Alrighty then... I completely apologize for the lateness of this chapter (Too many ideas swirling around in my brian but i had too create a story bridge to get to them) thus i had MAJOR WRITERS BLOCK!Horrible, horrible disease really... Anyways i kinda cut this chapter in half to build more suspense and thus get my creative juices flowing up again! So viva la vida! More chapters on the way!

P.S: Also think of this as my belated Christmas gift and my punctual New Years Eve present to all of you, enjoy! ;D


Chapter: 11

The sound of shuffling feet and the feel of steadily swaying back and forth made me feel slightly nauseous but I didn't dare move a muscle.

After a hesitant moment I took a leap of faith as I quickly blinked open my eyes to the welcome sight of warm sunlight streaming down unto my face.

I rolled my head towards my left quickly stopping once another headache sent an intense throbbing piercing through my temples.

Resisting the urge to groan in frustration I bit my tongue as I realized with a jolt that I was being carried over someone's shoulder.

I paled as I remembered my only two choices of company as I considered whose shoulder I was being slung over now.

'Hidan or Kakuzu' I gulped as I tried to control myself from kicking and screeching like a banshee at my current company.

My stomach twisted itself uncomfortably as my fists balled up in panic and I fought a hyperventilating set of whimpers that begged to escape from my throat.

'I'm so going to die, regardless of whom ever I piss off!' I mused miserably. My eyes widened in alarm as I recalled Pain's short speech about my time with my so called babysitters.

'Till the first snow fall…'

'Wait a tic, that around two months not one!' my jaw dropped in astonishment at my current death sentence'How in the hell am I supposed to

survive with the zombie duo for TWO WHOLE MONTHS!'

Ignoring the pain in my stiff neck I titled my head slightly upwards to view the enormous
seasonal tree cover canopy above.

I quietly began praying to whatever divine intervention this world offered to help me out of the fatally deep mess I

had gotten myself into.

I let my head limply roll over as the shoulder I was on jostled a bit; so as not to have the current owner of said shoulder to realize I was awake.

With my head titled sideways now I noticed that no one was behind us.

'At least we don't have to worry about enemy ninja' Irelaxed the best I could as I watched the bright colors of the autumn trees fly by in a barrage of golden, amber, and brunt hues.

The soothing slight of the change of seasons in the leaves brought a sense of child like awe that I hadn't known in a long time, despite my current predicament.

'Beside the hordes of mass killing ninjas, psychos, and demon possessed people, this place is really quite beautiful' I mentally crooned as I sleepily blinked once or twice before succumbing to my head ache with a rare smile gracing my face.


Night had come quickly without much warning from the storm darkened sky.

It was only when the stormy deep grey clouds would occasionally recede did the crescent moon shined its bright beams across the deep green forest foliage.

The cold autumn wind blew a steady yet peaceful breeze while short gusts of wind picked up arrays of colorful leaves that were fluttering in an air borne dance.

Another hard gust of wind scattered more crisp foliage from their lazy windblown waltz, this time the sound of the whispering wind was accompanied by the sound of the soft thudding of sandaled feet on solid earth.

The two shadowed figures landed softly like cats, despite their high descent from the shadowed treetops.

Their black cloaks flew upwards with their descendent while gravity forced the stray mid borne barrage of autumn leaves to slowly float gracefully back down to the ground once the wind had died down.

One of the figures shifted uncomfortably on his feet under the extra weight he was forced to carry over his shoulders; which didn't go unnoticed by his partner.

"What the matter Kakuzu, you getting tired?"

Hidan jeered as he smirked at his partners' burden of carrying the small body of the girl over his shoulders since sunrise.

Carrying someone that small forawhile was easy but still carrying any amount of heavy weight all day would be tiresome.

The smirk never left his features as he back flipped out of harm's way when Kakuzu threw various strings of black stitching at him.

"Oi cut it out you old bastard!"

Hidan growled as he momentarily landed on one of the colossal tree branches, only to have it break off from under him as Kakuzu continued his on slat.

After a few more seconds of bickering, kunai throwing, and fighting, the black treads hounding after Hidan slid silently back to Kakuzu and disappeared into his arm as he reattached his stitches.

Without so much as a glance back towards his partner Kakuzu continued onto the road they had been following, with a glaring swearing Hidan in toll.

After another few moments of slowly walking, bright, festive, lantern lights could be seen in the distance and as the duo walked closer and closer to the town the dull roar of a boisterous festival could be heard piercing the night stillness like a knife.

The pair stopped momentarily on top of a small hillside overhead the village as they observed the spectacle before them. Hidan raised an eyebrow as he glanced oddly at his partner.

"A festival…seriously?" he questioned moodily as he frowned sullenly. Suddenly a wide malicious grin spread across his features as he chuckled darkly.

"I'm going to be giving a hell of a lot of sacrifices to Jashin tonight…!"

"No, I have a large debt to pick up" Kakuzu cut Hidan off as he abruptly continued walking. Hidan's face faltered for a moment as he snarled at his partner,

"The hell I can't sacrifice these heathens to Jashin you old money lover!" he growled forcefully as he chased after his partner again.

After another couple of hours the duo finally entered the city.

They ignored the whole celebration as they walked past the colorful spectral of lantern lights, the traditional numerous, noisy, merchant stalls and food stands, and the overall thunderous roar of festive villagers enjoying their festival.

What the two didn't notice was the limp girl over Kakuzu's shoulder hand had twitch slightly and a pair of glazed hazel orbs slowly peak out from their cracked lids hesitantly before squinting them shut against the harsh florescent lights around them.

The two finally stopped in front of a rundown looking inn, glancing up at it anyone could tell it was alive with activity; and not the good kind.

The inn's small reception entrance was at first glance as shady as its outside appeal but as the ninja walked beyond the next door the room's atmosphere changed completely as the rest of the first floor seemed to be a brothel of some sort.

"You're picking up your debt here?" Hidan questioned slightly jaded as he surveyed the absolute chaos occurring inside the room they had just arrived in.

Barstools were overturned, drunken men were laughing in various shady corners, and dark shadows were mashed against the dimming light bulbs hanging against the walls.

The room's more sober occupants, namely the waitresses and a few other men, quickly noticed the new comers and halted in their antics to avert their eyes before hastily continuing their previous actions.

Walking past the sullen villagers the two stopped short of a slightly hidden door underneath a staircase in the back of the room.

Suddenly Kakuzu threw the unconscious girl slung over his shoulders at Hidan. He grunted as he caught the unexpected thrown figure and the shifted the weight that fallen onto his shoulders.

"What the hell Kakuzu, don't leave me here with this bitch!" Kakuzu ignored him

"Oi! Kakuzu!" Hidan whined after him as he followed his stony partner. Kakuzu ignored the angry Jashinist as he brushed past him and towards the door.

"Shut up Hidan. I have a debt to collect so it's your turn to watch the damn brat" The sadistic Jashinist shot his partner a dirty look before the two walked into another, more private room, were a scowling man was counting large stacks of yen and bills while smoking a thick cigar; a cloud of thick smoke swirled around his head hiding his features.

Hidan quickly blended into a corner within the shadows of the poorly lit room as Kakuzu took a step into the light of the shabby, small, room.

Two burly bouncers stood on either side of the aggravated man's desk, looking up they both tensed once they saw who had walked in their manager's office unannounced.

The man behind the oversized desk flowing with money paused in his scrutiny over his beloved cash once he noticed a large shadow that had suddenly blocked out his light as the shade had fallen over his money pile.

Snapping his head up and out of the thick cloud of cigar smoke, the man's sharp features became clear and the permanent scowl on the man's face vanished and his features quickly contorted into a failing mask of indifference as he tried to hide his terrified expression from the surprise visitor before him.

"K-Ka-Kakuzu sama…how un-unexpected" the man tried to conceal the horror in his shaking voice, but to no avail.

"My debt is owned today, Gozobora" Kakuzu narrowed his eyes as he stared down the man down.

Gozobora shifted uncomfortably in his chair and fought the overwhelming urge to shiver as he surveyed the room and caught sight of Hidan leaning against a corner. Hidan smirked wickedly once the man glanced his way as he watched the squirming man's misfortune.

"Your deb-bt isn't owned until mid-midnight!" Gozobora choked out as he widened his eyes.

"My money is owned tonight, I never specified when it was due." Kakuzu growled out as his icy composer hardened to stone and his green-red eyes narrowed further.

Gozobora's mouth hung open, flabbergasted that he was being cheated out of only a few more hours. Suddenly his mouth snapped shut with an audible click and a small but sly grin formed over his features.

"Say here Kakuzu, if you give me till midnight tonight I will have your money plus…" Suddenly the man was flung him harshly from his seat and pinned up against the wall by Kakuzu's black threads.

The two shocked bodyguards beside his desk were too slow to react when more black threads flew out from Kakuzu's sleeves and slammed their heads against the wall simultaneously.

Hidan grinned as he enjoyed the violent show playing out before him; his grin widened as he tighten his grip on his scythe, feeling the bloodlust in the air.

"You're trying to bargain with me Gozobora?" Kakuzu smirked underneath his mask as the useless loan shark twisted in his grasp and with bulging eyes the chocking man tried gasping out incoherent pleas.

Augh! I-interest!" The man was dropped abruptly as Kakuzu released him; as he fell to the ground Kakuzu appeared over him, interested in his choice of words.

"Interest" Kakuzu deadpanned as his smirked widen underneath his mask; his pupils gleamed with an undisguised glint of greed.

Being merciful in any way was foreign and rare for Kakuzu, but the temptation of more money was becoming more appealing to him by the minute. Hidan rolled his eyes at the pathetic man's actions to buy more time from his partner's undisguised love of money.

"15% more interest added to the original sum" Gozobora smirked shakily as he picked himself off the ground and slowly backed away to his desk; in his upright position he quickly noticed his body guards sprawled across on the floor, he couldn't tell if they were unconscious or dead.

"40% interest along with the money you owe me" the man frowned before clenching his teeth and nodding his stiff neck slowly. "Alright, 40% extra in exchange for a midnight limit."

"Done" Kakuzu nodded once in agreement before turning to walk out of the small, shady, office without give the lone shark a second glance. Before either one of the Akatsuki members could step foot outside the doorway Gozobora's voice floated back to them.

"Hey" they both stopped, and turned slightly "As an added bonus…" He grin wolfishly "I'll buy that half dead hoar on your shoulders when you're done with her" the man nodded his head towards the girl, whose was still slumped over Hidan's shoulder.

Kakuzu turned around slowly, stopping once fully turned to stare at Gozobora intently for a moment, as if seriously contemplating his offer.

Hidan turned as well, glancing from this Gozobora guy and then disbelievingly to his partner wondering if he was seriously thinking about selling the girl for a few extra yen over facing leader's wrath once he learned that his orders were directly disobeyed.

'Tech… No. he isn't that fucking stupid' Hidan admitted begrudgingly to himself. He scowled mentally, 'I wish we could sell her off, so I won't have to deal with this screaming bitch once she wakes up.' he shifted the girl's weight on his shoulder, already sick of carrying her.

"The girl isn't for sale" Kakuzu deadpanned.

"Hhhmm… I didn't think you would care that much over a little hoar Kakuzu" the slamming of the door carelessly was all Gozobora received as a reply after the zombie duo swiftly exited the room.

"Unless she worth something a bit more than a hoar?" The sleazy man's smirk grew after a moment as he drew up a plan to weasel out of his debt.

"I guess we'll find out then…" he chuckled darkly as he turned to his moaning bodyguards before kicking then both swiftly in their sides for their incompetence.

"Wake up your imbeciles!" the greedy loan shark snapped, the men on the floor groaned in reply as they held their heads as if they had just woken with a nasty hangover.

"I would fire you dumb-asses if I didn't have a job for you to do" he sniffed as he returning to his seat to continue drooling over his ridiculously large money horde.


The swirling, bright, lights and obnoxiously loud noises made my head ache as I drifted in and out of consciousness.

'Am I at a party?'

My head ace refused to budge as I shifted my head slightly from side to side. I mumbled incoherent swears at the noisy people below as I quickly opened my eyes to the sight of dim lights that were accompanied by a low roar of music, laughter, and shouting below me.

Blinking away the heaviness in my eyes I could make out a fuzzy, bright, light above me as I laid on my back and then slowly the light dimmed itself as my eyes adjusted themselves until I could make out a cheap florescent light bulb that hanged loosely from a cracked, mildewed, ceiling within my blurry vision.

I slowly sat up, expecting pain from my back, only to raise my eyebrows in surprise as I heard my joints pop and crack with the effort.

'Wow, how long was I asleep for?' I mused as I shook dirty, stray locks of my damp hair from my face.

'Wait!' Amanda's head instantly snapped up as she twisted herself around to find herself alone in a small cheap room. She pushed herself onto her heels and leaned onto her arms.

I gasped as I now had started to feel my whole head ache and I clutched my abdomen as I felt my bruised stomach. I grunted as I stood up; wobbling only for a moment as I rubbed my unused legs and surveyed the completely deserted room.

'Empty…?'

"Then how did I end up her…OW!" I yelled as I rubbed the lump on the back of my head…right were Kakuzu had knocked me out.

"That son of a…!"

I stopped short and glanced around the room again, afraid either Hidan or Kakuzu would be standing there; ready to send me into a coma if I ever finished that sentence.

I huffed as I closed my eyes and concentrated on straining every single sense I could in seeing if I was truly alone.

After a while of standing perfectly still I didn't hear anything or recalled seeing no one else's belongings, nor could I couldn't even smell anything other than the faintstench of the moist rotting walls of the shady room.

Opening my eyes I eased my muscles as I trusted my senses and sighed in relief that I was truly alone for the moment.

Or at least as far as I could tell.

'Where the hell are those jerks anyway?' I mentally snarled, still angry about being knocked out for nothing.

"I could have just closed my damn eyes as they had left their base" I bit out as I stomped over to the door. Glancing at the brass knob I gulped as I hesitantly placed my hand over the handle and tightly gripped the chilled contraption.

I could feel an overwhelming sense of dread and confusion twist within my stomach as cold sweat trickled down the nape of my neck.

They wouldn't have let me here alone… would they? I gripped the icy handle tighter in anticipation.

'How in the world would I escape, even if it was unlocked?'

My heart sped up to a mile a minute and my head started to spin as I began to forcefully twist the knob. 'And what would happen if they found me…?'

Nothing happened.

I grunted in frustration as I jiggled the knob more violently and pulled and pushed as hard as I could against the wooden door.

The frame wobbled slightly in its hinges but wouldn't budge another inch as I slammed my weight into its side.

Sighing in disappointment I leaned against the door and slowly slid against it as I sat down onto the hard, wooden, floor.

"I can't open it, they must have locked it from the outside" I growled as I rested my head onto my knees and loosened my stiff neck muscles as I mentally drifted into space.

Suddenly a newfound rush of emotions exploded from my gut as I balled my fists in anger as a quick panicked thought swam to the fore front of my mind.

"I need to get away from those two!" I exclaimed in bubbling anger as I shook my clenched fists in the air before squeezed my eyes shut.

I saw my vision was blurring as my throbbing headache increased its tempo with my rage. I let out a long shuddering sigh as I forced my anger to dissipate, and after trying to fight another wave of useless self pity I allowed my anger to fade away completely along with the throbbing headache.

Suddenly the throbbing began again and my whole body began to shudder silently. Amanda snapped her eyes open in bewilderment as the quick shuddering sensation disappeared as quickly as it came.

I rubbed some wetness around my eyelashes as I looked around only to realize as the shudders began once again that it was the vibrations of someone knocking on the thick door I was prompted up against.

I blinked owlishly as I stood, confused as to why Kakuzu and Hidan would be knocking when they could just unlock the door and enter.

'What if it isn't them?' my eyes opened up like saucers and my mouth hung open in joyous shock; I felt like I could scream in happiness.

'They can unlock the door for me!' I jumped to the door and quickly jiggled the knob forcefully and banged back onto the door.

"H-hey…" I winced at how rough and dry my voice sounded; I swallowed thickly before taking another deep breath "Can you open the door it's locked from my side!" I pleaded, abandoning all pride I had left.

I figured I didn't have much left at this point after being stabbed, beat, tortured, and being seen completely naked by various crazy people.

'Oh god, why did I have to remember that part!' I shuddered and shook my head in disgust as I remembered that disturbing little detail that happened between me and Diedara in the prison cell.

Can you say awkward?Abruptly I was jogged from my thoughts when I was physically pitched forward as the door beneath me swung open and this miraculous rescue ended with me falling in a ungracefully manner, face first out into the hallway.

I moaned as I picked myself up and sat back on my knees as I slowly started from the sets of two sandal clad feet and upwards.

My eyes traveled up and I noticed quickly that these two figures were certainly and without a doubt not my Akatsuki wardens; they didn't even have any cloaks. Though my relief was short lived as my eyes traveled up to their faces.

Two sets of almost identical twisted smirks and golden teeth shone in the dim hallway light from the couple naked blubs overhead. Rough and shady faces with crooked, broken noses set under twin pairs of dark beady almond eyes leered down at me; my skin crawled as I fully looked at these men and suddenly I was beginning to feel that being confronted by an angry Akatsuki member was looking more appealing then these creeps in front of me.

The one closest to me took one step forward; his smirk grew into a sleazy grin that showed off his few gold teeth again.

"This has gotta be her man" the other man standing nearer to the wall nodded in agreement, never losing his smirk either. "Yea, boss said she was a dainty bitch"

I snarled at the degrading term while one of them reached a grubby hand out; noticing it I spat at his hand which only caused the one closer to me to become excited and smile wider.

"And she's got a temper! Ha, boss should like that."

The other grease ball smirked wider but quickly lost his superior attitude as he suddenly began shifting anxiously from one foot to another as he looked up and down the hallway.

He growled like some kind of disgruntled dog at his partner in crime "It doesn't matter man, grab her and go before those two ninjas get back here! Or do you want to see if they have a temper too!"

The other paled and turned a slight shade of green before nodding vigorously to his friend and turning to focus his attention at the task assigned to him.

My eyes widened in fear and surprise; I knew what was about to happen, I didn't need a second clue that these men were here for me, even though I had never seen them before in my life.

I sucked in a deep breath as I noticed a pair of meaty, hairy hands reach out as one of the men lunged for me.

Everything seemed to go into slow motion, as if time itself had begun to stop; the hands reached out further towards my shirt as the sluggish seconds ticked slowly by and my body felt petrified within that frozen moment in time.

My heart seemed to slam viciously against my ribs as my mind screamed at my immobile muscles to move and escape.

With every ounce of strength I had left I willed my muscles to uncoil themselves; I could feel the blood shooting through my legs as I leaped forward with yell.

"Sayonara Suckers!" I barked as I ducked and ran headfirst through the two stunned kidnappers, narrowly missed the man who tried to snare me as I blotted down the hallway.

"What the hell!"

"Shit! Catch her you moron!"

I could barely hear the thundering of heavy feet echoing down the hallway as the two burly goons chased after me against the blood pounding in my ears.

Panting heavily I rounded a corner and almost fell as I flew down a flight of stairs before me; the men were hurling insults at me as I went.

Landing at the bottom of the staircase I whirled around to be assaulted by the disgusting smell of cloying smoke and the sharp acidic stench of spilt alcohol that made me gag.

Jeering drunkards were boasting out defending amounts of laughter as they drank and were enjoying a bar fight in the back while the other more sober men were harassing and become frisky with a couple of flirtatious waitresses.

I gimmicked in disgust for a moment as I spied a couple that were doing a little more than frisking; not noticing two shadows creeping up silently behind me.

A set of gritty hands garbed my forearms as another set of cold fingers clamped over my mouth; cutting off my gasps and practically crushing my lips into my face.

The goons I had momentarily forgotten about hauled me off the floor and dragged me behind the staircase I had sprinted down, until we were in front of a small, secretive, door.

I gagged as a dirty finger accidently touched the inside of my mouth.

Before I knew what I was doing I instinctively clamped my teeth around the hand over my face and bit as hard as I could; I choked as I tasted the bitter, metallic, taste of blood in my mouth as my teeth tore into the goon's hand.

He howled in pain as he quickly released my face to cradle his injured hand. The other man behind me tightened his grip on my arms and twisted them painfully behind my back.

I hissed in pain as I could felt hot breath next to my ear when the goon behind me leaned in to whisper something into my ear while the other one angrily shot me dirty looks.

"Now then, play nice girly and we would hurt you too much" he hissed.

I tried in vain to twist around and spit in the bastard's face but his grasp on my arms prevented me from even shooting him dirty looks of my own. The next thing I knew I was being ushered through the now opened door.

"Omph!" I was thrown onto the floor, face first, again.

"Ow…" I mumbled as I sat up and rubbed my nose; thankful it hadn't been broken again.

I glanced upwards to see myself sitting before a large darkly painted wooden desk; every inch of space was covered by sky-scraping piles of glittering metal coins and lofty stacks of paper bills that were strewn everywhere.

I blinked in confusion as I sat on my legs and stared at the money piled desk, wondering why in the world these goons had taken me in here.

Being so preoccupied between confusion and a heated ongoing glaring contest between her and the thug that had been bitten earlier she didn't notice another set of grubby eyes intently watching her every move and hungrily roamed over her body.

I shivered as I suddenly felt another presence of eyes boarding holes into the back of my head.

"Is this the one, boss?" the goon I hadn't been glaring at spoke up as he addressed a shadowed man I hadn't noticed sitting behind the desk.

I turned away from my staring contest as I attempted to shuffle away from the rough thug behind me only for him to lunge for me and drag me to him by my long hair.

I snarled in anger and pain as I fruitlessly tried to break away from his iron grip on my scalp.

"Hmm? I can't see her face idiot, stand her up!" a nauseatingly scratchy voice commanded sharply.

The goon's grip on my scalp loosened somewhat before he pulled me forcefully up to his own stature; I retorted with a scream of pain as I was dangled a foot or two by my thick tresses and forced me to face a grimy, shady, looking man sitting behind the huge piles of money overflowing from his desk collection.

The man leaned forward on his hands as he peered at the young girl before him. Suddenly calloused hands shot out to harshly grip my chin which held me still as the repulsive face leered closer and the man's muddy eyes scrutinized my features intently as he twisted my face from side to side.

"Well you're not hot but you're definitely an exotic looking thing aren't you?" he seemed to analyzing me out loud as he gripped my chin harder than necessary and brought my face closer to his.

I felt like sick enough to vomit all over his stomach churning face from the spite and terror that was brewing in my gut.

"I mean look at this hair, these dark little flecks all over the face, and that matching wired eye color, Ha! Not from around these parts at all!" he laughed, pushing me backwards as he released me.

The goon dangling me by my hair simply exchanged his grip on me for my waist while his partner began tying thick braids of rope around my wrists.

I momentarily stopped struggling against them once the wound on my back started to burn.

The greasy man turned to me as he swiveled around in his chair; his greasy black hair shined in the dim lights as he seemed to be analyzing something again.

I briefly let my mind wonder over just what kind of profession this man must be running as I analyzed him as well; his attire consisted of a cheap, black, pinstriped business suit he wore and various golden rings of different shades that were ruined into his pudgy fingers.

'If this guy is dealing with people like the Akatsuki in this shabby little hell hole he must be someone with a lot of reputation…hmm maybe a loan shark? I contemplated.

"So little hoar, what are you to the men you're traveling with?" My eyebrows furrowed as I consider this suicidal man's choice of words.

"Are you some brothel bitch or are you worth something a bit more?" he smirked smugly at his bold statement but frowned when he didn't received the fearful reaction he was searching for.

He got a harsh glare in reply.

Fully rising up to his unimpressive height he strolled over to me, stopping once he was directly in front of me before he leaned down in front of my face. I stared at his piggish features for a moment in silent rage as my anger rose to newfound heights once I realized what he was referring me as.

"Well…?" he pressed as he began pulling something from his coat pocket; my eyes flicked wearily to his hands.

A slapping sound echoed off the walls and pain bit into my cheek as I averted my gaze from his waist pocket to facing the wall. It took me a few seconds to fully realize my head was titled toward the side from the loan shark's blow to my face. He leaned back to hit me again.

'Big mistake...' I mentally chuckled as I twisted my lips into a whirly and vicious smirk as I licked my dry and cracked lips.

In a flash I whipped my head forward and lunged the best I could while being bound; I was rewarded with the satisfying sound of the grease ball's scream of pain and the revolting coopery taste of blood again as I bit deeply into his outstretched hand.

He paused to hold his bleeding appendage before he flashed his eyes to me in rage and growled savagely as I maintain my silence, mostly due to shock.

He quickly tore me away from his lackey's grip and hauled me off my feet before he shoved his face barely a few inches from mine; his rancid breath washed over me in waves and I gagged in reflex at the putrid stench.

"Do you understand how you're worth can save me from the bounty on my head? Do you? Do you understand me you little dumb hoar! He barked rapidly, his spit flying into my face as he began violent shaking me. I looked at him in disbelief as I realized he had hit me.

'He didn't just slap me he punched me… in the face!' I mentally paused 'Twice!' I gawked as a whirling mass of emotion exploded within my chest; my hands clenched into fists as I begun to see red dots dancing within my vision.

"Answer me you little bitch!" he roared as he drew his fist back and snapped it forward; I closed my eyes as I anticipated the oncoming blow directed towards my eye socket.

The blow never came.

Instead in the next instance I heard multiple thumps all and the floor creek beneath me and I felt a bit of warm liquid splash onto my face.

My eyes quickly snapped open once I heard an absolutely horrifying wail of anguish that indicated the level of severe pain from its owner; the siren like scream had harshly assaulted my eardrums and permanently left an gruesome echo within my subconscious that I'm sure would forever plague my nightmares.

Another voice abruptly filtered into my frozen perception as I turned my head slightly in a daze towards the new comers standing within the cramped doorway.

My vision was still a bit fuzzy and my mind spin from the harsh and direct blows I so graciously received to my head; not to mention the manic shriek that had rattled my teeth and probably exploded my poor eardrums to a bloody pulp.

Though I seriously doubt anything deaf or not couldn't have heard the snide yet heated comment that an extremely familiar male voice had bellowed out from across the dingy little room.

"Oi you filthy bastard, drop the bitch she belongs to us!"

Blinking away my grogginess I quickly made sense of the silver, black and red blob that I could sense an extreme amount of annoyance and arrogance from as none other than the Akatsuki's masochist immortal member.

"Speak of the devil and he shall appear" I rasped out in an amusement yet bitter tone at the interesting timing Hidan had for conveniently showing up the way he did; he glared slightly at me for my snide comment.

Glancing over towards the man Hidan was addressing my vision was abruptly assaulted with a very disturbing yet confusing sight.

I was still being dangled in the air by the meaty grip the loan shark held on the collar of my shirt and was still poised to punch the living day lights out of me, but where his hand should have been crushing into my already bruising face, there was only a empty gap.

My brain refused to process the gory image just inches in front of my face while I blinked rapidly, trying to make sense of the massive mess of pink muscles that were mixed with cherry red arteries and deep pulsing veins of purplish or teal color that weaved around a bright, bleached, chalk white bone; the whole colorful mass seemed to drown itself in bright fluids of maroon and crimson shades in a matter of seconds.

"It looks like something out of my science textbook, back home at school" I mused faintly as my jaw particularly unhinged itself in shock and disgust as understanding dawned on me.

I didn't have time to finish my train of thought on anatomy 101 as the man, still surprisingly strong, spun me around and into a chokehold; with his injured arm now securely encompassing my throat he squeezed hard, until I could barely wheeze in a breath.

Trying to the best of my ability to ignore the increased burning within my lungs I was forced by the choke hold on my neck to face downwards to the ground.

My eyes felt like they were going to pop out of my skull in repulsion and horror as I noticed the discarded human appendage lying casually in a steadily growing puddle of blood, a few feet away from where I now stood.

'H-His hand!' I craned my neck to the best of my ability with the death lock he had on my throat to stare in morbid fascination at the bleeding stump he had instead of his hand.

'They severed his hand clean off!' I mentally cried in revulsion but strangely enough in trumpet as well as I smirked in revenge at the punishment this goon was receiving.

'Wait…when did I get a kick out of other's pain?' my face fell and the barely noticeable smirk was erased from my features as I mulled over my twisted thoughts. My eyes widened in anger and fear but not of the jerk holding me in a chocking death grip.

'I'm not like them!' I mentally wailed as I continued to fight the hardest I could with my wrists being tightly bound behind me; I noticed quickly when the loan shark reached into his coat pocket to retrieve something shiny and metallic.

It didn't occur to me what it may have been until I felt a stinging sensation biting into my pulsing throat, extremely close to my pounding jugular vein.

"Are you stupid or deaf Gozobora?" I heard a deeper voice questioned this time; this voice sounded dangerously annoyed.

Kakuzu, naturally.

I felt this man, Gozobora? quickly shuffle backwards as he dragged me along with him; terrified of the now two very peeved members of an infamous criminal organization.

I noticed that with every passing second his grip was getting weaker as blood squirted painfully from the arteries in his open wrist like a fountain; I quickly realized an upcoming opportunity to escape that was forming before my eyes.

After a moment I felt the knife rip more into the pale flesh of my throat and hot liquid run down my neck and past my collarbone and all hesitation to put my half baked plan into attack was thrown out the window as I abruptly realized if I didn't make a move to save myself, that I would be dead very soon.

I dipped my head to stare at the bloodied floor as I let my hair shield my expressive eyes.

Under the shade of my bangs I squeezed me eyes shut and I furrowed my brow in concentration as I tried to think of a plan that wouldn't leave me with my throat cut.

My eyes abruptly snapped open and displayed the small flame of determination settling within the pit of my stomach.

I had a plan.

I took a deep breath to fuel that fire burning in my belly in preparation of my next move and then without a second thought of doubt I twisted myself enough in his grasp in order to turn around and slam my foot deep into my kidnapper's groin.


Kakuzu and Hidan watched as the suicidal man refused to listen to their angry demands and instead held out a dagger as he issued a silent threat to loop the girl's head off if they move closer to the frazzled man that had unconsciously backed himself into the wall.

In that moment Kakuzu felt his annoyance grow tenfold as his narrow range of tolerance shattered.

'First he thinks he can get away with bargaining for a few extra hours then he thinks he can bargain with my property for my MONEY!' his eyes narrowed murderously.

"You think you can bargain with me for what is mine, Gozobora?" he question, undaunted by how close he was to receiving his leader's wrath if harm were to befall the girl.

He took a step forward only to have the terrified loan shark took a step back keeping the distance.

He suppressed the overwhelming urge to run his prey and in turn his captive both through with his chakra threads and chanced a quick look at his partner's expression.

His eyes were narrowed murderously in annoyance as well but suddenly his amethyst eyes became trained in on something that seemed to capture his attention.

Following his partner's pointed gaze he was directed towards the girl's face and he too noticed the strange occurrence.

Her eyes were closed and her brow was creased as she appeared to be deep in thought despite the open wound now steadily pouring blood out of her neck.

Abruptly her facial features changed as her eyes snapped open and any other emotion that should have been prevalent in her hazel eyes was washed away in a seemly emotional rush of raw anger while her body language suddenly seemed to become clam and calculating as opposed to a sniveling and pathetic scared teenage girl they had expected her to be.

Both Akatsuki members watched in bewilderment at how rapidly the small woman's seemly helpless and hopeless demeanor had changed completely from terrified to a bone chilling storm of rage.

'She's planning something…interesting' Kakuzu made a mental note of the girl's strange behavior for a later time as he addressed his partner in a nonchalantly way.

"Hidan…" he let his sentence trail off as he noticed the small glare that was thrown his way by his aggravating, masochistic, partner was enough for him to confirm that they were both onto the same idea.

They both watched the girl as she dipped her head; her bangs covered her intensely focused eyes. She seemed oblivious to the chaos around her as she sucked in a deep breath and moved against Gozobora's grip with the viciousness of a wild animal. That was there cue.


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