Chapter Twelve: A Matter of Life and Death
A/N: Sorry if it's been a while since I last updated. School has been kicking my butt (as usual) and I've been busy with other things. Anyway, this is not the last chapter, but it does contain a lime. After all, this story was rated mature for a very good reason.
Regardless of that, enjoy the story.
And no, I do not own Naruto or any of the characters...yeah...you get it.
For a while the group of young vampires continued through the forest. Kakuzu stayed at the back, not daring to leave now. Not after what he had witnessed. Konan and Deidara were not his friends, but they were comrades. They meant something to him…sort of. Either way, he and the others were responsible now for avenging their deaths.
Hidan seemed somewhat less uneasy than before. Akina was stronger than he realized, but she was still emotionally vulnerable. Every now and then, she would talk to herself, occasionally whispering things like, "Leave me alone," or "Fuck off."
'I'm going to fucking kill him,' Hidan thought. Akina didn't deserve any of this. When he turned her into a vampire, his intentions were to be with her forever, not fight a pair of psychotic vampires bent on raising hell and destroying the world.
Akina's eyes were duller than before, her pale skin stained red from her earlier grieving over Deidara killing himself. She tried not to let anyone see a single tear of blood, but Hidan noticed everything. Later the group went to stay in a cave, and everyone except Akina and Hidan went out to hunt.
'Sweet! Now I'm alone with her again,' Hidan thought. Akina sat on the floor of the cave, staring up at the ceiling as tears of blood flowed down her face.
"Hey? Are you okay?" Hidan asked.
"Don't worry about me," she said.
"You've been worrying me for years," he said. "Ever since we first met."
"Deidara's gone," she whispered. "And he was the only family I had left!" Akina began to sob, the crimson tears continuing to flow from her crystal blue eyes, and staining her shirt.
"Akina, listen to me. Deidara would've wanted you to be happy."
"I still miss him," she said through her tears.
"It's part of life and death. But you don't have to be alone anymore." Akina wiped the tears from her eyes and looked up at him.
"Hidan…are you saying that you will stay with me?" He leaned in closer to her.
"Yes. I don't want to leave you now. I've always wanted you."
A sudden flash of memories flew through Akina's mind, and soon everything about Hidan was beginning to fall back into place.
"You used to want me as a sex toy from what I remember."
"No, why would you think that?"
"Because I remember you now," she said looking up at him deviously. "You were the bastard who made my past five years a living hell."
"And if I didn't you'd be dead," he said. "I did it to save you."
"But couldn't you have just found me?"
"I should have. I didn't realize that you lost your human memories. I assumed you would come back to me."
"You're an idiot," she spat. Hidan bent down even closer to the point that he was straddling her.
"And you turn me on," he whispered, reaching out to touch her face. He ran his fingers through her hair, tugging on it gently.
"How badly do you want me right now?" she asked.
"You want to do it right now?"
"Hidan, we haven't made love in five years. Do you have any idea how deprived I've been?"
Hidan thought about this for a moment, something he rarely did before making love to any girl.
"Do you have all your memories back?"
"No…but I remember…us."
"It's not time yet," he said. Akina glared at him.
"And why the hell not?"
"One, because were in a cave. Two, Kabuto has easy access to your mind, and Three, I'd rather do when you're not grieving."
Akina sighed.
"Then…can we at least…compromise? I'll do whatever you want me to do."
Hidan smirked.
"Really?"
"Yes."
"I should pay you back for that blowjob then."
"What?" As soon as she spoke, Hidan's hand was already moving up her shirt, and inching under her bra. He cupped her breast in his hand and she moaned from his touch.
"Just relax," he said leaning in closer to her. Akina grabbed his face and kissed him roughly on the lips, allowing Hidan to taste her crimson tears of blood. They fell backwards, and Hidan had Akina pinned to the floor of the cave and her skirt revealing more than necessary.
"Nice panties," he said chuckling. They were hot pink with red and white hearts on them.
"You love it," she said as he ran his hand up her thigh. Lightly, he traced circles over her heated center, feeling him through the fabric that she desperately wanted him to remove.
Hidan simply watched the various pleasured expressions on her face, simply smirking at her. She was still young and it didn't take much to turn her on, even though she was nowhere near being a virgin.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked her.
"Just hurry it up already, before everyone comes back."
"Shit. You're right," he said. He grabbed her panties and pulled them off, so they were at her ankles. Akina eagerly spread her legs apart, letting him get a clear view of her sex. One finger trailed over her clitoris, and she couldn't help but moan again.
"You like that?"
"Don't stop," she said. He traced it over a few times, and then went further down, discovering how wet he was making her. His fingers traced over her entire sex, and then plunged into her with two fingers. She moaned his name, and he began moving his fingers in and out of her, becoming aroused just from watching her. His fingers went deeper into her, soon hitting a weak spot inside her.
"Harder, please…" she cried. Hidan's fingers thrust harder into her, and her insides clenched tightly around his fingers, her breath shaking to a halt the moment she reached her climax. Hidan slid his fingers out of her and tasted her sweet juices, while Akina lay on the ground breathing heavily.
"That…was so hot," she said. Hidan laid beside her on the floor and stared at her.
"And I got my payback," he added. Akina slowly sat up and pulled her panties back up, and pushed her skirt back down where it belonged. She lay back down on her side, only looking into Hidan's lavender eyes. She had missed him so much, and was happy that they finally had some time alone together, even if it was just fooling around. Hidan rested his hand on her waist, feeling the bare skin that was underneath. Before he changed her, his touch was colder than ice, and now it was just right. With his other hand he reached into his pocket and took out a handkerchief.
"Take it," he said. Akina took the piece of cloth and began wiping the tears of blood from her face, revealing her perfect pale skin underneath.
"Thank you." Hidan leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips.
"Feel better now?"
"Much better," Akina said attempting to sit up. Hidan got up first, and helped her to her feet.
"Don't fall on me now."
"It's not my fault I can't walk after an orgasm." Akina stumbled forward, but Hidan caught her.
"Maybe we should sit back down."
"Yeah." They sat down near the opening of the cave, and Akina leaned onto his shoulder, while he kept his arm around her waist.
"Hidan?" He turned to look at her. "Do you forgive me…for sleeping with Itachi?"
"You remembered that too."
"Yeah, and I feel bad now."
"I forgive you." Hidan kissed her again on the lips, and that was all Akina needed to understand that he finally put his grudge against Itachi aside for good. Besides, he was marrying Sakura. Not Akina.
"How cute, sitting like that…" A voice echoed throughout the cave.
"What is it?" Hidan asked her.
"Kabuto."
"Fuck. Can you get up?"
"I'll manage." She got to her feet, and put her black boots back on her feet.
"So you're coming out to see me? This will be entertaining." Akina hissed at the sound of his voice.
"He said something else?"
"You can't hear him?"
"No," Hidan said.
"He's ready to fight."
"And without Ophelia?"
"She's probably not too far from here." Hidan followed her out of the cave, their black leather jackets swaying in the cold summer air. The moon was beginning to wane, and all was dark and quiet as usual.
Then two figures emerged from the shadows. As they came closer, one was the figure of a man with long silver hair and glasses. Kabuto had changed little in the past five years, except that his hair was no longer in a ponytail, and hung freely around his face, which suited him better.
The figure next to him was smaller, and her green eyes were glowing much brighter than Akina's blue ones. Ophelia had completely taken over Ino's body, changing to match Akina's features, except for her hair, which was down to her waist. She wore a long white dress, and it was stained red with blood. She looked up from the ground and smiled darkly.
"Well, if isn't my dearest sister and her lover…nice of you to join us on such a lovely night." Her voice was sweet and airy, but also had a sickly dark tone to it.
"It's been long enough," said Akina. "You've caused pain and suffering." Akina took out a stake from her coat pocket. "It's time to end this."
"Oh? You came to kill me? Well then…let's play." Kabuto stepped back, and Hidan could do nothing but watch as his lover fought against her own flesh and blood once again.
"You knew that this was coming!" Ophelia screamed. "Your selfish ways coming back to haunt you!"
"Fuck off!" Ophelia grabbed Akina by the hair and pushed her backwards. Akina regained her footing, and sent a roundhouse at Ophelia. She flew backwards for a little bit, but came flying back towards Akina, pinning her to a tree.
"You think that I caused pain and suffering?" Ophelia slapped Akina across the face. "Let me tell you about the pain and suffering I endured! I had to bear Orochimaru's child! I was his experiment! And you…did absolutely nothing to save me! You had to run away with Stefan. My Stefan!"
Ophelia took a stake out of her own pocket, and slit her neck, allowing her blood to cover it.
"Now…you die!" Akina screamed, but not because she was dying.
Hidan had stepped in between.
"Hidan?" Ophelia smiled darkly.
"Stefan is defending you, Elena. How…touching." She pulled the stake out of him and Akina made a run for it, only to face Kabuto. He grabbed her, and pinned her face down to the ground.
"Come and get her Ophelia!" Ophelia ignored Hidan and flew over to Akina, who was struggling under Kabuto's hold.
"Akina!"
"Let me kill her," Ophelia said to him.
"Yes."
"No!" Hidan attempted to push Ophelia aside, but Kabuto stopped him.
"This is not your fight to intervene in."
"Fuck you!" He punched Kabuto in the face, shattering his glasses.
"Ouch." Kabuto threw off his glasses, and they fell down to the ground. "You'll pay for that." How his voice could stay so calm at this time was beyond Hidan.
"You're going to pay for what you've done to Akina!" Soon they began fighting, while Ophelia continued to throw Akina against the trees without laying a finger on her.
"You want to hear a secret?" She smiled darkly. "You remember your dear brother…Daisuke?" Akina immediately remembered her older brother, his smiling face, awkward movements and dark hair paired with blue eyes.
"I killed him," Ophelia said. "I drank his blood…and you know what? He was so delicious!"
Akina's head was bowed to the ground, and she slowly looked up at Ophelia, her eyes glowing bright blue.
Akina was no longer in control, instead…Elena was. Somehow Akina's body shut down, but Elena took control in an attempt to keep Akina alive.
"Elena…Did I say something wrong?"
"You killed him. Her flesh and blood. How could you do that?"
"I was merely having fun," she said giggling. Elena slapped her across the face.
Ophelia's eyes narrowed at those that belonged to her twin sister. She rammed the stake into her, but it missed and broke the tree behind Elena in half.
In a split second, Elena had a stake covered in her own blood up against Ophelia's neck.
"Before I kill you, I'd like to apologize. I'm sorry…that you were so selfish in thinking that Stefan ever loved you. I'm sorry that your last days were not happy, but now…I can finally put you out of your misery." Ophelia pushed Elena backwards, and she fell to the ground.
"You always have to be so kind…but it won't save you. I'm still going to kill you." Ophelia charged at Elena, and the wooden stake was slammed into Akina's heart, only to be stabbed herself.
Kabuto had fallen to the ground, his arm completely ripped off from Hidan's rampage. Hidan ceased his fighting and nearly panicked when he saw the scene before him.
"They fucking stabbed each other!"
"No shit," Kabuto said getting up.
"Akina!" Hidan ran to her, while Kabuto attempted to pry Ophelia off of her sister. Ophelia's eyes faded to an aquamarine, and for a second she was Ino Yamanaka, the girl that she had possessed. Akina lay on the ground, but surprisingly, the stake had missed her heart by inches and punctured a lung.
"She killed her," Kabuto said holding Ino's body in his one arm.
"And you're next." Itachi and the others appeared out of the trees. "We saw everything, and I got to truly see what a disgrace you truly are to our kind."
"Let's get him," Sakura said darkly.
"No! Not me…I swear…I-I didn't mean to do it!"
"Too late," said Kakuzu. "Your actions cannot be forgiven." The four vampires took him away, and screams came from him as Itachi drove a stake into his cold black heart.
"Akina…are you okay?" Akina coughed up blood, and shakily pulled the stake out of her chest.
"Besides the fact that I have a hole in my lung?" Hidan began to grow fearful. "Relax, I'm fine."
"So you're okay, then?"
"Duh," Akina said. "But I feel bad for Ophelia."
"What do you want to do?" Ophelia's body began to crack and crumble and slowly turned into ash.
"I guess…she's in a better place. There's nothing more we can do."
"Are all your memories back now?"
"Yes. And Kabuto is no longer invading my mind."
"Then do you still want to go to the ruins tomorrow? You wanted to learn about that Stefan guy, right?" Akina smiled.
"Why? I've already found him."
"What the fuck are you talking about?""Are you that thick? You were Stefan!"
"Then that means…"
"That we've finally found each other," Akina said finishing his sentence. And for the first time in Hidan's immortal life, a single crimson tear escaped from his eye. He held Akina tightly against his chest, and they both began to cry…but with such joy that they had finally found each other.
"I love you," he whispered.
"I love you too." Once they let go of each other, they both got up from the ground, and Akina's wound had already healed.
"You really do amaze me," Hidan said noticing that her wound had healed.
"You're the one who made me this way…remember?"
"Yeah. Hey, you want to get out of here?"
"Where to?" Hidan smiled and kissed her on the lips.
"To somewhere special."
After all these images of pain have cut right through you,
I will kiss every scar, and weep that you are not alone.
Then I'll show you that place in my chest where my heart still tries to beat...
-Atreyu
Stay tuned, there's still one more chapter...and yes, it will be a lemon. Don't say I never warned you. Please review. :)
