buts, kid. Now get your ass in gear unless you want your mother coming after you and me for being irresponsible and you not going back home on time."

The pout Kiba now made had Hidan regretting ever having spoken up. His bottom lip jutted out and quivered slightly, the boy's eyes wide and pleading.

"Please come with me, Hidan... I don't want to go alone..."

Hidan could feel his self-control slipping. The more he looked at Kiba, the cuter the kid become. And the cuter he became, the more Hidan wanted to wrap him up in his arms and keep him protected.

Luckily for the man, Akamaru bounded up at that moment, growling grumpily at his master. The dog was dragging his paws and seemed rather irritated, most probably because of whatever Kakashi's dogs had done to him. Even though Hidan didn't completely understand the conversation that had happened between the kid and the bastard, he could tell that it had ended up with Akamaru in this condition.

"Oh, come on, boy. It's your fault for falling to peer pressure." Kiba stuck his tongue out with a roll of his eyes, which received an irritated bark from the dog. "Hey! Don't use that language around me! Just because Hidan and I can doesn't mean you can!"

The odd sentence caught Hidan's interest and he soon asked, "Did he just curse at you or something?"

Kiba nodded and looked back at the man, both then ignoring Akamaru's growls of indignation.

"He called me a fucking stupid bastard of a master. I think he's been hanging around you too much, Hidan." The boy said matter of factly, crossing his arms over his chest as he did so.

This made Hidan quirk an eyebrow then smirk slightly. Was Kiba actually being that much of a hypocrite?

"Kid... You're not one to talk. You've been swearing up and down at everyone you've deemed worthy of it." Hidan pointed out, then turned around with a wave of his hand, "Maybe a bit of separation will do you a bit of good. Swearing isn't becoming of a genin of the Hidden Leaf."

Quite frankly, Hidan could care less about Kiba adopting his crass manner of speaking. Swearing proved to add honesty to all statements. If something was really stupid, it was fucking stupid. Adding the swear added sincerity to all statements. And if someone was being a complete jerk, he or she deserved to know they were being a bastard, bitch, or bastardly bitch.

"Hidan, you're always swearing."

Beginning to walk away from Kiba, Hidan called over his shoulder, "Because I'm fucking amazing enough to do it. Now go back home, jackass. I don't need you getting in trouble for being completely retarded."

"Fine!" Kiba called from behind him, "But tomorrow I'm going to hunt you down to continue looking for your siblings!"

"Alright!"

And with this, Hidan heard Kiba take off with Akamaru, his chakra signature becoming fainter with each step they took from each other.

It kind of hurt Hidan to be alone after having spent so much time with the annoying kids of Team 8. Especially now that Kiba was completely gone for the night.

But he didn't have time to think about that. Instead he had to worry about the meeting he was now to go into, one that would undoubtedly end horribly if he didn't play his cards right.

Raising his head to look up at the night sky, Hidan couldn't help but look directly at the bright moon. It was a crescent moon. And he'd never been big on superstition or premonitions, but... For some reason... Seeing the moon in this manner made a shiver run up his spine.

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When he arrived at the Hokage's building, it was mostly deserted. None of the workers that had been there earlier in the day could be found. And now all was dark and almost lonely, giving the whole building an almost ethereal feel that had Hidan clutching at his prayer beads out of worry.

And once he reached the Hokage's office, he understood that all of his feelings of foreboding were justified.

The blonde woman sat with her hands clasped beneath her chin, eyes narrowed in concentration. To her left, her little lap dog stood with her arms crossed, eyes narrowed as well but in the direction of the door. And to her right stood the annoying bastard Kakashi, seemingly relaxed and calm even in the tense environment.

"Look at that, Lady Hokage..." Kakashi began slowly as Hidan stepped into the room, voice laced with mirth. "He can follow instructions."

A disgruntled frown found its way onto Hidan's face as soon as the man spoke, and he soon answered back.

"Look at that, bastard thinks he's funny. It's a shame, really. Was he dropped on his head as a child?"

Kakashi merely rolled his eye at Hidan's petulant answer while the Jashinist himself growled softly. He really didn't like the other man. Not only had he threatened Hidan's likelihood of living a good life, he had also threatened his accessibility to Kiba.

"Hidan, Kakashi, stop acting like petulant children." The blonde woman before Hidan growled with a frown, "You are already aware of why I have asked you here, correct?"

Hidan nodded slightly at the question, even though he kept his gaze on Kakashi for a moment longer before he turned to look at the blonde woman.

"Yeah. Apparently my reputation proceeds me." Hidan grunted softly, allowing himself to fall back into his angered and petulant attitude now that he didn't have to hold onto faked propriety. "You Konoha jackasses aren't as stupid as I thought you would have been."

The woman's blue eyes became cold at the man's words, but Hidan didn't mind. She already knew who he truly was. He didn't have to act nice anymore.

"I didn't recognize you at first, I have to admit." The Hokage sighed as she stood up from her desk, then moved to grab at a book in front of her. "But then I began to look through the Bingo Book and found a picture I recognized... Does this man seem familiar to you, Hidan?"

With this question, the woman opened up the book onto a marked page and showed Hidan his own page. His picture was grainy and slightly wasted, which let him know this was an older copy of the bounty book. But the name above his picture and its description were still rather accurate.

"Speaks of having immortality. Could be a bluff. But is considered deranged and dangerous. Approach with utmost caution." Kakashi recited, then looked at Hidan with his one uncovered eye narrowed. "Sounds like the kind of person we should detain on sight."

Hidan couldn't help but smirk at that. "Sounds like it... Why the fuck haven't you done it yet? Too cowardly to mess with me?"

"Not at all." The other man bit back, "The Hokage wanted to speak with you alive. If it were up to me, though... Well... I kind of want to see if that claim to immortality has any substance to it."

Oh, Hidan was a loyal follower of Lord Jashin. And his Lord had payed him back in kind for all of his work. Immortality was achievable with the right amount of faith and loyalty. But, usually, Hidan didn't leave anyone alive if they found out about his little ability. It wouldn't be a good thing to have everyone know he could survive everything, after all.

"Kakashi, stand down." Tsunade sighed, motioning with her fingers for the man to step back. "Hidan... You came into my village under the false pretense of coming to search for your family."

"That wasn't a lie."

The three villagers looked at him in surprise, which then made Hidan sigh and shake his head.

"I did come here to look for my long lost brother and sister." He explained himself, internally hoping that Kiba's name would not be brought up in the conversation. "I know they were sold off to mercenaries or slavers or something here in the Hidden Leaf."

"You expect us to believe this? That a man as cold hearted and blood thirsty as you could ever actually care for anyone other than himself?"

His glare was then directed at the black haired woman. She dared question him? ... Maybe these people weren't as retarded as he believed.

"Not at all. You cocksuckers are more likely to try to kill me once you've heard what you want rather than actually listen to my real words." Hidan then shrugged, crossing his arms to lean against the wall behind him. "I've always wanted to know what happened to the unfortunate fuckers after they were sold off. Call it my curiosity."

Silence reigned over the group for a few seconds after he had answered, then the blonde woman walked around her desk and towards Hidan. And once she was close enough, she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him in, blue eyes glaring dangerously.

"You are a missing nin with a trail of bodies greater than any mediocre ninja could ever create." She hissed all the while Hidan looked at her with an almost bored air about him. "You believe you can stroll into my village and not have anything happen to you once we've uncovered the truth?"

At this, Hidan rolled his eyes, "Not at all... I just honestly thought it would you idiots a bit longer to figure out who I was. I would have been long gone by the time you had figured it out..." Then he smirked at the woman, causing her to sneer at him. "At least... That had been the initial plan."

The woman's hands tightened around the fabric of his shirt, then Hidan found himself being pushed roughly into the wall, the woman smiling dangerously at him.

"Well then, it's great things didn't go as planned, right?" She asked sweetly, then shoved him once more before letting go of his shirt and turning around. "I have an assignment for you, Hidan. One that will prove to be mutually gratifying."

"Crazed bitch..." Hidan muttered under his breath as he straightened up his roughed up clothes, then looked up when he processed the bit about an assignment. "The hell? Are you really this fucking insane? An assignment for me? I thought you little Konoha bitches would just lock me up as soon as you figured out who I was."

With her back still to him, Tsunade answered. "Maybe under other circumstances. But I have rather pressing matters to worry about that have just given you an out for your past crimes to Konoha."

This caused Hidan to quirk an eyebrow. And when he looked at Kakashi and Shizune, he could tell both of them were rather uncomfortable and unsure with the whole situation.

"You're talents for destruction and murder are known throughout all the lands. Finding out that you have decided to slaughter any group of given shinobi would not cause much of a stir in the lands because of your past with senseless murder." The woman continued, then finally turned around with a soft smile. "You will become Konoha's free agent. You are to accept the most dangerous S-Ranked missions I will give you and complete them without any complaint. And if you are ever captured during your missions, you will play the part of a psychotic lunatic that just wanted to quench his lord's blood thirst and, if asked, deny any affiliation with the Hidden Leaf. Am I understood?"

It took Hidan a moment to process what the woman had said. And he finally had, the man's eyes widened and he immediately began to argue.

If he was accepting missions, he wouldn't be able to spend time with Kiba. And, worse yet... If he continued murdering people, he'd run the risk of the boy finding out about who he truly was.

"No! I refu-" He began to shout, only for Kakashi to shake his head and interrupt.

"You can't. Because if you refuse our hospitable offer, then you will be exposed as the missing nin you are and returned to Yugakure to be put to trial for your crimes. Which would mean your time in the Hidden Leaf would be cut short." The man explained smoothly, his smirk heard clear in his words.

"What?! You bastards can't do this!"

"We can and we will." Tsunade growled, slamming her hand against her desk. "There is no going around this. You will do our dirty work, Hidan, like it or not. And you will keep everything you do under wraps because all of your missions will be classified. Am I understood?"

He was caught between a rock and a hard place. If he were to deny, then he'd be forced to admit to being a criminal and never to see Kiba again. But if he were to agree to it, then he'd run the risk of being caught in a mission.

"Good." Tsunade smirked after he spent a few seconds without answering, "Kakashi will be your handler. He will go with you on all of your missions. I thought it'd be nice for you to have a familiar face with you to keep you in check."

Kakashi's smirk was clear on his face as he saluted at the other man.

"Now you are to come back here in two days time for your first assignment. Come prepared for all kinds of missions." The blonde woman instructed, waving the man to leave. "And, please, keep yourself from causing too much of an uproar in your time in my village. It'd be a shame if all of the friends you managed to create were to learn about how a truly despicable human you are."

The glare Hidan sent her way was vicious. And the smirk he received was smug.

She knew she had won. She had complete control of Hidan now.

Not only could she use his criminal past against him, threaten to return him to Yugakure, but she could also threaten him with Kiba and the other runts he had gotten to meet.

She had all of the cards... And Hidan was left with nothing to defend himself with.

Damn.

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