I slept snugly that night, unaware of exactly how close Hidan and I were. While I slept, he had practically wrapped himself around me, entangling our limbs.

For once, my sleep was undisturbed. I awoke sometime before dawn, with my face pressed into Hidan's chest. He was awake, judging by the way he was silently stroking my hair.

"'Morning," I said with a yawn. "What are you doing?"

He didn't hesitate at the sound of my voice, quietly mumbling, "Admiring the view."

I blushed and looked at the ceiling. "Stop confusing me."

This caused him to stop playing with my hair. "Whaddya mean?"

I sat up, pulling my legs away from his. "One minute you're kissing me, and the next you're threatening to dismember me," I turned at looked at him, meeting his confused stare. "I don't know how to feel."

"You're one to talk!" He exclaimed, sitting up. "One minute you're all over me, and then you're talking shit."

"That's how I flirt, you dick!" I hissed, realizing my mistake as his arms snaked around my waist and he pulled me into his lap.

"I know, I just wanted you to admit that you like me," He chuckled huskily, pressing his face into my neck. "But that's okay, because I really like you, cat-bitch."

I felt heat rise to my cheeks, damn sexy ninjas. "That's a terrible decision," The words escaped my mouth, and I pressed my hands over my face.

He pressed a chaste kiss to my neck, and I felt my skin tingling at the contact. "Good fuckin' thing it's not my decision, it's Jashin's."

Of course, Hidan was right, but I didn't voice that. Jashin-sama had brought me here. Jashin-sama had brought me to him.

"Well, I guess if it's His will..."

Hidan only laughed, before pulling me closer to him.

We spent the next few hours kissing between random conversations.

Hidan actually wasn't that bad to be around, when you weren't an absolute ass to him constantly.

Yeah, me being a Jashinist definitely had nothing to do with our close relationship. I pressed a kiss to his nose, and he made a face at me, before attacking me with a kiss of his own.

His lips molded against mine perfectly, and I felt him bite at my lip.

We were in our own little bubble, blind to anything else. Being with Hidan felt good, he was so strong and dominant, yet gentle and careful. His presence put me at ease, a stark contrast to how I had felt being with Jun.

Neither of us noticed the gentle rapping on the door until the visitor grew tired of waiting on us and entered the room.

"Oh wonderful, you two are at it again."

I jumped at the intrusion, swiveling my head to stare at Kakuzu. Hidan might have flipped him off behind me, but I wasn't sure.

"Don't mind me, I'm going to eat." Kakuzu mumbled, quickly exiting the room.

I looked back to Hidan, opening my mouth to comment on how awkward that had been, but my stomach cut me off with a loud grumble. "I'm... kinda hungry too."

My immortal just snickered at me, before ruffling my hair and standing up from the bed. "Fuck yeah, let's get some food."

After gorging ourselves on meat at a barbeque, Kakuzu and Hidan created clones of themselves to double back and cover our tracks.

After the doubles had disappeared, the Immortal Duo and I continued on our journey back home.

This time, Kakuzu made me run on my own, instructing me to concentrate my chakra through my legs and feet.

They slowed down to let me keep up with them, but it wasn't long before their jog turned into run.

We were still in the northern Fire countryside, heading East toward the land of Grass. I didn't recognize my surroundings, but I had a general idea of where we were.

We ran for an hour more before Kakuzu wanted to speed up more, instructing Hidan to grab me. I was swooped up in his arms, this time bridal style.

After that, our journey continued without pause for hours. It was quite boring, and I vowed to bring a book on our next mission, assuming it'd be relatively soon.

When we finally did stop, it was well after the sun had dipped below the horizon, and the trees had become the wavy plains of the land of Grass. We crossed an abandoned bridge, and I recognized it as the Great Naruto bridge. We had come to a stop right inside of the town, and the citizens milling about before the shops closed for the night began to retreat.

I had been daydreaming about a certain psychopath and his captivating eyes when Hidan set me down on my own feet. Not paying attention, I nearly fell over before catching myself on his cloak.

"We'll continue from here," Kakuzu was saying. "We are now north of Amegakure and we will be in Rain soon. We should be back at base by daybreak."

"So we're going the full way tonight?"

Kakuzu made a noise of confirmation, before commenting that we would need to keep up the pace to stay ahead of any forces that might be on our tail.

I didn't argue with him, but I did demand that we purchase food before continuing our trek.

I approached the stand alone, and the vendor smiled nervously at me, his eyes flicking over my shoulder at the Akatsuki members. I tried to smile softly at him, before politely ordering 3 of the takoyaki balls he was serving.

His hands shook as he handed me the food and accepted the coins I handed to him.

Like the bread vendor, I had overpayed for our meals and waved off the change he offered to me. He thanked me three times as I walked away, but I just waved at him. He was probably struggling to provide for his family... And I really didn't desire material items that much. I just needed enough to get by.

I returned to the murderers, and they took their meals from my hands. Kakuzu commented on how frivolously I spent my money, but I only shrugged in response.

Hidan was noisily devouring his takoyaki, discarding his garbage on the ground.

I chewed him out for littering, and he called me a bitch as I picked up his trash. I took Kakuzu's as well, and tossed them in a bin.

Feeling better about my efforts to save the enviroment, I walked a bit faster to catch up with my companions.

"You've got quite the stamina," Kakuzu told me, sounding impressed. "You're progressing very well."

"I run every day," I told him, looking at the dark path ahead of us. "Good for keeping a clear mind."

He grunted. Guess that's the end of that conversation.

I turned my attention to Hidan, who was rubbing his rosary as we walked. "I need one of those," I commented.

He agreed, promising to get one for me. Hidan didn't seem to be in a very talkative mood either, so I decided to practice making hand signs, twisting and pressing my fingers together.

Kakuzu kept glancing over at me, but didn't comment on it for a while before telling me I was forming the bird sign improperly.

I allowed him to correct me, lacing my fingers in mirror to his.

We sped up again, running silently south. My muscles were sore and I was finally beginning to tire when we entered the land of Rain.

Thankfully my cloak had a hood on it, and I pulled it up over my hair before the temporary dye bled out. Hidan cursed at his lack of head covering, then cursed Pein for the downpour.

It was probably an hour before midnight, and we still had the country to cross.

As we trekked further into the land of Rain, the precipitation thickened. Not too long into the country, my hood was soaked through and I knew that streams of brown water were inching their way down my neck and shoulders.

Hidan laughed at my misery, and Kakuzu chided me for not taking better care of my hair, even though I wasn't the criminal mastermind who controlled the fuckin' weather.

"Damn you, Pein." I muttered, before lightning cracked across the sky, realeasing an addition downpour on us.

I knew the pierced ninja was laughing at me, but that didn't stop me from sticking my tongue out at the sky.

Hours later, I could barely drag myself through the rain and mud, so Hidan begrudgingly let me onto his back, where I proceeded to pass out.

The next time I woke, both the sky and the rain were considerably lighter.

I surmised that we were near the base, and probably an hour more of walking would deposit us at our destination.

Hidan made me walk from there, stating that he should make me carry him while he slept.

I shrugged, "Listen, darling," I recieved an odd look from him, "I am the princess and I deserve royal treatment."

"You're a royal pain in my ass," he grumbled, kicking water at me.

I flipped him off, trudging through the mud behind Kakuzu.

He returned my kind gesture, a smirk playing across his face. I stared at his lips a second too long, loosing my footing and tumbling down into the mud. Hidan helped me up, but I didn't let go of his hand as Kakuzu trudged ahead of us.

Hidan didn't comment on my lingering grasp, only shifting his hand to place his thumb on top of mine.

It seemed really dorky, holding hands like we were teenagers in love, but in reality, I really didn't want to fall in the mud again.

Eventually the rain stopped, but we already drenched; I was wet and cold, shivering in the early morning air. With dry ground to walk on, I no longer needed Hidan's hand so I dropped it wordlessly.

I looked ahead of us, wishing the journey to come to an end. The first thing I wanted to do was take a long, hot shower and let the cold disappate from my bones. Nothing sound better than that and a warm cup of orange blossom tea.

Thankfully, I recognized the village in the distance. Being so close to home, (as I had come to regard the Akatsuki base), gave me a burst of energy, and I found myself walking faster.

Upon entrance to the base, Kakuzu reminded us to report to Pein, which Hidan and I simultaneously groaned at.

We exchanged a look and I stuck my tongue out at him. He huffed, following Kakuzu and I down the hallway.

Kakuzu knocked on the door, and Pein's voice bid us entrance.

He assessed our muddied forms, took the large bag of money that Kakuzu offered him, and waved Hidan and I off. "Go clean yourselves up, Sakana you'll find that Konan has furnished your room in your absence. You have clean clothes in your wardrobe."

Kakuzu stayed, probably to brief the leader on our mission, and my progress.

Hidan and I left them, walking side-by-side down the hallway. Admittedly, if not for his company, I would have lost my way.

Suki's voice caught my attention. Rather, it was the shrill shriek of, "Sakana is back!" that alerted me.

"Oh yay, a welcoming party," I commented dryly as I passed her.

Kira appeared behind her, a look of disgust wrinkling her face as she took in my appearance. "You look like you had fun," she smirked.

I flipped her off, "You look shit." Then I turned followed Hidan down the hall to our respective rooms.

I could akmost visualize the pout on Suki's face as she mumbled, "She got mean while she was gone."

Hidan and I argued over who was going to shower first, so naturally, he offered to shower with me.

"No way!" I exclaimed, and a evil smile spread across his face.

"Guess you gotta wait your turn then," he chuckled before shutting the door in my face. I heard the lock slide into place, so I settled for punching the door and calling him a dick.

He laughed as the shower turned on, so I turned to my bedroom and opened the door.

Suki, Zena, and Kira were already lounging on my bed. I sighed, pulling off my wet clothes and tossing them in a pile in the corner of my room.

I wrapped a towel around myself, covering my now exposed underwear. Suki took the liberty of speaking first.

"Soooooo..." She began, drawing my gaze to her. She was sitting on her hands, bubbling in excitement. "Give us the details."

I pulled a black camisole out of the wardrobe, and searched through it for some shorts. "There's not much to say," I lied.

"Bullshit." Kira commented. "You and Hidan have a thing."

I closed the doors of the closet, turning to the trio. "Its not much of a thing."

"Oh, come on, Sak." Suki leaned forward.

They already knew, they just wanted some girl gossip. "Fine." I sighed, taking a seat on the chair at my desk. "We have a thing."

Suki cheered, Zena clapped, and Kira said, "Duh."

"It really isn't much of a thing, though. We've kissed and whatever but I'm not really the relationship type, and neither is he."

"I dont think thats true," Zena piped up. "You like him."

I threw my hands up, exasperated. "Why is it such a big deal if I like him or not?"

Suki smiled, "Because you like him, you don't like anybody."

"I like Kisame," I quipped.

"Who doesn't though?" She asked, a twinkle forming in her eye at the mention of the shark-man.

Fair enough, I thought.

Kira spoke next, "I really want to know what happened to your hair."

I turned my eyes to the black-haired girl. "Do you know where I can buy any boxed hair dye in this Jashin-forsaken world?"

"Oh my god, you just said Jashin!" Suki squealed.

I can't keep anything from them. "...Yeah," I finally admitted.

"So what, Hidan recruited you to his psycho-murder-cult?" Kira asked.

"It's not--" I began to protest. "...You're not wrong."

She smirked while Suki let out another shrill squeal.

"Listen, I promise that I will tell you everything but after I shower and sleep. We walked all day and night and I am exhausted."

They obliged, leaving my room as the sound of the shower turning off caught my ears.

I stood waiting, covered in dried mud from head to toe, right outside of the bathroom door.

Hidan opened it suddenly, and I lost my footing. I tumbled forward into his arms, realizing in horror that we were both barely clothed, and there may have been some sexual tension between us.

The silver-haired nin caught me easily, avoiding transferring mud from my skin to his. "You're clumsy." He deadpanned, patting me on the head and quickly exiting the bathroom.

My heart was beating pretty hard for a moment after the door closed behind him, and I spent another one staring at my reflection and wondering what in the fuck that was.

When I finally took in how bedraggled I looked, I reached over and slid the lock into place before shedding my towel and underwear and stepping into the hot spray of water.

I spent too much time in the shower, judging by the number of times Kakuzu knocked loudly (and impatiently) on the bathroom door.

I shampooed my hair a good three times before Hidan's shitty make-shift hairdye washed from my hair- along with more of my red coloring, leaving my hair an even paler shade of pink. Grabbing a towel from the rack, I wrapped it around myself and glanced at the mirror.

I sighed at my reflection, pulling at the bags under my eyes. I finally exited the bathroom, apologizing to Kakuzu, who was waiting in the hallway.

His eyes flicked over me before fixing on the wall, a grunt escaping his throat as he shut the door behind him.

I entered my own room, quickly dressing and closing the curtain in my room.

I plopped down onto my bed as the door between Hidan's room and mine creaked open.

I was soon joined on my bed by a very sexy and very shirtless ninja.

I rolled over to make room for Hidan, turning to lazily look at him, sleep already tugging at my brain. "To what do I owe this pleasure?" I drawled.

He managed to shrug, "You'll just start crying out in a little while anyways, might as well save me and Kakuzu a little sleep."

I murmured in understanding, drawing closer to Hidan.

A few moments later, as I was on the brink of unconsciousness, I heard Hidan comment on how much more comfortable my bed than was his.

I made a noise, and exhaustion took over.

Yay! One more chapter for Sakana and Hidan, I hope you guys are prepared for some shenanigans!Thanks for reading, and stayed tuned for the next installment of Sakana is a Giant Asshole~Mistress-chan