Hey once again! Time to get this show rolling for the 25:th time. Once again I want to thank everyone that has reviewed on my story. I'm sooooo damn happy :D From here on there will be fluff between the four main characters because I personally think it's about friggin' time that someone knocks a little sense in Hay-Lin.
Well, less talk and more writing as I use to say, ENJOY!!!!!
Chapter 25: We're going to the beach
Isn't vacation supposed to mean that you get to enjoy some free time and take care of yourself? Well, if that's the case then this is certainly not a vacation! The previous evening I had made dinner, cleaned the whole living room, helped Pein and Zetsu with their little air-condition problem –In other words I had to use a giant and heavy fan in order to create a smooth breeze so that those lousy slave-drivers could enjoy the warm evening without breaking a sweat- and on top of all this I hadn't get enough sleep last night since I was laying awoken when I thought back on the times when me, my mother, father and little sister had been on vacation in Hawaii when I was 9 years old. Oh, what memories that brought back!
Well, anyway after I had woken up –I managed to finally fall asleep at 1:AM- I had walked to the kitchen but hadn't start to prepare anything since the others were still asleep. I didn't dare to wake up the others since the last time had given me scars for life –You can ask my hair rots if you don't believe me- so right at the moment I was the only one up. In other words…I'M BORED TO DEATH! After I had started to work for the Akatsuki I had kind of get used to have people around me all the time. When I lived in New York I had always lived alone so right now I was so happy to be able to talk or spend time with a living person. I sighed again. The others didn't seem to wake up so I thought that this was a good opportunity to paint the environment outside. I mean, it's not often you have a first classed view of the ocean just a couple of meters from you're house.
Just when I was about to go out from the kitchen and get my painting equipment I collided with someone. I looked up and prepared to apologize when my eyes meet a couple of violet.
"Oh, Hidan. Good morning! I'm sorry that I bumped into you. I didn't think that anyone would wake up yet." I said and gave him an extenuation smile. Hidan blinked in surprise but then he shrugged his shoulders and let out a loud yawn. My smile softens and I chuckled lightly.
"Do you want something to eat?" I asked politely.
"Seriously, you don't have to fucking make me anything. I can make something myself." Hidan said and walked pass me towards the giant fridge. I turned and looked at him with a face of utter shock. What the hell?! Hidan is going to cock?! Am I dreaming?
After pinching my arm painfully I came to the realization that I wasn't dreaming and that Hidan actually was going to make himself something to eat. Well, ain't this day starting interesting?
"You know it my job to cock so if you want then I can make some bacon and eggs." I suggested but Hidan just glared at me and that was all the answer I needed. With a heavy sigh I sat down on one of the chairs and watched how Hidan made himself a bunch of sandwiches. I started to wonder if he really were able to eat all of them. When he then poured up two glass of milk and then handed me one sandwich and one of the glasses I raised an eyebrow in confusion but happily accepted. I hadn't eaten anything so I was very hungry.
"Thanks! I'm starving." I said and happily bite down in the cheese-sandwich which was by the way very tasty! Hidan gave me a small smile before he also started to eat of his sandwich.
"Thought so." He mumbled and then we continued to eat in silence. After a while – and three sandwiches later- I patted my full stomach with a contempt grin plastered onto my face.
"I'm totally full. I didn't know that you were so good at making delicious sandwiches." Hidan let out a small laugh at hearing this.
"I may be a fucking good servant of Jashin-sama but I have some other fucking abilities beside that too you know." he said and winked at me. My cheeks turned slightly pink and I smirked at him.
"You've know, I have read a little about Jashinism and even if I'm not going to convert since I'm not a very huge fan of pain, I actually think it's an rather interesting religion." I said and laughed at Hidan's shocked expression.
"You really think that my religion is interesting? Seriously?!" he asked me doubtfully. I titled my head to the side and rested it in my hand.
"Well, sure. I think that everyone has the right to have some kind of faith. Even if I may don't agree with the religion I still think that it's interesting and if you really believe in it then you should perpetrate it. For me no religion is too strange and I think that everyone should have their chance to perpetrate their beliefs. What kind of person would I be if I suddenly forbade you to perpetrate you're religion?" I asked Hidan. He was staring at me like I had grown a second head.
"A normal person." He replied and slowly shook his head in disbelief.
"Well, if that's how it is then I rather choose to be abnormal." I said and added with a small laugh. Hidan's features soften and he looked warmly at me.
"Yeah but that's what makes you so fucking special." He said softly. I blushed but managed to give him a warm smile. We looked each other in the eyes and we both seemed to drift off into our own thoughts.
I don't know what Hidan was thinking about but I was thinking about what I should prepare as breakfast for the others when they woke up. Suddenly Hidan had grabbed my hand and gave it a light squeeze. I snapped out from my thought and returned to look at Hidan's face. He looked at me with eyes that were shining with warmth and an emotion that I really couldn't describe. It was so strong yet so familiar, like I had seen or experience that emotion somewhere before. I furrowed my brows slightly at Hidan in confusion. What is he doing? The same man took a deep breath before looking me deep into the eyes. My heart suddenly started to beat rapidly as it expected something good to come out from his mouth. What good?! What's going on here?!
"Hay-Lin…I-" Hidan trailed of and averted his gaze for a moment.
"Oh shit! This is it, girl! This is the moment we have been waiting 22 years for!"
Wait, what?! What moment?! What's going on here?! I don't get a thing! Why is Hidan acting so weird? And speaking of weird, why is Itachi suddenly not acting like the emotionless mass murderer he is? Instead he hugs me out of the blue! And why is Deidara sculpturing a woman that I apparently am very familiar with but sure that I have never met?! Plus she looks exactly like me! What is happening?
"You're so damn oblivious."
Oblivious to what? My attention was turned to the now blushing –Wait, he what?!- man in front of me. Panic started to spread through my body and my heart started to beat even more rapidly. Hidan took another deep breath and this time he gave me a shaky smile. He looked like he wanted to tell me something really important and when his grasp around my hand tightened I gulped nervously and sweat started to break out from my forehead. My heartbeats were ringing in my ears and I almost couldn't hear what Hidan said next.
"Hay-Lin, a little fucking while ago I fucking realised something…………… I love y-"
"GOOD MORNING LIN-CHAN!" Before I could even realise what happen I was suddenly glomped behind by a love hugging cuddle orange mask wearing man. I quickly retrieved my hand from Hidan and turned around to smile at my masked friend.
"And a good morning to you too, Tobi." I said and returned his hug. After a short while Tobi took a step backwards and I could almost see the huge smile that was plastered onto his face under that mask.
"Today Tobi, Lin-chan and the others are going to the beach and then Tobi and Lin-chan can make a big sandcastle!" he exclaimed and squealed in delight by just thinking of the sandcastle that I apparently would help him to build.
I smiled at him but then Tobi suddenly stiffened and I eyed him in confusion. Suddenly I noticed that there was a dark and deadly aura coming from something behind me and it looked like it tried to strangle Tobi. I spun around and what I saw made me took a flinch in fear. Hidan literary looked like he would jump on Tobi and kill him with his bare hands. His eyes were narrowed dangerously as his eyes shoot daggers at the poor man and his earlier smiling mouth were pressed together into a firm line. Tobi took a hesitated step backwards and raised his hands in defence.
"Um, did Tobi interrupt something before he walked in?" he asked hesitantly. He shrinks when Hidan slowly stood up and slowly made his way towards the now shaking man. Hidan seemed to tower above Tobi like a dark cloud and I heard how he cracked his knuckles.
"You fucking little dipshit. I'm so fucking going to sacrifice you to Jashin-sama in the most brutal and painful way ever after I'm done with fucking breaking every single bone in you're whole fucking body." He said in a cold and dangerously low tone that made me shiver in fear. Sweet Lord was this man scary or what!? But since Tobi was my friend and I liked him very much I felt that I had some kind of responsibility to protect him.
I therefore took a hesitate step forward and put a soothing hand on Hidan's shoulder. He turned his head and glared at the person that dared to try and interrupt him. His eyes widen slightly when he looks into my serious face.
"Please Hidan don't hurt Tobi. He didn't know that we were talking so it isn't his fault." I said in a calm tone and saw to my great relief that Hidan's face soften. Tobi breathed out in relief when he noticed that the danger was over. I patted Hidan on the shoulder and titled my head to the side in a curious manner.
"So what were you saying earlier?" I asked. Hidan throw Tobi another death glare before he sighed heavily and turned to gave me a weak smile.
"We can fucking talk about it another time. The others are probably on their way and they surely want some breakfast." When I heard the word breakfast I let out a growl in frustration that made Hidan chuckle and look at me with a little sympathize in his eyes. Tobi on the other hand grabbed my hand so that I turned and looked at him.
"Tobi will help Lin-chan because Tobi is a good boy!" he exclaimed and I laughed at his childish behaviour. I heard a growl behind me and turned to look at the annoyed Jashinist.
"What the fuck am I?! Invisible?! I will help you too to make some fucking sandwiches to those ungrateful bastards." He muttered. I smiled brightly at them both and nodded my head. To know that I had four hands more to help me preparing the breakfast was just wonderful!
"Thanks guys. I really appreciate it." I said. I could now hear the sounds of footsteps that were summing closer to the kitchen and I realised that the others had woken up. I grabbed an apron and tied it around my waist and looked at my two assistances with determination written all over my face.
"Gentlemen, get into position. We have nine hungry criminals to feed." Well, can't life be anymore great? Still, I wonder what Hidan had wanted to say before Tobi interrupted him. It had sounded quit important but sadly I hadn't been able to hear more than the word "I" before I had heard Tobi's footsteps. Oh, well. Hopefully it was nothing too important plus I needed to focus on the breakfast at the moment. I guess I will find out what it was eventually another day!
"Ooooooh…Awesome!!" My eyes were wide like plates when I stared awestrucked at the long beautiful beach. There were a lot of people occupying it but since it was so damn big there was more then enough room for everyone. I heard how Konan laughed at my impressed expression and I turned around and flashed her a wide grin. The sun was shining, the temperature was just perfect, the air was refreshing and the ocean lay wide open. Now, doesn't this sound like the absolutely perfect moment in a ocean loving person's life? Well, everything would have been just perfect if a certain someone weren't glaring daggers at me behind my back. I sighed in frustration and slowly shook my head.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Kisame? I'm sorry!!" I said and waved my hands at my sides in a desperate manner. Kisame just huffed and folded his arms.
"Have you any idea how much you hurt my feelings?" The seriousness in his voice made me sweatdropp in a very anime like style.
"He can't be serious? No way! Did I really hurt his feelings that bad?"
Flashback from the morning (Oh don't we just love the dreadful flashbacks? ;D)
After everyone had eaten till they were full Pein informed us that we had 15 minuets to get ready before we went to the beach. When the others had been eating the breakfast that I, Hidan and Tobi had prepared we three had made a bunch of bento's that we could eat at the beach as lunch. Well, if the others weren't amazed by the super awesome food that the three of us had made then I would personally kick their asses into the next Friday!
Right now I was currently changing into my new bikini that I and Konan had bought yesterday. Even if I personally thought that a bikini reviled a little too much skin for my comfort and I would rather have an bathing suit Konan had insisted that this bikini was fitting me like a glove on a hand. It was coloured dark red and the upper part was a halter neck model and the lower part was a hipster model. Thank God it didn't shove as much skin as I would have feared it would but it still didn't leave too much to the fantasy. With a heavy sigh I pulled on the bikini and too make sure that I wouldn't revile too much until we got to the beach I also pulled on a skirt and put up my hair in a messy hair bun. I grabbed the two towels that I was going to use at the beach and then I walked out from my room. I meet Konan on my way to the hall and we chatted along the way. She was dressed in her bikini too that looked exactly the same as mine except that hers were purple. She had pulled on some short shorts and she had taken out that white rose that she used to have in her hair.
When we got to the hall the others were already waiting for us. When Pein saw Konan a trickle of blood slowly made its way down from his nose. I looked away in utter disgust and saw to my great surprise that Hidan, Deidara and Itachi were looking at me like I was some kind of Goddess. I raised an eyebrow at this and shook my head while a giant sweat dropp formed at the back of my head. I guess it's true what they say… Once a pervert, always a pervert!
When I looked at them all I had to almost cover my own nose while trying to fight back the major nosebleed that threatens to break through my poor innocent nose –Curse you feminine hormones!- Why in the world did every man in this house had to have abs like some sort of a friggin' God?!! I mean, Holy smoke's! Even Sasori who is a puppet has one!! All of them would make any woman kill just to get near their bodies. Every male was just wearing bathing trunks and was holding in a towel. To make this short I will just tell you the colour on their trunks and my private thoughts about them.
Deidara-Yellow (The tattoo on his left chest is actually really cool… Wait what did I just think?!)
Itachi-Black with an Uchiha fan on his left leg (Who could have guessed that Itachi would wear black?…-Note the sarcasm-..)
Hidan- Black with red Jashin symbols all over them (Good Lord, why Jashin symbols?!)
Zetsu-White/Black (Well, I guess that it looks kinda cool that his black side wears white while his white side wears black)
Sasori-Red (Once again, who could have guessed? "cough-sarcasm-cough")
Tobi-Orange with yellow smilies (….no commentary…)
Kakuzu- Green (As the colour of money…"Sweatdrops"
Pein. Red with black Akatsuki clouds (Do I even want to know where the hell he even managed to buy those?!)
Kisame-Blue (……Wait, WHAT?!)
My jaw almost hit the floor and my poor virgin eyes almost popped out from their eye-sockets as I stared at Kisame. Then I let out a high pitched shrike and quickly covered both mine and Konan's eyes.
"YOU LOUSY NUDIST! PUT ON SOME CLOTHES!!" I yelled. My face was beat red of embarrassment. Kisame of all people just had to come down here without some bathing trunks on him. Now I'm scared for life!
"…um..Hay-Lin, what in the world are you doing?" asked Konan and I could almost sense hers and the others confusion. I leaned forward and whispered in Konan's ear about my horrifying discovery about Kisame's current state. I then heard how Konan starts to laugh uncontrolled and I looked at her between my fingers.
"What's so funny about this?" I hissed at her. Konan managed to calm down and she removed gently the hand that had blocked her vision and grinned at me.
"Hay-Lin his bathing trunks are blue." She said.
"Hey, is it me you're talking about?!" I removed my hand from my eyes and slowly turned my head and eyed Kisame oddly ,who was glaring back at me. Then I let out a reviled laugh and shook my head.
"I thought that you didn't wear ny trunks since they are coloured in the same colour as you're skin." I admitted. Kisame turned purple in the face and I heard how the others sniggered at his expense. Since I never ever can keep my mouth shut I just had to make everything worse for the poor blue man.
"And I was like "If his all nude then where the hell did his balls go?" I said and chuckled.
"…………………………"
And that's how you make an whole criminal organisation laugh till they are kneeling on the floor with tears flushing out from their eyes and a blue shark demon man blush so that he looks like a purple shark demon man.
End Flashback
The others sniggered when they thought back on the little incident with Kisame's swimming trunks this morning. Personally I can't believe that I even said something like that out loud! Poor Kisame! As if she read my mind, Konan clapped her hands together to gain everyone's attention.
"Let's not a dreadful misunderstanding ruin the mood now. Let's have some fun instead! Hay-Lin, I saw a good place were we can lay down so come on!" With that said Konan grabbed my wrist and dragged me over to an open spot between the many sunbathers.
The corners of my mouth shoot up when I spotted a group of men that were playing beach volleyball. Oh, I really wanted to join them. I believe I forgot to mention this earlier but I'm not a huge fan of sunbathing. Personally I love to swim in the ocean or play funny beach games like beach volley ball. Maybe I could convince Konan later to challenge them? After all, some of the guys that played were really good looking!
I turned my head and saw that the others followed us. Pein gave death glares to every male that were eying his fiancée with hungry eyes. I must say that Konan really has a body that would have fitted a Goddess. She was well-shaped, had every curve on the right place and not an inch of extra fat anywhere that could meet the eye. To sum everything up, she was like a walking model!
I raised an eyebrow when I heard someone wolfwhistle at us and I gave the same man a heated glare.
"Just ignore them, Honda. They are just a bunch of perverts and perverts are only after one thing."
I tried to cover myself up with my towel when the thought of a pervert made me shiver in disgust. This is why I'm not so fond of sunbathing! Luckily we reached the open spot and everyone lay down on their towels to enjoy the warm sun. I and Konan took of the clothes that had covered the lower part of our bikinis and ignored the many stares we received from other males around us. Pein walked over to Konan and gave her a kiss on her forehead to show the staring males that she was already taken and therefore not available. I however who didn't have anyone was quickly the new staring subject and I soon found myself a little uncomfortable by the sudden attention I was receiving. Then I could feel a dark and extremely deadly aura coming from something behind me and I quickly turned around just in time to see Itachi, Deidara and Hidan looking like they was about to slaughter every single person that was currently eyeing me with just one glare. The unwanted spectators seemed to be strangled to death by the aura so they quickly backed away and left an even bigger spot for us to lay down on. I glanced over to the three members and gave them a thankful smile. Deidara winked at me while grinning devilishly. Itachi just gave me one of his rare smirks while he tried to look like this was nothing. Hidan looked me into the eyes and I could see the warmth that they were radiating. I'm truly happy to have so great friends like them and I had to tell them how grateful I was later tonight.
I laid flat on my stomach between Konan and Tobi who was still wearing his orange mask.
I think I dozed of after a coupe of minuets because when I open my eyes again I could fell that my back was a little sore meaning that I had to switch side in order to not get burn in the warm sun. I shifted so that I could prop myself up on my elbows and rested my head in my hands while eyeing the slumbering members. I looked at the forest that was located a couple of meters away from the beach and spotted Zetsu and Sasori that were sitting in the shadow under a big palm. Zetsu was probably asleep because the giant Venus-trap that surrounded his head was closed. Sasori was just resting against a tree but looked up and waved at me. I waved back with a smile on my face.
I return to look at the others and saw that some of them had fallen asleep. Deidara and Itachi looked like they were already dreaming about something because both of them had a little smile in the corner of their mouths and their breaths were evened. My expression softens while I studied their faces. They looked so peaceful and cute when they were asleep that if you could almost awe at them. Speaking of awe, my smile widen when I saw that Tobi were hugging and cuddling my right arm like it was some kind of a soft toy. I pulled my fingers through his spiky hair and giggled when he let out a contempt sigh. I was still curious what he hide beneath that swirly orange mask.
Careful to not wake him up to abruptly I slowly shook his shoulder while softly calling his name. Tobi shifted in his sleep but then I saw that he slowly woke up. I decided to just blurt everything out.
"Tobi, can I ask you something?" Tobi looked up and rubbed his eyes lazily. He seemed to notice that he hugged my arm so he quickly let go. I titled my head to the side while watching him return from the dreamland to the living.
"Yes, Lin-chan?" he mumbled, still tired after his little power nap.
"Are you not warm in that mask?" I asked him. Tobi shifted a little so that he was lying on his stomach and then he let out another contempt sigh.
"Nope. Tobi is very good at handling warmth so Tobi will be just fine. But ne ne Lin-chan?" I looked at him lazily, feeling that the warm sun started to make me a little sleepy.
"Hmm?" I replied.
"Would you like to go down to the ocean and take a swim with Tobi?" The man next to me seemed eager to get a chance to run around and not lay still so I let out a small laugh and nodded. Tobi sprung up and extended his hand so that I could grab it. I got up and turned to look at the members who were trying to get some rest.
"Is anyone up for a swim with me and Tobi?" Kakuzu, Pein and Konan snarled in reply and I translated it into a "Hell no!". Kisame however looked up and grinned at me.
"Thought that you would never ask, kid." He said in a relived tone. I figured that since Kisame was half a shark then he must boil in the sun if he stays out too long.
"Well, come on then, Jaws." I replied and let out a small laugh when Kisame blinked in confusion. I winked at him to signal that it was supposed to sound like a compliment although I didn't know how Kisame would react if he knew what "Jaws" truly stood for back in my world. I gave Hidan a gentle push with my foot and heard how he groaned. He had probably been asleep but when he glared at me I just gave him a innocent face.
"What do you fucking want?" he asked me in a irritated tone.
"Do you want to swim in the ocean with me, Tobi and Kisame?" I asked him. Hidan was quite for a moment but then he just rolled over so that he was lying on his back and folded his arms under his head.
"Nah, I think I remain here but seriously, thanks for asking. I maybe fucking join you later." He replied and closed his eyes.
I had to fight back the blush that threatened to brake up on my cheeks. Since Hidan were no longer lying on his stomach I had a full view of his muscled body. Flashbacks from the time when I had stepped inside his room after he had taken a shower passed before my eyes and my face turned scarlet. How come that every time I see Hidan half naked (or in that case completely nude) my heart feels like its going to explode?
"The answer is simple, Honda…………You're a lousy pervert!"
What?! Hey, hold on now just a minuet! I'm not a fucking pervert! Who the hell could blame me for blushing when I saw one of the hottest guys in the whole Akatsuki completely naked?! Wait…………..did………did I just say that I think Hidan is HOT?!?!?!
Hidan open an eye and stared at my pale face. He got up into a sitting position and waved a hand in front of my face.
"Oi Hay-Lin, are you okay? Seriously you look like you've fucking seen a ghost." He eyed me worriedly. I blinked a couple of times but then I snapped out from my daze and saw that Hidan's face was a little too close for my comfort. I stood up quickly and tried to cover the blush that were covering my whole face. Damn it, what's happening?! Why am I acting like this?! I saw that not only Hidan but now also Deidara and Itachi , who both probably woke up when Hidan asked me if I was okay, was staring at me with confused expressions. I have never ever believed in guardian angles but this time one came by the name Kisame.
"Oi Kid, are you coming or what?!" I turned my head and saw that Kisame and Tobi were standing at the edge of the water and waited for me,
"I'm coming!" I shouted back. I looked over at Deidara and Itachi and smiled a stiffed smile at them.
"Doyoutwowanttojoinusforaswim?" I was blurting out everything in one sentence and mentally cried furiously over my lacking skills of pull myself together. Itachi who had activated his sharingan –Don't even ask me why!- had managed to read my lip movements so he did managed to understand what I had just said.
"I think I will stick in the sun a little while longer but thanks for asking." He replied. Deidara seemed to put two and two together and gave me a wide smile.
"Sorry Hay-Lin but not now,un. I will come down later, okay?" I couldn't help to feel a little disappointed that none of them wanted to go down to the water immediately but I shrugged it of and spun around and rushed down to Tobi and Kisame. When I had caught up with them Tobi grabbed my hand and dragged me into the water.
"LET'S GO, LIN-CHAN!" he shouted happily and I let out a shrike when the water came in contact with my hot skin. We both sprinted out in the water and the water sprayed all around us. Kisame followed behind but he decided to walk to deeper water calmer then me and Tobi.
I and Tobi were laughing like maniacs when we finally had run so far out that we no longer could touch the bottom of the ocean. We were treading water while we waited for Kisame.
"Come on, Kisame-sempai! Hurry up!" I laughed at Tobi's eagerness and couldn't actually help myself so I splashed water into his whole face. Tobi chocked and spluttered and he sounded so funny that I started to laugh even more and louder than before. Tobi seemed to regain his breath because before I could even prepare myself he splashed water into my face as revenge. I spitted out the salty water and gapped at the chuckling man in front of me.
"Okay Tobi! This means war!" I turned around so that I was lying on my back in the water. I splashed as much water as I could at Tobi by using my legs and heard to my great satisfaction that he let out a surprised yelp.
"Lin-chan is not playing fair!" he yelled but was soon silenced by more water. Suddenly I felt how something grabbed my right arm and before I could realise what was going to happen I was pulled down under the surface.
I was being dragged down deeper and deeper. Since this had happen so fast I hadn't been able to breath in before I was pulled down, meaning that I almost had no oxygen in my lungs at the moment. I felt how I started to panic and tried to break free from whatever it was that held me. Suddenly my head was surrounded by a see-through bubble that to my great relief was filled with fresh air. I in hailed sharply and felt how my lungs started to work again. The thing that had pulled me down had let go of my arm so now I could finally kick whoever did this all the way back to the shore. I spun around in the water and let out a surprised sound when I stared into Kisame's smirking face. His gills were apparently working because he didn't have any air-filled bubble like I had yet he seemed to be able to breath.
"Hehe, Scared ya there, didn't I?" he said in a mocking tone and I extended my tongue out at him. Since I was in an air-filled bubble I could probably talk to him as well.
"No, I wasn't scared. You just surprised me, that's all!" I said. Kisame chuckled and raised an eyebrow playfully at me.
"Oh, of course I did." He replied. I glared at him but then I gasped. The ocean had been beautiful on the surface but it was absolutely stunning beneath it. Everywhere I looked I could see different kinds of colourful fishes and different looking corals and I realised that I was looking at one of the most amazing and beautiful coral reefs in the whole world. It looked so untouched like no one had ever seen it before and the whole place was sparkling with lives and colours. Kisame noticed my stunned expression and let out a rumbling laugh.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" he said and turned to look at me. I could just nod in reply since my tongue seemed to have disappeared deep down in my throat. I started to swim in order to get a closer look and I saw that Kisame were swimming behind me. I then saw something move from the corner of my eye and looked around just to see a waving Tobi beside me. His head were surrounded by the same looking bubble too and I smiled when I saw that he was trying to catch a fish that was sadly too fast for the strange land-living animal that tried to catch it.
"I have never in my life seen anything as beautiful as this." I said. A little orange fish were swimming just in front of my face and I lifted my hand in daze and tried to touch it. The fish however were not in the mood to let a strange creature touch it so it swam away before I could even get closer to it. Tobi was still chasing the poor fish so that left me and Kisame practically all alone. I didn't know why but something seemed to trouble Kisame. I swam so that I was in front of him and gave him a wondering look.
"Kisame, is there something that you want to talk about? You seem unease by something."
Without me knowing about it Kisame was just trying to figure out how the hell he could carry out the private mission that Itachi had forced him to take.
Flashback! (Here we go again)
It was early in the morning - four hours before they headed to the beach- and Kisame was abruptly awaken by someone that knocked on his bedrooms door. With a irritated growl he got up from his warm and comfy bed and cursed silently under his breath. He was for Kami's sake on vacation and Hay-Lin couldn't even let them sleep as long as they wanted to? Didn't she remember the little lesson they had taught her before they had flied to Tengokushima? Kisame had reached the door and now he opened it with such a massive force that almost made the poor door break from the holders.
"Hay-Lin for the hundredth time! Don't wake me up this early in-" He trailed of and blinked in surprise when he saw that it was not Hay-Lin that were disturbing his sleep. It was no one other than Itachi! His younger partner was already dressed in a T-shirt and long shorts but he looked like he hadn't got any sleep the previous night.
"I-Itachi? What are you doing here?" asked Kisame while trying to not sound as irritated as he truly was. Itachi just walked pass him and entered his room without saying a word to the now confused male.
"Well, sure Come in and make yourself at home." Said Kisame in a sarcastic tone and closed the door. Itachi had taken a seat in one of the armchairs in Kisame's room. Kisame sat down in the other and eyed his partner with mild interest for a while. Then he sighed and folded his arms. This was going to be a hell of a long day.
"Okay spit it out, Itachi. What troubles you?" he asked and waited for his partners reply. Itachi shifted in his char but then let out a defeated sigh.
"It's her." He replied.
"Are you talking about Hay-Lin?" When Itachi nodded Kisame let out a frustrated growl and started to massage his left temple. Love-problems were nothing that he wanted to listen to this early in the morning.
"And what troubles you now?" he asked. At least he could try and make this conversation end as quickly as possible so that he could catch at lest one more of sleep. Itachi let out another heavy sigh.
"I don't know if I can tell her how I feel and this has made me stay up the whole night. I don't think that Hay-Lin feels the same way about me. I think that she just sees me as her friend." Kisame glanced at his partner and couldn't help to feel a little sorry for Itachi. One-side love was something that was very painful to experience and it often lead to that one of the involving persons got her/his heart broken. He needed to help Itachi since his personal feelings to their housekeeper could affect their oncoming missions in the future.
"Well, then try and talk to her. Ask her how she feels about you and don't give up until you get an satisfying answer even if she tries to change subject. Love is a heavy burden, Itachi, but if you talk to her then you may find somewhat peace. Otherwise you could kidnap her and claim her as your own or some romantic shit like that." The last part were supposed to come out as a joke but when Kisame saw that Itachi was not smiling –Not that he ever smiled anyway- he understand that the poor man was actually suffering of the fact that Hay-Lin was so oblivious about his feelings.
And when Kisame said that she was oblivious he mean that she was totally and completely the most oblivious person in the whole wide world. After Itachi had confessed that he loved Hay-Lin, Kisame had rushed to talk with Konan about this. Konan was after all the only female in the whole Akatsuki except Hay-Lin so he needed a female's opinion on how to best stay out of this whole mess. When he had knocked on Konan's door and she had opened it he had to his surprise seen that Kakazu and Sasori were there as well. Konan told him that Deidara and Hidan had confessed their true feelings too and now Hay-Lin had three secret admires in the organisation. This had resulted in a giant bet on who would win Hay-Lin's heart in the end and surprisingly Kisame had betted on Deidara while Sasori had betted on Hidan and Kakazu had betted on Itachi. Konan had said that she wanted nothing to do with all this since Hay-Lin was her friend and that she would personally beat whoever won senseless if he ever broke Hay-Lin's heart. After this the four of them had watched with great amusement how their partners tried to make Hay-Lin understand that they loved her but she had just been totally oblivious and shrugged of their feelings like an irritating fly.
"Kisame, I got it!" Itachis sudden outburst made Kisame snap out from his daze.
"W-What?!"
"I need you to ask Hay-Lin what she thinks of me."
End Flashback!
In the end after many minuets of convincing from Itachi Kisame had finally agreed to help him. So here he was, 6 meters under the surface trying to figure out how to ask Hay-Lin about her feelings towards a mass-murderer. Better to just spit it out!
"Hay-Lin what are you're feelings for Itachi?" he asked. I titled my head to the side and eyed him oddly. What kind of question was that?
"…um…He's my friend so I like him very much I guess." I said uncertain. I saw how Kisame rolled his eyes.
"No, I mean do you like like him?" I raised an eyebrow at hearing his question. Why is he asking me this?
"What do you mean?" Kisame growled and smacked his forehead in frustration.
"For Kami's sake, woman! Do you have any romantic feelings towards Uchiha Itachi?" he asked and looked sternly into my eyes.
I dropped my jaw of hearing this question and my cheeks turned red. What the hell? I decided to not answer such stupid questions –Not that I know why he even asked me that in the first place- and decided it was better to just change subject. Just when I was about to reply I suddenly found myself unable to speak. What was that shadow behind Kisame?
I narrowed my eyes and saw to my great horror a giant shark swimming towards us. When I say that it was giant then I mean it was friggin' giant. Holy shit, is a shark really supposed to be that big?! I raised a shaky finger and pointed at it. Kisame seemed confused but when he saw that I was white in the face and that my eyes were wide in horror he turned around and spotted the shark that now had picked up speed and were heading right towards us.
"SHIT!" With one quick movement Kisame grabbed me and pulled me down even deeper. The shark passed above us but then it dove and was coming at us with its horrifying gap wide open. I closed my eyes and waited for it to rip me to shreds with its razor sharp teeth's but when nothing happen I slowly open my eyes and looked to see Kisame's serious face. Kisame who still had one of his arms wrapped around me suddenly chuckled and shook his head slowly.
"Those three are going to give me a heart attack one beautiful day." he muttered and relished his hold around me.
I narrowed my eyes when I heard this and quickly looked up. There above us were Deidara, Hidan and Tobi fleeting and grinning at us. Deidara and Hidan had two air bubbles too and I let out a stream of curses when I realised that the shark I had seen had been them all along. I quickly swam up and gave them one of my best death glares. When Kisame had dragged me down the elastic that had held my hair in a bun had been destroyed so now my long brown hair was fleeting all around me. It almost looked like my hair was dancing of its own.
"Are you three nuts? You almost scared me and Kisame half to death!" I scolded them. Kisame coughed in his hand when he heard this and I rolled my eyes in annoyance.
"Fine, you almost scared me half to death!" I said but could understand why they laughed. I must have been looking quite funny when I just had gapped and pointed at the shark earlier.
"Sorry,un. But we couldn't let an opportunity like that pass by." Deidara said and smirked. He then seemed to stiffen and looked closer at me. I was too busy with talking to Tobi that I didn't notice that Deidara was staring at me. Since I was also talking with Tobi and Kisame I couldn't hear the conversation that then took place. Hidan had noticed that Deidara were looking at me with soft eyes and gave the blonde a hard punch on his arm.
"If you keep fucking ogling her like that I will fucking punch you in you're ugly face, Blondie." He snarled. Deidara gave him a heated glare and gritted his teeth.
"Shut up, you damn masochist and mind your own damn business,un!" Deidara snarled back. Hidan's eyes narrowed dangerously and just when he was about to reply I looked over and saw that the two men looked like they were about to kill each other.
"Hey Deidara and Hidan! Let's swim down and take a look at the reef together." I suggested and swam down before them. The two men gave each other one last dark and deadly glare before they followed me.
For one hour we explored the whole reef. Kisame and Tobi had headed back to the shore so it was just I, Deidara and Hidan left. I started to get cold and wanted to return to the warm shore so I swam to Hidan who was poking on a giant coral. I giggled when I saw that the coral seemed unharmed by his attempt to piss it off –Can you even piss a coral off?- and that made him look up and smile at me.
"This dimwit is one fucking hard bastard to piss off." He exclaimed and I laughed in response. I saw how Deidara made his way over to us and waved at him to come closer.
"I'm kinda starting to feel cold so I'm going back to the shore. Do you guys want to stay or are you coming back with me?"
"Well, it's not fun when you're not around so I'll come with you,un." My cheeks redden when I heard Deidara say that and Hidan gave him a dark glare.
"O-Okay…" I replied uncertainly and began to swim up to the surface. Deidara smirked triumphantly at Hidan before he followed me. Hidan ranted all kinds of nasty curses at the bomb-expert while he followed us back up as well.
When we broke through the surface the air-bubbles disappeared and I could once again breathe in fresh air. Deidara and Hidan came up not long after me and together we headed towards the shore.
The others even Zetsu and Sasori who apparently had decided to join them in the sun, were eating of their bentos when we sat down. Konan handed me my towel and I started to dry my bodu and my hair.
"I started to wonder if you had developed gills and decided to live under water for the rest of you're life." She said jokingly and I let out a small laugh.
"The reef is truly amazing. I have never seen anything like it before in my whole life." I said and grabbed one of the sandwiches. All swimming had made me hungry and when I looked around I saw that there were still many people at the beach. The blue sky however was not as blue as it had been a little while ago. There were dark clouds building up in the horizon but they were miles away so I shrugged it off. I watched how a group of males played beach volley ball and decided that I would try to make Konan play with me.
"Say Konan?"
"Hmm?"
"Ever plaid beach volleyball before?" Konan looked at me with suspicious eyes like she knew what was coming next.
"Yes, I have. Why do you ask?" The smirk that had been plastered onto my face widen and soon I was grinning like a chesire cat. An evil chesire cat……Fufufufu, this is going to be fun!
"I can't believe that I let you talk me into that!"
"What are you talking about?! We soooooo owned them!"
"Kicking you're opponent between his legs is not fair play, Hay-Lin."
"So what?! He grabbed my ass when I tried to get the ball over the net!"
Konan sighed as she watched me glare at one man with short brown hair that was currently clutching the place between his thighs. I had convinced Konan to help me to challenge two of the males –one with short brown hair and one with short black hair- that had been playing volleyball on a match. First they had made fun of us but when I and Konan had explained to them that men that didn't dare to get their asses kicked by two chicks were weaklings, they had quickly changed their minds. Since Konan and I had not care to wear anything other than our bikinis the beach volleyball plan had soon been surrounded by males from the whole beach. Pein had looked like a thunder cloud when one of the two men that we had challenged had started to flirt with Konan while the man with the brown hair had tried to pull a move on me. Luckily one glare from Hidan, Itachi and Deidara made him temporarily stop with his moves.
The result of the match was that me and Konan had totally owned them since our opponents had apparently being to busy with staring at our bust when they should have been staring at the ball. When my "admire" had tried to so something rash as trying to grab my ass I had personally showed him what I thought about his way to show affection. One hell of a powerful kick between his crouch and he had start screaming like a little girl.
Pein, Deidara, Itachi and Hidan had then wanted to personally taken care of them but Konan and I explained that it was not necessary. After all they did get their asses kicked by two woman who also made them look like idiots when we had completely ignored their "oh, so sexy and absolutely irresistible bodies"……AS IF, ASSHOLES!!
"Aw, come on Konan. Admit it was quite fun when we started to get the hang of it. You and I would have made an awesome volleyball team back in my world." I said and gave her a cheeky grin. Konan sighed but then she let out a small laugh and nodded her head.
"I must say that I was quite impressed when you managed to hit that guy square in the face with the ball." She said and giggle by the memory.
"And when you said to that …oh, what was his name again………Kyo-something, that he hit the ball like an old hag that had broken her hip. I mean, did you see his face expression after that? Unforgettable! "
Konan and I laughed even more at this and soon we had to stop in order to catch our breaths. I looked over my shoulder and gave the members that had decided to watch me and Konan kick those guys sucking asses a sweet smile.
"Did you guys like the game?" I asked innocently and watched with a devilish smirk four faces turned red of embarrassment – I guess you all could guess who it was by now.
You see, since I and Konan had just wore our bikinis and since you had to jump a lot when you played volleyball, this had resulted in that our "coughcough" breasts had………Oh, how to say this……"jumped" a little more than the rest of our bodies and that had brought many perverted thoughts to any male. What I'm trying to say is that while I and Konan played Pein, Itachi, Hidan and Deidara along with almost every other guy that had been watching our game had soon as an result suffered of major nosebleeds. The poor males had still some blood dripping down from their noses.
Kisame, Kakuzu, Sasori, Zetsu and Tobi had decided to wait at our spot since none of them were interesting in volley ball so when we got back I saw that Tobi was occupied with building a giant sandcastle. I had loved to join him but the volley ball game had made me tired so I decided to rest a little before I joined him. I lay down on my back and looked up at the blue sky. The dark clouds had come closer but they were still quite far away so once again I shrugged it off and closed my eyes tiredly. I felt a movement at my right side so I cracked an eye open and saw how Hidan laid down beside me. Konan and Pein were lying a bit away from us so that left my left side empty as well and before I could even register this Itachi had taken the other spot beside me. Seeing nothing wrong with this I slowly closed my eyes again and let myself drifted off into a much needed rest.
In Hay-Lin's dream:
"You're unbelievable, you know that?"
"What have I done wrong now?"
"I can't even imagine that you would ever be this oblivious to stuff that even you're friends has figured out."
"What? Have I missed to notice something?"
"Oh, thank the Lord. She does have a brain after all!"
"Hey hey! No need to go all sarcastic on me now, bitch!"
"You do realise that by calling me bitch just called yourself a bitch?"
"…..Shut up and get the hell out of my head!"
"Sorry, no can do. I'm you remember?"
"Damn, I forgot that. Soooo, what is it that I'm oblivious about?"
"I take back everything I said. You really have no brain!"
"Oh you little……can't you at least be so kind and give me a clue?"
"Well, since you ask so "kindly" I guess I can give you a clue to lighten up that thick brain of yours."
"Aw, you far to kind! Bitch."
"What was that?!"
"Oh, nothing,nothing! Carry on now."
"Humph, I bet that you just said something mean. Well, anyway, it involves you and three others. It has something to do with the way they act towards you."
"Me and three others you say………well, I'm out of ideas in this one so can you give me another clue?"
"I can't even believe I'm a part of you! No, I can't give you any more information then I already have or this whole thing will not turn out well."
"Hey, what's that "I can't believe I'm a part of you" shit supposed to mean?! And why can't you give me another clue?"
"First of all it means exactly what it sounds like, you idiot, and secondly we don't have anymore time because Konan is calling you're name."
"She does? Damn, I guess I have to wake up then. Well, thanks for nothing."
"You're so welcome. We will soon speak with each other again."
"Oh, I can't wait, lousy witch."
"I will pretend I didn't hear that so hurry up and wake up, you lazy ass!"
With a groan I slowly open my eyes and the first thing that came into my vision was Konan's smiling face.
"Finally, I started to believe that you would never wake up. It will start to rain soon so we better hurry back to the mansion." She said and got up from her kneeling position. I shivered when I felt a cold wind blow and I wrapped the towel around me. I got up and saw that the blue sky had turned dark during the time I had been asleep.
Small raindrops had started to fall from the sky so I quickly gathered my stuff and followed Konan and the others back to the mansion. The beach were now empty and when all of us had managed to get inside the whole sky open up and it started to rain heavily.
I sighed heavily as I watch the rain pour down outside from one of the giant windows in the big living room. To have a rain-day on you're vacation truly sucks but the day had been fun as long as it lasted.
"Fucking heathen weather." I turned around and saw that Hidan looked just as irritated as me by the fact that it rained.
"Well, at least it didn't start this morning." I said, trying to cheer him up a little. Hidan gave me a small smile and sighed.
"Yeah, I guess you have some fucking point with that." he replied. I smirked at him and turned my head and watched as Tobi started to show everyone the shells that he had picked up from the reef.
"Ne Zetsu-san, isn't this shell beautiful?" he asked the plant man who raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, Tobi, it does look beautiful. Does it look like I honestly care?" By hearing Black-Zetsu's answer Tobi sniffed like a scolded child and rushed over to me.
"Lin-chan! Zetsu-san didn't like the shell's that Tobi picked today!" he wined and hugged me in order to get some comfort. I sweatdropped but patted his back in a comforting manner.
"There, there Tobi. I'm sure that Zetsu didn't mean that. He liked them very much. Isn't that right Zetsu?" I added a glare at the last part at Zetsu's direction that clearly said "If you don't agree I will put weed-killers in you're food". Zetsu rolled his eyes but nodded in reply. That made Tobi let go of me and then he happily skipped to his room were he planed to decorate it with all the new shells that he had picked. I shook my head but couldn't help to smile at him. He acted just like my little sister Kimi when she was younger. He was just too cute!
"Well, I'm going to take a shower before starting with the dinner." I said and excused myself. It had been a long day and it wasn't over yet. A long warm shower was all I needed to get back some energy. I know I have said it a lot but life can truly be great sometimes.
Normal P.O.V
The rest of the member's staid a little bit longer and watched the rain fall down form the sky but then Konan, Pein, Kisame, Sasori, Zetsu and Kakazu got up and headed to their own rooms to shower as well before dinner. This left Deidara and Hidan all alone together in the living room. Itachi had excused himself long ago since he needed to take care of something important. At first there was silence between the two men but then Deidara suddenly decided to break it.
"Say Hidan,un. Do you have any feelings towards Hay-Lin?" he asked out of the blue and watched Hidan's reaction from the corner of his visible eye. Hidan stiffened for a second but then he turned angrily at Deidara and gave him a menacing glare.
"Why the fuck should I tell a pansy like you?" he snarled. Deidara right eye twitched but he managed to remain calm.
"Well, since you obviously tries to make her fall for you I could only concluded that you had some sort of twisted feelings towards her,un." He replied in a mocking tone. Hidan got up and glared at the bomb-expert with clenched fists.
"Watch it very carefully, Deidara-chan, or you will truly be fucking sorry." Hidan said in a low threatening tone. Deidara got up as well and now the two men were glaring at each other with such heated glares that it was a mirical the the table that stood between them didn't caught fire.
"I'm just going to tell you this once, you foulmouthed piece of shit,un. Leave her alone or you will be the one that are going to be fucking sorry." Deidara said with an ice cold tone. Hidan chuckled and looked at Deidara with a mocking stare.
"You can't kill me, you dipshit. I'm immortal, remember!? Besides why would I stay away from the woman I love?" The last part were spoken more softly and Deidara twitched by hearing what Hidan just had said. Then his eye narrowed and he snarled dangerously.
"Don't you even dare try and make her fall for a psycho masochistic inconsiderate prick like yourself. Hay-Lin deserves something much better than an religious freak,un!" Hidan turned red in the face of pure anger and he grabbed Deidara forcefully by his collar.
"What the fuck did you fucking say you piece of crap?! You'd better run like fucking hell before my foot finds his goddamn way to you're motherfucking ass you son of a bitch! Besides do you honestly fucking think that you're so much fucking better then me? What could you possible fucking offer her?! An ugly-ass sculpture?!" Hidan was almost screaming right into the blondes face before Deidara with one quick movement broke free from Hidan's grasp and took a step backwards.
Deidara's tolerance was running thin and he really wanted to just blow up the asshole even if he was immortal or not. Then he remembered the real reason he had started this conversation so he managed to calm himself just enough. Deidara meet Hidan's violet eyes and this time Deidara didn't have that usual smirking expression plastered onto his face. His face was serious and his eye was staring into Hidan's coldly.
"I love Hay-Lin more than you, Hidan,un. I will prevent you from trying you're disgusting attempts to win her affection even if that means I will have to blow you up into millions of pieces,un." Deidara replied. Hidan blinked but then he snarled at the blonde and took a threatened step towards him.
A sudden movement made them look to the side and their eyes widen slightly as they saw Itachi step out from the shadows of the room. Itachi eyed the two men with a calm expression yet his eyes said otherwise. On the inside the Uchiha was fuming with anger.
"Well, it looks like we have a serious problem here because I will not let any of you try to do anything with the woman that I love." He said with a dangerously low tone.
There was a deadly silence that followed after Itachi's statement but then Hidan looked at both of his rivals and spoke up in a very serious tone.
"Well, looks like us three is going to be in some seriously deep shit with each other from now one. I'm not going to fucking let Hay-Lin fall for any one of you, you friggin' atheist cocksuckers." He said in a reassuring tone. Deidara turned and glared at Itachi with a hateful glare.
"I'm not gonna let anyone of you have her,un. Especially not you, lousy Uchiha bastard." He growled and narrowed his eye at Itachi who just smirked mockingly back at him.
"We will see about that, Deidara. Well, I guess the only thing left to say now is…Let the best man win and I can assure both of you that it will be me."
ME: O-O'…um…should I be sad or happy for Hay-Lin by the fact that she now has three hot guys fighting over her? What will happen now? Who will Hay-Lin chose in the end?! Even I don't know……Just kidding, I know who she will end up with but I'm not telling you XD. Well, thanks for reading this chapter and Happy New Year, folks!
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