p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;"I looked out at my friends as they went about their daily lives without much worry in their minds. I had informed the Hokage of our presence out here so that there wouldn't be any surprises should a ninja stumble upon us. Tsunade was kind enough to allow us to become ninja within Konoha once we signed a permanent treaty that declared the Akatsuki was no more, but aside from Kakuzu and myself no one wanted to be fighting anymore. I took up a position within the ANBU to infiltrate enemy villages and assassinate their leaders when they posed as a threat, otherwise I just worked within the academy training the up and coming ninja the basics so they would have a better chance at passing the exam. I smiled calmly to myself as I felt a pair of loving hands snake around my waist and rest their chin within the nape of my neck./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""It feels nice to not be worried about being killed every second of the day. I never thought I'd enjoy being away from the Akatsuki." I chuckled as Kakuzu placed a gentle kiss on the side of my neck./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I don't miss the Akatsuki one bit. Ever since that day with Obito everything has had this strange air of peace around it, of course we still have commotion with everyone arguing with one another on the occasion but we're a big family now and that's expected to happen." Kakuzu nodded as he kissed my neck before pulling away allowing me to turn to face him. I thought back to when I almost lost Kakuzu to Shikamaru and sighed as I knew that Hidan was rotting away in a hole somewhere probably cursing the world. I guess immortality does have it's downfalls when instances such as that come to light./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""What are you thinking about Riku?" Kakuzu asked as his green eyes flashed with curiosity./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I was just thinking about Hidan being down in that hole. I want to save him but he would more than likely ruin what we currently have and I couldn't take that chance, but I also fear someone taking his body and making him turn against us. Hidan isn't a skilled fighter but if he so much as injures you then you may as well kiss your life goodbye because his ritual is inescapable." Kakuzu nodded./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""Maybe you need to go talk to old hag Tsunade to figure out what to do about that potential threat. Hidan may have been my partner but I like what we have here." I kissed Kakuzu before sliding on my shoes./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I'm going to take Itachi to go talk to Tsunade." I walked outside and motioned for Itachi to join me. I started walking as he jogged to catch up to me before meeting my pace./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""What's up, Riku?" Itachi asked looking over at me./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""We are going to speak with Tsunade about getting Hidan out of that hole. This way he can't ruin our peace should someone revive him." Itachi nodded. We were greeted as we walked through Konoha's gates. On the way to the Hokage's office we ran into Shikamaru who wasn't thrilled to see us but I needed his assistance./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""Shikamaru, I'm going to have a meeting with Tsunade that involves you. I would like for you to join us." Shikamaru nodded with a lazy sigh before yawning and walking along next to us as we continued to see Tsunade./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""What's this about, Riku?" I looked over at Shikamaru./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""Hidan is still sealed within that hole right?" Shikamaru nodded seemingly filled with hatred at the mention of his name./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I'm going to retrieve him."/p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""You can't be serious?! He killed Asuma!" I shot a glare at Shikamaru./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""What's left of the Akatsuki are at peace with Konoha, but Hidan won't be. He will want constant revenge and will stop at nothing should someone put him back together. Hidan is not an enemy you want to have once he knows your abilities. Therefore I'm not retrieving him to revive him, I'm doing it to make sure no one else does." Shikamaru chuckled as he looked down towards the ground./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I guess you guys really are peaceful now. I had my doubts but this shows everyone can change."/p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I was never against you willingly Shikamaru, I was a prisoner that suffered daily. I've always been with Konoha." I walked inside Tsunade's office and looked at her calmly. I explained my idea for the mission to her the same as I had to Shikamaru and she nodded./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I want you to lead a team to get fetch him. Shikamaru, I know your wounds are still fresh but your team has already encountered the zombie once before."/p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""With all do respect to Shikamaru's teammates I would like to only take him and Itachi with me." Shikamaru seemed surprised as he looked over at me. Tsunade sighed before nodding and waving us away to return to our lives./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""We leave in three hours, make sure you're ready." Itachi and Shikamaru nodded as I walked back towards my home while they went to go get food. Hidan, we are coming for you./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""It feels nice to not be worried about being killed every second of the day. I never thought I'd enjoy being away from the Akatsuki." I chuckled as Kakuzu placed a gentle kiss on the side of my neck./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I don't miss the Akatsuki one bit. Ever since that day with Obito everything has had this strange air of peace around it, of course we still have commotion with everyone arguing with one another on the occasion but we're a big family now and that's expected to happen." Kakuzu nodded as he kissed my neck before pulling away allowing me to turn to face him. I thought back to when I almost lost Kakuzu to Shikamaru and sighed as I knew that Hidan was rotting away in a hole somewhere probably cursing the world. I guess immortality does have it's downfalls when instances such as that come to light./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""What are you thinking about Riku?" Kakuzu asked as his green eyes flashed with curiosity./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I was just thinking about Hidan being down in that hole. I want to save him but he would more than likely ruin what we currently have and I couldn't take that chance, but I also fear someone taking his body and making him turn against us. Hidan isn't a skilled fighter but if he so much as injures you then you may as well kiss your life goodbye because his ritual is inescapable." Kakuzu nodded./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""Maybe you need to go talk to old hag Tsunade to figure out what to do about that potential threat. Hidan may have been my partner but I like what we have here." I kissed Kakuzu before sliding on my shoes./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I'm going to take Itachi to go talk to Tsunade." I walked outside and motioned for Itachi to join me. I started walking as he jogged to catch up to me before meeting my pace./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""What's up, Riku?" Itachi asked looking over at me./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""We are going to speak with Tsunade about getting Hidan out of that hole. This way he can't ruin our peace should someone revive him." Itachi nodded. We were greeted as we walked through Konoha's gates. On the way to the Hokage's office we ran into Shikamaru who wasn't thrilled to see us but I needed his assistance./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""Shikamaru, I'm going to have a meeting with Tsunade that involves you. I would like for you to join us." Shikamaru nodded with a lazy sigh before yawning and walking along next to us as we continued to see Tsunade./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""What's this about, Riku?" I looked over at Shikamaru./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""Hidan is still sealed within that hole right?" Shikamaru nodded seemingly filled with hatred at the mention of his name./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I'm going to retrieve him."/p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""You can't be serious?! He killed Asuma!" I shot a glare at Shikamaru./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""What's left of the Akatsuki are at peace with Konoha, but Hidan won't be. He will want constant revenge and will stop at nothing should someone put him back together. Hidan is not an enemy you want to have once he knows your abilities. Therefore I'm not retrieving him to revive him, I'm doing it to make sure no one else does." Shikamaru chuckled as he looked down towards the ground./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I guess you guys really are peaceful now. I had my doubts but this shows everyone can change."/p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I was never against you willingly Shikamaru, I was a prisoner that suffered daily. I've always been with Konoha." I walked inside Tsunade's office and looked at her calmly. I explained my idea for the mission to her the same as I had to Shikamaru and she nodded./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""I want you to lead a team to get fetch him. Shikamaru, I know your wounds are still fresh but your team has already encountered the zombie once before."/p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""With all do respect to Shikamaru's teammates I would like to only take him and Itachi with me." Shikamaru seemed surprised as he looked over at me. Tsunade sighed before nodding and waving us away to return to our lives./p
p style="line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;""We leave in three hours, make sure you're ready." Itachi and Shikamaru nodded as I walked back towards my home while they went to go get food. Hidan, we are coming for you./p