A/N: HE ALMOST KISSED ME! I didn't even know that that was going to happen. Woow. But I sure liked telling that hooker to back off. Now that was some real fun (; how are ya'll liking the story so far? I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy writing XD here we see a wild Kakuzu, freaking out about his money. Let's watch.
Disclaimer: I own everything but Kakuzu in this story *Cries* (Well maybe not my friends. They actually help me with their own character in the story, so they should get some credit.) *Claps* If I did so happen to own Naruto and the associated characters, I am sure there would be some people that I would like to beat some sense into. And others that I would give more screen time and avoid their deaths. I understand why Masashi Kishimoto did it, I just kind of wish he hadn't. (Mumbling about writers who kill off the good characters way too quickly)
I walk close to Kakuzu as we make our way down the cleared out area in the woods, where I first meet him. After about fifteen minutes of walking we veer off the path and step into the woods. This time I had to be careful where to step because I didn't have any pants on. Thorns and poison ivy covered the ground. Really wish I had a machete right about now.
"Owww!" I dint see the thorny vine until it was too late.
"Jennifer."
I stop dead. This is the first time he has said your name… My name…. coming out of those beautiful lips… With that blood chilling voice… It was about 70 degrees outside, the rain had stopped for now but the humidity was making it feel hot and muggy. And despite all that, goose bumps rose up on my skin and made my hair stand up on my arms.
"Y-yes." I shudder uncontrollably, still standing in the same spot while he kept on walking. Since we were in Humberto's neighborhood, Milyssa decided to stay with him while we went down to the woods. I think Humberto is still scared of the woods or still in shock from Kakuzu. Hmm. Both.
"What did you mean by two weeks?"
Huhh..?
"Oh! When we were at the food court! Yeah. Five years ago, I used to live here in Georgia. Here let me pull up a map." I whip out my phone and he turns around and walks back to me.
"See this one? This one's Georgia. Let me zoom in…. We're somewhere around… Here. I lived in this city five years ago. Then my mom got a job offer and my family was forced to pack up and move away… To this state over here, called Nevada… thousands of miles away. Any chance I get, I'm back here in Georgia. This place is home. But it's really expensive to go back and forth... So I only get the chance once a year. And this time I have only two weeks. Ten days now, to be exact."
"Why don't you just live here?"
"I want to. So bad. But I would miss my parents way too much. Plus I have better opportunities out there for the kind of job field I want to get into."
"And what's that?"
"I want to be a Zoologist. I want to work in a zoo and take care of exotic animals and maybe one day get a really high education where I could travel the world and help take animals off of the endangered species list. Ever since I was a little girl I have always been fascinated with wildlife. It's my calling."
Kakuzu just grunts and starts to walk away again.
"So where are we going, Kakuzu?" I question as I run to catch up to him.
"Right here." He stops and gets down on his hands and knees and reaches under a dark green holly bush. He rustles around a bit and then pulls something out.
"That isn't what I think it is." I gasp. "That's your briefcase thing that you use to carry money from the bounty man back to the base. I'm shocked to see it!"
Kakuzu brushes off some dirt and leaves then puts in a combination to the lock.
"But Kakuzu, your money won't work in this world… well maybe its Japanese currency. Then we could get it turned into Amer-"
"What the fuck is this?!" He yells.
I scurry over to see what the fuss was about and my jaw drops.
Oh.
Sweet.
Mother.
Teresa.
"This isn't my money!" He roars and leaps up as he expects the culprit to walk out from behind a tree.
"Kakuzu. Just calm down." I go to him and put one hand on his chest, one hand on his bicep. "No one would just switch out your money. It probably changed, just as you did, when you appeared here."
He was breathing hard and I could feel his heart pounding under my fingertips. Don't mess with this man and his money.
"Kakuzu. Look at me. That is a serious amount of money, it needs to be in a safer spot where you can keep a better eye on it. And you going all crazy and yelling isn't going to make this make any more sense." His wild and frantic eyes met mine and I watched as the strife melted away. The anger literally softened his face as he looked at me.
"That's better." I hugged him quickly, then walked over to the briefcase and closed it. I lifted it up by the handle then set it back on the ground. "Okay Mr. Buff guy. You can carry that!" Who knew that millions of dollars were so heavy?! He just picked it up and carried it on his shoulder like it was nothing. Show off.
We walked to Humberto's house in a comfortable silence. But once we got close to his house I broke it, "We probably shouldn't tell anyone but Milyssa about the money and maybe Humberto… I know Mike and Lyssa wouldn't act crazy with that kind of money… But I know other people would, so you can't flaunt what you got there."
"Don't plan on it."
"But that shirt does flaunt a lot." I confessed. "I mean it makes your muscles look huge. Well they're already huge but it just makes them look so lickable." What the fuck. "Uhh. I didn't just say that. You didn't hear anything." My face turned bright red.
"Let's just get the love birds and go get you some proper clothes." I said completely embarrassed.
"Oh my God. Milyssa…. IS this real…?! Please pinch me."
Kakuzu stepped out of the dressing room wearing a pair of light wash True Religion jeans, a less tight fitting black shirt, and military style all black boots with his hair pulled back in a low ponytail. Every woman in the store had their eyes on him. I mean what's not to look at. He's tall dark and handsome, wearing expensive clothes that made him even more ohh and ahh worthy. But I couldn't help but feeling possessive over him. He's not even yours.
Milyssa halfheartedly punched my arm without taking her eyes off the view. Then leaned over to Humberto. "Dear. Work out more."
"Bahahah!" I bust out laughing at Milyssa, causing Kakuzu to glare at us from the mirror. I get up and walk over to him. "You do know that everything with a vagina is going to want to jump you. I guess there's nothing we can put you in that won't attract attention. Come on." I punch him in the shoulder. "You know you're going to need more than one outfit." His smile unconcealable as he walks off in search for more clothes.
"Guess we shouldn't tell him that it isn't normal to walk around in the stores' clothes if you haven't bought them yet, huh?"
"I… Think he might figure it out on his own. Eventually." She nods slowly.
"You know what I'm waiting for? I'm waiting for someone to piss him off. And watch him just go ape shit on them and beat their face in."
"I think I actually want to see that. I just wish we didn't have to worry about the aftermath so much."
"He would probably be put in prison for twenty five to life. Wouldn't he get in a hell of a lot of trouble for not having any kind of ID?
"Oh my God. Sissy. How do we keep overlooking all of this important stuff?! First it was our own introduction. And now its identification. What's going to happen when I have to go back to Las Vegas?! I can't just leave him here." I collapse into the seat next to her and put my head in my hands. Tears threatened to fall. I knew something like this would happen…
"They'd probably think he was some sort of terrorist or something crazy. We'd never see him again… He needs an ID, real or not! But how? I don't know how to do stuff like that!"
I lift me head and look at her. "I can't just go home without him. It won't… I wouldn't… What do we do….?"
"It's going to be impossible to get him onto a plane without that stuff. But also your parents! What would they say?"
"Who cares what they'll say! We can't worry about the second step if we haven't even figured out the first!"
"Right, right! Okay. So… oh, I don't know!"
"Milyssa" Humberto interrupts.
"He needs a birth certificate, social security papers, and all sorts of stuff!" She's not paying attention to him. Just looking down and thinking real hard.
"Milyssa…?"Humberto tries again.
"But how do we get those things?"
"Milyssa!" He finally says loud enough to break her from her thinking. He lowers his voice to a whisper. "I have a cousin who works at the court house as a clerk. She is in charge of making sure everything is correct on birth certificates. So she has access to them."
"B-but that's illegal!" I say a little loudly and quickly slap a hand over my mouth. "That will cost her, her job… so wouldn't we have to bribe her enough so she would be more than willing to comply?" I say much quieter. Would she even do it? We have to make her. If we tell her the plan now there's a huge possibility that she'll back out. We have to lie and make her think everything is normal. And when we can get here face to face, give her the bribe and get the certificate for Kakuzu.
"Text her now. Don't tell her anything. Just say something along the lines off 'want to go grab lunch or coffee and catch up?'" I demand, suddenly getting excited about the new plan.
"Uhh. Okay." Humberto pulls out his phone and I leave him and Milyssa to it as I get up and go find Kakuzu.
A small, mousy woman with glasses and pigtails followed Kakuzu around with a huge pile of clothes in her arms. Her hungry brown eyes never leaving him for a second. Watch this.
"I like the clothes here. Better quality and more interesting designs than in my world."
"Well when you get back home you can start a multibillion dollar company, as long as I get to be your business partner, since I do know about the fashion of my world." I say with a wink as I put my hand on his arm and look the short woman with pigtails, dead in the eye. This is mine.
He just shakes he head with a smirk and walks back to the dressing room. The brown haired woman looked at me fearfully and scampered after Kakuzu. After a half hour of shopping or so we leave the mall, the trunk and the back seat laden with shopping bags.
"So how much did ya drop on all of this?"
"Only $1,635.27" He responds pretty quickly.
"Feel any buyer's remorse?" I play.
"Not as much as I thought I would."
"Probably because this is somewhat of a… unexpected vacation." I respond as I look aver at him in the passenger's seat. "So Kakuzu. There's a lot of complications in this country. First off our government wants to control us, and at birth each of us are given a personal number and a certificate that confirms that we were born in this country. And with those things you can get drivers licenses and be cleared to go on planes, which are huge machines that hold about a hundred people, and fly. Anyways. You are stuck in this place until we get you those things. It's highly illegal to forge those documents and could result into people being sent to prison. So. The question is. Are you ready to do illegal stuff?" I grin without taking my eyes off the road.
"So Humberto. Got a date planned?"
"Chelsea is open for tomorrow at four." He replies.
"Alright, we'll be back here around noon to go over details." I announced as I pulled into the drive way and dropped him off. When he got out of the car I turned to Milyssa. "You're wondering how I paid for those clothes he got today. Well I didn't. He did. Member the silver briefcase that he practically beat Asuma with? That has money in it? Well he brought it with him. And it does have money in it. Millions of dollars, all strangely turned to American currency. Kakuzu and I were going to start counting it when we get home. And you're helping since were using your room." I say mischievously as I glance back in the rearview mirror to look at her face.
Yep. She's shocked. This is going to be fun.
I turn up the radio and push the gas pedal a bit harder.
