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PSST. *whispers* I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP AS I GO ALONG!!! OH NOES 0.O THINGS NEVER EVER TURN OUT GOOD THAT WAY ==" X.x

"Is everyone here?" Kitsuke got on his tip toes and did a quick count. "2, 4, 6, 8, 10. A'ight. Looks like we can go now." He turned to Rin. She nodded, and a trailer came to where the taxi stand was. Hidan sighed tiredly as he followed. They were on their way to dinner, where discussion over the band gigs would proceed. Absently, Hidan wondered if ice cream would be a find at the restaurant.

Rin sat right at the back of the trailer, and Kitsuke smiled as the rest of them got settled in one corner or another. "This is one of the trailers you'll be using, they're kind of... all the same." Kitsuke announced, and Hidan nodded. He thought so. The trailer had a bathroom at the back, 2 beds, double deckered, a couch, a sink with a cupboard on top of it next to a freezer and a refridgerator. Then there were a couple of armchairs with a small table in between. "Sweet. This could e comfier than i thought." Hidan thought, and Itachi looked out of the window as Kisame sat next to him. Hidan could tell Itachi was trying not to be alerted by this action. He grinned and looked away.

Outside, the streets were clean and the concrete was a light grey. The sky was rapidly darkening, and soon the area was lit by streetlights. Hidan looked at Kakuzu. That afternoon, Kakuzu had mostly slept, and Hidan noted that Kakuzu was still as a rock when he slept. It was... kind of comforting because it looked like he would never move. 'But... it's disturbing because it's like he was dead too.' Hidan thought, frowning at Kakuzu, who was, at the moment, chatting with Kisame. Kitsuke clapped, and everyone paid attention.

"Alright, everyone, listen up. The trailers a little big, so we're going to park it here, and then we're going to walk to the restaurant. We've got a reservation for 13, an extra seat by mistake... But that's ok... Rin?" Kitsuke nodded to her, and Rin continued, "Yes. But you should all stay close, because this street is pretty dark and you might get mugged or something like that. It's not VERY likely, but still. It's a few minutes walk." she ended, and Kitsuke held up his hand. "Ok, all, let's go."

They stepped down the bus, and Itachi turned to thank the driver, who smiled and nodded. They walked and turned into a side street. Hidan looked up at the sky. The weather and climate was different... already the sky was dotten with stars. It appeared to be a clear night. 'It won't rain today.' he thought, and he looked in front of him. He saw a girl.

She had her hair chopped to a short do, messy and to her shoulders, but had the facial features of a girl. Her clothes were dirty and stained, and her face had a bit of grime on it. Hidan froze up as she smiled at them when they walked past. "Good evening." she said simply, and Hidan's eyes widened. Kakuzu noted this observantly, but made no movement. Itachi had stopped, though, and Deidara stopped behind him. Tobi was already rooted, at the back of the whole group, next to Zetsu. He was watching Hidan. Itachi, Deidara and Tobi knew about Hidan's past in the orphanage. They had the same thought on their minds...
'What's he going to do?'

Hidan gulped for a second, and walked on. As he turned, he muttered back, a small, soft, "Good evening."
It was all he did.
For now.

Itachi knew as well as Deidara as well as Tobi that Hidan was 90% certain to come back. And as Hidan walked, Kakuzu noted his determined expression. Maybe Kakuzu knew, maybe he didn't. Either way, they made not another stop till they reached the restaurant. A waiter came to the entrance. He was attired formally, and he took them to a private room on the second floor, leaving them with 12 menus. He looked at the 13th seat for a second. "Shall i bring an extra menu?" he asked, and before anyone could say anything, Hidan nodded. "Yes." then he turned to Itachi, muttered something and walked back out of the room, and down the stairs.

"Where's he going?" Kisame asked Itachi, and Deidara replied for him, "To get that girl to eat with us, un."
Hidan walked out of the restaurant, and went back to where the girl was. A couple passed him, in their hurry to get away from the girl. Hidan growled at this and muttered, "Freaking bastards." he stopped in front of the girl. She cocked her head. "You're that man from before. With the 11 other people." He nodded, took a look next to her, and dropped onto a clean looking folded cardboard box, next to the one she was sitting on. "So..." Hidan scratched the back of his head. She smiled politely.

"Is something wrong?" she asked, and Hidan turned to her. "Yeah. There is." he said, and she turned to him. Putting a hand behind her ear, she said, "All ears." Hidan pointed in the direction the couple had travelled before. "They. They're the freaking problem. Don't you feel bothered when people freaking look at you like you're something on the bottom of their freaking shoe? I mean, freaking respect people. Come on!!" He said angrily, and she smiled. Hidan noted that smile.

It was his smile in the past.
That tired, unconcerned smile. That smile that bore pain, a smile that held nothing aside from hurt and disdain. A smile that could pierce the soul, and one that was painful to even look at. It hurt. Hidan hurt. He hurt right now, looking at her smile so purely. Purely out of kindness, not for herself, but for him. She was selfless, and would smile no matter how people would treat her. That forgiving nature was rare, and sad.
Very very sad.

"It's alright." she looked up at the sky. "People like that are dime a dozen." she folded her arms and smiled again. Hidan looked at her, as her hands gripped her arms tightly. "You're a freaking smart girl, you know that? Did'ja go to school?" Hidan asked, and she bopped her head. "When I still had my mom. She's gone now, so i can't go anymore. But i can read and stuff like that." she said, smiling as she spoke.

Hidan looked her way and sighed. "Sometimes i wonder why there are so many freaking cute kids like you out on the streets. Kids like you have a freak-load of potential." he said, and Kamelot brushed her sleeve. "Well, i do some odd jobs here and there to get me through with enough food. Making a living on the streets is pretty relaxed. The idea of living is simple. Eat, sleep, work, water, and shelter are the usual concerns... For me though..." She flushed. "This might seem obnoxious, but i still enjoy going to the public library on certain days. A boy will be there on most days, and sometimes he teaches me."

Hidan focused on the boy part first. "Yeah? What do you know about him?" The girl flushed, even though she smiled. "He's a very nice person. But he's from a well-to-do family, and even if he likes me, his parents won't let him date such a person like me, i should think."

WOW. Hidan gulped. Talk about dejavu.

"Why would that seem obnoxious?? All you want to do is learn, after all." Hidan changed the subject, and the girl sighed. "When you're on the streets, and you've got a wanting to learn and get an education, many think it's an extravagant longing, and sometimes think you're just trying to be a smartass with them." she said, and Hidan nodded. He laughed bitterly. "Hah, well, you freaking know it." he scratched his head, and several silver locks fell over his eyes.

"Used to be just like you." Hidan said, and he smiled a genuine smile at Kamelot. "Freaking loved it, too. I had parents, but they had no freaking control over me. I just ran when i freaking felt like it. Felt good." he confided, and the girl nodded. "Yeah. I kind of like it like this." she fingered her chopped hair. "I was growing this out. But i think maybe i should cut it to a simple hairdo." Hidan looked at her. "Man, if Itachi or Deidara were here..." he said, laughing. Said band members were well known for their wierd hair rituals and the like. Hidan didn't bother much about his hair, but Itachi and Deidara bothered for both him and Tobi, who simply shook out his hair and hardly combed it throughout the day.

The girl smiled, and Hidan said hurriedly, "Well, those 2 are part of the group just now... I'm in the band." Her eyes widened, and she asked, "You're in a band? What do you play?" "Keyboard, and piano too." Hidan said simply, and the girl smiled. "Must be nice. Not all of the people are in your band, right?" she questioned Hidan, and he shook his head. "4 of them are a seperate band, and we're on a group tour. 2 are our managers, and the other 2 are a couple taking us around here." She nodded. "A group tour, huh..." she muttered thoughtfully.

Hidan gave her a smile. "I'm Hidan. You?" "My name's Kamelot. Nice to meet you, Hidan san." she said, and Hidan sighed.

"Look Kamelot... you don't mind if i call you Kamelot, right." "Nope." "Well, I've got a problem on my hands. What if i told you i like one of them guys from the group just now? How should i deal with it?" Kamelot thought this through. Hidan started as she turned to him. "I think you should just go for it." she said strongly, and Hidan shut one of his eyes, an elbow on his knee and his chin in his hand. "What makes you say that? The guy could be a freaking bastard for all you know." he said, and then thought 'Well, he kinda freaking IS.'

Kamelot sighed. "But if you can love that 'freaking bastard'..." she did a couple of air apostrophes, "I think you should still go for it. For all you know, you could turn him to being non-bastard...ish." she smiled a crooked smile, and Hidan laughed. "I guess." he replied, and she chuckled. Hidan looked at his watch. Kamelot saw this and said patiently, "Go. Your friends must be waiting."

Hidan stood up and brushed his pants. Then he offered his hand to her.
"Join us for dinner?"

'There he is.' Kakuzu thought absently, and Hidan pushed the door open. Next to him was the girl from before. 'Be receptive. And nice.' Kakuzu told himself, and Hidan said, "Her name's Kamelot, she's joining us for dinner, ok?" Itachi nodded, and Konan smiled. Kamelot sat in between Hidan and Konan. The rest gave a curt nod or smiled at Kamelot. She smiled back on default.

"We didn't order for you, un. We didn't know what you wanted." Deidara said hastily, and Hidan nodded, passing a menu to Kamelot as he took one for himself. Kamelot looked at Hidan for a second, and Hidan muttered, "Whatever you like." he looked at the menu himself, and nodded to Itachi, who called the waiter. He came back in, noted the extra face, and mentally registered to get a glass of water. Kamelot pointed to a dish, and Hidan ordered for her, and tossed in a coke.

Konan coughed. "So... Kamelot. What did Hidan talk to you about?" Konan asked candidly, and Kamelot laughed a cheery laugh. "Nothing much about you guys, just that he was in a band, on a group tour, and there are 8 band members, 2 managers and a couple who's bringing them around the area." she said, and Konan smiled. "I see. Well, I'm Konan. And I'm the manager for the band Akaku!!" Konan grinned, and Kamelot nodded. "Wow. you must work very hard!!"

'She shows respect for other's work that she probably doesn't understand.' Kakuzu thought. He liked the girl. She was... nice. And polite.

Deidara laughed. "Hah, un!! Konan slacks, she doesn't work, un." he said boldly, and Konan lifted her fork in the air and stood up, "HAH??! What's that, you PUNK??!" Deidara cowered, and Hidan rolled his eyes. Kamelot smiled and giggled. Itachi reached for his utensils, rescuing them from Konan as she bangs her fist on the table before sitting down. The waiter came back with a glass of water.

Kakuzu looked at Hidan. 'I guess he has a soft spot for kids like her.' he said, as Hidan gave Kamelot a small smile. She drank the water and made small talk with Konan. Tobi was being all hyper and screaming he was a good boy, 'Honestly, we GET IT, Tobi...' Kakuzu thought irritably, Itachi and Kisame were talking softly, Sasori was stirring his tea and blowing on it boredly. Pein was reading the newspapers... When was he not reading something anyway?? Kakuzu stared at Hidan.

Hidan was looking at Kamelot, watching her movement, and sighing. Putting a hand on Hidan's shoulder, Kakuzu asked softly, "What's wrong with you?" Hidan was slightly angered by the comment. "Freaking nothing, ok." he said sharply, and as Kakuzu softened his glare against him, Hidan sighed. "It's just that... I used to be one of those kids. And everyone looks down on them, but i mean... sometimes it's better living without worrying about tomorrow, and that's really what life on the streets did to you, you know?" Hidan said, and Kakuzu smiled a private smile, concealed by his mask.

"Well, she's living a good life. Isn't that all you should be worrying about?" Kakuzu said, and Hidan shook his head, frowning. "But it still pissed me off!! People looking down on Kamelot just isn't fair. She's a freaking awesome girl, and just cause she likes it outside doesn't mean she should be ostracised by everyone like that!!" the albino said angrily, and Kakuzu nodded. "I know, Hidan. But life's like that. It's unfair." Kakuzu said softly, and Hidan ignored this, pouting as he turned back to Kamelot.

'Oh My God that was so cute.' Kakuzu thought, then he palmed his face and shut his eyes. He needed to clear his head. Honestly. Hidan was an annoying brat with nothing for Kakuzu to gain from. 'But he took care of you on the plane.' his conscience reminded him, and Kakuzu grudgingly admitted this was true. But it still didn't mean he should give into liking Hidan. 'Besides. He's from another band. Once the Group Tour is over, we won't see each other anymore, like now.' Kakuzu thought. Then he sighed.
Why did that get him so DOWN??!

'Just stop thinking about it.' Kakuzu thought, as he tuned back into the conversation taking place.
"HELLO?!?! EARTH TO KAKUZU."
'WHAT!?! WHATWHAT??!' Kakuzu's immediate thoughts reflected, then he calmed himself and looked at Sasori, who'd spoken. "Yeah, sorry, what?" Sasori sighed. "I thought you'd zoned out. Asking if we can do version 3 of Geek In The Pink." he smirked, and Kakuzu understood why. He also understood why Sasori was looking at Deidara, even if the blonde didn't.

Version 3 of Geek In The Pink for Tsukisa was a song whereby they usually had employed dancers to come in, and they'd perform accordingly. Kakuzu wasn't so sure he wanted to perform how he usually did with Hidan. That might not... turn out well. Still... he couldn't show Sasori up.
"Y... yeah, Sure." he replied, and Sasori nodded.

"Well then, Tsukisa's performing Geek In The Pink, Nails For Breakfast Tacks For Snacks and for closing, What Hurts The Most." Pein confirmed.
"And Akaku's performing Attention for opening, Cantarella and Life Is A Highway, the remix." Konan said, smiling.
"Sweet, when's the first gig scheduled?" Hidan asked, as the food came in through the doors. Konan waited for Pein to speak, who ignored her, watching the food get set on the table. He ate his steak silently, and Konan sighed. "About that. There's an open gig at the local stadium in 2 days." she said, and Kakuzu, who was his fork poised to stab, dropped it promptly. He glared at Pein, who sharply turned his head to avoid this.

Kisame paused, his hand in midair. "That's Not Fair, Pein." he glared like Kakuzu. Pein focused SOLELY on his food and nothig else. Kamelot raised her hands in a gesture of peace. "Hey now... everyone calm down." she said. Konan held her hands up in the same gesture, hiding behind Kamelot a little. "Yeah, relax, you guys..." she said, shivering, and Itachi rolled his eyes. "First, we only knew about the flight and even the ENTIRE tour a day before. And now this?" he played with his food. "What an annoying twist of events." he muttered, sulking for a minute. Kisame laughed at his sour expression, telling him to lighten up.

Sasori frowned, but Deidara smiled widely. "Like a game, un!!" he said, grinning. He turned to Hidan, and Hidan nodded. They made twin hand gestures in a tick and Hidan said, "Just like a game... as long as we beat time, we can beat the boss." Deidara nodded and smirked. "We're gonna make this work, un." he looked at Itachi. "Right, Itachi, un??" Itachi sighed, and palmed his face. Tobi was looking unusually passive, though he was looking at Itachi out of the corner of his eye. Zetsu noted this duely.

Itachi nodded, setting his fork down. "Of course." he said, grinning. A matching expression came on Tobi's face. "The competition is compelling me to be excited. Konan," he called, and she looked at him. "Was the gig all planned out already?" he asked, and Konan considered this. "It's not a big gig. We could find make up artists and the like from the studio branch here, but other than those petty things... stuff like stage crew and lighting have already been taken care of." she clarified, and Itachi nodded. "Then all that's left are the songs?" he asked, and Konan nodded.

Pein looked up, having finished his food. The rest were halfway through. "The gig's going to be pretty close here." Hidan looked at Kamelot. "Then you can come, Kamelot." he said, smiling, and Deidara grinned widely. "Yeah, Kamelot chan, you can get to the band gig place, right, un??" he asked, and Kamelot shrugged. "Maybe... 2 days is a wednesday." she smiled at Hidan. He nodded. "Appointment in the library, huh." he said, and Kemalot blushed. Konan smiled and took Kamelot's hands. "We have SO MUCH to talk about." They turned away from the group. When Sasori's eyebrow quirked, Hidan answered, "It's typical girl stuff."

No one needed to question after this. They all returned to their food. Kakuzu finished his in a split second as he always did, and his mask was back on almost immediately. Hidan noted this was some amusement, and he continued with his own food.
The rest of dinner was about songs, solos, and occasional squeals from Konan. The reactions were one sided, even though Kamelot went, "Shh!! SHH!!!" once in awhile. After everyone was done, including Kamelot, Pein and Kitsuke went off to settle the bill. Hidan stretched, and looked at Kamelot. She smiled at him and turned back to answer Konan's 98th question. Kakuzu looked at Hidan.

He tugged at Hidan's sleeve, and the albino turned to look at him. Leaning toward Hidan, Kakuzu whispered, "You're very cute, behaving like a child and taking strangers to dinner with you." he said, honestly meaning it. Hidan flushed and whispered back, "She's different. Stop freaking spiting me, Kakuzu. Leave me the hell alone if all you want to do is freaking tease me." he tried to turn his head, but Kakuzu turned it back. "I'm not spiting you, Hidan. I said you're cute. Is there a problem with that? What did you want me to say?" Hidan didn't answer.

"That you're selfish? Stupid? Pathetic, foolish?" Kakuzu whispered, and then he folded a strand of hair behind Hidan's ear discreetly. "But then i'd be lying." he said, and Hidan looked at him. He smiled a small smile under his mask. "And do you always tell the truth, Kakuzu?" Hidan asked softly, and Kakuzu nodded. "Yes." he said. "Yes I do."
Hidan looked back to Kamelot, a very light tint of pink still on his face, which subsided quickly, replaced by a smile.

Kakuzu looked at Hidan out the corner of his eye. 'I do not love this man. He is but a musician i will be working with, not a lover.'
He sighed.

It was probably a lie.

Please Review.

Nearly forgot to include my little rant here... =="
I HATE SCHOOL.
My parents want to send me to a shrink. They think i'm getting depressed.
Maybe i am. But a shrink?? God. That's... well, drastic.
please review? It's only take a little time.